【推荐1】It was the end of my first day as waitress in a busy New York restaurant. My cap had gone away, and my feet_______. The loaded plates I carried_______to be heavier and heavier. Tired and discouraged, I didn’t seem able to do anything_______. As I made out a check for a family with several children who had changed their ice cream_______a dozen times, I was ready to stop. Then the father_______at me as he handed me my tip. “Well done,” he said, “you’ve_______us really well.” Suddenly my tiredness_______. I smiled back, and later, when the manager asked me how I’d like my first day, I said, “_______! Those few words of praise had_______everything. Praise is like________to the human spirit; we cannot flower and grow without it. And________, while most of us are only too________to apply to others the cold wind of criticism (批评), we are________to give our fellows the warm sunshine of praise. Why so when one word of praise can bring such________?”

It’s strange how chary (吝啬的) we are about praising. Perhaps it’s________few of us know how to accept it. It’s________rewarding to give praise in________in which an effort generally goes unnoticed or unmentioned. An artist gets admiration for a wonderful picture, a cook for a________meal. But do you ever tell your laundry manager how pleased you are when the shirts are________just right? In fact, to give praise________one nothing but a moment’s thought and moment’s effort.

1.

A．rested

B．hurt

C．broke

D．slipped

2.

A．remained

B．became

C．seemed

D．had

3.

A．new

B．special

C．nervous

D．right

4.

A．order

B．price

C．material

D．chair

5.

A．stared

B．smiled

C．glanced

D．nodded

6.

A．called on

B．looked after

C．passed by

D．thought of

7.

A．arrived

B．continued

C．disappeared

D．developed

8.

A．Oh

B．Well

C．Fine

D．Terrible

9.

A．made

B．changed

C．found

D．improved

10.

A．heat

B．warmth

C．snowstorm

D．sunlight

11.

A．then

B．thus

C．therefore

D．yet

12.

A．ready

B．doubtful

C．satisfied

D．disappointed

13.

A．unable

B．unwilling

C．likely

D．anxious

14.

A．attention

B．choice

C．pleasure

D．difficulty

15.

A．because

B．when

C．what

D．where

16.

A．finally

B．especially

C．silly

D．fortunately

17.

A．areas

B．restaurants

C．conditions

D．warmth

18.

A．daily

B．light

C．perfect

D．poor

19.

A．done

B．sold

C．chosen

D．given

20.

A．adds

B．leaves

C．offers

D．costs

【推荐2】When you measure the distance between towns on foot, walk to places that you thought could only be reached by car and it will change your mind.

I live in the suburb north of San Francisco, and _________is considered the main transportation for most people here. I still remember how _________I was when I first learned to drive. While driving with music gently _________my heart, I was filled with joy. However, as time went by, that excitement _________. I feared driving, and felt worried and upset. Everyone seems to be in my way especially when I am in a _________. One night, a deer ran out from the dark, knocked against my moving car, and _________across the street. I didn’t dare to get out of my car to see her. Crying on the _________, I hated my car.

When I joined the 21-day mindful walking _________, I began to walk with a mind. During the walking days, I smiled at every stranger _________by me. I walked to the streets that I __________would not pass through and __________a tiny free library on the sidewalk. I began to __________if I had really lived in this town all these years. It’s a completely __________ town that I know so little about!

I felt deeply __________for the walking challenge. Maybe I will set foot on far lands again, yet I know __________is right here and right now.

1.

A．walking

B．driving

C．flying

D．biking

2.

A．anxious

B．surprised

C．excited

D．ready

3.

A．attacking

B．hitting

C．recovering

D．comforting

4.

A．went down

B．spread out

C．fell apart

D．took over

5.

A．mess

B．way

C．hurry

D．corner

6.

A．came

B．jumped

C．landed

D．ran

7.

A．wheel

B．carpet

C．street

D．shelter

8.

A．organization

B．challenge

C．schedule

D．competition

9.

A．standing

B．judging

C．passing

D．dropping

10.

A．obviously

B．actually

C．normally

D．formally

11.

A．discovered

B．built

C．decorated

D．rented

12.

A．comment

B．question

C．argue

D．check

13.

A．special

B．romantic

C．quiet

D．new

14.

A．grateful

B．hungry

C．sorry

D．doubtful

15.

A．fortune

B．wonder

C．concern

D．pressure

【推荐3】On Sunday I had my own Father’s Day celebration.Suddenly I_____   about my dad a lot.My dad is absolutely the_____man in the world.He would _____ refuse   to help anyone in trouble.

Every Thursday   night，my   dad   would _____Shreveport，LA to a church there.I always drove the car for him. _____this happened many times，I recall (回想起) one incident on one of those trips to Shreveport.That time on the _____，my dad saw a hitchhiker (搭便车的人).He asked me to pull the car over and offer him a_____.Dad asked him his name and address，told him ours，and talked to him about all sorts of things.

At first the hitchhiker was hesitant (迟疑的)，but he changed his _____ as he could tell we were really listening to him.I did know that it was quite_____outside and the hitchhiker was very happy to be able to get a lift in our warm car.

We______another forty­five minutes and learned that the hitchhiker was______many difficulties in life.Dad told him to keep his head up and said that ______would become better for him soon.He reached into his pocket and______the hitchhiker a twenty­dollar bill，leaving only a ten­dollar bill for himself.The hitchhiker then became very______.

I was always told never to______a hitchhiker and yet my dad did it every time he saw one.Dad always gave them money   ______   he did not have very much of his own.

From that I’ve learned a lot about my dad and______ .I’ve learned that if you come from a place with______ ，you will show a lot of kindness to people who are______.Just one single kind act may______someone’s life.

1.

A．learnt

B．talked

C．thought

D．worried

2.

A．kindest

B．cleverest

C．funniest

D．bravest

3.

A．sometimes

B．never

C．often

D．ever

4.

A．head for

B．drive to

C．come from

D．stay in

5.

A．Because

B．So

C．Unless

D．Although

6.

A．field

B．way

C．job

D．side

7.

A．dinner

B．sign

C．ride

D．chance

8.

A．attitude

B．trip

C．route

D．plan

9.

A．dark

B．cold

C．sunny

D．windy

10.

A．walked

B．escaped

C．drove

D．flew

11.

A．facing

B．forgetting

C．understanding

D．causing

12.

A．habits

B．choices

C．ideas

D．things

13.

A．returned

B．handed

C．paid

D．charged

14.

A．sad

B．angry

C．nervous

D．grateful

15.

A．look at

B．laugh at

C．listen to

D．pick up

16.

A．as soon as

B．except that

C．even if

D．as if

17.

A．business

B．life

C．entertainment

D．adventure

18.

A．laughter

B．success

C．complaint

D．love

19.

A．suffering

B．traveling

C．playing

D．studying

20.

A．destroy

B．change

C．risk

D．share

【推荐2】完形填空
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My daughter performed on behalf of her class in the school concert today. She played so _______ that I could not help cheering her. The very _______ reminded me of her experiences of piano practicing.
When she was five, we gave her a piano as a birthday present. With great ______, she began learning it. However, when she was no longer _______, she became sick of it. _______, it is a tough job to learn the piano, not to mention the daily routine (常规) of _______.
When her first teacher left, my friend _______ me to an American teacher whose way of teaching was completely American. After practicing, she would give my daughter some   _______ comments, and then point out what should be _______. Every time she came, ________ beginning the lesson right away, she would first play some ______. She said, “To learn the piano, you should learn not only the _______ of playing, but more importantly, to   ________ the music and love it.”
After some time, my daughter became fond of her lessons. Sometimes she ________ would like to _______ a little bit when her skill had reached a certain level.
Surprisingly, my daughter said to me one day, “Mom, I was _______ that you didn’t give up my piano lessons. Learning it is like climbing a mountain. You’ll feel _______ when you are on the way. When you look _______ from where you are, you will realize that you have been making ________. But if you _______, you’ll never take one more step.” That was the very thing I wanted to teach her.1.

A．regularly

B．smoothly

C．carefully

D．happily

2.

A．music

B．scene

C．arrangement

D．praise

3.

A．excitement

B．pressure

C．regret

D．unwillingness

4.

A．young

B．free

C．curious

D．cautious

5.

A．After all

B．Above all

C．In all

D．First of all

6.

A．cost

B．practice

C．education

D．show

7.

A．led

B．sent

C．directed

D．introduced

8.

A．usual

B．interesting

C．good

D．humorous

9.

A．explained

B．changed

C．stopped

D．improved

10.

A．as with

B．instead of

C．except for

D．thanks to

11.

A．music

B．jokes

C．games

D．sports

12.

A．levels

B．skills

C．credits

D．secrets

13.

A．create

B．follow

C．feel

D．read

14.

A．once

B．then

C．still

D．even

15.

A．make up

B．look back

C．show off

D．give away

16.

A．nervous

B．lucky

C．afraid

D．astonished

17.

A．tired

B．easy

C．embarrassed

D．excited

18.

A．ahead

B．up

C．down

D．over

19.

A．mistakes

B．choices

C．progress

D．time

20.

A．stop

B．continue

C．do

D．move

【推荐1】A few years ago I went through a period of such severe depression that life didn’t seem worth living. It was like permanent _________, so dark and cold that the sun would never shine.

Then I saw snowdrops pushing through the _________, iron-hard ground. I looked at them every day until I felt that if they could _________, then so could I.

_________ spring came, I started to put in more and more plants, until the garden was _________ with colour. Life was growing through my hands, gentle, peaceful, but, above all, _________. If I gave love, it was _________, a hundred times.

I could spend hours _________ in gardening. The form of depressive illness I have is biological. It has _________ generations of my family and follows no rhyme, reason nor circumstance. I can be __________ when the sun is shining or I am surrounded by a group of loving friends.

Of course, fresh air and exercise help to __________ depression, but for me gardening is more than that. It represents endurance as well as __________.

At the end of the first garden I made __________ a tree, huge and magnificent. It withstood freezing temperatures and strong winds. It bent but never broke.

The leaves dropped until it looked no more than a(n) __________ skeleton (骨架), but it always, always came back to life. And so I learned that we may be battled and __________, but hope is a living thing.

1.

A．spring

B．summer

C．fall

D．winter

2.

A．freezing

B．soft

C．smooth

D．dirty

3.

A．come back to earth

B．come back to life

C．come true

D．come up

4.

A．Before

B．Whether

C．Although

D．As

5.

A．dead

B．burdened

C．alive

D．compared

6.

A．optimistic

B．pessimistic

C．traditional

D．creative

7.

A．recovered

B．accompanied

C．blocked

D．returned

8.

A．addicted

B．eager

C．lost

D．devoted

9.

A．touched

B．impressed

C．affected

D．released

10.

A．excited

B．depressed

C．delighted

D．sensitive

11.

A．accumulate

B．relieve

C．disturb

D．deepen

12.

A．hope

B．desire

C．emotion

D．moral

13.

A．stood

B．suffered

C．waited

D．lined

14.

A．stable

B．complex

C．absolute

D．useful

15.

A．promoted

B．inspired

C．awarded

D．hurt

【推荐2】The most important day I remember in all my life is the one on which my teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, came to me.

On the afternoon of that _______ day, I guessed from the hurrying to and from in the house that something unusual was about to happen, so I went to the door and _______ quietly on the steps, full of expectation.

Before my teacher came and educated me, I, a deaf, dumb (哑的) and blind 7-year-old girl, was like a tense and _______ ship without a compass (指南针) feeling its way in a thick fog, not knowing how near the _______ was. “Light! Give me light!” was the wordless cry of my soul, and the light of _______ shone on me in that very hour.

I felt _______ footsteps. I stretched out my hand _______ I would to my mother. Someone took it, and I was held close in the arms of her who had come to _______ all things to me, and more than all things else, to love me.

The morning after my teacher came, she led me into her room and gave me a _______ . When I had played with it a little while, she slowly spelled into my hand the word “d-o-l-l”. I was at once ________ in this finger play and tried to imitate (模仿) it. When I finally succeeded in making the letters correctly, I ________ childish pleasure and pride. Running downstairs to my mother I held up my ________ and made the letters for doll. I did not know that I was spelling a word or even that words existed; I was simply making my fingers go in monkey-like imitation. In the days that followed I learned to spell in this uncomprehending (不理解的) way a great many words, ________ them pin, hat and cup. ________ my teacher had been with me several weeks before I understood that everything has a ________ .

1.

A．important

B．normal

C．potential

D．enormous

2.

A．bowed

B．fled

C．waited

D．posed

3.

A．excellent

B．anxious

C．incredible

D．artificial

4.

A．direction

B．route

C．destination

D．tunnel

5.

A．love

B．favour

C．vision

D．pain

6.

A．warning

B．expanding

C．wandering

D．approaching

7.

A．if

B．as

C．except

D．what

8.

A．share

B．devote

C．reveal

D．witness

9.

A．doll

B．pin

C．hat

D．cup

10.

A．distinct

B．efficient

C．accurate

D．interested

11.

A．was ashamed of

B．was committed to

C．was comprised of

D．was overcome with

12.

A．chin

B．hand

C．cheek

D．chest

13.

A．over

B．within

C．among

D．during

14.

A．But

B．While

C．Though

D．Hence

15.

A．role

B．name

C．theme

D．credit