【推荐1】As my husband, Doug, stood on the busy New York city street trying to stop a taxi, I tried to protect my daughter from the cold December wind and rain. I put my head down to kiss her tiny face.

Frustrated and _________, my husband gave up his attempt to flag down a taxi. I knew the feeling. Just after her first birthday, we _________ that our daughter Katie had a rare brain illness. Since that moment, Doug and I felt like runners in a marathon race where the finish line kept disappearing. We knew Katie was running out of _______. It had taken months before we finally _______ a name for the illness, but only a few specialists in the world knew _________ to fix it. Now, as we finally found a brilliant doctor to save our girl, we were in a strange _________ in the cold rain.

Just at the moment, a middle-aged woman pulled over and said, “Pardon me? May I offer you a ride?”

_______ we could say anything, she continued, “It’s really no trouble for _________. Just get in.”

It was then that I noticed her thick Irish accent, which _________ me up like hot soup. We ________ said, “Thanks! Roosevelt Hospital, please,” as we got in her car for the ride.

“Are you going ________ the baby?” she asked us.

I nodded my head, holding back my tears.

At the hospital, we ________ her a dozen times for the ride, as the woman hugged me. I noticed her face was wet with tears. She promised to pray for us before she left.

After three more visits to New York and two more __________ surgeries, Katie is cured. But the ________ of the Irish Angel still rang as a constant reminder of a tiny ray of light that appeared in our ________ days. We would pray for her just as she did for us.

【推荐2】Long ago, a rabbit built a big house, where he lived very happily. He had  _____it very well. A heavy ____arrived in autumn, and it flooded(淹没)and destroyed nearly the whole forest and the  _____of many animals, but his remained.

Soon, one after another, the  ____ animals came to his door, asking if they could spend the cold days in his house. He let each visitor in, and the house was gradually filled up ____ it was full. The rabbit was happy because everyone else said he was   ___  . All the animals___  the rabbit for offering them a place to live in winter.

In spring, all the animals  ___ and rebuilt their own houses. Seeing this, the rabbit jumped up and down happily but he didn’t  __  that a fox was waiting for him. One of the animals who had spent the cold  __  in the rabbit’s house saw this, and called the rabbit in time, shouting at him to escape into his house  __  .

For a whole day the fox  ___the rabbit from one animal’s home to another one, but the rabbit was helped all the time by the friends whom he had___help to in the winter.  __  ,the fox gave up.

The rabbit felt very happy, not only for having escaped the fox, but also for having made so many friends in the forest. From the  ___  , he learned that helping others was helping himself.

【推荐2】Can animals have their festivals today? Yes, of course. And many ___have their special animal festivals to show love to different animals.

In Canada, the second Sunday of October is just Canadian Dog’s Day. On that ___, all the Canadian dogs can enjoy the time. Dogs play an important part ___Canadians’ life because they think dogs are very kind to ___and help do much work. The dogs can pull a sled (拉雪橇), carry things and many ___useful things.

In Belgium (比利时), the second Sunday of May is Cat’s Day. People there play some interesting games with ___for fun. They hope, in the next year, they will be ___and have a good result.

In Indonesia (印度尼西亚) , May 7th is Monkey’s Day. People ___many candies and nuts (坚果) to monkeys. They also play music for the animals. All the monkeys will have a __

time on that day.

We live in the same world with animals. ___we have to be friendly to them. And we should get along very well with them.

Most American families like to have a vacation in summer. It is a good season for vacation.

It is often ________ in July and August. Children do not go to school in those two ________. Some people like to stay at home. They can ________ or watch TV at home. Many families like to eat their lunch in a place with ________ trees or a nice lake. Some people have ________ time and money to travel to other ________ like France, Japan and Australia. They usually ________ to those countries. But many families travel ________ car or train to see interesting places in ________ own country. New York, Chicago, Miami, San Francisco and Los Angeles are popular cities to choose(选择).

Not everyone likes to go to ________ cities. Some families travel to mountains or beautiful valleys in the countryside.

【推荐2】I still remember my first fishing trip as if it were yesterday.

It was a sunny day of early summer. I received the first fishing pole ________ my uncle’s hand, and walked with him towards the river. My uncle, who knew ________ the best hangouts （群） of fish were, kindly placed me at best point. I threw out my line as I had so often seen others and ________ excitedly for a bite. Nothing came of it. “Try again,” said my uncle. Suddenly the bait （鱼饵） went down out of sight. “Now for it. Here is a fish at last.” I made a strong pull, and brought up a mass of weeds （海草）. Again and again I drew it back ________. I looked at my uncle in low spirits. “Try once more, ” he said,   “We fishermen must have ________. It took me a whole day until I got my first fish.” Suddenly ________ pulled hard at my line, and swept off with it into deep water. ________, I saw a big fish wriggling （扭来扭去） in the sun. “Uncle!” I cried, looking back in uncontrollable excitement, “I’ve got a fish!” “Not yet,” said my uncle calmly. As he spoke, there was a plash （泼溅）, my hook hung empty from the line. I had lost my ________. I sat down on the stone silently and refused to be comforted. Even my uncle promised that there were more fish in the river. He put the pole again in my hands, and told me to try my luck once more. “But remember, boy.   Never show off catching a fish until he is on dry ground.”

Though years have now passed, I have always been reminded of the fish that I did not catch. When I hear people ________ something that hasn’t been done yet, I call to mind the wise warning of my uncle,   “It’s no use talking too ________ about anything until it’s done.”

As the mother of four little girls aged six, four, two and one, and with my husband often away for work, I was ______ going to the supermarket. But with no milk left, it was time to head for the shops.

I put my one-year-old girl in the trolley (购物车), a place she didn’t like at all. Nothing would stop her ______. I promised the other three could get a chocolate in Aisle (通道) Eight if they were good for the first seven aisles. It ______ wonderfully until halfway.

With my girls all laughing, shouting or picking things off the shelves, angry looks from other ______ came my way. I was quite sure what they were thinking about: Why doesn’t that mother ______ her children?

With tears in my eyes, I kept walking on. While walking up an aisle, I ______ heard a voice behind me. “Well, ______ kids!” it said. I turned around and saw an elderly woman.

“Four little girls. Are they all yours?” asked the woman. Trying to ______ my embarrassment with a smile, I said yes. Putting her hand on my arm, she said, “You are doing a ______ job. They are beautiful girls.” “Thank you,” I said in surprise.

“I had five boys so I know what you are ______. Enjoy it,” she added. That lovely woman not only made my day, but also made my year.