【推荐1】语法填空

Tom had been studying hard since he was in senior secondary school, though many of his classmates then spent time     1     (surf) the Internet, chatting and shopping for various things online, such as computer hardware and other necessities. He also bought a digital camera and a laptop of high quality on the Internet, but he was not     2     (addict) because for him, studying was definitely the most important. He tried his best to live up to his parents’ expectations.     3     (achieve) his goal, he made a tight schedule every day. He was positive about his future, for he had much confidence in himself.     4     (unfortunate), one day he was injured in an accident on the way home. He suffered a lot during the time.     5     took him a long time to recover from the injury. While he was in bed, he kept reading a range of books, aiming not to miss his class.

After graduating     6    university, he gave up the position in a big company and     7     (volunteer) to go to a mountain village school to seek a new life, for he was eager to help others and live more independently. Living in the village was challenging. The power and water supplies were unstable. All in all, it     8     (mean) that he would lead a tough life there. However, he didn’t give up but worked     9     (hard) than before and found ways to deal with the challenges. He was responsible for Chinese as well as music, art and PE in the school. It was he who made the school full of laughter. He also contacted charity organisations to help the villagers. All of them were thankful for     10     he had done!

【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 form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Among various events organized by our company, the marathon impresses me most. The most unforgettable scene     1     (happen) in my first year of work, when I witnessed a silver-haired man in his 80s walk slowly toward the finishing line accompanied by two nurses. It was at that moment     2     I was deeply moved. I realized     3     marathon spirit stands for — perseverance, willpower, self-proving and self-breakthrough.

I took part in the Nike Women’s Half Marathon in Washington DC this year. It was my first half marathon. The moment I passed over the bridge, runners from the opposite direction gave me high fives with an unspoken understanding,     4     (allow) me to forget fatigue and regain energy instantly.

There were many times     5     I wanted to quit. But runners around me, as well as the spectators along the road, always encouraged me. In the last 500 meters, feeling sick in the stomach because of the cold wind, I slowed my pace and intended     6     (walk). A woman shouted at me: “Hey, you are almost there. Come on girl! You’re doing a great job.” I started to run again     7     powered by those words. And finally I made it.

Running is flesh-and-blood and not just mechanical movements. Thus, I can’t help but     8     (become) more considerate about runners when organizing races. I wish to create a far     9     (favorable) running environment, offer better services and help     10     (they) achieve the results they expect — happily, conveniently and comfortably.

【推荐3】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。

When I finished medical school, I decided I was going to become     1     emergency doctor because they have to work with all kinds of people. I did my residency (住院医师实习) in Flushing, Queens. At the end of my residency, I applied     2     a fellowship in International Emergency Medicine at Columbia,     3     I am now, and part of that process involved spending around half of the two-year fellowship abroad.

I did epidemiology (流行病学) in Burundi, Rwanda, and the Congo. That was the first time I’d worked in Africa and it really     4     (strike) me. I worked alongside Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), also     5     (know) as Doctors Without Borders, on a couple of projects and loved what they were doing. I support their impartiality (公正). I really appreciate that.     6     (final) I applied to MS and I     7     (work) on six different missions with them since 2014.

I was in Guinea a few     8     (time) during the Ebola outbreaks in 2014. and 2015. I worked in Chad as an epidemiologist for hepatitis E. I worked in Burundi, East Africa, in 2016. I was there just over three months,     9     (train) local doctors to treat wounds and injuries. How do you triage (分诊)? How do you focus your resources on saving the most lives in the     10     (short) period of time? At the end of the three months, it was pretty cool seeing how much people had learned.