【推荐2】It's 2012 in the screening-room. As the lights dimmed, two sisters appeared on the screen. Anna, the younger character, is going to be the queen. Elsa, her older sister, is jealous, evil and cursed. Everything she touches turns to ice. She was ________ over for the throne because of this power. And now she wants revenge and ________ the village with cruel __________ monsters. The monsters, however, are soon out of her _________. They begin to threaten everyone. The only way to survive, Anna and Elsa realize, is for them to join forces. Through ________, they defeat the creatures, and everyone lives happily ever after.

The name of the movie is Frozen. Often, when a movie screening ends at Disney, people cheer or shout. But this time, there were no cheers. It was very, very ________.

From the beginning, the Frozen team members had known they couldn't ________ retell an old fairy tale. They wanted the film to ________ something bigger, about how girls don't need to be ______ by Prince Charming.

"This is a movie about __________ and fear. Anna has to learn that love is about sacrifice. And Elsa has to learn that you can't be _________ who you are. You can't run away from your own _________. You have to embrace your strengths. That's what we need to show—love is ________ than fear," Lee, the film writer, said.

In November 2013, Frozen was released. The prince wasn't charming; ________, he was the villain. The princesses weren't ________; instead, they saved each other. Finally, true love came from sisters learning to embrace their own strengths.

【推荐3】You are travelling on an ocean ship when suddenly a giant wave causes the ship to overturn. Hundreds of people die____,but you and several others____in the ballroom. Would you stay there and____for help? Or would you try,____the danger, to find your way out of the ship?

This is the____faced by the characters in the film “Poseidon”.

Trapped in the ballroom of the overturned ship, the____orders the surviving guests to wait for help. A small group of people____to accept this fate. They try to escape, knowing that there will be no way back____the captain locks the doors behind them.

At the time of the disaster, each of the characters is trying to overcome personal problems in their own lives. All must face their____and make life and death decisions.

Architect Richard Nelson is preparing to kill himself when the wave hits. He feels depressed over the____of his relationship with his partner. But he is forced to fight____his life, and learns to want to live again. He realizes he must____the past and not think too much about the bad.

Robert Ramsey, a fireman, decides to____his own life so that his daughter, Jen,____live. He swims to the ship’s control room____he must press a switch to change the direction of the ship.

He knows he will likely____in the process, but just as surely, he knows that it’s the only way his friends can escape. His actions give the others a chance to reach____.They escape from the ship just before it____,killing all those waiting inside and Jen’s father as well. All the characters who survive feel____to be alive, but they are also aware that their own____,bravery and determination saved their own lives.

【推荐1】“Leave a place better than you found it.” It’s a _________ philosophy, but one that William Lindesay holds dear. On April 22, which was also Earth Day, he led twenty _________ to help clean up the Badaling section of the Great Wall.

He who _________ is the owner, William said in the _________ remarks of the cleanup event in 2000. “The Great Wall _________ China, and is also one of the greatest structures in the world. Everyone has a _________ to protect it. Every day should be Earth Day,” he said.

During the past three decades, he has spent most of his time _________ and exploring the Great Wall and has developed his own efforts to protect the cultural relic.

“It's a _________ thing that people are going out to enjoy themselves and to _________ the great history and heritage, __________ it's also quite dangerous if they don't __________ how fragile the historical sites are and how fragile the __________ is,” William said.

In 1989, his first __________ Alone on the Great Wall was published, and he has published another five books about the Great Wall since then. In 2001, he __________ International Friends of the Great Wall, an association whose efforts are aimed at protecting this __________ to the past.

His next step is to organize exhibitions about the Great Wall as a monument over the last 400 years. The exhibitions are expected to be held in Beijing, London, Paris and Washington D. C

【推荐2】Two excited kids begged their father for his permission to see a film. Having read some ______ about the movie on the Internet, he firmly ______ their request with the reason that the movie presents immorality as being ______. “But dad, those scenes are only a few minutes of the ______ film, in which good _____ evil eventually. In addition, there are other inspirational ______ like courage and determination making up for its ______!”

But the father didn’t ______, and the two teenagers were discouraged. They had just thrown themselves down on the couch when they heard the sounds of their father preparing something in the ______. One of the teenagers said, “Dad must be feeling ______, and now he’s trying to ______ us with some tasty food.” Soon their father appeared with a plate of warm cakes and said, “Before you eat, I want to tell you something: I love you both so much.”

The teenagers smiled and ______ with each other knowing ______. Dad was softening. Looking at the mouth-watering cake, the two boys were getting impatient about the father’s long speech. “But I want to be ______ with you. I added one ingredient(配料) that is not ______ found in cakes.”

“To make it more delicious? Oh, come on, Dad! Please just tell us what it is.”

“OK, if you ______. That ______ ingredient is dog waste.”

Both teens ______ stopped chewing the cake, spit it out and dropped the ______ cake back on the plate.

“DAD! Why did you do that?”

“That is the same reason why I won't allow you to watch that movie. You won't ______ a little dog waste in your cake, so why should you put up with a little immorality in your movies?”

【推荐1】Once a year in the town of Wuzhen all the tourists can be audience members.

Picture an entire town turned into one grand immersive (沉浸式)_________: huge marionettes walking through a narrow, flagstone-paved lane, mother and daughter sitting_________in a paper boat that_________along a river, young couples whispering under a night sky_________up by bloomed kites.

No matter where you go in the town of Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, during its_________ theater festival you are likely to_________performances——and some in the unlikeliest of places, such as at the_________of an otherwise quiet square, under the roofs of a moss-carpeted dock, and even on rowing boats.

Even tourists_________of the festival will find themselves_________in plays, dance and music, everybody being____________to wander the 1,300-year-old town’s alleys, riverbanks and theater venues.

They can, for example, step into the “home” of the Italian director Eugenio Barba as he throws a ”dinner party”. “This is a very____________way of thinking theater, that the audience are my____________to share a dinner, and food are sounds,____________, words, poetry,” said Barba pleasingly, founder of the Odin Teatret of Denmark.

But those who wanted to watch The Tree were____________ to hand in their phones before performances. When the show began they sat____________one another quietly, professionals and____________alike, not knowing what the evening would bring.

What gradually____________were various stories with a tree at their center. The performance immersed its audience in an overwhelming auditory (听觉的) and____________head trip, or,____________one viewer commented on the____________site Douban, “the best nightmare I have ever had”.

【推荐2】Generally speaking, a British is widely regarded as a quiet, shy and conservative person who is     ____ only among those with whom he is familiar. When a stranger is present, he often seems nervous,   ____ embarrassed. You have to take a commuter train any morning or evening to witness the truth of this. Serious-looking businessmen and women sit reading their newspapers or ____ off in a corner; hardly anybody talks, since to do so would be considered quite offensive.

__, there is an unwritten but clearly understood code of behavior, which, once ____, makes the offender immediately the object of criticism.

One of the few things we can say about the British with certainty is that a British ____ the discussion of their weather and that, if given a chance, he will talk about it ____. Some people argue that it is because the British weather __ follows forecast and thus becomes a source of interest to everyone. This may be so. Certainly a British cannot have much faith in the weathermen, whose predictions, in many cases, __ to be wrong! The man in the street seems to be as accurate(准确的) — or as inaccurate —as the weathermen in his __.Foreigners may be surprised at the number of references __ weather that the British make to each other in the course of a single day. Very often conversational greetings are __ by comments on the weather. “Nice day, isn’t it?” “Beautiful day!” may well be heard instead of “Good morning, how are you?”   __the foreigner may consider this exaggerated (夸大)and comic, it is worthwhile pointing out that it could be used to his advantage. If he wants to start a conversation with a British but is at a loss to know where to begin, he could do well to mention the state of the weather. It is a(n)__ subject to which a response may well be __of even the most reserved of the British.

【推荐3】These days, the custom that wives should cook has changed in Japan, especially people in their 20’s and 30’s tend to think so. Among_________in that age group, both husbands and wives have_________and they are very busy, so they tend to think that sharing the housework is_________.

But not everyone _________because husbands do not have enough chance to know how to _________.   Up to now, they have been used to seeing two_________: their mothers cook every day and their fathers_________ those dishes.   

Recently some cooking schools for_________ have opened. I have read several articles about the schools.   Students of the cooking schools are mostly middle-aged men who are_________of their retirement (退休), because they work from morning to night at their__________, so they do not know how to cook. __________, their wives cook__________; they have many hobbies, and they know how to enjoy their spare time. After these men retire, they tend to do nothing in their__________ hours. So these men are__________to cook not only as a hobby, but also because it is necessary to them.   

In Japan, the famous cooks are almost all male, __________the famous cooking teachers are almost all __________.I think that this tendency (倾向) also comes from our__________beliefs: being a cook is considered a business and being a cooking teacher is considered an extension (延伸) of cooking as __________.I believe this tendency will__________in the future. We will have many chances to cook without __________whether we are husbands or wives.

【推荐1】High-end taxi services are widely used in big cities across China. Their being well received has been fueled by the success of taxi-hailing apps like Didi and Kuaidi. But at present, there are no laws to _______   the safety and legal rights of _______ who use these services, since high-end taxis _______ operate without a government license.

This has also cast _______ on whether the services offered by international taxi apps like Uber and other local rivals are "legal" according to current laws in China. A motion raised by Deputy Zhang Yubiao at this year's National People's Congress aims to address this _______ loop-hole." High-end taxis are one category of taxis, and the only difference is the lack of government _______. We should have an open attitude towards the new service and _______ its innovation. Since it has the market demand, we should consider _______ it."

Unlike traditional taxis, high-end taxis can only be _______ using smart-phone apps. They ________ a high-end richer market that pays higher rates for more customized services. NPC Deputy and transportation expert Cheng Dehong says high-end taxis should not be ________ as illegal black cabs run by individuals. "In the past, we only saw the negative side of the high-end taxi service, since we always highlighted the safety concerns, tax evasion issues and other ________ activities. But given the huge demand for high-end taxies, we should look at its ________ side. We can   ________ many of the problems with new regulations and ________ commuters a safer, more convenient taxi service."

5.

A．legal

B．clear

C．similar

D．basic

【推荐2】What did we do to deserve cats and dogs? Not only are they super cute and make us smile on a daily basis, scientists from Washington State University have now proved that touching our favorite _______ friends gently for just ten minutes is an effective way to reduce stress levels.

In findings published in AERA Open—an open access journal published by the American Educational Research Association — last month, scientists showed that the general _______ of students improves quickly, with even those who are highly stressed showing “significant” reduction in cortisol (皮质醇) levels — a chemical produced by our bodies in times of stress.

Many universities have adopted “Pet Your Stress Away” programs where students can _______ cats or dogs and it appears to be showing both psychological and physiological benefits now.

The research, conducted by Washington State University (WSU), shows that pets improve students’ moods, and their _______ has stress-relieving physiological benefits. “Just 10 minutes can have a significant _______,” said Patricia Pendry, an associate professor in WSU’s Department of Human Development.

This is the first study that has demonstrated reductions in students’ cortisol levels during a _______ intervention (介入).

The team chose 249 college students and put them into tour random groups and compared the effects of different _______ to animals. The first group were provided 10 minutes of actual interaction with dogs and cats. The second group waited in line while _______ others petting the animals. The third group watched a slide-show of the same animals, while the fourth group had to _______ and was told they would be allowed to see the animals after 10 minutes.

Salivary (唾液的) cortisol ________ were collected from each participant starting from the moment they woke up in the morning. There was significantly less cortisol in the saliva of students who had ________ interaction with the pets.

Many universities have started these ________ where students can interact with cats or dogs to help ________ the pressures of higher education. “We already knew that students enjoy interacting with animals, and that it helps them experience more ________ emotions,” Dr Pendry said. “What we wanted to learn was whether this exposure would help students reduce their stress in a less subjective way. And it did, which is ________ because the reduction of stress chemicals may, over time, have significant benefits for physical and mental health.”

【推荐3】Years ago, if a teenager had some problems in her/his life, she/he might go home and write in her/his diary. Now a teenager with the same problems might go onto the Internet to _______ blogs. In many ways a diary and a blog are very different. So, what makes blogging _______ from writing in a traditional diary?

The biggest _______ is that blogging is much more _______ than a diary. Usually, a teenager treats her/his diary like a book full of _______ that she/he does not want to       _______.

It's _______ that someone who writes in a blog instead of a diary will probably write nearly the same information.

I have a little sister, and sometimes I go online to read her _______. She writes things about daily life. When I was her age, I wrote about the same things, but only in my diary. Then, after I had finished writing, I would _______ my diary in a secret place to ________ my sister seeing it.

The biggest ________ with blogging is that anyone can read what you write, and       ________ , if you ever wrote something bad about a friend, that friend might read your blog. But in your diary it is not the same. So you'd better think about things ________before you write.

There are also ________ to blogging, of course. If you were feeling ________ one day and wrote in your diary, no one would know about it. However, if the same sentence was written in your blog, your best friends would quickly respond and tell you how much they like you.