【推荐1】A group of boys gathered around a tree. “______ tall tree!” they said to each other. “It would be exciting to climb to the top!”

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

One of the climbers was an 8-year-old boy ______ David. He was the shortest child in the group. ______ thought he would win the competition.

Then the game started. All of the boys tried their best to climb as ______ 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 proud to see this. She asked him, “David, how did you manage ______ the top of the tree so quickly?”

“It was easy,” David said. “The other children kept ______ 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 keep going forward ______ looking back, we were more likely to reach our goals.

The dry and hot season-August came again! We had not seen ________ in almost a month. The crops were dying. Cows had stopped giving ________. If we didn’t see some rain soon we would lose everything.

I was cooking in the ________ when I saw my six-year-old son, Tony, walking toward the ________. He was obviously walking with great ________. Minutes after he disappeared into the woods, he came running out again, toward the house.

Moments later, however, he was once again walking toward the woods.He kept the ________ for over an hour walking ________ to the woods, then running back to the house. Finally, I was so ________ that I went out of the house and ________ him on his journey.

He was cupping both ________ in front of him as he walked; being very careful not to spill the water he held in them. Branches and thorns (荆棘) slapped his little face but he did not try to ________ them. As I came close to him, I saw the most amazing scene.

Several large ________ appeared threatening (威胁) in front of him. But Tony walked right up to them. I almost ________ for him to get away. And I saw a baby deer lying on the ground, obviously suffering (遭难) from heavy loss of water, ________ its head to drink the water cupped in my beautiful boy’s hands.

I stood on the edge of the woods watching the most beautiful ________ working so hard to save a life. As my tears began to hit the ground, they were suddenly joined by other drops...and more drops...and more.

My mother works all day so I have to look after my younger brother. My little brother is about four years old and he ______ our mother all the time.

One day, after dinner, he starts asking for Mum. He is so young and ______ misses (想) Mum. So I ______ him, put on his shoes, carry him on my back (背) and walk out. About half an hour later, I find that he loses (丢失) a shoe. I take him off my back and put him down.

I know we ______ find that shoe, for our mother doesn’t have money to buy new shoes. We have to go back to find ______, so I tell my brother to wait (等) right here. A man hears it and stops me just before I walk away. He asks me, “You are leaving your brother here to find the shoe? What will you do if your ______ is not here when you come back?” I don’t know ______ to answer that question. He says, “It is OK if you can’t find the shoe, ______ it is not OK to lose your brother.” Then he sends us to our mother’s workplace by taxi.

In my lifetime, I meet many strangers (陌生人) ______ the young man. I feel sorry that I cannot find them and say thank you. I do not even remember what the man’s face ______ like, but he teaches me a lesson — people are more important than things.

【推荐1】Throughout the year, there are many activities at school. One of the most popular activities of the year is the food collection. It takes place in May and it is held in November again every year. Each school does its food collection _______. However, most of the time, it is set up in a similar style.

In my school, it usually lasts for a few weeks every time. Students bring their food _______ home. The food should be kept for a _______ time, such as canned food and pastas. We also hold activities _______ the school. Some students go door to door and ask people to _______ them some food. Some set up boxes in churches and _______ areas such as stores or cinemas.

The students all work hard and the members of the neighborhood are very warm-hearted. After that time is over, we bring the collected food to our local Community Table. The poor families in our community can get some food if they need to. Usually, a group of students go with one _______ to send the food. I sent food with our English teacher last year. And I was _______ to see so many families under the problem of hunger.

I was pleased that _______ school could help out all of those families. We do this ________ each year. What a great activity! Sure, we can’t change the world, but we can do our best to make our world a better place.

【推荐3】In my childhood, my mother spent her evening hours doing something for someone else. Sometimes she knitted (编织) hats for babies, and at other times, she cooked chicken soup for sick neighbors. So I wasn’t ________ when one evening my mother said she had taken on a new project.

“I am going to telephone seniors (老年人),” said my mother. “Every ________? But you don’t even know these people.” “It doesn’t matter,” she said. “What’s important is that I ________.” I was fifteen years old and couldn’t understand why my mother was willing to spend her evenings talking to ________. She had friends and my two older sisters to call if she felt lonely. “They will talk all the time on the phone. Some people didn’t even stop to catch breath.” I said.

My attitude (态度) didn’t stop my mother’s love for the project. That evening, I listened as she ________ the woman on the other line about her day and what she had eaten for dinner. When she finished the call, I said, “________ do you care whether (是否) she had cookies or rice pudding for dessert?” My mother said, “I’m the ________ person she talked to today.”

It took me more than thirty years to ________ understand the meaning of my mother’s words. Now, as my mother is nearly eighty, I find myself thinking about those nightly ________ she used to make. I am often the only person who telephones my mother, and sometimes I’m the only person she speaks to all day. I ask her what she cooked for dinner, but mostly I just listen as she describes a walk she took, or how her dog Lucky stole foods from the fridge. I ________ that my mother’s calls were lifelines, which made sure housebound seniors to keep in touch with the world. Without her, their world would have been empty.