【推荐1】A few days _________, it’s Christmas Day. The girl _________ a little box in colorful paper to her father and _________, “Dad, this is for you.” The father is surprised to see the colorful box. He feels _________ for his anger that day. He touches the girl’s head and opens the box. He becomes angry again when he finds nothing inside.

“Why is it empty? Are you playing a _________ on me?” the angry father asks.

“No, Dad. It’s not empty. I put _________ kisses in the box. All for you, Dad.”

John has _________ to say. He puts his arms _________ his little girl and says, “Sorry, my dear. Please forgive me.”

From then on, John always keeps the box beside his bed. When he feels _________, he will take a kiss out of the box and remember the __________ of his child.

【推荐2】An artist who has painted many pictures of great beauty found that he has not yet painted the one “real” picture.

So he started his _________ to look for the most beautiful thing in the world. Along the road, he met a young _________ who asked him where he was going.

“I do not know,” said the artist, “I want to paint the most beautiful thing in the world.” “How _________,” replied the lady at once, “Love is the most beautiful thing in the world. Love makes the world go round. _________ love there is no beauty.” The artist traveled on. Later, he met a soldier (军人). The artist asked him the _________ question and the soldier answered “peace” is the most beautiful thing in the world. “War is _________ and wherever you find peace you’ll find beauty and love.” “How can I _________ them — Love and Peace? ” thought the artist. As he continued, he was surprised that he reached his _________.

As he entered the door, a smile appeared on his face _________ he realized that his search was over. His wife and children were quite excited and they hugged him. He sat on his favourite old chair and his heart was in __________   

The artist painted the most beautiful thing in the world and called it “HOME”.

【推荐3】One summer, three friends came to New York. They decided to stay in a hotel during the visit. But they felt _________ because their room was on the 60th floor. And for safety, the hotel closed the elevators (电梯) _________ 10:00 at night. The next day, the three friends rented (租) a _______ and went out to travel around the city.

They _________ movies, concerts (音乐会), and other things. When they returned to the _________, it was too late. The elevators were _________. So they had to take the stairs. At that time, one friend got a(n) _________. He said, “For the first 20 floors, I will tell jokes. Then another of us will _________ smart stories for the next 20 floors. Then we will finish the other 20 floors _________ sad stories.” Soon, the first one started with his jokes. With joy, they reached the 20th floor. Then the next one started telling some smart stories. So, they learned a lot when reaching the 40th floor. In the end, It was time for sad stories. The third one started like this. “My first __________ story is that I left the key to the door in the car.”