【推荐1】We have all heard how time is more valuable than money, but is it possible to have too much time?

I _______ back in high school I spent most of my day at school since I also _______ a team sport. By the time I got home, I only had a few hours to do my homework, so I had to do it at once.

When I got into college, things _______. I suddenly found myself out of class before noon time. Because of all this _______ time, there was no need to do my school work immediately. I waited until it later became a _______. Once that happened, I just kept _______ my studying further and further back in my day. Then I got to the point where I have to _______ really late at night to get my work done.

One day I _______ a former classmate of mine who was _______ a lot of money running a sideline (副业). Since his regular job was __________, I asked him why he just didn’t do his sideline full- time. He said without the job, he would __________ have too much time and would just do what I did back in __________. He said that if he quit the job, he would lose his __________ to work and succeed.

So, try to __________up your time with other work. That is why there is a __________ that if you want something done, ask a busy person to do it.

1.

A．agree

B．remember

C．understand

D．expect

2.

A．played

B．loved

C．watched

D．coached

3.

A．happened

B．repeated

C．mattered

D．changed

4.

A．extra

B．difficult

C．Valuable

D．limited

5.

A．responsibility

B．habit

C．pain

D．risk

6.

A．taking

B．pushing.

C．setting

D．calling

7.

A．show off

B．hang out

C．stay up

D．make up

8.

A．treated

B．met

C．helped

D．borrowed

9.

A．making

B．wasting

C．requiring

D．raising

10.

A．safe

B．interesting.

C．important

D．boring

11.

A．hardly

B．luckily.

C．simply

D．hopefully

12.

A．college.

B．town.

C．childhood.

D．business

13.

A．heart

B．chance

C．way

D．drive

14.

A．fill

B．give

C．save

D．trade

15.

A．message

B．story

C．fact

D．saying

【推荐3】Last week, my grandfather was explaining his favorite words, “Nothing is very easy.” Yesterday, I happened to notice a bumblebee in the living room. I thought ______ the bee would take no more than five minutes. But an hour later, the bee remained there. All that had ______ was that the living room was in a mess and that I felt ______ and had to lie on the sofa to take a breath. I did not expect to waste an hour on such a tiny ______, but suddenly I understood what my grandfather meant.

It is not only ______ that we tend to underestimate – we have to bear other unexpected ______. We often imagine everything can work in our ______, but we seldom think of all the ______ things that could affect us. However, it is important to remember that your day or week or year might not ______ as planned, and that is completely ______. It is absolutely acceptable to feel challenged – ______ at a task you thought was ______ -- because that is part of life.

If you can realize that nothing will ever be easy, then life might seem slightly easier to ______. In middle school, I thought high school might be easier since I could choose the classes I wanted to take. In high school, I thought college might be easier because I could have a schedule best suited for myself. Yet each time, I was both wrong and ______. After realizing that school wouldn’t (and shouldn’t) be easy, I found myself with a more positive attitude and improved my ______.

1.

A．removing

B．observing

C．keeping

D．chasing

2.

A．changed

B．happened

C．existed

D．compensated

3.

A．unsafe

B．uneasy

C．dull

D．dizzy

4.

A．space

B．room

C．insect

D．pet

5.

A．importance

B．effect

C．power

D．time

6.

A．costs

B．causes

C．pressure

D．burden

7.

A．mind

B．turn

C．view

D．favor

8.

A．strange

B．unpleasant

C．natural

D．funny

9.

A．continue

B．fly

C．go

D．come

10.

A．dangerous

B．normal

C．different

D．unfair

11.

A．usually

B．even

C．therefore

D．instead

12.

A．simple

B．complex

C．important

D．urgent

13.

A．evaluate

B．overcome

C．manage

D．stay

14.

A．selfish

B．uncertain

C．tired

D．disappointed

15.

A．appearance

B．responsibility

C．performance

D．reputation

【推荐1】完形填空
阅读下列短文，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。
Whatever misfortune you face, just hold up your head and face it with a smile! I got to know this from a musical soul.
The other day I was feeling quite _____, having just been laid off from my job. With so many _____ to pay, I was wondering what was going to happen to my family.
I got off the bus when I heard piano music and singing rising above the noise of the ______ I walked a bit slower, trying to find out where it was coming from. Through the _____ I saw a young lady sitting at a piano with a box next to her.
She was singing songs about love and her sweet voice _____ me a bit. Then I stood there watching her playing, thinking that it must take _____ to perform on her own in front of hundreds of people she didn’t know.
She might have felt my ______ for she occasionally looked in my direction.
By now I was telling myself that I could at least tell her how good she sounded. I walked _____and put some money in her box and she expressed her thanks with a smile on her face.
I asked her _____, “Why are you playing the piano in the middle of this crowded place?”
She explained to me that she sees so many _____ people in the world that she is trying to relieve the pain by _____ motivational (激励的) music.
Instead of continuing my way home, I said to her, “I have been going through a _____ time lately, but you’ve made me_________ again.”
“I’m happy that I could be _____ to you,” she replied. “Why are you so sad?”
I told her my story and said, “I’m not so _____ about what to do….”
“You see, here’s the _____,” she responded. “When you were walking, your head was down.” She looked me in the eyes and went on, “Don’t look defeated, because _____ comes in different ways and if your head is down you might never see it. You should_____ more … lift your head up.”
I was really _____ by what she said! I did hold my head up and soon got through the difficult time.
So _____ in trouble, just face it bravely and you are sure to overcome your difficulty sooner or later.1.

A．lonely

B．relaxed

C．frustrated

D．breathless

2.

A．fare

B．bills

C．fines

D．prices

3.

A．listeners

B．background

C．instrument

D．traffic

4.

A．trees

B．crowd

C．buildings

D．street

5.

A．shocked

B．amused

C．excited

D．comforted

6.

A．energy

B．courage

C．patience

D．technique

7.

A．presence

B．mood

C．thought

D．appreciation

8.

A．aside

B．down

C．over

D．off

9.

A．quietly

B．eagerly

C．seriously

D．curiously

10.

A．negative

B．unhealthy

C．positive

D．elderly

11.

A．sharing

B．creating

C．enjoying

D．teaching

12.

A．tense

B．wonderful

C．crazy

D．rough

13.

A．enthusiastic

B．emotional

C．hopeful

D．energetic

14.

A．helpful

B．worthwhile

C．useful

D．available

15.

A．ashamed

B．sure

C．particular

D．anxious

16.

A．problem

B．situation

C．conflict

D．condition

17.

A．success

B．aid

C．opportunity

D．happiness

18.

A．focus

B．look

C．fight

D．smile

19.

A．impressed

B．moved

C．inspired

D．satisfied

20.

A．however

B．whenever

C．whoever

D．wherever

【推荐3】When I was a child, there wasn’t much for me to read. It was not until junior high school that I began to _________ traditional Chinese classical novels. And books from other countries became _________ to me after I had been admitted into the university.

The first English novel that I read was Jane Eyre. Though _________ for a first-year student at university, I spent hours and hours _________ the meaning of every word and sentence. It took me almost half a year to _________ the book. With Jane Eyre _________ my heart and soul, I was even more _________ in the rich world of literature. I developed a _________ for reading Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, W.S. Maugham, D.H. Lawrence, Ernest Hemingway... The _________ goes on and on. Reading is what I cannot live without.

What can one __________ from reading? It can be said that serious reading makes one a __________ person.

When we read serious books, we must __________ our minds so as to find some room for new ideas, knowledge and inspirations. Reading helps us overcome __________ and prejudice (偏见) by offering different insights. We may learn to develop an overall view of the __________, either inside or outside.

Serious reading is time-consuming and thus makes us more __________. If we want to finish hundreds of pages of War and Peace, we must be prepared for a long journey without taking any __________.

Well-designed classical novels make us more __________. The writers put their hearts and minds into __________ plots, presenting descriptions and expressing their values. To __________ the stories, we must make full use of our born logical competence, which might __________ reasonability.

1.

A．revise

B．read

C．translate

D．publish

2.

A．expensive

B．acceptable

C．unique

D．available

3.

A．important

B．comfortable

C．difficult

D．possible

4.

A．sorting out

B．figuring out

C．speaking of

D．agreeing with

5.

A．finish

B．sell

C．write

D．find

6.

A．saving

B．breaking

C．owning

D．entering

7.

A．popular

B．interested

C．honest

D．advanced

8.

A．form

B．method

C．passion

D．system

9.

A．list

B．cycle

C．story

D．game

10.

A．understand

B．guess

C．remember

D．gain

11.

A．better

B．richer

C．healthier

D．kinder

12.

A．recover

B．fill

C．empty

D．change

13.

A．addiction

B．ignorance

C．shyness

D．loneliness

14.

A．study

B．book

C．room

D．world

15.

A．powerful

B．productive

C．patient

D．polite

16.

A．energy

B．measures

C．feedback

D．shortcuts

17.

A．logical

B．practical

C．sensitive

D．outstanding

18.

A．planning

B．analyzing

C．appreciating

D．reviewing

19.

A．report

B．preserve

C．follow

D．select

20.

A．deal with

B．lead to

C．result from

D．refer to

【推荐1】I’ve been having a really hard time lately. I have been suffering from the very recent _______ of my father and work-related stress. I went back to _______ after taking one day off after his passing and was having a very _______ and tear-filled day.

My job takes me around the _______ and as I was walking down a busy street, I saw a homeless man _______ in a blanket sleeping but his bare feet were sticking out and it was so cold. I made a detour(绕行) to _______ him some socks in a shop so he could at least be a little warmer and left them beside him to find when he _______.

The next day I was in the same _______, still feeling down and struggling, when two _______ stopped me to ask if I was the girl who ________ to leave the homeless man socks yesterday. I said yeah and they ________ told me how they then managed to find him a big warm jacket after ________ my kind act and then another person also bought him some warm and comfortable snow boots. One of the men told me I was a legend(传奇人物) and now every time I ________ in the area the homeless man stops to yell “Hey, legend!” and ask how I’m going.

On the whole, what I did was really ________, but I hope it made that man’s day a little better and a little easier. So he could stay warm and those strangers really filled my heart up with warmth on what was a ________ day due to my own problems.

1.

A．meeting

B．work

C．loss

D．travel

2.

A．sleep

B．promise

C．relax

D．warning

3.

A．hopeful

B．peaceful

C．long

D．difficult

4.

A．city

B．farm

C．school

D．factory

5.

A．tied

B．covered

C．deserted

D．protected

6.

A．show

B．find

C．borrow

D．buy

7.

A．came out

B．set off

C．woke up

D．got up

8.

A．area

B．office

C．square

D．shop

9.

A．boys

B．students

C．strangers

D．customers

10.

A．decided

B．stopped

C．attempted

D．pretended

11.

A．excitedly

B．honestly

C．exactly

D．eventually

12.

A．respecting

B．following

C．praising

D．seeing

13.

A．explore

B．appear

C．rush

D．wander

14.

A．tiny

B．scary

C．unique

D．useful

15.

A．pleasant

B．strange

C．horrible

D．meaningful

【推荐2】I dropped out of college after my freshman year. Three years later I _______ to college in autumn after finding myself having difficulty with college-level algebra(代数) in work. But after a week, I was ready to drop out again.

Then a smartly dressed woman walked _______ to the platform in my English composition class. “Look at each and every one of you,” she said. “You’re here _______ you want to change your lives for the better. And you’re going to _______ it!”

I can’t _______ the rest of the speech, but it changed the _______ of my life and career. I felt she was speaking _______ to me. She knew exactly what I was feeling and what many of my fellow students were probably feeling _______. I came out of that classroom _______ to rise to the challenge.

“Having trouble ________ the heavy workload? Break it down into small manageable pieces, and set up a ________ that works for you. Professors’ lecturing is too fast for you to take notes? ________ them with a question so you can catch up on your notes,” she said.

She cared about us, worried about us and ________ us. She never let us lose sight of our dreams or our potential.

Today, as a college instructor, I often think of her each autumn when I stand in front of a new class and I am ________ of how much teachers can ________ their students. She has made a huge difference in my life.

1.

A．applied

B．returned

C．agreed

D．referred

2.

A．confidently

B．quietly

C．cautiously

D．swiftly

3.

A．though

B．because

C．once

D．unless

4.

A．make

B．get

C．have

D．find

5.

A．forget

B．afford

C．remember

D．stand

6.

A．motivation

B．meaning

C．concept

D．path

7.

A．voluntarily

B．cleverly

C．directly

D．carefully

8.

A．as a rule

B．as a consequence

C．as usual

D．as well

9.

A．excited

B．determined

C．ashamed

D．scared

10.

A．coming up with

B．putting up with

C．keeping up with

D．teaming up with

11.

A．schedule

B．trap

C．trick

D．game

12.

A．Leave

B．Review

C．Ignore

D．Interrupt

13.

A．advised

B．consulted

C．promised

D．assessed

14.

A．convinced

B．informed

C．warned

D．reminded

15.

A．manage

B．persuade

C．affect

D．dominate