Summer was here, and it was hot one! Cora ,the hedgehog(刺猬), was out looking for food, trying to stay _________. She saw her friend Heather was_________ around in a little pool outside.

“Hi Heather!” Cora called. “_________ did you get a pool?”

“Hi Cora! I just got it yesterday. It’s really helping cool me down. Would you like to_________ me?” Heather replied.

“I would love to, thanks!” Cora had a lot of_________ for Heather about the pool. She asked who Heather bought it from, if it was expensive, and if Heather thought she was going to_________ it a lot this summer.

“I_________ an advertisement for a pool company(公司), which got me thinking about how _________ a pool would be. I looked at_________ to see if other people liked their pools, and if the company did a good job. When I saw that the company did a good job, I decided to__________ one! I would recommend(推荐) them to you. I think I’m going to love having a pool on hot days like this one!” Heather told Cora.

Cora __________ Heather for letting her cool off, and continued to look for__________. But she could not stop thinking about the __________. She decided to do some research of her own before making a__________.

She looked up hedgehog-sized pools, and the __________ Heather talked about was the first listing. She read the prices and the reviews other hedgehogs left about the company and pools. It looked like they did a great job, and she __________ watched a video of the advertisement Heather had seen! Then Cora looked up other companies. They all looked __________, but since Heather had a __________ experience with this company, Cora decided to go with the same one.

A week later, Cora was __________ swimming in her own pool! Heather walked by, and Cora thanked her for the recommendation. It was one of the __________ summers ever!

I have many reasons to thank my family. One of them is that it inspires creative ________. My father is a(n)________ and my mother is a gifted storyteller. They both strongly believe in raising children to look inward to ________ their talent. ________ by my father’s literature works, my older brother became good at writing songs and poetry and also ________ me to the art of poetry.

My family read books, listened to poetry and music together,________ I was gradually drawn into conversations that expanded our mental horizons. I ________ found myself becoming the sort of person who could not work smoothly when given a blank sheet of paper but soon began to ________ it with poetry, or the plot for a novel, or the song lines. At present, I am ________ a performance with self-belief, a poetry recital show combined with drama, dance and music, on a ________ tour and have taken it to 21 states. I strongly believe that artists must keep it ________ what is the source of their inspiration and where their ________ comes from. I hold a belief that my inspiration comes from my ________ that my parents provided for me. My creativity springs from the way I see the world. This is the ability that feeds me as a ________ artist.

So,________ around people who value the mind and knowledge and celebrate self-discovery sets the stage for their own growth into who he is today.

Mr. Glen is a millionaire. Years ago, after returning from abroad to his motherland, he set up his company. Speaking of success, Glen often tells us a story about his extra _________ “school” fee. He always owes his success to it.

At that time, Glen, who already got a Ph.D. degree, _________ to return home, starting a company. Before leaving, he bought a Rolex watch with the _________ made through years. At the airport he had to accept the routine customs check. The watch on his wrist was also required to be taken down for _________. Glen knew that carrying such goods out had to pay the tax, and he worried about paying it for his watch. So while checked, he told a lie that his watch was a _________ fake. When he was proud of his “smarts”, immediately, in the _________ of Glen, the officers hit the watch, which cost nearly 100,000, into pieces _________ hearing Glen's words. Glen was _________. Before he understood why, he was taken to the office to be examined _________. For many times of entry-exit __________ he knew that only those people in the “blacklist” would “enjoy” this special treatment. The officers looked over everything carefully, and __________ him no matter what time of entry and exit he must accept the check and if __________ reusing and carrying fake goods, he would be __________ by law! Suddenly, his face turned red, and he had nothing in mind after boarding the plane for long.

After that, he often told the story to his family and his employees. He said that this made a deep __________ on him, because the additional high “school” fee that he had ever paid made him realize the value of __________, which he would remember as the secret of his success forever.