【推荐2】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 from of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

We can always bear voices comparing the education systems in China and the US. It’s true that there exist a lot of differences, but this cannot be an excuse     1     having a passive attitude toward studying in China.

When I came back from the US last year and     2     (continue) my senior high school education in China, I sensed many great differences. I thought that school in China was too hard, and that we didn’t do enough fun exercise except     3     (run) around playground together. I was not patient enough and I couldn’t help but cry to my mum. In short, I could not face the changes and the pressure.

My mum had a long talk with me. After that, I realized that     4     high school life in China is harder, it can give us more. The pressure helps us learn the true meaning of competition before we step into society, which gives us a     5     (determine) heart and teaches us to step forward no matter what the reality is. It’s like climbing a mountain,     6     might make you dizzy and nervous, but the top is always there waiting for you     7     you are strong enough to take one more step.

Meanwhile,     8    easy life is not always good for us. Even some of my American Friends call     9     “lazy Americans”, because the school in the US is not always easy. When they go to college, they also need to work very hard. We complain mainly because we can’t see the whole picture.

Sometimes we just simply listen to other’s words without thinking about       10     they are true. We can’t always complain. Instead, we all need to understand that success takes efforts and tears.

【推荐3】My brother was a headmaster at a school in a western state. He told me that a girl student     1    (report)for telling others     2    (proud) that she kept a gun in her school drawer. This girl was only 14 years old. As the headmaster, my brother made a decision to break the girl’s locked drawer     3    (see) if there was really a gun. To his surprise there was a loaded gun. The girl was immediately suspended from school(停课).

    4    , the girl’s father was too angry with the headmaster. He said that school was dangerous and he felt that his daughter had very right to keep a gun in her drawer to protect herself. He also said that breaking her drawer invaded her     5    (private) , and the headmaster had no right to search it.

The father caused     6    much trouble that the school board(董事会)decided to meet over this issue. Should a teenager girl be allowed to keep     7     loaded gun in her drawer to protect herself? No. Then the school board decided to support the headmaster’s decision to suspend the girl. It was passed by a vote of four    8    three. However, to everyone’s surprise, the headmaster gave up, because he could not accept the fact     9    almost half of the school board support gun    10     (own) in school.

【推荐1】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 student looking forward to college, you have many     1     (choose) ahead of you. What will be your major? You'll need to decide what interests you as     2     long-term career and determine what major offers you a greater chance     3     (help) you reach your goals. Majors can     4     (break) down into several areas including liberal arts (文科)and "Science, Technology, Engineering and Math''， perhaps better known as STEM.

Liberal arts degrees are made up of a number of majors     5     are not related to science, technology, engineering or math. For example, language arts, literature and philosophy     6     (be) some popular majors in liberal arts.

When it comes to choosing liberal arts or STEM, you should look     7     (close) at what you like doing. While liberal arts degrees can set you up for future success, they lean towards people-focused careers, such as teaching, humanities and public service. STEM focuses more     8     products — whether you are building a hospital or     9     (create) a program, the output of your career is more product-focused. Besides, students graduating with STEM degrees usually have     10     (high) starting salaries than those with liberal arts degrees.

【推荐2】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。

This year, Zhang Guimei sent 150 female students to college from a free all-girls high school she had founded in 2008 in southwest China’s deep mountains. For the past 13 years, a total of 1,954 female students     1     (graduate) from this school, the first and only one of its kind in the country. “To educate a girl is to change the destiny (命运) of three     2     (generation),” Zhang said.    3     64-year-old teacher from southwest China’s Yunnan Province was presented     4     the July 1 Medal by Xi Jinping at a ceremony in Beijing on Tuesday. Because of her efforts to improve female education in China, more girls can change their destiny. When the People’s Republic of China     5     (found) in 1949, female illiteracy (文盲) was much higher than that of their male counterparts. In the 1950s, the Chinese government launched campaigns     6     helped some 16 million females become educated. In recent decades, wiping out illiteracy and     7     (improve) the reading skills of women is regarded as one of the     8     (high) priorities in China, according to the government’s guideline for helping the country’s females. The female illiteracy rate for those above age 15 has decreased from     9     (rough) 90% in the early 1950s to 7% in 2019. In 2021, China scored 0.973 in the Global Gender Gap Report     10     (release) by the World Economic Forum (with a score of 1 being completely equal).