【推荐1】The day was like any other day in his life. Tom walked past the shop on the street corner. He stopped to look at the front row of shoes, and he felt happy to see that the pair of shoes he wanted very much were still there. Looking down, he felt sorry for himself. He really wanted to have them for his birthday.

He sadly walked away and thought how to tell his mother about it. He knew very well she had little money. He decided not to go home at once, as he looked worried and his mother would notice it. So he went to the park and sat on the grass. There he saw a boy moving a wheel with hands. Tom looked at him carefully and was surprised to see that the boy had no feet. He looked at his own feet. “It’s much better to be without shoes than without feet,” he thought. There was no reason for him to fell so sorry and sad. He went away and smiled, thinking he was happier.

1. How did Tom pass the shop?

A．On foot.	B．By bus.
C．By bike.	D．By motorbike.

2. That pair of shoes Tom likes was ____.

A．much too experience	B．not there
C．not sold yet	D．too cheap

3. Why did Tom go to the park?

A．He is thinking how to tell his mother about it.

B．He didn’t wanted to make his mother worried.

C．He wanted to play there for a while.

D．He wanted to see his disabled friend.

【推荐2】Jeremy grew up being active in sports. But he never thought about healthy eating until he found himself gaining weight several years after college. Last week, Jeremy hit a turning point when he found that he was too out of shape to play in a company football team. He decided to change his eating habits.

The first step Jeremy took toward healthy eating was to stop going to fast-food restaurants. Jeremy used to eat fast food as often as 4 times a week. To his surprise, he found that giving up fast food wasn’t that difficult. Now, he says, “I don’t even like it anymore.” When Jeremy does go out to eat, he tries to pick menu items that he knows are healthier. He orders salads and lower-fat sandwiches instead of hamburgers, and he drinks water instead of soda pop. “I try to order things that are already prepared the way I would like them to be prepared.”

Planning meals has been a key to Jeremy’s success. It helps him avoid getting too hungry and eating fast food. Each week he plans what he will eat for each meal, and he shops for groceries (食品杂货) with his plan in mind. “It’s a lot easier to make healthy choices when you’re just planning ahead for it.” Rather than cutting out certain foods, Jeremy sometimes includes his favourite foods in his eating plan. “That way I don’t feel like I’m letting myself down by not sticking to my plan.”

Jeremy’s friends and family noticed when he started eating healthier. They have helped him to make a habit of his healthy eating changes. “It made me feel pretty good, especially when people started making comments about the changes I was making,” he says. “You just get the positive energy.”

1. What made Jeremy decide to change his eating habits?

A．Higher food prices.	B．Weight gain in college .
C．Dislike of unhealthy foods.	D．Failing to join a football team.

2. What did Jeremy think of giving up fast food?

A．It was too easy for him.	B．It made him uncomfortable.
C．It was not as difficult as he thought.	D．It meant stopping going out to eat.

3. What played the most important role in Jeremy’s healthy eating?

A．Eating less at mealtimes.	B．Making plans ahead of time.
C．Following his friends’ advice.	D．Cutting out all unhealthy foods.

4. How does Jeremy feel about people’s comments?

A．Surprised.

B．Encouraged

C．Worried.

D．Interested.

5. In which section of a newspaper may this text appear?

A．Health.

B．Science.

C．Education.

D．Entertainment.

【推荐3】"Is this making us old or keeping us young? "my husband asked as he lifted the three heavy backpacks from the canoe.

"I don't know, I replied. The heat and mosquitoes were getting to me, and I was wondering whether we were crazy to have started a canoe trip during the hottest week of the summer. But even in fall, our canoe trips ---- while certainly cooler --- are no easier.

I've always loved getting away from civilization to enjoy the peace of nature, to be on a news blackout(中断)and to reflect on the past year and the year to come, which is why we've been doing this regularly for most of the 38 years we've been together.

Now as we’re getting older, it's getting harder-aching knees, aching feet, aching backs. So, we're changing our habits. Instead of extreme whitewater trips in the far north, we’re going on lake trips closer by. Instead of pulling on the heavy pack myself and rising from a sitting position, my husband lifts it up while I thread my arms through the belts. Along the way, I might stop to admire the green plants beside the path or feel the soft surfaces of the moss, and my husband is usually waiting at the other end, wondering why it's taken me so long. During the night, we no longer stay up late to see the stars. Instead, we now get into the tent by 9 p. m. ---exhausted after one day's hard work --- and drift to sleep listening to birds sorrowful call.

Over the years, my canoe-tripping experience has evolved to focus less on the physical and more on the abstract things. Like a solar battery, I store up the energy I absorb from the forest, rocks and waters to help me through the rest of the year. The rhythm of paddling becomes a process of deep thinking rather than an endurance test.

"How long can we continue doing this?” asked my husband at the end of the last trip.

“I don't know,” I answered, but inside, I thought: "As long as our bodies and minds hold out. I hope forever.”

1. According to the passage, the author and her husband's canoe trips ______.

A．were difficult to complete

B．had made the couple crazy

C．made the couple look younger than their age

D．became dangerous because of the summer heat

2. By writing “we no longer stay up late to see the stars”, the author wishes to show that ______.

A．the stars are not beautiful any more	B．birds night call is more attractive now
C．their habits have changed over the years	D．they are too tired to do the same things

3. What can be the best title for the text?

A．An Unforgettable Trip	B．My Trip with My Husband
C．Life Is a Hard Trip	D．Love for Canoe Trips

【推荐1】Everybody, at some point in their lives, has experienced failure. It could be something as simple as not getting the job you wanted, or getting fewer marks even after hard work. But what makes you is not your failure, but how you get back up after being hit.

Once, a young school boy was caught in a fire accident in his school and was assumed that he would not live. His mother was told that he was sure to die, for the terrible fire had destroyed the lower half of his body. Even if he were to survive, he would be lame throughout his life.

But the brave boy did not want to die nor did he want to be lame.  Much to the amazement of the doctor, he did survive. But unfortunately from his waist down, he had no motor ability. His thin legs just hung there, lifeless. Eventually he left the hospital. But his determination to walk was unshakable. At home, when he was not in bed, he had to stay in a wheelchair. One day, he threw himself from the chair and pulled himself across the grass, dragging his legs behind him. He reached the fence, raised himself up and then began dragging himself along the fence, firmly determined. He did this every day, with faith in himself that he would be able to walk unaided. With his iron determination, he did develop the ability to stand up, then to walk on and off, then to walk by himself and then to run.

He began to walk to school, and then run to school, to run for the joy of running. Later in college he was on the track team.

In February 1934, in New York City's Madison Square Garden, this young man who was not expected to survive, who would surely never walk, who could never hope to run-this determined young man, Dr. Glenn Cunningham, ran the world's fastest mile.

A good example of the power of positive thinking and faith in one's self, Glenn Cunningham continues to be an inspiration for many, and his story, a brilliant evidence to how one can bounce back even when all difficulties are piled against one, to the degree that death seemed the preferable option.

1. What was the doctor's opinion about Glenn?

A．Glenn was able to walk with his own great effort.

B．Great determination could make a difference to Glenn.

C．There was a slim chance that Glenn could survive.

D．Glenn could live a normal life with the upper half of his body.

2. The underlined word “unaided” means _______

A．without help	B．for himself
C．with disability	D．without hesitation

3. What do we know about Glenn?

A．Glenn took recovery exercise in hospital.

B．Glenn inspired people with his moving story.

C．Glenn won the first place in Marathon.

D．Glenn organized a track team in college.

4. What can be a suitable title for the text?

A．Strengthen determination	B．Stand up after failure
C．Go after dreams	D．Face difficulty bravely

【推荐2】We always knew our daughter Kendall was going to be a performer of some sort. She entertained people in our small town by putting on shows when she was only three or four. She sang like a little angel.

When Kendall was five, she was clearing her throat frequently. We took her to our local hospital where she was diagnosed with Tourette’s Syndrome (图雷特综合征).

It was pretty destructive because other children made fun of her, and sadly, even a teacher laughed at her. She only had one or two friends, but that was okay because they were —and continue to be — real, the kind who stick by her, no matter what. Through all this, Kendall continued to sing and entertain. Remarkably, her tics(抽搐)disappeared when she sang.

When Kendall was sixteen, we thought she was pretty much out of the woods. However, a terrible accident happened. At a birthday party, Kendall hopped (单脚跳)on a friend for a piggyback ride. Kendall flew over his back and landed on the floor—on her neck. An ambulance rushed her to the hospital where she spent the next week, paralyzed from the neck down. However, her biggest concern wasn’t whether she would walk again, but whether she would be able to audition for American Idol. Her friend brought a microphone and every day, Kendall tried hard to practise singing. It was more important for her to pick up that mic than a spoon or fork.

On the day Kendall auditioned for American Idol — only three months after her accident —we cried tears of joy. And our tears turned into shouts when she was given a golden ticket to Hollywood.

Kendall is eighteen now, living every day to its fullest and having some good success.

1. How did some of Kendall’ s friends react to her disease?

A．They made fun of her.	B．They laughed at her.
C．They were always there for her.	D．They gave whatever she wanted.

2. What’s the author’s attitude towards Kendall?

A．She believes Kendall can make it big some day.

B．She worries Kendall’ s illness will worsen.

C．She feels sorry for not having found a better treatment.

D．She is always keen on charity.

3. In what order is the passage developed?

A．Place.

B．Time.

C．Space.

D．Importance.

4. From the passage, we can infer Kendall is a girl__________.

A．with a strong mind	B．who has long-time fans
C．popular among classmates	D．who prefers music to sports

【推荐3】Maybe you’ve heard about the saying, “A bird with a broken wing will never fly as high.” I’m sure that T. J. Ware was made to feel this way almost every day in school.

By high school, T. J. was the most famous troublemaker in his town. He got into lots of fights. He failed almost every exam but was passed on each year to a higher grade level. Teachers didn’t want to have him again the following year.

When I showed up to lead the first training for a leadership retreat, a program designed to have students become more involved in their communities, the community leaders told me about T. J. Ware, the boy with the longest arrest record in the history of town. Somehow, I knew that I wasn’t the first to hear about T. J.’ s darker side as the first words of introduction.

At the start of the retreat, T. J. didn’t readily join the discussion groups and didn’t seem to have much to say. But when his group started a discussion about positive and negative things that had happened at school that year, he joined in and had clear thoughts on those situations, and the other students in his group welcomed his comments. Suddenly, T. J. felt like a part of the group, and soon he was treated like a leader. He was saying things that made a lot of sense, and everyone was listening. By the end of the retreat, he had joined the Homeless Project team. He knew something about poverty, hunger and hopelessness. The other students on the team were impressed with his ideas and love for the homeless. They elected T. J. vice-chairman of the team.

Two weeks later, the Homeless Project team organized a communitywide service project — a giant food drive. Seventy students led by T. J. collected a school record: 2,854 cans of food in just two hours, enough to take care of poor families in the area for 75 days. The local newspaper covered the event with a full-page article the next day. T. J.’ s picture was up there for doing something great.

T. J. reminds us that a bird with a broken wing only needs mending. But once it has healed, it can fly higher than the rest.

1. What can be learned about T. J. before the author met him?

A．He didn’t have a good teacher.	B．He was feeling hurt every day.
C．He would graduate the next year	D．He was not welcome in the school.

2. T. J. was treated like a leader by the group members because ______.

A．his words were meaningful	B．he was part of the group
C．he joined the leadership retreat	D．his deeds were famous at school

3. This article is probably taken from a book about ______.

A．life on campus	B．cultural discoveries
C．encouraging stories	D．training programs