【推荐1】When I decided to leave my home country of Iran for a PhD. in Canada, I didn’t expect that communication would be a problem. I had taken English lessons and scored well on the English__________for university admission.

But after my arrival in the English-speaking world, I began to know how wrong I was. I had a hard time remaining present and focused in conversations because I was__________thinking about what I would say next. I gradually turned inward and negative, especially when __________ by native English speakers. And I worried about my future.__________, effective communication in English is critical to being recognized in many academic and professional environments.

Then a simple idea occurred to me. Why not__________the discussion by writing an email to my colleagues? Afterwards, I often sat at my computer, putting my__________into English words. Over time, this__________helped me think and speak at the same time in English.

Meanwhile, I learned to be____________with colleagues about the language barriers I faced. I often held back in our meetings because I still wasn’t____________about my English. Soon, however, I realised the native English speakers on the team would____________my apparent lack of participation as a lack of interest. So I decided to remind them that English is not my first language, and I asked them to speak more slowly to help me follow the discussion and____________fully. At first, they seemed slightly surprised and kept speechless for some time. But the situation quickly____________.

Now, 12 years after I moved to Canada, the____________of the conversation can still sometimes present a challenge. But I have learned that I can prepare and be open with others about the difficulties I may____________. With some effort on both sides, language barriers need not be____________.

1.

A．class

B．test

C．meeting

D．team

2.

A．casually

B．steadily

C．vividly

D．constantly

3.

A．surrounded

B．blamed

C．overwhelmed

D．comforted

4.

A．Above all

B．As a result

C．After all

D．In general

5.

A．contribute to

B．approve of

C．subscribe to

D．adapt to

6.

A．anxieties

B．thoughts

C．strengths

D．thanks

7.

A．progress

B．defence

C．practice

D．challenge

8.

A．presented

B．linked

C．occupied

D．open

9.

A．curious

B．serious

C．confident

D．particular

10.

A．interpret

B．appoint

C．confirm

D．declare

11.

A．assist

B．recover

C．update

D．participate

12.

A．motivated

B．grasped

C．denied

D．improved

13.

A．rhyme

B．pace

C．flash

D．style

14.

A．imagine

B．describe

C．overcome

D．experience

15.

A．undefeatable

B．unchangeable

C．inflexible

D．unforgettable

【推荐2】John Perry stood up and looked around again. The island had been a good place to find shells. But now how could he make the _______ move out to sea…? If they swam out to sea he could jump in and get to shore _______ they saw him.
He saw the sharks rolling and playing. Their _______ was now gone and they were killing for fun. How could he make them move away?
He drew his knife from his belt. Sharks can _______ blood, he thought. He put the knife against his leg and cut deep into the _______ The blood ran out and he caught it on his white shirt. When the shirt was red and wet he tied some cloth around his leg to _______ the flow of blood. He then tied a long piece of cloth to the shirt, threw it into the water and _______ it with the piece of cloth.
The sharks smelled the blood and came _______ toward the shirt. He ran down the sand reef pulling the shirt and the sharks raced after it. He was _______ them away from shore. Suddenly he dropped the cloth, turned toward the ________ and ran as fast as he could. He jumped in the water and swam.
He was halfway across ________ he turned to look back. A high bony fin (鳍) was ________ through the water toward him. He put his face in the water and kicked and splashed himself ________as fast as he could. The shore was near now.
He lifted his head again to ________ and he saw the shore very near. From behind he left the water rush toward him, almost pushing him, helping him. And then a great gray body hit him and almost rolled him over in the water. He touched the shore with ________ and he pulled himself up the stones. The shark, ________ by the smell of blood and the chase (追逐), went wildly after him. Its great body crashed against ________
The end came quickly and the water was covered with the shark’s blood. The injured shark was eaten up ________ by others as it tried to escape.
Perry slowly struggled ________ his feet.
“So,” he said, “you did not get me.” And he looked down at the sharks still eating ________ they weren’t hungry. He climbed up the stones and walked toward the village.1.

A．boats

B．sharks

C．soldiers

D．shells

2.

A．before

B．after

C．until

D．when

3.

A．food

B．hunger

C．anger

D．wish

4.

A．fear

B．taste

C．drink

D．smell

5.

A．sand

B．shark

C．flesh

D．mat

6.

A．stop

B．keep

C．join

D．cause

7.

A．pulled

B．wrapped

C．connected

D．caught

8.

A．running

B．racing

C．swimming

D．jumping

9.

A．driving

B．keeping

C．preventing

D．leading

10.

A．sea

B．shore

C．island

D．sand

11.

A．before

B．while

C．unless

D．when

12.

A．going

B．running

C．cutting

D．swimming

13.

A．forward

B．backward

C．upward

D．downward

14.

A．cry

B．breathe

C．swim

D．escape

15.

A．his feet

B．a stick

C．his fingers

D．the shirt

16.

A．interested

B．frightened

C．disappointed

D．excited

17.

A．the shore

B．Perry

C．the stones

D．the shells

18.

A．lively

B．alive

C．dead

D．friendly

19.

A．on

B．by

C．to

D．with

20.

A．as though

B．even though

C．as soon as

D．as long as

【推荐1】When Freddie Fuller arrived to perform in the hospital room, Pam Golightly worried it was already too late. Her stepfather, Dennis Strobel, was dying.

“You’re probably _______ your time,” Golightly told Fuller.

But Fuller, wearing a cowboy hat and toting a guitar, _______ with her what medical professionals had told him time and time again: Hearing may be the _______ sense to go.

“Let me go in and play,” Fuller said. “It’s as _______ for you as it is for him.”

Fuller, 68, is known professionally as the Singing Cowboy. The country and folk _______ has performed all over the United States, _______ overseas for American troops. When he heard about a nonprofit organization called Swan Songs, he _______ it. Since 2005, Swan Songs has_______ more than 800 free musical last wishes. Since then, he has performed dozens of musical vigils (守夜祈祷). _______ they’re almost festive. Other times, they’re quieter. And sometimes they feel a bit like a ____________.

That was the ____________ with Golightly’s stepfather. When Fuller arrived at the hospital that day, Strobel seemed ready to say goodbye. Golightly and her sister watched their stepdad’s every breath, each ____________ one of his hands. After 45 minutes’ singing, Fuller performed “Love, Me,” a country ballad. “I played the last song, sang the last note, and ____________ the last guitar chord, and he took his last breath,” Fuller says, “We just ____________ one of the most magical moments in our lives.”

“It was a ____________ for us all,” Golightly says of Fuller’s singing. “At a really sad time, it was beautiful.”

1.

A．sparing

B．giving

C．spending

D．wasting

2.

A．exchanged

B．shared

C．discussed

D．took

3.

A．last

B．first

C．only

D．unique

4.

A．loud

B．sweet

C．good

D．much

5.

A．player

B．musician

C．lover

D．fan

6.

A．as far as

B．as long as

C．as well as

D．as good as

7.

A．promoted

B．got

C．joined

D．liked

8.

A．arranged

B．devoted

C．made

D．designed

9.

A．Sometimes

B．Often

C．Generally

D．Once

10.

A．story

B．comedy

C．tragedy

D．miracle

11.

A．situation

B．case

C．occasion

D．event

12.

A．waving

B．shaking

C．holding

D．raising

13.

A．hit

B．applied

C．used

D．made

14.

A．knew

B．heard

C．experienced

D．noticed

15.

A．song

B．memory

C．message

D．gift

【推荐2】Zu Wenbao is a 23-year-old Chinese with autism (孤独症). That means it can be _______ for him to find a job or make friends. But he is doing better now because he is learning _______ and spending time with other young people at a _______ called Chen’s Studio in Beijing. Zu’s mother, Zhao Guorong, _______ her son to the school every Sunday so he can _______ with the teacher, Chen Shensi. It takes them two hours on three different buses to get to the _______ from their home outside of Beijing.

At the Beijing studio, Zu learned how to play the keyboards and _______ in a band called “Star Kids”. “Without music and these _______ , he wouldn’t have anything,” Zhao said. She said her son would not have any people to _______ if it were not for the music school.

Chen knows the young people with autism have trouble getting jobs, so he hopes music will help them make a ________ . The Star Kids band has already given some ________ . He did not know much about autism before he started teaching a bass player with the ________ in 2020. At the start, it was hard. Chen became ________ when he had trouble communicating with his students. However, it ________ became easier. He said, “I know it is hard for them to communicate. However, ________ , I think music might be their language.”

1.

A．happy

B．difficult

C．strict

D．fast

2.

A．painting

B．writing

C．music

D．design

3.

A．company

B．farm

C．shelter

D．school

4.

A．brings

B．forces

C．invites

D．forbids

5.

A．play

B．study

C．walk

D．agree

6.

A．classroom

B．hospital

C．store

D．restaurant

7.

A．disappear

B．fail

C．sing

D．believe

8.

A．medicines

B．games

C．plans

D．lessons

9.

A．pick up

B．socialize with

C．learn from

D．go after

10.

A．wish

B．movement

C．living

D．promise

11.

A．arrangements

B．challenges

C．examples

D．concerts

12.

A．disease

B．success

C．talent

D．puzzlement

13.

A．curious

B．angry

C．afraid

D．disappointed

14.

A．suddenly

B．generally

C．finally

D．regularly

15.

A．in the world

B．to some degree

C．by the way

D．as a result

【推荐3】“I am leaving home.” When Timmy, my 10-year-old son eagerly announced that he couldn’t wait to ______, the feeling of guilt peaked as I tried to figure out the ______. “So, I can get a dog,” he stressed.

But I stayed ______ — we didn’t need a dog to complete our life — and he gave up. Until the day I ______ Timmy, with his brother, discussing his moving plan. Suddenly, the situation ______: gain a dog or ______ a child. I felt my determination______. “We can look into it,” I replied doubtfully, but the kind of dog we wanted cost a (n)______ $ 1, 000! Yes, love had a price. I ______ for thought, again.

I shared my present ______with my friend whose love for dogs was quite sensible. He ______ me to his pet keeper friend who got a pregnant dog and the baby dogs were due soon.

A few days later, we took a surprise trip to the countryside when the little dogs were ______. I would admit that all my previous ______ reappeared after watching a group of blind things, but it was too late. Among screams of ______, we chose one of the little dogs as ours.

We attempt to ______ our kids in a healthy way — I didn’t realize the added dimension (方面) of love and ______ that a dog would teach my kids. On a hot day, Timmy cut short his outing to ______ if Odie, the dog, had enough water. When Odie was sick, my elder son made fresh soup and ______ fed it to him.

My children no longer talk about leaving home ______ there is the troublesome issue of who will take the dog. They quietly learn how to give and receive love. If having a dog means linking my children even closer together, it will be a mother’s prayer_______.

1.

A．move out

B．give up

C．get off

D．step forward

2.

A．fact

B．problem

C．situation

D．reason

3.

A．confused

B．determined

C．stressed

D．scared

4.

A．overheard

B．anticipated

C．predicted

D．suspected

5.

A．ended

B．mattered

C．shifted

D．settled

6.

A．blame

B．teach

C．lose

D．punish

7.

A．strengthening

B．occurring

C．disappearing

D．weakening

8.

A．fair

B．unreasonable

C．affordable

D．ideal

9.

A．paused

B．agreed

C．refused

D．promised

10.

A．wish

B．opinion

C．state

D．misfortune

11.

A．assigned

B．appointed

C．remembered

D．connected

12.

A．hurt

B．born

C．ill

D．abandoned

13.

A．excitement

B．embarrassment

C．doubt

D．surprise

14.

A．shock

B．relief

C．worry

D．delight

15.

A．parent

B．discourage

C．praise

D．stop

16.

A．ability

B．wisdom

C．responsibility

D．truth

17.

A．prove

B．check

C．consider

D．test

18.

A．patiently

B．regularly

C．quickly

D．directly

19.

A．when

B．after

C．though

D．because

20.

A．resisted

B．answered

C．denied

D．offered