In a small town, lived Cody and his family. Cody always knew his family was _________. While other kids went to the beach for summer vacation, he and his dad visited the world’s largest basket, the largest baseball bat, or the largest fork. Yes, these are real things. Cody’s dad had photos of _________ hanging high on the wall.

As a young kid. Cody thought these vacations were the best ever. _________ as he grew up, he started to feel ashamed. He wasn’t the hoy who would be excited about “the largest thing in the world” any more.

That morning, Cody could tell that his dad was planning _________. Dad walked into the kitchen with a big smile on his face. It was exactly the same smile he’d had when he discovered they could go and see the world’s _________ bottle of juice.

“Cody!” he said. “I have an idea. I read the news about the world’s largest gathering of people who would _________ like turkeys.”

“Dad,” Cody said. “No.”

“Come on!” Dad said. “I just called the newspaper. They _________ me that the event would be on the day after Thanksgiving, and everyone in turkey costurmes will meet in the town square!”

Cody sighed. “Do you have any idea _________ the teens at my age think about the turkey dress-up?”

Dad looked at Cody. “Well, I’m afraid it’s too late to _________ our entry, sweetie!”

At last, it was the day of the great turkey dress-up. For a long time. Cody walked back and forth thinking about how to escape from it. __________, he saw Dad sitting on the living-room floor, shoulders slumped. And the photos from their vacations over the years were on the wall __________ his head.

Cody looked at the first one. In the picture, Cody’s smile was really big. Dad’s smile was even bigger. Cody and his dad had __________ been there for each other, trying to make each other smile.

Cody walked to the __________ where the event was held. He saw moms, dads, kids, and grandparents. Even high-school kids were wearing turkey suits. And they all __________ to be having fun. Maybe this wasn’t such a disaster after all. Then, Cody made up his __________.

“Hey, Dad!” Cody called. “Can I borrow your turkey hat?”

【推荐3】If your life were a book and you were the writer, how would you let your story go? That’s the question that ________ my life forever.

At the age of 19, dreaming of snowboarding, I took a(n) ________ and moved to a snowy place where I could make money and control my life.

Suddenly, my life took a detour (弯路). One day, I left work ________ because I thought I had a cold. But 24 hours later I was in the ________ on life support with little possibility of living. Over three months, I ________ both of my legs after several operations (手术).

Out of hospital, I was totally ________. The darkest moment was when I first saw my new legs. I tried hard to ________ after I put the heavy metal legs on. But I felt so ________ that I had to give up. For months, I just stayed in bed with my new ________ resting by my side. How was I going to snowboard again? I had no answer at all.

________ I knew that in order to move forward, I had to let go of the Old Amy and learn to ________ the New Amy. I told myself, with those metal legs if I snowboarded again my feet wouldn’t get ________ in the thick snow. Best of all, I could make my feet the size of all the shoes.

It was that moment that I asked myself the ________. Then I began daydreaming like I did as a little girl. I ________ myself snowboarding down a high mountain again and I could even feel the wind ________ my face in that very moment.

And that is when a new chapter (篇章) in my life began.

【推荐1】Have you ever heard of Jiuzhaigou National Park？ It is located in Sichuan Province. It is 450 kilometres to the north ________ Chengdu. I think it is one of the most beautiful ________ wonders in the world. There are blue lakes, waterfalls, forests, mountains and ________ beautiful sights.

There is a legend about it. It is said that long long ago, the god of the mountain named Dago fell in love with the goddess Semo. He ________ a mirror that was made from wind and cloud to the goddess. She was happy to get it. However, several days later, a bad person appeared ________ decided to hurt Semo when she was alone at home. ________, Semo broke the mirror into 108 pieces by accident. The pieces fell down to the ________ and then turned into 108 colourful lakes. The lake is also called Haizi by the local people.

There are lots of plants and ________ in the area. The natural forest covers an area of nearly 30, 000 hectares (公顷). The plants have ________ a good environment for wild animals. Here are many kinds of animals, for example, pandas and monkeys. They make the park more lovely.

Jiuzhai Valley covers more than 600 square kilometres. You may know the three main valleys, Shuzheng Valley, Rize Valley and Zechawa Valley, but ________, there are more sights than you expect. There is Panda Lake which has the longest waterfall, the Arrow Bamboo Lake that has a large area of bamboo, the favourite food of pandas, and so on. The best time to visit Jiuzhaigou is autumn, especially September and October.

There are many unusual hotels around the world. Can you imagine sleeping in a room made of _______? That is what guests do at the Ice Hotel in Sweden.

At that _______ hotel, even the beds are made of ice. And each room has different features （特色）. Some rooms have ice trees and flowers, _______ some have ice animals. People sleep in sleeping bags to keep warm on the ice beds.

The way the hotel is _______ makes it different from any other hotel in the world. In March, workers cut large pieces of ice from the Torne River and store them _______ they are needed. In November, the building work _______. First, the workers put snow into special metal moulds（金属模具）. Next, walls are built with the ice that has been _______. Then they will make ice beds and other things.

Of course, people can stay at the Ice Hotel only in _______. In spring, the ice melts （融化）because of the warm weather, and the water returns to the river. The hotel will not _______ until the next winter. And the process of planning and building begins ________. This means that each year people can live in a new Ice Hotel!