【推荐1】When choosing a career, you should consider all the aspects of a job. Some jobs may seem very dull but are very important to society,     1     others can appear very exciting but are     2     (actual) very difficult and boring. One example is the so-called ‘glamorous job’ of being a model or     3     actor. Would you like     4     (be) famous, wear diamonds, go to parties and relax on cushions in private jets or helicopters? In reality, these people have to spend long hours travelling, with all their     5       (luggage) packed in suitcases or trunks, and only a very small number of them are successfully. Many actors, actresses and models hold ordinary,     6     (glamorous) jobs, often     7     (work) as waiters and waitresses, in order to support     8     (they). Meanwhile, those who are successful and famous have to deal with constant media attention. They are also     9     huge pressure to appear young and beautiful. Most actors and models are always on a diet, and many have had painful operations to make their faces and bodies look more attractive. It does not seem that glamorous now, does it? Maybe a career as a local grocer     10     (be) a better option.

【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。

As a man     1    (pass) the elephants, he suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope     2    (tie) their front leg. No chains, no cages. It was obvious that the elephants could, at any time, break away from their bonds,     3     for some reason, they did not.

He saw a trainer nearby and asked why these animals just stood there and made no attempt     4    (get) away. “Well,” the trainer said, “when they are very young and much     5    (small) we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age,     6     is enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break away. They believe     7     rope can still hold them, so they never try.”

The man was amazed. These animals could at any time break free from their bonds but because they believed they couldn’t, they were     8    (stick) right where they were.

Like the elephants, how many of us go through life     9    (hang) onto a belief that we cannot do something,     10    (simple) because we failed at it once before?

Failure is part of learning; we should never give up the struggle in life.

【推荐3】语法填空
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too    1    (quick). So he sent them each to go and look at a pear tree that was far    2    .
The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring, the    3    in the summer, and the youngest son went in the autumn. When they had all     4    (go) and came back, he called them together to describe what they    5    (see)．
The first son said that the tree was ugly. The second son said no—it was covered with green buds and full of promise.
The third son    6    (agree). He said it was full of flowers that looked very beautiful.
The last son said it was full of fruit.
The man then explained to his sons that they were all wrong，    7    they had each seen just one season in the tree's life.
He told them that you cannot judge what a tree is, or how a person is，    8    only one season. The    9    (please), joy and love come from that life can only be measured at the end.
If you give up when it's winter, you     10    (miss)the promise of your spring, the beauty of your summer and the fruit of your fall.

【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 a group of 50 people was attending a seminar. Halfway through his talk, the speaker stopped and decided     1     (create)a group activity. He went around the hall and gave each person a balloon. Each one was asked to write his or her name on the balloon     2     (use)a marker pen. Then all the balloons were     3     (collect)and put in another room.

The speaker then led the group to the room full of balloons and asked them to find the balloon     4     had their name written on, within five minutes. Everyone was     5     (hurried)searching for their name, bumping into each other, pushing each other around. It was chaos. At the end of the five minutes no one could find     6     (them)own balloon. Now each person was asked to randomly collect     7     balloon and give it to the person whose name was written on it. Within two minutes everyone     8     (have)their own balloon. When everyone quieted down, the speaker began to talk, saying that this is exactly what was happening in our     9     (life). Everyone is hurriedly looking for happiness, and not knowing where it is.

Our happiness sometimes lies in the happiness of other people. Give them their happiness     10     you will get your own happiness.

【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。

One day, a tramp（流浪汉）was sleeping on a park bench,     1    （please) with the afternoon sunshine. A couple walked by. The husband stopped to wake the tramp up and asked，

“Excuse me, but do you have the time?” The tramp replied,“ I am sorry. I don’t have a watch, so I don’t know the time.” The man nodded    2    walked away with his wife.

The tramp lay down and went back to sleep. Just then, a woman,     3    was out walking the dog, shook the tramp’s shoulder until he woke up, and said, “I am sorry to trouble you, but do you happen    4     (know) the time?” The tramp was a little annoyed at    5     (wake) up again, but he    6     (polite) told the woman he didn’t have a watch and he had no idea of the time. After the woman left, the tramp came up with a     7    .

(solve). He opened his bag and took out a pen and a piece of paper. He wrote down“ I do not have a watch. I do not know the time.” He then    8     (hang) the paper round his neck    9     (think) that nobody would hold him back in his sleep. Fifteen minutes later, a policeman noticed the tramp and the sign around his neck. Out of a sense of    10    （responsible）, he woke the tramp up and said, “It is 2:30 pm.”