【推荐1】Nowadays young people in the UK hardly ever go to music shops.In fact,there aren't many music shops _______on British high streets and small independent music shops have almost completely disappeared.You could be forgiven(谅解）for _______that British youngsters are no longer interested in music. _______ ,music is still an important part of life for most British people.In a recent survey young people had to imagine what they would _______if they lived on a desert island and 90 percent of those who _______chose music first.

The main difference between attitudes to music now and in the past is that lots of young people would _______the idea of paying for music nowadays."Music is free,"they say,"and you can get it from the Internet."So illegal downloading of music is _______according to the survey,saying that an average teenager has 800 illegally down loaded songs on his or her MP3 player.Another research has shown that many teenagers listen to music_______on their computer hard drive,which contains over 8,000 songs_______

So,what does this mean for the bands(乐队）that make their money from the________ of their music?In the past bands could make some money from T shirts,CDs and posters but now they need to be more creative now.Some of the big names in British music are________some interesting ways to make money.For example,you can choose a Gorillaz lamp if you want to brighten up your bedroom.You can ________dry your Coldplay cups with a Supergrass branded tea towel while listening to music.

If you are thinking of   ________your own band you have to go to your audience to make yourself known.This means on social networking sites such as Facebook and My space where a lot of teens can be found in the evening.It is more difficult for bands that are just starting out in the music business to make money but easier for them to find________.UKbands is a site devoted to new music,where it gives bands a chance to________their music across the web.So dig out your guitar and maybe you could be an Internet star.

【推荐2】Since the age of three, Chelsie Hill had dreamed of becoming a dancer. However, her _______ nearly ended in 2010. A car accident left her paralyzed (使瘫痪) from the waist down.

For most people, that would have _______ any hope of a dancer’s dancing career. For Hill, it was the beginning.

_______ Hill did it, rolling her wheelchair right alongside her high school dance team. “It feels as if half of my body were _______ from me, and I have to move it with my hands,” Hill said. “But it’s not easy to do it. It definitely took a lot of _______ and patience.”

After graduation, Hill wanted to _______ her dance network to include women like her. She began to meet people online who had suffered similar injuries. Then in 2014, Hill moved to Los Angeles and formed a team of dancers with disabilities called the Rollettes. “I want to _______ the stereotype (刻板印象) of wheelchair users and show dance is dance, whether you’re walking or you’re _______.”

In disabled dance competitions, her team danced to the popular tunes, _______ their upper bodies, shaking their heads to the special beats and __________ their wheelchairs in well-timed, highly designed routines. They were having fun, and as the audience’ exuberant (热情洋溢的) reactions showed, the fun was __________.

Hill has attained what many of us never will obtain: her childhood __________. She’s a dancer. And the Rollettes have helped her find something else just as __________. Every year she holds a dance camp for other wheelchair users to help them find their inner __________. For participants, it was the first time they’d felt __________.

【推荐3】Should you listen to music when you work?

Do you like to listen to music when you work?

Ask this question at a party, and you’ll probably get _________ responses. Some will say they love it, claiming that it improves their performance; others will say they find it distracting (分散注意力的) and cannot work _________ with music playing in the background.

Interestingly enough, our research has found that both of these viewpoints can be true. It just _________ on what sort of work you’re doing.

In a recent study, we brought participants into our lab to perform a variety of tasks. They included a(n) _________ task-searching through word lists and crossing out words containing the letter “a” and a more difficult task—memorizing word pairs and _________ word to its partner. Some participants completed all of the tasks in silence, _________ others completed the tasks with instrumental music that was cither loud or soft, and either simple or complex, the latter meaning music with more instruments being played. Several key findings _________ from our study.

We found that participants who listened to simple music or no music performed about the same on the easy task. However, participants who listened to _________ music performed best on the easy task.

On the contrary, participants performed worse on the more difficult task when they listened to any music, regardless of complexity or volume, compared to those who didn’t listen to any music.

How should we _________ these findings?

We suggest that people have limited mental resources from which both __________ and tasks can draw. We can become __________ and our minds may wander when these resources are not fully used. But we also can become over-excited and __________ when these resources are used up.

Not surprisingly, we typically need to use fewer of our mental resources when we perform easy tasks, whereas demanding tasks require more brainpower. However, because we might be less __________ during easier tasks, there’s a greater risk of drifting off. Music might give us the extra __________ we need to overcome the monotony (单调). However, difficult tasks already demand lot of our resources. Listening to music can become too much.

So best __________ should appear when we strike “sweet spot,” which may depend on the type of music and the type of task.

【推荐2】Paper cutting is a special form of folk art in China, with a history of nearly 1,500 years. The first paper cutting _______ the Southern and Northern Dynasties (420—589) period. The _______ and spread of paper cutting had a close relationship with Chinese _______ festivals.

In rural areas, paper cutting is _______ a handicraft for women. In the past, every native girl was _______ to master it. _______, professional paper cutting artists were usually males who earned poor incomes by working in workshops.

The main cutting _______ are simple: paper and scissors or cutting knives. It is easy to learn how to make paper cuttings but very difficult to master it with perfection. This is because making paper cuttings _______ much effort, practice, craftsmanship and imagination. Flexibility (灵敏度) is also needed, but any _______ or wiggling (摇晃) will lead to imperfection or __________ damage the whole image.

Wishes for wealth, health and longevity (长寿) are mostly __________ through paper cuttings. For example, during the Spring Festival, the character “Fu” is pasted (粘贴) upside down on the door to express people’s wish for good __________; at a wedding ceremony, a big red paper-cutting with the character “Xi” is a traditional and essential __________; upon the birthday party of a senior, the character “Shou” is often seen and will __________ delight to the whole celebration; a pattern of chubby (胖乎乎的) children hugging fish implies that every year they will be rich in __________.

【推荐1】This Federal Express (FedEx) driver is being _______ for going above and beyond the call of duty to help out a neighbor during an everyday delivery run.

Jodi Lafreniere is a kindergarten teacher who was_______ her home in Manistique, Michigan when the good deed took place last week.

Since her doorbell security camera was activated, she got a notification _______ on her cellphone about someone _______ her home.

Upon looking at the video from ________, she saw a FedEx driver carrying a _______ up to her door. When he________sight of all the snow on her doorstep, however, he________the package, took a shovel,and began clearing away the _______.

“Although we see many acts of________in this area, it was still________to see that he went the extra step," Lafreniere told CNN. “I _______ it with my co-workers immediately _______ I couldn't believe it. It ________my day. ”

The delivery driver, Melvin J. Marlett, has reportedly been working for FedEx for 23 years. Although Lafreniere is usually never home to greet him during his deliveries, her husband said he was ______ to share many conversations with the driver.

Lafreniere later reached out to Marlett and asked for his _______ to post the video in the hope that it would________others on social media—and her wish has now come true, since her Facebook video of the incident has been _________viewed more than 57, 000 times.

“I would hope it's _______ that anybody would have done," Marlett said. “If you take care of your ________, they take care of you."

【推荐2】Once a psychology (心理学) professor walked around on a stage while teaching stress management rules to a lecture hall filled with students. As she ______ a glass of water, everyone expected they’d be asked the typical “glass half empty or glass half full” question. ______, with a smile on her face, the professor asked, “How heavy is this glass of water I’m holding ?”

Students shouted out answers ranging from eight ounces (盎司) to a couple pounds.

She replied, “From my view, the ______ weight of this glass doesn’t matter. It all depends on how long I ______ it. If I hold it for a minute or two, it’s fairly light. If I hold it for an hour straight, its weight might make my ______ ache a little. If I hold it for a day straight, my arm will likely cramp up (痉挛) and feel completely ______ and paralyzed (不能活动的) , forcing me to ______ the glass to the floor. In each case, the weight of the glass doesn’t change, but the longer I hold it, the ______ it feels to me.”

As the class ______ their heads in agreement, she continued, “Your ______ and worries in life are very much like this glass of water. Think about them for a while and ______ happens. Think about them a bit longer and you begin to ache a little. Think about them all day long, and you will feel completely paralyzed — ______ of doing anything else until you put them down.”

It’s important to remember to ______ your stresses and worries. No matter what happens during the day, as early in the evening as you can, put all your ______ down. Do not carry them through the night and into the next day with you. If you still ______ the weight of yesterday’s stress, it’s a strong sign that it’s time to put the glass down.