【推荐1】There was a boy who was sent by his parents to a boarding school (寄宿学校). This boy was the most______student in his class before being sent away. He was at the top in every exam ______with high marks.

But the boy ______ after leaving home and attending the boarding school. His grades started dropping. He hated being in a group. He was ______ all the time. And there were especially dark times when he_______committing suicide (自杀). All of this was ______ he felt worthless and no one loved him.

His parents started to be anxious ______ the boy. But they even did not know what was wrong with him. So his dad decided to travel to the boarding school and ______ him.

They sat on the bank of the lake near the school. The father started asking him some casual questions about his classes, teachers and ______ . After some time his dad said, “Do you know, son, why I am here today?”

The boy answered back, “To check my grades?”

“No, no,” his dad replied. “I am here to tell you that you are the most ______ person for me. I want to see you happy. I don’t care about grades. I care about you. I care about your ______ . YOU ARE MY LIFE.”

These words ______ the boy deeply. He hugged his dad tightly with tears in his eyes. They didn’t say anything to each other for a long time.

Now the boy had ______ he wanted. He knew there was someone on this earth who cared for him deeply. He ______ the world to someone. And today this young man is in college at the ____ of his class and no one has ever seen him sad!

1.

A．excellent

B．awkward

C．outgoing

D．confident

2.

A．actually

B．seldom

C．always

D．hardly

3.

A．exchanged

B．improved

C．damaged

D．changed

4.

A．alone

B．annoyed

C．curious

D．lonely

5.

A．gave up

B．applied for

C．felt like

D．focus on

6.

A．what

B．because

C．that

D．after

7.

A．about

B．over

C．with

D．of

8.

A．sign up

B．talk with

C．debate with

D．talk about

9.

A．family

B．grades

C．friends

D．study

10.

A．important

B．outstanding

C．famous

D．familiar

11.

A．honour

B．sadness

C．happiness

D．arrangement

12.

A．dragged

B．rescued

C．moved

D．impressed

13.

A．nothing

B．something

C．anything

D．everything

14.

A．meant

B．admired

C．intended

D．expressed

15.

A．end

B．bottom

C．site

D．top

【推荐2】My mum was young when she fell pregnant with me. After I was born it was decided that my father’s relatives would ________ me in Manchester. No one spoke about Mum. Eventually, I was shown letters from Mum, ________ that she was a drug addict.
All this was running through my head as I arrived in Glasgow on 27 December last year. My sister Leanne, from my mother’s side, had ________ me down on Facebook, and we had been ________ for some time, but had met only once or twice. Leanne had been brought up by our mother’s parents, and had some ________ with Mum throughout her life. She was now living in Canada, but returning for Christmas and ________ to see all the family together. A big party had been arranged to welcome her back, and everyone would be there, including our ________.
In a very short time my sister and I hatched a ________. I’d meet my sister as she arrived at Manchester airport, then we’d drive up to Glasgow ________. Keeping it a surprise gave us a rush. After about a four-hour drive, we were there. I’d ____called someone “Mum” before. But there she was.
We embraced (拥抱) and although we could hardly get the words out fast enough, we were soon ________. Seeing someone so alike looking back at me was the strangest but most ________ experience. Though a lifetime may have ________ us, this woman at a party in Glasgow was my mum. She ________ at me for a second, before giving me a tight hug. All she could say was that she never thought we’d ________ again.
She’d been ________ of drugs for five years. She told me how she now works for a charity that helps young people ________ the same problems she had. We now talk regularly, and I feel ________ she’s my mother. That’s something I couldn’t have even ________ when the door opened to her at that Christmas party. Life may be short, but it’s always ________ enough to reconcile (和好).1.

A．teach

B．control

C．serve

D．raise

2.

A．foreseeing

B．saying

C．arguing

D．promising

3.

A．knocked

B．tracked

C．rolled

D．turned

4.

A．negotiating

B．complaining

C．messaging

D．searching

5.

A．contact

B．bargain

C．fun

D．trouble

6.

A．unwilling

B．afraid

C．confident

D．desperate

7.

A．sister

B．father

C．mum

D．grandparents

8.

A．deal

B．plan

C．trick

D．change

9.

A．in advance

B．in turn

C．in secret

D．in time

10.

A．ever

B．even

C．always

D．never

11.

A．looking away

B．chatting away

C．turning up

D．picking up

12.

A．disturbing

B．annoying

C．comforting

D．frightening

13.

A．separated

B．deserted

C．ruined

D．cheated

14.

A．laughed

B．yelled

C．stared

D．pointed

15.

A．part

B．suffer

C．recover

D．meet

16.

A．clean

B．aware

C．short

D．fond

17.

A．discuss

B．overcome

C．explore

D．stress

18.

A．guilty

B．embarrassed

C．proud

D．shocked

19.

A．imagined

B．ignored

C．questioned

D．recalled

20.

A．tough

B．happy

C．simple

D．long

【推荐3】A few years ago my mother asked me to go shopping with her because she needed a new dress. I don’t ____ like to shop with others, and I’m not a ____ person. However, we ____ for the mall together at last.
We visited nearly every ____, and she tried on dress after dress, ____ them all. As the day went on, I grew tired and my mother grew____
____, at our last shop, my mother tried on a lovely blue three-piece dress. The blouse had a bow at the neckline. As I stood in the ____ room with her, I watched as she tried, with much ____, to tie it. Her hands were so badly crippled from arthritis(关节炎) that she couldn’t do it. Immediately, my impatience ____ to an overwhelming(无法抗拒的) wave of sympathy for her. I turned away to hide the ____ that came up involuntarily.
Regaining my calmness, I turned back to tie the bow for her. The dress was beautiful, and she bought it. Our shopping trip was ____, but the event was etched(铭刻) in my memory. For the rest of the day, my ____ kept returning to that moment in the dressing room and to the ____ of my mother’s hands trying to tie that bow. Those ____ hands that had fed me, bathed me, dressed me, comforted me, and, ____, prayed for me, were now touching me in a remarkable ____
Later in the evening, I went to my mother’s room, ____ her hands in mine, kissed them and, much to her ____, told her that to me they were the most ____ hands in the world.1.

A．simply

B．finally

C．actually

D．normally

2.

A．patient

B．honest

C．respectful

D．trustworthy

3.

A．took off

B．kept off

C．got off

D．set off

4.

A．person

B．store

C．assistant

D．boss

5.

A．remembering

B．buying

C．rejecting

D．recommending

6.

A．frustrated

B．worried

C．tired

D．upset

7.

A．Immediately

B．Finally

C．Traditionally

D．Quietly

8.

A．sitting

B．dining

C．dressing

D．waiting

9.

A．time

B．pride

C．experience

D．difficulty

10.

A．gave off

B．gave away

C．gave way

D．gave up

11.

A．tears

B．money

C．expression

D．feeling

12.

A．off

B．out

C．on

D．over

13.

A．head

B．mind

C．heart

D．brain

14.

A．sense

B．belief

C．vision

D．consciousness

15.

A．loving

B．lively

C．live

D．alive

16.

A．first of all

B．most of all

C．all in all

D．after all

17.

A．style

B．fashion

C．manner

D．form

18.

A．took

B．made

C．removed

D．replaced

19.

A．sorrow

B．disappointment

C．regret

D．surprise

20.

A．common

B．effective

C．beautiful

D．useful