【推荐1】Wang Kai is a boy who is 15 years old. He works hard and does ______ in school. But it is hard to believe that he used to have difficulties in school.   

When his parents moved to ______ city to work, they could not be at home to look after him. So he became ______ in studying and was absent from classes. He hated being in groups. and he was _______ all the time. Then his parents decided to send him to a boarding school. He found life there ______ .

One day, Wang Kai told his teacher he wanted to ______the school. His teacher advised his parents to talk with ______son in person. The father took a 6-hour train and a 2-hour bus ride to the boarding school, and he had a conversation ______ his son. This conversation changed Wang Kai’s ______ and he chose to stay at the school. He realized that his parents would always love him, and they would ______ everything good that he did.

Now he is much happier and more outgoing than he used to be.

【推荐2】It was break time at the village school. After the bell ________, the children ran out into the sunshine playing with fun and laughter.

All ________ poor Davy. He came out last and very slowly, but he was not laughing. He was thinking of the bad words that ________ classmates said about his old clothes. Poor Davy had no father, and his mother had to work ________ to keep him at school.

That night, he went home by the path that went across the fields. He still felt ________. Just then his teacher came along. She saw who it was, and stopped, saying kindly, “What is the ________, Davy?”

He did not speak, but tears began ________. Then he told her all his trouble.

When his story ended, she said, “I have ________ plan, Davy, I think it will help you. How would you like to be a little flower ________?”

“And make money?” said Davy. “That would be exciting. But where shall I get my flowers?”

“Right in the fields,” said his teacher. “Pick and bring them all to my house, and I will help you arrange them.”

So, day after day, Davy ________ beautiful flowers in the fields. He soon made enough money to buy new clothes.

【推荐1】Time is very important in our life. But it never had any importance in my life until I ________ a watch from my father that made me responsible (有责任). It ________ me the importance of time in my life.

I got this gift on a gray-sky day. I had to go to the ________, at 9.00 am to pick up my uncle Ali and take him to my father’s house. However, I forgot it ________ I was playing with my friends. Later on that day, around 11:00 am, I ________ my uncle, but I was late for him. He had got out of the plane and ________ a taxi to my father’s house.

I got to my father’s house at 2:00 pm ________. My father looked at me angrily. I said “Hi” to him and my ________ uncle. My father asked me to sit ________ him and handed me this watch which was a gift from ________. It weighed 8 oz (盎司) and all of it was made of silver. Then he said, “Essa, did you have fun ________ your friends today? What you did was not very nice and you should be sorry for your ________.” I felt sorry and told my father that I wouldn’t do it again. Then he said, “This watch will be a reminder (提醒物) for you. I hope today you have learned something ________”.

I learned a lesson from my father: to respect (尊重) time and ________ be late. The watch is important to me, not because of its ________, but because of the lesson that I learned from it.

【推荐2】Christmas Gifts

On last Christmas Day, our parents’ home was full of joys of a close family relationship but this year things are different. Our father had gone on November 26, and this was our first Christmas without him. Mother was doing her best to be good, but I could tell this was especially _______ for her. I’m not sure if I should give her my planned Christmas gift.

A few months earlier I had painted two pictures of my parents. I’d planned to give them as _______ gifts.

While painting one day, I was surprised by the doorbell ringing. I opened the _______. My father came. I showed him the paintings. Finally, with tears running down his face, he said, “I don’t believe it. Look, how beautiful your mother is. Will you let me decorate them with frames (相框)?” I _______ offered to send them to the frame shop the next day.

Several _______ had passed after my dad died. It seemed all happiness was taken away from my mother and me. I finally remembered to call about the paintings and was glad that my father had got a chance to see the pictures before he died. I was surprised when the shopkeeper told me my father had visited the shop, _______ the frames and had them wrapped (包起来).

As I _______ my mother’s sad eyes and unsmiling face, I _______ to give her Daddy’s and my gift.

After looking at the paintings and the card, with tear-filled eyes and a wide smile, she said, “I knew Daddy would be with us on Christmas Day!”

I looked at the gift card with my father’s handwriting. “Mother: Our daughter reminded me why I am so lucky. I’ll be looking at you always. Daddy.”