【推荐1】A few years ago, my husband and I were on an island for a long weekend with our _______. One day when we walked around the _______ and didn’t know what to do next, our daughters told us exactly what they wanted to do. “We want to go to the butterfly museum,” said Lisa and Emma.

As soon as we walked into the museum, we saw thousands of beautiful _______. They all flapped (拍动) their colorful wings. My girls were jumping up and down with excitement, and I knew we had made the right _______ to come to the museum. They were having so much fun!

I turned to our museum tour guide _______ I was curious (好奇的), and asked, “How long do butterflies live?” She said, “About ten days. And in their short life, they make the world a more _______ place.” “Wow,” I said, “I _______   thought about butterflies like that. Thank you.”

After we said goodbye, I couldn’t stop thinking about what the guide had said. She was _______. We all have something to offer the world with the time we have. When we do what we can to take care of each other every day, we can make a _______. There is no doubt (毫无疑问) that butterflies make the world a more beautiful place. We can also live our life like a butterfly. Think about the influence we can have on our family, friends and neighbors. Like a butterfly, we have our own way of making the world a little _______ for everyone.

【推荐2】At the beginning of the 20th century, there was a successful American shoe-making company. Because of market changes, the sales of the company ________ quickly. The boss was very worried, ________ he held a meeting to discuss this problem. A new business plan came out—opening new ________ abroad. He decided to send the two best salesmen in his company to Africa to do a market survey（调查） first.

Both salesmen left for Africa by boat on the same day, but they went to ________ countries. Within a month, the first salesman ________ his survey of the market. He made a call to his ________, telling him that opening the African market for shoe sales was impossible. He said, “It is bad news. The weather here is so hot. People all go barefoot （赤脚）. No one wears any shoes. There is no market for us here!” The salesman sounded pretty sad.

After a few days, the second salesman called the boss. He was quite ________ and said, “Boss, good news. It’s a fantastic place and a great business chance for us. No one here wears shoes. No one sells shoes. There is a huge market for us. We are ________ going to sell thousands of shoes and make a lot of money. All we need is to tell them on the ________ of wearing shoes on the hot road.” A few years later, this company succeeded in opening several new shoe companies in Africa.

From the story, we can learn that when we look at things ________ different sides, we will have some new ideas.

【推荐3】One Saturday afternoon when I was surfing the Internet for an online tour, a net friend __________ a meaningful story with me. One day, three people were going out for travelling. One of them took a(n) __________, one took a walking stick, and __________ one took nothing. When they got back home in the evening, they looked different. The person with an umbrella was __________ from head to toe as if he finished swimming just now. The one with a walking stick fell on the way and hurt himself __________. However, the last one with nothing looked very well. __________? The first two men felt very surprised. They asked the third man. “Why are you so good with nothing?” The third man smiled and __________, “When the rain came, I tried to find a place to __________ from the rain. When the road was not good, I walked very carefully. That’s the __________ why I’m still good.” This story tells us that sometimes a sense of advantage (优越感) makes us __________ and no such sense usually reminds people of the bad things in our lifetime.

One day a rich man took his son to a farm ________ a trip. He wanted to show his son how ________ a farm family was. So he ________ a common farm family to stay with. They spent two days ________ with the farm family.

________ their way back home, the father asked the son, “What did you think of the trip?” The son answered, “Very nice, Dad.” The father then asked, “Did you ________ how poor they were?” The son answered, “Poor? I can’t ________ with you.” The father asked in ________. “Why do you think so?” The son said slowly, “We ________ have one dog and they have four. We have flowers in the garden and they have tall trees. We have a small swimming pool and they have a long and clear ________.” Hearing the son’s words, the father kept ________ because he didn’t know ________ to say. His son then added, “Thanks, Dad, for showing me how poor ________ really are.”

Rich or poor? The answer ________ the way you use to see things. Money can’t buy everything. If you are poor of spirit, you’ll have ________!

【推荐2】A man was walking through the woods with his axe（斧头）when a small tree called to him. It said, “Hello friend. Can you cut down those bigger trees? They’re blocking（挡住）the ________. It is so crowded here that I have no ________ to spread my rots（根）. I can’t ________ the wind.”

The little tree ________ its tiny leaves. It looked so ________. It continued, “If those trees were gone, I’d be able to grow. A year from now, I’d be the biggest tree here. But for now, I’m ________ a small tree. ”

The man thought for a while and agreed. He walked over to the bigger trees and started cutting them down. Soon, he ________ lots of space around the small tree. Now it would be able to feel the sun and wind. It would grow ________ and become the biggest tree in that area.

________ something else happened instead. The sun’s heat came first, ________ the small tree, which wasn’t used to so much sunlight. Heavy wind and rain came-________ the bigger trees to protect it, the small tree was ________ by the storm. Soon, the tree was nearly dead. “You’ve been quite ________, ” said a snake that saw what had happened. “You brought this on ________. If you’d left the bigger trees alone, the sun and storm wouldn’t have hurt you so badly. They protected you. ________ you had just waited longer, you would’ve grown to be just as big as them. You’d be strong. But now, you’re nearly gone.”

【推荐3】In a village, an old man named Marcus used to spread rumors (谣言) about everyone he disliked.

One day, Marcus had a quarrel with Alfred because of a small thing. So Marcus started to shout that Alfred was a ________. Then there were rumors flying around the village and poor Alfred was ________ by the police. ________, the police found that Alfred didn’t steal anything at all soon and set him free. However, Alfred was ________. Then Alfred took Marcus to the judge (法官).

Marcus said to the judge, “They were just some words, and they did not harm ________.” The judge, before passing sentence (判决), said to Marcus, “Write ________ you want to say on a piece of paper. Tear (撕碎) the paper into small pieces as you go back home. Tomorrow, come back to hear the sentence.” While Marcus was walking back to his home, he did as the judge told him.

The next day, the judge told Marcus, “Before ________ the sentence, you have to go out and collect all the pieces of paper that you threw yesterday.” Marcus said, “I can’t do that! The wind must have ________ them and I won’t know where to find them.”

After hearing that, the judge replied, “In the same manner, simple words may destroy the honor of a man to such an extent that one is not able to fix it.” Marcus realized his ________ and he promised that he wouldn’t do that again.

Choose your words ________, or you may hurt others!

I used to live in my own room alone. But one day it all changed when my little brother Mike asked to _________ it. As soon as Mike entered my room, it began to become _________. He often left his unwashed clothes and toys everywhere!

One evening, I was doing some homework on my computer while Mike was listening to music. Later, I left my seat to get some water. A big _________ was waiting for me when I returned. He was using my computer to play a game. _________, he had closed my program without saving my homework—all I had done had disappeared! I _________ him so I shouted at him loudly. He cried a lot as mum _________ him by beating him hard.

Then I did my homework once again. At 10:00 p.m. I finished it. When I was going to _________ the computer, I saw the photo of my brother on my table. I looked at his lovely face and remembered how _________ he was when my mom beat him. I really felt sorry. I went to see what he was doing. I found he was sleeping in my parents’ bed. I kissed his face. He _________ and said. “I’m sorry. I won’t bring you any more __________.”

I was as moved and said. “From now on, my room is not only mine. It is ours!” That very night, Mike and I shared not only the room, but the bed.

【推荐3】I had a dream last night. In the dream, my brother Jimmy sings happily with his friends.

_________ , this would never be true in real life. My eight-year-old brother is an autistic (患自闭症的) child. He doesn’t know _________ to talk with others. He can’t do many things by _________. No one would like to make friends with him at school.

To _________ him, my mother gave up (放弃) her job and now stays at home. She takes Jimmy to the _________ to get treatment (治疗) every Friday. But it doesn’t work well. Jimmy still doesn’t know what to do at school. He always forgets to bring his things home and even _________ his books.

As Jimmy’s sister, I am very _________ about him. I heard that some students often _________ at him. Some boys even took away others’ pencils and put them in Jimmy’s schoolbag. Then they told the teacher Jimmy did that.

Every time I hear about these things, I feel _________. But Jimmy is always smiling ________ life is difficult for him. I love my brother and I hope things will get better soon and that he will grow up happily.

【推荐1】When Regis and the other villagers moved to a new place in southeastern. Zimbabwe, Africa, they were happy to find a ________ nearby. Now, they would no longer have to walk long ________ looking for water. At last they had a source of water what they call their own.

But several days later, two young boys saw ________ they had never seen before—a huge animal standing at the edge of the lake, eating grass. When the animal saw the boys, they walked into the lake and disappeared beneath the water.

Regis carefully looked into the big creature which disappeared into the lake. “When I took a ________ look at the dung (粪便), I realized that it was from a hippo,” he said.

Twelve hippos were living in the lake. The villagers were ________. In the country of Zimbabwe, hippos attack people more often than lions do. The hippos would often stay on the village side of the lake all day. This meant that the villagers could not go near the lake until the hippos got out. It was a too long wait for the ________, because they needed the water from the lake ________. “This is the only source of fresh water in the village,” said a villager. “There is no way we can avoid this lake.” So the women began moving in groups whenever they went to fetch water from the lake. Before ________ water, they made sure that no hippos were nearby. The men began fishing in pairs, with one man always looking out for hippos.

It ________ time, but these days, the hippos and humans live side by side. The villagers say that when the hippos see people ________, they swim slowly to the other side of the lake and mind their own business. The villagers do not go into the part of the lake where the hippos usually stay. They have learned to share the lake.

【推荐3】When it comes to rats (老鼠), many people don’t like them. They think they are dirty and can make people sick, ________ they are very useful in medicine (医学) and can be very good pets.

In fact, rats are clean animals. They wash themselves many times a day. What’s more, rats ________ climbing (攀爬) and swimming. They can laugh (笑) with a loud sound when they are ________. Rats are very smart. They can play games ________. If you put them in a maze (迷宫), they can soon ________ the way out. Rats are useful in medicine research (研究). In research labs (实验室) around the world, rats ________ cure (治愈) more diseases (疾病) than any other animal. They save many people’s lives.

If you want a quiet and clean ________, a pet rat can be a good choice (选择). Pet rats are very friendly and lovable and they really like people. You can ________ rats in Hollywood cartoons (动画). Disney’s Mickey Mouse has been loved for over 90 years.