Once upon a time, there lived a farmer in a village beside a forest. He had a big garden and an apple tree. When the farmer was a little boy, he spent much of his time ________ under the apple tree. Those days, the apple tree gave him ________ apples he had ever tasted.

However, as time passed, ________ apple tree became old and stopped growing fruits. So he thought that the tree was useless. He decided to cut the tree down and use ________ wood to make some new furniture. But the apple tree was home to many little animals. When the farmer took his axe（斧子）and began cutting the tree, all the little animals were scared. They asked, “We want to know ________ you decided to cut the tree. This is our home and we will have no other place ________.”

The farmer forgot his childhood and his animal friends, and he continued his work. All of a sudden, he noticed a bee hive（蜂窝）full ________ honey in the tree. He took a little and put it in his mouth. The taste of the honey woke up the little boy in him. Suddenly, the memories of his childhood came rushing back to him. He smiled and said, “________ amazing it tastes!” Finally, the farmer put down his axe. He understood that he ________ with so many things by these lovely animals.

The farmer realized that the apple tree was not useless, ________ the little animals continued living happily in the old apple tree.

Each and every living thing in nature is of some use, so we should get along well with them.

【推荐3】One day, I had a meal in ________ expensive restaurant. A young couple with a small boy ordered a piece of the cheapest beef steak. “Sir, anything else? One piece is not enough for all of you!” The waiter said.

The dad was a little ________. He said, “Thanks. It’s enough. We just want to bring the guy to have beef steak, and we ________ supper.”

I watch ________ for a while. I found that the parents not only took the boy to have beef steak, but also regarded as a process of ________. The parents taught the kid ________ to use the knife and fork and told him some table manners.

I’d like ________ good friends with the family. Then I walked over and asked ________. “________ I offer each of you a cup of coffee?” They accepted my coffee with a smile. We began to chat. “To be honest, we are very poor, ________ we can’t afford any expensive food at all. However, we have every confidence in our boy. He lives in a poor family, but I believe he ________ great success in the future. That’s why we teach him the good table manners,” said the dad. “We hope our kid can be a person ________ respects himself and others.”

We became friends and got on well ________ each other. Afterwards, great progress ________ by the kid, and he succeeded. And I have the honor to drink a cup of coffee from him, especially in ________ restaurant in England.

【推荐1】Since my mother moved to live with us in the city, she _________ much heavier than before. As time went by, her health got _________. So I had to take her to see a doctor. My mother was told to lose weight by doing exercise every day. She had no choice but _________ what the doctor said. I told her that I would exercise with her every morning.

On the first morning, she got up very early and ran with me in our neighborhood. I tried to run slowly so that she could follow me. After running for _________ minutes, I told her proper ways of exercise and the importance of eating healthy food. She listened to me carefully. _________ made me remember that she told me everything very patiently when I was a kid. _________ the morning of the second day, I praised her for keeping running with me.

But after two weeks, she wanted to give up running because she thought the two-week exercise didn’t work at all. To encourage her, I taught her how to use the facilities (设施) _________ exercise in the gym _________ I always do sports. She began to exercise again.

With my help, it took her one month to develop a good habit of daily exercise. “Thank you, my dear daughter. _________ exercise brings health and happiness to me. I will never worry about my health.” Her words touched my heart _________. I felt happy to make a big difference to my mother’s life.

【推荐2】Melody stood on the edge of the half-piped(U字形滑道), heart beating. She walked forward, rushed down and sped up to the opposite side. Patrick, another skater, cheered “_________ great you are!” They’d become friends at the skate park.

When it was Melody’s turn again, she set up but her skateboard suddenly got away from her! She fell to the ground. “Ow! _________ wrist(手腕)!” she cried and felt terrible.

“Six weeks, and you _________ as good as before,” said Doctor Das.

On the way home, Melody and her mom passed _________ skate park. Melody saw the big sign that _________ on the wall: NO FEAR.

No fear. Melody thought about those words a lot over the next six weeks. _________ the time she recovered, she missed half-piped a lot. So she decided _________ to the skate park. “Just take it slowly,” Mom said.

Melody focused on the board and rushed down. It felt good, _________ she was a little scared.

“Don’t worry. You can do it,” Patrick said. After a long minute, Melody nodded and climbed to the top. She set up, took a deep breath…YESSS! This time, she did much _________.

Melody said she was lucky to have a friend who supported her. Besides, _________ we’re a little scared, the most important thing is to believe in ourselves.