【推荐1】Over the years, I have met some interesting people. Two of         1       most interesting people were two elderly sisters, Joan and Bernice,         2         way of talking about people inspired me.

It was always a       3       (pleasant) to visit these two sisters. Just being greeted at the door was a joy. They couldn’t be     4       (happy) when seeing me. I always heard about the people who were there before me. Every person         5         (talk) about in a positive way. The conversation would go something like this, “Oh, Kay, so and so was here yesterday, she       6     (be) just the ‘salt of the earth’, isn't she?” The other sister would reply, “Oh yes! You just can't believe         7     wonderful she is.” I never heard they said a negative word about anyone. NEVER!

I understood why these two had so much company when other people complained that no one cared about           8    (they). It was their attitude       9     people. There was no doubt that when the next person came to visit, they were going to hear how I was the “salt of the earth”.

What a wonderful example these two elderly sisters were to me! I will always be     10       (thank)that I had the opportunity to know them.

【推荐2】Never Forget Why YOU started

At the 19^th National Congress of the CPC     1     ended last month, “Never forget why you started” was a key message. And that same message     2     (apply) to everyone’s life.

Ambitious, meaning things you want to achieve very much, play     3     important role in our daily life.

When I was a student, my father told me that his ambition since his childhood was to be a translator. He wanted to work inside big buildings as a white-collar worker. With his strong ambition in mind, he was determined     4     (work) hard at every subject,     5     (particular) English, and as a result, he     6     (admit) to the best university in his province. Afterwards, he came to Shanghai for a job. There was one thing he regretted: he didn’t get a job as a translator but became a teacher instead. This story gave birth to my ambition and it “told” me to realize this dream.

With time     7     (go) by, some people forget their ambitions. How can you keep your ambitions alive? First of all, writing down your ambition is a good way to remind you. Second, take action to stay closer to your ambition. For example, I have to memorize English words to     8     (large) my vocabulary. I also try to speak English as much as I can so that I can communicate with     9     (foreign) freely.

“Never forget why you started” is the key     10     your success. If you find your ambition, catch it quickly, protect it and keep it in your heart.

There are no precise     1     (criterion) that can be used to judge what is beautiful. As the anthropologist (人类学家) Margaret Mead once put     2    , standards and ideas of beauty change across time. Nowadays, some costumes and actions once     3     (regard) as beauty in the 19^th century are not considered healthy or attractive, while something     4     (fashion) now had different functions in the past.

There is no consistent view on beauty, as beauty is influenced by culture and it is even     5     (whole) different in the eyes of beholders. In some countries, young women follow slimming diets to lose extra kilos     6     preparation for their wedding day. In other cultures, looking thin for a husband-to-be is not     7     a woman desires at all.

    8     different, one thing is certain-it is inner beauty that requires us to truly see.   Beauty, that is to say,     9     (accompany) by an attraction to something deeper within a person,                   10     can be found in a wide range of personal qualities.

A family’s cat has finally been recovered after three weeks of being on the run in Boston’s Logan International Airport. The cat, named Rowdy, had been     1    (successful) avoiding airport workers, airline employees     2    animal experts since it escaped from a pet container.

In the end, Rowdy     3     (catch) on Wednesday. She is to be given a health     4    (examine) and then returned to her family.

Rowdy’s time on the run     5    (begin) on June 24. Her owner, Sahli and her husband, Rich, retured to the United States from 15 years in Germany with the Army. When their Lufthansa airline’s fight landed, the 4-year-old black cat     6    green eyes escaped from her cage. She was chasing some birds in the area.

Soon Rowdy     7    (she) was on the object of a chase. Her escape set off a big search involving airport and Lufthansa workers. Construction workers and animal welfare experts got involved as well.

Many people saw Rowdy during her extended airport visit. But, the cat always escaped those     8    (chase) her. Now, with Rowdy safely     9    (control), a little calm has been returned to the airport. “It was such a community effort,” said Sahli, adding. “We’re just so grateful to everyone     10    helped look for her.”

【推荐3】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

With only about 1,800 ones left in the wild, all giant pandas are precious. However, Qizai,     1    seven-year-old panda that lives at the Foping Panda Valley in China’s Shaanxi province, is even more so. That’s because he is among a handful of giant pandas     2    (know) to be the only one     3    brown and white fur in the reserve. The 220-pound Qizai has become a superstar, and many     4    (toy) in his color have been made. However, life has not always been easy for him.

It was when he was just two months old that Qizai was abandoned by his mother. He spent his early years at the Shaanxi Rare Wildlife Rescue Center. Then he     5     (send) to his current home,     6    there were many other giant pandas. However, the other pandas seemed     7    (dislike) him and often bullied(欺负) him by stealing his bamboo.

Researchers are not sure why Qizai has different fur. Some assume that the brown fur is a result of a gene problem and     8    (discover) by observing Qizai’s children.