【推荐1】Four months into my mother’s pregnancy (孕期), we learned that my brother would be born with Down syndrome (唐氏综合征). But we knew we would ______ him exactly the way he is.

______ , after birth, Lipe was healthier than we ______ . He is the most cheerful person I have ______ met. Anything is a reason for him to flash a smile. But we still ______ what others would say about him. In order to protect him, I kept his condition a ______ . I was also afraid of being treated badly by others because of his condition. But I soon realized ______ I truly loved him, I shouldn’t be ______ of him. Actually all that my brother needed was my love and ______ .

Because of my brother, I have learned the meaning of ______ . Before his birth, if I saw someone who acted ______ , I simply thought it to be strange and started laughing. I am now glad that I have changed. I now consider what they could possibly be ______ in life, and the many reasons why they could be ______ like that. We may live in a world in which the society coldly ______ every inch of you, but we can ______ treat others with kindness. Only in this way can we expect to create a better society.

1.

A．change

B．shock

C．remember

D．accept

2.

A．Obviously

B．Thankfully

C．Finally

D．Additionally

3.

A．expected

B．knew

C．learnt

D．told

4.

A．ever

B．never

C．already

D．yet

5.

A．gave up

B．believed in

C．cared about

D．learned from

6.

A．joke

B．message

C．secret

D．rule

7.

A．if

B．although

C．because

D．unless

8.

A．proud

B．ashamed

C．fond

D．afraid

9.

A．hope

B．peace

C．support

D．interest

10.

A．pride

B．honesty

C．patience

D．respect

11.

A．differently

B．happily

C．quickly

D．quietly

12.

A．experiencing

B．choosing

C．enjoying

D．achieving

13.

A．speaking

B．walking

C．behaving

D．learning

14.

A．improves

B．refuses

C．judges

D．discovers

15.

A．at most

B．at least

C．at last

D．sooner or later

【推荐2】I went with some colleagues from my office for a dinner in a very popular local restaurant. It was _______ business time and the restaurant was packed. We _______ found a table in a corner for three of us.

As soon as we sat down, we heard a crash when a cleaning boy _______ the floor with all the plates he was carrying. There was _______ and no one was saying or doing anything.

In a flash I remembered my _______ many years ago. Once, I _______   in the airport because I had rushed there on my own on an empty stomach. I was picked up and taken care of by two _______ . Now this was my chance to _______ it forward.

I ran to the young man’s side immediately, turned him on his back and screamed for someone to _______ a hot drink. Soon people started asking if I was a doctor. I said I was not, ____________I was skillful at blacking out(晕厥).

The kid soon opened his eyes, ____________ what had happened. I ____________ him by saying it was OK and I had had a ____________ experience. He had not eaten anything. I held the ____________ drink to his mouth till he finished it and sat with him till he felt OK. By then the ____________ had arrived. I asked her to give the kid something to eat. I offered to pay.

The manager was kind enough to refuse the ____________ and agreed to make sure the kid ate before he went home. By the time all this was ____________ it was getting late for my colleagues. We hadn’t ____________ anything yet, so they decided to go home.

I slowly walked home, not hungry any more, feeling ____________ for the opportunity I pay forward the ____________ I had received many years ago.

1.

A．peak

B．1ocal

C．spare

D．regular

2.

A．actually

B．finally

C．eagerly

D．gradually

3.

A．kicked

B．touched

C．swept

D．hit

4.

A．silence

B．danger

C．doubt

D．tension

5.

A．adventure

B．flight

C．experience

D．1esson

6.

A．showed up

B．walked around

C．settled down

D．passed out

7.

A．friends

B．strangers

C．colleagues

D．relatives

8.

A．pay

B．return

C．take

D．put

9.

A．order

B．buy

C．serve

D．bring

10.

A．and

B．so

C．because

D．but

11.

A．knowing

B．wondering

C．ignoring

D．arguing

12.

A．reminded

B．comforted

C．answered

D．encouraged

13.

A．memorable

B．personal

C．similar

D．common

14.

A．cool

B．refreshing

C．sweet

D．warm

15.

A．customer

B．manager

C．waitress

D．doctor

16.

A．payment

B．reward

C．suggestion

D．support

17.

A．up

B．away

C．over

D．behind

18.

A．prepared

B．demanded

C．received

D．ordered

19.

A．ready

B．anxious

C．grateful

D．comfortable

20.

A．kindness

B．honor

C．inspiration

D．service

【推荐1】Imran, 22, is in his second year studying community development at college. But after he puts down his books, he spends most of his spare time helping ______ families.

Imran leads a team of 350 youth volunteers at IMVN, an on-profit founded by himself. Since 2020, Imran has ______ more than 200 small social events, like distributing food and raising funds. That’s pretty ______ considering that in 2020, Imran was just 19 years old.

Imran is committed to helping lower-income families, because he ______ first-hand how it was to be in need. When in middle school, he and his family ______ together in a one-room shelter. “It was tough living there because of the ______ constraint (束缚). There was no privacy; it also made studying ______,” Imran recalled. “But it also opened my eyes to the ______ of being less privileged,” he added.

They had to stay in that shelter for two years before managing to ______ for a rental flat. They have been living there since. It was his experiences living in a ______ that influenced his passion for volunteer work. “I know how it feels to have ______, so I really understand how our beneficiaries (受益者) feel, so it gives me ______ to continue assisting them,   says Imran.

His passion for volunteering was something that ______ overtime. ______, he started volunteering because it was a free activity that could keep him occupied. Now, he feels satisfied when he is able to help bring a ______ to people’s face.

1.

A．wealthy

B．healthy

C．needy

D．lazy

2.

A．organized

B．recognized

C．advertised

D．identified

3.

A．complex

B．impressive

C．ordinary

D．reliable

4.

A．imagined

B．assumed

C．experienced

D．evaluated

5.

A．trapped

B．bathed

C．combined

D．settled

6.

A．time

B．space

C．regulation

D．family

7.

A．urgent

B．important

C．flexible

D．difficult

8.

A．struggles

B．details

C．wishes

D．interests

9.

A．compete

B．qualify

C．appeal

D．call

10.

A．campus

B．village

C．shelter

D．school

11.

A．nothing

B．something

C．anything

D．everything

12.

A．promise

B．creativity

C．confidence

D．strength

13.

A．turned up

B．picked up

C．stayed up

D．built up

14.

A．Initially

B．Gradually

C．Occasionally

D．Frequently

15.

A．surprise

B．change

C．smile

D．difference

【推荐2】Jayce Crowder began noticing when he was in kindergarten that he looked different from his classmates. They had two ______. He had one.

It started when one boy ______ at him, said his mother, Cortney Lewis. He returned home with ______: Why am I different? Why me? Why? Lewis ______ she didn’t know what to do at that point. How could she provide answers to her son’s questions when she had never found those ______ herself?

A few weeks later, Lewis came home from her job and turned on the TV to a ______ story about Trashaun Willis, then 14. He had become an Internet hit after ______ videos of his slam dunks (扣篮), and, like Jayce, he was ______ most of his left arm. At the time, it seemed that ______ Trashaun would simply be an ______ moment for Jayce. He’d see a role model with a similar defect (缺陷). Then a family friend ______ the Des Moines Register, asking the newspaper to help set up a ______ with Trashaun to build Jayce’s ______.

The boys met at Washington Middle School a couple of months later and ______ bonded at first sight, because both of them had the same problem. The day was not spent ______ themselves in self-pity — it was ______ fun. Trashaun also told the boy not to let anyone’s ______ shake his confidence.

______ that meeting, Lewis has seen a(n) ______ difference in her son, who is now in second grade. He recently started wrestling and loves it. Lewis points to Trashaun’s ______. As for Trashaun, his relationship with Jayce made him look forward to helping more kids in the future.

1.

A．hands

B．feet

C．legs

D．eyes

2.

A．stared

B．laughed

C．pointed

D．smiled

3.

A．tears

B．questions

C．anger

D．curiosity

4.

A．argues

B．promises

C．regrets

D．admits

5.

A．differences

B．words

C．answers

D．solutions

6.

A．bedtime

B．news

C．fiction

D．adventure

7.

A．seeing

B．making

C．posting

D．shooting

8.

A．cutting

B．hiding

C．injuring

D．missing

9.

A．watching

B．contacting

C．becoming

D．beating

10.

A．exciting

B．essential

C．inspiring

D．influential

11.

A．headed for

B．turned to

C．wrote to

D．called on

12.

A．company

B．system

C．meeting

D．program

13.

A．confidence

B．strength

C．charm

D．courage

14.

A．secretly

B．immediately

C．seriously

D．closely

15.

A．involving

B．enjoying

C．helping

D．abandoning

16.

A．given to

B．meant for

C．chosen for

D．connected with

17.

A．actions

B．stare

C．criticism

D．words

18.

A．Ever since

B．Thanks to

C．Owing to

D．In spite of

19.

A．emotional

B．slight

C．complex

D．obvious

20.

A．phenomenon

B．influence

C．effort

D．success

【推荐1】The first week is always a bit hard in my writing classes. I’m unfamiliar ________ the students, most of them trying to ________ themselves to their new environment. When Jennifer ________me with a question on the second day, I was ________ for the chance to connect at least one name with a face.

Her writing wasn’t perfect, but her effort was. She worked hard and pushed herself to achieve. She was excited to learn,________ made me enjoy teaching her. I didn’t realize then how much she would also teach me.

One Friday afternoon, Jennifer stopped by after class. She wasn’t asking a question about a paper I’d returned.________, she said quietly: “I didn’t attend classes yesterday. I was at the health center the whole day.” I gave her a sideways look,________. “It was just a virus (病毒). I’m fine now,” she ________ me. Then she was gone.

Two nights later, her father called to tell me that Jennifer would be missing a few classes. She had been in hospital with meningitis (脑膜炎). I heard from him again a few days later, and again after that. Her condition grew ________. We made trips to the hospital room. I was ________ frightened when I saw the pale, thin and weak girl who, only ten days earlier, had displayed life and warmth in my classroom.

A week later, Jennifer herself called me to tell me she was on the road to ________. “I’ll be back to school one day,” she said. “I have no ________ that you’ll be with us.” I told her,________ tears. I remembered what her father had said in his first phone call: “school ________ everything to Jenny.”

Then five weeks later, I walked into my classroom to find Jenny in her seat, smiling. She ________all of her missed homework, completed with thought and excellence. The strength of her will to overcome shone out of her pale, weak, eighteen-year-old face.

1.

A．for

B．with

C．to

D．among

2.

A．adapt

B．create

C．devote

D．concentrate

3.

A．offered

B．bothered

C．challenged

D．approached

4.

A．grateful

B．anxious

C．disappointed

D．embarrassed

5.

A．it

B．what

C．which

D．that

6.

A．However

B．Instead

C．Therefore

D．Besides

7.

A．shy

B．generous

C．delighted

D．astonished

8.

A．comforted

B．supported

C．attracted

D．impressed

9.

A．better

B．sicker

C．worse

D．heavier

10.

A．hardly

B．mainly

C．frequently

D．truly

11.

A．recovery

B．success

C．school

D．attitude

12.

A．idea

B．influence

C．opinion

D．doubt

13.

A．going back

B．holding back

C．leaving back

D．running back

14.

A．shares

B．creates

C．means

D．exchanges

15.

A．gave up

B．handed in

C．left out

D．put up

【推荐3】Years ago when Sam was nine, a television advertisement caught his attention. Procter & Gamble started an advertisement campaign with “the Cheer Man”, a character who visited_________around the country. If he rang your doorbell and you had a box of Cheer or something like “Cheer” written on a piece of paper, you’d_________ten dollars.

Sam was_________that the Cheer Man would come to his home. Many parents considered his idea_________, but his mother helped him prepare for that_________.

Young Sam made a sign with the Cheer logo(标志) and_________it in his bedroom. When he was_________, he told his classmates his dream. They_________him, but his mother kept_________him to dream.

Time went by and the ad was not on____________.Sam stored the sign in his closet(壁橱)-but he____________believed the Cheer Man was coming.

The next summer when Sam was ten, he____________a neighborhood birthday party. While they were playing outside, they____________what sounded like someone shouting. As the noise got____________, they saw a car with a loudspeaker-and a man was yelling, “Cheer! Cheer! Cheer is here!”

Sam watched____________. The car was several blocks away, but he knew it was going to his house. Sam ran home, grabbed(抓住)his sign and____________outside holding it over his head. And just as he’d____________, the Cheer Man stopped in front of his house and said, “You get the ten dollars.”Sam’s joy was beyond____________.

Young Sam learned a valuable____________about believing in a dream He discovered that anything is possible. That knowledge paved the way for Sam Haskell’s____________as a television executive and producer in Hollywood.

1.

A．classrooms

B．companies

C．surroundings

D．neighborhoods

2.

A．raise

B．spend

C．receive

D．save

3.

A．convinced

B．pleased

C．doubted

D．accused

4.

A．informal

B．impossible

C．unexpected

D．unusual

5.

A．visit

B．advertisement

C．wait

D．party

6.

A．hung

B．threw

C．hid

D．spread

7.

A．curious

B．stressful

C．ready

D．puzzled

8.

A．believed in

B．relied on

C．laughed at

D．responded to

9.

A．inviting

B．encouraging

C．forcing

D．requiring

10.

A．newspaper

B．television

C．radio

D．book

11.

A．only

B．yet

C．already

D．still

12.

A．changed

B．ruined

C．celebrated

D．attended

13.

A．ignored

B．kept

C．heard

D．suggested

14.

A．closer

B．faster

C．nicer

D．better

15.

A．peacefully

B．excitedly

C．sadly

D．slowly

16.

A．whispered

B．begged

C．climbed

D．rushed

17.

A．dreamed

B．planned

C．organized

D．written

18.

A．combination

B．pace

C．description

D．manner

19.

A．speech

B．lesson

C．experience

D．conclusion

20.

A．birth

B．business

C．gift

D．future