【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.

What to say to a rude person

As Lord Winston took a train from London to Manchester, he found himself becoming steadily annoyed. A woman had picked up her phone and began a loud conversation,     1     would last an unbelievable hour. Angry, Winston began to take her picture and sent it to his more than 40,000 followers on tweeter.

    2     the train arrived at its destination, Winston got off and left quickly. But the press were waiting for the woman. When showed the Lord’s messages, she used one word to describe Winston’s actions: rude.

Winston’s tale is something of a microcosm of our age (我们这个时代缩影)of increasing rudeness,     3     (fuel) by social media (and, often politics). (在社交媒体（和经常还有政治）推动下越来越粗鲁) What can we do to fix this?

Studies have shown that rudeness spreads quickly. Just witnessing rudeness makes it far more likely     4     we, in turn, will be rude later on. Once infected, we are more aggressive,     5     (creative) and worse at our jobs. The only way to end a conflict is to call it out, face to face. We must say, “Just stop.” For Winston, that would have meant     6     (approach) the woman, telling her that her conversation was frustrating other passengers and politely asking her to speak more quietly or make a call at another time. (改天)

The rage and injustice we feel at the rude behavior of a stranger can drive us     7     (do) odd things. The acts of revenge people had taken     8     (range) from the ridiculous to the disturbing. But we can do it with grace, by handling it without a trace of aggression and without being rude     9     . Because once rude people can see their actions       10     the eyes of others, they are far more likely to end that conflict themselves.(一旦粗鲁的人能通过他人的眼睛看到自己的行为，他们就极有可能自己结束冲突。) As this tide of rudeness rises, civilization needs civility.(礼貌)

【推荐1】语篇填空

We remember things that have strong connections in our mind, especially emotional connections. Childhood memories are often very emotional. This is because when we experience things     1     the first time, we often have strong feelings of fear or excitement. Also, interesting or funny stories from our childhood are often told again and again.

A person with a photographic memory could remember every detail of a picture, a book or an event many years later, but no one has proved that there are people     2       really have photographic memories. Yet, there are some people who do have     3     (amaze) memories and are good at remembering particular things for a     4     (limit) time.

It is     5     (nature) for many people     6     (forget) the new words they learnt yesterday. According to a book called Memory, the sharpest     7     (lose) of memory occurs during the very early period after learning. This means timely review during this period, with a few revisits to what     8     (learn),can significantly help us to remember the information.

Our memory reaches its full power at the age of 25.At that point, we can remember up to 200 pieces of information in     9     second. After this age, however, the brain starts to get smaller. By the age of 40,we lose 10,000 brain cells every day. By middle age, our memory is significantly    10     (bad) than when we were young.

【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。

Poor diet and nutrition(营养) may be behind an average height gap of 20 cm between the tallest and shortest children in different countries. That's     1     researchers from Imperial College London found. They conducted a     2     (globe) analysis(分析) of the Body Mass Index(BMI) of school     3     (child) and adolescents(青少年) around the world. This involved(包含)    4     (measure) the height and weight of millions of children and teenagers. They discovered that the world's tallest 19-year-olds, at 183.8 cm, lived in the Netherlands, while the shortest, at 160.1 cm, lived in East Timor.     5     average the shortest children lived in South and South-East Asia, Latin America and East Africa.

The researchers reported that children's height and weight varied(变化)    6     (great) in different regions. The team warned that a lack of quality food and nutrition was     7     major factor behind stunted    8     (grow) and a rise in childhood obesity. It said     9     (improve) diets increased the average height of children in China. Nineteen-year-old boys there     10     (be) 8 cm taller in 2019 than in 1985. Researchers owed this to proper nutrition. The lead author of the report urged countries to adopt policies that encouraged healthier eating, but to be aware of the risk of excessive(过度的) weight gain.