【推荐1】One night a man went to rob（盗窃）a house. The robber found _________ fine clothes in the house. When he left, _________ old mail came in. The old man didn’t say anything and helped him _________ the clothes. “He must be a robber _________,” the man thought. The clothes were heavy. The old man got tired soon. The robber was very angry _________ him.

When they got to the robber’s house, the robber gave the old man some of the clothes and asked him _________ away. The old man gave the clothes back to the robber. He said, “These clothes are _________. You must be very poor so you robbed my house. Please keep all the clothes. _________ you want more, you can come and see me again.” The robber was very _________ that the old man was so kind. He thanked the old man very much. And he told the old man he was very sorry too.

After that the robber became a new man. He stopped __________ bad things. He worked hard and lived a good life.

The only survivor (幸存者) of a shipwreck (沉船) was washed up on a small island. He prayed (祈祷) to God for saving him. Every day he looked at the sea for help, _______ nothing good seemed to happen. To protect himself from the bad weather, he managed _______ a little house with wood.

One day, after looking for food outside, he arrived home and _______ smoke rising up to the sky. His little house was on fire. The worst thing ever happened. Everything was lost! He was very sad. “God, how could you do this to me!” he cried _______. He couldn’t believe what happened to him. _______ a poor man he was!

Early the next day, however, he _______ by the sound of a ship that was coming near to the island. It came to save him.

“How did you know I was here?” asked _______ poor man.

“We saw your smoke signal (信号),” replied the people _______ came to save him.

It is easy to become sad when things are going bad. But we shouldn’t lose heart because God is at work in _______ lives, even in the middle of pain and suffering. Remember, next time you see that your little house is burning to the ground, it just may be a smoke signal that calls for the help of God. Things may get ________ than before soon. For all the bad things we have gone through, God has good results.

【推荐3】Many years ago, I lived in a building in a large city. The next building was only a few feet away from _______ . There were two big windows between my house and my neighbour’s. There was a woman _______ lived there, but we had never met face to face. Yet I could _______ her sit by her window every afternoon, sewing or reading.

After several months, I began to notice that her window was dirty. Everything was unclear through the dirty window. I wondered _______ the woman didn’t wash her window. It really looked _______ . On one bright morning, I decided _______ my flat, including the windows, both inside and outside. I spent about half an hour _______ them. Late in the afternoon, when I finished the cleaning, I sat down by the window _______ a cup of coffee for a rest. To my great _______ the woman sitting by her window ________ clearly. Her window was exactly clean!

Then I realized that I had been criticizing（批评）her dirty window, ________   all the time I was watching hers through my own dirty window. That was quite ________ important lesson for me. How often had I looked at and criticized ________ through the dirty window of my heart?

Since then, I ________ a habit to ask myself before judging someone, “ I am looking at him through my own dirty window, aren’t I ?” Then I try to clean the window of my own world so that I may see the world ________ .

【推荐3】Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One time ______ the middle of the night, an old lady took my taxi. She gave me ______ address, and then asked, “Could you drive through downtown (市中心)?”

“It’s not the ______ way,” I answered. “Oh, I don’t mind,” she said. “I’m in no hurry. I’m on my way to a hospice (临终关怀医院). I ______ by the doctor a few days ago that I didn’t have very long.”

I quietly shut off the meter (里程表). For the next two hours, we drove through the city. As we passed a building, she said she used ______ there. She also showed me ______ she and her husband lived. ______ the sun was rising, she suddenly said, “I’m tired. Let’s go now.” I drove in silence to the address she had given me. There ______ people waiting for her and they put her in a wheelchair.

“______?” she asked. “Nothing,” I said. Almost without thinking, I gave her a hug. “You gave an old woman a little moment of joy,” she said. “Thank you.”

I ______ into the fine morning light. Behind me, a door shut. It was the sound of the closing of a life.

【推荐2】Simon was a curious (好奇的) boy. He lived with his grandfather. _______ Simon knew his grandfather did not like anyone to touch his collections, he still entered the store room where his grandfather kept his priceless antiques (古董). Once inside the room, Simon _______ on a chair. He lifted _______ box carefully. There were watches which _______ from different countries his grandfather had visited. While getting down from the chair, the box fell onto the floor. To _______ surprise, he found the glass of his grandfather’s favorite watch broken. Simon’s heart started beating _______ than before. He put the broken watch back into the box and placed the box back on the shelf.

The next morning, Simon collected all of his courage _______ the truth to his grandfather. Reaching his _______ bedroom he told him everything. The grandfather went over to the store room without saying anything. Simon kept standing _______ his head down. Having returned from the store, the grandfather said to Simon, “I felt very angry at first because ________ you broke was the first gift from your grandmother, but it was brave enough of you to tell me about the broken watch.”

At that moment, Simon knew that being honest was the only way for him to be free from his mistake.

【推荐2】When I was 7 years old, I went to the USA with my mom. I can still ________ the first Halloween holiday I had in the USA.

On the morning of Halloween, we paid a visit to a pumpkin farm. ________ of us brought a pumpkin to school. I used the pumpkin to make a lantern which had two triangle eyes and a scary mouth. In the afternoon we ________ the Halloween costurnes and went on parade in school. Some of the costurnes were nice,________ some of them looked scary. I chose to wear a suit of Superman’s clothes

I did a lot of ________ that day, but the part I liked best was “trick or treat” in the evening. After dinner, I went outside with an empty bag I hoped ________ a lot of candies from people.

At first, I was a bit nervous, so when I knocked at the door, my heart was ________ very fast. A lady came out, and I said carefully to ________, “Trick or treat”. My voice was very low, so low that I couldn’t hear ________ speak. To my surprise, the lady was so kind that she gave me two candy bars, and I was so ________, thanked the lady and moved on. I couldn’t remember how many houses I visited, but I could remember how many candies I got—I got 91 pieces of candy.

What a happy Halloween I had! And I wish we could have a Halloween every month!

Last winter I decided to work as a volunteer. I applied for (申请) jobs at a few shops, but all of _________ didn’t have any jobs for teenagers. Then, one day my mum told me the zoo was looking _________ teenagers to work on the weekend. So I applied for the job online.

Several _________ later, I got a phone call from the manager. He asked me _________ to work the following Saturday. On Saturday morning I went to the zoo early. The manager gave me _________ orange T-shirt for work. He also gave me a pair of black rainshoes _________ it was wet and dirty everywhere.

My first job was to clean the elephant’s house. I was very _________ to work with a girl named Jane. She _________ working there last summer. She taught me how to do the job and helped me a lot. My next job was to clean the lion’s cage (笼子). I was scared, but _________ the lion wasn’t in the cage at that time.

_________ great job I have! Now I enjoyed working in the zoo.