【推荐1】用所给词的适当形式填空。

anxious               argument                 concern                    calm down normal                 stress                    struggle                       go through

Dear Editor,

I am writing to ask for advice on my relationship with my teenager son. To tell the truth, I often     1    to get along with him. Recently we have argued with each other a great deal. He is     2    about his skin because it has started to become very oily, with lots of red spots. He is always angry these days and seems less confident. I keep telling him that these changes are     3    , and that things will turn out just fine. Of course, I wanted to show my     4    for his condition, so I asked him to see a doctor. But then he became angry and we had a big     5    . He told me that I was putting even more     6    on him by talking about his spots all the time. In the end, I sent him to his room. He finally     7    , but it took some time. The whole experience was really terrible and I do not want to     8    the same thing again. What should I do?

Best wishes,

Mrs. Zhao

【推荐2】Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. opposite        B. really              C. process        D. actually        E. surprisingly        F. rebellion    G. different          H. human          I. positive        J. endless        K. change

The evidence for harmony may not be obvious in some families. But it seems that four out of five young people now get on with their parents, which is the     1     of the popularly—held image of unhappy teenagers locked in their room after     2     family quarrels.

An important new study into teenage attitudes     3     shows that their family life is more harmonious than it has ever been in the past. “We were surprised by just how positive today’s young people seem to be about their families,” said one member of the research team. “They’re expected to be rebellious and selfish but     4     they have other things on their minds; they want a car and material goods, and they worry about whether school is serving them well. There’s more negotiation and discussion between parents and children, and children expect to take part in the family decision-making     5    . They don’t want to rock the boat.”

So it seems that this generation of parents is much more likely than parents of 30 years ago to treat their children as friends. Maybe this     6     view of family life should not be unexp-ected. It is possible that the idea of teenage     7     is not rooted in real facts. A researcher comments, “Our surprise that teenagers say they get along well with their parents comes because of a brief period in our social history when teenagers were regarded as     8     beings. But that idea of rebelling and breaking away from their parents     9     only happened during that one time in the 1960s when everyone rebelled. The normal situation throughout history has been a smooth     10     from helping out with the family business to taking it over.”

【推荐3】从下面方框中选出10个单词，把它们的适当形式填入短文空格内

Jean was sitting on the beach.“It’s getting late，”she thought，“I should     1     home.”

She wanted to know what her parents would do when she got home after     2     for three days.

It was really dark when she finally     3     at the front door.It seemed     4     to her.Nobody had     5     care of the outside garden for a few days.She was surprised as her father usually worked hard to keep everything     6     and tidy.She couldn’t understand what was going on.

She entered the house.First she went into the kitchen where she     7     a note written by her father.It said，“Dear Ellen，here is some coffee.I am out searching.”Ellen was her mother，but where was she?

Jean went to her parents’ room.She found her mother there.Her mother was     8     on the bed，fast asleep.Her face looked so     9    ，as if she hadn’t slept for days.Jean wanted to wake her up but she stopped.She was tired，too，and fell asleep beside her.

When Jean woke up，she found something was different：She wasn’t in her mother’s room any more and her clothes weren’t the ones she had been wearing.She was on her own bed.

It felt so good being back home.Suddenly she     10     a voice，“Are you feeling better now，dear？You know you made us all very，very scared.”

【推荐1】请先阅读短文，并根据短文内容，从下面方框里所给的10个单词中分别选出恰当的单词填空，使短文意思通顺、完整，每空一词，不得重复。

one   happiness   deeply home cold   no attention   back   help   named

Karen was a social worker. Every day, on her way to work, she had to pass a place where many poor people lived. She had not paid much    1    to it before. But this changed one day when she met a poor boy    2    Ben. Ben knew she was the head of social service and that she could    3    . He reached out his hand and said, "Can you help me? I'm looking for my dad." His hands were so    4    . Karen asked, "What's up?" "My mom is terribly sick. Her birthday is coming. I know my father's coming    5    would be the best present. My dad had left us before I was two years old," said the boy.

Karen was    6    moved and asked Ben to take her to his home. He led her to a small house. Karen saw a woman lying in bed. The woman knew she was dying. She said to Karen, "Please find a    7    for my son." Karen took her hand and nodded with tears. She got an idea! Her husband and she had    8    children, and looked forward to having    9    . Later Karen brought Ben home. Ever since then, the new family have had    10    and laughter.