Once upon a time, a hippo lived in a river next to a big tree. One day, a bird came and built its nest in the tree. The bird could sing beautiful songs. The _____ of the bird filled the hippo with so much envy (羡慕) that he couldn’t _____ anything else. Every day he would think why he wasn’t born to be a bird even though the bird told him many times he was so _____ to be so big and such a good swimmer.

Finally, the hippo made up his mind that he would come out of the river, climb the _____ and start singing. However, it was very clear that the hippo didn’t have wings, nor claw to climb with. Realizing that he would never climb up the tree, he _____ hit the tree until it came crashing to the ground. Then he stood on the leaves of the _____ tree, and began singing.

Unfortunately, hippos can’t sing, either. All that came from his mouth were _____ noises, and when the other animals heard this, they all came around to _____ the hippo.

He was so sorry for this. He also felt _____ about having knocked the tree down. He used all his power to _____ the tree back and raise it up again, and he took care of it until it completely got well.

【推荐2】What’s your idea about success? Some people say that beginners have all the luck, while others believe that success ______ only with practice. In fact, I feel both of these statements（陈述） are not true all the time. Each is true in some ways ______ not in others．

For example, I went to a drawing competition many years ago and ______ surprisingly. As a prize, I got a film ticket to see “Titanic”. I was really ______ because it was the first time I had taken part in any competition. Thinking that I might be lucky again, I ______ joining in other art competitions. But the result was that I ______ won again. I accepted the fact that the other people had a ______ artistic ability than I did. Art was not something I was especially interested in and I had never practiced the different art skills. So, the _____ I produced were not of a very high standard.

These experiences taught me a lot. Though I might have been lucky _____, I also need to put in hard work. As we know, ______ makes perfect. So I believe success builds on less luck and chance.

There are many unforgettable things in our life. I remembered I needed to give a ________ in a competition.

The speech was about ten to fifteen minutes. I was so nervous because I never ________ in public before. I really had no idea whether I would do a good job. After two weeks’ ________, I finished writing my speech. But speaking in public still made me ________.

Finally, the day came. I went to the platform (讲台). However, before my speech started, I ________ all my note cards over the floor by mistake. I was really nervous.

I tried to focus on my speech but my mind went blank (一片空白). All I cared about was what my classmates would ________ of me. At that moment, I even wanted to hide myself.

However, no one ________ me. They just said “Come on!” Because of their encouragement, I finally finished my speech ________ and became one of the winners.

In life, you always pay more attention to bad news than good news. This makes it ________ to have a positive (积极的) attitude towards life. Such bad thoughts will stop you from showing your best. So change the way of thinking when you are in trouble, then you may get a ________ result.

Mrs Green is eighty years old. Although she is very old, she still has a small car. She always drives to go ________ if she is free. She doesn’t drive fast, because she is too ________ and she drives ________ and never hits (撞击) anything. However, all of her family can not stop her driving car, and they are very worried about her. Sometimes her ________ say to her, “Please don’t drive your car, Grandma. We can take you to the shops.” But she always says, “No, I like ________. I drive for fifty years, and I don’t want to stop now.”

Today, she wants to go shopping again. She ________ her car at some traffic-lights because they are red. And then it can not ________ again. The lights are green, then ________, then green again. But her ________ still does not work.

“What can I do now?” She says. Then a ________ comes and says to her kindly, “Good morning. Don’t you like any of our traffic colors today?”

【推荐2】Hello! My name is Anna Smith. Anna is my ________ name. Smith is my last name. I am from England. I am in China with my parents now. I am thirteen ________ old. I’m in Yucai Middle School in Hangzhou. I like ________ books. They are my good friends. My school number is 0628. My telephone number is 929-3155. Call me, maybe we can be good ________.

This is Peter Qin. He is thirteen, too. Peter and I ________ good friends. We are not in the same (相同的) school, ________ we can meet after school. He often helps me with my Chinese. He ________ playing sports. He can play basketball very well. His E-mail address is peter_743@hotmail.com.

Ms. King is my Chinese teacher. She is a nice lady (女士). I often call her ________ 390-7632 to ask for help. Gina is her daughter. She is ________ lovely girl. And she is in Harvard Primary School. She is a book lover, too. In her room, you can see her books ________ —on her bed, on the desk and in the bookcase.

【推荐3】One old man was sitting with his 25-year-old son in the train.

The train is about to _______ the station. All passengers are settling down in their seats. As the train started, the young man was filled _______ lots of joy and curiosity(好奇). He was sitting on the window side. He extended his one _______ and was feeling the passing air. He shouted, “Papa see all trees are going behind.” The old man _______ and admired his son’s feelings. Beside the young man, one couple was sitting and listening to all the conversation _______ the father and the son. They were a little awkward(尴尬的) with the _______ of 25-year-old man behaving like a small child. _______ the young man shouted again, “Papa see the pond and animals. Clouds are moving with the train.” The couple was watching the young man embarrassingly.

Now it starts raining and some of water drops _______ the young man’s hand. He was filled with joy and he closed the eyes. He shouted again, “Papa, it’s raining. Water is touching me.”

The couple couldn’t help _______ and ask the old man, “Why don’t you _______ the doctor and get treatment for your son.” The old man said, “Yes. We are coming from the hospital today. My son gets his eye sight for the first time in his life.”

【推荐1】Everyone back home told me that one of the nicest things about college is the people you meet. They all promised me that I would ________ friendship that could last a lifetime. I would always smile and agree. Actually, before I ________ college, I really didn’t care.

I lived in the dorm(宿舍) where six guys lived in two small connecting rooms. All my roommates seemed to be good guys, but I didn’t really try to get to know them.

I have always been rather quiet and never been able to make friends ________. I would always forget names after I met people. When we passed again and they called out my name, I would ________ with an uncomfortable wave and a weak hello. This was ________ things went for the first month or so. After a while, things started to change. A couple of my roommates would try and keep me talking. Soon, these two roommates and I started becoming quite ________. We began going to the self-service restaurant together, exercising together, and ________ in the library to study.

One night my roommates invited me to listen to a fellow roommate’s practice with one of our college choir (合唱团). They drove me across the school where my roommate was to perform.

It so happened that this was my birthday, but I had kept quiet about it. So you can imagine my surprise when we entered the hall and the 120-member choir began to sing “Happy Birthday” to me. ________ at the dorm, my friends held a small party for me, complete with a card and cake.

I was completely moved, and I felt ________ to be able to call them friends. It was then that I realized that college means ________ the piece of paper you receive at the end—it’s an education in both life and people.

Last year Tom left school. He came to Taipei to ____________a job. He went from one company to another but ______wanted him. Now he had little money. He had to go back to his small town. So he came to the station. He felt ____________and tired. It was very late at night and the station as full of people. They were waiting to        ______tickets of the last train. He bought the last ticket, and he was very happy.

At that time, a woman with a crying baby walked to him. She asked him to sell her the ticket. He gave her the ticket. He thought they needed it more than he did. After ________ left, he sat on the bench and didn’t know___________to go. Just then, an old man came and said “ Young man, I have seen what you did to the woman. I have a big company. I need a good young man like___________.Would you like to work for me?”