Sam Higgins was a famous photographer（摄影师）. His photos won many prizes and he earned a lot of money.

“I’ll do anything to get a good photo,” he often said. “I’ll go anywhere at any time, even if it is _______.” And he told the _______. He had photos of earthquakes, forest fires, floods, even wars.

He was married and his wife, Tina, often _______ taking her with him, but he always refused.

“I travel for my work, rather than for _______,” he told her. “I won’t have time to look after you. Sometimes there’s nowhere to stay and I have to sleep outdoors. I often don’t have good meals or baths for days. You will _______ it.”

“Sam, I’m not a child,” his wife argued. “I can look after myself. Please, take me with you next time you go abroad.”

Sam didn’t say anything but he _______ it. So when he was asked to go to Africa, he said, “You can come with me if you want to. I’ve to take photos of the wildlife there and it should be interesting. We’ll stay with a local officer so it _______ be very uncomfortable.”

Tina was very excited, and at first she had a very enjoyable time.

Then Sam went off to find some _______ to take photos of. Tina went with him, but soon they came to a fork（分岔口）in the path（小路）. She walked down one path _______ he walked down the other. Before long Sam realized they had got ________.

Then Sam heard Tina screaming. He ran back to the fork and saw her running ________ him. A huge lion was behind her, getting ________ with each passing second.

________, Sam took his camera out of his case and ________ it at Tina and the lion.

Then he shouted, “Slow down, Tina, I can’t get ________ of you in the picture.”

【推荐2】Each of us makes mistakes from time to time. In fact, we can ________ a lot from our mistakes.

Donnie was a ________ student and never answered questions in class. He was afraid ________ making mistakes. He never finished his homework ________ he didn’t want to make any mistakes. Nothing changed (改变) ________ Marry Anne, a teacher, came to ________ school.

One morning, Marry Anne asked Donnie to ________ some questions. After a while Donnie was in tears because he made a mistake. ________, Marry Anne got a box full of erasers from the desk.

“Look, Donnie,” she said . “I’ve got ________ to show you.” She ________ the erasers, one at a time, and put them on the desk.

“See these erasers, Donnie?” she continued. “Do you know ________ the erasers become smaller and smaller? That’s because we make mistakes. But we erase the mistakes and try again. That’s ________ you must learn.”

“Here,” she said, “I’ll ________ one eraser on your desk, so you will remember that ________ may make mistakes.” Donnie looked at Marry Anne and smiled.

Donnie ________ a lot from then on. He knew that everyone had the permission to make mistakes as long as you learned them and tried again.

【推荐3】Several years ago, when I was teaching at a middle school, a girl sent me a message. She found someone wrote a very bad message on her locker. She took a picture and then sent it to me _________ help. A few hours later, I noticed that she had posted that picture on her Instagram and asked if anyone _________ who did that.

The following day, that girl came to me with a boy. She showed me a _________ she had received. I asked her if she knew who had done it, and the boy replied with his face turning red, “It was me. I don’t know why I did it, but I know it was wrong. So it is _________ to write a note to her. I _________ want to do something to try to make up for my behaviour（行为）and _________ to her.”

My heart felt so full of pride for this boy. I told him how _________ he was to come forward and how amazing it was that he did something kind to correct his mistake. I turned to the girl and asked if she could believe in him, without hesitation（犹豫）, she said, “Yes. I’m not _________ with him.”

Middle school students are not little children any more but not grown-ups yet. It is common that they make mistakes because of their _________. However, the girl bravely came forward when she was __________, and the boy came forward to admit（承认）his mistake in time. They both showed bravery and kindness in a special way. Although I was a teacher, my students really taught me a lot.

【推荐1】I’m a piano teacher. I can feel clearly how talent and hard work affect (影响) my students.

In fact, not ________ was good at playing the piano when they came to this world. ________, some of my students just spend two or three months learning to play the piano well. But other students need to learn for years. Many of my talented students learn faster ________ I did before. But talent doesn’t always bring a good result. When playing the piano seems easy to a student, he or she sometimes ________ it boring and then gives up (放弃). And talented students sometimes have other things they enjoy ________, so they give it up, too.

Some of my students work very hard. But they still can’t play the piano ________. I teach them again and again, and they ________ for long. However, it just does not work for these students. In my eyes, it is not necessary to do everything very well. When you really don’t have any ________ for something, the best way is to give up. Then you can ________ what you’re truly interested in or good at, and put all your heart into it.

Both talent and hard work play important ________ in learning. If you want to do the best, you need to follow your talent and work as hard as you can. Don’t give up halfway.

Electronic books have changed the way many people read for pleasure. Now online textbooks are changing the way some students ________ and some teachers teach.

More than 175,000 students   ________ the public schools in our city. Last year, the school system used electronic ________ in fifteen schools. This school year, middle schools and high schools changed from ________ to electronic textbooks in their daily studies classes.

Electronic textbooks publishers can quickly update the latest   ________. The online textbooks can change right along with the events. Digital books also cost ________ than paper textbooks. Usually, it’s between fifty and seventy dollars to ________ a textbook for each student, which adds up to about eight million dollars for all the students in the city. ________ the city have just spent under six million dollars on the online textbooks for our students. But the students also need to connect to the Internet when they are not at school. About ten percent of students in the city do not have a computer or network at ________. Stephen is one of them. He has to go to the public library, which has free ________.

【推荐3】When I was the seventh grade, I had problems behaving. I played many tricks _______ my schoolmates. Once, I even pulled a girl's hair on the school bus to get her _______ . As a result, I was _______ sent to the office of the principal(校长). _______ I hated going there, I did not hate the principal, Mr. Ratcliff.

Mr. Ratcliff was a _______ , elderly man. When he spanked (打屁股) me for putting some ants into a classmate's pencil box, it didn't hurt _______.

When I got called to Mr. Ratcliff's office for the sixth time, I had no idea _______ I had done. I went into his _______ , sat down, and looked at the floor. Then he said the last thing I _______to hear: "Kevin, I've heard you've been behaving really well __________ . To show how __________ I am of you, I called you to give you a peppermint (薄荷糖)."

"Really?" I was __________ .

I carried the peppermint with me __________ it was a gold coin. When I got into my class-room, I bragged (吹嘘) to my __________ about it, excitedly.

Mr. Ratcliff was really kind. He made me __________ that I was just a kid who had problems behavior. He had always believed in me. I will remember him for the rest of my life.