1 . Thanksgiving Day was near. The first grade teacher gave her class fun homework—to draw a picture of something for which they were_______.

Most of the class might be_______economically disadvantaged; but still many would celebrate the holiday with turkey and other traditional goodies of the season. The teacher thought these would be the subjects of most of her students’_______. And they were.

But Douglas made a_______kind of picture. Douglas was a different kind of boy. He was the teacher’s true child of misery (不幸), weak and unhappy. As other children played in the playground, _______, Douglas was likely to stand close by her side. One could only guess at the pain Douglas felt behind those_______eyes.

Yes, his_______was different. When_______to draw a picture of something for which he was thankful, he drew a hand. Nothing else. Just an ordinary hand.

His strange image captured the_______of his classmates. Whose hand could it be? One child guessed it was the hand of a________because farmers raise turkeys. Another suggested a police officer’s because the police protect and________people. Still others guessed it was the hand of God for God feeds us. And so the________went on—until the teacher almost forgot the young artist himself.

When the children had gone on to other pictures, she walked up to Douglas’ desk, bent down, and asked him whose hand it was.

The little boy looked away and muttered (低声说出),“ It’s yours.”

She________the times she had taken his hand and________with him here and there, although she had the other students. How often had she said, “Take my hand, Douglas. We’ll go outside.” Or “Let me show you how to________your pencil.” Or “ Let’s do this together.” Douglas was most thankful for his teacher’s hand.

2 . Agnes Lloyd’s 70th birthday came, but the day went normally. Her husband _______ many years ago. She had not heard from her children for a long time, which was _______.

The last bell of the day rang. She picked up her _______ and walked towards her car planning to buy herself a chocolate dessert although her doctors don’t _______ it for her age. But who cares? It was her birthday, and she _______ it.

The thought made her smile as she _______ her car when a sudden “MRS. LLOYD!” _______ her. Agnes dropped her purse onto the ground. She looked around and was _______ by what she saw.

Her students were standing there carrying birthday signs. She hadn’t _______ they had prepared such a surprise for her. Her student Christian came over, picking up her purse, and ________ her to the rest as they all started singing Happy Birthday.

As the song continued, tears ________ in her eyes. As they finished the song, small pieces of coloured paper began flying all over the place ________. But that wasn’t the best part.

Some of the students parted and her three children stepped out holding a birthday cake with two ________ that formed the number 70. “Happy birthday. Mom!” They exclaimed together, and that’s when Agnes lost her ________ for the first time.

Don’t forget your parents, ________ your life gets busy. We need to act and remind them that they are loved.

5 . I was six years old. It was Halloween. The school was having its annual Halloween parade (游行) to _______ it. All the kids would march a few _______ through the neighborhood.

“Just buy him a costume,” my father said. “ It doesn’t cost much.”

But no, my mother decided, _______ it was my first parade, she would _______ me a costume: the mummy (木乃伊), my favorite scary character.

She _______ white rags (布片) and old towels and wound them _______ me, holding them in place with safety pins. Then she arranged the rags with toilet paper and tape. It took a long time, but I was still _______ enough to see the result. When she finished, I could _______ wait to look in the _______. I was a mummy! I moved back and forth in front of it ________.

“Oh, you’re very scary.” my mother said.

She drove me to school. We started our parade. The more I walked, the ________ the rags got. Then, about two blocks out, it began to ________. The next thing I knew was that the toilet paper was beginning to dissolve (溶解). ________, the rags became even looser and fell to my ankles, wrists, and neck and you could see my undershirt and under pants, which made me extremely ________.

“Look at Charley!” the other kids screamed. They were ________. I was burning red. I wanted to escape, but where did you go in the middle of a parade?

When we ________ reached the schoolyard, I was all wet, with a mess of rags and toilet paper pieces. The parents were waiting there with ________, starting to take photos of us. I saw my mother first. As she spotted me, she ________ her hand to her mouth. I burst into ________.

“You ________ my life!” I cried.