【推荐1】Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper from of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

(1) Mr. Mancinelli emigrated from Italy to America with his family when he was eight and began working at a local barbershop when he was 11. He now still     1     (do) his job full time, cutting hair five days a week from noon to 8 p.m. In the past five years, he     2     (work) at Fantastic Cuts, a hair salon     3     (locate) in a small shopping center in New York City.

(2) The Rocket     4     (be) arguably the most popular NBA franchise in China since the team     5     (draft) Chinese superstar Yao Ming. Yao played his entire NBA career in Houston.

(3) Though it’s not mainstream, if you walk through major cities you may see a fan     6     (dress) in the sweeping robes and wide sleeves of Hanfu, which literally translates to “Han clothing.” This kind of clothing     7     (sell) well among certain young people.

(4) But the central issue     8     (remain): who is     9     (blame) for the unsustainable imbalance in the world economy --- and how can it     10     (tackle)?

【推荐2】阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Thousands of fans lined up in the middle of the night to get a glimpse of the Argentina soccer team that won the 2022 World Cup finals ahead of    1    is scheduled to be a day of celebrations in Buenos Aires.

Members of the team,     2    (lead) by captain Lionel Messi, were all smiles as they stepped down from the plane in Ezeiza. They were welcomed by rock band La Mosca singing Muchachos,     3    song that was written by a fan to the tune of an old song by the band. The    4    (fresh) crowned champions of the world boarded an open-top bus and some of them could    5    (see) singing the words to Muchachos.

The bus moved at a snail’s pace as fans surrounded the bus on a highway, eager    6    a glimpse of the players. The players slept at a hotel for a few hours before    7    (board) a bus later on Tuesday to head to the Obelisk, the landmark of Buenos Aires after the team won the country’s third World Cup, and    8    (it) first since 1986.

The World Cup and the success has brought much-needed good news for a country where almost four-in-10 people live in    9    (poor) because of economic depression for years.

President Fernandez said, “Let the happiness that    10    (unite) Argentina with so many countries in the world serve as an example: Our societies need unity and peace.”

【推荐3】阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Here are two world-famous living legends.

One is Lang Ping, and     1     other is Michael Jordan. Lang Ping used to be a player, who brought honour and glory to her country. Years later she became a coach, who led the women’s volleyball team to medals at world championships and the Olympics. When preparing for the 2015 World Cup, the team    2     Lang Ping had built was falling apart. One of the best players    3     (injure), and then the team captain had to leave because of heart problems.     4     ( lose) two important players was a big challenge for Lang Ping, but she did not lose heart. She knew that her young players could win if they worked together as a team. Two weeks later, they were world    5     (champion)!

Michael Jordan,     6     ( know) as “Air Jordan”, changed basketball with his graceful moves and jumps. Jordan’s skills were     7     (impress), but the mental strength that he showed made him unique. Jordan says that the secret     8     his success is learning from his failures. Losing games taught him to practise harder and never give    9    . In life, Jordan has learnt to share his success with others. The Boys and Girls Club which he started in Chicago     10     (help) young people since 1996.