【推荐1】Regardless of the weather, the driving conditions, or the distance, Paul Goetchius will make sure low-income students arrive at their college classes on time.

A _______ environmental toxicologist (毒理学家), 76-year-old Goetchius has been offering free _______ to college students for 8 years. Since he first started _______ his automobile to the youngsters, Goetchius has been running 64, 000 miles, and shared a countless amount of meaningful and humorous _______ with the students he _______to and from school.

26-year-old Nina Irby received rides from Goetchius for all four years she was in college, and the trips _______ much more to her than just _______ transportation.

“It’s not just a ride. You’re not just sitting there in _______ silence or with your headphones on,” Irby said. “He asks you questions and _______ remembers the answers, so the next time you ride with him, he’ll ________ those things.”

Goetchius first started as a volunteer ________ through the nonprofit On Point for College. Although the program only asks its volunteers to drive students to and from their classes, Goetchius often goes ________ to ensure the welfare and safety of the students.

For many students, Goetchius’s help is not only ________, it’s entirely necessary for them to be able to ________ their college education. Some students don’t have a ________ car, while others have to share ________ with parents who work 6 days a week. For them, riding with Goetchius has ________ them to complete their education-but according to Goetchius, he benefits just as much from the ________.

“I just love driving, and I love these kids,” he said. “It’s such a blessing and a ________ to be a part of these kids’ lives, even just for a few ________, getting to know them and hearing their stories.”

1.

A．relaxed

B．refreshed

C．resigned

D．retired

2.

A．rides

B．food

C．guidance

D．accommodation

3.

A．lending

B．volunteering

C．sending

D．returning

4.

A．conferences

B．conditions

C．conversations

D．comments

5.

A．transforms

B．transports

C．followed

D．accompanied

6.

A．meant

B．brought

C．gave

D．paid

7.

A．busy

B．long

C．free

D．heavy

8.

A．embarrassing

B．terrible

C．awful

D．deadly

9.

A．barely

B．basically

C．actually

D．partly

10.

A．get in

B．get out

C．check out

D．bring up

11.

A．driver

B．performer

C．trainer

D．employer

12.

A．beyond

B．across

C．down

D．up

13.

A．offered

B．confirmed

C．accepted

D．appreciated

14.

A．complete

B．spread

C．improve

D．demand

15.

A．worthy

B．reliable

C．fancy

D．special

16.

A．rooms

B．food

C．rent

D．vehicles

17.

A．allowed

B．forced

C．reminded

D．introduced

18.

A．experience

B．job

C．career

D．profit

19.

A．process

B．excuse

C．tradition

D．privilege

20.

A．seconds

B．days

C．hours

D．months

【推荐1】Is Climate Change Consuming Your Favorite Foods?

As the increased amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, heat stress, longer droughts(干旱), and more intense rainfalls linked to global warming continue to upset our daily weather, we often forget they also impact the quantity, quality, and growing _________ of our food. Many foods have already _________ top spots on the world's "endangered foods" list, indicating their possibility to become _________ within the next 30 years.

To start with what is _________ in many people's lives we are disappointed to find that coffee plantations in South America, Africa, Asia, and Hawaii are all being threatened by rising air temperatures and irregular rainfall patterns, which invite disease to _________ the coffee plant and beans. The result? Significant _________ in coffee output.

And coffee's culinary (烹饪的) cousin, cacao (aka chocolate),is also suffering stress from global warming's rising temperatures. But for chocolate, it isn't the warmer climate alone that's the problem. Cacao trees actually _________ warmer climates as long as that warmth is paired with high humidity and sufficient rain. _________, the problem is that the higher temperatures projected for the world's leading chocolate-producing countries are not expected to be _________ by an increase in rainfall. Therefore as higher temperatures take more moisture from soil and plants, it's __________ that rainfall will increase enough to make up for this loss.

Another notably nutritious plant, peanut grows best when it gets five months of continuous warm weather and 20 to 40 inches of rain. Anything __________ and plants won't survive. That isn't good news when most climate models agree that the climate of the future will be one of the __________, including droughts. The world has already caught a glimpse of peanut's future fate when last year a serious drought across the peanut-growing Southeastern U.S led many plants to die. According to a financial report, the __________ spells (时期) caused peanut prices to rise by as much as 40 percent!

Finally, in the world of sea, as air temperatures rise, oceans and waterways absorb some of the heat and undergo warming of their own. The result is the __________ in fish population. Warmer waters also encourage vicious marine bacteria, like Vibrio, to grow and cause illness in humans. And that satisfying “crack” you get when eating crab could be __________ as shellfish struggle to build their calcium carbonate (碳酸钙) shells, a result of ocean acidification.

1.

A．attitudes

B．choices

C．locations

D．resources

2.

A．contributed

B．earned

C．featured

D．reflected

3.

A．amazing

B．unique

C．typical

D．scarce

4.

A．necessary

B．luxurious

C．practical

D．original

5.

A．defend

B．rob

C．shock

D．infect

6.

A．increases

B．cuts

C．changes

D．failure

7.

A．survive

B．prefer

C．admire

D．encounter

8.

A．Moreover

B．By contrast

C．However

D．Therefore

9.

A．accompanied

B．influenced

C．blocked

D．doubled

10.

A．unlikely

B．irrelevant

C．inappropriate

D．immeasurable

11.

A．more

B．less

C．warmer

D．colder

12.

A．patterns

B．depths

C．extremes

D．ends

13.

A．rainy

B．shiny

C．freezing

D．dry

14.

A．revolution

B．shrink

C．extinction

D．evolution

15.

A．silenced

B．heightened

C．changed

D．minimized

【推荐2】Paintings and sculptures can be a (n) _______for the eyes of visitors to art museums, but today they are also considered to be an unconventional（非常规的）________for people with mental illness.

Last month, a group of Canadian doctors started to write a brand-new kind of prescription (处方) which gives patients free_______to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. There, they will have a relaxing________, enjoying the museum's collections.

Nathalie Bondil, a museum's general director, _______that being in contact with culture and arts can help with_______. "In the 21 st century, culture will be what physical activity was for health in the 20th century," she told the 'Montreal Gazette. Each prescription will allow not only the________to go into the art museums but also their families or friends to________them. In the museum, visitors can__________the art works, and________a wide range of activities, including drawing, sewing and making a sculpture with________materials which are environmentally friendly.

The new cure is said to be the________of its kind in the world. And there's increasing evidence that the works of art,________the works of art describing nature, can have______   effects on people with fear, depression and_______.

In 2017, the U. K.'s All Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Well-being also released a report stating that "it's time to__________the powerful contributions the arts can make to our health". Is it possible for art to help overall health? We may not know the ________yet. Only time can_______. But one thing is________, that is, more and more people today are________of the idea that "art is good medicine".

1.

A．support

B．feast

C．game

D．honor

2.

A．custom

B．case

C．cure

D．situation

3.

A．access

B．introduction

C．solution

D．achievement

4.

A．competition

B．chat

C．holiday

D．experience

5.

A．complains

B．believes

C．imagines

D．recalls

6.

A．income

B．education

C．wealth

D．health

7.

A．customers

B．doctors

C．patients

D．players

8.

A．accompany

B．find

C．control

D．observe

9.

A．adopt

B．adjust

C．acquire

D．appreciate

10.

A．take part in

B．play jokes on

C．have effects on

D．take pride in

11.

A．rare

B．expensive

C．recycled

D．wasted

12.

A．last

B．first

C．worst

D．dearest

13.

A．except

B．besides

C．especially

D．additionally

14.

A．unclear

B．unsatisfying

C．negative

D．positive

15.

A．delight

B．anxiety

C．expectation

D．desire

16.

A．recognize

B．forget

C．repeat

D．miss

17.

A．detail

B．purpose

C．reason

D．answer

18.

A．speak

B．say

C．tell

D．record

19.

A．unique

B．certain

C．disturbing

D．regular

20.

A．convinced

B．warned

C．reminded

D．rid

【推荐3】When I was a teenager, my dad wasn’t terribly interested in the music I liked. To him, it just sounded like “______ ”, while he referred to the music he listened to as“______ .” As I’ve grown older, I’ll often hear people of my age say things like “they just don’t make _____ music like they used to.”

Luckily, my ______ as a psychologist has given me some insights into this puzzle. We know that musical tastes begin to ______ when we’re teenagers. By the time we’re in our early 20s, these tastes get locked into place pretty firmly.

In fact, studies have found that by the time we turn 33, most of us have ______ listening to new music. Meanwhile, those familiar songs released when you’re in your early teens are likely to remain quite ______ among your age group for the rest of your life. There could be a biological ______ for this. There’s evidence that the brain’s ability to make subtle distinctions between different chords, rhythms and melodies gets ______ with age. So to older people, less ______ songs might all “sound the same”.

But I believe there are some simpler ______ for older people’s dislike of newer music-the “mere exposure effect”. It means that the more we’re ______ to something, the more we tend to like it.

Psychology research has shown that the emotions that we ______ as teens seem more intense than those that come later. We also know that intense emotions are ______ with stronger memories and preferences. All of this might explain why the songs we listen to during this period become so memorable and beloved.

So there’s ______ wrong with your parents because they don’t like your music. In a way, it’s all part of the natural order of things.

1.

A．prayer

B．puzzle

C．noise

D．poetry

2.

A．beautiful

B．strange

C．boring

D．significant

3.

A．enough

B．brief

C．unique

D．good

4.

A．certificate

B．honor

C．background

D．attitude

5.

A．change

B．form

C．disappear

D．reduce

6.

A．stopped

B．continued

C．appreciated

D．practiced

7.

A．modern

B．unchanged

C．silent

D．popular

8.

A．expression

B．evaluation

C．explanation

D．experiment

9.

A．uplifted

B．poorer

C．sensitive

D．sharper

10.

A．different

B．distressing

C．familiar

D．cheerful

11.

A．examples

B．excuses

C．statements

D．reasons

12.

A．opposed

B．devoted

C．adapted

D．exposed

13.

A．experience

B．share

C．illustrate

D．release

14.

A．compared

B．associated

C．combined

D．expressed

15.

A．something

B．nothing

C．everything

D．anything

【推荐1】Many parents, teachers, and politicians assert that preschool is the best way to prepare children to learn. There is no real agreement, however, about how this_______should be achieved.

For some, early childhood education_______the development of the whole child. They think that preschool should be play that encourages exploration and_______.Group activities teach_______social behaviors such as sharing, kindness, and patience. Time spent alone encourages_______. Learning letters and counting is important only for children who show an interest in them. Advocates of this_______stress that each child is unique and should learn at his or her own pace.

Other people cite research showing that children are ready to_______basic academic concepts by age 3 or 4. They claim that early_______to letters and numbers lays the foundation for later academic excellence. Since the 1980s, many people have stressed the value of preschool and point to the success of programs—such as Head Start—that target low-income children.

Is there proof that an academic curriculum in preschool will lead to academic success? Studies have not been _______.

In the short term, evidence suggests that middle-class children who attend preschool are________their peers in math and language skills, as well as in social skills, when they enter school.________, the same studies show that the gap________considerably by the time children reach age 8.

Children living in________are a different matter. Those enrolled in programs such as Head Start seem to do better than needy children who do not attend a preschool. For instance, youngsters in one group enrolled in the program,________until the age of 21, earned higher scores on intelligence tests, were more likely to graduate from high school, and demonstrated more interest in higher education.

The idea of public preschools raises many issues. Providing Head Start for all children would be a________burden on communities that already struggle to fund current school programs. Also, where would a sufficient number of teachers trained in early childhood development be found?

1.

A．preparation

B．claim

C．performance

D．direction

2.

A．comes to

B．appeals to

C．turns to

D．relates to

3.

A．attendance

B．discovery

C．relaxation

D．amusement

4.

A．positive

B．aggressive

C．strange

D．normal

5.

A．competition

B．loneliness

C．discipline

D．independence

6.

A．policy

B．plan

C．approach

D．drive

7.

A．publicize

B．absorb

C．define

D．reject

8.

A．introduction

B．devotion

C．entrance

D．contribution

9.

A．available

B．descriptive

C．conclusive

D．convincing

10.

A．equal to

B．distinguished from

C．inferior to

D．ahead of

11.

A．However

B．Therefore

C．Moreover

D．Otherwise

12.

A．widens

B．narrows

C．disappears

D．exists

13.

A．trouble

B．despair

C．poverty

D．danger

14.

A．documented

B．tracked

C．involved

D．accompanied

15.

A．mental

B．emotional

C．psychological

D．financial

【推荐2】          The requirements for high school graduation have just changed in my community. As a result, all students must_______sixty hours of service learning,_______they will not receive a diploma (文凭). _______ of service learning include cleaning up a polluted river, working in a soup kitchen, or tutoring a student. During a service experience, students must keep a journal and then write a _______ about what they have learned.
          Supporters state that there are many _______of service learning. Perhaps most importantly, students are forced to think _______their own interests and become aware of the needs of others. Students are also able to learn real-life skills that _______ responsibility, problem-solving, and working as part of a team. Finally, students can explore possible careers _______ service learning.
          For example, if a student wonders what teaching is like, he or she can choose to work in a primary school classroom a few afternoons each month._______ there are many benefits, opponents (反对者) point out problems with the new requirement. First, they ________that ,because service learning is time-consuming, students spend ________ time studying the core subjects. Second, they believe that forcing students to work without________ goes against the law.
          In my view, service learning is a great way to ________ to the community, learn new skills, and explore different careers. ________ , I don’t believe you should force people to help others – the ________ to help must come from the heart. I think the best solution is one that gives students choices. Choice encourages both freedom and responsibility.1.

A．spend

B．gain

C．complete

D．save

2.

A．and

B．or

C．but

D．for

3.

A．Subjects

B．Ideas

C．Procedures

D．Examples

4.

A．diary

B．report

C．note

D．notice

5.

A．courses

B．benefits

C．challenges

D．features

6.

A．beyond

B．about

C．over

D．in

7.

A．possess

B．apply

C．include

D．develop

8.

A．through

B．across

C．of

D．on

9.

A．So

B．Thus

C．Since

D．While

10.

A．argue

B．doubt

C．overlook

D．admit

11.

A．much

B．full

C．less

D．more

12.

A．cost

B．pay

C．care

D．praise

13.

A．contribute

B．lead

C．attend

D．belong

14.

A．Therefore

B．Besides

C．but

D．However

15.

A．courage

B．desire

C．emotion

D．spirit

【推荐3】Parents feel that it is difficult to live with teenagers. Then again, teenagers have_______feelings about their parents, saying that it is not easy living with them. According to a recent research, the most common _______between parents and teenagers is that regarding untidiness and daily routine tasks. On the one hand, parents go mad over _______rooms, clothes thrown on the floor and their children’s refusal to help with the _______. On the other hand, teenagers lose their patience continually when parents blame them for _______the towel in the bathroom, not cleaning up their room or refusing to do the shopping at the supermarket.

The research, conducted by St. George University, shows that different parents have different _______to these problems. However, some approaches are more _______than others. For example, those parents who yell at their children for their untidiness, but _______clean the room for them, have fewer chances of changing their children’s _______. On the contrary, those who let teenagers experience the ________of their actions can do better. For example, when teenagers who don’t help their parents with the shopping don’t find their favorite drink in the refrigerator, they are forced to ________their actions.

Psychologists say that ________is the most important thing in parent-child relationships. Parents should ________to their children but at the same time they should lend an ear to what they have to say. Parents may ________their children when they are untidy but they should also understand that their room is their own private space. Communication is a two-way process. It is only by listening to and ________each other that problems between parents and children can be settled.

1.

A．natural

B．strong

C．guilty

D．similar

2.

A．interest

B．argument

C．link

D．knowledge

3.

A．noisy

B．crowded

C．messy

D．locked

4.

A．homework

B．housework

C．problem

D．research

5.

A．washing

B．using

C．dropping

D．replacing

6.

A．approaches

B．contributions

C．introductions

D．attitudes

7.

A．complex

B．popular

C．scientific

D．successful

8.

A．later

B．deliberately

C．seldom

D．thoroughly

9.

A．behavior

B．taste

C．future

D．nature

10.

A．failures

B．changes

C．consequences

D．thrills

11.

A．defend

B．delay

C．repeat

D．reconsider

12.

A．communication

B．bond

C．friendship

D．trust

13.

A．reply

B．attend

C．attach

D．talk

14.

A．hate

B．scold

C．frighten

D．stop

15.

A．loving

B．observing

C．understanding

D．praising