【推荐2】My father and I are moving gracefully across the floor. Around and around we go,______ and nodding to the other dancers. We are the best dancers on the floor, they tell us. My father holds my hand and smiles at me. All the years that I ______ to dance with him disappear now. And those ______ times come back.

I remember when I was almost three and my father came home from work, he pulled me into his ______ and began to dance me around the table. We danced through the years. One night when I was fifteen, I was ______ in some painful feelings. My father asked me to dance with him. “Come on,” he said, “let’s get the ______ on the run.” When I tinned away from him, my father put his hand on my shoulder, and I ______ out of the chair shouting, “Don’t touch me! I am sick and ______ of dancing with you!” I saw the ______ on his face, but words were out and I could not call them back. I ran to my room crying ______.

We did not dance together after that night. My father waited up for me through my high school and college years when I danced my way out of his ______. Many years later, soon after his ______ picked up from a heart problem, my mother wrote that they had ______ a dance club. “You remember how your father loves to dance.” Yes, I remembered. My eyes filled up with ______. I knew he was waiting for a(an)______ from me, but I could never find the right words.

As my parent's 50^th wedding anniversary ______, I knew ______ I wanted to do was dance once more with my father. On the big day, in the party after the dinner, my parents danced around the room with the other dancers. I walked ______ the dancing people, looking directly into my father’s eyes, “Excuse me, but I believe this is toy dance.” My father stood ______. Our eyes met and traveled back to that night when I was fifteen. In a(an)______ voice, I said, “Let’s get the unhappiness on the run.” My father bowed (鞠躬) and said, “Oh, yes. I’ve been waiting for you.”

1.

A．laughing

B．crying

C．speaking

D．joking

2.

A．refused

B．hated

C．used

D．hid

3.

A．happy

B．hard

C．early

D．unhappy

4.

A．head

B．hands

C．arms

D．face

5.

A．covered

B．abandoned

C．stopped

D．lost

6.

A．feelings

B．unhappiness

C．pains

D．regret

7.

A．ran

B．waved

C．walked

D．jumped

8.

A．tired

B．exhausted

C．uninterested

D．frightened

9.

A．disappointment

B．hurt

C．attitude

D．anger

10.

A．formally

B．incorrectly

C．loudly

D．hardly

11.

A．control

B．floor

C．life

D．field

12.

A．speed

B．heart

C．body

D．health

13.

A．joined

B．left

C．started

D．trained

14.

A．loving

B．remembering

C．worrying

D．dancing

15.

A．answer

B．change

C．apology

D．praise

16.

A．appeared

B．passed

C．held

D．approached

17.

A．how

B．what

C．that

D．who

18.

A．through

B．around

C．over

D．across

19.

A．surprised

B．still

C．cold

D．nervous

20.

A．confident

B．careful

C．amused

D．shaking

【推荐3】Writing my daughter a letter every year on her birthday has become part of my life I fill it with unforgettable things that happened to her on_________days or happy days. I add to the letter photos and cards that would have_________as the year passes.

I have a small _________in which 1 keep the things that I want to send my daughter. Every week, I _________short notes of what I can think of from the week's events. When her birthday approaches, I_________that box and find it full of beautiful cards and_________memories.

_________the letter is written and all the treasures are put into the envelope, I seal (密封) it. It then becomes the _________ letter. On the envelope I always write: A letter to Ann from Daddy一to be opened when you're twenty-one years old. It is a gift of _________from Dad to her daughter. It is a lasting.__________of my daughter's real life.

Nowadays, I have taken it my duty to __________birthday letters to her. As Ann grows__________, I can see that it is a growing and __________ part of her life, too. One day, we were talking about the__________. I told Ann that on her 21st birthday, she will be__________from university.“And I'll be__________busy reading these letters." She said.“Yes, and you will be offered a good job soon; on your 31st birthday, you will be taking your own kids to school; on your 61st birthday, you will be__________ with your grandchildren and having fun with them.'

One of my greatest__________is to be alive and present to __________that wonderful time in the future when those letters are__________and the accumulated ( 积累) love walks into her life

1.

A．common

B．different

C．unpleasant

D．meaningful

2.

A．reminded

B．recognized

C．left

D．disappeared

3.

A．package

B．bottle

C．box

D．car

4.

A．take

B．bring.

C．give

D．finish

5.

A．give out

B．take out

C．turn out

D．work out

6.

A．painful

B．fragrant

C．terrible

D．bitter

7.

A．Because

B．Although

C．Before

D．After

8.

A．new year.

B．invitation

C．birthday

D．greeting

9.

A．love

B．luck

C．hope

D．friendship

10.

A．courage

B．challenge

C．record

D．discussion

11.

A．write

B．report

C．print

D．post

12.

A．stronger

B．richer

C．smarter

D．older

13.

A．special

B．ordinary

C．negative

D．unexpected

14.

A．puzzle

B．pressure

C．future

D．past

15.

A．escaping

B．graduating

C．recovering

D．traveling

16.

A．well

B．quite

C．such

D．little

17.

A．playing

B．fighting

C．talking

D．debating

18.

A．beliefs

B．wills

C．comments

D．achievements

19.

A．calculate

B．find

C．waste

D．witness

20.

A．cleared

B．locked

C．selected

D．opened

【推荐1】I am the “Laundry Goddess”. Well, that’s what my kids call me anyway because I have the talent for finding the right _________ for any stain. From spaghetti sauce and grass marks to ballpoint ink stains, whatever my _________ throw to me, I seem to be able to find a way to make it look brand new again. It’s a skill I got from my mother. My mom wouldn’t admit it, but I think she _________ doing the laundry.

The laundry room was Mom’s territory. It was _________, with only the sounds of the washing machine or the hum of the dryer to interrupt her. She would _________ down early in the morning, often still in her housecoat, to put in the first _________ of the day. We would find her there, leaning against the machine, peacefully having a coffee, and reading the newspaper in her territory absorbedly.

I don’t remember Mom teaching me the ways of the laundry room. I learned to _________ towels and small items as a youngster. I spent many hours ironing clean cotton handkerchiefs and pillowcases. But the _________ wasn’t part of my training. So, when I left home and _________ to another city, __________ the stain required an expensive long-distance phone call home.

My washer and dryer seem to have more __________ than a jet plane, certainly many more than the machines with basic functions used by my mom. I have made the __________ from laundry powder to liquid, and I have my own favorite stain __________. But every time I step into the laundry room and think about how to deal with a particularly difficult stain, I __________ the Laundry Goddesses who came before me for her wisdom and perseverance. And each clean item of clothing is a(n) __________ force in a messy world.

1.

A．place

B．reason

C．cover

D．solution

2.

A．neighbors

B．friends

C．kids

D．colleagues

3.

A．meant

B．hated

C．loved

D．bothered

4.

A．dynamic

B．quiet

C．severe

D．secure

5.

A．sit

B．fall

C．lie

D．head

6.

A．sample

B．item

C．burden

D．work

7.

A．display

B．edge

C．fetch

D．fold

8.

A．washing

B．ironing

C．sewing

D．tidying

9.

A．floated

B．moved

C．shuttled

D．extended

10.

A．maintaining

B．controlling

C．sustaining

D．removing

11.

A．issues

B．appliances

C．settings

D．commands

12.

A．model

B．handle

C．cycle

D．switch

13.

A．fighters

B．partners

C．producers

D．keepers

14.

A．find

B．thank

C．evaluate

D．ask

15.

A．troubling

B．calming

C．amusing

D．conflicting

【推荐2】Until a few years ago, I was a calm person. If you were going to offend me or verbally ______ me, I almost never lost it ______; of course I felt hurt, but I didn’t show it.

Then, one day, I met my husband and I fell ______ in love with him, a proud ______ who loudly discusses things even with himself when he’s not happy. Things, however, got worse for me when we started ______ on things. He seemed really angry and loud, while I seemed detached and polite. Truth is that I was ______ too, but I was used to not showing it on the outside. Fight after fight, he always acted as if nothing had happened a few minutes after each quarrel, while my moments of ______ discontent started to ______ more and more in time until they became hours, sometimes even days.

I felt this had to change and the conversation went ______ like this:

Me: “Either you change your ______ when we fight or I will start avoiding any discussion, otherwise this will ______ our relationship.”

Him: “Did you ______ the Mpemba Effect? If you put two ______ containers filled with the same amount of the same water into the ______ except that one has boiling water in it while the other one has water at ambient (周围的) ______, the boiling water will ______ faster than the ambient water. Baby, you have got to boil first, to cool down faster. That’s why the Italians live longer than Canadians.”

The connection he suggested is to be ______, but I have learned a fact I didn’t know, one that has ______ me to understand that if I’m angry about something or someone, for that anger to disappear, it has to be towards the ______ or otherwise it is like hiding the dust under the ______: your house might look clean, but it is not.

1.

A．cheat

B．attack

C．defend

D．impress

2.

A．in return

B．in time

C．in place

D．in public

3.

A．steadily

B．reasonably

C．hopelessly

D．blindly

4.

A．Italian

B．American

C．Canadian

D．Chinese

5.

A．operating

B．disagreeing

C．living

D．working

6.

A．struggling

B．controlling

C．boiling

D．accumulating

7.

A．inner

B．abrupt

C．extra

D．distinct

8.

A．disappear

B．expand

C．recover

D．withdraw

9.

A．up and down

B．by and by

C．sooner or later

D．more or less

10.

A．vision

B．viewpoint

C．attention

D．attitude

11.

A．affect

B．compensate

C．mend

D．strike

12.

A．hear about

B．learn from

C．worry about

D．hear from

13.

A．mobile

B．similar

C．exact

D．relevant

14.

A．basin

B．oven

C．freezer

D．pond

15.

A．heat

B．level

C．environment

D．temperature

16.

A．explode

B．burst

C．resist

D．freeze

17.

A．suspected

B．indicated

C．proven

D．created

18.

A．warned

B．inspired

C．recommended

D．forbade

19.

A．outside

B．inside

C．public

D．rich

20.

A．dustpan

B．carpet

C．roof

D．broom

【推荐3】I am the only person who has reached senior middle school in my family. So, I am the “best educated”. But I also used to be the most___________because I never thought about my manners. As a busy__________, I always come home from school late. When I get home a____________, it is time for my meal. After eating, I go to school again. But one day, when I was ready to go to school after lunch as usual, Dad stopped me. “Could you__________me some time?” he asked, “just one___________.” I looked at the time and found I didn’t have much time left. “OK, Dad, but please make it ____________.” “All right, I know you are__________, so I will just ask you two questions. Could you__________how many things you have done for our__________? And, could you tell me how often you say hello to your family members when you get home?”

That day, when I was at__________, I thought about the questions without understanding why Dad had__________asked them. Then, my friend, a girl from a rich family, asked me what was___________me. I told her. After listening, she laughed. “Hey! That’s nothing__________! You know, I never do anything or say hello to anybody when I am at home, either.” Then she added, “As far as I know, 90 percent of our__________have never done these things.” Really? At that moment, I__________why my dad had asked me those questions. It was because it is good__________to say hello to your family. However, most of us students don’t know, or even__________this. How sad we are! I finally realized how I should answer my dad’s questions. First, I would do all those things that are called good manners. Second, I would__________my classmates to be aware of their manners as soon as possible. That night I told these things to Dad. “Good,” he said, “Better late than never.” The next afternoon, when I got home, I saw Mum in the kitchen cooking. “Hi, Mum, I’m__________,” I said. She looked at me and gave me a big__________.

1.

A．shy

B．impolite

C．angry

D．anxious

2.

A．senior student

B．shop assistant

C．school teacher

D．housewife

3.

A．time

B．night

C．noon

D．spare time

4.

A．spend

B．take

C．spare

D．lend

5.

A．thing

B．hour

C．question

D．minute

6.

A．easy

B．happy

C．quick

D．simple

7.

A．impolite

B．polite

C．patient

D．busy

8.

A．look about

B．make sure

C．find out

D．take out

9.

A．family

B．members

C．house

D．promise

10.

A．bed

B．school

C．table

D．home

11.

A．suddenly

B．obviously

C．clearly

D．simply

12.

A．surprising

B．paining

C．puzzling

D．delighting

13.

A．dangerous

B．normal

C．valuable

D．important

14.

A．family

B．class

C．neighbor

D．town

15.

A．wondered

B．understood

C．knew

D．noticed

16.

A．way

B．exercise

C．chance

D．manners

17.

A．think about

B．care about

C．call for

D．hunt for

18.

A．force

B．remind

C．allow

D．ask

19.

A．home

B．late

C．sorry

D．hungry

20.

A．cake

B．suggestion

C．smile

D．chance

【推荐2】In 1989 an 8.2 earthquake almost flattened(夷平) America, killing over 30,000 people in less than four minutes. A father _______ to the school where his son was supposed to be, only to discover that the building was as_______as a pancake.

He remembered the _______ he had made to his son: "No matter what, I'll always be there for you!" And tears began to _______ his eyes. As he looked at the pile of ruins, it looked_______.

He began to direct his attention towards where he walked his son to class at school each morning. He started digging through the ruins.

As he was digging, other helpless _______ arrived, saying: "My son!" "My daughter!" Some well-meaning (善意的) parents_______to pull him off what was left of the school, saying: "It's too _______! They're all dead!"

To each parent he answered with one_______: "Are you going to help me now?" And then he ________ to dig for his son, stone by stone. The fire chief ________ and wanted to pull him off the school's ruins, saying, "Fires are breaking out. You're in ________. We'll take care of it. "

But he still went on because he needed to know for himself: "Is my boy alive or is he ________?" He dug for eight hours...12 hours...24 hours...36 hours...then, in the 38th hour, he pulled back a large stone and heard his son's voice. He screamed his son's name, "ARMAND!"

"Dad? It's me, Dad! I told the other kids not to ________. I told them that if you were alive, you'd come. You ________ it, Dad!"

1.

A．passed

B．rushed

C．came

D．went

2.

A．strong

B．high

C．flat

D．large

3.

A．decision

B．promise

C．plan

D．lie

4.

A．ruin

B．hold

C．drop

D．fill

5.

A．hopeless

B．familiar

C．terrible

D．hopeful

6.

A．reporters

B．teachers

C．parents

D．students

7.

A．thought

B．tried

C．refused

D．commanded

8.

A．serious

B．heavy

C．difficult

D．late

9.

A．line

B．doubt

C．lesson

D．problem

10.

A．stopped

B．continued

C．remembered

D．failed

11.

A．gave up

B．looked up

C．showed up

D．picked up

12.

A．danger

B．trouble

C．dark

D．surprise

13.

A．happy

B．frightened

C．reliable

D．dead

14.

A．hide

B．worry

C．shout

D．suffer

15.

A．saved

B．kept

C．did

D．said