【推荐1】I was a young newspaper reporter, and I wanted to succeed. My first job was in Latin America.

It was almost my ________ job. I had not planned to stay in the village of Zacate, ________ it had been raining hard for a whole day. So I had to stay there.

I found people there full of ________. This village was at the foot of a volcano. It was becoming more ________. Men, women and children came to the square. A few ________ each other and went out of town to get as far away from the volcano as possible, with large and full packs in their ________. Suddenly, I felt a strong earthquake. The villagers in the square ran away as soon as they felt the earthquake.

At the right time, I saw black smoke ________ down the side of the mountain towards the village. Trees and grass burned up in a second. The volcano eruption was coming so ________ that in less than a minute the roads to the villages were ________. All I could do was watching and waiting. Suddenly, my landlord (房东) cried out, “Look!” He ________ to a small hill. The lava (岩浆) was not coming over it but flowing on each side of the village, ________the village center undamaged.

Luckily, for a time, at least, we were ________.

My landlord gave me a ________ blanket to cover myself to avoid the heat and we poured water over our heads to cool ourselves. We could hardly breathe because of the heat and the ________ of the burning houses. Thanks to my landlord, I ________ the volcano.

1.

A．new

B．last

C．good

D．worthwhile

2.

A．so

B．if

C．or

D．but

3.

A．happiness

B．fear

C．intelligence

D．power

4.

A．comfortable

B．weak

C．active

D．calm

5.

A．helped

B．fought

C．caught

D．found

6.

A．houses

B．hands

C．village

D．shelters

7.

A．rolling

B．disappearing

C．lying

D．settling

8.

A．gradually

B．frequently

C．strongly

D．hardly

9.

A．put off

B．cut off

C．built up

D．fixed up

10.

A．returned

B．added

C．got

D．pointed

11.

A．leaving

B．making

C．letting

D．getting

12.

A．dangerous

B．warm

C．safe

D．healthy

13.

A．dry

B．new

C．small

D．wet

14.

A．smoke

B．smell

C．sight

D．sound

15.

A．approached

B．saw

C．survived

D．explored

【推荐2】It was a very cold evening. The old man’s beard was almost icy. He was waiting for a_______across the river. The wait seemed_______The old man sat on the ground waiting for quite a long time.
_______, he saw several horsemen coming. He watched them silently and let the first one pass by without even asking. Another passed by，and then another, till the last rider came near the old man. The old man caught the rider’s_______and said, “Sir, would you_______giving me a ride to the other side?”
_______his horse, the rider replied, “Of course not.” But it was so cold that the old man’s body was almost_______.He could not get_______the ground. The horseman helped the old man onto his horse. He took the old man not just across the river,_______to the old man’s home.
As they________the old man’s house, the horseman asked, “Sir, you let several other riders pass by without even asking. Then I________and you asked me for a ride at once. Why?________I had said ‘no’ and left you there?”
The old man looked the rider straight in the eye, and said, “I looked________the eyes of the other riders. I quickly saw that they didn’t________It would be________even asking them for a ride. But in your eye I saw________I knew that you would help me.”
The words________the rider deeply. “Thank you for what you’ve said,” he told the old man. “I hope I will never leave others________simply because I’m busy, and every American citizen does________in my heart.”
With that, Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the US, turned his horse around and made his________back to the White House1.

A．help

B．ride

C．trip

D．drive

2.

A．useful

B．boring

C．fortunate

D．endless

3.

A．Gradually

B．Finally

C．Sadly

D．Surprisingly

4.

A．eyes

B．hand

C．back

D．face

5.

A．like

B．think

C．offer

D．mind

6.

A．Speeding

B．Riding

C．Stopping

D．Leaving

7.

A．shocked

B．stuck

C．frozen

D．injured

8.

A．down

B．on

C．in

D．off

9.

A．only

B．but

C．so

D．then

10.

A．neared

B．visited

C．passed

D．missed

11.

A．came on

B．came in

C．came up

D．came out

12.

A．Even if

B．What if

C．As if

D．Only if

13.

A．out

B．for

C．into

D．up

14.

A．try

B．wait

C．ask

D．care

15.

A．useless

B．risky

C．dangerous

D．foolish

16.

A．bravery

B．loyalty

C．ambition

D．kindness

17.

A．attracted

B．comforted

C．touched

D．occupied

18.

A．alone

B．out

C．away

D．over

19.

A．desire

B．live

C．count

D．advance

20.

A．choice

B．living

C．mind

D．way

【推荐3】On a cold winter evening, Ted was walking home when suddenly came screams from behind some trees.________ ,he slowed down to listen, and realized a boy was being robbed (抢劫) not far from where he stood.

“Should I go to help him?”Ted thought. He was worried about his own________, and regretted having decided to take a new way home that night.“What if I’ m hurt too? Shouldn’t I just rush to the nearest phone and call the police?”But already the boy’s cries were growing________ . He knew it was time for him to act fast.

Ted was not a________ man, but once he had finally determined to help the boy, he became suddenly changed. Ted ran behind the trees and________ the robber off the boy. Struggling, both of them fell to the ground, where they fought for a few minutes until the man jumped up and________.

________heavily, Ted stood up and came up to the boy, who was still crying. In the darkness, he could not see him clearly, but he could certainly feel the boy’s shock. Not wanting to frighten him any further, Ted spoke to him from a________.

“It’s OK,”Ted said________. “The man ran away. You’re safe.” There was a long stop and then he heard the words, said in both wonder and________ ,“Dad, is that you?“ And then, from behind the trees, stepped out Ted’s youngest son, Tommy!

1.

A．Frightened

B．Excited

C．Encouraged

D．Disappointed

2.

A．secret

B．future

C．safety

D．family

3.

A．deeper

B．weaker

C．calmer

D．farther

4.

A．kind

B．strict

C．mean

D．brave

5.

A．pulled

B．dropped

C．turned

D．cleared

6.

A．escaped

B．fought

C．succeeded

D．rested

7.

A．Walking

B．Pressing

C．Suffering

D．Breathing

8.

A．tree

B．corner

C．distance

D．store

9.

A．briefly

B．firmly

C．softly

D．happily

10.

A．peace

B．surprise

C．pain

D．anger

【推荐1】Kim Stemple was a special-education teacher. In 2012, she found herself in a Boston hospital being _________ for one of several diseases she had been diagnosed (诊断) with. The normally energetic Stemple was naturally getting very _________. And then a friend gave her a medal.

Before she got too _________ to exercise, Stemple had been a marathon runner. The medal came from a racing partner who had just _________ a half marathon in Las Vegas and hoped the medal would act as a kind of encouragement. It worked like magic.

After Stemple hung the medal on the wall, other patients said they wanted medals too. That got Stemple _________. “A medal is a simple way to give a _________ message,” she told others. And so was born her charity (慈善), We Finish Together, which _________ medals from strangers — runners, dancers, swimmers, singers, and even spelling bee winners — and gives them to all sorts of people_________.

People who have received the medals have _________ hospital patients, people from homeless shelters, etc. Part of the process involves (涉及) the original owner writing a note on the ribbon (绶带 ). “This helps them __________ with someone,” says Stemple. “If they receive a medal, they know someone __________.”

Can a simple medal __________ make a difference? “Yes,” says Joan Musarra, who suffers from a serious lung disease. “When I __________ my package containing my new medal and the notes of positive, warm thoughts, I was very __________,” she wrote to Stemple. “At that moment, I was sitting on my sofa breathing through an oxygen cannula (氧气管) because my lungs were so weak. It __________ so much to me to feel that I am not alone.”

1.

A．checked

B．accepted

C．visited

D．treated

2.

A．friendly

B．unhappy

C．adventurous

D．impolite

3.

A．sick

B．tired

C．lazy

D．busy

4.

A．entered

B．finished

C．trained for

D．heard of

5.

A．succeeding

B．breathing

C．thinking

D．worrying

6.

A．secret

B．addicted

C．strange

D．positive

7.

A．collects

B．protects

C．wins

D．challenges

8.

A．in need

B．in total

C．in detail

D．in power

9.

A．met

B．included

C．thanked

D．demanded

10.

A．compete

B．connect

C．agree

D．compare

11.

A．appears

B．suffers

C．cares

D．pays

12.

A．hardly

B．officially

C．suddenly

D．really

13.

A．opened

B．exchanged

C．lost

D．needed

14.

A．frightened

B．surprised

C．confused

D．excited

15.

A．lends

B．sells

C．means

D．adds

【推荐3】Tim and Deb Hennessy went on a grocery (食品杂货店) run for some supplies during last month’s deadly storm in Texas.

Tim _______ the trip as soon as he saw the long line of people outside, waiting to get in. But the couple wanted to be_______in case (以防) conditions got worse. They _______ for about 15 minutes before the store suddenly lost power and the lights _______.

Customers _______ shopping until a store manager asked them to head to the checkout area. Tim and his wife _______ what he thought to be a couple hundred people in a long checkout line.

When the couple arrived at the checkout counter, the cashier (收银员) _______ them through, saying that there wasn’t time to _______ anything. When they asked about _______ , the cashier said,“Just ________ and be safe driving home.”

“I saw all these people going out with carts (推车). Wow! They’re letting everybody leave with ________ groceries,” Tim said.

Touched by the unexpected act of ________ they experienced, many customers decided to pay it forward as they ________ the store. Out in the parking lot (停车场), complete ________ helped each other to put unbagged groceries into cars.

On the ride home, the couple thought about their ________ and tears welled up in their eyes.

1.

A．remembered

B．regretted

C．recognized

D．rescued

2.

A．outgoing

B．curious

C．prepared

D．satisfied

3.

A．shopped

B．searched

C．rested

D．worked

4.

A．broke out

B．went out

C．gave up

D．cleaned up

5.

A．recommended

B．forgot

C．avoided

D．continued

6.

A．joined

B．found

C．saved

D．pretended

7.

A．waved

B．pushed

C．tracked

D．frightened

8.

A．admire

B．taste

C．change

D．bag

9.

A．trying

B．moving

C．paying

D．visiting

10.

A．sign up

B．check in

C．go ahead

D．show off

11.

A．cheap

B．free

C．real

D．slim

12.

A．honesty

B．kindness

C．exchange

D．strategy

13.

A．rented

B．owned

C．chose

D．left

14.

A．strangers

B．partners

C．soldiers

D．survivors

15.

A．decision

B．schedule

C．experience

D．arrangement

【推荐2】I woke up early the other day. When I was washing my face, I received a(n) ________ from a taxi driver who had my friend's mobile phone. It was easy to ________ that my friend had left it in the ________ the might before. The driver had called others, but I was the first one to ________. The driver asked me where he could drop the phone off. I told him the street where I ________, quickly jumped out of bed, and got dressed to ________ him on the corner of the street. The driver drove all the way from Queens to ________ this phone. I believed if he had taken on a passenger or two, he could have made some good money from driving that distance.

When I met up with the driver, I thanked him for making an effort to find the ________ ". I was so happy for my friend because of this man's kindness. My friend recently moved to New York from abroad and I could imagine how ________ the phone was. I further asked the driver if I could get his ________ so that my friend could ________ him as well.He said my thankfulness was all that he ________ and drove off.

I emailed my friend and told him I had his phone.Later that day, I met him and described how I had received it. My friend said he couldn't believe such kindness ________ in this big city. He told me he could not ________ to pay it forward.I was so touched after experiencing the kindness. It just ________ my day.

1.

A．email

B．call

C．message

D．check

2.

A．understand

B．see

C．forget

D．hear

3.

A．office

B．home

C．cab

D．store

4.

A．answer

B．come

C．ask

D．care

5.

A．moved

B．worked

C．lived

D．studied

6.

A．invite

B．meet

C．introduce

D．welcome

7.

A．show

B．return

C．give

D．take

8.

A．owner

B．phone

C．support

D．chance

9.

A．popular

B．important

C．expensive

D．different

10.

A．direction

B．advice

C．information

D．attention

11.

A．help

B．reward

C．thank

D．find

12.

A．needed

B．asked

C．remembered

D．got

13.

A．developed

B．ended

C．happened

D．changed

14.

A．pretend

B．wait

C．afford

D．hate

15.

A．meant

B．recorded

C．proved

D．made