【推荐1】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。

Once upon a time, there was a poor young man    1     (call) Ma Liang. He helped a rich man to tend cattle. He liked drawing and drew pictures everywhere. One night, he dreamed that an old man gave him a magic paintbrush. When he woke up, he was amazed     2     (find) the magic paintbrush on his desk.

When he saw that people had no water to use for the fields, he drew a river and the river came to life. When he saw     3     was difficult for people to till lands, he drew a cow and the cow came to life. The rich man whom Ma Liang helped heard that the magic paint brush could turn everything to life. He     4     (seek) Ma Liang and took him to the prison. He got the magic paintbrush and felt very happy. He drew a lot of pictures, which could not become real. He was filled with anger and asked some people to get Ma Liang.

When Ma Liang came, the rich man felt happy and said, “I want a golden mountain.” “    5     (definite)!” Ma Liang drew a sea first. Then the young man drew a golden mountain     6     was far away from the sea. The bad man saw that and felt very happy. Ma Liang was reminded     7     a big ship quickly. It was     8     (horror) to see the rich man jump into the ship. When the ship sailed to the middle of the sea, the young man drew a large wave and the ship     9     (destroy). So the rich man met his death.

After that, the young man lived with his family happily     10     kept on helping the poor. So the magic paintbrush was known by everyone.

【推荐2】用括号内动词的正确形式完成下面短文。

I used to like going to our local cinema. It holds many special memories for me. However, a while ago, the owner stopped     1    (show) films there because the cinema was too old and he planned     2    (make) a lot of improvements, which would mean     3    (spend) tens of thousands of pounds. I remember     4    (watch) the last film at the cinema. It was about a mysterious hero.

Five minutes from the end, as we were trying to figure out who the hero was, all of the lights went out suddenly, and the film stopped. We sat in the dark for a few minutes, and then the owner appeared with a torch (手电筒). “I regret     5    (tell) you,” he said, “that our electricity has failed. I don’t mean     6    (disappoint) you, but I’m afraid we can’t show you the end of the film. We’ve tried our best     7    (phone) the electricity company, but they say they can’t help. Sorry, but I have to close the cinema for some days.” He never told us who the hero was, but I don’t regret     8    (go) to the cinema on that last evening.

【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。

Shawn Cheshire is a blind cyclist who competed in the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She lost her ability     1    (see) after an accident nine years ago. She has tried to become as     2    (depend) as possible in the last few years.

She said that,     3     a long time, she was in a really dark place and hated being blind. She said that sports and physical exercise gave     4    (she) another opportunity at living.

Earlier this month, Cheshire crossed 68 kilometers of steep and uneven ground in the Grand Canyon(大峡谷). She did so in 24 hours and 15 minutes,     5     is believed to be a record for a blind hiker (徒步旅行者). The     6    (early) record of 28 hours     7    (set) in 2014.

Three friends helped her during the Grand Canyon hike. They walked several steps apart. They guided and warned her of     8    (barrier). She listened for and followed the sound of a bell     9    (wear) by the lead hiker. She used hiking poles for balance.

Cheshire and her friends finished the hike on October 8, 2018. She said as the group neared     10     end of the trip, “I had a huge ball of emotion welled up in my chest –I cannot believe we just did that.”

【推荐3】Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Millions Of Baby Olive Ridley Turtles Emerge in Orissa

Nature is full of wonders. In     1     is one of the most breathtaking sights in nature, millions of baby Ridley turtles broke out of their eggshells under the sand at one of their mass nesting grounds in coastal Orissa. The baby turtles started their journey towards the Bay of Bengal     2           3           4     they emerged from their nest in the southern district of Ganjam, about 175 km from Bhubaneshwar.

Orissa is the home to three mass nesting sites of the Oliver turtles, a species     5       (threaten) with extinction, and one of the sites, Gahirmatha,     6     around 70 to 80million turtles lay eggs on the beach every year, is considered one of the world's largest nesting sites.

The female turtles drag     7     up the beach from the sea, dig a nest, lay at least one hundred eggs, cover and conceal their eggs and nest, and then return to the sea. The females never visit the nest again to take care of the eggs that     8     (deposit) in the warm sand.

The baby turtles emerge from the eggs after 45-60 days, then the babies grow without their mother, which is a rare phenomenon in nature. Interestingly, it is on the same beach where they were born     9     the females lay their eggs.

In recent years, sea erosion has led to many turtles’ nest     10     (damage) or destroyed.

Also, some fierce animals such as dogs and birds     11     (reduce) the number of nesting turtles. And man has also had a negative impact     12     using engine-powered fishing boats near the turtles' nesting grounds.