【推荐1】When I look back on my childhood, a mixture of happiness and sorrow floods over me. I have living memories of every past life story that has had deep _______ on my future view of life. Here is one such _______ story.

Shaking in my underwear (内衣)on the driveway, I watched the home quickly _______ to the ground. A moment ago I was sleeping _______ in my comfortable bed when a _______ woke me up. My grandma’s bedroom was just next to mine and my brother’s. A fire had _______ there and awakened her. Upon hearing her, my older brother began to take action. The house, however, was over 50 years old and made of _______ . Before we could do anything, the fire had _______ it.

I stood trembling with great _______ as the fire ruined my books, clothes, and toys. I watched ________while my mother cried and my father swore (咒骂). I wondered what would ________ ahead of us since everything was lost. However, as I looked around, I ________ something for the first time: What matters aren’t ________. I saw my older brother running across the ________ by our house to get help. I saw my oldest brother who ________ from an earlier accident standing painfully on one leg. I saw my parents gathering together and my grandma ________ our little dog in her arms. Everything that was ________ had survived the fire. Our lives would continue. And that was all that mattered.

The accident that night helps me learn the ________ we share actually means much more than materials. Live our life for the things that ________, not for the things we own. Let the ________ inside us make this world a warmer place.

1.

A．impression

B．challenge

C．difference

D．influence

2.

A．classic

B．lovely

C．meaningful

D．funny

3.

A．pull

B．burn

C．run

D．push

4.

A．deeply

B．badly

C．terribly

D．nervously

5.

A．event

B．notice

C．scream

D．song

6.

A．broken in

B．broken out

C．broken up

D．broken down

7.

A．mud

B．steel

C．wood

D．curtain

8.

A．destroyed

B．attacked

C．spread

D．injured

9.

A．delight

B．joy

C．hope

D．fear

10.

A．hopefully

B．excitedly

C．helplessly

D．happily

11.

A．earn

B．inform

C．meet

D．lie

12.

A．dismissed

B．realized

C．desired

D．approached

13.

A．families

B．surroundings

C．things

D．people

14.

A．bridge

B．pole

C．tree

D．rope

15.

A．starved

B．escaped

C．recovered

D．suffered

16.

A．holding

B．defending

C．hitting

D．beating

17.

A．cheap

B．important

C．expensive

D．native

18.

A．pain

B．worry

C．wealth

D．love

19.

A．matter

B．decide

C．determine

D．depend

20.

A．heart

B．fire

C．spirits

D．feelings

【推荐2】In October, I said to my students, “Why not do some _______ to make some money? Then we’ll buy food for a Thanksgiving dinner for someone in need.’’

Early in Thanksgiving week, they came with their hard-earned money，_______ to go shopping. We soon picked what we needed. _______ we headed toward the checkout, someone shouted, “Flowers!” The group rushed to the flowers. _______, considering practicality, I pronounced, “You can’t _______ flowers.’’ “But please, Mrs. Sherlock,” someone _______,“we want flowers. ” Defeated, I _______ them to buy some carnations.

An agency had given us the information of a _______ grandmother living alone for many years. After a long drive, we _______ arrived at a shabby cottage. An old lady came out to ________ us. Each box was ________ quickly. But when the woman noticed the carnations，she seemed ________ “She’s wishing it was a bag of flour，’’ I thought.

“Do you like living here?” Michael asked. The woman _________ She told the children about the birds flocking to the bread she ________. “Maybe that’s why the Lord sent me the food through you，” she said “Because I ________ my food with the birds.’’

We returned to the ________ and saw her wave goodbye. Then she walked ________ the food，straight to the carnations. She put her face in their petals, with a smile on her lips. The children were quiet. They had seen the ________ they had to make another’s life ________. And I had seen something too—sometimes a person needs lovely ________ on a dark November day.

1.

A．shopping

B．homework

C．exercises

D．housework

2.

A．likely

B．eager

C．unwilling

D．afraid

3.

A．Although

B．As

C．If

D．Because

4.

A．However

B．Therefore

C．Otherwise

D．Besides

5.

A．like

B．afford

C．eat

D．send

6.

A．shouted

B．explained

C．begged

D．ordered

7.

A．taught

B．forced

C．reminded

D．allowed

8.

A．brave

B．needy

C．reliable

D．sick

9.

A．finally

B．already

C．suddenly

D．immediately

10.

A．thank

B．guide

C．help

D．welcome

11.

A．carried in

B．left behind

C．sent back

D．handed out

12.

A．satisfied

B．nervous

C．surprised

D．angry

13.

A．cried

B．brightened

C．puzzled

D．laughed

14.

A．cut off

B．put out

C．picked up

D．brought in

15.

A．cook

B．find

C．share

D．buy

16.

A．cottage

B．woods

C．car

D．store

17.

A．past

B．around

C．across

D．toward

18.

A．power

B．time

C．money

D．desire

19.

A．poorer

B．worse

C．longer

D．better

20.

A．food

B．birds

C．flowers

D．kids

【推荐3】There was once a group of young people searching everywhere for happiness, but what they got was only annoyance, grief and misery.

So they ______ Socrates (苏格拉底) for advice on where happiness ______. But ____ giving any answers, Socrates asked them to help with building a _______ first. The group of guys had to ______ the task, laying aside their own business of seeking happiness. It took them a long time to cut down a tall tree, digging out the center. Through painstaking effort, they made a canoe out of the tree. They launched the canoe into a river, and then ______ together in it, singing with ______.

Socrates asked, “My children, do you have happiness now?” They answered in chorus: “We   ______ be happier!” Socrates ______ , “That’s it! _______   you are too busy pursuing something to notice anything bitter, happiness will occur.”
          From the story I got to know that happiness ______ hides behind every tiny thing that you are involved in, and that you may only get pleasure through ______ work and creativity.
        We may have to ______ pain in our daily life and in the process of ________ happiness. Sometimes we tend to look for happiness in ______ things, like a new car, clothes, etc. True long-term happiness, ________, comes from within our _______ and spirit. So why not turn suffering into ______ life, and turn tears into the light in your heart? Only in this way can we find true happiness.
        So my dear friends, just remember happiness is a state of mind and a matter of _______ , and I   ________you all a life of happiness.1.

A．pointed to

B．turned to

C．referred to

D．returned to

2.

A．stood

B．belonged

C．lay

D．laid

3.

A．instead of

B．apart from

C．other than

D．regardless of

4.

A．house

B．boat

C．bridge

D．school

5.

A．set out

B．set down

C．set about

D．set up

6.

A．sat

B．lay

C．rowed

D．got

7.

A．hope

B．sorrow

C．curiosity

D．joy

8.

A．mustn’t

B．couldn’t

C．shouldn’t

D．needn’t

9.

A．added

B．thought

C．declared

D．assumed

10.

A．Unless

B．However

C．Until

D．Whenever

11.

A．always

B．never

C．ever

D．seldom

12.

A．cautious

B．endless

C．hard

D．simple

13.

A．experience

B．avoid

C．enjoy

D．deny

14.

A．searching

B．looking

C．seeking

D．improving

15.

A．spiritual

B．material

C．new

D．nice

16.

A．therefore

B．however

C．furthermore

D．moreover

17.

A．body

B．part

C．soul

D．head

18.

A．praising

B．blaming

C．ending

D．cursing

19.

A．time

B．method

C．fact

D．choice

20.

A．promise

B．wish

C．request

D．require

【推荐1】Our family moved to Colorado on my third birthday._______my dad, a truck driver, was always delivering goods outside, mom was almost like a single mother and most of the time I was _______.

My first memory of the new life was our _______. Arlene, handing me strawberries from her garden. Then one day, mom asked Arlene to watch me while she was out. This _______well for everyone, so it became a _______occurrence. Every morning I would _______to chat with her, and even my dog would _______out of our yard to visit her.

What _______me to Arlene is that she never got tired of me. I think Arlene saw a lot of herself in me-we were both lonely, desperate for _______. It was a wonderful __________.

When I was five, an idea suddenly __________ me: “What if I __________Arlene as my grandma?” Almost immediately I went to ask Arlene, “Will you be my grandma?” Surprisingly, she started crying and enthusiastically accepted. Soon she printed out an adoption certificate, which __________on her living room’s wall afterwards.

I remember being surprised that she took my offer so __________. Recalling that moment still brings tears to my eyes. There is something truly magnificent about a child offering love and an adult accepting it. Everyone in this world __________ enthusiastic love.

1.

A．Unless

B．Though

C．Since

D．Before

2.

A．alone

B．awkward

C．afraid

D．troublesome

3.

A．agent

B．assistant

C．relative

D．neighbor

4.

A．qualified

B．compensated

C．worked

D．matched

5.

A．fundamental

B．daily

C．temporary

D．permanent

6.

A．wander over

B．break up

C．turn over

D．pull up

7.

A．withdraw

B．fall

C．slide

D．drop

8.

A．exposed

B．drew

C．affected

D．introduced

9.

A．pity

B．company

C．happiness

D．support

10.

A．connection

B．motivation

C．dimension

D．distinction

11.

A．confused

B．troubled

C．moved

D．struck

12.

A．adopted

B．admired

C．dismissed

D．selected

13.

A．lay

B．stood

C．hung

D．carved

14.

A．casually

B．subjectively

C．patiently

D．seriously

15.

A．deserves

B．involves

C．ignores

D．undertakes

【推荐3】One day when I was about nine years old, I ran into my mother’s bedroom and opened the dresser（化妆台）. Then in the top drawer was a small________jewelry box. I was fascinated by its treasures. Then I saw there was something________under a piece of cloth.________the cloth, I found a little white chip of china(瓷器). Why did my mother keep such a________thing? Shining slightly in the light, it________no answers.

Some months later, I was setting the dinner table when my neighbor Marge knocked at the door. Coming in and________the table, Marge said, “Oh, you are expecting company. I'll________another time."

“No, come on in,” Mum replied. “We are not________anyone."

“But isn’t that your good china?” Marge asked. “I’d________trust kids to handle my good dishes!”

Mum laughed. “Tonight’s my family’s favorite meal. If you set your best table for a(n)________meal with guests, why not for your own________? A few broken plates are a small________to pay for the joy we get. ” Then she added, “________，every chip and crack has a story to tell.”

Mum went to the cupboard and took down a plate. She said, “Seeing this________on the edge(边缘) here? It happened when I was 17.”

Her voice________. “One day my brother invited a young man to dinner and sat him next to me. I was so________that when I took the plate, it________and knocked against the fork. As the young man was leaving, he________a piece of broken china in my hand without saying a word.”

I couldn’t forget about that plate with the________chip. I went up to take out the little wooden jewelry box again. I examined the chip________. The chip which my mother had saved with care belonged to the plate she broke on the day she met my father.

1.

A．silver

B．gold

C．china

D．wooden

2.

A．hidden

B．unpaid

C．removed

D．fixed

3.

A．Covering

B．Tearing

C．Seeking

D．Lifting

4.

A．broken

B．genuine

C．beautiful

D．valuable

5.

A．found

B．invented

C．offered

D．selected

6.

A．glaring at

B．glancing at

C．looking on

D．spying on

7.

A．go by

B．pass by

C．stop by

D．stand by

8.

A．inviting

B．expecting

C．consulting

D．celebrating

9.

A．always

B．sometimes

C．never

D．regularly

10.

A．common

B．strange

C．unbelievable

D．special

11.

A．family

B．relative

C．neighbor

D．ancestor

12.

A．value

B．fault

C．bet

D．price

13.

A．However

B．Though

C．Besides

D．Otherwise

14.

A．break

B．scene

C．spot

D．design

15.

A．hardened

B．softened

C．sharpened

D．weakened

16.

A．nervous

B．anxious

C．surprised

D．pleased

17.

A．jumped

B．escaped

C．slipped

D．left

18.

A．threw

B．laid

C．examined

D．picked

19.

A．replaced

B．penniless

C．remaining

D．missing

20.

A．secretly

B．carefully

C．gratefully

D．proudly

【推荐1】My first experience of being thrown out of my comfort zone was in my high school. Many of my friends in the first year had started to experiment, regardless of the results, with alcohol, drugs or other _________ things. For them, it was _________ to care more about alcohol, parties or girlfriends/boyfriends rather than their _________ , study or other friends. That was not the case with me. None of my friends had the determination to _________ their risky behavior, including pressure in the new group and the new comfort zone of going along with new friends. _________, they simply replaced one comfort zone with another riskier one with potentially severe results. Those had little _________ for me.

I considered myself to be smarter than my old friends and was trying to develop _________ and diverse interests. I threw myself into my _________ and spent a long time in the library. I took an active part in community service. I gained confidence and the rewards of my study _________   my old friends wandered in school, with little thought or concern for their __________. Could they support themselves in the future? Because of our __________ opinion, interests and values, the only __________ of our friendship, we chose to end it. I couldn’t __________ their group just to be accepted.

       __________ I went through a high school student’s worst experience—having no peer group. A quote from the television series Boy Meets World ____________ my personal experience with peer groups: “Lose one friend, lose all friends, but don’t lose yourself.”1.

A．painful

B．powerful

C．strange

D．unhealthy

2.

A．cool

B．wise

C．unique

D．rare

3.

A．holidays

B．families

C．projects

D．businesses

4.

A．exhibit

B．admit

C．plan

D．stress

5.

A．Unfortunately

B．Surprisingly

C．Hopefully

D．Interestingly

6.

A．danger

B．regret

C．doubt

D．appeal

7.

A．popular

B．strong

C．new

D．close

8.

A．discovery

B．habit

C．study

D．memory

9.

A．if

B．because

C．though

D．while

10.

A．future

B．journey

C．friendship

D．wealth

11.

A．legal

B．different

C．poor

D．public

12.

A．system

B．trend

C．basis

D．design

13.

A．make up for

B．keep away from

C．look down on

D．go along with

14.

A．By no means

B．On the contrary

C．As a result

D．In addition to

15.

A．enjoys

B．explains

C．sends

D．gathers

【推荐3】In 1982, Steven Callahan was crossing the Atlantic alone in his sailboat when it crashed into something and sank. He was out of the shipping lanes and floating in a life boat ________ . His supplies were few. His ________ were small. Yet when three fishermen found him seventy-six days later, he was alive--- much thinner than he was when he ________ , but alive.

The thing that  ________ my eye was how he managed to keep himself going when all hope seemed lost, when there seemed no ________ in continuing the struggle, when he was suffering greatly, when his life boat was broken with a hole and after more than a week struggling with his weak body to  ________ it, it was still leaking air and wearing him out to keep pumping (给某物充气) it up. He was ________. He was completely ________. Giving up would have seemed the only wise choice.

When people survived these kinds of situations, they do something with their ________ that gives them the courage to keep going. Many people in ________ desperate situations give in or go mad. Something the survivors do with their thoughts helps them find the ________ to carry on.

“I tell myself I can ________ it,” wrote Callahan in his account. “Compared to what others have been ________ , I’m fortunate. I tell myself these things over and over,  ________ my determination to keep going.

I wrote that down after I read it. It ________ me as something important. And I’ve told myself the same thing when my own goals seemed ________ off. And every time I’ve said it, I have always come back to my ________.

So here, coming to us from the story of ________ , are words that can give us power. ________ you are going through , tell yourself you can handle it. Tell this to yourself over and over, and it will help get through the rough spots with a little more ________.

1.

A．aloud

B．alone

C．aside

D．aboard

2.

A．fish

B．holes

C．aims

D．chances

3.

A．started

B．arrived

C．rose

D．disappeared

4.

A．covered

B．hurt

C．caught

D．entered

5.

A．point

B．friends

C．sailors

D．mood

6.

A．board

B．abandon

C．charge

D．fix

7.

A．starved

B．attacked

C．burnt

D．submerged

8.

A．astonished

B．exhausted

C．amazed

D．shocked

9.

A．tools

B．dreams

C．minds

D．hands

10.

A．similarly

B．physically

C．slightly

D．differently

11.

A．luck

B．direction

C．courage

D．instruction

12.

A．handle

B．recognize

C．delay

D．overlook

13.

A．into

B．for

C．against

D．through

14.

A．keeping alive

B．building up

C．taking away

D．giving out

15.

A．frightened

B．struck

C．disappointed

D．surprised

16.

A．far

B．low

C．heavy

D．bright

17.

A．tracks

B．crossroads

C．positions

D．senses

18.

A．survival

B．ocean

C．experiment

D．journey

19.

A．However

B．Whoever

C．Whatever

D．Whichever

20.

A．protection

B．determination

C．confidence

D．imagination