【推荐1】Many students in my school love sports. In the morning, after ________ second lesson we do exercise. We have PE class only twice a week, but we do sports ________ five o’clock every afternoon. Basketball is ________ than any other sport. The boys enjoy ________ it and many of the girls like it too. Another popular sport is football, and in every class there is a football team. Some children often play volleyball ________ the weather is fine. Our school teams often ________ matches against the teams from other schools. When there is a match, many of ________ go to watch it and cheer for our school team.

Besides ball games, some of us like track and field events(田径项目), and we often practise running, jumping and throwing ________.

Sports can help us keep healthy and happy. ________ important sports are! We ________ exercise as much as possible. Let’s do sports together.

Do you know running wasn’t popular in the past? In the past, only some players and strong people liked to run. But at that time, women seldom ran. ____ did women seldom run? Because they may be laughed at(被嘲笑) ____ they did.

But today things are different from the past. Men and women of all ____ enjoy running. Early in the morning, at noon or in the evening, in big cities ____ in the countrysides, you can see many people ____. People run everywhere(到处), along the street, in the park or on the playground. Some people even run in their living rooms.

David is a great sport lover. He often runs ____ his free time. He thinks running is ____ good exercise because it helps build strong lungs and heart. It also helps ____ keep fit. So, he always runs to school instead of ____ a bus. He is going ____ a great player when he grows up. He hopes he can take part in the Olympic Games one day.

At thirteen, I was in middle school. When we played softball (垒球运动) and the leaders ________ members for their teams, I was always the last kid to get picked. Sometimes I hit the ball into the outfield (外场). I thought I   ________ good, but I still always got picked last.

I didn’t have to take the gym class in high school because of my busy studies, but my father told me ________. I was lucky to have such a ________father to encourage me to take part in the gym class.

For many people, gym is ________ painful subject. But kids can develop good values and ________in gym classes. Young people often want to show ________ abilities. However, in team sports, winning often depends ________ helping your teammates score. Gym classes can also teach the importance of practice.

So students need to take gym classes, but the activities need to be ________ for everyone. Students should ________ to choose their favorite activities, instead of simply giving them a task. And the gym teacher may encourage students to play games which teach cooperation (合作) as well as competition.

【推荐2】Jim, a successful businessman, told an experience of his childhood.

When he was 12, his parents died. He was alone and didn’t get on well with others. No one showed kindness to him. People always laughed _______ him. His only friend was _______ dog named Bobby. He gave his dog enough to eat and drink, but be was a little rude（粗鲁的）to it sometimes.

One day when he _______ down the street, he saw a young lady walking in front of him. Suddenly one of her _______ dropped from her arms. As she stopped to pick it up, she dropped other bags. Jim came to help _______ . “Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” The lady said kindly and _______, smiling.

A special feeling came to him. He had never heard such kind words before. He watched the lady _______ she went far away. He was so excited that be whistled（吹口哨）to his dog. Then in a low voice be said to his dog, “You are a nice little dog!” Bobby raised its ears. It seemed that the dog had understood _______ “Even a dog likes it!” he thought. From then on, he never said unkind words to others. Everyone he met _______ kindly.

After telling this story, the businessman stopped for a while. Then be said, “Ladies and gentlemen, it was that kind woman who planted the first seed of kindness in me. All of us _______ learn about kindness. What great power it has!”

【推荐3】Tom, Jack and Joy met after school to work on their group science project. Their task was to find a way ______ an egg from breaking as it ______ from a window of their classroom on the second floor. Tom and Joy were busy working with their materials, such as a lot of newspapers, some bubble wrap(气泡垫), and rubber bands(橡皮筋). Tom was cutting newspapers ______ pieces and watching Jack draw in a notebook. Finally, he couldn’t stay quiet any longer.

“Jack, ______ are you going to help us?” he asked. “We need to get this project done today.” “Yeah, Jack, ______!”Joy said as she reached across the table for ______ rubber band to put onto the rubber floor which she was trying to make. “_____ you put down your cartoons and help us?” Jack was a good friend, but he didn’t seem to give science class the same attention that Joy and Tom did.

Jack looked up so ______ that they thought he may not have heard them at all. Then he turned the page towards them. Jack had drawn a picture that showed an egg in the center of a coat of newspaper and bubble wrap. ______ egg had been covered with several rubber bands, which crisscrossed(交叉) each other to make a thick coat of filling.

“I was just brainstorming,” Jack said. “Do you think it ______?” Now, Tom and Joy were   surprised.