【推荐1】What is it that you love to do but never feel that you get it quite right? Perhaps you don’t even try any more because you think what you do is not ______ enough.

Discouragement seems to follow us a good pan of the time, ______ however hard we work, it seems that there is ______ someone else who can do it much better.

I have always enjoyed music and it is ______ to me that every musician has a ______ own. My father ______ several instruments and when he played with other people, it was not difficult to ______ his sound in a group. Whether it was guitar or another instrument, he had his own ______ sound.

I ______ heard of a music teacher who commented to a discouraged student. “______ else can make the sound that you make.” The sound that you make may not be the same as someone else’s, but who is to say which is ______. It is said that, “______ is in the eye of the beholder.” Perhaps it could be said that a delightful sound is in the ear of the ______.

Every person has a different tone of voice that ______ only to them, ______ we all know people with an unforgettable laugh or a way of ______ that is unique to them. It might not be the sound of your music or your voice at all. It ______ be the way you whistle or the sound of your footsteps.

Each person has a(an) ______ on the world in some way. Someone else can do what you do, but they can not do it ______ in the same way that you do it. The next time you feel ______, remember nobody else can make the sound that you make.

1.

A．easy

B．good

C．simple

D．hard

2.

A．because

B．although

C．when

D．if

3.

A．seldom

B．always

C．never

D．sometimes

4.

A．satisfying

B．convincing

C．inspiring

D．interesting

5.

A．gift

B．sound

C．life

D．song

6.

A．played

B．designed

C．created

D．checked

7.

A．turn down

B．call up

C．pick out

D．give off

8.

A．loud

B．powerful

C．perfect

D．special

9.

A．once

B．yet

C．even

D．still

10.

A．Anybody

B．Somebody

C．Nobody

D．Everybody

11.

A．bigger

B．better

C．deeper

D．lower

12.

A．Beauty

B．Interest

C．Patience

D．Honesty

13.

A．speaker

B．receiver

C．listener

D．looker

14.

A．devotes

B．adds

C．adapts

D．belongs

15.

A．but

B．yet

C．and

D．for

16.

A．running

B．walking

C．jumping

D．speaking

17.

A．must

B．might

C．would

D．should

18.

A．choice

B．opinion

C．duty

D．effect

19.

A．exactly

B．carefully

C．cautiously

D．seriously

20.

A．annoyed

B．puzzled

C．discouraged

D．bothered

【推荐2】Gift giving requires no special talent, nor large amounts of money.     It is________of the heart and head acting together to achieve the perfect means of expressing our feelings. For,________ Emerson explains, “The only gift is a portion( 一 部 分 ) of yourself.”

A little girl gave her mother several small boxes _______ with bright ribbons.     Inside each were pieces of paper on which the child had printed _______such as, “Good for two flower-bedweedings,” “Good for two floor-scrubbings.”       

She had never _______ Emerson, but she put a large part of her small self into her gift_______.

A young bride received a _______present from an older woman.     With it _______a note, “Do not open _______you and your husband have your first _______.” When there finally came a day of misunderstanding the bride remembered the _______.     In it she found a card box filled with her friend’s favorite recipes--and a note, “You will catch more flies with honey than you will with vinegar.”     It was a wise woman _______who gave her experience with her gift.

Family gifts should be the most _______ because we know each member’s wish. Yet _______we make the boring offerings--ties, candy, or household wares.     One man I know is planning an(a) _______ present for his wife.     When I saw him coming out of a dancing studio, he explained:     “I got tired of hearing my wife _______about my dancing.     It’s going to be a lasting birthday present for her--my dancing well.”

All gifts that contain a portion of self _______that someone has been really thinking of us. _______ for heroic giving are rare, yet every day there are opportunities to give a part of yourself to someone who needs it.     It may be _______ a kind word or a letter written at the right time.   The important thing about any gift is the _______ of yourself you put into it.

1.

A．combining

B．connecting

C．confirming

D．comparing

2.

A．what

B．like

C．as

D．that

3.

A．covered

B．tied

C．filled

D．wrapped

4.

A．advice

B．information

C．pictures

D．messages

5.

A．read

B．known

C．met

D．seen

6.

A．willingly

B．deliberately

C．unconsciously

D．briefly

7.

A．birthday

B．Christmas

C．retirement

D．wedding

8.

A．wrote

B．went

C．attached

D．lay

9.

A．until

B．before

C．when

D．after

10.

A．trip

B．quarrel

C．anniversary

D．departure

11.

A．note

B．friend

C．words

D．package

12.

A．probably

B．exactly

C．actually

D．indeed

13.

A．expensive

B．satisfying

C．generous

D．significant

14.

A．how often

B．how soon

C．how long

D．how much

15.

A．valuable

B．worthless

C．unusual

D．incredible

16.

A．argue

B．care

C．complain

D．praise

17.

A．indicate

B．involve

C．insist

D．inform

18.

A．Choices

B．Chances

C．Demands

D．Reasons

19.

A．more than

B．less than

C．no more than

D．not more than

20.

A．count

B．weight

C．amount

D．quality

【推荐3】阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从所给出的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
I was feeling a little blue. My mother had been laid off from her job, but she said she was OK since her boss wasn’t the nicest person___
I got off the college bus and started walking. That’s ____I heard piano music and singing rising above the ____of the people and the traffic. I walked a little slower____I could find out where it was coming from. ____the crowd I saw a young lady sitting at a piano with a _____next to her, singing songs about love. The way she was singing ___me a bit. I stood there watching her____for about fifteen minutes, thinking that it must take____ to perform on her own in public.
Feeling my presence, she looked in my _____. I walked over and put some money in her carriage. “I have been going through a __ time lately, but you’ve made me hopeful again.”
“I’m happy that I could ___. Why are you so sad?”
“Well, my mum had got ___ from her job, but I’m not sure what to do….”
”You see, the way you were _____,“ she explained. “Don’t look defeated, _______come in different ways. If your head is down you might never see it .Smile more. ____your head up.”
I smiled slightly, amazed by how she was____ me.
“Why are you playing here?” I asked.
“I am not making music. I study psychology. I often see many ____people and hope to relieve their ____and make them think positively by sharing music.”
I smiled a little wider. She was doing a good thing. My heart was touched by a___ soul.
She explained to me that she sees a lot of negative people in the world and she tries to alleviate the pain and bring more positivity by sharing motivational music. She told me that when she wasn’t making music she studied psychology. So, that was how she knew some of the things she was telling me.
I smiled a little wider because I knew that she was doing a good thing. So, after that we parted, my heart touched and lightened by a musical soul!1.

A．instead

B．anyway

C．somehow

D．either

2.

A．since

B．after

C．before

D．when

3.

A．noise

B．view

C．scene

D．hurry

4.

A．but

B．yet

C．so

D．or

5.

A．Across

B．Through

C．Beside

D．Along

6.

A．plate

B．basket

C．carriage

D．bowl

7.

A．discouraged

B．disturbed

C．shocked

D．comforted

8.

A．refreshing

B．playing

C．dancing

D．begging

9.

A．image

B．belief

C．courage

D．time

10.

A．direction

B．instruction

C．operation

D．intention

11.

A．nice

B．rough

C．peaceful

D．pleasure

12.

A．work

B．help

C．stand

D．improve

13.

A．lost

B．stuck

C．fired

D．tired

14.

A．walking

B．listening

C．sighing

D．talking

15.

A．Experiences

B．Possibilities

C．Performances

D．Opportunities

16.

A．Drop

B．Pick

C．Lift

D．Knock

17.

A．depressing

B．encouraging

C．frightening

D．surprising

18.

A．negative

B．thoughtful

C．active

D．surprising

19.

A．attention

B．sight

C．respect

D．pain

20.

A．classical

B．serious

C．curious

D．musical

【推荐1】I glanced at the magazine covers while paying for some goods. Then ________ Taraji P. Henson confidently on the cover of a magazine. The heading ________ “All I can be is me.” Considering that I run a non-profit organization ________ positive perception (认识) of the body and encouraging people to accept their bodies, I’m ________ about that it took me so long to know it.

I used to make ________ on my mom that she looked young for her age; her skin didn’t have lots of ________, and she had few age spots. But I suddenly realized with a ________ eye that day that I had been ________ forcing a young value system on my mom. So ________ for telling her that, and she accepted with a smile.

I want my mom to grow old, feel the ________ to age and enjoy everything during the process. It’s privilege to grow older. ________, we lose sight of this when we are ________ with countless perfect pictures of aging women and anti-aging fever. The phenomenon ________ a larger cultural problem that the perfected and forever ________ appearance has become the norm (规范)—or ________ the popular norm.

Now I value the ________ older women have acquired through their life experiences. I believe we need to celebrate them for what they’ve ________ in life. I want to see older women ________ as themselves with loose skin, grey hair and everything else that comes.

Wanting to be ________ to others isn’t a bad want, but our culture’s addiction to staying young has destroyed an entire age group of women. To restate the magazine’s ________, let women actually be themselves.

1.

A．noticed

B．thought

C．admired

D．watched

2.

A．wrote

B．read

C．showed

D．concluded

3.

A．learning

B．promoting

C．influencing

D．representing

4.

A．pleased

B．satisfied

C．worried

D．embarrassed

5.

A．appeals

B．donations

C．responses

D．comments

6.

A．wrinkles

B．marks

C．scars

D．blackheads

7.

A．cautious

B．sharp

C．fresh

D．cold

8.

A．deliberately

B．aimlessly

C．abruptly

D．unintentionally

9.

A．sighed

B．apologized

C．scared

D．complained

10.

A．freedom

B．urge

C．duty

D．risk

11.

A．Besides

B．Therefore

C．Otherwise

D．However

12.

A．surrounded

B．crowded

C．frozen

D．buried

13.

A．describes

B．worsens

C．indicates

D．handles

14.

A．confident

B．youthful

C．fashionable

D．gentle

15.

A．at length

B．at last

C．at least

D．at most

16.

A．beauty

B．honor

C．peace

D．wisdom

17.

A．lost

B．abandoned

C．experienced

D．changed

18.

A．show up

B．show off

C．hold on

D．hold back

19.

A．important

B．similar

C．attractive

D．unique

20.

A．cover

B．heading

C．theme

D．picture

【推荐2】“Long time no see.” is a very interesting sentence. When I first read this sentence from an American friend’s email. I laughed. I thought it was a typical example of Chinglish.

Obviously it is a word-by-word literal translation of the Chinese greetings with a ________ English grammar and structure! Later on, my friend told me that it is a standard American ________ . I was too thrilled to believe her. Her words could not convince me at all. So I did a ________ on google. com. To my surprise, I found there were over 40 thousand web pages containing “Long time no see.” This sentence has been ________ used in emails, letters, newspapers, movies, or any other possible place. Though it is ________ informal, it is part of the language that Americans use daily. ________ , if you type this phrase in Microsoft Word, the ________ will tell you that the grammar needs to be corrected.

Nobody knows the ________ of this Chinglish sentence. Some people believe that it came from Charlie Chan’s movies. In 1930s, Hollywood moviemaker successfully ________ a worldwide famous Chinese detective named “Charlie Chan” on wide screens. Detective Chan liked to teach Americans some Chinese wisdom by quoting(引用)Confucius. “Long time no see.” was his trademark. Soon “Long time no see.” became a ________ phrase in America ________ the popularity of these movie’s.

Some people ________ America to a huge melting pot(熔炉). All kinds of culture are ________ in the pot together, and they ________ the color and taste of each other. American Chinese, though a minority ethnic group in the United States, is also contributing some changes to the pot! Language is usually the first thing to be ________ in the mixed pot.

1.

A．damaged

B．perfected

C．learned

D．ruined

2.

A．custom

B．greeting

C．habit

D．proverb

3.

A．job

B．research

C．survey

D．search

4.

A．widely

B．hardly

C．seldom

D．never

5.

A．lots of

B．plenty of

C．amount of

D．sort of

6.

A．Hence

B．Luckily

C．However

D．Suddenly

7.

A．hardware

B．software

C．operator

D．speaker

8.

A．use

B．origin

C．expression

D．meaning

9.

A．created

B．published

C．did

D．discovered

10.

A．ordinary

B．rare

C．modern

D．popular

11.

A．as if

B．as to

C．thanks to

D．even though

12.

A．compare

B．regard

C．send

D．demand

13.

A．joined

B．mixed

C．compiled

D．done

14.

A．improve

B．change

C．lower

D．promote

15.

A．influenced

B．mentioned

C．used

D．considered

【推荐1】Since the age of four, Jacquelyn Hill had dreamed of becoming a dancer. However, a car accident put the high school senior in the hospital for 5 days and left her paralyzed from the waist down and _______ to sitting in the wheelchair the whole life. For most people, that would have _______ any hope of a dancing career. For Hill, it was the beginning. _______ being a barrier, her wheelchair brought her bravery and encouraged her to think a lot of her life and she wanted to prove that she was still _______. Actually, Hill made it, rolling her wheelchair right alongside her non-disabled high school dance team. “It feels as if half of my body were _______ from me, and I have to move it with my hands,” Hill said. “ It _______ took a lot of learning and _______.”

After graduation, she wanted to expand her dancing network to include women like her. She began to _______ people online who had suffered similar injuries and shared her determination. Then in 2014, Hill moved to Los Angeles and formed a team of dancers with disabilities she calls the Rollettes. “I want to _______ the false belief of wheelchair users and show dance is dance, whether you’re walking or you’re ________.”

Dancing on wheels can be just as fast-paced, artful and ________ as the foot-based variety. In disabled dance competitions around the country, her team danced to the popular ________, rocking their ________ bodies, shaking their heads to the special beats, and ________ their wheelchairs in well-timed, dynamic, highly designed routines. The cheers, whistles and applause of the audience suggested that the fun was ________.

1.

A．tied

B．addicted

C．attached

D．reduced

2.

A．ruined

B．exposed

C．aroused

D．seized

3.

A．Free from

B．Apart from

C．Away from

D．Far from

4.

A．special

B．exceptional

C．normal

D．upright

5.

A．torn down

B．taken away

C．picked up

D．cut down

6.

A．absolutely

B．previously

C．occasionally

D．aggressively

7.

A．perseverance

B．intelligence

C．creativity

D．modesty

8.

A．expose

B．reach

C．recommend

D．observe

9.

A．call off

B．bring in

C．carry on

D．break down

10.

A．lying

B．driving

C．rolling

D．playing

11.

A．conventional

B．artificial

C．fruitful

D．profitable

12.

A．lines

B．tunes

C．notes

D．voices

13.

A．flexible

B．stiff

C．upper

D．sensitive

14.

A．lifting

B．guiding

C．stretching

D．operating

15.

A．spreading

B．declining

C．increasing

D．Connecting

【推荐3】Fourth-grader, Sarah Haycox, made it her mission to right a wrong. And in doing so, she has shown the world what one _______ person, with passion, can do.

One day, when walking by an athletic field near her school, Sarah noticed a small memorial with the name Edwin T. Pratt and the year 1930-1969 on it. She _______ who he was and what he did.

After some _______, she learned that he was a civil rights leader who had done many good things to _______ others. Sadly, he was _______ just because someone disagreed with what he was doing.

Feeling that the small memorial was hardly big enough for a man who had so much _______on others, Sarah _______ to do something!

There was a new _______ going up nearby for young kids. She found out who were in charge of the building project and asked them if it could be named after Mr. Pratt. Through great efforts, her vision came to reality! Almost 50 years after his death, Edwin Pratt’s life and impact will be celebrated as the name of the new school.

Most kids simply had walked by the memorial without thinking about who Mr. Pratt was. But Sarah had the _______ to learn more, the vision to imagine something better and the courage to pursue her idea. Her amazing actions have _______ many other young people around the world.

1.

A．honest

B．shy

C．clever

D．young

2.

A．forgot

B．realized

C．wondered

D．explained

3.

A．discussion

B．research

C．practice

D．thought

4.

A．teach

B．rescue

C．help

D．repay

5.

A．killed

B．punished

C．blamed

D．arrested

6.

A．impact

B．impression

C．reflection

D．dependence

7.

A．stopped

B．decided

C．happened

D．announced

8.

A．library

B．theatre

C．school

D．hospital

9.

A．curiosity

B．confidence

C．chance

D．energy

10.

A．astonished

B．protected

C．attracted

D．inspired