【推荐1】I’m a teacher. My students can always make me feel happy. It was near Christmas during my     1     (one) term teaching at a new school. Other teachers had told me that our children were from poor families and not to expect any child     2     (bring) a Christmas gift. In fact, I loved the children     3     enjoyed teaching, so I wasn’t expecting any gifts.

Imagine my surprise when every child brought me a gift on the day before our holiday break. First, I     4     (get) a toy monkey from a shy girl. I was told, “He is my favourite, but I love you and I want him to be with you, Miss Taylor.”     5     happy I was!

Next came a set of Christmas tree lights that was “missing” from a mother’s cupboard.

Finally, I came to one little boy’s gift which I had never received. It was     6     old, dirty and broken Christmas storybook. Just when I wanted to express my happiness, I     7     (stop) by the giver, “And see, it is new! It still has the price tag.”

When other children laughed at him, I stopped     8     (they) and said, “Oh, books are good in that way. The story is always new if you have not read it before. Now, let’s share one together.” Everyone listened     9     (quiet) because I read the most wonderful Christmas story of my life.

I     10     (keep) those Christmas gifts since then. They always remind me of my lovely kids.

【推荐2】The Dragon Boat Festival, also called Double Fifth Festival, is celebrated on the 5th day of the fifth month of the lunar c    1    . It is one of the most i    2    Chinese festivals, with the other two the Autumn Moon Festival and Chinese New Year. Now all Chinese students have a day o    3    on that day. It has been celebrated, in all kinds of ways, in other parts of East Asia as well. In the west, it is well k    4    as the Dragon Boat Festival.

The festival is in memory of Qu Yuan. He was an honest minister who was always worried about people in his country. However, the emperor and the government didn't b    5    his words. At last, he jumped into Miluo River and killed himself. People didn't want fish to eat him so they t    6    some food into the river to get the fish away. The Dragon Boat Festival formed.

The festival is famous for its dragon-boat race, e    7    in the southern places where there are many rivers and lakes. The traditional food is n    8    rice dumplings. They are usually made of glutinous rice, meat and so on. Nowadays, you can eat d    9    kinds of rice dumplings. They are very delicious. To c    10    it, people always eat rice dumplings and watch dragon-boat race on that day.

Visitors often found that tickets for the following week had been fully booked. So some of them had to wait     1     (直到) midnight. And they felt lucky when they     2     (成功做成) to book the ticket.

Across China, museum halls were     3     (充满) of visitors during this summer vacation. To many museum staff, they were     4     (惊讶) at this “museum craze”. So, what was behind this “museum craze”? One of the     5     (原因) is a growing interest in traditional Chinese culture, according to Guo Sike, manager of the Confucius Museum.

“Nowadays, young Chinese love traditional Chinese culture,” said Guo. He added that modern     6     (科技) has also played a role. They allow people to experience and appreciate traditional culture in more ways.

The Shaanxi History Museum can only allow 12,000 people to visit each day. Its ticket booking website, however, received at     7     (至少) 600,000 clicks a day. To solve the problem, the museum made a     8     (决定) to call off its Monday closures (闭馆).

Popular study tours also helped bring more people to museums.This is     9     (主要) because students are much more interested in getting knowledge from hands-on museums than from books. “Museums are bridges. They connect the past, present and future,” said Yang Chaoming, a professor at Shandong University. “This ‘museum craze’ has     10     (影响) a lot of people since July this year. More and more people wish to better learn about traditional Chinese culture through museum visits.”

【推荐2】September and October are maybe the most beautiful months in Beijing. People say goodbye to summer and welcome cool f    1    The weather is not hot any m    2    There is plenty of s    3     and cooler temperatures. The sky is always so clear.

This is a harvest s    4       Most fruits and vegetables are ripe (成熟). One great activity in these months is picking f    5       fruits and vegetables on local farms. They are nice and don't c    6     much. People also think it is a great w     7     to relax (放松) and get nice air when they get close to nature. A    8     popular activity people enjoy is to see the red maples (枫叶) in Fragrant Hills Park. When fall arrives, flaming ( 火红的) leaves c     9     the hills and make them look like a colourful painting.

Fall is short and days become cooler and cooler as rainfall increases (增加). Visitors should bring warm c    10     like long-sleeved (长袖) shirts or T-shirts,plus one or two jackets or sweaters.

In the north of China, it is very cold and dry     1    （介词） winter. There is sometimes heavy snow. Summer     2    （be） different. It is sometimes very hot during the day, but it is often cool in the evening. Spring and autumn are     3    （冠词） nicest     4    （season）. In spring, the weather starts     5    （get） warm, and people always     6    （take） a trip.

The weather in the middle and east of China is quite different. It is hot and dry in summer and very cold and wet in winter. It seldom has     7    （wind） days.

In the south of China, winter is usually short and cool. It sometimes     8    （rain）. In summer, the weather is often hot and wet. People enjoy     9    （swim） in the sea or rivers.

The weather in the south-west of China is very special. It is comfortable     10    （live）there because summer is cool and winter is warm.