【推荐3】I used to think my life was perfect. My mom had her dream job and a beautiful office and I had my own room with a computer and a garden to _____. But one Sunday, everything changed. A hurricane _____ our neighborhood while we were visiting my grandparents in Raleigh. Our kitchen was destroyed, and our clean and comfortable home was in ruins.

But something ______ happened. Our neighbors, the Flores family, came to our ______. They helped clear broken pieces and offered us a place to stay. Their ______ was most impressive. We had never______ spoken to them before, but they ______ their home to us and made us feel like family.

We started a new______ of having weekend dinner together. We invited other families from the neighborhood to join us, and our ______ were filled with laughter and delicious food. It was a beautiful thing to see our ______ come together in the wake of a disaster.

I ______ knew Rosica, their daughter, before the hurricane. But she quickly became my friend. She had a gift for______ and our evenings together were filled with adventure and laughter.

Looking back, I realize that the hurricane______ unexpected benefit. It brought us closer to our neighbors and ______ our lives in ways we never could have imagined. Sometimes, it takes a(n) ______ to bring out the best in people.

1.

A．look after

B．worry about

C．dream of

D．deal with

2.

A．visited

B．skipped

C．approached

D．swept

3.

A．invisible

B．unexpected

C．impossible

D．unlucky

4.

A．mind

B．knowledge

C．aid

D．sense

5.

A．belief

B．request

C．wealth

D．kindness

6.

A．really

B．carefully

C．naturally

D．clearly

7.

A．sold

B．rented

C．showed

D．opened

8.

A．business

B．project

C．tradition

D．life

9.

A．reunions

B．gatherings

C．journeys

D．memories

10.

A．family

B．volunteers

C．community

D．supporters

11.

A．soon

B．never

C．already

D．also

12.

A．fortune telling

B．story telling

C．mind reading

D．house keeping

13.

A．brought about

B．resulted from

C．made up for

D．got away with

14.

A．saved

B．controlled

C．enriched

D．recorded

15.

A．instant

B．effort

C．party

D．disaster

【推荐1】“Paul must have been trying to carry his waste paper to garbage can and dropped a few pieces. “I ________, picking them up. ________ later I found more pieces. No quiet sighing this time. I ________, “Who is throwing garbage?” No answer. Instead, I saw more bits of paper ________ floating down from upstairs. Looking up. I saw my seven-year-old son, Paul.

“Stop making a mess.” “It’s not a mess. They’re ________.” “Sorry, what did you say?” I hadn’t heard him clearly.

He didn’t answer me. Paul has autism (自闭症) and ________ answers a question, especially when he’s_ ________ attentively on something else. He ran down the stairs. “Where are my other butterflies he asked, ________ around. Every time Paul ________ five or more words together, my heart says a ________ of thanks. But lately he seems to ________ that the benefits of forming complete sentences when communicating are ________ of the effort.

Butterflies. Of course. I rushed to ________ them from the garbage, ________ them off and handed them to my young artist “Want to see them ________ again?” he asked with a shy smile. “Oh yes! They’re beautiful.” I whispered. He ran back upstairs to float his ________ down again. They really did look like beautiful butterflies.

That day Paul ________ me to look up at ________ instead of down at garbage. How many other masterpieces (杰作) do I miss because I’m too caught up in my ________ to take time to appreciate what’s right in front of me? Life is not what happens to us. It’s ________ we look at it Now, I look up.

1.

A．shouted

B．amazed

C．sighed

D．laughed

2.

A．Weeks

B．Moments

C．Years

D．Days

3.

A．added to

B．turned up

C．got in

D．called out

4.

A．angrily

B．loudly

C．silently

D．peacefully

5.

A．planes

B．butterflies

C．leaves

D．papers

6.

A．frequently

B．eagerly

C．willingly

D．rarely

7.

A．focused

B．addicted

C．devoted

D．depended

8.

A．looking

B．showing

C．drawing

D．playing

9.

A．spells

B．pushes

C．puts

D．accumulates

10.

A．remark

B．prayer

C．report

D．sound

11.

A．refuse

B．realize

C．mind

D．hear

12.

A．fond

B．aware

C．worthy

D．typical

13.

A．rescue

B．hide

C．destroy

D．remove

14.

A．tore

B．seized

C．cut

D．dusted

15.

A．land

B．fly

C．throw

D．flow

16.

A．imagination

B．schoolwork

C．inventions

D．masterpieces

17.

A．forced

B．reminded

C．intended

D．permitted

18.

A．beauty

B．weaknesses

C．mistakes

D．scenery

19.

A．housework

B．amusement

C．homework

D．communication

20.

A．whether

B．how

C．when

D．where

【推荐2】阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
I sat in the chair reflecting on the past year. At that time, my _______ Charley came into the room. Charley took one look at my face and she could _______ I was off in another world. Charley said, “You have that _______ on your face! Tell me what you were _______ ”. “Well, Charley,” I replied, “I was listening to a song on the radio that asked _______ you have done over the last year. When I _______ on the year, I’ve realized I have had such good fortune, with a few bumps (碰撞) along the way.”
Charley immediately asked, “Tell me about the three things that _______ you the most during this year.”
I sat thinking if I had to _______ only three things that influenced me, what would they be? After a few minutes, I said, “OK, here are the three things that influenced me the most: My family. Throughout the year I had many _______ , but my family were always there ________ support and encouragement. My friends. Over the years I have ________ my dreams and my goals with my friends. Some goals I have ________ and other goals I have not. ________ friends like you always supported and ________ me. My colleagues. I have worked with some ________ people over the last year. I have been very ________ to have the opportunity to work with these excellent people over the last year.”
Charley smiled and said, “Do you realize that everything you have said has one thing in________?”
“What are you saying, Charley?” I asked.
She replied, “Neither the material things in your life, nor your job has had the most meaning in your life. It is the   ________ in your life that have made the biggest ________in your life!”
I smiled. Material things are not _______, and while our jobs provide the means of existence for us, the important things in life are the people who touched our lives.1.

A．sister

B．classmate

C．mother

D．friend

2.

A．argue

B．suggest

C．tell

D．wonder

3.

A．look

B．appearance

C．mark

D．mask

4.

A．doing

B．thinking

C．listening

D．annoying

5.

A．where

B．that

C．what

D．why

6.

A．call

B．talk

C．insist

D．reflect

7.

A．influenced

B．demanded

C．entertained

D．motivated

8.

A．write

B．pick

C．get

D．own

9.

A．plans

B．experiences

C．challenges

D．achievements

10.

A．receiving

B．expecting

C．winning

D．offering

11.

A．shared

B．provided

C．connected

D．compared

12.

A．set

B．realized

C．failed

D．scored

13.

A．But

B．Meanwhile

C．Otherwise

D．Unless

14.

A．accepted

B．satisfied

C．replaced

D．encouraged

15.

A．stupid

B．brave

C．amazing

D．ordinary

16.

A．fortunate

B．miserable

C．unhappy

D．surprised

17.

A．character

B．store

C．common

D．nature

18.

A．effort

B．spirit

C．motivation

D．people

19.

A．choice

B．difference

C．problem

D．progress

20.

A．useful

B．important

C．practical

D．unnecessary

【推荐3】After Mum died, I began visiting Dad every morning before I went to work. He was weak and _______ slowly, but he always had a glass of freshly _______ orange juice on the kitchen table for me, along with an unsigned note_________, “Drink your juice.” Such a gesture, I knew, was as _______as Dad had ever been able to go in_______his love. In fact, I remember, as a child I had questioned mum, “Why doesn’t Dad love me?”. Mum___________, “Who said he doesn’t love you?” “Well, he never tells me,” I_________. “He never tells me either,” she said, smiling. “But look how hard he works to_______us, to buy us food and clothes, and to pay for this house. That’s _______your father tells us he loves us.”

I nodded________. I understood in my head, but not in my________. I still wanted my father to put his arms____________me and tell me he loved me. Dad owned and ________ a small scrap(废品)metal business, and after school I often   ________ while he worked. Dad__________scrap steel into a device that chopped cleanly as butcher chopped a rack of ribs. The machine looked like a giant pair of scissors, with blades(刀片) thicker than my father’s body. If he didn’t feed those________blades just right, he risked serious injury. “Why don’t you hire someone to do that for you?” Mum asked Dad one night as she__________ over him and rubbed his aching shoulders with a strong smelling liniment.“Why don’t you hire a cook?” Dad asked, giving her one of his________smiles.

Many years later, during my first daily visit, after drinking the juice my father had squeezed for me, I walked over,________him and said, “I love you, Dad.” From then on I did this every morning.My father never told me how he felt about my hugs, and there was never any____________on his face when I gave them.

1.

A．slid

B．moved

C．adjusted

D．struggled

2.

A．cooked

B．arranged

C．squeezed

D．separated

3.

A．telling

B．reading

C．adding

D．instructing

4.

A．long

B．good

C．hard

D．far

5.

A．expressing

B．expanding

C．displaying

D．indicating

6.

A．frowned

B．suspected

C．accused

D．yawned

7.

A．concluded

B．confirmed

C．continued

D．complained

8.

A．pay attention to

B．make up for

C．take charge of

D．take care of

9.

A．how

B．why

C．when

D．because

10.

A．gradually

B．slowly

C．contentedly

D．faithfully

11.

A．brain

B．blood

C．flesh

D．heart

12.

A．off

B．over

C．upon

D．around

13.

A．operated

B．preserved

C．projected

D．represented

14.

A．broke in

B．hung around

C．settled down

D．moved off

15.

A．fed

B．packed

C．turned

D．divided

16.

A．charming

B．disturbing

C．terrifying

D．entertaining

17.

A．watched

B．pulled

C．took

D．bent

18.

A．rare

B．sweet

C．curious

D．cautious

19.

A．kissed

B．hugged

C．comforted

D．encouraged

20.

A．explanation

B．appreciation

C．expression

D．inspiration

【推荐2】The Gain Is Worth the Pain I was about 9 years old. I was taking Red Cross swimming lessons at our community pool. The day had arrived when I was to be ______ to see if I could advance from the Advanced Beginners class to the Intermediate class.   Approximately fifteen of us were to take ______to swim from one side of the pool to the other and back, doing various strokes（泳姿） and exercises along the way. I watched _____ my classmates one by one tried and failed to pass the test. Then it was my turn to _______, I mean, my turn to attempt to pass the test. I got about halfway across the pool when I felt the _____ sensation you feel when chlorinated (加氯消毒的) water enters your nose. I ____ stopped and seized the side of the pool, _____my test.   One of the instructors was standing ______me, a messy haired college student. “Why did you stop?” he _____, in a less than merciful voice. “I got water in my _____,” I explained.   Thats when this scruffy college student taught me one of lifes great _____, even if he probably never _____ he was doing that. Bending down, he shouted, “So?”   “So?” The question ______me. It had just seemed reasonable to me that the answer to ______was to get rid of the thing causing the discomfort. My 9 year old brain had not understood the fact that a valuable goal is worth ______ even if we have to go through discomfort to get there. Recognizing that, I wasnt sure what would keep me from completing the test. In fact, I did it rather easily on my next _______. Seeing me pass the test, almost all of the others did so as well.   Life is a journey, and the road won’t always be ______. The obstacles, the hardships, the barriers that appear along the way can’t be ______ to the goal that waits at the end. We have to focus on the final destination, not the blocks in the road. As one put it, “I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the ______ that will be shown in us.” The plan is not to get rid of suffering in our lives, _____ to look past it.

1.

A．urged

B．checked

C．tested

D．placed

2.

A．chances

B．turns

C．efforts

D．actions

3.

A．as

B．until

C．once

D．since

4.

A．escape

B．observe

C．train

D．fail

5.

A．burning

B．dizzying

C．freezing

D．tiring

6.

A．hesitantly

B．immediately

C．frequently

D．constantly

7.

A．starting

B．enquiring

C．ending

D．continuing

8.

A．beside

B．above

C．behind

D．against

9.

A．whispered

B．announced

C．smiled

D．yelled

10.

A．eyes

B．ears

C．nose

D．mouth

11.

A．lessons

B．lectures

C．courses

D．examples

12.

A．complained

B．admitted

C．regretted

D．realized

13.

A．excited

B．encouraged

C．comforted

D．shocked

14.

A．gain

B．pain

C．success

D．disappointment

15.

A．having

B．changing

C．achieving

D．setting

16.

A．attempt

B．plan

C．show

D．activity

17.

A．tough

B．easy

C．rough

D．busy

18.

A．attached

B．linked

C．exposed

D．compared

19.

A．glory

B．result

C．fun

D．sadness

20.

A．and

B．or

C．but

D．even

【推荐3】A few years ago, my younger brother and I went to Norfolk, Virginian by plane. ____, before we took off, we heard the pilot’s voice throughout the plane. “Sorry, ladies and gentlemen. We have no____on the plane. We have a generator (发电机), and we are going to____the engines with it. We will____in the air and head to Norfolk, and see what happens.”
See what happens? We are going to get up in the air, and see what happens? At this point, one woman started crying. “Oh, no! We are going to____!” There were sighs of desperation and ____ spreading throughout the plane, and we hadn’t even ____ yet. Thirty minutes passed and we were still____there. Then the voice of the pilot came over again, “Ladies and gentlemen, I know you are____, so are we. We only have one engine going right now, and it is working double time.”
There was crying ____we had walked into a grave (坟墓). But, the pilot told us our one engine was working double time, and his ____ was to get up in the air, and see what happens! Then we did. We got up in the air and ____ happened. We arrived in Norfolk and everyone ____ for still being alive.
Although I do sincerely like to have a plan____“see what happens”, which really isn’t such a bad life strategy (策略), all too often, I would see people pursuing their goals ____ with inaction just because they don’t have ____success. Actually, success will never be guaranteed. The ____ thing that you can do is just get up in the air, and see what happens.
If you are planning to learn a new skill, get up in the air, and see what happens! It might not be as____ as you thought. You might be smarter than you thought. It could be____! So don’t stay there trying nothing just because there is no ____ of guaranteed success.1.

A．Hopefully

B．Unfortunately

C．Excitedly

D．Thankfully

2.

A．service

B．water

C．power

D．fuel

3.

A．start

B．fix

C．change

D．shut

4.

A．speed up

B．pack up

C．light up

D．get up

5.

A．wait

B．crash

C．delay

D．suffer

6.

A．anxiety

B．rumor

C．disease

D．smoke

7.

A．looked over

B．taken off

C．got across

D．gone out

8.

A．sitting

B．checking

C．watching

D．boarding

9.

A．puzzled

B．patient

C．embarrassed

D．desperate

10.

A．even if

B．what if

C．as if

D．only if

11.

A．comment

B．complaint

C．plan

D．promise

12.

A．everything

B．something

C．anything

D．nothing

13.

A．escaped

B．cheered

C．sighed

D．praised

14.

A．less than

B．other than

C．better than

D．more than

15.

A．satisfied

B．annoyed

C．concerned

D．frozen

16.

A．realistic

B．organized

C．potential

D．guaranteed

17.

A．best

B．common

C．same

D．last

18.

A．interesting

B．surprising

C．challenging

D．encouraging

19.

A．pain

B．fun

C．sorrow

D．trouble

20.

A．sign

B．meaning

C．action

D．reward