【推荐1】Ruby Kate Chitsey at only 11 years old has been making people's wishes come true! Not with magic, but with love. In fact, Ruby is one of the most _________ young people you will meet!

Ruby started her service after spending time _________ nursing homes with her mom who is a _________. While speaking with some of her mom's patients, she _________ that many of them have little _________ or family. In fact, many_________on just $ 40 a month that the government provides as _________. Hearing that one person had to _________ her dog because she couldn't afford it, she felt something was wrong. That’s _________ she started The Three Wishes project. She asked each resident (住户), "If you could have three __________, what would they be? " Some of her friends kept her __________, and they helped her note them down.

Most wishes were __________. Some people just wanted a person to talk to. Others a pair of shoes that __________ them. One person asked to watch children at __________ at a park.

Ruby and her mom started to raise funds __________, so they started a GoFundMe campaign in their city. So far, she's raised over $ 26, 000 out of her $ 40, 000 target. But that is __________ to go up, because Ruby was just __________ as “GoFundMe kid hero of the month"! Her final ________ is to just make people happy. Ruby is a great example of a young person taking action to __________ a wrong. In doing so, she is helping __________ many people's lives for the better.

1.

A．generous

B．knowledgeable

C．intelligent

D．caring

2.

A．cleaning

B．building

C．visiting

D．decorating

3.

A．teacher

B．reporter

C．nurse

D．volunteer

4.

A．witnessed

B．discovered

C．announced

D．explained

5.

A．money

B．happiness

C．energy

D．relationship

6.

A．work

B．insist

C．survive

D．act

7.

A．bonus

B．profit

C．income

D．welfare

8.

A．bring back

B．keep out

C．give up

D．leave behind

9.

A．where

B．when

C．because

D．what

10.

A．options

B．arrangements

C．lives

D．wishes

11.

A．company

B．secret

C．promise

D．pace

12.

A．beautiful

B．simple

C．extraordinary

D．particular

13.

A．comfort

B．inspire

C．attract

D．fit

14.

A．play

B．rest

C．relaxation

D．peace

15.

A．carefully

B．gradually

C．locally

D．globally

16.

A．sure

B．difficult

C．suitable

D．willing

17.

A．promoted

B．named

C．introduced

D．identified

18.

A．attempt

B．interest

C．gain

D．goal

19.

A．right

B．admit

C．recognize

D．forgive

20.

A．plan

B．change

C．guarantee

D．continue

【推荐2】In 2011, retired worker Joao, found a South American penguin________ on the rocks and close to death on his local beach in Brazil. Joao cleaned the oil________ the penguin’s feathers,________him a daily diet of fish to get his strength up and named him Dindim.

A week later, Joao tried to ________the penguin back into the sea, but he just wouldn’t leave. Joao took him out in his boat, went to a nearby island and released him. Later that day, the penguin was back in Joao’s backyard. In the end, Dindim stayed with Joao for 11 months and then, “just after he changed his coat for new feathers he________,”Joao explains.

In fact, Dindim returns to Joao’s little beach in the summer every year-it’s ________that the penguin prefers to visit the elderly man rather than ________ to the feeding areas of his species.

Joao________how the penguin continued to follow him home. “Everyone said he wouldn’t return, but he________back to visit me for the past four years,” he says, “He arrives in June and ________ to go home in February and every year he becomes more affectionate as he appears even________to see me.” Now new pictures have________of Dindim visiting Joao in his village earlier this month.

When Dindim is staying with Joao, the two friends sometimes like to take a walk together down the beach-or sometimes Joao walks and Dindims swims alongside him. “I love the penguin like it’s my own________and I believe the penguin loves me, ”Joao says. “No one else is allowed to touch him. He pecks them if they do. He lies on my lap, lets me give him shower and allows me to feed him sardines and to________him up.”

Who said there wasn’t still some ________news left in the world?

1.

A．sitting

B．lying

C．standing

D．walking

2.

A．off

B．beneath

C．on

D．in

3.

A．affected

B．caused

C．fed

D．ate

4.

A．release

B．figure

C．proceed

D．note

5.

A．struggled

B．responded

C．charged

D．disappeared

6.

A．composed

B．believed

C．set

D．jumped

7.

A．permit

B．threaten

C．migrate

D．tap

8.

A．recalls

B．retells

C．recognizes

D．recites

9.

A．had come

B．has been coming

C．comes

D．is coming

10.

A．figures

B．bothers

C．comes

D．leaves

11.

A．slimmer

B．former

C．happier

D．younger

12.

A．emerged

B．appreciated

C．applauded

D．reacted

13.

A．pet

B．child

C．toy

D．bird

14.

A．stand

B．hang

C．give

D．pick

15.

A．moving

B．strict

C．normal

D．visual

【推荐3】Last night was the last game for my son’s soccer team. Everyone in the team had trained very hard for it and thus confidently expected a big win.

It was the final quarter. The score was two to one, my son’s team in the_______. Parents encircled the field, offering encouragement. With less than ten seconds remaining, the ball rolled in front of my son’s teammate, Mickey O’Donnell. With shouts of “_______it!” across the field, Mickey took the chance and gave it everything he had. All round me the crowd erupted. He had_______!

However, everyone realized immediately that Mickey did it, but in the_______goal, ending the game in a draw. For a moment there was total_______. The air seemed to be at a standstill. You see, Mickey has Down’s syndrome, a condition in which a person is born with learning difficulties, and for him all goals should be celebrated. He had_______been known to hug the opposing players when they won a point.

Not knowing what was happening, Mickey ran over to my son excitedly, “I made it! I made it! Everybody won!” For a moment I held my breath, not sure how my son would_______. I need not have worried. I watched, through tears, my son_______his hand in the classic high-five gesture and started shouting, “ Way to go Mickey! Way to go Mickey!” Within moments both teams surrounded Mickey, joining my son to_______him on his goal.

Later that night, when my daughter asked who had won, I smiled as I replied, “It was a__________. Everybody won. ”

1.

A．way

B．position

C．lead

D．back

2.

A．Leave

B．Pick

C．Throw

D．Kick

3.

A．missed

B．scored

C．performed

D．slipped

4.

A．clear

B．wrong

C．specific

D．decisive

5.

A．silence

B．anger

C．whisper

D．laughter

6.

A．rather

B．hardly

C．almost

D．even

7.

A．admit

B．react

C．guess

D．defend

8.

A．drew back

B．put down

C．looked at

D．threw up

9.

A．congratulate

B．comfort

C．consult

D．instruct

10.

A．relief

B．key

C．tie

D．pity

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The first week is always a bit hard in my writing classes. I’m unfamiliar _______ the students, most of them trying to _______ themselves to their new environment. When Jennifer _______ me with a question on the second day, I was _______ for the chance to connect at least one name with a face.
Her writing wasn’t perfect, _______ her effort was. She worked hard and pushed herself to achieve. She was excited to _______, which made me enjoy teaching her. I didn’t _______ then how much she would also teach me.
One Friday afternoon, Jennifer stopped by after class. She wasn’t asking a question _______a paper I’d returned. _______, she said quietly: “I didn’t attend classes yesterday. I was at the health center the whole day.” I gave her a sideways look, ________. “It was just a virus (病毒). I’m fine now,” she ________ me. Then she was gone.
Two nights later, her father called to tell me that Jennifer would be ________ a few classes. She had been in hospital with meningitis (脑膜炎). I heard from him again a few days later, and again after that. Her condition grew ________. We made trips to the hospital room. I was ________ frightened when I saw the pale, thin and weak girl who, only ten days earlier, had displayed life and warmth in my classroom.
A week later, Jennifer herself called me to tell me she was on the road to ________. “I’ll be back to school one day,” she said. “I have no ________ that you’ll be with us.” I told her, ________ tears. I remembered what her father had said in his first phone call: “school ________ everything to Jenny.”
Then five weeks later, I walked into my classroom to find Jenny in her seat, ________. She ________ all of her missed homework, completed with thought and excellence. The strength of her will to overcome shone out of her pale, weak, eighteen-year-old face.1.

A．for

B．with

C．to

D．among

2.

A．concentrate

B．create

C．devote

D．adapt

3.

A．offered

B．bothered

C．challenged

D．approached

4.

A．thankful

B．prepared

C．disappointed

D．embarrassed

5.

A．so

B．or

C．and

D．but

6.

A．receive

B．learn

C．contact

D．give

7.

A．realize

B．argue

C．care

D．admit

8.

A．beyond

B．about

C．to

D．with

9.

A．However

B．Instead

C．Therefore

D．Besides

10.

A．shy

B．excited

C．delighted

D．astonished

11.

A．impressed

B．supported

C．attracted

D．comforted

12.

A．expecting

B．producing

C．missing

D．taking

13.

A．better

B．sicker

C．worse

D．heavier

14.

A．hardly

B．mainly

C．frequently

D．truly

15.

A．recovery

B．success

C．school

D．attitude

16.

A．idea

B．influence

C．opinion

D．doubt

17.

A．going back

B．fighting back

C．leaving back

D．running back

18.

A．shares

B．creates

C．means

D．exchanges

19.

A．smiling

B．crying

C．sobbing

D．shaking

20.

A．gave up

B．handed in

C．left out

D．put up