【推荐1】Two men are in the room of a h______ . They are very ill. One man has to lie on his back all day.

Every day, the man s______ up by the window tells the other about things outside. “Some children are throwing bread to the ducks on the lake.” “The girls are so beautiful in their summer dresses.” The other man is happy to h______ about all the activities and colours of the world outside.

Days and weeks pass. One morning, the man by the window d______. The other man asks the nurse to movie his bed n______ to the window. Finally he can sit up to see the outside, but he is very disappointed. All he can see is a w______ wall!

“But my roommate told me so many wonderful things about outside!” he says.

“He was b______. He couldn’t even see the wall. He just wanted you to live with hope,”says the nurse.

It is one of the rules in    1     (非洲)—when you see a hippo(河马), go the other way. But this is not for Tonie Joubert. He keeps(饲养)a hippo called Jessica at home.

Tonie also has     2    (大象)and lions, but they are not friendly like Jessica. They are     3    (种类)of     4    (吓人的). Jessica is a little    5    (懒惰的)all day. She     6    (要么)swims in the river or     7    (睡觉)near Tonie's house. She likes a massage(按摩)    8    (在……之前)she goes to bed every day. The kitchen is Jessica's favorite place(地点)in the house because she can find food there. Jessica can    9    (离开)home at any time but she never goes far away. Tonie doesn't think Jessica is his    10    (宠物); he thinks Jessica is his daughter.

I work in a cleaning company. Usually people call us, and we give them house cleaning service.

One day, I got a call from a man named Jim. “I want to help an old man. He just had surgery (手术). Can I pay for it without     1     (let) him know?” he asked. Then he explained to us     2     he wanted to help him. This old man is Jim’s neighbor, Mr. Brown. He lived alone and just returned     3     the hospital. There was still something     4     with his leg. His house was     5     a mess, but he couldn’t do any housework. Even     6     (sweep) the floor was difficult for him. So Jim offered     7     (help) Mr. Brown and he said he didn’t want to bring the old man any pressure.

The next day, we went to Mr. Brown’s house.     8     we promised Jim not to tell his name, we didn’t tell too much to Mr. Brown. He was touched by the gift from someone he didn’t know. Sometimes we don’t expect to depend     9     others, as we are afraid of making them get into trouble.     10    , there is always someone who cares for you and tries his best to help you.