【推荐1】Today was Father’s Day. I missed you, Dad! ____ at your photos, I thought of the happy days when you stayed with me. It seemed as if everything had happened yesterday.
I remembered how you taught me to be a person with good ____, such as honesty, kindness and self-respect. You taught me to enjoy ____ and work.
You taught me about love, as you ____ yours with all seven of us children. But, ____ , I thought of how you taught me of God’s great ____ for his children. You showed the way, by being at church each time the doors were open. I was ____you, as you led our family in prayer（祈祷）each ____ before going to bed. Through you, I ____ what is truly important in life. I now know that you continue to live through me and I hope I have____ that legacy（遗产）on to my kids.
I know that your life was not easy ____ you lost your father when you were only two years old. I know that you had to ____ your studies and help your mother. You ____ your responsibilities, as you did in supporting our ____ Thanks, Dad!
So, parents and ____ to all you Dads, remember that you can have a positive (积极的) influence ____ your children by what you teach them and that they will make a difference in this world.
Children, now it’s time to ____ your love and thanks to your Dad ____ what he does for you. A big hug, a ____ thank you and living a life of purpose, all of ____ will give him more joy, are worth your doing.
1.

A．Looking

B．Laughing

C．Pointing

D．Shouting

2.

A．energies

B．skills

C．abilities

D．qualities

3.

A．rest

B．peace

C．life

D．success

4.

A．bargained

B．devoted

C．shared

D．competed

5.

A．in all

B．above all

C．at all

D．after all

6.

A．pain

B．love

C．surprise

D．beauty

7.

A．watching

B．waiting

C．replacing

D．persuading

8.

A．hour

B．dusk

C．night

D．noon

9.

A．ordered

B．advised

C．searched

D．learned

10.

A．passed

B．given

C．offered

D．depended

11.

A．if

B．though

C．before

D．because

12.

A．pack up

B．give up

C．rely on

D．leave for

13.

A．made

B．solved

C．took

D．doubted

14.

A．family

B．house

C．team

D．class

15.

A．carefully

B．wonderfully

C．especially

D．regularly

16.

A．of

B．for

C．on

D．to

17.

A．examine

B．express

C．change

D．explore

18.

A．in charge of

B．in search of

C．in honor of

D．in return for

19.

A．hot

B．warm

C．strong

D．heavy

20.

A．which

B．them

C．that

D．what

【推荐2】Traveling through the Hunter Valley towards northern New South Wales with my mother restored our faith in human kindness. Countrymen throughout the whole trip________us with their kindness and generosity, and one particular________really stood out...

1.

A．encouraged

B．supported

C．educated

D．impressed

2.

A．incident

B．hotel

C．adventure

D．traveler

【推荐2】Cassidy and his friends were waiting for other members of their running group. They met_______ every Thursday but on this day last January, it would not be their _______ run.

The first _______ that something was unusual was the man who ran _______ past them.

“Running at such a fast pace,” Cassidy said to his friends in_______.

Cassidy _______ why the man was so swift when another man ran by, _______, “Help! He took my phone!”

At that, they ran, tracking the _______ down the streets _______ he disappeared in a construction site. Cassidy ran around to the far side of the site to cut the thief off while the others ____________ the neighborhood hoping he had thrown away the phone in a backyard.

No ____________ So they decided to ask the citizens whether they’d seen the guy. They knocked   on one door after another. To their ____________, as one owner opened the door, the suspect rushed out and right ____________ the arms of the police, who’d already joined the search.

“Running is typically a useless sport where you turn fat cells into heat, but occasionally it can be____________,” Cassidy told the Philadelphia Inquirer, “and here was one of those ____________.”

1.

A．roughly

B．eventually

C．regularly

D．curiously

2.

A．exhausting

B．flexible

C．normal

D．safe

3.

A．clue

B．sight

C．risk

D．decision

4.

A．slowly

B．desperately

C．steadily

D．aimlessly

5.

A．panic

B．admiration

C．relief

D．anger

6.

A．tried out

B．let out

C．picked out

D．figured out

7.

A．adding

B．complaining

C．whispering

D．screaming

8.

A．member

B．athlete

C．suspect

D．colleague

9.

A．after

B．until

C．as

D．whether

10.

A．searched

B．served

C．warned

D．harmed

11.

A．luck

B．doubt

C．way

D．wonder

12.

A．sorrow

B．surprise

C．embarrassment

D．disappointment

13.

A．over

B．through

C．off

D．into

14.

A．useful

B．useless

C．tiring

D．tough

15.

A．purposes

B．opportunities

C．plans

D．tricks

【推荐3】Since finishing my studies at Harvard and Oxford, I’ve watched one friend after another land high-ranking, high-paying Wall Street jobs. As executives with banks, consulting firms, established law firms, and major corporations, many are now_______on their way to impressive careers. By society’s_______, they seem to have it made.

On the surface, these people seem to be very lucky in life. As they left student life behind, many had a_______drink at their cheap but friendly local bar, shook hands with longtime roommates, and moved out of small apartments into high buildings. They made reservations at restaurants where the cost of a bottle of wine_______a college year’s monthly rent. They replaced their beloved old cars with expensive new sports cars.

The thing is, a number of them have_______that despite their success, they aren’t happy. Some complain of unfriendly coworkers and feel sad for eight-hour workweeks devoted to tasks they hate. Some do not respect the companies they work for and talk of feeling tired and_______. However, instead of devoting themselves to their work, they find themselves working to support the_______to which they have so quickly become _______.

People often speak of trying a more satisfying path, and_______in the end the idea of leaving their jobs to work for something they________or finding a position that would give them more time with their families almost always leads them to the same conclusion: it’s________. They have loans, bills, a mortgage to ________, retirement to save for. They recognize there’s something________in their lives, but it’s hard to step off the track.

In a society that tends to measure everything in terms of dollars and cents, we learn from a young age to consider the costs of our________in financial terms. But what about the personal and social costs________in pursuing money over meaning? These are exactly the kinds of costs many of us tend to ignore — and the very ones we need to consider most.

1.

A．much

B．never

C．seldom

D．well

2.

A．policies

B．standards

C．experiments

D．regulations

3.

A．last

B．least

C．second

D．best

4.

A．shared

B．paid

C．equaled

D．collected

5.

A．advertised

B．witnessed

C．admitted

D．demanded

6.

A．calm

B．guilty

C．warm

D．empty

7.

A．family

B．government

C．lifestyle

D．project

8.

A．accustomed

B．appointed

C．unique

D．available

9.

A．yet

B．also

C．instead

D．rather

10.

A．let out

B．turn in

C．give up

D．believe in

11.

A．fundamental

B．practical

C．impossible

D．unforgettable

12.

A．take off

B．drop off

C．put off

D．pay off

13.

A．missing

B．inspiring

C．sinking

D．shining

14.

A．disasters

B．motivations

C．campaigns

D．decisions

15.

A．assessed

B．involved

C．covered

D．reduced

【推荐1】A marine biologist placed a shark into a large holding tank and then put several small bait (诱饵) fish into the tank. The result met your_______the shark quickly swam across the tank, attacked and ate the smaller fish.

The biologist then_______a strong piece of fiberglass into the tank, creating two_______parts. She then put the shark on one side of the_______fiberglass and a new set of bait fish on the other. Again, the shark quickly_______. But this time, the shark_______because it knocked hard against the fiberglass_______. Determined, the shark kept repeating this_______every few minutes, but_______. Meanwhile, the bait fish swam around__________in the second part. Eventually, the shark abandoned__________of hunting. This experiment was carried out several times. Each time, the shark got less__________and made fewer attempts to attack the fish until it__________hitting the fiberglass and simply stopped attacking. The biologist then__________the fiberglass, but the shark didn't attack. The shark was trained to believe a__________existed between it and the bait fish, so the bait fish could__________wherever they wished, free from harm.

Many of us, after__________setbacks and failures, emotionally give up and stop trying. Like the shark in the story, we__________that because were unsuccessful in the past, we will always be unsuccessful.__________,even when no “real” barrier exists between where we are and where we want to go, we__________see it in our heads.

1.

A．intentions

B．expectations

C．schedules

D．requirements

2.

A．changed

B．added

C．inserted

D．crashed

3.

A．separate

B．opposite

C．connected

D．relevant

4.

A．delicate

B．hidden

C．transparent

D．flexible

5.

A．attacked

B．controlled

C．gathered

D．escaped

6.

A．bounced

B．paused

C．withdrew

D．left

7.

A．tapper

B．divider

C．tester

D．catcher

8.

A．routine

B．practice

C．mistake

D．behavior

9.

A．failed

B．suffered

C．passed

D．snuggled

10.

A．uncovered

B．unchallenged

C．unharmed

D．unnoticed

11.

A．joy

B．trouble

C．need

D．hope

12.

A．blind

B．aggressive

C．allergic

D．arbitrary

13.

A．got occupied with

B．got involved in

C．got tired of

D．got used to

14.

A．readjusted

B．restored

C．replaced

D．removed

15.

A．distance

B．barrier

C．gap

D．distinction

16.

A．swim

B．enjoy

C．dive

D．flee

17.

A．remembering

B．rejection

C．experiencing

D．quitting

18.

A．ignore

B．fear

C．suspect

D．believe

19.

A．Above all

B．In other words

C．As a result

D．In conclusion

20.

A．abruptly

B．randomly

C．eventually

D．constantly

【推荐2】I was 16 years old the day I skipped school for the first time.

And what did I do with myself on that glorious _________ day, with no adult in charge and no _________ on my activities? Did I get high? Hit the _________ for a shoplifting?

No! I built a warm fire in the wood stove, held a blanket, and began to _________ . I was thrilled and _________ by a book — it was Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises — and I just needed to be _________ with it for a little while. I had accidentally _________ the key to perfect happiness: I had become _________ absorbed by something I loved.

Please _________ that absorption is not the same as distraction or obsession (痴迷). To be absorbed by something is to become it and when we __________ it, we are richer for it. To be distracted, we become nothing at all. We don’t get __________. And to be obsessed by something, __________ , is to become absorbed and destroyed by it. Therefore, the __________ to happiness, then, is to find something that absorbs you and become that thing by __________ it with devoted attention.

__________ it now, I can see that some subtle (细微的) things were happening to my mind and to my life while I was in that __________ of absorption. Hemingway’s __________ was quietly entering my imagination. I was __________ information about how to create simple and elegant sentences, good and __________ plots. In other words, I was learning how to write. Writing now __________ me the way reading once did and happiness is their generous side effect.

1.

A．wasted

B．cherished

C．abandoned

D．stolen

2.

A．limits

B．instructions

C．expectations

D．ideas

3.

A．road

B．stage

C．mall

D．target

4.

A．relax

B．write

C．read

D．eat

5.

A．attracted

B．confused

C．cheated

D．upset

6.

A．free

B．busy

C．tough

D．alone

7.

A．refer to

B．come across

C．get through

D．look into

8.

A．partly

B．nearly

C．completely

D．rarely

9.

A．note

B．observe

C．indicate

D．admit

10.

A．catch up with

B．come out of

C．get used to

D．break away from

11.

A．exhausted

B．amazed

C．astonished

D．enriched

12.

A．finally

B．originally

C．previously

D．abruptly

13.

A．technique

B．trick

C．duty

D．appeal

14.

A．advocating

B．purchasing

C．pursuing

D．imagining

15.

A．Looking up to

B．Looking back on

C．Keeping up with

D．Keeping away from

16.

A．moment

B．period

C．state

D．kind

17.

A．image

B．biography

C．virtue

D．language

18.

A．sharing

B．downloading

C．slipping

D．posting

19.

A．unexpected

B．indistinct

C．complicated

D．solid

20.

A．absorbs

B．amuses

C．consumes

D．disturbs