【推荐1】Beginning to learn gymnastics even before she could barely walk, Svetlana had always dreamed to enter the Olympics scene some day.
However, her____ended in the car on the winding road when a lorry appeared out of nowhere. The last thing she____was a blinding flash of light. In hospital, when told she would never ____again, she couldn’ t believe it. Three months later, she was ____out of hospital on a wheelchair. Then a friend came to her house to visit her with an old child’ s storybook. A bookmark in it made her____to page 117. The name of the____was‘The Day Clara Walked’ . She was determined to return to stage whatever it might cost.
____, after a year’ s hard exercise, Svetlana recovered and was able to display her gymnastics. While she was sitting on the green bench ____the Athens Stadium, memories____: first, the pain and the tears, the book under her pillow, the words of relatives full of advice and comfort, and the pity in those eyes that had once held____for her talent. Then followed the trips to the gym where everyone looked on____, their disbelief transforming slowly to wonder,____ she could balance the hoop（健身圈）as well as her teammates. She registered for 2004 Olympic Games, and finally she received____from the Olympic Committee.
Her____was interrupted by the attendant who said,“It’ s time” , two words that she had been____to hear for so long. Smoothing her dress, she walked into the stadium, each ____firm and steady. Everything was____, and the applause rang loud in her ears, her heart____violently against her chest.
Later that night, Svetlana pulled the gold medal out of her pocket and placed it on the old ____on the shelf, which opened to page 117, to the chapter‘The Day Clara Walked’ , tears____her vision.1.

A．dream

B．intension

C．life

D．career

2.

A．forgot

B．remembered

C．experienced

D．suffered

3.

A．see

B．dance

C．walk

D．sing

4.

A．rushed

B．rocked

C．thrown

D．wheeled

5.

A．open

B．relate

C．point

D．adapt

6.

A．bookmark

B．page

C．chapter

D．story

7.

A．Suddenly

B．Surprisingly

C．Fortunately

D．Certainly

8.

A．opposite

B．beneath

C．inside

D．outside

9.

A．flooded in

B．faded away

C．mixed up

D．squeezed out

10.

A．fright

B．regret

C．sympathy

D．admiration

11.

A．doubtfully

B．thankfully

C．nervously

D．cheerfully

12.

A．until

B．as

C．while

D．once

13.

A．access

B．praise

C．support

D．approval

14.

A．plan

B．attempt

C．thought

D．sight

15.

A．content

B．eager

C．upset

D．proud

16.

A．breath

B．wake

C．step

D．look

17.

A．unexpected

B．awful

C．perfect

D．finished

18.

A．fighting

B．striking

C．kicking

D．hammering

19.

A．hoop

B．book

C．letter

D．dress

20.

A．clouding

B．filling

C．rolling

D．Rushing

【推荐2】Lowri Moore, aged 15, of Nottingham, England, has worn eyeglasses since she was a baby. But she hasn’t always seen glasses ________ in the cartoons she loves. Lowri is making it her ________ to change that.

When Lowri was 9, she sent a letter to Disney asking them if they could create a(n) ________ role model who wore glasses. Glasses are a great tool because they give you the ability to see. This should be ________ . But kids at school ________ not to think so.

Disney ________ Lowri, and three years later, the movie En-canto came out, whose main character, Maribel, wears glasses! En-canto director Jared Bush said, “She’s my hero. I can’t imagine being that age and being that ________ . She is such an inspiration to all of us.” En-canto is a movie putting people on the screen that ________ to be seen and audiences from all over the world have been able to find themselves, their family members in these stories.

In 2019, Lowri Moore, called for more glasses-wearing ________ . She pointed out that figures wearing glasses are usually ________ as “nerdy instead of beautiful.” Having more positive figures with glasses on will help people feel ________ about wearing their own glasses. It also allows people to see the ________ to add glasses like we already have the ability to change skin and hair color on emojis(表情符号). Natalie Owen, ________ heard of Lowri’s story and decided to help her dream come true. Owen created a princess wearing glasses in his new book just for Lowri.

With her dream ________ , Lowri posted a message on her personal website: If you believe in something, don’t be afraid to say it. Don’t think that because you are young, you can’t make a ________ .

1.

A．reflected

B．designed

C．updated

D．recommended

2.

A．choice

B．power

C．mission

D．mind

3.

A．fancy

B．positive

C．similar

D．ordinary

4.

A．rewarded

B．protected

C．changed

D．celebrated

5.

A．tend

B．mean

C．attempt

D．admit

6.

A．focused on

B．responded to

C．caught up on

D．picked up

7.

A．joyful

B．extraordinary

C．courageous

D．typical

8.

A．remain

B．decide

C．adapt

D．deserve

9.

A．friends

B．princesses

C．teachers

D．animals

10.

A．presented

B．respected

C．measured

D．decorated

11.

A．nervous

B．funny

C．patient

D．comfortable

12.

A．option

B．effort

C．joke

D．purpose

13.

A．incredibly

B．regularly

C．accidentally

D．occasionally

14.

A．seen

B．realized

C．reported

D．identified

15.

A．rule

B．dream

C．promise

D．difference

【推荐3】The early winter storm was much worse than the forecast.

“Sweetheart,” Dad whispered to Mom, “I have to get out of bed and go to _________ the turkeys.” When Dad left the _________, Mom worried that he would not be able to make it to the farm. The snowy wind was blowing _________ around our little white house.

At 7 a.m., Mom was _________ to call for help when Dad’s truck _________ into the driveway. He rushed in and nearly fell down on the kitchen floor. “Call Boots,” he _________ to say. “Have him tell his friends to come up to the _________ and get a free turkey for Christmas dinner.”

“We have at least 500 _________ birds,” he said shaking his head in defeat. With seven children to feed, he knew the loss would be financially _________.

That morning, Boots, our new neighbor, __________ the tragic (惨痛) story. He called his friends and __________ them to tell friends and former neighbors where they could get a __________.

As the sun burst forth, hundreds of cars drove up the __________ road to our Fowler farm. Every turkey was claimed (认领). Friends viewed the tragic scene __________. But as more people arrived the atmosphere __________.

Nearly all of the birds were paid for in cash. With the __________ that the tragedy was disappearing, neighbors and friends talked and __________ laughed. On Dads truck someone __________ a donation box. More was paid than what the birds would have __________ at the store.

Mom and Dad were moved to tears as they __________ hundreds of dollars and hundreds of friends.

1.

A．look for

B．check on

C．load

D．gather

2.

A．truck

B．road

C．home

D．office

3.

A．eventually

B．as well

C．as usual

D．hard

4.

A．fortunate

B．ready

C．lucky

D．consistent

5.

A．slid

B．stuck

C．knocked

D．broke

6.

A．decided

B．promised

C．pretended

D．struggled

7.

A．farm

B．market

C．yard

D．driveway

8.

A．cooked

B．delicious

C．frozen

D．expensive

9.

A．potential

B．necessary

C．normal

D．desperate

10.

A．recorded

B．relayed

C．read

D．accepted

11.

A．urged

B．allowed

C．reminded

D．left

12.

A．gift

B．turkey

C．dinner

D．job

13.

A．icy

B．narrow

C．rough

D．steep

14.

A．in doubt

B．in advance

C．in sympathy

D．in vain

15.

A．returned

B．finished

C．combined

D．changed

16.

A．chance

B．realization

C．principle

D．idea

17.

A．just

B．still

C．yet

D．even

18.

A．placed

B．found

C．drew

D．removed

19.

A．valued

B．meant

C．cost

D．presented

20.

A．received

B．saved

C．counted

D．paid

【推荐2】While washing dishes, I sometimes look into the kitchen window of our neighbor’s house. Our kitchen is always _______ but our neighbors, two young men whom I only know in passing, never seem to turn on their light. Once as I was washing apples, my eyes _______. Shadow gave way to shape. Then I _______ them—head bent, pouring the pickle (腌菜) juice from an empty jar.

On the first Saturday of the COVID-19 lockdown, I wanted to be a good _______ to them. The pandemic seemed to be getting worse. I _______ what the weeks and months ahead might look like. Our family have been trying to take the idea of “love the neighbour” _______, and sometimes that does literally mean the person living next door, _______ you’ve only met them from the kitchen window.

So I made a sign reading “Have a nice day!” and stuck it on my kitchen window. A while later, a sign appeared on their window with a _______ for us. “Thank you. You too!”

We went on like this for a few days and I thought of how this would be a nice story for us all: _______ by signs and moving from strangers to good friends. ________ around Day 5, I posted a line of a Mary Oliver poem, and that was the ________ of that. Maybe I was showing off, so I stopped. However, a week later, when I went out to quiet our yelling dog, I saw one of the guys. “Sorry, we didn’t find a ________,” he said. “We meant to,” he added. “And then we never ________.”“That’s okay,” I replied. And we both went back inside.

It is so ________ to be a good neighbour now. We can’t ________ and knock on a door, or even lend things. After this is all over, I have decided I will invite all our neighbors over for dinner. I can’t be a neighbour now, but I can be a neighbour then. The pandemic will have knitted us together like an old worn sock and we’ll stay that way.

1.

A．mounted up

B．lit up

C．sprang up

D．fixed up

2.

A．adjusted

B．glared

C．choked

D．closed

3.

A．admired

B．absorbed

C．called

D．saw

4.

A．guide

B．doctor

C．assistant

D．neighbor

5.

A．worried

B．doubted

C．asked

D．found

6.

A．normally

B．seriously

C．lightly

D．carefully

7.

A．as though

B．so that

C．even if

D．in case

8.

A．proposal

B．letter

C．gift

D．message

9.

A．communicating

B．writing

C．congratulating

D．investigating

10.

A．Everywhere

B．Anywhere

C．Somewhere

D．Nowhere

11.

A．puzzle

B．end

C．chart

D．cause

12.

A．poem

B．passage

C．politics

D．proverb

13.

A．tried

B．needed

C．did

D．wrote

14.

A．lucky

B．interesting

C．annoying

D．hard

15.

A．cut in

B．show up

C．look out

D．come about

【推荐3】Raegan Lawrence is an 11-year-old student and band member at Bonaire Middle School，in central Georgia，USA. Over the past several months，she has used the grief（悲痛）and stress ______ by the COVID-19 pandemic to ______ her best and help others in the process.

The COVID-19 pandemic has been very ______ to Raegan and her family. She lost two of her aunts as well as her great grandfather to the ______. And she hasn’ t been able to visit some of her ______ such as her grandfather.

Feeling constantly sad，she______to find out what she could do to make things______. While thinking about ways she could______，her band began to sell“the world’s finest chocolate bars”to raise funds.

This gave her a（n）______—why not buy the world’ s finest chocolate bars to______the world’ s finest people? In her mind，the finest people in the world are the healthcare workers，firemen，and first responders who have______themselves during this pandemic to helping others while putting themselves in ______.

And so she did! While Reagan is typically a______person，this did not stop her from promoting sales of her candy bars and then using the money______to buy bars for First Responders. She also ______to take all the money she had in savings from Christmas，her birthday and other gifts to buy chocolate bars for the world’ s finest people.

In all，Raegan______over 400 bars. The first responders that received them were______not just for the world’ s finest chocolate，but the______and caring actions of one of the world’ s finest 11-year-old girls !

Raegan Lawrence’ s story has______many others to help those in need during this______moment.

1.

A．released

B．caused

C．damaged

D．controlled

2.

A．get over

B．catch up

C．look for

D．bring out

3.

A．typical

B．strange

C．cruel

D．normal

4.

A．virus

B．worm

C．public

D．hospital

5.

A．relatives

B．classmates

C．friends

D．doctors

6.

A．hesitated

B．agreed

C．struggled

D．preferred

7.

A．heavier

B．higher

C．clearer

D．better

8.

A．help

B．stay

C．share

D．show

9.

A．privilege

B．excuse

C．idea

D．advantage

10.

A．evaluate

B．reward

C．respect

D．protect

11.

A．devoted

B．limited

C．abandoned

D．attached

12.

A．silence

B．stress

C．comfort

D．danger

13.

A．stubborn

B．brave

C．shy

D．patient

14.

A．obtained

B．borrowed

C．found

D．changed

15.

A．afforded

B．decided

C．refused

D．expected

16.

A．tried out

B．stored up

C．broke off

D．gave away

17.

A．fit

B．grateful

C．responsible

D．famous

18.

A．humorous

B．generous

C．traditional

D．honest

19.

A．invited

B．persuaded

C．inspired

D．required

20.

A．interesting

B．fruitful

C．pleasant

D．challenging

【推荐2】One summer afternoon decades ago, Dad and I explored a country park on a boat. The blue lake around and the clear sky overhead provided slight relief from the August _______. Sitting back with my eyes closed, I _______ Dad rowing quietly.

Suddenly a(n) _______ buzz(嗡嗡声) came from the right side of my head. I sat up straight and looked around instantly. On my _______ landed a bee marked by bright black and yellow bands on the body. I, frozen in extreme _______, sat there with my eyes _______ as big as saucers(茶托).

“Don’t move and it’ll not bother you.”Dad kept rowing skillfully, both hands _______. “It’s tired and needs _______ for a hot day. Once it’s back to itself, it’ll keep on going.”

“What? Was Dad telling me to just let a terror sit on my shoulder?” Gradually I took _______ and turned my head slowly, giving it a look. There it sat, wings folded neatly against its body. I was ________ by its perfect form. Finally, my curiosity ________ my fear and I relaxed. No sooner had I done that than it began spreading its wings and ________ off.

“I’ve told you,” my father simply said.

My father is no longer alive, but the ________ of that moment has taken root in my heart. For the first time I’ve ________ the fact that we are all one, all part of the same ________, big or small, humans or insects.

1.

A．heat

B．freedom

C．cool

D．trip

2.

A．imagined

B．watched

C．heard

D．noticed

3.

A．ordinary

B．repeated

C．pleased

D．appealing

4.

A．back

B．shoulder

C．leg

D．arm

5.

A．comfort

B．excitement

C．worry

D．panic

6.

A．closing

B．shining

C．focusing

D．widening

7.

A．back and forth

B．safe and sound

C．in and out

D．here and there

8.

A．drink

B．rest

C．energy

D．help

9.

A．confidence

B．courage

C．love

D．patience

10.

A．moved

B．inspired

C．attracted

D．frightened

11.

A．overcame

B．sought

C．caused

D．deepened

12.

A．ran

B．jumped

C．walked

D．flew

13.

A．memory

B．thought

C．process

D．meaning

14.

A．got down to

B．looked forward to

C．woken up to

D．given in to

15.

A．field

B．race

C．society

D．nature