Thanksgiving Day was near. The first grade teacher asked  (1)  students to draw a picture of something that they were thankful for. People celebrated the holiday  (2)  turkey and other traditional foods of the season. So, most of her students’ pictures were about them.   (3)  , Peter drew a different kind of picture. Peter was a different kind of boy. He always looked sad. Whenhe wasasked to draw a picture of something for which he was thankful, he drew a  (4)   . Other students were all very interested in the picture. Whose hand could it be? One child guessed it was the hand of a farmer,becausefarmers feed  (5)  . Another thought it was the hand of a policeman, because thepolice   (6)  and care for people. Still others guessed it was the hand of God ... The discussion went on until the teacher almost  (7)   the young artist.

During the break, all children ran out of the classroom except Peter. The teacher came to Peter’s  (8)  , bent (俯身)down, and asked him whose hand it was. The little boy   (9)  and said in a low voice,“It’s yours, teacher.”She remembered the times she took his hand and walked with him here or there. She often said,“  (10)  my hand, Peter. Let’s go outside”or“Let me show you how to use your pencil.”Peter was very thankful for his teacher.

Once there was a poor woman. She lived by herself in a little house in a village. She didn't have much money   (1)   she was very kind and happy.

One day a young man named Smith came to her door. He was a little thin and tall. He was very   (2)   and asked the old woman for help.

The old woman said,“Come in and have dinner with me, but I only have   (3)  .” They had dinner together. After dinner, the old woman told Smith to   (4)   some potatoes with him. He   (5)   her and then left.

Ten years later, Smith came back to the old woman's door again and   (6)   her a bag of money. She was very   (7)  .

Smith said,“Ten years ago you gave me some potatoes. I   (8)   some potato plants. From those plants, I grew some more plants. Now I am a   (9)   farmer because I have enough money to live, but I never   (10)   how kind you are to me.”

When Imet mybest friend for the first time. I was studying for an important oral exam in the library and people there made a lot of noise. The more upset I got, the  (1)  it was for me to stay focused. The worst was that someone was even singing loudly behind me.

I   (2)   and glared (盯着) at the person. She looked like a friendly girl,   (3)  it made me even angrier.

I picked up my books, glared at her and said in a low voice angrily. “Thanks to your   (4)  ,I’ve been unable to study. You’re so selfish.”

When I got home twohours later, I found that I’d left my most important textbook in the library and the library was closed. I was so   (5)   that I almost cried. Just then, the phone rang. After making sure that I was Jane, the girl said that she had found my book and she got my phone number from the librarians’ files according to my name on the   (6)  . She said she could bring it around for me.

I was so   (7)  ! When I found she was the girl I had shouted at for singing, my face turned red and I said sorry several times for my rude behavior(粗鲁的行为). Jenny just laughed and told me she was glad to see that I’d also left my glare in the library! I couldn’t help   (8)  .

We got along reallywell and ever since then we’ve been best friends. I often think how   (9)  I am. If Jenny hadn’t been a kind person who was willing to forgive (原谅) my rudeness, I would never have   (10)   such true friendship.

One day, a woman sat next to a man in a park.  (1)  pointed to the boy who was swinging(荡秋千) and said,“What a nice boy!”

“Yes, he’s a   (2)  boy. He’s my son”. The man said. Then, he  (3)  his watch and called to his son,“Shall we go, Todd?”

Todd answered,“Five more minutes, Dad. Just five more minutes.” The man   (4)  and Todd continued to swing.

Five   (5)  passed and the father stood and called again to his son.“Time to go now.” Again Todd said,“Five more minutes, Dad. Just five more minutes, please.”

The man smiled and said,“OK.”

“You are  (6)  a patient father,” the woman said.

The man smiled and then said,“My elder son Tommy was killed by a drunk driver last year  (7)  he was riding bike near here. I never spent   (8)  time with Tommy. I’ve promised that the same mistake can’t happen  (9)  Todd. He wants to have five more minutes to swing. The  (10)  is that I also have five more minutes to watch him.”

A school boy wanted to ask for two days off（请假）, but he only learnt the phrase（短语）" have a day off". He thought and   (1)  , then he had an   (2)  .

He came to the teacher's office and said," Mother is ill. May I have a day off, sir?" "Of course, you can," replied（回答）the teacher at once.

The boy walked away. And then he   (3)  turned back and knocked（敲）  (4)  the teacher's door   (5)  , "May I have a day off again?" he said.

The teacher was very   (6)  . "Didn't you say it   (7)  ?"

"Yes, sir. But I can't be here the day after tomorrow, either（也）."

The teacher understood him and could not help laughing（禁不住大笑起来）. He said   (8)     (9)  smile, " Why   (10)  you say, 'May I have two days off?' "

There were no classes last Saturday afternoon. Mary went to a clothing shop near her home. The shop   (1)  many skirts. She looked through them and   (2)  last chose a very nice one. She   (3)   it on and then told the shopkeeper to put it into a bag. At that time her friend Rose came into the shop. They   (4)   so happy to see each other that they   (5)  everything   (6)  . Soon they were busy   (7)    on and on happily.

It was nearly seven, so they decided to go and   (8)   dinner. Mary took the bag, and walked towards the door of the shop. The shopkeeper stopped them and asked Mary to pay for the skirt. Mary looked at him in   (9)  at first, but soon she remembered that she didn’t pay for it. She said sorry, gave him the money and then left the shop   (10)  her friend.

One day, a woman sat next to a man in a park.   (1)   pointed to the boy who was swinging(荡秋千) and said, “What a nice boy!”

“Yes, he’s a   (2)   boy. He’s my son.” The man said. Then, he   (3)   his watch and called to his son, “Shall we go, Todd?”

Todd answered, “Five more minutes, Dad. Just five more minutes.” The man   (4)   and Todd continue to swing.

Five   (5)  passed and the father stood and called again to his son. “Time to go now.” Again Todd said, “Five more minutes, Dad. Just five more minutes, please.”

The man smiled and said, “OK.”

“You are   (6)   a patient father,” the woman said.

The man smiled and then said, “My elder son Tommy was killed by a drunk driver last year   (7)    he was riding his bike near here. I never spent   (8)   time with Tommy. I’ve promised that the same mistake can’t happen   (9)   Todd. He wants to have five more minutes to swing. The   (10)   is that I also have five more minutes to watch them.”

There was once a lonely girl who wanted love very much.

One day she found two dying birds in the forest. She took them home and put them in a small   (1)    . She was happy to have two “friends”. She    (2)   them with love and the birds grew strong. One day the door of the cage was open. The larger and the   (3)   of the two flew out of the cage. The girl was afraid that it would fly away. She caught it quickly before it could fly away. But soon she couldn’t   (4)      a sound from the bird. When she opened her hand, the bird was already dead. Her    (5)  

killed the bird! Then she    (6)  the other bird jump up and down inside the cage. She could feel it wanted to fly into the blue sky. So she lifted it from the cage and let it   (7)    away highly. The bird circled(盘旋) once, twice, and three times. The girl     (8)     as the bird flew. She didn’t care about(关心，在意)  (9)    the bird any more. She wanted it to be happy. To her surprise, the bird flew closer and landed(降落) on her shoulder. It sang the   (10)  song she had ever heard.

The fastest way to lose love is to hold on it too tightly（紧紧地）, and the best way to keep love is to give it wings（翅膀）

     As we all know, Chinese students are hard-working. But they’re   (1)  at the same time.

    At school, they have to follow the strict(严格的) school  (2)  . For example, they   (3)   have long hair or wear strange (奇怪的) clothes.

        And at home, they’re always busy with their homework and they don’t have any free time to do what they like. Once (一旦) they don’t do well in exams, their parents will lose   (4)   for them.

      On weekends, their parents tell them to take part in different classes they don’t like. They always feel   (5)   and bored. They   (6)   interest in school things slowly. Some students can’t   (7)   it and leave home. Because their parents only care about children’s study and they never   (8)   what they want.

       “Many students can do nothing  (9)   study. Some students even don’t know  (10)   to get on well with（相处） others and how to take care of others,”said an expert (专家).

       “This is a serious problem. It’s necessary for us to think it over and solve it well,”said another expert.