【推荐1】阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
       I believe I had the perfect life. Because I was about to_________my high school, and on my way to college, I had great friends and a loving family. There was nothing_________. But I spoke too soon.
       It was around 9:25 a. m. that I heard the news that would_________my life forever. My brother Zach had been in a car accident. He fought for five days before he_________. That day, I became an only child. I felt desperately________.
       After Zach’s death, I found_________in food. I ate, then I slept, then I ate again. I couldn’t cry. I could barely feel anything, and I was_________. I stopped building relationships for fear that they would end just as_________as Zach’s life. Also, I became nervous about any potentially_________situations—driving late at night—but I couldn’t express this fear of life__________I wanted to be strong for my parents. I saw my parents’__________worse than mine on account of the losing of their son. I didn’t want them to__________me. I also experienced a lot of__________, because I was angry about why the sadness had happened to me, and I never__________from this emotion.
       Now, it has been nearly five years since Zach’s death. I don’t__________life anymore: I face it bravely. I__________my friendships and began socializing more. I even__________Zach’s story with people around me. Although my new friends never met him, they know about Zach.
       One lesson I learned from losing my brother was never to be__________to say, “ I love you.” I loved my brother, but it was too late to__________it loudly. The last time I remember telling my brother I loved him was when he was dying. Don’t make this__________like me.1.

A．skip

B．finish

C．admit

D．determine

2.

A．earning

B．missing

C．competing

D．reaching

3.

A．slip

B．change

C．simplify

D．spoil

4.

A．took away

B．passed away

C．gave away

D．flew away

5.

A．lonely

B．deserted

C．abandoned

D．remote

6.

A．nutrition

B．relief

C．guidance

D．benefit

7.

A．funny

B．numb

C．patient

D．endless

8.

A．finally

B．suddenly

C．appropriately

D．violently

9.

A．complicated

B．risky

C．particular

D．tense

10.

A．so

B．if

C．because

D．unless

11.

A．discouragement

B．pain

C．tolerance

D．memory

12.

A．think about

B．care about

C．consider about

D．dream about

13.

A．unpleasantness

B．anger

C．unhappiness

D．power

14.

A．hated

B．escaped

C．stopped

D．measured

15.

A．damage

B．choose

C．leave

D．fear

16.

A．produced

B．rebuilt

C．promoted

D．insured

17.

A．imitate

B．share

C．advertise

D．perform

18.

A．stubborn

B．afraid

C．tight

D．nervous

19.

A．explore

B．express

C．circulate

D．scream

20.

A．mistake

B．explanation

C．decision

D．comment

【推荐2】Notre Dame（巴黎圣母院）was on fire, and I was desperately looking for a photo that I took in 2008.

In it, my_________, Jamie, is standing front of the_________and smiling amid a sea of tourists. He's 23 years old. freshly shaved, and wearing a shiny wedding ring. We're in Paris on our_________.

On our last night in France, we made a_________to return every five years.

Our promise to return was_________in 2013.

We had a victorious trip that_________a dinner on He Saint-Louis,_________by a nighttime walk past Notre Dame. I _______the evening on Instagram with a simple title: “Tonight was magic.”

In 2018, I returned to Paris_________.I carried Jamie's ashes with me.

Jamie died on February 4. 2017. He was running a half marathon and suddenly__________less than a mile from the finish line, where 1 was waiting for him. He was 32 years old.

Notre Dame was on fire, and I desperately want it to__________.

My 2018 trip to Paris involved a lot of walking and__________, trying to make sense of how my life turned out. I didn't visit Notre Dame.

Notre Dame was on fire, and I__________want to talk to Jamie about it.

I hope to visit Paris and its magnificent churches__________in 2023. If and when I do return, it will be a (an)__________visit.

Everything is__________ including the people and places we love. Even our memories__________over time, though some of the saddest images, like Notre Dame in flames, tend to__________us for a long time.

But there's__________in sadness and meaning in impermanence. Notre Dame will rebuild. And so will I. I'll keep__________my life, too.

1.

A．workmate

B．husband

C．servant

D．rival

2.

A．church

B．fire

C．sea

D．statue

3.

A．business

B．dinner

C．purchase

D．honeymoon

4.

A．suggestion

B．discussion

C．promise

D．conclusion

5.

A．broken

B．made

C．suspected

D．tested

6.

A．included

B．obtained

C．provided

D．guaranteed

7.

A．accompanied

B．followed

C．replaced

D．caught

8.

A．enjoyed

B．remembered

C．missed

D．documented

9.

A．soon

B．alone

C．intentionally

D．accidentally

10.

A．laughed

B．leaped

C．crashed

D．stopped

11.

A．develop

B．bum

C．shine

D．survive.

12.

A．understanding

B．reflecting

C．regretting

D．complaining

13.

A．carefully

B．slowly

C．desperately

D．calmly

14.

A．again

B．ever

C．once

D．also

15.

A．bittersweet

B．ordinary

C．sudden

D．unique

16.

A．possible

B．impressive

C．momentary

D．lasting

17.

A．happen

B．exist

C．occur

D．disappear

18.

A．wait for

B．live with

C．appeal to

D．rely on

19.

A．sorrow

B．kick

C．hope

D．confidence

20.

A．rebuilding

B．earning

C．realizing

D．shaping

【推荐3】Once upon a time in a land far away, there was a______old man who loved everything such as:animals, spiders, insects...

One day______walking through the woods the nice old man found a cocoon(茧)of a butterfly. He______it home.

A few days later, a small______appeared; he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours______it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop______any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go_____farther.

Then the man came up to help the______   , so he took a pair of scissors and______the remaining bit of the cocoon.

The butterfly then came out______.

____it had a swollen body and small, shriveled(皱缩的) wings. The man was______ about the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would _____ and expand to be able to support the body, which would contract(收缩) in time. However, neither happened!______________, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings.

It never was able to______.

What the man in his kindness and haste(轻率) did not understand was that the restricting (限制)_____ and the struggle required for the butterfly to_______ the tiny opening were Nature's way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its________ from the cocoon.

Sometimes ______are exactly what we need in our life. If we were allowed to go through our life without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We would not be as _______as what we could have been.

And we could never fly.

1.

A．cold

B．kind

C．polite

D．upset

2.

A．unless

B．if

C．while

D．because

3.

A．took

B．moved

C．settled

D．based

4.

A．bag

B．skin

C．pipe

D．opening

5.

A．and

B．until

C．as

D．then

6.

A．making

B．coming

C．getting

D．suffering

7.

A．any

B．more

C．no

D．much

8.

A．bug

B．butterfly

C．animal

D．fly

9.

A．turn on

B．take part in

C．cut down

D．cut open

10.

A．calmly

B．powerfully

C．easily

D．hardly

11.

A．Gradually

B．Even

C．So

D．But

12.

A．looked

B．lasted

C．concerned

D．began

13.

A．enlarge

B．shorten

C．frighten

D．darken

14.

A．At present

B．In ruins

C．In fact

D．On purpose

15.

A．run

B．fly

C．move

D．walk

16.

A．wing

B．tail

C．head

D．cocoon

17.

A．go for

B．go through

C．go away

D．go into

18.

A．freedom

B．track

C．Loneliness

D．route

19.

A．struggles

B．cares

C．cracks

D．injures

20.

A．weak

B．hopeful

C．joyful

D．strong

【推荐3】On a recent trip to California, I was introduced to Smile Cards. I promised myself to _______ an act of kindness before I left California. I _______ thinking about it but I didn’t know what to do.

I reached the airport and the _______ was about to begin when I saw an ice cream store. I went in and told the guy at the store that I _______ to do an act of kindness. The guy, named Jose, looked confused. _______ I explained I had just attended a conference, where I was told Smile Cards and _______ to do an act of kindness. Jose showed _______. I told Jose, “Whoever is your next _______， treat them to some ice cream and then give them this Smile Card.” Jose _______ read the card and agreed with a smile that was both grateful and ________ at the same time.

Since this was my first time, I wanted to know the ________ of the receiver. “Jose, I have to catch a ________， but here is my cell phone number. Would you be ________ enough to call me and tell me the person’s reaction？” He ________．

I went to my gate, and as I was about to board, Jose ________， “I did the act of kindness. The person was very ________， and asked me to express thanks to the person who paid for it！” I again thanked Jose and boarded the flight feeling ________．

I really want to ________ this practice of kindness. I am a professor and I love my work ________ it makes a difference in the lives of others. And now, I realize that I can do that everywhere. The whole world is my ________．

1.

A．start

B．find

C．prove

D．explain

2.

A．practiced

B．kept

C．tried

D．enjoyed

3.

A．working

B．booking

C．shopping

D．boarding

4.

A．wanted

B．chose

C．managed

D．forgot

5.

A．Yet

B．Again

C．Then

D．Anyhow

6.

A．forced

B．encouraged

C．allowed

D．ordered

7.

A．relief

B．delight

C．satisfaction

D．interest

8.

A．customer

B．assistant

C．visitor

D．friend

9.

A．politely

B．calmly

C．curiously

D．nervously

10.

A．annoyed

B．tired

C．frightened

D．confused

11.

A．reply

B．expression

C．reaction

D．decision

12.

A．bus

B．flight

C．train

D．taxi

13.

A．kind

B．brave

C．wise

D．reliable

14.

A．refused

B．failed

C．sighed

D．agreed

15.

A．arrived

B．called

C．appeared

D．shouted

16.

A．happy

B．active

C．special

D．clever

17.

A．safe

B．lucky

C．energetic

D．proud

18.

A．introduce

B．describe

C．continue

D．explore

19.

A．once

B．if

C．because

D．though

20.

A．homeland

B．playground

C．battlefield

D．mainland

【推荐1】Harriet Tubman was born a slave. She didn’t get a ___________ to go to school. As a(n) ___________, Harriet had to work very hard in the ___________ all day. That way, her owner could ___________ a lot of money when he sold his crops. Harriet didn’t think that she was being treated ___________.

After Harriet grew up, she ___________ from the plantation(种植园) to the northern United States. There, and in Canada, ___________ could be free.

Harriet liked to be free. She felt ___________ for all of the black people who were ___________ slaves. Harriet returned to ____________ to help other slaves run away. She made ____________ that they got to the North and became free.

Harriet was in great ____________ because of a law that she had just ____________. The law said it was illegal to ____________ slaves run away. She also ____________ that the slave owners said they would ____________ $4,000 to anyone who could catch her.

There were many ____________ about Harriet helping slaves run away. In all, she made nineteen trips back to the South and guided about 300 slaves to ____________. When the Civil War broke out, the northern states ____________ with the southern states. Harriet ____________ the northern states because the northerners believed that slaves should be free. She worked as a nurse and spied behind enemy lines until the northern states won the war.

1.

A．day

B．chance

C．permission

D．moment

2.

A．child

B．owner

C．woman

D．teenager

3.

A．farms

B．school

C．fields

D．factory

4.

A．earn

B．steal

C．cost

D．spend

5.

A．completely

B．fairly

C．specially

D．freely

6.

A．profited

B．escaped

C．resigned

D．graduated

7.

A．American citizens

B．white owners

C．farm workers

D．black people

8.

A．happy

B．excited

C．wrong

D．sorry

9.

A．still

B．yet

C．only

D．merely

10.

A．Canada

B．the South

C．the North

D．the US

11.

A．perfect

B．hard

C．possible

D．sure

12.

A．anger

B．anxiety

C．hurry

D．danger

13.

A．passed

B．obeyed

C．broken

D．respected

14.

A．help

B．prevent

C．stop

D．catch

15.

A．worked out

B．sent out

C．found out

D．pointed out

16.

A．pay

B．make

C．require

D．get

17.

A．times

B．celebrations

C．stories

D．accidents

18.

A．freedom

B．safety

C．power

D．wealth

19.

A．united

B．fought

C．argued

D．settled

20.

A．looked for

B．stood for

C．depended on

D．stuck to

【推荐3】Diebedo Francis Kere is a young architect from Africa. There was no _________ school when Mr. Kere was growing up in Gando, one of the world’s poorest countries. Since childhood he had already had a keen sense of _________. His family sent him away to school when he was seven and he did not _________ them. He won a scholarship from the German government and went to study in Germany.

_________ still studying for his architecture degree in Berlin, Mr. Kere learned that the school building in his hometown was on the point of _________. The school had been built some years previously. _________ to share with his village the advantages that _________ had given him, Mr. Kere launched the School Bricks for Gando project and   _________ raising money needed to build a school.

Opened in 2001, the school now _________ more than 300 pupils. The school not only __________ education for the village children, but is used to pass on new skills and __________ to the entire village.

“Africa is full of very bright and __________ young people. But only through __________ to education will they be able to build themselves a better world. For me, Gando School is a __________ because the villagers no longer see it as a waste of time for their children to be in school instead of working in the __________.” Kere said.

1.

A．legal

B．dental

C．local

D．medical

2.

A．loss

B．occasion

C．family

D．responsibility

3.

A．disappoint

B．blame

C．cheat

D．trouble

4.

A．Although

B．Whenever

C．While

D．Since

5.

A．sale

B．opening

C．exchange

D．collapse

6.

A．Determining

B．Reminded

C．Asked

D．Allowing

7.

A．poverty

B．courage

C．education

D．fortune

8.

A．picked up

B．set about

C．insisted on

D．looked into

9.

A．counts

B．monitors

C．advises

D．abandons

10.

A．changes

B．provides

C．funds

D．spares

11.

A．tradition

B．wealth

C．knowledge

D．freedom

12.

A．generous

B．modest

C．patient

D．capable

13.

A．devotion

B．tendency

C．access

D．application

14.

A．treat

B．success

C．term

D．promise

15.

A．companies

B．fields

C．apartments

D．factories