【推荐1】Directions: Read the following two passages. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks, fill in each blank with one proper word. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct.

As a student, I get so many assignments every day. I have to stay up late in order to finish all my homework. I used to complain about all this pressure       1     school with my classmates. We did not appreciate our teachers for their hard work. We only knew that we got a lot of homework.

After a few months, we did not complain about homework anymore because we knew that our teachers worked     2     (hard) than we did. We had no right to complain. Sometimes, we said, “I didn’t go to bed until 12:00 o'clock last night. Now I just want to sleep.” Our teacher would answer us, “I go to bed at 1:00 a.m. every day.” Since we knew how hard teachers work, we started to appreciate them. To give our thanks, we wrote a big card to the teachers       3    it was teachers’ day. When they got our card, they       4     (touch) because their students finally knew the teachers’ effort.

After giving the card, I realized       5     powerful the sentence “thank you” is. When we give our thanks to somebody, the world is full of love. I say “thank you” to my friends, family, classmates, teachers, and even strangers. I like to see the smiles on their faces, so saying “thank you” every day is the way I make the world a better place.

【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.

I can still remember the afternoon when we climbed the mountain as if it were yesterday.

It was a sunny day. Eager to spend some time outside, I went up the mountain with my uncle. The mountain was hard     1     (climb) and had tough rocks and streams on it. In the end, exhausted and hot, I couldn’t go any     2     (far). So we went back down the mountain in the end.

On the way back down, my uncle asked me a question     3     left me speechless for a second: “What’s your dream, young lady?”

“I have no idea,” I answered     4     thinking it for a while. Then he smiled and told me about his story. He didn’t perform well at school when he was a student. Although nobody thought he could succeed, he knew clearly     5     his dream was－to be a businessman. “I knew I wasn’t gifted when it came to studying,     6     I tried to buy snacks from a market and sell them after class,” he told me. After he left school, he started selling different items to find out which one was most attractive to customers. Of course, he often had no money in his pocket, but however tough life was, he never gave up.

“There is no doubt that a person who puts in a great deal of effort to reach his or her goal will have good luck at some point. The meaning of life is to chase your dream,” he said gently. That night I     7     hardly fall asleep. I lay in bed tossing and turning, asking myself, “What’s my motivation?”

I once wanted to be a top student, but the hard work needed meant putting everything into following my passion. If I find myself lacking willpower, what should I do? Leaving home early the next morning, I climbed the mountain again by myself. It made me think:     8     we don’t experience the climb, how can we get to see the scenery on the top of the mountain? In the end, I reached the top and     9     (fascinate) by the warm breeze and sunshine.     10     could be more pleasant than that.

【推荐3】语法填空

Once a farmer lost his watch in his barn，in which lots of grain was kept. The watch，    1     was a gift from his father，was very important to him and he was determined to find it.

After searching the barn for a long time，however，he gave up and asked for help from a group of children who were playing nearby. He promised     2    （give）a great reward to whoever found the watch.

    3     （hear）this，the children hurried inside the barn immediately. They     4    （search）everywhere but still could not find the watch buried in the grain. The farmer was about to give up     5     a little boy went up to him and asked to be given     6     second chance.

The farmer looked at him and thought，“Why not？After all，this kid looks honest.”

So the farmer sent the little boy back into the barn. After a while the little boy came out     7     the watch in his hand！The farmer，    8    （surprise）but happy，asked the boy how he succeeded in finding the watch.

The boy replied，“I did nothing but sit     9    （quiet）and listen for the sound of the watch.”

This shows us that sometimes a peaceful mind can think     10    （well）than an excited one.

【推荐1】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。

Far out in the ocean, where the water is as clear as glass, lives the Sea King. The ocean is too deep     1    (measure). We may imagine there is nothing except yellow sand under the sea, but actually it is not rare     2    (see) the most unique flowers and plants     3    (dance) in the fast-moving water. In the deepest spot of all stands the Sea King’s castle, which has walls of coral and a roof     4    (form) of beautiful shells. The mother of the king, a wise woman who is proud     5    (be) born into the royal family, takes care of his six daughters. Among the six sea-princesses, the youngest is the prettiest. Although she has delicate skin like a rose-leaf and eyes as blue as the deepest sea, she has no feet but a fish tail just like her sisters. The most common way for the princesses     6    (play) all day long is     7    (swim) in the halls of the castle or among the flowers growing out of the walls, feeding and touching the fish     8    (swim) up to their hands through the windows. They seem not     9    (worry) about anything, except for the youngest, who wants to see what life is like on land. She swims all the way to the surface and sees a large ship. It travels toward her at great speed and terrifies her. She swims below the surface of the water and just manages     10    (swim) away from the big ship. She now realises that it is a scary world outside of the ocean, and she decides to stay with her family and friends under the sea.