【推荐2】In today’s American society, high school dropout (辍学) has become a big problem threatening social and economic stability, as many cases of family _______ or even tragedies, caused by youth dropout, are catching headlines in media. Dropping out is defined as leaving school without a high school diploma (毕业证书) or equivalent _______ such as a General Educational Development (GED) certificate. Although students who drop out come from various backgrounds, several _______ facts can be noticed. National data show that students from low-income, black or single-parent families are much more likely to drop out of school than their fellow students. _______ performance is also playing a role. Students receiving poor grades which, in turn, leads to _______ self-recognition, are sure to be on the high-risk list of dropping out.

In recent years, advances in technology have _______ the demand for a highly skilled labor force, changing a high school education into a minimum requirement for entry into the labor market. As high school completion has become a(n) _______ requirement for many entry-level jobs, dropouts are having a really hard time in today’s job market. On average, dropouts are more likely to be unemployed than high school graduates and to earn less money even if they _______ find jobs. Employed dropouts in a variety of studies are usually working at unskilled jobs or at _______ service occupations offering little opportunity for promotion.

Considering the serious consequences dropping out may bring about, national leaders have demanded that schools, communities, and families take major measures to keep students at school. To make school attendance compulsory (强制的) looks like an effective measure. ________, many people fear that it will not go far as compulsory attendance usually indicates monitoring on students, which might cause ________ from the students. Others including President Trump, focus their dropout prevention efforts on a program to ________ class size, replacing large high schools with smaller learning communities where poor students can get ________ instruction from experienced teachers. Combined with frequent home visits by teachers, which definitely ________ families to participate in prevention efforts, the program is reported to take effect and the nationwide school attendance is ________.

【推荐3】Ask people to name the world's tallest peak and anybody with general knowledge will say Mount Qomolangma. But quiz them on its exact_________and many will be not sure.

In 1975, Chinese surveyors_________that Mount Qomolangma was 8848.13 meters high. As_________improved, satellites, photoelectricity, radar and gravity measurement technologies were_________to get more exact figures. Of course, someone still had to carry_________to what is the world's rooftop.

In 2005, a Chinese team scaled Qomolangma and found that it was not as high as that, as they_________the height to be 8844.43 meters. Scaling Qomolangma is no_________task. The average air temperature there is - 29 degrees Celsius, even four degrees_________than in Antarctica. The snow there is 4 — 5 meters thick and hurricane-like_________blow all the time. Team members had trained to__________the extreme conditions.

In a nutshell, measuring Qomolangma's height is a tall order,__________a large number of financial and human resources. But it is worth the__________Mount Qomolangma is the perfect__________into crustal (地壳的) movements. And changes of the peak's height could__________whether the two plates are heading toward or away from each other.

Besides, the condition of snow and other natural materials at the top could be an indicator of upcoming climate change on the Tibet-Qinghai Plateau. That's why measuring Qomolangma's height is so__________.Put to good use, it can benefit mankind.

【推荐1】One of Mark Twain's classic novels is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.It is_____in a small American town in the 19th century.The people in this town are very traditional and live a quiet life.

The story is about a boy called Tom Sawyer,who lives with his aunt Polly.He is often in_____with his aunt.Aunt Polly is very kind,but Tom thinks she is always trying to control him.

Tom is different from the other children in the town.He loves adventure.He does a lot of bad things,but he never really_____anyone.He tries very hard not to go to school,and often jumps_____his bedroom window at night to meet his friends.He is very clever.One day,Aunt Polly asks him to do some painting,and he_____to get all the boys in the town to do the work for him by inventing a new_____game.It is these little stories_____make readers want to keep reading the novel,but it is the adventures that are the most important part of the book.

Tom's best friend is Huck Finn,a boy who has no home.In one adventure,they spend the night outside,and they see a man kill another man_____.Later in the book,Tom,Huck and another boy decide to leave the town because they think that life there is too boring.They_____to an island in the middle of a river.They______fires,catch fish and sleep under the stars.They also make a______to travel up and down the river.______seeing the boys for days,the people in the town think that they have died.One day,when Tom comes back to his aunt's house to leave a letter______that he is not dead,he hears his aunt talking about his funeral(葬礼).______Tom has an idea.On the morning of their funeral,the boys run back into town and______their own funeral before telling everyone that they are still alive.

【推荐2】The novel, Of Human Bondage, is considered a masterpiece of the 20th century. It is also a semi-autobiographical (半自传的) story of author W. Somerset Maugham.

At first sight, the book seems to ______ the unusual moral values of courage and kindness. ______, readers will see that the author was exploring the same kind of values. The only difference is that he delivered his ______ through a story with more ______.

The main character, Philip Carey, leads a ______ life. Besides having to live with a clubfoot (畸形足), his peers ______   him for it. Though he is ______ a scholarship from Oxford, he turns it down. He would rather study "things that matter" in Germany. He ______ helps a woman with whom he is fascinated, but this causes him to ______ medical school-he gives her all his money. ______, he becomes a hunger-stricken vagabond (流浪汉), takes a low-paid job for ______, finally gets back to medical training and settles down.

Philip's altruism (利他主义) is often regarded as a(an)______ by other characters, but does this lead to his downfall? Quite the ______. Philip's goodwill to a patient, Mr. Athelny，______ his marrying the eldest Athelny girl, who ______ him with all her heart.

Moreover, even in his unsuccessful early days, Philip's courage in ______ circumstances helps him form friendships and a support network that ______ him through tough times. This is   ______ he finds his most valued long-term empathy (共情).

As French writer Romain Rolland ______ it, "There is only one heroism in the world: to see the world as it is, and to love it." Of Human Bondage ______ that.

【推荐3】The True Story of Treasure Island

It was always thought that Treasure Island was the product of Robert Louis Stevenson’s imagination. _________ , recent research has found the true story of this exciting work. Stevenson, a Scotsman, had lived _________ for many years. In 1881 he retuned to Scotland for a _________.With him were his American wife Fanny and his son _________.

Each morning Stevenson would take them out for a long _________ over the hills. They had been enjoying this for several days _________ the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse. Kept indoors by the heavy rain, Lloyd felt the days _________. To keep the boy happy, Robert asked the boy to do some _________

One morning, the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island. Robert _________ that the boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of __________. “What’s that?” he asked “That’s the __________ treasure,” said the boy. Robert suddenly __________something of an adventure story in the boy’s__________. While the rain was pouring, Robert sat down by the fire to write a story. He would make the __________a twelve-year-old boy, just like Lloyd. But who would be the pirate(海盗)?

Robert had a good friend named Henley, who walked around with the __________ of a wooden leg. Robert had always wanted to __________ such a man in a story. __________ Long John Silver, the pirate with a wooden leg, was __________.

So, thanks to a __________ September in Scotland, a friend with a wooden leg, and the imagination of a twelve-year-old boy, we have one of the greatest __________ stories in the English language.