【推荐2】Once upon a time the colors of the world started to quarrel. All ______ that they were the best, the most important, and the most useful.

Green said: “Clearly I am the most important. I am the ______ of life and of hope. I was chosen for grass, trees and leaves. Without me, all animals would die. Look over the countryside and you will see that I am in the ______. I…”

Blue ______: “Consider water and the sky. It is the water that is the basis of life and the sky gives space and peace. Without my peace, you would all be ______. ”

Orange chuckled: “I am the color of health and strength. I may be scarce, but I am precious for I serve the needs of human life. I ______ the most important vitamins. Think of parrots, pumpkins, and papayas. I don’t hang around all the time, but when I fill the sky at sunrise or sunset, my beauty is so ______ that no one gives another thought to any of you.”

Red could ______ it no longer: “I am the ______ of all of you. I am blood—life’s blood! Without me, there would be no life. I am the one who deserves the crown!”

…

And so the colors went on boasting, each ______ of his or her own superiority. Suddenly, Rain started to pour down. The colors crouched down in fear, drawing close to one another for comfort.

Then Rain began to speak: “You stupid colors, fighting amongst yourselves, each trying to ______ the rest. Don’t you know that you were each made for a special ______, unique and different? Join hands with one another and come to me.” Doing as they were told, the colors ______ and joined hands. The Rain continued: “From now on, when it rains, each of you will ______ the sky in a great bow of colors as a reminder that you can all live in peace.” And so, whenever a good rain washes the world, and a rainbow appears in the sky, let us remember to ______ one another.

1.

A．lied

B．swore

C．claimed

D．bet

2.

A．resource

B．wish

C．sign

D．spring

3.

A．majority

B．wild

C．field

D．world

4.

A．added

B．whispered

C．continued

D．interrupted

5.

A．something

B．nothing

C．anything

D．everything

6.

A．choose

B．carry

C．change

D．absorb

7.

A．disturbing

B．inspiring

C．touching

D．striking

8.

A．stand

B．see

C．bury

D．grasp

9.

A．ruler

B．helper

C．observer

D．conductor

10.

A．curious

B．convinced

C．conscious

D．thoughtful

11.

A．dismiss

B．obey

C．test

D．dominate

12.

A．occasion

B．case

C．purpose

D．existence

13.

A．hesitated

B．united

C．departed

D．fought

14.

A．go about

B．run into

C．cut through

D．stretch across

15.

A．appreciate

B．contact

C．miss

D．suspect

【推荐3】Both my parents were educators, and for the past 40 years I’ve done the same thing. As_________, we know why kids don’t learn. But one thing that we _________discuss is the value and importance of human_________. A fellow teacher once said to me, “They don’t pay me to_________the kids. They pay me to teach a lesson.” I replied, “Kids don’t_________from people they don’t like.”

For years I watched my mother take the_________at break to buy snacks for kids that needed to_________, and bath soap for kids who didn’t smell so_________. Years later, after she retired, I watched some of those same kids come through and say to her, “Ms. Walker, you made me feel like I was _________. And I want you to just see what I’ve __________.”

When my mama died two years ago at 92, there were so many__________students at her funeral (葬礼). It brought tears to my eyes, not because she was __________, but because she left a treasure of relationships that could never __________.

Every child deserves a champion, and an adult who will never __________on them. We’re educators. We’re born to make a__________.

1.

A．adults

B．referees

C．parents

D．educators

2.

A．even

B．seldom

C．usually

D．frequently

3.

A．nature

B．resources

C．connection

D．behaviors

4.

A．like

B．feed

C．teach

D．protect

5.

A．disconnect

B．hear

C．learn

D．separate

6.

A．lead

B．time

C．charge

D．picture

7.

A．rest

B．grow

C．eat

D．defend

8.

A．good

B．awful

C．unique

D．strange

9.

A．nobody

B．anybody

C．everybody

D．somebody

10.

A．insisted

B．become

C．expected

D．understood

11.

A．well-rounded

B．former

C．enthusiastic

D．fresh

12.

A．gone

B．tired

C．reserved

D．respected

13.

A．progress

B．remain

C．cover

D．disappear

14.

A．give up

B．hold up

C．think about

D．talk about

15.

A．mark

B．promise

C．presentation

D．difference

【推荐1】请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box car and landing on my head. Now I am thirty two. I can _________remember the brightness of sunshine and what color red is. It would be wonderful to see again, but a _________ can do strange things to people. It ___________to me the other day that I might not have come to ___________life as I do if I hadn’t been blind. I believe in life now. I am not so sure that I would have believed in it so deeply, otherwise. I don’t mean that I would prefer to go without my eyes. I simply mean that the _________ of them made me appreciate more _________ I had left.
Life, I believe, asks a continuous series of___________to reality. The more readily a person is able to make these adjustments, the more meaningful his own private world becomes. The adjustment is never easy. But I was lucky. My parents and my teachers saw something in me—a___________to live, you might call it—which I didn’t see, and they made me want to fight it out with _________.
The hardest lesson I had to learn was to believe in myself. If I hadn’t been able to do that, I would have ____________ and become a chair rocker on the front porch for the rest of my life. When I say ____________ in myself I am not talking about simply the kind of self-confidence that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase alone. I mean something bigger than that: an assurance that I am, ____________ imperfections, a real, positive person; that somewhere in the complex pattern of people there is a special place where I can make myself fit.
It took me years to discover and strengthen this assurance. It had to start with the most ____________things. Once a man gave me an indoor baseball. I thought he was____________ me and I was ____________. "I can’t use this." I said. "Take it with you," he urged me, "and roll it around." The words ____________ in my head. "Roll it around! "By rolling the ball I could hear where it went. This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought ____________: playing baseball. At Philadelphia’s Overbrook School for the Blind I ____________ a successful game of baseball, which we called it ground ball.
All my life I have set ahead of me a series of ____________ and then tried to reach them, one at a time. I had to learn my limitations. It was no good trying for something that I knew at the start was absolutely____________ because that only invited bitterness of failure. I would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I made progress.1.

A．strongly

B．definitely

C．vaguely(模糊地)

D．clearly

2.

A．catastrophe

B．content

C．caution

D．category

3.

A．struck

B．occurred

C．hit

D．referred

4.

A．determine

B．hate

C．influence

D．love

5.

A．confidence

B．darkness

C．misery

D．loss

6.

A．who

B．where

C．what

D．why

7.

A．adjustments

B．assumptions

C．attractions

D．appointments

8.

A．purpose

B．potential

C．pressure

D．preparation

9.

A．sight

B．baseball

C．blindness

D．adaptation

10.

A．acknowledged

B．collapsed

C．appreciated

D．blamed

11.

A．belief

B．information

C．understanding

D．research

12.

A．despite

B．regardless

C．beneath

D．in spite

13.

A．extreme

B．elementary

C．extraordinary

D．efficient

14.

A．abusing

B．encouraging

C．teasing

D．laughing

15.

A．injured

B．worried

C．disappointed

D．hurt

16.

A．stuck

B．impressed

C．occupied

D．held

17.

A．useless

B．dull

C．uninteresting

D．impossible

18.

A．made

B．produced

C．invented

D．discovered

19.

A．promises

B．purposes

C．intentions

D．goals

20.

A．out of control	B．out of question
C．out of sight	D．out of reach

【推荐2】Food is everything to me. I believe in its power that brings people together, I’ve had a great ________ in cooking since I was a young boy. My family would sit around the dinner table, telling stories and enjoying dishes with all the flavors(味道)of a classic Puerto Rican meal. The idea of being together as a family around a table of traditional recipes ________ led me to where I am today as the chief chef and vice president of Ruth’s Chris Steak House.

I worked in various cooking positions before ________ my place within the company. Though I ________ as a dishwasher, I had a dream to succeed in the exciting food industry. Later, as a(n) ________ hand in the team, I worked hard, and our team was given the name FILO(first in, last out) ________ we came in early and stayed late each day.

I came to ________ the true meaning of harmony when I worked with our founder, Ruth Fertel, who had a magic ________ for everything, not only for her famous speciality (招牌) ________ but also for relationships, ________ everyone like family. Being at Ruth’s Chris gave me a sense of ________ early on in my career. I wanted to be sure that the feeling carried through in my role at Ruth’s Chris. And I do   ________ every effort to take care of both my teammates and each unique guest who ________ me to continue cooking and bring ________ to their faces. I love serving cuisine that leaves a(n) ________ impression with them, just like my family meals did with me.

1.

A．interest

B．limitation

C．regret

D．role

2.

A．roughly

B．eventually

C．regularly

D．specifically

3.

A．losing

B．trying

C．leaving

D．finding

4.

A．settled down

B．moved on

C．started out

D．took off

5.

A．green

B．clean

C．old

D．busy

6.

A．though

B．because

C．when

D．whether

7.

A．conclude

B．forget

C．doubt

D．realize

8.

A．drug

B．show

C．recipe

D．custom

9.

A．steaks

B．desserts

C．cookies

D．cakes

10.

A．greeting

B．hugging

C．comforting

D．treating

11.

A．stress

B．safety

C．belonging

D．meaning

12.

A．make

B．contribute

C．take

D．apply

13.

A．promises

B．inspires

C．reminds

D．invites

14.

A．shame

B．shadow

C．flash

D．smile

15.

A．leading

B．general

C．lasting

D．initial

【推荐3】During my second year at the city college, I was told that the education department was offering a “free” course, called Thinking Chess, for three credits. I _______ the idea of taking the class because, after all, who doesn’t want to _______ a few dollars? More than that, I’d always wanted to learn chess. And, even if I weren’t excited enough about free credits, news about our _______ was appealing enough to me. He was an international grandmaster, which _______ I would be learning from one of the game’s best. I could hardly wait to _______ him.

Maurice Ashley was kind and smart, a former graduate returning to teach, and this job was no game for him; he meant business. In his introduction, he made it _______ that our credits would be hard-earned. In order to _______ the class among other criteria, we had to write a paper on how we plan to _______ what we would learn in class to our future professions and _______ to our lives. I managed to get an A in that course and leaned life lessons that have served me well beyond the ________.

Ten years after my chess class with Ashley, I’m still putting to use what he ________ me: “the absolute most important ________ that you learn when you play chess is how to make good ________. On every single move you have to ________ a situation, process what your opponent (对手) is doing and ________ the best move from among all your options.” These words still ring true today in my role as a journalist.

1.

A．put forward

B．jumped at

C．tried out

D．turned down

2.

A．waste

B．earn

C．save

D．pay

3.

A．title

B．competitor

C．textbook

D．instructor

4.

A．urged

B．demanded

C．held

D．meant

5.

A．interview

B．meet

C．challenge

D．beat

6.

A．real

B．perfect

C．clear

D．possible

7.

A．attend

B．pass

C．skip

D．observe

8.

A．add

B．expose

C．apply

D．compare

9.

A．eventually

B．naturally

C．directly

D．normally

10.

A．criterion

B．classroom

C．department

D．situation

11.

A．taught

B．wrote

C．questioned

D．promised

12.

A．fact

B．step

C．manner

D．skill

13.

A．grades

B．decisions

C．impressions

D．comments

14.

A．analyze

B．describe

C．rebuild

D．control

15.

A．announce

B．signal

C．block

D．evaluate

【推荐1】On January 22, 2022, the British-Belgian 19-year-old, Rutherford, successfully _________ her microlight aircraft back at the Airport, from where she had departed 155 _________ ago, fulfilling her dream to be the youngest woman to fly around the world solo.

“I feel _________ not only to break the Guinness World Record, but also to _________ the gender gap by 11 years between the current youngest man record holder, 18 at the time of his record, and the previous woman record holder, who was 30 when she _________ her ‘Dreams Soar’ around-the-world flight.” Rutherford wrote on her blog. Rutherford’s journey _________ five continents and 52 countries began on August 18, 2021. She met many _________ delays along the way. They _________ an unscheduled stop in California _________ the fierce wildfires and a stop in Alaska to __________ her visa. She also faced several __________ in the air. Despite the severe difficulties, the __________ young pilot never gave up on her dream.

Rutherford grew up around __________. Her British father flies commercially for Emirates Airlines, while her Belgian mother is also a pilot. The young girl began __________ how to fly at age 14. And she __________ her flight license in 2020. With her __________ of flying around the world attained, Rutherford now has her sights __________ even higher. She wants to become a(n)__________ and explore space.

She hopes that her journey will encourage more young women to __________ careers in flight. Currently the number of women pilots is just 5 percent. Rutherford says, “It’s an easy thing to say, but just __________ it. If you don’t try and see how high you can fly, then you’ll never know.”

1.

A．landed

B．left

C．started

D．tried

2.

A．weeks

B．days

C．months

D．hours

3.

A．thrilled

B．upset

C．bored

D．anxious

4.

A．increase

B．widen

C．leave

D．narrow

5.

A．gained

B．succeeded

C．completed

D．began

6.

A．taking

B．crossing

C．ignoring

D．missing

7.

A．unseen

B．unable

C．uncertain

D．unexpected

8.

A．tested

B．included

C．followed

D．deleted

9.

A．thanks to

B．in regard to

C．due to

D．in addition to

10.

A．renew

B．reuse

C．recover

D．review

11.

A．defeats

B．prizes

C．drawbacks

D．challenges

12.

A．smart

B．determined

C．disabled

D．caring

13.

A．ships

B．trains

C．airplanes

D．cars

14.

A．putting

B．remembering

C．hating

D．learning

15.

A．lent

B．purchased

C．obtained

D．trained

16.

A．effort

B．proposal

C．goal

D．struggle

17.

A．understood

B．waved

C．lost

D．set

18.

A．engineer

B．astronaut

C．pilot

D．physicist

19.

A．pursue

B．perform

C．search

D．appreciate

20.

A．go for

B．come to

C．put off

D．set about

【推荐3】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