【推荐1】I have always been hard­working in school. And I enjoyed gaining new understanding about study. One way was making _______.

_______ has always been my favorite subject. During each math class, while _______, I waited for my golden opportunities to show myself, which were _______.When they came, I would _______ my hand. Answering them _______ made me feel I was recognized by my classmates and teacher. The only problem was that I wanted to be _______ －to be right every time.

As it turned out, living up to this standard was _______.In one class, I stood up confidently but gave a _______ answer. Even though I knew this was certainly not my first mistake in life, something   ________   had come at that moment. I thought that my classmates might think I was________. The beautiful castle that I had built up ________ after my mistake.

In the following classes, I was in low spirits and became   ________.Even if I may have known the answer, I was   ________ to take the risk of damaging my self­confidence any more.Noticing my ________, my math teacher talked with me and learned my problem. She told me that mistakes are an important part of learning ________ they can point out our weaknesses and help us ________.I should set up the principle of   ________ mistakes.

From that experience, I realized that even though I thought I was right about most things, I was wrong in my ________.School is not a place to________   but a place to learn. What I now know is that by holding fast to humility (谦虚) and learning to grow from my mistakes, I can truly learn in a way I could never in the past.

1.

A．mistakes

B．rules

C．friends

D．promises

2.

A．English

B．Math

C．Chinese

D．Physics

3.

A．teaching

B．writing

C．reviewing

D．listening

4.

A．reports

B．questions

C．tasks

D．challenges

5.

A．touch

B．shake

C．raise

D．wave

6.

A．briefly

B．finally

C．carefully

D．correctly

7.

A．perfect

B．creative

C．smart

D．popular

8.

A．natural

B．impossible

C．unnecessary

D．informal

9.

A．wrong

B．short

C．quick

D．right

10.

A．important

B．terrible

C．different

D．interesting

11.

A．stupid

B．funny

C．clever

D．strange

12.

A．broke in

B．turned up

C．set off

D．fell down

13.

A．sad

B．silent

C．sensitive

D．optimistic

14.

A．easy

B．happy

C．unwilling

D．determined

15.

A．awkwardness

B．embarrassment

C．loneliness

D．abnormality

16.

A．if

B．so

C．as

D．before

17.

A．recover

B．think

C．progress

D．compete

18.

A．accepting

B．making

C．realizing

D．repeating

19.

A．schedule

B．concern

C．hobby

D．attitude

20.

A．get along

B．show off

C．play

D．choose

【推荐2】At first I couldn’t believe it! There were no___________in rows; no bells rang; no one had to go to class. Although we all lived “in”, nobody made us go to bed at a certain time; there was no “lights out”.

The___________ thing was that practically all the students went to class, and very few people stayed up late at night. Only the new people stayed up or_________ class. The new ones always went wild___________, but this never lasted long. The___________took some getting used to. Our teachers treated us like_________; never did we have to___________ “stand up”, “sit down”,   “speak out”. I don’t _________one student who didn’t try his best.

The subjects were the same as those in___________school, but what a difference in the approach! For example, in botany we had____________classes in the spring or fall, but instead we____________two gardens, a vegetable garden and a flower garden.____________in winter we each studied a few____________ things about what we had grown. In math the students built three different kinds of storeroom—small ones____________, but usable. They did this instead of having lessons in the classroom. They really had a____________time too, designing everything, drawing the blueprints,____________ the angles and so on. I didn’t take math. I can’t stand it! Besides, I could do the basic things with numbers. That’s____________.

________I think I am a better person for having gone to the school. I can read and write as well as anyone else my age, and I can think better. That’s probably a real big____________between the free school and regular school—the amount of ____________.

1.

A．desks

B．lights

C．students

D．buildings

2.

A．sad

B．last

C．good

D．strange

3.

A．attended

B．took

C．missed

D．studied

4.

A．from then on

B．at first

C．once more

D．just then

5.

A．freedom

B．habit

C．time

D．people

6.

A．workers

B．pupils

C．gardeners

D．grown-ups

7.

A．understand

B．study

C．play

D．say

8.

A．hear from

B．feel like

C．think about

D．know of

9.

A．night

B．regular

C．small

D．real

10.

A．all

B．short

C．no

D．indoor

11.

A．planted

B．studied

C．drew

D．toured

12.

A．Still

B．Then

C．Yet

D．Next

13.

A．wild

B．successful

C．usual

D．particular

14.

A．as well

B．after a while

C．of course

D．as a result

15.

A．funny

B．great

C．convenient

D．thoughtful

16.

A．looking out

B．taking out

C．finding out

D．figuring out

17.

A．dull

B．interesting

C．enough

D．dangerous

18.

A．On the whole

B．Once again

C．Sooner or later

D．After a while

19.

A．problem

B．chance

C．difference

D．change

20.

A．reading

B．gardening

C．teaching

D．thinking

【推荐3】阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I can never forget Mr. Green. He taught eighth-grade ____ On the first day of class, he gave us a lecture about a creaturecalled the cattywampus, an ill-adapted nocturnal (夜间活动的) animal that ____during the Ice Age. He passed around a skull (头骨) as he talked. We all took notes and later had a quiz.
When he ____ my paper, I was shocked. There was a big red × through____of my answers. I had failed.There had to be some mistake! I had written down exactly what Mr. Green said. Then I realized that everyone in the class had ____ What had happened?
Very simple, Mr. Green explained. He had made up all the stuff about the cattywampus. There had never been anysuch animal. The information in our notes was ,_____, incorrect. Did we expect ____ for incorrect answers?
Needless to say, we were extremely____ . What kind of test was that? And what kind of teacher?
We ____ have figured it out, Mr. Green said. After all, at the very moment he was passing around thecattywampus skull(in truth, a cat’s), hadn't he been telling us that no trace of the animal____? He had described its amazing night vision, the color of its fur and a number of other facts he couldn't have known. He had given the animal a ridiculous name, and we still hadn't been suspicious. The zeroes on papers would be recorded in his grade book, he said. And they ____
Mr. Green said he hoped we would learn something from this experience. Teachers and textbooks are not to be trusted ____ In fact, no one is. He told us not to let our minds go to sleep, and to____ if we ever thought he or thetextbook was wrong.
I haven't made any great scientific ____, but Mr. Green’s class gave me and my classmates something just as important: the ____to look people in the eye and tell them they are ____1.

A．science

B．zoology

C．biology

D．archaeology

2.

A．wiped out

B．died out

C．put out

D．came out

3.

A．marked

B．took

C．passed

D．returned

4.

A．some

B．every

C．each

D．any

5.

A．missed

B．failed

C．passed

D．lost

6.

A．however

B．otherwise

C．though

D．therefore

7.

A．criticism

B．credit

C．blame

D．blessing

8.

A．angry

B．excited

C．guilt

D．amused

9.

A．need

B．must

C．should

D．ought

10.

A．stayed

B．remained

C．left

D．survived

11.

A．does

B．are

C．did

D．were

12.

A．egually

B．roughly

C．blindly

D．curiously

13.

A．move on

B．speak up

C．back off

D．pull over

14.

A．chance

B．stage

C．goal

D．adventure

15.

A．it

B．they

C．this

D．one

16.

A．if

B．until

C．once

D．after

17.

A．come up with

B．live up to

C．put up with

D．stand up for

18.

A．discoveries

B．progress

C．promise

D．efforts

19.

A．decision

B．challenge

C．courage

D．confirmation

20.

A．foolish

B．wrong

C．ashamed

D．boring

【推荐1】Most of us associate learning with younger people — kids in school and college or recent graduates early in their careers. But at Udemy, an open university _______ online courses, Artist Anneke Camstra is engaged in the pursuit (追求) of lifelong learning and _______ her potential for teaching. She loves the _______ of gaining new knowledge and also loves _______ it with others.

She reaches countless people with her online courses and exposes them to what they can _______ on their own using animation software, such as Go Animate and PowToon. Her _______ for teaching on Udemy is “to get the _______ to the people.” She hopes people can go such a long way to make things that look _______ but still have their own voice.

Most of Anneke’s students start out thinking they’re not creative and can’t _______. Anneke understands how ________ can get in the way of so many things people dream of ________. With her five-day challenge courses, she helps them ________ the fear. Anneke loves the effect she has on her ________. What makes her more ________ of them is that they have gone from their first animation to ________ their own works.

She encourages people of all ages, ________ older people, to develop their ________ for life. Grandparents, for example, can learn to use Go Animate and make animations together with their ________.

As an older woman, ________ and having fun learning again, Anneke wants others later in their ________ to catch up with her on this journey.

1.

A．supporting

B．selling

C．offering

D．developing

2.

A．admits

B．shows

C．needs

D．understands

3.

A．condition

B．purpose

C．method

D．experience

4.

A．combining

B．mixing

C．sharing

D．connecting

5.

A．accomplish

B．observe

C．send

D．decorate

6.

A．motivation

B．influence

C．effort

D．request

7.

A．goals

B．topics

C．opinions

D．tools

8.

A．effective

B．obvious

C．professional

D．typical

9.

A．imagine

B．draw

C．write

D．play

10.

A．concern

B．anxiety

C．desire

D．fear

11.

A．doing

B．discussing

C．remembering

D．arranging

12.

A．worry about

B．get over

C．focus on

D．hold up

13.

A．children

B．colleagues

C．students

D．friends

14.

A．proud

B．careful

C．ashamed

D．afraid

15.

A．examining

B．describing

C．buying

D．creating

16.

A．absolutely

B．eventually

C．especially

D．fortunately

17.

A．curiosity

B．humor

C．generosity

D．responsibility

18.

A．villagers

B．classmates

C．relatives

D．grandkids

19.

A．performing

B．teaching

C．singing

D．dancing

20.

A．tasks

B．lives

C．dreams

D．thanks

【推荐2】During a team of online learning, the teachers had done their best to keep students ________ during the COVID-19 pandemic. And students are now returning the favor by surprising their teachers with messages of ________.

“I wanted my professors to know they were ________ for all the inspiring words they say and their ________,” Faith Williams, a student at a university, said. “This teacher-appreciation action kept ________ on my TikTok and in each video teachers broke down in front of their students, which was really moving,” she said. Williams’ own video surprised her ________ Michael Rapp, gained immediate attention from viewers and received ________ comments. “Rapp really ________ his students’ lives and has great popularity across campus. You can tell by the comments on my TikTok that many students love the caring and ________ professor,” she added.

Williams explained that she ________ her surprise via a mass email to her classmates, encouraging them to make their own signs and ________ them when to show them off. As seen in the video, it was perfectly ________ with the professor saying goodbye to the class as the ________ term ended.

“You can always find me and I’ll always be there if ________ Good luck with everything in your life,” Rapp said ________, before going speechless at the sight of the signs. “Thank you” he said with tears in his eyes. “Sorry if I got a little ________ right there, but thank you so much. I hope I had as much of ________ on you as you just did right here for me... That’s something that I will definitely ________ forever.”

Many ________ receiving these teacher-appreciation videos displayed the same reaction as Rapp. “I will never forget this. It was so ________,” one of them said.

1.

A．realistic

B．reserved

C．motivated

D．defensive

2.

A．regret

B．persistence

C．approval

D．gratefulness

3.

A．appreciated

B．invited

C．blamed

D．preferred

4.

A．congratulation

B．commitment

C．ambition

D．reference

5.

A．setting out

B．getting on

C．showing up

D．dropping out

6.

A．professor

B．mate

C．leader

D．opponent

7.

A．usual

B．countless

C．regular

D．memorial

8.

A．touched

B．controlled

C．designed

D．protected

9.

A．interesting

B．willing

C．knowledgeable

D．enthusiastic

10.

A．received

B．organized

C．recognized

D．delayed

11.

A．convincing

B．instructing

C．demanding

D．promising

12.

A．added

B．seen

C．timed

D．understood

13.

A．new

B．long

C．following

D．academic

14.

A．helped

B．found

C．lost

D．needed

15.

A．hopefully

B．simply

C．normally

D．fluently

16.

A．boring

B．emotional

C．determined

D．passionate

17.

A．value

B．stimulation

C．influence

D．relation

18.

A．respect

B．forgive

C．host

D．remember

19.

A．universities

B．websites

C．educators

D．publishers

20.

A．comforting

B．fashionable

C．common

D．sensitive

【推荐3】At thirteen, I was diagnosed (诊断) with a kind of attention disorder. It made school ________ for me. In my first ________ class, Mrs. Smith asked us to read a story and then write on it, all within 45 minutes. I ________ my hand right away and said, “Mrs. Smith, you see, the doctor said I have attention problems. I might not be able to do it.” she glanced down at me through her ________, “You are no different from your classmates, young man.”

Not finishing the ________ when the bell rang, I had to ________ it home. In the ________ of my bedroom, the story ________ all became clear to me! Louis Braille lived in a time when the blind couldn’t get much ________. But Louis didn’t give up. Instead, he ________ a reading system of raised dots, which opened up a whole new world of knowledge to the blind.

Wasn’t I the “blind” in my class, being made to learn like the “________” students? My thoughts spilled out and my pen started to ________. I completed the task within 40 minutes. Indeed, I was no ________ from other; I just needed a quieter place. If Louis could find his way out of his problems, why should I ever give up?

I didn’t ________ anything when I handed in my paper to Mrs. Smith, so it was quite a ________ when it came back to me the next day — with an “A” on it. At the bottom of the paper were these words: “See what you can do when you keep trying?”

1.

A．common

B．difficult

C．violent

D．cruel

2.

A．grammar

B．spelling

C．history

D．literature

3.

A．hid

B．raised

C．rubbed

D．washed

4.

A．fingers

B．papers

C．glasses

D．seat

5.

A．writing

B．speaking

C．listening

D．reading

6.

A．put

B．drive

C．drag

D．take

7.

A．blindness

B．calmness

C．quietness

D．brightness

8.

A．suddenly

B．wildly

C．certainly

D．naturally

9.

A．education

B．aid

C．sympathy

D．respect

10.

A．bought

B．discovered

C．searched

D．invented

11.

A．sighted

B．confident

C．talented

D．intelligent

12.

A．sing

B．dance

C．walk

D．rest

13.

A．qualification

B．inspiration

C．isolation

D．difference

14.

A．consider

B．evaluate

C．expect

D．express

15.

A．surprise

B．reminder

C．danger

D．challenge

【推荐2】Now at some level, all moms and dads know they shouldn’t yell at kids. But if you don’t ________ or talk angrily, how do you discipline (管教)?

For thousands of years, the Inuit have ________an ancient tool: storytelling. Designed to improve kids’ behaviors and sometimes ________save their lives, oral stories are passed down from one ________ to the next. For example, how do you teach kids to ________the ocean? Instead of ________, “Don’t go near the water!” Inuit parents take a unique ________and tell kids a special story about what’s inside the water.

________, those stories seemed to me too scary for little children. And my initial reaction was to ________ them. But my opinion changed after I watched my own daughter’s response to ________tales — and after I learned more about humanity’s complex relationship with storytelling.

Oral storytelling is what’s known as a human ________ . For tens of thousands of years, it has been a key way that parents teach children about values and how to ________. Modern hunter-gatherer groups use ________ to teach sharing, respect for others and conflict avoidance. With the Agta, a hunter-gatherer population of the Philippines, good storytelling skills are ________ more than hunting skills or medicinal knowledge.

Today many parents outsource their oral storytelling to screens, which also ________. We learn best through things that are ________ to us. And stories, by their ________, can have lots of things in them that are much more interesting in a way that bare ________ don’t. Stories with a dash of danger ________ kids like magnets (磁石). And they turn a tension-ridden activity like disciplining into a ________ interaction. So, don’t discount the playfulness of storytelling

1.

A．answer

B．scold

C．defend

D．stare

2.

A．relied on

B．run into

C．dealt with

D．applied for

3.

A．still

B．only

C．even

D．never

4.

A．point

B．season

C．destination

D．generation

5.

A．stay away from

B．look forward to

C．face up to

D．put up with

6.

A．yelling

B．begging

C．recommending

D．questioning

7.

A．contribution

B．approach

C．opportunity

D．introduction

8.

A．At least

B．In addition

C．At first

D．For example

9.

A．subscribe

B．dismiss

C．substitute

D．prove

10.

A．familiar

B．personal

C．humorous

D．similar

11.

A．form

B．right

C．characteristic

D．emotion

12.

A．behave

B．calculate

C．change

D．differ

13.

A．toys

B．experiments

C．videos

D．stories

14.

A．affected

B．prized

C．distributed

D．blamed

15.

A．declines

B．exists

C．works

D．concludes

16.

A．important

B．available

C．apparent

D．interesting

17.

A．nature

B．size

C．purpose

D．aspect

18.

A．prediction

B．imagination

C．statements

D．performances

19.

A．consist of

B．turn down

C．pay off

D．pull in

20.

A．careful

B．playful

C．doubtful

D．painful

【推荐3】“Long time no see” is a very interesting sentence. When I first read this sentence from an American friend’s email, I laughed. I thought it was a perfect _________ of Chinglish. Obviously, it is a word-by-word literal(照字面意思的) translation of the Chinese greeting with a _________ English grammar and structure! Later on, my friend told me that it is a standard-American _________. I was too _________ to believe her. So I did a _________ on Google. Much to my surprise, there are over 60 thousand web pages _________ the expression “long time no see” in them. This sentence has been _________ used in emails, letters, newspapers, movies, books, or any other possible place. Though it is a little informal, it is part of the _________ that Americans use daily. However, if you _________ this sentence in Microsoft Word, it will tell you that the grammar needs to be ____________

Nobody knows the ____________ of this Chinglish sentence. Some people believe that it came from Charlie Chan’s movies. In the 1930s, Hollywood moviemakers successfully ____________ a world-wide famous Chinese detective(侦探) named “Charlie Chan” on wide screens. Detective Chan liked to teach Americans some Chinese ____________ by quoting Confucius(孔子). “Long time no see” was his trademark. Soon after Charlie Chan, “Long time no see” became a ____________ sentence in the real world ____________ the popularity of these movies.

Some people ____________ America to a huge pot of stew(炖菜). All kinds of culture are ____________ in the pot together, and they ____________ the color and taste of each other. American Chinese, though a minor group in the United States, is also ____________ some changes to the stew! Language is usually the first thing to be ____________ in the mixed stew.

1.

A．word

B．sign

C．example

D．symbol

2.

A．senior

B．perfect

C．simple

D．damaged

3.

A．means

B．greeting

C．habit

D．culture

4.

A．amazed

B．awkward

C．excited

D．annoyed

5.

A．job

B．research

C．experiment

D．adventure

6.

A．making

B．printing

C．having

D．explaining

7.

A．widely

B．actually

C．fluently

D．ordinarily

8.

A．life

B．pleasure

C．language

D．style

9.

A．open

B．carve

C．draw

D．type

10.

A．designed

B．corrected

C．developed

D．used

11.

A．time

B．meaning

C．expression

D．source

12.

A．did

B．made

C．created

D．discovered

13.

A．stories

B．habits

C．sentences

D．wisdom

14.

A．popular

B．rare

C．modern

D．ordinary

15.

A．thanks to

B．as to

C．except for

D．other than

16.

A．join

B．compare

C．add

D．lead

17.

A．burnt

B．related

C．mixed

D．prepared

18.

A．design

B．change

C．decide

D．damage

19.

A．applying

B．affecting

C．taking

D．contributing

20.

A．influenced

B．used

C．considered

D．mentioned