【推荐1】In order to save the environment, everybody has a role to play. The perfect _________ of someone who knows this well enough is a 70-year-old grandmother, Pat Smith. _________with bags, rubber gloves and a rubbish picker, she spent an entire year _________ rubbish and caring for 52 British beaches after she made it her 2018 New Year’s resolution to ___________ one beach each week. She_________spent her Christmas Day picking up plastic bottles on Trevone Beach.

During her year-long cleanup, Smith was often _________ by other volunteers, including her grandchildren, who were determined to help her tidy up beach rubbish. However, some people often _______ Smith for doing community service, and to this, she said: “people don’t understand I’ve been doing this _______. We should all take responsibility for picking up the rubbish as well as _______ we don’t drop rubbish in the first place.”

The environmentally conscious granny has no intention of __________ just because 2018 was over. “Cleaning 52 beaches in 2018 was my New Year’s Resolution and it’s finally __________, ”said Smith. “I won’t stop, as our beaches __________ me. I’m driven to try and protect our ________ for my children and grand children and I will ________ doing everything in my power to achieve that. I hope my efforts will help people be more ________of their plastic consumption and recycling habits.”

1.

A．example

B．position

C．model

D．role

2.

A．Associated

B．Armed

C．Combined

D．Rewarded

3.

A．recycling

B．collecting

C．abandoning

D．trapping

4.

A．explore

B．decorate

C．clean

D．survey

5.

A．thus

B．still

C．again

D．even

6.

A．joined

B．recorded

C．admired

D．interrupted

7.

A．blame

B．forgive

C．admire

D．mistake

8.

A．voluntarily

B．secretly

C．frequently

D．cautiously

9.

A．declaring

B．admitting

C．ensuring

D．realizing

10.

A．escaping

B．disappearing

C．leaving

D．stopping

11.

A．canceled

B．found

C．obtained

D．done

12.

A．impress

B．understand

C．need

D．trust

13.

A．planet

B．community

C．continent

D．energy

14.

A．enjoy

B．continue

C．recommend

D．imagine

15.

A．proud

B．curious

C．skeptical

D．aware

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Many years ago my dad was diagnosed (诊断) with a terminal illness. He was unable to work at a steady job. He would be fine for quite a while, but would then fall suddenly _____ and have to be admitted to the hospital.
He wanted to do something to keep himself _____ , so he decided to volunteer at the local children _____ . My dad loved kids. He would talk to them and play with them. Sometimes, he would ____ one of his kids. In certain instances, he would give _____to the sad parents of these children.
One of his kids was a girl who had been admitted with a _____ disease that paralyzed (使…瘫痪) her from the neck down. I don’t know the ____ of the disease, but I do know that it was very sad for a little girl. My dad decided to try to help her. He started ____ her in her room, bringing paints, brushes and paper. He stood the paper up _____a backing, put the paintbrush in his mouth and began to paint. He didn’t use his hands at all. Only his _____ would move. He would visit her_____he could and paint for her. All the while he would tell her, “see, you can do anything if you_____ your mind to.”
_____ , she began to paint using her mouth, and she and my dad became friends. Soon after, the little girl was discharged (允许出院). My dad also _____ the children hospital for a little while because he became ill. Sometime later after my dad had recovered and_____ to work, he was at the volunteer counter one day and ____ the front door open. In came the little girl who had been paralyzed, but this time she was ____ . She ran straight to my dad and hugged him really tight. She gave my dad a picture she had done using her ____ . At the bottom it _____, “thank you for helping me walk.”
Sometimes love is more _____ than doctors , and my dad-who died just a few months after the little girl gave him the picture-loved every single child in that hospital .1.

A．ill ycy

B．bad

C．asleep

D．still

2.

A．well

B．relaxed

C．busy

D．healthy

3.

A．palace

B．hospital

C．center

D．park

4.

A．teach

B．miss

C．lose

D．treat

5.

A．speech

B．comfort

C．praise

D．help

6.

A．special

B．curious

C．strange

D．rare

7.

A．result

B．reason

C．name

D．course

8.

A．observing

B．drawing

C．painting

D．visiting

9.

A．with

B．across

C．against

D．over

10.

A．head

B．neck

C．fingers

D．eyes

11.

A．wherever

B．whatever

C．whenever

D．however

12.

A．let

B．make

C．set

D．get

13.

A．Basically

B．Naturally

C．Finally

D．Suddenly

14.

A．left

B．entered

C．reached

D．stayed

15.

A．stopped

B．returned

C．hesitated

D．refused

16.

A．pushed

B．noticed

C．observed

D．kicked

17.

A．shouting

B．lying

C．walking

D．jumping

18.

A．hands

B．pens

C．paper

D．mind

19.

A．wrote

B．told

C．painted

D．read

20.

A．thankful

B．useful

C．thoughtful

D．powerful

【推荐3】After that weekend, my high school classmates and I would go our________ways. Many planned on attending colleges far away, as I did. Others had jobs lined up and a few were thinking about________.

Directly in front of me was a friend, who________and yawned, acting a little self-satisfied. He and a couple of friends had decided to play one________trick before graduation. The night before, they’d________over to the principal’s home and used rolls of toilet paper to decorate his house and yard.

The principal onstage had given no________that anything was wrong. Hearing my name, I took a deep breath, ________climbed the steps, crossed the stage and stopped in front of the principal. He handed me my________case. I couldn’t wait to open it and find my name,________that I had graduated. My friend opened his case and all of us burst into ________. What we saw was a single roll of toilet paper inside.

The choices we make________our lives.

Our high school principal had a great sense of________and took this opportunity to play a trick back on the boys, but they were allowed to graduate.

Sometimes we get lucky when we do something wrong.________, sometimes we don’t. I often wonder what________those who didn't make it to graduation. The________way to stay out of trouble is to avoid it in the first place.

1.

A．wide

B．contradictory

C．similar

D．separate

2.

A．marriage

B．success

C．education

D．separation

3.

A．smiled

B．blamed

C．sighed

D．trembled

4.

A．usual

B．last

C．important

D．very

5.

A．knocked

B．swung

C．slipped

D．switched

6.

A．meaning

B．framework

C．indication

D．fantasy

7.

A．nervously

B．casually

C．shamefully

D．elegantly

8.

A．tool

B．diploma

C．paper

D．glass

9.

A．assuming

B．informing

C．confirming

D．identifying

10.

A．song

B．tears

C．anger

D．laughter

11.

A．destroy

B．shape

C．undergo

D．violate

12.

A．kindness

B．happiness

C．humor

D．accomplishment

13.

A．Anyhow

B．Furthermore

C．Still

D．Therefore

14.

A．became of

B．brought about

C．got across

D．brought out

15.

A．surest

B．toughest

C．meanest

D．bravest

【推荐3】I have a degree in business. But it was my father’s ________ for me to seek a business major. He thought that having a business major would ________ me more available choices and make me more competitive in entering a global labor market. I ________ his advice. However, even though my college experiences were ________, I had no interest in any ________ of commerce, let alone having a long-term career as a businesswoman.

After I graduated, I worked as a marketing planner at a computer company. My ________ and working environment were great; yet I ________ didn’t feel happy doing something that held little appeal for me. After two months of working there, I made up my mind to ________ and decided to do what I love, namely (也就是) ________ history. I have now been doing this job for over twenty years. I am fond of being with my students.

If you are in a ________ where you don’t love what you are learning or doing, please ask yourself what you are really ________ about, and what you truly want for your life. Don’t ________ to get yourself a quick answer. Take some time to think about what career could bring ________ to you.

I like this motto “Success is not the key to happiness.________, happiness is the key to success.” Happiness ________ the inside of you, not from the outside. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

1.

A．ambition

B．commitment

C．decision

D．response

2.

A．guarantee

B．save

C．leave

D．pass

3.

A．ignored

B．valued

C．took

D．opposed

4.

A．fantastic

B．awkward

C．painful

D．plain

5.

A．paper

B．field

C．college

D．job

6.

A．future

B．dream

C．scholarship

D．pay

7.

A．only

B．also

C．still

D．even

8.

A．quit

B．continue

C．consider

D．wait

9.

A．promoting

B．teaching

C．writing

D．studying

10.

A．firm

B．game

C．story

D．place

11.

A．anxious

B．optimistic

C．enthusiastic

D．nervous

12.

A．rush

B．hesitate

C．intend

D．stop

13.

A．love

B．joy

C．confidence

D．knowledge

14.

A．As a result

B．On the whole

C．In a word

D．On the contrary

15.

A．applies to

B．arises from

C．differs from

D．spreads to