【推荐1】As a new teacher at Doull Primary School in Denver, Kyle Schwartz thought of a simple way to get to know her third graders, most of whom came from ______ families. She asked them to complete the ______ “I wish my teacher knew…” and share something about themselves.

Their ______ answers gave the teacher a chance to understand her students’ difficulties. “I wish my teacher knew I have no pencils to do my homework,” ______ one child. “I wish my teacher knew sometimes my reading homework is not signed（签名）, because my mom is not ______ a lot,” wrote another. Some shared hope for the ______. “ I wish my teacher knew that I want to go to college.”

“Some notes are really heartbreaking,” Schwartz tells ABC News. “I care ______ about each of my students and I don’t want them to be poor forever.” She explains, “ I hoped to know ______ I could better support them. So I ______ to let them tell me what I needed to know. That was why I created the fill-in-the-blank exercise.”

______ the third graders were allowed to answer anonymously（匿名）, most wanted to include names. And some were even excited to read their notes out loud. ______ one shy girl who bravely said that she was lonely. “After she told the class, ‘I don’t have friends to ______ me,’ I was worried what they would do.” Schwartz tells Us Weekly. “However, I felt encouraged to see how much support the other kids offered ______. They invited   her to play at break and sit with them at lunch. You see, ______ have an unusual ability to express empathy（同情）.”

“The results have been ______,” says Schwartz. “It speaks to the importance of giving people a voice and really listening to them.”

1.

A．traditional

B．friendly

C．poor

D．small

2.

A．postcard

B．note

C．letter

D．diary

3.

A．honest

B．polite

C．usual

D．right

4.

A．suggested

B．copied

C．repeated

D．wrote

5.

A．free

B．careless

C．famous

D．angry

6.

A．society

B．course

C．research

D．future

7.

A．secretly

B．deeply

C．nervously

D．directly

8.

A．where

B．why

C．how

D．when

9.

A．decided

B．refused

C．forgot

D．learned

10.

A．Unless

B．Though

C．Because

D．Once

11.

A．like

B．from

C．against

D．except

12.

A．look for

B．talk about

C．depend on

D．play with

13.

A．him

B．you

C．her

D．me

14.

A．children

B．teachers

C．parents

D．reporters

15.

A．boring

B．surprising

C．worrying

D．relaxing

【推荐2】I am a middle school _______. This year I go to America to study (学习). Do you want to know about my school life in America? I have _______ from Monday to Friday.   School _______ at nine o’clock in the morning. And I can _______ at around three o’clock in the _______. I have maths, science, PE, art, English…at school. After class I _______ much homework. So I can _______ lots of other (其他的) things. I join a rock band (摇滚乐队) because I like _______ very much. And I join the _______ Club.   Science is difficult ________ interesting.

1.

A．teacher

B．partner

C．student

D．player

2.

A．time

B．classes

C．homework

D．things

3.

A．start

B．starts

C．starting

D．started

4.

A．go to school

B．go here

C．go home

D．go to bed

5.

A．evening

B．afternoon

C．night

D．morning

6.

A．don’t have

B．not have

C．have

D．has

7.

A．do

B．play

C．go

D．run

8.

A．sports

B．music

C．history

D．books

9.

A．Art

B．Chess

C．Science

D．Piano

10.

A．but

B．and

C．or

D．so

【推荐3】Have you ever heard about Polar Bear (北极熊) Club in New York? These “Polar Bears” are people who meet ________ in the winter to swim in freezing cold water. The members of the Polar Bear Club. First, they must get along well with everyone else in the group; this is very ________ because there are above the age of 60. Members must satisfy two requirements because there are so many different kinds of people in the club. Polar Bears must also agree to swim outdoors at least twice a month from November through February.

Doctors don’t ________ the medical effects of cold-water swimming. Some think that the body’s temperature drops so low in cold-water swimming that finally the heart stops. But other doctors think differently. They point out that there is more danger of a heart attack during ________ swimming because the difference between the air temperature and the water temperature is much greater in summer than in winter.

The Polar Bears themselves are satisfied with the advantages of cold-water swimming. They say that their favourite form of exercise is very good for the circulatory system (循环系统) because it makes the blood move fast to keep the body warm. Cold-water swimmers usually turn bright red after a few minutes in the water. A person who turns blue probably has a very ________ circulatory system and could not try cold-water swimming.

The Polar Bears love to swim all the year round. They find it fun and relaxing. As one 70- year-old woman says, “When I go into the water, I throw my ________ into the ocean and let the water carry them away. When I get out of the water, I feel happy again.”

1.

A．safely

B．regularly

C．carefully

D．quietly

2.

A．important

B．interesting

C．special

D．exciting

3.

A．talk about

B．care for

C．agree on

D．rely on

4.

A．spring

B．summer

C．autumn

D．winter

5.

A．strange

B．old

C．nice

D．poor

6.

A．rubbish

B．troubles

C．clothes

D．hopes

【推荐1】阅读下面短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

What will astronauts eat when a space trip takes years?

“Lots of fresh vegetables.” says Dr. Janet Williams, whose team have spent the ___________10 years learning how to grow plants in a space station. And it’s a good thing that she has_________started her work.

As usual, astronaut George White looked_________the closed plant room. He had planted Dr. Williams’s quick—growing seedlings（幼苗）in it, but none of the stems（茎）was showing. He opened the room to check and found the problem. The roots（根）weren’t growing_________and the stems weren’t growing upward. On Earth, gravity helps a plant’s stems and roots to find “up” and “down”. _________there was almost no gravity in the space station.

Dr. Williams advised to give the plants more_________, as plants also use sunlight to find their way. And it worked. Then Dr. Williams_________the next problem: Can we grow food on a space journey? Many plants died in the space station. Dr. Williams thought_________knew why: the space plants were hungry for air. Plants live by taking up CO₂ from the air. Since a plant uses it up in, the air around, the plant needs moving air to___________more CO₂ close to its surface! Dr. Williams tried a new greenhouse that had a fan to keep the air ____________. The plants loved it. They flowered and even produced more seeds. “And this, ” says Dr. Williams, “is good news for long-term space travel.”

1.

A．last

B．next

C．late

2.

A．seldom

B．already

C．never

3.

A．for

B．like

C．into

4.

A．upward

B．downward

C．forward

5.

A．But

B．So

C．And

6.

A．light

B．water

C．air

7.

A．was pleased with

B．was worried about

C．was satisfied with

8.

A．he

B．it

C．she

9.

A．take

B．bring

C．make

10.

A．leaving

B．growing

C．moving

【推荐2】A group called New Story is working with a company called Icon to quickly build lots of houses for poor people in Tabasco, Mexico.The ________ of building the houses is unusual—by 3D-printing technology.

New Story is a group to work to bring cheap but good houses to people who can’t ________ them. The group has built over 2, 700 houses in places ________ Bolivia（玻利维亚）, Haiti（海地）and Mexico. In the past, New Story built ________ houses in a normal way. But it ________ a long time. That’s ________ New Story begins to work with Icon. Icon has developed a way to build houses ________ by 3D-printing with concrete（混凝土）. Some areas where New Story wants to build houses suffer from earthquakes（地震）, ________ Icon’s houses have been designed to hold up in earthquake conditions（情况）.

The houses in Tabasco have two bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen, and a bathroom.

Because the houses are created with a computer design. It’s easy to ________ the design to meet the needs of different families. It’s said they’ll ________the houses later this year. What exciting news for them it is!

1.

A．host

B．metal

C．way

D．motto

2.

A．clean

B．shake

C．afford

D．borrow

3.

A．by

B．with

C．like

D．between

4.

A．its

B．his

C．her

D．my

5.

A．had

B．took

C．cost

D．spent

6.

A．why

B．how

C．what

D．when

7.

A．fairly

B．quickly

C．carefully

D．suddenly

8.

A．for

B．so

C．or

D．as

9.

A．share

B．print

C．change

D．divide

10.

A．sell out

B．pick up

C．take up

D．live in

【推荐3】We are now living in the 21st century. Is your classroom living in the 21st century, too？Tony is a student in Grade 8 at an American middle school. He was surprised when he saw his modern_________ on his first day of school.

In   Tony's   classroom,   there   are   many   new   electronics （电子设备） like   iPads. This   term   they   will_________the electronics to take notes, watch videos and do projects and homework. "It's_________," said Tony. "I like to use an iPad to work on math or other projects_________my team members. "

The school uses new technology（技术）in classrooms to _________students see, hear, touch and sometimes experience（体验）their tasks, “Technology is_________common（普遍）in most of our classrooms now, " the head teacher said. "We are trying to use technology to_________the world to kids. It can bring the outside world_________. "

Science teacher Mr Miller agrees. "It is a_________way for students to know the outside world, " he said. Mr. Miller now regards（认为）himself as a guide（向导） of learning instead of（取代）as a__________. "If they have a question for me, I will try to teach them__________to find the answers rather than tell them what the answers are, " he said.

Dale, __________student, loves technology. He was not really interested in class before, __________now he likes the classes very much. "It helps me use__________ I know about technology at school." Dale said. "Most importantly, I__________       the classroom. This, of course, will help my studies. "

1.

A．dormitory

B．playground

C．library

D．classroom

2.

A．allow

B．use

C．want

D．help

3.

A．boring

B．sad

C．amazing

D．surprised

4.

A．on

B．by

C．at

D．with

5.

A．teach

B．help

C．want

D．ask

6.

A．enough

B．useful

C．quite

D．good

7.

A．open up

B．look up

C．put up

D．call up

8.

A．on

B．out

C．into

D．in

9.

A．wrong

B．slow

C．quick

D．bad

10.

A．student

B．teacher

C．member

D．friend

11.

A．why

B．what

C．when

D．how

12.

A．another

B．other

C．others

D．the other

13.

A．but

B．and

C．or

D．so

14.

A．how

B．what

C．which

D．who

15.

A．stand

B．hate

C．enjoy

D．dislike