【推荐1】One day, a fox was walking through the woods. Suddenly, he saw some tasty grapes ________ a tree high above him. He was quite hungry. First, the fox planned to jump ________ the grapes. He jumped and jumped, but each time he was getting farther away from the grapes. After a short rest, he came up with ________ idea. He tried taking a few steps back and doing a running jump at the grapes. But again, he could not ________ them. He even tried to climb the tree to reach the grapes, but his hands were ________ weak that he couldn’t pull himself up the tree. How he wished he was like a monkey! He sat and looked at the grapes ________.

Just then, a bear walked by ________ he saw the fox looking at the grapes. The fox turned to him and said, “I have tried these grapes. They don’t taste good at all.” After saying these words, he turned around and ________.

The bear looked at the ________ back and didn’t believe the words. He reached up, got the grapes and ate them. They are ________ grapes in the world. It seemed that the fox decided the grapes must be bad just because he couldn’t have them.

【推荐2】Serena and her family were driving on the road. Suddenly she heard a loud “POP”. “A flat tire (轮胎)! This is making the boring trip even _________.” she said.

“No big deal! We _________ our adventure soon!” Her dad jumped out to change the tire. Feeling bored, Serena decided _________ her phone. “Ally is on a real adventure. She _________ Africa! Look at the pictures of wild animals on her Wechat Moments!”

“Amazing!” Tony agreed. “You can show _________, too.”

“There’s _________ fun here! Nobody would like to see Dad changing a flat tire in the middle of nowhere!”

“_________ that’s the great thing about this whole trip!” Tony continued _________, “We don’t know what surprises we might have! We’re on a true adventure! And I read that there’s _________ amazing place here. I found pictures online....”

Serena put down her phone and listened to Tony. She looked out of the window, and wanted to know when to get there. But then she held her breath. “We __________ be quiet...”, she said to Tony in a low voice. Just on __________ side of the road, was a large group of wild horses walking slowly through the grasses. It was her __________ time to see animals like them.

“Well, maybe we’re having a real adventure after all,” said Serena as she quickly took a picture of the horses __________ the window.

“Exactly!” Tony said. “And all __________ we got a flat tire. So try to be as __________ as possible whatever we meet!”

“Right. Maybe more surprises are waiting for us!”

【推荐3】There was a king who loved art. One day an artist came and hoped to paint a picture on ________ wall. The king happened to have a big new hall built ________ he allowed the artist to work on one of the walls.

At the same time, ________ artist came and asked to work on the opposite wall. He promised to make the same picture as the first artist’s without ________ at it. He asked to have a thick cloth ________ can be put up between the two walls so that neither of them could see each other.

The following day they started ________. The first artist ________ paint, oil, water and so on. The second one came with a towel and a bucket.

A month later, the first artist’s work ________, and the second artist said, “My wall ________ ready, too!”

The king went to see the first artist’s wall. He was very ________ with it and gave the artist a lot of money. He then opened the cloth.

Amazing! Each line was exactly the same as that on the opposite wall. The king was quite satisfied with the second artist and gave ________ double money. However, he wondered ________ he had made it. “I just wipe the wall with the towel,” the man said ________. The wall was made ________ white marble (大理石). He made it shine like a mirror. The reflection (倒影) of the first painting showed up on it!

The world is also a reflection of you. ________ you are sad, the world will be sad. You are happy and the world will be happy, too.

【推荐1】Xian Xinghai was a very famous musician in China. He wrote one of the greatest pieces of music of the 20th century. In his short life he wrote nearly 300 songs and an opera.

Xian was born in Panyu, Guangdong, China in 1905. Because ________ father died before he was born, Xian moved from place to place with his mother. He began learning to play ________ violin when he was 20 years old. In the beginning, his violin was ________ cheap and badly made that he could not play it well. His friends laughed at him. Xian did not stop ________ and soon showed his talent. In 1934, he was one of the first Chinese students who studied in a special music school in Paris. Before he ________, Xian became the school’s best student ________ won several prizes for his talents.

In 1935, he returned to China and helped fight against the Japanese army. Later, he came to Yan’an ________ music at a college. ________ there were no pianos in Yan’an at that time, Xian still wrote some of his most important music there, including The Yellow River, his most famous work.

In May 1940, Xian ________ to the Soviet Union by the Chinese Communist Party to write music for movies. In the Soviet Union, life was very ________. Xian got sick and later died of a lung illness on October 30, 1945, aged only 40. Xian’s music, however, lives on in the people’s hearts.

【推荐2】Many people enjoy dancing. Some of them, however, dance in unusual places. Yang Liu, an inheritor (继承人) of bamboo drifting (独竹漂), ________ a bamboo pole (竹竿) her stage.

Bamboo drifting has a history of 2,000 years. In ancient times, it was a means of transportation by which the local people would cross the rivers. Now, it has developed into ________ folk sport.

Yang started to learn drifting at the age of seven. The girl was born with a weak body. In order to keep fit, she ________ to bamboo drifting by her grandmother. Learning this traditional skill was not easy. She worked quite ________. Though she fell into the water ________ got hurt again and again, the girl didn’t give up. With the encouragement from her family and a love for this cool skill, she threw ________ in practicing bamboo drifting all year round. After three ________ of hard practice, she could finally keep her balance (平衡) on the bamboo pole.

But Yang didn’t stop there. To make single bamboo drifting much ________ to the public, she came up with the idea of dancing on a bamboo pole. She went on learning how ________ difficult movements on her bamboo pole. During that time, she suffered much physical pain.

Now, Yang is famous ________ a dancer on a bamboo pole. “I hope that more people can know about bamboo drifting and enjoy this form of art,” said Yang.

【推荐3】Diana Nyad was born in New York City. She _______ great talent and love for swimming from an early age. Later she _______ by her coach, an Olympic swimmer, and set new records in many long-distance swimming competitions. At 28, Diana set ____ unusual goal. She tried to swim from Cuba to Florida for the first time. The high winds were _______ she had to give up the journey. After _______ serious health problems, Diana felt the need for new challenges beyond the pool. At 30, she found a new job, but deep in her heart, there still lived her goal.

After 30 years of no swimming, Diana began training. This time, she wished to finish what _______. In 2011, she tried to swim from Cuba to Florida again. But ____, the swim was full of danger. There _______ terrible storms and deadly sea animals during the long and tiring journey. _______ she failed many times, she was ready to fight back. In 2012, after 60 hours in the water, a lightning storm and some _____ problems stopped her for the fourth time.

In 2013, 35 years after ________ first try, Diana planned to swim from Cuba to Florida for a fifth time. After almost 53 hours, the _______ Diana completed the historic swim with the help of a team of doctors, scientists and navigators _____ September 2nd. She finally became the first person to achieve the goal which seems almost impossible. She was indeed one of ________ in history.

“We ________ stick with our dreams. Going after your dreams is never too late.” Diana said in her book.