【推荐1】阅读下面的短文，根据语境、音标或所给的单词的提示，在每个空格中填入一个恰当的词，要求所填的词意义准确、形式正确，使短文意思完整、行文连贯。

The world has many problems. One of them     1     (be) about homeless people. There are many causes of homelessness. Some of them are homeless for a short period of time. But     2     /wɒt'evə(r)/ the cause is, no one is ever homeless     3     purpose. I hope the government can     4     /prəˈvaɪd/ them with job training so that they can feel good about     5     (they). And in some poor countries, there are still child     6     (laborer). The government has     7     (work) for many years to solve these problems. I hope they can go to school and     8     /ˈvæljuː/ their homes. I also hope the cruel wars will end soon. The people there can live     9     (happy). There will be smiles on their faces. I hope the world will change     10     the better.

【推荐2】交际应用
新华中学上周六开展了以“爱在心中”为主题的志愿者活动，李华同学以此为内容写了一篇日记。请你根据提示将他的日记补充完整。（每空词数不限）

1    , April 21st   Sunny Today the weather was warm and the sun was bright. My classmates and I went to the old people's home as volunteers. At the old people's home, we did    2    helpful. First, we read newspapers to them, and they told us stories about the past and how things used to be.    3    ,we cleaned up their rooms and played chess with them. Finally, we had a performance for them. I think this activity was very    4    . Many old people are very lonely and need us to     5    them. I hope I can often go there.

【推荐3】短文填空
Mary is    1     on Sundays. She often    2     old people with the housework     3     the old people’s home. She is good     4     old people. She always talk to     5    . And she often tells     6     to them and     7     games with them. She    8     friends with them. They all like her. After     9    dinner, she goes home by bike. She is tired(累的),     10     she is happy.

【推荐2】阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。请将答案填写到答题卡指定位置。

In 1987, a small company named Huawei was started in Shenzhen. After more than 30 years of development, now, the company     1     (beat) Apple and become the world’s second largest maker of smartphones. It has also become the world’s supplier (供应者) of 5G. In China and even in the world, Huawei is a wonder.     2     it started producing mobile phones not many years ago, it has become one of the most famous phone companies.

But recently, Huawei faces some     3     (difficulty). The US government made a law to stop its sales in America. American officials said Huawei gave information that it collected to the Chinese government. At the same time, the US government planned to stop     4     (sell) parts and services to Huawei. They believed that Huawei’s business would     5     (hurt) this way.

“We have never received such a request from the Chinese government and we have never tried to get into other systems to collect information,” Ren Zhengfei, Huawei’s president said. “The law would have little effect on our company. Huawei has enough ability to deal with the problems,” Ren added.

In an interview several years ago, Ren Zhengfei said, “I started Huawei with only £4000 at the     6     (begin), but now it has become a 100 billion company. The experience was not as romantic as you imagine.”

Facing the law of the US, Huawei     7     (grow). Huawei’s smartphone sales around the world rose 50 percent compared with a year     8     (early) in the first three months of 2023. At the same time, sales from both Samsung and Apple fell. So far, Huawei has grown into the world’s largest telecommunication equipment supplier (供应商), selling in 170 countries. It may beat Samsung as the largest smartphone maker in the near future.

【推荐3】短文填空。

In the 1930s, Dan West was farming in Spain. It was wartime (战争时期), and people were starving (挨饿). An idea came to him when he handed out (分发) cups of milk to children. “These children don’t need a cup.     1     need a cow.” This was the beginning of Heifer International (小母牛组织).

Heifer International gives different     2     of gifts. Its gifts might say “quack” or “moo”. Dan West asked friends in the United States to give gifts of heifers (小母牛) or young cows.     3     then, Heifer International has given animals to four million families. It gives people the chance to feed themselves.

Heifer International wants the people that they helped before to help others. For one project, the group     4     chickens to some children in Asia. The children yearned for (向往) the day when they could help others. Nine-year-old Julie knew she had to look after her chickens     5     so they would produce (生产) new eggs and healthy chicks. She     6     good care of them, and they gave birth to strong, healthy chicks. Julie then passed on the gift of chicks to other families.

Because of Heifer International, children can     7     their days in a schoolhouse instead of working in the fields. They can use the money they made from their animals to pay for school. Heifer International has made a huge     8     to people’s lives for many years. People should be grateful to a kindhearted farmer named Dan West.