【推荐1】For many children, watching TV is their favorite thing. They like _______ shows on TV. And they can _____ a lot about their country and the world.

Susan is one of these children. She usually watches TV at the weekend. _______ Sundays, there is an English TV show Getting To Know England. She really _______ it. It tells about the life of England like houses, traffic, food, music, movie stars and so on. _______ does she love this TV show? Because she likes English and it’s her favorite _______. She can learn many new words when she _______ it. That helps her a lot with her English. She can also know much about England. And she wants to visit this great _______.

Susan doesn’t watch TV from Monday to Friday because she is _______ with her study. But every night she _______ English stories before she goes to bed. She is in the school English club, too. She really wishes to get a job about English one day.

【推荐2】As Amy walked past the corner across the hall from her classroom. She ran into a tall boy running in the ______ direction.

“Watch it, girl!” the boy shouted. Then, the boy caught his right leg and ______ the way Amy limped(跛行) when she walked. At the end of the day, Amy was still ______ about the tall boy’s teasing(戏弄). Kids often teased her about her speech or her limping.

Back home that evening Amy was ______. Her mother knew that things were not going well at school. “There’s a Christmas Wish Contest on the radio station,” Amy’s mom announced. “Write a ______ to Father Christmas and you might win a prize.” A smile took hold of Amy ______ the idea first came to her. Amy started to write her letter. Here is Amy’s letter to Father Christmas:

My name is Amy. I am 9 years old. I have a problem at school. Can you help me? Kids laughs at me because of the way I walk and run and talk. I have cerebral palsy(大脑性瘫痪). I just want one ______ when no one laughs at me or makes fun of me.

Love,

Amy

When Amy’s letter arrived at the radio station, Mr. Tobin read it ______. He thought it would be good for the people to hear about this special girl and her unusual wish. Mr. Tobin called the local ______. The next day, a picture of Amy and her letter appeared in the newspaper. The story ______ quickly. Many people thanked Amy for being ______ enough to speak up. Linda, a sixth grader, sent this message:

“I’d like to be your friend.” she wrote, “ ______ would make fun of us, because, if they do, we will not even ______ them.”

Amy did get her wish of a special day ______ teasing. The mayor of the city said that by daring(敢于) to make such a simple ______, Amy taught a common lesson.

“Everyone,” said the mayor, “wants to be treated with respect, dignity and warmth.”

Can you cut an apple with a playing card? Can you write with one hand and draw with ________? Well, some people can, and they all show their special talents on the television program, China’s Got Talent.

The TV program is getting more and more ________ in China.

Many people watch it every week ________ they wonder how talented one can be. Talent shows ________ in Britain. And now there are similar shows in lots of countries ________ the world. China’s Got Talent is the newest, but it ________ others. When people show their talents, they also ________ their most touching or funniest stories.

Most of them don’t want to be famous. They just want to make their family laugh and want to make others laugh, too. If you work harder, your ________ will come true. Maybe you can be the next star on China’s Got Talent!

【推荐3】Early in the morning, at noon, or in the evening in big cities and in the countryside, all over the United States, you can see Americans running men and women, young and old. People run _________ along the beaches of California, through Central Park in New York, down quiet streets in small towns or at the gym. Some people even run in _________ living rooms.

Running wasn’t so _________ in the past. In the 1960s, runners were mostly sports players. When people saw someone running, they usually _________ “what’s wrong with him? Is he crazy?” At that time, most women _________ ran. If they did, people might laugh at them. _________ today all these have changed. Men and women of all ages are interested _________ running.

Doctors say many of the health problems in the United States come from these bad habits eating too much, smoking cigarettes, and taking _________ exercise. However, not everyone knows _________ to stay away from those disease （疾病） and keep fit. Doctors tell us, “Eat less, don’t smoke, and exercise more.” Running is good exercise because it helps us to build strong hearts and lungs （肺）. It also helps most people lose weight. More and more people agree that running __________ to be the best and easiest way to improve our health.

【推荐1】Do you know something about the usage of computers? People like scientists, teachers, writers and even students use computers to do nearly ____ work. But more than 30 years ago, ____ couldn't do much. They were very big and expensive. Very ____ people were interested in them and how to use them. Today computers are smaller and ____. Since they are useful, many people like to use them.

Computers ____ very important because they can work ____ than people and make fewer mistakes. Computers can ____ people do a lot of work. Writers use computers to write; teachers use them to teach; students use them to study. Computers can also remember what you put ____ them. Computers are very ____. They are our good friends. Do you ____ a computer?

Only we use computers correctly, can we get knowledge as much as possible.

In China, most families have only one kid. The kids often feel lonely and ______ when their parents aren’t at home. Don’t worry. Lovet can help them. It is a friendly robot which can make lonely ______ feel the love. It was invented by the Japanese in 2018.

Lovet not only looks like a kid, but also has many ______. It can talk, dance and sing. It can also help kids with ______ such as cleaning the desk and making the bed. When kids ______, Lovet becomes a “teacher”. It tells the kids to read ______ if they are in a low voice. When kids work out a problem correctly, Lovet will ______ them and give them a kiss. Kids like the lovely Lovet because it has human’s feelings. When ______ come for a visit, it will hide behind kids — it seems to be shy. That’s because Lovet doesn’t know the strangers.

Why is Lovet so clever? Because scientists ______ a CPU (中央处理器) in is body. The CPU is so powerful that Lovet has the ______ power of an 8-year-old child. No wonder it can do the same thing as kids do.

The four great inventions in ancient China are well-known by everyone. Today China has its “_________ four great inventions”. They show their abilities to change the world. They are high speed railways, electronic payments, shared bikes and online shopping.

Marcus talked about his experience of _________ by Chinese high-speed train from Beijing to Nanjing. The journey _________ only half an hour. But it used to take him 3 hours.

“My wallet is no longer in use, I can buy and eat _________ I want with Ali-pay (mobile payment) on the phone,” said a Chinese student, adding that “even pancake sellers are using _________.”

The bike themselves are not new, _________ the model of bike-sharing is a combination (结合) satellite navigation system (卫星导航系统), mobile payment and other high technologies.

Shared bikes bringing riding back to people’s life. And they are making public transport (交通) more convenient, and _________ people to be more active.

With the development of the Internet, shopping on Internet has become _________ in our life. Shopping on the Internet has a lot of advantages (优点), of which the most important point is perhaps its _________. People don’t have to waste a lot of their energy or time to choose the goods they like.

These are the new four great inventions in our modern times. These services have __________ national development at the same time.

【推荐1】As China’s second woman astronaut, Wang Yaping made history—she is China’s ________ teacher in space.

Wang Yaping ________ Chinese primary and middle school students on Earth physics (物理学) problems in the zero-gravity (零重力) environment. She ________ for the lesson for a long time. When talking, she offered kind words, making ________ become the best choice for the teacher in space. But this space teaching wasn’t only about ________. Wang Yaping also did the experiments (实验) ________ any gravity and explained them to students.

“Wang’s ________ was a surprise,” said Zhang Xiaoguang, an astronaut in the three members of the Shenzhou-X spacecraft. “She is excellent in whatever she does. Sometimes we’d like to help her, ________ she doesn’t accept,” said Nie Haisheng.

Like many ________ Chinese people, Wang Yaping likes photography, music and basketball. She said, “We are looking forward to joining our young friends to ________ and explore the beautiful universe.”