【推荐1】When I think of the word “perfect”, I think of something only a few can achieve, like high beauty standards, the super-smart girl in my class, or anything that I can compare myself to. For a few weeks now, I have been _________ the girl in my middle school classes. She has fabulous (极好的) long dark brown hair, big hazel eyes, and the most _________ face. She always _________ the prettiest dresses and seems to be the most _________ girl in the school, at least in my point of view. It seems like she has a _________ life, lots of friends, all A’s, and everything anyone could ever want.

One day, I was talking to my teacher about one of the _________ tests, hoping to know more key points, when I saw the girl _________ me in a strange way. I immediately started think, “Why is she looking at me? Did I do something_________? Is there something on my face?” When the class _________ and everyone was rushing to their next class, she caught up to me and said, “I just thought you should know, I think you are really pretty.” I replied, “Oh my god, thank you!” I then watched her as she __________ away and thought, “She thinks I am pretty?”

The whole day, I __________ thinking about one thing. That was, “Why does she think that?” After thinking about that __________ in my head through each second of the day, I came to learn one big lesson. I learned that everyone has their own __________ even though it may not seem like it on the outside. In this case, I was thinking that she was everything I wanted to be and she thought the __________ as me. Both of us are not perfect. We are all that perfect person. We have been __________ ourselves to in our own __________way. It is our __________ to either accept that and love ourselves or keep torturing ourselves with harsh comparisons. When I really look at myself, not from my point of view but a(n)__________one, I do see everything I want to be. I see a beautiful smart kind girl who is __________. I think that being able to fully love ourselves is the __________ meaning of the word perfect.

1.

A．taking

B．referring

C．noticing

D．debating

2.

A．beautiful

B．common

C．mean

D．curious

3.

A．damages

B．wears

C．produces

D．brings

4.

A．popular

B．professional

C．comfortable

D．dangerous

5.

A．favorable

B．personal

C．practical

D．perfect

6.

A．terrifying

B．annoying

C．disturbing

D．upcoming

7.

A．watching over

B．staring at

C．turning up

D．catching on

8.

A．wrong

B．good

C．expert

D．brief

9.

A．resigned

B．gathered

C．finished

D．lasted

10.

A．passed

B．put

C．walked

D．broke

11.

A．ended up

B．took up

C．put up with

D．lived up to

12.

A．fact

B．question

C．world

D．profit

13.

A．insights

B．reasons

C．hobbies

D．insecurities

14.

A．blame

B．trouble

C．same

D．difference

15.

A．devoting

B．exposing

C．connecting

D．comparing

16.

A．special

B．meaningful

C．major

D．public

17.

A．method

B．option

C．job

D．chance

18.

A．great

B．cheerful

C．old

D．fresh

19.

A．serious

B．social

C．unique

D．average

20.

A．amazing

B．true

C．similar

D．opposite

【推荐2】A few days ago, my sister Liz and I talked about Dad, and we decided to get him a little something for Father's Day. We talked about the times when we were _______ up and how Mom and Dad used to play the ‘good cop, bad cop’ thing on us. Dad has been a person of few words since we were _______. He raised us more by _______ than anything else. When he spoke, though we listened, he was always mysterious and difficult to understand. There was always a(n) _______meaning that I never got, but Liz always _______to decipher (破解) him. By the time I got to high school, I had wanted a skateboard and I _______I was too old to ask money from my parents, so I worked at a burger joint (美式汉堡店). One day, I was really angry about annoying burgers. I came home huffing and puffing (气喘吁吁). Dad saw me and asked me what was the_______. I told him that I was fed up with annoying burgers. He said that we all have to start somewhere, that we may not know it now, but the skills we learn even in a burger joint might come in handy_______in life, ‘Who knows, you might end up having to run a _______or even own one when you grow up,’ said Dad. He________me down and I kept what he said in mind, even though I really didn’t agree with it.
A couple of years later, when I got to college, I worked in a restaurant. During one of the really________days that we had, we were short on kitchen staff. Our customers were getting impatient and the________were getting delayed. We were sure any minute something terrible would ________out. I couldn’t stand the ________ any more, so I rolled up my sleeves, got myself a hair net and helped out in the hot kitchen. We caught up with the orders ________. The owner saw what I did and called me over around ________ time. He said that he was very ________ He raised my salary and made me the assistant manager even though I could only go part-time. That was ________ I realized that what my dad said to me all those years before was absolutely true.
I’ve never forgotten what my dad said that day. And whenever I have to do something that requires new skills, no matter how insignificant or ________ it seems, I have a new perspective (看法) that it might really help me later on or even right now and I just don’t know it. Experience is everything and it ________ a lot when you take lessons from it. That’s my life’s philosophy.1.

A．getting

B．going

C．growing

D．coming

2.

A．schoolboys

B．kids

C．adults

D．graduates

3.

A．instruction

B．example

C．order

D．inspiration

4.

A．obvious

B．clear

C．reasonable

D．hidden

5.

A．failed

B．refused

C．tried

D．managed

6.

A．imagined

B．promised

C．believed

D．suggested

7.

A．experience

B．matter

C．event

D．accident

8.

A．later

B．sooner

C．latter

D．late

9.

A．restaurant

B．hospital

C．school

D．plant

10.

A．calmed

B．wrote

C．let

D．put

11.

A．exciting

B．worrying

C．busy

D．happy

12.

A．meetings

B．parties

C．menus

D．orders

13.

A．break

B．show

C．go

D．set

14.

A．quarrel

B．laziness

C．relaxation

D．tension

15.

A．eventually

B．regularly

C．obviously

D．thankfully

16.

A．breakfast

B．lunch

C．opening

D．closing

17.

A．influenced

B．interested

C．inspired

D．impressed

18.

A．when

B．why

C．whether

D．where

19.

A．important

B．impressive

C．interesting

D．small

20.

A．works

B．counts

C．shows

D．studies

【推荐3】In 1994 I was in the midst of a depression(抑郁症). When I was depressed, I _______. One day I was cleaning up the rooms and found a CD covered with dust. I wiped it off, put it in the _______ and started washing dishes. A man's voice, reading poetry, filled my house. The sound of the speaker's voice and the words of the poems reached something deep inside me. I stopped and _______.

I began to take poems into my life, not simply reading them, but developing rich relationships with the _______. I learned many by heart. They became my therapy and _______. Those poems made me wiser and healthier.

_______,   in the fall of 2008, poetry _______ me in a way I had never expected. I had put all my savings in a small, local fund. Two months later, the leader of the fund left me a message: “The financial crisis _______ our fund particularly hard. We've lost everything.”

I stood there, _______.

Suddenly I heard a poem, ________, called Kindness in my mind. It felt like the poem had been written for me ________, for this exact moment, like the perfect helper ________ on the scene at the instant of an accident. Kindness became my ________. I read it before going to bed, and at breakfast every morning. It reminded me that this was not a ________, but a path to sympathy, and I was not walking alone. Even now, I reach for Kindness several times a week to carry me ________ the heart of what really matters to me.

1.

A．ran

B．slept

C．cleaned

D．sang

2.

A．drawer

B．player

C．washer

D．fridge

3.

A．wept

B．left

C．laughed

D．listened

4.

A．tunes

B．rhymes

C．words

D．CDs

5.

A．medicine

B．food

C．assistance

D．attention

6.

A．Still

B．Yet

C．Then

D．Soon

7.

A．surprised

B．impressed

C．warned

D．rescued

8.

A．hit

B．blew

C．pushed

D．pressed

9.

A．fearless

B．thankless

C．breathless

D．defenceless

10.

A．by coincidence

B．out of nowhere

C．in the distance

D．by accident

11.

A．immediately

B．sincerely

C．casually

D．personally

12.

A．reading

B．arriving

C．walking

D．escaping

13.

A．homework

B．religion

C．prayer

D．memory

14.

A．mistake

B．lesson

C．comfort

D．tragedy

15.

A．for

B．with

C．off

D．into

【推荐2】In a national spelling contest in America, an 11-year-old girl was asked to spell a certain word. But with her ________ voice, the judges were not sure whether she spelled the right word. They talked it over and ________ decided to simply ask her what she had said. By then, the girl knew she had misspelled the word. Instead of lying, she told the truth that she had said the ________ letter—so she lost the contest.

As the girl walked off the ________, the entire audience stood，clapping to applaud her honesty. Later, dozens of newspaper reporters wrote about this ________, even though it cost the girl the contest. But the fact is that she ________ the biggest contest that day: the contest of her character.

Probably the biggest test of our character and honesty is what we would do if we knew we would never get ________. This young girl could easily have ________ and nobody would have known it but herself. But it’s been said, “If you ________, you make yourself cheap.” This young girl was ________ enough to prize her own character more than the prize from a spelling contest. She knew the ________ she made in that moment will have a long-lasting influence in her future.

Should the wallet, found in the street, be put into a pocket or ________ to the policeman? Should the ________ change received at the store be forgotten or ________ ? Nobody will know. But we have to live with ourselves, and it is always better to live with someone we ________.

1.

A．high

B．sweet

C．tough

D．soft

2.

A．finally

B．seriously

C．secretly

D．totally

3.

A．correct

B．wrong

C．different

D．same

4.

A．stage

B．studio

C．test

D．classroom

5.

A．lesson

B．story

C．courage

D．accident

6.

A．achieved

B．broke

C．won

D．defeated

7.

A．paid

B．awarded

C．reported

D．caught

8.

A．escaped

B．lied

C．changed

D．answered

9.

A．accept

B．fight

C．cheat

D．insist

10.

A．smart

B．generous

C．energetic

D．interested

11.

A．plan

B．conclusion

C．discovery

D．choice

12.

A．turned over

B．put away

C．set aside

D．took down

13.

A．small

B．some

C．extra

D．necessary

14.

A．ignored

B．paid

C．shared

D．returned

15.

A．protect

B．challenge

C．respect

D．attack

【推荐3】Through the cold winter wasteland a man walked hard, leaning into the harsh wind which tried to force him back. He was covered from head to toe in layers of ___clothing, layers of protection against the____weather. On he ___, searching, searching. This must be the way.

In the distance he saw what looked like ___rising out of the ground. It rose a few feet and then was quickly ___away by the biting wind. He changed his ___and turned towards the steam. As he got closer, he thought he could make out ___. Their melody(旋律) was unfamiliar to him -musical, ___and warm - it ___him closer.

There before him was a remarkable sight. In the middle of the frozen wasteland was a large ____. Several people seemed to be ___easily in it without any effort. As they saw him ___, a man called out to him.

“Come in here. It is lovely and warm. You can just ___back and relax,” said the man.

“I can’t. There are no ___.” The man replied.

“Just jump in. It really is lovely. There’s plenty of ___for another.” Another of the floaters joined in the ___.

“But what if I want to get out? The sides are too ___to reach up to.” “Believe me, you won’t want to get out. Come on.” But he decided not to jump in. And that was a(an) ___decision.

There’re many things and people in life like this pool. They ___you life can be easy. But in fact, they are ___that you can’t come back from.

Life is hard. Stay wise. And fight.

1.

A．fashionable

B．thick

C．expensive

D．fancy

2.

A．changeable

B．rainy

C．brilliant

D．rough

3.

A．fought

B．thought

C．screamed

D．looked

4.

A．smoke

B．steam

C．fire

D．light

5.

A．pushed

B．dragged

C．blown

D．driven

6.

A．place

B．spot

C．course

D．side

7.

A．voices

B．sights

C．figures

D．faces

8.

A．thrilling

B．rude

C．crazy

D．relaxing

9.

A．absorbed

B．drew

C．forced

D．exposed

10.

A．hole

B．lake

C．pool

D．valley

11.

A．bathing

B．drowning

C．swimming

D．floating

12.

A．tremble

B．approach

C．wander

D．escape

13.

A．sit

B．go

C．lie

D．turn

14.

A．steps

B．boats

C．fish

D．guards

15.

A．water

B．support

C．room

D．waves

16.

A．persuasion

B．argument

C．competition

D．activity

17.

A．slippery

B．narrow

C．distant

D．high

18.

A．unexpected

B．interesting

C．simple

D．wise

19.

A．promise

B．advise

C．remind

D．inform

20.

A．lies

B．traps

C．miracles

D．barriers

【推荐1】On a dark grey morning, my mom said in a quiet voice. “Your dad and I have decided that we’re moving to Singapore.”

These words did not _________ much in my five-year-old brain until the day we had to leave and say goodbye to our close friends.

Normally, mom always booked our seats together. The _________ of sitting next to a stranger was never something I had to worry about, until now. Booking it late, we weren’t given _________ when buying the seats.

I was _________ as I walked on the plane and down the aisle. What I saw was something _________ to an alien to me. It was an Indian lady dressed in a traditional Sari and having a massive bindi (额前的人工痣) between her eyebrows. But her appearance wasn’t the only thing that _________ me away. I made a face as if I had _________ something sour.

My mom _________ walked me to the back of the plane, and _________ she wasn’t any different from me and I should be respectful because it was her __________ and religion.

As we got prepared to __________, the lady buckled (扣住) her seatbelt and took out a book from her bag. At that point I am __________ that the book was in English! After a short sleep, I __________ to dinner time. I got spaghetti and so did the lady. She was eating the same thing as me!

Throughout the flight, I realized in my young little mind that she was just a human being like me though she looked and __________ differently, which provided me with a foundation of being a human being who __________ all types of lifestyles.

1.

A．expect

B．find

C．fail

D．register

2.

A．opinion

B．dream

C．terror

D．joy

3.

A．sympathy

B．attention

C．preference

D．promise

4.

A．ashamed

B．excited

C．tired

D．fearful

5.

A．bound

B．equal

C．superior

D．familiar

6.

A．tore

B．gave

C．scared

D．put

7.

A．touched

B．smelt

C．seen

D．heard

8.

A．immediately

B．fortunately

C．gradually

D．sadly

9.

A．claimed

B．argued

C．shouted

D．explained

10.

A．culture

B．freedom

C．question

D．plan

11.

A．take up

B．take off

C．take on

D．take down

12.

A．thrilled

B．shocked

C．relieved

D．upset

13.

A．awoke

B．paid

C．slept

D．skipped

14.

A．behaved

B．lived

C．dressed

D．ate

15.

A．knows

B．understands

C．believes

D．accepts

【推荐2】My new Japanese friends stared at me from the other side of the small, square table. There ________ in the centre of the table, a bowl full of pasta, with black squid (乌贼) ink sauce. When I ________ that Italian food was my favorite, they just took me to the best Italian restaurant in the city. So there I sat, ________ clear on my face, as my three friends stared at me with big smiles on their faces. I had tasted and enjoyed a variety of spaghetti sauces. ________, I had certainly never eaten or imagined eating pasta covered in black ink sauce.

I took the fork and spoon and put a ________ serving onto my plate. The first feeling I experienced as the spaghetti noodle touched my tongue was not ________, but interest. It was weird, strange, but interesting. My friends smiled at me from ________ the table. With their teeth and lips as ________ as night, they looked like dead bodies. I tried to explain this to them and in the ________ I learned a new Japanese word. For the next twenty minutes we got ________ in calling the waitress over to our table and making her laugh as we ordered more drinks, smiling broadly the whole time.

________, like people, come in all shapes, sizes, and colours. It is said, “The true voyage of discovery lies not in ________ new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” Our days are filled with mini-adventures that are ________ so quickly without a thought, I would have ________ this adventure completely if I had actually known what I was ordering when I ordered it, but I was ________ for the mistake.

1.

A．fixed

B．found

C．lay

D．stood

2.

A．mentioned

B．illustrated

C．noticed

D．announced

3.

A．desire

B．worry

C．hatred

D．shame

4.

A．Therefore

B．However

C．Furthermore

D．Otherwise

5.

A．well-cooked

B．mouth-watering

C．eye-catching

D．healthy-sized

6.

A．dislike

B．satisfaction

C．nervousness

D．pleasure

7.

A．under

B．inside

C．across

D．behind

8.

A．attractive

B．black

C．mysterious

D．deep

9.

A．process

B．progress

C．prospect

D．practice

10.

A．pride

B．experience

C．delight

D．comfort

11.

A．Fortunes

B．Friendships

C．Adventures

D．Fates

12.

A．seeking

B．preserving

C．appreciating

D．avoiding

13.

A．passed over

B．got through

C．spelt out

D．referred to

14.

A．missed out on

B．broken away from

C．fallen victim to

D．made use of

15.

A．cheerful

B．regretful

C．thankful

D．painful