【推荐1】What does it mean to “lose and gain” (失与得)? The book Bridge to Terabithia (《仙境之桥》) by US writer Katherine Paterson may give you new _______.

It tells the story of two children, Jesse Aarons and Leslie Burke. Jesse is a lonely (孤独的) boy while Leslie is an outgoing (外向的) girl. They _______ each other in the playground. Jesse wants to be a _______ runner in Grade 5. He keeps running all summer. But on the first day of school, Leslie runs _______. Later, they become best _______.

Together, they make a magical kingdom in the woods, called Terabithia. However, one day, Jesse hurts his heart (心). At that time, Jesse _______ how much courage (勇气) Leslie has given him.

The writer Katherine doesn’t have a happy childhood, _______ she often gives her characters (人物) a lonely life. Then she would give them happiness. But at the end of the story, the characters will lose _______ they have. Her story is full of “ups and downs”. Katherine is good at _______ characters’ feelings. You can feel ________ when characters lose something beautiful.

It was December and the snow was falling quietly outside. The four March sisters were sitting around the fire in the living room. They were knitting (织) socks for soldiers. There was a war and everyone had to help.

Meg was the ______ of the four sisters. She was sixteen. She was very pretty and she loved pretty clothes. Jo was fifteen. She was very tall and thin. She was different from Meg. She didn’t _________ dresses or hairstyles. She was a tomboy (假小子). Beth was thirteen. She was very shy and quiet and she seemed to live in a happy world of her own. The youngest, Amy, looked like a snow princess with her blue eyes. She loved beautiful things and she was a little vain (虚荣的). She also thought that she was a very important person.

“Christmas isn’t Christmas without any presents,” Jo said ________.

“I hate being unwealthy!” Meg said, looking at her old dress.

“Some girls have lots of nice things, and ______ girls have nothing at all,” said Amy. “I don’t think it’s fair!”

“But we’ve got Father and Mother, and each other,” said Beth.

The four sisters looked happy for a moment when they remembered this.

“But we haven’t got ______,” said Jo. Their smiles suddenly disappeared. Mr March was far away ______ the soldiers.

“Mother says our men are suffering and we mustn’t spend money for pleasure,” Meg said. “That’s why we can’t have presents this year.”

“Well, each of us has a dollar to spend,” said Jo. “_______ can the army do with four dollars? _________!

I don’t expect anything from Mother but I’d like to buy a book for myself!” Jo was a bookworm.

“I want to spend mine on some new music.” said Beth. She played the piano and she loved singing.

“I’m going to buy a box of drawing pencils. I really need them!” said Amy. She wanted to be an artist.

“Mother didn’t _______ anything about spending our own money,” cried Jo. “Let’s each buy what we want and have a little fun; I’m sure we ______ hard enough to earn it.”

It was true. The two older sisters had jobs. Meg worked as a teacher for the King family and Jo looked after Aunt March, their father’s rich, bad-tempered (坏脾气的) old aunt. Beth and Amy helped with the housework.

One January morning, the captain got up early and walked down to the beach. It was a cold winter day with the sun still ________ in the sky.

My mother was upstairs with my father, who was now very ill. I was getting the table ready for the captain’s breakfast. The door of the inn opened ________, and a man stepped inside. I had never seen him before. He wore a sailor’s short sword by his side, and I noticed he had only three ________ on his left hand. I asked him what he wanted and he said, “I’ll take a glass of rum（朗姆酒）.” But ________ I could fetch it, he told me to come near him.

“Is this table for my old friend Bill?” the stranger asked, with a ________ smile. I told him I did not know his friend Bill and the breakfast was ________ a man who was staying at the inn. “We call him the captain,” I said.

“Does he have a sword cut on his face?” he asked. “Yes,” I said.

“That’s Bill,” said the stranger. And the man waited, like a cat waiting for a ________. I did not like the look on his face and was sure the captain would not be ________ to see him. When the captain came back, the man pulled me behind the door. The captain opened the door and walked across the room.

“Bill,” said the stranger. The captain ________ quickly and saw us. The color went from his face and he looked old and sick. He stared at the stranger and said, “Black Dog!”

“I’ll have a glass of rum,” said Black Dog, “then you and I will sit and talk like old friends.”

I fetched the rum and they told me to ________. I went out of the room, but the voices became louder.