【推荐1】        Once there was a group of men — a young hot-blooded man and a big number of old folks, doing a timber (木料) job in a jungle.

This young man was very _______. He always continued to work through his break time and _______that those old folks were wasting time, having to _______several times a day to drink and chat. As time went by, this young man noticed that_______he worked through break time and hardly took a_______, those old folks were chopping the same _______ of trees as he did and sometimes did more. It was as if they worked through the break time as he did. So he_______ to work harder the next day. Unfortunately the_______ were even worse.

One day, one of the old folks_______ him for a drink during their break time. That young man________and said that he had no________ time! Then the old man smiled and said, “It is just a waste of effort to ________ chopping trees without re-sharpening your axe (斧子). Sooner or later you will ________ or be so tired as you have spent too much________.”

Suddenly the young man________that actually during break times while those old folks were having a chat, they were________re-sharpening their axes at the same time! And that’s how they could________ faster than him, yet spending less time!

What we ________is efficiency by making use of our skill and ability________. Only then can we have more time to do other things. Otherwise we will always keep saying ... I have no________!

1.

A．weak

B．clever

C．hard-working

D．good-looking

2.

A．admired

B．complained

C．reminded

D．predicted

3.

A．plan

B．appear

C．work

D．break

4.

A．even though

B．only if

C．because

D．unless

5.

A．photo

B．rest

C．step

D．bath

6.

A．weight

B．height

C．amount

D．price

7.

A．failed

B．pretended

C．agreed

D．decided

8.

A．marks

B．results

C．effects

D．conditions

9.

A．invited

B．blamed

C．thanked

D．forgave

10.

A．begged

B．argued

C．nodded

D．refused

11.

A．wrong

B．valuable

C．extra

D．exact

12.

A．mind

B．avoid

C．practice

D．keep

13.

A．speed up

B．give up

C．watch out

D．turn out

14.

A．energy

B．money

C．life

D．skill

15.

A．warned

B．expected

C．realized

D．announced

16.

A．also

B．hardly

C．seldom

D．never

17.

A．talk

B．chop

C．walk

D．climb

18.

A．abandon

B．introduce

C．need

D．teach

19.

A．quickly

B．curiously

C．seriously

D．intelligently

20.

A．time

B．tool

C．job

D．patience

【推荐2】My mother was a nurse and often took me along to visit the families she was caring for. Among them was a woman who had a _______ disease and was always lying on the bed.

One afternoon, my mom told me that we needed to visit the woman at her home, and that we needed to be there to _______ treatment, and we would stop at a store on the way. I thought we would stop at a _______ store, where we can buy some pills, but we pulled up to a _______. My mom headed to the make-up area and bought the most expensive bottle of perfume they _______. To my surprise, she also bought a _______ nightdress. When I asked my mom who these things were for, she said they were for her patient. My mom further explained that although this woman was older and unable to _______ her bed, she was still a lady, and she still _______ dignity (尊严) and beauty. She _______ to me that when we care for someone, we should look past the ________ or the illness and we look into the soul of the human so we can connect with them with sympathy.

I ________ realized that my mother’s great strengths and abilities were ________ the very young and the very old, those who can not ________ out their needs and hope for themselves, and need trustworthy and loving care providers. Under the influence of my mother, I knew in the 9^th grade I would become a ________. Today, my dream has come true. I work as a clinical psychologist, working hard and remembering what my mom taught me, and I’m not ________ that I find my work filled with patients who are very and very old.

1.

A．serious

B．active

C．rare

D．common

2.

A．help with

B．deal with

C．learn from

D．focus on

3.

A．fruit

B．drug

C．clothing

D．food

4.

A．supermarket

B．restaurant

C．factory

D．garage

5.

A．produced

B．bought

C．offered

D．made

6.

A．comfortable

B．cheap

C．useful

D．beautiful

7.

A．approach

B．make

C．touch

D．leave

8.

A．managed

B．wanted

C．starved

D．requested

9.

A．turned

B．reported

C．explained

D．wrote

10.

A．advantage

B．condition

C．disability

D．shortcoming

11.

A．soon

B．even

C．never

D．again

12.

A．caring for

B．looking for

C．waiting for

D．setting for

13.

A．look

B．put

C．speak

D．take

14.

A．writer

B．patient

C．chemist

D．doctor

15.

A．positive

B．pleased

C．silent

D．surprised

【推荐3】The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

-Thomas Macaulay

Some thirty years ago, I was studying in a public school in New York. One day, Mrs. Nannette O’Neill gave math ________ to our class. When the papers were marked, she discovered that twelve boys had made exactly the ________ mistakes throughout the test.

There is nothing really new about ________ in exams. Perhaps that was why Mrs. O’Neill didn’t even say a word about it. She only asked the twelve boys to ________ after class. I was one of the twelve.

Mrs. O’Neill asked no questions, and she did not scold(责备)us either. Instead, she wrote on the blackboard the ________ words by Thomas Macaulay. She then ordered us to ________ these words into our exercise-books one hundred times.

I don’t ________ about the other eleven boys. Speaking for ________ I can say: it was the most important single ________ of my life. Thirty years after being ________ to Macaulay’s words, they ________ seem to me the best yardstick(准绳), because they give us a ________ to measure(度量，衡量)ourselves rather than others.

_____ of us are asked to made great decisions about nations going to war or armies going to battle. But all of us are called upon(要求，号召)daily to make a great many personal ________. ________ the wallet, which was found in the street, be put into a pocket ________ turned over to the policeman? Should the ________ change received at the store be forgotten or ________? Nobody will know except ________. But you have to live with yourself, and it is always ________ to live with someone you respect.

1.

A．test

B．problem

C．paper

D．lesson

2.

A．easy

B．funny

C．same

D．serious

3.

A．lying

B．cheating

C．guessing

D．discussing

4.

A．come

B．leave

C．remain

D．apologize

5.

A．above

B．common

C．following

D．unusual

6.

A．repeat

B．get

C．put

D．copy

7.

A．worry

B．know

C．hear

D．talk

8.

A．myself

B．ourselves

C．themselves

D．herself

9.

A．chance

B．incident

C．lesson

D．memory

10.

A．referred

B．shown

C．brought

D．introduced

11.

A．even

B．still

C．always

D．almost

12.

A．way

B．sentence

C．choice

D．reason

13.

A．All

B．Few

C．Some

D．None

14.

A．mistakes

B．progress

C．decisions

D．minds

15.

A．Should

B．Must

C．Would

D．Need

16.

A．and

B．or

C．then

D．but

17.

A．extra

B．small

C．some

D．necessary

18.

A．paid

B．remembered

C．shared

D．returned

19.

A．me

B．you

C．us

D．them

20.

A．easier

B．more natural

C．better

D．more

【推荐1】Last year, four children waited for their school bus every day for ten minutes, on the same dirty street corner. There were old bottles, parts of old bikes, and ______ soda cans everywhere around the ______. The trees were brown and had no leaves, and there wasn't a flower in sight. It was ______.

One day, one of the children looked at the corner and ______ to do something about it. She had ______ minutes before the bus arrived. The next Monday, she brought a bag and ______ some of the old bottles to recycle. On ______， she spent another ten minutes picking up old bottles, while her best friend picked up soda cans and put them in a different ______ for recycling. On Wednesday, all the ______ picked up the remaining recyclable materials and put everything ______ in the rubbish can. The corner was ______！

The corner looked ______ but it was still ugly, so the next day the girl brought some ______ seeds. She planted the seeds and watered them, and watered the ______， too. She only had ten minutes a day but that was ______. On Friday, the children found more ______ on the ground and put it in the rubbish can, or recycled it.

After one month, their ugly, dirty corner had become a beautiful ______ with pretty flowers and healthy trees. It only took ten minutes a day. Do you have ten minutes a day to ______ your city? Imagine what a beautiful ______ we would have if more people spent ten minutes a day cleaning up and making their ______ more attractive！

1.

A．full

B．empty

C．cheap

D．expensive

2.

A．school

B．bus

C．old bottles

D．bus stop

3.

A．cold

B．gorgeous

C．useless

D．ugly

4.

A．had

B．refused

C．decided

D．managed

5.

A．ten

B．fifteen

C．twenty

D．thirty

6.

A．made

B．collected

C．bought

D．gave

7.

A．Tuesday

B．Sunday

C．Saturday

D．Friday

8.

A．car

B．bus

C．corner

D．bag

9.

A．passengers

B．children

C．teachers

D．girls

10.

A．better

B．useful

C．else

D．hard

11.

A．clean

B．dirty

C．green

D．gone

12.

A．nice

B．wrong

C．larger

D．better

13.

A．tree

B．flower

C．vegetable

D．fruit

14.

A．flowers

B．vegetables

C．trees

D．plants

15.

A．enough

B．limited

C．long

D．short

16.

A．seeds

B．toys

C．garbage

D．bikes

17.

A．school

B．home

C．playground

D．garden

18.

A．see

B．visit

C．help

D．enjoy

19.

A．world

B．school

C．bus stop

D．corner

20.

A．homes

B．gardens

C．villages

D．surroundings

【推荐2】More than half the world’s population live in cities, and by 2050 the UN expects that proportion to reach 68%. This means more homes, roads and other infrastructure. Such a construction ________ does harm to tackling climate change, though, because making steel and concrete generates around 8% of the world’s carbon-dioxide emissions. If cities are to ________ and become greener at the same time, they will have to be made from something else.

As it happens, Chicago might become part of the ________. In recent years, as architects have become increasingly interested in modern timber (木材) — construction methods, wooden buildings have been getting steadily ________. The current record is held by the 85-metre-tall Mjostarnet building in Norway, completed in 2019. But this would be ________ by the River Beech Tower, a 228-metre building proposed for a site beside the Chicago river.

As the AAAs meeting heard this week, wood is one of the most ________ sustainable alternatives to steel and concrete. It is not, however, everyday wood but a material called engineered timber, composed of different layers for specific purposes. Besides engineering the shape of a component, designers can arrange the grains (纹理) in the layers to provide levels of ________ that equal steel, in a product that is up to 80% lighter. Engineered timber is, ________, usually assembled into large sections of a building in a factory. That cuts down on the number of ________ that have to be made to a construction site.

All this ________ to carbon-dioxide emissions. Michael Ramage of the University of Cambridge told the meeting of a 300-square-metre four-storey wooden building that generated 126 tonnes of CO₂. Had it been made with ________, emissions would have risen to 310 tonnes. If steel had been used, they would have topped 498 tonnes. Indeed, from one point of view, this building might actually be viewed as “carbon ________”. When trees grow, they lock carbon up in their wood — in this case the equivalent of 540 tonnes of CO₂, representing a long-term reduction of CO₂ from the atmosphere.

If building with wood takes off, it does raise concern about there being enough trees to ________. But with sustainably managed forests that should not be a problem, says Dr Ramage. A family-sized apartment requires about 30 cubic metres of timber, and he estimates Europe’s sustainable ________ alone grow that amount every seven seconds. Nor is fire a risk, for engineered timber does not burn easily, because the inner cores of large ________ timbers are protected by a charring (炭化) layer if burnt.

1.

A．project

B．ambition

C．boom

D．security

2.

A．expand

B．reform

C．contract

D．survive

3.

A．rebel

B．outcome

C．answer

D．issue

4.

A．greener

B．friendlier

C．lighter

D．taller

5.

A．overbalanced

B．overshadowed

C．overlooked

D．overstated

6.

A．domestic

B．promising

C．debatable

D．artificial

7.

A．beauty

B．strength

C．friction

D．dimension

8.

A．nevertheless

B．instead

C．moreover

D．meanwhile

9.

A．deliveries

B．checkouts

C．purchases

D．payments

10.

A．adds value

B．gives credit

C．gives a boost

D．makes a difference

11.

A．cement

B．timber

C．concrete

D．synthetics

12.

A．positive

B．negative

C．friendly

D．resistant

13.

A．go round

B．go away

C．go over

D．go down

14.

A．advocates

B．strategies

C．forests

D．farmers

15.

A．imposing

B．visible

C．universal

D．structural

【推荐3】The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it. _________, no one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the right path and make a _________.

We should start by doing what’s _________, then doing what’s possible and will certainly _________what may seem impossible! There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is joy in the _________shore and there is society where none interrupts; I love not man the less, but _________ more.

This is a true _________ of an organization Nurture Nature which presents plenty of opportunities to _________ not just one’s surroundings but one himself. To many it may seem that we_________ just another forum to save the planet, and we do. __________, there is something bigger that it brings to you, an __________ to redefine yourself and to make sure that you believe that you are indeed “part of it”.

We at Nurture Nature deal with the __________ of making each and every person aware of their ________to the planet and beginning to do what’s necessary before it’s too late.

By organizing clean up drives and campaigns and extending our __________ through social media we at Nurture Nature particularly are doing our best to fulfill our aim. This initiative has received an incredible __________from crowd funders worldwide and funds for the campaign and other tasks were collected and were more than sufficient which were put to good use.

1.

A．Roughly

B．Hopefully

C．Actually

D．Especially

2.

A．distinction

B．difference

C．deal

D．decision

3.

A．necessary

B．valuable

C．superior

D．difficult

4.

A．preserve

B．observe

C．choose

D．achieve

5.

A．lonely

B．distant

C．winding

D．boundless

6.

A．life

B．freedom

C．nature

D．growth

7.

A．experiment

B．account

C．worry

D．change

8.

A．respect

B．enrich

C．challenge

D．monitor

9.

A．bring in

B．bring up

C．bring about

D．bring out

10.

A．Therefore

B．Moreover

C．Instead

D．However

11.

A．experience

B．opportunity

C．adventure

D．occurrence

12.

A．prevention

B．purpose

C．promise

D．permission

13.

A．responsibilities

B．attitudes

C．approach

D．tendency

14.

A．concern

B．appeal

C．consensus

D．reach

15.

A．order

B．response

C．call

D．invitation

【推荐2】When we read books we seem to enter a new world. This new world can be similar to the one we are living in, or it can be very_______ Some stories are told_______they were true. Real people who live in a_______world do real things; in other words, the stories are about people just like us doing what we do. Other stories, such as the Harry Potter books, are not_______ They are characters and creatures that are very different from us and do things that would be_______for us.

But there is more to books and writing than this. If we think about it, even realistic writing is only_______. How can we tell the difference between what is real and what is not real? For example, when we read about Harry Potter, we _______seem to learn something about the real world. And when Harry studies magic at Hogwarts, he also learns more about his real life than_______ Reading, like writing, is an action. It is a way of_______ When we read or write something, we do much more than simple look at words on a page. We use our________--which is real—and our imagination—which is real in a different way --- to make the words come to life in our minds.

Both realism and fantasy(幻想)________the imagination and the “magic” of reading and writing to make us think. When we read________realistic, we have to imagine that the people we are reading about are just like us, even though we________that we are real and they are________ It sounds________, but it works. When we read, we fill in missing information and________about the causes and effects of what a character does. We help the writer by________that what we read is like real life. In a way, we are writing the book, too.

Most of us probably don’t think about what is going on in our________when we are reading. We pick up a book and lose________in a good story, eager to find out what will happen next. Knowing how we feel________we read can help us become better readers, and it will help us discover more about the real magic of books.

1.

A．possible

B．easy

C．new

D．different

2.

A．that

B．What

C．whether

D．as if

3.

A．usual

B．normal

C．certain

D．common

4.

A．realistic

B．reasonable

C．moral

D．instructive

5.

A．difficult

B．impossible

C．important

D．necessary

6.

A．thinkable

B．designed

C．imagined

D．planned

7.

A．do

B．make

C．have

D．are

8.

A．lessons

B．dreams

C．experience

D．magic

9.

A．working

B．thinking

C．living

D．understanding

10.

A．knowledge

B．skill

C．words

D．grammar

11.

A．make

B．get

C．use

D．have

12.

A．a newspaper

B．something

C．everything

D．a story

13.

A．find

B．learn

C．know

D．hope

14.

A．too

B．not

C．all

D．so

15.

A．dangerous

B．serious

C．strange

D．terrible

16.

A．talk

B．learn

C．read

D．think

17.

A．telling

B．pretending

C．promising

D．guessing

18.

A．mind

B．life

C．world

D．society

19.

A．heart

B．time

C．money

D．ourselves

20.

A．what

B．how

C．when

D．why

【推荐3】How often do you change your hairstyle or ask for new dresses? You may be ____to follow trends in Western countries, but young people in the United States don’t care as much about____as you do.
A recent survey among high school _____in China, Japan, South Korea and the US found that ____teenagers care more about their appearance than young people in the US.
This survey was held in 156 high schools in the four countries. More than 7,000 teenagers were____ about their views on life and the world. South Koreans, at 83 percent, cared most about their looks. They were ____by the Chinese and Japanese, while US students showed the least interest in fashion at only 33 percent.
“The different results show ____of cultural background,” said Sun Yunxiao from the China Youth and Children Research Centre. He explained that in the US there are many different ____of beauty, so teens are more ____to be confident about their appearance.
US teenagers’ high self-confidence is displayed in the ____ About 85 percent are happy with themselves. The percentage of self-confident Chinese students stands at only 30 percent.
What’s ____, US students showed more individuality, with 88 percent_____ that “people should follow their own interests rather than____of others”. This is much ____ than South Korea’s 69 percent, China’s 49 and Japan’s 48.
Japanese students, at 52 percent, are most dissatisfied with modern society. Chinese and Koreans follow at second and____most dissatisfied.
“____to the survey, Chinese students are happy and disciplined. They have a strong wish to make a difference. ____ Chinese students need to be more independent and learn how to relax,” said Sun.
The students have different ____ backgrounds. But home and places where friends gather are the favorite places all teens seek happiness.
Exams and worries about life after graduation cause much _____among most of the teens ____for the survey.1.

A．absorbed

B．willing

C．careless

D．unhappy

2.

A．hairstyle

B．dresses

C．fashion

D．culture

3.

A．teachers

B．students

C．citizens

D．colleagues

4.

A．Asian

B．American

C．African

D．Western

5.

A．answered

B．requested

C．persuaded

D．questioned

6.

A．followed

B．decreased

C．reduced

D．compared

7.

A．relations

B．barriers

C．customs

D．differences

8.

A．awareness

B．standards

C．consciences

D．expenses

9.

A．admirable

B．confused

C．likely

D．unbelievable

10.

A．survey

B．setting

C．reference

D．paper

11.

A．worse

B．better

C．less

D．more

12.

A．disagreeing

B．observing

C．agreeing

D．puzzling

13.

A．those

B．that

C．it

D．one

14.

A．lower

B．larger

C．smaller

D．higher

15.

A．first

B．third

C．fourth

D．last

16.

A．leading

B．devoting

C．appealing

D．According

17.

A．But

B．And

C．So

D．Or

18.

A．political

B．cultural

C．economical

D．commercial

19.

A．expectation

B．hesitation

C．concern

D．ambition

20.

A．interviewed

B．advised

C．overlooked

D．invested