Hello, I’m Daniel. I’m a middle school student. It     1     nice to meet you here. First, let me tell you about my family. There     2     five people in my family. They     3     my mother, my father, my sister, my brother and I.

My father is a worker. My mother is an English teacher. My sister     4     eighteen and my brother is sixteen. I’m fourteen. We love playing football games.

My home     5     at West Street. There is a big tree and some small trees around my house. The big one is a pear tree and the small ones are apple trees, but there     6     any pears or apples on them now. Here     7     a photo of my house. In the photo, you can see three cats in my house. They     8     all black and white. We like them very much.

Jenny lived a happy life when she was a little girl. But something awful happened one after     1    . She lost her left arm in a traffic accident at the age of sixteen. What was     2    , both of her parents died when she was twenty years old. Her elder brother wanted to take care of her. However, Jenny     3     to live with his family, saying that she could look after     4    . She studied very hard and managed to enter college. Four years later, she graduated and found a job in a company near her home. Once she wrote in her diary, “I am quite lucky.     5     I lost one arm, I still have two legs.”

Just as the saying goes, “God is     6     a window for you while shutting off a door.” Jenny chose to face her bad luck in     7     active way. Instead of feeling sad all day, she decided not to let it     8     her from getting education or her happy life. She has taught us a good lesson. When something bad happens to us, we have two     9    . One is to complain (抱怨), and the other is to face it bravely. If we choose to run away, it will follow us wherever we go. If we decide to be strong, new hopes will come. So choose wisely.

As we know, life is not full     10     smiles and happiness all the time. Let’s learn how to face the difficulties.

【推荐1】As a child, I got angry quite easily and was not good at communicating with others.

I still remember it was an early autumn. Some    1    (leaf) started to turn yellow and the weather became cool. One day, as I was getting ready for school, my mother    2    (care) handed me my father’s vest(背心) instead of mine. At that time, I was getting to have a    3    (large) size than my father, so when I put on the vest, I felt as if I wasn’t able to breathe! I realized that it was a small mistake which    4    (make) by my mother, but somehow the breathless feeling was so strong that it made me very angry. My mother said sorry with a smile, but I shouted at her    5    thinking much, I got it off my body so wildly that I made a hole in it. I put on my own vest and rushed out of the house    6    my mother could stop me.

Later, my mother shared her bad feelings with my father, “See what your son has done.” Instead of saying he would scold(责备) or beat me, my father    7    (quiet) asked my mother to mend the vest.

Later when my mother told me about my father’s response, I felt ashamed(惭愧的) of my bad behavior. My father’s gentle kindness    8    (teach) me a lesson which I would never forget.

On that day, I decided not    9    (let) anger control me any longer. Of course, there are times when I am angry. However, whenever that happens, I    10    (try) to remember my father’s vest. It always reminds me to think about others’ feelings when I get angry.

This is a story of Mrs. Rice and her son Jim. Mrs. Rice works as a doctor in a     1    . She meets many patients (病人) every day and is     2     with her work. Sometimes she has no time to have meals. She usually gets home     3     7:00 p.m. Today is Friday. When she gets home, she finds Jim’s things     4    . His books are on the sofa. His pens are under the table. His notebooks are on the chair. Mrs. Rice is angry. She     5    , “Why are your things here and there?” But Jim doesn’t answer.

Then Mrs. Rice thinks Jim is in his bedroom,     6     she finds that he isn’t there. His dog Coco is on the bed. She is surprised (惊奇的) to find     7     card in its mouth. It says, “Mom, I finish my homework. I go to     8     friend Sue’s home to make hamburgers. And I will play volleyball with her. I will be back home with your favourite chicken     9     before 8:00 p.m.”

After reading the card, Mrs. Rice no longer (不再) feels angry. There     10     a smile on her face.

Her son has grown up.

Dad didn’t know how to show love. He went to work every day and blamed (责备) me for making mistakes when he came home.

At my birthday parties, Dad always seemed out of place. He just kept busy welcoming the guests, while my mom carried the cake for me to b    1     out candles.

When I learned to ride a bike. I hoped him to stay with me and not to leave me a    2    . But he just stood there and said I must ride it by m    3    .

When I went to college, Mom wrote letters to me. He just sent money and a little note.     4     (无论何时) I called home, he acted like he wanted to talk but always said, “Wait, Tim. I’ll get your mother.”

All my life he said, “Where are you going? What time are you coming home? No, you cannot go. Dad just didn’t know how to show love, unless...Was it     5     (可能的) he showed it and I didn’t recognize it?