【推荐1】A Very Special Special Olympian

I am thankful to this day that I signed up volunteering in this Special Olympics event. If I had missed the event, I would have missed one of the most unforgettable moments that I have ever _________.

Standing at the finish line, I was able to witness many amazing efforts and close races. I was most impressed by the effort each athlete put into his or her event. What also impressed me was the sincere _________ each athlete expressed while participating though sometimes the joy of participating in a sporting event can get _________ in the fierce competition of winning and losing.

Then an amazing moment happened right before my eyes. A group of athletes were _________ up to run a short race. One of them was in a wheelchair, a little girl with a _________ smile. The gun sounded. They were off. Runners sped up in the track with all their might. There she was, pumping her arms with all the _________ she had. Her efforts were getting little result, but that did not stop her. I noticed as she got closer that she also had an injured arm. But that did not stop this bright star. The race was long over _________ the young athlete kept pumping her arms. As she finally _________ the finish line, the noise of the crowd was thunderous. There I stood cheering, with tears falling down my cheeks.

After all these years, I can still hear those cheers. I grew up a lot that day because of the _________ of that little girl in the wheelchair. I was __________ that day of a poem from a book that states, “Whatever you do, do it with all your might.”

1.

A．ignored

B．controlled

C．witnessed

D．imagined

2.

A．joy

B．belief

C．trust

D．confidence

3.

A．stuck

B．increased

C．respected

D．lost

4.

A．mixed

B．called

C．lined

D．piled

5.

A．huge

B．narrow

C．weak

D．hard

6.

A．desires

B．courage

C．energy

D．dreams

7.

A．but

B．and

C．or

D．so

8.

A．felt

B．neared

C．took

D．raised

9.

A．honesty

B．bravery

C．popularity

D．creativity

10.

A．warned

B．persuaded

C．informed

D．reminded

【推荐1】Fink had accidentally texted the wrong number and her messages were going to a man named Clayten, rather than her friend, Jakeman. “Hey! Brother, Jakeman. This is your sister Fink, we are ______you dinner tomorrow. What time would be a______time to bring it over?” the text read. Clayten______replied, “Ooh! What are you bringing me? I’m allergic to seafood.”

Fink then______to Clayten that the text was meant for Jakeman and his______, Sally, who have a four-year-old son, Noah, who was in the ICU. Clayten then responded to Fink, asking, “How can I ______?” Noah has Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. Sally was______Noah, along with his four siblings (兄弟姐妹), to a doctor for a follow-up   ______regarding his broken ankle. It was caused by a fall when he______a seizure (突发疾病).

Clayten told Fink he is a single father. He thought helping a______in need would be a teachable moment for his______. And he added that it is just what people______. Clayten used Facebook on Sunday to______the exchange he had with Fink and encouraged his friends to help out the Jakeman’s family. He also______a fundraiser on Facebook and got in contact with Armer Foundation for Kids. The foundation can______assist the family.

“He doesn’t______us or Fink at all. The fact that he not only offered to help but actually backed that with______is amazing,” Jakeman said. “I don’t know if he______ in God or not, but I believe he was sent here to help this family. I______him he was an angel,” Fink said. Noah is doing better, but he has a long way to go to______. Noah’s mother said that she was making plans with Clayten so he could meet Noah.

1.

A．lending

B．bringing

C．renting

D．changing

2.

A．good

B．useful

C．bad

D．real

3.

A．sincerely

B．luckily

C．rudely

D．jokingly

4.

A．complained

B．admitted

C．explained

D．turned

5.

A．mother

B．wife

C．colleague

D．sister

6.

A．help

B．give

C．leave

D．stay

7.

A．persuading

B．adopting

C．driving

D．asking

8.

A．invitation

B．business

C．research

D．appointment

9.

A．found

B．suffered

C．controlled

D．hid

10.

A．family

B．group

C．team

D．friend

11.

A．work

B．student

C．son

D．way

12.

A．observe

B．study

C．declare

D．do

13.

A．speed

B．share

C．spare

D．involve

14.

A．attended

B．organized

C．established

D．missed

15.

A．further

B．spiritually

C．totally

D．hardly

16.

A．get

B．treat

C．trust

D．know

17.

A．action

B．service

C．thought

D．opinion

18.

A．wants

B．consists

C．believes

D．hands

19.

A．reserved

B．awarded

C．warned

D．told

20.

A．disease

B．recovery

C．adjustment

D．hospital

【推荐2】Compean, fond of hiking, had hiked the park near his home in Southern California numerous times. But after taking risks along a _______ path last April, he was lost.

With no flashlight, only a bottle of water and a power bar in his _______ , and less than ten percent batter _______ on his cell phone, Compean was unprepared for anything more than the two-hour hike. _______ increased.

Compean climbed to a spot, where he found at least one bar of _______ . "SOS. My phone is going to be out of _______ . I'm lost," he texted a friend, _______ a photo showing where he was.   The shot showed his legs hanging against some _______ .

Sixty miles away in Ventura County, Ben Kuo was working at home visiting the website when he _______ a tweet from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, showing an image of a man's ________ . The Sheriff's search-and-rescue teams had spent the ________ night unsuccessfully looking for Compean, so they released the photo to the public, hoping someone might know the ________ .

Ben is skilled at looking for where photos are taken and always ________ . When he saw the image of Compean's legs surrounded by an endless landscape of rocks and plants, he immediately ________ a satellite map beside his laptop. After comparing it to the satellite map, Ben soon ________ the location.

That finding tightened his search, leading him to an area that resembled the place in the ________ . The final step was cross-referencing the original photo with 3-D images of the area from Google Earth. The locations ________ ! He quickly called the Sheriff's department with the exact coordinates（坐标） ________ by Google Earth, Soon, a search-and-rescue team ________ was in the air, hovering（悬停）above Compean.

After spending 27 hours ________ in the wilderness, Compean cried, "I'm safe!"

1.

A．regular

B．new

C．broad

D．quiet

2.

A．house

B．phone

C．team

D．backpack

3.

A．charged

B．leaking

C．remaining

D．started

4.

A．Enthusiasm

B．Curiosity

C．Fear

D．Surprise

5.

A．signal

B．chocolate

C．soap

D．music

6.

A．sight

B．control

C．power

D．condition

7.

A．drawing

B．scanning

C．printing

D．attaching

8.

A．maps

B．rocks

C．bottles

D．flashlights

9.

A．read

B．enjoyed

C．edited

D．shared

10.

A．feet

B．fingers

C．legs

D．ears

11.

A．previous

B．snowy

C．terrible

D．foggy

12.

A．mystery

B．challenge

C．accident

D．location

13.

A．considerate

B．successful

C．confident

D．mature

14.

A．picked out

B．picked up

C．folded up

D．printed out

15.

A．identified

B．compared

C．explored

D．searched

16.

A．image

B．plan

C．description

D．explanation

17.

A．differed

B．disappeared

C．changed

D．matched

18.

A．posted

B．expressed

C．supplied

D．sent

19.

A．ambulance

B．helicopter

C．spaceship

D．balloon

20.

A．bitterly

B．angrily

C．guiltily

D．alone

【推荐3】Jenna had graduated first in her class and was ready for new challenge in high school.

However, high school was different. In the first week, Jenna went to try-outs (选拔) for cheerleaders (啦啦队队员). She was competing against very talented girls, and she knew it would be ___________ for her to be chosen. Two hours later, the judge (裁判) read a ___________ of the girls for the second try-out. Her name wasn’t on the list. Feeling ___________, she walked home carrying her schoolbag full of homework.

Arriving home, she started with ___________. She had always been a good math student, but now she was ___________. She moved on to English and history, and was ___________ to find that she didn’t have any trouble with those subjects. Feeling better, she decided not to ___________ math for the time being.

The next day in ___________ class, Jenna spent most of her time working out the problems that had given her so much ___________. By the end of class, she finally got them right. As she gathered (收拢) her books, Jenna ____________ she’d continue to try to fit in at her new school. She wasn’t sure if she’d succeed, but she knew she had to try. High school was just as her mom had said: “ You will feel like a small fish in a big pond instead of a big fish in a small pond. The challenge is to become the best fish you can be.

1.

A．difficult

B．easy

C．boring

D．interesting

2.

A．list

B．paper

C．text

D．map

3.

A．strange

B．happy

C．sad

D．lonely

4.

A．math

B．Chinese

C．English

D．history

5.

A．struggling

B．improving

C．working

D．continuing

6.

A．embarrassed

B．disappointed

C．shocked

D．relaxed

7.

A．work with

B．prepare for

C．worry about

D．give up

8.

A．physics

B．history

C．English

D．math

9.

A．pleasure

B．hope

C．trouble

D．sadness

10.

A．decided

B．accepted

C．refused

D．felt

【推荐1】I remember the first day when I saw Sally playing basketball. I watched in wonder as she struggled her way through the crowd of boys on the playground. She seemed so _______ , but she managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net. The boys always tried to stop her _______nobody could.

I began to notice Sally at other times, basketball in hand, playing _______. She practiced dribbling (运球）and _______ over and over.

One day I asked Sally why she _______ so much. Without a moment of hesitation she said, “I want to go to college. The only way I can go is to get a _______ . I’m going to play college basketball and I want to be the best one. I believe that if I am _______ enough，I will get one. My father has told me that if the dream is big enough，the facts don’t _______. ”

I _______ her through those junior high years and into high school. Every week, she led her team to ________. One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting on the grass, her head ________ her arms. Slowly and quietly, I ________ and sat down beside her. “What’s wrong?” I asked. “Oh，nothing,” came a soft reply, “I am just too short. ” The ________ told her that at 165 cm she would probably never play for a top team一still less she would be ________ a scholarship--so she should stop dreaming about college.

I felt she was extremely ________ . I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She told me that her father said those coaches were ________ . They didn’t understand the ________ of a dream.

The next year, Sally was seen by a college basketball coach after a big game. She was   ________ offered a scholarship and ________ to the college team. She was going to get the college education that she had ________ and worked toward for all those years.

It’s true： if the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.

1.

A．silent

B．small

C．strong

D．huge

2.

A．but

B．and

C．so

D．for

3.

A．still

B．again

C．well

D．alone

4.

A．passing

B．running

C．shooting

D．struggling

5.

A．studied

B．practiced

C．expected

D．improved

6.

A．title

B．prize

C．scholarship

D．reward

7.

A．good

B．brave

C．careful

D．active

8.

A．lack

B．talk

C．appear

D．count

9.

A．encouraged

B．respected

C．watched

D．helped

10.

A．victory

B．confidence

C．responsibility

D．profession

11.

A．dropped

B．buried

C．covered

D．sunk

12.

A．walked off

B．walked out

C．walked around

D．walked up

13.

A．coach

B．teacher

C．captain

D．leader

14.

A．suggested

B．sent

C．promised

D．offered

15.

A．worried

B．excited

C．disappointed

D．surprised

16.

A．great

B．wrong

C．strict

D．cruel

17.

A．pressure

B．value

C．cause

D．power

18.

A．exactly

B．naturally

C．really

D．normally

19.

A．taken

B．admitted

C．introduced

D．appointed

20.

A．dreamed of

B．picked up

C．benefited from

D．carried out

【推荐3】I remember the first day when I saw Sally playing basketball. I watched in wonder as she _____ her way through the crowd of boys on the playground. She seemed so ______, but she managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net. The boys always tried to stop her but nobody could.

I began to notice Sally at other times, basketball in hand, playing ______. She kept dribbling(运球) and________over and over, sometimes until dark.

One day, I asked Sally why she ______ so much. Without a moment of hesitation she said, “I want to go to college. The only way I can go is to get a ______. I’m going to play college basketball and I want to be the best one. I believe if I am ______ enough, I will get one. My father has told me that if the dream is big enough, the facts don’t ____.

I ______ her through those junior high years and into high school. Every week, she led her team to ______. One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting on the grass, her head ____ in her arms. Slowly and quietly, I walked

____and sat down beside her. “What’s wrong?” I asked. “Oh, nothing.” came a soft reply, “I am just too short.” The ______told her that at 165 cm she would probably never play for a top team-still less she would be ______a scholarship—so she should stop dreaming about college.

I felt she was extremely ______. I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She told me that her father said those coaches were ______. They didn’t understand the _______of a dream.

The next year, Sally was seen by a college basketball coach after a big game. She was ________ awarded a scholarship and ______ to the college education that she had ______ and worked toward for all those years.

It’s true: if the dream is big enough, the facts don’t matter at all.

1.

A．felt

B．lost

C．struggled

D．saw

2.

A．small

B．upset

C．strong

D．determined

3.

A．well

B．still

C．again

D．alone

4.

A．running

B．passing

C．shooting

D．struggling

5.

A．studied

B．expected

C．improved

D．practiced

6.

A．title

B．prize

C．reward

D．scholarship

7.

A．good

B．brave

C．active

D．careful

8.

A．lack

B．block

C．count

D．appear

9.

A．guided

B．watched

C．preferred

D．encouraged

10.

A．faith

B．peace

C．victory

D．profession

11.

A．sunk

B．buried

C．covered

D．dropped

12.

A．up

B．away

C．back

D．around

13.

A．coach

B．judge

C．teacher

D．captain

14.

A．sent

B．offered

C．promised

D．suggested

15.

A．excited

B．worried

C．disappointed

D．frightened

16.

A．cruel

B．strict

C．unfair

D．wrong

17.

A．cause

B．power

C．value

D．pressure

18.

A．really

B．entirely

C．gradually

D．naturally

19.

A．voted

B．admitted

C．appointed

D．introduced

20.

A．joined in

B．gone through

C．benefited from

D．longed for