【推荐2】A 9-year-old boy is called a hero after he rescued his dad when a car fell on him. Brave J.T. Parker’s ________ thinking saved his father’s life.

________ dad Stephen Parker said that last July, he and his sons J.T., 9 and Mason, 17, were in the backyard working in a Toyota car when the ________ happened.

“ We were ________ the engines out of the car and, after we got it jacked (用千斤顶顶起) up, I climbed under there to take the parts off,” he said. “The one part came off pretty ________ but the other side was not coming off.”

At that moment, Mason had gone inside the house ________ he cut himself, but the dad ________ working. Suddenly, the car fell on top of him.

He said he _______ at J.T. to jack the car up but he didn’t think his young son would ________ it.

“ I couldn’t move at all,” Parker said. “I was totally ________ , and then I passed out. It was all in his hands.”

J.T., who weighs about 50 pounds, said he, too, didn’t think he would be able to   ________ the car off his father, but he started jumping up and down on the jack right away.

It took him   ________, but J.T. was able to save his father   ________. He then ran to get his brother out of the house. They called the   ________ immediately.

Parker was then sent to the nearest hospital with 13 broken ribs (肋骨). He was   ________ two months later thanks to the timely rescue from his young hero.

1.

A．creative

B．quick

C．considerable

D．present

2.

A．Fearful

B．Considerate

C．Proud

D．Brave

3.

A．event

B．disaster

C．conflict

D．accident

4.

A．pushing

B．pulling

C．fixing

D．watching

5.

A．easily

B．normally

C．hardly

D．unwillingly

6.

A．though

B．until

C．before

D．because

7.

A．started

B．suspended (暂停)

C．continued

D．tried

8.

A．yelled

B．ran

C．aimed

D．pointed

9.

A．put

B．get

C．make

D．find

10.

A．buried

B．trapped

C．dead

D．covered

11.

A．lift

B．push

C．step

D．blow

12.

A．seconds

B．days

C．hours

D．minutes

13.

A．gradually

B．eventually

C．absolutely

D．completely

14.

A．police

B．neighbor

C．doctor

D．passer-by

15.

A．sent

B．recovered

C．energetic

D．persuaded

【推荐1】Some ten years ago, I was studying in a middle school in London. One day, Mrs. Clara gave a math _________ to our class. When the papers were _________, she found that twelve boys had made _________ the same mistakes in the test.

There is _________ new about cheating in _________. Perhaps that was why Mrs. Clara didn’t _________ say one word about it. She only asked the twelve boys to _________ after class. I was one of the twelve.

Mrs. Clara asked no questions, and she didn’t _________ us, either. Instead, she wrote the _________ words on the blackboard: On your way home you find some __________ and you’re completely sure that you will never be found out. Later someone comes to ask you if you have __________ some money he lost. What will you do?

She then ordered us to write down the __________, and asked us to take our whole lives to try to find out our own __________ to it.

I don’t know about the other eleven __________. Speaking for myself I can say: it was the most __________ single thing of my life. __________, I have been asking this question to myself when I have to make a __________.

Because of this, Mrs. Clara has become the most __________ teacher for me in my whole life. I often think of this: if Mrs. Clara had blamed us as many other __________ often did, would I go on __________ every day?

1.

A．test

B．code

C．motto

D．image

2.

A．counted

B．cloned

C．marked

D．gathered

3.

A．correctly

B．exactly

C．slightly

D．frankly

4.

A．nothing

B．anything

C．something

D．everything

5.

A．sayings

B．exams

C．situations

D．subjects

6.

A．ever

B．once

C．even

D．never

7.

A．punish

B．kneel

C．stand

D．stay

8.

A．suspect

B．instruct

C．blame

D．obey

9.

A．above

B．next

C．correct

D．short

10.

A．wine

B．time

C．money

D．advice

11.

A．armed

B．moved

C．found

D．touched

12.

A．proposal

B．question

C．experience

D．instruction

13.

A．answer

B．access

C．format

D．power

14.

A．boys

B．receivers

C．strangers

D．people

15.

A．qualified

B．important

C．worthwhile

D．outstanding

16.

A．Than ever

B．So far

C．Till then

D．From then on

17.

A．decision

B．mistake

C．defense

D．promise

18.

A．strict

B．elegant

C．strange

D．respectable

19.

A．masters

B．chiefs

C．students

D．teachers

20.

A．selecting

B．offering

C．punishing

D．cheating

【推荐2】During our lives, many people experience difficulties and struggles. Some succeed in overcoming their troubles while others _______. When I lived in China, it was hard for me to learn Chinese and adapt to Chinese _______. When I first went to school, I was surprised at the class _______. There were about 60 students in our class. And the students were not so _______as those in the US where we often had open discussions.

However, it was not a very big _______ for me. Language was the biggest challenge because when I went to school, I didn’t _______ what the teachers and students said. I _______ sat in my seat without _______anything. After I went back home, I _______ and told my mom that I wanted to go back to America.

When I calmed down, I ________ that I had to study Chinese very hard, but it was very difficult to learn the ________. Every day at school, I tried to ________ Chinese students and make friends with them. When ________was over, I studied Chinese all night using Chinese elementary school books. It turned out to be a very effective ________to learn Chinese. ________, I began to speak Chinese in school. Finally I became ________ during the class and began to make some friends. ________, I achieved a high grade in the ________and was able to adapt to Chinese customs.

Now, I like to talk with Chinese students and I like Chinese food, too. The experience of ________to learn Chinese in China was very valuable for me, and I’ll never forget that time when I ________ so much.

1.

A．stop

B．survive

C．fail

D．return

2.

A．climates

B．customs

C．styles

D．families

3.

A．size

B．system

C．task

D．goal

4.

A．certain

B．patient

C．friendly

D．relaxed

5.

A．danger

B．plan

C．problem

D．mistake

6.

A．believe

B．prepare

C．provide

D．understand

7.

A．still

B．seldom

C．just

D．also

8.

A．doing

B．seeing

C．receiving

D．affording

9.

A．continued

B．cried

C．changed

D．admitted

10.

A．decided

B．guessed

C．imagined

D．explained

11.

A．truth

B．language

C．skill

D．secret

12.

A．look into

B．look for

C．agree with

D．talk to

13.

A．experiment

B．game

C．school

D．celebration

14.

A．teacher

B．place

C．material

D．way

15.

A．One after another

B．Little by little

C．Above all

D．For example

16.

A．active

B．upset

C．amazed

D．careful

17.

A．Normally

B．Naturally

C．Strangely

D．Obviously

18.

A．exam

B．competition

C．race

D．meeting

19.

A．hoping

B．promising

C．beginning

D．struggling

20.

A．saved

B．collected

C．learned

D．noticed

【推荐1】It was the homecoming parade in Rockwall, Texas, and cheerleader Tyra Winters was riding on top of one of the school’s floats (花车). As it slowly made its way down the wide street, the 17-year-old enthusiastically ______ the crowd, all the while soaking in the music, laughter, and applause. All of a sudden, a horrific ______ broke through the joyous noise. Looking down, Winters saw a two-year-old on the sidewalk ______ with difficulty, his extremely-worried mother begging for help. The boy, Clarke Hornback, had been having a piece of candy when it slid down the back of his mouth,   ______ in his throat and blocking his windpipe.

“I see a little bright red face and his mom’s ______ , ‘Someone help me, someone help me.’” Winters told the local station CBS.

“There was no coughing; there was no breathing,” Clarke’s mother, Nicole Homback, later told CBS. “He was just gasping for air.” No one seemed to know how to ______ .

But Winters was a(n) ______ . As a senior with dreams of becoming a ______ for children, she had learned the first aids Heimlich maneuver and CPR. Knowing that the clock was ticking, she ______ the moving float and ran to the child. By the time she got to Clarke, his face had turned purple. “I ______ him!” she yelled to his mother Nicole as she ______ the boy from her. “I tilted (倾斜) him and gave a good three back presses,” she told CBS.

Soon, the boy ______ the piece of candy, gasped, and began breathing again. Without another word, Winters handed Clarke back to his mother and ran back to her float ______ it could leave her behind. It all happened so fast that Nicole never had time to ______ the teen. Winters’s heroic actions left Nicole ______ . “I don’t really have any words,” she says. “The words that you would say to anyone who does something for you is ‘thank you.’ But that doesn’t seem good enough.”

1.

A．aimed at

B．waved at

C．stared at

D．laughed at

2.

A．alarm

B．explosion

C．scream

D．roar

3.

A．shouting

B．breathing

C．running

D．falling

4.

A．rolling

B．cutting

C．stirring

D．sticking

5.

A．begging

B．bleeding

C．hoping

D．dying

6.

A．behave

B．operate

C．help

D．march

7.

A．exception

B．authority

C．example

D．talent

8.

A．leader

B．teacher

C．model

D．doctor

9.

A．jumped off

B．set off

C．took off

D．put off

10.

A．rescued

B．found

C．lost

D．got

11.

A．gathered

B．saved

C．discouraged

D．took

12.

A．woke up

B．coughed up

C．ate up

D．cut up

13.

A．when

B．before

C．after

D．so

14.

A．find

B．identify

C．congratulate

D．thank

15.

A．speechless

B．tearless

C．harmless

D．powerless

【推荐2】Fifty years ago, an agent (经纪人) showed us a house. My husband and I liked the house. The price was _________ our reach. So we made our decision to buy it.

        But there was one _________. The house was on the corner. We both agreed there had to be a fence (篱笆). So after moving in, my husband _________ a fence and I painted it white.
        There have been many _________ in our lives since that fence went up. Our four children have grown up and moved out. Most of the old _________ have been replaced with new ones. _________, the fence remains, and, at the moment, so do I.

This spring I had the fence rebuilt and repainted. Within a week, however, I was _________ to discover that part of it was destroyed. A post (桩) was _________ and some boards were left lying on the ground. I don’t know who or what did this.

        For the first time in the years I had spent on my corner, I felt defeated (被打败). I felt as if possibly there was a(n) _________: Time to move on, stop trying. Defeat is not __________ part of my make-up. This time it was.
        As I was taking a photo of the damage for a police report, a young man came. He __________ himself as a relatively new neighbour, and offered sympathy (同情) for the __________. I appreciated meeting him, and also his__________ . The next evening as I ate my dinner, I heard a __________ outside. When I walked into the yard, I saw the neighbour I had just __________ repairing my fence.

There were still warm-hearted people who loved our community and reached out to a stranger in my time of need.

1.

A．below

B．beyond

C．within

D．between

2.

A．choice

B．goal

C．problem

D．plan

3.

A．put up

B．made up

C．climbed over

D．looked over

4.

A．decisions

B．changes

C．stories

D．chances

5.

A．neighbors

B．classmates

C．friends

D．workmates

6.

A．Thus

B．Therefore

C．Besides

D．However

7.

A．worried

B．nervous

C．shocked

D．excited

8.

A．fixed

B．found

C．dropped

D．broken

9.

A．order

B．message

C．note

D．reply

10.

A．nearly

B．hardly

C．usually

D．clearly

11.

A．introduced

B．expressed

C．regarded

D．described

12.

A．cause

B．mistake

C．difficulty

D．damage

13.

A．promise

B．idea

C．help

D．understanding

14.

A．conversation

B．noise

C．voice

D．laugh

15.

A．noticed

B．met

C．caught

D．recognized

【推荐3】Most people get rid of their leftover foods, but in Nigerian-born visual artist Haneefah Adam’s kitchen, they’re put to good use.

Adam, 28, is famous for ________ food in creative ways, using it to make portraits and other works of art. She has ________ been artistic. Her mother said she had a ________ for art.

Now, she’s building a career out of changing food into art. “I do ________ portraits and also often sew and paint, but what ________ me the most is food,” she says.

Adam is inspired by ________ things, including life experiences and culture. She ________ everything around her as something that can be made into art.

In 2016, she ________ the TechMeetsArtNG exhibition, which was ________ and funded by Samsung Nigeria and Rele Gallery. The ________ was a culinary exhibition aimed at ________ the artistic presentation of some of Nigeria’s local ________.

Her winning entry was ________ by one of her favorite childhood meals—Ogbono soup which was ________ the dried seeds of mangoes. “Before the competition, my art was mostly random, and I was just ________ food art on social media. But after winning, I started to think about actively making a living from food art,” she says.

Winning the competition kick-started Adam’s career and her full-time job is now creating art for food brands such as Maggi and Dangote Salt. “I want to participate in more exhibitions. I currently live in Kwara, northern Nigeria; it is difficult to make a difference in the country’s art scene from here,” she says.

1.

A．distributing

B．mixing

C．presenting

D．selling

2.

A．always

B．hardly

C．never

D．barely

3.

A．dilemma

B．reputation

C．standard

D．talent

4.

A．alternative

B．regular

C．compulsory

D．ridiculous

5.

A．excites

B．puzzles

C．rejects

D．presses

6.

A．artificial

B．modest

C．random

D．visual

7.

A．doubts

B．devotes

C．inspects

D．sees

8.

A．competed

B．held

C．won

D．performed

9.

A．sponsored

B．donated

C．expanded

D．possessed

10.

A．background

B．competition

C．discovery

D．victory

11.

A．avoiding

B．exploring

C．protecting

D．sorting

12.

A．meals

B．goods

C．styles

D．works

13.

A．finished

B．inspired

C．submitted

D．selected

14.

A．attached to

B．occupied with

C．made from

D．linked to

15.

A．selling

B．preserving

C．exporting

D．recording