【推荐1】Luther Younger is a 99-year-old loving husband. His wife came down with cancer nine years ago, and doctors __ she'd have just five years to live. ____, the couple have remained strong.

Over the last nine years, Luther takes a six — mile ____ every day to visit his wife in the hospital. He always stays by her side, encouraging her, showering her with ____, and their daily kiss. Luther could get a ride or even take the bus, but he ____ to walk the whole journey to help clear his mind and to ___everything about his wife. Passersby often recognize Luther and stop to offer him a ride, but he __ their kindness. His daily walk is __ of how much he loves his wife.

Luther's daughter hoped he could ___accept rides, especially on extremely hot and snowy days, but Luther __ walking himself so she just lets him have it his way.

__ walking six-miles each day in the heat and snow would be too much, when you've walked through ____ with someone, what's another six miles? Luther is always ____ to leave his love before returning home, but he knows that each tomorrow, ___the weather, he will be on his way again. He can't bear to live a single day without ___his wife.

1.

A．reported

B．imagined

C．advised

D．thought

2.

A．However

B．Therefore

C．Instead

D．Besides

3.

A．drive

B．walk

C．ride

D．flight

4.

A．relief

B．trust

C．love

D．sympathy

5.

A．agrees

B．hesitates

C．fails

D．prefers

6.

A．recall

B．suspect

C．ignore

D．discover

7.

A．dislikes

B．corrects

C．declines

D．considers

8.

A．motivation

B．proof

C．trial

D．origin

9.

A．actually

B．gradually

C．finally

D．occasionally

10.

A．insists on

B．turns to

C．sets about

D．takes up

11.

A．Because

B．If

C．While

D．Until

12.

A．life

B．growth

C．marriage

D．adulthood

13.

A．grateful

B．sad

C．eager

D．guilty

14.

A．thanks to

B．rather than

C．apart from

D．regardless of

15.

A．supporting

B．mentioning

C．seeing

D．calling

【推荐1】Nowadays, any traveler might be treated as a terrorist (恐怖分子) by the immigration (入境) officers in the USA.
We returned from Iraq and landed safely. My heart ____ when I was asked to the back room by the immigration officer. My ____, with his very American last name, had no trouble at all. In fact, I am ____ American born and raised, but they weren’t quite ready to let me in yet. The only reason was ____ they thought my name looked like the one of____ who’s on their wanted list (通缉令) and I had to wait till they checked me out ____ Washington.
Time passed ____ . One hour, one hour and a half…I could not wait any longer and ____ my cellphone out to call the friend I had planned to meet that evening. An officer ____ over. “No Phone!” he said, “For all we know you could be calling terrorists and giving them ____”
Oh, my God! I was just a university professor. I had no ____ but to put my phone away. My husband and I were getting hungry and ____ I wanted to cry, to ____ onto a chair and shout: “I am nothing but an American professor!”
After two hours in the back room, without explanation and ____, I was allowed to go after he gave me a piece of paper with a(n) ____ on it and told me I could write to the department if I wasn’t ____ with the treatment. He also ____ that nothing could stop it from happening again.
I shared my experience with my friends and the ____ was I should change my name. But name is personal, like the town you were born in.
Even though I had a troublesome experience at the airport, which made me realize being American could ever be so ____, like my father, I’ll keep the ____1.

A．ached

B．beat

C．sank

D．rose

2.

A．son

B．daughter

C．friend

D．husband

3.

A．still

B．also

C．already

D．never

4.

A．that

B．because

C．why

D．whether

5.

A．everyone

B．anyone

C．someone

D．all

6.

A．with

B．to

C．through

D．of

7.

A．quickly

B．carefully

C．dangerously

D．slowly

8.

A．put

B．pulled

C．used

D．caught

9.

A．went

B．came

C．cried

D．rushed

10.

A．news

B．truth

C．information

D．reply

11.

A．response

B．voice

C．choice

D．face

12.

A．silent

B．tired

C．comfortable

D．clear

13.

A．sit

B．run

C．jump

D．lie

14.

A．expressions

B．words

C．thanks

D．apologies

15.

A．address

B．name

C．number

D．map

16.

A．sad

B．disappointed

C．happy

D．angry

17.

A．added

B．spoke

C．talked

D．argued

18.

A．advice

B．result

C．way

D．agreement

19.

A．easy

B．long

C．hard

D．high

20.

A．experience

B．name

C．story

D．passport

【推荐2】A 3-year-old boy who was lost in the woods for 3 days is now safe at home. But Casey told his parents that he was not _________ in the rainy, freezing cold woods. He said he was with a friend — a _________.

The child went _________ on January 22 while playing with friends at his grandmother’s house. When the other children _________ to the house and Casey didn’t, hundreds of people _________ the search. Then on January 24, someone called the police saying he heard a child _________ in the woods. The police then found Casey at night. He was in good health. After being _________ carefully by the doctor, Casey was sent home with slight _________.

Casey told the police that he had _________ with a black bear for two days and he called it his “ __________”. His mother told reporters that Casey did not say how he was able to __________ in the woods for three days. __________, she said, “He did say he had a friend in the woods, a bear, with him.” His mother __________ everyone who joined the search for her son. “We just want to tell everybody that we’re very thankful that you took the __________ out to search for Casey,” said his mother. “He is good. He’s already asked to __________ online cartoons.”

1.

A．afraid

B．amazed

C．alone

D．addicted.

2.

A．dog

B．cat

C．toy

D．bear

3.

A．missing

B．swimming

C．hiking

D．camping.

4.

A．ran

B．returned

C．walked

D．hurried.

5.

A．participated in

B．arrived in

C．checked in

D．handed in

6.

A．laughing

B．crying

C．singing

D．reading.

7.

A．questioned

B．examined

C．practised

D．commented.

8.

A．confidence

B．puzzles

C．injuries

D．efforts.

9.

A．hung out

B．left alone

C．worked out

D．cleaned up.

10.

A．brother

B．sister

C．friend

D．soldier.

11.

A．play

B．travel

C．survive

D．compete.

12.

A．Therefore

B．Instead

C．Besides

D．However.

13.

A．warned

B．thanked

C．informed

D．requested.

14.

A．patience

B．money

C．kindness

D．time.

15.

A．challenge

B．recognize

C．watch

D．contact

【推荐3】A year ago I paid no attention to English idioms,____my teacher said again and again that it was important.

One day, I happened to_____an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to____. As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner shook his head, saying, “You don’t say! You don’t say!” I was______, I thought, perhaps this is not a_____topic. Well, I’d _____change the topic. So I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall?______the way, have you ever_____there?”

“Certainly, everyone back home will_____me if I leave China without seeing______. It was great.” I said, “The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world. It is a place of______.” Soon I was interrupted again by his words, “______!” I couldn’t______asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?” “Well, I didn’t ask you to do_______”, he answered, gently surprised.

I said, “Didn’t you say ‘You don’t say’?”

Hearing this, the Englishman_____into laughing. He began to explain , “‘You don’t say’ actually means ‘really?’. It is an expression of surprise.

1.

A．though

B．when

C．if

D．as

2.

A．look

B．meet

C．pick up

D．find out

3.

A．walk

B．talk

C．play

D．go

4.

A．pleased

B．angry

C．afraid

D．surprised

5.

A．proper

B．strange

C．safe

D．polite

6.

A．to

B．better

C．not

D．like

7.

A．On

B．In

C．All

D．By

8.

A．gone

B．visited

C．seen

D．been

9.

A．look at

B．think of

C．send for

D．laugh at

10.

A．it

B．them

C． anything

D．something

11.

A．fun

B．interest

C．business

D．mountain

12.

A．Really

B．Good

C．You don’t say

D．You are right

13.

A．be

B．help

C．think

D．do

14.

A．this

B．so

C．anything

D．me a favor

15.

A．spoke

B．helped

C．moved

D．bursted

【推荐1】During my first three years of college, I put on weight quickly. Between classwork and a part-time job, I had zero time for ________. Besides, I ate a lot of fast food. Not surprisingly, I ________ a fat stomach.

After leaving college, I ________ to take exercise. Invited by a friend, I ________ working out with exercise machines three times a week. I was the kind of person who did not try something ________. I ate the same food; I did the same thing. Clearly, I ________ my routines (习惯). My friend, however, became ________. One day, he said, “We’re not getting enough exercise. We should play tennis instead.”

Me? Play tennis? No way. I was strongly against his ________. I was not good at sports and I was ________ the exercise machines. ________, weeks later, I found my-self standing on a tennis court (球场). As I held my racket (球拍), I felt ________. I ran after every ball he served to me, completely ________ about 90% of them and hitting the rest into the other court. The first few months were quite ________. But one day as the ball came flying toward me, my racket and the ball finally met in the place where it is most effective to hit a ball I watched ________ as my return landed where I had aimed (瞄准) it. I had finally ________ how to play tennis properly!

1.

A．games

B．holidays

C．research

D．exercise

2.

A．wanted

B．got

C．hated

D．protected

3.

A．decided

B．agreed

C．regretted

D．continued

4.

A．avoided

B．imagined

C．began

D．minded

5.

A．important

B．new

C．simple

D．similar

6.

A．liked

B．changed

C．hid

D．completed

7.

A．busy

B．careless

C．bored

D．lazy

8.

A．rule

B．job

C．reply

D．idea

9.

A．worried about

B．happy with

C．sure of

D．ashamed of

10.

A．But

B．Additionally

C．Besides

D．However

11.

A．silly

B．relaxed

C．proud

D．satisfied

12.

A．controlling

B．throwing

C．missing

D．playing

13.

A．interesting

B．painful

C．different

D．easy

14.

A．secretly

B．angrily

C．terribly

D．amazedly

15.

A．asked

B．learned

C．taught

D．remembered