【推荐2】Once upon a time, there was a kingdom. The king only had one leg and one eye, but he was very clever and _______ . Everyone in his kingdom lived a happy life.

One day, the king was walking through the palace hallway and _______ the pictures of his ancestors(祖先). He thought that one day his_______would walk in the same hallway and remember all their ancestors through these pictures.

But the king had not had his picture_______ . Due to his physical_______,he wasn’t sure how his paintings would_______ .So he invited many famous painters to the palace and said that he wanted a _______picture painted of himself. He also said he wanted to _______ it in the palace. Any painter who could do this would be rewarded. All of the painters thought it was_______to make the king’s picture beautiful since he had only one leg and one eye. So they made ________ and politely refused to take the job.

Suddenly, one painter ________his hand and said that he could paint a very beautiful picture of the king which he would ________like. The king became happy and the other painters were very ________.The painter started to ________the picture. After taking a long time, he said that the picture was ready!

Other painters that were present were nervous, ________what if the king didn’t like the picture and got ________But when the painter showed the picture ,everyone ,the king included, was shocked.

The painter had painted a picture in which the king was ________ on a horse, on the one-leg side. He held his bow and was aiming the arrow with his one eye________.The painter had painted a beautiful picture by cleverly ________the king’s disabilities! The king was very________and gave the painter a great reward.

1.

A．upset

B．ugly

C．mean

D．kind

2.

A．bought

B．saw

C．stole

D．took

3.

A．friends

B．students

C．children

D．relatives

4.

A．prepared

B．hung

C．painted

D．shown

5.

A．characters

B．advantages

C．disabilities

D．changes

6.

A．come out

B．put out

C．turn out

D．take out

7.

A．special

B．beautiful

C．common

D．large

8.

A．throw

B．study

C．use

D．place

9.

A．impossible

B．tiring

C．simple

D．lucky

10.

A．excuses

B．decisions

C．faces

D．noise

11.

A．shook

B．reached

C．covered

D．raised

12.

A．certainly

B．hardly

C．directly

D．partly

13.

A．excited

B．embarrassed

C．surprised

D．pleased

14.

A．decorate

B．draw

C．watch

D．copy

15.

A．saying

B．thinking

C．knowing

D．writing

16.

A．angry

B．serious

C．lonely

D．crazy

17.

A．standing

B．walking

C．lying

D．sitting

18.

A．closed

B．unfinished

C．blocked

D．injured

19.

A．escaping

B．hiding

C．cutting

D．forgetting

20.

A．proud

B．bored

C．confident

D．satisfied

【推荐3】It was Mother’s Day and I was shopping at the local supermarket with my five-year-old son, Tenyson. As we were _______, we realized that only minutes earlier an _______ woman had fallen over at the entrance and hit her head on the ground. _______ was with her, but there was blood everywhere and the woman was embarrassed and clearly in shock. _______ a lot of people stopped to help out.

While we were walking towards the scene, Tenyson became very _______ about what had happened to the elderly couple. He _______ to me, “Mom, it’s not much fun falling over in front of _______.” Seeing that there was a flower stall (摊位) at the front of the supermarket, he added, “Why shouldn’t we _______ the lady a flower? It will make her feel better.” I was _______ that he’d come up with this wise idea. So we went over and told the flower seller ________ we wanted. “Just take it,” she replied. “I can’t take your money for such a wonderful ________.”

By now medical staff (医疗团队) had arrived, and were ________ the injured woman. We gave the flower to the woman’s husband and I told him it was ________ my son. At that, the old man started crying and said, “Thank you very much.” He then turned to me, “You have a ________ son. Happy Mother’s Day to you.”

The man bent down and gave his wife the flower, the old lady looked up at Tenyson with love in her eyes and gave him a little ________.

1.

A．leaving

B．driving

C．moving

D．stopping

2.

A．injured

B．awkward

C．honest

D．elderly

3.

A．Her husband

B．My son

C．The crowd

D．The seller

4.

A．Specifically

B．Particularly

C．Interestingly

D．Fortunately

5.

A．guilty

B．curious

C．angry

D．worried

6.

A．complained

B．said

C．lied

D．responded

7.

A．none

B．someone

C．everything

D．anyone

8.

A．lend

B．bring

C．leave

D．buy

9.

A．amazed

B．shocked

C．puzzled

D．concerned

10.

A．which

B．when

C．what

D．whether

11.

A．scene

B．habit

C．flower

D．action

12.

A．checking with

B．looking after

C．operating on

D．praying for

13.

A．from

B．to

C．with

D．about

14.

A．respectful

B．cheerful

C．successful

D．wonderful

15.

A．idea

B．money

C．smile

D．comfort

【推荐1】Jeremy Locke, who owns a roofing and construction company, had always been wanting to _______ the roof of Jeanette MacDonald’s home. Whenever he drove past the woman’s home, he _______ that another group of repairmen had taken on the job. But as weeks wore on, the roof continued to worsen without any _______ of repair.

“I had it in my mind that if no one steps up to help this lady in our community, I’d love to,” said Locke to his wife.

When Locke finally _______ MacDonald about fixing her roof for free, however, she politely turned him down because she did not like to accept _______. She told Locke, “I applied for a government grant (补助金) to fix the roof and I’ll be more than happy to _______ you once the grant application was approved”.

_______, the approval never came.

So Locke changed tactics (策略). The sympathetic construction worker played a/an _______ trick to make her accept his help. He invited MacDonald to enter a raffle (抽奖) that his business was holding for a free roof. After MacDonald got one of the raffle tickets, Locke told her that she was the _______. Not until the new roof was finished did MacDonald know that she was the only one who had entered the raffle.

MacDonald said that she didn’t know how to express her ________ to Locke, saying that he was her “guardian angel”.

1.

A．design

B．repair

C．decorate

D．construct

2.

A．announced

B．acknowledged

C．assumed

D．appreciated

3.

A．signs

B．hope

C．means

D．need

4.

A．went along with

B．kept track of

C．looked out for

D．reached out to

5.

A．charity

B．apologies

C．advice

D．invitations

6.

A．award

B．thank

C．trace

D．hire

7.

A．Unknowingly

B．Naturally

C．Unfortunately

D．Gradually

8.

A．unpleasant

B．innocent

C．mean

D．cheap

9.

A．joiner

B．owner

C．helper

D．winner

10.

A．gratitude

B．generosity

C．sympathy

D．blessing

【推荐3】Yesterday afternoon, I bought a few things from the supermarket. I decided to buy a chocolate bar for the _______, and gift it with a smile card.

The woman at the check-out _______ was an old lady, and at first, she seemed very _______. After paying, I was _______ to give my gift to her, _______ for the whole time we interacted, she didn’t smile at all. Nevertheless, I _______ the courage and gave it to her, explaining that it was for her.

She seemed _______ at first but then a huge smile spread across her face, and she was so happy and thankful! She told me that no _______ had ever done anything nice for her before. I felt so happy that I was able to _______ her day!

Then I went out to __________ for the bus at the bus stop. A lady came over to me. She was __________ about what bus she should take to get to her neighborhood __________ when her bus was coming. I __________ it to her, and she told me that she was 78 years old and she would not be able to remember the __________. So I wrote it on her hand. She was so __________ and we stood and chatted for a while.

I remembered I had __________ chocolate bar in my bag so I gave it to her along with a smile card. She was really __________ and then said that every time she __________ to this exact bus stop, someone comes and helps her. She said she thinks each of them is like an __________ each time.

As my bus drove up, I said goodbye to her, __________ her a hug, and we parted our own ways.

1.

A．child

B．cashier

C．friend

D．parent

2.

A．room

B．station

C．counter

D．shop

3.

A．delighted

B．terrified

C．depressed

D．scared

4.

A．anxious

B．nervous

C．obvious

D．dangerous

5.

A．when

B．although

C．because

D．unless

6.

A．picked up

B．cleared up

C．gave up

D．broke up

7.

A．embarrassed

B．shocked

C．pleased

D．exhausted

8.

A．customers

B．families

C．relatives

D．officials

9.

A．cause

B．stop

C．make

D．involve

10.

A．long

B．wait

C．care

D．seek

11.

A．convinced

B．addicted

C．worried

D．confused

12.

A．or

B．but

C．and

D．then

13.

A．declared

B．explained

C．expected

D．connected

14.

A．shape

B．type

C．time

D．number

15.

A．sweet

B．beautiful

C．generous

D．tough

16.

A．another

B．one

C．other

D．that

17.

A．happy

B．lovely

C．proud

D．simple

18.

A．arrives

B．replies

C．comes

D．refers

19.

A．eagle

B．artist

C．angel

D．emperor

20.

A．spared

B．gave

C．fled

D．refused

【推荐1】       On the morning of May 18, 2010, Enzo PiscoPo’s alarm clock went off, signaling the start of another workday. Moments later, unbearable pain shot through his back.

“I _______ so loud that I probably woke up the whole neighborhood,” he says. He became paralyzed (使瘫痪，使麻痹) from the waist down, Doctors said he’d likely never _______ again.

The last three years have been a challenging, but equally _______, journey for Enzo, a Coca-Cola employee since 1966. He has gone through great pain, relearned everyday tasks and got used to life in a _______.

“These lessons have made me the happiest I’ve ever been,” Enzo says. Nearly every day, someone asks Enzo how he can be so _______ after such a life-changing _______. It’s a question, he admits; he’s asked himself more than a few times.

One particular _______ changed Enzo. A few weeks after his injury, he was talking to his wife in his hospital room_______ focusing on what he had, he fixed his attention on what he thought he’d _______.

His wife told him the things that mattered most to them were ________ intact (完好无损的), and that they would continue to follow their dreams and do everything they ________ to do, including traveling.

“That conversation ________ me that I have the most wonderful wife and four beautiful and healthy kid,” he says.

Enzo, who returned to work three months after his injury, ________ that happiness is a choice. “You can find millions of ________ to either be happy or unhappy. The choice is yours. Many people who seemingly have everything are ________, while some of the ________ people in the world are deeply happy. The ________ is focusing on the things that really matter. Today I make an effort to ________ all the ‘little things’ that make me happy. I still want to ________ and grow as a person in all aspects of my life,________ I’m now enjoying the abundance of things I already have much more.

1.

A．asked

B．screamed

C．talked

D．laughed

2.

A．speak

B．read

C．walk

D．work

3.

A．comfortable

B．dangerous

C．boring

D．rewarding

4.

A．hospital

B．vehicle

C．house

D．wheelchair

5.

A．optimistic

B．energetic

C．sweet

D．smart

6.

A．chance

B．journey

C．injury

D．success

7.

A．conversation

B．operation

C．colleague

D．friend

8.

A．Instead of

B．In case of

C．As for

D．Except for

9.

A．created

B．lost

C．got

D．explained

10.

A．never

B．still

C．also

D．even

11.

A．need

B．pretend

C．agree

D．love

12.

A．reminded

B．warned

C．promised

D．advised

13.

A．doubts

B．remembers

C．hopes

D．insists

14.

A．results

B．truths

C．reasons

D．questions

15.

A．excited

B．pitiful

C．careful

D．tired

16.

A．wisest

B．poorest

C．prettiest

D．busiest

17.

A．skill

B．gift

C．key

D．fact

18.

A．change

B．show

C．enjoy

D．ignore

19.

A．relax

B．refuse

C．forget

D．improve

20.

A．but

B．or

C．though

D．unless

【推荐3】In high school Norman Greenstein was a productive doodle (涂鸦手), and created lots of paintings. When he     _________ his works to his teacher, the teacher responded, “The problem with modern art is that you can _________ on a canvas (画布) and call it art.” Norman felt so disappointed, but he _________ parted with art over the years.

After his _________ , Norman put his dream aside and spared no efforts to _________ his wife and three children with devotion. Although life was sometimes hard for him, it didn’t ruin his _________ for creative expression. After being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, the 65- year-old social worker, decided to turn his dark diagnosis into a _________ opportunity to realise a lifelong dream.

_________ by the father, Steven and his brother started what would become a _________ involving the whole family, in order to make the father’s works __________ by all people around him, as well as his experience of fighting against Parkinson’s disease, and his __________ to help others with Parkinson’s.

In 2021, an online __________ was launched to feature the colourful canvases and he also __________ a memoir (回忆录) called Spit on a Canvas: the Journey of the Parkinson’s Painter. Meanwhile, Nor man began selling his first paintings, with galleries exhibiting his works. The team is also __________ releasing Norman’s first digital net art collection. 20 % of all __________ has been donated to two Parkinson’s research foundations.

1.

A．found

B．lent

C．offered

D．showed

2.

A．practice

B．spit

C．sneeze

D．concentrate

3.

A．still

B．occasionally

C．never

D．frequently

4.

A．retirement

B．explanation

C．graduation

D．marriage

5.

A．support

B．respect

C．provide

D．share

6.

A．calling

B．praying

C．longing

D．waiting

7.

A．unbelievable

B．positive

C．embarrassing

D．disturbing

8.

A．Shocked

B．Changed

C．Inspired

D．Delayed

9.

A．project

B．request

C．competition

D．connection

10.

A．spotted

B．recommended

C．developed

D．regarded

11.

A．potential

B．way

C．talent

D．responsibility

12.

A．museum

B．library

C．programme

D．gallery

13.

A．published

B．copied

C．revised

D．examined

14.

A．ending with

B．working on

C．giving up

D．paying for

15.

A．salary

B．rewards

C．sales

D．allowance