【推荐1】My love for libraries blossomed when I joined the public library. Once the _______ gave me my first membership card, I could enjoy a range of books. I was _______ instantly. I never imagined then this love of libraries and reading would _______ my life, allowing me to one day _______ a space for high-school kids, too.

In high school, I could read the _______ that we were studying in class, including Charles Dickens and Mark Twain. During the summer months, I got _______ in Gone with the Wind.

When I studied English literature at university, I thought it was time to _______ my own library. For the next 40 years, I _______ to collect books even when I was busy with my teaching. Until one day, I _______ that all my books had become a part of the house like wallpaper.

After ____________ from teaching career, I became a librarian myself at my old high school, where I had first learned English literature. This ____________ brought me great joy and rebuilt my ____________ for libraries. How wonderful it was to be ____________ by books!

I had a ____________ budget so I could well afford almost any type of book that would ____________ my teenage audience into the library and ____________ inspire a love of books.

Then it ____________ me that the library isn’t just a place to do research. They are, in fact, places that offer an opportunity to ____________ the past, present and future. All that is ____________ is a bit of curiosity. Libraries help us adjust to the changing world, and their doors must be kept to ____________—for free!

1.

A．official

B．classmate

C．librarian

D．teacher

2.

A．confused

B．addicted

C．terrified

D．determined

3.

A．save

B．disturb

C．risk

D．change

4.

A．create

B．take

C．rescue

D．clear

5.

A．musicians

B．performers

C．authors

D．artists

6.

A．stuck

B．absorbed

C．trapped

D．caught

7.

A．set aside

B．set down

C．set up

D．set off

8.

A．continued

B．used

C．hesitated

D．forgot

9.

A．ignored

B．realized

C．proved

D．demanded

10.

A．benefiting

B．suffering

C．recovering

D．retiring

11.

A．position

B．condition

C．habit

D．demand

12.

A．talent

B．fondness

C．respect

D．business

13.

A．admired

B．challenged

C．observed

D．surrounded

14.

A．tight

B．limited

C．generous

D．low

15.

A．attract

B．puzzle

C．affect

D．defend

16.

A．reasonably

B．directly

C．normally

D．hopefully

17.

A．concerned

B．delighted

C．hit

D．satisfied

18.

A．choose

B．understand

C．control

D．blame

19.

A．requested

B．strengthened

C．commanded

D．needed

20.

A．everyone

B．someone

C．none

D．others

【推荐2】Today there is more to read than ever before. The websites try their best to ________ with each other by offering reading updates. The social news sites are always filled with the ________ news and stories one can read everywhere online. However, there is no lasting value amid the whole competition. As far as their value is ________, I assume it makes no much ________ whether you find one to read or ________ it. If you are someone who tends to ________ meaning in life, I am sure you've felt this way as well.

Whenever this happens, I choose to turn back to the ________, the old enduring meaningful books that have ________ the test of time. Most people believe, with our modern technology we have invented new life. But this is not the ________. When they think they are leading a life completely different from what their ancestors had decades ago, they are ________ still surrounded by minor details and their life remains unchanged.

Everything has its particular place. Old books teach you how to live and what it ________ to be human, with moral standards. This is why they still play an important part in our life. I'm glad that I am not ________ in this opinion. Many people agree that the wisdom of the greatest human minds ________ through centuries is the most valuable ________ of mankind.

To make classic books ________ to youngsters, schools should make it possible for their students to find the books recommended by their teachers on the book - shelves in the library.

1.

A．struggle

B．communicate

C．cooperate

D．compete

2.

A．temporary

B．final

C．latest

D．present

3.

A．regarded

B．suggested

C．considered

D．concerned

4.

A．difference

B．sense

C．comment

D．progress

5.

A．prevent

B．lose

C．miss

D．avoid

6.

A．give up

B．search for

C．set aside

D．joke about

7.

A．articles

B．fictions

C．experts

D．classics

8.

A．made

B．stood

C．created

D．wanted

9.

A．case

B．base

C．life

D．matter

10.

A．probably

B．actually

C．usually

D．potentially

11.

A．shows

B．proves

C．offers

D．means

12.

A．alone

B．lonely

C．discouraged

D．optimistic

13.

A．given up

B．carried away

C．passed down

D．brought up

14.

A．revolution

B．performances

C．process

D．possessions

15.

A．attractive

B．accessible

C．suitable

D．beneficial

【推荐3】You can’t imagine how crazy I was about football when I was young. For years, my life follow a(n) ______: I slipped out the house and played football until dark. But I was ______ infected with malaria (感染疟疾) one day. Soon enough, my mother rushed me to the hospital. And the doctor said I needed to be ______ into the hospital.

My dad often spent the night with me in the hospital while my mother ______ my sister at home. Then came the happiest moments when my father told me wonderful ______.

My father was a(n) ______ storyteller. In the hospital; he would tell me a story or two, or, sometimes, if he was not too tired, many in response to my request. He ______ bicycle sounds and the howl (吼叫) of the wind so vividly that the pictures would never ______ away from my mind. So happy were these moments that sometimes I even wished to ______ my hospital stay.

Because of my mom’s strict and careful care later, it became ______ difficult to recover slowly. No longer sick, no more stories. ______, I went into my father’s room one evening.

“Dad, you tell me stories only when I’m sick.”

My father laughed, “You are already eight and can read by yourself.”

He ______ me a book and said “Go and read that. It’ll tell you stories.”

That night, I opened the book and read what turned out to be the most ______ story that I had ever read.

What I discovered that night ______ my life. I became thirsty for books and became a voracious (求知欲强的) ______. Through reading, I felt as though I were on the magical journey to the endless.

1.

A．pattern

B．custom

C．method

D．aim

2.

A．happily

B．unluckily

C．regularly

D．definitely

3.

A．employed

B．adopted

C．admitted

D．encouraged

4.

A．dealt with

B．laughed at

C．went through

D．looked after

5.

A．stories

B．jokes

C．secrets

D．truths

6.

A．impolite

B．determined

C．gifted

D．terrible

7.

A．copied

B．recorded

C．developed

D．selected

8.

A．fall

B．fade

C．separate

D．return

9.

A．widen

B．lengthen

C．shorten

D．strengthen

10.

A．extremely

B．hardly

C．directly

D．slightly

11.

A．Satisfied

B．Shocked

C．Discouraged

D．Excited

12.

A．posted

B．taught

C．owed

D．handed

13.

A．fascinating

B．reasonable

C．meaningful

D．disappointing

14.

A．controlled

B．changed

C．disturbed

D．improved

15.

A．performer

B．storyteller

C．writer

D．reader

【推荐1】When I went to Senegal to work, the first thing I did was to hit the streets in Dakar. Not far from the city center, there is one of Africa’s biggest slums (贫民窟). Many street kids tailed me, begging. During my _______ trip to Senegal, I’d met a man who _______ me for blocks with a sad story about needing milk for his newborn baby. After I bought him some, he _______ quickly without any thanks. The shopkeeper _______ to me that the man was a cheat and I was too _______. So when I walked on the streets of Dakar, I had my guard up, trying to be _______.

Near my apartment, on a major road, I passed a lot of young men in _______, whom I considered to be _______. The next day, I saw them again at an outdoor _______ court near my office. I lingered (逗留) and watched them warm up. They rolled the three-man weave, laughing and speaking Wolof, the ________ language. A few days later, I ________ myself to them. When I shared some advice from my playing days, they ________. So I started spending more time with them and ________ I ended up being their assistant coach. I started referring to them as “my ________” to colleagues.

During one game on an outdoor court in Guédiawaye, it seemed our guys had met their match. Players on the opposing team played ________ and were good chair-handlers and sharpshooters. ________, my players didn’t back down. We ________ at last. We clattered (喧闹) out of the slum, singing at full ________.

Toward the end of the season, Mafall, one of the members, ________ me to where he lived. As Mafall and I chatted in his room, I knew something had changed. I was no longer just a ________ white person, and they were no longer beggars. They were basketball players, my guys, and my friends.

1.

A．pleasant

B．previous

C．precious

D．delightful

2.

A．followed

B．surrounded

C．embarrassed

D．frightened

3.

A．drowned

B．disappeared

C．queued

D．responded

4.

A．announced

B．screamed

C．yelled

D．whispered

5.

A．trusting

B．forgetful

C．abnormal

D．admirable

6.

A．cautious

B．stubborn

C．childish

D．ridiculous

7.

A．uniforms

B．masks

C．sleighs

D．wheelchairs

8.

A．thefts

B．relatives

C．beggars

D．candidates

9.

A．fantasy

B．tournament

C．basketball

D．tennis

10.

A．global

B．local

C．explicit

D．royal

11.

A．teased

B．abandoned

C．introduced

D．clarified

12.

A．withdrew

B．disagreed

C．overlooked

D．applauded

13.

A．unbearably

B．sincerely

C．eventually

D．rarely

14.

A．guys

B．beggars

C．friends

D．assistants

15.

A．hard

B．fair

C．clumsily

D．ambiguously

16.

A．Therefore

B．Furthermore

C．However

D．Otherwise

17.

A．quit

B．won

C．celebrated

D．gathered

18.

A．eyebrow

B．throat

C．fluency

D．accuracy

19.

A．recommended

B．commanded

C．required

D．invited

20.

A．superb

B．clumsy

C．troublesome

D．strange

【推荐2】I was nine when I arrived at the Children’s Home in Nashua, New Hampshire. I failed third grade that year, and barely _____ it through a second time, and had squeaked through(侥幸通过) fourth grade by the time I reached Pauline Jambard’s fifth-grade class at Charlotte Avenue Elementary School.

I was _____ I wasn’t as intelligent as the other kids. _____, Ms. Jambard took an instant liking to me. Of all the _____ in school, reading was my favorite. She would tell me, “Terry, you _____ reading. If you can understand what you’re reading, you’ll be _____ than most kids.” After I read all the books in our program, I started reading the classroom’s set of Encyclopedia Britannica(《不列颠百科全书》). And gradually I started to really _____ school life.

That _____, our school threw a Christmas party for family and community members. My brother and I had no family to _____. I still remember looking up and seeing Ms. Jambard walk through the front door and _____ she was there to see me. I was deeply moved. That was the _____ Christmas of my life!

After I graduated from Ms. Jambard’s class, my brother and I _____, and I lost all touch with my teacher. Years later, I was on a business trip and had to drive through Nashua. I took a chance and _____ Charlotte Avenue Elementary School. I was walking toward her _____ when she came out into the hallway and said, “Terry!” It was as if I had _____ left! I was in seventh heaven on my flight home.

We have stayed in _____, and I call Ms. Jambard at least once a year. Because of the _____ she instilled(灌输) in me, I went on to have a _____ career in engineering. I don’t know if Ms. Jambard realizes how much she _____ me, but I’ll never forget her _____ and faith in me.

1.

A．ordered

B．arranged

C．made

D．demanded

2.

A．glad

B．convinced

C．lucky

D．satisfied

3.

A．However

B．Therefore

C．Otherwise

D．Besides

4.

A．ideas

B．examples

C．facts

D．subjects

5.

A．stop

B．forget

C．keep

D．start

6.

A．prettier

B．smarter

C．braver

D．stronger

7.

A．like

B．ignore

C．fear

D．choose

8.

A．December

B．November

C．October

D．September

9.

A．bother

B．thank

C．visit

D．invite

10.

A．hoping

B．guessing

C．doubting

D．realizing

11.

A．longest

B．quietest

C．happiest

D．busiest

12.

A．moved

B．reunited

C．waited

D．wandered

13.

A．closed down

B．dropped by

C．looked down

D．passed by

14.

A．hospital

B．office

C．home

D．shop

15.

A．sometimes

B．always

C．forever

D．never

16.

A．danger

B．need

C．trouble

D．touch

17.

A．confidence

B．shame

C．sympathy

D．passion

18.

A．brief

B．successful

C．risky

D．relaxing

19.

A．loved

B．hurt

C．helped

D．missed

20.

A．politeness

B．appearance

C．kindness

D．ability

【推荐1】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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One afternoon, after I finished all my work, I went to tour an art museum. When I was looking forward to a quiet ____ of the masterpieces (名作) , a young couple viewing the paintings ahead of me talked ____ between themselves . I watched them a moment and ____ she was doing all the talking.
I admired his patience for ____ up with her talkativeness. Annoyed by their noise, I moved on.
I ____with them several times as I moved through the various rooms of art. Each time I heard her constant ____ of words, I moved away quickly. I was making a purchase at the counter of the gift shop when I ____ the couple approaching the exit. Before they left , the man took out a walking stick and then tapped (轻敲着) his ____ into the coatroom to get his wife’s jacket .
“He’s a ____ man ,”the clerk at the counter said . “Most of us would
____if we were blind at such a young age . During his recovery , he made a vow (誓言) ____ his life wouldn’t change . ____ , as before , he and his wife come in ____ there’s a new art show .”
“But what does he get out of ____ ?”I asked . “He can’t see .”
“Can’t see ! You’re ____ . He sees a lot . More than you or I ,”The clerk said .“His wife ____ each painting so he can see in his head . ”
I learned something about patience, courage and love that day. I saw the ____of a young wife describing paintings to a person without ____ and the courage of a husband who would not ____ blindness to change his life. And I saw the love____ by two people as I watched this couple walk away hand in hand.1.

A．scene

B．view

C．sight

D．look

2.

A．continuously

B．loudly

C．exactly

D．obviously

3.

A．thought

B．considered

C．believed

D．decided

4.

A．coming

B．standing

C．putting

D．getting

5.

A．met

B．quarreled

C．kept

D．compared

6.

A．crowd

B．flood

C．line

D．fly

7.

A．realized

B．learned

C．watched

D．noticed

8.

A．way

B．road

C．direction

D．steps

9.

A．patient

B．unlucky

C．brave

D．reasonable

10.

A．give out

B．give away

C．give up

D．give back

11.

A．which

B．that

C．if

D．whether

12.

A．However

B．Even

C．But

D．Therefore

13.

A．whoever

B．wherever

C．whenever

D．whichever

14.

A．art

B．museum

C．disability

D．blindness

15.

A．right

B．careless

C．foolish

D．wrong

16.

A．paints

B．copies

C．views

D．describes

17.

A．kindness

B．patience

C．bravery

D．courage

18.

A．sight

B．doubt

C．hearing

D．delay

19.

A．hope

B．make

C．allow

D．agree

20.

A．expected

B．shared

C．accepted

D．received