【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.

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Dear Helpful Hannah,

I’ve got a problem with my husband, Sam. He bought a smartphone a couple of months ago and he took it on our recent ski vacation to Colorado. It was a great trip except for one problem. He has a constant desire     1     (check) for text messages; he checks his phone every five minutes! He’s so addicted to it that he just can’t stand the idea    2     there may be an important text. He can’t help     3     (check) even at inappropriate times like when we are eating in a restaurant and I am talking to him! He behaves     4     any small amount of boredom can make him feel the need to check his phone even when he knows he shouldn’t. The temptation to see     5     is contacting him is just too great. When I ask him to please put down the phone and stop     6     (ignore) me, he says, “In a minute,” but still checks to see if    7     has posted something new on the Internet. Our life     8     (interrupt). If we go somewhere and I ask him to leave the phone at home, he suffers from withdrawal symptoms. Maybe this dependency on his smartphone has become more than an everyday problem.

I recently read an article about “nomophobia,”     9     is a real illness people can suffer from: the fear of being without your phone! I am worried that Sam may be suffering from this illness     10     he feels anxious if he doesn’t have his phone with him, even for a short time.

Who would have thought that little devices like these could have brought so much trouble!

Sick and Tired Sadie

【推荐2】Laura went to the stable（马厩）.Four horses stood there.She put a saddle on Star,a big and brown horse.Her sister,Janice,    1    (choose) Moon,a white horse.They were both going to exercise the horses.

It was a    2    (sun) day.They got on the horses and started walking    3    (they).Some minutes later,Laura was telling Janice about the doctor    4    was new to her hospital.She raised her hand for    5    second to speak.Just then, Star bucked.Laura went flying into the air.She landed on her head and shoulder on the grass.

"Oh,my God!"Janice cried,"Laura,are you all right?"Janice    6    (gentle) rolled her over.She didn't see any blood.   "That's good,"she thought.

"Can you move?You're not paralyzed（瘫痪的）anywhere,are you?"Janice pulled Laura up into a sitting position. Laura slightly moved her legs and    7    (arm).When she moved her right hand to touch her head,she groaned（呻吟）.

Janice asked Laura    8    was the matter."When I moved my arm,it hurt."Laura answered.They still didn't see any blood.Janice unbuttoned Laura's blouse    9    looked at her right collarbone."Oh,no,"Janice shouted,"You're seriously     10    (injure)."And then she sent Laura to the new doctor as soon as possible.

【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 runner didn’t let the French government’s order     1     （remain）indoors prevent him training     2     a marathon during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Last week, Elisha, a restaurant worker, ran the     3     （long）of a marathon on his balcony. He did it in six hours and 48 minutes,     4     personal record nearly double that of his previous finish time.

Although he has run 26     5     （marathon）, he said his balcony marathon was the most challenging. “My only pleasure is running,     6     I don’t care about how long it takes,” he told CNN. Due to the     7     （limit）space of the balcony, he was unable to gain speed as he had to     8     （constant）turn back and forth. Luckily, he said his girlfriend was there to support him.

Though his balcony is nothing like the streets of Barcelona,     9     he was supposed to run the marathon on March 15 before it got canceled, he said the experience was worthwhile. Some people reached out to say they     10     （inspire）by him.

【推荐1】语法填空（根据课文内容和语法规则完成短文）

Once when I was six years old I saw a magnificent picture in a book,    1    (call) True Stories from Nature, about the primeval forest. I pondered deeply    2    the adventures of the jungle and succeeded in     3    (make) my first drawing.

However, when I showed my masterpiece to the grown-ups, and asked them whether the drawing     4    (frighten) them, they all thought I had drawn a hat. Since the grown-ups were not able to understand it, I made another drawing but the grown-ups’ response this time was to advise me    5    (lay) aside my drawings and devote myself instead to geography, history, arithmetic and grammar. That is    6    I gave up what might have been a magnificent career as a painter.

So then I chose another profession, and learned to pilot airplanes. I     7    (fly) a little over all parts of the world and have had a great many encounters with a great many people who have been concerned with matters of    8    (consequent). Whenever I met one of them    9    seemed to me at all clear-sighted, I tried the experiment of showing him my Drawing Number One to find out whether this was a person of true understanding. But still no one understood it.

Then I would never talk to that person about that and would talk to him about bridge, and golf, and politics, and neckties. And the grown-up would be     10    (great) pleased to have met such a sensible man.

【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。

Thanksgiving was drawing near and I was feeling sad about being separated from my family in Indiana. Would I have to prepare a traditional Thanksgiving dinner by    1     (I)?

That night at Dubya’s Restaurant, which was my favorite place to dine, I chatted with Dubya, the     2     (own) of the restaurant. “It’s too bad that this place won’t be open     3    Thanksgiving, or I could just come here.” I said.

“Why not join my family for the holiday?” he said in a warm voice. I knew Dubya and his wife well, but I didn’t think we were close enough     4     (share) Thanksgiving dinner. I was sure he was joking. But Dubya soon handed me a note on which directions to their house and their phone number     5     (write).

And two days later, I reached Dubya’s house. As     6     (expect), the food was great but the company was even     7     (good). I truly felt I belonged there.

Of course, I wrote them     8     thank-you letter the next week, but I couldn’t really put into words     9     that Thanksgiving dinner invitation had meant to me. I’ve never forgotten their     10     (kind) and that very special Thanksgiving.

【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.

Over the past sixteen years of my life. I have grown to be     1     independent person. This can be both good and bad in the sense that I am able to do things on my own, but at times     2     （struggle）with taking advice from others. Sometimes, hearing what other people have to say can be one of the hardest things to do. However, getting advice from people     3     care about you can impact your life in great ways. Because of this. I began realizing that my mom’s guidance throughout my life has never steered（引导）me wrong. This is why I think you     4     always listen to your mother.

This belief has not been easy     5     （realize）. It has taken endless amounts of time in which I decided to go against what my mom had to say. And later discovered that she was right. I think we can all agree that     6     （admit）your mom was right is always a hard thing to do. But what else are you supposed to say    7     you are standing outside in the freezing cold, shaking because you did not wear that extra jacket you     8     （tell）to wear?

When I was twelve years old. I had the experience of a lifetime. However. I would have missed out if it hadn’t been for my mom. She had been planning a trip to Turkey for work. offering to bring my sister and me along with her. When I first heard about this opportunity. I was terrified. Never had I been out of the country before. I thought to     9    , “Is she crazy?” My mom then began to say, “I believe     10     one needs to step out of his comfort zone and try something new in order to encounter larger-than-life ideas.” After going back and forth with my own thoughts. I decided to go on trip. And boy, she was right. Going to Turkey will forever be one of my greatest memories and I am thankful I got to visit that amazing country.