【推荐1】Gina’s mother found that her daughter never shared (分享) anything with her friends. She also found children didn’t _________ to play with her daughter. They said Gina always made them _________.

Then Gina’s mother told her the _________ about an ant (蚂蚁) and a dove (鸽子) . “One day an ant fell into (掉入) a _________ and tried to save herself. A dove got a leaf (树叶) and let it fall _________ the river close to the ant. The ant _______ onto it and went to the bank (岸) . Later, a man came and wanted to catch (抓) the dove. The ant stung (蛰) _________ on the foot. The man shouted out and the _________ made the dove fly away. It told us that if you are _________ to others, you will be treated (对待) well.”

Gina remembered the story from then on. Later, Gina helped her classmates Rita with her maths __________ Rita was not very good at it. Rita also __________ Gina in some ways.

One day, Gina had to __________ the waste (废弃的) paper in the classroom. It was __________ for her to finish the work herself. Rita decided to help Gina clean the classroom, which made Gina __________ of the story of the ant and the dove. From that day on, Gina realized (认识到) the __________ of friendship, and she began to enjoy helping others.

One thorn (刺) of experience is worth many times of warning.

Ralph Wick was seven years old. In most things he was a fine boy, but he would cry from time to time. When he could not have what he wanted, he would ________ for it. If he was told that it would hurt him, and he could not ________ it, he would also cry.

One day, he went with his mother into the ________. The sun shone. The grass was cut. The flowers were starting to come out.

Ralph thought he was, for once, a good boy. A ________ was on his face. He wished to do as he was told. Ralph helped his mother with the farm work and he was very happy.

“Now you must be tired and ________,” said his mother. “Have a good rest here and eat some cookies. I will get a beautiful red rose for you.” So his mother brought the red flower to him. When he saw his mother still had a white rose in her hand, Ralph ________ it.

“No, my dear,” said his mother. “See how many thorns it has. You must not touch it, or you would be sure to hurt your hand.”When Ralph found that he could not have the white rose, he began to cry, and ________ took it away. But he was soon very sorry. The thorns hurt his hand. It was so ________ that he could not use it for some time.

Ralph would never forget this. From then on, when he wanted what he should not have, his mother would point to his hand which had been hurt before. He at last learned to do as he was told.

【推荐1】A rose (玫瑰) grew near an apple tree. The rose didn’t like the apple tree. One day, they had an argument (争论) .

The rose said to the apple tree, “I’m very ________ and sweet. ”

The apple tree said, “I’m not as beautiful as you, but I’m ________ than you.When people pick you, you always ________ them with your thorns (刺). But I always give them my fruit ________ they throw stones at me.”

At that time, a man came up. He first saw the ________ and wanted to pick it. But the thorns hurt his fingers. He was ________ and pulled (拔) the rose plant out of the soil (土壤).

Then he saw the apple tree. He stood under the tree and ________ at the fruit. The man wanted to get some ________ to eat. He picked up a stone and ________ it at the tree. Some apples dropped from the tree.The man picked ________ up and gave the tree a hug. The tree smiled.

【推荐2】A shopkeeper(店主)closes his shop in the ___ and goes home. He is very ___,so he doesn’t ___ supper and goes to bed at once. At that time the telephone rings. A man says,”___do you open your door ,sir?” The shopkeeper is unhappy. He thinks the man plays a joke on(开玩笑)him. He does not answer it and goes __ to bed.

A few minutes later the telephone____again. He____and goes to pick up the phone and finds that voice(声音)is the __ man and he asks the same question. The shopkeeper answers angrily.” You needn’t ask me that because I can’t let you____my shop. It’s late now.”

“No. I want to go out.” the man says” My wife is waiting for (等候)me at home for____now.”

【推荐3】Bus Driver and Passengers Save an Old Man

At 9:00 a.m. yesterday, bus No. 26 was going along Zhonghua Road when the driver saw an old man _________ on the side of the road. A woman next to _________，shouting for help.

The bus driver, 24-year-old Wang Ping, stopped the bus without _________ twice. He got _________ and asked the woman what happened. She said that the man had a heart problem and should go to the hospital. Mr. Wang knew he had to act _________. He told the passengers that he _________ take the man to the hospital. He expected most or all of the _________ to get off and wait for the next bus.

But to his surprise, they all agreed to go with him. Some passengers helped Mr. Wang to move the man on the bus.

_________ Mr. Wang and the passengers, the doctors saved the man in time. "It's sad that many people don't want to help _________ because they don’t want any trouble," says one passenger. "But the driver didn't think about himself. He __________ thought about saving a life."