【推荐2】语法填空

I still remember the last Christmas Granny spent     1     us. It     2     (begin) in the middle of November on a cold,     3     (wind) day. I didn’t know Granny was     4     (sickness) when she arrived. Granny made an effort     5     (help) me write a letter to Father Christmas asking for presents.

In December, our     6     (excite) grew each day. On Christmas Eve, we put     7     the Christmas tree. Before bed, we put a stocking at the end of my bed. Granny sang     8     (soft) until I fell asleep. On Christmas morning, many relatives arrived. A few weeks after that Christmas, Granny passed     9    . When I think about what makes Christmas so magical, it’s not just gifts and Father Christmas     10     come to mind. It’s also my memory of Granny.

【推荐3】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

When I was in college, my mother gave me some wise advice.She said, “Before you get    1    (marry)and live with another person, you need to spend some time living by yourself. You need to get to know yourself. ”

So I did    2    (exact)that. For almost two years, I lived by    3    (I)．I found that I love to spend hours looking around in bookstores. I also love to spend an afternoon just walking around the city．

But, of course, not everyone enjoys the same things．A simple pleasure for me would be to spend an hour reading a book in my backyard. However, that same activity would give my husband no pleasure. We are all so    4    (difference)．

Sometimes, we already know    5    makes us happy. However, as life gets    6    (busy)and we get older, we put aside our simple pleasures.For example, I had to give    7    playing the flute(长笛)when I started working and had family responsibility since    8    (play)my flute seemed selfish when no one else in my family could participate．

Our simple pleasures are unique．    9    (activity)that give each of us joy are different．It isn’t always easy to live in a world in which we have to consider other people’s needs and opinions as well as our own，but enjoying simple pleasures is something    10    each of us deserves．

【推荐1】Directions: After reading the passage 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.

Express Your Gratitude

Recent research found that expressions of gratitude, such as saying “thanks” or nodding in appreciation, were rarer than expected.

One explanation for the absence of thank-yous in some languages could be an unspoken understanding of our social obligations in informal contexts, such as with close friends and family,     1     makes explicit (外显的) acknowledgement less vital.

Or it could be     2     we simply don’t realise the impact on others of saying thanks. In a series of three experiments in 2018 at the University of Chicago, Amit Kumar and Nicholas Epley asked volunteers to write letters expressing gratitude, and to predict how surprised, happy, and awkward receivers     3     (feel). The pair then asked receivers how the letters actually made them feel. The results were disheartening: the letter writers always overestimated     4     awkwardness that receivers felt, while underestimating positive feelings and surprise about the letters and their contents. In other words,     5     people really like receiving letters of gratitude, we send them far less often than we should because we underestimate their beneficial impact.

Kumar advises     6     overthinking your thank-yous. “One thing we observe is that expressers are too much concerned with how     7     (express) their gratitude — how expressive they’ll be, whether they’ll get the words just right, he says. But those on the receiving end     8     (not bother) as much as expressers think. “     9     (say) something irrespective of precisely how you go about doing it could improve your own well-being, as well as the well-being of another person,” he says.

High time to drop the excuses and get those thank-you notes     10     (do).

【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。

Essie’s heart races as she hears Hannah is searching for her after four decades. Hannah’s account on social media reveals her troubled past and the profound impact Essie had    1    her life. Now a trauma therapist, Hannah expresses gratitude for Essie’s love and     2     (guide). Reconnecting over the phone, their conversation is full of nostalgia and     3     (share) memories. Essie’s fostering story, spanning nearly 30 years, continues to inspire. In their reunion, the enduring power of love and compassion     4     (shine), reaffirming the profound impact of human connection across time.