【推荐1】I am Wuhan, a super big modern city with a population of over 11 million. I am home to China’s largest railway transfer center. No other city in the world embraces     1     ( many) college students than me. At the beginning of 2020, the Covid-19 outbreak     2     (fall) on me. I locked myself down     3    (quick). It’s believed to stop the epidemic from     4     ( spread). The lockdown is never seen in the history of new China. The     5     ( decide) was made with huge courage. I am Wuhan. Since I was locked down, I have seen groups of medical workers arrive in the city, one after another. Brothers and sisters     6     different parts of the country have rushed for my rescue( 救援). You all have offered     7     best that you have to back me up. A number of     8     (hospital) have been built to make sure every patient is treated. I am greatly     9     ( thank) to you all for sending me food and supplies. With the whole country’s joint efforts, I have returned to normal. So far, I     10     ( win) the battle! I am Wuhan. We are Wuhan. We are Wuhan, China.

Have you ever tried to hide your feelings from someone during conversation? It’s not always easy, as the color of your face might tell     1     truth.

Scientists from Ohio State University have found that people can tell other people’s feelings according     2     changes in the color of their faces. They     3     (careful) studied pictures of people’s facial expressions and found that every facial expression has a special color pattern. For example, happiness     4     (make) our cheeks (面颊) red. Dislike creates a blue-yellow color around the lips (嘴唇) and a red-green color around the nose.

“We believe these color patterns     5     (cause) by small changes in blood flow (流量),” lead researcher Aleix Martinez said.

But this raises     6     (question): Is it the color alone that helps people tell others’ feelings? Aren’t facial expressions useful?

To work     7     (they) out, scientists added color patterns to pictures of faces that showed no facial expressions. They asked volunteers to tell what feelings the faces were showing. Volunteers were able     8     (give) correct answers 75 percent of the time.

This might explain     9     there are some sayings that connect feelings to the color of one’s face. For example, when two people are arguing over something heatedly, we say they are “red in the face”. When a person is rather     10     (scare), we’d say his or her face is “white as a ghost”.

【推荐3】Jane loves her bedroom because she likes sleeping (睡觉). Michael likes the     1     room best for (因为) he often     2     TV and does many things there. Kangkang likes the dining room because he likes     3    . They are all my good friends.     4     Sundays, they often come to my home. I     5     a dining room in my house. There is a round table and four     6     in it. We often eat meals (餐) and drink tea (茶) and talk about English in the dining room.     7     there a dining room in your house?     8     you like it?

【推荐2】A Love for Separation(《小别离》)

A Love for Separation is a new soap opera based on the life of some Chinese students who go abroad to study. It has     1     (创造) many successful characters of three typical Chinese families: strict but loving mothers, cute children and     2     (耐心的) fathers.

Fang Duoduo is one of the main characters in it. She had a difficult time with her schoolwork, especially learning English in her     3     (第三) year in the junior middle school. She worked hard from the early morning to the late night. Her mother also paid full     4     (关注) to her study, pushing her to go to different after-school classes to get more     5     (知识) . But it was still hard for her to     6     (提高) her learning ability. She was under so much pressure that she and her mother argued a lot. She couldn’t cheer herself up any more. The other two families also had their     7     (自己的) problems. But finally all the three families worked them out because they love their children so much. And love is above all.

“The show is from a best-selling     8     (小说) written by Lu Yingong”, said Director Wang Jun in his latest interview. And he expected people to love it. “    9     (是否) or not you have much free time, try not to miss it. You will feel deep in your heart filled with     10     (温暖)，as well as joy, sometimes you’ll even be moved to tears”, he said. By the way, the Chinese teenager band TF boys also act in the show.

You may sometimes feel worried and upset about your relations with your family members. Not getting     1     well with them probably has a bad influence on you. Here is some advice to you so that your problems and     2     (press) can be dealt with properly.

Take time to listen

When your opinions are different from your family     3     (member), do not stop them. Let them finish     4     (talk). You should also think about     5     you need and what your family need. When you argue with a family member, try to meet in the middle so both sides are happy with the agreement.

Talk about it

Try sharing your everyday life with a family member instead of just     6     (listen).

Build trust(信任)

It takes time to build trust in relationships with your family! You really need to work hard for a long time.     7     (start) with small things and work your way up.

Spend time together

Understanding and love come from staying together.     8     you spend free time with your family doing everyday things     9     (often), you will make your relationships stronger.

Take a break

It is OK for you to take some time out. Why not     10     (let) your family know you want some time alone and that you will join them again when you are feeling ready.

Everyone in the family plays an important part in finding solutions to family relations. Get creative—think about how you can deal with a problem in different ways.