【推荐1】Once upon a time, there were two brothers who lived in the forest. The elder brother was always unkind to his     1     (young) brother. He always took all the good food and good clothes.

One day, the elder brother went into the deep forest in search of firewood to sell in the market. As he walked, he chopped(砍) off the branches of every tree     2     he came upon a magical tree.     3     tree stopped him before he chopped its branches and said, "Oh, kind sir! Please spare my branches. If you spare me, I will provide you     4     golden apples." The elder brother agreed but was feeling disappointed with how many apples the tree gave     5     (he). He threatened(威胁) to cut the whole tree if it didn't provide him with more apples. But instead of     6     (give) more apples, the tree showered him with     7      /ˈhʌndrədz/ of tiny needles(针). The brother fell to the ground, crying in pain.

Soon, the younger brother became worried and went to search for his elder brother. He searched until he found him at the tree lying in pain with hundreds of needles on his body. He rushed to him and started to take each needle off with love. Once the needles were out, the elder brother apologized for treating his younger brother so     8     (bad). The magical tree saw the change in the elder brother's heart, and gifted them with all the golden apples they would need.

It is i    9     to be kind as it will always be rewarded.

【推荐2】Last year, four children waited for their school bus every day for ten minutes, on the same street corner. Old bottles parts of old bikes, and     1    [ˈempti] soda cans could be seen     2    [əˈraʊnd] the bus stop. The trees were brown and had no    3    (leaf), and there weren't any flowers at all.

One Friday, one of the children looked at the corner and     4     (decide) to do something about it. The next Monday, she brought a bag and collected some of the old bottles to recycle. On     5    , she went with her best friend Judy. She spent another ten minutes     6     (pick) up old bottles, while Judy picked up soda cans and put them in difference bags for recycling. On Wednesday, all the children joined together. The corner become much    7     (clean) than before!

The corner looked better, but it was still ugly.     8    the next day the girl brought some flower seeds. She planted the seeds and watered     9    and watered the trees, too. It only took ten minutes a day but that was enough. A few months later, this corner became a beautiful     10    [‘gɑ:dn] with any flowers and trees.

It only took ten minutes a day. Do you have ten minutes a day to help your city?

In the forest, there lived a rhino (犀牛) and a monkey. The monkey was not very     1     (friend) and he troubled the rhino every day. Sometimes he pulled the rhino’s tail. Sometimes he jumped onto the rhino’s back. But the rhino didn’t get mad. He could stand e    2     patiently and never complained (抱怨).

Other animals in the forest     3     (know) that the monkey always made fun of the rhino. They got angry     4     the monkey. They even advised the rhino to punish the monkey.

The rhino smiled and said that sometimes the monkey was unfriendly,     5     he was thankful to him. He thanked the monkey for     6     (teach) him to be patient. Other animals just     7     (keep) silent with their heads down, without saying anything. At that time, the monkey was sitting in the t    8     and heard the rhino's words. He felt sorry for     9     he had done.

He came down from the tree immediately. Then he came up to the rhino and said s    10     to him. After that, the monkey and the rhino became friends, and they got on well with each other.