【推荐3】Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages 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.

There’s no money in it

Claudia, Munich, Germany

I graduated in Munich two years ago with a degree in Media Studies. After that, I applied for lots of jobs in film and television. I know it’s a competitive area, but I didn’t get any interviews! Not one! Everyone wanted me to have work experience, but how can you get work experience if not     1     (give) a job?

In the end, I took unpaid work with a public relations company. To begin with, I hated it. I only did     2     (bore) jobs like making coffee for people and photocopying, but recently I’ve started doing more interesting things. At the moment, I     3     (organise) the European distribution of a new German film.

I’m not happy about working for no money, and sometimes I think I     4     (exploit) by the company, so I’m looking for other work. I can’t live without pay for another year!

Sulochana, Kerala, India

I’m a housewife but I’m also working for an organization     5     is fighting for women’s rights. I don’t get paid, but I don’t mind     6     we’re hoping to make our government pay housewives like me a fixed salary and a pension for the work we do in the home. Venezuela did     7     similar a few years ago.

Women play an important role in building the nation.     8     mothers and wives at home, men need to do more work - and this takes more energy. But men don’t understand this and that’s     9     we’re fighting for ourselves.

We’re planning to start a website     10     (tell) more people about our situation and we’re also thinking of stopping work and going on strike. Let’s see how men survive on their own then!

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The Shenzhou XVI crew members shared their space stories with the public on Friday since their return from space last October after the     1    (five) crewed mission to the space station     2    (involve) China’s first civilian astronaut.

“I felt particularly happy to fly with the diverse crew members, which     3     the first time included a pilot, an engineer, and a payload specialist,” Major General Jing Haipeng, 57, said at     4     news conference held in Beijing.

Jing also revealed that, unlike his previous space missions, he actually gained weight by the end of this one. “We strictly followed our exercise and dietary plans, which is     5     our physical and mental conditions were     6    (exception) good.”

Flight engineer Zhu Yangzhu said that his primary     7    (responsible) were assembling and maintaining the space station’s equipment and the greatest challenge was to ensure “zero mistakes in daily operations” during the five-month mission.

Professor Gui Haichao, said he was so proud, as the first civilian astronaut     8    (enter) China’s own space station and conduct     9    (science) research in space.

Jing also expressed his long-lasting passion for his career. “Since 2003, Chinese astronauts     10    (advance) steadily, step by step, and will explore with greater courage and wisdom to realize even bigger dreams,” he said.

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Three Chinese astronauts arrived Thursday at China’s new space station on a three-month mission, marking another huge     1     (succeed) in the country’s space program.

Their Shenzhou-12 spacecraft connected with the space station about six hours after taking off from the Jiuquan satellite center.     2     crew will test equipment, carry out experiments and prepare the station for     3     (receive) another two units next year.

For Nie Haisheng, it is his third trip to space. For Liu Boming, it is his second one，following a mission in 2008     4     included China’s first spacewalk. Tang Hongbo, who     5     (select) as one of the candidates in 2010, is flying in space for the first time.

The mission is the third of 11 planned through next year to add the     6     (addition) sections to the station and send up crews and supplies. A fresh three-member crew and a cargo ship with supplies will be sent     7     three months.

Future missions to the station will include women, with     8     (stay) extended to as long as six months     9     as many as six astronauts on the station at a time during crew changeovers.

With China stepping up international cooperation and exchanges, it’s only a matter of time for the station     10     (welcome) astronauts from different countries in the near future.

【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。

It is familiar to us Chinese that the year of 2023 is the Year of the Rabbit,     1    reminds us of the “rabbit” on the moon, China’s Yutu-2 lunar rover (月球车).

The Yutu-2 is named     2     the pet rabbit of the Chinese moon goddess Chang’e. On January 3, 2019, the rover was brought to the far side of the moon by China’s Chang’e-4 lunar probe. It was the first-ever soft landing on the    3     (previous) uncharted area of the lunar surface.

The Chang’e-4 lunar probe consists of a lander and the Yutu-2 rover. Before its launch, a relay satellite     4     (send) into space in May 2018 to facilitate earth-moon communication. So far, the rover has collected    5    (value) data on solar wind, soil, gel-like rocks and dead volcanoes. The data and images sent back by the Yutu-2 have enhanced geography knowledge of the landing site,     6     (deepen) understanding of the formation and evolution of the moon.

Of the many pictures of the lunar landscape    7    (take) by the Yutu-2, one square object caused great debate among people on Earth. When the rover finally approached the object, it turned out to be    8    rabbit-shaped rock. What an interesting coincidence!

The Yutu-2    9    (travel) more than 1, 400 meters on the far side of the moon till now. It will continue to uncover more    10    (mystery) of the moon.