【推荐1】Christmas was near a season that we took seriously in our house. But a week or so before the 25th, my father would give each of his children $20. This was the 1970s, and $20 was quite a bit of money．

But I saw it________．My father trusted me to have the________ to spend money wisely. Even better, he gave me the ________to get it. On a very basic level ，my father was giving me a shopping spree（狂欢）every year. But he was also giving me charge over my own fun, trusting my ability to manage money and making me feel like a/an________. He didn't buy me Sherlock Holmes, but he gave me the means to walk into the bookstore and choose it for myself, so it felt like a gift from him．

My mother had a/an ________for giving me what I needed, usually   right at the moment I needed it most. This was when I was 25, I________at being an adult on my very first try. I had quitted my ________job but had no new one. But when my mother paid me a visit, I________a good show, telling her I had started my own company．

My mother knew that I was trying hard and failing at that time. It wasn't until ________she left that I noticed at the foot of my bed an envelope thick with _______．She knew how ________I needed it．She knew that if she had just shown up with groceries，or offered to pay my rent, she would have made me feel much ________．The cold，hard cash meant she was helping me. And, funnily enough, the________with which she gave the gift felt like she was giving me space to________my life and preserve my dignity．My mother and father both did the same thing. One was giving me the means to take my own decisions，and the other was giving me a second ________ when those decisions had cost me dearly．

1.

A．positively

B．naturally

C．differently

D．originally

2.

A．passion

B．intelligence

C．power

D．potential

3.

A．courage

B．suggestions

C．means

D．discipline

4.

A．teenager

B．grown-up

C．adventurer

D．pioneer

5.

A．gift

B．habit

C．approach

D．tradition

6.

A．fooled

B．failed

C．dropped

D．fell

7.

A．important

B．creative

C．previous

D．challenging

8.

A．put away

B．put on

C．put off

D．put forward

9.

A．after

B．before

C．when

D．as

10.

A．credit

B．loans

C．cash

D．receipts

11.

A．accurately

B．hardly

C．eventually

D．urgently

12.

A．worse

B．more

C．less

D．better

13.

A．decoration

B．love

C．method

D．distance

14.

A．defend

B．equip

C．develop

D．fix

15.

A．chance

B．solution

C．visit

D．assistance

【推荐3】After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner and a movie. The other woman that my wife wanted me to dine and go to the cinema together was my mother,who had been a _______ for 19 years, but the_________of my work and my three children made it possible to visit her only _______．

That Friday afternoon, I drove over to_______ my mother. She waited with her dress _______ the dress she had worn to celebrate her last wedding anniversary. She smiled from a face that was as _______ as an angel’s.

After we sat down, I had to read the menu. Her eyes could only read large print. Half way through the entrees(主菜), I _______ my eyes and saw Mom sitting there staring at me. A warm smile was on her lips. “It was I who used to have to read the menu when you were _______”she said. During the dinner, we had a(n) _______conversation—nothing ________ but catching up on recent events of each other’s life. We talked so much that we missed the movie.

A few days later, my mother ________ a heart attack. It happened so suddenly that I didn’t have a chance to do anything for her.

Some time later, I received an envelope with a copy of a ________ from the same restaurant mother and I had dined. A(n) ________ note was also in the envelope, ________：“I paid this bill ________. I wasn’t sure that I could be there; but nevertheless, I paid for two plates—one for you and the other for your wife. You will never know what that night meant for me. I love you, son.”

1.

A．teacher

B．mother

C．bride

D．widow

2.

A．position

B．demands

C．problem

D．call

3.

A．occasionally

B．seldom

C．personally

D．regularly

4.

A．pick out

B．put off

C．pick up

D．put up

5.

A．aside

B．off

C．in

D．on

6.

A．bright

B．soft

C．kind

D．small

7.

A．widened

B．lifted

C．opened

D．fixed

8.

A．tired

B．small

C．hungry

D．curious

9.

A．informal

B．dull

C．agreeable

D．patient

10.

A．extraordinary

B．common

C．worthy

D．direct

11.

A．suffered from

B．survived

C．died of

D．caught

12.

A．picture

B．introduction

C．poster

D．receipt

13.

A．advanced

B．important

C．attached

D．colorful

14.

A．saying

B．writing

C．informing

D．speaking

15.

A．by turns

B．in advance

C．in secret

D．by chance

【推荐1】I ran into a stranger as he passed by. “I’m so sorry” was my reply. Then he said, “Excuse me too. I wasn’t even watching for you.” We were very ______, this stranger and I. Then we went on our ______ after saying goodbye.

But at ______, a different story is told about how we treat our loved ones, young and old. Later in the kitchen, as I ______ the meal, my daughter walked to me, very still. When I turned, I ______ knocked her down. “Get out of the way!” I shouted with a frown (皱眉). She walked away silently, with her little heart ______ I didn’t realize how rudely I had spoken.

That night, when I lay ______ in bed, there was a quiet voice that spoke to me, “While ______ with a stranger, you are calm and polite, but with those you love, you are quick to get excited. Go to look around the ______, you’ll find some flowers there by the door. Those are the flowers she brought for you. She ______ them herself — pink, yellow, and your favorite blue. She walked away quietly and you never saw the ______ in her eyes.”

By this time, I felt sad and small and my own tears began to fall. I quietly went and knelt (跪) by her ______. “Wake up, my dear,” I said. “Are these the flowers you picked for me?” She smiled, “I found them out by the tree, and I______ them in a napkin (餐巾), just for you. I knew you’d like them, especially the ______ I said, “I am so sorry that I missed them today. And I shouldn’t have ______ you that way.”

And she whispered, “Mommy, that’s OK... I still love you anyway.” I ______ her and said, “I love you too, and I love the flowers.”

You should know that: if you die tomorrow, the ______ you are working for could have someone easily replace you in a matter of days. But the family you ______ behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives. And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more into our ______ than into our families—a(n) ______ investment (投资) indeed.

Remember that FAMILY= (F) ATHER + (A) ND + (M) OTHER + (I) + (L) OVE + (Y) OU.

1.

A．excited

B．sad

C．polite

D．rude

2.

A．conversation

B．way

C．opinion

D．task

3.

A．school

B．business

C．home

D．office

4.

A．cooked

B．enjoyed

C．tasted

D．watched

5.

A．already

B．hardly

C．still

D．nearly

6.

A．lost

B．missed

C．beaten

D．broken

7.

A．asleep

B．awake

C．afraid

D．alive

8.

A．dealing

B．meeting

C．going

D．living

9.

A．floor

B．kitchen

C．bedroom

D．garden

10.

A．grew

B．bought

C．picked

D．fetched

11.

A．tears

B．anger

C．smiles

D．joy

12.

A．desk

B．bed

C．body

D．knee

13.

A．packed

B．covered

C．put

D．helped

14.

A．pink

B．yellow

C．blue

D．white

15.

A．smiled at

B．shouted at

C．looked at

D．laughed at

16.

A．congratulated

B．punished

C．praised

D．hugged

17.

A．company

B．country

C．place

D．state

18.

A．stand

B．stay

C．leave

D．fall

19.

A．book

B．loss

C．meal

D．work

20.

A．clever

B．good

C．unwise

D．traditional

【推荐2】阅读下面短文，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。
One day I visited an art museum while waiting for my husband to finish a business meeting. I was expecting a quiet _____of the splendid artwork.
A young _____viewing the paintings ahead of me _____nonstop between themselves. I watched them a moment and decided the lady was doing all the talking. I admired the man’s _____for putting up with her _____ stream of words. Disturbed by their noise, I moved _____
I met them several times as I moved _____the various rooms of art. Each time I heard her continuous flow of words, I moved away _____ .
I was standing at the counter of the museum gift shop making a purchase _____ the couple approached the _____ . Before they left, the man ____into his pocket and pulled out a white object. He ______it into a long stick and then _____his way into the coatroom to get his wife’s jacket.
“He’s a _____man.” The clerk at the counter said. “Most of us would give up if we were blinded at such a young age. During his recovery, he made a promise his life wouldn’t change. So, as before, he and his wife come in _____there is a new art show.”
“But what does he get out of the art”. I asked “He can’t see.”
“Can’t see You’re ______He sees a lot, more than you and I do,” the clerk said, “His wife ____each painting so he can see it in his head.”
I learned something about patience, _____and love that day. I saw the patience of a young wife describing paintings to a person without _____and the courage of a husband who would not _____blindness to change his life. And I saw the love shared by two people as I watched this couple walk away, their arms intertwined.1.

A．wander

B．view

C．touch

D．smell

2.

A．clerk

B．couple

C．man

D．lady

3.

A．screamed

B．argued

C．yelled

D．chatted

4.

A．patience

B．attempt

C．independence

D．wisdom

5.

A．vivid

B．constant

C．simple

D．exciting

6.

A．out

B．on

C．in

D．to

7.

A．from

B．through

C．to

D．towards

8.

A．anxiously

B．slowly

C．quickly

D．sensibly

9.

A．when

B．why

C．how

D．while

10.

A．entrance

B．exit

C．queue

D．front

11.

A．plugged

B．bent

C．reached

D．held

12.

A．brought

B．lengthened

C．made

D．broadened

13.

A．led

B．found

C．forced

D．tapped

14.

A．gentle

B．brave

C．smart

D．rough

15.

A．whenever

B．whichever

C．wherever

D．whatever

16.

A．unique

B．equal

C．silly

D．wrong

17.

A．decorates

B．draws

C．shows

D．describes

18.

A．courage

B．kindness

C．enthusiasm

D．pride

19.

A．expectation

B．confidence

C．sight

D．support

20.

A．get

B．hope

C．allow

D．cause

【推荐3】It is three in the morning on a Tuesday, and I’m walking toward table eighteen, the one I call home. I pass the waiters, give a brief nod to the____and take my seat. I____the “usual,” water and peanut butter pie. Yes, I’m at an all-night diner.

I start to take out my books, ____ full well that I will be____on the same page of Socrates that I’ve been on for the better part of the semester. Of course, it’s____—for my group that is. I wait for the empty chairs around me to be____.

Just as the Muzak songs start to repeat themselves, Shana and Jenny walk in. I am____with the usual big hugs and smiles. ____, the diner stops being a twenty-for-hour restaurant with bad service and becomes my place—my home____the prisonlike dorm room. For the next couple of hours, we will joke about people we know, talk about books, reflect on the meaning of life, quote movies and____new private jokes. Table number eighteen is our____home.

During my senior year of college, I started going to the diner for a temporary escape from a dorm room that felt like it was closing in on me. Not to ____the phones, the stereo and the computer. How could anyone seriously____to have good study habits? Some friends of mine told me about the place; they went there to study, and they really liked it.

So I tried it. It felt remarkably freeing. I start going there every night (except weekends, of course), and, believe me it was not because the pies were____great either. Maybe it would force me to open my books and my____would improve. Right? Well….

But that’s not the____. I mean, anyone who has gone to college knows that it’s not only about forcing yourself to wake up at 7:45 A.M. (after you had gone to sleep two hours earlier) to listen to a professor spoon-feeding you information____the significance of the Battle of Hastings. It is____about finding a little haven where you can create what will be the most important thing in your life—yourself. At a school of thirty-five thousand people, I found a small place that was as____to me as my Social Security number.

Through laughter, tears, learning, growing and the____free ice cream, we found a sanctuary. A place where we could be ourselves.

1.

A．friends

B．strangers

C．regulars

D．waiters

2.

A．make

B．take

C．bring

D．order

3.

A．remembering

B．knowing

C．deciding

D．learning

4.

A．stuck

B．focused .

C．fixed

D．turned

5.

A．certain

B．early

C．late

D．clear

6.

A．washed

B．cleaned

C．filled

D．covered

7.

A．armed

B．satisfied

C．occupied

D．greeted

8.

A．Finally

B．Suddenly

C．Actually

D．Particularly

9.

A．away from

B．similar to

C．apart from

D．close to

10.

A．create

B．play

C．write

D．hear

11.

A．inner

B．outer

C．warmer

D．smaller

12.

A．answer

B．talk

C．mention

D．mend

13.

A．choose

B．determine

C．pretend

D．expect

14.

A．pretty

B．that

C．too

D．rather

15.

A．health

B．friendship

C．conditions

D．grades

16.

A．place

B．benefit

C．point

D．view

17.

A．relate

B．requiring

C．reflecting

D．regarding

18.

A．also

B．still

C．more

D．even

19.

A．available

B．beneficial

C．familiar

D．encouraging

20.

A．special

B．occasional

C．unusual

D．natural

【推荐1】It was nearly half past five in the afternoon. No one was left in the museum, and John was walking around to_______if everything was all right. _______ he saw a painting lying on the floor. John didn’t know how to deal with the painting, so he picked it up and _______ it to the director of the museum.

The director knew they had no such painting in their museum and called several others to _______ and see if it was a stolen painting, but _______ claimed (认领) it. So the director decided to _______ it in the museum. All the experts were _______ to come to look at the painting. Each one said it was _______ and had very deep meaning. The director was _______ to have such a painting in his museum and congratulated John on his ________.

Some weeks ________ a woman and her little son came to the museum. ________ they were looking at the new painting, the little boy began to ________. The director felt there must be some ________ and went over to ________ ask him.

“________ are you crying, young man?”

Hearing the words, the boy stopped crying, ________ to the painting and said, “The painting on the wall is mine and I want it ________.” The director felt very strange and a little embarrassed, but he didn’t believe what the boy had said.

“Yes,” said the boy’s mother, “It was indeed my son who painted it, and he left it on the floor a few weeks ago. If you look ________, you can see his ________ on the painting.”

1.

A．see

B．know

C．wonder

D．doubt

2.

A．Finally

B．Suddenly

C．Surely

D．Nearly

3.

A．lent

B．sold

C．reported

D．shared

4.

A．visit

B．discuss

C．appreciate

D．check

5.

A．nobody

B．anybody

C．somebody

D．everybody

6.

A．hide

B．decorate

C．hang

D．destroy

7.

A．ordered

B．invited

C．refused

D．forced

8.

A．childish

B．fancy

C．valuable

D．useless

9.

A．amazed

B．worried

C．pitiful

D．proud

10.

A．achievement

B．success

C．discovery

D．progress

11.

A．long

B．later

C．before

D．ago

12.

A．While

B．Because

C．Although

D．Unless

13.

A．leave

B．smile

C．cry

D．shout

14.

A．chance

B．answer

C．hope

D．reason

15.

A．angrily

B．curiously

C．unwillingly

D．coldly

16.

A．How

B．Whether

C．Why

D．What

17.

A．pointed

B．referred

C．replied

D．rushed

18.

A．burned

B．shown

C．thrown

D．returned

19.

A．frequently

B．quickly

C．carefully

D．slowly

20.

A．face

B．name

C．age

D．address

【推荐2】Everyone has a dream when we are very young, and I am one of them. When I was 13, my only aim was to become the star in our football team. That meant _________ Miller King, who was the best _________ at our school.

Football season started in September and all summer long I trained hard. I carried my football everywhere for _________.

Just before September, Miller was hit by a car and lost his right arm. I went to see him after he came back from _________. He looked very _________, but he didn’t cry.

That season, I _________ all of Miller’s records while he _________ the games from the bench. We went 10:1 and I was named most valuable player, _________ I often had terrible dreams in which I had caused Miller’s _______.

One afternoon, I was crossing the field to go home and saw Miller ____________ while going over a fence which wasn’t ____________ to climb if you had both arms. I’m sure I was the last person in the world he wanted to accept ____________ from. But he finally accepted. I assisted him to move slowly ____________ the fence. When we were finally ____________ on the other side, he said to me, “You know, I didn’t tell you this during the season, but you did ____________. Thank you for filling in for(代替) ____________.”

His words freed me from my bad ____________. I thought to myself, even without an arm he was more of a leader. Damaged but not defeated, he was ____________ ahead of me. I was right to have ____________ him. From that day on, I grew ____________ and a little more real.

1.

A．calling

B．beating

C．helping

D．shouting

2.

A．coach

B．student

C．teacher

D．player

3.

A．practice

B．show

C．comfort

D．pleasure

4.

A．school

B．vacation

C．hospital

D．training

5.

A．sad

B．calm

C．relaxed

D．excited

6.

A．held

B．broke

C．set

D．tried

7.

A．reported

B．judged

C．organized

D．watched

8.

A．and

B．then

C．but

D．thus

9.

A．decision

B．mistake

C．accident

D．recovery

10.

A．stuck

B．hurt

C．tried

D．lost

11.

A．easy

B．hard

C．fun

D．fit

12.

A．praise

B．advice

C．help

D．apology

13.

A．on

B．over

C．into

D．by

14.

A．dropped

B．ready

C．trapped

D．safe

15.

A．well

B．wrong

C．quickly

D．slowly

16.

A．us

B．yourself

C．me

D．them

17.

A．memories

B．ideas

C．attitudes

D．dreams

18.

A．still

B．also

C．yet

D．just

19.

A．challenged

B．cured

C．invited

D．admired

20.

A．healthier

B．stronger

C．cleverer

D．cooler