【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选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Beginning to learn gymnastics even before she could barely walk，Svetlana had always dreamed to enter the Olympics scene some day．
However，her _________ ended in the car on the winding road when a lorry appeared out of nowhere．The last thing she ________ was a blinding flash of light．In hospital，when told she would never ________ again，she couldn’t believe it．Three months later，she was _______ out of hospital on a wheelchair．Then a friend came to her house to visit her with an old child’s storybook．A bookmark in it made her ________ to page 117．The name of the ________ was‘The Day Clara Walked’．She was determined to return to stage whatever it might cost．
_________，after a year’s hard exercise，Svetlana recovered and was able to display her gymnastics．While she was sitting on the green bench ________ the Athens Stadium，memories ________：first，the pain and the tears，the book under her pillow，the words of relatives full of advice and comfort，and the pity in those eyes that had once held _________for her talent．Then followed the trips to the gym where everyone looked on________，their disbelief transforming slowly to wonder，______she could balance the hoop（健身圈）as well as her teammates．She registered for 2004 Olympic Games，and finally she received________from the Olympic Committee．
Her _________was interrupted by the attendant who said，“It’s time”，two words that she had been_______ to hear for so long．Smoothing her dress，she walked into the stadium，each_________firm and steady．Everything was_________，and the applause rang loud in her ears，her heart________violently against her chest．
Later that night，Svetlana pulled the gold medal out of her pocket and placed it on the old _________on the shelf，which opened to page 117，to the chapter‘The Day Clara Walked’，tears________her vision．1.

A．dream

B．intension

C．life

D．career

2.

A．forgot

B．remembered

C．experienced

D．suffered

3.

A．see

B．dance

C．walk

D．sing

4.

A．rushed

B．rocked

C．thrown

D．wheeled

5.

A．open

B．relate

C．point

D．adapt

6.

A．bookmark

B．page

C．chapter

D．story

7.

A．Suddenly

B．Surprisingly

C．Fortunately

D．Certainly

8.

A．opposite

B．beneath

C．inside

D．outside

9.

A．flooded in

B．faded away

C．mixed up

D．squeezed out

10.

A．fright

B．regret

C．sympathy

D．admiration

11.

A．doubtfully

B．thankfully

C．nervously

D．cheerfully

12.

A．until

B．as

C．while

D．once

13.

A．access

B．praise

C．sup port

D．approval

14.

A．plan

B．attempt

C．thought

D．sight

15.

A．content

B．eager

C．upset

D．proud

16.

A．breath

B．wake

C．step

D．look

17.

A．unexpected

B．awful

C．perfect

D．finished

18.

A．fighting

B．striking

C．kicking

D．hammering

19.

A．hoop

B．book

C．letter

D．dress

20.

A．clouding

B．filling

C．rolling

D．rushing

【推荐2】The spirits of giving

Two weeks before Christmas, two girls were walking down the street, laughing on some ice that remained from a recent snow. Merrily they shared what they hoped to ___ from Christmas.

They stopped to talk to an old man named Harry, who was on his knees ___ weeds around a large oak tree. He wore a pair of ___ garden gloves. His fingers were sticking out of the ends, blue from the ___.

Harry told them he was getting the yard in ___ as a Christmas gift for his mother, who had died several years before. He said with his eyes ___ with tears, “My mother was all I had. She loved her ___ and her trees, so I do this for her at Christmas.”

His words ___ the girls and soon they were down on their hands and knees helping him ___ around the trees. When they were finished, Harry pressed a quarter into each of their hands and said, “I wish I could ______ you more, but it’s all I’ve got right now.”

The girls had often passed his house, and as they ____ on they remembered that the house was always _______. No decorations to add cheerfulness were anywhere in sight. Harry sat behind curtain windows, looking _______.

The quarter in one little girl’s palm (手心) seemed to burn a hole of guilt ____ they walked on. The next day she called her friend and they ____ to put their quarters in a jar marked “Harry’s Christmas Present”. Then they began to seek out small jobs to ____ more. Every nickel, dime and quarter they earned went into the jar.

Two days before Christmas, they had enough money to buy new ____ and a card. Christmas Eve found them ____ Harry’s doorstep singing carols (圣诞颂歌). When Harry opened the door, they presented him with the gloves wrapped in pretty paper and a ____ pumpkin pie a mother had just baked. With ____ hands he tore open the paper from the gloves, and then to their surprise, he held them to his face and wept.

1.

A．make

B．prepare

C．get

D．ask

2.

A．pulling

B．moving

C．planting

D．burning

3.

A．new

B．torn

C．beautiful

D．worn

4.

A．work

B．cold

C．anxiety

D．pain

5.

A．style

B．fashion

C．shape

D．form

6.

A．closed

B．opened

C．blinked

D．filled

7.

A．yard

B．son

C．house

D．present

8.

A．scared

B．touched

C．threatened

D．inspired

9.

A．look

B．water

C．weed

D．show

10.

A．thank

B．invite

C．help

D．pay

11.

A．walked

B．talked

C．continued

D．argued

12.

A．messy

B．shabby

C．clean

D．tidy

13.

A．dull

B．silly

C．lonely

D．friendly

14.

A．though

B．if

C．because

D．as

15.

A．agreed

B．hoped

C．managed

D．attempted

16.

A．support

B．earn

C．receive

D．give

17.

A．trousers

B．glasses

C．gloves

D．socks

18.

A．in

B．on

C．with

D．for

19.

A．sweet

B．delicious

C．warm

D．fancy

20.

A．rough

B．freezing

C．thin

D．trembling

【推荐3】It was early morning. Peter Corbett helped Mark Wellman out of his___ and onto the ground. They _________   before El Capitan, a huge mass of __________   almost three-quarters     of a mile high in California’s beautiful Yosemite Valley. It had been Mark’s dream to climb El Capitan for as _________   as he could remember.   _________   how could a person without the use   of his legs hope to try to climb it?

Mark knew he couldn’t finish the climb alone, but his friend Peter, an expert rock climber, would be there to _______   a helping hand. He and Mark thought that it would take seven        days to reach the top.

Peter climbed about 100 feet up and_____ a piton ( 岩 钉 ) into the rock. Fastening one end of a 165-foot rope to the piton, he let one end of the rope_______. Mark caught the rope     and   fastened   it   to   his _______   with   a   special   instrument.   This   instrument   would _____ Mark to move upward, but would _______   him from falling even as much as a single inch.        He next reached ______   his head and fastened a T-shaped   bar to the rope, using the same       kind of instrument.

Seven years before, at the age of twenty-one, he had fallen while mountain climbing, injuring his backbone. The fall___ him the use of his legs, but he never lost his love of adventure or his joyful____.

For the first four days the two men ______ steadily upward without incident. But on the   fifth day an unbearably hot wind began to blow, and as time went by, it became stronger and stronger, causing Mark to sway _______   on his rope. But Mark kept on determinedly pushing up the T-bar   and pulling himself up. ______ that,   he   had to admit that he felt   a lot better     when the wind finally died down and his body touched___ rock again.

It took them one day more than they had expected, but on July 26 at 1:45 in the afternoon, the crowd of people waiting on the top went ______ with joy as   the two heads appeared.       Mark Wellman had shown that if you___ your heart and mind on a goal, no wall is too high, no dream impossible.

1.

A．bed

B．car

C．wheelchair

D．house

2.

A．stood

B．removed

C．touched

D．rose

3.

A．grass

B．dirt

C．tree

D．rock

4.

A．young

B．long

C．old

D．short

5.

A．Or

B．While

C．But

D．Although

6.

A．lend

B．reach

C．show

D．have

7.

A．hammered

B．shot

C．placed

D．stuck

8.

A．rise up

B．fall down

C．stand up

D．fall behind

9.

A．neck

B．helmet

C．belt

D．fist

10.

A．let

B．have

C．make

D．allow

11.

A．permit

B．prevent

C．forbid

D．accelerate

12.

A．behind

B．below

C．above

D．beside

13.

A．cost

B．lost

C．missed

D．enhanced

14.

A．spirit

B．occasion

C．thought

D．will

15.

A．progressed

B．hung

C．extended

D．intended

16.

A．gently

B．firmly

C．barely

D．violently

17.

A．Owing to

B．In spite of

C．In order to

D．By reason of

18.

A．soft

B．solid

C．concrete

D．distinct

19.

A．pale

B．wild

C．blank

D．easy

20.

A．put

B．devote

C．set

D．sacrifice

【推荐1】When I was a boy, our big family would sometimes gather (聚集) together at my aunt’s tiny house over the summer. _________ from all over the country would come in to _________. The adults would sit together in the living room to talk and catch up on each other’s lives. The kids would be sent out into the front yard to _______ while dinner was cooking for all of us.

We would play a good old-fashioned game of tag (捉人游戏). I remember one of those times especially. I was the youngest and smallest of all the kids there so I got _________ first and couldn’t catch anyone else. Hard as I ran after my brothers and cousins, they were all too _______for me. I grew more and more unhappy.

As I sat thinking how I could _______this difficult game, a good _______came to me. I aimed at one of my brothers. Unluckily, I _______. I got up with tears in my eyes. Then things started to _______. I saw one of my cousins whom I met for the first time standing there. She started to run but was going much slower than before. I __________ caught up and tagged her. Then she ________ to me and smiled, “You’d better run!” I ran off laughing when she turned and started to run after others.

Now I see how her act of________that day saved me from ________and returned me to joy. Although we hardly ever ________each other, we were family and she loved me. I always remember what she did for me and would try my best to share ________ with everyone.

1.

A．Coworkers

B．Friends

C．Classmates

D．Relatives

2.

A．work

B．visit

C．help

D．learn

3.

A．play

B．study

C．exercise

D．stand

4.

A．saved

B．caught

C．punished

D．warned

5.

A．clever

B．strong

C．fast

D．tall

6.

A．win

B．control

C．stop

D．leave

7.

A．purpose

B．idea

C．event

D．opinion

8.

A．broke down

B．gave in

C．fell down

D．moved off

9.

A．change

B．happen

C．develop

D．appear

10.

A．happily

B．proudly

C．easily

D．simply

11.

A．joked

B．agreed

C．shouted

D．turned

12.

A．kindness

B．bravery

C．honesty

D．confidence

13.

A．pain

B．danger

C．unfairness

D．sadness

14.

A．comforted

B．saw

C．believed

D．recognized

15.

A．success

B．time

C．love

D．fun

【推荐2】When Julie got back home from school that afternoon, she noticed a pigeon sitting very closely to the front door of her ________ . It seemed as if the pigeon hadn't moved at all. Julie moved ________, noticing the pigeon had a wound on its left wing. Anxious that a dog or a cat would eat the ________ animal, Julie ran upstairs to tell her mom about the bird.

"We have to help it!" Julie insisted. Whereas Julie's mom made a disgusted face, "I don't want to. Pigeons usually have ________" she said. Julie began to cry. This made Julie's mom feel bad. She ________, but she gave Julie some ________ that the pigeon had to stay in the kitchen in a storage bin. Julie's mom didn't want to touch the ________ bird.

While Julie tried to ________ the bird bits of moist bread, Julie's mom looked online for local animal ________ organizations. She felt silly trying to save an injured pigeon. Finally she found an organization that would ________ the bird, but not until the next morning. Julie stayed up all night ________ the bird.

The next morning Julia and her mother took the ________ to the bird rescue organization. Many people on the train gave Julie and her mother ________ looks. Julie's mother just shrugged. When they ________ the site, the worker welcomed them warmly ________ a big smile, "It's so kind of you to do this. This means ________ to the pigeon!" ________ goodbye to the worker, Julie looked so ________ with a slight flush on her cheeks. On their way home, leaning on her mother' shoulder, Julie said softly, "Thank you, mom, for your support and ________." Julie's mom patted her head, "I'm proud of you, sweetheart. You've taught me ________: Every life deserves to be respected and loved."

1.

A．school

B．classroom

C．house

D．campus

2.

A．farther

B．deeper

C．further

D．closer

3.

A．trapped

B．scared

C．injured

D．shocked

4.

A．problems

B．diseases

C．shelters

D．troubles

5.

A．gave in

B．gave up

C．gave out

D．gave away

6.

A．comments

B．words

C．rules

D．lectures

7.

A．ugly

B．awkward

C．unique

D．dirty

8.

A．throw

B．eat

C．feed

D．supply

9.

A．volunteer

B．rescue

C．fitness

D．emergency

10.

A．pack

B．recommend

C．receive

D．take

11.

A．tapping

B．watching

C．playing

D．cheating

12.

A．subway

B．bus

C．taxi

D．car

13.

A．annoyed

B．focused

C．anxious

D．strange

14.

A．jump off

B．got to

C．pull over

D．get out of

15.

A．for

B．with

C．in

D．of

16.

A．a few

B．a lot

C．a little

D．a bit

17.

A．Speaking

B．Greeting

C．Seeing

D．Waving

18.

A．curious

B．content

C．positive

D．confident

19.

A．company

B．partner

C．words

D．companion

20.

A．something

B．everything

C．anything

D．nothing