【推荐2】After a tornado touched down in a small town nearby, all the local newspapers carried many stories on families who suffered the hardest. A particular photo especially _______ me. A young woman stood in front of a _______ mobile home, together with a young boy and a tiny girl standing before the ruins, eyes wide with _______ and fear. This would be a good _______ to teach my children to help those less _______than themselves.

I held the _______to my seven-year-old twins, Brad and Breit, and to three-year-old Meghan. “These _______ people now have nothing,” I said, “We are _______ to share what we have with them”. I brought three large boxes and asked the boys to _______ some of their less favorite things. The boys ________the toys they had chosen into one of the boxes ________ I filled the third box with clothes. Meghan________quietly and then walked up with Lucy, her ________ but much-loved doll hugged tightly to her ________ “Oh , honey,” I said, “You love her so much.” “Lucy makes me happy. Maybe she'll make that ________girl happy, too.” Having watched their baby sister, Brad brought one of his favorite action figures, and Bret ________ some of his prized match-box cars from his room.

Taking the cue from my little one, I ________ my old jacket from the box of clothes. I ________it with the new green one bought last week. True ________ is giving what you cherish most. I, who had ________ to teach, had been taught.

1.

A．puzzled

B．excited

C．touched

D．disappointed

2.

A．decorated

B．protected

C．repaired

D．destroyed

3.

A．confusion

B．amazement

C．delight

D．excitement

4.

A．experience

B．event

C．purpose

D．chance

5.

A．thankful

B．confident

C．hopeful

D．lucky

6.

A．story

B．box

C．picture

D．clothes

7.

A．poor

B．wealthy

C．unhealthy

D．injured

8.

A．warned

B．expected

C．ordered

D．forced

9.

A．take up

B．take away

C．give away

D．give up

10.

A．kicked

B．placed

C．stored

D．slid

11.

A．so

B．since

C．until

D．while

12.

A．slept

B．spoke

C．watched

D．moved

13.

A．valuable

B．worn

C．pretty

D．broken

14.

A．chest

B．leg

C．arm

D．head

15.

A．good

B．little

C．kind

D．shy

16.

A．hid

B．borrowed

C．fetched

D．supplied

17.

A．removed

B．caught

C．held

D．left

18.

A．compared

B．changed

C．added

D．replaced

19.

A．sharing

B．belonging

C．trust

D．friendship

20.

A．managed

B．meant

C．failed

D．refused

【推荐3】“Hey, I’m Courtney. What’s your favorite book? Elephant and Piggy? Yeah, I got it.”

If you thought you’d walked into a(n)_______with a greeting like that, you wouldn’t be too _______. However, the truth is that you’ve_______ the workplace of Courtney Holmes, or the Storybook Barber.

Two years ago, Dubuque emailed on its citizens to offer _______ families free resources in the community. Holmes agreed to _______. He was holding down two jobs at the time — one as an insurance agent, the other as a _______ Saturday was his busiest day, but he chose to donate his _______ and give free haircuts to underprivileged kids so they’d look _______   on that first day of classes. But then he had a lightbulb moment: “The kids should _______ their free haircut by having to __________ a book to me,” Holmes said. The idea was so popular that he__________ it the first Tuesday of every month for the next two years.

Five-to-ten-year-old boys would grab a favorite book, __________ into the barber chair, and read aloud while Holmes was working. If they __________ over a word, Holmes was there to help. After the haircut, they’d __________ the book, from the language to the characters and to the __________— just like in school, more fun,__________.

Holmes and his family have recently__________ from Dubuque to a Chicago suburb. When they get settled, he plans to continue his __________ as the Story-book Barber. “With guns and __________       in the world today,” he says, “I want to create a safe __________ for the kids to come to and read in.”

1.

A．office

B．supermarket

C．zoo

D．library

2.

A．serious

B．far off

C．at home

D．considerate

3.

A．entered

B．mentioned

C．missed

D．imagined

4.

A．wealthy

B．needy

C．fortunate

D．broken

5.

A．present

B．compete

C．participate

D．dominate

6.

A．barber

B．teacher

C．librarian

D．coach

7.

A．money

B．time

C．books

D．properties

8.

A．short

B．pretty

C．unique

D．sharp

9.

A．earn

B．produce

C．design

D．polish

10.

A．lend

B．write

C．give

D．read

11.

A．improved

B．promoted

C．continued

D．celebrated

12.

A．settle

B．dive

C．slip

D．jump

13.

A．argued

B．shewed

C．tripped

D．checked

14.

A．recite

B．repeat

C．revise

D．review

15.

A．heroes

B．themes

C．assignments

D．phrases

16.

A．otherwise

B．too

C．though

D．either

17.

A．moved

B．flown

C．risen

D．travelled

18.

A．opportunity

B．ambition

C．faith

D．role

19.

A．glories

B．violence

C．revolution

D．poverty

20.

A．country

B．school

C．harbor

D．workplace

【推荐1】Cody Wilkins sat on the bench, while his soccer teammates were scoring goals on the field.

It had been a(n) _________ high school year for him. He was the only freshman on the team. He just watched his teammates _________ in the distance. He seldom got to play, feeling like a _________.

“My confidence was shot. I thought maybe I wasn’t as good as my coaches thought. So I thought maybe I should _________. ” Cody says.

Cody suffered once he discovered he wasn’t a good soccer player. But he _________ to keep going. “The struggle I _________ made me want to work harder. ” he says, “However, talented you are, you can always _________ in sports.”

Then Cody took advantage of his _________ on the bench to watch his more skilled and experienced teammates play the game, and by the time he was a junior, he had improved so much that he Was _________ captain of his team. He is now a senior and is being ______________ to play soccer for several colleges.

If you base your ______________ just on whether you win or lose, you will never be happy. Winning is always temporary(暂时的) because there is always another ______________ waiting for you.

No one is ______________. But you should learn about your strengths and weaknesses and know how to ______________ from failure. Once you accept that losing something isn’t the end of your world, you can get on with the business of living your life and learning from it. In the long run, this is ______________.

1.

A．hard

B．formal

C．graceful

D．confusing

2.

A．eagerly

B．responsibly

C．confidently

D．officially

3.

A．legend

B．failure

C．master

D．coach

4.

A．wait

B．exchange

C．cheat

D．quit

5.

A．decided

B．pretended

C．described

D．hesitated

6.

A．checked in

B．signed up

C．went through

D．applied for

7.

A．host

B．improve

C．lose

D．survive

8.

A．schedule

B．creativity

C．time

D．authority

9.

A．shot

B．limited

C．replaced

D．named

10.

A．selected

B．tracked

C．rescued

D．stressed

11.

A．error

B．character

C．affair

D．value

12.

A．adult

B．competition

C．athlete

D．surprise

13.

A．outgoing

B．creative

C．unique

D．perfect

14.

A．investigate

B．benefit

C．reduce

D．request

15.

A．curious

B．calm

C．worthwhile

D．alarming

【推荐2】There is no age limit to learn new things and be creative. That's what 102-year-old Alan R. Tripp and 88-year-old Marvin Weisbord ______ us after they released (发布) their first-ever music ______ called Senior Song Book. It just goes to show that anything is ______ even when you are very ______. You just need some willpower, a friend by your side, and a burning passion (热情) to keep on improving forever.

“______ is that you would have loved it if you were alive back in 1940 and you can still love it today,” Marvin says. The friends live in the same Pennsylvania

______ community after they didn't work any more and have been writing songs, together for the past 2 years. Their album ______ 8 songs and 2 pieces of pure music.

They are true music lovers at heart. Marvin ______ that he feels “so young” whenever he's together with Alan. After all, there's a 14-year ______ between being 88 and 102, even if it doesn't ______ it. Alan states that he “______ getting old 10 years ago” with a naughty ______ on his face, which makes it even more funny.

“So we're writing songs that are recognizable, in all kinds that are recognizable, with lyrics (歌词) telling stories about how we ______ our lives now,” Marvin told Hannah Batanson of the Washington Post.

“Now we're giving people who are 64 years old a chance to be 14 again and get new songs in their heads,” ______ Alan, according to whom it was never the pair's______ to turn a profit.

1.

A．taught

B．learned

C．quitted

D．experienced

2.

A．film

B．album

C．concert

D．lesson

3.

A．easy

B．fashionable

C．possible

D．horrible

4.

A．rich

B．sick

C．weak

D．old

5.

A．Music

B．Performance

C．Dance

D．Song

6.

A．volunteer

B．school

C．elderly

D．youth

7.

A．makes

B．contains

C．takes

D．leaves

8.

A．wonders

B．believes

C．debates

D．hopes

9.

A．difference

B．distance

C．shortage

D．practice

10.

A．look like

B．take over

C．set up

D．get on

11.

A．finished

B．stopped

C．enjoyed

D．refused

12.

A．nose

B．tear

C．look

D．wrinkles(皱纹)

13.

A．waste

B．face

C．support

D．spend

14.

A．apologized

B．guessed

C．imagined

D．explained

15.

A．result

B．invention

C．intention(意图)

D．knowledge