【推荐1】阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。

A bird went to look for happiness. On the way, she saw     1     flower. The flower was short of water, but his face was full of smile. The bird asked the little flower, “You’re going     2     (lose) your life. Why are you still so happy?”

“Because my dream will come true,” said the little flower.

“    3     is it?” the bird asked.

“To get sweet fruit.”

Then the bird got to know happiness is a hope in the heart.

The little bird     4     (keep) flying, and then she saw a disabled（残疾的）duck. The duck was singing a song happily. She asked the duck, “Life is so unfair for you. Why don’t you feel sad?”

“    5     just now I saw a little duck fall down; I helped him stand up again,” said the duck.

Then the bird suddenly learned happiness is a love     6     the heart.

The bird went on flying. Next she saw a spider（蜘蛛）falling off a wet wall,     7     he didn’t give up. The bird asked, “You failed again and again. Why is a joy still on your face?”

“As long as I kept on     8     (climb), I will climb over the wall one day,” said the spider.

The bird understood happiness is a faith（信念）in the heart.

So the bird no longer looked for happiness, because she     9     (final) knew that the true happiness is in     10     (she) own heart.

【推荐2】“Thanks for our government. Thanks for providing us with such a good training program. The training program will help us live well. I will study h    1     and learn different skills. After that I can s    2     my family difficulties and do good to others,” a learner on the job training program said, feeling e    3    .

The learner’s father is disabled (残疾的), and his mother is ill i    4     bed. The family is very poor. So he has to find a job to make money. The learner graduated (毕业) from high school and didn’t have the c    5     to go to college. The job training program can help him to learn the skills that he’ll need in the workplace.

This story makes me think of another s    6    . It goes like this: Long long ago, there was a man who liked fishing a lot, and he was able to catch a lot of fish every day. He was a kind-hearted man, he always s    7     his fish with his neighbors because they didn’t know how to fish. One day, he thought that it would be great if he taught them how to fish. So he called them together to show them how to fish. Everyone was happy b    8     they could eat the fish they caught by themselves.

Now, there are still many poor people in the world. But it’s not good if we give only fish to them. I    9    , we should give them a chance to learn new skills. Therefore, technical (技能的) training is very i    10     to people in need and they will learn the skills to make money. People can learn lots of useful things in the training program and what they learn can help them find jobs.

【推荐3】阅读下面短文，然后根据括号内所给汉语意思写出单词的正确形式（每空一词）。

Jamie was tired. She had been on her feet for hours. Her mom     1    （拥有）a small but busy restaurant in town. Three of the workers were     2    （生病）that morning. There was a big food festival in the city park that day, and Jamie was a big     3    （迷）of it. But Jamie’s mom asked her to do some     4    （杂务）at the restaurant.

Jamie simply wanted to sit down for a while.     5    （代替）, she walked around the restaurant with no break. As soon as she     6    （清理）one table, a new set of customers（顾客）walked in. That meant more orders and more coffee.

“Order up!” called the cook from the kitchen. Jamie was very sleepy. She didn’t move, and just thought about the festival     7    （令人惊叹的）foods from all over the world. Jamie     8    （想象）the delicious smells of new and special foods.

“    9    （赶快）, Jamie!” the cook went crazy, catching Jamie lost in thought.

“I’m coming,” Jamie answered in a     10    （紧张焦虑的）voice. But her mom had already passed the dishes to a table by herself.

“Wake up, Jamie,” her mom said. “I know you don’t want to be here, but I need your help.” Jamie felt sorry, and she realized nothing is more important than the family. Then she worked harder and more happily.

【推荐1】Ⅶ．首字母填空
My name is Kitty. I am in Yangzhou now. I am f    1     New York. I'm thirteen y    2    old. There are f    3     people in my family. My father is a teacher of English. He teaches English in a m     4     school near my home. My mother is a nurse. She w    5     in a hospital. They don't go to work at the w    6     . My brother lives w    7     my uncle in America. He is a clever boy. I am a student. I am in the Reading C    8         I like reading books with my classmates. They are a     9    nice to me. I like them very much,and I a     10       like China.

【推荐2】请用适当的词完成下面的短文，并把所缺单词填写在答题卡指定的位置上。每个空只能填写一个形式正确、意义相符的单词。

Hello, I’m Kate,     1     my sister is Gina. I’m     2    , but Gina is not. In our room, my books and tapes     3     in the bookcase. My keys are     4     my schoolbag. I have     5     clock. It’s on the desk. Gina’s books are     6    —on her bed, on the sofa and     7     the chair. The white model plane is     8    . It’s under the desk. “    9     are my keys? Where’s my ruler? Where’s my schoolbag?” Gina always     10    .

【推荐3】首字母填空
I’m a middle school student. I s    1    at No. 2 Middle School. I like w    2    TV very much. I turn on the TV first when I come back home after school every afternoon. I like s    3    shows best. I often watch a football game or a basketball game on TV. Sometimes I watch TV for many hours. My mother says, “It’s b    4    for your eyes. Don’t watch TV too m    5    . ”But I don’t m    6    that. My sister, Carol, is a lovely girl. She loves m    7    . She often watches music shows. Her f    8    music is pop, and she loves English, t    9    , so she enjoys English songs. But she can’t s    10    classical music. She thinks it’s boring.

【推荐1】Nowadays people’s lives are becoming better and better. They usually eat dinner in a good restaurant. And they often order     1     food than they need. When they are full, they just throw     2     the rest to the dustbin(垃圾桶). Do you know     3     I try to save food anytime anywhere? It is because many people around the world are still hungry.

Yesterday was my grandfather’s birthday. My parents and I decided to have a big meal in a restaurant to     4     his birthday. When we got to the     5     , the waiter took us to sit at a table and gave us a menu(菜单) to have a look. Then he left. Some time later, he returned and asked     6     our order. At first my father ordered nine dishes because nine was a     7     number in Chinese. He thought the number would bring my grandfather long life. But I didn’t agree     8     my father. I told them many people were still hungry and they needed food. As we couldn’t finish so much food, I thought we’d better cut some of our dishes. My father and my grandfather were very happy. They said I was a good boy and they were     9     of me. At last, we ordered six dishes and we were all in agreement that we would try     10     best to save food.

【推荐2】阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。

A little boy     1     (invite) his mother to his school’s parent-teacher meeting. This would be     2     first time for his classmates and teacher to meet his mother. She had a large scar (伤疤) on the right side of her face. The boy felt so ashamed (羞愧的) and never asked why and how she got the scar. At the meeting, he hid     3     (him) from everyone.

After the meeting, he heard a talk between his mother and his teacher. The teacher asked     4     (careful), “Is it OK to ask how you got the scar?” The mother said, “It was many years ago     5     my son was only a baby. One afternoon, while he     6     (sleep), his room caught fire. Everyone was too afraid to go in,     7     I rushed in and ran towards his bed. At that moment, I saw a long piece of wood falling from the top of the room, so I quickly stood over to protect him. I was knocked down to the floor.     8     (lucky), a fireman came and saved both of us.

Knowing the truth of his mother’s scar, the boy ran to his mother in tears and said, “mum, I’m really sorry for     9     I have done before. I love you. You are     10     (great) mother in the world.” The boy held her hand tightly for the rest of the day.

【推荐3】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。

We live in a small town and almost everyone knows each other. It used to be very quiet.     1     (something) much ever happened around here. However, these days, something     2     (usual) is happening in our town. Victor, a     3     (teach) at my school, is really nervous. When he was interviewed by the town newspaper, he said, “Every night we hear strange noises     4     our window. The policemen think it might be the wind. But I don’t think so!”

Victor’s next-door neighbor Helen is     5     (worry), too. “At first, I thought that it might be a dog, but I couldn’t see a dog or anything else, either. So I guess it can’t be a dog. But then, what could it be?” One woman in the area saw something     6     (run) away, but it was dark so she is not sure. “I think it was too big to be a dog,” she said. “Maybe it was a bear     7     a wolf.”

Everyone in our town is feeling uneasy, and everyone has his or her own     8     (idea). There must be something visiting the homes in our     9     (neighbor), but what is it? We have no idea. Most people hope that this animal or person will simply go away, but I don’t think that is going to happen. The noise-maker is having too     10     (many) fun creating fear in the neighborhood.