【推荐1】Growing up, I understood my dad: He knew everything. I asked him_________and he told me the answers.

In my teen years, he taught me things I'd need to know to_________. When I_________out on my own, I called him when something_________in my apartment. But eventually, I needed him_________. I got married, and my husband had most of the knowledge I_________. Gradually, our_________when I called turned into six words. Me: "Hi, Dad." Him: "Hi, sweets. Here's Mom."

I wondered_________if maybe after knowing a man for 40 years, there's nothing_________to say.

Then, this past summer, my husband and I lived with my__________while our house was being__________. One day, dad asked me to help him rebuild the bulkhead. It was__________labor. But as we put the new bulkhead__________piece by piece, my dad knowing__________what went where, I looked at him: "How do you know that?" "I spent a summer in college__________them on the Jersey Shore," he answered. I thought I knew__________about my dad. But I never knew this.

A few weeks later, after I moved back into our house, I__________my parents. Dad answered. "Hi, sweets," he said. "Here's Mom." "Wait, Dad," I said. "How are you?..." We__________up talking about a new battery he'd bought for his sailboat.

To anyone else, it would sound like a__________conversation between a dad and his daughter. But to me, it was a new beginning. I spent the first part of my life__________to talk to my dad. Now I talk to him because I want to.

1.

A．help

B．questions

C．difficulties

D．power

2.

A．form

B．work

C．recover

D．survive

3.

A．tried

B．took

C．moved

D．turned

4.

A．fell

B．disappeared

C．broke

D．changed

5.

A．less

B．terribly

C．more

D．again

6.

A．lacked

B．had

C．devoted

D．inspected

7.

A．debate

B．conversations

C．friendship

D．happiness

8.

A．in times

B．at times

C．on time

D．at a time

9.

A．left

B．enough

C．impossible

D．helpful

10.

A．pets

B．daughters

C．sons

D．parents

11.

A．sold

B．repaired

C．destroyed

D．ruined

12.

A．smelly

B．reliable

C．active

D．hard

13.

A．together

B．away

C．out

D．apart

14.

A．generously

B．possibly

C．exactly

D．briefly

15.

A．persuading

B．expressing

C．building

D．recognizing

16.

A．nothing

B．little

C．much

D．everything

17.

A．told

B．called

C．visited

D．escaped

18.

A．made

B．set

C．put

D．ended

19.

A．difficult

B．additional

C．normal

D．useful

20.

A．needing

B．loving

C．exploring

D．attaching

【推荐2】One evening in July, I noticed my wedding ring-which I had worn for over half a century-was missing. I was very________. I looked everywhere. No________

My memory________to the day when I encountered my former seatmate, who I had________ contact with since our graduation from primary school. Then our love________began. He offered me the ring a few months later, small but perfect.

The daydream passed. My daughter called.

"Mom, you should shop for a new ring." She was________“Where do you want to go?" she asked. “The pawn shop (典当店) close by." I said.

At the shop, we found five jewelry cases to________. This would be an exercise in________We picked out three rings from the first case, but________of them really fascinated me. So we continued to the next case. I picked up the first. As I________it on my finger, I shouted, “Here's my lost ring! See how it just________”

I wanted to know how my ring had ended up there, so the police had to get________. It turned out a girl had found it in the mall parking lot.

Weeks have gone. I'm________in amazement that I found my ring. How did I decide to enter that shop? The work of angels? Just curiosity? I'm not sure I'll ever know. But I did learn that sometimes things are gone for a while________they reappear to be claimed. Just________my man, and my ring.

1.

A．amused

B．dissatisfied

C．shocked

D．delighted

2.

A．way

B．luck

C．doubt

D．comment

3.

A．traveled

B．dropped

C．revised

D．wondered

4.

A．made

B．postponed

C．kept

D．lost

5.

A．story

B．incident

C．event

D．legend

6.

A．confident

B．pleased

C．annoyed

D．determined

7.

A．look through

B．look out

C．look over

D．look up

8.

A．attention

B．quality

C．patience

D．intelligence

9.

A．all

B．none

C．neither

D．any

10.

A．slipped

B．skipped

C．scanned

D．shifted

11.

A．suits

B．matches

C．fits

D．charms

12.

A．disturbed

B．involved

C．functioned

D．flashed

13.

A．still

B．even

C．yet

D．rather

14.

A．since

B．when

C．after

D．before

15.

A．as

B．with

C．among

D．like

【推荐1】A young English teacher saved the lives of 30 students when he took______ of a bus after its driver suffered a serious heart attack. Guy Harvold,24, had ______ the students and three course leaders from Gatwick airport, and they were travelling to Bournemouth to ______ their host families. They were going to ______ a course at the ABC Language School in Bournemouth where Harvold works as a ______.

Harvold, who has not ______ his driving test, said, "I realized the bus was out of control when I was ______ the students." The bus ran into trees at the side of the road and he ______the driver was slumped(倒伏) over the wheel. The driver didn't ______. He was unconscious. The bus______ a lamp post and it broke the glass on the front door before Harvold ______ to bring the bus to a stop. Police______ the young teacher's quick thinking. If he hadn't ______ quickly, there could have been a terrible______.

The bus driver never regained consciousness and died at Easy Surrey Hospital. He had worked regulary with the ______ and was very well regarded by the teachers and students. Harvold said, "I was ______ that no one else was hurt, but I hoped that the driver would ______.

The head of the language school told the local newspaper that the school is going to send Harvold on a weekend ______ to Dublin with a friend, thanking him for his ______. A local driving school has also offered him six ______driving lessons.

1.

A．control

B．care

C．advantage

D．note

2.

A．taken in

B．picked up

C．tracked down

D．helped out

3.

A．greet

B．thank

C．invite

D．meet

4.

A．present

B．introduce

C．take

D．organize

5.

A．drive

B．doctor

C．librarian

D．teacher

6.

A．given

B．marked

C．passed

D．conducted

7.

A．speaking to

B．waiting for

C．returning to

D．looking for

8.

A．learned

B．noticed

C．mentioned

D．doubted

9.

A．sleep

B．cry

C．move

D．recover

10.

A．ran over

B．went by

C．carried

D．hit

11.

A．remembered

B．continued

C．prepared

D．managed

12.

A．witnessed

B．recorded

C．praised

D．understood

13.

A．appeared

B．reacted

C．escaped

D．interrupted

14.

A．delay

B．accident

C．mistake

D．experience

15.

A．airport

B．hospital

C．school

D．police

16.

A．happy

B．fortunate

C．touched

D．sorry

17.

A．survive

B．retire

C．relax

D．succeed

18.

A．project

B．trip

C．dinner

D．duty

19.

A．bravery

B．skill

C．quality

D．knowledge

20.

A．necessary

B．easy

C．different

D．free

【推荐2】I was 11 when you were born , and in your first few years I often looked after you, bathed and dressed you and took you out for walks. I have _______ memories of your childhood. Of _______ you up as a "rock star". Of watching you dance _______ nightclothes. Of your insistence that I make your school lunch _______ I put so much more peanut butter on your _______ than anyone else. Of the _______ phone call we ever had—•an echo of my own university years-when you wanted to _______ university and study dance.

Since we have grown up, I have lived through you, although you may not know it. You had the opportunity I so_______ wanted but never got — to train in the dancing art. I encouraged our parents to support you because 1 have always _______ how my life would be if they hadn't chosen a(n) ________ career path for me, their eldest child.

I know you have ________ to hunt for work and confidence, and that you probably wonder sometimes if you made the right choice. ________, I am happy for you and proud that I played some small role in helping you to ________ a dream.

There is a ________between us now. It has grown since I first left home, and in the ________ I missed your teenage years. That ________ me greatly. I imagine that you believe we have very little in common-----a ________ in the city and a biologist in West Africa-but in you 1   ________ some of my own dreams realized.

But beyond that, even at 12 or )3 I felt as much a mother to you as an older sister. So, on the rare ________ when we see each other, I want to know everything, from your worries, hopes to delights.

I wish I, as an adult, could hold you at arm's ________. I hope we can one day be sisters or friends again. I still make a tasty peanut butter sandwich for you.

1.

A．vivid

B．admirable

C．awful

D．painful

2.

A．coming

B．dressing

C．putting

D．picking

3.

A．with

B．as

C．in

D．for

4.

A．although

B．because

C．when

D．if

5.

A．lunch

B．pies

C．bread

D．sandwiches

6.

A．longest

B．farthest

C．simplest

D．loudest

7.

A．give in to

B．look away from

C．drop out of

D．go in for

8.

A．hardly

B．naturally

C．perfectly

D．badly

9.

A．wondered

B．understood

C．regretted

D．believed

10.

A．musical

B．traditional

C．official

D．individual

11.

A．managed

B．struggled

C．preferred

D．threatened

12.

A．Besides

B．Instead

C．However

D．Otherwise

13.

A．support

B．choose

C．have

D．follow

14.

A．quarrel

B．promise

C．plan

D．distance

15.

A．conversation

B．process

C．environment

D．direction

16.

A．shocks

B．moves

C．upsets

D．comforts

17.

A．dancer

B．conductor

C．professor

D．rock star

18.

A．guess

B．see

C．keep

D．remember

19.

A．stages

B．vacations

C．spots

D．occasions

20.

A．width

B．height

C．length

D．depth

【推荐3】Once upon a time the colors of the world started to quarrel. All ______ that they were the best. The most useful. The favorite.

Green said: “Clearly I am the most important. I am the ______ of life and of hope. I was chosen for ______, trees and leaves. Without me, all animals would die.” Blue interrupted: “You only think about the earth, _______ consider the sky and the sea. It is the water that is the ______ of life. The sky gives space and peace and serenity（宁静）. Without my peace, you would all be _______.” Yellow chuckled: “You are all so ______. I bring laughter, joy, and warmth into the world. Every time you look at a sunflower, the whole world starts to ______. Without me there would be no fun.”

Orange, Red, Purple and Indigo（青色） all rose up to their full height and argue that they themselves are the most important and indispensable. And so the colors went on boasting, each ______ his or her own superiority. Their quarreling became louder and louder.

Suddenly rain started to pour down pitilessly. The colors got down in ______, drawing close to one another for ______. In the midst of the chaos, rain began to speak: “You foolish colors, fighting amongst yourselves, each trying to _______ the rest. You were each made for a special purpose, ______ and different. Join hands with one another and come to me.”

Doing as they were told, the colors united and joined hands.

The rain continued: “From now on, when it rains, each of you will stretch ______   the sky in a great bow of color as a(n) ______ that you can all live in peace. The Rainbow is a sign of hope for tomorrow.”

1.

A．reflected

B．claimed

C．memorized

D．complained

2.

A．signal

B．idea

C．sign

D．mixture

3.

A．flowers

B．rivers

C．wood

D．grass

4.

A．and

B．so

C．or

D．but

5.

A．basis

B．symbol

C．base

D．resource

6.

A．anything

B．nothing

C．everything

D．something

7.

A．funny

B．disgusting

C．serious

D．casual

8.

A．sob

B．shout

C．dream

D．smile

9.

A．convinced of

B．informed of

C．rid of

D．robbed of

10.

A．anger

B．surprise

C．sorrow

D．fear

11.

A．quarrel

B．dispute

C．debate

D．comfort

12.

A．dominate

B．depart

C．fool

D．scare

13.

A．common

B．unique

C．rare

D．perfect

14.

A．through

B．among

C．across

D．into

15.

A．reminder

B．message

C．memorial

D．image

【推荐3】“Can I see my baby?” the happy new mother asked. When the baby was placed in her arms, she was ____ The baby had been born without ears. Time ____ that the baby’s hearing was perfect. It was only his ______that was damaged. When he rushed home from school one day and ____ himself into his mother’s arms, she sighed, ____ that he would have many heartbreaks in his life. He grew up and became a(n) ____ with his classmates. He might ____have been class president, but for that. The boy’s father ____with the family physician in secret. “Could ____ be done?” the father asked. “I believed I could ____ on a pair of outer ears, if they could be got.” the doctor answered. So the ____ began for a person who would make such a ____ for a young man. Two years went by. Then the father said, “You are going to the hospital, son. Mother and I have someone who will give the ears you need. ____ it’s a secret,” said the father. The operation was very ____, and a new person appeared. “But I must know!” he urged his father. “Who ____ so much to me? I could never do enough for him.” “I do not believe you could,” said the father. The secret was ____ for years till he stood with his father over his mother’s coffin(棺材). Slowly and ____, his father raised his mother’s thick brown hair to ____that his mother had no outer ears. “Mother said she was ____ she never let her hair be cut,” he whispered gently, “and nobody ever thought she was less ____, did they?”1.

A．angry

B．disappointed

C．surprised

D．curious

2.

A．proved

B．seemed

C．told

D．saw

3.

A．figure

B．face

C．ear

D．appearance

4.

A．got

B．put

C．sent

D．took

5.

A．knowing

B．guessing

C．doubting

D．wondering

6.

A．enemy

B．stranger

C．favorite

D．friend

7.

A．ever

B．also

C．even

D．still

8.

A．asked

B．spoke

C．chatted

D．said

9.

A．something

B．everything

C．anything

D．nothing

10.

A．transplant

B．operate

C．set

D．fix

11.

A．operation

B．search

C．interview

D．examination

12.

A．devotion

B．effort

C．sacrifice

D．contribution

13.

A．Therefore

B．But

C．Though

D．Otherwise

14.

A．normal

B．useful

C．difficult

D．successful

15.

A．changed

B．worked

C．gave

D．did

16.

A．discussed

B．hidden

C．spread

D．kept

17.

A．carefully

B．sadly

C．excitedly

D．tenderly

18.

A．see

B．find

C．show

D．tell

19.

A．proud

B．glad

C．worried

D．regretful

20.

A．beautiful

B．ugly

C．respectable

D．fashionable