【推荐2】Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks, fill in each blank with one proper word. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct.

I met Kumkum at a children’s home in Delhi. It is a home where children    1    are sick are provided treatment and care before    2     (send) to some other orphanage. Kumkum was 7 years old, and    3    very brave soul.     4    suffering from tuberculosis（肺结核), I never saw her crying. She     5     (lose) her parents and was struggling herself through this terrible disease.

Upon meeting, we took an instant liking to each other. Every Saturday I would visit Kumkum and play with her. She would love to sit on my lap. It was one such moment that the child felt like kissing me....and I suddenly remembered that she    6     (suffer) from tuberculosis which is a communicable(传染性的) disease. I tried to stop her but she really wanted to show her affection    7    me, so I overcame my fear and let her place the most gentle and sweet kiss on my cheek that I ever had.

    8    I overcame my fear at that moment, I    9     (not forgive) myself ever since for refusing her initially. Although the child kissed me, I think she sensed my hesitation because she has never kissed me again. I will never forget that    10     (beautiful) thing in this world is a child’s kiss....so full of love and innocence.

【推荐3】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。

When I was in the seventh grade, I had    1    (difficult) behaving. My heart was in the right place, but I couldn’t always follow the rules. I played many tricks    2    my schoolmates. Once, I even pulled a girl’s hair on the school bus to get her attention. As    3    result, I was repeatedly sent to the office of the headmaster. Although I hated going there, I did not hate the headmaster, Mr. Smith.

When he punished me for     4    (put) some ants into a classmate’s pencil box, it didn’t hurt at all, but it did hurt my feelings. I thought so much of him and moments like that seemed    5    (prove) I was hopelessly bad.

When I was called to Mr. Smith’s office for the sixth time, I had no idea what I had done. I felt    6    (disappoint) as I walked down there. I went into his office, sat down, and    7    (look) at the floor. Then he said the last thing I expected to hear. “Kevin, I’ve heard you’ve been behaving really well    8    (recent). I want you to know how proud I am of you.”

Mr. Smith was really kind. He made me realize that I was just a kid     9    had problems with     10    (behave). Mr. Smith gave me some hope by giving me some love. I will just remember him forever.