【推荐1】Never have I learned as much English in my life as I did last year. It was because of Ms. Ben and I truly ______ what she was doing. It might not seem as a big   ______ to some, but to me it is. I have never met a woman so ______ and so determined to teach her students.

I never really wanted to work for good ______ in English class. I never knew how to study English and never understood some of the grammars. I can remember trying to stealthily get out of the classroom before Ms. Ben ______ me and shouted across the ______, “Samanta, are you coming to extra help during lunch?” It was a nightmare---she would always caught me with my one ______ out of the door, it never ______. Even then I just thought of it as a thing I HAD to do. It was funny to see how everyone would be in her room during lunch and then again after school. She would ______ everyone to come every day, just so we could do our homework in ______.

Many of the students thought of her as a bit of nag(啰嗦）, but inside they knew that she was right and ______ her. Many of her tests were hard at first, but as the year ______, so did I. I knew that it was because of her.

Even outside class, she was caring as ever. She always wanted to know what was going on in my (and everyone else’s) life, and she was always looking ______ everyone’s best interest.

Ms. Ben is a ______ woman with a sense of humor that you just have to laugh at. When exams were approaching, she was more ______ than ever about everyone doing well. Many of her previous students scored high, and so she ______ the same from us. Day after day there were students in the classroom ______ problems. When it was time for our big test, I knew I was ready. I walked out of that test with my head ______. I knew that I was a ______ and Ms. Ben had made me that way. I thanked all the hard work that she put into ______ me and my fellow students.

1.

A．admitted

B．appreciated

C．understood

D．amazed

2.

A．treat

B．train

C．behavior

D．deal

3.

A．caring

B．amusing.

C．intelligent

D．impressive

4.

A．grades

B．salary

C．life

D．subjects

5.

A．beat

B．corrected

C．caught

D．avoided

6.

A．stage

B．classroom

C．yard

D．seat

7.

A．foot

B．hand

C．finger

D．ear

8.

A．succeeded

B．stopped

C．worked

D．failed

9.

A．forgive

B．encourage

C．call

D．wave

10.

A．joy

B．anger

C．peace

D．surprise

11.

A．praised

B．asked

C．allowed

D．respected

12.

A．improves

B．progressed

C．changes

D．removes

13.

A．for

B．into

C．through

D．over

14.

A．sweet

B．serious

C．instructive

D．enthusiastic

15.

A．relaxed

B．concerned

C．worried

D．patient

16.

A．expected

B．received

C．waited

D．dreamed

17.

A．checking

B．reviewing

C．learning

D．answering

18.

A．low

B．on

C．high

D．down

19.

A．star

B．student

C．success

D．hero

20.

A．comforting

B．raising

C．showing

D．shaping

【推荐2】Sometimes people and things around you can remind you of yourself. I was________to my writing group with a book to read on the journey. Because it was an old book I didn’t want to “dog-ear” the pages. I________in my pockets for something to use as a bookmark. I placed a ten pound note between the________.

Sitting on the bus I took the book out and was about to read but a young woman behind me who was speaking on her cellphone drew my________. She was talking to her brother. She wanted to know where he was, why he wasn’t where he was________to be, why he had________their mother again and whether he knew that their mum had________in tears that morning because of him.

She kept it quiet but she didn’t pull any punches（留情）with him. She let him know exactly what she________him but I could________there was love under all the________. She tried so hard to________this young man to come see his mother, but I got the sign she was fighting a________battle.

When she left the bus, I________behind her and________out the note in the book. “Excuse me,” I said. “Do me a________, would you? Take this money and buy your________a box of chocolates or a bunch of flowers. And tell her a________man said that being a mother is the________but most important job in the world.”

Then I turned around and walked on,________if in some way I was saying a thank-you to my own mum. But I hoped I had raised a________on the face of a mother suffering for her child.

1.

A．waiting

B．walking

C．driving

D．heading

2.

A．looked

B．searched

C．brought

D．found

3.

A．overcoats

B．books

C．pages

D．parcels

4.

A．attention

B．movement

C．delight

D．concerns

5.

A．shocked

B．supposed

C．predicted

D．unexpected

6.

A．lived on

B．protected for

C．thought about

D．lied to

7.

A．slept over

B．passed away

C．broken down

D．crashed out

8.

A．beat on

B．hurt on

C．waited for

D．thought of

9.

A．tell

B．hear

C．see

D．remind

10.

A．encouragement

B．disappointment

C．inspiration

D．situation

11.

A．get

B．turn

C．trick

D．make

12.

A．winning

B．bad

C．losing

D．stubborn

13.

A．got off

B．pulled over

C．parked over

D．jumped off

14.

A．forced

B．left

C．showed

D．drew

15.

A．hand

B．favor

C．help

D．move

16.

A．brother

B．parents

C．mum

D．family

17.

A．shocked

B．strange

C．good

D．helpful

18.

A．hardest

B．interesting

C．happiest

D．favorite

19.

A．pretending

B．imagining

C．wondering

D．guessing

20.

A．lightening

B．view

C．tear

D．smile

【推荐3】A merchant sent his son to learn the secret of happiness from the wisest of men. The young man _______ through the desert for forty days until he reached a beautiful castle(城堡) _______ the sage(圣人) lived.

When the young man entered the castle, the wise man was talking to his guests, and the young man had to wait for two hours _______ it was time for him to meet the sage. The sage listened attentively to the reason for the young man's _______, but told him that he did not have the time to _______ the secret of happiness. He _______ that the young man should take a walk around his palace and come back in two hours' time, _______, giving the young man a teaspoon, into which he _______ two drops of oil, telling him not to let the oil _______.

The young man kept his eyes ________ on the spoon when he was walking around the palace. At the end of two hours, he ________ to the wise man. The sage was not ________ with the young man, however, because he had not seen or learned ________ about the wise man's palace; his only ________ had been not to spill (洒出) the drops of oil that the wise man had given to him. Then he said to the young man, “Go back and see the ________ of my world. You can't trust a man if you don't know his house.”

Now at ________, the young man took the spoon and ________ again around the palace, this time paying attention to everything. Returning to the sage, he reported ________ all that he had seen, but the young man had spilled (洒出) the oil that wise man had given him. “Well, that is the only advice I have to give you，” said the sage. “The secret of happiness ________ in looking at all the wonders of the world and never ________ the two drops of oil in the spoon.”

1.

A．looked

B．wandered

C．imagined

D．climbed

2.

A．which

B．that

C．when

D．where

3.

A．until

B．as

C．unless

D．though

4.

A．belief

B．attention

C．visit

D．theory

5.

A．report

B．explain

C．predict

D．announce

6.

A．suggested

B．confused

C．agreed

D．repeated

7.

A．otherwise

B．so

C．therefore

D．meanwhile

8.

A．drank

B．got

C．poured

D．sent

9.

A．fall

B．spill

C．cover

D．change

10.

A．saw

B．looked

C．caught

D．fixed

11.

A．carried

B．arrived

C．returned

D．headed

12.

A．confused

B．puzzled

C．worried

D．satisfied

13.

A．anything

B．nothing

C．more

D．something

14.

A．doubt

B．concern

C．research

D．answer

15.

A．jewelry

B．wonders

C．diamonds

D．roofs

16.

A．ease

B．loss

C．all

D．sea

17.

A．stopped

B．pretended

C．walked

D．picked

18.

A．in detail

B．in reality

C．in total

D．in public

19.

A．relies

B．remains

C．lays

D．lies

20.

A．forgetting

B．separating

C．taking

D．drinking

【推荐1】William was pastor(牧师) of a small church in a rural community. Wilbur and his wife, Leah, ____ every Sunday morning. Wilbur was a farmer, and whenever he came into the house from the _____ and sat down, he would fall ______. It was such a habit _______when he came into church and sat in the pew(长凳) he ____also soon fall asleep. William _____ that some of the members of the church were taking bets to see _____ he could keep Wilbur awake on Sunday mornings.

Wilbur's ______ was embarrassed(困窘) by his behavior, ______ when he began to snore(打鼾). She tried ______ to keep her sleepy husband awake. She _____ to him that she was getting calluses(老茧) on her elbow from striking him in _______ribs in a useless attempt to keep him alert.___ while shopping in the grocery store, she saw a small bottle of Limburger cheese. Leah bought it and dropped it in her ______.

The _____ morning William had just started the sermon(布道) when Wilbur began to nod. When William finished the first point in his three-point sermon, he could see Wilbur didn’t_______ him. As William started the third point, Wilbur began to snore. Quietly, Leah opened her purse,___ the bottle of Limburger cheese and held it under her husband's nose. It _____. Wilbur sat up ______ and, in a voice that could be heard all over the _______, said, "Leah, will you please keep your feet on your own side of the bed!"

1.

A．attended

B．looked

C．walked

D．reached

2.

A．shop

B．factory

C．school

D．field

3.

A．sleep

B．sleepy

C．asleep

D．to sleep

4.

A．which

B．that

C．what

D．as

5.

A．should

B．would

C．could

D．must

6.

A．looked

B．looked for

C．discovered

D．saw

7.

A．how soon

B．how often

C．how much

D．how long

8.

A．mother

B．daughter

C．wife

D．song

9.

A．specially

B．especially

C．usually

D．particularly

10.

A．nothing

B．something

C．anything

D．everything

11.

A．complained

B．smiled

C．laughed

D．wrote

12.

A．his

B．a

C．the

D．/

13.

A．Some day

B．One day

C．Every day

D．Everyday

14.

A．purse

B．schoolbag

C．clothes

D．hair

15.

A．next Monday

B．last Sunday

C．next Sunday

D．next Monday

16.

A．heard

B．hear of

C．listen to

D．listen

17.

A．took in

B．took for

C．took out

D．took up

18.

A．worked

B．got

C．finished

D．ended

19.

A．straightly

B．straight

C．excitedly

D．happily

20.

A．home

B．bedroom

C．farm

D．church

【推荐2】Whitson, 44, set out on June 13 with his ninth-grade son and his wife, Ramirez, eager to show them the wild beauty of the Arroyo Seco (a river) in central California. The first night, they built a ________ and pan-fried a steak, ________ it with chocolate bars for dessert. The last thing any of them ________ was that they would become ________ .A ________ that was supposed to be secured at the top of the slide—the only safe way down—was ________ .There was no way to climb out of the gorge (峡谷).The rope had been ________ to the slippery rock wall when Whitson had made the same journey seven years before. At the time, he’d ________ lowered himself down the side of the waterfall and continued his_________.

Thoughts raced through Whitson’s mind: ________ spring rains had likely washed the rope away. There was no other way to safely get down. Friends knew they were in Arroyo Seco, but it might be several days _________a search party was ________ There was no cell service. He desperately ________ a plan. Whitson looked at his water bottle and he suddenly had an idea: He _________“HELP!” on each side of the bottle and wrote an SOS note on a piece of paper with the ________, June 15, and their whereabouts —then put it inside. The bottle ________ into the pool, then ________ through the narrow passageway. It was a very long ________. Remarkably, they didn’t wait long. About a quarter-mile downstream, two hikers had__________the bright green bottle right away； read   the _________and hiked to the Arroyo Seco Campground to alert (向……报警) the manager   to call a search and rescue team.

1.

A．bridge

B．campfire

C．channel

D．pool

2.

A．serving

B．contacting

C．rewarding

D．decorated

3.

A．exploited

B．finished

C．ignored

D．expected

4.

A．trapped

B．deserted

C．hooked

D．stressed

5.

A．waterfall

B．rock

C．rope

D．gorge

6.

A．polluted

B．missing

C．freezing

D．slippery

7.

A．attached

B．recorded

C．subscribed

D．dropped

8.

A．quickly

B．carefully

C．randomly

D．constantly

9.

A．research

B．biography

C．tragedy

D．adventure

10.

A．Rare

B．Heavy

C．Cold

D．Selfless

11.

A．since

B．unless

C．before

D．until

12.

A．sent off

B．searched for

C．cut across

D．cut down

13.

A．changed

B．abandoned

C．observed

D．needed

14.

A．scratched

B．shaped

C．targeted

D．colored

15.

A．bottle

B．stick

C．tent

D．date

16.

A．bent

B．sailed

C．dived

D．recovered

17.

A．spread

B．sank

C．disappeared

D．zoomed

18.

A．beat

B．list

C．ran

D．shot

19.

A．threw

B．marked

C．spotted

D．designed

20.

A．report

B．tale

C．note

D．comments

【推荐1】It was during a school trip to the Art Gallery of NSW that I realized I was not white.

Aged eight, rough and ________ like any child travelling to an exciting place miles away from their own home, I was seriously reminded by a supervising teacher to ________ in one place. To ensure this happened, and that I did not escape to a closed-off exhibition area ________ her eyes turned elsewhere, she forced me to hold the hand of a quiet, modest girl in my class, the typical teacher’s ________.

Already feeling incredibly self-conscious, the moment took a ________ for the worse when a fellow classmate eyed our ________ hands. With a finger pointing ________ towards us, he said, “God, I can see her hand turning ________ already.”

That night I came home and cried in the shower. My own secret purchase of a Dove beauty bar ________ to wash off the thick layer of dark grime (污点) onto my skin. For the first time I was forced to confront the vast ________ between who I thought I was and who I actually was.

Race proceeded to become something I ________ with all throughout adolescence. In stories like these, the climax (高潮) usually comes during ________. To an extent, that was true.

While race is the ________ of many of our struggles, it is also the location of our characteristics, dearest stories, and most ________ people. We have come to understand life better from our race. As people coming from an ethno-cultural (种族文化的) minority, our race informs, but does not single-handedly ________, who we are.

1.

A．stubborn

B．generous

C．noisy

D．responsible

2.

A．twist

B．stay

C．seize

D．melt

3.

A．unwillingly

B．frequently

C．individually

D．immediately

4.

A．style

B．vehicle

C．audience

D．pet

5.

A．turn

B．while

C．break

D．lead

6.

A．reunited

B．adored

C．intended

D．interlocked

7.

A．disturbingly

B．accusingly

C．awkwardly

D．gradually

8.

A．flexible

B．evident

C．black

D．rigid

9.

A．scolded

B．failed

C．condemned

D．sought

10.

A．balance

B．entrance

C．option

D．valley

11.

A．contacted

B．performed

C．struggled

D．untied

12.

A．exhibition

B．chorus

C．university

D．childhood

13.

A．source

B．decline

C．opportunity

D．deadline

14.

A．loved

B．concerned

C．frightened

D．demanded

15.

A．tune

B．define

C．explore

D．admit

【推荐2】完形填空
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—15各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项。
I moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. In the house with a large ____ across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-aged children. At the end of the day, he would________ his taxi on the road. I____ why he did not park it in the garage.
Then one day I learnt that he had another car in his garage. In the afternoon he would come home ____ work, leave his taxi and go out for his ____ affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was _____
I was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until I _____ to be outside one evening two weeks later, when the garage door was ____ and he drove out in his “own” car: a Rolls-Royce（劳斯莱斯）! It shook me completely _____ I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But deep inside, he saw himself as something else: a Rolls-Royce owner and a（n）_____ . He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. For him, a taxi was just something he drove for a living. Rolls-Royce was something he drove for a (n）_____
We go to bed every night and _____ every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a party as close friends or go for a vacation as a ______ We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how high we _____ the social ladder（梯子）And we never use our Rolls-Royce, by keeping it dusty in our garage. We should focus more on _____ we are than what we do!1.

A．window

B．garage

C．door

D．yard

2.

A．park

B．stop

C．check

D．repair

3.

A．knew

B．understood

C．asked

D．wondered

4.

A．for

B．out of

C．without

D．from

5.

A．business

B．national

C．personal

D．public

6.

A．wasteful

B．useful

C．wonderful

D．careful

7.

A．appeared

B．happened

C．expected

D．intended

8.

A．broken

B．closed

C．shut

D．open

9.

A．once

B．before

C．when

D．until

10.

A．driver

B．engineer

C．father

D．son

11.

A．experience

B．earning

C．life

D．position

12.

A．stay up

B．wake up

C．take up

D．warm up

13.

A．family

B．company

C．team

D．whole

14.

A．build

B．climb

C．stand

D．lay

15.

A．who

B．what

C．which

D．where