【推荐2】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。

Are zoos necessary, or are they only bad to the animals? This is a question    1    causes disagreement among many animal scientists. Some, we may just call them Group A, believe that placing animals in a zoo is not good    2    them. These people think that all animals should     3    (protect) from being hunted too much and left in     4    (they) native land. They also advise people to be educated to know more about animals in the wild.    5    , scientists from Group B think differently. They say that modern zoos are designed very closely to    6    natural environment. One of their     7    (strong) arguments(论点) is that certain animals, such as the panda from China and the white tiger from India,    8     (be) not only protected from uncontrolled killing,    9    can give birth to babies under protection and in that way they may be saved from    10    (die) out. You are expected to express your opinions on this question.

【推荐3】阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

A news report shows that China's urban pet consumer market     1     (expect) to break through the 200 billion yuan threshold this year. Young people in big cities are the main contributors.

Nowadays, with the cost of living rising, young people     2     (suffer) from greater loneliness and pressure. They are busy working all day in a competitive environment, leaving little time for fun and friends. That may explain     3     more and more young people are choosing to keep pets     4     companionship. Apart from relieving loneliness, many scientific studies have shown that keeping a pet reduces stress and may even improve overall health.

【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 form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Steel, concrete（混凝土）and glass are common materials in any skyscrapers. But more high buildings are now using wood. In the last four years, Australia, Norway, England and Canada     1     (build) wooden skyscrapers. The latest one is in Sweden,     2     new, 19-storey wooden hotel called “Sida vid Sida” (side by side).

Why are wooden skyscrapers chosen ahead of concrete     3    ?

Wood     4     (use) in many Chinese buildings for thousands of years, but is it strong enough for skyscrapers?

“There are a whole bunch of new materials made out of wood     5     are structurally able to build big buildings,” material expert Dr. Michael Ramage told CNN.

Architects（建筑师）use woven（编制的）wood to make sure it is. They put layers of wood across one another coated with special glue     6     (create) a very strong material.

Wood also lasts a long time and doesn’t rot（腐烂的）    7     it is well looked after. Many examples can be found, one of     8     is the rooftops of Beijing’s Forbidden City.

Ramage also said bamboo     9     be cut in special ways to make it far     10     (strong).

【推荐3】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式，并将答案填写在答题卡题号为51-60的相应位置上。

People might be surprised to learn that about 50 million people in the world use, or could benefit from the use of, a wheelchair. Actually, the wheelchair is one of the    1    (simple) man-made devices     2    are available to assist the disabled. With the development of science and technology, other moreadvanced forms of devices like robots might come into use.

For years scientists     3    (devote) themselves to developing new types of robots that can be of help to the disabled. It remains    4    (see) what will come out of their efforts, but    5    is for sure is that these robots should meet the following standards.

First of all, they should be easy to operate. Secondly, they must be able to perform multiple    6    (function). All in all, they should enable the disabled to live as normal a life    7    able-bodied people.

If one day their dreams come true, these robots can be hugely    8    (benefit) to all of us. With the assistance of a robot, people living with disabilities may find it easier for them to handle life. However, the most difficult thing for them is not the     9    (convenient) in their lives, but the prejudice. Therefore, unless we get rid of the prejudice, they can not be     10     (true) comfortable.