【推荐2】Years ago, my grandmother was in a nursing home. She was a retired university professor, which brought her an ocean of _______ she had taught before.

In sharp _______ with my grandmother, almost no one came to see the old man next door. He was _______ most of the time.

Once I_______ him, “How are you doing recently?” He gave me a look, saying nothing. Thinking he was _______ of hearing, I raised my voice and asked again. He just shook his head slightly. After a long while, finding I was _______ there, he just said, “Fine.” Then he looked away. I had to shut up, feeling rather _______.

Later, I learned that the old man had got quite a few companies from his family. Since he was not a good _______, he annoyed many people and even made his family and friends _______. And ________, his companies all failed.

So what is the most important ________ a person can have? Perhaps you think making money is the answer. No! But the ability to ________ your thoughts is. It’s extremely important for a person to learn to put what he thinks into ________. It makes a relationship ________ and a career flourish (繁荣). I’m afraid this is something many of us ________. Just think: How many of us have ever hurt those who love us just because we are not good at speaking? So, more often than not, it is not what we think but how we speak that determines how far we can go in life.

1.

A．neighbors

B．friends

C．relatives

D．visitors

2.

A．agreement

B．contrast

C．conflict

D．company

3.

A．alone

B．calm

C．high-spirited

D．impatient

4.

A．questioned

B．greeted

C．encountered

D．encouraged

5.

A．tired

B．ashamed

C．hard

D．short

6.

A．always

B．already

C．also

D．still

7.

A．uncomfortable

B．concerned

C．helpless

D．innocent

8.

A．expert

B．competitor

C．speaker

D．partner

9.

A．break down

B．pull away

C．fall behind

D．drop out

10.

A．typically

B．obviously

C．unexpectedly

D．consequently

11.

A．skill

B．challenge

C．principle

D．qualification

12.

A．update

B．develop

C．express

D．dominate

13.

A．action

B．words

C．plans

D．consideration

14.

A．appear

B．worsen

C．collapse

D．last

15.

A．lack

B．possess

C．oppose

D．defense

【推荐3】When I was just out of college, I managed to get my dream job as a trader in New York City on the floor of the American Stock Exchange. Though it was a proud_____, the job was simply too physically ____. I must stand in a crowd every day, which often ____     me in a mindset that held me back.

Manhattan is a walking town and it's difficult to ______when you have a disability. Taxis are expensive and riding the subway ______ dozens of steep steps to get below ______. This left me only one _______ — the bus.

One night, after the _______ for my job, I was aching with my self-pity _______it started to rain on my walk to the bus stop. I became more and more _______without an umbrella, thinking I'd never ________ it in this city and telling myself, "this city is just too hard" and "maybe it is just not possible for a guy like me".

And then, I _______ the most beautiful, short moment. A couple came rolling by on roller skates, hand _______ hand as they skated what seemed like the tango(探戈). They were all wet but they saw the ______ as an opportunity and romance.

I suddenly became _____   for waiting in the rain because I would have missed this beauty _________if I had been in a taxi or on the subway. This, although ________, was an important moment on my journey to discovering the _______ of achieving health and happiness. When I change my mindset, ______ for a moment, to what is possible and work to get rid of the self-limiting beliefs that ______ my daily actions, I will be on the road to a healthier and happier life.

1.

A．adjustment

B．achievement

C．agreement

D．treatment

2.

A．tiring

B．disappointing

C．relaxing

D．boring

3.

A．reminded

B．expected

C．took

D．left

4.

A．go up

B．get around

C．set off

D．show up

5.

A．acquires

B．supports

C．requires

D．surrounds

6.

A．ground

B．street

C．town

D．city

7.

A．change

B．chance

C．idea

D．choice

8.

A．struggle

B．work

C．experience

D．influence

9.

A．before

B．while

C．when

D．after

10.

A．nervous

B．curious

C．scared

D．upset

11.

A．get

B．make

C．put

D．watch

12.

A．recalled

B．intended

C．witnessed

D．realized

13.

A．on

B．by

C．to

D．in

14.

A．rain

B．tree

C．wind

D．cloud

15.

A．astonished

B．grateful

C．anxious

D．relaxed

16.

A．exactly

B．instantly

C．entirely

D．suddenly

17.

A．strange

B．small

C．normal

D．different

18.

A．humor

B．honesty

C．power

D．process

19.

A．still

B．yet

C．also

D．even

20.

A．influence

B．follow

C．forbid

D．harm

【推荐1】If you have talked to doctors in the hospitals, you may find that many of them are quite serious and speak in a range of_______that may be difficult to understand.. But ZhangWenhong, the leader of the Shanghai team of experts in the treatment of novel coronavirus pneumonia, is one of the_______.He caught the public’s attention for his recent frank and funny speech.

Zhang’s words first _______on the internet after he said in late January that he had_______ doctors and nurses who are members of the Communist Party of China (СPC) to frontline hospitals to treat coronavirus cases.

"When becoming CPC members, we vowed (发誓) that we would always_______people’s interests… in the face of dffiulties," Zhang said. " This is the moment we _______the pledge 誓言). All CPC members must rush to the front line. No bargaining "

Such a hardcore declaration of his attitude won widespread_________ among internet users. A person’s morals are _______ most in _______ situation. ________ could win more recognition from the people than the down-to-earth behavior of the CРC members," said YangHaiyan, a 32-year-old Shanghai resident.

One month later, when Zhang advised local residents to ________the risk of spreading the virus by staying at home, he said in Shanghai   ________: "If you don’t stop seeing friends, you will see them again in the ICU."

Though ________   by the media, Zhang described himself as a medical worker who must ________ now, but will return to keeping a low ________ after the outbreak ends.

"I spoke because of the fear among the public, owing to limited ________ of the contagion (传染病), said Zhang on Feb 26. However, once the curtain of this coronavirus incident________, it maybe________to find me. I’ll just hide myself in a corner, studying complicated patient cases and doing some reading, ________ .

A quote from Zhang :

It’s suffocating (窒息的) for everyone to stay at home, but the virus is also suffocating. We aren’t resting at home; we re fighters. Every person who stays at home is________ in the battle against the virus."

1.

A．remarks

B．lines

C．terms

D．excuses

2.

A．exceptions

B．experts

C．examples

D．samples

3.

A．make a name

B．make a face

C．make a killing

D．make a hit

4.

A．drafted

B．sent

C．distributed

D．joined

5.

A．entitle

B．prioritize

C．justify

D．privilege

6.

A．live up to

B．come down to

C．get down to

D．set about

7.

A．appetite

B．applaud

C．applause

D．recognition

8.

A．marked

B．appeared

C．symbolize

D．witnessed

9.

A．typical

B．critical

C．visible

D．visual

10.

A．Nothing

B．Anything

C．something

D．Everything

11.

A．deduce

B．decline

C．check

D．reduce

12.

A．dialect

B．tune

C．version

D．prospect

13.

A．chased

B．caught

C．exploited

D．tracked

14.

A．work out

B．speak out

C．spell out

D．give out

15.

A．dignity

B．profile

C．level

D．portrait

16.

A．fear

B．knowledge

C．command

D．range

17.

A．fails

B．falls

C．declines

D．drops

18.

A．easy

B．hard

C．horrible

D．cosy

19.

A．slightly

B．purposely

C．silently

D．aimlessly

20.

A．anticipating

B．participating

C．involving

D．burying

【推荐2】Charlotte Whitehead was born in England in 1843, and moved to Montreal, Canada at the age of five with her family. While _______ her ill elder sister throughout the years, Charlotte discovered she had a（n）_______ in medicine. At 18 she married and started a family. Several years later, Charlotte said she wanted to be a doctor. Her husband supported her decision.

_______, Canadian medical schools did not _______women students at the time. Therefore, Charlotte went to the United States to study medicine at the Women's Medical College in Philadelphia. It took her five years to _______ her medical degree.

Upon graduation, Charlotte returned to Montreal and set up a private _______. Three years later, she moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, and there she was once again a _______ doctor. Many of her patients were from the nearby timber and railway camps. Charlotte _______ herself operating on damaged limbs and setting _______ bones, in addition to delivering all the babies in the area.

But Charlotte had been practising without a licence. She had ________ a doctor’s licence in both Montreal and Winnipeg, but was ________. The Manitoba College of Physicians and Surgeons, an all-male board, wanted her to ________ her studies at a Canadian medical college! Charlotte refused to ________ her patients to spend time studying what she already knew. So in 1887, she appealed to the Manitoba Legislature to ________ a licence to her but they too, refused. Charlotte continued to practise without a licence until 1912. She died four years later at the age of 73.

In 1993, 77 years after her ________, a medical licence was issued to Charlotte. This decision was made by the Manitoba Legislature to honor “this courageous and pioneering woman.”

1.

A．raising

B．teaching

C．nursing

D．missing

2.

A．habit

B．interest

C．opinion

D．voice

3.

A．Surprisingly

B．Unfortunately

C．Obviously

D．Eventually

4.

A．hire

B．entertain

C．trust

D．accept

5.

A．improve

B．save

C．design

D．earn

6.

A．school

B．museum

C．clinic

D．lab

7.

A．busy

B．wealth

C．greedy

D．luck

8.

A．helped

B．found

C．troubled

D．imagined

9.

A．harmful

B．tired

C．broken

D．weak

10.

A．put away

B．taken over

C．turned in

D．applied for

11.

A．punished

B．refused

C．blamed

D．fired

12.

A．display

B．change

C．preview

D．complete

13.

A．leave

B．charge

C．test

D．cure

14.

A．sell

B．donate

C．issue

D．show

15.

A．birth

B．death

C．wedding

D．graduation

【推荐1】“Who can ever have imagined someone like me would make it this far?” asked Chad Wood last week during his high school graduation speech as the best student. Chad offered _______ to his fellow classmates to never give up---and the words _______ much more to himself. That’s because Chad is deaf, and he told the story of the serious troubles he _______ to graduate first in his class at Harrison High school in Kennesaw, Georgia.

Chad didn’t start to _______ until he was 5, according to his mother, Pam Wood. Although her son was _______a disadvantage, she was determined not to treat him_______. “I’ve expected him to do everything every other kid does, and I saw no _______ why he couldn’t,” she told ABC News. “And if he_______ the first time, we just tried again.”

Chad, 17, worked hard throughout school, _______ no special treatment but sitting at the front of the class and using a special audio system so he could hear the teacher. All his hard work ________. He received full school fare to Vanderbilt University. “Deafness had taught me a lesson to never ________,” he said in the speech. “Not when the experts tell you it cannot be done. Not when you have ________ so far behind that escaping seems the only way ________. Not when achieving your dreams seems an entire ________.”

Chad spoke for about four minutes, after which he received a standing applause from the class and ________ messages from family, friends and strangers. “They’ve been sending me messages on Facebook, email, they’ve been talking to me in person telling me how it had a ________ on their lives and how they’re really ________ by it,” Chad told ABC News. “It feels ________. Seeing that my words ________ have a power on someone and that they want to work harder because of my words makes me feel ________.”1.

A．advice

B．description

C．warning

D．information

2.

A．recognized

B．analysed

C．meant

D．described

3.

A．needed

B．faced

C．consisted

D．forecast

4.

A．cry

B．write

C．smell

D．hear

5.

A．at

B．for

C．under

D．by

6.

A．kindly

B．differently

C．cruelly

D．similarly

7.

A．harm

B．trouble

C．reason

D．conclusion

8.

A．failed

B．organized

C．succeeded

D．blamed

9.

A．appealing

B．receiving

C．possessing

D．operating

10.

A．set off

B．dropped off

C．took off

D．paid off

11.

A．give in

B．give out

C．give up

D．give away

12.

A．waited

B．fallen

C．walked

D．gone

13.

A．up

B．off

C．in

D．out

14.

A．impossibility

B．failure

C．victory

D．chance

15.

A．awkward

B．negative

C．doubtful

D．supportive

16.

A．reward

B．detail

C．power

D．source

17.

A．defeated

B．exposed

C．educated

D．puzzled

18.

A．unwilling

B．amazing

C．shocking

D．embarrassing

19.

A．actually

B．suddenly

C．strangely

D．extremely

20.

A．astonished

B．cautious

C．confused

D．wonderful

【推荐2】When I was a child my father taught me five words that I've used all my life---in my acting career, as a mother, in my business activities. If I __ that I was afraid of the dark, or if I seemed worried about meeting new people, Dad would say, "Stand porter to your __. "

A porter is a gatekeeper, who stands at a door __ people in or out. Dad would get me to __ myself stopping destructive things---such as fear---at the door, __ saying "Come in" to faith, love and self-assurance.

As a (n) __, before I went on camera, I'd make sure anxiety stayed out and confidence in my ability came in. As a mother, when I was __ about my children, I would try not to let worry in but would __ my mind with trust in them.

Of course, there were always times I'd __ those words.

In 1972, my husband, Fillmore Crank, and I opened the doors to our own __ in North Hollywood. This was a new business venture for us, and it was a lot more __ and complicated than we had __.

We were on call 24 hours a day. Something was always going __. Electricity went on the blink, food wasn't delivered, employees called in sick. Once, a flu epidemic __ left us with no maids (佣人). Fillmore gave me a __: scrub floors or do the laundry. For 10 days I folded enough king-size sheets to __ the whole state of California.

Then there was the __ crisis. The price of gasoline doubled, and tourism in California __. How could we fill our beds? What if we kept losing money? What if we failed? Fear and worry were sneaking in. But I caught them just __. I stood porter. I stood in the door of my mind and sent fear packing.

These days at the hotel, whenever fear tries to __, I just smile and point to the sign that reads No Vacancy.

1.

A．complained

B．announced

C．recalled

D．decided

2.

A．future

B．value

C．family

D．studio

3.

A．letting

B．urging

C．inviting

D．observing

4.

A．busy

B．involve

C．send

D．picture

5.

A．so

B．and

C．but

D．or

6.

A．official

B．actress

C．maid

D．manager

7.

A．serious

B．curious

C．anxious

D．cautious

8.

A．fill

B．change

C．read

D．ease

9.

A．eat

B．twist

C．exchange

D．forget

10.

A．clinic

B．hotel

C．laundry

D．restaurant

11.

A．promising

B．demanding

C．convincing

D．boring

12.

A．figured

B．confirmed

C．admitted

D．suggested

13.

A．sour

B．missing

C．wrong

D．pale

14.

A．hardly

B．regularly

C．specially

D．suddenly

15.

A．warning

B．command

C．choice

D．solution

16.

A．cook

B．book

C．mirror

D．blanket

17.

A．credit

B．energy

C．identity

D．family

18.

A．ceased

B．recovered

C．dropped

D．boomed

19.

A．in time

B．on purpose

C．at random

D．by chance

20.

A．split

B．shelter

C．withdraw

D．register

【推荐3】Six years into my teaching career, I was in a middle school. I taught a _______ of students two years in a row, _______ both English and Social Studies. Though I didn’t teach them the following year, I heard _______ about this group; I heard they were not prepared to _______assignments and to cooperate. At the end of this group’s graduating year, my headteacher asked me to _______ a summer course for a small group of these rising ninth graders, who had received _______ grades in their English and Social Studies classes.

I developed a _______ called “African Knowledge and Action for Sustainable Development”. Students were required to analyze ten African-American literary works,_______seven intellectually (智力上) stimulating nature field trips, _______ hands-on science experiments, ________ a fifteen-page research paper and defend their paper to a distinguished panel.

We ________ on weekdays and weekends, walking throughout neighborhoods, conducting experiments outside,   ________ public transportation and walking miles on some days. When students became ________, I called them, sent encouraging texts and went to their ________ to pick them up. Despite those who believed I was ________ for having such high expectations for these students, in just six weeks my summer school students ________ these lofty (极高的) goals!

That summer we ________ ourselves, and applied our knowledge to real-life problems. More ________, that summer I ________ those rising ninth graders that they were not those failing grades and they were ________ of doing everything they desired.

1.

A．chain

B．couple

C．part

D．class

2.

A．affecting

B．replacing

C．missing

D．teaching

3.

A．rules

B．theories

C．stories

D．answers

4.

A．complete

B．create

C．collect

D．cancel

5.

A．evaluate

B．design

C．purchase

D．recommend

6.

A．passing

B．average

C．failing

D．excellent

7.

A．instrument

B．course

C．skill

D．tip

8.

A．attend

B．distinguish

C．identify

D．accumulate

9.

A．conduct

B．destroy

C．prove

D．carry

10.

A．review

B．publish

C．read

D．write

11.

A．practiced

B．met

C．complained

D．played

12.

A．improving

B．offering

C．taking

D．affording

13.

A．desperate

B．discouraged

C．delighted

D．determined

14.

A．homes

B．schools

C．offices

D．libraries

15.

A．famous

B．guilty

C．lucky

D．crazy

16.

A．remembered

B．delivered

C．established

D．accomplished

17.

A．found

B．reflected

C．challenged

D．trained

18.

A．recently

B．importantly

C．frequently

D．commonly

19.

A．informed

B．instructed

C．reminded

D．promised

20.

A．capable

B．ashamed

C．typical

D．aware