【推荐1】It’s Sunny afternoon. It’s my son’s eighth birthday today. I go into a _______ shop to buy a big birthday cake for him.

There are lots of people in the shop. When I am _______ a cake, I find a little boy _______ the cakes for a long time. He is _______ old clothes. He chooses (选择) a cake. Then he gives money to the shopkeeper (店主) and says to her, “I want the _______ cake.”

“Sorry, the cake is 15 yuan, but you only have _______ yuan,” says the shopkeeper.

“I…I have no more money,” says the little boy and he begins to _______.

“Oh, my boy. Who would you like to _______ the birthday cake for?” I asked.

“My _______, madam.”

“__________ doesn’t she come and buy one?”

“My father left (离开) us three years ago,” the boy says. “We don’t have much __________. My mother has to __________ from morning to night every day. She celebrates __________ birthday every year, but she __________ celebrates (庆祝) hers. It’s her birthday tomorrow. I want to buy a small cake for her. But I don’t have enough money…”

“Oh, my boy! I’m your __________ friend and I work with her,” I say. “I will buy her a nice birthday cake.” I give the money to the shopkeeper and leave the shop.

【推荐2】A woman is going shopping. She is going _______ boat. The boat is going across the river. Her basket is missing (不见了). Oh dear! Look! Her basket is in the _______. “Help!” she says. “Look! My basket is in the river.”

A boy sees the basket. He says, “Don’t worry! I can _______ it! I’m a very good swimmer (游泳者).” He takes off his shoes and shirt. “_______ my shirt and shoes, please!” he says and then jumps into the river.

A _______ sees the basket. “I can go by basket!” it thinks. It gets to the basket. The boy is _______ in the river. “Where’s the basket?” he asks. “It’s over there!” says the woman. “It’s behind you! It’s under that duck (鸭子)!” The boy gets to the basket. “Go _______!” he says to the duck. The duck _______ out of the basket and swims away. The boy takes the basket to the land (陆地). “Oh, thank you!” says the woman. “Thank you very much!”

“Not at all!” says the boy, “_______ you like to give me my shirt and shoes?”

“Yes, here you are. Oh, ________ is in the basket? It’s the duck’s egg.”

In 2019, a group of friends and I took part in an event in India. The event was to ______ money for a charity (慈善机构). About 30 ______ attended the event (事件). Each team had a car, which they ______ to the east of India. The journey took eight days.

We used a ______ to ask our friends and family for donations. It was really ______ to receive their donations online. Our team raised around $4, 000, and ______ total, the event raised around $17, 000.

And of course, the ______ itself was lots of fun, too. We drove for about twelve hours every day, ______ saw some beautiful things along the way. We even ______ have a game of football with the local people! It was an experience I would ______ forget, and hopefully the money we raised would go some way to making people’s lives better.

Last Friday, after doing all the family shopping in the town. I wanted to have a rest before catching the rain. I ________ a newspaper and some chocolate and ________ into the station coffee shop. It was a cheap self-service place with long tables to ________ at. I put my heavy bag down on the floor, ________ the newspaper and the chocolate on the table and then went to get a cup of coffee.

When I came back with the coffee, there was someone ________ in the next seat. ________ was a boy, with dark glasses and old clothes, and ________ bright red at the front. He had started to eat my chocolate!

Naturally, I was rather uneasy about him, but I didn’t want to have any ________. I just read the newspaper, tasted my coffee and took a bit of chocolate. The boy looked at me in ________. Then he took a ________ piece of my chocolate. I could hardly believe it. Still I didn’t say anything to him. When he took a third piece, I felt more angry than uneasy. I thought, “Well, I shall have the last piece.” And I got it.

The boy gave me a strange look, then ________ up. As he left, he shouted out, “There’s something ________ with that woman!” Everyone looked at me, ________ I didn’t want to quarrel with the boy, so I kept quiet. I did not realize that I had ________ a mistake until I finished my coffee and was ready to ________. My face turned red when I saw my unopened chocolate under the newspaper. The chocolate that I had been eating was the boy’s!

【推荐3】I start my first day of school at junior high today! What I am thinking about makes me ________. I don’t know anything about junior high. I am going to be a new kid in the school and I am going to have to make new ________.

I am not alone (孤单的). All of us going into junior high are in the ________ boat. Though (尽管) I am ________ being a new junior high school student, I am also excited about it! I am excited about all the different ________ I get to study.

I will ________ my old friends, but I also hope to make new friends. The letter from my new school ________ that this Friday will be Club Day. There are a lot of ________ at my new school. I think I might join the Film-Making Club. It is a good way to make new friends and ________ hobbies.

I am so ________ now! My family are all excited for me as well. I am looking forward to a great year and an exciting new world!