第二节
In an old building in Peking University,the famous translator Xu Yuanchong was sitting behind the window and staring at the computer screen. He enjoyed working by 11. from 10:00 p. m. to 4:00 a. m. He was exploring how to spread Chinese classics abroad 12. translating Chinese beauty into Western beauty.
When he was little,he was influenced by his mother. His mother was interested 13. literature. Xu began to translate Chinese poetry into both English 14. French when he was still a teenager. He soon learned that Chinese and European languages were very different.
Xu believed:Good,better,best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best. Though Xu was widely considered to be the best,he never stopped trying 15. become better. The more you learn and the harder you study,the better you will become. There is always room for improvement.

11. himself；12. by；13. in；14. and；15. to

11. 考查固定搭配by oneself，主语为He，故填himself；12. 考查介词by的用法，by doing sth表示“通过做某事”，此处表方式，故填by；13. 考查固定搭配be interested in，意为“对……感兴趣”，故填in；14. 考查固定搭配both...and...，意为“……和……两者都”，故填and；15. 考查固定搭配try to do sth，意为“努力做某事”，故填to。

四
第一节
sad important when find they take even do idea program
There is a group of university student volunteers from Wuhan, Hubei Province. They help old people 1. special wedding photos for free. Every winter and summer vacation,they take part in such a 2.
Yu Jinwen,a teacher at Wuhan University of Engineering Science,is the program's starter. In 2010,his grandfather died,but his family couldn't 3. a good picture of him. They had to use the photo of his grandfather's ID card. It made Yu feel very 4. . In 2014,when Yu was planning a volunteer program,he thought of the 5. of taking photos for the old people.
"These old people couldn't take wedding photos 6. they were young. Taking those photos can help 7. remember their younger days,"Yu said.
"For many of these people,the photos may be their first good photos,and 8. their last. What we're doing is just a small act. But it's very 9. work for them. We hope to keep 10. it and help take good photos for more old people. "

1. take
2. program
3. find
4. sad
5. idea
6. when
7. them
8. even
9. important
10. doing

1. 固定搭配help sb. do sth.，结合“帮老人拍婚纱照”的语境，用take（take photos是拍照的固定表达）。
2. 前文提及志愿者项目，此处表示参与这类项目，用program。
3. 结合“找不到爷爷的好照片”的语境，couldn't后接动词原形，用find。
4. 只能用身份证照片的事让Yu感到难过，feel后接形容词，用sad。
5. 结合“想到为老人拍照的主意”的语境，the idea of...是固定表达，用idea。
6. 此处引导时间状语从句，表达“当他们年轻时”，用when。
7. help后接宾格代词指代old people，用them。
8. 此处表递进，“甚至是他们最后一张照片”，用even。
9. 结合“对他们来说是非常重要的事”的语境，用形容词important修饰work。
10. 固定搭配keep doing sth.（持续做某事），用doing。

第二节
Last month,we worked in teams to draw a painting to complete a group project. To start with,everything 11. fine. But as I was thinking about what to draw quietly,something unexpected happened. I kicked the desk because 12. carelessness and the paint-box fell onto the painting and it was dirty. I was neither mad nor upset. Instead, 13. idea came to my mind. I advised my teammates 14. paint it again by using three different colours. After a short discussion,they all agreed that 15. was a good idea. Soon we finished the painting by pulling together.

11. was；12. of；13. an；14. to；15. it

11. 根据时间状语Last month可知句子用一般过去时，everything作主语，be动词用was；12. because of后接名词/名词短语，carelessness是名词，所以填of；13. idea是可数名词单数，且发音以元音音素开头，前面用不定冠词an；14. 考查固定搭配advise sb. to do sth.，表示“建议某人做某事”，所以填to；15. 此处用it指代前面提到的“用三种不同颜色重新画”这个主意。