【推荐1】A great family party is a fantastic way to have fun with people you love. But ________ can you do to have a successful family party?

Enough food is ________ to have a great party. However, you need to think about your ________. If you plan to have kids at the party, make sure you ________ some friendly food for kids. ________ are usually popular with kids.

Prepare some snacks (零食). People like to have snacks ________ cakes, chocolate, potato chips and pop corns after the meal. Put them on a table, make sure ________ can get them.

Have some fun games. You can plan group games. If your guests don’t know each other ________, they can talk to one another when they are playing the game. Some fun group games are volleyball and tennis.

A successful party can have flaws (瑕疵). So don’t be upset if there are flaws at your party. Relax and ________ yourself. If you have enough food and fun games, your party ________ a successful one! Just have a try!

【推荐2】Sometimes, you feel as if you're on top of the world. All the questions on your math test might seem _____________ . But at times you feel terrible, and you ___________things and you cannot focus on your schoolwork. For more than 20 years, scientists have believed that high self - respect is the___________to success. “ Kids who feel good about themselves,” said some scientists, “ do better in school and have fewer problems than those ___________have low opinion of themselves. ”

However, new research shows that focusing just on building self - respect may not be __________.

In some cases, having high - respect can bring bad results, such as it makes you ___________popular or more upset when you fail at something. “___________ about self - respect,” says Jennifer Crocker, a psychologist at the University of Michigan, US. “ It's not the important thing. ” Although Crocker's advice may sound a bit strange,___________ it's good to feel good about yourself.

Researchers say it is best to listen to and support other people.___________ to create or build something meaningful. Find positive ways to contribute to society.______________ you fail at something, try to learn from the experience.

Now the students’ English handwriting gets worse and worse. That makes _________ teachers feel upset. Is your English handwriting beautiful? If not, here are four steps that really work!

Use paper with lines

When you write English words _________ sentences, you can use paper with lines. That will make your handwriting straight. Those lines on the paper can help you write words in the _________ size. Be sure to fill the lined space completely. And make sure these capital letters are written properly.

Slow down

If your writing is hard to read, just slow down a little. Going slower makes your handwriting _________. If you write too quickly, it’s hard for you to stop where you should, and you may make more _________ easily.

Hold your pencil right

When you hold your pencil in the right way, writing is much better. Some kids press down really hard when they write. That makes the handwriting bad. Try to be _________ and don’t hold the pencil so hard. Let your writing appear nice and clean. If you do so, people will think you are a student _________ a good habit.

Draw more pictures

Drawing can _________ your handwriting. While you are drawing pictures, you need to use the skills to control your pencil better. Sometimes you have no _________ to draw at school. Then you can practise at home.

Handwriting is very __________. If you were a famous movie star or a well-known sports player, what do you do when your fans run up to you? Give them your autographs (亲笔签名), of course!

I learned to cook in our school’s labor classes. ________ Mother’s Day, I decided to cook for my family to show my love for my mother. I chose the steaks because they are ________ for our health. I looked up the best cooking way on the website in order to cook it ________.   

Before cooking, I prepared all the things well. They were fresh steaks, butter, and a pan. Before cooking, I cut an onion into ________, and put them aside (一旁).

First, I heated the pan, and put some butter in it. The butter could provide the steak a sense of fragrance (香气). ________, I put the steak in and fried one side lightly. After some minutes I turned the steak over to ________ the other side. Then I ________ some onion pieces. When the steak was cooked well, I put it onto the plate. With a bunch of flowers beside, I thought my mother could feel my love ________ she wouldn’t mind whether the dish was delicious or not.

When my mother sat at the table, I gave her a set of knives and ________ to thank her for taking good care of me. She was so moved and ________ all the dish.

My mother said she would remember this Mother’s Day all her life. That was the most delicious food.

I learned to cook in our school’s labor classes. _________ Mother’s Day, I decided to cook for my family to show my love for my mother. I chose the steaks because they are _________ for our health. I looked up the best cooking way on the website in order to cook it _________.

Before cooking, I prepared all the things well. They were fresh steaks, butter, and a pan. Before cooking, I cut an onion into _________, and put them aside（一旁）.

First, I heated the pan, and put some butter in it. The butter could provide the steak a sense of fragrance（香气）. _________, I put the steak in and fried one side lightly. After some minutes I turned the steak over to _________ the other side. Then I _________ some onion pieces. When the steak was cooked well, I put it onto the plate. With a bunch of flowers beside, I thought my mother could feel my love _________ she wouldn’t mind whether the dish was delicious or not.

When my mother sat at the table, I gave her a set of knives and _________ to thank her for taking good care of me. She was so moved and __________ all the dish.

My mother said she would remember this Mother’s Day all her life. That was the most delicious food.

【推荐3】Tim is 13 years old this year. He is able to (能够) ________ now. His mum is very ________ with him.

Tim is like ________ other teenager (青少年). He goes to school, does his homework, meets his friends and enjoys ________ sports. But ________ 5:30 pm and 6:30 pm from Monday to Friday, Tim does something different. He cooks dinner for ________ family: mum, dad, younger brother Joe and older sister Emma. “I think it’s important for teenagers to learn how ________. Math and English are important, of course, but they need other skills ________ them in today’s world. First I taught Tim how to cook easy meals like pizza, eggs and chips. Then he started using recipes (食谱) in my cookery books. Yesterday he made ________ soup. It was very good!” Tim’s mum says. “I love cooking and I think I am good ________ it. It’s fun to cook.” Tim says.

In the past, Tim didn’t help out (分担) at home and his mum was very busy and tired. Today things are different and she is very happy.