【推荐1】完形填空
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A Young Man Learns What’s Most Important in Life

In his busy life, Jack had little time to think about the past and little to spend with his wife and son.

One day, his mother phoned him and told him that his old _______, Mr. Belser, had died. She asked if Jack would attend the funeral. Jack remembered _______ some of his childhood days with his old neighbor. It had been so long since Jack had thought of him. He _______ thought Mr. Belser had died years before.

Jack’s mother said, “He didn’t forget you. When I saw him, he’d ask _______ you were doing. He’d remember the many days you spent at his home. After your father died, Mr. Belser stepped in to make sure you had a man’s _______ in your life.”

“He taught me carpentry (木工手艺),” Jack said. “I wouldn’t be in this business if it weren’t for him. He spent a lot of time _______ me important things. I’ll be there for the funeral.”

Mr. Belser’s funeral was _______ . He had no children and most of his relatives had died.

The night, after he returned home, Jack and his Mom _______ the old house next door. The house was _______ as Jack remembered.

Jack told his Mom that there was a small gold box that Mr. Belser kept __________ on top of his desk. He had asked a thousand times what was inside, __________ Mr. Belser only said “The thing I value most.” It was __________ . The house was exactly how Jack remembered it, except for the box. He figured someone from the Belser __________ had taken it.

“Now I’ll never know what was so __________ to him,” Jack said.

Two weeks after Mr. Belser died, Jack discovered a note in his mailbox. “Signature requested on a package. Please __________ by the main post office.”

Next day Jack collected the package. The return address __________ his attention: “Mr. Harold Belser”.

Jack opened the package. Inside was the gold box and an envelope.

“Upon my death, please __________ this box and its contents to Jack Bennett. It’s the thing I valued most in my life. ”Jack __________ opened the box.

Inside he found a simple pocket watch and also these words __________ to it, “Jack, Thanks for your time! —Harold Belser.”

“My god! The thing he valued most was…my time.” He couldn’t believe it.

Immediately he called __________ his appointments for the next two days, because he needed some time to spend with his family.

1.

A．friend

B．neighbor

C．relative

D．classmate

2.

A．working

B．playing

C．spending

D．talking

3.

A．honestly

B．actively

C．foolishly

D．carefully

4.

A．when

B．where

C．how

D．why

5.

A．help

B．influence

C．shadow

D．attitude

6.

A．giving

B．teaching

C．helping

D．assisting

7.

A．big

B．wonderful

C．small

D．moving

8.

A．came

B．returned

C．painted

D．visited

9.

A．possibly

B．strangely

C．differently

D．completely

10.

A．buried

B．discovered

C．locked

D．reached

11.

A．so

B．but

C．or

D．when

12.

A．dear

B．gone

C．old

D．clear

13.

A．wife

B．son

C．family

D．neighbor

14.

A．valuable

B．necessary

C．important

D．expensive

15.

A．stop

B．begin

C．start

D．hurry

16.

A．gathered

B．visited

C．greeted

D．caught

17.

A．give

B．improve

C．return

D．pay

18.

A．casually

B．sadly

C．nervously

D．carefully

19.

A．attached

B．writing

C．reading

D．printed

20.

A．on

B．at

C．in

D．off

【推荐2】If you have strong arms and feet, patience and a good temper, you might_______a good waiter. You must start, _______not in the restaurant, but in the kitchen, helping the chef, to learn how each dish is _______.

From this first step, you may enter the restaurant_______a “commis” (厨助). But you won’t be_______to serve the customers yet. They will only let you do the bottomed jobs,_______the tables and carrying the plates. But all the time you must watch and learn with_______.

Later you may become “chef de rang” (a waiter in charge of a number of tables). You may even become a head waiter_______if you have the right sort of personality and you are not_______of hard work.

When Carlo Bianchi first arrived in London, he spoke only two words of English — “please” and “Hello”. He__________to get a job helping in the kitchen of a restaurant, and he spent what little__________time he had learning English. He was a good worker and soon they__________him a job in the restaurant as a waiter.

Every night, Carlo__________ to go home exhausted, but never too__________to study the language for half an hour before going to sleep. And no matter how tired or ill he felt, he always wore a__________for his customers. They liked him, and people came and asked to be__________by Carlo.

Now, twenty-five years later, Carlo is in__________of six restaurants, and he__________to open a seventh shortly. So friends, in this world success never comes overnight. Start from the__________and make progress step by step with enough patience and__________chances will fall upon you.

1.

A．make

B．create

C．replace

D．choose

2.

A．otherwise

B．therefore

C．thus

D．however

3.

A．commented

B．tasted

C．prepared

D．chosen

4.

A．as

B．for

C．with

D．to

5.

A．forced

B．allowed

C．banned

D．urged

6.

A．moving

B．laying

C．pushing

D．pulling

7.

A．curiosity

B．kindness

C．patience

D．interest

8.

A．simply

B．specially

C．exactly

D．eventually

9.

A．afraid

B．ashamed

C．fond

D．typical

10.

A．managed

B．attempted

C．predicted

D．expected

11.

A．tight

B．useful

C．spare

D．busy

12.

A．threw

B．found

C．sent

D．donated

13.

A．used

B．promised

C．regretted

D．remembered

14.

A．depressed

B．excited

C．worried

D．tired

15.

A．smile

B．face

C．color

D．surprise

16.

A．served

B．approved

C．praised

D．treated

17.

A．favor

B．need

C．possession

D．support

18.

A．hesitates

B．schedules

C．hurries

D．fails

19.

A．easiest

B．slowest

C．simplest

D．lowest

20.

A．in all

B．in time

C．in a word

D．above all

【推荐3】You’ve been away from us for one year; you told us a lie which I came to know not long ago.

On this special day for teachers across the country, I can ______ keep myself from telling your white lie to those who would lend me ear.

Do you still remember the happy ______ about six years ago? We fixed our eyes upon you at your ______. You, a beautiful young lady,______ us that you would live in our village.

Soon after, we began to find you were part of your students and their simple honest parents. The villagers found their children ______ more time on their books ______ after doing their homework and housework. Yet they still ______ that one day you might leave. You ______ a smile all the time, which reduced to some degree their ______ of your leaving. You went all out in the ______ of your students, helping them not only in their studies but also in their tuition (学费). You often emphasized to us the ______ of one’s life, so that must have been what you were ______ in those five years!

One cold morning when class began, you entered the room ______ you had been crying ______. In your class, we ______ but looked away from your eyes. You ______ for some time as if you were ______ to find this right word... you said would go away and would never be back to teach because your boyfriend wanted you more...

On the following morning, we ______ you the very best and the villagers gave you their ______ The train took you away and your broken ______. The other day I happened to hear my parents chatting that you had lung cancer and left the world soon after you waved goodbye.

1.

A．forever

B．seldom

C．hardly

D．soon

2.

A．scene

B．condition

C．sign

D．sight

3.

A．report

B．arrival

C．explanation

D．speech

4.

A．promised

B．answered

C．permitted

D．agreed

5.

A．shared

B．spent

C．paid

D．devoted

6.

A．even

B．ever

C．soon

D．still

7.

A．considered

B．feared

C．supposed

D．doubted

8.

A．wore

B．pretended

C．gained

D．presented

9.

A．pule

B．trouble

C．question

D．fear

10.

A．teaching

B．middle

C．course

D．field

11.

A．way

B．wealth

C．value

D．cost

12.

A．after

B．for

C．with

D．against

13.

A．as if

B．because

C．even though

D．before

14.

A．happily

B．bitterly

C．anxiously

D．angrily

15.

A．listened

B．talked

C．discussed

D．studied

16.

A．explained

B．stopped

C．talked

D．spoke

17.

A．thinking

B．worrying

C．drying

D．trying

18.

A．hoped

B．expected

C．wished

D．brought

19.

A．thanks

B．satisfactions

C．expressions

D．rewards

20.

A．boy

B．class

C．heart

D．memory

【推荐1】Without a shadow of a doubt, my grandfather is the single most influential person in my life. He was more than just my grandfather and I’m proud to say, my _________.
As a child there was no safer place than the security of his lap. I would watch horror movies on TV from behind his recliner. The monsters wouldn’t dream of _______ me there! He taught me how to appreciate beautiful foods. I remember, at age 5. __________ on a chair by the stove as he taught me how to make scrambled eggs.
He was warm, loving, firm and straightforward. He had a ________ of accepting whatever came his way with no _________ than a shrug. His deep faith carried him through what life had to offer.
He loved baseball ( especially the Pittsburgh Pirates- except when they ________ a game! ). He would often have one game on television while listening to another on his radio and he could tell you what was going on in both games. When he __________ 90, his other grandson, Bill, gave him an autographed photo of Willie Stargell, his favorite Pirate player. He was so __________ of that birthday present.
He was seldom sick. He just wouldn’t _______. Various family members often joked that he would be pushing all of us around the block in wheelchairs as he jogged. Some people have a small garden in their backyard. My grandfather had a huge ________. He would grow some flowers and vegetables. He always had something to do and it was __________ done well. Whenever anything was broken, it was taken to my grandfather.
At the age of 92 , he __________. Father of three, grandfather of three, great-grandfather of ten, friend of countless individuals, this remarkable man touched all of our lives and we are better for the experience.
I love you, grandpa.1.

A．grandpa

B．friend

C．colleague

D．opponent

2.

A．coming for

B．rushing to

C．moving about

D．turning to

3.

A．jumping

B．lying

C．climbing

D．standing

4.

A．day

B．place

C．way

D．time

5.

A．longer

B．more

C．less

D．better

6.

A．delayed

B．called off

C．lost

D．gave up

7.

A．neared

B．passed

C．grew

D．turned

8.

A．proud

B．tired

C．excited

D．crazy

9.

A．give up

B．slow down

C．send away

D．take in

10.

A．kitchen

B．library

C．tower

D．garden

11.

A．rarely

B．scarcely

C．always

D．merely

12.

A．passed away

B．passed out

C．passed through

D．passed down

【推荐2】Last night I was driving from Harrisburg to Lewisburg, a ________ of about eighty miles. It was late and I was in a hurry. However, if anyone asked me how fast I was ________, I’d say I was not over-speeding. Several times I got________ behind a slow- moving truck on a narrow road, and I was holding my fists tightly with________.

At one point along an open highway, I________ crossroads with a traffic light. I was alone on the road by now, but as I ________ the light, it turned red and I braked to a stop. I looked left, right and behind me. Nothing. No cars, no suggestion of headlights, but there I sat, waiting for the light to ________, the only human being for at least a mile in any________.

I started________ why I refused to run the light. I was not afraid of being________, because there was obviously no police-man around, and there certainly would have been no________ in going through it.

Much later that night, after I________ a group of my friends in Lewisburg and climbed into bed near midnight, the question of why I’d stopped for that light________ me. I think I stopped because it’s part of a contract we all have with each other. It’s not only the________ but it’s an arrangement we have, and we trust each other to ________ it: we don’t go through red lights. Like most of us, I’m more likely to be________ from doing something bad by the social convention that________ it than by any law against it.

It’s amazing that we ever________ each other to do the right thing, isn’t it? And we do, too! Trust is our________ preference.

I was so ________ of myself for stopping for the red light that night.

1.

A．flight

B．distance

C．road

D．length

2.

A．thinking

B．driving

C．complaining

D．running

3.

A．stopped

B．changed

C．stuck

D．lost

4.

A．horror

B．strength

C．understanding

D．impatience

5.

A．ran off

B．came to

C．passed by

D．left behind

6.

A．passed

B．watched

C．approached

D．found

7.

A．stop

B．change

C．turn

D．die

8.

A．way

B．side

C．city

D．direction

9.

A．wondering

B．suspecting

C．struggling

D．regretting

10.

A．abused

B．fined

C．injured

D．killed

11.

A．danger

B．sign

C．time

D．record

12.

A．met with

B．got over

C．got rid of

D．called back

13.

A．turned out to

B．came back to

C．referred to

D．occurred to

14.

A．virtue

B．suggestion

C．law

D．order

15.

A．honor

B．solve

C．break

D．judge

16.

A．stopped

B．protected

C．rejected

D．frightened

17.

A．speaks of

B．stands by

C．takes in

D．disapproves of

18.

A．suspect

B．trust

C．teach

D．care

19.

A．only

B．first

C．lucky

D．living

20.

A．sorry

B．doubtful

C．sure

D．proud

【推荐3】Volunteering gives you an opportunity to change people's lives, including your own. It gives you the _________of playing a role in someone else's life, _______people who may not be able to help themselves. Why not______ a little time helping others, because in the end, what goes around comes around.

I think one of the most _______values I have gained through my_______at St. Clarets Hospital is the importance of service. Service_____making a difference in the lives of others. I believe that through volunteering at the hospital, I can ______this value. Each time I end my volunteer _____, I feel better and as if I have done something ______. This feeling has fueled me to_______volunteering. In the past years I have been ___ about my situation, and was discouraged because I felt I might not make a big ______ due to my young age.

However, I am relieved of this because I feel that through the hospital volunteer ______I can try to do my ______ and help others. Because of my involvement at St. Clarets Hospital, I have come to include service as a(n)   ______ part of my life. I feel an obligation to do my best to help others and ________to society in any way I can.

I know that my experience as a St. Clare's Hospital volunteer has been a wonderful opportunity to ____ as a person, and I have made use of this to the best of my _______. Without my volunteer experience, I may have been a(n)   _____ different person, lacking these skills. I have gained valuable skills, as well as learned

important lessons about life, which not only_______me now but my life in the future. Take action and join us on the way to serving others.1.

A．satisfaction

B．meaning

C．convenience

D．comfort

2.

A．protecting

B．easing

C．assisting

D．leading

3.

A．employ

B．spend

C．keep

D．apply

4.

A．wonderful

B．fantastic

C．intelligent

D．important

5.

A．story

B．experience

C．history

D．experiment

6.

A．includes

B．appreciates

C．considers

D．starts

7.

A．influence

B．feel

C．attempt

D．realize

8.

A．lesson

B．chance

C．analysis

D．turn

9.

A．difficult

B．attractive

C．worthwhile

D．challenging

10.

A．allow

B．continue

C．avoid

D．prefer

11.

A．upset

B．concerned

C．moved

D．certain

12.

A．result

B．achievement

C．difference

D．exchange

13.

A．program

B．duty

C．arrangement

D．instruction

14.

A．judgment

B．mark

C．part

D．option

15.

A．unbelievable

B．outstanding

C．particular

D．necessary

16.

A．contribute

B．appeal

C．lead

D．react

17.

A．promote

B．grow

C．study

D．serve

18.

A．confidence

B．belief

C．ability

D．section

19.

A．slightly

B．approximately

C．clearly

D．totally

20.

A．strikes

B．benefits

C．develops

D．changes