Have your family ever told you a lie? My dad is a liar! He never tells the truth about anything bad, or _____________   he thinks is bad for me although I have told him that I don’t mind hearing these things.

He is the kindest man I have ever met , who never   hurts others, as well as the cruelest (最残忍的) man, for he’s always too strict _____________ himself. Every time I phoned home from college and asked dad how his business was going on, he would always reply, “Oh, it couldn’t be _____________!” When I asked my mum the same question on the phone, however, she honestly (诚实地) told me every problem with dad’s business. I didn’t blame (责备) dad for his lies. _______, I cared for him more than before.

My dad is a miser (吝啬鬼), too. I hardly see him ___________new clothes. In fact, he hardly buys new clothes for himself. He always says, “The old clothes are _______________   good enough.” Are they? I see holes in them.

Seeing my dad coughing terribly with his hand covering his mouth, I had a strong feeling of _______.When the pains became very serious, he only took some medicine. So it surprised_____________ when the day came that dad got terribly sick. He was ill in bed. And all the family members got together around him. I stood by his bedside with my eyes _________tears (眼泪).

Dear dad, you are always pushing yourself too hard, which you shouldn’t. How I wish that you hadn’t kept ________________ so hard before, then you might be in much better health now.

When most people want to see what they look like, they look in a mirror. But I can just _______ my twin sister, Sarita.

Sarita and I have always worn our hair the _______ way—long and straight. We have the same dark eyes and big smile. We both love the _______ green, hate eating fish, and dislike eggs. Both of us play the violin. In some ways, however, we’re _______ different.

Sarita always _______ fashion hats, which I think is really strange. And she thinks it’s strange that I like jazz music.

Some people say our biggest _______ is that Sarita is in a wheelchair. She was in a car accident when she was young. Her spine（脊椎）was badly _______ in the accident. To me, however, the _______ difference between us is that Sarita has much courage. She’s never let being in a wheelchair slow her down, and she’s almost never angry or upset about what _______ to her.

__________ I look in the mirror, I see myself, Celia. However, I also see Sarita, a better example of mine. She’s the one I’m trying to be.

Louise and Neil had known each other for three years. They wanted to get married and have their own ______ as soon as possible because they were not very young--Neil was forty and Louise was forty. ______ there was a problem. They couldn’t agree with each other on ______ they would bring their children up.

Louise had a highly-paid job, so Neil could stay at home and ______ the children. He was looking forward to this, because he felt that he would be a(an) ______ father. First, he would teach them how to ______. He would buy a lot of interesting picture books for them. Then he would teach life ______. The children were going to learn how to swim and how to use computers. He also wanted ______ to study business at university, because he believed that business was where the money was.

Louise had other ______. She was the oldest child in a ______ family and her family couldn’t send her to school. Her father had put her to ______ in the field as soon as she turned six. Life had been ______ for her. She didn’t want it to be the same with her children.

Neil said there was still plenty of time for him to ______ a way for the children to have fun and he was ______ that they could become happy and rich in the future. However, Louise still felt worried because she thought it was not possible for her children to have fun and have ______ at the same time.

If you were the parents like Neil and Louise, what would you do?