【推荐1】My mother asked me when I was young: “What is the most important part of the body?”

When I was little, I thought _________ was very important to us. So I said, “Is it our ears?”

“No,” she said, “Because there are still many people who can’t hear things. Keep _________ and I’ll ask you again later.”

Three years passed. I had been considering the correct answer _________ I had my first try. This time I said, “Sight (视力) is important, so it must be our _________.”

“You are learning quickly, _________ the answer is not correct.” she said, “Because there are many people who are _________.”

I kept this question in my mind. My mom asked me several times and the only reply I got was, “You are getting _________, my boy.”

Last year, my grandpa _________. Everybody was quite sad. When it was our turn to say goodbye to Grandpa, she asked me, “Have you found out the most important part of the body?”

I was _________ when she asked me this. I always thought this was a game between __________ and me. “This question is very important.__________ you answer it shows whether you have really understood life. Today is the day you need to __________ this lesson.

She looked at me the way only a mother can. I saw tears in her eyes. She said, “My dear, the most important part of the body is your __________.”

I asked: “Is it because it holds up your head?”

“No,” she replied. “It is because it can __________ the head of a friend or loved one when they cry. Everybody needs a shoulder to cry on sometimes. I only hope you have enough love and friends so you will have a shoulder to cry on when you __________ it. And I hope you can be the shoulder for someone when you are needed.”

【推荐2】There was a woman in Detroit, who had a son. She was worried about him _______ he was not doing well in school. Boys in his class made jokes about him because he seemed so slow.          

The mother decided that she herself would have to get her _______ to do better in school. She told him to go to the Detroit Public Library to _______ a book a week and do a report about it for her.             

One day, in Ben’s class, the teacher held up a rock and asked if anyone _______ it. Ben put up his hand and the teacher let him speak. His classmates _______ why Ben raised his hand. He never said anything. What could he possibly want to say?        

Well, Ben knew not only the _______ but also where the teacher had found it. The teacher and the students were _______. Ben had learned all this from doing one of his book reports.             

Ben later went to the top of his class. When he _______ high school, he went to Yale University and at last became one of the _______ doctors in the United States.            

After Ben had grown up, he learned something about his mother that he did not know as a ________. She, herself, had never learned how to read.

【推荐3】

When shopping for clothes, my mum and I never have the same idea about what fits (适合) me well. To me, if it zips (拉上), it fits. However, my mum usually says I need a bigger ________.

When I was in middle school, I wanted to dress ________ my friends, but my body size made it impossible. Every time when my mum told me ________ didn’t fit me or I needed a bigger one, all I heard was that I was too heavy. That’s why we stopped shopping together. This went on till I was going to get married and needed to find a wedding dress. Of course, I could buy it ________. However, my mum is the person who loves me most in the world, so the idea of looking for a wedding dress without her seemed (似乎) quite ________ to me. Then the day came. As I ________ a white dress, I saw tears in my mum’s eyes. “You look very beautiful in it, my dear.” She told me. Nothing could surprise me more than this.

In fact, this dress didn’t zip up at the back and I did need a bigger one, ________ my mother didn’t say that. She just told me she couldn’t ________ how beautiful I looked. At that moment, all those ________ experiences (经历) we had in the past were gone. We didn’t buy a dress that day. We decided to see more. This was what I would never think about before.

Finally, we found a perfect dress after a few weeks’ shopping trips. And during those few weeks, Mum and I also found the perfect fit for our ________ relationship (关系).

【推荐1】David is from Australia, ________ now he is in China. He gets up at about six twenty and eats breakfast ________ at seven o’clock. After breakfast, he ________ goodbye to his parents. And then he ________ home at about seven thirty. He usually walks to school. He gets to ________ at seven fifty. He has his ________ class at eight.

Morning classes finish at twelve. And he eats lunch at twelve ten. ________ lunch, he has a short rest.

Afternoon classes start at two thirty. Usually, he has two lessons in the afternoon. ________ classes finish at four thirty. After school, he usually plays sports with ________ friends. Then he gets home at half past five. He eats dinner at six and then either does his homework ________ watches TV for a little while. He goes to bed at about nine.

【推荐2】My family went on a trip last Saturday. We didn’t _______ much money and really had a good time. In the morning, my father _______ us to a science centre in our city. We didn’t _______ any money on the tickets _______ it is free. There is a _______ area in the science centre. My brother and I saw different kinds of animals and did some _______ things. We both had a lot of _______ playing together in the science centre. Then we took _______ car to a park near the science centre. My parents set up the tent _______ and then we had a picnic __________. After the picnic, my father started to read newspapers and my mother __________ games with me. After we got back home in the afternoon, I turned __________ the computer and copied (拷贝) all the photos we took that day. My mother even wrote some words for our __________. She hoped those __________ and words would __________ us remember the happy time.

【推荐3】Eddy is a student from Sunshine Middle School. He loves sports very much. Today he wants to play soccer. He says to his ________, “I have no soccer shoes.”

“________ do you say that? You have these shoes.” says his mom.

“But they are too ________.” says Eddy.

At last, Eddy has to go to school with his shoes. His friends all ________ new shoes. “Come on, Eddy!” they call. “Put on (穿上) your soccer shoes.”

Eddy puts on his soccer shoes. “Your shoes ________ old.” says Paul. “Can you ________ soccer in them?” Eddy kicks (踢) the ball and a ________ comes off (掉落).

School finishes at 4:30 p.m. It’s time to go home. At 5:00 p.m., Eddy gets home. He says, “I don’t like playing ________ now.”

“Eddy, take your shoes and come ________ me.” says his grandpa.

Eddy goes to his grandpa’s ________. Grandpa sits at the desk near the bed. He paints (用颜料画) the shoes black and red and puts Eddy’s name on ________. “You have new shoes now.” Grandpa says. “No one has shoes like these. But you know it’s not the shoes on the ________. It’s the boy ________ the shoes!”

The next day at school, Eddy puts on his shoes before playing soccer with his classmates.

“Wow!” says Paul. “Your shoes are ________! They are so special!” Eddy is very ________ to hear that. And he says, “It’s not the shoes. It’s the boy in them!”

【推荐2】A group of boys gathered (聚集) around a tree. “What a tall tree!” they said to each other. “It would be exciting to climb to the ________!”

The group of boys then decided to play a ________ to see who could climb to the top of the tree first. Their mothers were sitting not far away, looking at their children as they played.

One of the climbers was an 8-year-old boy named David. He was the shortest child in the group. Nobody thought he would ________ the competition.

Then the game started. All of the boys ________ their best to climb as high as they could.

________ they all made it halfway up the tree before David did, he reached the top of the tree fastest in the end.

His mother was ________ to see this. She asked him excitedly, “David, how did you manage (设法做到) to reach the top of the tree so ________?”

“It was easy,” David said. “The other children kept looking ________ as they climbed. When they realized how high they were, they got ________ and were afraid of falling down. I, however, looked only up. When I saw how close I was, I kept going higher and higher until I reached the top.”

It is true in life that if we just ________ going forward without looking back, we are more likely to reach our goals.

【推荐3】Rory goes to the bookcase in her school library. She wants the ________ Robot Bakes a Cake, but she can’t ________ it.

Mrs. Shah checks (查看) her ________ and says, “That book is here somewhere. I think someone is reading it.”

“________ has it?” Rory looks around. Her good friend Anna is reading a book about robots (机器人). But it isn’t that book.

Then Rory ________ it. A tall boy is reading a book. The book has ________ of a robot and a cake on it. “That is the book. I want that book!” Rory says.

The boy ________ the book and puts it back (放回) in the ________. Rory takes it and ________ it. “How is the book?” Mrs. Shah ________. “It is a great book!” Rory says.