【推荐1】My younger brother would be leaving for college and I was leaving for a new job in Europe. We only had a few precious months left as a family living under the same ________. Everything would change in the ________.
A family of magpies (喜鹊) ________ in our maple tree. This family seemed to be extraordinarily lively. One early morning, the noise was so ________ that my dad went out to see what the birds were doing. He found a young magpie ________ around the yard, flapping(拍打) his little wings and yelling.
Dad looked up in the tree to find Mommy and Daddy Magpie sitting on a branch and glaring ________ at him. He had to do something for the poor little thing. Dad called the zoo for ________. They told him not to ________ it and assured him the baby would learn to fly on its own. Dad no longer ________ the magpie around the yard. He did, however, watch him ________ from the living room window, just to make sure a cat didn't turn him into ________.
The next day I got a ________ at my summer job. It was from my father. He never called me ________. He asked me if I saw Morey before I left home — he named the bird Morey.
Driving home from work, I ________ it wasn't only about the magpie but also about his own little fledglings (幼鸟) who were ________ the nest. It was about my brother and me. Dad felt as helpless as the Mommy and Daddy bird watching in the tree. He couldn't make us fly nor could he ________ cats once we left the nest.
I got home and found him looking out of the kitchen window with ________ in his eyes. I ________ him by saying Morey might have learnt to fly with very good parents raising him.
Soon it was the end of August. Bags were ________ and it was time for my brother and me to leave the nest. In the end, Dad had nothing to worry about. He ________ his little fledglings well. And we flew ...1.

A．house

B．roof

C．family

D．room

2.

A．fall

B．spring

C．winter

D．summer

3.

A．cut down

B．took down

C．settled down

D．brought down

4.

A．exciting

B．low

C．frightening

D．loud

5.

A．flying

B．wandering

C．running

D．jumping

6.

A．helplessly

B．carefully

C．hopefully

D．suddenly

7.

A．advice

B．permission

C．leave

D．conclusion

8.

A．hunt

B．touch

C．ignore

D．chase

9.

A．helped

B．assisted

C．followed

D．collected

10.

A．coldly

B．cautiously

C．purposely

D．gladly

11.

A．taste

B．nest

C．meat

D．lunch

12.

A．call

B．message

C．news

D．notice

13.

A．at home

B．at school

C．at work

D．at noon

14.

A．summarized

B．wondered

C．realized

D．questioned

15.

A．building

B．leaving

C．directing

D．quitting

16.

A．drive away	B．fight against
C．argue with	D．associate with

17.

A．light

B．doubts

C．pain

D．tears

18.

A．greeted

B．comforted

C．persuaded

D．hugged

19.

A．locked

B．strengthened

C．loaded

D．packed

20.

A．brought

B．loved

C．raised

D．accompanied

【推荐2】阅读下面的短文，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并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

One day a mother brought home a small_______and gave it to her little girl on her birthday. She told her little girl that the jar was_______, and that she could write to her mommy about anything in the world and then put it in the jar. And_______, in its place, there would be a_______for her. Soon the jar became a special part of their lives.

The little girl loved to get_______from her mommy. They always told her how_______she was. Sometimes, too, there would be a little_______in the jar with a note telling her how_______her mommy was of her. She_______all of her mommy’s letters in a pretty box by her bed.

The mother________each of her little girl’s letters, too. As the years went by, that little girl________into a young lady and then got married and started a________of her own. For the first time, the jar sat________ . The mother dusted the jar every day and sometimes looked inside,________ sadly that the magic jar years had to end.

One day the young lady came to________her mother. She went straight to her mother’s room, opened the chest at the end of her bed, and found what she was looking for. She________a piece of paper and put it in the jar, and________it to her mother. The mother opened the magic jar and there was that note from so long ago, “You’re going to be a________!”

And when that baby boy was born months later, there was the jar________in his nursery (育儿室) with a blue ribbon tied around it, and a note that read, “Magic jar years never________: they are always just beginning.”

1.

A．jar

B．box

C．bottle

D．vase

2.

A．dangerous

B．magic

C．beautiful

D．mysterious

3.

A．thus

B．somewhat

C．later

D．anyway

4.

A．doll

B．toy

C．book

D．note

5.

A．letters

B．sweets

C．flowers

D．gifts

6.

A．fat

B．special

C．ordinary

D．wise

7.

A．air

B．love

C．present

D．money

8.

A．ashamed

B．afraid

C．tired

D．proud

9.

A．kept

B．hid

C．buried

D．forgot

10.

A．market

B．treasured

C．counted

D．numbered

11.

A．developed

B．turned

C．grew

D．fell

12.

A．business

B．factory

C．shop

D．home

13.

A．empty

B．upright

C．full

D．whole

14.

A．judging

B．remembering

C．realizing

D．knowing

15.

A．treat

B．award

C．visit

D．notice

16.

A．designed

B．cut

C．prepared

D．folded

17.

A．handed

B．fell

C．posted

D．sent

18.

A．hero

B．grandma

C．actress

D．mother

19.

A．hanging

B．placing

C．sitting

D．lying

20.

A．disappear

B．sell

C．break

D．end

【推荐3】Each fall my wife and I go to visit our children. It isn't that they don't like us ___ their lifestyles and their work have _____them to the far corners of North America and we don't get to see them very ___. For several reasons it is ___ for us to visit them than for them to visit us so we get to ______Usually trip number one for the   ___ is the annual journey to Los Angeles to visit our younger son.

Last fall, when we ____Los Angeles, our son took us to a holiday center in Indio, about a two-hour drive east of the city. It was hot there and we spent most of our   ___ in the swimming pool. I liked warm weather but none of us liked it that   ___. The local people are convinced that the late fall   ___ is cool because it doesn't get much over 33 degrees. But it was____over 40 degrees when we stayed there.

After a week in Indio, we returned to Los Angeles to ____ the heat. As we drove and looked west across the city, we could ___   a layer of dirty brown haze (雾霾) trapped above the downtown area. That's what we would be_____ for the next few days.

I don't______Los Angeles. In fact, I wouldn't want to live anywhere in the US and Los Angeles, in particular, is not the place I would___ even if I had to live in the US. To be fair there are many   __   in Los Angeles such as Hollywood, Long Beach and some good restaurants.   __ , having air you can almost taste and traffic jams that can make the simplest trips a nightmare   (噩梦) does not, for me, make a   __   atmosphere in which I would want to spend my time. Nevertheless, because my son loves it, we'll still be_____next year.

1.

A．and

B．but

C．if

D．so

2.

A．invited

B．told

C．taken

D．welcomed

3.

A．well

B．often

C．actively

D．happily

4.

A．earlier

B．easier

C．faster

D．worse

5.

A．walk

B．swim

C．travel

D．work

6.

A．fall

B．memory

C．state

D．reason

7.

A．left

B．passed

C．called

D．reached

8.

A．effort

B．time

C．money

D．courage

9.

A．mild

B．cool

C．hot

D．dry

10.

A．weather

B．water

C．holiday

D．air

11.

A．finally

B．luckily

C．naturally

D．obviously

12.

A．detect

B．avoid

C．follow

D．imagine

13.

A．see

B．hold

C．hear

D．touch

14.

A．testing

B．collecting

C．breathing

D．enjoying

15.

A．forget

B．recognize

C．like

D．understand

16.

A．give up

B．settle in

C．look for

D．turn up

17.

A．lifestyles

B．attitudes

C．customs

D．attractions

18.

A．Besides

B．However

C．Therefore

D．Anyhow

19.

A．free

B．heavy

C．tense

D．nice

20.

A．ahead

B．out

C．back

D．around

【推荐1】It was a hot, wet summer day a few years ago. At a local gas station, I noticed two elderly ladies _________ away from their car. There was a look of shock and _________ on their faces. I looked and saw what they saw. Five wasps (大黄蜂) had started to _________ a nest around the gas cap. My eyes _________ in surprise. I shared the ladies’ fear. The nest seemed to be forming.

Wasps had never been _________ of mine. Several times wasps had _________ me while I was cutting my grass, bringing me a lot of pain _________ I was afraid to cut the grass for a long time.

The most _________ time, however, was when I was a young boy. A friend of mine and I were running and playing in my backyard. I had _________ stepped on one of their hidden nests because before we knew it, we were being run after and __________ over and over by the wasps. We ran to my mom with tears in our eyes. My mom immediately let us have a cold bath and put us in the __________water before giving us medicine to fight all the __________ in our little bodies from the stings (刺毛).

Recalling the past stings, I knew I couldn’t let fear prevent me __________ others now. I reached into my back pocket for a paper towel and tore out the nest while the __________ wasps flew around me. The ladies finally thanked me and I said “You’re welcome!” with a smile and a(n) __________ heart.

1.

A．conflicting

B．laughing

C．lying

D．standing

2.

A．horror

B．joy

C．faith

D．repair

3.

A．destroy

B．build

C．remove

D．repair

4.

A．hurt

B．closed

C．escaped

D．widened

5.

A．friends

B．passenger

C．enemies

D．recognized

6.

A．ignored

B．monitored

C．attacked

D．recognized

7.

A．as though

B．even if

C．in case

D．so that

8.

A．sufficient

B．terrible

C．limited

D．current

9.

A．hardly

B．flexibly

C．definitely

D．gratefully

10.

A．bitten

B．rejected

C．believed

D．drawn

11.

A．hot

B．dirty

C．cool

D．mild

12.

A．smell

B．poison

C．tissue

D．oxygen

13.

A．assisting

B．seeking

C．harming

D．carrying

14.

A．intelligent

B．friendly

C．pleased

D．annoyed

15.

A．upset

B．heavy

C．happy

D．curious

【推荐2】The wisdom my 77-year-old father has passed on to me came more through osmosis (潜移默化) than lectures. My dad’s ________ shines through all my life.

Old age hasn’t slowed him, mainly because he doesn’t think almost-80 is old. He had ever trained for a charity ________ across the Hudson River in New York. He wore his custom-fitted diving suit, but he still got so: ________. We warmed him and wrapped him in a sleeping bag. “Oh, come on, it isn’t that bad,” he’d say, “I am fine.” He always is. He did ________ the Hudson swim a month later.

If you ask my father whether or not his life has been hard, he will say he is ________. He means the kind of happiness that comes from ________ a well-cooked family meal, taking a good long run or growing a perfect tomato. Did I mention that he used to run marathons before his knee replacement surgery? He’s the one who ________ me I could do it, too.

“________ can run a marathon,” he said, “as long as you keep training.”

My father was born in 1933. His childhood took a turn at the beginning of World War II:

His father joined the French Army and was ________ by the Germans and spent the war in a prison camp. My dad and his mother and sister were shipped off to New Jersey to live with relatives. His mother ________ from depression, and Dad went to boarding school in New England from the sixth grade on. Yet in all Dad’s dinner table ________, there have been many times when he turned them into ________ stories.

After a family dinner the other night, Papa Bob advised us to try the skydiving________.

“Sixty-five seconds of free falling,” he said loved it. I should have been a paratrooper (伞 兵)”. He loves getting cards in the mail, and usually I’m late, so instead I call him on Father’s Day. But this year I’ve ________ to be early for once. I want to let him know how much he ________ to me. Dad, thank you — for all of it and mostly for your enduring faith that everything will be OK.

1.

A．ability

B．gentleness

C．humor

D．optimism

2.

A．donation

B．swim

C．volunteer

D．activity

3.

A．cold

B．sad

C．calm

D．warm

4.

A．delay

B．stop

C．complete

D．celebrate

5.

A．lucky

B．young

C．disabled

D．ordinary

6.

A．buying

B．containing

C．destroying

D．sharing

7.

A．informed

B．convinced

C．insisted

D．appreciated

8.

A．None

B．Someone

C．Anyone

D．Others

9.

A．caught

B．killed

C．driven

D．fired

10.

A．judged

B．resulted

C．separated

D．suffered

11.

A．news

B．stories

C．manners

D．experiences

12.

A．great

B．foolish

C．negative

D．aggressive

13.

A．chance

B．visit

C．adventure

D．movement

14.

A．refused

B．permitted

C．decided

D．allowed

15.

A．proves

B．possesses

C．occurs

D．means

【推荐2】I had just turned sixty-five and thirsty for a new purpose in life. One Sunday, our priest (牧师) at church ________ me, ”Hey, did you ever think about volunteering? I’d love to have ________ volunteers who can mentor (指导) the teens. Think about it. “

I went home to ________ my husband. Then we started to meet with the youth class and join in their events. While mentoring the teenagers, I found a sense of belonging in my life. However, I never expected I’d learn something from them.

Several weeks later, when our priest asked if I’d like to be a leader at the annual summer-camp trip, I ________ the chance. As I started to make preparations to cope with all the possible issues, I laughed out loud and questioned whether I’d lost my ________ to take a week-long trip to the mountains with fifty teens.

The next day, we arrived at our destination. I had ________ myself for the drama that almost always troubled teen girls at camp. I prayed for and with girls in terms of their hopes and dreams, fears and choices. I became their cheerleader when they needed it.

The next morning after our arrival, the teens had free time and ________ riding the zip line (索道) over a deep canyon (峡谷). I didn’t share with them how ________ I am of heights. One boy invited me to have a try. I ________ refused. Another leader encouraged me, saying he could zip across the canyon together with me. Eventually, I ________ myself geared up, and we started the ascent (上升) to the zip line tower.________with encouragement, I needed to stop many times to ________ my breath.

Once I ________ my feet on the platform and the clip (索道夹) was fixed onto the zip line, suddenly I flew through the air. The leader yelled to me in cheers. I opened my eyes and suddenly sensed a touch of ________ settling over me. I waved to the leader and began to cheer back.

I volunteered to be a light in the lives of a group of teens, but the truth is, the ________ brought a new meaning to this old woman. I walked away seven years later with the best deal from the relationship.

1.

A．accused

B．approached

C．appreciated

D．acknowledged

2.

A．former

B．trained

C．specialized

D．mature

3.

A．convince

B．argue

C．remind

D．suspect

4.

A．put forward

B．jumped at

C．ruled over

D．figured out

5.

A．temper

B．purpose

C．insight

D．mind

6.

A．praised

B．pressed

C．presented

D．prepared

7.

A．owned up to

B．put up with

C．signed up for

D．kept up with

8.

A．terrified

B．determined

C．aware

D．ignorant

9.

A．hardly

B．violently

C．instinctively

D．progressively

10.

A．expected

B．imagined

C．enjoyed

D．found

11.

A．Yet

B．Even

C．Then

D．Also

12.

A．catch

B．hold

C．lose

D．cease

13.

A．planted

B．slipped

C．wiped

D．stuck

14.

A．darkness

B．warmth

C．peace

D．horror

15.

A．inspiration

B．dilemma

C．episode

D．thought