【推荐1】Last night my husband and I were walking in a nearby parking lot, when we saw a man bent over on the ground, crushing something with a rock. He was so________on his task that he didn't look up at anyone passing by. We kept noticing him and________what he could be doing.

________we decided to go up and ask him. He was crushing pieces of leftover bread that he had________to prepare food for the birds that come there early morning. The large pieces of bread would be________for the birds to eat, so he crushed them into powder. Every________, after coming home from his job, he goes around the villa collecting leftover bread.

He then eats a quick meal and comes here, and spends the next 1-2 hours________crushing each piece and makes a neat pile for the birds. He has been doing this for the last 3-4 years. What________us more was that he was________that we were even taking an interest in this, since for him it wasn't a big________.

When we asked him what encouraged him to do this act of________, he said, "It's just something________I do, so that the leftover bread doesn't go into the rubbish and the birds get food." We________his story with the hope that it would________us to be aware of leftovers too and that it might________someone to start something similar in their own area.

1.

A．dependent

B．hard

C．influential

D．focused

2.

A．discovered

B．learnt

C．wondered

D．realized

3.

A．Finally

B．Suddenly

C．Immediately

D．Instead

4.

A．bought

B．saved

C．collected

D．made

5.

A．necessary

B．difficult

C．welcome

D．possible

6.

A．morning

B．noon

C．afternoon

D．night

7.

A．carefully

B．strictly

C．nervously

D．proudly

8.

A．pleased

B．satisfied

C．puzzled

D．moved

9.

A．disappointed

B．sorry

C．surprised

D．afraid

10.

A．deal

B．present

C．dream

D．decision

11.

A．bravery

B．honesty

C．suggestion

D．service

12.

A．profitable

B．great

C．small

D．boring

13.

A．shared

B．created

C．believed

D．heard

14.

A．invite

B．remind

C．warn

D．require

15.

A．force

B．persuade

C．inspire

D．train

【推荐2】Good afternoon, everyone,
I’d like to introduce my friend Christy to you all. Christy is a great example of how one person with ____ can make her dream a reality, so she should win the Student of the Year Award.
Christy loves to ride bikes. She does not just ride along city streets, ____ She is interested in ____ trail (小路) rides. ____ Christy knew that people who love riding had to travel ____ the city to locate good bike trails, so she ____ to do something.
Christy knew that Roosevelt Park had a clean, lively creek（小溪） ____ through it. 12 miles of land around the creek was ____ used. Christy decided to get together with other trail____to ask the city council to ____a bike path along the unused land. Christy ____ a petition (请愿书). She and other riders asked all of their biking friends if they would____ the list, and they gathered 300 signatures. The city council evaluated the ____ and, more ____, agreed to allow the bike trail.
The ____ took two months of work, and now Roosevelt Park has a ____ bike trail. It has many ups and downs; it is a great ride. This trail is becoming one of the community’s important ____ spots. I can’t ____with Christy when we ride together, but I am glad that she decided to work hard to begin the ____ of the Roosevelt Park bike path. Christy ____ this award because she acted on her dream, causing a community to come together.
Thank you!1.

A．patience

B．satisfaction

C．determination

D．permission

2.

A．still

B．instead

C．either

D．though

3.

A．tough

B．vacant

C．convenient

D．remote

4.

A．However

B．As

C．But

D．Since

5.

A．around

B．beyond

C．along

D．outside

6.

A．expected

B．decided

C．offered

D．claimed

7.

A．running

B．going

C．coming

D．walking

8.

A．often

B．ever

C．seldom

D．even

9.

A．runners

B．players

C．passengers

D．riders

10.

A．approve

B．apply

C．prove

D．accuse

11.

A．formed

B．developed

C．drew

D．described

12.

A．write

B．view

C．call

D．sign

13.

A．demand

B．request

C．invitation

D．scheme

14.

A．importantly

B．naturally

C．obviously

D．necessarily

15.

A．destruction

B．organization

C．construction

D．protection

16.

A．interesting

B．competing

C．parking

D．rewarding

17.

A．match

B．exercise

C．play

D．game

18.

A．put up

B．keep up

C．end up

D．turn up

19.

A．discovery

B．invention

C．creation

D．collection

20.

A．deserves

B．preserves

C．reserves

D．serves

【推荐3】I was walking home from school one day and it happened to be a particularly cold and windy day. It was_________ and I was crazy enough to forget my hats and scarf. You can imagine my cheeks were rosy_________ and my hands were as numb as they can be.

All of a sudden, an old lady_________ up beside me and asked if I would like a ride _________. I said it was OK and her_________ smile melted (融化) away the thought that I should never talk to_________! We had an amazing chat and she was just_________ a good woman. She told me her_________ and she dropped me off.

I didn’t see her or talk to her for about a month and one night as I_________ her kind gesture, I decided to return the favor. So, I made a lot of____________ and walked down to her house with my friend. At first I was a bit____________ she wouldn’t remember me or think that I was a bad man who poisoned cookies but luckily, I was____________ wrong. She was so happy, and she hugged me and kissed me and seemed so____________ that someone would do something like that!

When I got home my mom told me that she____________ and told my mom on the phone that she____________ because she was so touched. She said she would never____________ the kindness that was given to her! That filled me with such____________! There really is nothing else joyful like helping____________ and making someone’s day____________!

Let us never____________ the joy we get by giving others a hand!

1.

A．blowing

B．freezing

C．flowing

D．flying

2.

A．red

B．pure

C．white

D．pale

3.

A．picked

B．turned

C．drove

D．took

4.

A．hospital

B．family

C．school

D．home

5.

A．warm

B．easy

C．simple

D．strange

6.

A．women

B．drivers

C．strangers

D．neighbors

7.

A．so

B．such

C．that

D．as

8.

A．numbers

B．car

C．family

D．address

9.

A．remembered

B．forgot

C．repeated

D．regretted

10.

A．bread

B．salad

C．cookies

D．sweets

11.

A．upset

B．disappointed

C．confused

D．worried

12.

A．generally

B．completely

C．hardly

D．usually

13.

A．puzzled

B．surprised

C．satisfied

D．fearful

14.

A．visited

B．came

C．drove

D．called

15.

A．cried

B．slept

C．left

D．laughed

16.

A．permit

B．pardon

C．forget

D．imagine

17.

A．sadness

B．interest

C．puzzle

D．happiness

18.

A．others

B．the other

C．another

D．other

19.

A．busier

B．brighter

C．easier

D．harder

20.

A．expect

B．take

C．forget

D．misunderstand

【推荐2】A mother in East China went to celebrate her son’s birthday at school—but her son’s _________ took her by surprise. The loving mother decided to surprise her son by _________ up in a cartoon bear clothes and bringing him a cake during class.

To her astonishment, the boy immediately _________ her mother by her hands and ran to give her a big _________. The heart-warming video filmed on Monday _________ the mother in a blue bear _________ walking towards her son’s classroom with a birthday cake in her hand.

After _________ the cake to the teacher, she goes into the classroom to celebrate his birthday with the other children. “Look who’s here!” the teacher _________ to the boy.

The boy _________ around and said, “Teacher, this is my mum!” The teacher asked, “How do you know?" “Her hands!” the boy replied with great __________.

The __________ mother then showed her __________ by removing the big head of the bear and the happy boy jumped into her arms. “I didn’t __________ him to spot me at all,” the mother, Liu, told video news site Pear. “I was so __________ that I cried!”

Many net users were moved by the video, which has been __________ more than 4.6 million times on social media. “You wouldn’t be able to spot your mother by her hands if you didn’t truly love her!” one user said. “This is so heart-warming. Your child actually loves you more than you think!”

1.

A．idea

B．behavior

C．advice

D．request

2.

A．dressing

B．bringing

C．making

D．standing

3.

A．remembered

B．encouraged

C．contacted

D．recognized

4.

A．time

B．shock

C．hug

D．smile

5.

A．protects

B．shows

C．sights

D．reminds

6.

A．suit

B．shoes

C．hat

D．watch

7.

A．passing

B．handling

C．solving

D．putting

8.

A．smiled at

B．looked up

C．called out

D．listened to

9.

A．hanged

B．walked

C．pushed

D．turned

10.

A．respect

B．confidence

C．mind

D．thought

11.

A．frightened

B．disappointed

C．surprised

D．forgetful

12.

A．cheeks

B．arms

C．hair

D．face

13.

A．expect

B．dream

C．make

D．care

14.

A．shocked

B．amused

C．touched

D．annoyed

15.

A．filed

B．viewed

C．imagined

D．gained

【推荐3】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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My father was a self-taught mandolin (曼陀铃) player. He was one of the best string _____ players in our town. He could not _____ music, but if he heard a tune a few times, he could play it.
Dad loved to play the mandolin for his _____ for he knew we enjoyed singing, and hearing him play. He was always there, _____ his time and efforts to making sure that his family had enough in their life. I had grown into a man and had children of my own _____ I realized how much he had sacrificed.
I joined the United States Air________ in January of 1962. Whenever I would come home _____, I would ask Dad to play the mandolin. He could _____ your soul with the tones that came out of that old mandolin. He seemed to shine when he was playing. You could see his ____ in his ability to play so well for his family.
In 1950, our family moved to Maryland. While working at Todd Steel, he was _____ in an accident. On that particular day, Dad got the third index finger of his left hand _____ by the machine. _____ he didn’t lose enough of the finger where it would stop him picking up anything, it did _____ his ability to play the mandolin. After the accident, every time we asked him to play, he would make ____ for why he couldn’t play. Eventually, we could persuade him and he would say, “Okay. But I can’t hold down on the strings and play as well as before.” For the family it didn’t make any _____
In August of 1993, my father was discovered with lung cancer. He chose not to receive treatments so that he could live out the rest of his life _____ dignity. About a week before his death, we asked Dad if he would play the mandolin for us. He made excuses but said “okay”. He knew it would probably be the _____ time he would play for us. He tuned up the old mandolin and played a few _____ When I looked around, there was not a _____ eye in the family. We saw before us a quiet man with an inner strength. Dad would never play the mandolin for us again. Dad was doing something he had done all his life, _____ As sick as he was, he was still pleasing others. Dad surely could play that Mandolin!1.

A．equipment

B．musical

C．instrument

D．musician

2.

A．copy

B．see

C．look at

D．read

3.

A．family

B．employer

C．friends

D．audience

4.

A．applying

B．paying

C．devoting

D．attaching

5.

A．since

B．while

C．before

D．after

6.

A．Force

B．Energy

C．Power

D．Strength

7.

A．on duty

B．on leave

C．on holiday

D．on vacation

8.

A．touch

B．contact

C．feel

D．keep

9.

A．proud

B．praise

C．please

D．pride

10.

A．took part

B．participated

C．joined

D．involved

11.

A．cut in

B．cut off

C．cut up

D．cut out

12.

A．Although

B．If

C．Whether

D．Because

13.

A．destroy

B．affect

C．effect

D．injure

14.

A．uses

B．preparations

C．impressions

D．excuses

15.

A．comment

B．sense

C．difference

D．decision

16.

A．at

B．on

C．with

D．off

17.

A．first

B．latest

C．last

D．longest

18.

A．bills

B．notes

C．symbols

D．signs

19.

A．wet

B．dry

C．cried

D．crying

20.

A．sponsoring

B．giving

C．distributing

D．taking