【推荐2】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。

Traditional operas are finding ways to interest young people. Theater companies in Shanghai are doing everything they can     1     (give) young actors a wide range of ways to show off their skills. New plays and short opera films are giving traditional artforms a new life. Since 2011, the Shanghai Peking Opera Company     2     (fund) two seasons of “Youth Runway”, a long-term opera development project     3     (intend) to find and nurture young opera talent.     4     Peking Opera artists’ guidance, 118 young performers have mastered 200 plays and classical pieces.

Most of the young artists were born between 1995 and 2000,     5     (make) them the company’s newest generation. Together, they have appeared in almost a dozen plays. They will give 12 performances this year,     6     belong to four categories: spring, summer, autumn, and winter. In addition to showing both classical and new plays in a variety of vocal schools and performing styles, the young performers will also demonstrate their involvement in the       7     (preserve) and creativity of the art form.

In China, a variety of initiatives have been made to make traditional art forms more     8     (access) to today’s youth. “Xiqu (traditional theater) has a huge potential to interest today’s young people because it can be     9     (creative) mixed with various art forms,” says Chen Daming, a theater critic. “Young performers have     10     important role to play in publicizing the art.”

【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。

Drunk driving is a very serious issue in China. It is     1     (legal) to drive after drinking alcohol, but there is still drunk driving,     2     (cause) deaths and injuries. The deadly result     3     (raise) heated debates on whether offenders deserve more severe punishment for these years.

There are a number of reasons     4     the increase of drunk driving in China. Firstly, China’s     5     (high) sociable but sometimes excessive (过量的) drinking habits should     6     (mention). People often persuade     7     (drink) more, even if they know their friends may drive after drinking. Secondly, the     8     (press) on drunk driving is not heavy enough. Many people argue that     9     cost of drunk driving is too low, so drunk drivers do it again and again.

More severe punishment is definitely necessary to prevent drunk driving.     10     drives after drinking should be severely punished. But we also need to attach greater importance to education. Anyway, prevention is always the best measure.

【推荐2】Directions: After reading the passages 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 am so busy.”

I am not exactly sure when I found myself in a position     1     this statement felt like a 2-in-1 boast and complaint.

Perhaps I first started feeling this in high school, when having a social life, good grades, and sleep all seemed to be working in a trade-off system, and people competed to have     2     (little) hours of sleep. Or maybe it was before then, watching movies and television shows as a child, and montage scenes of a hardworking, tired employee pore of their work well into midnight. Nevertheless, I’ve come to understand that I was shaped by a society that valued being busy. But is business    3     a value all that great?

In Japanese, the characters for “busy”     4     (make) up of the characters for ‘soul’ and ‘loss’. Being busy is quite literally described as a loss of our soul.

    5     (grow) into an adult, I was able to more closely witness the repercussions of a lack of time on people’s health and wellbeing. Physically, people were struggling to find the time to exercise and eat well, but mentally, I saw a loss of inspiration and content among many people.

Working hard can be good for us, and I believe in the value of immersing yourself in your goals, but     6     the balance of rest we can find ourselves lost and unhappy. Because what is productivity or success without a soul?

I’ve come to realize that being busy also means losing the space to connect with ourselves, and instead     7     (have) that space overwhelmed by the pressure of time. We grow less mindful of how we feel, our purpose, and the grander perspective of any given situation. Instead we grow more committed to deadlines, tasks, and deliverables that     8     (ask) of us. In short bursts this may be useful, but over time this business can wound us.

So     9     you feel guilty for not being busy, try reminding yourself that maybe it’s important. Being able to feel a quiet moment is not an act of laziness, but something valuable to your health     10     exercise and eating well is.