【推荐1】I was in Grade 5 and about to take a science test. Simple science was easy for me at first and I always did well on tests. When it came to fifth-grade science, _______, I have great difficulty with it. I failed _______ it even though I tried my best. I became _______ worried before the test.

My parents had always been so proud of my grade, and I didn’t want to let them down. So just before the test I had written _______ notes from the textbook on my desk in pencil. The writing was so light that it could hardly _______. I sat nervously when the teacher started to hand out the papers. I didn’t want to get caught, but I didn’t want to end up with a low mark, _______.

While the teacher _______ my row, suddenly the fire alarm went off. It was _______ unscheduled fire drill (消防演习). We all rushed out of the door. Then we kept standing together _______ we could go back into the building.

As I stood outside ________ the hot sunshine, I realized I was such a fool. My parents would still love me even I got a low mark. And they cared more about ________ I was honest or not. As soon as we came into the classroom, I walked to my desk and cleaned the notes away. I had been given ________ chance, and I wasn’t going to waste it. I took the test, did my best and felt ________, I don’t remember my score, but what happened on that day ________ in my heart and mind ever since.

Sometimes life is full of second chances. Every day when you wake up, there is second chance all life. So treasure it ________!

【推荐3】There was a young painter who made money by painting portraits (肖像画). His dream was ________ famous. One day, a rich lady asked him to paint a portrait for her and promised to pay ________ 10,000 dollars.

After a week, the lady came to take the painting. The painting was wonderful, ________ she was not happy with it. She told the young painter, “I will buy this painting only for 3,000 dollars.” The young painter felt ________ at what she said. Then he ________ with the lady, hoping that she would keep her promise.

The rich lady said to the painter, “The person in the painting is me. If I don’t buy this painting, nobody else will buy it. So you have to sell it to me for 3,000 dollars.”

The young painter said ________, “No, I prefer not to sell it rather than be humiliated (羞辱) by you. Someday, you need to spend 20 times the money ________ the painting, because you break your promise today.”

After that, the painter worked very ________ day and night. Finally, he became famous in the field of art.

The rich lady soon forgot about the artist and what he had told her. But one day, one of her ________ told her, “There is a painter selling a painting called ‘Liar’ (说谎的人) for 200,000 dollars. The lady in the painting looks really like you.”

Then, the rich lady remembered the painter. She quickly went to ________ sorry to him and paid 200,000 dollars to buy the portrait.

【推荐1】Nasreddin was a poor man. He tried to grow as many vegetables as he could in his own garden _______ money for the future.

One evening he heard a noise in his garden and looked out of the window. He found a white cow _______ his vegetables. Nasreddin at once took his stick, _______ out and chased the cow, but he was too old to catch it. When he got back to his garden, he found _______ the cow had eaten most of his precious vegetables.

The next morning, while he _______ in the street near his house, he saw a cart _______ two white cows which looked very much like the one _______ had eaten his vegetables. He was carrying his stick with him, _______ he at once began to beat the two cows with it. As _______ of them looked more like the cow which had eaten his vegetables than the other, he beat both of them _______ hard.　　

The owner of the cow and cart was drinking coffee in a _______ nearby coffee-house. When he saw _______ Nasreddin was doing to his animals, he ran out and shouted, “What are you doing? What have those poor animals done to you for you to beat _______ like that?”　

“You keep out this!” Nasreddin shouted back, “This is a matter _______ me and one of the two cows. He knows very well why he _______!”

【推荐3】Many people want to know about their future. Some believe that dreams can tell them what ________ in the future.

Once there was a man called John Chapman in Swaffham. ________ he was very poor, he was kind and always helped others in trouble. People there loved him deeply. One night, he dreamed that a man told him he ________ become rich on London Bridge. John Chapman really needed money and wanted ________ a try, so he walked for three days and three nights and at last ________ London Bridge. But nothing happened. Three days later, when he decided to go home, a man came up to him.

“I’ve been watching you,” the man said. “Are you waiting for ________?”

“Yes.” said John. “I had a dream ________ a man on London Bridge. He was going to tell me how to own much money.”

“Oh,” said the man, “you shouldn’t believe in dreams. If I believed in dreams, I’d not be as ________ as I am now. I had a dream a few days ago about a man from Swaffham. He had gold in his garden, near an old apple tree.”

John was surprised to hear that. He quickly went back home and dug under the apple tree. ________ gold did he find? Many pieces! From then on, he was ________ rich man and he kept helping the poor people in his town.