【推荐2】When I was in middle school, I tried my best to be popular. However, one afternoon, I had a(n) ____with my mother, which changed my mind eventually.

We were sitting in the dining area of a local restaurant. I told her that I wanted to be ____. She asked me why I felt that way. Surprisingly, I had never stopped to think about why I felt the need to fit in. I ____did it.

My mother told me a story. My grandmother made her several ____sweater vests. Although those were hardly “in style”, my mother really ____to wear them. It was surprising that many other female students at her school began wearing sweater vests after a few weeks. My mother had started a ____ because the other students saw the ____with which she dressed.

At that time, the information was too much for a thirteen-year-old girl to ____. I didn’t believe her. I thought my mother was ____. So I continued to wear the same clothes, seeking popularity as usual —I had not yet seen the light at the end of a dark tunnel then. However, our conversation that day ____over and over in my mind.

I thought long and carefully, and then I ____that my mother’s words might have some ____. I began to check my wardrobe (衣柜) to find which items I’d bought because I truly like them. I also ____ my actions, trying to determine how many of them I wore to ____the crowd. Gradually, I found myself caring less and less about what people thought about me. I was greatly ____.

The conversation I had with my mother was a valuable lesson for me. Sometimes swimming against the current can only make me stronger.

1.

A．appointment

B．conversation

C．celebration

D．argument

2.

A．popular

B．generous

C．cautious

D．polite

3.

A．merely

B．suitably

C．completely

D．temporarily

4.

A．expensive

B．fashionable

C．perfect

D．comfortable

5.

A．pretended

B．loved

C．refused

D．afforded

6.

A．trend

B．campaign

C．project

D．fight

7.

A．shock

B．embarrassment

C．charm

D．benefit

8.

A．release

B．mix

C．deliver

D．chew

9.

A．mistaken

B．right

C．rude

D．patient

10.

A．rang

B．shouted

C．shook

D．fled

11.

A．remembered

B．denied

C．wondered

D．realized

12.

A．difficulty

B．truth

C．explanations

D．limitation

13.

A．got rid of

B．fit in with

C．looked back on

D．put up with

14.

A．upset

B．please

C．hurt

D．honor

15.

A．curious

B．puzzled

C．disappointed

D．relieved

【推荐1】The little stream in the green forest flowed past and the beautiful wild flowers surrounded the small house there. All of a sudden, a deer raced into the yard, where a little boy was ____ The deer caught the boy’s ____ with its antlers (鹿角). This scared the little boy so much that he ____ a loud cry which brought his mother____ out to see what was the matter. She came out just in time to ____ the deer running off towards the mountains with her little boy.
The boy’s mother was greatly ____! She ran after the deer as fast as she could, and not too far away, she found her little boy sitting ____ on the grass. When he saw his mother, the little boy laughed and reached out his arms to her. His mother lifted him up and ____ him tightly. She was so happy that she ____ She hurried back to their home with her precious son. When she got there, she stopped dead in her tracks, ____ at what she saw. The huge tree behind their house had fallen over ____ she was out running after the deer to save her son. The whole house was destroyed under its great ____
Then the little boy’s mother ____ the day about a year before when a deer ____ from a hunter had run into her house. She felt sorry for the frightened deer, so she covered it with some clothes, ____ it with some fresh grass and let it return to the forest later. The deer seemed to ____ that she had saved its life, because as it left, it kept bending its head to her, as if thanking her for her ____ She never imagined that the deer ____ remember her kindness. The deer ____ knew the tree was going to fall and hurt her, so it came back to show its ____ When the boy’s mother thought of all this, she said, “Saving the life of another is the same as saving your own life.”1.

A．sleeping

B．crying

C．playing

D．working

2.

A．head

B．clothing

C．hands

D．body

3.

A．let out

B．brought out

C．made out

D．put out

4.

A．walking

B．moving

C．jumping

D．running

5.

A．know

B．recognize

C．realize

D．see

6.

A．surprised

B．frightened

C．excited

D．touched

7.

A．safely

B．painfully

C．alone

D．freely

8.

A．kissed

B．kept

C．held

D．took

9.

A．laughed

B．waited

C．left

D．cried

10.

A．sorry

B．interested

C．amazed

D．amused

11.

A．while

B．before

C．after

D．because

12.

A．power

B．shape

C．height

D．weight

13.

A．missed

B．remembered

C．mentioned

D．learnt

14.

A．suffering

B．dying

C．escaping

D．running

15.

A．fed

B．sent

C．helped

D．left

16.

A．remember

B．recognize

C．notice

D．understand

17.

A．clothes

B．grass

C．mercy

D．entertainment

18.

A．might

B．could

C．will

D．must

19.

A．somehow

B．hopefully

C．suddenly

D．anyway

20.

A．wisdom

B．thankfulness

C．kindness

D．love

【推荐2】Mrs. Jones was over eighty, but she still drove her old car like a woman half her age. She loved driving very fast, and was proud of the fact ____ she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished ____ a driving offence (犯规，犯法). Then one day she nearly ____ her record. A police car ____ her, and the policemen in it saw her ____a red light without stopping. Of course, she was stopped. It seemed ____ that she would be punished____Mrs. Jones came up to the judge, he looked at her seriously and said that she was ____ old to drive a car, and that the ____why she had not stopped at the red ____ was most probably that her eyes had become weak ____ old age, so that she had simply not seen it. When the judge had finished what he was ____, Mrs. Jones opened the big handbag she was ____ and took out her sewing. Without saying a word, she ____ a needle with a very small eye, and threaded it at her first attempt. When she had ____ done this, she took the thread out of the needle again and handed both the needle and the thread to the judge, saying, “Now it is your turn. I suppose you drive a car, and that you are quite sure about your own eyesight.”
The judge took the needle and tried to thread it. After half a dozen tries, he had still not succeeded. The case (案例) against Mrs. Jones was dismissed, and her record remained unbroken.1.

A．which

B．when

C．that

D．this

2.

A．about

B．on

C．to

D．for

3.

A．kept

B．won

C．missed

D．lost

4.

A．watched

B．after

C．followed

D．ran after

5.

A．pass

B．go

C．run

D．rush

6.

A．sure

B．indeed

C．certain

D．perhaps

7.

A．Before

B．While

C．Until

D．When

8.

A．so

B．very

C．too

D．quite

9.

A．cause

B．reason

C．matter

D．trouble

10.

A．light

B．lamp

C．sign

D．one

11.

A．with

B．because

C．for

D．of

12.

A．speaking

B．saying

C．talking

D．telling

13.

A．holding

B．getting

C．carrying

D．bringing

14.

A．took

B．brought

C．picked

D．chose

15.

A．almost

B．hardly

C．successfully

D．successful

【推荐3】Last night was the last game for my eight-year-old son’s soccer team. It was the final quarter, and the score was two to one, my son’s team taking the________. Parents ________the field, offering encouragement.

With less than ten seconds remaining, the ball________in front of my son’s team mate, Mikey O’Donnel. With shouts of “Kick it!”________across the field, Mikey stepped back and gave it everything he had. All round me the crowd ________—O’Donnel scored!

Then, all of a sudden, there was________. Mikey had scored all right, but in the________goal, leaving both teams finishing with the same points. You see, Mikey has Down’s syndrome (唐氏综合征) and for him there is no such thing as a mistaken goal, since he had hugged the________players when they scored.

The quietness was finally broken when Mikey________grabbed my son, hugged him and yelled, “I scored! I scored! For a moment I held my________, not sure how my son would________However, it turned out that I should not have_________

I watched, in tears, as my son________his hand in the classic high-five and started chanting (不停地重复), “Way to go Mikey! Way to go Mikey!” Within moments both teams approached Mikey, joining in the chant and congratulating him on his________.

Later that night, when my daughter asked who had won, I smiled as I replied, “It was a________. Everybody won.’

1.

A．offer

B．risk

C．victory

D．lead

2.

A．discovered

B．entered

C．surrounded

D．defended

3.

A．rolled

B．burnt

C．cracked

D．exploded

4.

A．disappearing

B．echoing

C．trembling

D．changing

5.

A．quit

B．debated

C．erupted

D．escaped

6.

A．applause

B．silence

C．argument

D．complaint

7.

A．ultimate

B．illegal

C．wrong

D．unusual

8.

A．opposing

B．ambitious

C．professional

D．frustrated

9.

A．guiltily

B．painfully

C．joyfully

D．confusedly

10.

A．hand

B．breath

C．head

D．view

11.

A．react

B．apologize

C．survive

D．recall

12.

A．disturbed

B．waited

C．worried

D．existed

13.

A．cleaned up

B．put down

C．held on to

D．raised up

14.

A．goal

B．wisdom

C．power

D．fight

15.

A．mistake

B．tie

C．pity

D．priority