Once there was a poor little girl living near a forest. She had no family and no one to love her. So she often _________ sad and lonely.

One day, when she was _________ in the forest, she found that a small butterfly was trapped un-luckily in a bush. The butterfly tried to fly away _________ failed (失败). The kind little girl saved the butterfly with great care. _________ flying away, the butterfly turned into a beautiful fairy (仙女). The little girl was very _________

“Thank you for _________ me. You are so kind. I will make any of your dreams come true.” said the fairy.

The little girl thought for a moment and then said,” I want to be _________!”

The fairy said, “Very well. I will help you.” And she said something in the little girl’s ear. Then the fairy disappeared (消失).

As the kind little girl grew up, she was _________ ready to help people in need and was popular among the villagers. No one in the village was as happy as she was. Everyone asked her the secret (秘诀) of _________. She always smiled and __________,” The secret is that I listened to a kind fairy when I was little girl.”

When the kind girl became a very old woman and was going to __________, the neighbors in the __________ all gathered (聚拢) around her bed because they were __________ that her secret would die with her. They asked, “Please tell us what the kind fairy said.” The lovely old woman still __________ and said, “She told me that everyone needed me, no matter how safe they seemed, no matter how rich or poor, no matter how old or __________. She said that helping others would make me happy all my life.”

【推荐3】Before I could turn 10, I had lost my parents. To ____ myself and my education, I had taken to delivering（递送）newspapers.

I would be up every morning by 5 a.m., I would ____ 50 copies of newspaper which must have weighed over five kilos. After delivering them, I would rush home-another three kilometres away—cook my breakfast, eat ____ and be off to school.

One morning, I found a boy of my age at my doorstep. He introduced himself as Jimmy and said his ____ wanted to see me. I guessed they wished to subscribe to（订阅）the newspaper, so I followed him to his place nearby.

Jimmy’s mother opened the door, ____ me a large plate of snacks and fruit salad. It was a breakfast, one that brought back ____ of the happy time with my parents. As I was about to leave, Jimmy’s father, Mr. Kader, appeared with a new bicycle.

“This is for ____!” He said, putting my shoulder.

“____ I have no money!” I cried.

“Who is asking you to ____ this, my son?” He continued.

It took me a few seconds to sense the ____ moment. I didn’t even realize my tears were rolling down my face. Jimmy’s mother held me closely. It was like ____, as if my mother were there.

Mr. Kader said that my newspaper editor, Mr. Brown, was a friend of his, and the editor told him my ____.

I bowed, thankfully, and felt. This time, I didn’t have to ____!

For many years thereafter, it was the ____ that changed my life. I also learned a lesson; ____ should always be given according to people’s needs. Never try to feed a person who is dying of thirst.

【推荐1】Our English teacher was very friendly, and we all liked her. One day she came into the classroom and ________, “Who did this?” She held up a piece of broken glass and asked, “Who broke the window?” She seldom became angry, ________ this time she was.

I broke the window. I had done ________ by throwing a baseball. I didn’t want to admit (承认) it because I didn’t have enough money ________ a big window like that. “My father will be angry,” I thought. More importantly, I didn’t know ________ do. At first, I didn’t put up my hand, but later something strong in my heart suddenly made me stand up. “I did it,” I said ________. It was not easy for me to say that.

My teacher took a book from one of our book shelves and then began walking- ________ my desk. I was afraid that she was going to punish (惩罚) me.

“I know you like collecting ________ very much,” she said, looking down at my nervous face. “Here is a book about collecting stamps that you are looking for. Now, I forgive you. Remember, it’s because you told the truth.” The book ________ to me.

She didn’t punish me. I ________ believe it! I didn’t need to pay for the broken window. And I got my favourite book!

As time goes by, the book is gone, so is my wonderful teacher. But I will never forget the lesson the teacher gave me that day.

【推荐2】I am sure that all of us have had an unforgettable experience which is regretful in our life. We have all done or said ______ without thinking twice, which we will regret later. Sometimes we do it only out of ______ for a time and then we realize that is a big mistake soon.

One day a boy in my class left his math workbook at home. I spoke something to the 8-year-old boy angrily. Of course, I just wanted to take the child as a(n) ______ so that the rest of my students would learn a lesson from it—______ show up without their homework done in the future. The poor boy sat there, head down and tears falling from his face. A little girl sitting next to him told me something ______ a low voice. The little boy’s mother had been ______ by ambulance (救护车) to the hospital in the middle of the night before. He had to spend the whole night at his grandmother’s. His mother was ______ at the hospital and he didn’t know what was wrong with her. I can’t describe ______ I felt at that moment I have been so sorry for what I said that day. It has changed the way I ______ my students from that moment on.

As a young teacher, I was not patient enough with my students. If I had taken time to ask the boy why he forgot his workbook, I would have understood why the homework was the ______ thing on his mind. And I would have known that his mother was in hospital. Life would be more enjoyable if I take time to fully understand the situations around me before acting.

【推荐3】通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

Time is very important in our life. But it never had any importance in my life until I _________a watch from my father. It ________ me the importance of time in my life.

I got this gift on a gray-sky day. I had to go to the   _______ to pick up (接)my uncle Ali. However，I forgot it _______   I was playing with my friends. Later I   ______   my uncle， but I was late for him. He had to   _____   a taxi to my father’s house.

I got to my father’s house     ____   . My father looked at me angrily. I said “Hi” to him and my _______ uncle. My father asked me to sit   ______   him and gave me this watch which was a gift from ______   . 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 _______ . 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: respect (尊重) time and     ______ be late. The watch is important to me, not because of its   ______ , but because of the lesson（教训） that I learned from it.