【推荐1】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的最佳答案。

“But what if I break my arm again?” My five-year-old daughter asked, looking very ____1_____ . I knew how much she wanted to learn to ____2_____ .Yet ever since she fell off her bicycle and broke her arm, she’d been afraid .“Oh, honey,” I said. “I don’t think you’ll break another arm .”“____3_____ I could, couldn’t I?”“Yes,” I ____4_____ . At that time, how I wish I ____5_____ someone who might help me find the right words to make my girl’s problems disappear.“ I don’t want to ride,” she said and got off her bike.“ You know, honey,” I said. “____6_____ everything you do comes with risks. You____7_____ break your arm in a car accident and then be afraid to ever ride in a car. You could have your arm ____8_____ jumping a rope. You could get a broken arm at sports. Do you want to ____9_____ going to do sports?”“No,” she said. And with a determined spirit, she agreed to try it again. I ____10_____ her bike until she found the____11_____ to say, “Let’s go!” I spent the rest of the afternoon watching a brave little girl overcome a ____12_____, and congratulating myself for being a useful parent after a painful divorce.As we walked home, she asked me about a conversation she overheard me having with my mother. “Grandma wanted you to find someone to ____13_____,”“What grandma wants is for someone to ____14_____ my heart again.”I lost control. “But, Mom.” ”You are too young to ____15_____ it.”I told her, “I think love isn’t like a broken arm. I don’t want to think about it again.” Then she said she knew uncle Steve was the man for me.“It’s nothing,” I told her.Then she said something____16_____ me to think about.Unable to answer, we went on walking in ____17_____ . When I got home, I called my mother and____18_____ her for talking about this to my daughter. Later I did what my brave girl did that afternoon. I agreed to meet Steve.Steve was the man for me. We _____19____ a year later. It turned out mother and my daughter were ____20_____ .

1.

A．satisfied

B．nervous

C．sad

D．excited

2.

A．ride

B．buy

C．drive

D．walk

3.

A．And

B．However

C．But

D．Instead

4.

A．laughed

B．cried

C．sighed

D．replied

5.

A．have

B．will

C．had

D．has

6.

A．Most

B．Mostly

C．Hardly

D．Almost

7.

A．must

B．could

C．should

D．would

8.

A．break

B．to break

C．broken

D．breaking

9.

A．try

B．stop

C．start

D．begin

10.

A．held out

B．held up

C．held on

D．held on to

11.

A．strength

B．courage

C．feeling

D．sense

12.

A．shame

B．difficult

C．fear

D．mistake

13.

A．help

B．live

C．teach

D．love

14.

A．destroy

B．break

C．warm

D．harm

15.

A．accept

B．understand

C．believe

D．receive

16.

A．of

B．for

C．with

D．by

17.

A．surprise

B．a hurry

C．silence

D．pleasure

18.

A．appreciated

B．thanked

C．scolded

D．charged

19.

A．argued

B．left

C．moved

D．married

20.

A．clever

B．wrong

C．right

D．careful

【推荐2】As French author Andre Maurois once said, “Without a family, man, alone in the world, shakes with the cold.” Indeed, families who give us love and _______are an important part of our lives. But even in a loving family,_______can’t be avoided.

One day, I was doing my homework and my sister_______.Busy with homework, I didn’t talk to her and just kept working: But when I took a_______, I turned my head to the place where my sister was sitting._______, I found my notebook had a lot of messy drawings on it.

At that time, I was full of _______and walked out of my room, shouting at my sister. “You are really a_______and I hate you.” Hearing the words, my sister_______out crying and tried to explain her behavior. But I_________ since I didn’t want to hear a word from her. The ________afterward lasted for a long time________us. To solve the problem, my father brought me to the living room and asked: “Have you noticed what the drawing is on your notebook?”

I shook my head. Then, under the ________of my father, I looked at it carefully, it________,“Happy birthday”. At that moment, I knew how ________I was. Though drawing on my notebook wasn’t right, my sister’s love and __________ were sincere. Feeling guilty, I said sorry to my sister. Instead of staying angry, she smiled back at me.

1.

A．wisdom

B．truth

C．soul

D．warmth

2.

A．misunderstandings

B．expectations

C．competitions

D．dislikes

3.

A．left

B．entered

C．led

D．met

4.

A．test

B．task

C．text

D．rest

5.

A．Fortunately

B．Disappointingly

C．Shockingly

D．Thankfully

6.

A．anger

B．hunger

C．anxiety

D．sadness

7.

A．storyteller

B．house-cleaner

C．troublemaker

D．performer

8.

A．burst

B．burnt

C．devote

D．beat

9.

A．amused

B．refused

C．allowed

D．turned

10.

A．quarrel

B．fight

C．lecture

D．silence

11.

A．among

B．within

C．against

D．between

12.

A．requirement

B．campaign

C．concern

D．strategy

13.

A．spoke

B．told

C．said

D．talked

14.

A．indifferent

B．inconsiderate

C．inactive

D．independent

15.

A．absence

B．intentions

C．attitude

D．permission

【推荐3】Dad taught me a lot about life, especially its hard times. I remembered one of his ____ one night when I was ready to quit (退出) a political movement I was losing, and wrote about it in my diary.

Tired, feeling the many months of struggle, I went up to my study to make some notes. I was looking for a pencil in the back of my desk drawer when I ____ up one of Dad’s old business cards that he was so proud of. Then I thought about how he ____ with difficult situation. A lot of pictures appeared into my idea, but one scene came sharply into view.

We had just moved to Hollywood, New York. We had our own house for the first time; it had some land around it, even ____ . One, in particular, was a great blue spruce (云杉) that must have been 40 feet tall.

Less than a week after we moved in, there was a terrible ____ . We came home from the store that night to find the spruce ____ almost totally from the ground and thrown onto the street. When my brother Frankie and I saw the spruce, our heart ____ But not Dad’s.

The rain was ____ Then he announced, “Ok, we’re going to push him up!” “What are you talking about, Dad? The roots are out of the ground !” “Shut up; we’re going to push him up; he’s going to ____ ” We couldn’t say no to him. So we followed him into the house and we got what rope there was and we tied the rope around the top of the tree that lay on the street and he stood up by the house, with me ____ on the rope and Frankie in the street in the rain, helping to ____ up the great blue spruce. In no time at all, we had it standing up straight again! Dad ____ stakes (木桩) in the ground, tied rope from the trunk (树干) to the stakes, and said, “Don’t worry, he is going to grow again...”

I looked at the card and wanted to cry. I couldn’t wait to get back into the movement.

1.

A．talks

B．lessons

C．lectures

D．classes

2.

A．came

B．took

C．picked

D．turned

3.

A．dealt

B．kept

C．helped

D．worked

4.

A．field

B．yard

C．trees

D．flowers

5.

A．rain

B．snow

C．weather

D．storm

6.

A．pulled

B．put

C．stuck

D．pushed

7.

A．rose

B．sank

C．fell

D．dropped

8.

A．going

B．coming

C．falling

D．stopping

9.

A．plant

B．grow

C．die

D．stay

10.

A．fixing

B．holding

C．pushing

D．pulling

11.

A．push

B．take

C．pull

D．put

12.

A．shook

B．cut

C．drove

D．made

【推荐1】On an island in Indonesia, one librarian has started a mobile library, lending books to children in exchange for trash. This is a new way to ________ the environment and get the kids to read more.

The________of the “Trash Library” is Raden Roro Hendarti. Every weekday, Raden________her tricycle with books and rides to the village of Muntang. She________books for plastic cups, bags, and other waste from the children living there. ________ she shows up, little children, many accompanied by their mothers, ________ her “Trash Library” and cry for the books. They are all carrying trash bags and Raden’s three-wheeler quickly fills up with them as the books________out. She’s________the kids are going to spend more time reading instead of________on online games as a result. Raden collects about 100 kilograms of________each week, which is then sorted out by her colleagues and sent for________or sold. Raden weighs the collected trash daily to________how much has accumulated (积累) over the months. She has a stock of 6,000 books to lend and wants to take the mobile________to neighboring areas as well. The idea behind the small mobile library is well________by the children. Kevin is an 11-year-old reader in the village. “When there is too much trash, our environment will become dirty and it’s not________. That’s why I look for trash to borrow books,” he says.

1.

A．build up

B．mess up

C．break up

D．clean up

2.

A．boss

B．founder

C．manager

D．professor

3.

A．decorates

B．makes

C．fills

D．explores

4.

A．orders

B．exchanges

C．writes

D．takes

5.

A．As soon as

B．Before

C．Ever since

D．Although

6.

A．surround

B．challenge

C．face

D．control

7.

A．sell

B．run

C．stand

D．fly

8.

A．annoyed

B．happy

C．anxious

D．confident

9.

A．depending

B．feeding

C．concentrating

D．impressing

10.

A．books

B．waste

C．magazines

D．cash

11.

A．recycling

B．designing

C．organizing

D．improving

12.

A．recall

B．remember

C．record

D．reuse

13.

A．service

B．attraction

C．adventure

D．solution

14.

A．believed

B．refused

C．built

D．received

15.

A．quiet

B．simple

C．healthy

D．strange

【推荐2】My love for libraries grew after I joined the public library.

From the age of 8, I was allowed to walk from my home to the city _______. There the librarian gave     me my first library card, and I could ______ a range of books from then on. I was _______, and this love for libraries and reading changed my life, ______ me to create a safe ______ for high-school students one day, too.

By the time I was in high school, I could read about the ______ that we were studying in class, _______Charles Dickens and Mark Twain. When I studied English literature at university, I thought it was time to _______my own library. For the next 30 years as a teacher, I continued to ______ books. Until one day, I realized that all my ______ had become a part of the house, like wallpaper.

Toward the end of my ______ career, I became a teacher-librarian at my old high school, where I had first learned English literature. This ______ resumed (重获) my love and appreciation for libraries. I never forgot how ______ it was to be surrounded by books.

With the money intended for the library, I ______ for novels that would interest my teenage audience. I bought sofas and comfortable chairs, ______ the library into an inclusive (包容的) public space, ______ for everyone.

In doing so, I realized that the library isn’t just a place to do research. ______ , they are places that offer an opportunity to connect with the _______, the present and the future. All that is required for students is ______ a bit of curiosity. Libraries are places that should be full of life. And their doors must be kept open to everyone — ______ !

1.

A．library

B．hall

C．hospital

D．university

2.

A．lend

B．enjoy

C．buy

D．destroy

3.

A．addicted

B．shocked

C．proud

D．delighted

4.

A．choosing

B．forbidding

C．allowing

D．forcing

5.

A．campus

B．lab

C．apartment

D．space

6.

A．scientists

B．musicians

C．authors

D．doctors

7.

A．containing

B．including

C．observing

D．researching

8.

A．repair

B．build

C．decorate

D．quit

9.

A．read

B．write

C．collect

D．protect

10.

A．statues

B．bricks

C．desks

D．books

11.

A．teaching

B．acting

C．boxing

D．painting

12.

A．lesson

B．action

C．scene

D．position

13.

A．successful

B．terrible

C．wonderful

D．boring

14.

A．longed

B．headed

C．cared

D．searched

15.

A．putting

B．getting

C．turning

D．lifting

16.

A．convenient

B．safe

C．official

D．specific

17.

A．In fact

B．After all

C．In conclusion

D．Above all

18.

A．right

B．impossible

C．unknown

D．past

19.

A．possibly

B．simply

C．hardly

D．mainly

20.

A．for sale

B．for free

C．for example

D．for ages

【推荐3】For many people today, reading is no longer relaxation. To keep up their work they must read letters, reports, trade publications, not to mention newspapers and magazines: a never-ending flood of words. In ____ a job, the ability to read and understand ____ can mean the difference between success and failure. Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are ____ readers. Most of us ____ bad reading habits at an early age, and never get over them. The main reason ____ in the fact that words have little meaning ____ they are put together into phrases, sentences and paragraphs. ____, however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words. He reads one word at a time and often goes back to ____ words or passages. The tendency to look back over ____ you have just read is a common bad habit in reading. Another habit which ____ down the speed of reading is sounding each word as ____ reads.
To overcome these bad habits, some reading clinics use a machine called an accelerator(加速器), which moves a bar ____ the page at a predetermined speed. The bar is set at a slightly faster rate ____ the reader finds comfortable, in order to train him. The accelerator forces the reader to read fast, ____ word-by-word reading impossible. At first it is difficult to understand. But ____ you have learned to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, ____your comprehension will improve. Many people have found their reading skill quickly ____ after some training. ____ Charlce Au, a business manager, for example, his reading rate was 172 words a minute ____ the training and now it is an excellent 1,378 words a minute. He is happy that now he can ____ a lot more reading materials in a short period of time.1.

A．applying

B．getting

C．offering

D．supplying

2.

A．easily

B．quickly

C．roughly

D．decidedly

3.

A．good

B．curious

C．common

D．poor

4.

A．developed

B．kicked

C．knew

D．understood

5.

A．touches

B．connects

C．lies

D．gets

6.

A．unless

B．after

C．since

D．as

7.

A．Unfortunately

B．Excitedly

C．Surprisingly

D．Generally

8.

A．reuse

B．rewrite

C．reread

D．recite

9.

A．which

B．what

C．that

D．if

10.

A．breaks

B．cuts

C．goes

D．slows

11.

A．some one

B．reader

C．he

D．one

12.

A．inside

B．up

C．out

D．down

13.

A．then

B．as

C．than

D．beyond

14.

A．moving

B．making

C．leading

D．thinking

15.

A．when

B．where

C．what

D．which

16.

A．or

B．nor

C．but

D．for

17.

A．lost

B．weakened

C．sharpened

D．improved

18.

A．Take

B．Look

C．Make

D．Consider

19.

A．for

B．before

C．after

D．in

20.

A．break through

B．go over

C．get through

D．turn over

【推荐1】My family went on holiday for a week this summer. I was surprised to learn the sleeping ______ for the night — my young daughter had agreed to sleep in a first-floor bedroom by herself.

As we ______, we discussed the deer we had ______ on our way. “I hope we could see a bear or two this ______!” my wife shouted. At bedtime, my wife and I went to the upstairs room, and my parents-in-law (岳父母) headed for a ______ on the first floor. My wife and I were about to sleep when our daughter appeared with a/an ______ look on her face. She said a _____was scratching (刮出刺耳声) at her window. I decided it would be best if I slept downstairs and my daughter shared the room with my wife.

On my way down, I passed my father-in-law, asleep in front of the ______.

I was in bed only a few minutes when I heard a tap … tap on the window outside. Something was indeed out there. ______, it wasn’t a bear — I told myself. I fell asleep soon. Some time later, I was ______ by a strange sound. I saw a large ______ in the doorway and froze as it ______ closer to me. I realized what it was — only after my father in-law bent down to give me a kiss. “It’s David.” My father-in-law jumped back. We laughed ______ at the awkward moment, and I explained his granddaughter’s bedroom ______. I told him that the only thing ______ than a bear attack was Papa Bear coming in to kiss me good-night.

1.

A．schedules

B．arrangements

C．plots

D．routines

2.

A．settled in

B．broke in

C．looked down

D．calmed down

3.

A．shot

B．hunted

C．trained

D．spotted

4.

A．evening

B．week

C．month

D．year

5.

A．study

B．kitchen

C．bedroom

D．bathroom

6.

A．worried

B．embarrassed

C．delighted

D．satisfied

7.

A．dog

B．deer

C．cat

D．bear

8.

A．house

B．television

C．door

D．fire

9.

A．Besides

B．Therefore

C．Otherwise

D．However

10.

A．awakened

B．interrupted

C．impressed

D．struck

11.

A．figure

B．person

C．animal

D．ghost

12.

A．climbed

B．jumped

C．inched

D．rolled

13.

A．eagerly

B．sincerely

C．secretly

D．nervously

14.

A．preference

B．switch

C．difference

D．choice

15.

A．prettier

B．funnier

C．scarier

D．stranger

【推荐3】On an ordinary day, Debbie’s doorbell rang out of the blue. Sixteen-year-old Amy from next door was there -“Help, my brother Dylan is ___________,” she shouted.

Debbie and her sister Ellen _____________ to their house to find eight-year-old Dylan bleeding heavily from a huge cut in his _________.

Amy had been ___________ Dylan while their mum had popped out to the shop. Dylan had fallen while running through the house, _________ pushing his arm through a glass door panel.

Debbie had recently taken a first aid _____________ and knew what to do. “I knew I needed to _____________ pressure to stop the blood from running. I ___________ a towel from the bathroom and used it to press on the ___________,” she said. She told Ellen to call for an ambulance __________ she knew the cut would need medical treatment.

Just as the ambulance pulled up, Dylan’s mum came back home. She was deeply   ________________ by what had happened. She held Dylan’s arm and then the two of them __________ to the hospital together in the ambulance.

After a few weeks, Dylan ______________ and went back home. Dylan’s mother thanked Debbie and Ellen the day after the incident. “I’m so ____________ that I learned first aid,” Debbie said. “I never thought I’d need to use my first aid ________ so soon, but I’m very glad I knew what to do. ”

1.

A．collapsing

B．screaming

C．dying

D．bleeding

2.

A．wandered

B．rushed

C．slipped

D．jumped

3.

A．leg

B．arm

C．face

D．hand

4.

A．calling on

B．bringing up

C．looking after

D．knocking over

5.

A．accidentally

B．strangely

C．cautiously

D．gently

6.

A．plan

B．try

C．course

D．kit

7.

A．apply

B．reduce

C．escape

D．increase

8.

A．removed

B．grabbed

C．discovered

D．prepared

9.

A．wound

B．pain

C．hurt

D．blood

10.

A．though

B．unless

C．since

D．once

11.

A．impressed

B．relieved

C．shocked

D．disappointed

12.

A．hiked

B．drove

C．jogged

D．travelled

13.

A．suffered

B．survived

C．restored

D．recovered

14.

A．pleased

B．stressed

C．satisfied

D．amazed

15.

A．lessons

B．skills

C．instruments

D．certificates