【推荐1】A comfort zone, particularly for students in high school, serves as a non-risk, no-failure and non-rejection zone. It _________ that most teenagers are not _________ to extend themselves or take risks in their life and they _________ want to escape from their parents.

My first _________ of being thrown out of my comfort zone was in my high school. Many of my friends in the first year had started to _________, regardless of the results, with alcohol, drugs or other _________ things. For them, it was _________ to care more about alcohol, parties or girlfriends/boyfriends rather than their _________, study or other friends. That was not the case with me. None of my friends had the determination to _________ their risky behavior, including pressure in the new group and the new comfort zone of going along with new friends. __________, they simply replaced one comfort zone with another riskier one with potentially severe results. Those had little __________ for me.

I considered myself to be smarter than my old friends and was trying to develop __________ and diverse interests. I threw myself into my __________ and spent a long time in the library. I took an active part in community service. I gained confidence and the rewards of my study __________ my old friends wandered in school, with little thought or concern for their __________. Could they support themselves in the future? Because of our __________ opinion, interests and values, the only __________ of our friendship, we chose to end it. I couldn’t __________ their group just to be accepted.

________ I went through a high school student’s worst experience — having no peer (同龄人) group.

A quote from the television series Boy Meets World __________ my personal experience with peer groups: “Lose one friend, lose all friends, but don’t lose yourself.”

1.

A．reflects

B．allows

C．notes

D．determines

2.

A．open

B．willing

C．proud

D．devoted

3.

A．already

B．yet

C．still

D．even

4.

A．game

B．grade

C．experience

D．example

5.

A．compare

B．adjust

C．experiment

D．fight

6.

A．painful

B．powerful

C．strange

D．unhealthy

7.

A．cool

B．wise

C．unique

D．rare

8.

A．holidays

B．families

C．projects

D．businesses

9.

A．exhibit

B．admit

C．plan

D．stress

10.

A．Unfortunately

B．Surprisingly

C．Hopefully

D．Interestingly

11.

A．danger

B．regret

C．doubt

D．appeal

12.

A．popular

B．strong

C．new

D．close

13.

A．discovery

B．habit

C．study

D．memory

14.

A．if

B．because

C．though

D．while

15.

A．future

B．journey

C．friendship

D．wealth

16.

A．legal

B．different

C．poor

D．public

17.

A．system

B．trend

C．basis

D．design

18.

A．make up for

B．keep away from

C．look down on

D．go along with

19.

A．By no means

B．On the contrary

C．As a result

D．In addition to

20.

A．enjoys

B．explains

C．sends

D．gathers

【推荐2】In our backyard there was a big pond with lots of trees and bushes. Both my grandparents were fond of our so-called garden.

One morning our new neighbor, an aggressively ambitious businessman, saw my grandfather _________ two rare deodar(雪松) tree saplings on both sides of our gate. _________, he said he had planted the same tree saplings in his garden. My grandfather _________ gave his plants adequate amount of water and didn’t give them full _________, while our neighbor interested in better _________looked after them too well. His plants were much _________ and greener. 

Normally in summer, we have fierce thunderstorms._________ the extreme damage, these storms also bring _________ from the terribly hot climate. After a thunderstorm, we came out to _________ the damage to our garden and saw the neighbor in his garden, too, but he looked __________ as his plants had been uprooted. Ours were standing __________ on the ground. Surprised to see this, he came up to us and said with embarrassment,“My trees __________ from the roots while yours didn’t. Why?” 

My grandfather said, “You gave your plants more attention, water and manure(肥料), __________ they didn’t need to work for anything. I gave mine just some, letting their roots do the__________; thus their roots went deeper and became stronger.” Our neighbor nodded in __________. Hearing the words, I realized that anything easily given could be taken away much more easily and we would not understand the hard work it took to earn those things.

1.

A．moving

B．purchasing

C．delivering

D．planting

2.

A．By the way

B．By coincidence

C．At large

D．In contrast

3.

A．extremely

B．instantly

C．barely

D．negatively

4.

A．force

B．amount

C．review

D．attention

5.

A．requirements

B．returns

C．education

D．access

6.

A．drier

B．rarer

C．fuller

D．wilder

7.

A．Instead of

B．Regardless of

C．But for

D．Apart from

8.

A．addition

B．relief

C．protection

D．awareness

9.

A．infer

B．control

C．prevent

D．inspect

10.

A．tired

B．upset

C．bored

D．ashamed

11.

A．firmly

B．widely

C．fairly

D．flexibly

12.

A．came off

B．put off

C．took off

D．showed off

13.

A．so

B．if

C．though

D．unless

14.

A．majority

B．opposite

C．sort

D．rest

15.

A．total

B．detail

C．approval

D．turn

【推荐3】My 7-year-old daughter Leeny always has her nose in a book. She even _________ reading in the car on the long drive to summer camp, which was where she _________ the book. My family has always been overeducated, but we were _________ I didn’t own books. I borrowed books. However, when Leeny realized she had lost the book, she _________. “Sorry. I can’t find it,” she said. “It’s only $20, right? What’s the big deal?”

I felt the need to make her feel _________ for the book. She agreed to help me clean the chicken coop (笼子) _________ my paying the library fine. I thought this idea was very clever because cleaning the coop is some work I had been _________ for months. It was summertime and dust floated in the air. But my girl thought shoveling chicken poop (铲鸡粪) was the most _________ she’d had on a Saturday morning. In fact, she looked as if she might lose another _________ in order to clean the coop again. I stood, somewhat __________, watching her.

It took me a while to realize why my punishment had __________. The fact is that I was there, too, shoveling chicken poop, fetching the clean straw and feed. Leeny’s little sister, Vicki, was watching a cartoon while my husband paid bills. Only Leeny and I were __________. She had me all to herself for the first time __________ Vicki was born, and she was enjoying all the attention for once. I don’t know what she learned about responsibility, but I didn’t __________ the book any more. We __________ over that unpleasant job and spent quality time together: mother, daughter, and chicken poop.

1.

A．took to

B．took down

C．took in

D．took over

2.

A．found

B．lost

C．borrowed

D．tore

3.

A．rich

B．respectable

C．close

D．poor

4.

A．nodded

B．feared

C．laughed

D．shrugged

5.

A．responsible

B．concerned

C．thankful

D．anxious

6.

A．in response to

B．in line with

C．in trade for

D．in charge of

7.

A．enjoying

B．avoiding

C．practicing

D．directing

8.

A．challenge

B．work

C．fun

D．trouble

9.

A．on purpose

B．by chance

C．at length

D．without doubt

10.

A．contented

B．frightened

C．thrilled

D．amazed

11.

A．succeeded

B．failed

C．ended

D．changed

12.

A．outside

B．playing

C．separated

D．attentive

13.

A．as

B．when

C．before

D．since

14.

A．pay for

B．care about

C．look for

D．call for

15.

A．worked

B．relaxed

C．bonded

D．chatted

【推荐3】My father never kept anything for emotional purpose except once. 1 was the only one in my family who cared about baseball and I always _______ watching my heroes at Yankee Stadium. One winter, I wrote down a _______ of the summer dates and dreamed every night. To my surprise, one evening I saw my father _______ it before going out to work.

The following Sunday he told me, “Let’s put away some money into a _______ each week，and maybe we can go to Yankee Stadium this summer.” I _______ washed out a jar and _______ a label: YANKEE. STADIUM FUND,1960.

Each of us _______ to the jar weekly. _______, we still had not gone to a game because ay father had had to work every Saturday. So one day, I _______ him of the remaining time, and then he ________ me, “Don’t worry and we will have a(am) ________ Saturday.”

On the morning of the last game, I sat waiting hopelessly with no ________ of my father who had been to work suddenly appeared and yelled, “I got two ________!”

I could hardly ________ when we finally sat together, father and son, ________ my New York Yankees. I sat cheering, but for my father, all I could see is a face ________ tiredness from working all week.

In 1963, my father died suddenly while working. In his bedroom, I noticed a ________ticket in his yellowed book, which ________, “October 4, 1960, General Admission.” My father, who________ nothing for emotional reasons, bad decided to keep this, a(an) ________ of our afternoon together. Carefully, I placed the ticket stub back into his prayer book, and slowly walked downstairs to begin rest of my life without my father.

1.

A．tried out

B．looked for

C．dreamed of

D．lived on

2.

A．schedule

B．note

C．letter

D．diary

3.

A．exploring

B．checking

C．restoring

D．examining

4.

A．bottle

B．jar

C．bowl

D．cup

5.

A．immediately

B．patiently

C．slowly

D．occasionally

6.

A．bought

B．identified

C．held

D．attached

7.

A．referred

B．contributed

C．agreed

D．returned

8.

A．However

B．Moreover

C．Therefore

D．Furthermore

9.

A．cured

B．informed

C．inquired

D．warned

10.

A．charged

B．heard

C．comforted

D．encouraged

11.

A．calm

B．normal

C．official

D．free

12.

A．signal

B．sign

C．reply

D．incident

13.

A．balls

B．matches

C．tickets

D．flags

14.

A．breathe

B．imagine

C．stand

D．jump

15.

A．greeting

B．hearing

C．watching

D．congratulating

16.

A．lined with

B．decorated with

C．equipped with

D．coupled with

17.

A．plain

B．used

C．formal

D．faded

18.

A．spoke

B．wrote

C．read

D．mentioned

19.

A．saved

B．covered

C．deserved

D．created

20.

A．impression

B．sight

C．present

D．memory

【推荐1】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，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When I was eighteen, I couldn’t wait to get my first job, which meant I made the first step toward adulthood.
But it was difficult to get a work permit. One day I was dropped off by my parents at the_____, where applicants took their physical tests for work permits. Although I had night blindness, my vision was clearer during the day, which helped me walk _____ by myself. Then the doctor began the ______ He looked into my eyes with a bright light. “I suggest your parents take you to an eye specialist,” he said, “I ______ you have a retinal(视网膜) disease. If you do, you’ll never _____ a day in your life…”
My parents did take me to specialists. After much time and money spent seeking an _____ result, it was determined that I had an eye disease that slowly ______ a person of sight. But still, during daylight, I could walk without _____ I could read, but not for hours. My eyes began to _____ and words slipped off the page when I read more than a few pages. However, no matter how tired my eyes became, I never gave up reading. I knew the ______ of great writers as well as the most popular music stars. Their words were powerful, which _____ me to try writing. Soon writing brought me a lot of _____ each time I completed a paper.
Then an important phone call from an editor changed my life. An article I _____ appeared in a local newspaper. The newspaper, to my _____, continued to print my work. Next, a book series published several of my essays. I got interested in writing and ______ up with each acceptance. On the pages, readers never knew of my blindness _____ I chose to present it. For me, finding my voice through writing gave me the pride and satisfaction I _____ so many years ago. Now, I have numerous essays and articles in _____
Should I be thanking that misguided doctor? By falsely predicting that I could never work a day, he fueled my _____ into success. He set the bar too ______ and focused on what I wouldn’t be able to do. Yet I proved what I could do.1.

A．station

B．company

C．clinic

D．lab

2.

A．silently

B．proudly

C．suddenly

D．easily

3.

A．operation

B．treatment

C．examination

D．argument

4.

A．suspect

B．acknowledge

C．confirm

D．advocate

5.

A．rest

B．work

C．live

D．sleep

6.

A．urgent

B．obvious

C．accurate

D．ordinary

7.

A．reminds

B．robs

C．warns

D．informs

8.

A．assistance

B．medicine

C．allowance

D．balance

9.

A．dance

B．shine

C．widen

D．tear

10.

A．houses

B．habits

C．names

D．addresses

11.

A．asked

B．permitted

C．forced

D．encouraged

12.

A．pleasure

B．worry

C．trouble

D．stress

13.

A．admitted

B．penned

C．wanted

D．described

14.

A．shame

B．admiration

C．delight

D．disappointment

15.

A．gave

B．lit

C．came

D．put

16.

A．although

B．after

C．since

D．unless

17.

A．feared

B．sought

C．brought

D．rejected

18.

A．mind

B．use

C．time

D．print

19.

A．imagination

B．personality

C．motivation

D．responsibility

20.

A．low

B．far

C．long

D．close

【推荐2】Mary has been living alone since her husband passed away 37 years ago. In May 2021, the lockdown was particularly ________ for her. The 99-year-old spent her days watching television game shows. Also ________ at home, Benjamin, a then two-year-old who lived next door was unable to ________ with kids of his age.

The ________ friendship developed gradually. At first, Mary would ________ at Benjamin from her window whenever she saw the young boy in the yard. Then, she risked going outside to ________ him in person. The routine (惯例) eventually expanded to daily ________ by the fence (围栏) that separated the two homes. The unlikely pair even ________ a socially distanced game that Mary calls “cane ball”.

“I came out of the house one morning, and he threw his ball toward the ________ ,” she said. “I got my cane (手杖), and I reached over the fence and ________ the ball toward him, and he’d throw it back. That’s how it started. ”

This spring, Mary ________ Benjamin with a colorful toy truck collection that had once belonged to her son. The young boy returned the ________ with a gift of his own—a pile of dirt that he ________ carried in his small hand and dropped at her door.

“Friendship really knows no ________ ,” Benjamin’s mother said. “Certainly, you wouldn’t guess that a 99-year-old and a 2-year-old would be ________ , but they could be. And they both got a lot out of it. ”

1.

A．natural

B．simple

C．hard

D．important

2.

A．left

B．relaxed

C．amazed

D．stuck

3.

A．compete

B．fight

C．argue

D．play

4.

A．unusual

B．untrue

C．unknown

D．unequal

5.

A．stare

B．wave

C．point

D．laugh

6.

A．greet

B．help

C．call

D．ask

7.

A．discussions

B．challenges

C．gatherings

D．shows

8.

A．recorded

B．watched

C．improved

D．invented

9.

A．wall

B．fence

C．tree

D．house

10.

A．hit

B．threw

C．kicked

D．rolled

11.

A．equipped

B．rewarded

C．presented

D．helped

12.

A．emotion

B．praise

C．favor

D．pleasure

13.

A．bravely

B．carefully

C．secretly

D．nervously

14.

A．limits

B．results

C．awards

D．grades

15.

A．neighbors

B．competitors

C．gamers

D．friends