【推荐2】新概念背诵
1. My friend, Herbert, has always been fat, but things got so bad recently that he decided to go on a ______. He began his diet a week ago. First of all, he wrote out a long list of all the foods which were ________. The list included most of the things Herbert loves: butter, potatoes, rice, beer, milk, chocolate, and sweets.
2. A short while ago, my sister helped me to carry one of my old bookcases up the stairs. She went into my room and got a big _______ when she saw all those books on the floor. “This is the prettiest carpet I have ever seen,” she said. She gazed at it for some time then added, “You don’t need bookcases at all. You can sit here in your ________ time and read the carpet!”
3. This morning, however, a fireman ________ discovered the cause. He noticed the remains of a snake which was wound round the electric wires of a 16,000-volt power line. In this way, he was able to solve the mystery. The ________ was simple but very unusual. A bird had snatched up the snake from the ground and then dropped it on to the wires.
4. After breakfast, I sent the children to school and then I went to market. It was still early when I ________ home. The children were at school, my husband was at work and the house was quiet. So I decided to make some tarts for tea. In a short time I was busy ________ butter and flour and my hands were soon covered with sticky pastry. At exactly that moment, the telephone rang. Nothing could have been more ________. I picked up the receiver between two sticky fingers and was dismayed when I ________ the voice of Mrs Bates. It took me ten minutes to persuade her to ring back later.

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

There are many things happening in our family which worth recalling. W    1     our six children were young, suppertime was always being interrupted by neighborhood children r    2    the bell. They wanted one child or another to come out and    3    (玩). Finally we had    4    good idea. We hung a sign on the front door that    5    (写着)，“we're having dinner. Come back later.”That night, we sat down to what we    6    (认为)would be a pleasant, uninterrupted meal.     7    as soon as we began dinner, the doorbell rang. At the front door    8    (站着) a five-year-old boy from across the street. He looked     9    at us and said, "I just want to know w    10    the sign says."

【推荐1】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或用括号内单词的正确形式（不超过3个单词）或根据首字母和中文提示填写单词的正确形式。

A smart home is one that     1     (integrate) computers into the structure of the building itself. In this way, many of the things that we now do ourselves will become     2     (自动的). For example, the smart home could control the air conditioning and lights so that you would no longer have to turn     3     (switch) on and off, making your home more energy-efficient. The smart home could also m    4     (监控) itself to make sure that everything is working     5     it should, and send you warnings     6     there is a problem. Such smart homes could even     7     (programm) to detect your health problems, and then give you relevant advice as to the food you should eat or if you should see a doctor. So, in a sense, smart homes will lead us to     8     (live) smarter lives.

This smart technology is not a fantasy. Many of these new     9     (innovate) are already available and being used in some homes. In this sense, the home of tomorrow is already the home of today. Nevertheless, it will take some years     10     most new homes begin to use this new technology.

【推荐2】根据首字母及课文内容填空。

Imagine having the o    1     to sing together with hundreds of other people while you are at home alone. You can do this in a virtual choir. Virtual choir members record themselves while they p    2     alone on video. These videos are uploaded o    3     the Internet, and then they are put together into the video that you can see online—a virtual choir. Anyone can take part in a virtual choir from anywhere—all you need is a video camera and an Internet c    4    . You do not even need a s    5    . A virtual choir helps connect o    6     people together. Many people do not have close friends or contacts who have the same interest in m    7    . Many others do not have the chance to join a local choir. A virtual choir e    8     them to add their voices to those of other individuals and become part of the global community. It has p    9     to be a positive influence on the lives of many people. A    10     one virtual choir member said, “Music helps me to forget my problems. With music, I become someone else.”