【推荐2】Yesterday we visited Red Star Farm in the countryside. It was     1     (极好的). There were many robots farming there. And the     2     (农民) grew quite a lot of flowers around the farm. We did many     3     (令人激动的) things there.

In the morning, we milked cows and     4     (喂养) chickens first. Then we rode horses in the sun. At the beginning, the horses ran very fast. The guide     5     (担心) about us a lot, so he made the horses slow down. I think the horses are quite lovely because they can     6     (听到) and understand the guide’s orders.   

At noon, we had lunch on the farm. The food was quite delicious. The farmer said the food wasn’t     7     (昂贵的). And it was really cheap.   

In the afternoon, we visited the painting museum near a fire station. We were all     8     (感兴趣的) in everything in the museum. At last, a robot     9     (采) some flowers for us as gifts. When we got back, it was     10     (黑暗的). We were tired, but happy and excited. All in all, we enjoyed everything there.

In the morning, we went camping along a path in Green Natural Park. It was a sunny day. On the way, we kept singing and making jokes. We were expecting (期待) a w    1     two-day holiday.

In the afternoon, when we f    2     our picnic at three o’clock, it was dark and windy. Soon, there was a shower. Sadly, n    3     of us brought an umbrella. We ran around but we could find no place to hide.

Twenty minutes passed and it was still raining. There were hours to go before we reached the campsite. It was even worse that our small compass (指南针) showed that we went to the w    4     way. We had lost our way!

We had to make a quick decision as it was raining heavily. Chris said we could set up a tent (帐篷) to keep ourselves off the rain, so Mary and Tom helped to do so. Chris and I tried to make a fire to keep us warm. But we couldn’t light the fire b    5     everything was wet. We dried ourselves, talked and waited i    6     the tent. At about five o’clock, it stopped raining. We wanted to give up the camping trip. All of us had been very tired.

This camping trip may not be very successful, but we know each other better. And the most important thing I’ve learned from this trip is the importance of team spirit (团队精神).

Lionel Andres Messi is one of the greatest football stars in the world. Messi was b    1     in Rosaris, Argentia (阿根廷共和国) on June 24, 1987. His father was a worker and mother was a part-time cleaner. He has two brothers and a sister. At the age of five, Messi started playing football for a local club. He practiced seven hours or more each day. He was full of energy and ran q    2    . He soon showed great talent in playing football.

Messi never gives up even if he fails or meets difficulties. In 2006, he h    3     his foot badly, but he came back three months later and scored three goals in a match against Real Madrid. His fans all stood up and cheered for h    4    . When he was asked the secret of his s    5    , Messi said, “I’m always working hard to be my best, first for my team, for the fans, and to try and win. Playing football is part of my life.”

Once I had to make a speech in my English class. The speech would last about fifteen minutes. I’d never spoken in public for such a     1     time before. I really had no idea whether I would do a good     2    . After two days’ preparation. I finished writing my speech. But speaking in public still made     3     nervous.

Finally, the day came. I went to the platform（讲台）. However, I dropped all my note cards on the floor by     4    . I was greatly discouraged. I tried to focus on（集中于）my speech but I couldn’t. All I cared     5     was what my classmates would think of me.     6     no one laughed at me. They just said, “Come on!” Because of their encouragement, I finally finished my speech     7    .

In life, we always focus on our weaknesses and     8     more attention to bad things than good ones. This makes it difficult to have a good attitude (态度) towards life. Such bad thoughts will     9     us from performing at our best unless we can change our way of thinking. We should consider clearly     10     we’ve learned. And it can be put into use in the future. Then we’ll find that we are getting close to success.

Last summer, my family and I went to England and we spent two weeks in Cornwall. It

    1     us five hours to get there by car. We     2     in a hotel near a lake. We did a lot of different things there: we went for long walks, played games, went shopping and swam in the lake.

I played happily at first, but then something happened (发生). One morning, I went to the     3     near the hotel by myself. I walked and walked. I watched the birds and took some photos of them. Some birds were singing, other     4     were eating. When I was hungry, I wanted to go back to the hotel for food.     5    , I couldn’t find the way back. I tried different ways. Unluckily, at last I was still in the     6     place and I was lost.

“Oh, God! What should I do? I’m so afraid!” I thought. Later it started to rain. I didn’t have     7     umbrella, so I was     8     and cold. I decided to stay under a tree and waited     9     my parents. After a few hours, they found me. It was dark and I was cold, hungry and scared. I will     10     go to the forest again.