【推荐1】One day I was driving to the marsh (湿地)for bird-watching. The weather forecast called for the possibility of fog. As I _________ the destination, the fog began to _________ . At a turning point, I lost _________ of the car and ran into the wet land.

I tried to open the door, but it was locked as the water had _________ the electrical system. I remembered I had a fire extinguisher (灭火器). I _________ it and gave the window a _________ hit. It merely bounced off. I hit it again, with the _________ result.

The water level had risen, and soon I was swinging the extinguisher underwater. I had to_________for air and down to take as many _________ as my breath would allow. I was nearly __________. A part of me just wanted to give up. But then another thought came to mind, “You have__________ more time. What will you do with it?” “I'm going to try __________” I responded.

I   __________swinging the fire extinguisher as hard as I could and suddenly the impact felt different. I __________ my left hand and felt a hole in the __________. I knew I was going to live.

1.

A．sought

B．approached

C．chose

D．visited

2.

A．build

B．lift

C．decrease

D．disappear

3.

A．sight

B．track

C．control

D．touch

4.

A．operated

B．settled

C．developed

D．shorted

5.

A．broke

B．grabbed

C．obtained

D．closed

6.

A．gentle

B．unique

C．indirect

D．sharp

7.

A．same

B．joyful

C．positive

D．different

8.

A．go out

B．go up

C．go away

D．go over

9.

A．fists

B．cuts

C．swings

D．breaks

10.

A．crazy

B．disappointed

C．confused

D．desperate

11.

A．a little

B．much

C．plenty of

D．far

12.

A．weaker

B．harder

C．better

D．worse

13.

A．started

B．paused

C．continued

D．considered

14.

A．seized

B．shook

C．waved

D．extended

15.

A．car

B．door

C．window

D．engine

【推荐3】Surviving Mount Rainier

Bad luck and poor timing left Krasnitskiy and three climbers stuck on Mount Rainier for several long days. They faced mountain climbing’s___________tests. One man suffered___________sickness; ice and rockfall___________down at night; cold nights in a___________that got torn left them hypothermic(体温过低的). Calm confidence, skill and the courage to continue up the___________route, despite illness and injury, likely saved their lives.

The climbers___________on a Friday, camping low on the route the first night because they were___________about rockfall after a climber had recently died in an accident at the route’s typical___________camp.

On Saturday, at about 10,500 feet, one of the climbers became sick from the altitude, which began to slow them down.

By Sunday evening, the ill climber was___________, and they had to make an unplanned camp on steep snow. A____________wind, unexpected and strong, began to break their tent. It was a cold night.

On Monday, they called 911. For several____________, they watched as high winds____________rangers’(护林员) attempts at a helicopter rescue. Their food was____________and they shared a single bottle of snowmelt(融雪水) each day.

Then the icefall____________their tent platform and squeezed them together. It was impossible to climb down. On Wednesday, they decided to____________their climb---____________, carefully, resting when they were weak.

Krasnitskiy thought of all the people who loved him, and it really____________him they must be worried. As he climbed, he just kept yelling out to his____________, “We have to get there.”

However, on Thursday morning, their spirits began to____________. They started to____________they could continue. But then the helicopter arrived. They were rescued.

1.

A．best

B．toughest

C．simplest

D．fairest

2.

A．altitude

B．car

C．radiation

D．sleeping

3.

A．slowed

B．settled

C．rained

D．burned

4.

A．cave

B．hut

C．village

D．tent

5.

A．challenging

B．long

C．beautiful

D．southern

6.

A．fell down

B．gave up

C．set out

D．got back

7.

A．concerned

B．crazy

C．guilty

D．unhappy

8.

A．winter

B．training

C．temporary

D．high

9.

A．bored

B．exhausted

C．recovered

D．refreshed

10.

A．bored

B．warm

C．favourable

D．stiff

11.

A．weeks

B．minutes

C．days

D．hours

12.

A．rushed

B．prevented

C．assisted

D．protected

13.

A．running out

B．breaking down

C．put away

D．left over

14.

A．missed

B．exposed

C．widened

D．buried

15.

A．make room for

B．carry on with

C．have a break from

D．put a stop to

16.

A．slowly

B．secretly

C．mentally

D．casually

17.

A．beat

B．told

C．hit

D．taught

18.

A．family

B．friends

C．students

D．guides

19.

A．lift

B．rise

C．sink

D．harden

20.

A．admit

B．surprise

C．believe

D．doubt

【推荐1】To celebrate the end of our exams, my friends and I went to a fast food restaurant. We________ hamburgers and Coca Colar at the counter. When our ________ came, I started walking towards an empty table. By bad luck, my purse strap (带子) got ________ on a chair and the tray (托盘) that I was holding slipped from my hands and went flying in the air. The tray, and its contents, ________ on a man who was just about to take a bite of his sandwich. I stared, greatly________ , as the drinks soaked (浸湿) his white shirt.

Then I _______ my eyes and prepared myself for his burst of ________ . Instead, he said “It’s OK” to ________ me before he diappeared into washroom.

Still shaky and unsure what to do next, my friends and I went to a table and sat there, trying our best to look________. A moment later, the man came out of the washroom and ________our table. My heart almost stopped________. I though he was going to ask for my father’s ________ and call him.

To my surprise, he merely smiled at us, handed us some cash and said, “ ________ yourself new hamburgers.” He then walked away without even finishing his food.

He could have made what was already an uncomfortable situation worse, but he chose a different way and gave us a reason to believe that there is still   ________in this world. I’ll never________ his actions.

1.

A．ordered

B．made

C．arranged

D．demanded

2.

A．food

B．turn

C．bill

D．menu

3.

A．fixed

B．caught

C．cut

D．tied

4.

A．knocked

B．fell

C．stood

D．hung

5.

A．discouraged

B．disappointed

C．shocked

D．annoyed

6.

A．rolled

B．rubbed

C．narrowed

D．closed

7.

A．bitterness

B．anxiety

C．anger

D．sorrow

8.

A．satisfy

B．comfort

C．encourage

D．praise

9.

A．mild

B．honest

C．calm

D．modest

10.

A．pushed

B．approached

C．drew

D．laid

11.

A．beating

B．breaking

C．sinking

D．trembling

12.

A．help

B．position

C．number

D．job

13.

A．Prepare

B．Buy

C．Find

D．Cook

14.

A．kindness

B．happiness

C．politeness

D．brightness

15.

A．forget

B．refuse

C．oppose

D．ignore

【推荐2】In the clinic, I asked if Michael could be retested, so the specialist tested him again. To my _______, it was the same score.
Later that evening, I ______ told Frank what I had learned that day. After talking it over, we agree that we knew our ________much better than an IQ test. We ________that Michael’s score must have been a _______ and we should treat him ________as usual.
We moved to Indiana in 1962, and Michael studied at Concordia High School in the same year. He got _______ grades in the school, especially _______ biology and chemistry, which was a great comfort.
Michael _______ Indiana University in 1965 as a pre-medical student, soon afterwards, his teachers permitted him to take more courses than ________. In 1968, he was accepted by the School of Medicine, Yale University.
On graduation day in 1972, Frank and I ________ the ceremony at Yale. After the ceremony, we told Michael about the ________ IQ score he got when he was six. Since that day, Michael sometimes would look at us and say ________, “My dear mom and dad never told me that I couldn’t be a doctor, not until after I graduated from medical school!” It is his special way of thanking us for the ________ we had in him.
Interestingly, Michael then _________another IQ test. We went to the same clinic where he had _______ the test eighteen years before. This time Michael scored 126, an increase of 36 points. A result like that was supposed to be ________.
Children often do as ________ as what adults, particularly parents and teachers,_________ of them. That is, tell a child he is “ ________”, and he may play the role of a foolish child.1.

A．joy

B．surprise

C．dislike

D．disappointment

2.

A．tearfully

B．fearfully

C．cheerfully

D．hopefully

3.

A．student

B．son

C．friend

D．doctor

4.

A．argued

B．realized

C．decided

D．understood

5.

A．joke

B．mistake

C．warning          D wonder

6.

A．specially

B．strictly

C．naturally

D．carefully

7.

A．poor

B．good

C．average

D．standard

8.

A．in

B．about

C．of

D．for

9.

A．visited

B．chose

C．passed

D．entered

10.

A．allowed

B．described

C．required

D．offered

11.

A．missed

B．held

C．delayed

D．attended

12.

A．high

B．same

C．low

D．different

13.

A．curiously

B．eagerly

C．calmly

D．jokingly

14.

A．faith

B．interest

C．pride

D．delight

15.

A．looked for

B．asked for

C．waited for

D．prepared for

16.

A．received

B．accepted

C．organized

D．discussed

17.

A．imperfect

B．impossible

C．uncertain

D．unsatisfactory

18.

A．honestly

B．much

C．well

D．bravely

19.

A．hear

B．learn

C．expect

D．speak

20.

A．wise

B．rude

C．shy

D．stupid

【推荐3】阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从所给出的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
I was feeling a little blue. My mother had been laid off from her job, but she said she was OK since her boss wasn’t the nicest person___
I got off the college bus and started walking. That’s ____I heard piano music and singing rising above the ____of the people and the traffic. I walked a little slower____I could find out where it was coming from. ____the crowd I saw a young lady sitting at a piano with a _____next to her, singing songs about love. The way she was singing ___me a bit. I stood there watching her____for about fifteen minutes, thinking that it must take____ to perform on her own in public.
Feeling my presence, she looked in my _____. I walked over and put some money in her carriage. “I have been going through a __ time lately, but you’ve made me hopeful again.”
“I’m happy that I could ___. Why are you so sad?”
“Well, my mum had got ___ from her job, but I’m not sure what to do….”
”You see, the way you were _____,“ she explained. “Don’t look defeated, _______come in different ways. If your head is down you might never see it .Smile more. ____your head up.”
I smiled slightly, amazed by how she was____ me.
“Why are you playing here?” I asked.
“I am not making music. I study psychology. I often see many ____people and hope to relieve their ____and make them think positively by sharing music.”
I smiled a little wider. She was doing a good thing. My heart was touched by a___ soul.
She explained to me that she sees a lot of negative people in the world and she tries to alleviate the pain and bring more positivity by sharing motivational music. She told me that when she wasn’t making music she studied psychology. So, that was how she knew some of the things she was telling me.
I smiled a little wider because I knew that she was doing a good thing. So, after that we parted, my heart touched and lightened by a musical soul!1.

A．instead

B．anyway

C．somehow

D．either

2.

A．since

B．after

C．before

D．when

3.

A．noise

B．view

C．scene

D．hurry

4.

A．but

B．yet

C．so

D．or

5.

A．Across

B．Through

C．Beside

D．Along

6.

A．plate

B．basket

C．carriage

D．bowl

7.

A．discouraged

B．disturbed

C．shocked

D．comforted

8.

A．refreshing

B．playing

C．dancing

D．begging

9.

A．image

B．belief

C．courage

D．time

10.

A．direction

B．instruction

C．operation

D．intention

11.

A．nice

B．rough

C．peaceful

D．pleasure

12.

A．work

B．help

C．stand

D．improve

13.

A．lost

B．stuck

C．fired

D．tired

14.

A．walking

B．listening

C．sighing

D．talking

15.

A．Experiences

B．Possibilities

C．Performances

D．Opportunities

16.

A．Drop

B．Pick

C．Lift

D．Knock

17.

A．depressing

B．encouraging

C．frightening

D．surprising

18.

A．negative

B．thoughtful

C．active

D．surprising

19.

A．attention

B．sight

C．respect

D．pain

20.

A．classical

B．serious

C．curious

D．musical

【推荐1】One of my fellow volunteers, a girl from Tanzania, seemed a bit sad, so I asked what the problem was. She told me she had a friend back home, who was, really________with her university studies. It was beginning to look like financial difficulties, which would make it________for her to complete her course.

So this friend of mine had done something________: she had sent all her pocket money for the month to Tanzania to________her friend! This meant that she didn’t have much food to eat, no money to go________outside the village, no money to buy any clothes, and so on.

I was so________that she did this for her friend and I felt I had to do something. So,________ my next trip to one of the nearby towns I walked into the fair trade shop to buy some food. I didn’t have much money________myself but I thought I’d buy her an extra box of the muesli we both liked and some rice. I started talking to the woman________in the shop, who was also a volunteer and________told her about my friend.

The woman looked at me,________ “Does she eat pasta? she asked. “Yes,” I replied. She immediately started________a bag with pasta, cookies, more muesli, sweets and other things until the bag was full. “Give her this for me. It’ s my________!” I couldn’t believe it but cried with________.

I left the shop to go home with my________bag of food, I asked the woman her name. “Just Gloria! God________both of you!” she said.

Imagine my friend’s face when I________the gifts on my kitchen table. I have never seen her so happy! A few weeks later, she found Gloria in the shop and thanked her________. These two________women really showed me what true kindness and compassion is, and the________will stay with me for the rest of my life!

1.

A．taking

B．travelling

C．reflecting

D．struggling

2.

A．necessary

B．responsible

C．impossible

D．possible

3.

A．ridiculous

B．unbelievable

C．reliable

D．similar

4.

A．depend

B．support

C．search

D．supply

5.

A．anywhere

B．nowhere

C．wherever

D．whichever

6.

A．depressed

B．blessed

C．touched

D．astonished

7.

A．within

B．without

C．beyond

D．during

8.

A．left

B．felt

C．dealt

D．meant

9.

A．waiting

B．cleaning

C．working

D．passing

10.

A．eventually

B．casually

C．occasionally

D．frequently

11.

A．delighted

B．amazed

C．exhausted

D．determined

12.

A．dealing

B．filled

C．loading

D．released

13.

A．idea

B．treat

C．deal

D．trade

14.

A．regret

B．happiness

C．sympathy

D．sorrow

15.

A．unexpected

B．unloaded

C．unknown

D．unmoved

16.

A．swear

B．bless

C．hope

D．desire

17.

A．ignored

B．deserted

C．deserved

D．arranged

18.

A．in practice

B．in vain

C．in person

D．in general

19.

A．simple

B．selfish

C．complicated

D．remarkable

20.

A．impression

B．atmosphere

C．attitude

D．gratitude

【推荐2】This afternoon after seeing my mom, I was driving home. I took the _________ that was more like a canyon Drive with beautiful sceneries. Suddenly I heard a sound and it must be a big _________ tire. I pulled to the side, but it happened to be around a curve (拐弯处) where people couldn’t see me, which made it _________. The cars were speeding up and passing me without their _________ it. I couldn’t get out. Within _________, I saw a van stopped at a distance behind me. The gentleman walked out, _________ help and I dared to walk out of the car very _________. It was so _________. He moved my car a bit out of the way while I was talking to AAA (美国汽车协会), who said the _________ would be sent within 30 minutes.

The gentleman kindly offered to check my spare tire to __________ its condition. Before I knew it, he took it out and started changing the __________ for me, while it was a dangerous __________ with cars passing by so fast. I couldn’t believe he __________ and helped me before AAA did. I thanked him and he left. I saw in my mirror that his van just __________ me, making sure I was OK. I thought how lucky I was to be the receiver of such __________ in a hot dry afternoon.

1.

A．route

B．shower

C．photo

D．break

2.

A．dirty

B．flat

C．spare

D．modern

3.

A．safe

B．difficult

C．dangerous

D．peaceful

4.

A．realizing

B．throwing

C．hearing

D．ignoring

5.

A．months

B．centuries

C．years

D．minutes

6.

A．refusing

B．offering

C．appreciating

D．rejecting

7.

A．confidently

B．cheerfully

C．abnormally

D．carefully

8.

A．clean

B．narrow

C．broad

D．crowded

9.

A．package

B．postcard

C．assistance

D．email

10.

A．ensure

B．survive

C．satisfy

D．accept

11.

A．car

B．van

C．tire

D．phone

12.

A．apartment

B．seat

C．campus

D．location

13.

A．stopped by

B．rushed by

C．walked by

D．flew by

14.

A．challenged

B．directed

C．followed

D．led

15.

A．award

B．generosity

C．present

D．cruelty

【推荐3】When Crystal was riding a bike to the local Wildlife Center last December, she was scheduled to go bird-watching. Just a mile into her walk, she saw a female ________ near the water’s edge. Crystal had worked at a wild bird rehabilitation (康复) center and ________ that swans can be aggressive. But as she approached this one, it didn’t ________. She was certain that the bird needed ________ attention. Crystal put her jacket over the bird’s head to keep it calm, ________ picked it up and held it in her arms. And then a thought ________ her: What should I do now?

Her best ________ was the rehab center, but that was on the other side of town. How was she going to transport a 17-pound swan on her ________ all that way. Luckily, some ________ driving by offered her, her bike and the swan a(n) ________ to the rehab center.

Staff members at the rehab center ________ that the swan might have lead (铅) poisoning. They got the swan back up on her feet. ________, the swan had a bacterial infection. Two months after Crystal came to her ________, she passed away.

It’s a(n) ________ ending, but the story shows just how far people are willing to go to ________ animals.

1.

A．bird-watcher

B．swan

C．passer-by

D．duck

2.

A．claimed

B．guessed

C．knew

D．admitted

3.

A．continue

B．move

C．leave

D．wait

4.

A．medical

B．constant

C．public

D．normal

5.

A．quickly

B．bravely

C．carefully

D．proudly

6.

A．stopped

B．struck

C．passed

D．reminded

7.

A．result

B．support

C．solution

D．wish

8.

A．bike

B．seat

C．feet

D．back

9.

A．doctors

B．workers

C．friends

D．strangers

10.

A．access

B．call

C．lift

D．invitation

11.

A．assumed

B．determined

C．denied

D．examined

12.

A．Sadly

B．Gradually

C．Accidentally

D．Finally

13.

A．help

B．center

C．rescue

D．way

14.

A．unexpected

B．disappointing

C．good

D．natural

15.

A．raise

B．save

C．respect

D．change