【推荐1】One day, Taylor received a random Facebook message, “I’m Willie from Liberia. I need some _______ assistance.” Taylor didn’t _______ it and thought it was some Internet scam(诈骗). But he wanted to see what the _______ were. So he replied, saying that he owned a photography business and could use some pictures. Soon came Willie’s shots of people in shabby neighbourhoods. For Taylor, the images were _______. He’d never seen such poverty. He thought, “I have to find a _______ to reward him for his work._______, I would be the scammer.” 

Taylor _______ a crowd-funding site, where he tried selling copies of Willie’s photos. In no time he raised $1,000. He sent Willie the money but asked him to _______ half of it. It was a test. But pictures arrived showing joyful _______ with new book bags and notebooks—Willie had bought out a market and blessed five schools with __________. “He came through.” Taylor eventually set aside his __________ and travelled 6,500 miles to meet Willie. “I set out to __________ a man, but ended up helping him. Sometimes people __________ you when you give them a chance.”

Willie has changed, too. “I used to __________. Now I’m the one who’s giving. When you __________ that, you come from nobody to somebody. I’ve come from zero to hero.”

1.

A．technical

B．financial

C．medical

D．legal

2.

A．buy

B．grasp

C．resist

D．read

3.

A．rules

B．comments

C．messages

D．tricks

4.

A．heartbreaking

B．painstaking

C．well-developed

D．old-fashioned

5.

A．person

B．reason

C．school

D．way

6.

A．However

B．Therefore

C．Otherwise

D．Instead

7.

A．broke into

B．turned to

C．put down

D．longed for

8.

A．raise

B．return

C．donate

D．earn

9.

A．beggars

B．photographers

C．students

D．neighbours

10.

A．abundance

B．intelligence

C．experience

D．patience

11.

A．faith

B．doubt

C．wisdom

D．loss

12.

A．confuse

B．entertain

C．assist

D．embarrass

13.

A．disappoint

B．respect

C．surprise

D．bother

14.

A．receive

B．save

C．cheat

D．suspect

15.

A．say

B．do

C．imagine

D．consider

【推荐2】In the clinic, I asked if Michael could be retested, so the specialist tested him again. To my _______, it was the same score.
Later that evening, I ______ told Frank what I had learned that day. After talking it over, we agree that we knew our ________much better than an IQ test. We ________that Michael’s score must have been a _______ and we should treat him ________as usual.
We moved to Indiana in 1962, and Michael studied at Concordia High School in the same year. He got _______ grades in the school, especially _______ biology and chemistry, which was a great comfort.
Michael _______ Indiana University in 1965 as a pre-medical student, soon afterwards, his teachers permitted him to take more courses than ________. In 1968, he was accepted by the School of Medicine, Yale University.
On graduation day in 1972, Frank and I ________ the ceremony at Yale. After the ceremony, we told Michael about the ________ IQ score he got when he was six. Since that day, Michael sometimes would look at us and say ________, “My dear mom and dad never told me that I couldn’t be a doctor, not until after I graduated from medical school!” It is his special way of thanking us for the ________ we had in him.
Interestingly, Michael then _________another IQ test. We went to the same clinic where he had _______ the test eighteen years before. This time Michael scored 126, an increase of 36 points. A result like that was supposed to be ________.
Children often do as ________ as what adults, particularly parents and teachers,_________ of them. That is, tell a child he is “ ________”, and he may play the role of a foolish child.1.

A．joy

B．surprise

C．dislike

D．disappointment

2.

A．tearfully

B．fearfully

C．cheerfully

D．hopefully

3.

A．student

B．son

C．friend

D．doctor

4.

A．argued

B．realized

C．decided

D．understood

5.

A．joke

B．mistake

C．warning          D wonder

6.

A．specially

B．strictly

C．naturally

D．carefully

7.

A．poor

B．good

C．average

D．standard

8.

A．in

B．about

C．of

D．for

9.

A．visited

B．chose

C．passed

D．entered

10.

A．allowed

B．described

C．required

D．offered

11.

A．missed

B．held

C．delayed

D．attended

12.

A．high

B．same

C．low

D．different

13.

A．curiously

B．eagerly

C．calmly

D．jokingly

14.

A．faith

B．interest

C．pride

D．delight

15.

A．looked for

B．asked for

C．waited for

D．prepared for

16.

A．received

B．accepted

C．organized

D．discussed

17.

A．imperfect

B．impossible

C．uncertain

D．unsatisfactory

18.

A．honestly

B．much

C．well

D．bravely

19.

A．hear

B．learn

C．expect

D．speak

20.

A．wise

B．rude

C．shy

D．stupid

【推荐3】My husband, Tom, has always been good with animals, but I was still amazed when he befriended a female grouse (松鸡). It’s ______for a grouse to have any contact (接触)with people. In fact, they’re hard to spot, ______they usually fly off when they hear humans approaching

This grouse came into our lives in _______ .Tom was working out in the field when he ______her walking around at the edge of the field. She was ______unafraid and seemed to be ______about what he was doing,

Tom saw the ______bird several times, and site got more comfortable around him. We quickly grew ______of the bird and decided to call her Mildred.

One day, as Tom was working, Mildred came within a few feet of him to watch. Tom ______he didn’t see her and kept working to see what she would do next.

Apparently, she didn’t like to be ______. She’d run up and peck (啄) at Tom’s hands, then ______ off to see what he would do. This went on for about 20 minutes, until Mildred became tired of the ______and left.

As spring went and summer came, Mildred started to ______more and more often. ______Mildred felt comfortable enough to jump up on Tom’s leg and stay long enough for me to get a ______of the two of them together. This friendly grouse soon felt ______no just with our family, but with anybody who walked or drove by.

When hunting season opened, we put a ______at the end of our driveway asking ______not to shoot our pet grouse. My father, who lived down the road, ______warned people not to shoot her. ______, hunters would stop and take pictures, because they had never seen anything like her.

1.

A．interesting

B．reasonable

C．impossible

D．unusual

2.

A．though

B．because

C．unless

D．until

3.

A．spring

B．summer

C．autumn

D．winter

4.

A．got

B．kept

C．noticed

D．imagined

5.

A．naturally

B．certainly

C．normally

D．surprisingly

6.

A．crazy

B．curious

C．concerned

D．cautious

7.

A．shy

B．awkward

C．friendly

D．elegant

8.

A．careful

B．tired

C．fond

D．sick

9.

A．supposed

B．realized

C．hoped

D．pretended

10.

A．ignored

B．observed

C．amazed

D．disturbed

11.

A．put

B．back

C．set

D．take

12.

A．game

B．work

C．place

D．man

13.

A．give up

B．come out

C．turn over

D．fly by

14.

A．Eventually

B．Suddenly

C．Constantly

D．Presently

15.

A．chance

B．dream

C．picture

D．sense

16.

A．comfortable

B．guilty

C．anxious

D．familiar

17.

A．lantern

B．sign

C．gun

D．loudspeaker

18.

A．drivers

B．farmers

C．hunters

D．tourists

19.

A．just

B．yet

C．thus

D．also

20.

A．In fact

B．For long

C．On the contrary

D．By the way

【推荐3】Hannah Taylor is a schoolgirl from Manitoba, Canada. One day, when she was five years old, she was walking with her mother in downtown Winnipeg. They saw a man eating out of a garbage can. She asked her mother why he did that, and her mother said that the man was homeless and hungry. Hannah was very _________ . She couldn’t understand why some people had to live their lives without shelter or enough food. Hannah started to think about how she could help, but of course, there is not a lot one five-year-old can do to solve the problem of homelessness.

Later, when Hannah attended school, she saw another homeless person. It was a woman, _________ an old shopping trolley (购物车) which was piled with bags. It seemed that everything the woman owned was in them. This made Hannah very sad, and even more _________ to do something. She had been talking to her mother about the lives of homeless people _________ they first saw the homeless man. Her mother told her that if she did something to change the problem that made her sad, she wouldn’t _________ as bad.

Hannah began to speak out about the homelessness in Manitoba and then in other provinces. She hoped to _________ her message of hope and awareness. She started the Ladybug Foundation, an organization aiming at getting rid of homelessness. She began to _________ “Big Bosses” lunches, where she would try to persuade local business leaders to _________ to the cause. She also organized a fundraising (募捐) drive in “Ladybug Jars” to collect everyone’s spare change during “Make Change” month. More recently, the foundation began another _________ called National Red Scarf Day—a day when people donate $20 and wear red scarves in support of Canada’s hungry and homeless.

There is an emergency shelter in Winnipeg called “Hannah’s Place”, something that Hannah is very __________ of. Hannah’s Place is divided into several areas, providing shelter for people when it is so cold that sleeping outdoors can mean death. In the more than five years since Hannah began her activities, she has received a lot of __________. For example, she received the 2007 BRICK Award recognizing the __________ of young people to change the world. But __________ all this, Hannah still has the __________ life of a Winnipeg school girl, except that she pays regular visits to homeless people.

Hannah is one of many examples of young people who are making a __________ in the world. You can, too!

1.

A．annoyed

B．nervous

C．ashamed

D．upset

2.

A．pushing

B．carrying

C．buying

D．holding

3.

A．excited

B．determined

C．energetic

D．grateful

4.

A．since

B．unless

C．although

D．as

5.

A．sound

B．get

C．feel

D．look

6.

A．exchange

B．leave

C．keep

D．spread

7.

A．sell

B．deliver

C．host

D．pack

8.

A．contribute

B．lead

C．apply

D．agree

9.

A．campaign

B．trip

C．procedure

D．trial

10.

A．aware

B．afraid

C．proud

D．sure

11.

A．praises

B．invitations

C．replies

D．appointments

12.

A．needs

B．interests

C．dreams

D．efforts

13.

A．for

B．through

C．besides

D．along

14.

A．healthy

B．public

C．normal

D．tough

15.

A．choice

B．profit

C．judgement

D．difference

【推荐1】One day it was raining heavily and nearing dusk. I was_________for an appointment in a nearby city that I knew only by GPS, and now my phone had_________.The usual interstate(州际公路)exits were closed, and I couldn't_________because it was raining so much. I couldn't_________how to get where I was going or how to let my partners know that I was_________to make it on time.

I_________at a McDonald's in a poor area of a town and walked up to what appeared to be a mother and her teen daughter. "I'm sorry," I said "but do you mind_________I search a number on your_________and make a call? I need to let them know I'm_________?”She handed me her phone and then told me I was__________, she was about to turn it off because she didn't have enough__________to pay her bill.

The young girl and the mother__________to be clinging(依赖的)to each other and talked together as I made the__________. I managed to get in touch with the people. They thankfully knew where I was and told me__________to get there.

As I readied myself to leave, I__________into my wallet. I didn't usually have__________, but today I found a $20 bill. In gratitude, I__________it into the mother's hand and then turned to leave quickly, because I didn't want it to be about me.

As I walked through the doors，I heard the mother__________.Her daughter called after me and said, "You have no idea how you just__________us."

I still think back to that day, even now, they had no idea how much they helped me, yet I was the one being thanked. It's funny how that__________.

1.

A．hungry

B．ready

C．late

D．nervous

2.

A．started

B．died

C．charged

D．disappeared

3.

A．find

B．sleep

C．leave

D．see

4.

A．figure out

B．make out

C．pick out

D．take out

5.

A．possible

B．quick

C．unlikely

D．able

6.

A．left

B．stopped

C．stood

D．sat

7.

A．as

B．so

C．or

D．if

8.

A．phone

B．map

C．picture

D．book

9.

A．scared

B．anxious

C．lost

D．gone

10.

A．excited

B．lucky

C．worried

D．upset

11.

A．time

B．effort

C．energy

D．money

12.

A．wanted

B．happened

C．seemed

D．prove

13.

A．plan

B．call

C．decision

D．point

14.

A．how

B．when

C．why

D．whether

15.

A．put

B．looked

C．reached

D．turned

16.

A．change

B．coins

C．cards

D．cash

17.

A．passed

B．pressed

C．handed

D．sent

18.

A．talking

B．listening

C．crying

D．laughing

19.

A．helped

B．moved

C．troubled

D．annoyed

20.

A．pushes

B．goes

C．pays

D．works

【推荐2】Once there was a little boy who became very ill. He had to spend all day in bed, unable to_________.

Because other children weren’t_________to come near him, he_________greatly, and spent his days feeling sad.

There wasn’t much he could do except look out of the_________.Time passed, and his feeling of_________just grew. Until one day he saw a_________shape in the window. It was a penguin eating a sausage sandwich. The penguin got in through the_________window, said “good afternoon” to the boy, turned around, and_________.

The boy was very_________.He was still trying to work out what had happened, when outside his window he saw a monkey, busy blowing up a balloon(气球).__________, the boy asked himself what that could possibly be, but after a while, as more and more crazy looking__________appeared out the window, he began to laugh suddenly and found it hard to__________.The boy didn’t tell anyone about this because who would have__________him? Even so, those strange characters put joy back in his heart, and in his body. Soon, his__________had improved so much that he was able to go back to__________again. There he got to talk to his best friend all the strange things he had__________. He saw something sticking out of his friend’s school bag. The boy asked his friend what it was.__________his friend had to show him what was in the__________: There, inside, were all the fancy-dress suits that his friends had been using to try to__________the little boy!

From that day on, the little boy always did his best to__________that no one felt sad and alone.

1.

A．listen

B．move

C．speak

D．eat

2.

A．allowed

B．ordered

C．forced

D．taught

3.

A．used

B．grew

C．helped

D．suffered

4.

A．street

B．garden

C．window

D．door

5.

A．fear

B．happiness

C．shame

D．sadness

6.

A．round

B．different

C．big

D．strange

7.

A．small

B．open

C．broken

D．double

8.

A．left

B．smiled

C．stood

D．escaped

9.

A．worried

B．surprised

C．afraid

D．sick

10.

A．For example

B．In fact

C．At first

D．In all

11.

A．birds

B．characters

C．people

D．friends

12.

A．stop

B．run

C．smile

D．count

13.

A．visited

B．helped

C．believed

D．thanked

14.

A．quality

B．service

C．skill

D．health

15.

A．hospital

B．church

C．school

D．work

16.

A．seen

B．remembered

C．heard

D．collected

17.

A．Quickly

B．Finally

C．Luckily

D．Suddenly

18.

A．hand

B．pocked

C．bag

D．box

19.

A．call up

B．call on

C．wake up

D．cheer up

20.

A．make sure

B．find out

C．work out

D．point out

【推荐3】Here's a story I collected from a total stranger.

I was 11 when my family drove to Fem lake overlook (高处) on Trail Ridge road in Rocky Mountain National Park. I was so _________ to look miles across the Rockies and thousands of feet below into the valley. My parents were busy getting lunch out of the _________ , so I _________ over the wooden fence to get _________ to the cliff edge for a better view. Suddenly, I started sliding on _________ pebble (鹅卵石) rocks. I _________ on my bottom (臀部), but kept going faster and faster to what seemed the edge of the world - a 2,000 foot _________ . In seconds I knew I was going to _________ . My feet and legs went first over the edge at a high speed. Then suddenly I _________ two hands push __________ on my chest and stopped me dead. My heart was __________ and I __________ inched my body back to where I finally could make it back up the hill. My father was waiting there and __________ at me for being in such danger. I tried to __________ him and my mom about the __________ that saved my life, but to this day they don't __________ me. They thought I was just trying to __________ trouble with a made - up story.

Although the story sounds incredible, I __________ to believe every word of her story. That's why I always ask people to share their __________ . Each real story __________ my day.

1.

A．upset

B．relieved

C．thrilled

D．encouraged

2.

A．taxi

B．trunk

C．bus

D．bike

3.

A．reached

B．struggled

C．climbed

D．flew

4.

A．closer

B．nearer

C．faster

D．straighter

5.

A．weak

B．clean

C．hard

D．loose

6.

A．pulled

B．jumped

C．rolled

D．fell

7.

A．distance

B．drop

C．height

D．edge

8.

A．bleed

B．escape

C．die

D．disappear

9.

A．felt

B．noticed

C．found

D．doubted

10.

A．hard

B．heavily

C．bravely

D．seriously

11.

A．jumping

B．racing

C．stopping

D．sinking

12.

A．casually

B．quickly

C．slowly

D．painfully

13.

A．sniffing

B．calling

C．sighing

D．screaming

14.

A．show

B．tell

C．state

D．mention

15.

A．scream

B．rocks

C．hands

D．fortune

16.

A．understand

B．agree

C．accept

D．believe

17.

A．get out of

B．get into

C．get across

D．get over

18.

A．reminded

B．guaranteed

C．convinced

D．pretended

19.

A．miracles

B．minds

C．emotions

D．views

20.

A．has

B．gets

C．keeps

D．makes