【推荐1】Xiao Min is a Chinese girl．She_______ drawing very much，but she can't use her hands to draw．She lost both of her_______ in an accident several years ago．Now she is learning to draw with her mouth．

Drawing makes her feel_______．She spends most of her time_______ every day．She says she wants to have an art show in Beijing，and it is her_______ to be an artist in the future．

【推荐2】There was a businessman who was deep in debt (债务) and could see no way out. He sat in a(n) ________, head in his hands.

________, an old man appeared before him. “I can see that ________ is troubling you,” he said. After ________ the businessman’s story, the old man wrote a check (支票), and put it in his hand, saying, “Take it and pay me back here one year from today.” Then he left ________ quickly as he had come.

The businessman saw in his hand a check for $500,000, signed by John. D. Rockefeller, one of the richest men in the world! “I can pay off my debts soon!” he thought. But the businessman decided not to use the check. He just put it ________. Then he went back and worked hard to make his business ________. Within several months, he paid off his debts and started making more and more ________ once again.

Exactly one year later, he returned to the park with the check. Soon the old man appeared. ________ the old man was a nurse. The nurse told the businessman that the old man was mentally (精神上) ill and was always telling people he was John. D. Rockefeller.

The businessman was shocked to hear this. All year long, he’d been buying and selling, believing that he had half a million dollars behind him. Suddenly, he ________ that it wasn’t the money that had turned his life around. It was his newfound self-confidence that gave him the power to achieve anything he went after.

How do you find your talent? Have your parents ever thought there is something wrong with you?

Gillian Lynne never did well in school as a child. She couldn’t ________ for long and often found herself moving restlessly (不停地). Her mother felt quite ________. She took Lynne to a big hospital. For 20 minutes, Lynne’s mother talked about the ________ Lynne was having in school. Then, the doctor said to Lynne, “I need to speak to your mother first at another place. Wait here. We’ll be back in ten minutes.”

After the doctor ________ the radio on his desk, they left the room. He then said to Lynne’s mother. “Just stand and watch her through the window.” The minute they left the room, Lynne was on her feet, ________ to the music on the radio. The doctor then turned to Lynne’s mother and said, “Mrs. Lynne, your daughter isn’t ________. In fact, she’s a dancer. You should ________ her. Just take her to a dance school.”

Lynne’s mother took the doctor’s ________. Lynne felt it was wonderful to learn dancing in her new school because there were full of people just like her. People here couldn’t sit ________ to think.

Lynne later went to the Royal Ballet School, one of the world’s greatest dance schools, and ________ she became a great dancer and became famous all over the world. It’s hard to believe that years ago, someone else would let her take medicine and tell her to calm down (平静).

【推荐1】Mary was ill, so she went to see ____.

“Doctor, I’m not feeling ____,” said Mary. “Every time I do my homework, I feel ___. If I go to school on foot, I have to sit down and ____ for a few times.”

The doctor looked over her ____. At last he said, “___ serious（严重的）, but I’m afraid you are eating too much.”   “I don’t understand. What do you mean（意思）?” asked Mary.

“I mean you eat ____ food,” said the doctor.

“Oh! You mean I’m too______That’s a problem,” said Mary. “What should I do?”

“The answer is easy,” said the doctor. “If you eat a lot of food and also do much___, you_____thinner and healthier”

【推荐2】As Amy walked past the corner across the hall from her classroom. She ran into a tall boy running in the ______ direction.

“Watch it, girl!” the boy shouted. Then, the boy caught his right leg and ______ the way Amy limped(跛行) when she walked. At the end of the day, Amy was still ______ about the tall boy’s teasing(戏弄). Kids often teased her about her speech or her limping.

Back home that evening Amy was ______. Her mother knew that things were not going well at school. “There’s a Christmas Wish Contest on the radio station,” Amy’s mom announced. “Write a ______ to Father Christmas and you might win a prize.” A smile took hold of Amy ______ the idea first came to her. Amy started to write her letter. Here is Amy’s letter to Father Christmas:

My name is Amy. I am 9 years old. I have a problem at school. Can you help me? Kids laughs at me because of the way I walk and run and talk. I have cerebral palsy(大脑性瘫痪). I just want one ______ when no one laughs at me or makes fun of me.

Love,

Amy

When Amy’s letter arrived at the radio station, Mr. Tobin read it ______. He thought it would be good for the people to hear about this special girl and her unusual wish. Mr. Tobin called the local ______. The next day, a picture of Amy and her letter appeared in the newspaper. The story ______ quickly. Many people thanked Amy for being ______ enough to speak up. Linda, a sixth grader, sent this message:

“I’d like to be your friend.” she wrote, “ ______ would make fun of us, because, if they do, we will not even ______ them.”

Amy did get her wish of a special day ______ teasing. The mayor of the city said that by daring(敢于) to make such a simple ______, Amy taught a common lesson.

“Everyone,” said the mayor, “wants to be treated with respect, dignity and warmth.”

【推荐3】If you have the flu (流感) , it’s very important to stay home from school. Because it is a(n) _________ that could make more people sick. We should _________ it spreading (蔓延) around. The flu is a fever with one or more of these: cough, sore throat or headache. If you have the flu, home is the best place to stay.

Take these steps if you feel _________:

Stay away from school and other _________ places. Get rest, drink more water and you’ll feel better fast. Be sure to tell your parents how you’re feeling _________ they can take good care of you.

Go back to school only when you’re feeling better.

【推荐1】I was going downstairs to get lunch when the post came. I was ________ for a letter from my friend Daniel. So I couldn’t wait to pick the letters up and looked ________ them. I wasn’t ________ to see that there were some bills（账单）. There was an invitation to a party. There wasn’t a letter from Daniel. There was a postcard, showing beaches and the sea. What a nice ________!

I turned the ________ over. It wasn’t very easy to read. Rain made the writing ________ including the name of the person who sent the postcard. ________was it from? I tried to read any of the words. I could only read “Dear Sam. I’m having a lovely time Then the writing became difficult to read. I couldn’t read ________ else. Who went to the seaside? I couldn’t think of anyone! It was a mystery（谜）. There was another mystery too. Where was Daniel’s letter?

Just then the phone rang. It was Daniel! “I’m calling to see if you got my postcard,” he said. “We are at the seaside, not in London. We ________our plans. Mum and Dad are resting after our walk. So I’m ringing you. I didn’t write a letter. We are so ________. ”

Both mysteries were gone!

Monty was a high school boy. One day his teacher asked the students to write a paper about what they wanted to be when they ______ . That night Monty wrote a seven-page paper ______ , describing his dream about having a horse ranch（马场）.

Two days later, he ______ his paper back. There was an “F” on it. Monty looked at his paper ______ . After class he went to the teachers' office and asked, “What’s the ______ I got an ‘F’?” The teacher said, “This dream is too unrealistic（不切实际的）, because you need lots of money to buy land, pay for horses and many other things. But your family is ______ and have no money. There is no way you can ever do it. Write another paper and I will give you another grade.

That day Monty ______ a lot about it. Then he had a talk with his father. After knowing his situation, his father said, “Dear son, it’s your decision. You have to make up your mind about it, because it’s important for you. Don’t ______ ! And I believe you can do it.”

After a week Monty handed in the ______ paper. He just wrote one more sentence at the end of it: You can keep the “F” and I will keep my dream.

Years later, the teacher went on a school trip with 30 kids to camp on a big horse ranch. One evening she met the owner of the horse ranch. She got a big ______ , because the owner was Monty, the boy who got an “F” for the paper about his dream.

【推荐3】As a university student, I decided to learn German. For some reason I really liked the language, but I was not very good at learning it. The grammar _______ me a lot and even drove me crazy. My only advantage was _______ —I got an A on every word test I took. After two years of studies, I struggled （挣扎） to communicate in _______ German and signed up to study in Germany to complete my degree. It was the _______ term I would ever have.

The moment I arrived in Germany, I felt like I was starting from scratch（从头开始）. The German I'd learned in university wasn't   _______ for everyday conversation. My book knowledge fell by the wayside as I thought about the basics of getting around, reading emails and talking with my classmates, I was often nervous at school, worried about whether the teachers would call on me in class and whether I'd understand their questions. I only _______ a little around my eight roommates, who were willing to speak German slowly to me and didn't seem to mind my _______.

I chose to study three courses—reading & writing, grammar and history. All were in German and difficult, but the history class was the worst. The teacher spoke so _______ that almost everything he said flew right over my head. I sat in the front, took notes and even recorded every single word he said in class, but _______ helped. I had no idea what the class was really about…

Years have passed, but I still remember how it felt to struggle so hard at ________ another language. That trip was a difficult but valuable lesson. I think my failure that term taught me just as much as my success.