【推荐2】阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺意思完整。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。方框中有两个词是多余的。

they,     dinner,     eat,     she,     ask,     twelve,     look,     same,     free,     buy,     have,     for

Jane has a daughter.     1    name is Linda. Tomorrow is Linda's birthday. Jane wants to    2    a party for her, so she goes to the store. She wants to buy some food. And she wants to buy some clothes    3    Linda. Linda's favorite（最喜欢的）color is purple, so she    4    a purple skirt and two purple sweaters. They    5    very nice. She thinks Linda will love    6    very much.

Jane meets her friend Alice in the store. Alice has a daughter, too. Her birthday is on December    7    , too. Their birthdays are on the    8    day. So Jane    9    Alice to take her daughter to her home tomorrow, so they can have    10    together（一起）. They will have a good time!

【推荐3】用方框中所给单词填空，每个单词限用一次，有两个词是多余的。

me, is, last, next, for, are, mother's

Dear Liz,

I'm glad to receive your letter. Thank you very much     1     your pictures. Your parents and friends look really nice in the pictures. Now I can tell you something about     2     and my family here in New York.

I've got two brothers. They are Lukas and Andreas My mother is French and her name is Christine. My dad is American and his name's Dieter. There is a small garden and four bedrooms in our house. There are some beautiful flowers in our garden. My father and     3     bedroom is big. My room is tidy, but my brothers'     4     not because they don't clean them at all. We have a dog, Zak, and we think he's cute. We love him a lot.

Please tell me all about your friends and school in your     5     letter. I want to know about English schools.

【推荐1】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)。

decide; take; in person; do; happy; that; however; study; absent from; take care of

He Studies Harder Than He Used to

Li Wen is a 15-year-old boy from the countryside. He works very hard and     1     well in school. It’s hard to believe that he used to have difficulties in school. When his parents moved to the city to work, they could not be at home to     2     him. He missed his parents so much and he often felt lonely and unhappy.

Li Wen’s unhappiness began to influence his schoolwork. So he became less interested in     3    . Sometimes he was     4     classes and failed his examinations. Finally, Li Wen’s parents made the     5     to send him to a boarding school.     6    , Li Wen was shy and was not able to make friends quickly in school. He found life there difficult. One day he told his teacher that he wanted to leave the school. His teacher advised his parents to talk with their son     7    . So his parents     8     a 24-hour train and 5-hour bus ride to get to Li Wen’s school. This conversation changed his life. He realized that his parents would always love him and they would take pride in everything good     9     he did. Now he is much     10     and more outgoing than he used to be.

【推荐2】请阅读下面短文，根据语篇内容，用方框中所给词的正确形式填空，使短文通顺、 连贯。方框中有两个词多余。

simple when stranger reply sleepy good repeat I realize direct pain chance

Starting from my second year of primary school, there was one     1     event I hated every year: The piano recital (独奏会) .

I didn’t want     2     a boring piece of music, and I was scared to perform in front of     3    . Each year, I would ask my father if I could miss the recital “just this once”. And he would say something about building self-confidence and working toward a goal.

So I was satisfied when I stood in church and watched my father play the piano during his very first recital. My father wanted to play music     4     he was young, but his mother couldn’t afford lessons.

Three years ago , when he retired (退休) , he asked his church music     5    , Charles, to take him as a student. Just before the recital, Charles told     6     that my dad was playing “the best I have ever seen him”.

For a moment after my father sat down at the keyboard, he     7     stared down at his fingers. I wondered whether he would even begin.

But then Aram Khachaturian’ s melody (旋 律) began. It seemed my father was so focused on the music that he didn’t     8     we were there.

My 11-year-old son, Jeff was in the audience (观众) . “So what did you think about your grandfather?” I asked Jeff later. “He was great.”     9     by Jeff.

My father may not have reached his top musically, but in his grandson’s eyes, he’s the     10    .

【推荐3】Complete the following passages with the words or phrases in the box. Each word or phrase can only be used once(将下列单词或词组填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词或词组只能填一次):
A. if             B. that          C. after            D. same          E. grew up
Late regrets
I’ve read many stories about family memories. In those stories, I’ve found voices of sadness and longing(渴望). It is true    1    so much in our daily lives makes us busy all the time. We have less and less time to spend with our families and friends. I’ve had the    2    experience myself.
I used to spend happy times with my grandfather when we lived together. When I was very young, I often enjoyed his garden, looking at the blooms (花) and watering his fruit trees. As I    3    , I gradually started to become self-centered.
Once, when I was 6, I went out shopping with him. As he and I took the wrong bus and got lost outside, I couldn’t stay calm and shouted rudely in his face. And I didn’t say sorry to him    4    returning home, believing that I had done nothing wrong.

A．speak

B．ones

C．how

D．truly E. say

I know now how ridiculous (荒谬的)I was at that time. I now realize    5    late it was when I finally said it was my fault! Yet, when I    6    wanted to express my regret, my grandfather had left me forever, leaving me with no more chances to apologize for my mistake. I couldn’t    7    even the three simplest words: “I am sorry.”
We are spending more and more time at school, while little time is left for us to spend at home with our families. So make the most of every second you still have with your loved    8    , because time keeps going, waiting for no one.