【推荐1】My brother and I often fight with each other over small things. One day our father said to _______seriously, “Tomorrow we will take part in the Ray Home Sports Day. Both of you must go with me. You_______ not go anywhere else. Maybe you can_______something from those children.” My brother laughed, “Dad, Ray is a home for physically disabled（身体残疾的）children. What can we learn from them?”

“You will see.” our father said.

Our father works _______a volunteer (志愿者) at Ray. The children there have problems with their hands, walking or hearing. Every day, he spends hours helping them to move or exercise their legs or arms.

The next day, he took us to Ray Home. When we got there, we found a nice place to_______. Finally, the sports began. There was a 50-meter race to see who could run_______. All the runners were physically disabled. _______   the race stared, all the children moved as fast as they could. Just then, one of the_______fell over and hurt her leg. She began to cry at the top of her voice.

All the children stopped to help the poor girl.Then they all held hands and finished the race together. My brother and I were _______ to see this: the children weren’t interested in winning the race- they were more interested in helping each other to________ the race.

Have you ever felt unhappy about your life? Do you want to make changes（改变）, but don’t know how?

Well, there once lived a man who had a（an）______ like this. He lived with his wife and children in a very small house. There was ______ noise in his house as his children played, laughed and sang. No matter where he went, he could find no peace at all. Finally, he couldn’t ______ it any more.

The man went to a wise old woman for ______. He told her his trouble. The old woman said, “Go home and bring all of your farm animals to live in your house.” The man didn’t think it was ______ advice. But because the old woman was famous for her wisdom（智慧） he went home and brought all the farm animals inside. ______ made all kinds of noise in the house.

After a few days, the man went back to the wise woman. She said, “Go home and take all the animals out.” The man didn’t ______, because a few days ago she advised him to bring them inside.

But the man still ______ to follow her advice. He returned home and drove all the animals outside. To his surprise, he felt the house was so ______.

So sometimes what we already have is the best of all and we should ______ it. What we think is bad may not be bad at all.

【推荐3】A year ago，my friend and I went to a small town.We went there to_______a wedding（婚礼）.After the wedding, we waited _______a bus to go back home.It was nine o'clock in the evening and although many buses passed, -_______stopped.

We stood waiting for an hour and were getting _______.We couldn't stay there all night_______ we both needed to work the next day.It was almost 10 at night_______ a family who went to the same wedding passed by in their car.They found that we were waiting for a_______they stopped and let us get into their car.I was so_______ for their kindness.When we_______our home-town, they dropped us at the nearest bus stop.

Then we ________a bus.On the way home, a________man in dirty clothes stopped the bus which we went on.The driver saw his clothes and asked him if he had any money.The poor man shook________ head and said “No”.When the driver ________this, he refused（拒绝）to take him.I remember my ________a few minutes earlier , and I told the driver to allow him to sit with us, and I would__________for his ticket.It was a chance to pass on the family's kindness! That night, I went to sleep happily.

Mr. Clarke teaches science in a middle school. He likes _________ and he reads _________ before breakfast and after supper every day. So he knows much and teaches well. His _________ worship(崇拜) him very much. Mike, Mr. Clarke’s little son, is only nine. He _________ likes reading books. And he often asks his father some questions. Mr. Clarke always thinks his son is too _________, so sometimes he doesn’t answer. Of course, the boy is not happy with it.

One day Mike reads _________ about the electric lights(电灯) and he is interested in it. When his father _________ him to do some housework, he is thinking of it. He asks his father _________ questions, and his father answers all. Then his father says proudly(自豪地), “Fathers always know more than sons!” The boy thinks for a while and says, “I don’t think so!” “Oh? Why?” Mr. Clarke asks.

Mike doesn’t answer _________ asks instead(反而), “Who invented(发明) the electric lights?” “Thomas Edison,” answers Mr. Clarke. “Why didn’t his father invent them, then?”

Looking at his son, Mr. Clarke doesn’t know _________ to answer!

【推荐2】There was a little boy called John, who was very playful. He played hard at the playground and was _________ when he got home.His father told him to get ready for a bath. The little boy _________ and went straight to his room.

His father was waiting for John in the _________ but he never came. His father went to John’s room. He saw that John was already asleep in his bed fully clothed.And one shoe was off _________, one shoe was still on his right foot. His father took _________ John’s shoe and trousers, leaving him to sleep. Then he closed the door quietly.