【推荐1】It was the district sports meet. My foot still hadn't healed(痊愈)from a(n) _______ injury. I had _______ whether or not I should attend the meet. But there I was,_______ for the 3,000-meter run.
"Ready... set..." The gun popped and we were off. The other girls rushed _______ me. I felt _______ as I fell farther and farther behind.
"Hooray! "shouted the crowd. It was the loudest _______ I had ever heard at a meet. The first-place runner was two laps(圈)ahead of me when she crossed the finish line.
"Maybe I should _______, "I thought as I moved on. _______,I decided to keep going. During the last two laps, I ran _______ and decided not to ________ in track next year. It wouldn't be worth it, ________ my foot did heal.
When I finished, I heard a cheer-- ________ than the one I'd heard earlier. I turned around and ________,the boys were preparing for their race. "They must be cheering for the boys."
I was leaving ________ several girls came up to me. "Wow, you've got courage! "one of them told me.
"Courage? I just ________ a race! "I thought.
"I would have given up on the first lap, "said another girl.
"We were cheering for you. Did you hear us?"
Suddenly I regained ________ . I decided to ________ track next year. I realized strength and courage aren't always ________ in medals and victories, but in the ________ we overcome(战胜). The strongest people are not always the people who win, ________ the people who don't give up when
they lose.1.

A．slighter

B．worse

C．earlier

D．heavier

2.

A．expected

B．supposed        C, imagined

C．doubted

3.

A．late

B．eager

C．ready

D．thirsty

4.

A．from behind

B．ahead of

C．next to

D．close to

5.

A．ashamed

B．astonished

C．excited

D．frightened

6.

A．cheer

B．shout

C．cry

D．noise

7.

A．slow down

B．drop out

C．go on

D．speed up

8.

A．Therefore

B．Otherwise

C．Besides

D．However

9.

A．with delight

B．with fear

C．in pain

D．in advance

10.

A．play

B．arrive

C．race

D．attend

11.

A．even if

B．only if

C．unless

D．until

12.

A．weaker

B．longer

C．lower

D．louder

13.

A．well enough

B．sure enough

C．surprisingly enough

D．strangely enough

14.

A．while

B．when

C．as

D．since

15.

A．finished

B．won

C．passed

D．lost

16.

A．cheer

B．hope

C．interest

D．experience

17.

A．hold on

B．turn to

C．begin with

D．stick with

18.

A．measured

B．praised

C．tested

D．increased

19.

A．sadness

B．struggles

C．diseases.

D．tiredness

20.

A．or

B．nor

C．and

D．but

【推荐2】William Weaver was one of 14 black students integrating(使融合进入) the all—white West High School. A teacher told him that he “didn't belong.” He had a test and the teacher ______ him and then just took the paper away and said, “ ______ is up.” The first report card he got was ______ F’s. So he started to think maybe he didn't belong and that he was ______ .

One evening he was at home and Edward Hill, his science teacher from the ______ school, came by to visit. Weaver told Mr Hill that the white school were trying to ______ him away. Mr Hill asked Weaver to come to his old school after ______ . So every day waiting for him would be Mr. Hill with other teachers and they ______ him. Once he got past those F’s, he stopped ______ himself. But no matter what he did, he was never ______ at that school. Weaver never had a ______ with a counselor(辅导员)about going to college. But, to his ______ , he got a letter telling him he had been awarded a scholarship. Weaver ______ it and went on to ______ Howard University.

Many years ______ , Weaver came across Mr Hill and told him, “Mr Hill, if I had not gotten that ______ , I don’t know what would have happened. And I don't know ______ I got the scholarship because I never even applied for it.” Mr Hill said, “I know, because I filled in the ______ and sent it off for you.” So Mr Hill stepped ______ and changed his life, ______ at that time Weaver didn't realize how much he was being helped.

1.

A．took over

B．went over

C．turned over

D．stood over

2.

A．Class

B．Level

C．Time

D．Study

3.

A．all

B．no

C．some

D．few

4.

A．stupid

B．excellent

C．ordinary

D．extraordinary

5.

A．new

B．black

C．best

D．worst

6.

A．drive

B．turn

C．put

D．give

7.

A．holiday

B．school

C．graduation

D．talk

8.

A．liked

B．praised

C．taught

D．scolded

9.

A．blaming

B．pushing

C．behaving

D．doubting

10.

A．realized

B．recognized

C．remembered

D．punished

11.

A．battle

B．headache

C．conversation

D．argument

12.

A．surprise

B．delight

C．excitement

D．credit

13.

A．won

B．refused

C．accepted

D．received

14.

A．found

B．donate

C．decline

D．attend

15.

A．before

B．later

C．ago

D．around

16.

A．scholarship

B．ignorance

C．help

D．anxiety

17.

A．when

B．where

C．how

D．that

18.

A．details

B．information

C．form

D．name

19.

A．out

B．in

C．back

D．forward

20.

A．and

B．since

C．unless

D．though

【推荐3】Once there was a farmer who had a fine olive orchard (橄榄园). He was very hard-working, and the ________always prospered (繁荣) under his care. But he knew that his three sons looked down upon the farm work, and were eager to become rich.

When the farmer was ________ and felt that he would die, he ________ the three sons to him and said, “My sons, there is a pot of gold ________ in the olive orchard. Dig for it, if you wish it.”

The sons tried to know in what part of the orchard the ________ was hidden, but their father would tell them nothing more.

After the farmer was ________, the sons started to find the pot of gold. Since they did not ________ where the hiding-place was, they agreed to begin in a line, at one ________ of the orchards, and to dig until one of them should find the money.

They dug until they had turned up the soil from one end of the orchard to the other, around the tree- roots and between them. ________ no pot of gold was to be found. It seemed as if someone must have stolen it. The three sons were bitterly ________ to have all their work for nothing.

The next olive ________, the olive trees in the orchard bore more fruit than they had ________ given; when it was ________, it gave the sons a whole pot of gold.

And when they saw how much money had ________ from the orchard, they suddenly understood what the wise father had ________ when he said, “There is a pot of gold hidden in the orchard. Dig for it if you wish it.”

1.

A．hospital

B．farm

C．factory

D．garden

2.

A．old

B．healthy

C．lucky

D．sad

3.

A．led

B．called

C．visited

D．showed

4.

A．discovered

B．stolen

C．hidden

D．collected

5.

A．rings

B．olive

C．gold

D．food

6.

A．lonely

B．dead

C．kind

D．lost

7.

A．think

B．wonder

C．ask

D．know

8.

A．top

B．bottom

C．surface

D．end

9.

A．But

B．So

C．Though

D．If

10.

A．surprised

B．worried

C．excited

D．disappointed

11.

A．season

B．part

C．sale

D．field

12.

A．already

B．still

C．again

D．ever

13.

A．made

B．sold

C．found

D．saved

14.

A．seen

B．agreed

C．come

D．gone

15.

A．meant

B．received

C．accepted

D．guessed

【推荐1】The Broken Lantern

On a wild July night, the storm was getting worse and worse. Kate Shelley, who lived between Honey Creek (小溪) and Des Moines River, was ________ looking out of the window, wondering whether it would ________ the bridges over them, when suddenly came the loud ________ of breaking wood, then followed by a great splash. She realized the bridge over the creek was broken. At that time, the midnight train was almost ________. If no one told the engineer to ________ the train, it would fall into the creek with a hundred or more ________. The situation was so urgent that Kate ________ to go to Moingon Railway Station to get help. Immediately she rushed out into the storm with her father’s railway lantern.

Moingon ________ on the far side of Des Moines River. The only way to get there was to cross a long wooden railroad bridge. Even in the daytime, it was ________ to walk on it because there was no foot walk or railing (栏杆) except only rails and ties. The ties were ________ enough apart for the girl to fall through.

Kate stopped when she came to the ________. She had never seen the river rising so high that she was ________. Her father had been killed in a train accident by that river and her brother had drowned there. But she soon managed to ________ thinking more of the past happenings for she knew that train had to be stopped ________ it was too late. She started to step on that dangerous bridge, knowing she might fall into the rush water at any moment. What’s worse, she broke her lantern while making her way, exposing herself to the ________. She had to climb on her hands and knees…

It seemed like a long time. At last she ________ the other side.   

She stopped just long enough to catch her breath. Then she ran ________ to the railway station. When she finally got there, she was ________, wet all over, her hat blown away, her hands and knees still bleeding and her eyes looking ________. She told the station man what had happened to the Honey Creek Bridge before her fainting. Finally, the passengers were saved.

The girl’s heroic deed was rewarded. For her ________ act, Kate enjoyed a right of getting on or off the train at her door when she wanted.

1.

A．angrily

B．eagerly

C．anxiously

D．hopefully

2.

A．break out

B．wash away

C．cut off

D．pull out

3.

A．crash

B．cry

C．blow

D．voice

4.

A．removed

B．blocked

C．ready

D．due

5.

A．change

B．stop

C．catch

D．leave

6.

A．conductors

B．customers

C．passengers

D．engineers

7.

A．decided

B．tried

C．expected

D．agreed

8.

A．situated

B．lay

C．located

D．lied

9.

A．harmful

B．foolish

C．dangerous

D．strange

10.

A．long

B．wide

C．thick

D．far

11.

A．bridge

B．station

C．train

D．rail

12.

A．frightening

B．shaking

C．escaping

D．running

13.

A．forget

B．admit

C．avoid

D．risk

14.

A．though

B．because

C．unless

D．before

15.

A．darkness

B．calmness

C．emptiness

D．coldness

16.

A．selected

B．reached

C．found

D．passed

17.

A．cautiously

B．slowly

C．disappointedly

D．desperately

18.

A．out of breath

B．out of mind

C．out of sight

D．out of favor

19.

A．watchful

B．sharp

C．wild

D．bitter

20.

A．honest

B．modest

C．generous

D．courageous

【推荐2】After one night of partying in college, drinking and taking pills prescribed for my arthritis (关节炎) and migraines (偏头痛), I woke up the next morning and remembered nothing. I started hiccupping (打嗝), and it wouldn’t ________. After a week, I went to the campus hospital, but they said ________ was wrong. How much I would hiccup ________. They would get worse if my stress levels were up, or if I hadn’t had much sleep.

When I first spoke to my family, they thought I was ________ it. It was only when I saw them in person that they started to believe me. They could hear me hiccupping all night, so they knew it was ________. The doctors thought it was all in my head. It made no ________ that I would lie about such a thing — it was painful and annoying.

I got kicked out of class because I was ________ others. I wouldn’t go to the movies because I thought I would ________ everyone. The problem was physically and mentally ________.

Then I stopped taking pills and drinking. My life got back on track, but the hiccups didn’t ________. Over the years, I’ve been given lots of different ________. I thought things might never get better. After eight years, my hiccups never stopped completely, but the medication eventually made them less ________. I’ve now been living with hiccups for 12 years. I feel mentally ________ for going through this, as well as a more patient person. I’m so ________ to having them that it’s like blinking to me, ________ my daughter does still laugh when she hears me hiccup.

1.

A．work

B．help

C．stop

D．wait

2.

A．everything

B．something

C．anything

D．nothing

3.

A．developed

B．varied

C．remained

D．increased

4.

A．hiding

B．faking

C．forcing

D．treating

5.

A．important

B．correct

C．real

D．difficult

6.

A．sense

B．change

C．exception

D．difference

7.

A．discouraging

B．embarrassing

C．amusing

D．distracting

8.

A．impress

B．disturb

C．disappoint

D．surprise

9.

A．exciting

B．attractive

C．exhausting

D．confusing

10.

A．go through

B．go away

C．get on

D．get together

11.

A．choices

B．services

C．medications

D．chances

12.

A．frequent

B．accessible

C．strange

D．noisy

13.

A．interested

B．worried

C．unfair

D．stronger

14.

A．used

B．close

C．annoyed

D．open

15.

A．and

B．so

C．because

D．although

【推荐3】It is 27 years since my last conversation with my mother, who didn’t finish school. She often told me, “I never got my ________ but one day you will.” Pointing to a tree or cow, she asked me to ________ their English names after her. Feeling ________ , I asked, “Mama, why do I have to learn these foreign phrases?” She held her pen right before my eyes. “Hold it firmly”, she encouraged me, “for this pen and the new ________ language will be your compass to sail around the world.” Sadly, my mother ________ a serious disease when I was six.

Turning seven, I traveled 30 miles to live ________ to my school. But “closer” is a relative term in Uganda. It means I still had to get up as the early ________ rose and then ran 8.8 miles barefoot to school. Also, I needed to carry a stick to look out for snakes and dogs. During the rainy season, the path to school was ________ daily and I would swim with one hand, using the other ________ to hold the school bag on my head.

Research shows 70 percent of poor children don’t ________ primary school in Uganda. Reasons for this dropout rate include the long ________ some children must cover among many other reasons. ________, I’ve made it. Whenever seeing the sunrise, I am ________ of the wisdom of my mother, who ________ me to dream big and to use the power of the pen to make my ________ come true.

1.

A．design

B．degree

C．philosophy

D．package

2.

A．puzzle

B．surround

C．read

D．guess

3.

A．sorry

B．ordinary

C．convenient

D．bored

4.

A．foreign

B．embarrassing

C．alarming

D．average

5.

A．died of

B．adapted to

C．led to

D．referred to

6.

A．farther

B．closer

C．larger

D．smarter

7.

A．air

B．sky

C．moon

D．sun

8.

A．endangered

B．repaired

C．balanced

D．flooded

9.

A．head

B．hand

C．arm

D．finger

10.

A．cure

B．press

C．complete

D．preserve

11.

A．lists

B．proposals

C．distances

D．experiences

12.

A．Originally

B．Suddenly

C．Immediately

D．Luckily

13.

A．told

B．imagined

C．reminded

D．established

14.

A．inspired

B．hunted

C．contributed

D．trained

15.

A．guideline

B．dream

C．symbol

D．length

【推荐2】I learned something really early from my family: Even the biggest challenges are less _________ when you solve them as a community.

My brother, sister and cousins were my first group. _________ we got more and more fights at home, we never _________ that outside our house, if you messed with one of us, you got _________ of us.

From school to sports, I was _________ in a class project, club, team or group. From speech and debate to field hockey, when I was in a community, I felt _________ to try for things that seemed _________ . I grew because others pushed me. _________ didn’t seem so scary because we were taking risks together.

When a drunk driver _________ my father, it was our community that stepped in. It was our family friends, our community theater and our sports teams that __________ us. My father had been a high school history teacher, and his colleagues — now my teachers — began to keep a __________ eye on us because he __________ could.

I don’t __________ a parent’s death as the way to learn about the __________ of small communities, but it did make me __________ that if I looked for bigger challenges with the support of a group, I was going to __________ broader goals and build deeper relationships __________ the journey.

As I sit here tonight with my team of five, I’m __________ of how much I love these moments — building __________we believe in, that we’ll learn from and that we’ll do together. If you are going to do something that terrifies you, first find a(n) __________ .

1.

A．terrifying

B．risky

C．exciting

D．amazing

2.

A．Once

B．When

C．While

D．Since

3.

A．argued

B．considered

C．decided

D．doubted

4.

A．none

B．all

C．nothing

D．anyone

5.

A．sometimes

B．seldom

C．always

D．barely

6.

A．curious

B．discouraged

C．scary

D．safe

7.

A．under control

B．out of my reach

C．out of order

D．within my ability

8.

A．Failures

B．Goals

C．Fights

D．Disasters

9.

A．killed

B．attacked

C．comforted

D．backed

10.

A．looked into

B．belonged to

C．stood by

D．turned away

11.

A．bigger

B．stricter

C．warmer

D．closer

12.

A．no longer

B．never

C．hardly

D．instead of

13.

A．convince

B．recommend

C．adopt

D．announce

14.

A．belief

B．power

C．possibility

D．harmony

15.

A．realize

B．figure

C．consider

D．notice

16.

A．go through

B．get over

C．go for

D．come across

17.

A．for

B．before

C．by

D．throughout

18.

A．informed

B．reminded

C．blamed

D．encouraged

19.

A．anything

B．everything

C．something

D．somebody

20.

A．dream

B．partner

C．organization

D．group