【推荐2】One afternoon last year, I walked with one of my friends along the road in my hometown. He was not a _________ student but worked harder than any other student when we studied at school. And now, he is an excellent worker in his company. I wanted to ask him for help because I had some _________ with my work.

When we came to a wide bridge, we _________ a blind man who went to the same direction as ours. He walked very _________, finding the way with the stick in his hand.

I chatted with my _________ as we were walking. I _________ my five job-hopping (跳槽) experiences within two years and complained the trouble I was still _________. My friend just nodded and smiled, _________ he kept silent all along.

After a while, I looked forward and found that the blind man walked farther than we did. I couldn’t _________ it. I asked, “How did the blind man walk better than we did?” My friend said, “Because he put his whole __________ into walking. He was trying his best to walk while we were talking.”

That was for sure. He was just absorbed (专注的) in walking, but I was always talking and complaining while walking. When we do something, we must do it with all our heart.

Ronny looked like every other kid in the first-grade classroom where I volunteered as the Reading Mum. However, Ronny stood apart from his classmates in other ways. He had a speech problem so he couldn’t read like _________ kids in his grade.

I worked with all the students in Ronny’s class one by one to improve their reading skills. On the days when it was Ronny’s _________, I gave him a silent smile, and he flew out of his chair. He sat very close to me and opened the book _________ he was opening a treasure that nobody had ever seen.

I watched his fingers move slowly under each letter as he tried his best to read out. Every time he _________ to read a word with a strange pronunciation, the biggest smile would _________ across his face and his eyes would shine with pride. It broke my heart each and every time.

A few weeks _________ the school year ended, I held an awards ceremony. I _________ Ronny with a book—one of those Little Golden Books that only cost $5 for his _________ in reading. Tears ran down his face as he held the book close to him and went back to his seat. I stayed with the Class for the rest of the day. Ronny never let go of the book, not once. It never left his hands.

A few days later, I returned to the school to visit. I _________ Ronny on a chair near the playground, the book open in his lap. His teacher said, “He __________ that book down since you gave it to him. Do you know that’s his first book he’s ever actually owned?”

Keeping back my tears, I walked __________ Ronny, placed my hand on his shoulder and asked,“Will you read me your book, Ronny?”And then, for the next few minutes, he read to me more __________ than I’d ever thought possible from him. The __________ were already dog-eared（卷角的）, like the book had been read thousands of times already. When he finished reading, Ronny closed his book and said with great satisfaction,“Good book!”

__________ powerful influence the writer of that Little Golden Books had made in the life of a disadvantaged child. At that moment, I knew I would get __________ about my own writing and do what that writer had done, and probably still does—care enough to write a story that changes a child’s life, care enough to make a difference.

【推荐1】Hello! I’m ________. I’m an English boy. I ________ two sisters. ________ are Sonia and Linda. Sonia has a great sports(运动) collection(收集). She has a soccer ball, three volleyballs ________ four basketballs. But she ________ play sports. She only ________ them on TV. Linda has a sports collection, ________. She has two tennis balls and ________ baseball. And she has many ping-pong balls ________ her drawer(抽屉). She ________ ping-pong every day.

【推荐2】Three years ago, I worked in a company as a secretary (秘书) and someone gave me a rose every Monday. I ________ the rose and liked it very much. One Friday, however, as I was leaving the office, a young boy stopped me and said, “Madam, what are you going to do with your flower?” At first I did not know what he was talking about, but then I ________. The boy said, “I would like to take it ________ you are just going to throw it away.” At this point I smiled and told him that he could have my flower.

I asked him what he was going to do with it. The young boy looked up at me and said, “Madam, I’m going to give it to my ________. My mother and father died in a traffic accident three ________ ago. I have lived with my grandma since then. My grandma is so ________ to me. Though she is old, she cooks for me and ________ me. Tomorrow is her birthday. I want to give that pretty flower to her for her loving me these three years.”

When the little boy finished, I could ________ speak. With the flower in my hand, I looked at the boy and said, “Boy, that is the nicest thing I have ever ________, but you can’t have this flower because it’s not enough. I will buy a big bouquet (束) of ________ for your grandma.”

【推荐3】A mother’s love is the greatest power in the world. The tiny things they do will make you realize what special people they are.

It was a ___________ January day. When I left home for the office, the weather report said, “Windy and cold, but no rain.”___________ by the time I was about to leave work in the early evening, it was totally _________.

My office was close to the bus stop, so I just___________ out of the door and onto the bus. Unluckily, when I got off, I still had about a mile to ___________ to my home. As I stepped off the bus to walk home, I tried my best to get my ___________ umbrella to go up in the strong wind. Then, suddenly and to my___________ I heard my mum’s voice. “Quickly! Come under here!”

I rushed under my bigger ___________ and stared at Mum. “What on earth are you doing here in such ___________?” I asked her. My mum was eighty-three that year, and although fit and healthy, she didn’t like going out ____________ strong wind and heavy rain.

“You told me to come round for dinner tonight, but I came ____________ before the rain got too heavy. I saw your big umbrella lying on the chair.   I __________ you had forgotten it, so I just picked it up and came out to meet you.”

My mum passed away the following year. This simple____________ in my mind, and reminds me how completely my mum ____________ one. She wouldn’t have gone out in the wind and rain for herself, but, at eighty-three, she worried about whether I would get ____________ or not.

【推荐1】When I was ten, my mother worked all day, so I had to take care of my younger brother. At that time, my little brother was about four years old and he _______ his mum all the time.

One day, after I had given him his dinner, he started crying for mum. He was so young and really needed mum. So I dressed him, and then put on his _______, carried him on my back and walked out. Soon he fell asleep. About half an hour later, I found that he lost a shoe while he was _______. I took him off my _______ and put him down. I knew we needed to find that shoe, for our mother couldn't afford new shoes. I had to _______ to find it, so I told my brother to wait right there. A man heard it and stopped me just _______ I walked off. He asked me, “You are leaving your brother here to find the shoe? What will you do if he is not here when you return?" I didn't know _______ to answer that question. He continued, “It’s OK if you can’t find the shoe, but it is not OK to lose your _______." Then he sent us to mum's workplace by taxi.

During my whole life I have received the _______ from many strangers. I feel sorry that I can't find them and say “_______” I do not even remember what their faces looked like, but they taught me a lesson—people are more important than things.

As a country with a history of more than 5,000 years, China is the home of tea. Last summer, I took a trip to Huangshan Mountain in Anhui, China with my parents. I truly ______ the Chinese tea culture there.

On a sunny afternoon, we arrived at the fool of the mountain, ______ but pleased. After a short break, the guide took us to a big farm where we ______ tea processing. We were told that Shen Nong ______ tea as a drink in ancient times. In the evening, we paid a visit to a tea house. We watched a tea art performance and enjoyed the ______ green tea. We saw a young lady in a traditional Chinese dress who showed us how a cup of tea is ______ with tea sets. We really enjoyed it and relaxed ourselves as we were listening to pieces of ______ folk music. There is no ______ that the Chinese are the ones who best understand the nature of tea.

Time went so fast there. ______, I learned a lot about tea culture. Through this journey, I have ______ a better understanding of the country. I am looking forward to the next trip to China.

Once, in a small village, lived a family with eight children. Two of the children loved ________ very much, but the family was so poor that it was impossible to send ________ of them to study at the art college at the same time. After many discussions, the two boys finally ________ a plan. They would toss (抛) a coin. The loser would go ________ into the mines (煤矿) and, with his earnings (赚的钱), ________ his brother studying at the college. Then, when the brother who won the toss finished his studies, after four years, he would support the other brother studying at the ________.

James won the toss and Jack went down into the mines. James worked with all his heart and his paintings were much ________ than those of most of his teachers, and by the time he ________, he was beginning to make a lot of money for his paintings.

________ James returned, the family held a big dinner for his great success. Soon after the meal began, James ________ up from his seat to drink a toast (敬酒) to his dear ________. He said, “Jack, now you can go to the art college and your ________ will come true. I will take care of you.”

But Jack said ________, “Brother, the four years in the mines has done too much to my hands, so it’s too ________. Now I can’t even hold a glass.”

To show his great love and respect, James drew his brother’s ________ with fingers towards the sky. He called his drawing The Praying Hands, which became very famous years later.

【推荐2】My name is Jenny. I live next to a horse farm. I ________ almost every afternoon of my childhood looking at the horses on the farm.

Last Saturday was my fifteenth birthday. When my parents took me to take riding lessons as a birthday present, I was ________. It was something that I always dreamed of!

That morning, I went early to meet Sarah, my instructor（教练）. First, she ________ me Oliver, a beautiful brown horse. “You must be careful, ________ horses sometimes kick when they are afraid,” Sarah said. Then I put on my riding hat and Sarah helped me ________. “I’m on a horse!” I thought to myself. But soon I felt really afraid. “He looks much ________ from up here,” I told Sarah. She laughed and told me to ask Oliver to walk slowly. Suddenly, a car drove past ________ and Oliver started to run. “Don’t worry. He’ll stop ________. Just sit up straight,” Sarah told me.

Oliver slowed down and thankfully I didn’t fall, so I started feeling better about ________. He walked slowly and the rest of the lesson went well with no ________. Last, Sarah showed me how to get off. I thanked Oliver for a great ride. I think I’ll get ready to ask him to run next time.

【推荐3】What do you think of the mistakes you make? Do you think they’re common? Have you ever analysed (分析) the causes? In fact, each of us makes mistakes from time to time and we can learn a lot ______ them.

My friend Bob was a ______ student and hardly answered questions in class because he was afraid of making mistakes. He thought other students would laugh at him when he made a mistake. ______ changed until Miss Lee, a teacher came to our class.

One afternoon Bob was asked to answer some questions. After a while he was in tears ______ he had made a mistake. ______ Miss Lee got a box filled with erasers from the desk.

“Look Bob!” she said, standing beside him. “I’ve got something to ______ you.” She took out the erasers, one at a time, and put them on the desk.

“See these erasers. Bob!” she continued. “Do you know why the erasers become ______? That’s because we make mistakes. We erase the mistakes and try again. That’s ______ you must learn.”

“Here.” she said. “I’ll ______ one eraser on your desk, so you will remember that everybody may make mistakes.”

Bob ______ a lot from then on. He found he learnt much more from his mistakes.