【推荐1】The bus stopped at a farm. Gus, Adam and Lisa got off and ran to the big farm. They ________ many flowers around the farm. They thought the flowers were beautiful.

“Welcome to my farm. You can look at these animals first. One of our hens was ________! I must look for it now!” said the farmer.

“We can help you find it,” said Gus.

“Just look for it ________the farm. Don’t go too far,” the farmer said.

Gus, Lisa and Adam looked for the lost hen around the farm. But ________ didn’t find it anywhere. Next, the children went into the fields(田野). They also ________ a big tree, but they still couldn’t see it from the tree. It was ________ in the evening, so they had to go back.

“We can look for it ________,” said Adam. “Sometimes, hens make their home in funny places.”

The next day, the ________came to the farm again. They ________ the farmer that they could not find the chicken yesterday.

“Look!” said the farmer. “The hen is at home, with a new ________—nine chickens!”

“They’re so cute!” said Gus. The children were quite happy.

Huang Junyu. 14. is one of the players who took part ________ a friendly match between some Chinese teenage players and their peers (同龄人) from Qatar on Nov. 21.

He was born in Meizhou, which is known as “the hometown of ________ Chinese soccer”. Many famous players including Wu Weiying and Wang Peng come from the city. Born and growing up there, Huang Junyu ________ an interest in soccer at an early age. With the support of his family. Huang got professional ________. He once got into the national U12 team. “Playing soccer well requires not only good strength (体力), skills and tactics (战术), but also the ________ of teamwork (团队合作),” said Huang.

A true friend is always helpful. I didn’t believe it until(直到) one thing ________ to me when I was in Grade 7.

Li Jie was one of my classmates. He and I were also neighbors. He always listened to his mother ________ I didn’t like listening to my mother. I didn't think it was necessary for ________ to teach me anything. Li Jie knew all about that but he said ________ to me.

One weekend, Li Jie invited me to watch a film. I liked films very much so I went to the ________ with him happily. The film was about the love between a ________ and her son. After watching it, I began to know how great the love of the mother was. I felt ________ that I didn’t listen to my mother before. I decided to think more about my mother than about ________. After I told that to him, Li Jie smiled and said, “It’s really necessary for you to watch such a film. That was a good choice(选择) for both you and me.”

Suddenly, I knew ________ he invited me to watch the film. Just at that time, I knew a true friend is always ________.

【推荐2】Peter is thirteen years old. He is ______ Grade Two this year. He likes to play football and watch football matches. And he often ______ newspapers.   He does his best to know where and when a football match will be. Now Peter is having lunch. He is ______ the radio, too. He is very happy ______ there will be a nice football match on TV at four ______ this afternoon. He wants ______ it very much. But he is going to have English and Chinese lessons. It’s ______ for him to find a way.

“Hello, Mrs. Black,” Peter says to his teacher ______ the phone. “Peter is ill in bed. He wants to ask for half a day’s leave(请假).”

“Oh, I’m ______ to hear that,” says Mrs. Black. “But ______ is that?”

“It’s my father, Mrs. Black.”

The Great Wall is known as the eighth wonder of the world. Every year thousands of tourists from all over the world come to visit this place of ________ in China.

Last Saturday I went to the the Great Wall with some of my friends. It was a sunny day. On our way up, we saw many ________ keeping order in the sun. They helped the elders with their bags, ________ photos for some tourists and answered people’s questions. Though they were very ________ they didn’t stop to have a rest. We were deeply ________ when we saw this.

Just at that moment, we saw a little boy standing ________ and crying. We went over and asked what happened to him. From his answer we knew that he couldn’t find his mother. We told him not to ________ it and then we tried to get in touch with his mother with the phone number he gave us. Twenty minutes ________, his mother turned up. When she saw her son, she was very excited and thanked us with tears in her eyes.

That day we not only enjoyed the beauty of the Great Wall, but also felt the warmth of the ________. If everyone can reach out a helping ________ to others, the world around us will be more and more harmonious (和谐的). Do you think so?

The history test was coming on Friday. Julie was worrying about it. ______ was the subject she learned the worst.

“What if I fail?” she asked her friend Marcus on their way home together. “I’ve ______ been good at memorizing (记忆) things for a test like you. I love wordplay (双关语) and I’m just good at it.”

“Calm down,” Marcus ______ her. “You’ll do fine.”

“Thank you. But that’s so difficult for me.” How Julie wished she could get good ______ like Marcus!

The following day, Julie decided to use library time to study. She ______ a table in a quiet corner. With her textbook open in front of her, she tried to make sense of all the facts and dates. But it was ______.

She dropped her head to the book. “Impossible!”

“Hi, Julie!”

Julie ______. She saw Maria from her class was seated at a nearby table.

“Want to study together?” Maria asked, nodding to an empty chair.

“Sorry,” Julie answered “I’m afraid you’d do better ______ me. I’m not exactly a historian (历史学家).”

“Me neither.” Maria smiled.

Julie got her things and ______ Maria, who was sitting with some cards and colored pencils in front of her. Each card showed a colorful doodle (涂鸦) .

Julie gave a ______ look. “I thought you were studying history.”

“This is how I study,” Maria said. “I like art, and the images help me recall facts. Sometimes memorization isn’t enough and I have to get ______.”

“I see,” said Julie, with interest. And an idea jumped into her head. If Maria could use her artistic skills to

“I have got my ______ to remember the answer to the question ‘What would you call someone who lives in Flanders?’ ”

“ ______?” wondered Maria.

“See the flamingo (火烈鸟) home … See the Fleming (佛兰芒人) go home to Flanders. Yes! A Fleming lives in Flanders. Perfect!” Julie said ______ and loudly.

Suddenly, studying history didn’t seem so difficult to Julie.

During summer vacations, I would volunteer at the pet rescue (救助) center, so I could see a lot of dogs. Minnie was the funniest-looking dog I’d ever seen by far. Her body looked like a sausage (香肠). Her hair was too thin to ________ her body. Her eyes always seemed surprised, and her tail was so short that it looked like a rat’s tail.

She looked so strange that her ________ didn’t want her any more. She was brought to the center. ________ I thought, “Minnie was kind and sweet. No one should ________ at her strange looking.” So I gave Minnie a good bath and advertised her in the newspaper: “Funny-looking dog, kind and sweet, needs a loving ________.”

Later, a boy called me, but I warned him that Minnie was ________. However, the boy told me that his grandfather’s sixteen-year-old dog had just died. They wanted to ________ Minnie very much. Hearing these words, I said that they could take Minnie away. I combed (梳) her hair, and gave her a good bath. Then we waited for them to arrive.

At last, an old car stopped in front of the pet rescue center. Two kids ________ to the door. They put Minnie into their arms and rushed out to their grandfather who was waiting in the car. I hurried behind them to ________ his reaction (反应).

Inside the car, the grandfather put Minnie in his arms and ________ her soft hair. She looked very relaxed and happy. “She’s perfect, and I like her!” the old man said. I was ________ that Minnie had found a good owner. Just at that time, I saw that the grandfather’s ________ were a milky white color—he was blind.

After that summer vacation, I missed Minnie so much. So I went back to the grandfather’s house. The grandfather was walking in the garden with Minnie ________ the way. I could see ________ of them were happy. “Minnie is the most beautiful dog in my eyes,” said the grandfather. “I’ve ________ felt happier before!” Hearing this, I was pretty happy!