【推荐1】I will never forget a girl student sitting at the back of the classroom. Having________the college entrance exams and changed schools twice, she couldn't smile________. Every day she would sit at the desk, staring at textbooks and exercises, motionless and________. The extreme loneliness she spread almost stopped me________teaching. Of course she had no friends in this fiercely competitive class. Every time I________the classroom, I welcomed everyone. Of course when I said something to her casually, she unwillingly answered with a________smile.

Life is harder for senior students. Hardly does a day go by________endless exercises or tests. Every time when the scores________, her score would be the last or the second to the last. Dark clouds always________in her eyes. When I invited her to the teacher's office, we never talked about study or scores, but I would make some jokes casually________. She never replied, only staring out of the window. Slowly she felt a bit________.

One day the exam results came out and she did________! When I quietly walked into the classroom, she was still sitting at the back of the classroom but with a big smile. Later, she was________into a university. Since then she had never been heard from again. Two days before the Spring Festival Eve, I was shopping in a supermarket________an excited voice came into my ear: "Hello, Mr Deng." I looked around and found she stood by the goods shelf, working part-time during her college holidays. From her happy face, I could see she was busy and happy. "Mr Deng, you helped me________my darkest time. I know what you did every day at that time. Thank you."

Gone were her sad________and a sunshine face threw light on every customer. In that instant, I realized how________it is to give a bit of care to those________every day. You may never know________each gesture or word may mean to someone else. I_______that experience.

1.

A．succeeded

B．fallen

C．won

D．failed

2.

A．unhappily

B．naturally

C．hardly

D．angrily

3.

A．warm-hearted

B．cold-blooded

C．heavy-hearted

D．light-hearted

4.

A．by

B．from

C．in

D．to

5.

A．stepped into

B．broke into

C．looked into

D．took into

6.

A．big

B．forced

C．warm

D．happy

7.

A．without

B．with

C．beyond

D．except

8.

A．put out

B．set out

C．came out

D．brought out

9.

A．flew

B．flowed

C．thrown

D．flashed

10.

A．however

B．otherwise

C．instead

D．therefore

11.

A．amazed

B．confused

C．relaxed

D．excited

12.

A．pass

B．lose

C．forget

D．fail

13.

A．joined

B．recognized

C．graduated

D．admitted

14.

A．as

B．when

C．while

D．although

15.

A．get through

B．kill

C．go over

D．waste

16.

A．expressions

B．words

C．behaviours

D．story

17.

A．meaningless

B．impossible

C．important

D．unnecessary

18.

A．in control

B．in need

C．in danger

D．in hand

19.

A．how many

B．how long

C．how often

D．how much

20.

A．remember

B．treasure

C．forget

D．regret

【推荐2】In the last months of his life, my brothers and I moved our Dad from a crowded hospital to a local nursing home. I spent as much time as I could visiting him there. Cancer had ________ his body and was now eating away at his mind. I could ________ he only had a few weeks left to live.

During one of those ________, I walked into his room only to find him in a deep sleep. I sat by his side wishing for more time with him and also ________ that I hadn’t made the most of all the years we did have together. I got up and started to walk out. ________ the kindness and loving care of the staff, there was an air of ________ and loneliness in this place. So many people were ________ the end of their lives here and many visitors had the same regrets that I did.

________, I reached the door and walked outside. A rain was starting to fall and it ________ my mood. Just then, I saw a woman in a wheelchair ________ to move herself out of the rain. I quickly walked over and helped push her inside. She felt ________ and gave me the most beautiful smile I’d seen. At that moment I felt a light shine into my soul and a(n) ________   return to my heart. I walked back out, let the rain wash over me, and ________   that even if Dad died, the love we shared would still go on.

I still think of that moment of loving-kindness often. It ________ me that while we might not be able to live every moment to the fullest, we can still value the moments we do. Life is ________ for love and kindness. And love and kindness go beyond death.

1.

A．damaged

B．broke

C．prevented

D．injured

2.

A．admit

B．tell

C．announce

D．ensure

3.

A．wonders

B．dreams

C．occasions

D．visits

4.

A．stressing

B．learning

C．regretting

D．promising

5.

A．Without

B．Despite

C．Throughout

D．Besides

6.

A．sadness

B．tiredness

C．toughness

D．neatness

7.

A．revising

B．challenging

C．approaching

D．fancying

8.

A．Actually

B．Eventually

C．Immediately

D．However

9.

A．replaced

B．observed

C．satisfied

D．matched

10.

A．struggling

B．preferring

C．hesitating

D．managing

11.

A．confident

B．satisfied

C．grateful

D．awkward

12.

A．smile

B．warmth

C．pity

D．idea

13.

A．realized

B．recollected

C．argued

D．doubted

14.

A．warns

B．encourages

C．reminds

D．shows

15.

A．praised

B．celebrated

C．prepared

D．meant

【推荐1】My daughter Kelly is a cautious person. She needs to warm up to situations, and is ____ to try new things. When with close friends, she becomes a ____ who laughs loudly and chants, “Girls rule, boys drool.” But when that ____ zone is not around her, she is shy and ____.

This has been challenging for me ____. “Shy” is not a word that I think has ever been used to ____ me. But this has been a year of ____ for my girl that has filled her with a new sense of ____. This year she moved to lap lane in swimming where she was preparing for a swim team. This year she teamed to ride a bike without training wheels. And this year she ____ her first kids’ triathlon (三项全能).

On Saturday, with a thunderstorm coming soon and my son’s birthday party later in the day, we all went out in the dark of the morning for Kelly to ____ her first triathlon. We practiced transitions from swim to ____ and to run with her. We got all the equipment she’d need and we kept talking about the ____. But as we waited the two hours for the older kids to finish before her ____, she ____ my leg a little harder and told me she loved me a few too many times. She was nervous but trying to keep calm.

And then it was time for her to go. From the second she jumped into the water, my heart ____ quickly. My daughter ____ into the most confident human being I had ever seen. She dominated that swim, crushed that bike ride and ran to the ____ with the biggest smile on her face.

I can honestly say that I never felt so ____ of someone in my entire life. It wasn’t because she did a sport or anything like that. It was because she was afraid of something and ____ that fear with confidence and a fire I hadn’t seen before.

All day I would find myself just looking over at her and smiling. She might be wearing the finalist medal but I felt like I ____ that clay.

1.

A．brave

B．eager

C．hesitant

D．willing

2.

A．troublemaker

B．leader

C．thinker

D．fighter

3.

A．comfort

B．danger

C．hardship

D．compromise

4.

A．scary

B．nervous

C．painful

D．thrilled

5.

A．some times

B．some time

C．on time

D．at times

6.

A．attract

B．catch

C．describe

D．meet

7.

A．firsts

B．seconds

C．finals

D．ends

8.

A．circumstance

B．confidence

C．coincidence

D．dependence

9.

A．defeated

B．lost

C．completed

D．quitted

10.

A．arrange

B．attend

C．achieve

D．accompany

11.

A．bus

B．bike

C．taxi

D．motorcycle

12.

A．race

B．life

C．test

D．assignment

13.

A．chance

B．turn

C．failure

D．success

14.

A．held

B．pressed

C．squeezed

D．scratched

15.

A．settled

B．arose

C．sank

D．rose

16.

A．translated

B．transplanted

C．transformed

D．transported

17.

A．stand

B．summit

C．deadline

D．finish

18.

A．ashamed

B．sensible

C．proud

D．critical

19.

A．seized

B．conquered

C．grasped

D．possessed

20.

A．won

B．lost

C．reserved

D．removed

【推荐2】I became a gardener when I was twelve. My early_______of gardening may not have originated from my_______for nature. It was to annoy my parents.

At that time, we had a big yard in which a beautiful maple tree stood. But my mother often looked with _______at this work of natural art. Those golden leaves seemed like tons of rubbish to her. Seeing the neighbors busy with _______, my father ever thought it a waste of time.

At that age, I always did something_______to whatever my parents did! If gardening were something they found _______, I would plant a garden!

I planted some lily seeds in the yard. But they_______to come up. I continued to plant sunflower seeds and roses. Wild _______joy, I found the first rose bloom. One by one, the flowers bloomed their heads off. Eventually, I was _______by this land of wonder.

__________, my parents showed no interest in my garden. My father even __________at me because he found it was__________to move around my garden to the driveway. To my mother's __________, I put in her vase my real roses which, in her eyes, were simply weeds rather than __________.

Regardless of their __________, I kept on planting my garden and__________to enjoy the pleasure of gardening. Plants make such good companions: they breathe, they bloom, they__________to care and love.

It has been many years since I made my first garden out of my desire to__________my parents. Today I become known as Mrs. Greenthumbs, teaching gardening and hosting a gardening show which makes my parents feel very__________. And now I could say it is my affection for __________that makes me a real gardener.

1.

A．memory

B．dream

C．intention

D．design

2.

A．hope

B．need

C．idea

D．love

3.

A．doubt

B．appreciation

C．surprise

D．excitement

4.

A．working

B．playing

C．gardening

D．travelling

5.

A．equal

B．similar

C．superior

D．opposite

6.

A．harmful

B．valuable

C．upsetting

D．interesting

7.

A．failed

B．liked

C．grew

D．happened

8.

A．to

B．with

C．in

D．by

9.

A．puzzled

B．defeated

C．caught

D．touched

10.

A．Instead

B．However

C．Therefore

D．Besides

11.

A．shouted

B．laughed

C．glanced

D．jumped

12.

A．unusual

B．troublesome

C．impossible

D．dangerous

13.

A．sadness

B．displeasure

C．delight

D．relief

14.

A．beauty

B．kindness

C．flowers

D．plants

15.

A．dislike

B．encouragement

C．threat

D．suggestion

16.

A．decided

B．waited

C．continued

D．struggled

17.

A．devote

B．turn

C．respond

D．lead

18.

A．educate

B．satisfy

C．respect

D．challenge

19.

A．proud

B．comfortable

C．strange

D．disappointed

20.

A．freedom

B．life

C．growth

D．nature

【推荐3】My 9-year-old daughter is reading in her room before bed. Every now and then I hear her ______ at a funny line. Sometimes she calls out to ask _____ she can read us something. It’s _____ and she should be asleep by now, but we say yes.
“Listen!” she reads us the ______. “Isn’t that wonderful?”
My husband and I ______. It is wonderful. I can’t help feeling a little ______, too.
Not that long ago, we’d read to her nightly before she went to sleep. We did so even as she ______ reading on her own. As a result, we were often ______ by what was going on in her books, ______ we’d miss chapters as she sped ahead. No matter. Bedtime was ___________ reading aloud as a family, and we ______ it.
After almost ten years of reading together, she’s ready to step away from that ______. It’s tough for my husband and me to ______ the tradition, even as we delight in the to-be-read pile growing next to her bed.
But we still talk to her about ______. She’s aware that reading isn’t everyone’s favorite thing, and that some find it harder to get into a ______ than she does. It was frustrating for her once too, though she doesn’t remember that ______. These days, she keeps a blog of her ______, and begins to talk to others about what she loves to read. She’s outgrown(因年龄增长而失去) our ______ rituals(习惯；规矩) because she’s falling in love with books on her own. I ______ this makes me happiest of all.
We all used to read together, but my 9-year-old daughter has taken it to a new level. What a ______ from one bedtime reading tradition towards another!1.

A．whisper

B．jump

C．laugh

D．shout

2.

A．if

B．though

C．when

D．until

3.

A．pleasing

B．late

C．noisy

D．enough

4.

A．exercise

B．blog

C．requirement

D．passage

5.

A．pretend

B．hope

C．shake

D．agree

6.

A．easy

B．safe

C．sad

D．patient

7.

A．imagined

B．finished

C．began

D．minded

8.

A．confused

B．disturbed

C．excited

D．controlled

9.

A．before

B．unless

C．since

D．because

10.

A．with

B．for

C．against

D．beyond

11.

A．understood

B．treasured

C．escaped

D．managed

12.

A．occasionally

B．unwillingly

C．entirely

D．regretfully

13.

A．figure out

B．give up

C．carry on

D．begin with

14.

A．changes

B．lessons

C．books

D．morals

15.

A．story

B．college

C．career

D．debate

16.

A．again

B．either

C．now

D．before

17.

A．reading

B．saying

C．studying

D．collecting

18.

A．new

B．old

C．secret

D．special

19.

A．doubt

B．admit

C．accept

D．argue

20.

A．shift

B．surprise

C．pity

D．chance

【推荐3】History has some very special qualities about it. It is a _________ of what has happened in the past, and the really interesting thing is that much of history has been _________ time and again. It allows us to learn from the past, both the _________ made and the successes achieved.

One of the _________ of history is that it allows us to know how famous people _________ when they were faced with challenges in their life. _________ these challenges happened at a certain time in the past or in a _________ country or culture, all of them can always teach us something _________.

Take for example the _________ of Thomas Edison and how many times he __________ while on the road to finally inventing the light bulb (电灯泡). He could be held out as an example of a person who __________ stopped trying. I am sure he was __________ by those difficulties but he did not let them stop him. He had a __________ and he just kept trying until he reached success.

Or, think about the story of Abraham Lincoln who __________ to become President of the United States even though he suffered __________ losses. Most of us only know about his success. __________, his life was not an easy one. His story makes us keep moving forward no matter what __________ we have in life.

These true history stories will make you stop to reconsider __________ or food for thought about going after your dreams even though you may not think you have the courage or the __________ for now to get what you have always wanted. They could help you make decisions and __________ when you have no idea what to do. They could inspire you to be all that you can be.

1.

A．note

B．belief

C．chance

D．record

2.

A．reported

B．expected

C．repeated

D．corrected

3.

A．mistakes

B．jokes

C．agreements

D．challenges

4.

A．events

B．periods

C．problems

D．advantages

5.

A．studied

B．reacted

C．competed

D．explored

6.

A．Although

B．Because

C．Unless

D．Whether

7.

A．developed

B．poor

C．different

D．popular

8.

A．clear

B．simple

C．special

D．useful

9.

A．name

B．story

C．position

D．character

10.

A．failed

B．watched

C．escaped

D．traveled

11.

A．also

B．often

C．still

D．never

12.

A．shocked

B．beaten

C．discouraged

D．controlled

13.

A．job

B．dream

C．duty

D．power

14.

A．happened

B．prepared

C．pretended

D．managed

15.

A．hearing

B．weight

C．personal

D．slight

16.

A．In fact

B．As usual

C．In all

D．After all

17.

A．directions

B．improvements

C．permissions

D．difficulties

18.

A．passing by

B．giving up

C．setting off

D．calming down

19.

A．ability

B．habit

C．goal

D．choice

20.

A．introductions

B．conversations

C．judgments

D．Impressions