【推荐2】Mike was cycling along a road in Canada’s Yukon, halfway through a 2,750-mile bike tour to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. He was carrying a 30-pound camping bag,_________he wasn’t moving very fast. Suddenly he heard loud breathing behind him. “Man, that’s a big dog!” he thought. He looked to the side, but to his great_________, he saw, that it wasn’t a dog, but a wolf, running hard to_________ him.

Mike’s heart jumped. He reached for the _________ from his bag. With one hand on the handlebar, he _______ the spray. A bright red cloud _________ the wolf in time, and it fell back, shaking its head. But a minute later it was by his side again. He sprayed a second time, and the wolf fell back again, but only to quickly restart its _________.

The wolf was getting closer and closer, ___________ a dozen yards away. Mike waved and yelled at passing motorists, but meanwhile _________ hard. He knew clearly that he must be ____________ not to slow down. Otherwise, he would become a __________ of the wolf.

Paul and Becky were driving along the same road. From a distance, they spotted what they __________ was a dog running after a man on a bike. As they get __________, they realized it was a wolf.

Mike heard a car coming up behind him, and he slowed down. The car veered around the __________, and then suddenly stopped in front of him. Mike ____________ off his bike and dashed for the back __________ of the car. It was locked. Paul quickly ____________ the door so as to let Mike in, and the __________ man dived in, shutting the door behind him.

It was quite a while __________ Mike became calm and cried out: “I thought I was going to die!” And Paul and Becky were __________ that they had given a helping hand to people in need.

1.

A．but

B．so

C．for

D．or

2.

A．regret

B．disappointment

C．fear

D．anger

3.

A．catch up with

B．break away from

C．give in to

D．come back to

4.

A．hammer

B．stick

C．gun

D．spray

5.

A．pressed

B．dropped

C．threw

D．held

6.

A．wrapped

B．put

C．enveloped

D．spilt

7.

A．journey

B．chase

C．attack

D．run

8.

A．still

B．just

C．also

D．even

9.

A．rode

B．walked

C．kicked

D．yelled

10.

A．crazy

B．careful

C．wrong

D．fair

11.

A．killer

B．rival

C．competitor

D．victim

12.

A．found

B．saw

C．assumed

D．decided

13.

A．closer

B．faster

C．stronger

D．wiser

14.

A．pedestrian

B．climber

C．runner

D．cyclist

15.

A．sent

B．jumped

C．fell

D．turned

16.

A．trunk

B．seat

C．door

D．window

17.

A．uploaded

B．unfastened

C．uncovered

D．unlocked

18.

A．scary

B．frightened

C．worried

D．confused

19.

A．after

B．until

C．before

D．as

20.

A．confident

B．brave

C．glad

D．calm

【推荐1】Life — Giving Touch

On March 25, 2010, Kate and David heard the words every parent fears: Their newborn wasn’t going to make it. Their ________ — a girl and a boy — were born two minutes apart and 14 weeks premature (早产的), ________ just over two pounds each. Doctors had tried to save the boy for 20 minutes but saw no improvement. His ________ was nearly gone.

“I saw him gasp (喘息), but the ________ said it was no use.” Kate told the Daily Mail five years later, “I know it sounds stupid, but if he was still gasping, that was a sign of ________. I wasn’t going to give up ________. I wanted to let him know us.”

Kate ________ the boy, whom the couple had already named Jamie, from his hospital blanket and ordered David to take his shirt off and ________ them in bed. The first-time parents wanted their son to be as ________ as possible and hoped the skin-to-skin contact would ________ his condition. They also talked to him.

“We were trying to encourage him to ________.” Kate told the Daily Mail, “We explained his name and that he had a twin who he had to ________ and how hard we had tried to have him. Then something miraculous (奇迹般的) happened. Jamie gasped again — and then he started ________. Finally, he reached for his father’s finger. Our ________ boy had made it.”

“We’re the ________ people in the world.” Kate said gratefully, “The experience makes us cherish them more.”

1.

A．children

B．twins

C．teenagers

D．couple

2.

A．weighing

B．measuring

C．dealing

D．costing

3.

A．emotion

B．heartbeat

C．brain

D．energy

4.

A．police

B．assistant

C．doctor

D．chief

5.

A．recognition

B．stress

C．life

D．nerves

6.

A．independently

B．mentally

C．toughly

D．easily

7.

A．unwrapped

B．held

C．kissed

D．removed

8.

A．join

B．put

C．keep

D．limit

9.

A．unique

B．peaceful

C．balanced

D．warm

10.

A．destroy

B．worsen

C．maintain

D．improve

11.

A．leave

B．talk

C．stay

D．eat

12.

A．look around

B．care for

C．show off

D．fight against

13.

A．struggling

B．breathing

C．stirring

D．waving

14.

A．tiny

B．giant

C．strong

D．healthy

15.

A．smartest

B．wealthiest

C．luckiest

D．kindest

【推荐2】When I was in primary school, I got into a major argument with a boy in my class. I can’t_______ what it was about, but I have never forgotten the _______I learned that day.
I was_______that I was right and he was wrong--and he was sure that I was wrong and he was right. The _______decided to teach us a very important lesson. She _______both of us up to the _______of the class and _______him on one side of her desk and me on _______ In the middle of her desk was a large, round object. I could _______see that it was black. She asked the boy what________the object was. “White,” he answered.
I couldn’t believe he said the object was white, ________ it was obviously black! Another ________ started between my classmate and me, this ________ about the color of the object.
The teacher told me to go and stand where the boy was standing and told him to come and stand where I had been. We changed ________, and now she asked me what the color of the object was. I
________answer, “White.” It was an object with two ________colored sides, and from his side it was white. ________ from my side was it black.
My teacher taught me a very important lesson that day: You must ________in the other person’s shoes and look at the ________through their eyes in order to ________ understand their view.1.

A．think

B．suppose

C．remind

D．remember

2.

A．lesson

B．lecture

C．class

D．text

3.

A．told

B．wished

C．convinced

D．allowed

4.

A．officer

B．teacher

C．doctor

D．parent

5.

A．told

B．came

C．brought

D．woke

6.

A．back

B．front

C．middle

D．side

7.

A．planted

B．placed

C．had

D．fixed

8.

A．the other

B．another

C．other

D．others

9.

A．happily

B．fortunately

C．clearly

D．nearly

10.

A．width

B．shape

C．color

D．size

11.

A．when

B．unless

C．until

D．if

12.

A．fight

B．argument

C．conversation

D．game

13.

A．time

B．year

C．month

D．day

14.

A．places

B．seats

C．attitudes

D．glasses

15.

A．needed to

B．was able to

C．hoped to

D．had to

16.

A．similarly

B．differently

C．beautifully

D．surprisingly

17.

A．Still

B．Since

C．Only

D．Also

18.

A．seat

B．stand

C．lie

D．put

19.

A．situation

B．movement

C．condition

D．behavior

20.

A．unexpectedly

B．suddenly

C．quietly

D．truly

【推荐3】For long, a question disturbed a little boy. He couldn’t understand why his next-desk-pal (同伴) could rank first whenever he wanted to, while he himself _______ to.

At home, he asked his Mom, “Mom, am I more stupid than _______ ? I feel I study as hard as him, but why do I _______ lay behind?” Staring at him, she went _______ , not knowing how to explain.

She felt an impulse (冲动) to say, “You are too _______ . You are not really as hard-working as others…” but she stopped _______ she knew her son was suffering from the pains of _______ grades and rankings. She thought it cruel to add any additional burden to his son and was trying to find out a _______ answer.

Time went by quickly, the son finished primary school. Despite studying harder and better, he was still unable to _______ his pal. To show her pride of him, Mom decided to take him to the sea. During the trip, she managed to give out a(n) ________ .

Now, the son no longer worries about his rankings, because, with the first ranking, he was ________ to Harvard University.

Back home in winter vacation, he was invited to give a speech to the students and parents in his high school. In the speech, he mentioned a(n) ________ experience in his childhood. “When my mother and I were lying on the beach, she pointed to the front and said, ‘Do you see the seabirds flying for food over there?” When the ________ come near, little birds can escape quickly while “clumsy” (笨拙的) seagulls would take more ________ to complete the process. However, have you noticed birds that ________ fly across the endless ocean are none other than “clumsy” seagulls?

1.

A．refused

B．decided

C．failed

D．afforded

2.

A．the other

B．others

C．other

D．another

3.

A．always

B．never

C．hardly

D．seldom

4.

A．wrong

B．bored

C．crazy

D．wordless

5.

A．lazy

B．young

C．clever

D．energetic

6.

A．although

B．before

C．because

D．unless

7.

A．adopting

B．surprising

C．doubting

D．unsatisfying

8.

A．natural

B．harmonious

C．perfect

D．ordinary

9.

A．keep up with

B．come across

C．turn to

D．get through

10.

A．lantern

B．answer

C．moment

D．riddle

11.

A．invited

B．admitted

C．welcomed

D．reflected

12.

A．boring

B．valuable

C．evil

D．common

13.

A．wave

B．food

C．wind

D．day

14.

A．space

B．luck

C．money

D．time

15.

A．suddenly

B．immediately

C．finally

D．gradually

【推荐2】I frequently went to Pune during my stay in Mumbai three years ago. The two cities are just 15 km away from each other, but traveling that ________ is a headache. My work required me to do it and I would ________ to travel at least twice a week.

This one time I was returning from Pune. Like other drivers, this taxi driver also struck up a general ________ about me and my city. He ________ by saying that kids are one’s greatest happiness. As a confirmed bachelor (单身汉), I got slightly ________ when he started all about kids and family. Then he said something that really ________ me. He said he was a musician. I asked him which ________ he played, and he replied, “I have no electronic system.” Thinking that taxi drivers can’t afford an electronic system, I ________ listened to him continuing with his ________.

His name was Naveen. He was basically a musician who was ________ playing the guitar and the keyboards. Naveen had left his ________ after a quarrel with his father over taking music as a ________. Naveen had his instruments but didn’t know how to make ________. The only other thing he could do was to ________. So he joined Mumbai-to-pune taxi services. That served him as the regular ________ in weekdays and in the weekends he’d perform in Pune, Nasik or Mumbai. By now he had ________ a slightly famous musician in Maharashtra. But he had a ________ wherever he played. He asked that the place couldn’t be ticketed. They can ________ for food or drinks if it’s a pub or a restaurant but no tickets.

I heard Naveen’s songs. He was ________. He had a trick which made me call him a ________. Among all the faceless drivers, Naveen stood out. He inspired me to leave my job and start a theatre career in Delhi.

1.

A．route

B．way

C．distance

D．direction

2.

A．Stop

B．have

C．prepare

D．refuse

3.

A．debate

B．quarrel

C．discussion

D．conversation

4.

A．started

B．passed

C．continued

D．ended

5.

A．curious

B．disappointed

C．annoyed

D．excited

6.

A．upset

B．attracted

C．touched

D．entertained

7.

A．machines

B．belongings

C．sports

D．instruments

8.

A．doubtfully

B．happily

C．admiringly

D．sadly

9.

A．history

B．memory

C．story

D．evidence

10.

A．proud of

B．gifted at

C．capable of

D．busy in

11.

A．company

B．school

C．country

D．family

12.

A．career

B．hobby

C．habit

D．rule

13.

A．schedules

B．sense

C．money

D．fun

14.

A．sing

B．drive

C．talk

D．play

15.

A．journey

B．responsibility

C．routine

D．income

16.

A．become

B．followed

C．met

D．visited

17.

A．decision

B．condition

C．chance

D．promise

18.

A．change

B．apply

C．search

D．charge

19.

A．excited

B．energetic

C．amazing

D．enthusiastic

20.

A．friend

B．genius

C．soldier

D．hero

【推荐3】From the age of eight, I had to contribute my share of labor along with my father. Our family was too ________ to afford paid laborers. Working in the rice fields was no easy job, especially in summer. The ________ sun would beat upon my arched back. With only a hat, a shirt and a pair of shorts as my ________, I would be sweating like a pig within seconds.

One day, while resting beside the field, I ________ my present life: My family was tied to land, doing ________ jobs every day. How could we and farmers like us have ________ to a better life? Thinking of this, I was suddenly ________ with great pity and great respect for them, and the focus of my ________ began to extend beyond myself and my family. A voice inside me ________ that I should do something to help that. It was right then that I ________ to pursue useful knowledge and technology to ________ their burden of labour. This strong ________ pushed me hard to go to university on a scholarship and ________ earn a degree on agriculture.

Although now I went into academic research, I would always ________ what working in the rice fields had taught me: Your hard work will be ________ if you plant your feet firmly on the ground, for being down-to-earth is an unbroken truth.

1.

A．desperate

B．wise

C．poor

D．proud

2.

A．rising

B．setting

C．blinding

D．burning

3.

A．preference

B．protection

C．possession

D．pattern

4.

A．puzzled over

B．looked into

C．figured out

D．complained about

5.

A．high-paying

B．heart-breaking

C．back-breaking

D．risk-taking

6.

A．possibility

B．permission

C．access

D．admission

7.

A．consumed

B．provided

C．confused

D．troubled

8.

A．career

B．schedule

C．interest

D．concern

9.

A．protested

B．insisted

C．warned

D．commanded

10.

A．attempted

B．promised

C．decided

D．tended

11.

A．reduce

B．increase

C．distribute

D．shoulder

12.

A．emotion

B．demand

C．connection

D．desire

13.

A．instantly

B．eventually

C．definitely

D．gradually

14.

A．reflect

B．adopt

C．treasure

D．explore

15.

A．predicted

B．emphasized

C．paid

D．rewarded