【推荐1】The passengers on the bus watched sympathetically as the attractive young woman with the white cane（杖，手杖） made her way carefully up the steps. She ____the driver and, using her hands to feel the____of the seats, walked down and found the ____which the driver had told her was empty. Then she settled in.
It had been a year since Mary, 34, ____a medical misdiagnosis (误诊), was suddenly thrown into a world of ____ Mark, her husband, was an Air Force officer and he loved Mary with all his heart. He ____ her how to rely on her other ____, specifically her hearing, to determine where she was and ____to adapt herself to the new environment. He helped her befriend（友好对待） the bus drivers who could ____for her, and save her a seat.
____, Mary decided that she was ready to try the ____on her own. Monday morning, she said good-bye and for the first time, they went their ____ ways.
On Friday morning, Mary took the bus to work as usual. As she was____the bus, the driver said, “Boy, I ____envy you.” Mary had no ____what the driver was talking about, and asked, “What do you ____?”
The driver answered, “You know, every morning for the ____week, a fine-looking gentleman ____a military uniform has been standing across the corner____you as you get off the bus. He ____you cross the street safely and he watches until you enter your office building. You are one lucky lady.”
Tears of gratitude poured down Mary’s cheeks.1.

A．thanked

B．asked

C．discovered

D．paid

2.

A．location

B．shape

C．size

D．cost

3.

A．ticket

B．bus

C．seat

D．bag

4.

A．according to

B．instead of

C．thanks to

D．due to

5.

A．anger

B．darkness

C．happiness

D．light

6.

A．asked

B．encouraged

C．taught

D．praised

7.

A．feelings

B．sights

C．senses

D．abilities

8.

A．how

B．when

C．where

D．who

9.

A．make out

B．watch out

C．find out

D．work out

10.

A．Finally

B．Luckily

C．However

D．Besides

11.

A．visit

B．trip

C．bus

D．work

12.

A．opposite

B．separate

C．difficult

D．usual

13.

A．getting on

B．getting in

C．getting off

D．getting up

14.

A．must

B．may

C．will

D．do

15.

A．idea

B．opinion

C．way

D．thought

16.

A．want

B．mean

C．say

D．suggest

17.

A．next

B．old

C．past

D．following

18.

A．by

B．on

C．with

D．in

19.

A．searching

B．watching

C．calling

D．noticing

20.

A．looks out

B．takes up

C．believes in

D．makes sure

【推荐3】My tenth Christmas was one I was not looking forward to. Money was tight. Mom said we were old enough not to have __________. Just being together would be enough.

We weren’t the only family in our small community who would have a __________ Christmas. But knowing that others were going through the same thing didn’t __________ much.

One night we had a small pity party for each other.

“How can I even wear that same old dress one more time?” I __________.

“I know,” said my sister. “I think I might as well give up asking for a __________.”

The next day, Mom told us that she had been saving up and shopping around so that we could give the Walters family a Christmas basket.

“If anyone needs some __________, it’s the Walters.” Mom said.

The Walters! They were the strangest people we knew. How could Mom be so __________ with them when our own family didn’t have enough?

Mom was determined. She packed flour and sugar, a small turkey, some fruits in a basket and asked us to __________ it to the Walters.

I really didn’t like to have anything to do with them. Not wanting to be __________, we left the basket on the doorstep and hid behind a nearby bush.

Seeing the Waiters gather up the basket, I asked my sister in whisper, “Did they look happy?”

“Well, yeah, happy, but mostly they looked like they were thinking: Maybe we do belong.”

Christmas morning arrived. To my great __________, I received a beautiful dress. I couldn’t believe it’s for me, I was about to __________ when we noticed Dad ride up on a new horse. My sister screamed and ran out. She couldn’t __________ to meet her “gift”.

“Mom, how did you do all this?” I asked. “We were __________ for a no-present Christmas.”

“Oh, not necessarily trading but just helping each other. Mrs. Olsen at the dress shop let me bring your gift home. Dad offered to __________ up Mrs, Marshall’s tree lights. Mr. Jones had a horse and he was __________ to know we had someone to love it.”

“I thought since you were giving away food to the Walters, we would never have enough. They really don’t have anything to give in __________.”

“We are like a big family. Never __________ who can or who can’t give. The most important is that we should listen to our hearts. Perhaps the right gifts will end up with the right families.”

Mom always knew __________. Thinking about the expression on the Walters’s faces when they discovered the Christmas basket, I realized their “__________” feeling was more precious than any of the gifts.

That was the Christmas that I learned about the magic of __________.

1.

A．parties

B．gifts

C．trips

D．games

2.

A．regular

B．great

C．peaceful

D．simple

3.

A．help

B．cover

C．pay

D．judge

4.

A．insisted

B．laughed

C．complained

D．begged

5.

A．light

B．dress

C．horse

D．tree

6.

A．courage

B．trust

C．cheer

D．praise

7.

A．popular

B．patient

C．strict

D．generous

8.

A．lend

B．deliver

C．award

D．show

9.

A．recognized

B．excused

C．caught

D．realized

10.

A．surprise

B．relief

C．alarm

D．fear

11.

A．talk

B．speak

C．tell

D．say

12.

A．wait

B．intend

C．expect

D．decide

13.

A．known

B．eager

C．ready

D．responsible

14.

A．give

B．hang

C．pick

D．look

15.

A．happy

B．afraid

C．proud

D．worried

16.

A．vain

B．effect

C．return

D．store

17.

A．mind

B．ignore

C．remember

D．forget

18.

A．dreams

B．choices

C．truth

D．duty

19.

A．satisfying

B．belonging

C．inspiring

D．relaxing

20.

A．forgiving

B．communicating

C．believing

D．giving

【推荐1】Owura Kwadwo Hottish teaches computer science in & school. It is a normal school except for the fact that it didn't have________.

Owura became famous after he posted photos of him on the Internet. In the picture, people could see he was teaching his students by ________ an entire computer on the blackboard. The photos showed the ________ level of education for children in Ghana. People were ________ that Owura made sure each button was drawn correctly.

He would come to school half an hour ahead of ________ every day. He drew the computer on the blackboard, but at the end of his class, it was ________ off to start the next class, so he had to ________ it the next day!

Owura's efforts ________ when Microsoft (微软公司) took ________ of his net. They first took him to an international educators' meeting in Singapore. He made a ________ about his teaching methods at the meeting and ________ a standing ovation (致敬) after the speech.

_______ Owura got the thing he always wanted for his students-some companies ________computers to the school. Not a single child in the school had seen a real computer in their lives. Thanks to their teacher's ________, the world took notice and responded with ________ to them.

1.

A．campus

B．computers

C．facilities

D．gym

2.

A．exploring

B．applying

C．describing

D．drawing

3.

A．poor

B．various

C．opposing

D．visible

4.

A．odd

B．unfamiliar

C．wicked

D．surprised

5.

A．context

B．career

C．schedule

D．theme

6.

A．rubbed

B．contained

C．admired

D．intended

7.

A．stress

B．improve

C．focus

D．repeat

8.

A．burned down

B．paid off

C．came across

D．held up

9.

A．challenge

B．contact

C．part

D．notice

10.

A．journal

B．speech

C．opportunity

D．behavior

11.

A．debated

B．waited

C．received

D．carried

12.

A．Regularly

B．Importantly

C．enormously

D．entirely

13.

A．lent

B．sold

C．donated

D．applied

14.

A．efforts

B．errors

C．features

D．events

15.

A．panic

B．intelligence

C．kindness

D．struggle

【推荐2】In March of 2019, Peter Tabichi, a 36-year-old teacher from a remote village in Kenya, was voted the best teacher in the world out of 10,000 applicants and won Varkey Foundation’s Global Teacher Prize of $1 million.

For the past 12 years, Tabichi has worked as a math and science teacher hoping that his lessons will give students a chance to _______ their situations. However, working at a Secondary School in a remote village in Kenya hasn’t been _______. The school only has one computer and unreliable Internet _______. As a result, he is often forced to travel to a cyber café to download _______ for his science classes. The school also has no library or laboratory. To make matters worse, there are not enough _______ for all the students.

Unfortunately, the semi-arid(半干旱的) village experiences droughts and famines _______. “Most of the students come from very poor families. They’re not able to _______ because they haven’t had enough meals at home,” Tabichi said. Thus, he also teaches students and locals about famine-resistant _______. To help those in poverty afford food, uniforms, and books, he _______ 80 percent of his salary.

One of the other major ________that Tabichi faces is trying to keep kids in school as long as possible. According to Tahichi, 95 percent of his students live in poverty and around 30 percent are either orphans or are being ________ by single parents. As a result, Kids are easy to__________out of school.

With great efforts, he has also ________ to set up science clubs, addressed food insecurity issues, and helped bring ________ between several ethnic groups and religions.

________ his tireless work, his students have ________ for the 2019 INTEL International Science and Engineering Fair in Arizona, USA. He said “I’m ________ of my students. We lack facilities that many school ________ for granted, so as a teacher, I just want to have a ________ impact not only on my country but on the whole of Africa.”

Tabichi plans to use the prize money to improve the school and feed the ________. He also hopes his accomplishment will inspire other to push past all the obstacles.

1.

A．check

B．control

C．improve

D．realize

2.

A．normal

B．easy

C．short

D．hard

3.

A．access

B．barrier

C．relation

D．source

4.

A．programs

B．approaches

C．comments

D．resources

5.

A．subjects

B．chances

C．books

D．teachers

6.

A．naturally

B．suddenly

C．frequently

D．gradually

7.

A．distinguish

B．calculate

C．strengthen

D．concentrate

8.

A．crops

B．habits

C．areas

D．signals

9.

A．called off

B．gave away

C．dropped in

D．put out

10.

A．expectations

B．challenges

C．characters

D．performances

11.

A．paid

B．raised

C．earned

D．adopted

12.

A．drop

B．make

C．get

D．move

13.

A．happened

B．promised

C．managed

D．arranged

14.

A．peace

B．share

C．talent

D．target

15.

A．In response to

B．Regardless of

C．In honor of

D．Thanks to

16.

A．qualified

B．preserved

C．approved

D．mentioned

17.

A．fond

B．proud

C．ashamed

D．tired

18.

A．turn

B．get

C．take

D．view

19.

A．immediate

B．practical

C．general

D．positive

20.

A．rich

B．young

C．old

D．poor

【推荐1】Anna Douglas was 72 years old when she started writing her newspaper column. She had been a school teacher before she retired, but she needed to keep _______. She was even willing to work without _______. She then offered her _______ with a business that helped other business find jobs for old people. Every day she _______ other old folks like her. By talking with them, she _______ two things. Old people had abilities that were not used. But old people also had some _______. She found a new purpose for herself then.

Through the years, she used to write stories about people for national magazines. There was now a new _______: Old people like herself. She began to write a _______ column called “Sixty Plus”, which was about _______ old. She writes about the problems of old people, especially their problems with being ____________.

Anna Douglas uses her __________ ability to see the truth behind a problem. She understands __________ problems begins. For example, one of her ____________ said that his grandchildren ____________ the houses as soon as he came to visit. Mrs. Douglas ____________ some ways for him to understand his grandchildren.

“It’s important to know ____________ about your children’s world,” says Mrs. Douglas. “That means questioning and listening, and __________ is not what old people do best. Say good things to them and about them,” she continued. “Never try to ____________ your grandchildren or other people. Never __________ your opinion. Don’t tell them what they should do.” ____________, they have been taught they should have respected for old people. The old should respect them as well.

1.

A．free

B．rich

C．powerful

D．busy

2.

A．rest

B．respect

C．рay

D．purpose

3.

A．service

B．money

C．students

D．books

4.

A．observed

B．met

C．comforted

D．answered

5.

A．recognized

B．followed

C．enjoyed

D．demanded

6.

A．mistakes

B．problems

C．questions

D．characters

7.

A．subject

B．life

C．way

D．plan

8.

A．story

B．magazine

C．newspaper

D．business

9.

A．getting

B．respecting

C．employing

D．supporting

10.

A．unknown

B．refused

C．misunderstood

D．discouraged

11.

A．thinking

B．working

C．writing

D．leading

12.

A．that

B．when

C．why

D．whether

13.

A．visitors

B．readers

C．listeners

D．friends

14.

A．escaped

B．entered

C．left

D．passed

15.

A．invented

B．chose

C．suggested

D．imagined

16.

A．everything

B．something

C．anything

D．nothing

17.

A．listening

B．speaking

C．pleasing

D．advising

18.

A．praise

B．scold

C．trouble

D．encourage

19.

A．speak out

B．give up

C．get back

D．stick to

20.

A．Commonly

B．Surprising

C．Happily

D．Naturally

【推荐2】Zacharish Fike has an unusual hobby.He finds many old military(军队的)medals for_________ in antique(古董) stores and on the Internet. But unlike most _________, Zac tracks down the medal’s rightful owners, and _________ them.

His effort to reunite families with lost medals began with a Christmas gift from his mother, a Purple Heart with the name Corrado A. G. Piccoli, _________ in an antique shop. Zac knows the meaning of a Purple Heart—he _________ one himself in a war as a soldier. So when his mother gave him the medal, he knew _________ what he had to do.

Through the Internet, Zac tracked down Corrado’s sister Adeline Rockko. But when he finally reached her, the woman _________ him with questions _________: “Who are you? What antique shop? ” _________, when she __________, she regretted the way she had __________ the call. So she called Zac back and __________. Soon she drove to meet Zac in Watertown, N. Y. “At that point, I knew she __________ business”, Zac says, “To drive eight hours to come to see me. ”

The Piccolis were Italian immigrants and raised the children in Watertown. Corrado, a translator for the Army during WWII, was __________ in action in Europe.

Before hearing from Zac, Adeline hadn’t realized the medal was __________. Like many military medals, the one Zac’s mother had found was a family __________. “This medal was very__________ to my parents. Only on special occasions(场合) would they take it out and let us hold it in our hands, ” Adeline says.

As a child, Adeline couldn’t understand why the medal was so __________. “But as I grew older,” Adeline says, “and missed my brother more and more, I realized that was the only thing we had left.” Corrado Piccoli’s Purple Heart medal now __________ at the Italian American Civic Association in Watertown.

Zac recently returned another lost medal to a family in Alabama. Since he first __________Corrado’s medal, Zac says his record is now 5 for 5.

1.

A．sale

B．safety

C．research

D．entertainment

2.

A．soldiers

B．opponents

C．collectors

D．translators

3.

A．buys

B．sells

C．displays

D．returns

4.

A．examined

B．found

C．seized

D．hidden

5.

A．produced

B．designed

C．destroyed

D．earned

6.

A．right away

B．now and then

C．in short

D．at no time

7.

A．charged

B．flooded

C．equipped

D．connected

8.

A．impatiently

B．gently

C．professionally

D．enthusiastically

9.

A．Therefore

B．Otherwise

C．Instead

D．However

10.

A．hung up

B．sped up

C．caught up

D．turned up

11.

A．planned

B．noticed

C．handled

D．recorded

12.

A．wandered

B．hesitated

C．apologized

D．battled

13.

A．rejected

B．meant

C．minded

D．appreciated

14.

A．warned

B．ignored

C．criticized

D．killed

15.

A．missing

B．valuable

C．respectable

D．elegant

16.

A．tradition

B．model

C．treasure

D．event

17.

A．powerful

B．beneficial

C．precious

D．painful

18.

A．necessary

B．meaningful

C．heavy

D．inexpensive

19.

A．hangs

B．separates

C．recovers

D．shines

20.

A．decorated

B．reunited

C．mended

D．submitted

【推荐3】Seni Felie has already lived through a crisis. He _________ to America in 1994 as a refugee (难民) from the war in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He was 29 years old at the time and alone.

These days, he runs a(an) _________ called Bistro SF Grill, and he is feeling _________ despite the crisis. “We’re going to pool our resources and people will pull together, and it will have a strong _________ on solving any problems” he told Reader Digest.

With that attitude in mind, he _________ a notice on Next-door: "We are _________ all to stop by Bistro SF Grill at 1305 Castro St. to grab a lunch or dinner prepackaged box beginning Tuesday, March 17, beginning at noon and every day after. Price is only $5.50 and it _________ the expenses,” he wrote.

Bistro SF Grill will be offering three different _________ : chicken, rice, and vegetables; fish, rice, and vegetables; and vegan mushroom paella. All are gluten-free (无谷蛋 白). The menu will change weekly.

“A lot of seniors, families, and people who don't know how to cook are _________ fresh, high-quality food daily," Felie said.   "I've seen much __________ than this — groups of people with guns, and people killed. I was __________ for three years. Under these conditions, food is __________ . Our idea was: Let's try to help. We’d like to give __________ but we can’t __________ it."

The restaurant started Go Fund Me (请资助我) page for further __________ the cost of the meals. So far, neighbors have __________ almost $2,000.

He believes that working together and helping others will be the key __________ helping us — all of us __________ this. “This problem will be __________ and I just feel optimistic,” he added. “__________ people have come together, I think we can overcome almost anything.”

1.

A．returned

B．arrived

C．escaped

D．led

2.

A．company

B．studio

C．restaurant

D．service

3.

A．surprised

B．optimistic

C．disappointed

D．ashamed

4.

A．effect

B．impression

C．choice

D．chance

5.

A．put on

B．put up

C．put out

D．put in

6.

A．inviting

B．asking

C．demanding

D．needing

7.

A．controls

B．takes

C．includes

D．covers

8.

A．lunches

B．breakfasts

C．dinners

D．meals

9.

A．in need of

B．in favor of

C．in honor of

D．in charge of

10.

A．bigger

B．worse

C．better

D．simpler

11.

A．homeless

B．poor

C．hungry

D．cold

12.

A．ordinary

B．difficult

C．necessary

D．useless

13.

A．for free

B．for all

C．for good

D．for instance

14.

A．accept

B．refuse

C．afford

D．manage

15.

A．deal with

B．pass down

C．pick up

D．cut down

16.

A．accepted

B．refused

C．donated

D．cost

17.

A．for

B．to

C．of

D．with

18.

A．get through

B．get across

C．get into

D．get off

19.

A．confirmed

B．contacted

C．conducted

D．contained

20.

A．Now that

B．In case

C．Even though

D．As if