【推荐2】I was never very neat, while my roommate Kate was extremely organized. We both got_______of each other._______broke out one evening. Kate came into the room. Soon, I heard her_______,“Take your shoes away ! Why under my bed !”_______, I saw my shoes flying at me. I jumped to my feet and started yelling. She yelled back louder.

The room was filled with_______.We could not have stayed together for a single minute_______a phone call. Kate answered it. From her end of the conversation, I could tell right away her grandma was seriously ill. When she_______, she quickly crawled（爬）under her_______, sobbing._______, that was something she should not__________alone. All of a sudden , a warm feeling of__________rose up in my heart.

Slowly , I__________the pencils , took back the books , made my bed…I got so into my work that I even didn’t notice Kate had sat up. She reached out her hands to__________mine. I looked up into her eyes. She smiled at me,“ Thanks. ”

Kate and I stayed__________for the rest of the year. We didn’t always agree , but we learned the__________to living together：giving in , cleaning up and holding on.

1.

A．proud

B．fond

C．jealous

D．tired

2.

A．War

B．Discussion

C．Campaign

D．Debate

3.

A．speaking

B．murmuring

C．screaming

D．sobbing

4.

A．Strange

B．Deafened

C．Annoyed

D．Amazed

5.

A．anger

B．cloud

C．complain

D．silence

6.

A．because of

B．thanks to

C．but for

D．other than

7.

A．hung up

B．hung out

C．rang back

D．rang up

8.

A．shoes

B．covers

C．books

D．bed

9.

A．Surprisingly

B．Absolutely

C．Immediately

D．Obviously

10.

A．get through

B．pass by

C．go through

D．pass out

11.

A．envy

B．regret

C．relief

D．sympathy

12.

A．spread

B．collected

C．broke

D．sharpened

13.

A．grasp

B．feel

C．wash

D．control

14.

A．classmates

B．girlfriends

C．roommates

D．sisters

15.

A．secret

B．code

C．importance

D．key

【推荐3】Torri’ell Norwood, a 17-year-old teenager, has a story to tell here. She was ________ through Saint Petersburg with her ________ friends when the accident happened. As they approached a crossing, a truck T boned them, sending their car crashing into the yard of a nearby home.

As smoke rose from the truck, a bystander shouted, “It’s about to ________!”Along with two of her friends, who’d also managed to ________ out through the window, she ran for her life. But she then suddenly realized that her best friend, Simmons, wasn’t with them. Norwood dashed back to the ________, only to find Simmons stuck in the back seat,________. She threw open the back door, pulled her friend out and ________ Simmons with all her effort a few feet to ________. Having carefully checked her pulse and________, which indicated no sign of ________. Norwood started CPR.

Had the accident happened a few ________ earlier, she might not have known what to do. As luck would have it, Norwood had ________ her CPR certificate just the day before, with an intention to pursue a career in________. Kneeling and looking down at her ________ friend, Norwood knew she had precious little time to ________ what she’d learned. She started pumping Simmons’s ________ with her interlocked fingers and breathing into her friend’s mouth, hoping to ________ her lungs with the kiss of life. After the 30th compression, Simmons began coughing and gasping for________.

Soon, paramedics arrived and ________ Simmons to the hospital, where she received timely treatment. Indeed, true friends are those who are always there to share, to support and even to save our lives,________ the conditions.

1.

A．swimming

B．driving

C．cycling

D．walking

2.

A．two

B．three

C．four

D．five

3.

A．blow up

B．turn up

C．break up

D．take up

4.

A．run

B．set

C．look

D．climb

5.

A．road

B．path

C．house

D．scene

6.

A．unhappy

B．uncomfortable

C．unfortunate

D．unconscious

7.

A．dragged

B．raised

C．sent

D．held

8.

A．safety

B．comfort

C．pleasure

D．anxiety

9.

A．head

B．hands

C．heartbeat

D．feet

10.

A．death

B．life

C．hope

D．relief

11.

A．minutes

B．weeks

C．seconds

D．hours

12.

A．adopted

B．revealed

C．obtained

D．assessed

13.

A．medicine

B．physics

C．chemistry

D．biology

14.

A．outstanding

B．rewarding

C．dying

D．annoying.

15.

A．digest

B．practice

C．strengthen

D．adjust

16.

A．waist

B．head

C．chest

D．leg

17.

A．integrate

B．expand

C．engage

D．fill

18.

A．water

B．food

C．rest

D．air

19.

A．rushed

B．delivered

C．attached

D．exposed

20.

A．instead of

B．because of

C．regardless of

D．ahead of

【推荐1】As China’s economy grows rapidly and more people choose to raise one child, it is very _____ for young men or young women to care for the aging _____. Young people always complain that they _____ too much pressure with caring for the elders. How the aging people can be cared well is a _____ topic in recent years. In my opinion,we,our government and our society can do _____ as follows.

Firstly, our government should adopt more _____ measures to make the elders have enough pensions. Then the elders will _____ that they can support themselves and needn’t worry about their living expenses.

Secondly, I think that every young people should take _____ to care for their old parents. Your parents have taken great efforts to bring you up. So when they get old, you should let your parents know that you care about them and you can do something for them. The most important is not to make your parents feel _____.

Thirdly, the whole society should be ______ the elders’ activities. The society should provide necessary ______ for the elders to take part in activities. Through the activities, they can enjoy the happy time with their friends and other elders.

In conclusion, I want to ______ that elders are very important to our society. They have done ______ contributions to our society. When they grow old, they ______ more respect from us,especially the youth. Let’s ______ more attention to the elders’ life.

1.

A．difficult

B．easy

C．important

D．urgent

2.

A．grandparents

B．parents

C．grandchildren

D．children

3.

A．produce

B．put

C．face

D．create

4.

A．nice

B．warm

C．cool

D．hot

5.

A．hardly

B．smoothly

C．completely

D．simply

6.

A．direct

B．effective

C．accurate

D．immediate

7.

A．fear

B．hope

C．feel

D．doubt

8.

A．responsibility

B．attempt

C．advantage

D．requirement

9.

A．excited

B．lonely

C．lovely

D．guilty

10.

A．in favor of

B．in terms of

C．in need of

D．in memory of

11.

A．permit

B．plan

C．space

D．time

12.

A．promise

B．expect

C．review

D．note

13.

A．considerable

B．much

C．negative

D．passive

14.

A．have

B．show

C．deserve

D．take

15.

A．pay

B．seek

C．attract

D．spend

【推荐2】We have, like in many more countries, refugees(难民)in our country. Through the years I have tried to_________without pay by teaching women our country's language as one of their_________. They have to learn the language, and also our culture, for example, what to_________when they have to go to the doctor, or how to express what's_______in such a place like a farm.

Only by learning the language will they be able to_________our society. Once a year, just before Christmas break, all the women from different countries make delicious food which are_________for us all together.

Many_________I have noticed that it seems_________for women to accept any help than men, probably_________the children that they have to raise.

Problems with the kids__________happen due to being in a__________country with a different culture and another__________. The women often miss their homes very much and feel__________, because they have to get used to this life as__________as possible. I have seen the__________and pain in their eyes. It is so good to give some comfort(安慰)in one way or another, even just to be there for them. And it is really__________when you make friends.

They and many more new, people are trying to__________up their new homes in this new country. Will we be able to get them out of__________, for everyone? And nowadays, though at times their lives look almost broken, I__________it won't always. Because wherever we__________, we are together, as we are citizens of the world.

1.

A．continue

B．escape

C．help

D．explain

2.

A．jobs

B．tools

C．tests

D．signs

3.

A．devote

B．say

C．forecast

D．suffer

4.

A．blowing up

B．getting along

C．showing up

D．going on

5.

A．join in

B．dig out

C．depend on

D．go through

6.

A．served

B．judged

C．organized

D．rewarded

7.

A．kinds

B．chances

C．moments

D．times

8.

A．calmer

B．harder

C．sadder

D．nicer

9.

A．in case of

B．because of

C．in front of

D．instead of

10.

A．mostly

B．peacefully

C．finally

D．personally

11.

A．mean

B．cruel

C．rich

D．different

12.

A．lifestyle

B．accent

C．attitude

D．disaster

13.

A．moved

B．worried

C．determined

D．excited

14.

A．carefully

B．hurriedly

C．quickly

D．smoothly

15.

A．matter

B．happiness

C．support

D．fear

16.

A．surprising

B．legal

C．great

D．generous

17.

A．set

B．burn

C．give

D．make

18.

A．order

B．trouble

C．luck

D．pleasure

19.

A．prove

B．doubt

C．believe

D．dream

20.

A．study

B．meet

C．swim

D．go

【推荐3】Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

Cowboy or spaceman ? A dilemma for a children’s party, perhaps. But also a question for economists, argued Kenneth Boulding, in an essay published in 1966. we have run our_________, he warned like cowboys on the open grassland: taking and using the world’s resources, _________ that more lies over the horizon. But the Earth is _________ a grassland than a spaceship---a closed system, along in space, carrying exhaustible supplies. We need, said Boulding, an economics that takes seriously the idea of environmental_________. In the half century since his essay, a new movement has responded to his challenge. “Ecological economists,” as they call themselves, want to_________its aims and assumptions. What do they say---and will their ideas take off?

To its_________, ecological economics is neither ecology nor economics, but a mix of both. Their starting point is to recognize that the human economy is part of the natural world. Our environment, they note, is both a source of resources and a sink for wastes. But it is_________ in traditional textbooks, where neat diagrams trace the flows between firms, households and the government as though nature dis not exist. That is a huge mistake.

There are two ways our economies can grow, ecological economists point out: through technological change, or through maximum use of resources. Only the_________, they say, is worth having. They are suspicious of GDP(gross domestic product), a simple_________ which does not take into account resource exhaustion, unpaid work and countless other factors.__________, they advocate more holistic approaches, such as GPI(genuine progress indicator)，a composite(复合的) index that include things like the cost of pollution, deforestation and car accidents. While GDP has kept growing, global GPI per person__________in 1978: by destroying our environment, we are making ourselves poorer nor richer. The solution, according to experts, lies in a ”steady-state” economy, where the use of materials and energy is held__________.

Mainstream economists are not__________. GDI, they point out, is a subjective standard. And talk of limits to growth has had a bad press since the days of Thomas Malthus, who predicted in the 18th century, wrongly, that overpopulation would lead to famine. Human beings find solutions to some of the most annoying problems. But ecological economists__________ self-satisfaction. In 2009, a paper in Nature argued that human activity is already__________safe planetary boundaries on issues such as biodiversity and climate change. That suggests ecologist economists are at least asking some important questions, even if their answers turn out to be wrong.

1.

A．grasslands

B．nations

C．economies

D．spaceships

2.

A．ignorant

B．confident

C．astonished

D．anxious

3.

A．less

B．smaller

C．more

D．larger

4.

A．movements

B．influences

C．limits

D．threats

5.

A．reject

B．realize

C．resemble

D．revolutionize

6.

A．challengers

B．learners

C．advocates

D．professors

7.

A．addressed

B．ignored

C．opposed

D．reflected

8.

A．advanced

B．former

C．latter

D．scientific

9.

A．number

B．product

C．idea

D．measure

10.

A．In addition

B．For example

C．In other words

D．In its place

11.

A．peaked

B．plunged

C．persisted

D．paused

12.

A．sufficient

B．efficient

C．constant

D．adequate

13.

A．impressed

B．involved

C．concerned

D．appointed

14.

A．call for

B．contribute to

C．warn against

D．refer to

15.

A．setting

B．overstepping

C．extending

D．redrawing

【推荐1】Now at some level, all moms and dads know they shouldn't yell at kids. But if you don't _______or talk angrily, how do you discipline（管教）？

For thousands of years, the Inuit have _______ an ancient tool： storytelling. Designed to improve kids’ behaviors and sometimes _______ save their lives, oral stories are passed down from one _______ to the next. For example, how do you teach kids to _______ the ocean? Instead of _______, “Don't go near the water!” Inuit parents take a unique _______ and tell kids a special story about what's inside the water. _______, those stories seemed to me too scary for little children. And my initial reaction was to _______ them. But my opinion changed after I watched my own daughter's response to ________ tales——and after I learned more about humanity’s complex relationship with storytelling.

Oral storytelling is what's known as a human ________. For tens of thousands of years, it has been a key way that parents teach children about values and how to ________. Modern hunter-gatherer groups use ________ to teach sharing, respect for others and conflict avoidance. With the Agta, a hunter-gatherer population of the Philippines’ good storytelling skills are ________ more than hunting skills or medicinal knowledge.

Today many parents outsource their oral storytelling to screens, which also ________ . We learn best through things that are ________ to us. And stories, by their ________ , can have lots of things in them that are much more interesting in a way that bare ________ don't. Stories with a dash of danger ________ kids like magnets （磁石）. And they turn a tension-ridden activity like disciplining into a ________ interaction. So don't discount the playfulness of storytelling.

1.

A．answer

B．defend

C．scold

D．stare

2.

A．run into

B．relied on

C．dealt with

D．applied for

3.

A．still

B．only

C．never

D．even

4.

A．generation

B．season

C．destination

D．point

5.

A．stay away from

B．look forward to

C．face up to

D．put up with

6.

A．recommending

B．begging

C．yelling

D．questioning

7.

A．contribution

B．introduction

C．opportunity

D．approach

8.

A．At least

B．At first

C．In addition

D．For example

9.

A．dismiss

B．subscribe

C．remember

D．prove

10.

A．familiar

B．personal

C．similar

D．humorous

11.

A．universal

B．right

C．form

D．feeling

12.

A．differ

B．calculate

C．change

D．behave

13.

A．toys

B．stories

C．videos

D．experiments

14.

A．affected

B．blamed

C．distributed

D．prized

15.

A．declines

B．works

C．exists

D．ends

16.

A．important

B．available

C．interesting

D．obvious

17.

A．purpose

B．size

C．nature

D．side

18.

A．prediction

B．imagination

C．performances

D．statements

19.

A．consist of

B．pull in

C．pay off

D．turn down

20.

A．playful

B．careful

C．doubtful

D．painful

【推荐3】Universities in Britain are a magnet (磁铁) for overseas _______. There are currently over 200,000 from outside Britain _______ at British universities. The _______ single group is Chinese students. There are currently 50,000 in the UK.

The British government _______ the total number of overseas students to be around 900,000 by 2025, and also thinks that a quarter of these will be _______.

But why is the UK such a _______ destination for university students?

Well, the quality of your course is _______. All courses are _______ by an independent system, so you can be assured that your course is officially approved and has wide international _______.

The British education system is very ________ in order to provide for the needs of a modern, complex society. It is also cost-effective. Degree courses are ________ three years long, which is ________ and more intensive (集中的) than in other countries. There are lots of scholarships ________.

British universities offer a personalized but independent approach. The emphasis is on creative and ________ thought, which helps develop the skills you will need to ________ in the global job market. Tutors not only teach but also provide support and ________. As a result, international students have a very ________ drop-out rate and very high pass rates.

It is very ________ to become an international student in the UK. The British Council offers a free and impartial (公平的) service to anyone who is ________ in studying in the UK, and an organization called UCAS assists you in finding a course and making an effective ________.

1.

A．students

B．teachers

C．parents

D．families

2.

A．sightseeing

B．studying

C．arranging

D．living

3.

A．smallest

B．roughest

C．greatest

D．largest

4.

A．expects

B．consists

C．devotes

D．attracts

5.

A．British

B．Japanese

C．Chinese

D．French

6.

A．popular

B．united

C．convenient

D．splendid

7.

A．divided

B．guaranteed

C．accomplished

D．described

8.

A．described

B．arranged

C．originated

D．assessed

9.

A．recognition

B．possibility

C．consistency

D．opportunity

10.

A．enjoyable

B．flexible

C．imaginative

D．original

11.

A．merely

B．originally

C．usually

D．roughly

12.

A．longer

B．fairer

C．harder

D．shorter

13.

A．furnished

B．consistent

C．available

D．obvious

14.

A．imaginary

B．brave

C．humorous

D．independent

15.

A．attract

B．clarify

C．compete

D．collect

16.

A．quarrel

B．error

C．credit

D．guidance

17.

A．high

B．low

C．medium

D．narrow

18.

A．simple

B．difficult

C．thrilling

D．clear

19.

A．delighted

B．interested

C．imaginative

D．satisfied

20.

A．conflict

B．description

C．application

D．administration