【推荐2】从下面方框中选择恰当的词或短语并用其正确形式填入短文中，使短文通顺正确（每个词或短语只用一次）。

how   teach   creative   my   used to     hero       for       thankful     give up     influence

Everyone may have a hero in his or her heart. Maybe your hero is not the same as     1    , but they all can     2     us deeply.

My     3     are a couple and their disabled son who doesn’t have feet. Because of this, he     4     be upset and even wanted to end his life five years ago. His parents encouraged him not to     5    . His mother told him that he should feel lucky to have two hands. The parents found their son was good at making things and he was very     6    . Then they helped him to set up a small business and     7     him to make beautiful art pieces out of iron and other materials from old cars. Now the son is famous     8     using iron to make large art pieces that look like animals or humans and small pieces people can put at home. People can see his more popular works in art shops around his city. The young man is very     9     to his parents and people who has ever helped him. He hopes to build a “metal art” theme park to tell people     10     important it is to protect our environment. With a little creativity, even the cold and hard iron can be brought back to life by the young man. He is no doubt the hero in my heart.

From the short story, we’ve known that the son and his parents tried their best to support each other, then to be a “hero” in one another’s heart, even though the boy has no feet. Why can’t we be the brave ones of our own? Let’s just pull together and go for it!

【推荐3】

look, year, change, deep, home, cold, can, work, take, father

Every day, on her way to work, Amelia had to pass a slum(贫民窟). As a social    1    , she had not paid much attention to it. This    2    one day when she met a ragged(衣衫褴褛的) boy named Sam. Sam knew she was the head of social services, and that she    3    help. He reached out his hand and said, “Can you help me? I’m    4    for my dad.” His hands were so    5    . Amelia said, “What’s up?” “My mom is terribly sick. Her birthday is coming. I know my    6    coming back would be the best present. My dad had left us before I was two    7     old,” said the boy.

Amelia was    8    moved and asked Sam to take her to his home. He led her to a small house. Amelia saw a woman lying on the bed. The woman knew she was dying. She said to Amelia, “Please find a    9    for my son.”

Amelia    10    her hand and nodded with tears(眼泪). She got an idea! Her husband and she had no children, and looking forward to having one. Later Amelia brought Sam home. Ever since then, the new family have had happiness and laughter.

【推荐1】阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。方框中有2个多余选项。

but,   wait,   thanks,   which,   shoes,   lesson,   into,   teach,   never

One day, a young man was taking a walk with a professor. As they went along, they saw a pair of old     1     lying on the road. They thought the owner of the shoes must be a poor man who worked on the farm nearby. The student said to the professor, “Let us take away his shoes, hide and     2     to see what will happen when he cannot find them. That must be fun.”

“My young friend,” answered the professor, “we should     3     make fun of the poor. But you can put a coin (硬币) into each shoe, and watch what change will happen to him.”

The student did so, and they went to hide behind the trees.

The poor man soon finished his work, and came back. When he was putting on his coat, he put his foot     4     one of his shoes, he felt something hard and found the coin. Surprise was seen on his face. He picked up the coin and looked at it again and again. He then looked around,     5     there was no person. He now put the money into his pocket. When he put on the other shoe, he was surprised again to find the other coin. He fell on his knees (膝盖), looked up to the sky and said     6     to the person who gave him the coins.

The student was deeply moved and he said, “you have taught me a     7     which I will never forget. Now I understand that a small kind action can mean a lot to others.” he said.

【推荐2】选词填空

lie danger traffic few though busy warm wonder early except

I’m Peter, an office worker. I was with my     1     work for the whole day yesterday. When I came out of my office, it was already10:00 p.m. To get home     2    , I drove my car fast.

There were     3     cars along the way. On such a cold winter night, people preferred to stay in their     4     houses. When I came near a     5     light on a lonely road, it turned red. I stopped my car and sat there, looking outside. I looked left, right and behind me. There was nothing     6     me and my car. I     7     why I refused to run the red light. There were no policemen and no one could know it. Also, it wasn’t     8     at all at that moment.

While I was     9     in my bed at midnight, the thought came back to me. I didn’t break the rules,     10     no one could know. I felt very proud of myself.

【推荐3】A. satisfied B. with pleasure C. wise D. immediately E. in surprise
Once there was a lazy poor man living in a small house with spider webs (蜘蛛网)on the walls and mice running around. People didn’t want to come into such a dirty place and the poor man was lonely and sad every day. One day, the poor man visited a     1     old man and asked him for advice about changing his life. The old man gave him a beautiful vase and said. “This is a magic vase that will bring you happiness.” The poor man looked at the vase     2     . Why would he need a vase in his poor house? However, he didn’t want to throw away such a beautiful vase. so he brought it home on the table. “It’s not right for something so beautiful to be empty.” the poor man looked at the vase and thought. Then he picked some wild flowers and put them into it, making it even more beautiful. But he was still not     3     . “It is not good for such a beautiful thing to stand next to a spider web.” At this, he started to do some cleaning in the house and paint the walls. His house turned into a comfortable place     4     . The poor man suddenly realized that in the past it was his laziness that made him poor and unhappy. From then on, he worked hard and his life got better and better.