【推荐1】根据短文内容和所给中文提示，在空白处写出单词的正确形式。每空限填一词。
All About “A-thons”
A marathon(马拉松) is a long-distance running race. Now it is not only a competition, but some people organize marathons for charity(慈善). Runners get friends, families and other people to
    1    (支持) them. They promise to provide a certain amount of money for every race. For example, if the runner runs one     2    (千米), the providers each give the runner $1 for the charity.
A     3     (许多) of money can be raised this way. However, not everyone can run, so people in the USA have thought of other ways to raise money, using the idea of a marathon.
Walk-a-thons   A walk-a-thon is similar to a marathon, but people walk     4    (代替) of running. This is one of the most     5    (受欢迎的) ways for people to raise money.
Read-a-thons Many schools organize read-a-thons to raise money. Students can get money    6    (简单地) for the number of books they read in a given amount of time. They may have    7    (十) weeks to read. Little kids can also get money according to how many         8    (页) they read. The read-a-thons are     9    (举行) not only to raise money, but also to encourage teenagers to read.
Bowl-a-thons   Bowling is an       10    (有趣的) sport for many Americans. In a bowl-a-thon, people raise money for every point they get in the game. The higher the score is, the more money they make for the charity.

【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。

Tree houses are wonderful places to play with friends. You can even just stay in     1     (they) and dream as you like. But for some kids, tree houses are only a dream. Many kids have never been in a tree house     2     they are not able to climb. They have disabilities. Bill Allen and Phil Trabulsy, two Americans, wanted to make these     3     (kid) dreams come true.

They started Forever Young Treehouses in Vermont in 1998. In this group, tree houses     4     (make) for kids with disabilities. And they have special roads     5     can help kids in wheelchairs (轮椅) get into the houses.

Kristen Messer, 17, visited a tree house for the first time. “It was really great to have a tree house that I could get into without any help.” He said     6     (happy). Chaz Freeman, a 19-year-old, uses a wheelchair. After visiting a tree house in New Hampshire, he said     7     a smile, “We get to experience what it is like to be     8     normal kid.” Allen and Trabulsy’s group is working hard     9     (build) tree houses around America. How great and     10     (help) they are! American people consider them as their national heroes.

【推荐3】(A)你乐于助人吗?下面是从校园杂志上摘取的有关这方面的一段文字,请根据上下文,完成短文,每空一词.

We sometimes have a special day to help others.     1     month we went to an old people’s home. We bought lots of delicious     2     for the old people. We also     3     some songs. The old people were very happy. We should volunteer our time to do things like that more often.     4     others is also helping ourselves. Do you     5     so?

【推荐1】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     (happy) with that driver, but I thought that he just did not pay attention to the lane change, and maybe he was just     5     (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     6     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】Last year when Tom graduated from school, he came to London. He didn’t like to work on his father’s farm and hoped to find a     1     in a big city. He went from one company to     2     but no one wanted him. With little money left, he got to the station, sad and tired. All he wanted to do was to go     3     to his small town. It was very late at night and the station was still     4     of people. They were waiting to buy tickets of the last train. He bought the last ticket, and he was very happy.

At that time, a woman with a crying baby walked to him and asked him to sell her the ticket. He gave her the ticket     5     he thought they needed it more than he did. After the train left, he sat on the bench and didn’t know     6     to go. Suddenly, an old man came and said, “Young man, I have seen what you     7     to the woman. I am the owner of     8     big company. I need a good young man     9     you. Would you like to     10     for me?”

Tom was very happy because he could work in a big company now. So sometimes a small thing can tell a person’s heart.

【推荐3】根据短文内容和所给中文提示，在空白处写出单词的正确形式，每空限填一词。

Half a century ago, a boy in Britain had never thought that a dream would drive him to spend decades in a     1    （外国的）country.

That boy was William Lindsay. When in primary school, he loved studying maps. The saw-tooth（锯齿般）line in China     2    （抓住）his eyes, that is, the Great Wall.

Driven by his dream, Lindsay set off on his Great Wall journey in 1984. However, a few days later, he had to give up because of the difficulty. After returning back, he began to exercise more often, and even learned some     3    （基础的）Chinese.

With full preparation, Lindsay set off again in 1987. Altogether, the hike took him about 160 days. When he was found to be walking alone along the Yulin Great Wall in Shaanxi, all the local     4    （村民）wondered “Where is he from? What is he doing here?” Finally, the police came, he had to leave.

Nothing could stop his willful heart. A few days later, Lindsay began to     5    （继续）his journey from Inner Mongolia. He was finally able to arrive at Shanhaiguan, a major pass at the     6    （东部的）end of the Wall.

Through this trip, he developed a deep understanding of the Great Wall. Since then, he has made great efforts to protect it. In 1988, he organized more than 120 volunteers to pick up     7    （垃圾）on the Great Wall. He started to give lectures in     8    （公共的）places and began looking for more volunteers.

During Lindsay’s Great Wall hike, he met his Miss Right, a Chinese girl from Xi’an. They got married. His wife and two     9    （儿子）have now also joined him in protecting the Great Wall. This British boy said he was     10    （自豪）of what he had done and he would spend his remaining years in China—for his family and for the Wall.