【推荐1】Gaylord walked across the desert (沙漠) planning to walk through it for one month. Twenty ________ passed, and the journey had been so smooth (顺利的) and it seemed that he had ________ food and water to finish it.

“I’ll be able to walk out of the desert.” he thought happily. But the desert never ________ travelers. Before he could make his idea possible, the sandstorm had arrived suddenly. He hurriedly covered his head ________ the clothes, lying on the sand. After about ten minutes, the sandstorm stopped. When he shook the clothes and stood up, he ________ a terrible thing: the backbag with food and water was swept away by the ________.

Now, he only had a(n) ________ left. He held it in his hands. “Oh, not too bad, ________ I have a pear.” he thought to himself and decided to walk out of the desert.

One day and one night passed quickly, but the desert ________ seemed to have no end, and the worry of ________ followed Gaylord closely, feeling hungry and thirsty. ________, each time he wanted to give up, he pushed himself to look at the pear that he had been keeping, “Not too bad, at least I have a pear.”

A small pear became the ________ for his survival (幸存) of his courage. Three days later, when he saw a village not far away, he fell onto the ground, but after all, he ________ out of the desert.

To keep hope is one of the best ways to achieve ________, so never tell you “ ________ left”, because as long as you try to search, you can always find that “pear” to pull you through.

【推荐2】During the wars, a soldier (士兵) took good care of his horse. He gave it the best food to eat and the clearest _________ to drink. As a result, the horse was _________ and fast and carried the soldier safely out of the dangers of war.

When peace came, however, the soldier _________. He put the horse out in the field and gave it only a little food to eat. During the day, the soldier made the horse work _________ on his farm.

After some time, war broke out again. The soldier went to the _________ to catch his horse. And then he _________ the horse. For a moment the horse stood there. Then slowly its _________ legs began to bend and it fell slowly to the ground. The horse gave the soldier a _________ of blame（责备）.

“Master (主人),” it said, “You will have to fight on _________ this time. You have made me work like a mule (骡子) and __________ me like a goat (山羊). I cannot change back into a strong horse just in a moment.”

When I was young, I was very proud. I liked to show off in front of others to get their praise. But after one _______ experience, I came to understand that it’s important to be modest (谦虚).

One day, my friend and I were riding our bikes in a park. My mother knew I had just learned how to ride for a short time, _______ she asked me to wear some safety dresses. “No, I won’t wear _______!” I said, pointing at my friend’s elbows and knees, “She doesn’t wear it _______!” “It’s dangerous,” my friend said, “You need more practice.” “I might have learned later than you, but I can ride even _______!” I said loudly. She shook her head and said, “Let’s wait and see!”

I saw a road leading into some woods. “I’ll race you!” I shouted. Then we rode towards the woods. _______, the road wasn’t as smooth as I thought. I kept bumping (颠簸) up and down, and then suddenly…bam! I fell _______ my bike. I _______ my elbows and knees bleeding. “Ha-ha!” My friend made a face and helped me up. “Be more careful next time.” she said. Tears ran down my _______. “Sorry.” I said.

All in all, this experience made me realize that we must be ________. A fall into a pit, a gain in my wit.

【推荐2】As a young man from the city, there was nothing I liked better than Sunday afternoons at my grandfather’s farm in Western Pennsylvania.

I can still recall one afternoon when I was eight years old. I had ______ to climb the stone walls near the farm ever since my first visit there. My parents would ______agree. The walls were old and some stones were missing. Still, my desire(欲望) to climb across those walls grew so strong that finally one spring afternoon, I built up ______to enter the living room , where the adults had gathered after Sunday dinner.

“I, uh, I wanna, uh, can I climb the stone walls?” I said in a _______voice. Everyone looked up. At once a chorus(异口同声) went up. “No!” they cried. “You’ll hurt yourself!” I wasn’t too ______. The reply was just as I had expected. But, I was stopped by my grandfather______ I could leave the room. “Now hold on just a minute,” I heard him say. “Let the boy climb the stone walls. He has to learn to do things for himself.”

“________.” he said to me, “come and see me when you get back.” For the next two and a half hours I climbed those old walls ______And had the time of my life. Later I met with my grandfather to tell him about my adventures. I’ll never forget what he said.

“Fred,” he said, “you made this day a special day just by being ______.Always remember there’s only one person in this whole world like you, and I like you exactly as you are.”

Today I host a TV program seen by millions of children in America. There have been changes over the years, but one thing ______: my message to children at the end of almost every episode（集）—“There’s only one person in this whole world like you.”

One day a toad (蟾蜍) and a monkey decided to look for something to eat because they both felt ________. They saw a woman making cakes when they came to a farmer's house. Then they got an idea.

The toad ________ into the well (井). Hearing something fall into water, the woman quickly ran towards the well. The monkey entered the house, took a basket with a big cake and ________ to a hill. After a while, the toad met the monkey there.

The monkey wanted to eat the cake by ________, so he said to the toad. “Let’s roll (滚) the basket downhill. Who gets the basket first can have the cake.” “But I can’t run as fast as you.” said the toad. The monkey said, “You must race (赛跑) with me, or the whole cake will be ________.”

The toad had to ________. The race started. The monkey ran fast after the basket, but the toad moved ________. Suddenly, the cake fell out of the basket and fell by the tree. The toad ________ under the tree.

When the monkey caught the basket, he found it ________. He climbed the hill again and saw the toad eating the cake. He became angry and wanted to take the ________ back. But the toad asked him to eat it together.

The monkey felt ashamed and decided not to cheat his friend any more.