【推荐2】We made a quick stop at the grocery store to pick up cupcakes for my daughter Norah’s fourth birthday. As an older gentleman walked by, Norah _________ and waved, “Hi old person! It’s my birthday today!” I apologized to him embarrassedly for her _________.

“Hello little lady! And how old are you today?” he asked. They _________ for a couple of minutes, with Norah _________ him in on the details of her birthday, and we went out _________ ways. But a few minutes later, Norah _________ she really wanted a _________ with him. Uh, my cutest baby!

We back found him at the _________. “Excuse me, sir? She’d like to know if you’d take a photo with her,” I asked, _________ the man to be annoyed at my daughter’s strange request. ____________, I got the completely opposite response!

He looked ____________. “A photo? With me?” So they posed together and then they ____________ each other like they were long lost friends. The precious scene ____________ other shoppers, but no one cared. We ____________ Mr. Dan (I knew his name later on) for his ____________. His eyes filled with tears and he said, “No, thank YOU. It is YOU who made me ____________.”

Now, Norah and Mr. Dan are more than just friends. We make ____________ visits to see him because she worries about his being ____________. Mr. Dan says that his friendship with Norah helped to ____________ his broken heart for his wife’s sudden death.

Sometimes talking to ____________ turns into the most beautiful thing in the world.

1.

A．smiled

B．responded

C．communicated

D．escaped

2.

A．noise

B．impoliteness

C．interruption

D．sorrow

3.

A．waited

B．stood

C．chatted

D．discussed

4.

A．dropping

B．putting

C．calling

D．filling

5.

A．long

B．narrow

C．separate

D．crowded

6.

A．decided

B．predicted

C．reminded

D．remembered

7.

A．talk

B．picture

C．moment

D．reunion

8.

A．street

B．community

C．restaurant

D．store

9.

A．requiring

B．allowing

C．expecting

D．causing

10.

A．Instead

B．Besides

C．Lastly

D．Suddenly

11.

A．annoyed

B．prepared

C．disappointed

D．delighted

12.

A．greeted

B．encouraged

C．supported

D．hugged

13.

A．educated

B．blocked

C．delayed

D．attracted

14.

A．thanked

B．paid

C．memorized

D．excited

15.

A．friendship

B．permission

C．time

D．experience

16.

A．take off

B．get along

C．cheer up

D．hold on

17.

A．special

B．regular

C．quick

D．new

18.

A．lonely

B．busy

C．tired

D．ill

19.

A．attend

B．touch

C．open

D．sew

20.

A．shoppers

B．strangers

C．passengers

D．friends

【推荐1】Every morning, Terrill Haigler, 30, puts on his uniform and prepares for his day. He ties his work boots, throws on his green________vest (背心) and puts on his work gloves for the job he loves: being a garbage man.

The sanitation (公共卫生) worker knew that he had to________the gap between sanitation workers in the front line like himself and the community. So Haigler started________and posting videos on Instagram to________the everyday lives of what sanitation workers are________during the pandemic (流行病).

Haigler said, "I started an Instagram page just to give people a (n)________of what it is to be a sanitation worker." Haigler wants people to know how________a garbage man is.

People started watching the________And once his following rose, Haigler set out to________his fellow employees.

He________a T-shirt with a garbage man logo. In just a few weeks, Haigler has sold more than 1,000 T-shirts and has________more than $25,000. He uses the money to buy________ protective equipment and cleaning________for sanitation workers in the city.

Now, he has more than 18,000________With his social media followers increasing, Haigler started receiving________from fans. They sent things like drinking water, food and cold treats.

Since the start of the pandemic, the________of trash has increased by at least 30%. With this increase, not only is he working harder and longer, but he also constantly worries about his________, as he does not know whose trash he's________up or if that person is tested positive for COVID-19. "We're________fighting the pandemic like everybody else. So give us some support and give us a little________," he added.

1.

A．activity

B．reality

C．safety

D．anxiety

2.

A．discover

B．fill

C．repair

D．bridge

3.

A．recording

B．copying

C．deleting

D．watching

4.

A．show

B．find

C．indicate

D．suggest

5.

A．breaking through

B．going through

C．looking through

D．cutting through

6.

A．try

B．idea

C．relief

D．interview

7.

A．important

B．poor

C．simple

D．smart

8.

A．cartoons

B．films

C．videos

D．shows

9.

A．help

B．teach

C．promote

D．.train

10.

A．spotted

B．purchased

C．emphasized

D．created

11.

A．borrowed

B．raised

C．spent

D．included

12.

A．spiritual

B．casual

C．personal

D．natural

13.

A．supplies

B．energies

C．pipes

D．pictures

14.

A．colleagues

B．listeners

C．followers

D．employees

15.

A．letters

B．e-mails

C．telephones

D．donations

16.

A．quality

B．waste

C．amount

D．level

17.

A．money

B．health

C．wealth

D．study

18.

A．taking

B．giving

C．picking

D．putting

19.

A．frequently

B．actually

C．gradually

D．strangely

20.

A．time

B．control

C．hope

D．respect

【推荐2】There was a boy that dreamt of becoming the world’s best violinist. To achieve his life goal, he travelled to a faraway land where the famous and best violinist of all time _________.
The apartment he was directed to was in an old, lonely place. There was no evidence of life at all. The young man was _________ and turned to leave. _________ he heard someone coughing from within.
The famous violinist was very old and _________. He refused to teach the young boy, who also refused to _________. The boy played his violin in the yard, and this he did for three nights _________ the old man could not bear it any more. He came out on the fourth night and began to _________ the boy. Under his instruction, the _________ student’s musical skills rapidly improved.
Years passed by. Now the old man asked the boy to _________ an important competition. It was the best violin competition in the world. The young man was among hundreds of __________ from all over the world. The __________ lasted for days. On the day he played, everyone was deeply __________. First, the boy was so young, but no violin player could have played __________. Second, the boy was focused on one __________ and never looked elsewhere till he finished. Third, tears came down his focused eyes but his __________ was not drawn away from the music. He was __________ the winner.
Only the boy knew the __________ for his success in the competition. __________ learning from the best violinist the world ever knew, his teacher had come in person that day to __________ him. The old man stood in the dark where he wasn’t __________ to anyone around. The old violinist died few days later.1.

A．performed

B．lived

C．toured

D．lay

2.

A．bored

B．disappointed

C．excited

D．satisfied

3.

A．Still

B．Also

C．Thus

D．Then

4.

A．weak

B．polite

C．kind

D．strict

5.

A．leave

B．talk

C．learn

D．play

6.

A．so

B．unless

C．if

D．till

7.

A．punish

B．persuade

C．beg

D．coach

8.

A．slow

B．gifted

C．kind

D．quiet

9.

A．take part in

B．look forward to

C．stay away from

D．come up with

10.

A．judges

B．students

C．competitors

D．fans

11.

A．program

B．event

C．concert

D．lecture

12.

A．annoyed

B．moved

C．hurt

D．concerned

13.

A．better

B．quicker

C．harder

D．louder

14.

A．book

B．model

C．direction

D．question

15.

A．hand

B．eye

C．interest

D．attention

16.

A．announced

B．known

C．shown

D．predicted

17.

A．prize

B．wish

C．way

D．reason

18.

A．Without

B．Besides

C．Through

D．By

19.

A．find

B．comfort

C．support

D．visit

20.

A．dangerous

B．unfair

C．noticeable

D．particular

【推荐2】Cruz Genet, 11, and Anthony Skopick, 10, couldn’t agree. Were the birds out on the ice ducks or geese? There was only one way to find out. So on a chilly January evening, the two friends ventured (冒险) onto the _________ pond near their homes in Frankfort, Illinois, to get a better look. First they threw a rock onto the ice to _________ it. Cruz told NBC 5 Chicago. “Then we stepped on it.” _________ the ice would hold their weight, Anthony took a few steps. Then he crashed through the _________ frozen surface. “There was no sound, no crack.” he told NBC 5 Chicago. “I just fell through instantly.”

Cruz rushed to help his _________ friend. However, the pond _________ him too. Cruz managed to lift himself out of the extremely cold water and onto a more _________ section. He then _________ worked his way toward Anthony. But the ice didn’t hold, and he fell in again. This time, he couldn’t get out.

The boys were up to their necks in icy water and quickly losing feeling in their limbs. Any chance of their _________ themselves was slipping away (溜走). Cruz was sure he was going to die. Anthony’s older sister had seen the boys fall through the ice and started __________ for help.

John Lavin, a neighbor driving nearby on his way to the grocery store, heard her. He quickly __________. Seeing the boys, he __________ a nearby buoy (救生圈), kicked off his shoes, and ran into the water. Lavin made his way to Cruz and Anthony and pulled them back to land. They were taken to the hospital, where doctors discovered that their five-minute stay in the water had __________ their body temperature nearly ten degrees.

Fortunately, the boys have fully __________. They are grateful and amazed by their __________ neighbor. “Just to think,” says Cruz, “if he were not there, I could have died.”

1.

A．calm

B．frozen

C．bitter

D．tough

2.

A．bury

B．test

C．spread

D．dig

3.

A．Confused

B．Amazed

C．Convinced

D．Annoyed

4.

A．seemingly

B．appropriately

C．alternatively

D．constantly

5.

A．optimistic

B．hesitant

C．panicked

D．tolerant

6.

A．shifted

B．swallowed

C．struck

D．swept

7.

A．flat

B．smooth

C．rough

D．solid

8.

A．carefully

B．bravely

C．passively

D．sadly

9.

A．catching

B．freeing

C．taking

D．breaking

10.

A．waving

B．jumping

C．screaming

D．running

11.

A．pulled over

B．knocked over

C．took over

D．looked over,

12.

A．placed

B．grabbed

C．dropped

D．covered

13.

A．lowered

B．influenced

C．monitored

D．examined

14.

A．repeated

B．replaced

C．removed

D．recovered

15.

A．careless

B．worthless

C．helpless

D．fearless

【推荐3】Accept life as it is. I learned how to do it from my father. _______, he did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was _______ and ill.

My father was _______ a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness _______ all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is _______ .One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started _______ about life, and I told them about one of my _______. I said that we must very often give things up _______ we grow — our youth, our beauty, our friends — but it always _______ that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father ________ up. He said, “But, Peter, I gave up ________! What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I couldn’t think of anything to say. ________, he answered his own question: “I ________ the love of my family,” I looked at my sisters and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.

I was also ________ by his words. After that, when I began to feel angry at someone, I ________ remember his words and become ________. If he could ________ his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be ________ to give up my small anger. In this ________, I learned the power of acceptance from my father.

Sometimes I ________ what other things I could have learned from him if I had listened more carefully when I was a boy. For now, though, I am ashamed (惭愧的)for this one word.

1.

A．Therefore

B．Meanwhile

C．Afterward

D．However

2.

A．weak

B．poor

C．slow

D．tired

3.

A．already

B．still

C．once

D．only

4.

A．sent

B．took

C．threw

D．put

5.

A．stressful

B．difficult

C．impossible

D．hopeless

6.

A．asking

B．talking

C．worrying

D．caring

7.

A．beliefs

B．experiences

C．decisions

D．ambitions

8.

A．before

B．till

C．as

D．since

9.

A．promises

B．suggests

C．requires

D．seems

10.

A．opened

B．summed

C．turned

D．spoke

11.

A．anything

B．something

C．everything

D．nothing

12.

A．Immediately

B．Naturally

C．Surprisingly

D．Certainly

13.

A．accepted

B．had

C．enjoyed

D．gained

14.

A．attracted

B．warned

C．touched

D．astonished

15.

A．should

B．would

C．could

D．might

16.

A．calm

B．relaxed

C．quiet

D．happy

17.

A．replace

B．share

C．combine

D．remove

18.

A．able

B．free

C．ready

D．likely

19.

A．time

B．place

C．case

D．way

20.

A．know

B．doubt

C．guess

D．wonder