【推荐1】Once upon a time, there was a beautiful girl. She lived with her father in the forest. One day, a lion came to their house and told the father to let the girl _________ him. The father and the girl were very _______ of the lion. If the girl did not get married to the lion, the lion might be very angry and kill them _________. So the father had to find a way of _________ the lion.

After thinking a lot, he said to the lion, “I am _________ to marry my daughter to you, but she is very afraid of your teeth and claws. If you let me take _________ all out, you can marry her. I am sure my daughter can make a good _________.” “No problem!” the lion said. So he let the father take out all his _________ and claws. When the lion was toothless and clawless, the father began hitting him _________ a heavy stick. The lion could not defend (保卫) himself __________ he had no teeth or claws.

Finally, he ran away. He was also unable to kill animals for food. So he soon died.

One day, two fishermen were fishing in a pond.

The first fisherman caught a ______ and beautiful fish within a few minutes. He was very happy. He put the fish in his icebox. He would ______ it in the afternoon.

Soon, the ______ fisherman also caught a large fish. Surprisingly, he ______ it back into the pond. Later, he caught ______ more big fish, only to throw them back into the water again.

The first fisherman was surprised. “______ are you throwing the fish back into the water? They were beautiful and big”. The second fisherman answered, “I know that, ______ my pan is not big enough to cook big fish. So I’m looking for ______ fish to fit my cooking pan.”

The first fisherman ______ and he told the second fisherman that he could just cut the fish into pieces to fit them into the small pan.

Many of us are just like the second fisherman. Sometimes we don’t realize ______ that this makes us to lose opportunities (机会).

【推荐3】A little boy once found a jar of nuts on the table. “I’d like these ______” he thought. “I’m sure mother will give them to me ______ she were here. I’ll take a big handful(一把).” So he reached into the jar and grabbed as ______ as he could hold.

But when he tried to ______ his hand out, he found the neck of the jar was too small. His hand was held fast, but he didn’t want to ______ any of the nuts. He tried again and again, but he ______ get the whole handful out. At last he began to ______.

Just then his mother came ______ the room. “What’s the matter?” she asked. “I can’t take this handful of nuts out of the jar,” cried the boy.

“Well, don’t be so greedy,” his mother replied. “Just take two or three, and you’ll have no ______ getting your hand out.” “How ______ that was,” said the boy as he left the table. “I might have thought of that myself.”

【推荐1】Every time I ______ boys who were playing basketball, I stopped to watch them. I like playing basketball ______ I’m not good at it. I had a basketball when I was a child. At first, I could play when I was just a kid. But as I grew up it seemed harder and harder for me to enjoy basketball. At school, the boys always played basketball during P. E classes. However, the girls ______ played volleyball or badminton. My parents did not ______ to play basketball at home, either. “Basketball is not fit（适合）for girls,” They said. Even I went to play basketball with my friends, boys watched me ______ as if I was an alien (外星人). I felt ______ and lost hope of playing basketball. ______ , something changed (改变) on the first day of high school. I made some friends who also enjoyed playing basketball. They encouraged (鼓励) me to get back on the court (赛场).

One girl told me with a smile, “Go your own ______ , let others talk.” This girl would always play basketball with me. Even the boy who sat next to me in class talked about ______ with me almost every day. I was excited: Confidence and passion (热情) ______ to my heart. Basketball has played an important ______ in my life. Through basketball. I feel happy and confident. I also learn ______ .

A very famous NBA star says, “Nothing is ______ .” I know that life is just like playing basketball. You should have a goal (目标). After that, just be confident and ______   going. I love the saying of the NBA star. It can ______ me feel strongly about basketball, “I love this game.”

【推荐2】How time _______! Three years quickly passed. Look back at the past three years, I can remember many things. I _______ my best to be on time for morning readings every day. When the lunch bell rings, I run to the dining hall to have _______. I can remember the exciting moments of the School Sports Day. We trained many long hours. We are so _______ of ourselves for overcoming fear. I can still remember the _______ day at school. I was the shyest girl in my whole class. I was afraid _______ to anyone. Then slowly I _______ some good friends that I will remember forever. We helped each other with homework and we got _______ well with each other. In Grade Eight, we _______ for the Art Festivals together. But in the end, we made a big ________. I can still remember the new year’s parties. It was always the biggest moment. We made a wish and hoped everyone the best. I learned a different language. English brings me many ________. I worked ________ to ________ my teacher’s standards. It’s time to ________ goodbye to my lovely school and caring teachers. I am trying to keep my ________. I can’t believe it has been three years. It’s really difficult not to cry. I will miss the school trees and flowers. So many wonderful memories of ours are left in this beautiful place.

I would like to be an actress. I know it sounds unrealistic and strange, but that’s _________ I really want to be. I went through a period when I was outgoing with my family, but very shy in front of people. Drama classes helped me _________ this problem.

I started practising drama three years ago, because I thought it was a great way to improve my acting skills, and above all, to help me _________ confident. Confidence would help me achieve my dream. I was _________ at how fast this went. I became more and more confident, and I could see real results. I was very anxious before I went on stage for my first performance, but I was so proud of myself when the play _________. And I could feel how great my improvement had been.

During the second performance, I was confident and I extremely enjoyed acting, embodying a character, being my parents’ _________ and receiving their compliments. I’ve just started high school. Now I’m able to _________ myself in front of people, feeling comfortable and resourceful.

I’ve just acted in some short movies and one video clip, _________ I hope that I will have a wonderful job! It’s _________ to know what your skills and abilities are so that you can do many things and make your dreams come true.

As Muhammad Ali said, “If your __________ don’t scare you, they aren’t big enough.” I’m scared, but I won’t give up.