【推荐2】My grandmother passed away at 90. In her house, so ________ memories lived. In the weeks and months, it was hard to be in the house without her.

She lived ________ hard life and didn’t leave much behind. In her house, my mother and I ________ for money or anything valuable—we just wondered what we might find. In the living room, I saw grandma’s rocking chair(摇椅). When I ________ remember, she’d sit in that chair, knitting(编织), but it was too ________ for my living room. Besides, I was not old yet. ________ would I need a rocking chair?

Then my mom came in and looked at the same chair. “Ah, it’s my mom’s. When I was a baby, ________ grandmother would nurse me and put me to sleep while rocking in that chair. And when you were born, I did the same with you,” she said.

I had no idea about the ________ history. For years, it stayed in our family and helped my mother and grandmother ________ trouble.

Finally, I decided ________ the chair home with me. Someday I may have a child of my own...

【推荐3】Last month, my family moved to a house with a very big garden. I was very happy and always enjoyed ________ in the garden. Everything went on well ________ one afternoon we heard a noise from the windows. We went out and found a small bird dead. “It must have flown into the windows,” Dad said. We thought it was just ________ accident.

However, in the following days, five more birds ________ in the same way. I wondered ________ the birds hit the windows one after another. Finally I found out the ________. When the birds were flying, they couldn’t see into the rooms. They could only see trees that ________ by the windows, so they thought they were flying into a forest.

I decided to do something ________ the birds. At first, I tried to cover the windows with some old clothes, but it made the room dark. Then I cut some black paper into the shape of a cat. I made seven cats and stuck them ________ the windows. When the birds saw the paper cats, they would fly away.

After that, there were no ________ dead birds. How clever I was!

Zhang Dongdong, from Beijing, arrived at Sanbao Street in Qinglong, Guizhou in August 2019. He found that most of the children there _______ with their grandparents. Their parents moved to large cities to work. The families were very _______, and there were no books for the children to read. _______ they only had textbooks, they still studied hard. Zhang felt sorry for the children. He tried his best and got three _______ books from all over the country. And then he set up Sanbao Children’s Library.

In October, Zhang went to Zhanma Village. He visited the village primary school.

Zhang found that _______ school library was a small room with old books and there was no place for children _______. So Zhang began to build _______ library at the end of 2019, and on June 1st of the following year, World Children’s Day, Zhanma Village Library opened _______ door.

“I’m not the only one that has built a library for a village,” Zhang said. “_______ important children are for a country’s future! And books can play an important role ________ children’s study. It’s necessary to read books for their childhood and their lives.”

【推荐2】Xian Xinghai was a famous musician in China ________ wrote one of the greatest pieces of music of the 20th century. He wrote nearly 300 songs and ________ opera during his lifetime.

Xian was born in Macao in 1905. His father died before he was born and he led a poor life with his mother. He learned to play the violin when he was 13. At the beginning, his violin was so cheap and ________ made that he couldn’t perform well. Xian didn’t stop ________ and soon showed his talents. In 1934, he was one of the first Chinese students who were sent to study in a music school in Paris.

Before graduation (毕业), Xian became an excellent student who got high praise ________ his talents.

In 1935, he returned to China to fight against the Japanese enemies. ________, he came to Yan’an to teach music. Although there were no pianos in Yan’an, Xian still wrote some of ________ most important pieces that are of great value, including The Yellow River whose popularity continues to this day.

In May 1940, Xian was sent to the Soviet Union (苏联) by the Chinese Communist Party (共产党)to write music for movies. In the Soviet Union, life was very hard. He had a bad cough and developed a lung (肺) illness and died in 1945. What a pity!

Xian’s music encouraged ________ Chinese people. Wherever he went, his music ________ people courage and strength to fight against enemies during wartime. Now it ________ as our national treasure left for the future world to hear.