【推荐1】I was at the post office early that morning, hoping to be in and out in a short while. Yet, I________ myself standing in a queue that went all the way into the hallway. I had never seen so many people there on a weekday. It seemed someone might have made an announcement, welcoming customers to carry as many ________ as they could and bring them in when I needed to have my own package ________. The queue moved very slowly. My patience ran out and I got________. The longer it took, the angrier I became. When I got to the counter finally, I finished my________quickly and briefly, and then walked past the queue that was now extending past the front door.

“Excuse me,” I said, trying not to be too pushy. Several people had to move ________ to make room for me to get to the ________.

I stepped out, complaining about the ________ conditions. Thinking I was going to be late for my dentist appointment, I headed into the parking lot.

A woman was coming across the lot in my ________. She was walking with determination, and each step sounded very heavy. I ________ that she looked as if she could breathe fire. It stopped me in my tracks. I ________ myself and it wasn't pretty. Had I looked like that? Her body language said that she was having a ________ day. My anger melted away. I wished I could wrap her in a hug but I was a________. So I did what I could in a minute________ she hurried past me－I smiled. In a second everything changed. She was astonished, then somewhat ________. Then her face softened and her shoulders________. I saw her take a deep breath. Her pace slowed and she smiled back at me as we passed each other. I continued to smile all the way to my ________. Wow, it's amazing what a simple smile can do.

From then on, I became aware of people's ________ and my own, the way we show our feelings. Now I use that ________ every day to let it ________ me that when facing the world, I can try a smile.

1.

A．found

B．helped

C．troubled

D．enjoyed

2.

A．possessions

B．packages

C．chances

D．dollars

3.

A．lifted

B．cashed

C．weighed

D．repaired

4.

A．pleased

B．disappointed

C．delighted

D．annoyed

5.

A．business

B．choice

C．situation

D．attitude

6.

A．away

B．about

C．along

D．aside

7.

A．counter

B．cashier

C．exit

D．entrance

8.

A．weather

B．service

C．work

D．purchase

9.

A．satisfaction

B．decision

C．direction

D．imagination

10.

A．announced

B．discovered

C．proved

D．noticed

11.

A．trusted

B．recognized

C．hid

D．persuaded

12.

A．rough

B．bright

C．big

D．nice

13.

A．gentleman

B．stranger

C．customer

D．passenger

14.

A．until

B．though

C．before

D．since

15.

A．disappointed

B．frightened

C．excited

D．confused

16.

A．trembled

B．raised

C．relaxed

D．tightened

17.

A．car

B．office

C．home

D．doctor

18.

A．appearances

B．reactions

C．conversations

D．expressions

19.

A．treatment

B．awareness

C．conclusion

D．achievement

20.

A．remind

B．show

C．give

D．tell

【推荐2】The stage lights dimmed, and I took a quick look from behind the heavy black curtains into the ____. Blinded by the lights, I quickly ____. It seems that a great number of eyes were looking at me. I took a deep ____ as the music of my dance began to play. I entered the stage and began my ____, the graduation test of the classical Indian dance.

After a decade of learning this art form, I had ____ been considered ready to take on the most difficult act. The test is the most important event in a dancer’s life as it pays _____ to all the factors in one’s life that ____ the dance form: one’s culture and family.

The performance is undertaken only by the most ____ and determined students. It is a difficult process that requires much commitment. For more than six months, I spent two to three hours every day____ these dances. Many times, I ____ myself to my physical and mental breaking point, but still I would not stop. I could not give up. There was always so much more to do and so much more to ____.

I ____ a lot about myself in those tiring hours. I learned that I was far too _____ to give up, and I was too proud to prove myself ____ after I had set an unrealistic goal. Even with physical pain and mental ____, I forced myself to meet my ____. Even when I was at the end of my ____, there was always something driving me on, forcing me not to give up.

Fortunately, I made it. What I had done ____ the success. It was in those hours that I learned what a dancer ____ is. Those time was evidence that I could ____ something I set out to do.

1.

A．carpenter

B．audience

C．actress

D．Diver

2.

A．pulled back

B．set off

C．reached out

D．broke away

3.

A．sleep

B．thought

C．breath

D．sorrow

4.

A．career

B．attempt

C．response

D．performance

5.

A．easily

B．eventually

C．occasionally

D．directly

6.

A．debt

B．visit

C．interest

D．respect

7.

A．develop

B．rescue

C．introduce

D．convince

8.

A．focused

B．beautiful

C．intelligent

D．considerate

9.

A．recording

B．practicing

C．discussing

D．designing

10.

A．applied

B．addicted

C．treated

D．pushed

11.

A．forget

B．design

C．learn

D．research

12.

A．regretted

B．discovered

C．controlled

D．confused

13.

A．brilliant

B．brave

C．stubborn

D．discourage

14.

A．wrong

B．nervous

C．frightened

D．careless

15.

A．function

B．action

C．level

D．stress

16.

A．budget

B．expectation

C．cost

D．deadline

17.

A．limit

B．purpose

C．preparation

D．destination

18.

A．increased

B．deserved

C．expanded

D．exposed

19.

A．completely

B．chiefly

C．truly

D．originally

20.

A．change

B．supply

C．explain

D．achieve

【推荐3】“Where’s the light?” My dad used to ask me that____when I was little. It’s one of those questions that parents use to____how smart their young children are. During my teenage years, my dad____told me that he thought I was going to be foolish because I____at him whenever he asked me where the____was.
I consider myself to be a “Daddy’s girl”. Dad never____me, but he did buy me nice things---dolls and shoes---for my birthday. I am now 28, and I____live with my parents in Baguio, Philippines. ____my father is always very busy, we still____time with each other. We____go for a drive in the country. Most girls of my____would rather go out with their friends than be with their family, but my family has always felt a bit____
Looking at my father now, I can see he is a(n)____man. So many difficulties were in his life, but his dream of a better life kept him_____ At 14, he began working at his high school to ____himself.
During his life, my father has overcome a lot of difficulties and he always____education. When we were____, he would tell my brother and me to seek improvement in ourselves through ____
Like a light, he shines with respect, but he sends out the brightest light for____our family as a unit with love and faith as its____ There are times when my dad makes jokes and asks me, using my childhood nickname, “Sasi, where’s the light?” I just smile, and point at him.1.

A．secret

B．address

C．way

D．question

2.

A．look for

B．find out

C．take in

D．give away

3.

A．jokingly

B．sadly

C．surprisingly

D．calmly

4.

A．shouted

B．laughed

C．pointed

D．knocked

5.

A．doll

B．gift

C．light

D．family

6.

A．spoiled

B．taught

C．cheated

D．missed

7.

A．never

B．still

C．suddenly

D．finally

8.

A．Because

B．Unless

C．When

D．Though

9.

A．waste

B．divide

C．gain

D．spend

10.

A．ever

B．even

C．later

D．soon

11.

A．age

B．height

C．style

D．kind

12.

A．happy

B．puzzled

C．different

D．strange

13.

A．strict

B．broadminded

C．independent

D．easy-going

14.

A．going

B．coming

C．smiling

D．waiting

15.

A．enjoy

B．support

C．behave

D．control

16.

A．worries

B．provides

C．receives

D．values

17.

A．young

B．helpless

C．proud

D．busy

18.

A．working

B．speaking

C．learning

D．reading

19.

A．showing

B．keeping

C．imagining

D．starting

20.

A．tool

B．basis

C．goal

D．trick

【推荐1】I’ll always remember a lesson that I learned as a boy growing up in New York City. One day, when I was perhaps six years old, I was walking with my father on a ______ street. All of a sudden, the flow of pedestrian traffic ______ as people tried to avoid a large object on the sidewalk. To my ______ , the object turned out to be a human being, a man lying unconscious against a building. None of the passers-by seemed to notice that it was a man. Certainly no one made eye contact. As we walked by, my father — the model of a loving, ______ gentleman — pointed to a bottle in a paper bag and told me that the poor soul on the sidewalk just needed to sleep it off. Then the drunken man began to murmur senselessly. My father ______ me not to go near, saying “you never know how he’ll react.”

Yet many years later I had a very different experience while visiting a market in Rangoon. I had spent the previous 12 months traveling in ______ Asian cities, but even by those standards this was a scene of misery. ______ desperate poverty and strong winds blowing dust ______ , the locals had to live in the extremely hot climate with ridiculously huge crowds. ______ a man carrying a huge bag of peanuts called out in pain and ______ to the ground. I then witnessed an astonishing scene. Half a dozen ______ ran from their stands to help, leaving unattended what might have been the totality of their possessions. One put a blanket under the man’s head; another opened his shirt; the third one ______ him carefully about the pain; the fourth one ______ water; the fifth one kept onlookers from crowding around too closely; the sixth one ran for help. Within minutes a doctor arrived and two other locals ______ to assist. The performance could have passed for a final exam at a paramedic school.

I couldn’t help wondering, why people act differently at the similar ______ here?

1.

A．silent

B．crowded

C．new

D．remote

2.

A．backed up

B．looked up

C．put up

D．turn up

3.

A．fright

B．sorrow

C．astonishment

D．delight

4.

A．strong

B．caring

C．honest

D．indifferent

5.

A．forced

B．persuaded

C．warned

D．allowed

6.

A．poor

B．wealthy

C．fashionable

D．destroyed

7.

A．Instead of

B．In addition to

C．Depending on

D．In spite of

8.

A．everywhere

B．nowhere

C．somewhere

D．anywhere

9.

A．Gradually

B．Absolutely

C．Immediately

D．Suddenly

10.

A．jumped

B．fell

C．rolled

D．marched

11.

A．beggars

B．judges

C．sellers

D．customers

12.

A．doubted

B．named

C．explained

D．questioned

13.

A．fetched

B．saved

C．removed

D．drank

14.

A．brought in

B．settle in

C．joined in

D．put in

15.

A．government

B．situation

C．appearance

D．performance

【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。

I was waiting to cross a New York road during rush hours. A woman________ from my right, pushing a baby stroller (婴儿车). She was _________ something softly to her lovely baby and pushing the stroller into the _________street because there were many running cars. Just then I noticed she was going to get _________. Yet I paused for five seconds _________ reaching out to her. In my mind, I could see it all: the yellow taxi       _________ them, the woman losing hold of the stroller, the stroller and child falling in different _________, each crashing to the ground and lying still.

“What are you doing?” a man said. His voice brought me back to        _________       : the man had come out of nowhere, _________ the woman’s arm, and dragged her back just in time to _________ the speeding taxi. He did not smile       _________ at those who he rescued. He actually looked angry over the woman‘s _________. Hands in pockets, he walked away from the _________without a second glance.

I saw this man become a hero for the day. He _________ wasn’t like Superman or any other type of hero. I, however, merely a(n)_________ who just stood there, saw everything but did nothing. Perhaps I reacted slowly or I was ________that I could have been wrong about my prediction._________, years later I could still see that scene _________ in my mind. I’ve been feeling _________ about this discomfort that made me pause for those few seconds and _________ the chance to save someone.

1.

A．turned

B．approached

C．wandered

D．circled

2.

A．feeding

B．awarding

C．saying

D．reading

3.

A．cold

B．quiet

C．dirty

D．busy

4.

A．hit

B．bent

C．stuck

D．lost

5.

A．before

B．after

C．while

D．on

6.

A．picking up

B．pulling off

C．knocking into

D．passing by

7.

A．choices

B．rows

C．views

D．directions

8.

A．relief

B．reality

C．symbol

D．imagination

9.

A．seized

B．rubbed

C．scratched

D．hugged

10.

A．stop

B．catch

C．avoid

D．ignore

11.

A．blindly

B．simply

C．briefly

D．kindly

12.

A．anxiety

B．carelessness

C．disappointment

D．weakness

13.

A．entrance

B．exit

C．scene

D．destination

14.

A．certainly

B．hopefully

C．readily

D．luckily

15.

A．sufferer

B．observer

C．instructor

D．stranger

16.

A．afraid

B．surprised

C．happy

D．sorry

17.

A．Somehow

B．Anyway

C．Instead

D．Thus

18.

A．peaceful

B．doubtful

C．fresh

D．gone

19.

A．calm

B．warm

C．empty

D．guilty

20.

A．miss

B．take

C．delay

D．select

【推荐3】One day a well-dressed woman was walking down the street when she saw a beggar sitting on the corner near a cafeteria. He was elderly, unshaven, and in ______. Pedestrians talked by giving him ______ looks. Clearly, they wanted nothing to do with him. She ______ and looked down. “Sir?” she asked. “Are you all right?”

Thinking that she would make ______ of him, like so many others had done before, he told her to leave him alone. However, to his ______, the woman continued standing.

Anyhow, with some ______, the woman got the man into the cafeteria and ______ him at a table in a remote corner. She stared at him ______, “Jack, do you remember me?” Old Jack ______ her face. “I think so-I mean you do look ______.”

The woman recalled what she ______ when she graduated. She tried looking for a job, but without luck. Cold and ______, she got to this very cafeteria, ______ to get something to eat. Later on, she found a job, ______ her way up and eventually started her own ______.

Jack ______ with a smile, saying it was he who made her the biggest sandwich.

In the end, she ______ her purse, pulled out a business card and promised to help him financially ______ he got on his feet.

Jack thanked her with watery eyes. The woman held his hands and said, “Don’t thank me, Jack. Without you, I wouldn’t have ______ so much.”

In life, one never expects how a small act of ______ changes another soul.

1.

A．poverty

B．ruins

C．rags

D．comfort

2.

A．dirty

B．happy

C．patient

D．sad

3.

A．rushed

B．stepped

C．moved

D．stopped

4.

A．use

B．fun

C．notes

D．sense

5.

A．excitement

B．amusement

C．enjoyment

D．amazement

6.

A．difficulty

B．strength

C．hesitation

D．doubt

7.

A．directed

B．stood

C．sat

D．crowded

8.

A．proudly

B．closely

C．coldly

D．roughly

9.

A．wiped

B．searched

C．lifted

D．moved

10.

A．familiar

B．strange

C．special

D．popular

11.

A．enjoyed

B．explored

C．ignored

D．experienced

12.

A．tired

B．hungry

C．anxious

D．sleepy

13.

A．waiting

B．pretending

C．hoping

D．offering

14.

A．worked

B．kicked

C．wound

D．lost

15.

A．family

B．research

C．journey

D．business

16.

A．burst out

B．brightened up

C．made up

D．held out

17.

A．opened

B．tore

C．shook

D．picked

18.

A．though

B．after

C．until

D．since

19.

A．absorbed

B．saved

C．achieved

D．contributed

20.

A．happiness

B．selflessness

C．bravery

D．kindness