【推荐2】On a foggy Sunday morning, Amrisha Vaish was sleeping soundly at home in Arlington, Virginia. The sound that woke him at 7:15 was so loud that he assumed it came from inside his house. As he got up to _______ carefully, he heard another sound, this one coming most definitely from outside. Looking out of his bedroom window, he noticed a tree _______ in smoke about 500 yards away. A car was wrapped by smoke around the tree’s base, and its engine was on fire.

Seeing that, he immediately grabbed buckets of water and ran to the crash site. Up close, the _______ looked worse. The car was split nearly in two, and the tree was where the driver’s seat ought to have been, as if _______ there. He thought that no one could have survived this crash, and yet there was 15-year-old Quintin Thompson, still _______ with his terrified face pressed against the driver’s side window, in visible pain. Vaish tried putting out the fire with his buckets of water yet with no success. When the   _______ got into the front seats, he realized he had to get the boy out of there as soon as possible.

Instantly, Vaish tried to open the back door, but he failed. He picked up a stone beside the tree and hit the back door. This time, it _______. The back door was opened and Vaish crawled in. Thompson was struggling to get free when Vaish noticed how _______ his legs were. Using a pocketknife, Vaish sawed through Thompson’s seat belt. Now that Thompson was free of restraints (束缚), Vaish pulled him out of a window, and then dragged him to safety before the car was _______ surrounded by flames. Vaish called an ambulance as Thompson suffered severely. Soon, the doctors arrived and Vaish felt ________.

1.

A．analyse

B．view

C．examine

D．question

2.

A．enveloped

B．choked

C．marked

D．rescued

3.

A．wound

B．damage

C．engine

D．smoke

4.

A．drawn

B．guarded

C．sent

D．planted

5.

A．calm

B．curious

C．conscious

D．confident

6.

A．water

B．driver

C．passengers

D．flames

7.

A．responded

B．changed

C．worked

D．failed

8.

A．dirty

B．bad

C．unique

D．normal

9.

A．slowly

B．entirely

C．simply

D．deadly

10.

A．relieved

B．touched

C．recognized

D．satisfied

【推荐3】It was rush hour in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania this September. Timothy White was _____   home when he noticed a gray four-door ______ on the opposite side of the street. It moved on ______. As the pickup drew closer, White spotted the ______ appeared to be asleep.

Pretty soon, this guy’s going to ______into a house and kill himself or kill somebody else. White ______ to stop that vehicle. White made his car a U-turn and was now facing in the same ______ as the pickup, but there were four cars ______ them. White honked his horn, hoping the cars in front would move aside. They didn’t.

Trapped, White ______, jumped out and dashed up the sidewalk. The truck was going slowly. He ran around to the driver’s side. The window was down on this temperate ______ day. White grabbed the frame of the window and with a ______ strength, leaped in. White was now inside the truck.

The driver, Todd DeAngelis, was just a bit ______, unexpectedly facing dangerously low blood sugar. White worked quickly. He ______ the pickup into park and called the police.

An ambulance soon arrived and took DeAngelis to hospital. “You kept me from a much worse ______ than it could have been,” DeAngelis said after his ______. “I’m always trying to help, where I can, when I can,” White smiled.

1.

A．jogging

B．running

C．riding

D．driving

2.

A．bus

B．cart

C．pickup

D．balloon

3.

A．steadily

B．abnormally

C．regularly

D．effectively

4.

A．driver

B．customer

C．conductor

D．passenger

5.

A．look

B．crash

C．break

D．walk

6.

A．agreed

B．happened

C．decided

D．refused

7.

A．speed

B．situation

C．street

D．direction

8.

A．awaiting

B．separating

C．joining

D．following

9.

A．pulled over

B．drove away

C．turned up

D．slowed down

10.

A．spring

B．summer

C．fall

D．winter

11.

A．weak

B．stable

C．constant

D．mighty

12.

A．nervous

B．conscious

C．exhausted

D．energetic

13.

A．forced

B．tested

C．raced

D．watched

14.

A．event

B．truck

C．accident

D．hospital

15.

A．work

B．application

C．competition

D．recovery

【推荐2】Early in my teaching career, I heard countless excuses from my students for not having their homework. Many of them were made up and _______ And, yes, “the dog ate it” was one of them. As time passed, I was_______of hearing “I don’t have my homework because…”. “No excuses. No _______!” I, out of anger, _______ my eighth graders.

Then, one afternoon, Anthony _______ me and said shyly, not taking his eyes off the floor, “I know you said it doesn’t   _______why we don’t have our homework done, but my dad moved out and my mom waits tables at night, so I have to _______my little brothers.” Feeling shocked and _______ for him, I put my hand on Anthony’s thin shoulder. “Why are you just now telling me...?” I stopped in mid-sentence. I knew why. So I   _______ the question, “Would it _______ if you stay in my classroom after school and work on it before you go home?” He nodded.

The next day, I _______ to all my students that I’d offer an after-school study hall. Anthony was the first student to _______. Before long, I had a room full of eighth graders who stayed to work on their homework. I soon had a large collection of “I don’t have my homework because...” ___ like Anthony. All were very _______ . Most importantly, I learned that “I’ll _______” works a lot better than “No excuses”.

1.

A．confusing

B．amusing

C．touching

D．frightening

2.

A．sick

B．glad

C．proud

D．afraid

3.

A．worries

B．signs

C．jokes

D．explanations

4.

A．encouraged

B．warned

C．ordered

D．persuaded

5.

A．disturbed

B．invited

C．rejected

D．approached

6.

A．take

B．matter

C．exist

D．mean

7.

A．attend

B．replace

C．visit

D．raise

8.

A．happy

B．fit

C．sorry

D．anxious

9.

A．answered

B．continued

C．repeated

D．changed

10.

A．get

B．make

C．help

D．work

11.

A．announced

B．apologized

C．replied

D．admitted

12.

A．turn down

B．stand out

C．show up

D．drop out

13.

A．letters

B．directions

C．choices

D．stories

14.

A．interesting

B．real

C．crazy

D．boring

15.

A．wait

B．believe

C．listen

D．remember

【推荐3】完形填空
阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（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。
The girl from Tennessee was standing on the stage of a drama summer camp. It was a beautiful day, but the girl didn’t feel _____ Since she was six, Reese had wanted to be a ____ All summer long she had been acting, ____and singing. Despite three years of ____, at the end of the camp her coaches told her to_____about singing. She took their words to _____ After all, why shouldn’t she_____the professionals (专业人士)? But back at home, her parents_____her to never give up. So she worked hard at every _____and was accepted by the Acting Department of Stanford University. At age 19, she got a ____in a low-budget movie called Freeway.
She ____, “If you aren’t so attractive, play to your strengths. If you’re going to ____ it in this business, focus on what you’re good at. ____yourself.”
And then came the offer —____the wife of country star Johnny Cash. The singing role she had_____ dreamed of. All of a sudden the old fears were back. She was so_____on the stage, and she would go backstage after a singing scene and _____ But she didn’t give up on the movie or herself. ____, she spent six months taking singing lessons. And the hard work built up her _____
Last March, Reese walked up on another _____and accepted the Oscar as Best Actress for her heartbreaking and heartwarming singing role as June Carter Cash in the movie Walk the Line.1.

A．good

B．content

C．anxious

D．calm

2.

A．teacher

B．director

C．doctor

D．singer

3.

A．writing

B．travelling

C．dancing

D．racing

4.

A．experiments

B．lessons

C．imagination

D．observation

5.

A．forget

B．worry

C．care

D．think

6.

A．practice

B．heart

C．memory

D．sight

7.

A．appreciate

B．serve

C．understand

D．believe

8.

A．allowed

B．helped

C．encouraged

D．persuaded

9.

A．program

B．project

C．career

D．subject

10.

A．position

B．challenge

C．part

D．prize

11.

A．guessed

B．reported

C．suggested

D．decided

12.

A．make

B．keep

C．enjoy

D．follow

13.

A．Save

B．Show

C．Comfort

D．Reward

14.

A．playing

B．protecting

C．supporting

D．convincing

15.

A．almost

B．never

C．always

D．recently

16.

A．nervous

B．serious

C．friendly

D．negative

17.

A．interview

B．shake

C．complain

D．promise

18.

A．Simple

B．Therefore

C．Otherwise

D．Again

19.

A．patience

B．business

C．confidence

D．force

20.

A．street

B．stage

C．road

D．Bank

【推荐2】Dean Moberg works at SeaWorld, which rescues more birds than any other type of animal. The hardest part of Dean’s _______ is when he finds birds that were hurt _______. Sometimes Dean finds sandhill cranes (沙丘鹤) that have been shot by arrows (箭) or hit by golf balls. Most of the time, the cranes that Dean _______ have been injured by chance. One way that they can get hurt is by looking inside rubbish for food.

When people see a crane that _______ help, they know to call SeaWorld. Dean and his team will drive hours to _______the bird.

Usually, sandhill crane adults are found in pairs. The mother crane and the father crane work _______ to raise their babies. Dean knows how _______ the cranes are when they are separated, but if one of them is hurt, it must go back to SeaWorld for _______.

Dean writes down exactly where he _______ each crane. When the cranes are ________, he takes them back to the same place. He lets them go and they are able to find their ________ again.

Saving sandhill cranes with serious injuries isn’t ________! Inventive, specially designed lift and support tools allow injured cranes to eat and rest while keeping weight off their ________ legs.

It takes a great deal of patience, determination, and love for these special birds to fully ________. Luckily, that’s something they find with Dean and the other ________ members of his team.

1.

A．plan

B．job

C．journey

D．choice

2.

A．in turn

B．at first

C．by chance

D．on purpose

3.

A．saves

B．loves

C．remembers

D．raises

4.

A．receives

B．refuses

C．needs

D．offers

5.

A．show off

B．learn from

C．pick up

D．look for

6.

A．again

B．alone

C．instead

D．together

7.

A．sad

B．excited

C．lucky

D．shy

8.

A．study

B．treatment

C．advice

D．service

9.

A．keeps

B．stops

C．finds

D．drops

10.

A．older

B．quieter

C．safer

D．better

11.

A．owners

B．families

C．food

D．work

12.

A．possible

B．dangerous

C．interesting

D．easy

13.

A．broken

B．lost

C．powerful

D．new

14.

A．recover

B．prepare

C．change

D．understand

15.

A．honest

B．serious

C．caring

D．confident