【推荐1】______, Cathy’s whole family went to New York City for their summer holiday. They stayed there ______two weeks.

New York City has more than seven and a half ______ people. It is the largest city in the United States. It is also the home of ______.

First they visited the Statue of Liberty. The Statue of Liberty is one of New York’s ______ historic sites.

Millions of people visit New York City every year. ______ the second day they went to the Empire State Building. It is the tallest building in New York City now. From the top of the building, they saw most parts of New York. On the third day, they visited the Metropolitan Museum. In this ______, they saw a lot of famous paintings. During the rest time of the first week, Cathy went to Bronx Zoo ______ his younger brother and sister. There they were glad ______ a lot of their favourite animals—tigers, lions, monkeys and elephants.

In the second week, the family visited Long Island. On the island, they spent most of their time ______, sunbathing and playing on the beach. They all had a good time.

【推荐2】It was one month before Christmas, when nine-year-old Rose told her father and me that she wanted a new bike. _________ bike was just too old, _________ it needed repairing as well.

When Christmas was coming, her dream for a _________ seemed to disappear, for she didn’t mention it again. We were busy _________ some beautiful story books, a doll house, a holiday dress and toys. Then to our surprise, _________ December 24, she said she really wanted a bike more than _________ else.

Now we didn’t know _________ to do. It was just too late. We were busy with Christmas _________ and packing children’s presents, parents’ presents, a brother’s present and friends’ presents till midnight. So there was no time to buy the “right bike” for our little girl. Thinking that we were _______ who would make their child unhappy, we felt ashamed and __________ .

Suddenly my husband had an idea. “What if I make a little bike out of clay(泥土) and write a note that she could trade in(交换) the model bike for a real one?” So he __________ the next five hours carefully working with clay to make a __________ bike.

On Christmas morning, we were so excited when Rose opened the little box with the beautiful red and white ________ bike and the note. She __________ the note loudly. She looked at us and said: “So, does this mean I can trade in this bike for a real one?” Smiling, I said: “Yes.” Rose had tears in her eyes when she replied: “I would never trade in this beautiful bike that Daddy made for me. I prefer to __________ it rather than get a real bike.” At that moment, we would have moved the God to buy her every bike on the earth.

【推荐3】It was the first week of the summer vacation. Dad said to Mike, “Charlie hurt his foot and can’t______ for two weeks. Can you work with me on the ____?” Charlie was Dad’s helper.

Mum said, “We know you had plans with your friends, but Dad really needs your______.” “Sure, Dad, I would love to,” Mike answered.   

Dad and Mike left early the next morning. “Fishing is a(n) ____ job,” Mike thought. But he kept working. When he found they were ____ more and more crabs (蟹), Mike was so excited.

It was late afternoon when they returned home. Mum already got ______ ready for them, but Mike was so tired that he went straight to bed.   

The next morning Mike’s arms hurt a lot. However(然而), he had such a good time with Dad that he decided to ______ him. The ____ passed soon. Charlie came back to work on time. Mike enjoyed being out on the _____, so he asked, “May I come too?” Dad looked surprised and said, “Sure!”

They all jumped into the boat and set off to the ocean. The rest of the summer would be _____for the three of them.

March 16^th is National Panda Day in the United States. This year, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington DC, used the day to celebrate the ________ anniversary (庆典) of the first two giant pandas coming into its care. The celebration will ________ six months.

In 1972, then-US president Richard Nixon and his wife Pat made a ________ visit to China. On ________ second day in the country, Pat went to the Beijing Zoo to see pandas. At a dinner ________ they left China, Premier Zhou Enlai told Pat that China would present the US with two pandas.

The pandas Ling Ling and Hsing Hsing, arrived at Tillet National Zoo on April 16, 1972. They lived there for more than 20 years before ________ in the 1990s. A new panda couple, Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, arrived at the zoo in 2000. They still live at the zoo with their child, Xiao Qi Ji (“Little Miracle”). The couple’s other three children, Tai Shan, Bao Bao and Bei Bei were ______ to China.

In the past, Brandie Smith, director of the National Zoo, and her colleagues visited their Chinese partners several ________ a year to share knowledge about pandas. Chinese experts also go to the US. But during the pandemic (疫情), they had to communicate ________ emails and video calls. Smith said it was “as good as it ________ is” because they have had a good relationship for many years. She said she hopes the program will last at least 50 more years.