【推荐1】My father often works very hard. And he has __________to see a film. Here I’ll tell you __________about him.

One afternoon, when he finished his work and __________ go home, he found a film ticket under the __________on his desk. He thought he __________to have not much work to do that day and __________ was quite wonderful to pass the __________at the cinema. So he came back home and __________finished his supper. Then he said __________ to us and left.

But to our ____________, he came back about half an hour later, I ____________ him what was the matter. He smiled and told us about ____________funny thing that had happened at the cinema.

When my father was sitting in his seat, a ____________came to my father’s and said that the seat was ____________. My father was surprised. He took out the ticket ____________ looked at it carefully. It was Row17, ____________. And then he looked at the seat. It was the same. So he asked her ____________ her ticket. She took out the ticket at once and the seat shown in it was Row 17, Seat 3. ____________? What’s the matter with all this? While they were wondering suddenly the woman said, “The ____________of the tickets are different.” So they looked at the ticket more carefully. After a while, my father said, “Oh, ____________, I made a mistake. My ticket is for the film a month ago. Take this seat, please.” With these words, he left the cinema.

1.

A．little money

B．little time

C．much money

D．much time

2.

A．a strange story

B．a good story

C．an old story

D．a funny story

3.

A．was to

B．ought to

C．had to

D．was about to

4.

A．box

B．glass

C．book

D．paper

5.

A．pretended

B．liked

C．happened

D．wanted

6.

A．that

B．this

C．it

D．which

7.

A．evening

B．afternoon

C．day

D．morning

8.

A．quickly

B．quietly

C．early

D．suddenly

9.

A．hello

B．good night

C．good evening

D．good-bye

10.

A．disappointment

B．surprise

C．sorrow

D．joy

11.

A．told

B．explained

C．asked

D．wanted

12.

A．a

B．the

C．some

D．one

13.

A．man

B．nurse

C．doctor

D．woman

14.

A．taken

B．his

C．hers

D．wrong

15.

A．or

B．but

C．and

D．so

16.

A．Seat3

B．Seat2

C．Seat1

D．Seat4

17.

A．to bring

B．to show

C．to see

D．to get

18.

A．When

B．How

C．Why

D．Where

19.

A．designs

B．owners

C．prices

D．colors

20.

A．I’m sad

B．I’m worried

C．I’m wrong

D．I’m sorry

【推荐2】There once was a king in a faraway country. One day, he decided to__1____a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of__2____. So many artists____3__. The king looked at all the pictures.___4___there were only two he really liked, and he had to___5___between them. One picture was of a___6___lake. The lake was a perfect mirror with peaceful huge mountains all around it. Above was a__7___sky with light white clouds. All who___8___this picture thought that it was a perfect picture of peace.
The other picture had___9___, too. But these were not flat at all. Above was an___10___sky, from which rain fell heavily and in which lightning played___11___. Down the side of the mountain was a waterfall with loud sound. This did not look___12___at all.
But when the king looked __13____ , he saw behind the waterfall a tiny bush___14___in a crack（裂缝） in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had__15____her nest. There, with the current of angry water, the mother bird was___16___her hungry children in the nest, taking no attention to its___17___ surroundings — in perfect peace.
Which picture do you think___18___the prize? The king chose the second picture. Do you know why?
“Because,” said the king. “Peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no__19___, trouble or hard work. Peace means although you are surrounded by noisy things you___20___ keep calm in the heart. That is the real meaning of peace.”1.

A．take

B．offer

C．send

D．leave

2.

A．peace

B．silence

C．beauty

D．honesty

3.

A．managed

B．tried

C．succeeded

D．went

4.

A．And

B．Or

C．For

D．But

5.

A．like

B．choose

C．give

D．need

6.

A．calm

B．noisy

C．beautiful

D．dirty

7.

A．black

B．blue

C．gray

D．dark

8.

A．saw

B．liked

C．painted

D．had

9.

A．sky

B．mountains

C．peace

D．clouds

10.

A．gentle

B．angry

C．calm

D．sunny

11.

A．wildly

B．gently

C．slowly

D．happily

12.

A．peaceful

B．noisy

C．happy

D．beautiful

13.

A．closely

B．strictly

C．quickly

D．seriously

14.

A．planting

B．growing

C．rising

D．coming

15.

A．bought

B．built

C．left

D．lain

16.

A．beating

B．touching

C．feeding

D．speaking

17.

A．silent

B．beautiful

C．noisy

D．faraway

18.

A．want

B．lost

C．won

D．received

19.

A．silence

B．noise

C．shock

D．joy

20.

A．still

B．again

C．even

D．just

【推荐3】Our church has a way of helping those who have_________difficulties without making the receiver feel shame or guilt. Money is dropped into a green box with_________only the name of the receiver on the envelope.

There came a time when my husband and I were among those who needed_________. Just as we reached the point of despair, our church_________us a large envelope that had been left in the green box. We were_________to receive a very big amount of money, enough to bring us through that hard time.

A year later, our seventeen-year-old son who_________from high school was applying for a student loan for college. It was then that we discovered his savings account was almost_________.To both of us, it was so_________. We had trusted him to put part of his wages from his part-time job into the bank towards his_________. From nine years old, he had worked very hard for his small earning. I asked him repeatedly to tell me what had happened__________. I was nearly mad. Where has all the money__________?

Finally, in tears, and with great reluctance (勉强), my son__________that the year before he had put his__________in the green box for his father and me during that toughest time. I stood there__________, tears filling my eyes. It had taken my son years to save that money. He had given it to us willingly__________telling us what he had done.

1.

A．mental

B．physical

C．financial

D．spiritual

2.

A．hardly

B．never

C．seldom

D．always

3.

A．assistance

B．faith

C．equipment

D．respect

4.

A．returned

B．exported

C．offered

D．directed

5.

A．significant

B．pleased

C．graceful

D．curious

6.

A．graduated

B．failed

C．retired

D．settled

7.

A．enough

B．empty

C．available

D．full

8.

A．typical

B．absolute

C．lucky

D．unbelievable

9.

A．schooling

B．job

C．dance

D．interest

10.

A．in time

B．on purpose

C．at risk

D．on earth

11.

A．made

B．gone

C．torn

D．stolen

12.

A．admitted

B．expected

C．proved

D．discovered

13.

A．gifts

B．achievements

C．savings

D．collections

14.

A．angry

B．voiceless

C．nervous

D．desperate

15.

A．for

B．toward

C．without

D．of

【推荐1】An elderly carpenter (木匠) was ready to retire. He told his employer of his ____ to leave the house building ____ and live a more leisurely life with his wife, ____ time with his extended family. He would ____ the pay, but he needed to retire. They could ____.

The employer was ____ to see such a good worker leave and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal ____. The carpenter said yes, but in time it was ____ to see that his heart was not in his work. He built the house ____ and used poor materials. It was an ____ way to end his career.

When the carpenter ____ his work, the employer handed the front – door key to the carpenter. “This is your house,” he said, “a ____ to you.”

What a shock! What a ____! If he had only known he was building his ____house, he would have done it all so ____. Now he had to live in the house he had built none too well.

____ it is with us. We build our ____ in a distracted (心不在焉)way, reacting rather than acting, willing to put up less than the best. At ____ points we do not give the job our best effort. Then with a shock we look at the situation we have ____ and find that we are now living in the house we have built . If we had ____, we would have done it differently.

1.

A．retirement

B．problem

C．purposes

D．plans

2.

A．business

B．site

C．teams

D．workers

3.

A．cheering

B．dividing

C．enjoying

D．sparing

4.

A．consider

B．miss

C．raise

D．save

5.

A．get by

B．get alone

C．get back

D．get around

6.

A．ashamed

B．anxious

C．frightened

D．sorry

7.

A．favor

B．bargain

C．present

D．reply

8.

A．frank

B．probable

C．easy

D．content

9.

A．sadly

B．carelessly

C．slowly

D．proudly

10.

A．unfair

B．unhappy

C．unfortunate

D．unusual

11.

A．checked

B．discovered

C．prepared

D．finished

12.

A．gift

B．salary

C．memory

D．punishment

13.

A．quality

B．prize

C．shame

D．surprise

14.

A．final

B．best

C．everlasting

D．own

15.

A．differently

B．quickly

C．hard

D．happily

16.

A．Then

B．So

C．But

D．Whatever

17.

A．houses

B．bodies

C．glories

D．lives

18.

A．difficult

B．main

C．strong

D．important

19.

A．created

B．faced

C．improved

D．avoided

20.

A．recognized

B．noticed

C．realized

D．previewed

【推荐2】

When Jayce Crowder was in kindergarten, he was sad that he looked different from his classmates. They had two hands. He had one.

“It started when one boy teased him,” says his mother, Cortney Lewis. Jayce’s enthusiasm_______.He’d return to their home with questions: Why am I different? Why me?

Lewis admitted she didn’t know what to do at that point. How could she_______answers to her son’s questions when she had never found those answers herself?

A few weeks later, Lewis turned on the TV to a news story about an eighth grader from Washington, Iowa. Trashaun Willis, then 14, had become an Internet _______ after posting videos of his slam dunks (灌篮), and, like Jayce, he was_______most of his left arm. Lewis called Jayce in. He was completely attracted, watching dunk after dunk.

At the time, it seemed that watching Trashaun would simply be a(n)_______moment for Jayce. _______little did Lewis know that a family friend had already reached out to the Des Moines Register， asking the newspaper to help set up a meeting with Trashaun to build Jayce’s_______

The boys met at Washington Middle School on a Saturday afternoon a couple of months later， and instantly bonded. The day was not spent wallowing (沉浸) in sell-pity—it was lull of_______. They rode bikes around the school’s hallways， took photos, played hide-and-seek, and shot baskets. Trashaun_______gave Jayce a shirt that says “Ten lingers are overrated.”

At one point， Trashaun did get serious with Jayce. He said not to let anyone drag him down and not to let words ________ his confidence. Since that meeting， Lewis has seen a visible________in her son， who is now seven and in second grade. He recently started wrestling and loves it. Lewis points to Trashaun’s ________. “Meeting him，” she said， “made Jayce________that there are others like him.”

As for Trashaun， his relationship with Jayce made him look forward to________more kids， perhaps as a youth coach with a nonprofit organization devoted to coaching kids with limb disabilities.

“Honestly， it means a lot to know that I changed Jayce’s________，” Trashaun says. Still， he never dreamed that his videos would have such an effect. “I just thought my friends would see my videos and be like， ‘Oh，he dunked it!’” Obviously， he did more than that!

1.

A．doubled

B．returned

C．improved

D．disappeared

2.

A．discover

B．forget

C．provide

D．inform

3.

A．hit

B．winner

C．fan

D．user

4.

A．giving

B．making

C．missing

D．having

5.

A．proud

B．inspiring

C．exact

D．warning

6.

A．So

B．And

C．Thus

D．But

7.

A．intelligence

B．confidence

C．strength

D．imagination

8.

A．fun

B．pride

C．sadness

D．silence

9.

A．still

B．just

C．even

D．again

10.

A．gain

B．lose

C．fix

D．shake

11.

A．experience

B．difference

C．behavior

D．agreement

12.

A．influence

B．action

C．attitude

D．education

13.

A．expect

B．promise

C．understand

D．suggest

14.

A．helping

B．persuading

C．challenging

D．calling

15.

A．love

B．way

C．habit

D．life

【推荐3】As 17-year-old Norwood drove through St. Petersburg, Florida, last February, the laughter and chatter from the four teenage girls inside her car quickly gave way to screams. As they ________ an crossroad, another car T-boned them, sending their car into a nearby yard, coming to a ________only when it crashed into a tree.

As smoke ________ in a large mass from the other car, a bystander shouted, “It’s about to ________ ! Get out!” Norwood struggled out through the window, running for her ________ along with two of her friends, who also managed to free themselves.

But halfway down the street, she realized that her best friend, Simmons, wasn’t with them. Norwood ran back to the car and saw Simmons in the back seat, unconscious. She ________ open the back door and pulled her friend out, avoiding the ________ glass as best she could. She dragged Simmons a few feet to ________ and laid her on the ground. She checked her pulse and her chest. No sign of life.

Had the accident happened a few weeks ________, she might not have known what to do. But Norwood, who wants to pursue a career in ________, had earned her CPR certificate just the day before. She knew she had precious little time to practice what she’d learned.

She started ________ Simmons’s chest with her interlocked fingers and breathing into her friend’s mouth in hopes of filling her ________ with the kiss of life. After the 30th compression (压缩), Simmons began coughing and breathing for air. The CPR had ________ !

Soon, the ________ arrived and rushed Simmons to the hospital. And then she heard ________ her best friend had saved her life. “I wasn’t shocked,” Simmons told CNN. “She will always help any way she can.”

1.

A．generated

B．approached

C．wandered

D．attacked

2.

A．defence

B．conclusion

C．point

D．stop

3.

A．rose

B．disappeared

C．released

D．filled

4.

A．hold up

B．turn up

C．blow up

D．break up

5.

A．car

B．life

C．house

D．advantage

6.

A．clicked

B．knocked

C．threw

D．extended

7.

A．open

B．clean

C．delicate

D．broken

8.

A．safety

B．departure

C．conversation

D．seat

9.

A．later

B．smarter

C．earlier

D．faster

10.

A．medicine

B．engineering

C．education

D．electricity

11.

A．touching

B．hitting

C．pulling

D．pressing

12.

A．wrist

B．pulse

C．lungs

D．heart

13.

A．mattered

B．happened

C．worked

D．occupied

14.

A．firemen

B．drivers

C．friends

D．ambulances

15.

A．why

B．whether

C．how

D．what