【推荐1】Keeping the house clean is big work for the _______ family. So everyone in the home should _______ in housework, including you._______ teenagers, remember that it is the chance for you to learn life _______.You can’t depend _______ your parents forever. You need to prepare yourself for _______ home one day. Start from doing dishes and folding and putting away clothes. Cleaning the kitchen _______ bathroom should be also no _______ for you. Outdoor jobs _______ watering the flowers, cleaning the car are small pieces of cake at your age. If you feel boring to do housework, add something ________ in. It’s a good idea to listen to music ________ doing chores. You can also ________ your parents to do it with you. When you hear “thank you” from your mother, you will be proud of ________. Nothing can ________ with the feeling of satisfaction after you ________ mess into neatness(整洁).

Don’t you believe it? Try it now.

It was Friday afternoon. After getting off the school bus, Susan ran into the ________ happily.

“How was school, Susan?” asked her mom.

“It was great, mom. May Day is coming. I am ________ that I will have no classes next Monday!”

Susan ________ early on May Day morning. Mom told her that they wanted her to do some housework. Susan couldn’t ________ it. She thought May Day was a holiday, she wanted to have fun with her friends.

“Susan, your ________ is ready. We have many things to do today. Let’s be quick,” said mom.

________ Susan didn’t like the idea, she had to follow her parents. After she had breakfast ________, she began the work unhappily.

But things began to ________ while she was doing the housework. She found it was so interesting when she cut the grass in the garden. She also helped to clean the house. When she finished her work, she felt happy to see the house much ________ than before.

Holidays are not just for ________ or rest. We can feel happy by doing something meaningful.

【推荐1】Jane was a young girl. She loved to see the negative（负面的）side of life. Once, her father took her to the kitchen. He asked Jane to take a potato, _________ egg and two spoons of tea leaves. Jane was _________ , and asked her father, “Do you want me to cook?” “No,” her father said.

He then took three pots and _________ some water into each pot. The pots were placed on the stove. Once the water started to boil, he dropped the potato in a pot, the egg in _________ one and the tea leaves in the third one.

“Why are you doing all these things?” Jane felt puzzled and asked

“You’ll get the answer in fifteen minutes,”said her father.

The impatient daughter tried her best to _________ for around 15 minutes.

Now, he placed the two plates, one with the potato and _________ with the egg, and the cup of tea in front of Jane.

Jane asked, “What does it mean father? I don’t understand!”

“Each object faced similar adversities（不幸）, but reacted（反应）_________. After we put the potato into boiling water, it became very weak. The soft egg became very hard when we put it in boiling water. And the tea leaves _________ the water itself, giving it a nice smell. _________ fantastic it is!”

Jane understood that we could create __________ new even when we experienced adversities.

So, what are you? A potato, an egg or tea leaves?

It was nine on a cold winter night. I hurried to _____ home from work on my motorbike. At the last crossing, _____ I was waiting for the green light, I saw an old man walking towards me. He stopped me and I felt a little _____ because I didn’t know him. The old man said slowly, “Excuse me. Could you please help _____?”I looked at him up and down. He looked about 70 years old.

The old man took out ten yuan and said to me, “You see the old lady over there? She’s selling baked sweet _____. Could you just _____ the money and buy one from her?” He pointed at an old lady_____ something about fifty meters away over there.

“But why don’t you go and buy it _____?” I was puzzled（迷惑的）.The old man continued, “That old lady is my _____ and it’s her first day to sell baked sweet potatoes. Just now I called her. She told me that there was only one sweet potato left and she wouldn’t go home until _____the sweet potatoes were sold out. But I know that she can’t _____ the cold because her legs hurt. I’m very worried _____ her. ”

At that time, I ______ why the old man asked me to buy his wife’s sweet potato. I felt really warm and moved. Without taking the money, I rode to the old lady quickly and bought the _____ one. When I waved (挥手)goodbye to the old man, I could see him standing there with a thankful _____.

【推荐3】My journey home from school is nothing special. I usually find my ________ and start reading or texting friends, making sure, like everyone else, not to look at other people. Then, twenty minutes later, I ________.

But last Tuesday was ________. I was happily looking out of the window when the train ________ stopped. This wasn’t usual. Then after about five minutes, I noticed people were starting to get a bit ________. Fifteen minutes later, people started getting more and more worried. Then the announcement (广播) came: “We are sorry to announce that this train is delayed. A train has broken down ________ us.”

There was a loud groan (叹息) throughout the carriage but soon something unexpected happened: all the complete ________ started talking to each other. At first, everyone just complained about the ________ but then people started talking about real things.

People ________ each other food and drink. A young woman took out her ________ and soon we were singing along. While we were singing, we heard there was a ________ boy in another part of the train who needed help, and the woman jumped into action. It ________ she was a nurse, and when she came back she was welcomed as a hero.

Then, after two and a half hours, we started ________ again. Everyone ________ and some people, complete strangers three hours before, even hugged.

I took the train again on Wednesday, ________ none of my new “friends” were there. Although people were polite, they weren’t nearly as friendly as the people the day before had been. I’ll never forget the day the train stopped and people started talking.