【推荐1】It has been said before, but experiencing it myself has made me want to say it again: A smile can cross all language barriers.

I     1     (recent) moved from Canada to a small city on the south coast of South Korea to work as an English teacher. One night, after a long day at work, I was feeling particularly     2     (wear) out. My legs were aching and I wasn’t looking forward to     3     (cook) dinner. Just as I was about     4    (push) the key into the door, the old landlady signed me into her apartment. I didn’t understand a word that she said,     5     I understood her smile. I followed her into her kitchen,     6     smelled like the wonderful Korean food I love.     7     (put) many dishes of food on the table, she sat down across from me. We were both laughing the whole time at our complete inability to communicate in words.

    8     it was time to leave, I said ＂thank you＂ in Korean, using some of     9     few words I had learned. I felt     10     (little) lonely than I had expected that night.

【推荐3】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
On December 19th, 2010, an airbus took off from the capital airport of Saudi Arabia. After about an hour’s flight, something     1    (believe) happened on the plane. The air hostess was about to serve lunch     2    a small mouse stole out from the bag of a young man, which frightened the young woman nearby and she shouted loudly. Then more and more mice came out of     3    bag.     4    (catch) by surprise, the other passengers all shouted in panic. The steward managed to get in touch with the control center on the ground. With the order from the ground, the plane     5    (success) landed at the nearest airport. As soon as the plane was on the ground, all the passengers got off. Then seven specialists got on the plane     6    (kill) the mice. Many means had been tried but     7    of them were good enough.
At last, they tried to fill in the plane     8    carbon-dioxide, which poisoned all the mice. It     9    (report) that the young man wanted to carry the mice to another city and sell them as     10    (pet), but he didn’t expect they succeeded in escaping from the bag.

【推荐1】A student once asked his teacher, “What is Greed?” Instead of giving the answer directly, the teacher asked him     1     (go) through the chocolate factory nearby and pick the one chocolate he liked most. But he could not turn back as he passed through the factory.

The student went to the chocolate factory. As he walked through, he saw one chocolate     2     (wrap) nicely. He instantly liked it, but he said to     3     (he) that he might find a much bigger one further. So he walked on and saw another chocolate. But again, he thought     4     same. When he almost came to the end of the factory, he couldn’t see any chocolates as big as the one he didn’t pick     5     (early). He started to regret his decision of letting it go.

Finally, he went back to his teacher with an empty hand and gave an account of     6     he did. The teacher told him, “You did like the one chocolate very much, but still you kept looking for a bigger one. And later you realized that what you gave up     7     (be) the best chocolate you could find there. That     8     (call) Greed.”

We let go of many good things in our life because     9     our greed of having even better things. But in the search for better things, we let go of many good things that could have given us similar     10     (satisfy) and made us happy. Learn to make your choice wisely.

【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。

I share a fridge with my colleagues in the office,     1     which there is a Brita water filter pitcher (净水罐子). One of my    2     (co-worker) complained the water tasted “dirty”. It went on for a few days, and she was    3     (astonish) that I could drink the water without any trouble.

Finally, she    4     (figure) out that the problem was actually her cup. She simply forgot     5     (clean) it, which affected the water inside it. She cleaned her cup,     6     drank the water without a problem.

I can’t help but think about the world we live in. Too often we quickly blame other people, other things, anything else but ourselves. The world isn’t perfect, I know, but I think we should take    7     step back sometimes and ask ourselves some tough questions.

Can I be better? Is my heart    8     (real) pure? Can I improve this situation with    9     (kind)?

I want to tell you this: please clean your cup, because when you do, the water will taste much     10     (good). I promise you this.