【推荐1】        Camels certainly like eating green grass, not dry grass. But     1    (strange), camels always keep looking for dry grass    2    their stomachs are filled up.
       A classmate of     3     (I) whose home is on the edge of Turpan Basin in Xinjiang told me his home has two camels; he said you could imagine a camel’s appetite, for it can slowly swallow dozens of kilograms of hay(干草). I asked him     4     camels eat hay, not green grass. He said the camel is a kind of animal with     5     strong sense of suffering,    6     (fear) its master letting it travel through the desert the next day, and the hay in its stomach is more hunger-resistant    7     green grass.
       The camel has the best tolerance. Unfortunately, many people can only see a camel’s outstanding performance, but few understand its     8       (prepare) made for it.
       Life,     9       a camel traveling through the desert,     10     (need) the adequate accumulation, but not everyone can understand it.

【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。

A few weeks ago, I received a letter. It was from a friend of     1     (my) who felt a bit down. His life was full of     2     (problem). He ended his letter to me     3     this question, “We can’t really change this crazy world we live in, can we?” I answered him quickly and started my own letter with these words, “Yes, we most certainly can!”

I can still remember one of the first times my world     4     (change) by someone. She was the music teacher at my elementary school, the guitarist at our church, and a family friend.

One day she let me try     5     (play) her guitar. I did my best but could only perform badly. When I was done, I put my head down. “I guess I am not very good,” I told her. She     6     (look) at me kindly and said, “We are all good at something. You just need to find out the things     7     you are good at.”

    8     (lucky), those simple words changed me. Can you change the world? Yes, you can! You can change it and make it better every single day of your life. I realize that I had something to give to others. All you have to do is share your     9     (kind) and it can make     10     difference then.

【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.

Whenever I feel lonely, I have a secret recipe     1     never fails: rice, milk and sugar, cooked low and slow. No matter how bad my mood is, that perfect     2     （combine） is always enough to lift my spirits. Sometimes the smell alone can do the trick, not to mention the lovely creamy flavour, which works like a time machine immediately transporting me     3     to my sunny childhood. With     4     （pleasant）, I remember the lazy Sunday afternoons I   used to spend in the warmth of my grandma's flat,     5     （listen） to her wonderful stories and greedily eating bowl after bowl of her delicious rice pudding I take my time     6     every spoonful, gently rolling the silky dessert around my mouth and enjoying the perfect     7     （marry） of rice and milk, Before I know it, I'm happy again.

My experience with rice pudding illustrates the unique power of “comfort food”. In its     8     （broad） sense, comfort food refers to any food that makes us feel better, In this article, we will talk about a particular type of comfort food     9     power mainly lies in the associations it calls to mind. It often makes up     10     bad feelings by helping us recall happy memories of the people, things or places we love.