【推荐1】Mr. Ken is a clever and brave man. He works _______ a detective. He hopes _______ the innocent _________ find the guilty. One day, he invited his friend Jill _________ a film. They arranged to meet outside the cinema. After work, Ken went to the cinema _______ underground. But he was still late. Jill was angry with him and refused _________ to him. So Ken went to buy some chocolate to make her happy. On their way home from the cinema, _______ happened to them. A young man was walking after a woman. A moment later, Ken noticed the man _________ the woman’s money from her handbag. So he went up and caught the man, but the man denied _________ that. He said the money was his but not __________. The woman told Ken that there was some ink on several one-hundred notes. At last, the police came and took the man away.

On my seventh birthday in 2000, my parents, sister and I were coming back from a football game, a(n) _________ was waiting for us. In our driveway, we saw two adult geese and a small gosling. The adults flew away, but their baby was too young to _________ them.

The little thing was wandering along the driveway, not _________ what could happen. At that point, we brought him _________ our yard. Day after day, we thought his parents would come back to meet him, but _________ happened. As time went on, he became a member of our family. And my sister Joanna _________ the little guy Peeper, because he always made a peeping noise.

Days turned into weeks, and weeks turned into months until almost a year passed. Every morning, my dad would throw Peeper up into the air _________ he could fly around the house and come back after my father cleaned his home. One day, my uncle came over, and my dad wanted to _________ him how Peeper flew. He threw him up into the air, but this time, Peeper just _________. Everyone was very, very sad. It was dark, and we were worried. We looked for him for days, calling his name, but he didn’t come back.

Again, days turned into weeks and weeks turned into months, then ____________. It came as a shock to me when, in 2020, an aging adult goose made his way to our home. At first, I thought it was just ____________ goose. And yet, something seemed ____________ to me. He did all of the same things Peeper used to, and also responded to the ____________ Peeper. Much to my amazement, my old best friend had ____________, 20 years later.

People can build connection with the ____________ world. Through Peeper, I have learned so much about myself and the nature of love.

【推荐1】John, a farmer, was riding his cart(马车)along the country road. He had to arrive _________ the market early so that he could sell his vegetables. It rained heavily the day before, so it was very difficult for the horse _________ on in the mud(泥巴). Then suddenly the _________ of the horse cart sank(下沉)deep into the mud.

The more the horses pulled, the _________ the wheel sank. John climbed down from his seat and stood beside his cart. He looked around but could not find anyone to help him. He felt really sad. But he didn’t try to lift the wheel up by _________. Instead, he looked up at the sky and started shouting, “I am unlucky! _________ has this happened to me?”

After some time, an old man passed by. “Do you think you can move the cart by simply _________ it and shouting?” he asked, “Did you try to get the wheel out of the mud by yourself? Nobody will help you _________ you help yourself. Come on, put your shoulder to the wheel, and you will soon find the way out.”

John _________ a deep sense of shame. He did as the old man said. Soon the wheel was out of the mud. John learned his lesson. He thanked the man and went __________ on his way.

【推荐2】It was 10 o’clock in the evening. After watching a concert earlier that evening, four visitors were in a Paris hotel. They went out for the whole day, so they were __________ tired.

They lived on the 49th floor. But the hotel manager told them the lift was __________ and they had to use the stairs. The four people were very sad when they heard the bad news, but there was __________ they could do. Then they came up with an idea. They decided to tell each other some funny stories on the way up the stairs. __________, it would be not difficult for them to make it to their rooms.

The first man began to tell a story. It was very long and very funny. When he finished his story, they __________ to get to the 13th floor. The second man told another funny story that made them laugh all the way. Then the ___________ man also told his story and they got to the 39th floor after that. Now it was the fourth man’s __________. However, he stopped. “Why? Can’t you think of a story?” asked his three friends.

“Oh, yes,” he answered, “I can! However, __________ I tell you my story, you won’t like it.” “Any story will be OK,” said the other friends.

Looking worried, the fourth man said, “All right, then I’ll tell you that it is not as funny as your stories. It might be the __________ one you’ve ever heard tonight because I’ve __________ the keys of our rooms downstairs on the manager’s desk.”

【推荐3】Do you want to be successful in everything you do? If so, then _________? Here is an example.

There was a farmer who _________ corn all his life. Each year he took his corn to the market. Then each time his corn was chosen as the _________ and won the first prize.

One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something _________ about how he grew it. The farmer _________ his seed(做种子的) corn to his neighbors.

“How can you share your best seed corn with your neighbors?” the reporter asked. “You know they are taking part in the _________ with you each year.”

“Why, sir,” said the farmer, “didn’t you know? The _________ picks up pollen(花粉) from the corn and moves it quickly from field to field. If my neighbors grow _________ corn, cross- pollination (异花传粉) will affect the quality of my corn. So if I want to grow good corn, I must _______ my neighbors to grow good corn.”

The farmer knows much about the connection of life. His corn cannot improve ____________ his neighbor’s corn doesn’t improve.

As a great man says, “We make a living by what we ____________. We make a life by what we give.” We can’t ____________ without food, clothes, and many other things. However, a meaningful life is not decided by how much we can get, ____________ by how much we can give others. Giving, instead of taking, makes us ____________ from other animals. So those who choose to live well must help others to live well and those who choose to be happy must help others to find ____________ in their life.