【推荐2】I am a Chinese girl. I am Zhang Yingying. I am 12 years old. I ________ two American friends Mike and Jack at school. They are ________ and 13 years old. They like ________. They often ________ sports after school. Mike likes playing baseball. Jack likes playing basketball ________ now he is in the school basketball club. But he doesn’t like playing ping-pong. It’s ________ for him. We ________ like playing computer games, because they’re really boring (无聊的) and they’re not good ________ our health. Do you like sports? Please join(加入) ________. Let’s play ________ games.

【推荐3】When I was 13, a girl gave me an important gift. It was a_________.

It was the early autumn of my first year at a new school._________knew me, I was very lonely and afraid to make friends with anyone.

Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing. I felt even more lonely. I couldn’t_________anyone about my problem and I did not want my parents to_________about me.

One day my classmates were talking with the friends, but I sat in_________. At that moment (时刻), a girl_________the classroom, I did not know who she was. She passed me and then_________. She looked at me and, without a word, smiled.

Suddenly I felt the touch of something bright and friendly. It made me feel happy, lively and_________.

That smile did change my_________. I started to talk with the other students. Day by day I learned to__________people and they included me in their circle (圈子) of friends. The girl with the bright senile has become my best friend now, and we stick together like glue.

One day I ask her why she smiles at me at that day. She said she could not remember!

Now I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think you are lonely, you might always be alone. My advice is smile at the world and it will smile back.

Alyssa Carson is a young girl and she has a big dream. She wishes to be an astronaut and fly into space in the future. _______, she doesn’t want to go to the space station or the moon. Alyssa wants to visit Mars (火星), the _______ planet!

So, is that just a dream? No. Alyssa made up her mind when she was three years old because the ________ was exciting and no one had been there!

After that, she read lots of books on Mars and went to her first space camp when she was seven. Since then, she has learned a lot about _______ to other planets. It’s an expensive trip. This is a(n) ______ for Alyssa’s parents because her family is not so rich. But they try to support (支持) her. As her father says, “If we see the love she ________, we have to be there for her.”

Being an astronaut needs many years of ________. In order to make her dream come true, Alyssa trained hard. She is working on her pilot's license (许可证) now. It’s also important to know several ________. Alyssa can speak English, French and Chinese.

If Alyssa became an astronaut on Mars, what would life be like? She would wear a _______ spacesuit (宇航服) all the time because astronauts grow taller when they’re in space. If she made a phone call home, it would take half an hour for the _______ to reach the earth!

Life won’t be as easy, that’s for sure! But Alyssa thinks it will be really exciting.

Once upon a time, there was a family with 8 children living in a village. Two of the children, both boys loved ________ very much, but the family was so poor that it was impossible to send both of them to study at an 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 down into the mines (矿井) and pay for his brother’s college tuition (学费). Then when the brother who won the toss ________ his study, he would pay for the other to study at the college.

One of the brothers, Durer, won the toss and his brother Jack went down into the mines. Durer studied with all his heart and his paintings were much ________ than those of his teacher’s. He was beginning to make a lot of money for his paintings.

Durer returned ________ studying for 4 years. It was Jack’s turn to go to the art college. However, when Jack was told the good news, he said ________, “The four years in the mines does too much to my hands. It is too late, ________ I can’t even hold a cup now.”

To show his great love and respect for his brother, Durer drew Jack’s ________ with palms (手掌) together and thin fingers towards the sky. He called his drawing The Praying (析祷) Hands.

The next time you see a copy of that touching work, take a second look and let ________ remind you: No one ever succeeded ________ .

【推荐1】J. K. Rowling is the writer of the Harry Potter series, and now the books are one of the best-sellers(畅销书) in the world. She was born in Bristol on July 31, 1965. She has one sister. Her sister was born in 1967. Both girls loved ________ to their father reading stories about the magical world every night. Rowling wrote her first story called Rabbit ________ the age of six.

In 1990, Rowling wanted to write about a magic boy. In 1992, Rowling began to write the first Harry Potter book for young ________. It came out in June, 1997. The book was a great success. And the movie came out in November, 2001. Now the Harry Potter series is ________ with people of all ages in many countries. In this series, Harry is a friendly, brave and clever child. So when children read ________ Harry, they may want ________ a boy like him. That’s ________ the Harry Potter series is so popular.

J. K. Rowling is very ________ with her success. She says she will go on writing children’s books.

【推荐3】Most of us have learned English for several years, so we can read English books and magazines without the teacher’s help. We feel good when we finish ___ an English story or a whole book ___ ourselves. But ___ can we be a better reader?

It is important ____ some suitable books. Then what books are suitable? Well, I think we should first choose books that are not too difficult or too _____. Then when we are reading we should ___ let new words take too much of our attention(注意力). Just do as we often do in our own language. While we are reading, try to ___ the meanings of the new words and try to decide which of the key words we could guess and which we have to ___ in dictionaries.

If we follow the ___, we will be ____ in reading English books and nagazines.

【推荐1】My favorite book is the Little Prince (小王子) written by the French writer Antoine. The book tells us about ________ children see the world. It’s so interesting that I can’t help reading it over and over again.

The prince is kind and innocent (天真无邪的), so he doesn’t ________ why people want to have power (权利) wealth and praises so much. He flew to different planets (行星) to find the ________, but finally he still had no ideas. In fact, he also had his own problems. In the past, he fell in love with a red ________ that was beautiful but vainglorious (自负的). Later, he left the rose. On the earth, he made ________ with a fox. They lived together for some time, but ________ he made up his mind to leave to find his rose. To his surprise, the rose was ________, and the planet was full of monkey bread trees. ________ is a pity that he lost his rose forever.

In my opinion, I think he ________ value the friendship with the fox, because, after all, the rose was dead. The friendship is important as well. The ________ is about friendship, love and humanity (人性). It’s helpful for our students to think more about the world. So let’s open it and take a great journey along with the little prince.

【推荐2】Soapy sat on a seat in Madison Square, New York, and looked up the sky. A dead leaf fell into his arm. ________ was coming, and Soapy knew that he must make his plans. He moved unhappily on his seat.

He wanted three months in a nice, warm prison (监狱), with food and good friends. This is ________ he usually spent his winters. And now it was time, because, at night on his seat in the square, three newspapers did not ________ the cold.

So Soapy decided to go to prison, and at once began to try his ________ plan. It was usually ________. He ate dinner at an expensive restaurant. Then he told them he had no ________ and they called a policeman. Nice and easy, with no trouble.

________ Soapy left his seat, and walked slowly along the street. Soon he came to a bright restaurant on Broadway. But when Soapy went ________ the restaurant, the waiter saw Soapy’s dirty old trousers and ________ shoes. Strong hands turned him round and helped him out into the street again.

Now he had to ________ something different. Soapy walked and walked. He stopped in front of a shop window and looked at it. It was nice and bright, and everybody in the street could see him. Slowly and ________ he picked up a stone and threw it at the window. The ________ broke with a loud noise. People ran round the corner and Soapy was ________ because the man in front of him was a policeman. Soapy did not move. He ________ there with his hands in his pockets, and he smiled. “I’ll ________ be in prison now,” he thought.

These days I have been reading an ________ book called Robinson Crusoe (鲁滨逊漂流记). Do you know about it? It was ________ by Daniel Defoe. He was a famous English writer, who was born ________ 1660 and died in 1731.

Robinson Crusoe is one of the world’s most famous adventure (冒险) novels. It ________ a story about an English sailor, whose ________ is Robinson Crusoe. He is caught in a heavy storm at sea on ________ way to Africa. After floating for some time, he ________ an island where there are no people. In order to survive, Robinson searches ________ food, builds a hut (小屋), makes tools and raises animals. He comes back to the human society after living on the island about 28 years.

The novel shows us the experiences (经历) of a brave man and it also introduces us the spirit (精神) of never ________. It is so popular that it has been translated into many foreign ________ and is loved by readers all over the world.