I recently went to a church lecture. At the end of the visit, the host told _______ the following Monday was his birthday. He asked if, as a(n) _______ to him, we would do something_______   for someone else on that day. I thought that was a(n) _______ idea!

The following Monday, I saw my neighbor, a new _______, in the yard with her baby. I went outside to say “ hello”. In the course of the _______ , she told me, not in a complaining way but just as a matter of fact, about the _______ to get anything done with a baby to look after.

I _______ the lecture host’s request and said, “Hey! Can I _______ you by watching your baby for an hour? I’ll just stay with him here in the backyard and you can take an hour to yourself.”

She was so surprised that she almost ____________. “Are you serious? Really? Would you be able to do that?”

“ ____________ !” I said, “I’d be happy to!”

This neighbor knows me well ____________ it wasn’t like she was leaving her baby with a total stranger.

An hour later, she ____________ with a smile on her face. “I got so much done! Thank you very much.” In that hour I had sang every kid’s song I knew and ____________ myself too. And I was so happy to see her ____________ like that.

It was one of the ____________ birthday presents I’ve ever given, and ____________ by it I have asked the same from all my ____________ this year. It makes me feel ____________ to know my friends are out there sharing their talents and time with people to whom it may really ____________.

Every day after school, little Joey came to Mr. Dow’s store to look around. He loved to look at the pipes (烟斗). One pipe especially caught his _________. He imagined some day he would be a _________ man and could smoke a pipe, just like his father that he didn’t remember. He looked around. _________ was looking. He put the pipe in his hand. He just wanted to get the feel of it-nothing more.

Suddenly he heard footsteps behind him. He _________ quickly. It was Mr. Dow, the store owner. “Hello, Joey,” Mr. Dow said. Joey struggled to answer but only smiled _________ as Mr. Dow walked away. Did Mr. Dow see the pipe in his hand? Was he suspicious (猜疑的)? Joey’s thoughts became _________. Suddenly the store seemed very _________. He watched his feet begin to move and take him out of the store.

Walking around in the street, he felt the cool air outside and it was good, yet he felt an emptiness inside himself, like one walking in his sleep. He pulled the pipe out of his pocket. Joey wondered if Mr. Dow had _________ the police. Perhaps the police were waiting for him at home. He could say he did not _________ the pipe. No one had seen him do it. Still he himself would know that he did.

Then, it was time to go home. His mother would look at him and she would know. She always knew. A hot tear ran down his cheek. He _________ the way she said, “You are a little man now, Joey.” Thinking of it made him _________.” She trusted me,” he kept saying to himself. The pipe and his _________ of growing up meant nothing.

He knew what he had to do. And he was in a hurry to get it done. When he _________ the store, Mr. Dow was just inside the door. The big man smiled. Joey’s feet felt heavy. Suddenly, he held out the pipe.

“Mr. Dow,” he said, “I didn’t _________ to take it.”

“Thanks, Joey.” Mr. Dow said _________.

“How about staying around and helping me close up shop?”

Joey felt Mr. Dow’s big hand on his shoulder. And Joey felt his shoulders had become a little broader and stronger.

【推荐2】My dad really likes gardening, so he built a______in our yard. He plants a lot of______, and this year we have onions, beans, cabbages, tomatoes, potatoes and carrots. Now, we are starting to grow fruits,______grapes, strawberries and pears.

Growing plants isn’t that easy. First, we have to______seeds(种子), which we buy at a store called “Garden Nursery”. Next, we turn the soil(土壤) over, and then______the seeds. We then wait until the seeds come out from the soil and grow into little leaves. My father and I water them every day. We have to do this______vegetables are just like us—they need water, air and food, so they can grow better and more______.

Autumn is the season to______. The garden gives us a lot of fresh vegetables and fruits to eat. We may______get some vegetables that we cannot get at the supermarket.

With time and hard work, I have learned to take care of the plants in our garden. It is really a great______.