【推荐2】My son was playing with a bottle of bubbles. Dip the loop in the bottle, pull it out, and blow it to make bubbles. He understood the principle but was vainly _______ to blow bubbles. He would dip and dip and blow and blow, but alas, no _______. He _______ me the bottle and loop and asked me, “Daddy, can you make bubbles?”

I hadn’t blown bubbles in years. I am a _______ by education, fairly well-trained in surfactant (活性剂) technology. However, all that knowledge is completely _______. I was having no more _______ than my son. I dipped and puffed, _______ no bubbles.

After several _______ attempts, I changed strategies. _______ puffing on the loop of soapy water, I just gently breathed on it. My son ________ with delight as a big beautiful bubble formed and ________ away. I explained to him, “Son, you can’t blow hard. You must ever so ________ breathe on the loop to make bubbles.” He ________ his urgent desire to make big bubbles by blowing hard and followed my advice. Big bubbles!

There are some things that you can get with ________, but other things only ________ from the gentleness of a soft breath.

1.

A．trying

B．managing

C．expecting

D．acting

2.

A．changes

B．bubbles

C．results

D．drops

3.

A．lent

B．handed

C．threw

D．cast

4.

A．researcher

B．professional

C．chemist

D．parent

5.

A．out of date

B．of no use

C．in doubt

D．in trouble

6.

A．trial

B．confidence

C．patience

D．success

7.

A．even

B．thus

C．somehow

D．still

8.

A．fruitless

B．tough

C．unwilling

D．difficult

9.

A．Despite

B．Without

C．On

D．Except

10.

A．screamed

B．nodded

C．rushed

D．flew

11.

A．escaped

B．floated

C．burst

D．bounced

12.

A．silently

B．slightly

C．eagerly

D．gently

13.

A．freed

B．fueled

C．contained

D．reduced

14.

A．brain

B．action

C．force

D．science

15.

A．survive

B．separate

C．jumped

D．arise

【推荐3】I have learned to expect gifts from God in the form of people．People who I meet for a few
seconds，a few hours or even for _______ ．
My wife and I _______ a short train ride on an old train．It was _______ of her birthday plan．I was expecting to meet someone new who would _______ at our table．That was to be my _______ for that day．
We weren’t seated for two minutes _______ I heard，“Would you mind if I _______ you?”I replied，“_______．1 was expecting you!”
He was in his early sixties and _______ introduced himself．But for the following 45       minutes，he never stopped ______________ loudly．If there was a pause in the conversation，it was because ______________ on the train was giving us some background information about the old train ______________，this gentleman kept speaking to us about himself．Some things he said were very interesting．but most was a complaint about his experience as a ______________ and different types of law．He never asked ______________ of us what we did
So．if ______________ did send him，what was the message this time?
He needed ______________ and I needed to be reminded how important it was to listen to people， ______________ for a few seconds．a few hours or for a lifetime．Perhaps I was sent to him．Maybe he was ______________ to God to meet someone who ______________．
God gave us two ears and one mouth，because we need to listen ______________ as much as we speak．1.

A．a lifetime

B．a few months

C．several years

D．a long time

2.

A．put

B．enjoyed

C．took

D．planned

3.

A．part

B．gift

C．dream

D．intention

4.

A．explain

B．glare

C．come

D．sit

5.

A．inspiration

B．expectation

C．gift

D．conversation

6.

A．after

B．when

C．suddenly

D．before

7.

A．seated

B．joined in

C．talked with

D．joined

8.

A．Go ahead

B．Never mind

C．Forget it

D．With pleasure

9.

A．formally

B．politely

C．immediately

D．intelligently

10.

A．complaining

B．weeping

C．talking

D．laughing

11.

A．a tour guide

B．a conductor

C．a consumer

D．a trainer

12.

A．However

B．Sometimes

C．Moreover

D．Otherwise

13.

A．supporter

B．professor

C．mayor

D．1awyer

14.

A．each

B．every

C．either

D．one

15.

A．someone

B．God

C．my wife

D．the train

16.

A．to improve

B．to talk

C．to control

D．to target

17.

A．once

B．by contrast

C．if only

D．other than

18.

A．praying

B．talking

C．desiring

D．begging

19.

A．should listen

B．maybe listen

C．must listen

D．would listen

20.

A．much more

B．twice

C．with two

D．a lot more

【推荐2】One summer night, my friends and I stole into the Jordans’ backyard and started harvesting their sweet, juicy raspberries (树莓). We were enjoying every bite of the tasty berries _________ Mr Jordan came charging outside all of a sudden.

“What are you boys doing out here?” he yelled as my friends ran off _________ all directions. He attempted to catch one or two as they rushed past him, but they were too _________ for the older gentleman to catch. Within seconds, the boys _________ into the dark of the summer night, all except me. Speed was never my _________. I took the tongue-lashing (痛骂) that Mr. Jordan gave me as he marched me down the block to my house, where my mother took over and scolded me _________. My friends said they could hear every colorful word she spoke from the darkness of our backyard, where they had gathered to _________ their escape and to observe my capture.

They _________ me about it for days afterwards, while all I could do was complain about how _________ it was that I was the only one who had to pay the price. After about a week of this, I complained to my father about the inequality of the situation. Dad said, “You took raspberries without __________, and you get exactly the punishment you deserved.”

“But what about the other guys?” I asked. “They didn’t get punished at all!”

“That’s not my concern nor should it be yours,” Dad said. “You can’t __________ what happens to others. You can only __________ what happens to you. You made a bad choice that night, and you were punished for it.”

For the duration of the following years, I come to realize there is no __________ that life will treat us fairly. That’s why we can’t __________ comparing our lives with the lives of others. Like Dad said, that isn’t our __________.

1.

A．before

B．while

C．when

D．after

2.

A．towards

B．in

C．at

D．from

3.

A．smart

B．foxy

C．swift

D．intelligent

4.

A．hid

B．marched

C．hurried

D．disappeared

5.

A．strength

B．power

C．intention

D．option

6.

A．cruelly

B．bitterly

C．mercilessly

D．pitifully

7.

A．negotiate

B．celebrate

C．plot

D．congratulate

8.

A．asked

B．comforted

C．teased

D．challenged

9.

A．unhappy

B．frustrating

C．disappointing

D．unfair

10.

A．thinking

B．warning

C．asking

D．informing

11.

A．control

B．predict

C．accept

D．explain

12.

A．put up with

B．get away with

C．agree with

D．deal with

13.

A．reason

B．guarantee

C．chance

D．doubt

14.

A．get stuck to

B．get engaged in

C．be interested in

D．be buried in

15.

A．problem

B．complaint

C．concern

D．choice

【推荐3】Last summer, we went to Hawaii for holiday. During my week-long trip with my husband, we spent most of our time _______during the day in the sea, and then enjoying walks along the beach in the evenings.

We didn’t take any _______because we had enough. We had visited the island many times _______. On our way to the _______we joked that other than our sun-burnt skin, we had no way to show that we had _______there!

As we stood in line at the check-in, we noticed the _______who had been on our plane the week before. _______, they all had tear-filled eyes this day. On the plane, we sat directly behind them: a mother and her four children without Dad’s attendance. We learned that the father had been _______in a jet-skiing accident that week, and his wife and children had to _______make their way home without him.

We watched the children become unworried while they were playing cards. But the mother stared at her knees, ________to believe her husband’s death. We could ________feel her pain as we realized that this could have happened to any of us. While we were laughing and playing in the water, this poor family had been ________the sufferings. The vacation they had dreamed about had ________the terrible dream they would never forget.

I suddenly ________that we had no pictures for this vacation together. I closed my eyes, hoping that my mind had recorded all the wonderful moments that I had ________with my husband that week. What a trip!

1.

A．flying

B．travelling

C．swimming

D．walking

2.

A．action

B．children

C．photos

D．friends

3.

A．before

B．ago

C．now

D．yet

4.

A．sea

B．airport

C．destination

D．station

5.

A．traveled

B．left

C．missed

D．forgotten

6.

A．class

B．parent

C．passenger

D．family

7.

A．Therefore

B．Otherwise

C．However

D．Then

8.

A．hit

B．discovered

C．forbidden

D．killed

9.

A．nervously

B．bravely

C．confidently

D．proudly

10.

A．unable

B．likely

C．willing

D．afraid

11.

A．never

B．ever

C．almost

D．hardly

12.

A．feeling

B．experiencing

C．fighting

D．ignoring

13.

A．wiped out

B．eased off

C．broken up

D．turned into

14.

A．regretted

B．decided

C．remembered

D．discovered

15.

A．created

B．valued

C．shared

D．planned