Before I went to high school, I looked forward to starting my new life. I wanted to get into the _________ of popular students at school, so I bought a new outfit (套装) to present a good image for myself.

On the first day of school, I didn’t know _________ to have my first class. I was standing in the hall, looking confused (困惑的), when a short girl wearing glasses _________ and asked, “Hi, my name is Judy. Are you _________? Do you want me to help you find your class?” _________ she seemed not the kind of girl I wanted to make friends with, I told her my name and _________ her, making polite conversation the whole way.

When we reached classroom, she said, “It was nice _________ you, and I hope your day goes all right.” I said _________ and waved good-bye.

In the classroom, I saw a big group of students around a girl wearing blue jeans with holes. She was talking about her adventures in summer. I thought this girl was _________. When the teacher came and told us to have a rest, I managed to get a __________ next to her, and said, “Hi, my name is April and I’m new here.” She said, “Hi, I’m Ella.”

Once the class was over, I turned to her and asked, “My next class is art. Could you help me find it?” She said “No” __________ and walked to her friends, Molly and Cindy. I heard her say, “Did you see that new girl trying to get into our group? Her outfit is so strange.” They all looked at me and __________.

When I was ready to go home, someone came up and said, “Hi, again. How was your first day?” It was __________. I told her my day was not good. She said she was __________ and offered to walk me outside.

Walking with Judy made me realize how __________ it was to try to only make friends with popular people, and how nice it would be to have a friend like her.

【推荐2】My name is Paul. Jane and Jack are my good friends. Jane is my classmate. She is a nice and healthy _______. She wants to _______ a teacher in the future (在将来). She likes reading (阅读) _______. She likes fruit and vegetables and she eats _______ every day. She likes baseball. She often (经常) plays baseball with me _______ class.

Jack is not my classmate. He is fat. He always gets up (起床) late in the morning, so he doesn’t have _______ every day. _______ food does he like? He only _______ chicken for lunch and dinner. He likes sports, but he doesn’t   _______ them. He always says, “It is really ________ for a fat boy!”

【推荐3】Two friends Peter and Dale were walking through the desert. During the journey, they had an argument and Peter slapped (扇耳光) Dale in the face. Dale was hurt, but without saying anything, he wrote in the ________ , “Today, my best friend slapped me in the face.” They kept on walking ________ they found an oasis (绿洲) where they decided to take a bath. ________ Dale got stuck in the mare (泥潭) and almost lost his life. But his friend Peter saved him. After he came back to life, he carve (刻) on a stone, “Today, my best friend saved my ________ ” Peter, the friend who had slapped and ________ him, asked, “After I hurt you, you wrote it in the sand, but now you carve it ________ a stone. Why?” Dale ________, “ When you hurt me, I wrote it down in the sand, because the ________ can blow the bad memory and feelings away. However, when you saved my life, I must write it on a stone, ________ no wind will take it away. The ________ things you did for me will be recorded forever.” Learn to write your hurts in the sand, and to carve your thankfulness in the stone.

It was the last day of our final exam. On the steps of one building, a group of engineering（工程学）students were ________ their exam, which would begin in a few minutes. There was ________ on their faces. This was their last exam—then on to ______ and jobs. After four years of college, they felt ________ to see the world.

The exam, they knew, would be easy. The professor（教授）said they could ________ any books or notes they wanted. They entered the room. The professor ________ the papers. And smiles became bigger as the students saw there were only five essay questions.

Three hours passed. The professor began to ________ the papers. The students no longer looked confident. ________, they looked scared. The professor asked “How many of you ________ all five questions?” Not a hand was raised.

“How many answered four?” Still no hands. “Three? Two? One, then?” But the class still stayed ________. The professor put down the papers. “That is exactly what I ________,” he said. “I just want to tell you that ________ you have finished four years of college, there are still many things you don’t know. The questions you could not answer are about things you will work with every day.”

Then, smiling, he added, “You will all ________ this course, but remember —although you are now college graduates, your education has just ________.” Not everyone remembers this professor’s name. But ________ of his students remember his final lesson.

【推荐3】Mr Bush comes from London, _________. He now _________ at a middle school in our city. He has sixty students. He often says his class is too big and it is hard work for him to talk with every student _________ English. He enjoys _________ black tea and green tea. He likes Chinese food _________. He _________ drinking milk. He likes playing football, but he _________ play well.

Mr Bush’s son James and I _________ in the same class, so we are _________. He sits in front of __________. __________ favourite lesson is Music. He also likes playing football. After school we often play football in the __________. He is very helpful. We often help each __________.

Mrs Bush is a __________. She works in a hospital. On Saturday and Sunday, she likes going __________. Sometimes the Bush family goes to the park. They are all very happy in China.

【推荐1】Santa Can Come before Christmas

It was last June. I entered a supermarket to pick some vegetables, when a young man asked me, “Can you tell me where the _______ counter (柜台) is?” “Well, the milk is in the lower right corner,” I replied. Picking up my things, I finally came to the milk counter where I met the same man _______ almost 10 bottles of milk. I asked, “Do you need a basket or a trolley (推车)?”

“Sure, thank you.” he answered. I was _______ he was still picking more bottles and after a few minutes his trolley had 24 bottles of milk. I laughed and asked, “Why so many bottles?” He smiled and said, “These are for my street dogs. Today, I want to be a Santa for them.” I said, “Well, it’s too _______ for you to be a Santa. It is still June and Christmas comes in December.”

He _______ at me and walked a few steps, as if he wanted to say something but he left the counter without saying anything.

Suddenly, we met again at the bread counter. “So these bread and cakes are also for the street dogs, Mr. Santa” He smiled and said, “Yes. These are also for the dogs and I love to be Mr. Santa in the month of June. Santa is a representation of surprises and _______. Santa comes in December as we _______ him around Christmas. But in real life there is a Santa in each one of us that shines _______ our personality at some point of time, no matter which month it is. Maybe when you offered help to me by getting me a trolley, there was a _______ Santa in you. When we offer food to a poor man or an umbrella to someone who is caught in the rain, we are being Santa there, so when you offer help to others or get help from others, just think that Santa has come all the way for you.”

He left and I was happy that I had met him. It was right to understand that Santa can come before Christmas, we just need to realize that he is around us by ________ happiness and unconditional love.

【推荐2】The rain was sudden and heavy on a cold night over ten years ago. My bus suddenly stopped at the station because of the rain. With two kilometres still to go, I was ______ of time to pick up my four-year-old daughter from her childcare centre. I walked through the water in the pouring rain and finally arrived at the place, really wet. But I was glad to be only a few minutes late. Now I had to face the next ______.

I had no way of getting home. It was around 6 p.m. and there were no buses and I couldn’t ______ a taxi. Home was too far to walk in the rain. We stood outside the centre, looking at the rain pouring down, showing no sign of stopping. I noticed another parent stop the ______ and rush inside to collect his child ten minutes later. I did not _____ him and my thought turned back to my terrible situation.

“How far are you going?” a ______ asked.

I turned around to face the man who’d arrived late to pick up his child. I couldn’t ______ believe that there was a chance of getting a lift and I was too excited to tell him where I lived. He then kindly ______ to take us, saying “I’m going that way.” I was completely wet and didn’t know how I’d avoid getting the car seat wet. As if he could not see for himself, I nervously told him that I was wet. However, he didn’t ______ to mind, and was happy to help us.

To this day, I get goose bumps (鸡皮疙瘩) when I think about the evening that my daughter and I were left in difficulties. But I am still thankful for the ______ of this stranger.

【推荐3】When I am reading a newspaper at home, my friends call me. “Will you _______ here and give us some help?” I throw the _______ away and run to them.

My friends are playing a _______ game. And the ball goes right into Mrs. White’s _______. They know I live next to her, _______ they want me to get the ball for them. I am afraid (害怕) of my neighbour, Mrs. White. She looks unfriendly. Everyone says that she doesn’t like the children. And _______ knows Mrs. White well because she _______ comes out of her house or speaks. I walk _______ her garden slowly. I am nervous (紧张的). Suddenly I see a tall _______ walking to me. It is Mrs. White. I feel worried when I see ________. “Is this your basketball?” she asks. I say, “Yes, and we’ll never do it again.” To my ________, Mrs. White says, “Why don’t you kids ________ here? This hoop (球架) here is better than ________.” Wow! We are so glad to hear that! Mrs. White is ________ us to play in her garden! We all learn an important lesson: what many people ________ isn’t always true.