2 . “Do you like my dress?” a little girl asked the woman. “My mommy made it just for me.” She said _______ tears in her eyes.

“I think it’s very beautiful, but why are you crying?” The little girl answered in a low voice, “_______ Mommy made me this dress, she had to go away.” The woman said, “I’m sure she’ll be _______ soon.” “No. My daddy said that she’s up in heaven now.”

Finally the woman knew what the child _______ and she held the child in her arms while she cried.

Then suddenly the little girl did something strange. She stopped crying and began to _______. It was the sweetest sound the woman had ever _______ almost like the song of a very small bird.

After the child stopped singing, she said to the woman, “My mommy used to sing that song whenever I started crying and it would make me stop. See now my eyes are _______!”

As the woman turned to _______ the little girl asked, “Can you stay just a(n) _______? I want to show you something.”

Pointing to a spot on her dress, she said, “Right here is where my mommy kissed my dress, and here is _______ kiss, and here is.… Mommy did it so that I would have her kisses forever.”

Then the lady knew that she wasn’t just looking at a dress, she was looking at a mother, a mother who put all the love for her daughter into this dress, which her child now so proudly wore. She no longer saw a little girl in a simple dress. She saw a child wrapped in her mother’s love.

3 . When I was a young child, my parents often told me that a positive heart brought man everything. I didn’t understand and wondered why _______ had such a big influence on a person. And now, although I’m just a middle school student, I’d like to _______ my own opinions an this saying.

Once I read a sentence —To make this world a nice place to live in, rather than the whole world you’d better change your heart. It made me lost in thought. There are so many things around us that go _______ our will. We can’t force life to follow our wishes. The earth won’t stop turning whether we accept it or not.

What we can do is just to make ourselves suit the world. I think we should learn to _______ welcome whatever life gives us, the spring sunlight or the winter snowfall, and try to get _______ from it.

I have tried to catch every pleasant thing in my life, but I _______ catch most of the pleasant moments such as being hugged by my mother when in fear, being _______ by the teacher when in trouble, and being helped by a stranger when in danger. I realize that I don’t just live alone and that there are others around me I should _______. They all pay attention to my growing up and are proud of my achievements _______ it is just a little progress. It is their care and love that ________ remind me live in a warm and happy world.

Different people may have different attitudes towards life. But there is one rule that should be followed and that is to make the world better.

4 . Once there was a little girl living in a small poor house on a hill. As she grew up, she began to play in her small _______. She was able to see over the garden and across the valley a wonderful house high on the hill—and that house had golden windows.

Although she loved her family, she _______ about how wonderful and exciting it must be to live in that golden house all day.

Then she _______ the age when she could play outside her garden fence. She asked her mother _______ she could go for a bike ride outside the gate. Her mother thought for a while and finally allowed her to go. The little girl rode her bike until she got to the gate of the golden house.

As she leaned(使倾斜) her bike _______ the gatepost she focused on the path that _______ to the house and then on the house _______ and was so _______. All the windows were plain and rather dirty.

She was so sad that she didn’t go any further. Heart broken, she rode her bike back. As she looked up she saw a sight that amazed her. There _______ the valley on the other side was a little house. Its windows glistened golden as the sun shone on her little home.

She ________ that she had been living in her golden house all along. Everything she dreamed of was right there in front of her eyes and in her daily life.

5 . I know a Catherine who is smart, educated and interesting. But I avoid her because she never _________ complaining! For years, I fought against my feelings, because I really like and admire her, but I’ve found I just can’t be her friend. Her world is full of “buts…”. The trip would have been nice, but the drive was too long. The food was good, but the light of the restaurant was too _________. The hotel was too hot, the bed hurt her back and the room service was too slow. Her complaints were _________ changing me. Months ago my best friend Daisy was listening to me complaining about Catherine _________ she just became really angry. “Either break up with her, or leave me alone,” she shouted at me “I’m tired of _________ your complaining.” Her honesty surprised me, and I began to keep myself away from Catherine. Later, I did _________ her.

Now I try to remain happy and positive about life, and find friends of the same. There’s been scientific research lately. It shows that people who find _________ to be thankful for their life are actually happier, and I believe that is true. Endless complaining seems to control your life if you let it come into your brain. And too much complaining will actually make your life _________.

Some people take “gratitude (感激之情) walks” every day, where they _________ their life in a positive way. By developing a grateful attitude you can be turned away from what’s troubling you, and __________ what makes you happy. Then you will have a beautiful life.

9 . Nowadays, many people drive their cars to work, There are a lot of cars in the street and the ________ is very busy. So sometimes ________ is not easy for people to get to work on time. When you are going to be late, you only dream of taking a plane there. Can your dream ________? Yes! Four engineers in Germany are ________ in making planes. They are making a new plane, Lilium jet. It doesn’t look like a plane ________ an egg. Many people think it looks funny and interesting. The great “egg” can take two people to the sky and ________ three hundred kilometres (公里) in one hour. That’s really great. Some people call Lilium jet “a flying car” Why? Firstly, it’s not difficult for people to learn to drive it. People can drive it just like driving a car. But it can go ________ and farther (更远) than a car. Secondly, Lilfum jet is not very big, only one fourth of a plane. So it doesn’t need an airport. Only a small place is OK. It can stop ________. In the future, the “flying car” will come into people’s life and ________ our ways of trip. Liliuin jet will come on the market soon. Do you want to make your ________ easy and funny? Why not buy one? I’m sure you will have a good time on it.