【推荐1】Aged 45, I decided to learn how to surf. I surfed in Oahu-the toughest, most ____ surfing spot. Life is tough enough, but I like to make things ____ on myself, because I want to ____ my comfort zone.

When I ____ in the entertainment business, I made a ____ of people I thought it was good to meet. I didn’t list those who could give me a job, ____ those who could teach me something and ____ my ideas about the world. So I started telephoning ____ in various fields. Some of them were famous ____ the world. I didn’t know any of them and ____ of them knew me. So when I called them, the ____ wasn’t always friendly. ____ they agreed to give me some time, the results weren’t always pleasant.

Over the last thirty years, I’ve ____ over fifty movies. I’ve done them ____ and I’m well known in my business. I’m a guy who could ____ to the golf course tomorrow. So why do I continue? The answer is ____ : interrupting my comfort zone. I think it’s the best I know to keep ____ .

I’m not the best surfer on the ____ , but I enjoy the challenge. All of them may be the things that we spend our time trying to ____ , But to me, they are ____ the things that in the game.

1.

A．comfortable

B．secretive

C．competitive

D．genuine

2.

A．attractive

B．skillful

C．difficult

D．necessary

3.

A．memorize

B．interrupt

C．ignore

D．forbid

4.

A．brought out

B．got out

C．took out

D．started out

5.

A．list

B．plan

C．name

D．wall

6.

A．and

B．but

C．or

D．so

7.

A．challenge

B．praise

C．support

D．correct

8.

A．coaches

B．leaders

C．experts

D．guides

9.

A．except

B．for

C．with

D．throughout

10.

A．many

B．none

C．neither

D．each

11.

A．attitude

B．voice

C．response

D．question

12.

A．Even when

B．Even now

C．Even then

D．Even as

13.

A．recorded

B．watched

C．starred

D．produced

14.

A．fluently

B．successfully m

C．happily

D．crazily

15.

A．change

B．jump

C．move

D．retire

16.

A．certain

B．simple

C．important

D．funny

17.

A．growing

B．developing

C．increasing

D．ageing

18.

A．sea

B．wave

C．field

D．zone

19.

A．beat

B．possess

C．obtain

D．avoid

20.

A．luckily

B．clearly

C．exactly

D．naturally

【推荐2】When I was young, each morning I woke up and would find my father nowhere around the house. He usually got up early before _________ and began milking the cow and cleaning the farmyard. In summer, he got up_________ earlier to mop the grass and water the flowers and vegetables in the garden. Once I helped my father to _________ weeds from the corn field. It wasn’t long _________ I felt very tired but the field ridge (田垄) seemed_________ . Finally I totally threw myself _________ in the field, feeling_________. My dad seemed to have_________ my mind. He came up and said, “Farming is backbreaking (费力的) and really takes_________ and sweat, but in __________ the sweet harvest will be worth the__________ .” Encouraged by his words, I struggled to my feet. My father__________ and added, Rome is not built in a__________ but it can be built in hundreds of days. So whenever__________ with a huge project, just break it into __________ parts and then complete them one by one. Finally you will be amazed at your ____________. Hearing what he said, I was greatly__________ and continued removing the weeds from patch to patch. Believe it or not, at the end of the day, I__________ in weeding half an acre of corn field.

Now, I have tried different jobs and finally__________ down running a big restaurant. In my lifetime, my father’s devotion to his job and his special working methods can always encourage and guide me __________ all kinds of difficulties.

1.

A．dark

B．dawn

C．noon

D．midnight

2.

A．less

B．equally

C．even

D．little

3.

A．forbid

B．throw

C．drop

D．remove

4.

A．before

B．whenever

C．since

D．until

5.

A．changeable

B．endless

C．close

D．boring

6.

A．open

B．flat

C．away

D．aside

7.

A．angry

B．disappointed

C．hopeless

D．embarrassed

8.

A．read

B．disturbed

C．spoken

D．seen

9.

A．pains

B．time

C．courage

D．money

10.

A．winter

B．spring

C．summer

D．fall

11.

A．strength

B．effort

C．cost

D．risk

12.

A．smiled

B．regretted

C．sighed

D．followed

13.

A．second

B．month

C．day

D．year

14.

A．faced

B．discouraged

C．dealt

D．worked

15.

A．good

B．various

C．small

D．large

16.

A．pain

B．achievement

C．failure

D．change

17.

A．inspired

B．shocked

C．delighted

D．puzzled

18.

A．managed

B．failed

C．succeeded

D．avoided

19.

A．settled

B．broke

C．bent

D．pulled

20.

A．around

B．to

C．with

D．through

【推荐3】Precious family moments

When   our three children were small, and I'd _______   after baths for the thousandth time,   pick wet towels (毛巾) off the floor, squeeze water out of yellow rubber ducks and call the kids to come back and brush their____, I often thought of Someday.

Someday I'd do something____.

When I read bedtime stories, the same stories I'd read so many times that I knew them from ___, my brain froze from the repetition, and my mind wandered to Someday.

Someday life wouldn't be so____.

When I___ a pound of frozen ground (压碎的) beef, considering my two standard options of pizza or salad, trying to remember when we last had what, I thought of Someday.

Someday I'd be____.

Then one day I had an epiphany (顿悟). I wasn't___ who was going to leave   something important on the world or build an____. But I was just doing something important on this family, and I already had an empire. It was right under my nose, tucked in (盖好被子的) bed by 8 o'clock.

The Someday I often dreamed about was being shaped by all the todays and____.

I was doing something important. Caring for children, creating family and trying to make a home that is a sanctuary (庇护所) from a _________   world are some of the most important things a person can do.

Creativity? We didn't always have ground beef. Sometimes we had chicken or fish. It wasn't the food that _______; it was being together around the table, the conversation, the     laughing and the____.

As for routine (日常琐事), no routine stays the____. But even as the routine changes, basics are taught -   the fact that choices matter because choices become_______, and habits     become a way of being, and that is___ character takes root.

The things that matter are that you're_____ and knowing how to love others, being     generous, extending charity, working hard and recovering after ______   and sufferings are       learned little by little, one day at___ time.

Someday is___ than you think.

1.

A．have a bath

B．clean up

C．check on

D．look after

2.

A．tooth

B．teeth

C．body

D．hair

3.

A．important

B．different

C．big

D．boring

4.

A．movies

B．schools

C．memory

D．others

5.

A．uninteresting

B．dark

C．hard

D．easy

6.

A．watched

B．smelled

C．stared at

D．glanced at

7.

A．happy

B．miserable

C．creative

D．suffering

8.

A．one

B．parent

C．another

D．other

9.

A．factory

B．home

C．city

D．empire

10.

A．tomorrows

B．yesterday

C．past

D．now

11.

A．beautiful

B．dangerous

C．delighted

D．successful

12.

A．tasted

B．influenced

C．mattered

D．worked

13.

A．crying

B．separation

C．connecting

D．eating

14.

A．different

B．easy

C．creative

D．same

15.

A．habits

B．results

C．life

D．problem

16.

A．what

B．how

C．which

D．who

17.

A．hated

B．hating

C．loved

D．loving

18.

A．failures

B．happiness

C．sadness

D．diseases

19.

A．a

B．the

C．all

D．good

20.

A．worse

B．better

C．harder

D．easier

【推荐1】When I was in second grade, my single greatest fantasy was to fly like a bird. As I grew older, I _________ flying off as part of my childhood imagination, being _________ beyond possibility. But two days after my eighteenth birthday, my childhood fantasy should become a _________.

Once the engines came to _________, I knew there was no _________. In 20 minutes I would be _________ out of this airplane. As I looked out of the window, I could see my brothers videotaping the plane as it _________, and now they were only _________ figures standing next to the runway. Looking across at my jump mate, _________ he had successfully completed over 2,400 jumps, I could see from the look in his eyes that he was still ____________. I realized that I was too.

As the door ____________, the wind screamed past my ears. Generally, I do not ____________ out loud when I am frightened, but as my feet fell from the plane, my mind was experiencing l,000 ____________ per second. After a few seconds, I found myself ____________, "Why did I do this?" The only responses that came to my mind were more questions. Did I jump because of the endless lure(吸引) of the sky? Was it to test my ____________? Was it to seek a new adventure? ____________ through the sky at 165 miles per hour, I did not find my answer.

Finally, I____________with a thump(砰然声) as my family ran to greet me. As I ____________ the field and drew in my first breath, I knew that having my feet on the ground again would take on a new meaning. Since entering high school, I have felt the need to ____________ myself and to constantly push my limits. In this respect, skydiving(特技跳伞) has ____________ another door for me to explore and I will continue to leap at the chance to face a challenge.

1.

A．marked

B．recommended

C．chose

D．defined

2.

A．partly

B．completely

C．similarly

D．originally

3.

A．dream

B．truth

C．hit

D．reality

4.

A．power

B．life

C．light

D．view

5.

A．reason

B．escape

C．problem

D．difficulty

6.

A．jumping

B．keeping

C．looking

D．running

7.

A．took on

B．took off

C．took out

D．took apart

8.

A．familiar

B．important

C．great

D．distant

9.

A．though

B．as

C．since

D．unless

10.

A．relaxed

B．scared

C．secure

D．upset

11.

A．closed

B．destroyed

C．opened

D．operated

12.

A．speak

B．burst

C．break

D．shout

13.

A．memories

B．languages

C．thoughts

D．secrets

14.

A．asking

B．answering

C．crying

D．regretting

15.

A．courage

B．generosity

C．honesty

D．character

16.

A．Rushing

B．Passing

C．Getting

D．Dropping

17.

A．walked

B．landed

C．launched

D．left

18.

A．ran across

B．ran around

C．looked at

D．looked for

19.

A．test

B．challenge

C．persuade

D．encourage

20.

A．shut

B．pulled

C．repaired

D．unlocked

【推荐2】My 11-year-old daughter has been awarded an academic scholarship to a private school, which means she’ll skip the waiting list – provided my husband and I can_________$20,000 a year.

Should we pay the private school fees, or choose free education _________?

I always assumed my children would go to a private school, like I _________. Not because my family is wealthy, but because I believe that the best education is _________.

It took years for me to make peace _________ the fact that my two children _________ our local public primary school. My eldest is now in her last year of primary school, and my husband and I will _________ to afford private school. My law degree was supposed to be my _________ to a good job and a solid income, but that’s not quite how it _________.

The guilt and expectations are __________alone. I’m terrified that my daughter’s potential will be __________ at the public school. __________ I want the best for my daughter, I have my own dreams too. I can’t __________ everything for my precious girl. I explain that I want be a positive__________ model for my daughter. I point out that not even the privilege of private school will __________ my children from disappointment or struggle. And finally, my daughter is going to the public school behind our home. She couldn’t be __________ pleased.

It’s taken me a little longer, but now I’m __________. More than my fancy private school education, it is my family __________shaped me. With high school now 25 years in the past, I can no longer remember the mathematical problems and Shakespearean quotes I once knew so __________. The lessons from my childhood home, however, have__________ impossible to forget.

1.

A．cover

B．offer

C．cost

D．spend

2.

A．otherwise

B．though

C．included

D．instead

3.

A．made

B．did

C．got

D．went

4.

A．knowledgeable

B．professional

C．private

D．expensive

5.

A．for

B．with

C．about

D．on

6.

A．took up

B．took

C．attended

D．attended to

7.

A．hesitate

B．tend

C．intend

D．struggle

8.

A．ticket

B．opportunity

C．choice

D．cost

9.

A．turned up

B．came across

C．turned out

D．came out

10.

A．ours

B．mine

C．hers

D．his

11.

A．wasted

B．abandoned

C．spared

D．affected

12.

A．Since

B．As

C．Although

D．If

13.

A．serve

B．prepare

C．provide

D．sacrifice

14.

A．behavior

B．role

C．manner

D．adult

15.

A．protect

B．discourage

C．forbid

D．avoid

16.

A．far

B．quite

C．much

D．more

17.

A．moved

B．content

C．grateful

D．calm

18.

A．which

B．where

C．what

D．that

19.

A．probably

B．possibly

C．perfectly

D．properly

20.

A．proved

B．recognized

C．conformed

D．checked

【推荐3】The exact cause of the crime cannot be remembered as it happened a long time ago, but the punishment is still _______ and vivid: Dig up the fig tree（无花果）in the backyard and plant it at Mumsy’s place in the country. As I often did when sentenced to hard labor in the garden, I suspected this was my parents’ way of _______me to do their dirty work.

It was a Sunday morning. With some tools, I went at the tree, cutting it branch by branch and limb by limb, _______all that remained of the once-proud specimen（标本，样本）was a sorry-looking stump of a thing.

“What did that_________ever do to you?” my father said, “You should have left some taproot (主根)of it, at least. Go and load up the truck.” On any other day before, during the_______to Mumsy’s, we would have pleasantly_______school as usual, but I fenced myself off that time.

Then, at Mumsy’s, instead of sitting back to watch me work, he_______me. As my father and I took turns to work, I could feel my anger_______, making room for the simple satisfaction of working at my father’s side_______a common goal.

“Well,” my father said when we________, “we’ve done what we can do.” “Do you think there’s any________that it can grow up?” I asked. “It’s rich dirt. They say you can________toenails（指甲）in it and grow little kids.” My father answered. I never tried the toenail trick, but I did________as it settled in, took root, and began to prosper. I was amazed and________when bowls of figs began to fill the fridge.

In a perfectly________world, I don’t deserve the reward. I had________the tree for my own complaints. What right did I have to the fruit? Years later, I put this________to my father. Watching him slide a bowl of figs from the fridge one morning, I felt a sudden stab of shame for my boyhood________. My father took a fig from the________and let me think of the fruit as forgiveness. “You,” he said, “________some of that.”

1.

A．certain

B．strange

C．common

D．clear

2.

A．inviting

B．letting

C．getting

D．helping

3.

A．since

B．when

C．until

D．after

4.

A．truck

B．tool

C．tree

D．taproot

5.

A．rest

B．flight

C．walk

D．ride

6.

A．thought over

B．talked about

C．broke into

D．gave up

7.

A．forgave

B．tricked

C．entertained

D．joined

8.

A．disappeared

B．concentrated

C．approached

D．exploded

9.

A．through

B．against

C．toward

D．off

10.

A．argued

B．continued

C．started

D．finished

11.

A．relationship

B．value

C．advantage

D．chance

12.

A．dig

B．plant

C．remove

D．observe

13.

A．understand

B．determine

C．watch

D．feel

14.

A．confused

B．happy

C．regretful

D．disappointed

15.

A．fair

B．strange

C．usual

D．easy

16.

A．frogotten

B．cut

C．helped

D．guarded

17.

A．task

B．answer

C．question

D．action

18.

A．suffering

B．misfortune

C．sorrow

D．rudeness

19.

A．bowl

B．desk

C．kitchen

D．fridge

20.

A．deserve

B．receive

C．protect

D．suspect

【推荐2】Some years ago when I was in my first year in college, I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time. The moment was exciting. Salome’s ____ filled the room and brought the theater to life. I was so ____ that I decided to write an article about her.
I ____ Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine, and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career. She ____ and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday. When I hung up, I was scared out of my mind. I ____ I was lying. I was not a writer at all and hadn’t even written a grocery list.
I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday. I sat there____, taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “Can you tell me…” I soon realized that ____ Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The ____ was almost unbearable. I struggled for days ____ draft(草稿) after draft. Finally I put my manuscript (手稿) into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.
It didn’t take long. My manuscript ____ . How stupid of me! I thought. How could I ____ in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn’t ____ the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.
Five years later, I was moving to California. While ____ my apartment, I came across the unopened envelope. This time I opened it and read the editor’s letter in ____ .
Ms Profit,
Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet we need some ____ materials. Please add those and return the article immediately. We would like to ____ your story soon.
Shocked, it took me a long time to ____ Fear of rejection cost me greatly. I lost at least five hundred dollars and having my article appear in a major magazine. More importantly, I lost years of ____ writing. Today, I have become a full – time writer. Looking back on this ____ , I learned a very important lesson: You can’t ____ to doubt yourself.1.

A．joy

B．voice

C．speech

D．smile

2.

A．proud

B．active

C．satisfied

D．moved

3.

A．visited

B．emailed

C．phoned

D．interviewed

4.

A．agreed

B．refused

C．hesitated

D．paused

5.

A．replied

B．discovered

C．explained

D．knew

6.

A．seriously

B．patiently

C．nervously

D．quietly

7.

A．blaming

B．fooling

C．inviting

D．urging

8.

A．hardship

B．failure

C．comment

D．pressure

9.

A．with

B．by

C．on

D．in

10.

A．disappeared

B．returned

C．spread

D．improved

11.

A．compare

B．struggle

C．live

D．compete

12.

A．ignore

B．deliver

C．face

D．receive

13.

A．decorating

B．repairing

C．cleaning

D．leaving

14.

A．disbelief

B．anxiety

C．horror

D．trouble

15.

A．subjective

B．relevant

C．private

D．reliable

16.

A．broadcast

B．create

C．publish

D．assess

17.

A．recover

B．prepare

C．escape

D．concentrate

18.

A．energetic

B．endless

C．typical

D．enjoyable

19.

A．experience

B．success

C．benefit

D．accident

20.

A．attempt

B．afford

C．expect

D．pretend

【推荐3】Many language learners think their pronunciation is good enough because their teacher doesn’t correct them too often or because other students can _______them.

Pronunciation is the area which is _______the least attention to in language learning. Most teachers _______just let their students speak. The teachers stop them _______the students say something completely wrong. Working on each student’s pronunciation in class is just _______. Also, the students who are _______at pronunciation may be afraid that it will embarrass (使尴尬) their classmates if they help _______ their mistakes.

Although you believe your pronunciation is good enough to _______, you may be _______when you actually go to a foreign country. One of my friends was the best student in his ________class in Poland. However, when he went to America, he found Americans didn’t understand ________of what he said.

Your pronunciation may still be quite ________that of a native speaker. If this is the ________, other people will find it ________to understand what you’re saying and will not be comfortable with you.

________, don’t think you can communicate in a foreign language ________you’ve tested your skills on real native speakers. ________for native or near-native pronunciation so that people you talk to can communicate with you ________. In order to achieve this goal, there’s no ________that you will need to start thinking about pronunciation and ________time on it.

1.

A．mistake

B．watch

C．surround

D．understand

2.

A．made

B．paid

C．found

D．called

3.

A．never

B．ever

C．even

D．usually

4.

A．even if

B．as if

C．only if

D．so that

5.

A．fantastic

B．impossible

C．necessary

D．important

6.

A．poor

B．well

C．good

D．strict

7.

A．point out

B．work out

C．try out

D．put out

8.

A．communicate

B．travel

C．pronounce

D．exchange

9.

A．happy

B．sad

C．surprised

D．excited

10.

A．Polish

B．French

C．English

D．German

11.

A．none

B．half

C．rest

D．lot

12.

A．near to

B．far from

C．near from

D．next to

13.

A．same

B．matter

C．case

D．fact

14.

A．easy

B．beneficial

C．convenient

D．hard

15.

A．In a word

B．In other words

C．In total

D．On the contrary

16.

A．when

B．until

C．after

D．while

17.

A．Stand

B．Look

C．Aim

D．Search

18.

A．easily

B．difficultly

C．truly

D．practically

19.

A．way

B．need

C．doubt

D．wonder

20.

A．take

B．cost

C．spend

D．kill