【推荐1】The View from the Slow Lane

As we pulled into the driveway, I noticed that something seemed different about my mom. She was ______ away from me, her shoulders dropped and her hands relaxed. I parked the car and she turned toward me.

“Okay, we’re home,” I said, ______ that now was her time to get out and let me be on my own. She sniffled and brushed her hair behind her ears to reveal her bloodshot eyes and moist cheeks. She had been crying.

“Mom!” I whined (嘀咕着说), surprised by the tears running down her face. “Why are you crying?” I asked, ______ I already knew the answer.

I had just got my ______, which I’d been looking forward to for months. I was free — able to drive myself where I needed to go. But now that I had it in my pocket, I suddenly felt ______. I had been so quick to grow up, completely ignoring the emotions that my mom must be experiencing with her firstborn ______ adulthood.

“My baby boy is growing up too fast,” she ______ to say between deep breaths.

My heart ached. I hated to see my mom cry, and I hated more that I had been so ignorant toward her ______. I had been counting down the days, ______ waiting to enter the next stage of my life, ______ she counted down with fear and headache. The ______ and freedom I had previously felt were gone, replaced by an odd sense of mourning.

We hugged. Then she looked me in the eye and told me to drive carefully. “Of course I will,” I reassured her. She unbuckled her seatbelt, opened the door, and stepped out. I waved goodbye and pulled out of the driveway.

I had been so ______ to start speeding and skirting around corners that I’d ______ just how beautiful the ride is. Now I cruised (漫游) down the peaceful two -lane road, ______ the sights, sounds, and smells of the nature that surrounds me. At that moment I made a promise to myself, a promise to take things   ______ and to never, ever, catch myself speeding again.

Life had passed me by while I lived my days in fast ______, ignorantly wishing for tomorrow and ______ to notice all the beautiful things along the way. Friendships, victories, heartbreaks — have sped by me because I was too busy looking toward the ______. It seems life also has its own ______, and if you find yourself going too fast, you risk ______   the moments that make it so special.

Moments like this.

1.

A．facing

B．running

C．escaping

D．breaking

2.

A．fearing

B．implying

C．remembering

D．considering

3.

A．in case

B．now that

C．as though

D．even though

4.

A．car

B．offer

C．license

D．scholarship

5.

A．guilty

B．anxious

C．annoyed

D．disappointed

6.

A．crossing

B．spending

C．nearing

D．delaying

7.

A．tried

B．managed

C．intended

D．hesitated

8.

A．feelings

B．greetings

C．warning

D．waiting

9.

A．unwillingly

B．impatiently

C．nervously

D．thankfully

10.

A．so

B．and

C．for

D．while

11.

A．luck

B．honor

C．delight

D．gratitude

12.

A．afraid

B．confident

C．surprised

D．excited

13.

A．denied

B．realized

C．discovered

D．forgotten

14.

A．enjoying

B．following

C．imagining

D．recognizing

15.

A．easy

B．slow

C．wrong

D．personal

16.

A．upward

B．downward

C．forward

D．backward

17.

A．trying

B．failing

C．refusing

D．pretending

18.

A．fortune

B．scenery

C．past

D．future

19.

A．speed limit

B．fast track

C．comfort zone

D．daily routine

20.

A．wasting

B．losing

C．missing

D．deleting

【推荐2】完形填空
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1--20各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I often read of incidents of misunderstanding or conflict. I’m left _______. Why do these people create mistrust and problems, especially with those from other _______?
I was growing up in Kuala Lumpur in the early 1960s, _______ children from different races and religions played and studied _______ in harmony. At that time my family lived a stone’s ________from Ismail’s. And no one was bothered that Ismail was a Malay Muslim and I was an Indian Hindu—we just _______ our differences. Perhaps, our elders had not filled our heads with unnecessary advice, well _______ or otherwise.
We were nine when we became friends. During the school holidays, we’d _______ the countryside on our bicycles, hoping to _______ the unexpected. At times Ismail would accompany my family as we made a rare shopping trip to town. We would be glad of his ________.
When I was twelve, my family moved to Johor. Ismail’s family later returned to their village, and I ________ touch with him.
One spring afternoon in 1983, I stopped a taxi in Kuala Lumpur. I ________ my destination. The driver acknowledged my ________ but did not move off. Instead, he looked ________ at me. “Raddar?” he said, using my childhood nickname(绰号). I was astonished at being so _________addressed(称呼). Unexpectedly! It was Ismail! Even after two ________ we still recognized each other. Grasping his shoulder, I felt a true affection, something ________ to describe.
If we can allow our children to be ________ without prejudice, they’ll build friendships with people, regardless of race or religion, who will be ________ their side through thick and thin. On such friendships are societies build and ________ we can truly be, as William Shakespeare once wrote, “we happy few, we band of brothers”.1.

A．interested

B．pleased

C．puzzled

D．excited

2.

A．parties

B．cities

C．villages

D．races

3.

A．why

B．which

C．how

D．when

4.

A．together

B．around

C．alone

D．apart

5.

A．drop

B．throw

C．move

D．roll

6.

A．refused

B．made

C．sought

D．accepted

7.

A．paid

B．meant

C．preserved

D．treated

8.

A．explore

B．search

C．discover

D．desert

9.

A．get through

B．deal with

C．come across

D．take away

10.

A．arrival

B．choice

C．effort

D．company

11.

A．lost

B．gained

C．developed

D．missed

12.

A．stated

B．ordered

C．decided

D．chose

13.

A．attempts

B．instructions

C．opinions

D．arrangements

14.

A．anxiously

B．carelessly

C．disappointedly

D．fixedly

15.

A．familiarly

B．strangely

C．fully

D．coldly

16.

A．departures

B．months

C．years

D．decades

17.

A．possible

B．funny

C．hard

D．clear

18.

A．them

B．themselves

C．us

D．ourselves

19.

A．from

B．by

C．with

D．against

20.

A．still

B．otherwise

C．then

D．instead

【推荐3】Yesterday, I posted a story and afterwards donated a little money after I read others’ sad stories. Later, as I got into bed and completed my _________ and self-examination on the day, I came to the realization that I was _________ money. Wow! It was just a _________ to see this in myself.

It is _________ enough that in the real world I have money in the bank but don’t give away _________. I don’t have a lot of money,_________ enough to pay my bills and help my daughters. Also I save some money for a _________ day. I know I could give more but _________ and fed some comfort in a little pile of money. I’m quite _________ to see in myself that it is hard to practice the beautiful __________ in the real world. The belief is that the needs of people __________ are more important than having a little pile of money to feel __________ with.

So here I was doing the same __________ thing-saving but not giving away much money! With so many people waiting to be helped, it was pretty terrible for me to __________ how much I __________ seeing that little pile of money in my hands. I have already __________ today that even if it is hard to give it all away in the real world, I am going to guarantee more __________ will come my way.

There will always be enough money for me. I am not going to let __________ pile up anymore. I am going to give it away when I __________ it because love is __________ what makes the world go round.

1.

A．suffering

B．strength

C．reflection

D．forecast

2.

A．saving

B．earning

C．borrowing

D．wasting

3.

A．coincidence

B．wisdom

C．pleasure

D．shock

4.

A．rude

B．bad

C．beneficial

D．harmful

5.

A．another

B．anything

C．less

D．more

6.

A．but

B．for

C．and

D．so

7.

A．bright

B．sunny

C．lucky

D．rainy

8.

A．go out

B．show off

C．hold back

D．hide away

9.

A．peaceful

B．fair

C．ashamed

D．exciting

10.

A．dilemma

B．belief

C．figure

D．future

11.

A．on duty

B．in trouble

C．as well

D．in debt

12.

A．safe

B．risky

C．grateful

D．funny

13.

A．useless

B．necessary

C．intelligent

D．foolish

14.

A．refuse

B．improve

C．realize

D．abandon

15.

A．missed

B．enjoyed

C．hated

D．regretted

16.

A．evaluated

B．guessed

C．decided

D．ignored

17.

A．donations

B．items

C．wishes

D．surveys

18.

A．food

B．money

C．books

D．things

19.

A．get

B．eat

C．deliver

D．obey

20.

A．hardly

B．merely

C．sincerely

D．truly

【推荐1】I have the bad habit of skipping to the last pages of a book to see how it ends while I’m still in the middle of it. This habit ______ people around me. Often my ______ wouldn’t be confined(局限) just to the books I read but also to what others were ______ as well. Finally, one day my daughter told me with a little _______. “Dad, please just read a book one page at a time like everyone else!”

At times I didn’t ______ this bad habit to just reading books either. I also tried to skip ahead in my life and _____ what to do months and even years from now instead of ______ each day as it is intended. I knew that the book of my life wasn’t done yet and that I had many ______ left to go.________, that didn’t stop me from trying to write the ______ half-way through. Time and again, I would ______ jump ahead and try to solve every potential problem before it ______ so I could reach that storybook happily ever after ending. Life, however, doesn’t ______   like that. It loves to ______ us, and you never know what new problem or opportunity each new day will bring.

Life has often had to ______ me to slow down. Recently, when I found myself ______ to that bad habit of rushing ahead and living in the ______ again, I felt a special voice gently telling me, “ Live one day at a time.” Then I smiled, and turned the book of my life back to the ____ page. Each of us has to live the book of life one page and one day at a time. Each of us has to write it ______ and moment by moment. We have to trust that it will bring our ______ to its perfect end.

1.

A．concerned

B．annoyed

C．frightened

D．embarrassed

2.

A．impatience

B．difficulty

C．influence

D．effort

3.

A．demanding

B．carrying

C．writing

D．reading

4.

A．interest

B．excitement

C．anger

D．sadness

5.

A．extend

B．spread

C．limit

D．devote

6.

A．bring out

B．let out

C．try out

D．figure out

7.

A．fearing

B．enjoying

C．doubting

D．imagining

8.

A．pages

B．things

C．reports

D．novels

9.

A．Indeed

B．Still

C．Surely

D．Finally

10.

A．ending

B．plot

C．outline

D．passage

11.

A．happily

B．carefully

C．unwillingly

D．foolishly

12.

A．counted

B．left

C．happened

D．backed

13.

A．start

B．finish

C．work

D．change

14.

A．touch

B．amuse

C．worry

D．surprise

15.

A．allow

B．force

C．remind

D．encourage

16.

A．admitting

B．returning

C．responding

D．referring

17.

A．present

B．memory

C．dream

D．future

18.

A．right

B．first

C．new

D．blank

19.

A．more or less

B．line by line

C．one by one

D．now and then

20.

A．story

B．job

C．plan

D．hope

【推荐3】Every minute, every single day, the equivalent of a truckload of plastic enters our oceans. In the name of profit and convenience, corporations are literally choking (塞满) our planet with a substance that does not just “____” when we toss it into a bin. Since the 1950s, some 8.3bn tons of plastic have been produced worldwide, and to date, only 9% of that has been recycled. Our oceans bear the brunt (受主要冲击) of plastics epidemic—up to 12.7m tons of plastic end up in them every year.

Just over a decade ago, I launched the Story of Stuff to help shine a light on the ways we ____, use and dispose of the stuff in our lives. The Story of Stuff is inextricably (不可逃避的) linked to the story of plastics—the packaging that goes along with those endless ____. We buy a soda, sip it for a few minutes, and toss its ____ packaging “away”. We eat potato chips, finish them, and throw their packaging “away”.

The cycle is endless, and it happens countless times every single day. But here’s the ____—there is no “away”. As far as we try to toss a piece of plastic—whether it’s into a recycling bin or not—it does not disappear. Chances are, it ____ polluting our communities, oceans or waterways in some form.

For years, we’ve been ____ that the problem of plastic packaging can be solved through better individual action. We’re told that if we ____ recycle, we’re doing our part. We’re told that if we drink from a reusable bottle, we’re making enough of a ____. But the truth is that we cannot recycle our way out of this mess.

Recycling alone will never stop the flow of plastics into our oceans; we have to get to the ____ of the problem and slow down the production of all this plastic waste. Think about it: if your home was flooding because you had left the tap on, your first step wouldn’t be to start ____. You’d first cut the flooding off at its source—the tap. In many ways, our plastics problem is no different.

____, we need corporations—those like Coca-Cola, Unilever, Starbucks and Nestlé that continue to mass-produce throwaway plastic bottles, cups, and straws—to step up and show real ____ for the mess they’ve created. Drink companies produce over 500bn single-use plastic bottles annually; there is no way that we can recycle our way out of a problem of that scale.

Bag, cup and straw bans like those in Morocco, Iceland, Vancouver and some US cities are a great start, but also not enough. And while clean-up efforts are ____ in addressing litter problems, they can’t begin to touch the problems created by microplastics.

Not long ago, we existed in a world without throwaway plastic, and we can thrive that way again. The world’s largest corporations—with all their profits and innovation labs—are well ____ to help move us beyond single-use plastics. All over the world people are already innovating toward solutions that focus on reusing and reducing plastics. It’s time to accelerate this process and move beyond half measures and baby steps.

1.

A．pass by

B．go away

C．give in

D．turn around

2.

A．produce

B．pursue

C．consume

D．clear

3.

A．desires

B．purchases

C．profits

D．varieties

4.

A．needless

B．attractive

C．complete

D．permanent

5.

A．significance

B．relief

C．instance

D．challenge

6.

A．originates from

B．ends up

C．relates to

D．goes beyond

7.

A．thrilled

B．frustrated

C．convinced

D．concerned

8.

A．skillfully

B．randomly

C．simply

D．precisely

9.

A．difference

B．proposal

C．discovery

D．choice

10.

A．complexity

B．analysis

C．presence

D．source

11.

A．mopping

B．screaming

C．complaining

D．regretting

12.

A．Otherwise

B．Besides

C．However

D．Therefore

13.

A．enthusiasm

B．responsibility

C．preference

D．demand

14.

A．inadequate

B．helpful

C．voluntary

D．fruitless

15.

A．educated

B．acknowledged

C．established

D．positioned