【推荐1】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.

Nowadays, it is common that parents buy an educational present for their children. A lot of personal computers are place under the Christmas tree this year.     1     (believe) that computers are the key to success, parents are also insisting that children     2     (teach) to use them in school as early as possible. The problem for school is     3     when it comes to computers, parents don’t always know best. Teachers found themselves     4     (catch) in the middle of the problem between parent pressure and wise educational decisions. Many schools are giving in to parental impatience and are purchasing hardware     5     good educational planning. Educators do not even agree on how computers should be used. Even those     6     believe that all children should have access     7     computers warn of potential dangers to the very young. The temptation remains strong largely     8     young children adapt so well to computers. However, not every school can afford to go into computing, and that creates     9     problem: a division between the haves and the have-nots. Very few parents are agitating for (倡导) computer instruction in poor school districts,     10     there may be barely enough money to pay the teacher.

【推荐2】One night four college kids    1    (stay) out late,partying and having a good time.They paid no mind    2    the test they had scheduled for the next day and didn't study.In the morning,they hatched a plan to get out of    3    (take) their test.They covered    4    (they) with grease（润滑油）and dirt and went to the Dean's office    5    (nervous).Once there, they said they    6    (be) to a wedding the previous night and on the way back they got    7    flat tire and had to push the car back to campus.

The Dean listened to their sad story and got lost in deep    8    (think).Then he offered them a retest three days later.They thanked him and accepted his offer.

    9    the test day arrived,they went to the Dean.The Dean put them ail in separate    10    (room) for the test.They were fine with this since they had all studied hard.Then they saw the test.It had 2 questions.

1) Your Name_______(1 Point)
2) Which tire burst?_______(99 Points)
Options—(a)Front Left (b)Front Right (c)Back Left (d)Back Right

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

In the USA, the importance of a student’s Grade Point Average (GPA) cannot be underestimated (低估). This measure of a student’s academic performance is     1     important factor when he or she decides to apply to a university. It is, however, not the only     2    (consider). One of the most important factors universities look at is the student’s extracurricular (课外的) activities, which are     3     (simple) the work students do outside his or her academic studies.

One of the     4     (easy) ways to get involved in extracurricular activities is to join a campus club. There are many clubs     5     campus that might interest students.     6     (find) a list of the clubs your high school or college offers, you can go to the Student Union. Additionally, nearly every department has a club which is     7     (connect) with it . For example, the Psychology Department probably has a psychology club.

Community involvement is another good way to show university officials your extracurricular activities. There     8     (be) countless volunteer opportunities students can engage in,     9            help both the community and the student. Working with the homeless or disabled people in the community            10     (look) good on a college application. The more a student is involved in extracurricular activities, the better.

【推荐1】阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Faraday was the     1    (invent) of the electric generator and electric monitor. Faraday’s father suffered from long-time health problems, as a result of     2    , his family had little money to afford his formal schooling. But he was curious and determined to learn.

While     3    (work) in London as a teenager, he had a chance to read various books that he could get his hands on. In 1812, he attended four lectures at the Royal Institution given by a famous chemist named Humphrey Davy. A year later, Faraday, together with another boy,     4    (choose) as Davy’s lab assistants. Davy also took Faraday on an 18-month tour of Europe,     5     Faraday met some of the most famous scientific education.

When Davy retired in 1827, Faraday took his place as the head of the chemistry department of the Royal institute. Upon     6    (accept) the position, he soon began to do experiments with electricity. In 1831, he discovered electromagnetic induction. And for the next eight years Faraday worked long hours in the lab, which did harm     7     his health. By the end of the decade he was in such poor health     8     his research did not begin again until 1845. In the mid-1850s, Faraday gradually lost the ability     9    (take) care of himself and he     10    ( force) to retire.

【推荐2】语法填空

When she was five years old, Lin Qiaozhi was    1    (deep) affected by her mother's death. At age 18, she chose to study medicine instead of following the     2    (tradition) path of marriage like the majority of girls. Eight years later, Lin graduated     3     Peking Union Medical College(PUMC). She immediately became the first woman ever to be hired as a resident physician in the OB-GYN department of the PUMC Hospital. Within six months, she was named a chief resident physician, a position     4    usually took four years to achieve. After working for a few years, she     5     (send) to study in Europe and then, in the US. She greatly impressed her American colleagues and was invited to stay. However, she rejected the offer. In 1941, Dr Lin became the first Chinese woman ever to be appointed director of the OB-GYN department of the PUMC Hospital. Dr Lin opened a private clinic     6    (help) people in need and charged very low fees and often reduced costs for poor patients. At times she was even seen     7    (ride)a donkey to faraway villages to provide medical care. 

The new People's Republic of China saw Dr Lin Qiaozhi playing     8     key role. In 1954, she was elected to the first National People's Congress and held many important     9    (position).  

    10     she never married, she was known as the“mother of ten thousand babies”, having delivered over 50,000 babies in her lifetime.