【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。

Laba rice porridge was first introduced to China in the Song Dynasty about 900 years ago.

There is a     1     (touch) story. When Sakyamuni, the first Buddha and founder of the religion, was     2     his way into the high mountains in his quest for understanding and enlightenment (佛教的觉悟), he grew tired and    3     (hunger). Exhausted from     4     (day) of walking, he failed away by a river in India. A shepherdess (牧羊女) found him there and     5     (feed) him her lunch-porridge made with beans and rice. Sakyamuni was thus able     6     (continue) his Journey.

After six years of strict discipline, he     7     (final)realized his dream of full enlightenment on the     8    (eight) day of the twelfth lunar month. Ever since, monks have prepared rice porridge on the eve and held a ceremony the following day,     9     they chant sutras (吟诵佛经) and offer porridge to Buddha.

Thus, the tradition of eating Laba porridge was based in religion, though with the passing of time the food     10     (it) became a popular winter dish especially in cold northern China.

【推荐2】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。

Every year, thousands of people come to Edinburgh,     1    capital city of Scotland, to be part of the Edinburgh Festival. For three weeks every August and September, the city     2     (fill) with actors and artists from all over the world. They come to Edinburgh for the    3    (big) arts festival in Britain. During this time the     4     (street) of the city are alive with music and dance from early morning until late into the night. You can even see artists    5     (paint) pictures on the streets. One of the best parts of Festival is the "Fringe" ,    6     students do comedy shows in small halls and cafes,.

Tens of thousands of tourists come to the Festival to see new films and plays and hear music     7     (play) by famous musicians. This year, you can see over five hundred performances with actors from more than forty countries.

The tickets     8     these performances are quite cheap and it is     9     (usual) easier to see your favorite star in Edinburgh than it is in London. So come to Edinburgh next summer, but remember     10     can be difficult to find a room, so why not book your hotel now?

【推荐3】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.

May Day in India

Each May 1, workers in India join others around the world to mark May Day, depending on local customs.

It’s quite appropriate that India celebrates with an official holiday in some of its 29 states and seven union territories. After all, the country has an     1     (estimate) 522 million workers, more than the entire population of the United States.

Here’s a Q&A on May Day in general:

Isn’t May Day about dancing around a pole?

You are correct — dancing is involved. That’s because “May Day” actually does double duty, celebrating two different things.

May Day originally started out as a celebration with roots in roman traditions. By the Middle Ages, May Day also     2     (involve) the maypole, which is made of wood and covered with decorations. Those are held by dancers     3     circle around the pole.

That     4     be the May Day you remember from your childhood, and that’s one of the two ways May Day is celebrated.

What does that have to do with workers?

This is where May Day’s double duty comes in.

In May 1886, US activists organized a national strike     5     (seek) an eight-hour workday. In Chicago’s Haymarket Square, the protest turned violent with around 11 to 15 deaths     6     police and participants.

    7     (honor) the workers in the Haymarket disturbance, the International Socialist Conference declared May 1 would be a day labeled for labor, to be called International Workers’ Day. The holiday     8     (establish) at a meeting in 1889 and eventually spread to many parts of the world.

And that’s     9     maypoles, labor parades and protests are all part of May 1.

So where does India fit in with all of this?

India’s first Labor Day was celebrated in 1923 in Madras, now called Chennai. Over time, the holiday spread to other parts of the country.

According to Hindu.com, organizations and trade unions arrange parades and “children enter contests     10     they can understand the importance of fairness for workers.”