【推荐1】I stood in the front of the classroom like a specimen(标本） under examinations   of 23 pairs of eyes. I   began stuttering(结巴）and gave wrong answers to some questions.

In the summer of 2016, I worked as an assistant teacher at a children's day camp.Lacking in experience，I _______ to create weekly lesson plans.Kids shouted at each other in class.Sometimes，I had to pull apart kids who were _______ each other.The rare moments of_______ came only after my booming calls for attention. Every day was a _______ between   me   and these wild little creatures.

One day I suddenly _______ that I was supposed to teach them instead of being led by the nose. It was time to do something to change the _______. I was older, more knowledgeable, and most _______, I had more authority. The next day，I firmly_______into the classroom and stood in the front_______.The students studied me curiously. But I did not stutter this time. It________ me that the class went smoothly without being   ________ for the first time. From that day on，they gradually started to pay attention. Some ________started calling me “Ms. Amy”. Seeing a sign of respect in their wild eyes was like getting ________ for my achievements. I was finally acting as an authority figure. The ________ I received also increased my self一confidence. It made me believe that I had the________. to overcome difficulties.

One month after my summer job ________, I went back to visit the students. I saw the ________ kids running around in the classroom. ________，their playful shouts were a different kind of music to my ________now. Instead of the unpleasant sound I heard the first day，this was a________ song that played during my march to self—confidence.

1.

A．refused

B．failed

C．struggled

D．hesitated

2.

A．calling on

B．fighting with

C．staring at

D．learning from

3.

A．patience

B．promise

C．thought

D．silence

4.

A．battle

B．difference

C．link

D．joke

5.

A．hoped

B．realized

C．regretted

D．remembered

6.

A．suggestion

B．occasion

C．situation

D．decision

7.

A．importantly

B．interestingly

C．naturally

D．hopefully

8.

A．burst

B．slipped

C．rushed

D．stepped

9.

A．anxiously

B．cautiously

C．eagerly

D．calmly

10.

A．surprised

B．embarrassed

C．disappointed

D．amused

11.

A．puzzled

B．encouraged

C．disturbed

D．observed

12.

A．just

B．even

C．ever

D．still

13.

A．recognition

B．information

C．evaluation

D．discussion

14.

A．trust

B．sympathy

C．pride

D．respect

15.

A．chance

B．right

C．ability

D．intention

16.

A．continued

B．ended

C．started

D．returned

17.

A．same

B．special

C．poor

D．normal

18.

A．Therefore

B．However

C．Besides

D．Otherwise

19.

A．heart

B．eyes

C．ears

D．soul

20.

A．popular

B．complex

C．strange

D．unique

【推荐2】My job is to help clients find jobs and return to school for training. One day, a lady came to my office with a dream to become a registered nurse. However, her family did not _________ . With young children to care for and her husband unemployed, she simply didn’t have the _________ to return to school.

It was clear that this lady had a(n) _________ for the nursing profession, so I encouraged her to realize her dream. I _________ her with necessary information to apply for nursing school. She left my office, and I never _________ whether she followed her dream or not.

Many years later, I was diagnosed (诊断) with breast cancer, I was _________ to hospital. The surgery was successful. It was, _________ , very painful. Though I _________ myself on not being a bell ringer, one night the pain was so _________ that I had to call for a nurse. I rang the bell and waited for __________ . A nurse came through the door and offered to help. I __________ thanked her for coming to my rescue. I said, “I am not usually like this.”

To my __________ , she said, “Oh, I know that, Mrs. Bryenton.” It __________ that she was just the lady who I had encouraged to follow her dream years before. She subsequently (随后) returned to school for upgrading and later __________ nursing.

You never know what __________ your encouraging words will have on someone. It is amazing that many of my clients would __________ to say thanks to me. To this day, I am still __________ by strangers in the street and reminded that I was instrumental (起重要作用) in __________ their life.

I truly believe we make a __________ by what we get, but we make a wonderful life by what we __________ .

1.

A．approve

B．decline

C．care

D．respond

2.

A．right

B．money

C．qualities

D．invitation

3.

A．talent

B．passion

C．experience

D．ability

4.

A．charged

B．occupied

C．compared

D．equipped

5.

A．expected

B．considered

C．knew

D．imagined

6.

A．refused

B．exposed

C．admitted

D．referred

7.

A．instead

B．however

C．therefore

D．otherwise

8.

A．prided

B．depended

C．concentrated

D．impressed

9.

A．slight

B．constant

C．sharp

D．mild

10.

A．association

B．assumption

C．assessment

D．assistance

11.

A．apologetically

B．dramatically

C．shyly

D．crucially

12.

A．disappointment

B．relief

C．delight

D．amazement

13.

A．turned out

B．turned up

C．came out

D．came up

14.

A．evaluated

B．dismissed

C．applied for

D．accounted for

15.

A．emphasis

B．influence

C．hardship

D．mercy

16.

A．return

B．recover

C．register

D．recommend

17.

A．chased

B．appointed

C．valued

D．approached

18.

A．supporting

B．building

C．changing

D．extending

19.

A．mistake

B．living

C．promise

D．decision

20.

A．cherish

B．sacrifice

C．classify

D．give

【推荐3】Fatima has been the only woman working as a tour guide in Afghanistan (阿富汗). She grew up in rural Gohr Province, where there was no schooling available to girls. But she insisted on listening to BBC radio, which she could _______ when high enough in the hills.

“My sisters were forced to get married. I decided that I would not continue ind their _______. That was why I decided to _______,” Fatima says.

She joined Facebook groups for history fans. _______ that people only knew Afghanistan as a place of war and conflict, Fatima started writing _______ about places that foreigners might not know about. Fatima started getting _______from online friends. A man reached out to her, saying he was going to be _______ in Afghanistan and asking whether she was interested in showing him around in Herat. She said yes. Later, he recommended her to someone else and _______ Fatima came to the attention of a travel agency. The company _______ her in late 2020, and she became her country’s first female ________ tour guide.

Of course, being a ________ is never easy. Fatima says many people have told her that it’s too dangerous for a woman to work, ________ if it means interacting with men one-on-one.

Fatima says that the ________ of her employers and the people she has met through giving tours is ________ keeps her motivated (动力). “Challenges are always a part of my life. If I give up, then other women will never ________,” she said.

1.

A．take up

B．pick up

C．turn up

D．build up

2.

A．life

B．choice

C．tradition

D．business

3.

A．work

B．live

C．study

D．travel

4.

A．Afraid

B．Delighted

C．Certain

D．Tired

5.

A．posts

B．letters

C．novels

D．speeches

6.

A．responses

B．donation

C．lessons

D．guidance

7.

A．teaching

B．settling

C．travelling

D．serving

8.

A．similarly

B．obviously

C．hopefully

D．eventually

9.

A．promoted

B．instructed

C．hired

D．trained

10.

A．intelligent

B．devoted

C．efficient

D．professional

11.

A．researcher

B．pioneer

C．specialist

D．celebrity

12.

A．definitely

B．especially

C．actually

D．regularly

13.

A．support

B．patience

C．protection

D．contribution

14.

A．which

B．who

C．why

D．what

15.

A．win

B．survive

C．start

D．quit

【推荐1】When I asked my mom for piano lessons in 2010, we were in the fallout of the recession (经济衰退). She said a polite “No”.

That didn’t stop me. I searched for the ________ for a keyboard, drew the keys on a piece of paper and ________ it on my desk. I would click notes on an online ________ and “play” them back on my paper one — keeping the ________ they made on the computer in my head. Once my mom saw that I was ________, she borrowed money and bought me 10 lessons.

I still remember the first one. I was ________ by how real the sound of the piano was. I ________ my grade one test after eight lessons. But when I started secondary school, we couldn’t ________ lessons again. I passed grade five, practicing only on my piece of paper.

When I was about 13, my mom said she had a ________ for me; it was an electronic keyboard, bought with more ________ money. Later I found the Purcell School for young musicians. The tryouts (选拔赛) were ________. Some of the questions ________ an assessment of the composer or when the piece of music was written. I felt stressed out. To my amazement, I was offered a ________, At Purcell, I saved enough to buy my first piano.

I am now at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London, one of the world’s leading schools. I feel proud: it’s been over 10 years ________ I drew my paper piano. I continue to do a lot of my practice away from the piano: what we call ________ practice. The paper piano helped motivate my curiosity about how music works.

1.

A．measurements

B．tunes

C．prices

D．scales

2.

A．folded

B．piled

C．wrapped

D．stuck

3.

A．guitar

B．violin

C．keyboard

D．drum

4.

A．voice

B．sound

C．whisper

D．record

5.

A．nervous

B．disappointed

C．satisfied

D．serious

6.

A．amused

B．frightened

C．struck

D．puzzled

7.

A．abandoned

B．took

C．failed

D．passed

8.

A．afford

B．perform

C．postpone

D．prepare

9.

A．secret

B．task

C．question

D．surprise

10.

A．big

B．spending

C．easy

D．borrowed

11.

A．simple

B．tough

C．enjoyable

D．fulling

12.

A．related

B．concerned

C．involved

D．collected

13.

A．role

B．job

C．place

D．refund

14.

A．after

B．since

C．until

D．before

15.

A．mental

B．abundant

C．false

D．fancy

【推荐1】Practice，practice，and practice! That’s____Tiger Woods became a champion golfer.
Tiger Woods ____ golf when he was very young. ____ with other children of his age，he showed special interest in golf．Finding that his son had a ____ for this game，Tiger’s father decided to ____ him on his own．To his father’s surprise，Tiger was a(n)____ golfer even at the age of 6.
However，being a child,Tiger couldn’t focus all the time，____he never gave up. Tiger listened to soft music to improve his ____ His father helped him learn to focus inspite of the ____ ．Sometimes his father stood in front of Tiger and said，“I'm a tree in your way,”He would have to hit the ball ____ his father．Sometimes his father would dance and sing when it was Tiger’s turn to hit and Tiger had to focus on the ____．
The training helped him．Once a ____ made a loud noise while Tiger was playing. He Said he never heard the broadcast because he was so ____ on the game. Tiger cannot____ losing. If he loses，he will go out and____ even harder in order not to make the same mistake.
In the year 2000，when he was 24 years old，he ____ four major golf competitions—the US Open，the US Amateur，the British Open and the British Amateur. But during the 2008 season it became clear that Tiger was ____ pain in his knee．In April his knee was operated on and he ____ the PGA(美国职业高尔夫球协会)tour season．After an eight-month period of ____ he returned to play again in February 2009. He didn’t make his fans ____．He won again.
He is so much better than the other golfers that some say he is the greatest golfer to ever play the game．1.

A．how

B．when

C．where

D．because

2.

A．looked up

B．set up

C．took up

D．gave up

3.

A．Mixed

B．Compared

C．Living

D．Competing

4.

A．trick

B．plan

C．skill

D．gift

5.

A．train

B．save

C．stop

D．raise

6.

A．lucky

B．common

C．amazing

D．careful

7.

A．and

B．but

C．so

D．as

8.

A．confidence

B．strength

C．patience

D．energy

9.

A．disturbance

B．carelessness

C．determination

D．failure

10.

A．against

B．under

C．onto

D．over

11.

A．music

B．ball

C．coach

D．ground

12.

A．teammate

B．teacher

C．radio

D．fan

13.

A．curious

B．quick

C．serious

D．focused

14.

A．stand

B．forget

C．understand

D．recognize

15.

A．cry

B．practice

C．think

D．argue

16.

A．judged

B．watched

C．conducted

D．won

17.

A．examining

B．avoiding

C．suffering

D．reducing

18.

A．missed

B．offered

C．escaped

D．joined

19.

A．research

B．rest

C．learning

D．traveling

20.

A．worried

B．troubled

C．surprised

D．disappointed

【推荐2】I spent two months with an American family last year when I studied in America．It is said that “The best house is in the U.S.A．， the best wife is in Japan and the best food is in China．”So I took _______and pleasure to _______ “the best food” for my American family．Each day，regardless of my poor skill of cooking，I performed my play in_______ way：changing the dishes’colour，the meat’s type or the soup’s style．Thus，my American friends could discover the _______of eating Chinese food． Because of my“ _______” job，I was often rewarded by their_______of appreciation , such as “very tasty”，“excellent”etc．But the joke was here： yesterday， I cooked Sichuan－style_______for dinner．I was_______at my achievement．When all the family members arrived at the table，they first looked_______at the fish，then looked at me． “Why do all the fish have their________？” they asked，“It’s horrible！” Horrible or beautiful？ I don’t know． But I________know that fish heads are delicious. The________is the best part of fish； in________only the respectable guest can have the special________of enjoying it． Another__________________thing is：the American friends often said to me“________”as they________fruits or other things． According to Chinese tradition，I would simply smile in answer to their kindness________actually helping myself to any of the food. ________，I said “help yourself” to them whenever I brought home fruits．Dear me，no matter how much or how often I brought home food， as long as it was nice to their taste，they    21    hesitated to use their hands to “help themselves” until all was finished．1.

A．worry

B．attention

C．delight

D．pride

2.

A．buy

B．fetch

C．cook

D．leave

3.

A．their

B．a new

C．the same

D．a simple

4.

A．way

B．joy

C．trouble

D．importance

5.

A．hard

B．daily

C．good

D．new

6.

A．expressions

B．sentence

C．doing

D．smile

7.

A．meat

B．fish

C．soup

D．egg

8.

A．praised

B．pleased

C．bad

D．surprise

9.

A．pleasedly

B．excitedly

C．surprisedly

D．worriedly

10.

A．bones

B．flesh (人肉)

C．tails

D．heads

11.

A．do

B．will

C．want to

D．should

12.

A．tail

B．head

C．soup

D．flesh

13.

A．fact

B．China

C．USA

D．the West

14.

A．honour

B．seat

C．table

D．plate

15.

A．real

B．exciting

C．interesting

D．easy

16.

A．please help us

B．excuse me

C．help yourself

D．eat them please

17.

A．brought home

B．wanted

C．were buying

D．were eating

18.

A．not

B．but not

C．without

D．nor

19.

A．At last

B．Above all

C．After all

D．In return

20.

A．usual

B．often

C．never

D．had

【推荐3】A sheep in Scotland, known as the “loneliest sheep”, was stuck at the bottom of a cliff for over two years. A group of farmers made it their _______ to rescue the sheep. The sheep was first _______ in 2021 by a kayaker (皮划艇运动员) and had been unable to move from that _______ since then. Local agencies were _______ but said the sheep was not in danger and could not be rescued. One of the farmers, Wilson, named the sheep Fiona and provided _______ about her on his social media account.

Wilson explained that it was too _______ to attempt a rescue earlier due to the dangerous location of the sheep. He expressed concerns about the safety of the rescuers and the difficulty of _______ the sheep by boat or with a dog. However, after careful _______, Wilson and four other men successfully rescued Fiona using heavy _______ and a winch (绞车). They ________ brought her to the slope of the cliff.

The Scottish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was present to ________ the welfare of the sheep. They confirmed that Fiona was in good ________ but needed her wool to be sheared (剪). The ownership of the sheep was transferred to the ________ group of farmers.

Wilson ________ the risks involved in the rescue and expressed gratitude for the successful ________.

1.

A．way

B．destination

C．burden

D．mission

2.

A．discovered

B．witnessed

C．employed

D．followed

3.

A．base

B．form

C．spot

D．extent

4.

A．hesitating

B．urgent

C．optimistic

D．sympathetic

5.

A．accounts

B．updates

C．benefits

D．identities

6.

A．illegal

B．expensive

C．risky

D．complex

7.

A．reaching

B．finding

C．defending

D．caring

8.

A．identifying

B．planning

C．disguising

D．defining

9.

A．substance

B．material

C．hand

D．equipment

10.

A．frequently

B．physically

C．safely

D．openly

11.

A．provide

B．ensure

C．guide

D．promote

12.

A．condition

B．potential

C．mood

D．fashion

13.

A．charity

B．protection

C．rescue

D．cheering

14.

A．reflected on

B．brought in

C．broke down

D．called up

15.

A．incident

B．scene

C．barrier

D．outcome