【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。

I     1     (love) my new senior secondary school. It’s much     2     (big) than my junior secondary school and there’s a huge gym! We don’t have a fixed classroom. We go to different classes for different subjects and also for different levels. We also have many different clubs after class. I like dancing, so I’m in the Dancing Club. Now we     3     (prepare) to attend a competition. I think my new school gives me a chance to become a different person and I like the “new me”.

【推荐2】在空白处填入适当的内容（每空填1个词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Living in the city and living in the countryside have many advantages for children.     1     the city may offer better educational opportunities, I believe that it is     2     (healthy) for children to live in the countryside.

One of the worst    3     (aspect) of living in the city is pollution. Many businesses and factories produce a lot of waste，    4    ( lead) to the dirty air in the city. This isn’t healthy for anyone, especially for children. Besides, children    5     (live) in the city often miss the chance to learn about nature. They can learn about it from textbooks and museums, but they don’t     6     (true) get to experience it. In the countryside,     7    , children can watch plants and animals grow, and they can learn about the part that plants and animals all play     8    bringing balance to the Earth. Lastly, living in the countryside is better for children because they have a chance to play more freely and get better exercise without    9     (worry) about being hit by a car.

All in all, it is beneficial for children     10     live in the countryside.

【推荐1】语法填空

If we are honest with ourselves, most of us have dreamed of     1     (be)rich and famous. Most musicians form a band because of the same interest     2    writing and playing music. They may play anywhere     3     (earn)some extra money as well as achieve their dreams. However, the Monkees,     4     started differently,     5    (begin) as a TV show with musicians playing jokes and music in the programme. Only after a year or so       6     they become more serious and they       7    (produce) their own records and later became even     8    (popular) than the Beatles in the USA. The band once     9    (break) up and then reunited. In memory     10    their former time as a real band, they produced a new record in 1996.

【推荐2】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.

Background music may seem harmless, but it can have a powerful effect on those who hear it.     1     (record) background music first found its way into factories, shops and restaurants in the U. S. But it soon     2     (spread) to other parts of the world. Now it is becoming increasingly difficult to go shopping or eat a meal without listening to music.

To begin with, background music was intended simply     3     (create) a comfortable atmosphere, Nowadays, however, it’s become a big business. Dr. Ronald Milliman, an American marketing expert, has shown that music can increase sales or factory production by as much as a third.

But, it has to be light music. A fast one has no effect at all     4     sales. Slow music can increase sales by 38%. This is probably     5     shoppers slow down and have more opportunities to look for the things they like to buy. Yet, slow music meant customers took longer to eat their meals,     6     reduced sales. So restaurant owners might be advised to play up-tempo music to keep the customers     7     (move).

【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。

Confucius (孔子) is honored     1    setting the tone for much traditional Chinese music for thousands of years. He    2    (think) to be a great educator. However, he is also a    3    (talent) musician who was able to play several instruments expertly. Perhaps nowadays for people around the world, music     4    (mean) mainly for amusement. But during the time of the Zhou Dynasty about 500 B. C., music    5    (have) an important role in making the society stable.

How music was used and performed is expressed in several main Confucian books. Confucius taught that     6    (educate) somebody, you should start with poems, emphasize propriety, and finish with music.

Musical knowledge was    7    matter of higher learning. It is said that among the six most important subjects to study, he ranked music higher than the other five necessary subjects like writing and mathematics.

Music was important because in ancient China, the ideal society was to be governed mainly by ritual (礼制) functions,and in a culture    8    people behaved according to ritual, music was used to help govern them. So music wasn't really     9    (entertain), but a means for the ruler to accomplish political and social goals . Music is     10    ( eventual ) a means of realizing social happiness.