【推荐1】If you associate modern British fiction with the cool, lonely tones of Martin Amis and Julian Barnes, and US fiction with Jonathan Franzen’s _______inner worlds or John Irving’s sentimentality, it seems you have good _______. An analysis of the _______texts of English-language books over the _______century concludes that, since the 1980s, words that _______emotional content have become _______more common in US books than in British ones.

The _______, by anthropologist (人类学家) Alberto Acerbi of the University of Bristol, UK, and his colleagues, takes advantage of Google’s database of more than 5 million digitally _______books from the past several centuries. This resource has _______been used to examine the __________of literary styles and trends in literary expressions of individualism.

Such __________of the cultural information made available by new technologies has been __________＂culturomics＂(文化组学). Its __________think that these approaches can __________trends in social opinions and standards of behavior that are __________hidden within vast quantities of data.

＂Language use in books __________what people are talking about and thinking about during a __________time, so Google Books provides a fascinating __________into the past,＂ says psychologist Jean Twenge of San Diego State University in California.

The __________results certainly seem to show that informal descriptions about social mood are reflected in the __________(both fiction and non-fiction) of the twentieth century.

【推荐2】Never in recorded history has a language been as widely spoken as English is today. The reason why millions are learning it is simple; it is the language of international business and, _______, the key to financial success.

David Graddol, the author of English Next, says it is _______ to view the story of English simply as a success for its native speakers in North America, Britain, etc.— but that would be an easy mistake. Global English has entered a more complex stage, changing in ways that the English-speaking countries cannot control and might not _______.

An important question one might ask is: whose English will it be in the future? Non-native speakers now _______ native English speakers by three to one. The majority of encounters in English today take place between non-native speakers. According to Graddol, many business meetings held in English appear to run more smoothly when no native English speakers are _______, whose use of idioms, metaphors, phrasal verbs, etc. often cause _______ problems.

Professor Barbara Seidlhofer, Professor at the University of Vienna, records and transcribes spoken English interactions around the world. She has noticed that non-native speakers are _______ standard English grammar in several ways. Even the most experienced speakers sometimes omit the “s” in the third person singular. Many omit definite and indefinite articles where they are _______ in standard English, or put them in where standard English does not use them. Nouns that are not plural in native-speaker English are used as plurals by non-native speakers (e.g. “informations, knowledges, advices”).

Many native English speakers will insist that these are just _______. “Knowledges” and “phone to somebody” are simply wrong. Many non-native speakers who teach English around the world would ________. But language changes, and so do concepts of grammatical ________.

For now, those who insist on standard English grammar remain in a(n) ________ position. Academics who want their work published in international journals have to obey the grammatical rules followed by native English-speaking elites(精英).

But spoken English in another matter. Why should non-native speakers bother with what native speakers regard as correct? Their main aim, ________, is to be understood by one another, and in most cases there is no native speaker present.

Professor Seidlhofer says, “I think what we are looking at is the ________ of a new international attitude, the recognition and awareness that in many international contexts non-native speakers do not need to speak like native speakers, to compare themselves to them, and thus always feel ‘________ .’”

【推荐3】How many people can speak English? Some experts estimate that 1.5 billion people—around one-quarter of the world’s population—can communicate reasonably well in English.

Never in recorded history has a language been as __________ spoken as English is today. The reason why millions are learning it is simple: it is the language of international business and __________, the key to prosperity. It is not just that multinational companies conduct their business in English; it is the language in which Germans speak to Indonesians.

David Gtaddol, the author of English Next, says it is tempting to view the story of English simply as a victory for its native speakers in North America, Britain and Ireland, and Australia— but that would be a __________ . Global English has entered a more complex stage, changing in ways that the English-speaking countries cannot control and might __________ .

An important question one might ask is: whose English will it be in the future? Non-nativespeakers now __________ native English speakers by three to one. The majority of __________ in English today take place between non-native speakers. According to David Graddol, many business meetings held in English appear to run more __________ when there are no native English speakerspresent. This is because native speakers are often ___________ at ensuring that they are understood in international discussions. They tend to think they need to avoid longer Latin-based words, but in fact __________ problems are more often caused by their use of idioms, metaphors, and phrasal verbs. On one occasion, at an international student conference in Amsterdam, conducted in English, the only British representative was asked to be “less __________” so that the others could understand her.

Professor Barbara Seidlhofer, Professor of English at the University of Vienna, records spoken English __________ between speakers of the language around the world. She says her team has noticed that non-native speakers are __________ standard English grammar in several ways. Even the most fluent speakers sometimes omit the "s" in the third person singular. Many omit definite and indefinite articles where they are __________ in standard English, or put them in where standard English does not use them. Nouns that are not plural in native-speaker English are used as plurals by non-native speakers (eg, “informations”, “knowledges”, advices”). Other variations include “make a discussion”, “discuss about something”, or “phone to somebody”.

Many native English speakers will insist that these are not variations, they are mistakes. “Knowledges”and “phone to somebody” are simply __________. Many non-native speakers who teach English around the world would agree. But language changes, and so do ideas of grammatical __________ .

【推荐1】A woman was walking along the beach on a damp day, lost in thought. Suddenly she was _______ back to reality by a sound of someone shouting. It was from a man. just visible through the _______. His arms wide, he shouted “Come, blessings!” He took a _______ in one direction and then another, shouting constantly, “Come, blessings, come!”

The woman stopped _______ the scene. Here was a man she thought calling blessings into his life _______ and eagerly. It was such a pure, direct spiritual call for something he _______. She started walking toward the man, hoping to speak to him and express her _______ to him for the inspiration she had got from his calling. As she walked, the wind continued to _______ his voice. “Come: blessings! Come: blessings, come!” She started to speak the simple yet _______ words along with him feeling __________ inspired each time.

Just then, a big floppy-eared(耳朵松软的) dog suddenly jumped toward the man from the mist with __________. The woman now was __________ enough to hear him crying to the dog: “Blessings! There you are! I thought I had __________ you!”

At first the woman felt __________ for making such a ridiculous mistake. She __________ a dog named Blessings for a wonderful moment of communication with God. But __________ she continued her walk: she smiled contentedly. She had received the inspiration to ask clearly and plainly for the __________ and other blessings she longed for. It was __________, even if the bearer of the message had four legs and a tail.

Perhaps, she thought it was not a __________ that the man had named his dog Blessings. And perhaps the dog had not been lost __________.

How do you call blessings like hope and peace into your life?

【推荐2】It's hard being an astronaut's son. I _______, everybody expects you to be special or _______，and I'm just an average student, and Pm average, too, when it _______ basketball, football, soccer and baseball.

I often _______ how my father ever had a son like me. I mean he’s so _______ and so good at everything. So I would often dream about doing something amazing to _______ my father and make him _______ me.

In one class, my teacher _______ a Father’s Day essay contest for us and the winners’ essays would be read in front of all the parents and students. After school I walked home, _______ my father, whom I would write about in my essay. One of my classmates said, "I ________ you’ll win the contest, David. You’re the only one in town who could write about being the son of an astronaut."

My father is an astronaut— I would start out with that? No. The whole country and maybe even the whole ________ saw my father as an astronaut, ________ that wasn’t the way I saw him.

How did I see my father? Hmm.

I saw him sitting with me in the ________ when I was little and had a nightmare.

I saw him teaching me how to throw a baseball.

I remembered how he ________ me with a new puppy at my eighth birthday party.

And I remembered how he tried to ________ death to me when Grandpa died.

To me，he wasn't a world-famous astronaut, just my dad.

________ I won second prize. When I finished reading my essay, the ________ applauded. I saw my father blowing his nose. I went back to my seat.

Dad nodded to me, ________ his throat, and put his hand on my shoulder. "Son, this is the ________ moment of my life," he said.

It was the proudest moment of my life, too. Maybe I’ll never be a great hero or win a Nobel Prize, but just then, it was just ________ to be my father's son.

【推荐3】After persuading most of his patients, his wife and son to go back to France following the lockdown of Wuhan, Philippe Klein, a French doctor, decided to stay in the epicenter during the COVID-19 outbreak.

"I am a doctor, so I have to do my job and do my______," said Klein, a general practitioner at Wuhan Union Hospital in Hubei province.

Before authorities in Wuhan______the city, suspending all outbound flights and trains in late January to______the highly infectious disease, Klein had______about 500 foreigners living in Wuhan, most of them French.

Following the outbreak, he closed his______at the hospital to reduce the chances of infection for his patients. Instead, he began to give______and treatment at patients' homes.

But while he continued to see his patients, Klein found some had fever and he might be______with the virus, so he decided to send his wife and son back to France.

"When I came back home after seeing patients, I didn't feel very comfortable. I really did not want to put my family______, so I asked my wife to leave Wuhan on the second plane organized by the French government," he said. "My son was crying when we______, but it was better for them to leave Wuhan and let me do my job. Also they were very proud because I was doing my duty here."

In addition to his sense of duty as a doctor, he said he also chose to stay because of his deep______for the people and the city, where he has lived for six years.

“People in Wuhan are very friendly to French, and here I feel like a star sometimes,” he said.

____the lockdown of a vast city with 11 million people, which is rare in human history, has made a big______on Klein. He said he is touched by the______Wuhan residents have made to contain the outbreak.

“The last month was the craziest month in my______life,” he said. “and I would like to say to the people of Wuhan and to the Chinese people that they are going to overcome this epidemic. And their sacrifice, their courage, their unity, will______. It will be an example to the world to make such a sacrifice to protect the rest of the world.”

【推荐2】With a combined total of 211 years between them, Charlotte and John Henderson, from Austin, Texas, are celebrating their 80th wedding anniversary. The two are _______ the oldest living couple on earth, according to Guinness World Records. John Henderson is 106 _______ Charlotte Henderson is 105.

The pair met in 1934 as _______ at the University of Texas, where Charlotte was studying to be a teacher and John played football. John was very _______ of football. Since 2010, he has had the _______ of being the oldest living former UT football player, and he _______ a game every year. The Hendersons, who have no children, have _______ at a retirement community in Austin, for the past decade. It is _______ that the retirement home helped to _______ an anniversary party for the couple. “In our ages, we’ve slowed down somewhat,” John Henderson ______________. “We used to go on cruises, but now we have to take it ______________. We like watching sports and talking about what we’re going to do.”

Henderson’s nephew Jason Free said the two were his ______________ role models. They love and really care for each other. “They don’t always ______________ the past,” Free said. “You won’t hear them say, ‘Oh, if only it were 1952 again, ______________ would be great.’ Instead, they are making plans for their ______________ together.”

Free noted that when his uncle is at a UT game or out ______________ friends, Charlotte usually will call to ______________ him. “She likes to know when John is going to be coming back to eat with her,” Free said.

As for the ______________ to their longevity, John Henderson puts it down to exercise and having a positive ______________. Then with a ______________ he added, “But some people think it’s because we’ve never had kids!”

【推荐3】Before he sailed round the world single-handed, Francis Chichester had already surprised his friends several times. He had tried to ______ round the world but failed. That was in 1931.

The years passed. He ______ flying and began sailing. He enjoyed it greatly. Chichester was already 58 years old when he won the first solo ______ race across the Atlantic. His ______ dream of going round the world came back, but this time he would sail. His friends and doctors thought it was a(an)______ attempt, as he had lung cancer. But Chichester was determined to ______ his plan. In August, 1966, at the age of nearly 65, an age at which many men ______, he began his greatest ______ of his life.

Chichester covered 14,100 miles ______ stopping in Sydney, Australia. This was more than twice the distance anyone had previously sailed ______. On shore, he could not walk ______ help. Everybody said the same thing: he had done ______; he must not go any further.______ he did not listen.

After ______ in Sydney for a few weeks, Chichester set off once more in spite of lots of ______. The second half of his voyage was by far the more ______ part, during which he sailed round the risky Cape Horn. After succeeding in sailing round Cape Horn, Chichester sent the following radio message to London: “I feel as if I had waken up from a nightmare (噩梦). Even a wild horse could not drag me down to Cape Horn and that Ocean ______.”

Just before 9 o'clock on Sunday evening 28 May, 1967, he arrived ______ in England, where tens of thousands of people were waiting to welcome him. Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ honored him with a very valuable sword. The whole voyage from ______ and back had covered 28,500 miles. It had taken him nine ______, of which the sailing time was 226 days. He had done what he wanted to accomplish.