【推荐1】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

Do you like reading? If so, El Deafo can be a good     1     (choose) for you to enjoy. It is about a little girl called Cece. She has become one of     2     (popular) cartoon heroes among American young readers recently.

At the age of four, Cece loses her hearing because of     3     serious illness. Her world has changed a lot since then. And she has to stay in hospital for a long time.     4     returning home, her family moves to a small town and she enters a new school there. To help her hear better at school, Cece     5     (give) a special hearing aid (助力) machine: the Phonic Ear.     6     the same time, there’s a microphone (麦克风) for her teacher to wear. So whenever the teacher talks, Cece can hear her very     7     (clear). With this “super hearing”, she gets a superhero name—El Deafo. Luckily, a group of     8     (friend) stand by her side. Thanks to     9     (they) help, Cece has got enough encouragement. She can get over those     10     (difficult) successfully.

Like other good books for the young, this story makes us think about what we should act in such situations. And it helps us understand how to care about others as well.

【推荐2】动词应用
    1    (grow)up is not always easy．When we face difficulties，a spirit of depending on yourself is more useful than     2    (cry)for help．That’s what Hong Zhanhui’s story of growing from boy to man with family hardship     3    (tell) us．
Hong     4    (bear) in 1982 in a poor family in Xihua County(县)，Henan Province．When he was only 11，his father     5    (become) badly ill and one day he came back with an unwanted baby girl．A year later，Hong’s mother left home．She no longer wanted     6    (live) such a poor life and face her sick husband．So everything hard fell onto the young boy’s shoulders：to take care of his father and the sister Chenchen，and to go on to study．
   Although his life was hard，Hong     7    (never go) away from his father and sister．He worked in part—time jobs to feed his family．He climbed tall trees to get birds’ eggs for his sister． He walked two hours at weekends to the market to buy different things to sell around his school．He said that he     8    (make) a good life in the future. A few years later，he studied at a college．To take care of Chenchen，he had worked hard to rent(租)a room near his college for several years.
After Hong’s story went public，he became a hero in people’s eyes．But Hong refused offers from others．He said he     9    (feel) encouraged by kind offers，but he could depend on his own work．
Through his hard life，he     10    (grow) up from boy to man．

【推荐3】阅读下面短文，根据语境、音标或所给单词的提示，在每个空格内填入一个恰当的词，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。

When I was young, my father told me that some acts of     1     /lʌv/ may give someone happiness. So I always try my best to help others.

One afternoon, it was very hot. I was     2     on the highway to Fuzhou when another car suddenly came into my lane (车道). My car was in the far right lane, so it ran into the roadside. But luckily, it didn’t cause     3     accident.

I was     4     /ʌnˈhæpi/ with that driver, but I thought that he just did not     5     attention to the lane change, and maybe he was just     6     (care).

The car ran away after cutting me off. Very soon it disappeared. After a while, I came around a curve (弯道) and found the same car. The driver was walking along the roadside. He looked     7     (worry). The man’s car had a flat tire (瘪胎).     8     /ðəʊ/ he had a spare tire (备胎), he had nothing to work with. I decided to help him. I changed the tire for him and let him sit in my air-conditioned car while I did it. Fifteen     9     (minute)later, I finished the work. I was hot and tired, but I     10     /'ri: əli/ felt good after an act of kindness to the man.

Helping others is the source (源泉) of happiness. That’s true. We should lend a hand to others in trouble.

【推荐2】阅读下面短文，用括号内所给词的适当形式填空，必要时可加助动词。

Last week my parents and I     1     (take) a two-day trip to Emei Mountain in Sichuan. Everyone knows that it’s a famous mountain with all     2     (kind) of plants and animals. The weather was fine. It was about noon when we arrived at the foot of the mountain. This is the     3     (one) time we came here. The three of us     4     (be) very excited. As we climbed the mountain, we fed monkeys, visited temples and told stories. On the way up, I was busy taking pictures since the scenery was so     5     (beauty). The time passes     6     (quick). Evening came. We spent the night     7     (take) a rest in a hotel at the top of the mountain. The food was expensive and the service was good. I was so tired that I fell     8     (sleep) at the moment my head touched the pillow (枕头).

Emei Mountain is so wonderful that we hope     9     (visit) it again one day. Tomorrow we     10     (go) to Chengdu to visit Du Fu’s Thatched Cottage (杜甫草堂), one of the most famous places in Chengdu.

【推荐3】Three travellers, Allan, Carl and Paul, sat on the chair in a train station. They were waiting for a train. To pass the time, they began t    1     to one another.

Paul said, “Tell me what you would most like to do if your d    2     tells you that you have only three months to live.”

The other two men thought about this f    3     a while. Then Carl spoke. “Well,” he said, “I’ll take all my money and go on holidays with my best friend. I’d like to t    4     to different places in the world as many as possible. And I’ll stay at the best hotels and then eat the best food. I think I’ll have a w    5     time.”

With these words, he turned to the other m    6    , Allan, saying, “And what about you?”

“I’ll tell you a secret,” Allan said “I always want to be a racing driver. So if I have only three months to live, the f    7     thing I’d like to do is to sell (卖) my house. With the money I’ll buy the fastest car in the world. Maybe I will end up world champion (冠军). ”

“Now it’s y    8     turn,” Allan went on. “If your doctor tells you the bad n    9    , what would you most like to do?”

“Oh,” said Paul with a smile, “I’ll go and see a    10     doctor.”

【推荐1】Welcome to Cape Town!

Cape Town isn’t the only capital city and it isn’t the b    1     city in South Africa either, but it is the most popular city. Every year, millions of t    2     visit Cape Town. From the beautiful beaches to great shopping centres, Cape Town has something for everyone.

For outdoor or sports fans, Cape Town p    3     fantastic activities like hiking and climbing. The beautiful beaches are good for water sports, i    4     surfing. If you are brave enough, you can even try to go down into the deep sea and get close to a great shark in a cage! But of course, it’s also a good choice for you to walk a    5     the wooden roads and enjoy the n    6     sights around if you are not so brave.

The w    7     in Cape Town is pleasant. In summer, the l    8     temperature is about 26℃. And remember mid-summer here is in January! And the winter temperatures don’t usually fall below 10℃. Two of the m    9     languages here are Afrikaans and English. The population of Cape Town is about 3.5 million.

Cape Town is the city that has e    10    . It will make your vacation unforgettable.

【推荐1】阅读下面的短文，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。

Each year, thousands of Chinese middle school students go to study in foreign countries such as the US, the UK, Australia and Japan.

“Chinese     1    （child）hope very much to go abroad to get a wider view（视野）of the world,” said Li Mingshan, a Chinese writer     2     has lived in America for many years. In a talk Li told more than 300 parents and their kids that life in foreign countries may be     3    （hard）for young people than in their own country. “They have to meet culture differences and language problems.”

However, these are not the most difficult things. To most kids, looking after     4     (they) when studying alone in a foreign country is a big challenge.

Zhang Baohua,     5     18-year-old student, studied in a high school in Australia last October.     6     his surprise, his teachers there hardly     7     (push) students to study. And usually there wasn’t homework. “We have more free time and more space for thinking, but if you don’t know how     8     (plan) our time and money, you will not have an easy time”, said Zhao.

“    9    （study）abroad at a young age can help students learn foreign languages     10     (quick), but students and parents should know about the challenges” Li said. “If you want to study abroad, try to talk to someone with experience in foreign countries.” Make sure that you are ready for it.

【推荐2】Knowing the best way to study will help you to be a better student. By using your time     1     (proper), you can do your homework more quickly. Learning to study is not difficult.

The first thing to remember is that you must be willing to learn. It doesn’t     2     (mean) that you must always like the subject. It does mean, however, that you must be willing to do whatever is necessary to learn. Try to understand why it is important and how it will help you now and     3     (late) to do and learn other things.     

Knowing mathematics facts will be     4     (use) in your whole life. Knowing how to     5     (spell) makes any kind of writing easier. Sometimes the subject that you think is going to be uninteresting will be exciting when you begin to work at it and understand it more clearly.

Make good use of class     6     (time) to listen to everything the teachers say. Real listening in class means     7     (little) work after class.

Look around your house and find     8     (冠词) quiet place with good lighting for study. Have everything ready     9     (连词) you sit down to study, a dictionary, paper, a pen and books. Reviewing the important points that were mentioned by the teachers in class will consolidate (巩固) what you have learned. Previewing the material that the teacher will teach the next day will help you understand it more easily in class and you will remember it longer.

These ways may help you     10     (介词) your study.

【推荐3】根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整。每空限填一词。

In July, China introduced the “double reduction（双减）” policy. It hopes to reduce students’ learning burden by reducing h    1     and after-school classes. Two months have p    2       since the new semester began. How do students feel about this new policy?

“Our homework is clearly less than before,” said 13-year-old Shen Yuzhe from Beijing. “We are not e    3     to buy workbooks anymore. The exercises are m    4     from the textbook.”

According to Shen, teachers now teach at a much slower pace. Students have enough time to learn new k    5    . “Our teachers are also giving us more chances to do e    6     and learn from real life,” said Shen. “For example, we went to research earthworms（蚯蚓） in a field during a biology class. This is a much better way to learn things than just hitting the books.”

For 13-year-old Zhang Hangming from Tianjin, the best thing about “double reduction” is the increased time in after-school activities. “We can now spend more time taking part in activities, such as dancing, volleyball and drama. I have j    7     a group called ‘leadership development’ where I can learn all kinds of skills beyond academic study,” said Zhang.

Both Shen and Zhang find there are f    8     exams now. But they think it’s not a good thing. “Exams push me to study harder. Each exam shows my p    9     as well as my weak points,” Zhang said.

Shen also pointed out when burden is lightened, self-discipline（自律）becomes the key. “Some students now spend more time having fun when homework is finished early. But if you use all the free time to relax, you might fall b    10     your classmates,” he said.