【推荐1】One day it was raining heavily and it’s getting dark. I was ________ for an appointment(约会) in a nearby city that I knew only by GPS, and now my phone had ________. The usual interstate exits(州际公路出口) were closed and I couldn’t ________ because it was raining so much. I couldn’t ________ how to get where I was going or how to let my partners know that I was ________ to make it on time.

I ________ at a McDonald’s in a poor area of a town and walked up to what appeared to be a mother and her teen daughter. “I’m sorry,” I said, “but do you mind ________ I search a number on your ________ and make a call? I need to let them know I’m ________.” The mum handed me her phone and then told me I was lucky. She was about to turn it ________ because she didn’t have enough ________ to pay her bill.

The young girl and the mother talked together as I made the ________. I managed to get in touch with the people. They ________ knew where I was and told me ________ to get out of trouble.

As I was ready to leave, I ________ into my wallet. I didn’t usually have ________, but today I found a $20 bill. In gratitude(感激), I pressed it into the mother’s ________ and then turned to leave quickly. As I walked through the doors, I heard the mother ________. Her daughter called after me and said, “You have no idea how you just ________ us."

I still think back to that day,even now. They had no idea how much they helped me, yet I was the one being thanked. It’s funny how that ________.

1.

A．hungry

B．ready

C．late

D．nervous

2.

A．started

B．died

C．charged

D．disappeared

3.

A．find

B．sleep

C．leave

D．see

4.

A．figure out

B．move out

C．pick out

D．take out

5.

A．possible

B．quick

C．unlikely

D．able

6.

A．left

B．stopped

C．stood

D．sat

7.

A．as

B．so

C．or

D．if

8.

A．phone

B．map

C．picture

D．book

9.

A．scared

B．anxious

C．lost

D．gone

10.

A．on

B．off

C．in

D．up

11.

A．time

B．effort

C．energy

D．money

12.

A．plan

B．call

C．decision

D．point

13.

A．thankfully

B．hopefully

C．importantly

D．interestingly

14.

A．how

B．when

C．why

D．whether

15.

A．put

B．looked

C．reached

D．turned

16.

A．check

B．coins

C．cards

D．cash

17.

A．arm

B．hand

C．mouth

D．fingers

18.

A．talking

B．listening

C．crying

D．laughing

19.

A．helped

B．moved

C．troubled

D．annoyed

20.

A．pushes

B．starts

C．pays

D．works

【推荐3】I met my art teacher Ms. J in the seventh grade and she changed me.

In her first class, she encouraged us to ________ what art meant. During the discussion about facial structure and paintings, she ________ the “golden ratio (黄金比例)”, a beauty standard and explained how Da Vinci applied it to his works to ensure they were visually attractive.

I couldn’t help but think that if my ________ had been measured against the “golden ratio”, my score would have been low.

I was born with a facial disfigurement (缺陷) and my face looked ________. After regular appointments with________ , my face was changed many times with little improvement. I ________ seeing myself in the mirror.

People’s strange tones and curious expressions kept telling me that I was ________ . Worse still, my photo appeared in a magazine with big letters “Face similar to works of Picasso” right below. I felt________.

I told Ms. J about my sufferings and how my face was compared to Picasso’s painting.

“Art isn’t about what you see but about what you ________.” She comforted me and told me that our ________ appearances were our signatures (签名) that we left in the world, which set us ________ and made us beautiful. And then she showed me a picture of an old man with long white hair. “You see, Da Vinci doesn’t look too pretty, but his works ________ beauty on us,” she added.

I was touched by her words, and I wondered why I had never thought this way.

“Being compared to Picasso may seem like a shame, but it’s a(n) ________ . You are unique and you are a masterpiece.”

Today, when I look into the mirror, I will remember the words of my teacher, “Beauty is subjective” and I get to know my appearance is my ________ .

It takes me years to ________ that beauty is more than a cold calculation.

1.

A．recognize

B．figure

C．explore

D．ignore

2.

A．invented

B．introduced

C．assumed

D．drew

3.

A．weight

B．jaw

C．height

D．face

4.

A．normal

B．frightening

C．pale

D．amusing

5.

A．doctors

B．artists

C．teachers

D．actors

6.

A．enjoyed

B．imagined

C．kept

D．hated

7.

A．respectable

B．wicked

C．different

D．dangerous

8.

A．ashamed

B．surprised

C．alarmed

D．confused

9.

A．paint

B．intend

C．contact

D．feel

10.

A．pretty

B．ordinary

C．unique

D．ugly

11.

A．down

B．apart

C．aside

D．off

12.

A．loaded

B．focused

C．based

D．impressed

13.

A．honour

B．victory

C．impact

D．award

14.

A．pain

B．opportunity

C．art

D．pressure

15.

A．realize

B．complain

C．observe

D．remind

【推荐2】A True Champion

When our second child was born, Jim and I thought she was perfect, but the doctor pointed out that her feet were turned inward. “If they are not ________ it would be a problem, ”he told us.

When she was only two weeks old, I had to ________ her to the doctor every two weeks to have each foot cast. ________ the casting was finished and it was time for corrective shoes and bars. Jim and I watched with hope and concern as she ________ to walk. Those first, clumsy (笨拙的) steps made us so ________. By the time she entered preschool, her ________ appeared quite normal. Encouraged by her progress, we looked for something else to help ________ her lower body.

After many attempts, it turned out that she ________ the ice!

When she turned six, we enrolled her in skating lessons and soon she was ________ like a swan. She wasn’t the fastest nor the most ________ skater. She had to work hard at every new movement, but she loved the ice and her efforts ________. In France, at the 1992 Winter Olympics, our daughter, Kristi Yamaguchi, ________ the gold medal.

I thought back to the early years of ________ that Krist faced. During those years, we didn’t ________ gold medals and a professional career ahead of her. In our eyes, Krist had always walked with the grace of a true ________.

1.

A．broken

B．corrected

C．controlled

D．cut

2.

A．carry

B．move

C．bring

D．take

3.

A．Eventually

B．Unfortunately

C．Importantly

D．Previously

4.

A．chose

B．skipped

C．struggled

D．preferred

5.

A．regretful

B．proud

C．fearful

D．anxious

6.

A．minds

B．positions

C．steps

D．performances

7.

A．stretch

B．treat

C．revise

D．strengthen

8.

A．loved

B．mastered

C．escaped

D．tried

9.

A．dancing

B．gliding

C．walking

D．running

10.

A．flexible

B．awkward

C．special

D．active

11.

A．paid for

B．paid off

C．paid back

D．paid out

12.

A．earned

B．gathered

C．won

D．acquired

13.

A．achievement

B．adventure

C．devotion

D．challenge

14.

A．expect

B．ignore

C．recover

D．seek

15.

A．explorer

B．youth

C．champion

D．volunteer

【推荐3】“A thousand-mile journey begins with a single step,” as the saying goes. However,_______it doesn’t tell us is that once the journey is started, it might be hard to stop.
That’s the_______for Tang Renli, a senior at Nanjing University of Technology, who has backpacked to more than 200 cities in China during four years of college. To_______his experiences, Tang has hosted a photo exhibition Play Hooky, Go Travelat the Beijing 798 Art Zone. On_______are over 300 photos of his travels. The 22-year-old never_______going to so many places when he_______his first trip to Yangzhou during the Tomb Sweeping Day holiday in his freshman year_______he was hooked on travel. You may_______how Tang could find the time, being a full-time college student. Did he really skip classes to go travel, like the_______of his exhibition suggests? “I gave myself one to two weeks every month for travel. But I always took care of my class and________first,” Tang said. Tang, who is a city planning major, has never________a compulsory course at college.
“I spent more time and effort on my study,________during the finals’ weeks,” Tang said. Schoolwork was not the only________Tang had to face. His travel budget was________so Tang had to________what he had. He usually took the cheapest form of transport and stayed at youth hostels________less than 50 yuan per night. There were also times when he walked, hitchhiked, and slept in train stations, police offices and vans.
“Sometimes I felt________, helpless and even found myself in________,” Tang said. “But now that I look back, these setbacks________my journey, and my life. Don’t think too much about the________because you’ll cross that bridge when you get to it. And once you take your first step, the feeling is amazing and addictive.”1.

A．which

B．what

C．that

D．it

2.

A．case

B．excuse

C．motto

D．dream

3.

A．test

B．gain

C．share

D．identify

4.

A．purpose

B．performance

C．discovery

D．display

5.

A．thought of

B．spoke to

C．worried about

D．turned out

6.

A．competed

B．completed

C．compromised

D．complained

7.

A．Up to now

B．Until then

C．From then on

D．In the end

8.

A．wonder

B．puzzle

C．surprise

D．trouble

9.

A．sentence

B．title

C．project

D．object

10.

A．comments

B．revision

C．achievements

D．assignments

11.

A．failed

B．succeeded

C．reached

D．missed

12.

A．impatiently

B．increasingly

C．especially

D．anxiously

13.

A．excitement

B．mixture

C．expression

D．obstacle

14.

A．limited

B．granted

C．applied

D．wasted

15.

A．pay much attention to

B．take no notice of

C．put an end to

D．make the most of

16.

A．losing

B．costing

C．offering

D．cheating

17.

A．alone

B．lively

C．lonely

D．alive

18.

A．horror

B．anger

C．sorrow

D．danger

19.

A．enjoyed

B．enriched

C．engaged

D．endured

20.

A．importance

B．necessities

C．uncertainties

D．significance