【推荐1】Dear Tom,

How is everything going? I feel    1    (terrible) sorry for missing the chance of    2    (answer) your letter in time. You know, I have been preparing for the final exams these days, so I forgot    3    (write) back. In your letter, you asked me    4    I would spend my summer vacation. Now, I am writing to tell you some details.

Totally, three things will make my summer vacation    5    (mean). To start with, doing a part-time job is my dream and I intend to work as a salesman because not only can    6    earn money by myself, but    7    it will broaden my horizons (视野). In addition, it is a good    8    (choose) to visit some famous scenic spots    9    I will have a good time. What is more, doing voluntary work, I think, will make a great contribution to the society, which is able to enrich my life.

I apologize again for my mistake.    10    the way, what’s your plan to spend your summer vacation? I am looking forward to your reply.

                                                                                                                                                           Yours sincerely,

                                                                                                                                                                Li Hua

【推荐3】语法填空

If you make a career choice while you are still in high school, you    1    (save) time and money in the long run. Students who do not plan ahead may delay stating college or take extra courses    2    ( give) themselves time to make up their. minds. U. S. News and World Report say that the average yearly tuition at a four-year college is $ 35,000. If you spend    3    extra year in school, you may have to take out additional    4    (loan) or pay extra money to cover the cost.

Choosing a career while you are in high school also gives you time to explore your    5    ( choose)industry, If you find a career    6    sounds interesting, you can follow someone in the field and see what it is    7    (real) like to have that job. You can also apply    8    a chance to get an informal position related to your desired industry. This will help you build a professional network even before you graduate from high school. Professional contact is very    9    ( value), especially when you are looking for a job in your field. If you do as much as you can to build a network    10    you are ready for a job, you will be more likely to succeed.

【推荐1】阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填人一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为1 ~ 10的相应位置上。
As a child, I was always out exploring my local area, whether swimming at the beaches or hiking through the bush. Australia’s outdoor lifestyle had me hooked on adventure and nature. I always wanted to explore     1     else was out there. Going on family holidays to many of the East Coast beach towns was always     2     fun adventure into the     3     (know). I came to love the beauty of world, and began to recognize just     4     much the planet had to offer, even     5     my experience of it was only in my backyard.
Also, Australia is very remote and detached from the rest of the world.     6     (Europe) often drive into other countries for     7     summer vacations. We never had that luxury and international travel seemed all the more exotic and     8     (adventure) to me. Very often, we     9     (expose) to other countries through TV and movies,     10     I wanted to experience it for myself.

【推荐2】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（一个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Everyone has their dreams. Some people want to be rich, dreaming of becoming millionaires overnight. Others want to be famous, dreaming of suddenly jumping to great fame. I have a dream, too. When I was a young girl, I dreamed of becoming a scientist like Hua Luogeng,     1     was a great Chinese mathematician.

However, I knew that I could not     2     (success) without great efforts. So I studied hard in middle school and college in order to realize my dream.

After graduating     3     college five years ago, I     4     (find) a job as a teacher. Although I was very busy     5     (teach), I never gave up my goal. I read a lot of books     6     (get) more knowledge. I made many     7     (experiment) to practise and apply what I had learned from books. Sometimes, I was so     8     (deep) indulged (沉迷) in my research that I forgot my meals and time.

Now I have made great progress. Several of my research papers have been published. The methods     9    (mention) in my papers have been proven to be valuable. I am very happy. The ladder of becoming a scientist is still far ahead,     10     I have climbed the first step anyway.

【推荐3】    1     is well known, optimism(乐观)plays an important role in one’s life. Although we are facing many difficulties, we should keep optimistic. Optimism is a mental(精神的)attitude or world view and it means expecting     2     best possible result from any given situation.

I did     3     (poor) in English in the past, but I never gave up struggling(搏斗). All my families, teachers and friends encouraged     4     (I) and they taught me a lot of     5     (use) ways of learning English. I     6     (keep) practicing as they told me to do. I listened to English news and songs and I read interesting English stories. At weekends, watching some English movies was another good way to make my English better.     7    difficulties I came across, I tried my best to work them out. I believe in myself,     8     (believe) that hard work would finally pay off. Gradually, I make progress in my English. Nowadays, I can remember English words     9     (easy) and use them freely when communicating with foreigners.

Thanks to optimism, I have become one of the top English     10     (learn) in my school now.