【推荐1】Years ago, a group of salesmen went to an urgent regional sales convention ( 集 会 ) in Chicago. In their ________, one of them knocked over a table, where baskets of apples were. Apples flew everywhere. Without ________ , they all tried to reach the plane quickly, all but one. He paused and told his friends to ________ without him, saying that he would take a ( n ) ________ flight.

Then he returned to the place. The girl at the apple table was totally_________! She was softly crying, and at the same time_________ for her apples as the crowd walked around her. No one stopped or cared for her ________.

The salesman gathered up the apples, and put them into the baskets. As he did this, he_________ many had become broken, which he set aside in another basket. When he had finished, he_________ out his wallet and said to the girl, “Here, please take this $ 20 for the ________ we did. Are you okay? ”She nodded ________ her tears.

He continued, “I hope we didn’t spoil (弄糟)your day too ________.”As the salesman started to walk away, the blind girl called out to him, “Mister...”He turned to look. She ________, “Are you an angel?” He stopped and wondered. Then slowly he made his way to catch his flight with that ________ in his soul: “Are you an angel?” Do people mistake you for an angel? Try your best to ________ those in trouble and you would be the angel all the time.

1.

A．rush

B．talk

C．walk

D．flight

2.

A．offering

B．paying

C．stopping

D．buying

3.

A．watch

B．enter

C．keep

D．leave

4.

A．larger

B．later

C．earlier

D．safer

5.

A．deaf

B．poor

C．lame

D．blind

6.

A．searching

B．selling

C．eating

D．offering

7.

A．complaint

B．response

C．service

D．trouble

8.

A．claimed

B．admitted

C．noticed

D．recognized

9.

A．ran

B．pulled

C．threw

D．carried

10.

A．chain

B．delay

C．damage

D．lack

11.

A．through

B．over

C．below

D．under

12.

A．kindly

B．badly

C．fairly

D．slightly

13.

A．continued

B．changed

C．settled

D．started

14.

A．answer

B．pattern

C．comment

D．question

15.

A．enjoy

B．assist

C．praise

D．appreciate

【推荐2】Born in 1963 in Sierra Visa, Arizona, USA, Jessica learned to live her life with her feet. Born without arms, she faced many ____
There were many questions at the time about whether Jessica would be able to live a “ ____ ” life. However, Jessica’s father said he ____ had a tear about her birth condition. He had full confidence in her potential.
With the ____of her parents and family, Jessica became confident in herself as an adult and continued to ____ the world with her feet.
As a child, Jessica studied dance in her hometown. When her first ____ arrived, she asked to be put in the back row. Her dance teacher told her there was no ____ row.
Tentatively she took the stage with the other students and performed her ____ When she finished, the applause from the audience gave her encouragement and ____to continue dancing for 14 years. ____, Jessica earned her first Black Belt in the International Taekwondo Federation at the age of 14.
After ____ from high school, Jessica attended the University of Arizona ____she earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology. When talking about her degree, she frequently ____ that psychology trusts the way people think has a greater ____ on their lives than a physical limitation.
Jessica’s most famous accomplishment was learning how to ____ It took three states, four airplanes, two flight instructors and a discouraging year to ____ the right aircraft: a 1946 415C Ercoupe Airplane. She ____ the Guinness World Record ____ being the first person certified to fly an airplane with only her feet.
Jessica now ____a motivational speaker. She travels the world sharing her story and ____people to be creative and innovative.1.

A．challenges

B．trouble

C．advantages

D．influences

2.

A．unique

B．special

C．normal

D．unusual

3.

A．frequently

B．never

C．ever

D．certainly

4.

A．argument

B．understanding

C．opposition

D．support

5.

A．decorate

B．explore

C．explode

D．establish

6.

A．performance

B．image

C．exhibition

D．appearance

7.

A．back

B．front

C．edge

D．middle

8.

A．line

B．emotion

C．routine

D．behaviour

9.

A．sympathy

B．sorrow

C．doubt

D．confidence

10.

A．Unfortunately

B．Delightedly

C．Disappointedly

D．Hopefully

11.

A．admitting

B．entering

C．graduating

D．settling

12.

A．which

B．when

C．what

D．where

13.

A．dreamed

B．ignored

C．explained

D．refused

14.

A．symbol

B．frustration

C．evidence

D．impact

15.

A．board

B．fly

C．seat

D．launch

16.

A．find

B．lose

C．cancel

D．seek

17.

A．experienced

B．scheduled

C．received

D．praised

18.

A．for

B．against

C．beyond

D．within

19.

A．describes as

B．regards as

C．treats as

D．works as

20.

A．amazing

B．encouraging

C．enjoying

D．astonishing

【推荐1】When I was a young student, none of my friends listened to classical music. Few studied a(n) _________ for more than a year or two. They were listening to the big bands. But Dad _________ me to study to play the piano for three years. And later, you know, I gave it up. But one day one thing changed me _________.

One Saturday, I went to a(n) _________ birthday party of one of my classmates and there was quite a crowd of people of my _________. And some of the kids were fooling around at the piano while the parents are _________ us a big meal. Then one of the girls _________ stopped talking, looked at me and said, “Robert, you took piano lessons. _________, play something!”

“No..., I’m not going to play the piano.” I _________ that no one in that room show __________ in the kind of music that I could play. But though I was __________ objecting, I was pushed by my friends towards the piano. I was “__________” to sit down. And there I was face-to-face with eighty- eight black and white __________.

What to play? The only thing that came to my __________ was Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata. So, I began with the slow __________. And after two measures, I became aware that there was a __________ in the room. “After the next two measures, I felt people __________ towards me, and then the parents came out of the kitchen __________. I played the whole first movement and when I was through, the applause and cheers were __________ to believe.

If I had known that this would have happened, I never would have given up __________ playing the piano.

1.

A．project

B．instrument

C．commitment

D．skill

2.

A．permitted

B．reminded

C．helped

D．advised

3.

A．completely

B．generally

C．cruelly

D．hopefully

4.

A．uninteresting

B．disgusting

C．sweet

D．simple

5.

A．city

B．age

C．height

D．dream

6.

A．buying

B．earning

C．selling

D．cooking

7.

A．actually

B．foolishly

C．suddenly

D．curiously

8.

A．Come on

B．Get out

C．Go away

D．Go on

9.

A．forgot

B．observed

C．figured

D．regretted

10.

A．knowledge

B．delight

C．respect

D．interest

11.

A．shyly

B．strongly

C．luckily

D．hardly

12.

A．forced

B．guided

C．invited

D．protected

13.

A．keys

B．letters

C．words

D．pictures

14.

A．music

B．party

C．meal

D．mind

15.

A．ending

B．opening

C．reading

D．listening

16.

A．quarrel

B．relaxation

C．silence

D．incident

17.

A．moving

B．running

C．looking

D．hearing

18.

A．satisfied

B．delighted

C．disappointed

D．surprised

19.

A．easy

B．hard

C．certain

D．glad

20.

A．stopping

B．considering

C．practicing

D．starting

【推荐2】During my first three years of college, I put on about 30 pounds of weight. Between classwork and a part-time job, I had zero time for _______. Besides, I ate a lot of fast food. Not surprisingly, I got a fat stomach.

After leaving college, I _______ to take exercise. Invited by a friend, I began working out with exercise machines three times a week. I was the kind of person who did not try something _______. I ate the same foods; I did the same things. Clearly, I _______ my routines (习惯). My friend, however, became _______. One day, he said, “We’re not getting enough exercise. We should play tennis instead.”

Me? Play tennis? No way. I was strongly against his _______. 1 was not good at sports. Besides, I was _______ the exercise machines. However, weeks later, I found myself standing on a tennis court (球场). As I held my racket (球拍), I felt _______. I gave my friend some looks that could kill. I ran after every ball he served to me, completely _______ about 90% of them, and hitting the rest into the other court. The first few months were quite __________. But one day, as the ball enough came flying toward me, my racket and the ball finally met in the place where it is most effective to hit a ball. I watched __________ as my return landed where I had aimed (瞄准) it, I had finally. __________ how to play tennis properly!

Tennis would finally become my __________. I played it for several years, only __________ because of a knee injury. I learned a lesson during my journey toward learning to play tennis: I can do whatever I set my mind to. I just __________ to put in the work, and the results will follow.

1.

A．games

B．holidays

C．research

D．exercise

2.

A．decided

B．agreed

C．regretted

D．continued

3.

A．important

B．new

C．simple

D．similar

4.

A．liked

B．changed

C．challenged

D．strengthened

5.

A．addicted

B．amazed

C．bored

D．confused

6.

A．topic

B．experiment

C．reply

D．idea

7.

A．worried about

B．happy with

C．sure of

D．ashamed of

8.

A．silly

B．curious

C．confident

D．satisfied

9.

A．quitting

B．throwing

C．missing

D．playing

10.

A．interesting

B．painful

C．different

D．easy

11.

A．in secret

B．in danger

C．in fear

D．in surprise

12.

A．explored

B．learned

C．taught

D．remembered

13.

A．hobby

B．plan

C．dream

D．schedule

14.

A．completing

B．starting

C．stopping

D．forgetting

15.

A．expect

B．seem

C．need

D．happen

【推荐3】When I was young I wanted to be a model, so I convinced my parents to take me for an audition (试演)．I was_______by the judges and told I had potential. They said that for only $900 I could _______ a weekend event that dozens of the most well-known _______agencies would attend. At 13, my _______of fame and fortune clouded all judgment and I begged my parents to let me go. We have never been rich, but they saw my _______and agreed．

I _______ being signed by some famous model companies. For months, any boredom or _______I faced was pushed aside because I knew I would soon have the chance to be a real model. I thought I would grace the _______of famous magazines!

Of course, I wasn't signed, but what _______ most was being told that if I grew to 1.75 meters I could be a ________．I prayed for a growth spurt （冲刺）________ I could not imagine giving up my dream. I made a（n）________ with a local modeling agency and the agent demanded ＄500 for classes, and ＄300 for other expenses. My parents only agreed after hours and hours of my________.

The agency sent me out on a few auditions, but with every day I didn't receive a call, I grew more ________. The final straw came in September after I had decided to ________commercial modeling. There was an open call in New York City. We spent hours driving and another few hours waiting, only to be told that I was too__________．I was extremely upset．

Years later, I ________that the trip to New York was good as it made me notice I didn't ________ love modeling, just the idea of it. I wanted to be________ and I was naively （天真地） determined to reach an ________goal. The experience has made me stronger and that will help me later in my life.

1.

A．selected

B．invited

C．ignored

D．refused

2.

A．witness

B．celebrate

C．record

D．attend

3.

A．acting

B．travel

C．modeling

D．advertising

4.

A．senses

B．hopes

C．attitudes

D．doubts

5.

A．fortune

B．training

C．preparation

D．enthusiasm

6.

A．considered

B．imagined

C．appreciated

D．admitted

7.

A．disappointment

B．embarrassment

C．excitement

D．amusement

8.

A．articles

B．sales

C．covers

D．editions

9.

A．motivated

B．hurt

C．comforted

D．satisfied

10.

A．giant

B．beauty

C．dresser

D．success

11.

A．because

B．though

C．unless

D．before

12.

A．wish

B．appointment

C．comment

D．promise

13.

A．complaining

B．questioning

C．begging

D．advising

14.

A．depressed

B．annoyed

C．patient

D．curious

15.

A．take in

B．show off

C．put away

D．focus on

16.

A．suitable

B．worried

C．short

D．pretty

17.

A．realized

B．doubted

C．confirmed

D．declared

18.

A．gradually

B．eventually

C．extremely

D．actually

19.

A．realistic

B．generous

C．special

D．considerate

20.

A．impossible

B．immediate

C．achievable

D．ideal

【推荐1】A young boy who was called Tom lived in a country. One day Tom was digging a hole in the _________with his best friends when he saw a worm （蠕虫）. Terrified to see it, he instantly_________it over the fence. He hated worms. Though they did him no harm, he felt_________whenever he saw them.

The next morning he_________up to find his sister Elizabeth standing by his bed. Elizabeth_________him to get up immediately and then led him downstairs. There_________on the kitchen table was a worm! This time he didn't throw it away but began to_________it carefully. He wasn't bored nor_________though a little bit light-headed （头晕）. He didn't say a word, just_________to tell anyone why he__________worms so much.

The next day he went to school. He found his classmates had a new__________which Tom eventually found was about worms. He couldn't__________they actually talked about worms. "Worms are very__________to nature. " said their teacher, Miss Noyce. Tom was told to read a book about worms and was regretfully surprised by what he was __________. The book said that if you liked growing crops then worms should be very important to you because they chew__________leaves and when the worm gives out waste it__________the soil. So from that day on Tom started__________worms. When he got home from school the next day he had a（n）__________. He got a jar and filled it with damp soil. Then he found some worms lying lazily across the garden. Tom__________them up and put them in the jar. He had always been__________to have a pet and now, there was his very own pet right in front of him.

1.

A．store

B．garden

C．classroom

D．hospital

2.

A．threw

B．passed

C．carried

D．put

3.

A．calm

B．pleased

C．interested

D．uncomfortable

4.

A．grew

B．looked

C．woke

D．stayed

5.

A．urged

B．taught

C．helped

D．promised

6.

A．dying

B．crying

C．lying

D．growing

7.

A．laugh at

B．pick out

C．talk about

D．stare at

8.

A．amazed

B．concerned

C．focused

D．touched

9.

A．glad

B．impolite

C．unwilling

D．brave

10.

A．preferred

B．hated

C．studied

D．controlled

11.

A．book

B．competition

C．teacher

D．topic

12.

A．say

B．believe

C．doubt

D．hear

13.

A．harmful

B．beautiful

C．common

D．important

14.

A．experimenting

B．imagining

C．reading

D．feeling

15.

A．ugly

B．dead

C．delicious

D．primary

16.

A．improves

B．destroys

C．separates

D．finds

17.

A．selling

B．collecting

C．appreciating

D．resisting

18.

A．idea

B．doubt

C．answer

D．invention

19.

A．took

B．turned

C．gave

D．picked

20.

A．choosing

B．longing

C．learning

D．forgetting

【推荐3】Early in the morning, it was freezing cold, and the day didn’t break.It was snowing. Because I had much work to do on my final day, I set off for work______ . I walked tardily along the sidewalk towards the______. I looked up at the building in which many of my______hours for the last five years had been spent. My heart______fast and I was unwilling to go in. I didn’t want it to_______.

____,I was made to go through the doors of the company for the last time. The morning went by as I had plenty of work to finish and I______on having the task done and ignored the office clerks ---they also kept their heads down,______eye contact. My______was sad to them too.

That day two______of our team were leaving as part of the over-staffed programme. At noon we had a leaving speech______, leaving cards and promises to stay in______ . Before leaving my position, I began to think about my future______.

In one week I would fly to NewYork where I had______spent an amazing year working. Actually, this job had______my interest in working in diversity.

I decided to go to America with another two friends and I planned to take time out to______my next move with them. This is absolutely necessary in such a______. If possible, it is______for your physical, mental and emotional well-being to get out of your regular______, away from home and all reminders of work to recharge your physical and emotional batteries and______calmly on what comes next.

1.

A．late

B．immediately

C．hard

D．early

2.

A．basement

B．office

C．school

D．hotel

3.

A．observing

B．thinking

C．waking

D．sleeping

4.

A．dived

B．skipped

C．jumped

D．beat

5.

A．end

B．continue

C．begin

D．go

6.

A．Therefore

B．However

C．Since

D．Then

7.

A．focused

B．put

C．lived

D．based

8.

A．finding

B．keeping

C．avoiding

D．wanting

9.

A．leaving

B．behaving

C．touching

D．arriving

10.

A．numbers

B．members

C．troubles

D．citizens

11.

A．patiently

B．quietly

C．alone

D．together

12.

A．action

B．belief

C．touch

D．surprise

13.

A．plans

B．forecasts

C．ways

D．routes

14.

A．lately

B．specially

C．aimlessly

D．previously

15.

A．aroused

B．insisted

C．canceled

D．recognized

16.

A．comment

B．discuss

C．stop

D．talk

17.

A．country

B．place

C．condition

D．situation

18.

A．good

B．harmful

C．safe

D．easy

19.

A．opportunity

B．routine

C．habit

D．entertainment

20.

A．consider

B．think

C．reflect

D．view