was going to an i___7___ fancy dress party with her husband. What she wanted to play was a terrible genie and she had made that special dress of h__8___ the night before, she was a__9____ to try it on. Though the dress was just a big p___10___ of old cloth which was red ,green, black and white , it w__11___ be very effective to make her like a red genie. After p_12____ it on, Mrs. Richards went d____13___. She wanted to find out w__14____ it would be c___15____ to wear.
Just as Mrs. Richards was e__16_____ the dinning- room, there was a k__17___ at the door. She thought that it must be the baker. She had told him to come s__18___ in if ever she f___19___ to open the door and to l___20___ the bread on the k____21__ table. Now not w__22____ to frighten the poor man, Mrs. Richards quickly h___23___ in the small storeroom under the stairs. She h___24___ the front door open and a man came in. When Mrs. Richards r___25___ that it was the man from the Electricity Board who had come to r___26__ the meter. She tried to e_27____ the m__28_____, saying 'It's only me', but it was too late. The man let out cry and jumped back several paces. Then he ran a__29____ the door behind him with
great force and noise.
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A long time ago, there was a h__1___ apple tree. A little boy l__2___ to come and play a___3___ it every day. He c___4___ to the tree top, a___5___ the apples, took a nap under the shadow .He loved the tree and the tree loved to play w__6___ him. T__7___ went by ... The little boy had g__8___ up and he no l___9___ played around the tree every day.
One day, the boy came back to the tree and he looked s__10___. \the boy. \anymore.\The boy r___11__ , \want t___12__. I need money to buy them.\you can p__13___ up all my apples and s__14_____ them. So, you will have money.\got all the apples on the tree and l__16____ happily. The boy never came back after he picked the apples. The tree was sad.
One day, the boy came back and c___17__ all the branches off the tree to play with .One hot summer
day , the boy r__18____ again and cut the tree trunk to make a b__19___ to go s__20____ .The tree was g___21___ to see him happy but the boy n__22___ came back since then. The tree was again l__23___ and sad.
Finally, the boy a___24____ after he left for so many years. \can’t give you a__26____ . The only thing l__27____ is my dying roots,\the tree said with t__28____. \a place to r__29____. I am t__30___ after all these years,\the boy r_31____. \to lean on and rest. \glad and smiled with tears ...
This is a story of e__32____ one. The tree is our p_33____. (When we were young, we loved to play with Mom and Dad ...When we grew up, we leave them ... only come to them when we need something or when we are in trouble.) No matter what h_34_____, parents will always be there and give e__35_____ they can to make you happy.
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One day a l__1___ girl f___2__ two weak birds while she was w__3___ in the woods. She t___4__ them home
and put them in a small cage. She f__5___ them with love and the birds g__6___ strong. E___7___ morning they greeted her w__8____ a beautiful song. The girl loved them very much and wanted their singing to last f___9___.
One day the girl left the cage’s door o___10___. The larger and s___11___ of the t__12___ birds flew out of the cage. The girl watched w___13___ as it circled(盘旋) high above her. She was a__14____ that it would f__15___ away and she would n___16___ see it again. So when it flew close, she grasped(抓) at it wildly. She was very happy that she h__17___ it tightly within her h__18____! S___19___, she felt something had h__20____ to the bird. She opened her hand and was s___21___ to find the bird was d___22___. Her love for the bird k_23___ it.
She noticed the o__24___ bird j__25____ in the cage. She could feel that it wanted to be f___26___. It hoped to fly into the clear, blue s__27___. She lifted(举起) it from the c__28___ and flew it into the air. The bird circled once, twice, three t____29__…
When the bird was f__30____ happily in the sky, she was so glad. Just then the bird f___31___ closer and sat softly on her s__32____. It sang the s___33____ song she
had ever heard.
The fastest way to l__34____ love is to hold it tight; the b___35__ way to keep love is to let it fly!
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When I was a t____1___, my family was p___2__. What I ate, w___3____ and used were always the w___4___ in my class. I felt sorry about my life. I kept q____5____ in class and didn’t study hard. The f___6___ of inferiority was with me all the time and I even wanted to e___7__ my school life.
I w__8____ to my mother’s workplace to see her one
day . She was m___9____ a bike there. Most of the workers were m___10____ . My mother was one of the two w___11____ workers. Near my mum I found a p_12_____ of tennis rackets and a box of cucumber slices. I asked the other woman about the tennis rackets and she t___13___ me. “Your mother usually asks me to play tennis with her. She wants to k__14_____ slim.” I asked my mother w__15____ she kept some cucumber slices. She said that she used them to c__16___ her face and make her look y___17___ and more beautiful.
I couldn’t say a w__18____ . H_19_____ optimistic