【推荐1】Dale Carnegie rose from the unknown of a Missouri farm to international fame because he found a way to fill a universal human need.

It was a need that he first________ back in 1906 when young Dale was a junior at State Teachers College in Warrensburg. To get an______ , he was struggling against many difficulties. His family was poor. His Dad couldn't afford the______   at college, so Dale had to ride horseback 12 miles to attend classes. Study had to be done ______ his farm-work routines. He withdrew from many school activities_________ he didn't have the time or the ________. He had only one good suit. He tried ______ the football team. but the coach turned him down for being too_______. During this period Dale was slowly ______ an inferiority complex (自卑感) , which his mother knew could________him from achieving his real potential. She_______that Dale join the debating team, believing that______in speaking could give him the confidence and recognition that he needed.

Dale took his mother's advice, tried desperately and after several attempts______made it. This proved to be a   _____ point in his life. Speaking before groups did help him gain the________ he needed.   By the time Dale was a senior, he had won every top honor in _________ . Now other students were coming to him for coaching and they. _____ , were winning contests.

Out of this early struggle to ______ his feelings of inferiority, Dale came to understand that the ability to _____ an idea to an audience builds a person's confidence. And, ______ it, Dale knew he could do anything he wanted to do-and so could others.

1.

A．admitted

B．filled

C．recognized

D．supplied

2.

A．assignment

B．instruction

C．advantage

D．education

3.

A．board

B．training

C．teaching

D．equipment

4.

A．during

B．between

C．over

D．through

5.

A．while

B．once

C．though

D．because

6.

A．permits

B．preparation

C．clothes

D．exploration

7.

A．for

B．on

C．in

D．With

8.

A．flexible

B．light

C．Optimistic

D．cautious

9.

A．gaining

B．achieving

C．obtaining

D．developing

10.

A．protect

B．prevent

C．promote

D．predict

11.

A．demanded

B．suggested

C．inspected

D．insisted

12.

A．practice

B．presence

C．passion

D．potential

13.

A．hopefully

B．immediately

C．naturally

D．finally

14.

A．key

B．breaking

C．turning

D．basic

15.

A．progress

B．experience

C．confidence

D．competence

16.

A．speech

B．football

C．horse-riding

D．farming

17.

A．in return

B．in turn

C．in brief

D．in fact

18.

A．overcome

B．convey

C．approach

D．possess

19.

A．recommend

B．stress

C．contribute

D．express

20.

A．besides

B．beyond

C．with

D．around

【推荐2】It's hard being an astronaut's son. I _______, everybody expects you to be special or _______，and I'm just an average student, and Pm average, too, when it _______ basketball, football, soccer and baseball.

I often _______ how my father ever had a son like me. I mean he’s so _______ and so good at everything. So I would often dream about doing something amazing to _______ my father and make him _______ me.

In one class, my teacher _______ a Father’s Day essay contest for us and the winners’ essays would be read in front of all the parents and students. After school I walked home, _______ my father, whom I would write about in my essay. One of my classmates said, "I ________ you’ll win the contest, David. You’re the only one in town who could write about being the son of an astronaut."

My father is an astronaut— I would start out with that? No. The whole country and maybe even the whole ________ saw my father as an astronaut, ________ that wasn’t the way I saw him.

How did I see my father? Hmm.

I saw him sitting with me in the ________ when I was little and had a nightmare.

I saw him teaching me how to throw a baseball.

I remembered how he ________ me with a new puppy at my eighth birthday party.

And I remembered how he tried to ________ death to me when Grandpa died.

To me，he wasn't a world-famous astronaut, just my dad.

________ I won second prize. When I finished reading my essay, the ________ applauded. I saw my father blowing his nose. I went back to my seat.

Dad nodded to me, ________ his throat, and put his hand on my shoulder. "Son, this is the ________ moment of my life," he said.

It was the proudest moment of my life, too. Maybe I’ll never be a great hero or win a Nobel Prize, but just then, it was just ________ to be my father's son.

1.

A．mean

B．guess

C．assume

D．believe

2.

A．strange

B．honest

C．perfect

D．formal

3.

A．refers to

B．relates with

C．talks about

D．comes to

4.

A．doubted

B．wondered

C．regretted

D．imagined

5.

A．ordinary

B．serious

C．excellent

D．unique

6.

A．shock

B．influence

C．attract

D．impress

7.

A．proud of

B．interested in

C．satisfied with

D．ashamed of

8.

A．reported

B．announced

C．arranged

D．distributed

9.

A．caring about

B．worrying about

C．thinking about

D．complaining about

10.

A．swear

B．foresee

C．bet

D．pray

11.

A．school

B．town

C．family

D．world

12.

A．but

B．and

C．so

D．for

13.

A．silence

B．threat

C．horror

D．dark

14.

A．pleased

B．astonished

C．supported

D．encouraged

15.

A．describe

B．explain

C．declare

D．remark

16.

A．Gradually

B．Eventually

C．Constantly

D．Evidently

17.

A．parents

B．audiences

C．students

D．teachers

18.

A．burned

B．blew

C．cleared

D．blocked

19.

A．best

B．proudest

C．finest

D．greatest

20.

A．natural

B．honorable

C．rational

D．enough

【推荐3】My class and I visited Chris Care Center in Phoenix, Arizona to comfort the old people who needed a little cheering up during the holiday season.
       The first two _______ there were for persons requiring _______ in taking care of themselves. We sang beautifully for them. They loved our sweet songs and the flowers that we left with them.
       As we were _______ on the third floor for old people with Alzheimer (老年痴呆症), most of them _______ off at the walls or floor. However, one lady _______ my eye. She was sitting by the door, in a wheelchair, singing songs to herself. They weren’t the songs that we were singing, at least they didn’t _______ like that. As we got _______ with each festive song, she did as well. The louder we got, the louder she got. _______ she was singing, she was also _______ out to us with her hands and body. I knew that I should have gone over to her, but I thought that my__________ were to my students. People who worked at the care center could __________ to her, I thought. Just when I stopped feeling __________ about not giving her the attention she needed, one of my students, Justin, showed me what the holiday season is really about.
       Justin also __________ the same lady. The difference between us is that he __________ on her needs, but I didn’t. During the last song, “Silent Night,” Justin walked over to her and held her hand. He looked this aged lady in her __________ and with his actions said, “You are important, and I will take my __________ to let you know that.” This tired, elderly lady stopped singing and held his hand. Then she touched his cheek with the other hand. Tears began to fall down her face. No __________ can completely describe that touching moment.
       It took a boy to __________ me, a man, about kindness and love. Justin’s example of a complete, selfless attitude toward another was a __________that I will never forget. He was the teacher that day, and I consider myself __________ to have witnessed his lesson.1.

A．rooms

B．buildings

C．floors

D．groups

2.

A．comfort

B．help

C．music

D．happiness

3.

A．singing

B．meeting

C．gathering

D．dancing

4.

A．glared

B．shut

C．paid

D．stared

5.

A．looked

B．caught

C．escaped

D．hurt

6.

A．appear

B．hear

C．sound

D．feel

7.

A．higher

B．nearer

C．faster

D．louder

8.

A．As

B．Because

C．Since

D．Though

9.

A．moving

B．reaching

C．coming

D．spreading

10.

A．interests

B．abilities

C．feelings

D．responsibilities

11.

A．speak

B．attend

C．object

D．compare

12.

A．guilty

B．sure

C．afraid

D．scary

13.

A．feared

B．avoided

C．helped

D．noticed

14.

A．called

B．acted

C．insisted

D．kept

15.

A．tears

B．hands

C．eye

D．face

16.

A．body

B．flower

C．time

D．cheek

17.

A．words

B．poems

C．expressions

D．songs

18.

A．help

B．waste

C．cause

D．teach

19.

A．message

B．lesson

C．activity

D．class

20.

A．clever

B．foolish

C．lucky

D．right

【推荐1】Nineteen-year-old Alexis Easter works at a fast food chain in Mechanicsville. The Virginia Burger King employee is going popular for her ________. She was photographed accompanying an elderly ________ to his car. The man, known to Easter as Mr. John, is a regular at the restaurant.

“When he is done, I see him out to the car because he has a ________ back. When we get to his car, we talk and I ________ he's safe,” the employee told WTVR.

Easter's simple ________ caught the attention of a passer-by, who ________ a photo of the young woman and her customer, which she ________ on social media. “We all should learn from the cashier at the Mechanicsville Burger King, who makes this world a little ________ ,” Elizabeth Chandler wrote on Facebook. Chandler said she was so ________ by what Easter was doing for the man. “Seeing her ________ this gentleman was so heart-warming. It's so ________ to see people going out of their way for others and expecting ________ in return. Since posting this I learned that Easter is ________ 19 and does this on a regular basis for any customer in need,” Chandler told Yahoo.

Easter always tries to do what she can to ________ the best service for customers. “________ go out of your way to aid others,” she told WTVR.

Chandler, who also frequently ________ this Burger King, said Easter isn't the only employee who goes above and ________ their job range. “That's the ________ of that Burger King. Another employee named Monica hands out plaques (纪念匾) to those ________ hard times, including my grandmother when she was receiving ________ for cancer,” she told WTVR.

1.

A．opinion

B．kindness

C．honesty

D．arrangement

2.

A．boss

B．patient

C．waiter

D．customer

3.

A．strong

B．terrible

C．strange

D．broad

4.

A．pray

B．expect

C．ensure

D．insist

5.

A．act

B．word

C．task

D．choice

6.

A．took

B．copied

C．picked

D．printed

7.

A．sold

B．exchanged

C．shared

D．found

8.

A．wider

B．brighter

C．cleaner

D．simpler

9.

A．shocked

B．puzzled

C．confused

D．impressed

10.

A．greet

B．protect

C．help

D．save

11.

A．usual

B．natural

C．common

D．rare

12.

A．everything

B．anything

C．nothing

D．something

13.

A．exactly

B．only

C．then

D．already

14.

A．perform

B．provide

C．buy

D．plan

15.

A．Never

B．Always

C．Often

D．Almost

16.

A．visited

B．advertised

C．reported

D．supported

17.

A．beyond

B．over

C．below

D．inside

18.

A．rule

B．duty

C．order

D．culture

19.

A．turning over

B．looking for

C．relying on

D．going through

20.

A．service

B．concern

C．treatment

D．appointment

【推荐1】Anorexia nervosa (神经性厌食症) is an eating disorder that I struggled with for most of my middle school years and a part of my high school years.

At Riverview, ______ was usually a nightmare for me. As I ______ the dining hall, all the eyes would be fixed upon my bony figure. I would take my place at a table full of friends and ______ to enjoy a “normal” lunch. The ______ was that I would not always eat lunch, and that greatly ______ my friends. They would watch to make sure that I was eating properly, almost ______ food into my mouth.

And then, I transferred to Madison High School. I decided not to tell anyone at that school about my eating disorder since I had almost ______ by that time. Strangely, I stopped fearing lunch when I started at Madison. No one knew that I had an eating disorder, ______ they did not care what I ate. This ______ a huge amount of stress from my life. It was still hard for me to eat in front of others, which is ______ for an anorexic, but I was able to put some of my ______ aside.

I was thankful for the students at Riverview, but they knew me only as an anorexic. My friends cared about my health, but they ______ to care about me as a person. Truthfully, all I wanted was for them to ______ me and not to fix on my eating disorder.

The students at Madison took the time to know who I ______ was. They had no idea that I had been an anorexic, so that a particular label did not ______ their opinions of me. I was finally ______ for my talents and achievements, not my failures. I was honored as a good student. I was no longer afraid to show my true ________.

My days as an anorexic taught me many lessons that I would never _______. They taught me about life and how to be a better friend. I learned about the joy of ______ tasks such as eating lunch. I appreciated the people who helped me to see that there is more ______ life than having an eating disorder.

1.

A．learning

B．exercise

C．lunchtime

D．homework

2.

A．left

B．cleaned

C．crossed

D．entered

3.

A．try

B．offer

C．remember

D．stop

4.

A．purpose

B．attempt

C．problem

D．excuse

5.

A．surprised

B．worried

C．puzzled

D．bored

6.

A．allowing

B．forcing

C．providing

D．dropping

7.

A．succeeded

B．lost

C．recovered

D．quit

8.

A．but

B．unless

C．so

D．though

9.

A．lifted

B．created

C．caused

D．developed

10.

A．serious

B．unbelievable

C．relevant

D．common

11.

A．fears

B．desires

C．beliefs

D．doubts

12.

A．refused

B．failed

C．pretended

D．promised

13.

A．select

B．forgive

C．love

D．affect

14.

A．really

B．probably

C．eventually

D．merely

15.

A．express

B．color

C．share

D．confirm

16.

A．determined

B．identified

C．envied

D．recognized

17.

A．responsibility

B．personality

C．appreciation

D．ambition

18.

A．forget

B．review

C．skip

D．draw

19.

A．tough

B．complex

C．specific

D．routine

20.

A．during

B．to

C．of

D．through

【推荐2】An off-duty pilot was called a “legend” after stepping in to fly a plane himself to stop the flight being cancelled.

Michael Bradley, a(n) ________ easyJet pilot, had a holiday when he ________ flying a plane that was delayed by two hours. He told passengers on board the Manchester Airport flight to Alicante that he was ________ his services as there was no pilot available.

Mr. Bradley said, “My wife was then with my little boy. She ________ and complained, ‘Our flight’s delayed by two hours because there’s no ________ for the flight.’ So just before we went through security I wonder if this is worth a phone call. I think it is because I’d like to go on holiday.”

Mr. Bradley phoned up easyJet and said, “I’m standing in the ________ doing nothing. I have got my ________ with me and I’d very much like to go on holiday and if you need a(n) ________, I’m standing here ready to go.” And his bosses called him back in less than a minute to give him the go-ahead, saying, “Please, please, can you fly the airplane to Alicante?” Then he told this to the passengers. This was ________ with cheers from the passengers.

An easyJet spokesman said, “We are ________ to one of our pilots who was travelling on holiday from Manchester to Alicante on 2^nd, September with his family and ________ to operate the flight. This ________ customers could get to their destination and shows the ________ of our crew. This is ________ in line with regulations as he had his license and ID with him. Safety is always our ________ priority.”

1.

A．retired

B．qualified

C．clumsy

D．former

2.

A．made up

B．held up

C．ended up

D．turned up

3.

A．offering

B．obtaining

C．changing

D．showing

4.

A．came through

B．came to

C．came up

D．came around

5.

A．passenger

B．manager

C．officer

D．captain

6.

A．station

B．platform

C．terminal

D．square

7.

A．license

B．passport

C．visa

D．ticket

8.

A．adventure

B．favor

C．moment

D．reason

9.

A．met

B．argued

C．objected

D．observed

10.

A．suitable

B．convenient

C．practical

D．grateful

11.

A．volunteered

B．continued

C．attempted

D．struggle

12.

A．proved

B．meant

C．supported

D．revealed

13.

A．existence

B．popularity

C．intention

D．commitment

14.

A．fully

B．strangely

C．nearly

D．immediately

15.

A．largest

B．strongest

C．longest

D．highest