【推荐1】I recently visited India to meet women with AIDS. Having AIDS is considered as a mark of disgrace and the punishment is abandonment. Most of these women had been _______ by their family.

What I _______ most is how much they wanted to touch me and be touched as if physical _______ somehow proved their _______.

I spent time with the dying and saw rows of cots(帆布床). Every cot was _______except for one in the corner, so I went there, hoping to provide some help. The _______ was a woman in her 30s. She had _______ eyes and was skinny.

_______, I suddenly felt helpless. I had nothing to _______her. I couldn’t save her, either.

I ________ down and reached out to touch her-and when she ________ my hand, she grabbed it and wouldn't let go. We had been there together for a while when she pointed upward. It took me some time to ________ that she wanted to go up to the roof and sit outside. It was getting ________ and the sun was going down, and no one seemed ________ to take her upstairs.

I carried her up. She sat on a chair, facing the west and watching the________ I reminded the workers to ________ her later. Then I had to leave. But she never ________me.

Sometimes it’s the people you can't help who ________ you the most . Optimism isn't a passive expectation that things will get better. It is a(n) ________that we can make things better and we can help people, if we don't lose hope and don't look ________.

1.

A．beaten

B．abandoned

C．scolded

D．cheated

2.

A．value

B．complain

C．remember

D．wonder

3.

A．excitement

B．collision

C．pleasure

D．contact

4.

A．birth

B．failure

C．worth

D．future

5.

A．occupied

B．attended

C．made

D．covered

6.

A．patient

B．witness

C．nurse

D．worker

7.

A．shining

B．beautiful

C．sorrowful

D．greedy

8.

A．Otherwise

B．However

C．Instead

D．Besides

9.

A．entertain

B．protect

C．convince

D．offer

10.

A．knelt

B．calmed

C．went

D．jumped

11.

A．pushed

B．felt

C．shook

D．warmed

12.

A．figure out

B．get across

C．point out

D．put down

13.

A．clear

B．cloudy

C．late

D．windy

14.

A．brave

B．determined

C．confident

D．willing

15.

A．night

B．sunset

C．roof

D．performance

16.

A．treat

B．save

C．comfort

D．fetch

17.

A．left

B．forgot

C．forgave

D．thanked

18.

A．challenge

B．confuse

C．satisfy

D．inspire

19.

A．opportunity

B．promise

C．belief

D．intention

20.

A．away

B．up

C．out

D．back

【推荐2】During my school days, I was a shy kid who would just sit in a corner for an entire day. For me, my books were my only world. Even during breaks, I used to just sit in a corner of the _______ and see others play games. It was not as if I wasn’t interested in _______ others or making new friends, but I always felt lacking in _______ when compared with my peers. I always had an opinion that my advances towards new friendships would be limited.

And I just didn’t want to_______a rejection (拒绝).

Once during my English class, my teacher shared a(n) _______ with us. It was about King Bruce and a spider. It focused on a lost battle and talked about how King Bruce, despite losing the battle, won in the end. He was _______ by a little spider. The little movements of the spider and the way it was taking rejections _______ me a lot. I was so surprised that I myself started _______ the movements of spiders at home. Once, a spider took around an hour to reach the top of a wall and I cruelly _______ it down. To my ________, within seconds it started making its ________up again.

For me, this event was a game changer. I ________ that rejections are never a failure. The world may mistreat (虐待) me, but I can ________ and start working again. There would be time when people would like and accept me. At present, I ________ communicating with people, learning new things and making new friends. I think, there are just no such things as rejections or

________ as everything can change at any moment.1.

A．office

B．station

C．playground

D．street

2.

A．beating

B．playing

C．filming

D．joining

3.

A．money

B．energy

C．time

D．knowledge

4.

A．avoid

B．suffer

C．cause

D．ignore

5.

A．story

B．task

C．experience

D．song

6.

A．confused

B．hurt

C．damaged

D．inspired

7.

A．allowed

B．suited

C．impressed

D．reminded

8.

A．adapting

B．watching

C．showing

D．guiding

9.

A．knocked

B．handed

C．turned

D．poured

10.

A．delight

B．surprise

C．annoyance

D．disappointment

11.

A．progress

B．way

C．web

D．mistake

12.

A．realized

B．achieved

C．recommended

D．advised

13.

A．feel free

B．be aware

C．stand up

D．give up

14.

A．enjoy

B．refuse

C．imagine

D．risk

15.

A．means

B．values

C．failures

D．reasons

【推荐3】I think that sleeping is perhaps the most comfortable thing in the world. While _______, I will do nothing but close my eyes, leaving all the trouble behind. However, I _______ get up early almost every morning.

My class begins at 8:00 am, but the teacher asks us to arrive at the school before 7:15 a.m, so we will have _______time to prepare for the classes. If you are_______, then you will lose one point. And when you lose 10 _______, your parents’ visit to school will be a must. Though I think it’s unnecessary, I still don’t want to lose any points.

One morning, my alarm clock _______to work. I _______with a start (吃惊) and found that it was already 7:00. I had lost two points that week, that is to say, I would lose three points in a _______. My teacher said that he expected me to be late that morning. And my friends joked that my day was coming soon. I finally _______ to do something to change this. I bought a new alarm clock. It sings songs on time every morning ________ I turn it off.

The new alarm clock is perfect for a lazy cat like me. The first time I ________it, I was able to get up at 6:00 the next morning. Proud of________, I took a deep breath and found that the air in the early morning is surprisingly ________. I read some English books, finding that morning is really fit for reading English. I hadn’t realized before that morning is so wonderful.

“Life is________a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get,” just as Forrest Dump said. Sometimes if you make a ________, you may find that things will end up with the better.

1.

A．tired

B．silent

C．asleep

D．awake

2.

A．shall

B．have to

C．used to

D．may

3.

A．a few

B．little

C．enough

D．no

4.

A．lazy

B．sleepy

C．noisy

D．late

5.

A．times

B．classes

C．days

D．points

6.

A．sounded

B．lied

C．failed

D．disagreed

7.

A．woke up

B．looked around

C．fell asleep

D．lay down

8.

A．class

B．week

C．day

D．school

9.

A．decided

B．hoped

C．offered

D．preferred

10.

A．unless

B．if

C．even if

D．only if

11.

A．had

B．used

C．watched

D．bought

12.

A．itself

B．them

C．us

D．myself

13.

A．cool

B．warm

C．comfortable

D．fresh

14.

A．like

B．as

C．from

D．with

15.

A．rule

B．living

C．change

D．way

【推荐1】阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

“But what if I break my arm again?” My five-year-old daughter asked, looking very ____1_____ . I knew how much she wanted to learn to ____2_____ .Yet ever since she fell off her bicycle and broke her arm, she’d been afraid .“Oh, honey,” I said. “I don’t think you’ll break another arm .”“____3_____ I could, couldn’t I?”“Yes,” I ____4_____ . At that time, how I wish I ____5_____ someone who might help me find the right words to make my girl’s problems disappear.“ I don’t want to ride,” she said and got off her bike.“ You know, honey,” I said. “____6_____ everything you do comes with risks. You____7_____ break your arm in a car accident and then be afraid to ever ride in a car. You could have your arm ____8_____ jumping a rope. You could get a broken arm at sports. Do you want to ____9_____ going to do sports?”“No,” she said. And with a determined spirit, she agreed to try it again. I ____10_____ her bike until she found the____11_____ to say, “Let’s go!” I spent the rest of the afternoon watching a brave little girl overcome a ____12_____, and congratulating myself for being a useful parent after a painful divorce.As we walked home, she asked me about a conversation she overheard me having with my mother. “Grandma wanted you to find someone to ____13_____,”“What grandma wants is for someone to ____14_____ my heart again.”I lost control. “But, Mom.” ”You are too young to ____15_____ it.”I told her, “I think love isn’t like a broken arm. I don’t want to think about it again.” Then she said she knew uncle Steve was the man for me.“It’s nothing,” I told her.Then she said something____16_____ me to think about.Unable to answer, we went on walking in ____17_____ . When I got home, I called my mother and____18_____ her for talking about this to my daughter. Later I did what my brave girl did that afternoon. I agreed to meet Steve.Steve was the man for me. We _____19____ a year later. It turned out mother and my daughter were ____20_____ .

1.

A．satisfied

B．nervous

C．sad

D．excited

2.

A．ride

B．buy

C．drive

D．walk

3.

A．And

B．However

C．But

D．Instead

4.

A．laughed

B．cried

C．sighed

D．replied

5.

A．have

B．will

C．had

D．has

6.

A．Most

B．Mostly

C．Hardly

D．Almost

7.

A．must

B．could

C．should

D．would

8.

A．break

B．to break

C．broken

D．breaking

9.

A．try

B．stop

C．start

D．begin

10.

A．held out

B．held up

C．held on

D．held on to

11.

A．strength

B．courage

C．feeling

D．sense

12.

A．shame

B．difficult

C．fear

D．mistake

13.

A．help

B．live

C．teach

D．love

14.

A．destroy

B．break

C．warm

D．harm

15.

A．accept

B．understand

C．believe

D．receive

16.

A．of

B．for

C．with

D．by

17.

A．surprise

B．a hurry

C．silence

D．pleasure

18.

A．appreciated

B．thanked

C．scolded

D．charged

19.

A．argued

B．left

C．moved

D．married

20.

A．clever

B．wrong

C．right

D．careful

【推荐2】How can you stop smoking?
It is not easy to stop smoking，but millions have ____ to quit and so can you Here are a few suggestions.
Prepare yourself . Decide on a day to quit Don’t choose a day that you know is going to be stressful, such as the day of an exam. Make a list of all the ____ you will get from stopping smoking. Then ____ your last packet of cigarettes.
Be ____ Every time you feel like smoking a cigarette， ____ yourself that you are a non-smoker．Reread the list of benefits you wrote earlier．
Break the habit Instead of smoking a cigarette，do something else. Go for a walk，clean your teeth drink some water, clean the house；in fact，do anything to keep your mind and ____ your hands busy.
Relax. If you start to feel nervous or stressed，do not reach ____ a cigarette .Try some deep breathing instead. Do some relaxation exercise every time you feel stressed.
Get help if you need it. Arrange to stop smoking with a friend so you can talk about your problems，or Join a stop-smoking group .If you feel ____ ，you might like to talk to a doctor or chemist about something to help you，like nicotine chewing gum.
Keep trying. Do not be disappointed if you have to try several times before you stop smoking. If you ____ and have a cigarette，do not feel ashamed .Just try again. You will succeed ____1.

A．managed

B．tried

C．wanted

D．expected

2.

A．values

B．benefits

C．results

D．profits

3.

A．give away

B．take away

C．throw away

D．keep away

4.

A．addicted

B．accustomed

C．determined

D．depressed

5.

A．prepare

B．inform

C．threaten

D．remind

6.

A．especially

B．specially

C．normally

D．certainly

7.

A．out

B．for

C．at

D．in

8.

A．desperate

B．satisfied

C．arbitrary

D．conscious

9.

A．stick

B．continue

C．weaken

D．insist

10.

A．eventually

B．constantly

C．occasionally

D．normally

【推荐3】With the development of the information technology, we have stepped into the new century. People’s topics, especially the young people’s, are becoming more and more _________, which older men never understand: the Internet and _________ life.

Just a few years ago, people _________ talked about what a computer could do to help their daily life. They considered it as a high­tech _________for programming, to design machines, to control robots, _________ to make A­bombs (原子弹)! At that time, PCs were very expensive and it was very dear to_________ one’s computer to the web. What’s more, it was too slow. So _________ people knew what the Internet really meant.

But today, things have changed greatly. The Internet times are coming._________, if you like to have a shot at succeeding in business today, you will have to succeed_________ the web.__________ around and it seems as if about every company out there is in E­business.

For ordinary persons, e­mail is taking the place of traditional ways of __________ letters. And young people keep in touch with each other by connecting their__________ to the web. They can express their __________, either happiness or anger, sorrow or loneliness, to their webmates in chat rooms. Some __________ have found their “true love” on the Internet!

I cannot __________ the Internet’s great devotions to our daily life in the world of tomorrow. The Internet can do __________ many things for us that we almost cannot live without it. Everything is __________ in the future, and no one can __________ what will exactly happen in the years to come. But one thing is __________: more and more people will come to know the Internet and will surely __________ themselves in his or her daily life.

1.

A．interesting

B．advanced

C．strange

D．modern

2.

A．school

B．working

C．everyday

D．ordinary

3.

A．seldom

B．sometimes

C．usually

D．often

4.

A．machine

B．tool

C．computer

D．line

5.

A．even

B．except

C．yet

D．still

6.

A．put

B．join

C．tie

D．fit

7.

A．few

B．little

C．some

D．no

8.

A．For sure

B．For some time

C．For example

D．For some reason

9.

A．by

B．with

C．through

D．on

10.

A．Travel

B．Look

C．Go

D．Turn

11.

A．reading

B．writing

C．sending

D．receiving

12.

A．computers

B．names

C．e­mails

D．addresses

13.

A．idea

B．opinion

C．thought

D．feeling

14.

A．girls

B．boys

C．men

D．youths

15.

A．believe

B．think

C．make

D．imagine

16.

A．so

B．rather

C．quite

D．fairly

17.

A．changing

B．possible

C．real

D．true

18.

A．decide

B．tell

C．question

D．guess

19.

A．sure

B．certain

C．valuable

D．thoughtful

20.

A．love

B．help

C．enjoy

D．tire

【推荐2】It was during a school trip to the Art Gallery of NSW that I realized I was not white.

Aged eight, rough and _________ like any child travelling to an exciting place miles away from their own home, I was seriously reminded by a teacher to _________ in one place. To ensure this happened, and that I did not escape to a closed-off exhibition area_________when her eyes turned elsewhere, she forced me to hold the hand of a quiet, modest girl in my class, the typical teacher's_________.

Already feeling incredibly self-conscious, the moment took a_________ for the worse when a fellow classmate eyed our _________ hands. With a finger pointing _________ towards us, he said, “God, I can see her hand turning _________ already.”

That night I came home and cried in the shower. My own secret purchase of a Dove beauty bar _________to wash off the thick layer of dark grime(污点） onto my skin. For the first time I was forced to confront the vast__________ between who I thought I was and who I actually was.

Race proceeded to become something I__________ with all throughout adolescence. In stories like these, the climax comes during __________, the most important period of my education. To an extent, that was true.

While race is the source of many of our struggles, it is also the __________ of our characteristics, dearest stories, and most __________ people. We have come to understand life better from our race. As people coming from an ethno-cultural(种族文化的） minority, our race informs, but does not single- handedly __________,who we are.

1.

A．civil

B．noisy

C．frank

D．responsible

2.

A．march

B．observe

C．stay

D．zoom

3.

A．immediately

B．frequently

C．individually

D．slightly

4.

A．style

B．vehicle

C．audience

D．pet

5.

A．break

B．while

C．turn

D．lead

6.

A．well-rounded

B．interlocked

C．output

D．upraised

7.

A．accusingly

B．disturbingly

C．awkwardly

D．formally

8.

A．flexible

B．acid

C．rigid

D．black

9.

A．failed

B．aimed

C．meant

D．sought

10.

A．balance

B．entrance

C．option

D．valley

11.

A．contacted

B．performed

C．struggled

D．united

12.

A．university

B．travelling

C．exhibition

D．schedule

13.

A．promotion

B．collection

C．location

D．reflection

14.

A．frightened

B．loved

C．concerned

D．demanded

15.

A．tune

B．admit

C．explore

D．define