【推荐1】阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词或短语并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一个词或短语，每个词或短语限填一次。

they,               be,               for,                  slow,               order food      come,            why,          in front of,            poor,                 look at

        A little old man and his wife walked     1     into a restaurant on one cold winter evening. They took a table near the back wall, and then the little old man walked to the cashier（出纳员） to     2    . After a while, he got the food back.

There     3     some dumplings, some fruits and one drink. The little old man carefully divided the dumplings and fruits into two parts. Then he put one part of the food     4     his wife. Both he and his wife took a sip（一小口） of the drink. “How     5     the old couple are!” the people around them might think. As the old man started to eat his dumplings and his fruits, his wife sat there     6     him. They took turns to drink. A young man     7     over and offered to buy another meal for     8    . But they refused politely and said they were used to sharing everything.

Then a young lady asked the wife, “Excuse me, madam.     9     aren’t you eating? You said that you shared everything. Then, could you tell me what you are waiting     10    ?” She answered with a smile, “The artificial（人造的） teeth.”

【推荐2】根据短文内容，用方框中所给词的正确形式填空，使短文完整、正确。（每个词只能用一次）

have,   good,   how,   danger,   always,   see,   year,   drink,   but,   surprise

I’ll tell you a story about an old man and milk. Billy was sixty     1     old and he was ill. He was always tired and his face was     2     very red. Last month his wife asked him to go and     3     Doctor Brown. But he did not like doctors. Last week he was worse, and he     4     to go to the doctor’s. Doctor Brown said he drank too much. He should stop     5     beer and drink milk. Bill liked beer     6     he didn’t like milk. “I’m not a baby.” He always said to his wife. Now, he looked at Doctor Brown and said that drinking milk was     7    . The doctor laughed and asked him how drinking milk could be dangerous. Bill said drinking milk killed one of his     8     friends last year. The doctor felt     9    . He wanted to know the reason so he asked     10     that happened. “The cow fell on him.” Bill said.

【推荐3】从方框中选择正确选项，完成短文，其中有两个选项是多余的。

A. friends; B. arrived; C. Their; D. amazing; E. saw; F. decided; G. understand; H. one; I. got on; J. Where; K. train; L. ship

One day, when three men     1     at the train station, they found they were too early.     2     train would not leave for another hour. So, they     3     to go to a nearby bar (酒吧) to wait. About     4     hour later, they returned to the station but     5     to go to a nearby that the train was already moving away.

All three men ran after the     6    , shouting, “Wait! Come back!” Two of them ran very quickly and     7     the last car (车厢). The third man stopped running. Seeing the men on the train, he had an     8     look on his face, and soon he began to laugh loudly.

“What’s so funny?” a man asked. “After all, your two     9     made it and you didn’t.”

“You don’t     10    . Those two men came to see me off!” said the man, still laughing.