【推荐2】完成对话
A: We have another traditional holiday — the Dragon Boat Festival.
B: When is it?
A: It     1     (落在农历五月初五).
B: Could you tell me the origin of the festivals?
A: OK. The Dragon Boat Festival is a way     2     (纪念一位伟大的古代诗人) named Quyuan. On that day, people will hold a boat race as a symbol of the attempt to save him who threw himself into the river.
B: Why do people eat rice dumplings on that day?
A: In order to prevent the fish from eating the poet’s body.
B: It     3     (听起来真感人).

【推荐2】用本单元所学词汇及语法知识完成下列短文。

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, or RBG as she’s often affectionately called, passed away at the age of 87. Her passing was a great loss to the world because, in her lifetime, Ruth was arguably the single most effective advocate for gender equality the world has ever seen.

Ruth was extremely     1    (坚定的) to prove that the differing treatment of persons, on the basis of sex, had no place in the United States.     2    (除……之外) being personally responsible for overturning many laws that discriminated (歧视) against women, first as an ACLU lawyer and later as a Supreme Court Justice, Ruth had long inspired us with her bravery and strength in the face of extreme personal discrimination and hardship. As a(n)     3    (influence) figure, she was well known for the battles in which she pushed forward gender equality. Besides those battles, she fought for the good of all and here are two personal things you may not know about her:

•She used     4    (时尚) to make a statement by wearing a special collar (领子) with her justice robes (袍服) each time she disagreed with an opinion that the majority of the court had agreed upon.

•She only ever slept 5 — 6 hours per night, preferring to spend the majority of her time studying and researching.

We often overlook the     5    (巨大的) struggles people have gone through once they’ve achieved great things. To try and understand the full picture of everything Ruth accomplished, we have to know what she had experienced:

•When she graduated at the top of her class from law school, she received no job offers from New York law firms.

•She was the first woman to receive tenure (终身职位) as a(n)     6    (教授) at Columbia University — but when she got her offer, she was told she would not receive as much pay as a man because her husband was the “primary breadwinner”. She then sued Columbia University and won.

【推荐3】阅读下面短文，根据课文的内容在空白处填上正确的单词或短语。每空一词。

Christopher Reeve is not only known as a superhero in the Superman films, but also regarded a superhero in real life. Reeve     1     in four Superman films from 1978 to 1987, and soon gained a reputation for     2     for good causes. Unfortunately, in 1995 disaster struck Reeve. While horseback riding, he was thrown off his horse and broke his neck. His injuries were so     3     that he had no movement or feeling in his body at all and even needed a machine to help him breathe.     4     in a broken body was like a living nightmare to him. He fell into a     5     which lasted for many months. It was only     6     the ongoing support of his family and friends that he eventually found the will to live again. He     7     a wide range of exercises designed to rebuild muscle, and made     8    . Shortly after, he     9     return to his film career and charity work. His positive attitude inspired many people who were     10     illness.