【推荐1】I’m a college professor teaching people how to think more creatively. Interestingly, this lifetime passion was ________ by a casual contest when I was a child.

At a family picnic for employees of the company where my father worked, they held a contest for the children-who could throw a cloth handkerchief the farthest. The first ________, the little ones, took mighty wind-ups (挥臂动作), but when the cloth left their hands, it opened and flew to the ground a few ________ in front of them. The crowd roared with laughter, and being 13, I didn’t like adults laughing at us.

It was ________ that using the same technique would not work. Suppose I ________ a rock inside the handkerchief? No, it was “throw a handkerchief”, not a rock and a handkerchief. When they inspected it, I’d be ________. Suppose I hid a rock in the cloth without tying it. The rock would drive the cloth at least farther than the others, and when they ________, people might not notice a small rock landing in the grass. I had a good chance of ________ with it.

However, I didn’t want to win by cheating but to show the adults that a(n) ________ could beat others at their own game. I had to make the handkerchief fly like a rock. I ________ began tying knot after knot until it was the size of a large rock. I took a long wind-up and threw the ________ handkerchief which landed 60 feet away. The laughing ________ and everyone was dumbfounded. The ________ then ran to fetch it to examine how I’d cheated. “It’s just the ________,” he declared, holding it up and untying the knots. The adults applauded kindly and I felt proud.

I hadn’t broken the rules, but I had broken the ________ ideas, which was the secret to creative thinking.

1.

A．awaken

B．created

C．enhanced

D．spread

2.

A．students

B．throwers

C．runners

D．tutors

3.

A．kilometers

B．meters

C．inches

D．miles

4.

A．impossible

B．essential

C．unclear

D．obvious

5.

A．tied

B．tried

C．hid

D．laid

6.

A．unreasonable

B．unemployed

C．disqualified

D．disappointed

7.

A．separated

B．disappeared

C．combined

D．sank

8.

A．going off

B．catching up

C．getting away

D．running away

9.

A．baby

B．kid

C．genius

D．adult

10.

A．casually

B．abruptly

C．secretly

D．eventually

11.

A．square

B．balled

C．light

D．soft

12.

A．died

B．rose

C．declined

D．doubled

13.

A．loser

B．judge

C．winner

D．audience

14.

A．land

B．rock

C．grass

D．handkerchief

15.

A．critical

B．modern

C．innovative

D．conventional

【推荐3】He came from somewhere south of Italy. I didn’t know when or how he got to America, _______ maybe. But one evening I found him standing in the driveway, behind my garage, extremely _______, being all skins and bones.

“My name Tony Trivionno and I mow (WO) your lawn.” he said. It was hard to understand his _______ English. “I mow your lawn,” he said again and walked away. Yes, these depression days were difficult, but how could I _______ a person who had come to me for help?

When I got home the next evening, the lawn had been mowed, the driveway _______ and the garden weeded. _______, my wife assumed I had hired him. I told her of my _______ the night before. And we thought it strange that he had not asked for _______.

The next two days were busy, and I _______about him. But on Friday, I saw him, behind my ________again and busy around.

I managed to ________ some small weekly pay for him and each clay he cleaned up the yard and took care of any little ________. He was very helpful whenever there were any heavy objects to carry or things to fix in my factory.

“I want to be an apprentice(学徒),” he said one day. ________ we had a good Prentice school that trained laborers, I doubted whether he had the ability to ________ blueprints and micrometers (千分尺). Therefore, he took a ________ in pay to become an apprentice.

Many years later, I found him in our ________ meeting spot, much heavier than he used to be and taking on a look of ________. He was a millionaire now!

Tony came to America seeking the American Dream. But he did not find it—he ________ it himself. Tony didn’t begin on the bottom rung of the ladder. He began in the ________ Tony’s affairs were tiny, and all he had were 24 hours a day. He wasted none of them and ________ finally.

1.

A．cycled

B．swam

C．skied

D．jogged

2.

A．happy

B．lucky

C．thin

D．strong

3.

A．repeated

B．excellent

C．simple

D．broken

4.

A．refuse

B．accept

C．invite

D．ask

5.

A．decorated

B．swept

C．blocked

D．marked

6.

A．Hopefully

B．Fortunately

C．Obviously

D．Secretly

7.

A．impression

B．anxiety

C．project

D．experience

8.

A．trouble

B．pay

C．award

D．leave

9.

A．wandered

B．thought

C．worried

D．forgot

10.

A．garage

B．factory

C．school

D．gallery

11.

A．bring in

B．leave out

C．work out

D．take in

12.

A．tasks

B．kids

C．animals

D．arguments

13.

A．Because

B．When

C．While

D．Since

14.

A．read

B．record

C．copy

D．draw

15.

A．rise

B．cut

C．step

D．break

16.

A．casual

B．memorable

C．formal

D．familiar

17.

A．confidence

B．confusion

C．amusement

D．astonishment

18.

A．discovered

B．acknowledged

C．deserved

D．created

19.

A．office

B．basement

C．hotel

D．history

20.

A．delayed

B．cancelled

C．succeeded

D．failed

【推荐1】阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选取出适合填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
“Now,” Mrs. Virginia DeView said, smiling, “we are going to discover our professions.” The class seemed to be greatly surprised. Our professions? We were only 13 and 14 years old! The teacher must be ____ . “Yes, you will all be searching for your future ____ Each of you will have to ____ someone in your field, plus give an oral report.”
Each day in her class, Virginia DeView reminded us about this. Finally, I picked print journalism. This ____ I had to go to interview a true-blue newspaper reporter. I was extremely nervous. I sat down in front of him ____ able to speak. He looked at me and said, “Did you bring a pencil or pen?”
I shook my head.
“How about some ____ ?”
I shook my head again.
Finally, I thought he realized I was ____, and I got my first big tip as a ____ “Never, never go anywhere without a pen and paper. You never know what you’ll run into.” After a few days, I gave my oral report totally from ____ in class. I got an A on the entire project.
Years later, I was in college looking around for a new career, but with no success. Then I ____ Virginia DeView and my desire at 13 to be a journalist. And I called my parents. They didn’t ____ me. They just reminded me how competitive the field was and ____ all my life I had run away from competition. This was true. But journalism did something to me: it was in my blood. ____ gave me the freedom to go up to total strangers and ask what was ____
For the past 12 years, I’ve had the most satisfying reporting career, ____ stories from murders to airplane crashes and ____ choosing my strongest area. ____ I went to pick up my phone one day, an incredible wave of memories hit me and I realized that had it not been____Virginia DeView, I would not be sitting at that desk.
I get ____ all the time: “How did you pick journalism?”
“Well, you see, there was this teacher …” I always start out. I just wish I could ____ her.
1. .

A．good

B．mad

C．careless

D．curious

2. .

A．university

B．family

C．professions

D．life

3. .

A．interview

B．find out

C．admire

D．learn from

4.

A．expressed

B．ordered

C．expected

D．meant

5. .

A．hardly

B．nearly

C．naturally

D．eagerly

6. .

A．drink

B．newspapers

C．preparations

D．paper

7.

A．satisfied

B．comfortable

C．terrified

D．sorry

8.

A．student

B．journalist

C．teacher

D．writer

9. .

A．research

B．books

C．imagination

D．memory

10. .

A．called

B．recognized

C．remembered

D．visited

11. .

A．answer

B．promise

C．stop

D．persuade

12. .

A．how

B．whether

C．why

D．when

13. .

A．It

B．Virginia DeView

C．My parents

D．My oral report

14. .

A．breaking in

B．getting down

C．falling off

D．going on

15. .

A．making up

B．listening to

C．covering

D．writing

16. .

A．of course

B．finally

C．doubtfully

D．above all

17. .

A．When

B．As long as

C．Once

D．On condition that

18. .

A．for

B．with

C．of

D．to

19.

A．hurt

B．excited

C．disappointed

D．asked

20. .

A．respect

B．support

C．thank

D．favor

【推荐2】Jorge Serrano and his dog Charlie were wandering around in a park. Suddenly, they heard a(n) _______ near the pond. It was a mother duck, sounding anxious quacks from a drain(排水沟) in the center of the water. Across the street, about 150 feet away, some people had gathered at the drain’s exit.

Five ducklings had swum too close and had been _______ in the water pipe by the drain’s current. You could hear their _______ quacks from the pipe’s mouth. The pipe was less than 2 feet in diameter (直径). Serrano would never fit. It suddenly hit him that his dog could _______ the task. He patted Charlie and said, “Go to get the duckies.”

Charlie _______ into the pipe from the outside, listening carefully. The tunnel was dark, dirty and _______ .Charlie took a few steps into the unknown. He turned back with a strange look as if to say, “What are you asking me to do here?”

“Go in and get the duckies,” Serrano _______ . Charlie faded out of sight, _______ few seconds later with a muddy stick. He handed it hopefully to Serrano.

“Duckies,” said Serrano. This time, the message went through. Charlie walked into the _______, again. For a while, Serrano couldn’t hear his footsteps, feeling ________. What if Charlie got lost or stuck?

Minutes later, he emerged, ________ holding a duckling in his mouth so as not to hurt it. Serrano ________ , and then sent him back in. Five times, Charlie ________ into the tunnel, carrying the ducklings out one by one. Then, cheering ________ carried them to their mom.

“I am glad I have trained him to help people, but he’s really a smart guy that wants to please,” said Serrano. How   ________ the ducks were!

1.

A．explosion

B．noise

C．cheer

D．alarm

2.

A．buried

B．trapped

C．hidden

D．adjusted

3.

A．vital

B．delighted

C．deceased

D．desperate

4.

A．carry out

B．set out

C．set aside

D．turn down

5.

A．dived

B．detected

C．looked

D．bumped

6.

A．empty

B．quiet

C．scary

D．visible

7.

A．repeated

B．inquired

C．interrupted

D．approved

8.

A．breaking down

B．settling down

C．keeping up

D．turning up

9.

A．park

B．lake

C．pipe

D．cave

10.

A．confused

B．anxious

C．depressed

D．annoyed

11.

A．slightly

B．skillfully

C．gently

D．barely

12.

A．followed

B．applauded

C．assessed

D．rescued

13.

A．fled

B．dug

C．fell

D．adventured

14.

A．witnesses

B．commanders

C．hosts

D．cyclists

15.

A．exhausted

B．adorable

C．courageous

D．blessed