【推荐1】Long ago there was a poor farmer in Russia. He had been very _______with everything he had. However, when he found his elder brother was _______ than him, he felt disappointed. So he _______hard about how he could also be richer. Finally he got an idea. He started to spend less money on food and clothes to _______some money to buy more land. Once he had enough money, he started _______for land. 

He _______that on the neighboring land, there were some nomads (游牧民) living there. He bought some gifts and went to_______their head. He presented the gifts to the head and told him the _______of his visit. The head welcomed him, accepted the gifts and agreed to his _______to get the land. The head told him that he could have the land ________giving him anything. He can take as much land as he could ________by walking through the land before sunset. He should start in the morning and whatever distance he could travel during the ________, he could have it.

The farmer became very ________ when he heard this offer. Now he could have lots of ________without paying anything. He came ________the next morning and started running, not walking, ________he could cover the largest area. To reach his goal, he neither ate food, nor drank water, nor had any rest. He just continued ________. Without eating, or drinking, or resting he just got very ________. When he came back to the head in the evening, he ________right on the spot. Sadly his son buried him in a piece of land about 6 x 4 feet.

Don’t be greedy (贪婪的) or you will ________everything finally.

1.

A．careful

B．pleased

C．bored

D．busy

2.

A．healthier

B．stronger

C．richer

D．cleverer

3.

A．thought

B．learned

C．tried

D．worked

4.

A．borrow

B．spend

C．make

D．save

5.

A．waiting

B．looking

C．preparing

D．caring

6.

A．explained

B．hoped

C．noticed

D．guessed

7.

A．see

B．follow

C．help

D．cheat

8.

A．chance

B．result

C．condition

D．purpose

9.

A．promise

B．request

C．suggestion

D．order

10.

A．for

B．by

C．without

D．before

11.

A．cover

B．farm

C．buy

D．have

12.

A．year

B．month

C．week

D．day

13.

A．interested

B．sad

C．happy

D．calm

14.

A．land

B．crop

C．experience

D．knowledge

15.

A．quietly

B．early

C．finally

D．suddenly

16.

A．so that

B．even if

C．because

D．whether

17.

A．dreaming

B．walking

C．speaking

D．running

18.

A．nervous

B．excited

C．tired

D．worried

19.

A．refused

B．died

C．appeared

D．rested

20.

A．lose

B．face

C．change

D．defeat

【推荐2】Would you drive around the world on a motorbike? Would you do it with a dog _______ behind you the whole way? Shirley is doing just that with her dog Merlin.

Shirley and Merlin are travelling the world together by _______. Their trip started in March from their home in Guatemala and will _______ them through 90 countries.

Merlin is a German shepherd dog who weighs 34 kilograms and is perfectly _______ on the back of a motorcycle. According to Shirley, it took the dog just a single weekend to learn how to _______. Sitting on the back of the bike in a motorcycle dog carrier, she looks _______ with hot pink goggles (护目镜) to protect her eyes.

Shirley could not _______ leaving home without her beloved dog, so she decided to travel the world with Merlin. Travelling with a dog, _______, has its limits, such as only being _______ by dog-friendly accommodations and attractions.

But according to Shirley, it’s totally ________. “I see Merlin in my mirror ________ . Her head is always right up against my side. Sometimes she even ________ her big nose on my shoulder with her chin up there. It makes me feel so ________ that she’s really experiencing everything.”

One thing Shirley has noticed so far is that no matter which country or area they have gone through, the local people’s reaction to Merlin is ________. “She just puts a big smile on everybody’s face,” Shirley said. “And that’s the part that really ________.”

1.

A．walking

B．sitting

C．chasing

D．running

2.

A．truck

B．bicycle

C．car

D．motorcycle

3.

A．send

B．cost

C．take

D．make

4.

A．natural

B．busy

C．awkward

D．comfortable

5.

A．ride

B．behave

C．compete

D．perform

6.

A．grateful

B．stylish

C．curious

D．cautious

7.

A．avoid

B．consider

C．imagine

D．miss

8.

A．moreover

B．therefore

C．however

D．instead

9.

A．applied

B．accepted

C．declined

D．refused

10.

A．worthwhile

B．relevant

C．precious

D．harmonious

11.

A．finally

B．obviously

C．eventually

D．frequently

12.

A．rests

B．picks

C．sets

D．turns

13.

A．confused

B．surprised

C．upset

D．happy

14.

A．important

B．universal

C．normal

D．crazy

15.

A．improves

B．challenges

C．matters

D．works

【推荐3】I was ready for bed. My eyes fell on the musical _________ on my bedside table. In it was a photo of Dad smiling, and once opened, it would play his _________ song recorded before his death. It was propped (支撑) open just enough so the recording wouldn’t play.

Dad was a _________ man. He was always singing me his little made-up songs to share joy although he was _________ off-key, not hitting every note.

Dad was a man with big heart. When my house burned down a few years ago, Dad _________ my family into his home. When we tried to offer some _________, he said with his characteristic voice, “Don’t be _________!”

With happy _________, I fell asleep.

“Beautiful and marvelous!”

Suddenly, I was awoken hours later by the _________ song. The card! I snapped it shut (啪的一声合上).

How did that card just start playing? I checked the windows, all tightly shut. But why couldn’t I __________ the feeling that something was wrong?

I decided to __________ downstairs. Opening the door to the laundry room, I was hit with a strong smell of __________. The heat lamp had fallen, and the carpet was burning.

The __________ wasn’t too bad. I let out a shaky breath with __________. What could have happened? Perhaps another house fire. But we were safe. All thanks to Dad’s one-of-a-kind __________.

1.

A．record

B．card

C．clock

D．box

2.

A．particular

B．sad

C．religious

D．strange

3.

A．joyful

B．powerful

C．reliable

D．traditional

4.

A．intentionally

B．hardly

C．annoyingly

D．typically

5.

A．frightened

B．moved

C．tricked

D．dragged

6.

A．protection

B．tips

C．opportunities

D．rent

7.

A．mean

B．careful

C．ridiculous

D．sensible

8.

A．songs

B．endings

C．memories

D．wishes

9.

A．familiar

B．embarrassing

C．beautiful

D．classic

10.

A．believe

B．shake

C．tolerate

D．express

11.

A．check

B．observe

C．wander

D．test

12.

A．chemicals

B．cigarettes

C．cooking

D．smoke

13.

A．reflection

B．influence

C．change

D．damage

14.

A．regret

B．satisfaction

C．relief

D．excitement

15.

A．kindness

B．voice

C．heart

D．generosity

【推荐1】完形填空,阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

As a young reporter, Sparky asked Lu Haoting, a business reporter from China Daily, for help on interviewing. He found that interviewing people is not as _______ as just asking questions. To his _______, journalists also need to do a lot of homework _______ an interview. Lu shared her _______ of a recent interview with the president of Boeing China, David Wang, with Sparky.

There are two _______of interviews, inclusive (群访) and exclusive (专访). The inclusive interview is _______ in the form of a press conference. In a(n)_______interview, only you and the interviewee talk _______ . You need to _______ all your questions for both types of interviews ________ .

“ ________ you don’t prepare, you will ask some silly questions and ________ your time,” Lu said.

“I wanted to know Boeing’s new strategy in the Chinese market. ________ I checked out over 20 reports from different newspapers about Boeing and its rival, Airbus,” Lu said. She also found useful ________about the two companies on their websites.

On many occasions, interviewees ________ journalists to provide a question list in advance of an interview. In order to ________ a proper objective story Lu also interviewed some ________ to get their comments on Boeing’s performance in China.

________her interview with David Wang only lasted about half an hour, her ________ helped her to ask many good questions about Boeing’s development in China.

“After a successful interview, you always find all that homework was really ________ it,” Lu told Sparky.

1.

A．interesting

B．simple

C．general

D．interactive

2.

A．excitement

B．disappointment

C．surprise

D．delight

3.

A．before

B．after

C．at

D．in

4.

A．idea

B．opinion

C．knowledge

D．experience

5.

A．stages

B．kinds

C．steps

D．ways

6.

A．almost

B．nearly

C．mainly

D．hardly

7.

A．inclusive

B．exclusive

C．formal

D．informal

8.

A．side by side

B．in secret

C．at work

D．face to face

9.

A．prepare

B．think

C．find

D．ask

10.

A．in case

B．in memory

C．in advance

D．in mind

11.

A．Though

B．As

C．Since

D．If

12.

A．waste

B．take

C．cost

D．lose

13.

A．But

B．So

C．Then

D．Now

14.

A．comments

B．information

C．news

D．reports

15.

A．insist

B．allow

C．require

D．agree

16.

A．read

B．produce

C．edit

D．form

17.

A．experts

B．friends

C．businessmen

D．others

18.

A．Then

B．Although

C．When

D．Until

19.

A．homework

B．friends

C．attitude

D．search

20.

A．value

B．worthwhile

C．worth

D．worthy

【推荐2】Once upon a time there lived a cruel lion in a thick forest. All the other animals were________ of him. One day the lion was trapped in a________ trap and no animal wanted to rescue him.

A man happened to come into the forest and saw the lion. The lion said, “I will die of ________if I stay here. Please help me ________.I promise your kindness will be rewarded. ” The man felt sorry for the lion and set him free. As soon as the lion got________ he let out a fierce roar. “I have been trapped in the cage for a long time. I am hungry. I will have to eat you,” said the lion, looking at the man. The man was disappointed. However, he was clever enough to say, “Alright, you can eat me. But let’s find someone and let him decide________ you are right in eating the person who has rescued you. ”

The lion was ________that no animal would speak against him, so he________. Just then a fox came and the lion asked the fox to be the judge. He said to the lion, “Sir, would you please ________me how it all happened? The lion was too willing. He entered the cage and closed the cage door. The fox ________bolted the cage from outside. And the ungrateful lion was ________ in the cage again.

The lion asked the man for help again,but the man knew the lion wouldn’t be ________ to him. He just walked away.   

When we’re________ by others. we should be thankful to others instead of returning bad for ________ . If we do that, we’ll be left to________ the consequence.

1.

A．afraid

B．proud

C．fond

D．tired

2.

A．cook’s

B．businessman’s

C．farmer’s

D．hunter’s

3.

A．honor

B．hunger

C．illness

D．loneliness

4.

A．out

B．up

C．off

D．over

5.

A．freedom

B．wisdom

C．strength

D．confidence

6.

A．when

B．how

C．if

D．why

7.

A．surprised

B．sure

C．worried

D．nervous

8.

A．agreed

B．escaped

C．hesitated

D．concluded

9.

A．promise

B．ask

C．show

D．persuade

10.

A．carefully

B．immediately

C．quietly

D．secretly

11.

A．buried

B．covered

C．trapped

D．given

12.

A．dangerous

B．important

C．useful

D．thankful

13.

A．helped

B．persuaded

C．reminded

D．protected

14.

A．good

B．money

C．action

D．time

15.

A．ignore

B．cause

C．understand

D．suffer

【推荐3】Jack Ma is known as one of the richest Chinese. _________, he was not born rich. He grew up at a time when China was _________ from the world, and like every family in China, his family didn’t have _________ when they were young.

As a child, Ma had _________ just like any other kid. He liked collecting crickets(蟋蟀)and making them fight. Without money, the only way Ma could change his life was through _________. After high school, he _________ to go to college, but failed the entrance exam _________. After a great deal of studying, he finally passed on the third try, going on to _________ Hangzhou Teachers College. He _________ from college in 1988 and started applying to as many jobs as he could.

He received more than a dozen __________, including from KFC. But he didn’t give up trying and finally was employed as an English __________. Ma loved his students, though he only made 80 yuan a month at a local university.

Ma had no experience with the __________, which was not very accessible to most Chinese, but he was __________ the Internet when he used it for the first time in 1995. Ma’s first online search was “beer”, but he was __________ to find that no Chinese beers turned up in the results. It was then __________ he decided to found an internet company for China. That was the first step to his future.

1.

A．Therefore

B．Fortunately

C．However

D．Thus

2.

A．closed

B．different

C．remote

D．isolated

3.

A．money

B．relatives

C．friends

D．changes

4.

A．tasks

B．hobbies

C．jobs

D．qualities

5.

A．education

B．work

C．luck

D．view

6.

A．applied

B．deserved

C．succeeded

D．failed

7.

A．once

B．often

C．twice

D．seldom

8.

A．attend

B．leave

C．quit

D．start

9.

A．continued

B．presented

C．introduced

D．graduated

10.

A．admissions

B．opportunities

C．rejections

D．invitations

11.

A．engineer

B．headmaster

C．teacher

D．worker

12.

A．company

B．computer

C．business

D．competition

13.

A．disappointed with

B．crazy about

C．addicted to

D．skeptical about

14.

A．surprised

B．excited

C．desperate

D．helpless

15.

A．when

B．where

C．that

D．how

【推荐1】Born on July 2, 1932 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Dave Thomas never met his birth mother. Later on, Dave’s father who had remarried ________ to Fort Wayne, Indiana. There, Dave did several ________ such as a paperboy, golf caddy, and a counter in a drugstore. When he was 15, Dave was first ________ to the food and service industry through his first job. For some reasons, his family decided to move again. ________, Dave refused. He then dropped out of ________ in the 10th grade and worked full time.

During the ________ between the US and the DPRK, Dave ________ in the US Army as the manager of a men’s club. He found his former boss, Phil Clauss, who ________ some franchises(经销店) of the Kentucky Fried Chicken chain. Clauss offered Dave the opportunity to help ________ some of the failing franchises in Columbus, Ohio. After a few years, Dave succeeded and earned $1.5 million by ________ the franchises back to headquarters.

Dave, being ________ about food, found it hard to find a good burger in Columbus. This tiny ________ soon turned into a multi-million dollar business after he decided to ________ the first Wendy’s restaurant in 1969. Wendy’s caught a lot of ________ and popularity for their square burgers and ________ and abundant toppings(配料). Within a decade, Wendy’s turned into a thousand-store franchise.

After some business mistakes had ________ Wendy’s financial stability, Dave began visiting each franchise to ________ employees with his “mop-bucket attitude”, which proved to be a(n) ________ strategy. He soon became the television spokesman for the company and became very famous and ________. His charming personality drove a lot of Americans to ________ the Dave Thomas brand, and regard Wendy’s as one of the US’s most well-received fast food chains.

1.

A．returned

B．hiked

C．moved

D．walked

2.

A．advertisements

B．experiments

C．posters

D．jobs

3.

A．addicted

B．exposed

C．appealed

D．replied

4.

A．Furthermore

B．Otherwise

C．Therefore

D．However

5.

A．dreams

B．school

C．college

D．languages

6.

A．negotiation

B．cooperation

C．war

D．trade

7.

A．served

B．participated

C．believed

D．absorbed

8.

A．remembered

B．owned

C．respected

D．considered

9.

A．account for

B．turn around

C．break off

D．subscribe to

10.

A．distributing

B．sponsoring

C．sending

D．selling

11.

A．enthusiastic

B．angry

C．careful

D．lazy

12.

A．conflict

B．principle

C．share

D．regret

13.

A．purchase

B．expand

C．open

D．arrange

14.

A．attention

B．forgiveness

C．sense

D．consideration

15.

A．various

B．similar

C．precious

D．complex

16.

A．challenged

B．judged

C．damaged

D．conquered

17.

A．appreciate

B．contradict

C．acknowledge

D．inspire

18.

A．academic

B．effective

C．optional

D．contrary

19.

A．successful

B．energetic

C．generous

D．selfless

20.

A．maintain

B．explore

C．love

D．preserve

【推荐2】“Cleverness is a gift while kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy—they’re given after all. Choices can be hard.”
I got the _______ to start Amazon 16 years ago. I _______ the fact that the Internet usage was growing at 2300 percent per year. I’d never seen or heard of anything that grew so fast. And the idea of building an _______ bookstore with millions of titles was very _______ to me. I had just turned 30, and I’d been married for a year. I told my wife that I wanted to _______ my job and go to do this crazy thing that probably wouldn’t _______, and I wasn’t sure what to _______. She told me I should _______ the idea. I’d always wanted to be an inventor, and she wanted me to follow my _______.
I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a ________ boss that I admired very much. I went to my boss and ________ with him that I wanted to start a company selling books on the Internet. He took me on a long walk in Central Park and listened ________ to me, and finally said, “That sounds like a really good idea, ________ it would be an even better idea for someone who didn’t already have a good job.” That logic made some ________ to me, and he convinced me to think about it for 48 hours ________ making a final decision. Seen in that light, it really was a difficult ________, but finally, I decided I had to give it a shot. I didn’t think I’d regret ________ and failing. And I suspected I would always be troubled by the decision not to try at all. After much ________, I took the less ________ path to follow my dream, and I’m ________ of that choice. For all of us, in the end, we are our choices.1.

A．idea

B．support

C．fund

D．message

2.

A．got through

B．set aside

C．came across

D．turned down

3.

A．online

B．available

C．intelligent

D．expensive

4.

A．practical

B．exciting

C．flexible

D．productive

5.

A．take

B．1and

C．exchange

D．quit

6.

A．matter

B．work

C．fail

D．exist

7.

A．do

B．achieve

C．plan

D．expect

8.

A．give up

B．set up

C．stick to

D．put off

9.

A．passion

B．pace

C．hobby

D．example

10.

A．cruel

B．brilliant

C．greedy

D．modest

11.

A．shared

B．argued

C．reasoned

D．enquired

12.

A．gradually

B．eventually

C．carefully

D．generously

13.

A．so

B．and

C．otherwise

D．but

14.

A．sense

B．difference

C．bet

D．bargain

15.

A．while

B．before

C．once

D．since

16.

A．puzzle

B．suggestion

C．choice

D．report

17.

A．managing

B．requesting

C．changing

D．trying

18.

A．consideration

B．determination

C．conversation

D．application

19.

A．stable

B．secure

C．amusing

D．interesting

20.

A．confident

B．regretful

C．hopeful

D．proud