【推荐2】One morning, my dad asked me to drive him to a faraway village and pick him up later at 4 pm. I parked our car at a nearby garage (修车厂). With several hours in between, I went to a ______ . However, when the last movie finished, it was already ______. I was two hours late!

I guessed dad would be really ______ if he found out that I was late because I was watching a movie. ______ I decided not to tell him the _______. When I picked him up, I apologized for being ______, and told him that the car had some ______ repairs. I’ll never forget the look that he gave me. “I’m ______ that you feel you have to lie to me, Jason.” Dad looked at me again. “______ you didn’t appear, I called the garage to ask if there were any problems. They told me that you hadn’t been there. ” I felt ashamed as I told him the ______ reason. After he listened to me, dad said, “I realize I’ve ______ as a father. I’m going to walk home now and think about where I’ve gone wrong all these years to make you ______ to me.”

“But dad, it’s 18 miles!” My apologies were ______. Dad walked home that day. I drove while following him, begging him all the way, but he walked anyway. Seeing dad in so much pain was an unforgettable ______ . However, it also taught me an important lesson. Since that time, I have ______ lied to anyone.

【推荐3】I have a _________ family. My parents love me very much. It is a different day today. It is my mother’s _________ birthday. She was born _________ April 4th, 1985. My father and _________ plan to give her a party in our house to celebrate her birthday. We _________ buy a present for her. My father _________ a beautiful wallet, and _________ shape is rectangle and the color is brown and yellow. It costs five _________ yuan. I would like to make a card by hand _________ my love for her. The card is 20 centimeters long and 10 centimeters wide. “Thank you for ____________ me. Happy birthday to you. ” I write on the card. We also prepare a nice birthday cake for my mom. I think she will be happy when she gets home after work.

【推荐2】When I was little, I thought I had the meanest (最刻薄的) mother in the world. While other kids were ______ candy for breakfast, I had to have porridge, eggs and toast. When others had hamburgers and cake for lunch, I had to eat ______ just like carrots and tomatoes. But at least, I wasn’t ______ when I was sad, because my sister and two brothers had the same feelings as I did.

My mother seemed to know everything about us all the time. She knew ______ everything belongs to, and she also knew who our friends were and where we were going. She knew what we need best. We had to wash clothes and take a bath every day, ______ other kids could wear the same clothes for a few days.

The worse was to follow. We had to go to bed ______ nine every night and we had to get up at six in the morning. She made us work even though we were kids. We had to do the dishes, make beds, learn to cook and do other things at home. I believed she kept ______ new things for us to do at home.

But my mother was successful as a mother. All of ______ kids were well educated. She made us grow into ______ educated and hard-working adults. I am trying to teach my three kids in the same way. I am filled with ______ when my kids think I’m mean. I had the meanest mother in the world, but she gave me a successful life.

【推荐3】Two years ago, I took a bus to visit a friend living on a farm. My friend promised to pick me up from the bus station. Once I ________ off the bus, I pulled my two suitcases（行李箱）and walked to the pickup area. Unluckily, my friend got stuck（困）in the heavy traffic and I had to wait ________ an hour at the pickup area. To make things worse, it started raining ________ half an hour later. Looking around, I was ________ to find that there was no place to take shelter（躲避）from the rain. Just as I was feeling helpless, a man driving a car stopped in front of me and handed me his ________. I asked for his address so that I could mail it back when I finished using it. To ________ surprise, the man said, “You don’t have to ________ it. Just pass the umbrella on to someone else when your car arrives.” When my friend finally ________, I gave the umbrella to a lady carrying a baby who just arrived at the pickup area. ________ I left, I asked her to give it to anyone else in need of the umbrella. When I arrived at my friend’s farm, I was very tired, but happy that I was able to pass ________ on to others.