【推荐1】Juan Gomez wakes up at six o’clock every morning. He gets up, takes a ___, gets dressed, and eats breakfast. After breakfast he ___ the newspaper until 7:15, then he leaves for work. He gets on the bus at the bus stop, rides it to University Avenue, ___, and walks to his office. He works ___ five o’clock. He usually goes and plays basketball with friends after work. Then he goes home. Juan ___ a very boring life.

【推荐2】In a big city, everyone is in a hurry in the early morning. People are running ________ the stations, buses and cars. They usually have no ________ for breakfast. People work ________ all day. At six o’clock in the evening people go home after work. Most of the offices are closed, ________ some shops are still open.

Many people work at night in a big city. For example, in the hospitals nurses are as busy ________ usual. In the evening, some people are going to have fun. Some are going to the cinemas. Some are going to the concerts. You can ________ music there. You can hear the ________ of talking, laughing and singing. Tonight, there are many people walking on the sidewalks (人行道). Some people ________ to look at the shop windows. Others are ________ buses and taxis.

Day and night you can find people working and playing in a big city. A big city never ________.

【推荐3】“Twinkle twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are ... ” Jimmy ________ happily with his friends. He laughed and then started to tell stories to them.

However, this would never happen in real life. My brother Jimmy is ________ eight-year-old boy. He is an autistic (自闭症的) child. He doesn’t know ________ and can’t even do many things by himself. He also has difficulty ________ his teachers in class. These things make him feel lonely at school.

Mom took Jimmy to the hospital to get more treatment. But it hasn’t worked very well. Jimmy still doesn’t know how to behave at school. He always forgets ________ his things home and even loses his books. My mom is always ________, but when she talks about Jimmy, she still smiles. It seems that she is still proud ________ her son.

As Jimmy’s sister, I am also worried about him. I heard that some students encourage him to misbehave and then laugh at him. The boys even stole others’ pencils and hid ________ in Jimmy’s bag. Then they told the teacher that the pencils ________ by Jimmy.

Every time I hear about these things, I am very upset, but my mom asks me not to. She says that Jimmy doesn’t care about it at all. He is always smiling, even though life is hard for him. I love him and I hope things will get better soon and he will grow up ________.

I am glad to learn that you have been chosen to study in China. Your dream has come true!

I can well remember that you __________ China for the first time when you were nine. Ever since you returned, you have been interested in Chinese culture and have put a lot of effort into learning Chinese. You didn’t __________ halfway, but kept on learning and did a good job. Now you finally got what you had wanted for a long time. You got the chance to __________ life in China for one year. You should have it, my son, for chances only come to those who are prepared.

When you study there, you will have to face __________ in everyday life that you have never taken up before, but after a year abroad, you will return with a new look at life—and at yourself.

Your mum and I are both __________ you. Keep it up, my son!

Dad