【推荐2】Last Monday, I was walking home. On my way down some steep stone steps, I _____an elderly lady. There must be something wrong with her _____ She was clearly struggling to get down the steps.

As I _____ past, I thought to myself," If that was me, _____ would I hope for?" So I went to the lady and asked her if she needed any_____.She looked a little surprised and then _____accepted.

I took hold of the lady's arm. It took us about ten ______ to slowly get down the steps. This lady told me she was on her way to the _____ for a medical examination on her legs. She could not _____ thanking me and telling me how God had heard her and sent me to help. When we_____ the bottom of the steps, I offered to send her to the bus stop _____she kindly refused. She said she was over the worst part of the journey and I was _____ enough.

It was for the first time that I thought of giving a stranger the act of _____. I will never forget the look of gratefulness of this lady. I realize that a _____ gesture can mean so much to others, even if it's just helping with shopping bags, a smile to someone who looks _____ or opening a door. It will make me try to offer help where it is possible.

【推荐3】An old man lived with a grandson. Every day the old man got up early to read books. His grandson wanted to be just like him and tried to ______ him in every way he could.

One day the grandson asked: “Grandpa, I want to read that book as you do but I can’t understand it, and I always forget everything when I close the book. What’s the use of reading the book?”

The grandpa said, “Take this coal (煤炭) basket down to the ______ and bring me a basket of water.”

The boy did as his grandpa said, but all the water ran before ______ got back home. The grandfather laughed and said, “You will have to walk faster next time.”

The next time the boy ______ faster, but the basket was still empty (空的). He told his grandfather it was ______ to carry water in a basket. He wanted to use a bottle instead (代替), but the old man said, “I just want a basket of water. You’re not trying hard enough.”

The boy wanted to show his grandfather that the water would surely run. He again put the ______ into the river and ran hard. But there wasn’t anything in it again. He said ______, “Look, grandpa, it’s useless!”

“Watch the basket.” said the grandfather.

The boy had a look ______ the basket and for the first time realized (意识到) that the basket was different. It had changed from a dirty old coal basket into a ______ one, inside and out.

“My child, that’s what happens (发生) ______ you read the book. You might not understand or remember everything, but the words will change you inside and out. That’s what you got from reading.”

【推荐1】I loved painting very much, but my parents didn’t allow me to learn it. They thought I should _________ all my time on my studies. They always wanted me _________ good grades at school. It gave me a lot of pressure and I didn’t know how to talk to my parents about it. So I decided to do _________ to show them that I could do both well. I studied _________ at school and spent most of my free time painting. _________, my art teacher, Miss Green, offered to help me. She thought I was talented in painting and she taught me lots of painting _________. Miss Green helped me improve a lot in painting.

One day, Miss Green pushed me into entering a painting competition. In her _________, I should prove myself to my parents. And I took her advice.

After a week, the results _________. I got first place in the competition! _________ I took the prize home, my parents were surprised! I also told them I got all A’s in the final exam. They were happy that I kept a balance between studies and hobbies.

Now _________ between my parents and me become(s) better and we can communicate with each other better.

【推荐2】The “left-behind” children (留守儿童) are children whose parents are working in cities far away from them. A program called On the Way to School did a research among 2,000 children living in poor areas. The research _______ that 15.1% of children couldn’t see their parents in a whole year, even during the Spring Festival. About 8.9 million children could talk with their _______ on the phone only once or twice a year. And about 15.2 million children could get phone calls from their parents every three months. So they don’t feel _______.

Yang Hai lives in a village with his grandparents. His parents work in Fuzhou, a city thousands of kilometers _______. His grandparents love him and _______ him well. But he said he still _______ his parents.

Now more people in the country _______ to work in cities and leave their children at home. The government is trying to do _______ to protect the children at home and free their parents from _______ about their children. “Children can’t be with their parents very often, so we should give them more care and love to make them have more ________ memories,” said one official (官员).

【推荐1】“Ring…Ring…” the telephone suddenly rings. Sam gets up to ______ the call. It is his aunt.

“Sam, why are you still at home?” she asks surprisingly. Sam looks at the ______ . It is already 7:30 a.m.

“Oh, my goodness! There’s an important ______ today.” Sam shouts out. He hurries to wash his face and get dressed. When he plans to ______ the house, he remembers that he has not put away his books. He runs quickly to the ______ and put them into the bag.

He then goes to the bus stop to go to school as fast as he can. When he gets into the classroom, his ______ are busy writing on their papers.

“Why are you so ______ ?” asks the teacher.

“I’m sorry, sir,” Sam answers, afraid of looking up. “It is my clock. It fails to wake me up this morning and…”

“Don’t say anything about it!” his teacher ______ him. “Don’t try to come late next time!”

Sam says yes and walks to his seat quickly. But when he tries to do the test paper, he can’t think in a right way. He puts his head on the desk and says, “What a bad day it has been for me!”

【推荐3】My name is Jessica. I was born in a small village 25 years ago. There was ________ one school in this small village. And there were not many _______ in it. The teachers were very ________ and the students all liked them. Behind the school, there were some ________. I liked reading under the trees. Next to the school there ________ two houses. The small one was my friend Zhang Meng’s house. The ________ one was Mr. Chen’s house. Mr. Chen was my first Chinese teacher. ________ house was opposite his. There was a small park near my house. I liked ________ there with my friends. There was a ________ on the right of the park. We bought (买) things in it.

I like the village very much. What about you? Would you like to ________ it?

Three years ago, my teacher asked me to join her program to help ________ children. Each week I spent an hour in the classroom helping children ________ their schoolwork. My mother is a(n) ________, so I knew how to help children. However, I didn’t know the children with special needs could ________ my life greatly. In the beginning, I thought it might be ________ to be with children who were so different, but later, I found something special about these students.

One day, I read a story to some children. The story told us the disabled could do great things, too. ________ that, I helped them make model characters of the story. I could tell they felt happy and confident（自信的）from their smiling faces. Then I knew why the teacher ________ the program. I didn’t need to be afraid of them at all.

Today, I still work with those children. I often encourage（鼓励）them, and they _______ give up. They can always finish their work by ________. I hope they could remember this feeling when they meet _______ in the future.

Has this ever happened to you? You want to do something and ask your parents. When you say, “I want to…”, your parents answer, “No, you can’t.” Teenagers often complain that their parents do not _______ them. When something goes wrong, most parents don’t believe in their children. Without asking why, they think their kids are _________. And not many parents _________ their kids to choose for themselves.

Yes, it is true that your parents sometimes: think of you as a _______ child. But remember that not long ago you were really a child. Your parents still remember the mistakes you used to _______. They want to _________ you though you don’t want them to do so.

So, if you want to get more freedom(自由), please try to _______ your parents and don’t lie(撒谎) to them. Try a more _______ way. If you want them to let you stay out _______, don’t just say, “All the other ________ can stay out late.” Tell them what you will do and where you’ll be and why it’s important for you to stay out late. Then they might say “Yes”.

Mr. Jackson was our science teacher. On the first day of class, he gave us a talk about an animal called wampus. He told us that the wampus lived on earth millions of years ago during the Ice Age and died out because of the change of climate (气候). We all listened carefully and took     _____of everything he said. Later we had a _______.

When the exam paper was ______ to me, I was surprised and sad. There was a big red "X" through each of my answers. I failed. But how come? ______ on the test paper, I had written down ______ Mr. Jackson said in class.

Then I realized that no one ______ the exam at all. What had happened?

"Very simple," Mr. Jackson explained. "I had made up all that story about the wampus. There had never been any such animal, so the information in your notes was not correct. Do you expect to get ______ marks for incorrect answers?"

There was no need to say we were ______ . What kind of test was this? What kind of teacher was he?

How could we believe he gave us so much information about an animal that had not been there at all? How was it possible ______ us students to doubt what the teacher taught us?

"The zeros on your papers will be ______ in your grade books," he said. And he did it.

Through this ______ , Mr. Jackson hoped that we would learn something. Teachers and books are not always ______ . In fact, no one is. He told us not to let our mind go to sleep. Instead, we should keep thinking all the time and speak up if we think there are ______ in our teachers' words or in books.

We should ______ the habit of doubting, and the ability to decide by ourselves. What a special ______ he gave us!