【推荐1】My name is Tony. I’m _______ English boy. I’m twelve. Now I’m in Class Two, _______, No. 3 High School. Mr. Zhao is my Chinese teacher and I like _______. I have a brother（兄弟）.

_______ name is Tom. We have round faces and big eyes. We _______ the same. We are in different schools.

I _______ in China now. I have a good _______ here. His English isn’t _______, so I can help him with it. But my _______ isn’t good, ________ he can help me with my Chinese. We can help each other.

【推荐2】One day, I was so angry with my parents that I left home. I thought they had no rights to take control of my life_______they didn't even want to buy me a bike. I was so _______that I didn't realise that I was wearing my father's shoes and I even took   _______ wallet.

While I was rushing on foot towards the _______station, I felt a sharp pain in my foot. That was when I realised one of the shoes had a _______ . There were no buses around. Not knowing what to do, I _______ to look in my dad’s wallet. There was a loan(借款收据)of 40000 yuan. I also found a note_______ his manager. It said, "Please wear a new pair of _______ to work.” Then, I remembered my mother had told Dad to buy a new pair of shoes, but he said his shoes could last another six months at least._______ I found an exchange note. Dad was going to exchange his old motorbike for a new bike. I________   remembered that when I left home, my dad's motorbike wasn't there. I started to run back home with my ________ paining.

However, when I got home, I________ to see Dad. After an hour, he came back with a new bike. ________ my dad, I felt regret. That was when I realised the unconditional love that he had given me. Boys and girls, we ________ have a habit of taking our parents for granted(视……理所当然).

From now on, let's not ________ them for things they have not done and start loving them for what they have done for us. You know parenting is not an easy job.

At lunchtime, most people in the Western world, from school kids to office workers, eat a sandwich. A sandwich is meat, cheese and vegetables________two pieces of read. Of course, there are________different types of sandwiches. And people in________countries have their own ways to eat sandwiches, too. French and Spanish people usually eat a smaller sandwich with only a thin slice of meat and________butter on bread. Americans like to________vegetables in their sandwiches while the British love sandwiches that are________with eggs and mayonnaise.

________are sandwiches so popular in the Western world? It is because they are so_______to carry and eat. In a________, one can even eat a sandwich while walking-much harder to do with a bowl of soup!

Surprisingly, people once________the common sandwich a luxury（奢侈）. The snack was________after the Earl（伯爵）of Sandwich, who was from a________British family. The story goes that the Earl was a bad gambler（赌博者）. He didn't want to________the poker table to eat a meal, ________he asked his cooks to put meat inside some bread. This way, he could eat________getting his hands dirty and keep one hand free for gambling.

【推荐2】Christmas is as important to British people as Spring Festival is to us. Every year on Dec 25, English people gather together to _________ this holiday. It is the most_________ family gathering of the whole year.

In the UK, people start preparing for Christmas soon after Halloween—even as_________as the beginning of November! In every shop window I _________on my way to school, I see Santa decorations(装饰) , candy canes and presents. The whole of London is getting ready for ___________.

One tradition in the UK is to have an advent calendar(圣诞倒数日历). It has 24 little flaps(片状小门) that you can open starting from Dec1. There is a tiny _________behind each flap. It _________ be makeup, chocolate or stationery, depending on what kind of calendar you buy. You can open one flap each day _________you get to the last flap on the morning of Dec 25! This tradition _________ in the mid-19th century in Protestant areas in Germany.

__________interesting tradition began in 1954. Every November, London is lit up by thousands of decorative lights. The lights are shaped like the common symbols of Christmas, such as angels, reindeers and Christmas trees. It is a breathtaking sight from far away and it is wonderful how the colors create an atmosphere (氛围)of celebration.

【推荐3】Clothing is a language. From the traditional clothing we can know more about culture.

Africa has a long history and a rich ________, and this is shown in traditional dress. The three colours—red, gold and green, are often used in the clothing. These three colours ________ different meanings. The pictures on clothing also have different kinds of ________.

Clothing has strong social meanings, so people are very ________ in choosing what to wear. It would be a serious _______ to wear the wrong clothes, or to dress in the wrong way. For example, in Ghana, a woman should wear her waistband (腰带) _______ according to the importance of the social event.

Traditional dress also tells us about ________ life. African designs are famous for loose clothing. The ________ there can be very high during the daytime but very low at night, so it ________ that the clothes should be comfortable for daily life.

Today although more and more young people like wearing Western clothes, especially in big cities in Africa, ________ African dress is still quite ordinary. This is because it has deep cultural meanings.