【推荐1】My life is always filled with sadness and little joy. However, no matter what happens, I can always ________ it bravely.

Last year, I couldn’t believe the news that I was allowed to enter the only key high school in my hometown. Then I rushed to my home and told my parents. But my father didn’t seem as ________ as I was. He just kept smoking without saying a word and my mother put her head down and couldn’t help ________.

I knew very well what my family was ________. My mum had been ill in bed for 2 years. We lived a hard life and I couldn’t continue my schooling. I felt so upset but I could say ________ to my parents. I decided to help my father with his work ________ my family.

To my surprise, things completely changed before the beginning of the new term. My headteacher came to my family with some money, which had been ________ by my schoolmates. I heard that they sold newspapers around the town and collected money for me. He encouraged me,“Always have a dream.” ________ tears in my eyes, I stepped into the key high school.

I have been studying hard since I entered the high school. Whenever I meet difficulties, I always ________ my teacher and schoolmates. I have a college dream and I must work hard for it, no matter ________ hard life is. Just as a great man says, “When one door shuts, another opens in life.”

【推荐3】Mary is a book lover. She could read by ______ at the age of four. Last year, she decided to ______ for a volunteer after-school reading program. She still works there once a week ______ kids learn to read. “The kids are sitting in the library, ______ you can see in their eyes that they’re going on a different journey with each new book. “Volunteering here is a dream come true for me. I can do what I love to do and help others ______ the same time.”

【推荐1】Neil and Sandy are planning to _____ a holiday in Germany. They want to know more about the _____. So they are looking for some _____ on the Internet. The first city they want to learn about is Hamburg. It is the second largest city in Germany _____ it has one of the largest harbours（港口）in the world. Every year millions of _____ come to Hamburg. Besides lots of places of interest and shopping malls in the city, there are also many parks and _____ green space. So it is thought as one of the greenest cities in Germany. The second thing they’d like to find out is _____ they can have the best beer（啤酒）. Of course, it is in _____. Munich has the best beer in Germany, even in the world. So travellers _____ go there to have beer. Near the city is the Alps. It must be quite beautiful. The last thing they are ______ for is where to learn more German. They must improve（提高）their language（语言）before they go there so that they can have a wonderful time. Good luck to them!

【推荐2】Summer vacation is coming. The Greens are taking a _________ to Sanya in Hainan Province. How will _________ go there? The Green family have _________ ideas.

The son Dale says, “Let’s take the train. Taking a journey（旅程）by train is really _______. We _______ enjoy the beautiful scenery（风景）from outside the window.”

The daughter Alice says, “But the train station is far from our home. If we get there by train, we have to leave home early. So let’s drive a car.”

“Why?”asks Dale.

“Because we can _________ at any time we went on our way.” answers Alice.

“But I think taking a journey by car is boring. What about taking a bus?” asks Dale.

“Oh, I don’t like that. There are always _______ people on the bus, and it takes a(n) _______ time.” says Alice.

Then they go to ask their parents for ideas. Mr. Green wants to take the plane because it’s the fastest way. He says that they shouldn’t spend too much time on the way, _______ they won’t have much time to visit the city. But Mrs. Green wants to go by ship, because it is cheap and they can __________ some money. Which do you think is the best way?

【推荐3】Imagine you are living in a moving house. Inside the house, there is a kitchen, bathroom and bedroom. ________ they are much smaller than those at your home, they are easy for you to use.

In the US, you can see these moving houses on the road. They are called recreational vehicles (RVs,房车). People call them houses on ________. When it’s holiday time, the whole family will get into these small homes and hit the road for a ________ across the country.

Compared to (与…相比) a real house, this home on the road is a bit ________ for a family who has to spend every hour of every day together. But the best thing about it is that you can do everything you like ________. You can drive as long as you like ________ worrying about finding hotels and restaurants. Or you can just ________ somewhere nice and stay for a few weeks. You may also come across other ________ that are on road trips. Together, you ________ your tents. It’s camping time with a lot of talk and laughter.

________, RVs are not always convenient (便利的). They can sometimes break down and you have to spend time fixing them. But people still like this kind of road trip because they can go where they want whenever they want.

【推荐1】It was a dark day, one of depression (沮丧) and anger. As I climbed out of the pool, after seeing my time in the 100 yard freestyle (自由泳), I did not feel like speaking to ______. I saw the bright smiles of swimmers who had just ______ a best time. However, I had failed. Or at least that was what I thought at the time.

I was lying on my cool bed ______ an idea came to my head. Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without ______ your enthusiasm (热情). At practice the next day, I told my swimming teammates about my goal time and they all either laughed or replied, "You can't do it" or "______ not". Believe it or not, these are the responses (反应) that made my goal achievable.

Finally came the day when I had to ______ to myself and others that with belief there is no limit to your achievements. With the starting gun going off, I dived with perfect form into the pool. I ______ the cool water running across my back. I swam like a fish, bouncing off (弹离) each turn at the wall as if it was a spring board. On the last turn, I came back to the wall ______ every piece of strength I had. I touched the final wall with my fingertips and knew that I had swum the ______ race.

I had done it! I had achieved my best time! ______ filled my heart like water does a cup. I saw the_______ on all of my friends' faces as I climbed out of the pool; their jaws (下巴)   dropped to the ground. I began to laugh and gave them thumbs up.

I have learned in life that having ______ in yourself opens all gates. Never forget that anything the mind can imagine and believe it can achieve.

An old woman lost her only son. The sad woman went to a clever man and asked, “Is there any way I can throw away my _______?”

The clever man said to her, “Go and bring _______ a seed (种子) from a home that has never known sadness. I will _______ it to drive the sadness out of your life.” The woman went off at once to look _______ that magical seed.

First, she came to a beautiful house, knocked at the door, and asked _______, “Excuse me, I’m looking for a home that has never known sadness. Is this such a place? It is very important to me.”

They told her, “You’ve certainly come to the _______ place,” and began to describe (描述) all the sad things that had recently happened to them.

The woman said to herself, “Who is able to _______ these people that have had such sadness like me?” She stayed to cheer them up _______ she went on looking for a home that had never known sadness.

But wherever she went, whether in the homes of the poor or the rich, she found one sad _______ after another. She became so busy helping other people that she ________ to look for a seed that would magically end her own sadness. She even never realized (意识到) that her helping others had driven the sadness out of her life.