【推荐2】Venice(威尼斯) is the ‘Queen’ of the Adriatic Sea（亚得里亚海）.Every year many people from all over the world t    1     to Italy to visit the city. Do you know w    2     they like to go there for a visit? Venice is quite d    3     from other cities in the world. There aren’t many roads or streets, so there aren’t any cars or buses. There are many canals（河道）. People must row up and down the canals in
the boats to go to work, go s    4     or visit friends. But Venice is sinking(下沉). In 2040 Venice will be u    5     water. The Adriatic Sea will cover the c    6    . The Venetians love their city and they want to s    7     there. So they want to s    8     Venice from the sea.
How? They can b    9     some strong huge walls and gates in the sea. The gate will close to keep much water o    10    . In this way, Venice won’t sink.

【推荐3】短文填空

Lofton is a little village in England. It is not f    1    from the city of Manchester.

Not many families l    2    around the village, so the people all know each o    3    . Most of them are friendly and helpful.

Though(虽然) their homes are in Lofton, many people have jobs in Manchester. S    4     work in large factories there. A few work in shops o    5    offices. Most of these people go to work by train. It usually t    6    about half an hour to go from Lofton to Manchester. In the evening a lot of people like watching TV. But if they go to see a film or go to a concert (音乐会), they have to go to Manchester, because there are n    7     cinemas in Lofton.

Like many other villages near towns or cities, it is clean and quiet. Life in Lofton may not be so e    8     as that in the b    9     cities, but it can be just as interesting. That is w    10     people in Lofton love their village.

【推荐1】 About three years ago. I felt very     1     (孤独的). I didn’t like my classmates, my parents or anyone else. My classmates didn’t want to talk w    2     me. My patents always said that other kids were better than me. I thought I was the most unlucky person in the world.
One day I had a big fight with one of my classmates. I was very a    3     and I hit him in the face. Just at that moment, a boy stood up and s    4     the fight. He was the     5     (班长) of our class.
After that, he was kind and fine to me. He often helped me and we became good friends. Whenever I got sad or angry, he would help me to calm     6    . My life began to change. Now I become happier than before. And it s    7     that people around me change, too. My parents don’t shout at me any l    8     and my classmates     9     (接受) me. I get     10     well with my classmates.

【推荐2】根据短文内容和首字母提示填写单词。

My hometown is a beautiful village. Great c    1     have taken place here in the past ten years. Ten years ago, it was a poor v    2    . There was only one mountain path to go there. Only one or two families had bikes or radios. People l    3     in low straw-thatched cottages. Now my hometown has taken on a n    4     look. We have b    5     a new highway（公路）. Every family can w    6     TV at home, and some have had cars. All the villagers are living in new houses, some even in tall b    7     . Every family has s    8     some money. Thanks to the government’s effort, now children can r    9     a good education. We are living a h    10     life now.

【推荐3】根据上下文填写所缺单词，每空一词。

Recently, a simple sentence, “Amazing, my motherland” has become widely known in China. As we know, China has d    1     quickly these years and it has been experiencing the rapid economic growth. Foreigners pay more a    2     to China now.

Lily, an Australian girl, and she is studying in a university in Nanjing now. Great changes in China make her amazed. “It’s d    3     to find jobs in Australia. I think finding jobs is easier in China than that in Australia, so I will w    4     here after I finish my studies,” Lily said.

China makes a big contribution to world growth, and it plays an i    5     role in the world.