Yesterday my son and I went to the supermarket. A little girl with her mother was in line in front of ________. The little girl was asking her mother for a box of chocolate. The polite way she was asking ________ broke the mother’s heart. “Sorry, honey. But we don’t have enough money to get it.”

My son heard that dialogue. By the way, he had made some money to ________ himself a bike by cleaning our garden once a week. As he watched the mother and daughter leave the ________, he rushed to the candy counter (柜台) and bought a box of chocolate with his money. Then he ran quickly and caught up with the little girl and her mother, and sent them the ________. He came back and told me what he told them, “Every kid should have a pack of chocolate because they can ________ you smart.”

I was ________ glad that I bought a pack of chocolate for my son. I told him that I was proud of him because of his good action just now. He replied, “_________ we do nice things for others, we shouldn’t wish to be returned.” I explained, “When you do something nice for someone, you shouldn’t expect to get ________, but when you get something from others, you should be very ________.”

Left-handed Writer

People always seemed to make me as the conversation topic in grade school. I was quiet and shy. I never got a chance of making friends.

“Teacher, Kimi is so strange. Why is she writing with her left hand?” One day I heard a little girl saying that again. That night I forced myself to write with my right hand. Mother ___________ the pen away from me. She said I would be fine because there was nothing wrong with left-handed writing. I asked her to give it back and then I ___________. How I wanted to be like the other kids!

Another day, as I was going through the mall, I noticed the shoes with wheels. I saw the other kids trying them on and doing cool tricks. I asked my mother to buy a pair. Then she asked, “You do not usually want this sort of things. What changed your ___________?” I told my mother about my school and how I still had no friends for five months. My mother hugged me and said, “I will buy you these shoes, but don’t let other people get into your head.”

I went to school with my new shoes, not wanting to show them. Then I realized the other students had the shoes like mine. I found ___________ that I was able to talk to them, but as soon as I showed them my shoes, one said, “Huh? Where did you get them? From a cheap store?” The other girls laughed ___________. I didn’t think I was close to being their friends, but I was even further from them. That day I went home crying and told my mother it didn’t ___________. She comforted me. “Don’t worry. You still have us. If those friends care about you because you have cool items, they are not your true friends,” she added. “If you don’t have friends now, you will find one soon. Just give it some time, okay?”

Years after that, I began to understand my mother’s ___________. “Kimi, you’re so lucky. Myth says left-handed people are talented or smart.” Actually I’m neither talented nor smart, but I’m a left-handed writer. It was ___________ throughout my childhood, but now I’m in high school with friends that I thought I would never have had.

【推荐2】It’s the eve (前夕) of Chinese New Year. Jim’s parents are at home. His father is ________ the house. His mother is ________ delicious jiaozi. They are ready (准备好) for the ________. And they are waiting for (等待) Jim to come back home, too.

Where is Jim now? He is on the way back home. His parents want him to come back ________. But he meets a woman on the way. The woman ________ worried (焦虑的), and she asks him to ________ her. She says she is also going home, but her ________ is broken (损坏的). After hearing her words, Jim puts her bike into his car and ________ her home.

When Jim gets home, his parents are ________ waiting for him. He tells them what happens (发生) on the way back home. They are very happy about ________ he does. Then the family have a big dinner together.