【推荐2】I was addicted to YouTube. My ________ goes back several years. My first ________ was on the recommendation of a friend to check out Susan Boyle’s amazing singing on Britain’s Got Talent. I didn’t think much about it and got on with my life. But soon I found myself spending a lot of time staring at the screen and ________ onscreen offerings were truly endless. From one YouTuber I learned how to plant my own vegetable garden. Someone else gave wise sayings from philosophers. Down the rabbit hole I went, scrolling (滚动) for hours and hours,________other people living their lives and giving me ________ on how to live mine.

As the months rolled by, checking in every day with people who were talking to me personally became an addiction. I ________ many channels and waited ________ for new weekly offerings on gardening and the best English castles to visit. I also watched people reading poetry or painting. I found all this ________ and therapeutic (治愈的). ________ though I got irritated (激怒) by these artistic and seemingly perfect lives. I made a comparison with my own somewhat more mundane (单调的) existence.

Regardless of my growing anxiety, I continued to _________ on the YouTube icon (图标) on my phone whenever I had a spare five minutes. I ________ my life constantly with the images onscreen. However, I started to ________ the endless rules presented for good health, financial stability and mental contentment.

In a moment of clarity, I realized that I had a full and happy life myself, which ________ me perfectly although it wouldn’t win likes for perfection onscreen. I put my phone away and started paying attention to my own life, instead of watching other people live theirs. I am   ________ in the knowledge that my addiction to life onscreen has been ________ by life itself.

1.

A．motivation

B．addiction

C．communication

D．attention

2.

A．involvement

B．arrangement

C．experience

D．adventure

3.

A．discovered

B．revealed

C．ensured

D．promised

4.

A．watching

B．imagining

C．feeling

D．leaving

5.

A．reference

B．expression

C．explanation

D．advice

6.

A．heard about

B．subscribed to

C．searched for

D．called at

7.

A．aimlessly

B．patiently

C．anxiously

D．carelessly

8.

A．grateful

B．amusing

C．peaceful

D．boring

9.

A．Sooner or later

B．At some point

C．In the past

D．For the moment

10.

A．click

B．write

C．put

D．look

11.

A．connected

B．compared

C．occupied

D．provided

12.

A．follow

B．declare

C．hate

D．break

13.

A．suited

B．assisted

C．transformed

D．directed

14.

A．ashamed

B．content

C．afraid

D．confident

15.

A．composed

B．persuaded

C．adopted

D．replaced

【推荐3】As we all know, a friend in need is a friend in deed. I really didn’t know the meaning of this proverb (谚语) until one day something_________happened to me.

        That morning, I got up late and _________to school without breakfast. While I was crossing a street, my bike _________a stone and I fell on the ground, with my both knees (膝盖) badly hurt. I managed (设法做某事) with the _________and continued my riding. On my arrival at school, my teacher took us to the _________for a basketball match. _________I could hardly walk normally, I joined in the game. When I _________to pass the ball, I was knocked down (撞倒) and fell down on my back. I could not _________the terrible pain and cried. My classmates all started _________at me and then continued their match. __________on the ground alone, hungry and painful, I couldn’t stop crying. Just at that moment, Jack, one of my teammates,   __________towards me from the other end and helped me. He comforted me and tried all __________to make me stand. He asked another classmate to take his __________and kept sitting beside me. He kept me company the whole day and even __________me home after school was over.

It was on that day that I learned and believed the proverb “a friend in need is a friend indeed” to be__________.

1.

A．amusing

B．funny

C．awkward

D．unexpected

2.

A．walked

B．returned

C．drove

D．hurried

3.

A．kicked

B．beat

C．hit

D．touched

4.

A．pain

B．loss

C．trick

D．trouble

5.

A．campus

B．playground

C．library

D．lab

6.

A．Although

B．Since

C．Until

D．Once

7.

A．used

B．offered

C．managed

D．tried

8.

A．imagine

B．bear

C．control

D．forget

9.

A．looking

B．laughing

C．pointing

D．shouting

10.

A．Standing

B．Sitting

C．Falling

D．Lying

11.

A．jumped

B．looked

C．ran

D．jogged

12.

A．ways

B．scenes

C．locations

D．atmosphere

13.

A．fortune

B．goods

C．place

D．money

14.

A．put

B．picked

C．dropped

D．left

15.

A．common

B．true

C．positive

D．unique

【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、D）中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Bill, my friend, had wild hair and wore a T-shirt with holes in it, blue jeans and no shoes. I____1____once saw Bill wear a pair of shoes.He became a Christian while attending college. Across the street from the campus was a ____2____full of well-dressed, middle-class people.One day, Bill decided to worship there. He walked into the church, with his wild hair, T-shirt, blue jeans and ____3____feet. The church was completely ____4____, and the____5____ had already begun. Bill started down the aisle (走廊) to find a place to sit. By now the people were looking a bit ___6_____, but no one said anything.As Bill ____7____ closer and closer to the pulpit (圣坛), he realized there were no ____8____ seats. So he sat down on the carpet right up ___9___ By now, the tension in the air was ____10____.Right about the time Bill took his “seat”, an elderly man began slowly making his way ___11_____the aisle. He was in his eighties with silver gray hair. He was a godly man—elegant and dignified. He walked with a stick and, as he neared the boy, church members thought, “How can you expect a man of his age and background to ___12_____ some college kid on the floor?’’It took a ___13_____ time for the man to reach the boy. The church was ___14_____except for the clicking of his ___15_____. All eyes were on the ____16____. ____17____then they saw the elderly man ___18_____ his stick on the floor. With great difficulty, he sat down on the floor next to Bill and worshipped with him. Everyone in the church ____19____ up with emotion. When the minister gained control, he told the people, “What I am about to preach(讲道),you will never remember. What you’ve just seen, you will never ___20_____”.

1.

A．seldom

B．never

C．nearly

D．ever

2.

A．cafeteria

B．theatre

C．church

D．concert

3.

A．dirty

B．big

C．smelly

D．bare

4.

A．decorated

B．prepared

C．packed

D．organized

5.

A．speech

B．service

C．discussion

D．party

6.

A．uncomfortable

B．cheerful

C．unfit

D．happy

7.

A．sat

B．ran

C．struggled

D．moved

8.

A．clean

B．occupied

C．extra

D．empty

9.

A．back

B．front

C．inside

D．outside

10.

A．falling

B．appearing

C．thickening

D．1asting

11.

A．down

B．off

C．from

D．across

12.

A．put

B．understand

C．fight

D．beat

13.

A．boring

B．short

C．relaxing

D．1ong

14.

A．silent

B．noisy

C．upset

D．curious

15.

A．keys

B．shoes

C．stick

D．watch

16.

A．elderly man

B．people

C．boy

D．feet

17.

A．So

B．But

C．And

D．Though

18.

A．hold

B．push

C．carry

D．drop

19.

A．choked

B．stood

C．turned

D．went

20.

A．remember

B．adopt

C．forget

D．admire

【推荐3】No Direction Home

In August last year, my parents and I visited our relatives in Princeton Junction, New Jersey. Every day I enjoyed walking a circular way starting from their house. One evening I decided to be adventurous and changed from my ______ way—I was looking forward to a longer walk, ______ that I would be able to find my way back.

My walk took me ______ the living area and into a beautiful place with an expanse of fields on both sides of the road. With the sun beginning to _____, it was really a wonderful sight. After about thirty minutes, I noticed that I was not ______ back in the direction I had come—in fact I seemed to be moving further away. I searched my pocket for the mobile phone to get help, but it wasn’t there. I had ______ it at home.

However, I remained ______. Although there weren’t any people about, there was some ______ and I was sure that someone would stop and ______ me in the right direction. As each car or truck came, I stopped and ______, but time after time each one passed me by. No one seemed to feel any ______ for me. About forty minutes, I was beginning to feel ______. There was no one in sight and my family was completely in the dark as to my ______.

When I just gave up all hope, a black SUV ______ me and stopped. A mother and daughter wanted to know how they could help. I told them I was lost and gave them my address. The mother pointed to a turning a little further down the road and ______ me I was pretty close to home. Expressing my thanks, I started off at a fast ______.

I had been walking for about five minutes when I heard a car drive up behind me and stop. It was the mother and daughter again. They realized that they had not given me the correct ______ and my destination was much further away.

They offered to ______ me home, and I was so grateful for their help. During our brief conversation I got the ______ that the teenage daughter was going to a school party and would now arrive late. We didn’t ______ names but I will never forget their act of kindness.

1.

A．proper

B．regular

C．general

D．similar

2.

A．confident

B．grateful

C．ashamed

D．proud

3.

A．within

B．round

C．toward

D．beyond

4.

A．shine

B．rise

C．set

D．fade

5.

A．heading

B．keeping

C．taking

D．looking

6.

A．lost

B．left

C．held

D．sent

7.

A．silent

B．crazy

C．awake

D．calm

8.

A．delay

B．control

C．traffic

D．service

9.

A．point

B．remind

C．inform

D．follow

10.

A．cheered

B．waved

C．sighed

D．nodded

11.

A．sympathy

B．satisfaction

C．respect

D．responsibility

12.

A．innocent

B．ridiculous

C．fortunate

D．desperate

13.

A．routine

B．judgment

C．position

D．impression

14.

A．surrounded

B．approached

C．preserved

D．accompanied

15.

A．supported

B．defended

C．corrected

D．promised

16.

A．pace

B．track

C．level

D．stage

17.

A．decision

B．schedule

C．direction

D．procedure

18.

A．charge

B．drop

C．allow

D．reach

19.

A．goal

B．permit

C．attention

D．sense

20.

A．sign

B．list

C．exchange

D．call