【推荐1】Last year, we took a trip to New York City. When we arrived at our_________, it was around 2 a. m. My son, Joseph, looked out at the lights of Times Square and said he wanted to go_________. I told him it was too_________to go out, but he kept looking out of the window and said, “Just for two minutes.”

My wife and I just looked at each other, smiled and said, “Two minutes.” We got dressed and walked to the center of Times Square._________ we got there, my son pointed at the lights and said, “Dad,_________!” And then he started to fall asleep. So we had to go back to the hotel.

It took us 20 minutes to_________ for the 20 seconds we spent outside, but it made our son___________and that meant a lot to us. That night, I learned a lesson about happiness. We sometimes have chances to_________ happy moments in our lives, but we often find a（an）_________to do something else.

Because of my son, I learn that I am the biggest enemy to__________own happiness. Although happiness is a door that is always open, we are the ones who have to decide if we are going to walk through the door.

【推荐2】Bill is a student in No. 4 Middle School. He likes nice ______. But his parents don’t have much money to ______ them for him. So he always goes to the ______ and look at the shoes for hours.

Bill ______ to the shoe store again on a Sunday afternoon. He looks at his ______ shoes and feels unhappy. He really wants to have a new pair of shoes for his birthday, ______ he knows that his parents can’t buy them for him.

Bill doesn’t go home because he doesn’t want his ______ to see his unhappy face (脸). He goes to the park to relax himself. There he ______ a girl. She sits in a wheelchair (轮椅). Bill comes to the girl and finds that ______ has no feet (脚)! He looks at his feet and says to himself (他自己), “It’s much better (更好) to be without (没有) shoes than without feet.” Then Bill goes home happily.

“Being ______ is the first thing for everyone.”, he says to his parents.

Peter and Joe lived next to each other. Both of them grew many different _________ in their gardens. Peter _________ watered his plants and didn’t pay a lot of attention (注意力) to them. But Joe was very careful with his plants and watered them often. Peter’s plants were small, but still looked okay,   _________ Joe’s plants were much bigger and greener.

One night. there was a heavy storm (暴风雨). The next morning, both of the two men _________ to check on (检查) their gardens. Joe saw that his plants had been pulled from the ground and totally (完全) died. But there was _________ wrong with Peter’s. Joe was _________ and asked Peter, “We both grew the same plants and I cared for my plants better than you did. How could your plants still be okay?” Peter smiled, “Because you gave your plants too much attention and care. You made it too easy for them to _________ I gave my plants just a little bit of water, so they had to grow deeper to take in more water. That is _________ my plants didn’t die.”

Sometimes, too much care can make us become weak and have fewer chances to be strong.

【推荐1】When my daughter was 6 years old, I ________ her to take two courses, one was traditional Chinese dance, and ________ was child modeling. She quickly picked up the latter.

She has modeling classes once a week. I’m sure that the classes will make her more ________.

Before, my daughter was ________ afraid to take the subway because she would have to meet many people. Her little face would turn pale (苍白的) with fear. That meant she always stayed at home, so I thought ________ necessary to take her out more to see the outside world.

After taking the classes for more than a year, I noticed her progress. She dares to speak to strangers. Even on the T-stage, she can behave ________. So attending model classes was the correct decision for her.

On the stage, she is serious and cool. But after classes or a performance, she becomes a ________ kid again.

If she has a chance to be a T-stage show model, I won’t ________ the invitations for her. I will support her to do these jobs in her free time if she wants.

I don’t think parents should impose(强加于) their ideas on their children, ________ it’s unfair to the child. In the future, if she has an interest ________ physics or English, I will also continue to support her.

【推荐3】It’s cold today. My dog and I   ___________ walking home. When we get close to our house, it begins raining, so I   ___________. Unluckily(不幸地), I fall down(跌倒). Then someone asks, “Are you all right?” I look up and see a   _____________.

“I am OK,” I say and the boy helps me stand up.“Do you   ___________ near here?” I ask.

“No, I’m from Manchester,” he says. “Sorry! I have to go.   ___________ you walk? Do you need help?”

“No, I’m   ___________. Thanks!” I say and the boy walks   ___________.

“I’m Grace,” I call. “What’s your name?” _____________ he doesn’t hear my words. At home, Mom’s   _____________.

“Grace, do you know about this boy, Mark?” She asks. “What boy?” I say.

“A boy ____________ Manchester. His dad can’t find him. Look! This is his dad.” A man is talking with a/an   ____________ on TV.   Then they show a   ____________ of the missing boy. Oh, it’s that   __________ boy. He is Mark.

“Mom, I saw the boy near our home. Let’s   ____________ his dad.”

“That’s great. I just hope(希望) the man will find his   ____________ soon.”

【推荐1】A teenager was able to save a boy’s life almost 1,300 kilometers away thanks to TikTok. Caden Cotnoir, 13, was ________ a TikTok livestream(网络直播)of Trent Jarrett, 12, riding his ATV(全地形车)when ________ went wrong.

“All of a sudden his phone goes kind of blank, you can see a little bit of light and you can just hear him shouting for help His voice shows he’s scared," Caden said. Caden could hear Trent shouting a phone number, ________ he wrote it down and called it. Trent’s grandparent ________ the phone.

“I was shouting out my grandparent’s phone number,” Trent said, adding that it was the only number he could remember, And it was a lifesaver because Caden was listening.

“That’s ________ I knew I could do something about it” said Caden .Trent was trapped ________ about 20 minutes before his parents were able to find him and lift the ATV off him. Luckily, he only had small cuts and wasn’t ________ hurt.

“He did what he was supposed to do and got the right people and it ________,” Caden’s father, Gilmantom Police Matt Currier said. Caden followed Trent on TikTok because the boys were ________ in the same hobbies, including hunting and fishing. The boys had never spoken before,but they met after the ________. Trent said he’s like to thank Caden for everything he did.

“I am just happy that I could help,” said Caden. “That’s all.”

【推荐2】I have had thousands of classes since I started school nine years ago. But only one ________ was the most important.

It happened last term just after I had got a ________ result in an exam. I was sad and had lost my confidence. I decided to go to a class which can tell me how to be ________.

The speaker walked into the room. But he did not start talking like a teacher. Instead, he held up a twenty-yuan note.

“Who wants this?” he asked. ________ of us in the class held up our hands.

He smiled. Then he put up the note on the blackboard and asked the same question. Again, we up our hands. He smiled again but said nothing. ________, he threw the note onto the floor. Then he asked the same question a ________ time.

I didn’t understand what the speaker was doing. Why was he asking the same question again and again? I wanted to get the note, ________ I put my hand up again. after a while he ________ the note and started to laugh. “You have all just told me how to become successful.” He said to us with the note in his hand.

The note is worth 20 yuan. It is ________ 20 yuan, even though I threw it on the floor. You are like the note. Whatever happens to you, you still have your worth.

Suddenly I ________ I was worth a lot. I may have done poorly in the exam, but it doesn’t mean I can’t do well in the future. If I believe in myself, I will be successful!

【推荐3】When I was at the age of ten, I dreamed of building a music club in the future so that I could share my passion (激情) with people like me; I dreamed of ___________ thousands of audiences who admire my performance; I dreamed of standing on the center of the stage. ___________, these were just my dreams when I was young.

From the time I was young, I always try to immerse (沉浸) ___________ in music, so I learned piano, guitar, singing and so on. Then, when I was in Grade 10, I started to ___________ a band. At first, there were just 4 people in it, and all of us were not ___________ musicians, but we were crazy about what we were doing. I started to ___________ the band. Every week, there were always many days I came back home very late. My parents ___________ me that it was a waste of time because I spent my time for study ___________ an unrealistic dream.

I knew that I was not a professional musician but I still wanted to work hard in my band. In the first half of the year of our band, we were not given even one ___________ to perform outside of the school. I was ____________, so I always told my friends that we had to do something to make us more ____________. So, I created a WeChat account (账号) to ____________ our band to others. We got a little bit of fame little by little and I found that my real strength (长处) was not on music itself, but rather on ____________ and managing. Soon, we received a (n) ____________ to perform in a study center. We were so excited that we finally got a chance to perform on a bigger stage. ____________, we got more fans and we were more and more popular. Now we have millions of fans around the world. No matter what happens to your life, you should always believe in yourself and hold on to your dreams.