【推荐2】“Cleverness is a gift while kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy – they’re given after all. Choice can be ____.”

I got the idea to start Amazon 16 years ago. I came across the fact ____ the Internet usage was growing at 2,300 percent per year. I’d never seen or heard of anything that grew ____ fast, and the idea of building an online ____ with millions of titles was very exciting to me. I had just turned 30 years old, and I ____ for a year. I told my wife MacKenzie that I wanted to ____ my job and go to do this crazy thing that probably wouldn’t work since most start-ups don’t, and I wasn’t sure ____ to expect. MacKenzie told me I ____ go for it. As a young boy, I’d been a garage inventor. I’d always wanted to be a(an) ____, and she wanted me to follow my passion.

I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a bunch of very ____ people, and I had a brilliant boss that I much admired. I went to my boss and told him I wanted to start a company selling books ____. He took me on a long walk in Central Park,____ carefully 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 ____ 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(an) difficult ____, but finally, I decided I had to give it a shot. I didn’t think I’d regret trying and failing. And I suspected I would always be haunted （纠缠）by a decision to not ____ at all.

After much consideration, I took the less ____ path to follow my ____, and I’m proud of that choice. For all of us, in the end, we are our ____.

1.

A．easy

B．hard

C．valuable

D．wrong

2.

A．what

B．which

C．that

D．whether

3.

A．this

B．that

C．at

D．by

4.

A．bank

B．clothes store

C．book store

D．job market

5.

A．got married

B．have married

C．had married

D．had been married

6.

A．continue

B．offer

C．get

D．quit

7.

A．how

B．who

C．what

D．when

8.

A．mustn’t

B．couldn’t

C．shouldn’t

D．should

9.

A．worker

B．inventor

C．manager

D．farmer

10.

A．smart

B．stupid

C．lazy

D．bad

11.

A．in the firm

B．on the farm

C．on the Internet

D．in the Amazon

12.

A．said

B．saying

C．listened

D．listening

13.

A．but

B．and

C．because

D．or

14.

A．made some trouble

B．made some sense

C．made no sense

D．made no contributions

15.

A．after

B．before

C．since

D．for

16.

A．gift

B．company

C．way

D．choice

17.

A．say

B．listen

C．try

D．ask

18.

A．safe

B．hard

C．long

D．dangerous

19.

A．boss

B．inventor

C．passion

D．regret

20.

A．gifts

B．bosses

C．firma

D．choices

【推荐3】“Paul must have been trying to carry his wastepaper to rubbish bin and dropped a few pieces.” I _________, picking them up. Moments later I found more pieces. No quiet sighing this time, I _________, “Who is throwing rubbish?” No answer. _________ , I saw more bits of paper _________ down from upstairs. Looking up, I saw my seven-year-old son, Paul.

“Stop making a mess.” “It’s not a mess. They’re_________.” “Sorry, what did you say?” I hadn’t heard him clearly.

He didn’t answer me. Paul has autism (自闭症) and _________ answers a question, especially when he attentively _________ something else. He ran _________. “Where are my other butterflies?” he asked,_________around. Every time Paul puts five or more words together, my heart says a prayer of thanks. But lately he seems to __________ that the benefits of forming complete sentences when communicating are worthy of the effort.

Butterflies. Of course. I rushed to __________ them from the rubbish, dusted them off and __________ them to my son. “Want to see them fly again?” he asked with a shy smile. “Oh yes! They’re beautiful.” I whispered. He ran back upstairs to fly his masterpieces down again. They really did look like beautiful butterflies.

That day Paul __________ me to look up at beauty instead of down at rubbish. How many other masterpieces have I missed __________ I’m too busy with my work to appreciate what’s right in front of me? Life is not what happens to us. It’s __________ we look at it. Now, I look up.

1.

A．shouted

B．nodded

C．sighed

D．laughed

2.

A．remarked

B．challenged

C．argued

D．shouted

3.

A．Instead

B．Therefore

C．Otherwise

D．Moreover

4.

A．falling

B．dropping

C．floating

D．landing

5.

A．planes

B．butterflies

C．kites

D．toys

6.

A．actively

B．eagerly

C．gladly

D．seldom

7.

A．focuses on

B．depends on

C．gives up

D．steps away from

8.

A．away

B．upstairs

C．downstairs

D．somewhere

9.

A．searching

B．showing

C．dancing

D．playing

10.

A．forget

B．realize

C．doubt

D．fear

11.

A．destroy

B．hide

C．rescue

D．remove

12.

A．threw

B．flew

C．delivered

D．handed

13.

A．refused

B．reminded

C．encouraged

D．allowed

14.

A．because

B．though

C．unless

D．until

15.

A．whether

B．how

C．when

D．where

【推荐1】If you have ever driven in the mountains on a cool autumn morning, then you know what fog is. Today I just drove right into a ____ of fog. I quickly slowed down and ____ my headlights. Seeing the road ahead was a ____ . I felt as if I had been transported into a shadow world. Everywhere I looked was only dark grayness. Even the trees lining the road had become frightening, ____ me of some frightening stories. I drove on and on through the waves of dark and wondered if it would end.
After a while, though, the sun broke through the fog and the world was transformed. The golden light beams ____ the landscape. The red and yellow leaves shone on the ____ . The river along the road shone in the sunshine. Everything seemed full of____and joy again. I smiled and drove, singing a song in my heart. I thanked God for both the sunshine and the ____ , because he reminded me again of just how____this world can be. In our lives the fog can roll in sometimes too. Things can go ____ . Problems can appear.
Difficulties, pains and troubles can seem to ____ us and block out all the light in our life.
When this happens and the world seems ____ in gray, we need to remember that we can break through the fog. We can ____ the shadows away with love. We can transform the world with our joy. We also can light a way through the dark for others to follow. God is willing to ____ our souls with his love and light. All he asks is that we share their shine. May all of your foggy days be ____ then. May your soul shine brightly. And may you forever struggle to live in God’s light.1.

A．photo

B．sea

C．picture

D．drop

2.

A．turned on

B．put on

C．turned off

D．put off

3.

A．challenge

B．disappointment

C．devotion

D．pain

4.

A．warning

B．informing

C．accusing

D．reminding

5.

A．bathed

B．changed

C．broke

D．impressed

6.

A．mountains

B．roads

C．headlights

D．trees

7.

A．light

B．smile

C．heat

D．smoke

8.

A．weather

B．air

C．fog

D．dark

9.

A．peaceful

B．beautiful

C．small

D．quiet

10.

A．smooth

B．mad

C．well

D．wrong

11.

A．surround

B．remove

C．encourage

D．improve

12.

A．moved

B．touched

C．covered

D．attracted

13.

A．knock

B．drive

C．beat

D．pour

14.

A．replace

B．conduct

C．match

D．fill

15.

A．lasting

B．endless

C．brief

D．late

【推荐2】I was on a plane that was about to take off when my phone rang. I felt something ________ had happened. It was my neighbor saying I needed to get to the ________ at once. She explained that she’d ________ my two boys, George, then five, and Mickey, then four, crying. At first, she had ________ it, but when the crying continued for a long time, she _________ something was wrong. So she came round and discovered my wife, Mary, lying on the ________ floor. She had been emptying the dishwasher ________ a live wire fell and touched her.

Mary was taken to hospital. When I arrived, doctors were trying to rescue her, but there was no ________. I explained to the boys that Mum had died; I felt it was important to be ________ with them. For a year I was in a suffering ________ of mind. I went through the activities of a father but inside I felt ________.

Later, I felt I had to honor my love for Mary by not breaking ________. She married me because I was a ________ man and I knew I had to carry on and actively chose to swim rather than ________.

We moved to another city but two years later, I was diagnosed with cancer (癌症). The anxiety that had been gone came ________ back – would my boys be left with no parents? ________, the disease was in its early stage and doctors could treat it in time.

________ everything happening to me, I realized merely thinking “why me” doesn’t ________. We have to learn to accept and adapt to the ________ it has brought about. It is no use thinking about the past or being worried about the future. Instead, just focus on the ________.

1.

A．amazing

B．strange

C．awful

D．exciting

2.

A．house

B．exit

C．entrance

D．hospital

3.

A．seen

B．sensed

C．recognized

D．heard

4.

A．hesitated

B．ignored

C．imagined

D．confused

5.

A．wondered

B．realized

C．expected

D．predicted

6.

A．bathroom

B．bedroom

C．toilet

D．kitchen

7.

A．while

B．when

C．until

D．as

8.

A．symptom

B．doubt

C．point

D．signal

9.

A．clear

B．familiar

C．strict

D．pleased

10.

A．scene

B．state

C．condition

D．occasion

11.

A．curiously

B．lonely

C．coldly

D．lively

12.

A．up

B．down

C．away

D．off

13.

A．rich

B．considerate

C．handsome

D．strong

14.

A．dive

B．sink

C．fly

D．float

15.

A．flooding

B．returning

C．looking

D．calling

16.

A．Gradually

B．Personally

C．Thankfully

D．Eventually

17.

A．Above

B．With

C．As

D．Beneath

18.

A．matter

B．affect

C．count

D．help

19.

A．changes

B．experiences

C．disabilities

D．decisions

20.

A．present

B．honor

C．activity

D．life

【推荐3】Back starting from my fourth grade, I was in low spirits for about four and a half years. I never really had any ______ during that time. My only one had just ______ at the end of third grade. What was worse, I felt ______ as my dog and my cat had just died. It almost seemed as if my life was slowly ______ for me. I always felt ______, with no one and not even my family to talk to. I didn’t think they knew what I was ______. It was a really ______ time for me. I’d always ______ my feelings and just put a nice, fake smile for them. That’s all they ______, right?

During the end of my seventh-grade year, I started to make a friend or two. That’s when my depression (消沉)state started ______. But I was still ______ myself, calling myself fat or ugly, and my friends knew this. They tried their best to help and it did ______ in some ways but not fully. It was a ______ that I found what I was ______: music. I found this song called “Beautiful”. There was one line that said, “You are beautiful in every single way. Yes words can’t bring you down.” I now ______ that we are all beautiful and no guy or girl can tell us otherwise. ______, some people can’t see that.

Now I ______ believe that even a song can ______ a person’s life just because of the lyrics (歌词)you hear. I just hope they find this ______ and listen to it. I also hope it has the same ______ it had on me when I was suffering.

1.

A．friends

B．holidays

C．ideas

D．troubles

2.

A．walked away

B．moved away

C．run away

D．driven away

3.

A．hopeless

B．breathless

C．helpful

D．comfortable

4.

A．continuing

B．ending

C．beginning

D．passing

5.

A．angry

B．confident

C．regretful

D．lonely

6.

A．learning

B．accepting

C．experiencing

D．expecting

7.

A．hard

B．free

C．great

D．wonderful

8.

A．express

B．hide

C．hurt

D．share

9.

A．ordered

B．tried

C．wanted

D．suggested

10.

A．going up

B．looking round

C．dying out

D．dying down

11.

A．behaving

B．praising.

C．disliking

D．ignoring

12.

A．disappear

B．exist

C．work

D．suffer

13.

A．surprise

B．question

C．sign

D．relief

14.

A．missing

B．wondering

C．following

D．developing

15.

A．insist

B．doubt

C．admit

D．realize

16.

A．Importantly

B．Naturally

C．Sadly

D．Happily

17.

A．fiercely

B．strongly

C．briefly

D．regularly

18.

A．change

B．save

C．control

D．take

19.

A．motto

B．song

C．lesson

D．voice

20.

A．effect

B．chance

C．choice

D．feeling