【推荐1】My greatest inspiration is not from a world­known figure, but from the perseverance of a 6­year­old boy.

Today, most students are _______ at the beach. I am not among them. _______， I have devoted the whole day to making sure this event runs wonderfully.

After an entire day of _______， I am standing at the stage handing out prizes to their lucky recipients. Among the golfers are musicians, lawyers and doctors, all of whom _______ for one common cause: Ryan. He looked up at me with his sparkling eyes and smiles. This is his _______ of thanking me for devoting this _______ to helping him. Then, though, I realized he should not thank me, _______ I should thank him.

My cousin, Ryan, _______ with autism (自闭症) five years ago, didn’t know what his future would mean _______ it. But Ryan works hard, trying to make the smallest ________ every day. I try to put a little bit of Ryan into my ________. Whenever faced with what seems impossible, I ________ how he is making progress every day. In the past six years, I have learned ________ is necessary to achieve my goals, and that what seems out of my reach may not be so ________.

Ryan has taught me another important lesson: people should not be judged by what they cannot ________. So far I’ve witnessed acts of cruelty against those who are ________ on a daily basis. Ryan is a prime ________ of how people who may be different are still as worthy as others. Since his diagnosis, I have ________ judging people and tried to get others around me to do the same. Ryan would never ________ somebody because he doesn’t like the way he/she looks or dresses. He welcomes all people into his life, and I ________ myself because I have learned to do the same.

1.

A．enjoying

B．behaving

C．introducing

D．practising

2.

A．Thus

B．However

C．Besides

D．Instead

3.

A．swimming

B．studying

C．golfing

D．performing

4.

A．asked

B．trained

C．thanked

D．gathered

5.

A．way

B．proof

C．need

D．dream

6.

A．day

B．trip

C．prize

D．standard

7.

A．or

B．for

C．but

D．though

8.

A．connected

B．compared

C．assisted

D．diagnosed

9.

A．apart from

B．because of

C．despite

D．like

10.

A．arrangement

B．devotion

C．progress

D．preparation

11.

A．home

B．life

C．schedule

D．pleasure

12.

A．work out

B．point out

C．approve of

D．think of

13.

A．intelligence

B．assistance

C．education

D．perseverance

14.

A．far

B．common

C．special

D．simple

15.

A．tell

B．control

C．share

D．imagine

16.

A．determined

B．important

C．different

D．devoted

17.

A．force

B．target

C．example

D．trend

18.

A．admitted

B．stopped

C．enjoyed

D．appreciated

19.

A．dislike

B．accept

C．forgive

D．understand

20.

A．pride

B．reward

C．criticize

D．experience

【推荐3】She came on a cold windy night. She was ______ and dying, her hair completely ______ away by mange (皮癣). She had been run off from yards ______ she finally came into an empty doghouse in the trees out of my mom’s house. At least she was out of the ______.

My mother and brother found her the next morning. They could not even ______ she was a dog. They did not call the vet (兽医) because they knew ______ the vet would do. The dog was too weak to ______. My mama has to run off two wandering dogs（流浪狗） a week, but this time, she said, “I just couldn’t. She couldn’t even get up.” How do you ______ a dog that cannot stand?

My brother Mark looked at her sad face, and ______ her “Pretty Girl.” Her hips (臀部)were bad, which was probably why she was ______. Mark and my mother ______ her and bathed her in burned motor oil, the way my people have been ______ the mange for generations. Then they called the vet. The vet found she had heartworm (犬心虫). She was hopeless. It would be a ______, I told my mother, to put her down (安乐死).   

But a month later, Pretty Girl stood in front of our house. A miracle (奇迹)? No, her illness did not magically ______. But my mother and brother had looked after her and ______ let her live in the house. She was supposed to last, ______, a few weeks. Yet she lived three more years following my brother. And then Pretty Girl began to ______ and died. She was buried in the garden, which is already planted. Some things are planted according to ______. But there are things we cannot explain, things ______ science, like how a man could name a dying dog and have her ______ inside.

1.

A．starving

B．tiring

C．bored

D．surprised

2.

A．pushed

B．pulled

C．eaten

D．put

3.

A．while

B．when

C．after

D．until

4.

A．rain

B．sun

C．wind

D．snow

5.

A．tell

B．say

C．speak

D．talk

6.

A．whether

B．what

C．how

D．if

7.

A．save

B．watch

C．throw

D．try

8.

A．set off

B．take off

C．put off

D．run off

9.

A．believed

B．named

C．marked

D．supported

10.

A．impressed

B．lost

C．abandoned

D．burned

11.

A．appreciated

B．trained

C．fed

D．bothered

12.

A．dealing

B．keeping

C．employing

D．curing

13.

A．matter

B．kindness

C．trouble

D．business

14.

A．fall

B．move

C．draw

D．stop

15.

A．even

B．still

C．yet

D．ever

16.

A．at last

B．at most

C．at least

D．at first

17.

A．act

B．form

C．fail

D．age

18.

A．law

B．tradition

C．truth

D．science

19.

A．in

B．on

C．at

D．beyond

20.

A．rise

B．raise

C．appear

D．see

【推荐1】       Once upon a time there was a child ready to be _______.

One day the child asked God, “They tell me you are going to send me to earth tomorrow but how am I going to live there being so small and _______?”

God _______, “Among the many angels, I have chosen one for you. She will be waiting for you and will _______you.”

“But”, said the child, “tell me here in _______I don’t do anything else but sing and smile. That’s what I need to be_______!”

　   God said, “Your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you every day. And you will feel your angel’s love and be happy.”

“And”, said the child, “How am I going to be able to _______when people talk to me, if I don’t know the language that men talk?”

“That’s easy”, said God, “Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and _______words you will ever hear, and with much _______and care, your angel will teach you how to ________.”

The child looked up ________God saying, “And what am I going to do when I want to talk to you?”

God smiled at the child saying, “Your angel will place your hands together and will teach you how to ________.”

The child said, “I’ve heard on earth there are bad men. Who will ________me?”

God put his arm around the child, saying, “Your angel will defend you—even if it means ________life!”

The child looked sad, saying, “But I will always be________because I will not see you anymore.”

God hugged the child, “Your angel will always talk to you about me and will teach you the way to come back to me, ________I will always be next to you.”

The child, in a hurry, asked softly, “Oh God, if I am about to leave now please tell me my angel’s ________!”

God replied, “Your angel’s name is of no ________... you will ________call her ________!”

1.

A．delivered

B．born

C．multiplied

D．reproduced

2.

A．young

B．lonely

C．helpless

D．naughty

3.

A．supplied

B．replied

C．applied

D．complied

4.

A．take care

B．look after

C．tend to

D．pretend

5.

A．Heaven

B．Sky

C．Hell

D．Space

6.

A．sad

B．happy

C．embarrassed

D．awkward

7.

A．think

B．suppose

C．utter

D．understand

8.

A．sweet

B．hard

C．fluent

D．bitter

9.

A．patience

B．tolerance

C．joy

D．happiness

10.

A．speak

B．state

C．put

D．say

11.

A．to

B．at

C．in

D．on

12.

A．behave

B．perform

C．pray

D．wave

13.

A．prevent

B．protect

C．tend

D．accompany

14.

A．to risk

B．risking

C．to devote

D．devoting

15.

A．sorrowful

B．happy

C．cheerful

D．confused

16.

A．as though

B．now that

C．even though

D．so that

17.

A．name

B．address

C．appearance

D．quality

18.

A．meaning

B．importance

C．usage

D．value

19.

A．simply

B．faithfully

C．sincerely

D．devotedly

20.

A．MOMMY

B．DADDY

C．SISTER

D．BROTHER

【推荐2】There was once a boy in India who was sent by his parents to a boarding school(寄宿学校). Before being sent away this boy was the brightest student in his class.

But the boy_________after leaving home and attending the boarding school. His grades started _______. He hated being in a group and he was _________all the time. And there were especially dark times when he felt like _______himself. All of this happened because he felt worthless and no one loved him.

His _______ started worrying about the boy. But they even didn’t know what was wrong with him. _________ his dad decided to travel to the boarding school and talk with him.

They sat _______ the bank of the lake near the school. The father started asking him casual questions about his classes, teachers and _______. After some time his dad said, “Do you know, son, _______ I am here today?”

The boy answered back, “To check my grades?”

“No, no,” his dad __________, “I am here to tell you that you are the most important person for me. I want to see you happy. I don’t __________ grades. I care about __________. I care about your happiness. YOU ARE MY WORLD.”

Those words caused the boy’s eyes to fill with tears. He __________ his dad. They didn’t say __________ to each other for a long time.

Now the boy had everything he wanted. He knew there was someone on this earth who cared for him deeply. He meant the __________ to someone. And today this young man is in college at the top of his class and no one has ever seen him sad!

1.

A．changed

B．improved

C．escaped

D．regretted

2.

A．increasing

B．rising

C．balancing

D．dropping

3.

A．disappointed

B．careless

C．lonely

D．busy

4.

A．teaching

B．killing

C．helping

D．enjoying

5.

A．parents

B．classmates

C．teachers

D．friends

6.

A．And

B．But

C．Or

D．So

7.

A．toward

B．along

C．on

D．opposite

8.

A．work

B．study

C．sports

D．education

9.

A．when

B．where

C．why

D．how

10.

A．replied

B．smiled

C．called

D．talked

11.

A．check out

B．care about

C．worry about

D．think about

12.

A．it

B．myself

C．you

D．us

13.

A．forgave

B．shook

C．hugged

D．begged

14.

A．anything

B．everything

C．something

D．nothing

15.

A．life

B．world

C．hope

D．need

【推荐3】The first time my grandma came to visit us in Canada, she was a little upset. She ________ that there was nothing to do.

Before my grandma arrived, I used to tend the flowers in our garden. But while I was at school and my parents were at work, my grandma, feeling ________, came down upon the little piece of land. She pulled out the annuals (一年生植物) and ________ those with orderly rows of green onions and other ________. I told her to stop, to keep the flowers. “They’re pretty, but they’re ________,” she said matter-of-factly. I was annoyed until I learned something about her past.

Grandma was ________ at the time of a severe famine (饥荒). She lost her parents and did everything on her own. ________ , she never cried about it to anyone.

Different times ________ unique characters. My grandma was shaped by the ________ of her family members and the difficulties in China’s recent history. Those who experienced the famine are, ________, unwilling to use valuable land to plant flowers. Her ________, responsibility, diligence and frugality (勤俭), helped her through those difficult years, some of which were laid down by the hands of time, and to change them now would ________ her. She is a(n) ________ link between my family’s past and future — she ________ her times’ challenges to support the next generation. Someday, I will be like my grandma and ________ my small part to human’s moving on.

1.

A．believed

B．confirmed

C．complained

D．agreed

2.

A．bored

B．curious

C．amused

D．delighted

3.

A．removed

B．surrounded

C．decorated

D．replaced

4.

A．trees

B．flowers

C．grasses

D．vegetables

5.

A．useless

B．complicated

C．expensive

D．natural

6.

A．picked up

B．let down

C．brought up

D．reached out

7.

A．Thus

B．Otherwise

C．However

D．Instead

8.

A．create

B．inform

C．combine

D．explain

9.

A．loss

B．experience

C．blessing

D．love

10.

A．gradually

B．naturally

C．rarely

D．immediately

11.

A．achievement

B．independence

C．guideline

D．gentleness

12.

A．attach

B．break

C．threaten

D．help

13.

A．direct

B．accurate

C．essential

D．impressive

14.

A．escaped

B．battled

C．folded

D．adapted

15.

A．provide

B．contribute

C．influence

D．gain

【推荐1】In January 2018, I was commuting (通勤) from Brooklyn to New Jersey. I have two little kids and a busy business, so a quiet train ride felt like a mini ______. Yet I found myself spending that ______ time scrolling through my social media feeds. One day, I ______ my phone and started writing thank-you notes to people who had ______ to a fund I had organized.

When I got off the train that day, I was in a noticeably better ______. The next day, I wrote more thank-yous — and felt the same. When I finished writing the notes, I ______ them up. There were 31 — one for every day of the year so far. Something ______. What if I kept it up?

I decided to write one thank-you note for every day of that year. I had no shortage of people I was ______ for. So I picked out a different ______ for each month. January was charity — and, thankfully, I had already completed that ______.

February would be ______ to neighbors, and I thought of a dozen names right away. I remembered when the owners of our local bookstore let me and my five-year-old son, Henry, in before the store opened. I ______ when our 14-year-old babysitter ______ a bag of old board games for our kids to play.

Writing the notes wasn’t all that ______: Each was two or three sentences long, taking just a few minutes to ______. I focused on the person I was writing to and what I wanted to say, and the words came fairly easily. That focus felt ______. It was good for my brain, which had been trained to ______ from this feed to that e-mail.

While writing the notes, I eventually realized why this task was the perfect antidote (解药) to my social ______. What was I actually doing when I scrolled through Facebook? More often than not, I was ______ other people’s lives — their beach vacations, their organized kitchens. Writing thank-you notes was an act of noticing and ______ my own life.

1.

A．trip

B．adventure

C．vacation

D．celebration

2.

A．lonely

B．precious

C．boring

D．tiring

3.

A．picked up

B．brought out

C．put up

D．put down

4.

A．contributed

B．offered

C．led

D．expanded

5.

A．mood

B．situation

C．position

D．harmony

6.

A．folded

B．arranged

C．piled

D．counted

7.

A．happened

B．clicked

C．appeared

D．presented

8.

A．thoughtful

B．awful

C．grateful

D．respectful

9.

A．theme

B．topic

C．object

D．range

10.

A．cause

B．assignment

C．goal

D．contract

11.

A．written

B．provided

C．celebrated

D．devoted

12.

A．reminded

B．recalled

C．recognized

D．reflected

13.

A．dropped off

B．took off

C．set off

D．put off

14.

A．tiring

B．boring

C．breath-taking

D．time-consuming

15.

A．form

B．compose

C．accumulate

D．type

16.

A．exhausting

B．desperate

C．refreshing

D．independent

17.

A．work

B．lock

C．fasten

D．wander

18.

A．feeds

B．media

C．activities

D．participations

19.

A．observing

B．admiring

C．following

D．sharing

20.

A．lengthening

B．purifying

C．honoring

D．varying

【推荐2】I’ve worked in the factories near my hometown every summer since I graduated from high school, __ doing the full-time blue-collar work during the break never gets any easier. For a college student like me who __    any class before noon to be impolite, getting to a factory by 6 o'clock each morning is full of    __ . My friends never seem to understand why I’m so __ to be back at school or that my summer vacation has been anything but a vacation.

There’re few people as __ as a college student who has never been out in the real world. People my age ___    seem    to    overestimate  (高估）the value of their time and knowledge. In fact, all the classes did not __ me for my battles with the machine I ran in the plant, which would __ whenever I absent-mindedly put in a part backward or upside down.

The most ___    thing about blue-collar life is knowing your job could disappear overnight. _____ like downsizing (裁员）and overseas relocation had always seemed distant to me __ my co-workers told me that the factory I was working in would __ within six months and move to Mexico, where people would work for 60 cents an hour.

After working 12-hour __ in a factory, the other options have become only too clear. When Fm back at the university, skipping classes and turning in la2y re-writes seems too ___ after seeing what I would be doing without school. All the advice on the value of a(n)____ that used to sound stale (老掉牙的）now    __ true.

These lessons I’m learning, __ valuable, often come with a sense of guilt. Many people pass their lives in the places where I __ work, spending 30 years where I spend only two months at a time. “This job pays __    ,    but    it’s    hard    on the body,” said one co-worker. “Study hard and keep reading,” she added.

My experiences in the factories have inspired me to __ of my college years before I enter the real world for good.

1.

A．so

B．but

C．because

D．otherwise

2.

A．thinks

B．sees

C．regards

D．considers

3.

A．excitement

B．curiosity

C．passion

D．suffering

4.

A．relieved

B．refreshed

C．stressed

D．depressed

5.

A．self-controlled

B．self-confident

C．self-evident

D．self-employed

6.

A．never

B．ever

C．seldom

D．always

7.

A．permit

B．prepare

C．promote

D．protect

8.

A．jam

B．mix

C．ruin

D．fix

9.

A．careful

B．grateful

C．merciful

D．stressful

10.

A．Accidents

B．Topics

C．Events

D．Debates

11.

A．after

B．when

C．until

D．unless

12.

A．tear down

B．slow down

C．put down

D．shut down

13.

A．shifts

B．turns

C．units

D．paces

14.

A．familiar

B．understandable

C．irresponsible

D．contradictory

15.

A．education

B．independence

C．kindness

D．dignity

16.

A．comes

B．rings

C．goes

D．calls

17.

A．whether

B．however

C．whatever

D．whichever

18.

A．blankly

B．blindly

C．briefly

D．bravely

19.

A．well

B．badly

C．high

D．low

20.

A．make most

B．make the most

C．take charge

D．take the charge

【推荐3】I was at the market at 5 pm, the worst time of day to shop, to pick up a few___________: cream for coffee, eggs for breakfast and Advil for my headache.

I had been___________all day doing jobs for people. I did not want to be shopping, to say the___________. But I told myself it was my last stop before going home to___________my feet. So I___________a parking place, grabbed a bag from the trunk and found a shopping cart.

The market was not as crowded as I had expected. I___________a package of linguini and some pesto. That's when I saw her. She was sitting in a shopping cart. She looked to be maybe 9 months old. Short blond curls, blue eyes. A white lace dress and shiny black shoes. I couldn't take my eyes off her. Then I did what I always do with children: I gave her my best___________. I may have looked a bit ________, but it came from my heart. That is a___________I formed long ago when I became a mother. It started with my first child, in that unforgettable, life-changing moment of her birth.

At times my smile would____________to a look of fear or____________, but it never left my face for long. It always came back, even through____________. I've learned that everyone needs a smile sometimes, young and old, friends and strangers, even strangers at the market in a rush to get home.

She took her____________deciding just what to____________my smile. But finally she____________. I laughed and waved goodbye. And she blew me a kiss. That put a smile on my face that got a smile____________from every shopper I passed. I was still smiling when I got home and realized I had forgotten to get Advil. Luckily, I didn't need it. My____________was gone. ____________in that simple exchange of smiles, this weary old world became a better place.

Want to change the world. Give smiling a____________. Someone will smile back at you. I____________it. If you're lucky, maybe they'll even blow you a kiss and make your headache go away.

1.

A．produces

B．essentials

C．items

D．categories

2.

A．pushing

B．rushing

C．occupying

D．engaging

3.

A．best

B．most

C．least

D．last

4.

A．put down

B．put up

C．put away

D．put forward

5.

A．navigated

B．spotted

C．rented

D．scored

6.

A．grabbed

B．seized

C．grasped

D．bought

7.

A．gesture

B．smile

C．expression

D．gift

8.

A．mad

B．scary

C．cautious

D．casual

9.

A．custom

B．behavior

C．habit

D．practice

10.

A．change

B．fade

C．transform

D．vanish

11.

A．amusement

B．embarrassment

C．worry

D．astonishment

12.

A．tears

B．triumphs

C．effects

D．struggle

13.

A．effort

B．time

C．trouble

D．pain

14.

A．stand for

B．account for

C．make out

D．make of

15.

A．lit up

B．looked up

C．cleared up

D．came up

16.

A．in vain

B．in exchange

C．in return

D．on purpose

17.

A．stress

B．anxiety

C．headache

D．pressure

18.

A．Somehow

B．Somewhat

C．Anyway

D．Anyhow

19.

A．necessity

B．kiss

C．shot

D．permission

20.

A．acknowledge

B．confirm

C．value

D．guarantee