【推荐1】What can people do when natural disasters (灾难) happen? Can we stop them? No, we can’t. The only thing we can do is to clean up after the disasters.

Last year I met Mr. Flood. It started raining and _______ raining almost a month: the water on the streets got higher and higher every day. We used _____ instead of cars. We lost lots of things, including our businesses, our jobs and our homes. Schools ________ and farms were destroyed. We ran out of food and clean water. In some places the water was higher than the buildings. I felt like we lived in a(n) _______ world.

Because of the flood, lots of ______ broke out. Some people died. The soil and other things made the water become very, very _______. That was in summer time, so though it was raining, the _______ was still high. The hot weather and dirty water made the air very bad. Hospitals didn’t have enough rooms for _____.

When the flood was over, I looked around my city. The word “______” can describe the situation. Everything was destroyed and lots of people were sick, but we were very strong, I think. We had to ____ our city, take care of the sick people, and start our schools again. I just hope that one day, people can stop the natural disasters whenever they happen. After all, people are very clever.

【推荐2】The day started like any other. Papa came back ________ his boat full of fish. Mama made breakfast. Seven-year-old Jonas was doing homework, while his little brothers ran around the yard. That day seemed ________, but Alejo knew better.

Alejo felt shaking, and his ears perked up（竖着）, listening for what had already ________. Alejo made a crying sound, and Mama said, “Sh!”

Suddenly, a strange roaring（轰鸣） sound began. Papa ran to a nearby building’s roof（屋顶）to find out what was happening. But Alejo knew better. The shaking of the ground ________ up his padded paws（肉掌）. He wanted to run, but he didn’t dare to leave his family.

“Why were they waiting? Didn’t they know that a great earthquake had roared under the ocean and would soon bring strong waves onto the land?” Alejo thought.

And then Papa shouted with fear from the rooftop, “Tsunami（海啸）! Run!”

Mama grabbed（抓）a little boy under each arm and shouted to Jonas, “Jonas, run! Follow me up the ________. Fast!”

But the roar had gotten louder, ________ her words. All that Jonas had heard was, “Run!” And he ran back home where he thought he would be safe. Alejo barked（吠） and barked, but the tsunami made it ________ to hear his voice, too.

Alejo ran to Jonas and gently bit（咬） his feet, ________ the boy wouldn’t move. Jonas pushed the dog away, but Alejo would not give up. He grabbed（抓） Jonas’s shirt in his ________, and he pulled and pulled till his mouth broke. With all his strength, he pulled Jonas back outside. Finally, the boy understood.

Alejo and Jonas ran and ran till they reached the top of the hill and met their family. They had a mother-father-brothers-dog thankful hug, though they saw the house was ________ damaged（毁坏）.

【推荐3】There are many earthquakes in some countries. But _______ do not have any. For example, there are _______ earthquakes in Britain. There is _______ a great sound during an earthquake. The ground moves and the houses _______. Sometimes lots of people _______ their lives in the earthquake. Earthquakes may also happen at sea or near volcanoes（火山）, _______ not very often. The force（力量）inside the Earth can destroy rocks. It is strong enough to _______ houses and other buildings come down. Sometimes it breaks _______ buildings than the earthquake itself does. An earthquake _______ in India in 1986. The land moved 5.5 feet to one side and then back again. People ________ nothing about it.

【推荐1】In the city I live in, there is a care center for autistic(孤独症) children. _________ the children, many volunteers go there. So do I.

Once a month, I spend a whole day staying with the children. I always sing songs _________ them while playing the guitar. They sit in a circle around me and listen _________. Once or twice, someone smiles at me, but they never say _________ word.

However, there was a great surprise to me. I clearly remembered it was a sunny day. I _________ the guitar as usual when Tom, a 12-year-old boy, stood up and walked up to me. We all looked at him in surprise and didn’t know what he wanted _________. He touched the guitar softly and tried to say something to it. It seemed that he _________ understand a little about the music and that he expected to play it himself. That was amazing. I realized I should do something, Then I put his hands on the strings(弦) and he played with his fingers. After a short while, he stopped and went back to his seat. _________ he didn’t say anything, I knew a door might be opened for him.

From then on, each time I went to the center, I paid _________ attention to Tom than before. Later, he __________ to talk not only to the guitar but also to people around him. And I knew what I did was meaningful.

【推荐2】I often went to a park near my home. I always saw a little boy ________ flowers there. He tried to ask everyone to buy his flowers. When he saw me, he ________ said, “Sir, buy a flower, please!” ________ I never bought any flowers from him.

One day, I went to ________. The boy was there again. I didn’t look at him and walked ________ him into the park. When I came out of the park, the boy was still there. But he didn’t ask anyone to buy his flowers. I wanted to know ________. I walked to the boy. He looked at me but didn’t say ________. “Boy, why don’t you ask people to you’re your flowers today?” He ________, “Because my sister is dead. I don’t need much. ________ now. You can take a flower for free.” I bought all his flowers. But I felt so ________, because I didn’t give him any help when he needed me.