【推荐1】I opened the hotel curtains to find dark rainy streets. After training in nearly 100-degree weather in St. Louis, I wasn't _______ a rainy 55-degree day. However, it didn't _______because it was marathon day.

My group _______with ponchos (雨披) on. I took off the poncho around Mile 9 as the rain seemed less _______.

I was still energized at Mile 13, and supporters were still _______ us on. Not too long after Mile 20, I was feeling some _______ in my legs. I never stopped though. I just put my head up and _______ going. As Mile 22 passed, I _______ and I began to cry, but kept on moving. The view alongside was _______ and it kept my mind busy.

At the end of Mile 25, my body was beat. As I saw that finish line in the wind, I put all my__________into running for it. The__________said my name and made some careless Irish remarks that I can't remember, and I__________the line in total tiredness. Some staff__________me my marathon medal, bottled water, and helped me keep warm.

Traveling for my first marathon will be__________remembered. I could not have done this without the__________of my family, friends, Coach Rich, my teammates and my sister, who gave me the strength to__________. As Norman D. Vaughan, the surviving member of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition said, “Dream big and be __________ to fail. ”

What will be the most impressive __________ for me? The __________ from Mile 20 to the end. No matter how much you read about how to prepare for the final few miles, it's a true __________ of your mental endurance (耐力).1.

A．wasting

B．arranging

C．enjoying

D．expecting

2.

A．fail

B．lose

C．matter

D．work

3.

A．escaped

B．started

C．approved

D．protested

4.

A．heavy

B．mild

C．slight

D．bright

5.

A．touching

B．cheering

C．crying

D．trying

6.

A．power

B．anger

C．pain

D．relief

7.

A．practiced

B．continued

C．avoided

D．imagined

8.

A．took off

B．settled in

C．broke down

D．dressed up

9.

A．confusing

B．usual

C．simple

D．inspiring

10.

A．energy

B．pressure

C．relaxation

D．elegance

11.

A．volunteer

B．editor

C．interviewee

D．announcer

12.

A．crossed

B．drew

C．swallowed

D．burned

13.

A．showed

B．bought

C．handed

D．lent

14.

A．mistakenly

B．strangely

C．luckily

D．truly

15.

A．education

B．support

C．admiration

D．treatment

16.

A．finish

B．perform

C．suffer

D．assist

17.

A．brave

B．guilty

C．firm

D．anxious

18.

A．wish

B．exercise

C．memory

D．judgment

19.

A．suspect

B．struggle

C．cheat

D．argument

20.

A．cause

B．question

C．favor

D．test

【推荐2】His palms were sweating. He needed a towel to dry his palms. The sun was as hot as the _______ he faced today at the National Junior Olympics. The bar (横竿) was set at 17 feet. That was three inches higher than his personal best. Michael Stone faced the most _______ day of his pole-vaulting (撑竿跳高) career.

You couldn’t tell whether Michael Stone was surprised, excited or vain about clearing the bar at 17 feet. As soon as he _______ on the inflated (充了气的) landing mat, Michael immediately began _______ for his next attempt at flight. He seemed _______ the fact that he had just beaten his personal best _______ three inches and that he was one of the first two competitors in the pole-vaulting _______ at the National Junior Olympics.

When Michael _______ the bar at 17 feet 2 inches and 17 feet 4 inches, again he showed no _______. At the same time, he ________ the people sigh (叹气), he knew the other vaulter had missed his final jump. He knew it was time for his ________ jump. Since the other vaulter had fewer misses, Michael needed to clear this vault to win. A ________ would get him second place. It was nothing to be ashamed of, ________ Michael would not ________ himself to have the thought of not winning first place.

He rolled over and found his pole, stood and stepped on the runway that ________ the most challenging event of his 17-year-old life.

As he sprinted (冲刺) down the runway, something felt wonderfully different, yet familiar. When he took a deep breath, it happened. He began to ________ like an eagle.

He later went on that day to clear 17 feet 6 inches: a new National and International Junior Olympics record.

With all the media attention and sponsorship possibilities, Michael’s life would never be ________ again. It wasn’t just because he won the National Junior Olympics and ________ a new world record. And it wasn’t because he had just increased his personal best by 9 inches. It was simply because Michael Stone is blind.

A challenge can sometimes make a ________ to the life, and bring ________ the best in us.

1.

A．weather

B．issue

C．audience

D．competition

2.

A．tiring

B．inspiring

C．challenging

D．interesting

3.

A．ran

B．landed

C．walked

D．climbed

4.

A．caring

B．looking

C．accounting

D．preparing

5.

A．afraid of

B．unaware of

C．ashamed of

D．terrified of

6.

A．by

B．to

C．from

D．at

7.

A．accident

B．event

C．project

D．ceremony

8.

A．shot

B．threw

C．cleared

D．cleaned

9.

A．emotion

B．affection

C．consideration

D．determination

10.

A．saw

B．heard

C．observed

D．smelt

11.

A．second

B．other

C．first

D．final

12.

A．jump

B．clearing

C．miss

D．flight

13.

A．but

B．so

C．while

D．and

14.

A．award

B．make

C．allow

D．find

15.

A．stuck to

B．devoted to

C．led to

D．referred to

16.

A．fly

B．run

C．jog

D．rush

17.

A．different

B．happy

C．in chaos

D．the same

18.

A．set

B．held

C．kept

D．played

19.

A．use

B．effort

C．progress

D．difference

20.

A．in

B．out

C．down

D．forward

【推荐3】As a high school coach, I did all I could to help my boys win their games. I cheered as hard for________as they did. A dramatic incident, however, following a game in which I was a referee(裁判), changed my ________on victory and defeat.

It was a league championship basketball game between New Rochelle and Yonkers High. New Rochelle was________ by Dan O’Brien, and Yonkers by Les Beck The gym was ________, and the noise made it impossible to hear. The game was well played and ________competed. Yonkers was leading by one point as I________ at the clock and discovered there were but 10 seconds to play. New Rochelle, in possession of the ball, passed off and shot. The ball________ around the rim(篮筐边沿) and off. The fans________. New Rochelle recovered the ball, and tapped it in for what looked like victory. The noise was deafening.

I looked at the clock and saw that the game was over. I hadn’t heard the final buzzer(终场哨) because of the noise. I ________with the other official, but he could not help me. So, I________ the timekeeper, a young man of 17 or so. He said, “Sir, the buzzer________ before the final tap-in(托球入篮) was made. Yonkers won!”

I had to tell O’Brien the sad news. His face clouded over. The young timekeeper came up and said, “I’m sorry, dad. The________ ran out before the final basket.”________ , like the sun coming out from behind a cloud, O’Brien’s face lit up. He said, ”That’s okay, Joe. You did what you had to. I’m ________of you.” The two of them then walked off the _________together, the coach’s arm around his son’s shoulder.

1.

A．honesty

B．devotion

C．victory

D．glory

2.

A．view

B．comment

C．theory

D．impression

3.

A．organized

B．represented

C．fancied

D．coached

4.

A．crowded

B．cleared

C．quaked

D．arranged

5.

A．happily

B．closely

C．smartly

D．randomly

6.

A．waved

B．glanced

C．signalled

D．stared

7.

A．stuck

B．fell

C．swung

D．rolled

8.

A．laughed

B．jumped

C．yelled

D．danced

9.

A．examined

B．watched

C．researched

D．checked

10.

A．criticized

B．approached

C．interviewed

D．reminded

11.

A．broke down

B．faded away

C．went off

D．carried on

12.

A．audience

B．ball

C．time

D．player

13.

A．Certainly

B．Similarly

C．Fortunately

D．Suddenly

14.

A．ashamed

B．proud

C．aware

D．fond

15.

A．court

B．course

C．track

D．field

【推荐1】完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

A Father's Love

Daddy just didn’t know how to show love. It was Mom who_______ the family together. He just went to work every day and came home; she’d have a list of things we’d done wrong and he’d scold us about them.

Once when I stole a candy bar, he_______ me take it back and tell the man I stole it and that I’d pay for it. But it was Mom who _______ I was just a kid.

I broke my leg once on the playground and it was Mom who held me in her arms all the way to the _______ Dad pulled the car _______ up to the door of the emergency room and when they asked him to move it saying the space was _________ for emergency vehicles. He shouted, “What do you think this is? A tour bus?”

At my birthday parties, Dad always seemed sort of _______. He just _______ himself in blowing up balloons, setting up tables, and running errands. It was Mom who carried the cake with the candles on it for me to blow out.

When I look through picture albums, people always ask, “What does your Dad look like?” “Who knows? He was always running around with the camera taking everyone else’s picture. I _______ have a thousand pictures of Mom and me smiling together.”

I remember when Mom told him to teach me how to ride a bicycle. I told him not to __________, but he said it was time________. I fell and Mom ran to pick me up, but he ________ her off. I was so ________ that I shouted at him, got right back on the bike and rode it myself. He didn’t even feel embarrassed and just ________

When I went to college, Mom did all the writing. He just sent checks and a little note about how ________ his lawn looked________ I wasn’t playing football on it.

Whenever I ________ home, he acted like he wanted to talk, ________ he always said, “I’ll get your mother.” When I got married, it was Mom who cried. He just blew his nose ________ and left the room. All my life he said, “Where are you going? What time are you coming home? No, you cannot go.”

Daddy just didn’t know how to show love, unless…

Is it possible he showed it and didn’t ________ it?

1.

A．put

B．supported

C．held

D．gathered

2.

A．helped

B．punished

C．awarded

D．made

3.

A．understood

B．knew

C．responded

D．admitted

4.

A．home

B．school

C．hospital

D．car

5.

A．right

B．along

C．simply

D．afterwards

6.

A．preserved

B．reserved

C．replaced

D．attached

7.

A．out of date

B．out of breath

C．out of place

D．out of mind

8.

A．devoted

B．admired

C．performed

D．drowned

9.

A．will

B．can

C．may

D．must

10.

A．break it up

B．set it off

C．let it go

D．take it apart

11.

A．At the end

B．As a result

C．As a matter of fact

D．As you know

12.

A．wiped

B．reminded

C．waved

D．prevented

13.

A．familiar

B．sensitive

C．fierce

D．mad

14.

A．arose

B．relaxed

C．apologized

D．smiled

15.

A．attractive

B．secure

C．original

D．valuable

16.

A．as though

B．now that

C．even though

D．so that

17.

A．missed

B．belonged

C．removed

D．called

18.

A．then

B．but

C．afterwards

D．and

19.

A．secretly

B．loudly

C．quietly

D．hopelessly

20.

A．recognize

B．deserve

C．remind

D．express

【推荐2】Last year, four children waited for their school bus every day for ten minutes, on the same dirty street corner. There were old bottles, parts of old bikes, and ______ soda cans everywhere around the ______. The trees were brown and had no leaves, and there wasn't a flower in sight. It was ______.

One day, one of the children looked at the corner and ______ to do something about it. She had ______ minutes before the bus arrived. The next Monday, she brought a bag and ______ some of the old bottles to recycle. On ______， she spent another ten minutes picking up old bottles, while her best friend picked up soda cans and put them in a different ______ for recycling. On Wednesday, all the ______ picked up the remaining recyclable materials and put everything ______ in the rubbish can. The corner was ______！

The corner looked ______ but it was still ugly, so the next day the girl brought some ______ seeds. She planted the seeds and watered them, and watered the ______， too. She only had ten minutes a day but that was ______. On Friday, the children found more ______ on the ground and put it in the rubbish can, or recycled it.

After one month, their ugly, dirty corner had become a beautiful ______ with pretty flowers and healthy trees. It only took ten minutes a day. Do you have ten minutes a day to ______ your city? Imagine what a beautiful ______ we would have if more people spent ten minutes a day cleaning up and making their ______ more attractive！

1.

A．full

B．empty

C．cheap

D．expensive

2.

A．school

B．bus

C．old bottles

D．bus stop

3.

A．cold

B．gorgeous

C．useless

D．ugly

4.

A．had

B．refused

C．decided

D．managed

5.

A．ten

B．fifteen

C．twenty

D．thirty

6.

A．made

B．collected

C．bought

D．gave

7.

A．Tuesday

B．Sunday

C．Saturday

D．Friday

8.

A．car

B．bus

C．corner

D．bag

9.

A．passengers

B．children

C．teachers

D．girls

10.

A．better

B．useful

C．else

D．hard

11.

A．clean

B．dirty

C．green

D．gone

12.

A．nice

B．wrong

C．larger

D．better

13.

A．tree

B．flower

C．vegetable

D．fruit

14.

A．flowers

B．vegetables

C．trees

D．plants

15.

A．enough

B．limited

C．long

D．short

16.

A．seeds

B．toys

C．garbage

D．bikes

17.

A．school

B．home

C．playground

D．garden

18.

A．see

B．visit

C．help

D．enjoy

19.

A．world

B．school

C．bus stop

D．corner

20.

A．homes

B．gardens

C．villages

D．surroundings

【推荐3】I work as the reception manager at my hotel. A booking came in a few weeks ago with a note attached saying that the guest will be ________ with her deaf father. As they were here for a number of days, the daughter wanted to make his trip to Ireland as ________ as possible. Upon seeing this note and ________ I would be the one to check them in as I was scheduled for their ________ time, I decided to learn some very basic ________ language.

I ________ the guest in my usual fashion, asking for the surname on the booking. Once I heard the name I realized ________ who was standing in front of me.

I had been learning for two weeks how to ________ “Welcome to Ireland. My sign language is terrible, but please ________ you need anything during your _______ just let me know and we will help you.”

I________ at the father and daughter in front of me. Turning to the father, I began the ________ I had learned for him. His daughter ________, cried and called me sweet. But the father ________ smiled and was so happy. Honestly, seeing his ________ was enough for me. It was so ________ of the last few weeks of learning basic American Sign Language (ASL).

On check-out I sadly wasn’t working, but they had left a ________ for me. A small box with some chocolates and a book on ASL. Inside the inscription (题词) read “Thank you very much for what you did on check-in. You have no idea how much this ________ to my father and we can’t thank you enough. You’ve ________ his trip home to his family after 50 years very special with one simple ________.”

1.

A．working

B．traveling

C．applying

D．attending

2.

A．smooth

B．brief

C．long

D．cheap

3.

A．observing

B．planning

C．noting

D．worrying

4.

A．departure

B．arrival

C．dinner

D．journey

5.

A．trade

B．body

C．computer

D．sign

6.

A．invited

B．entertained

C．greeted

D．accommodated

7.

A．immediately

B．eventually

C．perfectly

D．gradually

8.

A．operate

B．share

C．understand

D．say

9.

A．if

B．before

C．until

D．unless

10.

A．adventure

B．wander

C．play

D．stay

11.

A．pointed

B．smiled

C．stared

D．shouted

12.

A．much

B．mass

C．bit

D．piece

13.

A．turned down

B．took down

C．went down

D．broke down

14.

A．just

B．already

C．ever

D．still

15.

A．achievement

B．reaction

C．satisfaction

D．amazement

16.

A．aware

B．certain

C．worthy

D．free

17.

A．gift

B．prize

C．award

D．memory

18.

A．explained

B．showed

C．contributed

D．meant

19.

A．promoted

B．made

C．changed

D．supported

20.

A．word

B．concept

C．gesture

D．measure