【推荐1】Despite the weather or he distance,Paul Wilson will make sure low-income students in his neighborhood arrive at their college classes on time.

A retired engineer,76-year-old Wilson has been __ free rides to college students for the past eight years.Since he first started __ his car to the young people,Wilson has __ an astonishing 64,000 miles,and has had countless pleasant and often humorous __ with the students he transports to and from school.The students who he's __ have gone on to become physicians,teachers and engineers,but what they've also got out of their tie in school is finding a role model and a friend in Wilson.

Tina Stern ___rides from Wilson for all her four years in college,and the trips meant much more to her than just free __."It's not just a ride;you're not just sitting there in ___silence or with your headphones on."Stern said."He asks you questions and actually remembers the answers,so the next time you ride with him,he'll __ those things.”

Wilson often goes __ to ensure the welfare and safety of the students.If they have problems with registration,Wilson is there to __ them.If they run out of certain daily necessities,Wilson will drive to the nearest store and purchase what's needed.If a student gets hungry on the long drives to and from school, Wilson never ___to buy them a meal.

For many students,Wilson's help is not only appreciated,it's also necessary.Some students don't have a reliable car,while others have to share vehicles with parents who work six days a week.For them,riding with Wilson has __ them to complete their education-but according to Wilson,he benefits just as much from the __."I just love driving and I love these kids,"Wilson said.“It's such a(n) __ to be a part of these kids' lives,even just for a few hours,getting to know them and hearing their stories."

1.

A．linking

B．sending

C．offering

D．limiting

2.

A．donating

B．lending

C．delivering

D．volunteering

3.

A．paved

B．covered

C．measured

D．wandered

4.

A．arguments

B．interviews

C．cooperation

D．conversations

5.

A．met

B．driven

C．addressed

D．greeted

6.

A．earned

B．issued

C．received

D．demanded

7.

A．transportation

B．style

C．time

D．communication

8.

A．forced

B．awkward

C．pleasant

D．obvious

9.

A．act on

B．settle on

C．check on

D．agree on

10.

A．out

B．around

C．beyond

D．forwards

11.

A．help

B．watch

C．urge

D．warn

12.

A．expects

B．attempts

C．manages

D．hesitates

13.

A．required

B．allowed

C．reminded

D．informed

14.

A．experience

B．arrangement

C．appreciation

D．employment

15.

A．effort

B．ambition

C．pleasure

D．convenience

【推荐2】In 2006, Jackie Briggs was working 60 hours a week at a high-pressure IT job. One Saturday afternoon, she made a _________ to take some time for herself and went to a women’s health meeting. As she was walking around in the meeting room, someone came near to her.

“This lovely dark-haired woman _________ to me and she said, ‘Excuse me, I can’t help _________ your arm mark,’” Briggs remembers. That day, Briggs wore a sleeveless(无袖的)dress, _________ a rose-shaped birthmark(胎记)on her arm exposed.

The woman asked Briggs if she had seen a _________ about the birthmark, and when Briggs said that she had, the _________ continued to ask her when. “When? I had to stop to _________. I counted back and it had been over three years,” Briggs remembers. When the woman _________ how long it had been, she suggested Briggs see a doctor as _________ as possible. After explaining that she was a nurse, she gently reached out and touched Briggs’ __________. “Really, don’t wait,” she said.

When Briggs saw a doctor, she learned that the woman had saved her __________. It turned out that the birthmark was __________ a melanoma(黑色素瘤)-one of the fastest-moving and __________ types of skin cancers. Briggs had an __________ and had the melanoma removed. She’s now happily retired and just finished writing her first novel. She is __________ that the stranger saved her life.

1.

A．mistake

B．deal

C．difference

D．decision

2.

A．got down

B．came up

C．gave out

D．turned up

3.

A．noticing

B．missing

C．feeling

D．holding

4.

A．allowing

B．finding

C．leaving

D．considering

5.

A．friend

B．doctor

C．boss

D．teacher

6.

A．neighbor

B．volunteer

C．police

D．stranger

7.

A．work

B．think

C．rest

D．sleep

8.

A．heard

B．guessed

C．doubted

D．agreed

9.

A．much

B．soon

C．often

D．far

10.

A．hair

B．shoulder

C．arm

D．face

11.

A．family

B．career

C．dream

D．life

12.

A．actually

B．finally

C．naturally

D．secretly

13.

A．smallest

B．sweetest

C．fastest

D．deadliest

14.

A．operation

B．accident

C．interview

D．experiment

15.

A．surprised

B．interested

C．grateful

D．confused

【推荐3】Jeremy Locke, 25, has his own roofing company in Bridgeport, Nova Scotia. For a couple of years before he began his _______, he would drive past the home of Jeanette MacDonald, noticing the _______ state of her roof. He was _______ —not just for the elderly woman but also for the children living with her. So Locke _______ to lend a helping hand.

The young man knocked on MacDonald's door and _______ to fix her roof for nothing, "I didn't know who the woman was, but I wanted to _______ this for her and her grandchildren," he explained to The Chronicle Herald. However, despite his kind _______ , the woman politely turned him down.

MacDonald and her _______ left an impression on Locke. He saw _______ between the woman and his own grandmother, and couldn't bear to see her in this ________ . He had also grown up without much and felt that he should use his skills to ________ .

A year after Locke set up his own roofing company, seeing that the roof was ________ in a state of disrepair, Locke returned to MacDonald's home and asked MacDonald if she wanted to enter a raffle (抽奖) his company was doing for a ________ roof. The 70-year-old woman ________ the chance, but little did she know that there was no ________ .

MacDonald's relief ________ Locke's kindness is immeasurable, "I could win $1 million but it wouldn't make me as ________ as knowing I'm getting a new roof on. Jeremy is ________something. He's a guardian angel (守护天使) sent from God."

The________ should cost about $ 9,000 in terms of materials and manpower. However, the only thing Locke wants in return is a home-cooked meal for his staff from the woman who ________ him of his grandmother.

1.

A．journey

B．business

C．research

D．curiosity

2.

A．average

B．unexpected

C．unique

D．terrible

3.

A．frightened

B．embarrassed

C．concerned

D．convinced

4.

A．decided

B．complained

C．agreed

D．happened

5.

A．declined

B．offered

C．managed

D．pretended

6.

A．catch up with

B．take care of

C．get rid of

D．put up with

7.

A．application

B．reaction

C．theory

D．intention

8.

A．hesitation

B．shame

C．regret

D．difficulty

9.

A．symbols

B．conditions

C．similarities

D．beliefs

10.

A．situation

B．occupation

C．incident

D．direction

11.

A．respond

B．seek

C．help

D．transform

12.

A．still

B．even

C．already

D．just

13.

A．temporary

B．delicate

C．random

D．free

14.

A．appealed to

B．jumped at

C．laughed off

D．looked into

15.

A．competition

B．cheating

C．dilemma

D．potential

16.

A．comparing

B．withdrawing

C．following

D．contradicting

17.

A．fragrant

B．lucky

C．happy

D．rich

18.

A．partly

B．consequently

C．generally

D．really

19.

A．room

B．work

C．meal

D．decoration

20.

A．reminds

B．warns

C．convinces

D．informs

【推荐3】Little was road testing his mountain bike outside of Columbus, when his ________ partner, Dixon, stopped suddenly. Something in the ________ moving among the trees caught her attention. It ________ out to be a young Labrador, when they approached.

“He was really bony, and had a ________ leg,” Little told CBS News. They fed the ________ dog food and water. They also quickly realized the dog was coming with them, but they had no ________ how. “Ten miles from the town, we couldn’t ________ him,” Little said. “Out there next to the Oxbow Meadows, he was going to ________ as alligators’ (鳄鱼) food.”

An idea hit Little. He ________ picked up his new friend and slipped the 38-pound dog’s hind legs (后腿) into the ________ pockets of his cycling suit. Then he hung the dog’s front paws over his ________.

“He was injured, so he wasn’t trying to ________,” Little said. “He was also happy that we were there, touching and ________ him.” After a 30-minute ride, they arrived at a store. That was when Andrea Shaw, a lawyer on business, ________ to pass by. The dog went directly toward her, licking her, and “________ her”, said Dixon. Shaw was ________ and, after learning what had happened, declared her plan: “I am ________ this dog.” Shaw named him Columbo after the town where they’d met and ________ an operation on his leg.

Today, Columbo is living a ________ life on a farm with a horse, a pony, and her six-year-old boy keeping him ________. Literally the luckiest dog alive.

1.

A．hiking

B．riding

C．skipping

D．hunting

2.

A．air

B．center

C．distance

D．open

3.

A．burst

B．set

C．turned

D．left

4.

A．weak

B．broken

C．hairy

D．artificial

5.

A．poor

B．aggressive

C．fierce

D．stubborn

6.

A．finding

B．idea

C．suspicion

D．assumption

7.

A．punish

B．follow

C．forget

D．leave

8.

A．refer to

B．end up

C．die out

D．tear apart

9.

A．powerfully

B．desperately

C．casually

D．carefully

10.

A．long

B．short

C．back

D．front

11.

A．shoulders

B．head

C．arms

D．back

12.

A．fight

B．witness

C．wonder

D．remove

13.

A．urging

B．identifying

C．comforting

D．separating

14.

A．submitted

B．attached

C．accustomed

D．happened

15.

A．thankful to

B．cautious about

C．sympathetic to

D．keen on

16.

A．touched

B．annoyed

C．convinced

D．terrified

17.

A．keeping

B．training

C．walking

D．calming

18.

A．canceled

B．performed

C．scheduled

D．observed

19.

A．noisy

B．disturbing

C．specific

D．merry

20.

A．leader

B．company

C．defender

D．inspector

【推荐2】On a cold winter evening, I was walking home, tired and hungry, when suddenly came screams（呼喊声） from behind some tress____, I slowed down to listen, and ____ that what I was hearing were the sounds of a fight. A woman was being ____ not far from where I stood.
“Should I go to help her?” I thought. I was worried about my own ____，and I regretted having suddenly decided to take a new way home that night. “____ I’m hurt too? Shouldn’t I just ____ to the nearest phone and call the police?..” But already the girl’s ____were growing weaker. I knew it was time for me to act fast because I could not ____ the life of this unknown woman，____ it meant risking my own life.
I am not a ____ man. I didn’t know where I found the ____ and physical strength（体力）, but once I had finally ____ to help the girl, I became suddenly changed. I ran behind the bushes and ____ the attacker off the woman. Struggling, we fell to the ground, where we fought for a few minutes ____ the man jumped up and escaped.
____ heavily，I stood up and came up to the girl, who was crying behind a tree. In the ____，I could not see her clearly, but I could certainly ____ her shock. Not wanting to frighten her any further, I at first spoke to her from a distance.
“It’s OK,” I said ____ “The man ran away. You’re safe now. ”There was a long stop and then I heard the words, said in both wonder and ____ “Dad, is that you?” And then, from behind the tree, stepped my youngest ____, Katherine.1.

A．Excited

B．Frightened

C．Interested

D．Disappointed

2.

A．knew

B．understood

C．realized

D．imagined

3.

A．attacked

B．beaten

C．robbed

D．caught

4.

A．money

B．safety

C．future

D．family

5.

A．What for

B．So what

C．What about

D．What if

6.

A．move

B．walk

C．run

D．go

7.

A．cries

B．noises

C．cheers

D．sounds

8.

A．save

B．ignore

C．change

D．decide

9.

A．although

B．because

C．as

D．but

10.

A．kind

B．powerful

C．mean

D．brave

11.

A．courage

B．belief

C．attitude

D．hope

12.

A．agreed

B．planed

C．promised

D．decided

13.

A．took

B．dropped

C．pulled

D．got

14.

A．unless

B．after

C．since

D．until

15.

A．Walking

B．Drinking

C．Breathing

D．Fighting

16.

A．daylight

B．afternoon

C．darkness

D．midnight

17.

A．feel

B．see

C．guess

D．find

18.

A．angrily

B．softly

C．loudly

D．happily

19.

A．shame

B．peace

C．pain

D．surprise

20.

A．son

B．daughter

C．grandson

D．cousin

【推荐3】阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

We have been driving in fog all morning, but the fog is lifting now. The little seaside villages are _________, one by one. "There is my grandmother's house," I say,_________ across the bay to a shabby old house.

I am in Nova Scotia on a pilgrimage (朝圣) with Lise, my granddaughter, seeking roots for her, retracing (追溯)_________ memory for me. Lise was one of the mobile children, _________ from house to house in childhood. She longs for a sense of _________, and so we have come to Nova Scotia where my husband and I were born and where our ancestors __________for 200 years.

We soon _________by the house and I tell her what it was like here, the memories _________back, swift as the tide (潮水).

Suddenly, I long to walk again in the _________where I was once so glorious a child. It still __________a member of the family, but has not been lived in for a while. We cannot go into the house, but I can still walk __________the rooms in memory. Here, my mother __________in her bedroom window and wrote in her diary. I can still see the enthusiastic family __________into and out of the house. I could never have enough of being __________them. However, that was long after those childhood days. Lise __________attentively as I talk and then says, " So this is where I __________; where I belong. "

She has __________her roots. To know where I come from is one of the great longings of the human _______. To be rooted is "to have an origin". We need _________ origin. Looking backward, we discover what is unique in us; learn the __________ of "I". We must all go home again — in reality or memory.

1.

A．appearing

B．moving

C．exposing

D．expanding

2.

A．referring

B．travelling

C．pointing

D．coming

3.

A．shared

B．short

C．fresh

D．treasured

4.

A．passed

B．raised

C．moved

D．sent

5.

A．home

B．duty

C．reality

D．relief

6.

A．built

B．lived

C．remained

D．explored

7.

A．catch up

B．pull up

C．step down

D．come down

8.

A．falling

B．turning

C．rushing

D．bringing

9.

A．yard

B．village

C．room

D．house

10.

A．adapts to

B．appeals to

C．belongs to

D．occurs to

11.

A．across

B．through

C．along

D．past

12.

A．lay

B．played

C．stood

D．sat

13.

A．marching

B．looking

C．breaking

D．pouring

14.

A．between

B．with

C．near

D．behind

15.

A．wonders

B．listens

C．reacts

D．agrees

16.

A．began

B．grew

C．studied

D．stayed

17.

A．deepened

B．recognized

C．accepted

D．found

18.

A．heart

B．rights

C．interest

D．behaviors

19.

A．one

B．its

C．that

D．every

20.

A．meaning

B．expression

C．connection

D．background