【推荐1】One day, a group of frogs decided to have a tour for fun. When they ________ through the woods, two of them fell into a hole. All the other frogs in the group got together at once and watched the trapped (被困住的) frogs trying to get out. The other frogs could see that ________ hole was very deep. It looked as if there ________ no way out. The crowd shouted, “Give ________! There is no hope for you to jump out because of the depth.” One of them felt very upset after hearing those ________. An hour later, that frog stopped jumping and died of tiredness and sadness.

But amazingly, the second frog kept jumping no matter how tired she was. With one brave leap (跳跃), she made it out ________!

The second frog was successful in her efforts because she was deaf and unable to hear ________. She thought they were cheering for her, so she tried even ________. And that made a big difference!

With a positive (积极的) opinion, the second frog got over the difficulties. She ________ by the others and achieved her goal. ________ we put less importance on others’ negative opinions, we can do anything that we insist on, just as the second frog did.

【推荐2】Jack and Nick were going home from school. On turning a corner, Jack ________ out, “A fight! Let us go and see!”

“No”, said Nick, “Let us go quietly home and avoid this quarrel. We have ________ to do with it, and may get into trouble”.

“You are not a brave boy, and afraid ________, said Jack, and off he ran. Nick went straight home, and in the afternoon went to school as usual. ________ Jack told all the boys that Nick was coward（懦夫）, and they laughed at him a great deal.

________ days later, Jack was bathing with some schoolmates and got out of his depth. He struggled and screamed for help,but all in vain（徒劳）. The boys ________ had called Nick a coward, got away from the water as ________ as they could, but they did not even try to help him. Jack was fast sinking, when Nick threw off his clothes and sprang（跳）into the water. With great efforts and much ________ to himself, he brought Jack to the shore and thus saved his life.

Jack and his schoolmates were ashamed at ________ called Nick a coward. They admitted that he had more courage than any of ________.

Never be afraid to do good, but always fear to do evil.

When I was in the 7th grade, I wasn’t very popular among the students. I used to ________ problems behaving. My heart was in the right place, but I ________ always follow the rules. I often made joke about my schoolmates. Once, I even pulled a girl’s hair on the school bus to get her attention. As a result, I ________ repeatedly to the office of the headmaster. ________ I hated going there, I did not hate the headmaster, Mr. Ratcliff.

Mr. Ratcliff was a kind, elderly man. When he spanked(打屁股) me for putting some ants into a classmate’s pencil box, it didn’t hurt at all, but it did hurt my feelings. I cared much ________ him and I wanted to show him that I was not so ________ bad.

When I got called to Mr. Ratcliff’s office for the sixth time, I had no idea ________ I had done. I felt disappointed as I walked down there. I went into his office, sat down, and looked at the floor. Then he said the last thing I expected to hear, “Kevin, you had been behaving really well since the beginning of this month. I want you to know how proud I am of you, and I just called you down to my office to give you a peppermint.”

“Really?” I was surprised.

“Yes. Now you can take that peppermint and went back to class.”

I held the peppermint tightly in my hand as if it was a gold coin. When I got into my classroom, I bragged(吹嘘)to ________ about my change happily. I wasn’t so bad after all.

Mr. Ratcliff was really kind. He made me realize that I was just a kid who had problems with behavior and I could change ________. He bought some peppermints and took the time to notice me when I got anything right. Mr. Ratcliff gave me some hope by ________ me some love. I will just remember him for the rest of my life.