【推荐1】A Letter to Mom and Her Mince (肉末)Pies

When I was a little girl, on Christmas Eve, you and I would bake cakes. “Make enough mince pies, because Santa likes them, ” you would tell me.

On Christmas morning, I’d wake up and thrill at the________ before me. At the bottom of my bed would be loads of presents. I’d scream in delight, ________ tearing the wrapping paper. Running downstairs, I would________ that Santa hadn’t just stopped in the________. There were also lots of________ around the Christmas tree.

Many years later, the________ continued. One afternoon________ we were making extra mince pies, it________ hit me that the extra wasn’t for________. I said, “Those extra mince pies were never for Santa, were they? They were________ you!” You never said a word- a smile was your only________.

Christmas changed in 1986, when you suffered a________ brain disease. After________ throughout Christmas, you passed away on December 29.

Only now am I starting to enjoy Christmas again. And while I don’t do the________ any more, I do have mince pies in the house. I leave one out just for you, as if you were________ a part of my Christmas.

1.

A．pie

B．mess

C．tree

D．sight

2.

A．violently

B．deliberately

C．excitedly

D．casually

3.

A．discover

B．witness

C．describe

D．imagine

4.

A．apartment

B．lounge

C．bedroom

D．kitchen

5.

A．people

B．cakes

C．leaves

D．presents

6.

A．tradition

B．holiday

C．celebration

D．situation

7.

A．while

B．though

C．directly

D．before

8.

A．heavily

B．certainly

C．suddenly

D．frequently

9.

A．Mom

B．Santa

C．Christmas

D．guests

10.

A．for

B．to

C．like

D．beside

11.

A．explanation

B．opinion

C．expression

D．reply

12.

A．mild

B．curable

C．severe

D．common

13.

A．suffering

B．preparing

C．working

D．resting

14.

A．laundry

B．cleaning

C．operation

D．baking

15.

A．still

B．also

C．even

D．just

【推荐2】A Doll from Santa

Alice‟s mother died when she was five years old. That year was 1925, and life was hard. Alice, who grew up to be my mother, told me that her family was too ________to even afford to give her a doll.

One afternoon in December 1982, I was decorating the tree to prepare for the Christmas season. A young lady ________me with a sample of her handiwork: beautiful handmade ______. She was taking orders for Christmas. I decided to get one for my daughter, Katie, who was almost five years old. Then I had an idea. I asked the lady if she could make me a _____doll for my mother — one with gray hair and a pair of glasses: a grandmother doll.

The doll maker felt that this idea was certainly ___and took it on as a creative challenge. So I placed my Christmas ___: two dolls, one blonde and one gray-haired for Christmas morning! Things really started to fall into place   ________a friend had told me that his dad, who played Santa Claus in my area, would be willing to make a visit on Christmas morning to our home to   __________my Katie her presents!

Christmas Day arrived and at the planned time, ___did Santa Claus. Katie was delighted that Santa had come to see her at her   ________house, the happiest I had ever seen her in her young life. My mother was enjoying watching her granddaughter‟s _______to the visit from this special guest. As Santa turned to leave, he looked once more into his bag and took out one more   _____. As he asked who Alice was, my mother, surprised by her name being called, ___that she in fact was Alice. Santa handed her the gift, which was accompanied by a message card that read: For Alice,

I was cleaning out my sleigh before my ________this year and came across this package that was supposed to be delivered on December 25, 1925. The present inside has _______, but I felt that you might   _________wish to have it. Many apologies for the_________of the gift.

Love, Santa Claus

My mother‟s reaction was one   of   the   greatest   deeply   ____scenes   I have   ever witnessed. She couldn‟t speak but only gazed at the doll she had          _________fifty-seven years as tears of joy running down her cheeks. That doll, given by “Santa”, made my mother the happiest “__________” alive.

1.

A．large

B．busy

C．poor

D．crowded

2.

A．approached

B．educated

C．helped

D．joined

3.

A．glasses

B．dolls

C．socks

D．bags

4.

A．special

B．live

C．cheap

D．baby

5.

A．fair

B．impractical

C．simple

D．unique

6.

A．wish

B．order

C．tree

D．collection

7.

A．because

B．though

C．when

D．if

8.

A．save

B．sell

C．find

D．deliver

9.

A．and

B．or

C．but

D．so

10.

A．own

B．new

C．former

D．small

11.

A．request

B．dream

C．reaction

D．panic

12.

A．letter

B．gift

C．candy

D．bell

13.

A．denied

B．indicated

C．pretended

D．explained

14.

A．trip

B．plan

C．try

D．term

15.

A．burnt

B．reappeared

C．gone

D．aged

16.

A．still

B．never

C．yet

D．almost

17.

A．weakness

B．carefulness

C．lateness

D．darkness

18.

A．lovely

B．emotional

C．beautiful

D．unpleasant

19.

A．chosen

B．wasted

C．waited

D．spent

20.

A．customer

B．daughter

C．seller

D．child

【推荐3】Mother's Day Surprise: Baby born in car on way to hospital

A Kentucky woman received a Mother's Day surprise on Sunday when she gave birth to her son while on the way to the hospital.Christy High said her son was ready to come as she was____in the back seat of the family car.

"I tried____with the baby arid asked for a few more minutes,but he wasn't____,"High joked."He____when he came out,and that was the first time my husband knew what was____."He said,"What was that?"and I said,"It's our new baby Oliver.It's____."

"I wouldn't have it any other way than how it went____,"she added."He will always be the best Mother's Day ____I ever got."High,who is now a mom of two,told ABC News that she went into____in the early morning hours of May 14.____her husband,Jon High,was driving her to the hospital,her____broke,she said.Oliver Joseph High was born two weeks____at 6:10 a,m,____6 pounds,10 ounces.High,a brave mother,____her son herself and placed him on her chest____she immediately began nursing it.

Staff Clark Memorial in Jeffersonville,Indiana,____the family upon their arrival.High said her husband is extremely____about the coming of the baby."He was very____being the driver,I'm sure,but he was my rock star,"she added."He got us here____and he is a(n)____father."

Oliver joins big sister Rowan,3,who was horn on St.Patrick's Day in 2014.

1.

A．carrying

B．riding

C．comforting

D．attending

2.

A．arguing

B．debating

C．reasoning

D．discussing

3.

A．acting

B．answering

C．working

D．cooperating

4.

A．cried

B．yelled

C．shouted

D．called

5.

A．going on

B．moving on

C．keeping on

D．insisting on

6.

A．right

B．awful

C．OK

D．thankful

7.

A．up

B．down

C．away

D．off

8.

A．gift

B．greeting

C．ceremony

D．party

9.

A．action

B．effect

C．business

D．labor

10.

A．If

B．Although

C．The moment

D．As

11.

A．car

B．water

C．leg

D．seat

12.

A．early

B．late

C．sharp

D．exactly

13.

A．feeling

B．tasting

C．weighing

D．smelling

14.

A．patted

B．kissed

C．observed

D．delivered

15.

A．which

B．where

C．what

D．that

16.

A．questioned

B．encouraged

C．greeted

D．shocked

17.

A．happy

B．upset

C．worried

D．mad

18.

A．eager

B．serious

C．patient

D．nervous

19.

A．hurriedly

B．skillfully

C．safely

D．gently

20.

A．amusing

B．amazing

C．warm-hearted

D．strong-willed

【推荐1】A Race Against Death

It was a cold January in 1925 in Nome, Alaska. The town was cut off from the rest of the world due to heavy snow.

On the 20th of that month, Dr. Welch _______a sick boy, Billy, and knew he had diphtheria, a deadly infectious(传染的) disease mainly affecting children. The children of Nome would be _______if it struck the town. Dr. Welch needed medicine as soon as possible to stop other kids from getting sick. _______, the closest supply was over 1,000 miles away, in Anchorage.

How could the medicine get to Nome? The town’s _______was already full of ice, so it couldn’t come by ship. Cars and horses couldn’t travel on the _______roads. Jet airplanes and big trucks didn’t exist yet.

_______January 26, Billy and three other children had died. Twenty more were _______. Nome’s town officials came up with a(n)_______. They would have the medicine sent by _______from Anchorage to Nenana. From there, dogsled(狗拉雪橇) drivers — known as ＂mushers＂ — would __________it to Nome in a relay(接力).

The race began on January 27. The first musher, Shannon, picked up the medicine from the train at Nenana and rode all night. __________he handed the medicine to the next musher, Shannon’s face was black from the extreme cold.

On January 31, a musher named Seppala had to __________a frozen body of water called Norton Sound. It was the most __________part of the journey. Norton Sound was covered with ice, which could sometimes break up without warning. If that happened, Seppala might fall into the icy water below. He would __________, and so would the sick children of Nome. But Seppala made it across.

A huge snowstorm hit on February 1. A musher named Kaasen had to brave this storm. At one point, huge piles of snow blocked his__________. He had to leave the trail(雪橇痕迹) to get around them. Conditions were so bad that it was impossible for him to __________the trail again. The only hope was Balto, Kaasen’s lead dog. Balto put his nose to the ground, __________to find the smell of other dogs that had traveled on the trail. If Balto failed, it would mean disaster for Nome. The minutes passed by. Suddenly, Balto began to __________. He had found the trail.

At 5:30 am on February 2, Kaasen and his dogs __________in Nome. Within minutes, Dr. Welch had the medicine. He quickly gave it to the sick children. All of them recovered.

Nome had been __________.1.

A．examined

B．warned

C．interviewed

D．cured

2.

A．harmless

B．helpless

C．fearless

D．careless

3.

A．Moreover

B．Therefore

C．Otherwise

D．However

4.

A．airport

B．station

C．harbor

D．border

5.

A．narrow

B．snowy

C．busy

D．dirty

6.

A．From

B．On

C．By

D．After

7.

A．tired

B．upset

C．pale

D．sick

8.

A．plan

B．excuse

C．message

D．topic

9.

A．air

B．rail

C．sea

D．road

10.

A．carry

B．return

C．mail

D．give

11.

A．Though

B．Since

C．When

D．If

12.

A．enter

B．move

C．visit

D．cross

13.

A．shameful

B．boring

C．dangerous

D．foolish

14.

A．escape

B．bleed

C．swim

D．die

15.

A．memory

B．exit

C．way

D．destination

16.

A．find

B．fix

C．pass

D．change

17.

A．pretending

B．trying

C．asking

D．learning

18.

A．run

B．leave

C．bite

D．play

19.

A．gathered

B．stayed

C．camped

D．arrived

20.

A．controlled

B．saved

C．founded

D．developed

【推荐2】Chris Person lost his wallet outside a Publix store. The wallet contained his license, credit cards, plenty of cash, and some gift cards. He ______ his pockets and the parking lot carefully but came up empty. He had completely become______.

The next day, two ______ who Chris Person had never met before drove to his home in Palmetto Bay. To his excitement, he was told that 15-year-old Lucas had______ the wallet in the parking lot by chance. Then he decided to go with his father to Chris’s to ______ it in person.

Chris became impressed with the ______ the father had obviously passed on to his child, ______ because every note of the more than $ 1,000 in cash was still in the wallet. “They both refused my ______ without hesitation when I insisted they ______ the money that was inside, and they said they just wanted to do the

______ thing—and they did,” Chris told CNN. “The father intended to teach his boy the meaning of a selfless and honest act by ______ him for thousands of miles here. And I believe the boy will always make right decisions whenever he faces the same situation in the future.”

During their conversation, Chris ______ that the warm-hearted boy liked rock and roll. Therefore, he was determined to do something meaningful to ______ the boy for his kindness. The following weekend, Chris and his wife got a new surround sound system. Chris had been remembering that Lucas was very ______ of music, so he called Lucas up and asked if he wanted it. The boy was both ______ and satisfied by the gift.

1.

A．designed

B．found

C．searched

D．pressed

2.

A．hopeless

B．confident

C．relaxed

D．bored

3.

A．teens

B．boys

C．strangers

D．managers

4.

A．stolen

B．noticed

C．lost

D．delivered

5.

A．describe

B．repair

C．post

D．return

6.

A．virtue

B．appearance

C．wealth

D．tradition

7.

A．usually

B．especially

C．generally

D．fortunately

8.

A．call

B．answer

C．help

D．offer

9.

A．change

B．lend

C．claim

D．keep

10.

A．dangerous

B．strange

C．right

D．different

11.

A．accompanying

B．greeting

C．updating

D．arguing

12.

A．protested

B．rejected

C．learned

D．whispered

13.

A．pay off

B．pay back

C．turn back

D．pick up

14.

A．short

B．fond

C．tired

D．reliable

15.

A．surprised

B．disappointed

C．confused

D．embarrassed

【推荐3】When two ninth-graders discovered smoke storming out of their school bus early Tuesday morning, their bus driver knew just what to do. Thanks to her   _________ reaction, a terrible tragedy was   _________.

When _________ a group of 56 students to their school in Duncan, South Carolina, on Tuesday, Teresa Stroble noticed the heavy _________ rising from the back of her bus. She immediately pulled the bus over, evacuated the students as soon as possible, and _________ the transportation office to call 911. Firefighters arrived at the scene _________ after the fire began and quickly _________ the fire, which CBS News reports was so _________ that people were able to feel its heat inside their cars. Parents of the children on the bus were _________ the fire, but thanks to Stroble, the news they __________ was all good. Not a __________ child had been hurt in spite of the fierce flame. Since then Stroble has been __________ for her brave deeds. “We are so __________ of our bus driver, ” headmaster Scott Turner told CBS News. “She was calm and kept the students calm, too. She made sure they were safe. She __________have everything under control eventually. She is our __________ today. ”

Having __________ the fire scene, the local fire department is still uncertain what __________ the fire, but some say that this 1995 bus has been known to have __________ and electrical problems. However, we were so happy that Stroble was able to __________ on her feet and keep everyone safe and __________ .

1.

A．careful

B．timely

C．kind

D．adequate

2.

A．avoided

B．shown

C．saved

D．claimed

3.

A．launching

B．transporting

C．inviting

D．walking

4.

A．gas

B．water

C．smoke

D．heat

5.

A．reported

B．shouted

C．flashed

D．radioed

6.

A．sharply

B．casually

C．shortly

D．regularly

7.

A．found out

B．turned out

C．put out

D．cut out

8.

A．huge

B．wide

C．fast

D．urgent

9.

A．amazed by

B．satisfied with

C．disturbed by

D．concerned about

10.

A．received

B．sent

C．refused

D．accepted

11.

A．simple

B．pure

C．quiet

D．single

12.

A．praised

B．encouraged

C．elected

D．prohibited

13.

A．sure

B．fond

C．ashamed

D．proud

14.

A．managed to

B．expected to

C．intended to

D．convinced to

15.

A．guide

B．angel

C．pilot

D．teacher

16.

A．investigated

B．scanned

C．instructed

D．stimulated

17.

A．controlled

B．fixed

C．ordered

D．caused

18.

A．shelf

B．wires

C．trunk

D．brake

19.

A．run

B．think

C．stand

D．look

20.

A．sweet

B．reliable

C．sound

D．tidy