【推荐1】Recently, I stopped by a convenience store to get a newspaper and a bottle of drink. The young woman at the checkout counter said, “ That’ll be five dollars______    please,” She then ______ down at the paper I was ______ and said, “I’m sick and ______ all this negative(消极) stuff on the front______ .I want to read some______ news for a change,” She   then said, “In fact, I think someone should just ______ a Good News newspaper---a paper with wonderful, inspirational______about people overcoming difficulty and doing good things for______I’d buy one every day!” She then______ me for coming in and said, “Maybe we’ll get some good news,” and she laughed. She made my day.

The following day after my business appointments, I______ the same store gain to ______.bottled water and a piece of newspaper, but a______young lady was behind the counter. As I checked   out I said, “Good afternoon” and handed her my   ______.She said nothing-not a word, not a smile or not a gesture. She just handed me my change and______ a negative tone ordered… “Next！”

It hit me light between the eyes: “Two people, the same age;______ made me feel great, and the other, well, made me feel that I had inconvenienced her by______ .

Every morning, you should ask______this important question: “Why do I want to be today? ‘The Grouch(不高兴)’   or ‘The Good News Girl’ You answer will do great good to______the joy and happiness that you will experience in your_______

1.

A．at all

B．in all

C．for all

D．all for

2.

A．stared

B．glared

C．glanced

D．noticed

3.

A．carrying

B．taking

C．reading

D．buying

4.

A．tired of

B．interested in

C．concerned about

D．fond of

5.

A．columns

B．editions

C．pages

D．parts

6.

A．bad

B．good

C．latest

D．interesting

7.

A．collect

B．print

C．sell

D．publish

8.

A．stories

B．ideas

C．concepts

D．experiences

9.

A．rewards

B．the others

C．others

D．nothing

10.

A．praised

B．thanked

C．appreciated

D．criticized

11.

A．dropped out

B．dropped off

C．dropped on

D．dropped by

12.

A．pick up

B．take up

C．bring up

D．carry up

13.

A．beautiful

B．fantastic

C．different

D．stupid

14.

A．card

B．money

C．dollar

D．change

15.

A．with

B．at

C．through

D．in

16.

A．one

B．who

C．what

D．it

17.

A．moving up

B．going away

C．showing up

D．showing off

18.

A．her

B．them

C．yourself

D．themselves

19.

A．creating

B．determining

C．enjoying

D．guaranteeing

20.

A．home

B．work

C．study

D．life

【推荐2】My medical team had said my brain could no longer send the signals for walking because those nerves in my spinal cord(脊髓)had been destroyed．Though_______unintentionally. my doctors did take something very important away from me：hope.

Then．a friend of mine_______me to try to help myself．I was angry. I said,“They’ re four of leading neurologists．They all said I'd never get any _______”

“They could have all been wrong.”．
“They said there’s _______I can do! I’m not _______any effort into trying to walk and then be miserable when I _______.”
“Trying is never failure．”
I was encouraged by him．That day I tried walking_______．I said to myself.“Why not?”
When I_______I have a Frankenstein-style gait(步态)．I get embarrassed, so I explain. I met a girl who said，“Stop_______yourself . Walk proudly!”She’s________one of the many who've taught me that if I open my heart to acceptance，the world is filled with________teams.
One morning my husband Bob said there was a huge present for me in our driveway.   It was a 300-pound cycle for ________．The seats were side by side．He could pedal(踩踏板)while I ________by him and enjoyed the outdoors again．Last week he repeated. “There’s a huge present in our driveway．”He________me outside. It was a one-woman Dynamo Power Bike. “Sweetheart, you know I can’t ride a bike by myself．”I ________． He laughed sweetly. “I know. And you can't walk either. Then why does the pedometer(计步器)I bought you have 74 miles on it?”
Recently，hundreds of miles later，after________hours of efforts. for the first time in five years，I went out back，put my cane(拐杖)________and started walking .I ________42 yards.And so，I have made a(n)________silent resolution--a declaration that I am praying others will say to themselves as well．
“Yes，I can．”Christopher Reeve once said，“When we have________，we discover powers within ourselves we may have never known．”1.

A．regularly

B．surely

C．now and then

D．sometimes

2.

A．urged

B．persuaded

C．permitted

D．·expected

3.

A．wiser

B．stronger

C．better

D．luckier

4.

A．what

B．much

C．reason

D．nothing

5.

A．putting

B．turning

C．giving

D．casting

6.

A．fail

B．try

C．walk

D．cry

7.

A．in the long run

B．at best

C．at no time

D．on my own

8.

A．race

B．walk

C．crawl

D．stand up

9.

A．helping

B．excusing

C．being

D．finding

10.

A．still

B．yet

C．just

D．even

11.

A．support

B．discouragement

C．depression

D．optimism

12.

A．free

B．two

C．all

D．reference

13.

A．waited

B．walked

C．sat

D．1aughedaited

14.

A．led

B．waited for

C．pointed

D．1ooked for

15.

A．shouted

B．wondered

C．whispered

D．questioned

16.

A．amazing

B．impressive

C．hopeless

D．exhausting

17.

A．away

B．down

C．over

D．off

18.

A．helped it

B．put it

C．appreciated it

D．made it

19.

A．satisfying

B．increasing

C．best-designed

D．often-repeated

20.

A．trouble

B．skills

C．hope

D．friendship

【推荐3】Several months ago I worked at a hospital. One day I was sent to discharge (安排出院) a patient. She happened to be a physically and mentally（身心地） ______ young woman who was limited to a wheelchair. She was_______ in her late twenties or early thirties, but it was difficult to _____.

As I was _______her off the floor, down the elevator, and out of the front hall, I couldn’t ______ thinking: “Oh, my God, her parents must be so ______. She is in really bad shape. What a______! She must need constant(持续的) ______, and will likely require it for the rest of her life.” If I were her father, I would be terribly frustrated (懊恼的).

Then, as I came to the area where family and friends ______ discharged patients, I saw a man who noticed us and began walking quickly towards us. As he got closer, his eyes became bright and he ______ , saying: “Patricia, you look so lovely today! You are ______ coming home. We can’t ______ to have you back home! We miss you so much!” He carefully placed his daughter in his car, said thank you, and drove off.

I was_______ My eyes began to fill with tears and I just stood there for a few minutes, trying to processing(处理） what had just______. Then I began to think : “What had I ______there ? How could I have been so______ about the father? Why did he and I have such different ______ to his daughter?”

It took me days to comprehend(领悟) what I’d failed to understand when I was ______ the young woman and her father. Now I know the true ______ of unconditional love, and whenever I deal with other children’ s______, I will think of Patricia and her dad.

1.

A．healthy

B．gifted

C．disabled

D．tired

2.

A．clearly

B．probably

C．finally

D．hardly

3.

A．accept

B．express

C．use

D．tell

4.

A．leaving

B．stopping

C．wheeling

D．running

5.

A．help

B．admit

C．allow

D．mind

6.

A．happy

B．grateful

C．disappointed

D．proud

7.

A．surprise

B．pity

C．deal

D．day

8.

A．discussion

B．hope

C．medicine

D．care

9.

A．look in

B．deal with

C．see off

D．pick up

10.

A．cried

B．smiled

C．shouted

D．jumped

11.

A．finally

B．suddenly

C．quickly

D．slowly

12.

A．prepare

B．understand

C．wait

D．expect

13.

A．lost

B．moved

C．pleased

D．afraid

14.

A．arrived

B．asked

C．disappeared

D．happened

15.

A．wasted

B．got

C．missed

D．done

16.

A．wrong

B．worried

C．curious

D．serious

17.

A．opinions

B．attitudes

C．lives

D．jobs

18.

A．judging

B．pleasing

C．helping

D．seeing

19.

A．happiness

B．importance

C．meaning

D．ability

20.

A．expressions

B．toys

C．relationships

D．shortcomings

【推荐2】A woman professor was giving a lesson to her students on stress management. As she raised a glass of water, everyone in the class_______they would be asked the “half-empty or half-full” question.

_______, with a smile on her face, she asked the students, “How_______ do you think this glass of water weighs?”

Answers called out _______from 100g to 300g. She quieted the students down and then replied, “It does not matter on the_______. It _______on how long you hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it is OK. If I hold it for an hour, I will have an ache in my right_______. If I hold it for a day, my arm will feel numb. In each case, the weight of the glass of water doesn’t change, but the_______I hold it, the heavier it becomes. Why?“

Lost in_______, all the students kept silent and listened to the professor carefully.

“Our________ and worries in life are like that glass of water. If we________our burdens (负担) all the time, sooner or later, we will feel exhausted.”

What you have to do is put all your burdens down, as________ in the evening as possible. Don’t carry them through the evening into the night; by doing this, we can get ________next morning and are able to move forward.”

“More often than not, life gets terrible when we think too much. And the moment you________your burdens, you’ll find yourself feeling so much more relaxed.”

“So rather than feeling________ and sorry for yourself, start doing something about it. After all, life is too short to waste on anything that is not making you happy.”

1.

A．knew

B．agreed

C．expected

D．argued

2.

A．Instead

B．Meanwhile

C．Besides

D．Therefore

3.

A．full

B．little

C．heavy

D．much

4.

A．replied

B．ranged

C．read

D．remained

5.

A．weight

B．height

C．volume

D．size

6.

A．holds

B．calls

C．takes

D．depends

7.

A．finger

B．foot

C．arm

D．leg

8.

A．higher

B．longer

C．deeper

D．further

9.

A．thought

B．idea

C．plan

D．class

10.

A．doubts

B．joys

C．stresses

D．surprises

11.

A．carry

B．cover

C．hide

D．show

12.

A．late

B．early

C．soon

D．fast

13.

A．reset

B．reviewed

C．refreshed

D．reminded

14.

A．catch up with

B．let go of

C．put up with

D．take care of

15.

A．upset

B．satisfied

C．bored

D．confused

【推荐3】It was the afternoon of December 24, the day before Christmas, but I had to work. The only thing that _______ my day was the beautifully decorated _______ in our waiting room and a _______ sent to me by a fellow I was dating—a dozen long-stemmed red roses.

Suddenly, our receptionist came and said there was a lady outside that urgently needed to speak with me. As I stepped out, I noticed a young _______ woman with a baby in her arms standing there. _______, she explained that her husband--a prisoner in a nearby prison--was my next patient. She told me she wasn’t _______ to visit her husband in prison and that he had _______ seen his son. So she _______ me to let the boy’s father sit in the waiting room as long as possible with her _______ I called him in. Since my timetable wasn’t full, I agreed. ________, it was Christmas Eve.

A short time later, her husband arrived—with chains on his feet, cuffs on his hands, and two armed guards around him. The woman’s exhausted face   ________ when her husband took a seat beside her. I watched them laugh, cry, and share their child. He seemed like a gentle and honest man.

At the end of that   ________, I   ________ him a Merry Christmas---a difficult thing to say to a man   ________to prison. He smiled and thanked me. He also said he felt saddened by the   ________ that he hadn’t been able to get his wife   ________ for Christmas. On hearing this, I was   ________ by a wonderful idea.

I’ll never forget the   ________ on both their faces as the prisoner gave his wife the beautiful, long-stemmed red roses. I'm not sure who   ________ the most joy---the husband in giving, the wife in receiving, or myself in having the opportunity to share in this special ________.

1.

A．enjoyed

B．brightened

C．relaxed

D．presented

2.

A．office

B．Christmas Father

C．Christmas tree

D．furniture

3.

A．gift

B．card

C．message

D．package

4.

A．ordinary-looking

B．good-looking

C．tired-looking

D．frightened-looking

5.

A．Happily

B．Surprisingly

C．Angrily

D．Nervously

6.

A．going

B．determined

C．expected

D．allowed

7.

A．ever

B．never

C．already

D．even

8.

A．persuaded

B．demanded

C．begged

D．pleased

9.

A．because

B．before

C．when

D．after

10.

A．After all

B．In all

C．All in all

D．Above all

11.

A．turned up

B．cheered up

C．lit up

D．made up

12.

A．gathering

B．appointment

C．discussion

D．conversation

13.

A．said

B．showed

C．wished

D．hoped

14.

A．looking up

B．bringing back

C．living up

D．heading back

15.

A．words

B．fact

C．idea

D．scene

16.

A．something

B．nothing

C．anything

D．everything

17.

A．encouraged

B．stuck

C．provided

D．inspired

18.

A．satisfaction

B．surprise

C．spirit

D．look

19.

A．experienced

B．received

C．gave

D．accepted

20.

A．moment

B．holiday

C．present

D．timing

【推荐1】At middle school I found it ________ to run around the playground and I was always one of the last students to cross the finish line. One day, my friend asked me if I would like to run a 10K event with him. My first reaction was, “No way! I hate ________ .”

Over the weekend I thought about his ________ . I thought, “Why do I hate it when I haven’t done it since Grade 7 in middle school?” In the end I decided I should have a(n) ________ .

I told my friend I would like to join the 10K event with him. He ________ me to turn to the Internet for a running programme to help me learn how to run. ________ I chose a 14-week running plan that would teach me how to run for 30 minutes non-stop. I had to run three times a week for different lengths of ________ . As the weeks went on I could run for longer periods. I enjoyed following the plan as I could see ________ in my running each week. I went from being ________ to run for more than 30 seconds to running for over 30 minutes! My younger self would not have ________ it.

On the day of the 10K running event I was both excited and ________ . It was the first time I had apply my new skills to practice. I lined up with other ________ . My friends and family came to support me. With their encouragement and my training, I ________ to finish the 10K in 72 minutes. It was ________ but I felt very proud of having tried It.

From this experience I learned it was a good idea to try something before saying “I hate it!” It turned out that I ________ running.

1.

A．interesting

B．easy

C．amazing

D．challenging

2.

A．competing

B．testing

C．running

D．exercising.

3.

A．suggestion

B．plan

C．choice

D．task

4.

A．examination

B．try

C．look

D．chance

5.

A．expected

B．recommended

C．forced

D．allowed

6.

A．Directly

B．Unwillingly

C．Surprisingly

D．Finally

7.

A．preparation

B．time

C．distance

D．training

8.

A．improvements

B．dreams

C．efforts

D．prizes

9.

A．unable

B．ready

C．unfortunate

D．anxious

10.

A．accepted

B．affected

C．believed

D．admitted

11.

A．satisfied

B．regretted

C．confident

D．nervous

12.

A．classmates

B．winners

C．friends

D．runners

13.

A．pretended

B．failed

C．managed

D．desired

14.

A．valuable

B．impossible

C．difficult

D．strange

15.

A．understood

B．enjoyed

C．mistook

D．remembered

【推荐3】We live in a world increasingly controlled by science. Since elementary school, I have always _________ subjects like science and math. To me, these subjects, full of discoveries and _________, seem to play more important role in human progress than humanities (人文学科). And I always _________ thought of these subjects as more reliable and serious than classes like English. If there was no right _________, I thought, why bother? But recently I had an _________ that taught me my interests in learning are more flexible than I had thought: I took my first philosophy (哲学) class.

Before I entered the classroom, I was _________. I waited outside with the other students and wondered what exactly philosophy would involve. I _________ getting into pretty long and boring conversations intended to reflect on the meaning of life. But what I got was something quite _________.

A young man in jeans, Mr. Jones-“but you can call me Rob”-was far from the white­haired, buttoned­up old man I had _________. Rather than pulling us into boring arguments about difficult­to­understand philosophical points, Rob__________ us on our level. To talk free will, we looked at our own challenges. To talk morals(道德), we reviewed the __________ we had made. By the end of class, I’d discovered that questions with no right answer can turn out to be the most __________ ones.

       It __________ me that if I let go of my prejudice(偏见), I can actually get a lot out of the subjects I once __________. The class taught me—in more ways than one—to look at things with a(n) __________ mind.1.

A．chosen

B．evaluated

C．preferred

D．avoided

2.

A．numbers

B．puzzles

C．challenges

D．advances

3.

A．naturally

B．hardly

C．accurately

D．impatiently

4.

A．reason

B．answer

C．method

D．direction

5.

A．idea

B．experience

C．incident

D．accident

6.

A．hopeful

B．confident

C．doubtful

D．nervous

7.

A．tried

B．remembered

C．enjoyed

D．imagined

8.

A．unique

B．common

C．different

D．strange

9.

A．mentioned

B．expected

C．met

D．missed

10.

A．communicated with

B．agreed with

C．checked on

D．depended on

11.

A．suggestions

B．arrangements

C．choices

D．promises

12.

A．difficult

B．effective

C．discouraging

D．attractive

13.

A．confused

B．hit

C．warned

D．worried

14.

A．did well in

B．looked forward to

C．spoke highly of

D．thought little of

15.

A．open

B．strong

C．sharp

D．ready