【推荐1】I remember the first day when I saw Sally playing basketball. I watched in wonder as she struggled her way through the crowd of boys on the playground. She seemed so _______, but she managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net. The boys always tried to stop her _______ nobody could.

I began to notice Sally at other times, basketball in hand, playing _______. She practiced dribbling and _______ over and over.

One day I asked Sally why she _______ so much. Without a moment of hesitation she said, “I want to go to college. The only way I can go is to get a _______. I’m going to play college basketball and I want to be the best one. I believe that if I am _______ enough, I will get one. My father has told me that if the dream is big enough, the facts don’t _______.”

I _______ her through those junior high years and into high school. Every week, she led her team to ________. One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting on the grass, her head ________ in her arms. Slowly and quietly, I ________ and sat down beside her. “What’s wrong?” I asked. “Oh, nothing, ” came a soft reply, “I am just too short.” The ________ told her that at 165 cm she would probably never play for a top team—still less she would be ________ a scholarship—so she should stop dreaming about college.

I felt she was extremely disappointed. The next year, by chance, Sally was going to get the college education that she had ________ and worked toward for all those years.

It’s true: if the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.

1.

A．silent

B．small

C．strong

D．huge

2.

A．but

B．and

C．so

D．for

3.

A．still

B．again

C．well

D．alone

4.

A．passing

B．running

C．shooting

D．struggling

5.

A．studied

B．practiced

C．expected

D．improved

6.

A．title

B．prize

C．scholarship

D．reward

7.

A．good

B．brave

C．careful

D．active

8.

A．start

B．talk

C．appear

D．matter

9.

A．encouraged

B．respected

C．watched

D．helped

10.

A．victory

B．confidence

C．responsibility

D．profession

11.

A．dropped

B．buried

C．covered

D．sunk

12.

A．walked off

B．walked out

C．walked around

D．walked up

13.

A．coach

B．teacher

C．captain

D．leader

14.

A．suggested

B．sent

C．promised

D．offered

15.

A．dreamed of

B．picked up

C．benefited from

D．carried out

【推荐3】Rediscovery

I used to be a happy child with a loving family and many friends. I had a ______ that could brighten a cold winter day and I had a special love for life.

At twelve, my life had a huge breakdown. It was then that I _____ OCD (强迫症). I started to wash my hands ten times an hour, and I constantly ______ my kitchen oven to make sure that it was off. This way of lifecontinued for four painful years, and by then, my OCD had led to depression (抑郁). I was no longer the ______ little girl I had been.

In the tenth grade I finally ____ to my mother that I was suffering from depression along with my OCD. My mom took me to a doctor and I started taking _____. Over a few months, the medicine did help the OCD, but I still was struggling with depression.

One autumn evening, I hit rock bottom. I thought suicide (自杀) was the only _____to my depression problem, so I decided to write a suicide note. As I was ______ it, my eyes fell on a photo. It was a ______ of an adorable little girl, wearing her red soccer uniform and holding a bike helmet. She had a bright smile that showed she was full of life.

It took me a few minutes to______who the girl in the photo was. The photo had been taken when I was seven years old. I almost couldn’t believe that smiling child was me. I felt a chill go down my spine (脊柱). It was like my younger self had sent me a ______. Right then and there I knew I couldn’t kill myself. Once I had been a strong little girl, and I had to become ____ like that again.

I tore up my suicide note and _____ that I would not rely only on my medicine. I would have to fight the depression with my mind, too. I could make myself happy again.

It has been two years since I _____ myself. The real reason I am healed is that I took action and refused to let depression ______my life. I learned a lifelong _____: Never give up. Everyone has challenges in life, but everyone can _____. I am living proof of that.

Now I am prepared for whatever _____ life may bring. I have a role model to ______up to for strength, and who is guiding me ______ life. My hero is a seven-year-old girl, smiling back at me from a photo on my desk.

1.

A．dream

B．thought

C．hope

D．smile

2.

A．prevented

B．treated

C．developed

D．discovered

3.

A．checked

B．fixed

C．touched

D．tested

4.

A．pretty

B．happy

C．popular

D．lovely

5.

A．admitted

B．suggested

C．showed

D．replied

6.

A．classes

B．medicine

C．exercise

D．notes

7.

A．response

B．door

C．entrance

D．solution

8.

A．posting

B．copying

C．finishing

D．revising

9.

A．picture

B．figure

C．model

D．shadow

10.

A．explain

B．realize

C．question

D．describe

11.

A．gift

B．card

C．message

D．letter

12.

A．open

B．strong

C．lively

D．athletic

13.

A．advised

B．doubted

C．promised

D．imagined

14.

A．rejected

B．replaced

C．recalled

D．rediscovered

15.

A．risk

B．abandon

C．ruin

D．waste

16.

A．lesson

B．skill

C．class

D．experience

17.

A．escape

B．quit

C．recover

D．survive

18.

A．adventures

B．benefits

C．opportunities

D．challenges

19.

A．come

B．look

C．make

D．add

20.

A．through

B．over

C．across

D．from

【推荐2】"Everything happens for the best, "my mother said whenever I faced disappointment, "If you ____on, something good will happen some day."
Mother was right, as I discovered after graduating from college. I had ____ myself for a sports announcer. So I went to Chicago to knock on the door of every station and was____every time. In one station, a kind lady told me that____stations wouldn't employ a person without____since I had just graduated. "Go out in the town and find a small station that might give you a chance, "she said.
I returned to Dixon, where I had finished my high school education and had ____ in the school football team. My father said that our town had built a store and wanted a man to manage its sports department. The job sounded just ____for me but I wasn't hired.
My disappointment had____as if by design. "Everything happens for the best," Mum____me. Dad lent me his car to look for a job. I tried WOC Radio Davenport. The program director told me they had already hired an announcer. ____I left his office, I asked aloud,"____can a fellow get to be a sports announcer if he can't get a job in a radio station?" Suddenly, I heard the director ____. "Do you know anything about football? " Then he asked me to____an imaginary game. It was easy, and I did it without difficulty. The director was ____and told me I would be broadcasting a game on the____Saturday.1.

A．put

B．take

C．move

D．carry

2.

A．devoted

B．designed

C．found

D．enjoyed

3.

A．invited

B．promised

C．refused

D．accepted

4.

A．large

B．all

C．no

D．small

5.

A．experience

B．examination

C．agreement

D．college

6.

A．played

B．joined

C．taken

D．fought

7.

A．possible

B．successful

C．right

D．important

8.

A．shown

B．disappeared

C．resulted

D．turned

9.

A．woke

B．advised

C．demanded

D．reminded

10.

A．While

B．After

C．Before

D．So

11.

A．What

B．How

C．Whenever

D．Wherever

12.

A．calling

B．answering

C．broadcasting

D．announcing

13.

A．make

B．act

C．broadcast

D．play

14.

A．moved

B．sorry

C．thankful

D．satisfied

15.

A．future

B．coming

C．last

D．later

【推荐3】During my second year in high school, I got sick and missed a few days. When I returned, I was greeted with two essays due, three days of math and history homework, plus several tests. _______ I went home from school that day exhausted, I had to stay up really late to finish them all.

The next day at school, I got a rude awakening: I’d totally forgotten to prepare for the test on Romeo and Juliet, which I’d take over my lunch hour! Worse still, I had _______ the in-class discussion and all the notes. When lunch came, I went to the English room to face my certain doom(厄运). All I could do was try to _______ on the questions I didn’t know.

As it turned out, I didn’t know the majority of the questions. I was just about to give _______ when my pencil accidentally fell and broke. Standing by the blackboard sharpening my pencil, I looked down and there in full view lay the answer sheet for the test! What good fortune! I can kiss good-bye to all my _______ of failing the test! My heart started beating, and my brain _______, Yes! Read over the answers—quickly! This was quickly followed by another voice, No! You’ll get caught! My mind turning back and forth, Yes! No! Yes! No! … This went on for ten of the longest seconds in my entire life.

Finally, I decided to finish the test on my own, without _______! I was satisfied with my decision but pretty _______ I had failed the test.

The next day when I walked into the English room, my great joy of having been an _______ soul changed into a wave of doom as I saw my test paper lying face down on my desk. I knew what awaited me. I stared at it a few seconds before I got up the ________ to turn it over.

You can only imagine my ________ when I learned that I had passed the test! I have never in my whole life been so happy to see my ________, a C^-.

My mom says the victories that ________ the most courage are won within. Now I know ________ what she means. Now not only can my conscience rest easy, but I don’t have to worry about getting caught and meeting a sad ________ like Romeo and Juliet.

1.

A．If

B．Because

C．Until

D．Although

2.

A．missed

B．carried

C．lost

D．dropped

3.

A．depend

B．agree

C．guess

D．improve

4.

A．in

B．off

C．out

D．away

5.

A．boredom

B．worries

C．loneliness

D．tiredness

6.

A．whispered

B．warned

C．persuaded

D．chanted

7.

A．suffering

B．checking

C．cheating

D．thinking

8.

A．certain

B．regretful

C．annoyed

D．relieved

9.

A．open

B．honest

C．optimistic

D．energetic

10.

A．wisdom

B．encouragement

C．intention

D．nerve

11.

A．anxiety

B．shock

C．fear

D．appreciation

12.

A．paper

B．credit

C．rate

D．grade

13.

A．take

B．put

C．find

D．gain

14.

A．gradually

B．exactly

C．willingly

D．seemingly

15.

A．film

B．fact

C．ending

D．love

【推荐1】Directions For each blank in the following passage there, are．four words or phrases marked A, B, C and   D．Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context．
Michael Greenberg is a very popular New Yorker．He is not famous in sports or the arts．But people in the streets know about him, especially those who are ____
For those people, he is "Gloves" Greenberg．How did he get that name? He looks like any other businessman, wearing a suit and carrying a briefcase （公文箱）．But he's ____His briefcase always has some gloves．
In winter, Mr．Greenberg does not____like other New Yorkers．who look at the sidewalk and_____the street．He looks around at people．He stops when he sees someone with no gloves．He gives them a pair and then he_____, looking for more people with cold hands．
On winter days．Mr．Greenberg gives away gloves．During the rest of the year, he____gloves．People who have heard about him____him gloves, and he has many in his apartment．
Mr．Greenberg began doing this 21 years ago．Now．many poor New Yorkers know him and____his behavior．But people who don't know him are sometimes____him．They don't realize that he just wants to make them____．
It runs in the ____Michael's father always helped the poor as he believed it made everyone happier．Michael Greenberg feels the same．A pair of gloves may be a____thing． but it can make a big difference in winter．1.

A．old

B．busy

C．kind

D．poor

2.

A．calm

B．different

C．crazy

D．curious

3.

A．act

B．Sound

C．feel

D．dress

4.

A．cross over

B．drive along

C．hurry down

D．keep off

5.

A．holds up

B．hangs out

C．moves on

D．turns around

6.

A．borrows

B．sells

C．returns

D．buys

7.

A．call

B．send

C．lend

D．show

8.

A．understand

B．dislike

C．study

D．excuse

9.

A．sorry for

B．satisfied with

C．proud of

D．surprised by

10.

A．smart

B．rich

C．special

D．happy

11.

A．city

B．family

C．neighborhood

D．company

12.

A．small

B．useful

C．delightful

D．comforting

【推荐2】“Just sign here, sir,” the deliveryman said as he handed Oscar Reyna a package.

The package consisted of a long, narrow box ____ wrapped in brown paper. ____ the box, Oscar saw an umbrella inside—a very old one with a beautifully carved wooden handle. ____ he had not seen it in more than 20 years, he recognised it immediately.

Oscar was 16 when he first saw the____ umbrella. He had gone to a concert with his grandparents. As they were leaving, he noticed an umbrella on an empty seat. Impressed by its beauty, Oscar felt a strong desire to find its ____.

Oscar ____ the manager to look in the record of advance ticket sales. Just as he thought, a name matched the seat ____ Oscar had found the umbrella. The name was Mrs. Katie O’Brien.

Oscar talked his grandparents into going by Mrs. O’Brien’s house on their way home. He rang the bell, the door opened, and an elderly woman appeared. “May I ____ you?” she asked.

“I’d like to return it if it’s yours,” Oscar said, ____ the umbrella as if presenting a gift that had long been wished for.

“Why, yes! It’s mine,” replied Mrs. O’Brien with a ____ smile and shining eyes. “It was given to me by my father years ago. Thank you so much for returning it. May I offer you a reward for your ____?”

“No, ma’am,” he said. “My grandmother says that a good deed is its own reward.”

“Well, that’s ____ what my father used to say. What is your name, young man?”

Years later Oscar was staring at the finely carved handle of the umbrella as he remembered Mrs. O’Brien. It was in perfect condition, considering how ____ it was. Why had it arrived here today?

As if ____, a note fell from the paper. It read: Mrs. O’Brien wanted you to accept this umbrella as a present for a kind, ____ gesture long ago.

1.

A．strictly

B．carefully

C．roughly

D．casually

2.

A．Opening

B．Seizing

C．Observing

D．Searching

3.

A．After

B．When

C．Since

D．Although

4.

A．average

B．unusual

C．plain

D．typical

5.

A．designer

B．seller

C．user

D．owner

6.

A．convinced

B．forced

C．encouraged

D．advised

7.

A．until

B．before

C．which

D．where

8.

A．invite

B．help

C．bother

D．know

9.

A．putting up

B．turning out

C．picking up

D．holding out

10.

A．wide

B．confident

C．proud

D．shy

11.

A．patience

B．kindness

C．courage

D．determination

12.

A．obviously

B．naturally

C．exactly

D．probably

13.

A．old

B．rare

C．precious

D．nice

14.

A．in contrast

B．in return

C．in exchange

D．in answer

15.

A．attractive

B．significant

C．unselfish

D．sympathetic