【推荐1】I wasn’t prepared for the way I felt when my 18 year-old son, Dylan, left for Asia during his winter break.

I was ______ the moment he first told my husband Michael and me that he wanted to use some of his ______ to travel around China. We were excited for him to explore the world. We told him that traveling was one of the best ways to spend his money and the ______ would last a lifetime.

On the morning of Dylan’s departure, he put a few more things into his bag. Before he and Michael ______ to the airport, I yelled, " Be safe, and ______ when you arrive in Shanghai.”

That night while he was flying somewhere over the Pacific Ocean, it hit me that Dylan was really on his ______. I woke hourly, each time ______ the clock and counting the hours before he would land the following morning. ______ my decision to let him go alone, I prayed and thought about all the things that could go ______. Then I heard for him. The first text said he’d arrived. The second text said his luggage didn't make it.

Feeling anxious, I madly attempted to ______ his luggage. To search for lost baggage, I persuaded him to go back to the airport and suggested he go to the airline's office. My efforts ______. All the while Dylan was texting me he was all right.

After that, there was no more ______ about lost luggage. I knew that he'd figure it out, and that the life lesson would be ______.

After Several days into the trip, Dylan sent a photo from Hong Kong. “I thought I could never study abroad anywhere but Europe, ______ I could definitely do it here,” his note read.

And I was ______.

1.

A．thrilled

B．worried

C．eager

D．upset

2.

A．skills

B．savings

C．relations

D．friends

3.

A．costs

B．virtues

C．items

D．memories

4.

A．gave off

B．saw off

C．pulled away

D．ran away

5.

A．write

B．call

C．text

D．email

6.

A．behalf

B．feet

C．mind

D．own

7.

A．mending

B．checking

C．setting

D．winding

8.

A．Convincing

B．Doubting

C．Admitting

D．Denying

9.

A．wrong

B．wild

C．smooth

D．bad

10.

A．bring down

B．turn down

C．settle down

D．track down

11.

A．failed

B．worked

C．paid

D．lost

12.

A．presentation

B．talk

C．appearance

D．rumor

13.

A．awful

B．unbearable

C．deep

D．worthless

14.

A．or

B．so

C．and

D．but

15.

A．in despair

B．at a loss

C．at peace

D．in reality

【推荐3】“I Got Him!”

It was the homecoming parade in Rockwall, Texas, and cheerleader Tyra Winters in her uniform, was riding atop one of the school’s floats(花车). As it slowly made its way down the street, the 17-year-old enthusiastically _______ at the crowd, all the while soaking in the music, laughter, and applause.

All of a sudden, a horrible _______ came. Looking down, Winters saw a two-year-old on the sidewalk gasping for air, his mother _______ for help in panic. The boy had been sucking on a piece of candy when it _______ down the back of his mouth, lodging in his throat and blocking his windpipe.

“There was no coughing；there was no _______ ,” his mother, Nicole cried. No one seemed to know how to help.

Except for Winters. With dreams of becoming a surgeon, she had learned the Heimlich maneuver（海姆利克氏急救法）. Knowing that every second _______, she leaped off the moving float and ran to the child.

By the time she got to the boy, his face had turned purple. “I got him!” she yelled to Nicole as she _______ the boy from her. Winters positioned him against her and gave a good three back slaps.

Soon, the boy coughed up the piece of _______, gasped, and began breathing again. Without another word, Winters handed the boy back to his mother and hurried back to her float before it could leave her behind.

It all happened so _______, Nicole never had time to thank the teen. Winters’ heroic actions left Nicole __________. “I don’t really have any words,” she said, “‘thank you’ doesn’t seem good enough.”

1.

A．laughed

B．waved

C．shouted

D．stared

2.

A．noise

B．ring

C．whistle

D．scream

3.

A．begging

B．applying

C．waiting

D．preparing

4.

A．ran

B．slid

C．fell

D．jumped

5.

A．gasping

B．crying

C．breathing

D．speaking

6.

A．faded

B．continued

C．approached

D．counted

7.

A．grabbed

B．moved

C．drew

D．separated

8.

A．nut

B．blood

C．candy

D．biscuit

9.

A．quickly

B．quietly

C．gradually

D．obviously

10.

A．hopeless

B．speechless

C．helpless

D．emotionless

【推荐1】完形填空（共20小题；阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D中)，选出可以填入空白处。

One evening, I was resting in a cafe. I_______a pair of newly bought white leather (皮革) shoes, which were rather expensive. Then a boy came to me.

He was in a(n)_______ shirt, looking pale and about eleven. No sooner had I begun to speak than he opened the _______in his hand and took out the tools of shoe-polishing. He _______down, took off my leather shoes, and began to shine them. He was busy doing his work_______heavy rain began to pour down. People rushed to the café for_______from the rain. More and more people crowded _______and gradually separated the boy from me.

Hours passed, and it turned _______I had no shoes on my feet and _______where the boy had been. I thought he would not ________my shoes, and I would have to go home on my bare feet.

When it was near midnight the________ended, and there were fewer and fewer people in the café.

The café was to be________ I had to move to the door, head________ just as I went to the gate, I________found that a boy of about eleven, looking very familiar, was sleeping at the ________with his head leaning against a box and his upper body being ________he held a package made of his shirt tightly in his arms. I shook him slightly and woke him up. He ________up and rubbed his eyes for a while before he recognized me. Then he opened the package________, gave me my leather shoes, and apologized to me shyly. I ________him and wrapped him with his unfit shirt, which had wrapped my leather shoes. On my way home, the________of the boy stayed in my mind.

1.

A．took

B．wore

C．mended

D．owned

2.

A．old

B．unfit

C．small

D．dirty

3.

A．bag

B．package

C．box

D．suitcase

4.

A．seated

B．bent

C．put

D．looked

5.

A．when

B．after

C．because

D．since

6.

A．protection

B．rest

C．hide

D．preparation

7.

A．out

B．away

C．in

D．off

8.

A．dark

B．light

C．dim

D．bright

9.

A．thought

B．wondered

C．guessed

D．imagined

10.

A．shine

B．keep

C．return

D．carry

11.

A．rain

B．coffee

C．time

D．work

12.

A．opened

B．locked

C．stopped

D．closed

13.

A．lowered

B．dropped

C．raised

D．held

14.

A．shortly

B．surprisedly

C．sadly

D．immediately

15.

A．table

B．door

C．bed

D．cafe

16.

A．wet

B．bare

C．pale

D．cold

17.

A．stayed

B．as

C．jumped

D．got

18.

A．finally

B．suddenly

C．unfriendly

D．hurriedly

19.

A．recognized

B．forgave

C．paid

D．inspired

20.

A．feature

B．shirt

C．image

D．form

【推荐2】It was raining hard and nearing dusk. I was driving for a(n)________in a nearby city that I________only from finding it on GPS. But now my phone had died. I couldn’t________clearly because it was raining so hard. I couldn’t figure out how to ________ where I was going or how to let my partner know I was likely to be ________ for the appointment.

I pulled over at a McDonald’s in a poor town and ________up to what appeared to be a mother and her teenage ________. “Excuse me, may I use your phone to look up a ________and then call the place to tell them I’m ________?” She handed me her ________ and said it was lucky that she had her phone. She was about to be stopped from using it because she didn’t have enough ________to pay the bill.

The________girl and the mother seemed to be clinging (依偎) to each other and________ together as I made my phone call, not ________ paying much attention to me as the people I was speaking to on the phone asked me to continue, and then told me ________ to get to their location.

As I stood to________ , I reached into my wallet where I don’t usually have ________ and pulled out all I had, a $20 bill. I ________ it into the mother’s hand. She was crying and her daughter said to me, “You have no idea how much you just ________ us.”And yet, they were the ones who had helped me. We each didn’t ________ how helpful the other person had been!

1.

A．interview

B．meeting

C．appointment

D．exam

2.

A．knew

B．learned

C．wanted

D．believed

3.

A．understand

B．feel

C．see

D．speak

4.

A．get to

B．mark

C．show

D．point at

5.

A．early

B．ready

C．free

D．late

6.

A．drove

B．rode

C．walked

D．jumped

7.

A．sister

B．son

C．niece

D．daughter

8.

A．name

B．place

C．number

D．person

9.

A．lost

B．tired

C．embarrassed

D．discouraged

10.

A．food

B．phone

C．drink

D．bill

11.

A．time

B．ability

C．energy

D．money

12.

A．brave

B．young

C．clever

D．curious

13.

A．talked

B．doubted

C．continued

D．arrived

14.

A．suddenly

B．simply

C．only

D．really

15.

A．when

B．whether

C．how

D．who

16.

A．leave

B．run

C．greet

D．escape

17.

A．keys

B．cash

C．cards

D．checks

18.

A．led

B．brought

C．pressed

D．kept

19.

A．helped

B．embarrassed

C．attracted

D．paid

20.

A．hope

B．comment

C．trust

D．notice