Will you feel happy if your friends are happy? If your friends are sad, how will you feel? An old man lived in a village. He was one of the _____ people in the world. The whole village was tired of _____ because of his bad mood (情绪). Even on the big days, while other villagers were celebrating, he was complaining too. When people tried to cheer him up, he would turn them away. His bad mood could also easily _____ to others. By _____ like these, he made the rest of the village feel unhappy as well. So nobody likes to stay with him.

An unbelievable thing happened on _____ day when he turned 80 years old. One neighbour told the villagers, “The old man is happy today. His face looks _____ than before and he is smiling at us. He hasn’t complained about ______. It’s very strange, isn’t it?” ______ surprised the villagers were! They ran to see the old man. Someone asked the old man, “What _____ to you?”

“Nothing special has happened, in fact,” the man said. “For 80 years I _____ unhappy. I tried to look _____ happiness, but it was no use. Now I just want to enjoy _____ my life simply. That’s the reason why I’m happy now.”

Everyone has bad days sometimes. It is important to realize that your mood _____ affect (影响) the people around you. _____ someone tries to cheer you up, don’t be rude to them. Just try to accept their help _____.

【推荐2】Travel can teach kids more than a textbook. First, travel is good ________ kids. They can find new interests.

Travel ________ information alive for kids, and it is much more exciting than studying textbooks. Second, they learn ________ to fit themselves into new situations, and communicate with other people while travelling. Also, they learn ________ because sometimes it takes long time to get to some exciting or interesting places.

I’ve been travelling since I was ________. For me, to stop ________ would be like taking something important away from my life. I can’t live without travelling and I wouldn’t be who I am ________ I don’t travel. So when some people say it’s difficult to travel after having kids, I completely disagree. In ________ opinion, when people become parents, it doesn’t mean they ________ travel any more. My children have travelled since they were three weeks old.

Bringing ________ new life into the world comes with many responsibilities. And I’d love to be one of the ________ mothers. One of my duties is to educate my children. I’m so thankful that I________ to many places on family trips when I was young. I’ve learned that the outside world is ________ than the little one I was living in. Of course, I want to pass these travel experiences to my children ________ these will be their lifelong treasure.

I value the memories ________ I have when travelling with my children. I’m sure they will always remember them in their lives.

【推荐3】Many years ago, I lived alone in a small house in the countryside in the UK. But the house had a beautiful garden. There was a tree in my garden. One day, two birds came to the tree and built ________ house for their three newborn babies.

One morning, I was getting up when I ________ the sound of the little birds. I ran out of my bedroom and found two babies eating food on the ground in the garden. I thought ________ their house, so I decided to help them get back to their house. At that time, the father bird and the mother bird came back. They brought some food for the third baby. They put it on the ground, next ________ the other two babies. As for the third baby, to get the food, she had to fly to it. ________ she was hungry, she was afraid of getting out of the house to eat it. To ________ surprise, her parents just stood there and did nothing.

After about ten ________, the third baby bird didn’t have any other choice. She slowly went to the border (边缘) of the house and began ________. She flew down from the house. Finally, she landed ________ on the ground and found the food soon.

A lesson ________ to me by these birds. If we want our “food”, we should try our best to get it by ourselves.

【推荐1】Our words may influence people for years, and even for a lifetime. They provide them _______ courage to go on or one more reason to give up.

My family moved to _______ city when I was fourteen. Junior high was always a difficult time for me, and this move made my ninth-grade year even _______.

I remember walking into the dining hall for the first time. The other kids bad good friends with them, _______ I didn’t know anyone. I felt lonely and went to the nearest seat after _______ my food. The kids who sat beside me looked at me up and down and then _______. I could feel my face turning red at that moment. This embarrassing moment _______ by one of the kids.

“Man! You have a big nose.” I felt hurt and didn’t know _______ to say. I wanted to cry, but I managed a little smile—as if it didn’t hurt me at all. But it did.

From then on, I would often look at _______ in the mirror (镜子). It seemed that I was just living for my nose. _______, I grew out of this influence at last. But it really _______ me twenty years.

I also went through _______ terrible business failure (失败). I called my dad for help and what he said gave me courage and confidence _______ on with my life.

Encouraging words _______ really help people a lot. So encourage others more and try to help them out _______ they are in need.

【推荐2】I love eating persimmons（柿子）. But you can’t get them_______autumn. If you try them before the right time, they probably taste bad.

Because of my poor grades, my parents worried_______I couldn’t get into an excellent high school. They pushed me_______hard, but I didn’t really understand why. Summer came and I studied even_______. The hot weather made me feel sleepy.

But every time I wanted to stop_______, Mom would shout, “Think about your future. If you don’t work hard, you_______it!” I had to return to my textbooks_______were full of words. But all I thought about was playing with my friends and eating persimmons.

My mom would say to me,_______a serious look on her face, “You won’t get_______in autumn unless a persimmon tree grows in summer! Only by hard work________you get the good result of your work.”

Although I didn’t understand it at that time, I gradually came to see________truth of her words. Several months later, I________got into the key high school. It was autumn.

Walking in my new school, I could see________persimmon trees. The persimmon was such a red fruit that it looked as if it was on fire. Suddenly, I realized that working hard might be bitter________its fruit was sweet.

My mom was right. If a persimmon tree doesn’t grow during summer, it can’t bear fruit in autumn. I had grown through the summer and now it was autumn. The fruits of my labors could________by me now!

【推荐3】When I was nine years old, I found an advertisement for selling greeting cards in the back of a children’s magazine. I thought to _________ that I could do this. I asked my mother to let me send for the box. Two weeks later when the box arrived, I opened the box, got the cards _________ rushed out of the house. Three hours later, I returned home _________ no cards and a pocket full of money, shouting “Mama, all the people couldn’t wait to buy my cards!” A seller was born.

When I was twelve years old, my father took me _________ Tony Green. I remembered sitting in that dark hall and listening to Mr. Green cheer everybody up. After the speech, I told dad, “Dad, I feel that I can do everything.” When we got to the car, I turned to my father and said, “Dad, I want to make people _________ like that.” My father asked me what I meant. “I want to be an encouraging speaker just like Mr. Green.” I replied. A dream was born.

Recently I began following my dream of encouraging _________. I left _________ company where I worked for 4 years. Many people were _________ why I would leave after earning much money. And they asked why I would do everything for a dream. I loved my old job, my friends and the company I left, but _________ was time to get on with my dream.

When I kept working hard on my dream, even during the hard times, the amazing and wonderful things really began to happen. Just as the saying goes, “The world always __________ way for the dreamer.”

【推荐1】Last month, I took a trip to Shanghai with my mother during the holiday. It took us more than two hours to _______ to Shanghai from my home in Sihui. We stayed in a large hotel on the eighth floor.

On the first day, I stayed in the hotel and had a rest. On the second day, my mother and I went to Nanjing Road. It is a very busy street in Shanghai. When we got there, there were lots of people. We walked from one shop to _______. I bought two white T-shirts and two pairs of trousers for the coming summer. My mother also bought some gifts. On the third day, my mother took me to Jinjiang Entertainment Centre. When we arrived, we saw many people spending money _______ games at that time. I also played many kinds of games happily there. I had a good time.

For the rest days, I went to some other interesting places, _______the Oriental Bright Pearl TV Tower, the Huangpu River. I didn’t forget to do my homework in the evening. How full and happy holiday was! _______ we have a holiday next time, we will travel there again.

【推荐2】TV is like potato chips. If you have a taste, you want more.

Maddy and I ________ friends since we were kids.

Last week, Maddy and I arranged to spend the weekend at Maddy’s house. A Fun List ________ to make sure we’d enjoy our time together.

When I arrived, Maddy greeted me ________ a big hug. “You’re just in time for ________ best TV show The Cookie Club ! And I found out there’s a Super Saturday Marathon, so it’s going to be on all day long!”

“Cool,” I said. “But we’re not actually going to watch it all day long, right?”

“Of course not.” Maddy said, “But you have to watch one episode so you can see ________ great it is.”

Then I learned about The Cookie Club: It’s about three kids ________ happen to live above a bakery where strange things are always going on. And when it’s the featured show of Super Saturday Marathon, you do not watch just one episode! You watch one more, and one more, and you’re ________ busy trying to solve one delicious mystery after ________ that you forget the whole world. And the day I’d been looking forward ________ with the friend was over, and I didn’t do a single thing on my Fun List. NOT ONE!

“I can’t believe ________ we actually wasted an entire day watching TV!” Maddy said at bedtime.

“I know!” I yawned. “I like The Cookie Club, ________ I’m sure I never need to watch another episode.”

________, the next day, we were able to give the time to some of our Fun List stuff.

So, too much TV! How ________ off the TV? Don’t turn it on in the first place. If you’ve decided to watch one show, turn off the TV right after the episode is over. You could even set an alarm to remind ________. It may be hard to get off the couch at first, but you’ll feel much ________ if you spend that time on other things.

We were silently waiting on the platform(站台) in the late afternoon. There he was, my _________ grandfather with his grey hair and there I was, a teenage girl in my jeans and T-shirt. I was wondering how I was going to get through the next two days. Why did I agree to be with my strange grandpa on the two days’ train ride from our city to _________?

No one else wanted to be his partner along _________ way since my grandfather refused to take a plane. Unlike him, I loved to fly because I wanted to get to the destinations(目的地) as_________ as possible. No matter how much he _________ about the quickness of flying, my grandfather refused to book a flight, saying, “It is not just about time. It’s the experience of getting there. ”

With my first step onto the train, the journey was already different from _________. The train was modern and filled with friendly travelers. We seated _________ in the dining car, where we could enjoy food and drinks while we were watching the beauty of nature passing by. Instead of listening to my own music, I listened to my grandfather talking _________ my family history that I had never had the time or patience to learn about before. For the first time I felt I _________ him. I was thankful for our time together on the train.

In this rapidly changing world, we often miss important moments. It is necessary to slow down__________ listen to elders who offer a piece of their history or experience and share their feelings. Life isn’t just about the destination. It’s about the journey.