【推荐1】Josh and Nicky have been best friends for over a year, and they hang out together almost every day. About a month ago, they got into the biggest fight they’ve _________ had.

       It started on a Saturday, when Nicky went over to Josh’s _______ to play video games.       _______ Josh said he wanted to watch his older brother’s soccer game instead, and when Nicky asked if he could _________ too, Josh said no. Nicky felt _______ , and didn’t know what was going on. He asked _______ he couldn’t come, and Josh got mad and said “I want to do something without you for a _________!” Monday at school, Josh _________ to sit at a lunch table on the other side of the cafeteria, rather than his regular table with Nicky. _________, Nicky left a nasty (骂人的) __________ on Josh’s locker, and the two friends __________ talking for a week.
       If you really __________ someone and have a good time when he’s around, you ________     want to spend all your free time with him. But __________ every single day with someone can be boring.
       This is what happened between Josh and Nicky. Even though Josh really __________ Nicky, he felt that they needed to spend some time alone and also wanted to stay with his __________. This doesn’t mean that there is anything really wrong with the __________. It just means that the two friends   shouldn’t spend every single minute together. Too much of a(n) __________ thing, even a friendship, can cause problems in the end. It’s __________ for friends to have some time to be with other people, or just be __________.1.

A．never

B．ever

C．always

D．seldom

2.

A．school

B．class

C．family

D．house

3.

A．But

B．Otherwise

C．And

D．So

4.

A．leave

B．come

C．play

D．take

5.

A．glad

B．excited

C．hurt

D．worried

6.

A．if

B．why

C．how

D．when

7.

A．change

B．break

C．walk

D．time

8.

A．wanted

B．agreed

C．refused

D．chose

9.

A．Angry

B．Happy

C．Lonely

D．Rude

10.

A．book

B．magazine

C．note

D．word

11.

A．stopped

B．forbad

C．allowed

D．lost

12.

A．get along with

B．take care of

C．look for

D．think of

13.

A．specially

B．usually

C．naturally

D．quickly

14.

A．playing

B．spending

C．staying

D．enjoying

15.

A．misses

B．thanks

C．hates

D．likes

16.

A．brother

B．teacher

C．friend

D．classmate

17.

A．friend

B．friendship

C．boys

D．boyhood

18.

A．good

B．boring

C．bad

D．exciting

19.

A．interesting

B．difficult

C．useless

D．important

20.

A．alone

B．happy

C．excited

D．moved

【推荐2】I joined a new school in Grade 6. The_________of surroundings was a headache. The new school buildings created a sense of_________in me. And I was certain that the first few days were going to be_________.

On my first day at Vigor High School I truly felt like a_________out of water. While I_________the school campus I could see that this place was cleaner and more organized than my previous school. As I walked towards my new classroom, I couldn't help_________if I would get a seat towards the_________of the room. I have always been_________and preferred staying away from the limelight.

When I entered the room, I could feel the energy. of_________thirty pairs of eyes staring at me. I slowly moved towards the middle of the room where I spotted one of the few__________seats and parked myself there. I didn't look up to meet and__________my new classmates, as everything felt to awkward.

Then I saw tall girl entering the room. She had a__________face, her hair was pulled into a tight ponytail（马尾辫）, and she came towards me with a__________look. I wished that she would not talk to me and stopped making eye contact. However, she__________herself as Meer and asked if she could take the seat beside me. I had no choice but to__________.

The warmth in Meer's smile and the beauty of her thoughts were__________as soon as she stared speaking to me. I immediately sensed that she was someone I would want to be__________with.

After completing a year at Vigor High, I am now__________that there was an empty seat next to me on my first day at school, as that was what__________me to find Meer. She is my best friend in school today and I know we would be friends for__________to come.

1.

A．description

B．change

C．exchange

D．design

2.

A．fear

B．direction

C．humor

D．curiosity

3.

A．disappointing

B．smooth

C．easy

D．difficult

4.

A．insect

B．fish

C．chick

D．dog

5.

A．looked around

B．looked at

C．looked into

D．looked over

6.

A．asking

B．questioning

C．wondering

D．whispering

7.

A．front

B．outside

C．inside

D．back

8.

A．shy

B．brave

C．calm

D．quiet

9.

A．at most

B．less than

C．at least

D．other than

10.

A．extra

B．empty

C．ideal

D．special

11.

A．send

B．pick

C．accept

D．greet

12.

A．cold

B．weak

C．calm

D．nervous

13.

A．confident

B．stubborn

C．angry

D．strange

14.

A．considered

B．called

C．named

D．introduced

15.

A．cry

B．quit

C．agree

D．stand

16.

A．over

B．clear

C．close

D．near

17.

A．friends

B．classmates

C．partners

D．competitors

18.

A．regretful

B．pitiful

C．thankful

D．hopeful

19.

A．advised

B．encouraged

C．forced

D．helped

20.

A．decades

B．years

C．months

D．days

【推荐1】It’s been five years since I came to America. The year before I arrived, every weekend I was woken up by “Spring River in the Flower Moon Night”, _________ by my mother on a Zheng.

My mom was always enchanted (着迷) by the beauty of Chinese traditional music, _________ she never had the chance to learn a(n) _________. In 2009, she got a Zheng from a friend and has been playing and performing ever since. Sometimes when I _________ her, I search for the song she used to play on the Internet. I _________ expected to hear them here in Boston.

Earlier this year, as I _________ a new apartment, I met Zhan Tao Lin. the director of the Boston Chinese Musicians Association. At Lin’s house, I heard the _________ of the erhu. Lin later _________ me to his music team and I heard then rehearse (排练) for a _________ this year. It was beautiful and powerful—it __________ brought me back to my hometown in China.

1.

A．played

B．directed

C．written

D．invented

2.

A．and

B．but

C．or

D．so

3.

A．trade

B．instrument

C．language

D．trick

4.

A．mention

B．hate

C．call

D．miss

5.

A．only

B．still

C．never

D．already

6.

A．looked after

B．looked at

C．looked up

D．looked for

7.

A．sound

B．story

C．name

D．cry

8.

A．followed

B．ordered

C．introduced

D．guided

9.

A．competition

B．performance

C．game

D．conference

10.

A．secretly

B．recently

C．suddenly

D．usually

【推荐2】Jenkins was a jeweler (珠宝商), who had made a large diamond (钻石) ring worth ￡57,000 for the Silkstone Jewellery Shop. When it was ready, he made a copy of it which looked ___ like the first one but was worth only￡2,000. This he took to the shop, which _____ it without a question.

Jenkins gave the much more_____ring to his wife for her fortieth birthday. Then, the husband and wife _____to Paris for a weekend. As to the _____ring, the shop sold it for￡60,000.

Six months later the buyer _____ it back to Silkstone’s office. “It’s a faulty (有瑕疵的) diamond,” he said. “It isn’t worth the high _____I paid.” Then he told them the _____. His wife’s car had caught fire in an_____. She had escaped (幸免) ,______ the ring had fallen off and been damaged (损坏) in the great _____ of the fire.

The shop had to ______. They knew that no fire on earth can ______ damage a perfect diamond. Someone had taken the ______ diamond and put a faulty one in its place. The question was: who ______ it?

A picture of the ring appeared in the ______. A reader thought he _____ the ring. The next day, another picture appeared in the papers which ______ a famous dancer walking out to a plane for Paris. Behind the dancer there was a woman _____ a large diamond ring. “Do You know the ______with the lovely diamond ring?” the papers asked their readers. Several months later, Jenkins was sentenced to seven years in prison.

1.

A．only

B．surely

C．nearly

D．exactly

2.

A．accepted

B．received

C．refused

D．rejected

3.

A．real

B．modern

C．worthy

D．valuable

4.

A．flew

B．drove

C．sailed

D．bicycled

5.

A．first

B．second

C．last

D．next

6.

A．sold

B．posted

C．brought

D．returned

7.

A．cost

B．money

C．price

D．value

8.

A．facts

B．matters

C．questions

D．results

9.

A．affair

B．accident

C．incident

D．experience

10.

A．so

B．or

C．but

D．and

11.

A．pile

B．heat

C．power

D．pressure

12.

A．think

B．agree

C．permit

D．promise

13.

A．almost

B．even

C．just

D．ever

14.

A．real

B．pure

C．right

D．exact

15.

A．copied

B．made

C．stole

D．did

16.

A．notices

B．magazines

C．newspapers

D．programmes

17.

A．saw

B．knew

C．found

D．recognized

18.

A．showed

B．drew

C．printed

D．carried

19.

A．carrying

B．dressing

C．wearing

D．holding

20.

A．dancer

B．woman

C．reader

D．jeweler

【推荐3】Thanksgiving Day was near. The first grade teacher gave her class a fun _________ —to draw a picture of something for which they were thankful. Most of the class might have economic problems and _________ to have a good meal, but still many would _________ the holiday with turkey and other traditional food of the season. These, the teacher thought would be the _________ of most of her students’ art. And they were. But Douglas made a different kind of picture. It was just an empty hand. Douglas was a _________ kind of boy. As other children played during the break, Douglas was _________ to stand close by the teacher’s side. One could guess at the pain Douglas _________ behind those eyes.

His abstract image captured (引起) the _________ of his peers. Whose hand could it be? One child guessed it was the hand of a farmer, because farmers raise _________. Another suggested a police officer, because the police protect and care for people. And the discussion went — __________ the teacher remembered the young artist himself. She paused at Douglas’ desk, bent down and asked whose hand it was. The boy looked __________ and murmured, “It’s yours.”

She __________ the time she had taken his hand and walked with him here or there. How often had she said, “Take my hand, Douglas, we’ll go outside.” Or “Let me show you how to __________ your pencil.” Douglas was most __________ for his teacher’s hand. In fact, people might not always say “thanks”. But they’ll remember the hand that __________.

1.

A．work

B．assignment

C．experiment

D．duty

2.

A．offer

B．tend

C．struggle

D．go

3.

A．provide

B．observe

C．congratulate

D．memorize

4.

A．subjects

B．purposes

C．concerns

D．attempts

5.

A．natural

B．usual

C．common

D．different

6.

A．likely

B．possible

C．probable

D．perhaps

7.

A．imagined

B．found

C．felt

D．sought

8.

A．description

B．imagination

C．feelings

D．illustration

9.

A．cattle

B．turkeys

C．chickens

D．sheep

10.

A．after

B．since

C．until

D．because

11.

A．forward

B．into

C．out

D．away

12.

A．reminded

B．spent

C．remembered

D．thought

13.

A．hold

B．catch

C．carry

D．move

14.

A．helpful

B．thankful

C．thoughtful

D．satisfied

15.

A．gives out

B．takes out

C．lets out

D．reaches out

【推荐1】Lukas Kusters grew up in Wilmington, Deleware, loving the sport of football! He was so good at it that he became ____ to his team as “The Dutch Destroyer”. His ____ was to play in the National Football League (NFL) one day for his favorite ____ —the Philadelphia Eagles.

When Lukas was just 9, he ____ that he had a rare form of cancer. His battle ____ several months and he ____ the disease as hard as ever.

During his fight with cancer, the quarterback of the Eagles, Carson Wentz heard about Lukas? illness. Wentz and his teammates decided to ____ a video to send it to Lukas in the hospital, ____ him well.

While receiving the video from the Eagles was ____, it was Lukas’____ that was even more surprising. In the face of his massive and ____ illness, all that Lukas wanted to do was to show ____ to Carson Wentz by giving him one of his w Dutch Destroyer” wrist bands.

Through the Make a Wish Foundation, Wentz and his Eagle teammates ____ to visit Lukas in the hospital. They spent a ____ day together and Lukas thanked Wentz by giving him a wrist band. Not long after, Wentz took the ____ wearing the bracelet (手环) in an NFL game! People around the world took ____ in Lukas, his story of ____ and gratitude (感激) and his “Dutch Destroyer” bracelets. People started to buy that kind of bracelets. Thousands of dollars from ____ the bracelets went to help other families battling childhood cancer.

____ cancer took Lukas from the world, he left a(n) ____ legacy (遗产) that live on around the world.

1.

A．held

B．advised

C．punished

D．known

2.

A．origin

B．dream

C．opinion

D．order

3.

A．leader

B．hero

C．team

D．trainer

4.

A．learned

B．regretted

C．predicted

D．assumed

5.

A．won

B．prevented

C．lasted

D．protected

6.

A．prepared for

B．called on

C．fought for

D．competed against

7.

A．create

B．buy

C．borrow

D．donate

8.

A．forcing

B．wishing

C．fitting

D．serving

9.

A．amazing

B．common

C．lucky

D．exciting

10.

A．spirit

B．health

C．question

D．response

11.

A．returning

B．rewarding

C．growing

D．betraying

12.

A．relief

B．gratefulness

C．advantages

D．doubt

13.

A．arranged

B．expressed

C．allowed

D．continued

14.

A．long

B．boring

C．cold

D．great

15.

A．audience

B．field

C．camera

D．light

16.

A．attention

B．prize

C．interest

D．attraction

17.

A．wisdom

B．courage

C．independence

D．reputation

18.

A．inventing

B．improving

C．selling

D．wearing

19.

A．Unless

B．Until

C．If

D．Although

20.

A．spiritual

B．disturbing

C．embarrassing

D．ambiguous

【推荐2】Like many new graduates, I left university full of hope for the future but with no real idea of what I wanted to do. My degree in English literature had not really ________ me for anything practical. I knew I wanted to make a difference in the world somehow, but I had no idea how to do that until I ________ about the Lighthouse Project.

I knew being a volunteer in the project would be a lot of hard work, and I would be away from my family and friends. ________, I did not make my decision to apply for it. Neither did my family agree.

Eventually, however, I won the ________ of my family, and I sent in all the paperwork needed for application. After ________ interviews, I managed to stand out among the candidates and ________ the test alone. I would be going to a small village in Nigeria. Where? What? Nigeria? I had no idea. But I was about to find it.

After completing my training, I was sent to the small village. Though the local villagers were poor, they offered their food, homes, and even ________ as if I were their own family. I was asked to lead a small team of local people in building a new schoolhouse. For the next year or so, I ________ in that same schoolhouse. But sometimes I think I learned more from my students than they did from me.

Sometime during that period, I realized that all those things that had seemed so ________ to me no longer did, though I did not get anywhere with the local language. The Lighthouse Project had changed my life forever, and I returned to my city a(n) ________ man.

1.

A．prepared

B．stopped

C．pushed

D．forced

2.

A．talked

B．asked

C．cared

D．learned

3.

A．However

B．Therefore

C．Otherwise

D．Instead

4.

A．trust

B．praise

C．support

D．respect

5.

A．countless

B．hopeless

C．careless

D．aimless

6.

A．miss

B．survive

C．choose

D．doubt

7.

A．hearts

B．wishes

C．dreams

D．chances

8.

A．lived

B．studied

C．taught

D．settled

9.

A．strange

B．familiar

C．meaningful

D．reasonable

10.

A．ordinary

B．energetic

C．ambitious

D．different