【推荐1】When I was a child my father taught me five words that I’ve used all my life — in my acting career, as a mother, in my business activities. If I ____ that I was afraid of the dark, or if I seemed worried about meeting new people, Dad would say, “Stand porter to your find.”

A porter is a gatekeeper, who stands at a door letting people in or out. Dad would get me to ____ myself stopping destructive things — such as fear — at the door, ____ saying. “Come in” to faith, love and self-assurance.

As an actress, before I went on camera, I’d make sure anxiety stayed out and confidence in my ability came in. As a mother, when I was ____ about my children, I would try not to let worry in but would ____ my mind with trust in them.

Of course, there were always times I’d ____ those words.

In 1972 my husband, Fillmore Crank, and I opened the doors to our own ____ in North Hollywood. This was a new business venture for us, and it was a lot more demanding and complicated than we had ____.

We were on call 24 hours a day. Something was always going ____. Electricity went on the blink, food wasn’t delivered, employees called in sick. Once a flu epidemic suddenly left us with no maids. Fillmore gave me a ____: scrub floors or do the laundry. For 10 days I folded enough king-size sheets to ____ the whole state of California.

Then — there was the ____ crisis. The price of gasoline doubled, and tourism in California ____. How could we fill our beds? What if we kept losing money? What if we failed? Fear and worry were sneaking in. But I caught them just ____. I stood porter.

I stood in the door of my mind and sent fear packing.

These days at the hotel, whenever fear tries to ____, I just smile and point to the sign that reads No Vacancy.

1.

A．complained

B．announced

C．recalled

D．decided

2.

A．busy

B．involve

C．send

D．picture

3.

A．so

B．and

C．but

D．or

4.

A．serious

B．curious

C．anxious

D．cautious

5.

A．fill

B．change

C．read

D．ease

6.

A．eat

B．twist

C．exchange

D．forget

7.

A．clinic

B．hotel

C．laundry

D．restaurant

8.

A．figured

B．confirmed

C．deduced

D．suggested

9.

A．sour

B．missing

C．wrong

D．pale

10.

A．warning

B．command

C．choice

D．solution

11.

A．serve

B．touch

C．decorate

D．blanket

12.

A．credit

B．energy

C．identity

D．family

13.

A．ceased

B．recovered

C．dropped

D．boomed

14.

A．on purpose

B．in time

C．at random

D．by chance

15.

A．split

B．register

C．withdraw

D．shelter

【推荐3】I lay in the shade of the great tree in our yard. The smell of the roses carried me to a(n) ______ of my grandmother, who always smelled like roses. When I was young, she would tell me ______ of her adventures.

Grandma was the first woman in her family to ______. Her father did not feel a woman should do that. However, she just went out and got a job as a happy bus driver. He was ______ but nothing much came between grandma and her father.

She was a ______. She didn’t care about the limitations of the ______ around her. During the war she moved to Long Beach and ______ in a shipbuilding factory.

Grandma taught me many things about ______. She said that I should ______ ask anyone else to take care of me when I grew up. Never leave the house without a ______ to get back by myself.

After my family moved to California, we would receive ______ from grandma. I would read her letters and admire(赞美) her ______ handwriting. Reading the letters, I would ______ her sitting in the yard and writing to us while ______ her friends to arrive for coffee. Then close my eyes and ______ myself to be there next to her. ______ my eyes and finding myself still in California was ______.

The smell of ______ will always take me back to her. Women drivers will always make me ______ and remember her laughter. Memories do ______ the test of time.

1.

A．place

B．memory

C．expression

D．instruction

2.

A．songs

B．poems

C．stories

D．jokes

3.

A．marry

B．leave

C．speak

D．drive

4.

A．happy

B．silly

C．angry

D．proud

5.

A．character

B．person

C．tourist

D．daughter

6.

A．children

B．adults

C．women

D．men

7.

A．worked

B．played

C．danced

D．fought

8.

A．money

B．school

C．love

D．life

9.

A．often

B．sometimes

C．never

D．always

10.

A．plan

B．road

C．car

D．bike

11.

A．gifts

B．letters

C．calls

D．cards

12.

A．strange

B．familiar

C．beautiful

D．ugly

13.

A．see

B．hear

C．smell

D．imagine

14.

A．waiting for

B．looking for

C．thinking of

D．hearing of

15.

A．help

B．wonder

C．pretend

D．hope

16.

A．Opening

B．Closing

C．Changing

D．Having

17.

A．interesting

B．exciting

C．sad

D．easy

18.

A．trees

B．leaves

C．words

D．roses

19.

A．smile

B．cry

C．cool

D．fine

20.

A．stand

B．fail

C．take

D．give

【推荐1】People have been told to stay separated — at least six feet apart and to practice _______ state and local officials call “social distancing”. Some have been asked to work at home. But as people try to slow the spread of the _______ coronavirus, the resulting chaos and fear are bringing both large and small communities _______.

Simple acts of kindness are sprouting up online and in public, as neighbors, students, teachers, and others begin to _______ those who can pass this long and isolated time smoothly, and the people who may not have the means to _______.

For Jesse Farren-James, _______ out has taken the form of organizing trips to the supermarkets for supplies, and use of her membership card if anyone needs to buy large quantities. She _______ the offer in a Facebook group for the community residents (居民), and some people came and _______ to her. “I just feel so lucky _______ I have so many people in my life to rely on and so sad that not everyone has that,” she wrote in the group. In another interview, Farren-James said the “community is coming together” and “there are so many good and amazing people ________ to help others”.

Also, parents in Dorchester have gathered together online. In a Facebook group called DotParents, parents have been raising money to buy food and supplies for students and families in the community. Lisa Graustein has been organizing this activity. On Thursday, she used the more than $2,000 ________ by neighbors to purchase food in a restaurant supply company. A group of volunteers ________ the food and planned to distribute to schools for those who may need it.

“Food ________ is real in our city and this crisis is going to be ________.” Graustein said. “But here’s something we can do to deal ________ with the hard time.” This idea is spreading. She said friends in four ________ states had been running similar campaigns. Next, she wants to find a way to get landlords (房东) to ________ abandon rent for residents in ________ difficulties because of the outbreak.

As our president Xi said, we want to build ________ community, everyone should get ________ during the pandemic.

1.

A．which

B．what

C．that

D．where

2.

A．novel

B．new

C．old

D．creative

3.

A．tighter

B．closer

C．narrower

D．wider

4.

A．break

B．connect

C．support

D．help

5.

A．get through

B．get off

C．get on

D．get in

6.

A．helping

B．help

C．to help

D．helps

7.

A．post

B．posts

C．posted

D．postted

8.

A．turned

B．referred

C．talked

D．asked

9.

A．as

B．that

C．which

D．then

10.

A．offering

B．giving

C．refusing

D．carrying

11.

A．started

B．raised

C．provided

D．found

12.

A．packed

B．unpacked

C．displayed

D．collected

13.

A．increase

B．shortage

C．decrease

D．supplies

14.

A．flexible

B．severe

C．easing

D．relaxing

15.

A．worse

B．better

C．more

D．farther

16.

A．others

B．the other

C．other

D．another

17.

A．continually

B．temporarily

C．consistently

D．generally

18.

A．economy

B．economical

C．financial

D．finance

19.

A．shared

B．offered

C．followed

D．fitted

20.

A．protected

B．recognized

C．disturbed

D．annoyed

【推荐3】Marty, a kidney patient in Ohio, should have been near the top of the list to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Yet like millions of others, he wasn’t having any _________ scheduling an appointment. Marty and his wife Nancy would sit with _________ on their laps trying for hours on different sites, all of which were slow and complex. “I felt _________, chances seem to be so slim for us.” Nancy says.

Then Nancy _________ Marla Zwinggi, a 40-year-old mom who was spending up to ten hours a day online trying to get _________ for vulnerable (脆弱的) individuals. So Nancy _________ Zwingg on Facebook: Can you help? Twenty-five minutes later, Zwinggi _________ by asking for Marty’s legal name, date of birth, and other _________. Nine minutes after that, Zwinggi reported back-Marty had an appointment to _________ the vaccine.

Zwinggi’s vaccine __________ started on February 1, when she learned that her parents were __________ to get appointments themselves. She __________ that they had to wait. Clicking around on vaccine registration sites, Zwinggi, who has been helping her husband develop websites, discovered just how __________ it was to book an appointment. “It was like trying to get a World Series ticket,” she says.

She __________ strategies that web insiders are familiar with and added a few of her special skills. “I’m strong-willed. I drink a lot of coffee, and I’m a __________ typist,” she says. __________ enough, Zwinggi had secured appointments for both of her parents. “I felt like a rock star,” she says.

Zwinggi decided that helping others would be her way of __________. “I feel like I need to will us out of this pandemic,” she says. On February 10, she logged on to Facebook to let people __________ that she was assisting with __________. By March 2, she’d made appointments for 400 people, an achievement that made Nancy __________. “Marla is some sort of COVID angel.”

1.

A．intention

B．luck

C．plan

D．choice

2.

A．computers

B．telephones

C．directories

D．pets

3.

A．exhausted

B．hopeless

C．impatient

D．aimless

4.

A．came around

B．relied on

C．turned to

D．heard about

5.

A．drugs

B．supplies

C．appointments

D．opportunities

6.

A．consulted

B．called

C．begged

D．messaged

7.

A．suspected

B．responded

C．agreed

D．hesitated

8.

A．cautions

B．requirements

C．information

D．relatives

9.

A．get

B．develop

C．handle

D．try

10.

A．advertising

B．sharing

C．trading

D．hunting

11.

A．excited

B．unable

C．unwilling

D．determined

12.

A．confirmed

B．found

C．hated

D．informed

13.

A．rewarding

B．tough

C．significant

D．necessary

14.

A．applied

B．prepared

C．studied

D．abandoned

15.

A．energetic

B．accurate

C．serious

D．swift

16.

A．Conveniently

B．Roughly

C．Shortly

D．Naturally

17.

A．giving back

B．showing off

C．growing up

D．fitting in

18.

A．believe

B．recognize

C．know

D．witness

19.

A．transfers

B．exchanges

C．rescues

D．bookings

20.

A．recall

B．reflect

C．conclude

D．announce

【推荐1】My husband, a science writer, had just won an award for his writing from a chemistry association, and we were invited to the big award dinner.

I was excited but also ______, for I was having an identity crisis (危机). I had ______ my job when pregnant, because I thought raising kids was important work, and ______ it. Though working harder than ever, I didn’t get any ______ from my social network, however.

        After the host listed all the ______ of my husband, he introduced me, a housewife and mother of two. This was the first time I had found myself ______ by those words. All the people present, mainly scientists, started ______to each other. My face immediately turned red with ______. I thought they must see me as a ______.

At the end of the dinner, people walked around and chatted. I sat at the big round table alone, feeling ______. Then one of older female scientists ______ me and said what I was doing was so ______. She went away before I had a chance to ______ her. She had given me ______ what I needed at that time.

Now, when I see a woman during the middle of a workday ______ a stroller (婴儿车), I will tell her what she is doing is valuable.

1.

A．surprised

B．worried

C．moved

D．tired

2.

A．chosen

B．taken

C．changed

D．quit

3.

A．liked

B．ignored

C．hated

D．missed

4.

A．pay

B．benefit

C．recognition

D．call

5.

A．goals

B．experiences

C．virtues

D．achievements

6.

A．named

B．defined

C．inspired

D．honored

7.

A．listening

B．shouting

C．whispering

D．waving

8.

A．relief

B．satisfaction

C．joy

D．embarrassment

9.

A．friend

B．failure

C．partner

D．fool

10.

A．at home

B．under control

C．out of place

D．with excitement

11.

A．approached

B．trusted

C．saved

D．knew

12.

A．unique

B．simple

C．attractive

D．valuable

13.

A．consider

B．remember

C．thank

D．admire

14.

A．nearly

B．exactly

C．eventually

D．mostly

15.

A．pushing

B．buying

C．making

D．parking

【推荐2】Tom was a middle-aged businessman whose repeated failure in his work made him an upset man, often complaining (抱怨) that others had been playing tricks on him. One day he told his wife he was so ____ with the city that he had to leave.

So his family moved to ____ city. It was in the evening of a weekend when Tom and his wife were busy ____ up their new home that the ____ suddenly went out. So they had to ____ work. Because Tom had forgotten bringing along candles, he had to wait ____ in a low mood. Just then he heard slight knocks on his door that sounded clear in the ____ night.

“Who’s it?” he wondered, since Tom had no ____ in the new city. And this was the moment he especially disliked being disturbed or troubled. ____, he went unwillingly to the door and opened it impatiently. At the door was a little girl, shyly asking, “Sir, do you have ____? I’m your neighbour.” “No!” answered Tom in anger and shut the door ____. He complained about it with his wife, “As soon as we settled down, the neighbour came to ____ things.” After a while, the door was knocked again. He opened it and found the ____ girl outside. But this time she was holding two candles, saying, “My grandma told me the new neighbour downstairs might need candles. She ____ me here to give you these.” Tom was very ____ by what he saw. When he fully undersood, he said, “Thank you and your ____. God bless you!”

At that moment he suddenly realized what caused his ____ in life. It was his ____ and unkindness with other people. The person who had cheated him in life was ____ nobody else but himself, for he had fallen for his heartless ____.

1.

A．inspired

B．satisfied

C．disappointed

D．encouraged

2.

A．any

B．other

C．every

D．another

3.

A．ending

B．looking

C．cleaning

D．turning

4.

A．light

B．fire

C．fridge

D．television

5.

A．quit

B．start

C．change

D．continue

6.

A．happily

B．hopefully

C．patiently

D．helplessly

7.

A．dark

B．quiet

C．noisy

D．crowded

8.

A．doctor

B．friends

C．stranger

D．audience

9.

A．So

B．Although

C．However

D．Moreover

10.

A．beer

B．rolls

C．plates

D．candles

11.

A．humbly

B．strongly

C．slightly

D．entirely

12.

A．buy

B．sell

C．lend

D．borrow

13.

A．same

B．pretty

C．energetic

D．confident

14.

A．sent

B．forced

C．prohibit

D．suggested

15.

A．pleased

B．puzzled

C．surprised

D．frightened

16.

A．brother

B．mother

C．father

D．grandma

17.

A．goal

B．failure

C．success

D．schedule

18.

A．apology

B．opinion

C．coldness

D．responsibility

19.

A．in all

B．in reality

C．in general

D．in particular

20.

A．mind

B．idea

C．brain

D．thought

【推荐3】I’ve heard such a story.

On a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of the subway station, playing his violin. The music was_______, and many people_______and put some money into the _______ of the young man.

The next night, the young artist took out a large piece of paper and laid it on the ground. Then he began_______.The music sounded more pleasant. Some people gathered and they found the _______on that paper. “Last night, a gentleman put a(n)_______thing into my hat. Please come to get it back.” When the people saw that, they felt very curious and began to_______ what it could be. After about half an hour, a man_______there in a hurry and said, “It can’t be true！You ...you ...”.The young violinist asked, “Did you lose something?” “Lottery (彩票).”the man answered _______.

The violinist took out a lottery ticket. “Is it？” he asked. The man was too________ to say a word. George Sang ________ a lottery ticket a few days ago. The awards(奖)opened yesterday and he won $500,000. So lucky and excited did he feel that he________50 dollars and put it into the hat when hearing the music. However, the lottery ticket was also thrown into the hat without being noticed. The violinist found the lottery ticket. Thinking that the owner would     ________to look for it, he came back to where he was given the lottery ticket.

Someone asked the violinist why he returned the lottery ticket to the man. He said, “ ________I don’t have much money, I live happily; but if I lose________I won’t be happy forever.”

1.

A．quiet

B．beautiful

C．familiar

D．exciting

2.

A．slowed down

B．sped up

C．passed by

D．went away

3.

A．wallet

B．bag

C．hat

D．box

4.

A．working

B．waiting

C．singing

D．playing

5.

A．poems

B．articles

C．words

D．texts

6.

A．important

B．fantastic

C．dangerous

D．interesting

7.

A．talk

B．care

C．expect

D．guess

8.

A．came

B．rushed

C．walked

D．left

9.

A．quickly

B．anxiously

C．seriously

D．carefully

10.

A．confused

B．anxiously

C．excited

D．surprised

11.

A．bought

B．made

C．found

D．sold

12.

A．handed out

B．took out

C．hunted for

D．picked up

13.

A．forget

B．remember

C．return

D．picked up

14.

A．If

B．Why

C．Because

D．Although

15.

A．friendship

B．hope

C．love

D．honesty