【推荐1】Miss Lucas lived in South Carolina and liked trying new things. Her father did not live in Carolina. He was on one of the islands of the West Indies. Her father ____________her some seeds of the indigo plant(槐蓝属植物).   She planted some of them in March, but there came a frost(霜冻). The indigo plants all __________ because of it   But Miss Lucas did not give up. She planted some more seeds in April. They grew very well until a _________found them. The worm wished to try new things too. So it   ___________ the indigo plants. Miss Lucas __________     again. Once more she planted some seeds. This time the plants grew very ___________ .   Miss Lucas wrote to her father about it. He sent her a man. The man   _________ how to get the indigo。(靛蓝染料) out of the plants. He tried not to   _________ Miss Lucas how to make the indigo. He did not want the people in Carolina to learn how to make it. He was worried that his own people would not get so much money for __________indigo.     But Miss Lucas watched him closely. She finally found out how the indigo could be made. People in South Carolina became __________ because of the indigo plants.

【推荐2】One day, a hunter went hunting with his dog. He saw a rabbit running out of a bush not far in front and ________ raised the gun to shoot. The rabbit was hurt. It ________ in fear. The hunter waved to the dog to ________ it. The well-trained dog rushed like an arrow, running very fast and full of ________.

The rabbit ran so desperately（拼命地） that it ________ not to have been hurt at all. However, the dog was surprisingly left behind. Gradually, the dog was losing sight of the rabbit. At last when the dog ________ empty-handed, the hunter was angry and blame（责备）it. “How ________! Unable to catch an injured rabbit! No supper for you.” Feeling sad, the dog tried to explain for itself, “________ I didn’t catch it, I had done my best.”

When the rabbit got home, all the other rabbits were surprised at its ________.They were dying to ask, “How did you ________ to run away when the dog ________ catch you? It’s unbelievable!” The frightened rabbit answered, “The dog would only be blamed for not catching me at most, ________ all it did was to do its best. The situation is completely different ________ me. I would surely lose my life ________ I was caught. I had to go all out（竭尽全力）!”

We can learn a lesson for our daily life from the story. Have we ever examined ourselves and asked if we did our best or went all out when we looked for a(n) ________ for our failure.

【推荐3】Our teacher asked us about our favorite animals, and I said, “Fried (油炸的) chicken.” She said I wasn’t funny, but she wasn’t _______, because everyone else laughed.

My parents told me to always be truthful and I am. Fried chicken is my favorite _______. I told my dad what happened, and he said maybe my teacher was a _______ of PETA (善待动物组织). He said they love animals very much. I do, too, _______ chicken, pork and beef. Anyway, my teacher sent me to the principal’s office (校长室). I told him what happened, and he _______, too. Then he told me not to do it again.

The next day in class my teacher asked me, “What’s your favorite live animal?” I told her it was chicken. She asked me _______, just like she’d asked the other children. I told her it was because people could _______ them into fried chicken. She sent me back to the principal’s office. He laughed, and told me not to do it again. I don’t _______. My parents taught me to be honest, _______ my teacher doesn’t like it when I am.

Today, my teacher asked us to tell her what famous person ________ like(s) most.

I told her, “Colonel Sanders (肯德基创始人).”

Guess where I am now...