A king (国王) loved good stories. The older he grew, the more he liked _____________. The good stories made him happy every day. But he was _____________ that each story had an end. So he decided to give half of his money and his beautiful daughter to a man if he could tell him a story _____________ an end. But if the man couldn’t tell the story, the king would _____________ him. It was a great risk. No one wanted to die, ___________ for a whole year, no one came. The king _____________ to let him have a try but also told him what would happen if he failed. “I see, my king,” the young man said. He then began this famous _____________.

“Long ago there was a king. He ordered his men to _____________ a big house full of corn. When they finished building the house, the king checked the house and found it was _____________. The king felt happy. But one day he found a hole (洞) in the wall and as he looked at it a locust (蝗虫) ______________ with a grain of corn (一粒谷粒). A minute later another locust came out with another grain of corn. Then a ______________ locust with another grain of corn. And then a fourth came…”

“Stop!” ______________ the king.

“I can’t,” answered the young man. “I must go on until I tell you what ______________ to the last grain of corn after a lot of minutes.”

“But that will go on forever,” the king couldn’t ______________ that the young man spoke like that.

“Yes,” the young man said while turning to the king’s beautiful ______________ with a smile.

【推荐2】Nick is a 10-year-old boy. He's the only child in his family. His father always seems too ________. He usually gets back home after Nick sleeps and leaves home before Nick ______ up. Just like other boys, Nick wants his father to spend ______ with him.

One evening, Nick was surprised to see his father at home. "Dad, it's a big surprise," Nick said.

"Yes, son, my meeting was canceled（取消）.

So I were at home early," his father replied.

"Can I ask you some questions now?" Nick went on. "How much money do you make a year?"

"It's a ______ number and you won't be able to understand it.”

"Are you happy ______ the money you've made?"

"Yes, son, I'm very happy and I'm planning to ______ another new store. Anything else?"

"Yes, I have one more question一how much do you make in one ______? "

"Nick, it's a funny question. But I can tell you一it's about 100 dollars every hour."

Hearing this, Nick ______ ran to his room and soon got down with a piggy bank（储钱罐）. "Dad, I have 300 dollars here. Can you spend three hours with me ______I give all the money to you?"

Running for money makes kids ______ love and care from parents. Money can't buy everything!

【推荐3】The story “Here Comes the Wolf” tells us that we must be honest.

Being honest will make other people believe in you, which will provide you with good luck and __________ you chances.

Once a man __________ Thomas, with a large wooden axe (斧子) went deep into the woods to __________ trees every day. After __________ hard all day long. Thomas was so thirsty, so he decided __________ a drink. He walked towards the __________ of the water, and through the trees he saw a waterfall falling into a deep river. Thomas put his wooden axe down to get a drink. Suddenly, his axe fell into the deep river. And Thomas didn’t know __________ to swim. He was just going to give up when a spirit (精灵) swam up out of the river. “I’m a water spirit. Is this gold axe __________?” she asked. “No, I had a simple axe made __________ wood.” Thomas answered. The water spirit jumped back into the __________.

It wasn’t long before she __________. “Is this your wooden axe?” Thomas looked at the axe and smiled __________ it was surely his, “Yes. That’s mine.” The spirit gave the axe to Thomas and laughed, “You are a very honest man. I will give you the __________ axe as a gift.”

Being honest, you’ll find __________ easier to work with others, people will be friendly to you and support you. In one way, if life is a long journey, honesty will be the backpack __________ should be taken along the way. Let’s pick up our “backpack”—honesty, and start the wonderful journey.

【推荐1】There is always a problem. When it comes to shopping, my mother and I have always ________ on what fits me well. To me, if it zips (拉上或拉开拉链), it fits. My mom, however, usually tells me I need a ________ size.

When I was a teenager, I wanted to dress like my friends, but my body size made it ________. When mom told me something didn’t suit me,________ I needed a bigger size, all I heard was that I was fat.

To avoid ________, we stopped going shopping together. This continued ________ I got engaged (订婚) last year and needed to buy some clothes. When I ________ on a blouse, my mother looked at me, and I knew ________ was coming: “You need a bigger size.”

I tried to hold back my tears (眼泪). Maybe I could buy it alone, but my mom is my favorite person to ________ with. The idea of looking for a wedding dress ________ her seemed so scary to me.

And so the day came. As I tried on a simple white dress, I saw tears in my mom’s eyes. “You look beautiful!” she told me. ________ could have shocked me more.

This one didn’t zip up and I did ________ need a bigger size, but my mother told me how beautiful I looked. In that moment, all the arguments in the past ________. We didn’t buy a ________ that day. We decided to see more.

A few weeks later, we found the perfect dress. We both loved it as ________ as I put it on. Then I also found the perfect fit for our shopping relationship.

I’m Li Na. I’m a(n) _________ girl. I come _________ Anhui, China. My English _________ is Tina. I’m13 _________. I _________ a round face, a small nose and a _________ mouth. I have big eyes and long black _________. I’m a student in Hefei No. 6 Junior High School. I have a brother. _________ name is Li Mingming. He is a _________, too. My brother and I _________ different. He _________ a big nose, a long face and short hair. Oh, his _________ are big. We are in the same grade, but in different _________. I’m in Class One, and he is in Class Seven. Mr. Wei is our _________ teacher in the school. We like _________ school very much.

【推荐3】Jenny likes shopping. She often buys _______ for her family. One day, she goes to a _______. It’s on sale. She buys a _______ skirt for her mother. Red is her mother’s favorite color. She buys a brown shirt for her father, _______ he likes brown. Jenny buys a sweater for her sister Amy. It’s red and _______ very nice. She buys a pair of baseball bats for her _______ Tom. He likes playing baseball, so he _______ it. There is（有） an important person in her family. That’s her grandmother. And _______ does Jenny buy for her? She buys her a _______ bag. She can put（放）her keys and many（许多）other things in it. Her family like the things very much. They think Jenny is a ________ girl.

【推荐1】Anna has a lucky jacket. Whenever she wears it, ________ things happen to her. One time she ________ it on her final exam, and she did best in the class!

The jacket is green. It smells (闻起来) bad, because Anna never washes it. She is ________ of washing away the luck.

One day, Anna got an interview (面试) for her dream ________. She worried about it, ________ she decided to wear the jacket. But the jacket was not right for the interview. Finally, she decided that she would wear the jacket ________ a sweater.

On that day, when Anna went into the interview room, she started to sweat (出汗). She sat in front of the interviewer, “Anna, you’re sweating. You could ________ your sweater off.” the interviewer said. Anna didn’t know how to answer it, just saying “I’m ________ . “By the end of the interview, there was much sweat on Anna’s jacket. She ________ the interview feeling embarrassed (尴尬的).

At last, Anna didn’t get a phone call from the interviewer. She ________ the job! Did the ‘lucky’ jacket really work?

【推荐2】I used to hate being called upon in class mainly because I didn’t like others to notice me. And if I was not told to have a seat by the teacher, I always ________ to sit at the back of the classroom.

All this changed after I joined a sports team. It began when a teacher suggested I could join the basketball team. At first I thought it was a crazy idea because I didn’t have a good sense of balance, and I didn’t have the ________ to keep up with the others in the team and they would laugh at me. But because the teacher kept insisting on(坚持) my “________ for it”, I decided to give a try.

Getting the ________ to try was only the half of it! When I first started ________ the practice courses, I didn’t even know the rules of the game. Sometimes I’d get confused(迷惑的) and take a shot at the wrong direction—which made me feel really silly. ________, I wasn’t the only one “new” at the game. So I decided to learn the game, do my best at each practice course, and not be too hard on myself for the things I didn’t know. I practiced and practiced. Soon I knew the ________ and the “moves”. Being part of a team was not so difficult. Very soon the exciting part for me was WINNING ________ I didn’t have enough confidence. With time, I learned how to play and made friends. I never had so much fun!

With more self-confidence comes more praise from teachers and classmates. I have gone from “________” in the back of the classroom and not wanting to call attention to myself, ________ raising my hand —even when I sometimes wasn’t and not 100 percent sure I had the right answer. Now I have more self-confidence in myself.

It doesn’t always come easy to discover oneself. From a young age, I had a strong sense of who I was to become, ________ an accident made me redefine (重审) myself.

To me, skating was above all. There was nothing in this world that filled my heart with such joy. I spent twenty-hours a week practising my ________. Having no social life or interest but skating, my devotion (挚爱) brought me first place medals in nearly every competition.

Unfortunately, in one show, I fell down and hurt myself ________. After X-rays and MRI (磁共振) scans, the doctor told me that I couldn’t return to my sport any more. The pain in my back was hard to bear, and even the ________ daily tasks became difficult.

As my passion (激情) was ________, I had little sense of who I was to become. After eight months of suffering, something had to ________. Instead of wasting my days sitting around painfully, I began to put my energy into local community service project. By volunteering ________ a swimming teacher and summer reading assistant for kids, I got an idea of who I ________ to become. After a few months, I devoted time to my interest in the arts. Little by little, I ________ out of the shadow and rebuilt my confidence.

Sometimes, some large rocks block (阻碍) our way. We can choose to stay behind or try to climb over. My accident was a rock that ________ to stop me from reaching success. Today I’m a very confident and optimistic person.