【推荐1】Once, there was a lovely girl, Psyche. She was so beautiful that Eros, the _________ of Aphrodite, fell in love with her when he saw her.

But Psyche was _________ not married after several years. Her parents decided to find help from an oracle (神使). The oracle told Psyche to climb a high mountain by herself and wait for the arrival of a winged serpent. The serpent would take her as his wife. Reluctantly (勉强地), she followed the instructions. But as Psyche was waiting alone on the mountain, a gentle wind _________ her up and carried her to a _________ palace. There, a soft voice welcomed her and made her feel at home.

It was _________ Eros’ voice. _________ she couldn’t see him, Psyche could feel that he was a good husband. The next few days were full of happiness.

However, one day, Psyche wondered why her husband always refused to show his face. Was he a horrible monster (怪物)? This _________ her a lot, so she came up with a plan: When Eros was asleep, she would light a candle to see him.

While she was looking at his face, a drop of _________ oil fell from the candle. At that time, Eros opened his eyes and woke up, _________ heartbroken. He said sadly, “Love cannot exist without trust,” and left. Psyche was also filled with deep __________. But now she couldn’t find him anywhere.

Psyche could only ask Aphrodite for help. Aphrodite gave her three __________ tasks, and to everyone’s surprise, she even completed all of them in a very short time. __________ Aphrodite still wouldn’t allow Psyche to see her son. Other gods went to tell Eros what had happened. Eros was touched by Psyche’s love and returned to her. From that day on, they lived happily together.

【推荐3】Once upon a time, there was a mason who wanted to break open a large stone. But all he had were a small hammer (铁锤) and a small chisel (凿子) , and the stone was quite ________.

When he ________ his hammer and struck the first blow ________, he couldn’t knock off a(an)________, not even a trace of a chisel.   ________he didn’t take it seriously and ________to lift the hammer and knock again and again, one hundred, two hundred, three hundred... The big stone still didn’t   ________     any cracks.

But the stone mason still didn’t   ________ heart, he continued to lift the hammer and hit hard. Passerby people saw him working so hard ________achieving any results, but still kept working hard. They talked about it, and some even   ________ his foolishness. The stone mason didn’t care about it, knowing that although he had not yet achieved results in his work, that did not ________   there was no improvement.

He ________   another direction (方向) of the big stone and struck it, one hammer after another. ________whether it was the 500th or 700th hit, or the 1000th or so. The huge stone finally hit him in his final blow, cracked into pieces.

At this moment, a passerby saw him and couldn’t ________   but applaud. He looked_________   calmly and continued to knock on another stone.