【推荐2】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。将答案填写在答题卷的相应位置。

When Linda was five, her older sister, Jenny was ill and had to stay in hospital for a month. Linda and her parents often stayed close by, and     1     small restaurant near the hospital served them meals. This restaurant also     2     (provide) a homelike place to stay in,     3     people could have a warm time there. Linda remembered eating meals prepared there by kind and friendly volunteers.

Her family felt thankful for the     4     (kind) they got. After Jenny got better, they worked as volunteers there and hoped to make a     5     (different) to those in need. They helped out there by preparing meals every Sunday for 50 to 70 guests. They made lots of friends. Most of these friends also came to help others like her family. They also tried to make guests feel warm in many ways. They     6     (hand) out caring cards for those kids in hospital. At the same time, they made some welcome bags and snacks by     7     (they) for guests. In the restaurant, they put up a “Happiness Wall” with different     8     (excited) messages from different people. Besides those, Linda and Jenny often     9     (sweep) the floor and lent umbrellas to the guests. The whole family can always get much joy when helping others. This kind of feeling keeps them     10     (volunteer). As Linda said, “This brings much more happiness. I will try my best to give back to the world and make them feel just like we did.”

【推荐1】阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

When Emily was     1     8-year-old girl, her family was very poor. One day, she noticed a barbie doll at the top of a shelf in a toy shop. She asked her mum to buy it for her.     2    , it was difficult for her mum to afford it.

Emily liked the toy so much     3     each day she cried for it. Later, her mum found a part-time job to do at home. She always worked till midnight after her daughter fell asleep. Finally, she could afford the barbie toy. Emily jumped with-joy when she got the barbie doll.

With time     4     (pass) by, the barbie toy was not that important. While playing with it, Emily would snatch is hair and finally broke its one leg. She became bored     5     the toy.

Years later, Emily grew up. She got married and came to visit her mum in her fifties. After lunch, she was cherishing old times with her mum. She found her old toy box and took out the barbie, the doll with one hand. It reminded her of the days when they managed     6     (buy) the barbie doll, and Emily was in tears. Thinking about how many efforts her mum had made     7     (cause) Emily much pain. Now the broken doll was so     8     (value) to her. It was her     9     (memory) of her childhood.

Each of us may have such an experience in life. So love what you have got and never let it go, or someday it is you who will realize how much you have cried for it and at last suffer because of     10     (lose) it.

【推荐1】

Eight years ago, I played ice hockey (冰球) for the first time.

When I     1     (step) on the ice, I nearly fell down! The ice was just like a mirror! So my coach hadn’t pushed me from behind.

I could have spent several months in one spot (地点). For the     2     (one) 20 minutes, I walked around the ice like an old man. I fell down three times and it hurt a lot.

Then, I got my first stick and puck (冰球). Before taking this class, I thought that it would be very hard to control the puck with my stick.     3     I was wrong. The puck was going everywhere. I spent about 30 minutes trying to control the puck. I was pretty bad at it for a while. I was disappointed but kept     4     (try) again and again. Then, just before the class was over, I learned how to control it.

It can be funny to remember what it was like when you did something for the first time. But it will encourage (鼓励) you to do better in the future!

【推荐2】阅读下面短文，并根据短文大意及所给单词的首字母写出所缺单词。在填写答卷时，要求写出完整单词（每空限填一词）。

It has been raining for two days, and scientists said the rain didn’t seem to stop. I didn’t really know what that meant to us. The next morning, however, I began to understand.

The rain was still going when I woke up. I wanted to get out of the bed and see the outside more c    1     through the window. But I stopped immediately. Water was all over the floor—toys and things were floating by.

The rain caused problems. The power was out. Houses looked l    2     they were in the river. A bridge over the river was damaged because water was rushing over it. We couldn’t get to another town u    3     it was repaired. Seeing this, people felt helpless and frightened. After a while, a group of soldiers a    4    . They set bags full of sand along the roads to keep the water away, sent food to us and rescued people who were in d    5    .

【推荐3】根据下列短文，写出与各小题所给汉语相对应的英语单词的正确形式 (每空一词)。
        Mr. Green had an unusual experience last     1     (星期三). That day, Mr. Smith came back home to eat his lunch in his car. When he reached his house and got out of his car, it was     2     (几乎) 12:00 am. He was very hungry and went to his house quickly. But when he reached the door of his house. He found that the door was not locked. He was a bit     3     (紧张的). His wife left for a business yesterday and she couldn’t be in. Who opened the door? While he was thinking about the     4     (问题), his own dog, Mickey, ran to meet him     5     (开心地). Oh, my God! It was his dog. It even opened the door!