【推荐1】One day, a group of swans (天鹅) flew down to a beach where a crow (乌鸦) was jumping around. The crow watched them.

“You have no _________ skills at all!” he said to the swans. “Can you turn over in the air? No, you can’t. Let’s have a _________. I’ll show you what real flying is!”

One of the swans, strong and young, _________ the challenge. The crow flew up and began to show his skills. A few minutes later, he came down and _________ the swan near him.

Now it was the swan’s turn. He flew up, and began flying _________ the sea. The crow flew after him, making all kinds of comments (评论) about his flying. They flew on and on _________ they could see nothing but water on all sides. The crow was making fewer and fewer comments. He was now so _________ that he flew lower and lower, and was in danger of falling into the water.

The swan asked, “_________ do you keep touching the water, brother? Is that another skill?”

“No,” said the crow. He _________ he had lost the competition. “I’m in trouble because I am too proud. If you don’t help __________, I’ll lose my life.”

The swan smiled. He took the crow on his back and flew back to the beach.

【推荐2】Don’t be too quick to judge others

A woman was at an airport waiting for her flight to start boarding. She still had a lot of time, so she went to a shop and bought a book to read. While she was in the shop, she decided to buy a bag of_______as well.

She arrived at her gate, sat down and started reading her book. She was so focused on her book_______she didn’t notice what was going on around her._______she did see that a man had sat down next to her and_______one of her cookies out of the bag.

She pretended(假装)not to notice, _______she didn’t want to make a scene(吵架). But then the man took more. He kept eating the cookies until there was just one _______. The man took the _______cookie and broke it in half. He tapped(拍)the woman on the shoulder and held out one _______ to her.

The woman could not believe how much nerve this man had to steal all her cookies and then _______half a cookie in return. She________grabbed (抓) the half-cookie out of his hand and ate it.

Finally, it was time for her to board. But as she went to the gate, she realized that her bag of cookies was ________in her purse. The man had been eating his own cookies the whole time and ________wanted to share the last one with her. The woman blushed. She sincerely wanted to apologize (道歉) to the man ________her rudeness.

When we’re not paying attention to the world around US, it can be easy to misunderstand________is happening or even become angry with others. It is better to keep our eyes open and think about every________when trying to understand a particular situation.

One day, when the Lion was asleep at noon, the little Mouse came running by. He was in   a_______to get home. Because the Mouse didn’t see the Lion, he ran_______ the Lion’s nose.   The Lion opened his eyes, shouting “I’m going to eat you! You _________   me up!” “Dear Lion, please do not eat me! I shall ___________ do it again and I shall never forget your kindness. Maybe someday I will________you back!” The Lion was _____________ the idea of the Mouse. Then he said, “I think I will let you go. I am not ___________ anyway.” The little Mouse was so happy! He ran _____________ to his home. A few days later, the Lion _____________          into a net ( 网 ) by accident. The Lion shouted, trying to get free. Just then, the little Mouse happened to pass by. “I will help you, dear Lion.” The little Mouse cut the net with his little teeth.   It __________   him a long   time. At last, the Lion was free! The Lion and the Mouse became best friends. The Lion said, “A little friend can be the best friend of all!”