【推荐1】Catherine decided to rescue Khan after seeing him at the animal shelter. Khan was a (an) _______ dog with a broken leg from being beaten. _______ her family heard about dogs and babies not getting along, to their _______, Khan walked right over to their 17-month-old daughter Charlotte when they were _______. The two sat on the grass and played _______, forming a bond that the family hoped would continue for the rest of Khan’s life.

One day, _______, Khan seemed to be slightly aggressive towards Charlotte. He even _______to push her away from where she played. The family kept a close eye on Khan and that’s when _______ caught their attention. A _______ was hiding right near Charlotte. Khan tried numerous times to push her out of the way but it didn’t ________ and the snake was determined to ________. Wang The family screamed ________ as their daughter’s life was in danger.

In one last ________, Khan grabbed Charlotte by the back of her shirt and ________ her over his shoulder. She ________ more than 3 feet away and the family ran over to her. As it ________, Khan had been bitten as he tried to get in between Charlotte and the snake.

While Khan was at the ________, a local newspaper was covering the incident. They couldn’t ________ an abused rescue dog who had only been with this family for four days would be so heroic. ________ after a couple of days in the hospital, Khan was ________ to return home and he was doing much better.

1.

A．experienced

B．abused

C．fierce

D．trained

2.

A．As

B．Because

C．Since

D．Although

3.

A．regret

B．shame

C．disappointment

D．surprise

4.

A．blamed

B．warned

C．introduced

D．teased

5.

A．cheerfully

B．sadly

C．separately

D．skillfully

6.

A．however

B．instead

C．therefore

D．otherwise

7.

A．remembered

B．pretended

C．managed

D．attempted

8.

A．nothing

B．everything

C．something

D．anything

9.

A．baby

B．snake

C．dog

D．mouse

10.

A．fit

B．continue

C．work

D．matter

11.

A．strike

B．rush

C．dive

D．hide

12.

A．in relief

B．in amazement

C．in horror

D．in excitement

13.

A．test

B．try

C．pull

D．fight

14.

A．passed

B．held

C．put

D．threw

15.

A．landed

B．climbed

C．jumped

D．waited

16.

A．got out

B．worked out

C．turned out

D．came out

17.

A．shelter

B．hospital

C．gate

D．backyard

18.

A．believe

B．know

C．notice

D．accept

19.

A．Surprisingly

B．Interestingly

C．Naturally

D．Thankfully

20.

A．forced

B．allowed

C．invited

D．persuaded

【推荐2】Ann's neighbor Tracy found a lost dog wandering around the local high school. She asked Ann if she could keep an eye on it. Ann said that she could______it only for the day.

Tracy took photos of the______and printed off 400 FOUND fliers (传单), and put them in mailboxes. Meanwhile, Ann bought some pet______in the dollar store nearby, and warned her two______not to fall in love with it. At the time, Ann's son Thomas was 10 years old, and Jack, who was______from a heart operation, was 21 years old.

Four days later Ann was still______the dog, whom they had started to______Riley.When she came back home from work, the dog______itself against the screen door and barked______at her.

As soon as she opened the door, Riley______into the boys' room where Ann______that Jack was suffering a heart attack. Riley ran over to Jack, and as soon as Ann bent over to______him, the dog went____

"If it hadn't come to get me, the______said Jack would have died," Ann reported to a local newspaper. At this point, no one had called to______the dog, so Ann decided to keep it.

The next morning Tracy got a call. A man named Peterson______his dog and called the______on the flier. Tracy started______，and told him, "That dog______my friend's son."

Peterson drove to Ann's house to______his dog, and saw Thomas and Jack crying in the window. After a few moments Peterson said, "Maybe Odie was supposed to fmd you, maybe you should keep it."

1.

A．accept

B．control

C．watch

D．train

2.

A．dog

B．neighbor

C．school

D．house

3.

A．books

B．toys

C．clothes

D．supplies

4.

A．sons

B．brothers

C．daughters

D．sisters

5.

A．escaping

B．recovering

C．resigning

D．dying

6.

A．playing with

B．looking after

C．thinking of

D．talking about

7.

A．call

B．visit

C．mean

D．mention

8.

A．rested

B．supported

C．knocked

D．threw

9.

A．angrily

B．aimlessly

C．madly

D．weakly

10.

A．stared

B．reached

C．dashed

D．followed

11.

A．believed

B．found

C．heard

D．remembered

12.

A．wake

B．calm

C．carry

D．help

13.

A．silent

B．crazy

C．sad

D．angry

14.

A．reporter

B．doctor

C．writer

D．owner

15.

A．retreat

B．greet

C．comfort

D．claim

16.

A．appreciated

B．missed

C．recognized

D．raised

17.

A．name

B．number

C．witness

D．paper

18.

A．arguing

B．cheering

C．shouting

D．crying

19.

A．saved

B．trusted

C．needed

D．understood

20.

A．show off

B．give up

C．pick up

D．see off

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阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（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。
What I noticed first about my new parrot, Chico, was that he couldn’t fly. His wings had been cut short and he was stuck on the _____ just like us humans. When the weather turned nice, I took Chico outside. I sat him on a branch of a tree, hoping to make him _____ At first he seemed _____ He walked back and forth on the branch looking anxious or nervous. He didn’t even flap his wings in an attempt to fly. Somehow he knew he was _____
One day Chico got especially excited . He paced back and forth and made an incredible amount of ______ Then all of a sudden he stopped and let out an even louder scream. He started _____ flapping his wings for the first time ever － then he lifted off the _____ like a space shuttle! I was amazed and _____ Little did I know his feathers had been growing back, and Chico had been ____ until the moment was ripe for escape!
Two days later Chico ______ First I tried to trick him back with food, but he would not come near me. Then I took his ____ and put it away—still he would not come. Finally, I made him a firm promise that I would let him _____ every day the weather was nice if he did come back. _____, he flew onto my shoulder.
From that day on, whenever the weather was good I would let him out early and he would fly around and be back before dark. The _____ lasted for two months before suddenly Chico became _____ The vet said that he had been infected with a disease from the pigeons in the neighborhood. Within a few days he died.
I was very sad. The _____ crossed my mind that if I had not set him free to fly, he would be still alive. But what ____ is there in being a bird if you can’t fly?
Chico made his first break for _____ on a late Monday afternoon in April. When will you make yours? You too can take a _____ when the conditions are right, knowing you too, in your own way, were built to fly. If you don’t _____, what will be the purpose of your life?1.

A．floor

B．earth

C．scene

D．road

2.

A．smarter

B．healthier

C．happier

D．stronger

3.

A．disappointed

B．determined

C．frightened

D．confused

4.

A．incapable

B．disabled

C．wrong

D．stupid

5.

A．noise

B．progress

C．energy

D．consideration

6.

A．slowly

B．gently

C．madly

D．gracefully

7.

A．ground

B．tree

C．cage

D．branch

8.

A．moved

B．shocked

C．delighted

D．excited

9.

A．struggling

B．pacing

C．flying

D．waiting

10.

A．left

B．returned

C．survived

D．recovered

11.

A．cage

B．feather

C．chain

D．food

12.

A．in

B．out

C．off

D．alone

13.

A．As usual

B．At that moment

C．Once in a while

D．At the same time

14.

A．action

B．attempt

C．routine

D．effort

15.

A．active

B．injured

C．sad

D．ill

16.

A．fact

B．concern

C．thought

D．detail

17.

A．sense

B．mistake

C．interest

D．problem

18.

A．life

B．freedom

C．fun

D．food

19.

A．break

B．holiday

C．chance

D．look

20.

A．keep yourself busy

B．cheer yourself up

C．let yourself down

D．set yourself free

【推荐1】I log onto a computer at the doctor’s office to say I have arrived and then wait until a voice calls me into the examination room. There，a robotic nurse ________ me onto the scales and then takes my blood pressure. Some time later, in steps the ________ ，who is also a robot. He notes down my ________ and gives me a prescription (处方). I pay for my visit using a credit card and return home without having met another human being. This is my nightmarish (噩梦般的) vision of the future，which hasn’t happened ________ yet.

I should say I really do like many aspects of ________ . I am a big fan of air conditioning in summer and heaters in winter. But I am writing this because I don’t want machines to ________ .

When I call my dentist’s office and actually get a human being on the line, I am ________ . And when I see the introduction of yet more self-service checkout stations at the grocery store, I feel like ________ , “When it comes to cashiers, make mine a(n) ________ , please!”

After all，human cashiers sometimes give you a store coupon (优惠券) for items you are ________ . Even more than that，real-life cashiers often take an interest in particularly cute children, which can ________ young mother’s day. A cashier may also show sympathy for an elderly person ________ to get that last penny out of his purse.

Machines can be ________ and cost-effective and they often get the job done just fine. ________ they lack an element so important to everyday life.

Call it the spirit, the soul or the heart. It is something no machine will ever have. It is human beings that ________ us to smile at others, which may be what they need at that moment.

1.

A．tears

B．directs

C．follows

D．separates

2.

A．coach

B．lawyer

C．doctor

D．engineer

3.

A．signals

B．symbols

C．sculptures

D．symptoms

4.

A．at most

B．at last

C．at least

D．at intervals

5.

A．commerce

B．agriculture

C．literature

D．technology

6.

A．take over

B．pass by

C．cut in

D．go away

7.

A．annoyed

B．thrilled

C．discouraged

D．disappointed

8.

A．whispering

B．laughing

C．shouting

D．weeping

9.

A．machine

B．human

C．animal

D．plant

10.

A．ruining

B．producing

C．advertising

D．purchasing

11.

A．brighten

B．darken

C．strengthen

D．widen

12.

A．turning

B．happening

C．describing

D．struggling

13.

A．urgent

B．efficient

C．frequent

D．consistent

14.

A．Otherwise

B．Because

C．But

D．Therefore

15.

A．punish

B．persuade

C．encourage

D．force

【推荐2】I have just finished my 23rd year of teaching at universities. And there have been several changes in the way students approach their classes. The most_________ is that when I started teaching, students took notes in notebooks, but now almost every desk has a laptop on it when I give a lecture.

There seem to be a lot of obvious_________ of taking notes on a computer. For one, it is easy to save the notes in a place where you can_________ them later. For another, you will be able to read your notes later especially if your handwriting is_________.

Before we go out and encourage every student to bring a laptop to class, though, it is worth checking out a study by Pam Mueller and Danny Oppenheimer. They compared college students’ _________ in tests following exposure to material. The students were assigned either to take notes by hand or using a laptop.

In the first study, students took notes while watching a lecture. Then, they engaged in other activities for about 30 minutes. Finally, they were given a quiz about the lecture. The quiz contained_________ questions as well as conceptual questions that required some understanding of the subject matter. Students did about equally well on the factual questions_________ how they took notes. However, the students did much_________ on the conceptual questions when they took notes by hand than when they took them using the laptop.

The experimenters_________ the content of people’s notes to the lecture and found that when people typed their notes on a laptop, they were much more likely to__________ what people said directly rather than writing their impressions of it. That is, people writing out their notes had to think more__________ about the content of what they heard than those people who were just typing.

Then, in the second study, the experimenters told people using the laptops to take good notes rather than just taking down what they heard. Even when people were given these__________, they still had a greater tendency to type what they heard than people who were taking notes by hand. As before, the people who used the laptops did more poorly in a test of__________ knowledge than those who took notes by hand.

So there is real value in having to think about the material in the__________ of taking notes. It is because handwriting is slow and__________ that people have to think more clearly about what they want to write down rather than copying down what is being said.

1.

A．changeable

B．noticeable

C．questionable

D．predictable

2.

A．approaches

B．benefits

C．equivalents

D．guidelines

3.

A．find

B．investigate

C．arrange

D．describe

4.

A．awesome

B．smooth

C．good

D．poor

5.

A．confidence

B．competition

C．expectation

D．performance

6.

A．arbitral

B．experimental

C．factual

D．contractual

7.

A．owing to

B．regardless of

C．in the form of

D．in relation to

8.

A．better

B．faster

C．more poorly

D．more slowly

9.

A．offered

B．devoted

C．led

D．compared

10.

A．copy

B．remember

C．summarize

D．grasp

11.

A．cheerfully

B．positively

C．deeply

D．quickly

12.

A．administrations

B．foundations

C．instructions

D．restrictions

13.

A．detailed

B．experimental

C．established

D．conceptual

14.

A．progress

B．process

C．property

D．profession

15.

A．effortful

B．quiet

C．steady

D．casual