【推荐1】Being good at something and having a passion for it are not enough. Success ______ fundamentally on our view of ourselves and of the ______ in our lives.

When twelve-year-old John Wilson walked into his chemistry class on a rainy day in 1931, he had no ______ of knowing that his life was to change ______. The class experiment that day was to ______ how heating a container of water would bring air bubbling to the surface. ______, the container the teacher gave Wilson to heat ______ held something more volatile (易挥发的) than water. When Wilson heated it, the container ______, leaving Wilson blinded in both eyes.

When Wilson returned home from hospital two months later, his parents ______ to find a way to deal with the disaster that had ______ their lives. But Wilson did not regard the accident as ______. He learned Braille (盲文) quickly and continued his education at Worcester College for the Blind. There, he not only did well as a student but also became a(n) ______ public speaker.

Later, he worked in Africa, where many people suffered from ______ for lack of proper treatment. For him, it was one thing to ______ his own fate of being blind and quite another to allow something to continue ______ it could be fixed so easily. This moved him to action. And tens of millions in Africa and Asia can see because of the ______ Wilson made to prevent the ______.

Wilson received several international ______ for his great contributions. He lost his sight but found a ______. He proved that it’s not what happens to us that ______ our lives-it’s what we make of what happens.

1.

A．depends

B．holds

C．keeps

D．reflects

2.

A．risks

B．accidents

C．events

D．steps

3.

A．way

B．hope

C．plan

D．measure

4.

A．continually

B．gradually

C．peacefully

D．completely

5.

A．direct

B．show

C．promote

D．announce

6.

A．Anyway

B．Moreover

C．Somehow

D．Thus

7.

A．mistakenly

B．casually

C．amazingly

D．properly

8.

A．fell

B．exploded

C．jumped

D．exposed

9.

A．deserved

B．tried

C．cared

D．agreed

10.

A．submitted to

B．meet with

C．impressed on

D．happened to

11.

A．fantastic

B．extraordinary

C．impressive

D．disastrous

12.

A．expert

B．vital

C．specific

D．innocent

13.

A．deafness

B．depression

C．blindness

D．speechlessness

14.

A．decide

B．abandon

C．control

D．accept

15.

A．until

B．when

C．unless

D．before

16.

A．opposition

B．adjustments

C．efforts

D．limitations

17.

A．preventable

B．potential

C．spreadable

D．influential

18.

A．scholarships

B．rewards

C．awards

D．supports

19.

A．fortune

B．hobby

C．dream

D．vision

20.

A．distinguishes

B．determines

C．declares

D．limits

【推荐1】The train had been long delayed. Running out of _________, Andy put down his book and looked out. He found the _________ at once: it was raining hard.

He lay down and fell asleep but was soon woken up by a woman. She handed him his bag and _________ that it had slipped to the floor. He gratefully took it back and opened it, _________ to see his mother’s scarf and some sandwiches inside.

Andy’s thoughts drifted (飘) to when he was _________. His mother had insisted on putting her scarf in. “If it rains, it may get cold.” He remembered feeling _________ and had taken it out. But it was still here.

Suddenly Andy realized he was burning with _________. Feeling helpless, he called his mum. “Take a _________ I have put in medicine, just _________” she suggested. Touched by his mother’s __________ he took the medicine and soon fell deep asleep in the __________ of the scarf.

Andy woke up later feeling much better. Then he __________ the woman, who’d helped him earlier, __________ holding a baby in her arms, both shaking. Their clothes did little against the cold wind.

Without thinking twice, Andy wrapped his mother’s scarf around the baby. To his __________, the child soon fell asleep in the love of not one, but two __________.

1.

A．luck

B．patience

C．time

D．energy

2.

A．train

B．truth

C．cause

D．story

3.

A．insisted

B．explained

C．apologized

D．admitted

4.

A．surprised

B．ready

C．thankful

D．expecting

5.

A．checking

B．leaving

C．planning

D．packing

6.

A．hurt

B．annoyed

C．ashamed

D．puzzled

7.

A．embarrassment

B．curiosity

C．fever

D．energy

8.

A．look

B．pill

C．rest

D．sandwich

9.

A．for safety

B．on purpose

C．in case

D．by accident

10.

A．calmness

B．confidence

C．comfort

D．care

11.

A．warmth

B．memory

C．smell

D．touch

12.

A．noticed

B．disturbed

C．upheld

D．paid

13.

A．comfortably

B．safely

C．gently

D．tightly

14.

A．relief

B．amazement

C．mind

D．advantage

15.

A．arms

B．scarfs

C．passengers

D．mothers

【推荐2】Natalie and Callie, both 13 years old, started raising monarch butterflies(帝王蝶) for fun in2020.

But after realizing the monarchs were an endangered species, their_______soon turned into a serious mission.

They learned that the population of monarch butterflies had_______since the early 1990s, due to habitat _______and widespread use of chemicals(化学药物), which made the milkweeds(马利筋草) the butterflies_______ for their main diet dangerous to eat.

So the girls teamed up with a national nonprofit group to plant a native garden_______for the monarchs. The garden grew organic milkweeds that_______and kept the butterflies. To help_______the locals to sustain(维持) the monarch population, they created an exhibition about the monarchs in the local library. They also wanted to put up an educational sign in town, but it_______a lot. To cover the expense, they set up a stand at the Farmers Market to sell their_______milkweeds for people to plant. Although the fundraising days were long, they finally________in earning enough money with their hard work and people’s support.

The team has won the Silver Award for their________of taking care of butterflies, but they are not________with their work. ” Our next step is to cut down on the use of________to guarantee a safe environment for the monarchs,“ said Natalie. In the award ceremony, their teacher Brian________, ‘‘I am so proud of them for their constant________’’.

1.

A．dream

B．hobby

C．behavior

D．decision

2.

A．doubled

B．aged

C．decreased

D．exploded

3.

A．management

B．extinction

C．growth

D．loss

4.

A．relied on

B．searched for

C．prevented from

D．made out

5.

A．partly

B．privately

C．likely

D．particularly

6.

A．attracted

B．protected

C．monitored

D．trapped

7.

A．pressure

B．educate

C．force

D．prepare

8.

A．meant

B．cost

C．changed

D．failed

9.

A．dry

B．medical

C．healthy

D．wild

10.

A．ended

B．joined

C．succeeded

D．resulted

11.

A．project

B．concept

C．observation

D．profit

12.

A．concerned

B．connected

C．finished

D．familiar

13.

A．chemicals

B．time

C．funds

D．energy

14.

A．quoted

B．continued

C．replied

D．commented

15.

A．donations

B．support

C．patience

D．efforts

【推荐3】Ida Nelson was relaxing and enjoying herself at home. At this moment she _________ a series of long low sounds from an airplane, which was circling the nearby airport in the village.

It was 11:30 at night and, as she told the reporter, “Any time a plane flies over that late, you know something is _________.”

Nelson ran to the window, and saw the problem: The airport’s runway lights were out.

At once, Nelson jumped into her ATV (沙滩车), and drove it to the airport, where she _________ a local pilot trying to turn on the lights.

She ran to help _________. “Usually, if you push the button 10 or 15 times, the lights will just light up,” Nelson said. But it didn’t work this time. Meanwhile, they learned of the plane’s _________: It was a medevac (医疗救护直升机), there to send a seriously ill local girl to the hospital 280 miles away.

Nelson decided to drive her ATV to the end of the runway and shine the headlights for the plane to follow. Great idea, _________ it wasn’t enough. More light was needed, so a neighbor called nearly every home in the village.

Within ten minutes, twenty cars arrived. Following _________ from the medevac pilot, the cars lined up on one side of the runway.

The medevac was guided by the headlights and landed _________. The young patient was loaded onto the aircraft, and the plane _________ at once.

In a world filled with uncertainty, the little community’s __________ action was a big deal. Not so much for Nelson. As she told the reporter, coming together “is kind of a normal deal.”

1.

A．knew

B．heard

C．recorded

D．created

2.

A．small

B．interesting

C．wrong

D．delicious

3.

A．found

B．called

C．invited

D．asked

4.

A．luckily

B．surprisingly

C．regularly

D．immediately

5.

A．task

B．message

C．idea

D．need

6.

A．or

B．but

C．so

D．and

7.

A．methods

B．choices

C．development

D．directions

8.

A．successfully

B．naturally

C．hardly

D．actively

9.

A．took in

B．took over

C．took off

D．took down

10.

A．practical

B．positive

C．attractive

D．careful

【推荐1】Soon after Savannah Phillips got fastened into her window seat on a flight from Oklahoma to Illinois, she glanced over at her seatmate. He was in his 60s, wore bright yellow sunglasses, and was busy ________ . The font（字体）was unusually large and the screen was ________ , making it easy for Phillips to read what he was ________ out：“Hey Babe, I’m sitting next to a smelly fatty.”

“It was like ________ of the negative things I think about myself,” he 33-year-old mother wrote in a Facebook post after the flight. Soon tears ________ down her cheeks as she hugged the cabin wall，trying to make herself as ________ as possible.

Sitting a row behind them and across the ________ was Chase Irwin. He could see the man’s texts, too-and he could see Phillips. He noticed her looking at his ________ . He was ________ to his stomach. He could not ________ this guy sit next to her this whole flight.

In an instant, Irwin had unfastened his seat belt and was hovering over the texter. “Hey, I need to talk to you,” Irwin told him. “We are ________ seats-now!” When the texter asked why, Irwin said, “You’re texting about her, and I’m not ________ that.”

The texter agreed ________ . Irwin took his place next to Phillips and was soon cheering up his new seatmate.

“He ________ me not to let that guy get to me and that everything was going to be fine,” Phillips wrote on Facebook. “He was my ________ .”

1.

A．writing

B．texting

C．reading

D．working

2.

A．bright

B．bent

C．dusty

D．gray

3.

A．taking

B．tapping

C．stretching

D．calling

4.

A．translation

B．formation

C．regulation

D．confirmation

5.

A．settled

B．broke

C．streamed

D．watered

6.

A．happy

B．small

C．obvious

D．comfortable

7.

A．room

B．road

C．passage

D．line

8.

A．phone

B．seat

C．expression

D．description

9.

A．ill

B．unhealthy

C．sick

D．unsatisfied

10.

A．notice

B．help

C．feel

D．have

11.

A．finding

B．switching

C．getting

D．fixing

12.

A．putting up with

B．taking over

C．opposed to

D．banking on

13.

A．elegantly

B．quickly

C．cautiously

D．surprisingly

14.

A．confused

B．changed

C．praised

D．encouraged

15.

A．assistant

B．client

C．teacher

D．hero

【推荐3】阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Even people who don’t have much talent for acting or singing still dream of being discovered by a talent scout (星探). It seems just like____the lottery (彩票), but better ____you get both fame and money.
For me, the dream seemed likely to stay a dream. But everything____last week in Beijing.
I was eating dinner with some friends. As I was getting ready to pay, a young Chinese woman came running up to me. I was ______that I must have done something horrible to offend(冒犯) her without ____it.
“You are a white man,” she said ____when she got to our table.
“Yes.”
“Can you speak ____?” she asked.
“Yes.”
“Oh good. Come with me now, please.”
I walked outside and saw that a movie was being shot in front of one of the street’s largest ____
The woman, a talent agent, had ____a foreigner for this movie, but he had forgotten to____ She needed to find a white guy who spoke English, and I was the only one____ My part was to walk from one end of the street to the other, and then____the club. When I got to the club, I was supposed to____to my friend and say, “Forget about the girl, man. We are here to party!” It took me three tries to say the line____or walk without tripping, but____I got it right.
The talent scout ran to me afterward. “You are so____ I would like you to join my agency.” I know I am not going to be the next Jay Chou____, it seems that my____“star” talents are being white and being able to speak English____, next time you are watching a Chinese movie, look in the____ If you see a white guy stumbling (蹒跚) on his way into a nightclub, it might just be me in my way to stardom (星途).1.

A．accepting

B．bargaining

C．winning

D．predicting

2.

A．although

B．because

C．if

D．unless

3.

A．changed

B．began

C．disappeared

D．improved

4.

A．amazed

B．curious

C．worried

D．guilty

5.

A．admitting

B．imagining

C．pretending

D．realizing

6.

A．cautiously

B．breathlessly

C．proudly

D．surprisingly

7.

A．Chinese

B．French

C．English

D．Cantonese

8.

A．cinemas

B．nightclubs

C．schools

D．restaurants

9.

A．signed

B．needed

C．persuaded

D．introduced

10.

A．come across

B．fit in

C．make out

D．show up

11.

A．around

B．away

C．beyond

D．up

12.

A．search

B．name

C．recognize

D．enter

13.

A．find

B．turn

C．offer

D．stick

14.

A．quickly

B．simply

C．reasonably

D．properly

15.

A．eventually

B．hopefully

C．obviously

D．unfortunately

16.

A．brave

B．talented

C．strange

D．interesting

17.

A．In return

B．In brief

C．In fact

D．In turn

18.

A．only

B．last

C．best

D．other

19.

A．Instead

B．Besides

C．Otherwise

D．However

20.

A．expression

B．connection

C．background

D．meaning