【推荐1】Jimmy loves games and he plays games every day. He likes all kinds of games like card games and sports games. And his favourite is winning _______ . For Jimmy, winning is the happiest thing.

Today Jimmy has a _______ game at school. He is in the blue team. When the game ______, Jimmy runs very fast. With bad luck, his leg hurts badly halfway (中途), _______ he doesn’t want to slow down. He says to himself, “I must win.”

Jimmy falls over (摔倒） _______. Many pairs of _______ run past him, but one pair stops.

“Come on! Let’s finish together,” says a boy.

Jimmy looks _______. He is a big boy from the red team. The boy helps Jimmy _______ and they finish the game together.

“_______ do you help me?” Jimmy asks the boy. “You should help your red team win.”

The boy says, “Well, sometimes winning isn’t the most important (最重要的) thing. I just want to be a ________boy first.”

Jimmy thinks and doesn’t say anything. The boy teaches Jimmy a good lesson through the game.

【推荐2】I was going to buy some fruits and medicine for my headache. After I parked my car, I went into the market. It wasn’t as ________ as I had expected. Only a people were shopping in it.

In the market, I saw a little girl ________ quietly in a baby car. She looked to be eight months old with blond curly hair and blue eyes.

The little baby was so lovely that I couldn’t ________ my eyes away. Then I did what I always do with children: I gave her a big smile. I may have looked a bit ________, but it naturally came from my heart. I’ve learned that everyone needs a ________ sometimes, even strangers at the market in a rush to get home.

She took her time deciding just how to ________ my smile. But finally, she smiled. I laughed and waved (挥手) goodbye. And she blew me a kiss. That kiss put a smile on my face and I kept smiling when I passed every shopper. ________, I got a smile from everyone of them.

I was still smiling when I got home and realized I’d forgotten to get some medicine.________, I didn’t need it. My headache was gone. In fact, it is the smile that makes things ________.

Want to change the world? Try smiling. In that simple ________ of everyone’s smile, this tiring world would become a better place. If you’re as lucky as me, you will be then blown a kiss and it may make your headache go away.

【推荐3】A daughter complained to her father about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know if she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one _________.

Her father, a cook, took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots _________ water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to a boil. In one he placed carrots, in the _________ he placed eggs, and in the last he placed coffee beans. He let them boil, without _________ a word.

The daughter waited impatiently, wondering _________ he was doing. In about twenty minutes, he _________ the burners and put the carrots, the eggs and the coffee into different bowls. He asked, “Darling, what do you see?” “Carrots, eggs, and coffee.” she _________.

He brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She noticed that they were _________. He then asked her to take an egg and break _________. After pulling off the shell, she observed (观察) the hard-boiled egg. Finally, he asked her to taste the coffee. She enjoyed it and smiled.

“What does it mean, Father?” she asked.

He explained that __________ of them had faced the same situation, boiling water, __________ each reacted (反应) differently. The strong and hard carrots became soft and weak __________ being boiled. The fragile (脆弱的) eggs became hard after cooking. Coffee beans were the most __________ of the three. They turned the __________ into tasty coffee. “Which are you?” he asked his daughter.

When __________ knock on your door, how do you answer? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?

【推荐1】Martin is my youngest son. He likes staying alone and he seldom laughs. As the boy’s mother, I was _________ about him. I took him to see the _________ in many hospitals, but it didn’t work well.

Nothing could make him happy except the recycling (回收) truck passing by my house. Every afternoon, he rushed to the front of the house, _________ for the truck. When we were late and _________ the   truck, Martin would be very disappointed.

One day, I stopped the truck and _________ myself. “Nice to meet you, too. I’m Vince.” The driver greeted me in a happy _________. “Your coming is the most exciting moment for my son.” I smiled.

After _________ our story, he said, “Could you please give me your phone number? Maybe I can send you a message _________ I arrive.” Then began our friendship with Vince.

Recently, I said to him, “It’s my little boy’s birthday tomorrow. Can you do _________ for him?”          

The next day, as I was standing by the driveway with Martin, we saw the _________ truck running down the street with a loud beep (嘟声). Like a superman in a movie, Vince stopped and walked towards us with a box in his hand. “Today is your birthday, Martin, and here’s a gift.” He handed the box to my son. Inside, there was a green model truck like his. My son, surprised, looked up _________ and thanked him.

After chatting for several _________, he was about to leave for work. I tried to give him some _________ for his help. He kept shaking his head and _________ my money, saying “Today you, tomorrow me.”

I was deeply moved by these _________ words. And now I am ready to help others whenever I can. You will never know when you’re going to be the one that needs help.

【推荐2】A dog was found swimming more than 220 kilometers off the coast of Thailand, and it has been returned safely to land. Late last week, workers on an oil _________ noticed the animal, all alone, in the water. It began to swim towards the side of the ship. The dog was able to get itself onto a solid area. It looked cold, _________ and scared. It barked at the workers but it was too weak to be heard. The workers lowered a rope around it and worked together to _________ the animal up to safety. The workers who saved the dog quickly gave their new friend a name: Boonrod. The name means something _________ to “survivor” in the Thai language.

One of those workers was Vitisak. He kept on writing the stories of Boonrod on his home page. He said it was lucky that they noticed the dog in the _________. If there had been waves, he said, the animal likely would not have been seen.

No one knows how Boonrod ended up all alone at sea, or _________ he had been out there. But Vitisak and others have suggested the animal might have fallen _________ a fishing boat.

On Monday, Boonrod arrived at the Songkhla port(码头) in the southern Thai province. A team of animal doctors was waiting for him there. Local people also _________ the dog with neck rubs and a special necklace made of yellow flowers. Many people took pictures with the lucky dog.

Vitisak wrote on his home page, “Today, ship and Boonrod arrived onshore at around 10 a.m.. His health _________ has improved. He is getting a bit stronger and can smile.” The dog is now under the care of an animal doctor. On Tuesday, the group published pictures of Boonrod getting washed __________ getting plenty of love and attention. Vitisak says that if the dog can’t find its owner, he will take him with him to his home in northeast Thailand.

It started 30 years ago with a squirrel. A few months after I had moved into a downtown ________, my next-door neighbor, Nicole Figaro, knocked, asking for help with a squirrel that had gotten into her flat.

I frightened the unexpected ________ away and made a new friend. Soon Nicole was inviting me over for dinner or   ________ home-made food at my door. When I went to my beach house, Nicole helped ________ my mail(邮件) and water my plants. And when she traveled as a flight attendant, I did the same for her. Wherever she went, she’d ________ to bring me wonderful gifts, but her smile has been the greatest of all.

In 1997, I had a lovely child and it was Nicole who took care of me and him. Years later, I returned the favour. I helped out ________ her husband was sick, staying with her and giving her support. More and more, we drew inspiration from each other.

________, the pandemic(流行病) hit. My husband was out of work and my son couldn’t be back to Britain because of the virus. I was ________ them. Nicole helped my family to prepare for the pandemic and shared necessities with me. Without her, I couldn’t go through those ________ times.

A ________ might separate our flats and masks can separate the viruses, but nothing is able to separate our hearts.