【推荐1】Every year, almost 2 million Americans are injured while they're_______work every day, 240 are killed on the job. The_______job is cutting down trees. Being a policeman is safer than many jobs, including driving a truck, collecting garbage and_______airplanes. One of the safest jobs is being a librarian.
The government inspects(检查) most factories and offices._______have to_______fines(罚款) if their factories or offices are unsafe. In California, employers often go to prison if one of their workers is_______because a factory didn't_______safety measures. But President Bush cut down the number of government inspectors(检查员)_______ 15 percent._______, many people say working is less safe now.
For women workers, the greatest danger so far is murder. Forty--two percent of all__________who died at work were killed. Many of them work__________clerks in stores__________they are alone at night. Experts say they can protect themselves by putting the cash desk in full__________
The numbers of deaths and accidents at work don't take into__________people who become sick from__________that they are exposed to （暴露）at work. Doctors don't know__________some chemicals cause illness.There are no government rules for many new chemicals.
Inspectors say employers__________their backs on safety problems because they don't want to pay the bill for fixing them. They also say some workers don't want to complain about dangers because they may__________their jobs.
The government should force business to improve safety. There's no__________for workers dying or__________in an accident that could have been prevented.1.

A．in

B．at

C．on

D．during

2.

A．safest

B．most dangerous

C．easiest

D．most tiring

3.

A．flying

B．making

C．doing

D．riding

4.

A．Officers

B．Workers

C．Employers

D．Employees

5.

A．give

B．offer

C．pay

D．buy

6.

A．saved

B．hit

C．shot

D．killed

7.

A．use

B．do

C．break

D．take

8.

A．to

B．by

C．from

D．at

9.

A．As a result

B．As

C．At last

D．Then

10.

A．adults

B．youths

C．men

D．women

11.

A．for

B．as

C．like

D．to

12.

A．which

B．that

C．where

D．why

13.

A．view

B．opinion

C．scene

D．scenery

14.

A．thought

B．mind

C．thinking

D．consideration

15.

A．machines

B．chemicals

C．air

D．work

16.

A．because

B．when

C．whether

D．even if

17.

A．do

B．turn

C．make

D．refuse

18.

A．lose

B．miss

C．give up

D．save

19.

A．need

B．reason

C．time

D．excuse

20.

A．injuring

B．being injured

C．be injuring

D．be injured

【推荐3】Have you ever seen a movie in which abuilding was burned down or a bridge was destroyed? Have you seen films in which two trains crashed or a ship _________ into the ocean? If so, you may have wondered how these things could happen without_________the actors and actresses in the film.

The man who knows the _________is the special-effects man. He has one of the most important _________ in the film industry. He may be ordered to _________ a flood or make a battle field explosion. But he may also be told to make a_________ effect which is much less exciting, but just as important to the success of the film.

In a _________of one movie there was a big glass bowl filled with water in which small fish were swimming. The director of the movie _________the fish to stop swimming suddenly so that they seemed to stare at an actor. Then the director desired the fish to _________staring and to swim. But fish couldn’t be ordered to do anything. It was quite a__________.

The special-effects man thought about the problem for a long time. The result was an idea of __________ the fish with the harmless use of electricity. First he applied electricity to the fish bowl, causing the fish to be absolutely__________. Then he rapidly reduced the amount of electricity, allowing the fish to be free. Thus he got the humorous effect the __________wanted.

In other parts of film-making there are also special-effects men who have developed __________skills in creating certain kinds of effects. Jim White, who has been a special-effects man forthirty-two years, is best known for his __________of explosions.

1.

A．buried

B．sank

C．fell

D．dropped

2.

A．telling

B．harming

C．protecting

D．organizing

3.

A．news

B．question

C．message

D．secret

4.

A．films

B．jobs

C．factories

D．companies

5.

A．prevent

B．fight

C．pour

D．create

6.

A．terrible

B．horrible

C．funny

D．special

7.

A．scene

B．step

C．stage

D．room

8.

A．ordered

B．wanted

C．decided

D．doubted

9.

A．return

B．continue

C．stop

D．start

10.

A．success

B．failure

C．challenge

D．disappointment

11.

A．controlling

B．operating

C．driving

D．lighting

12.

A．pure

B．interesting

C．still

D．quiet

13.

A．actor

B．actress

C．director

D．special-effects man

14.

A．fast

B．particular

C．humorous

D．careful

15.

A．imagination

B．work

C．repair

D．design

【推荐1】It was many years ago.I was a college ___ with a degree but no job.My substitute teaching work had dried up and I was getting ____.I had a family to feed and little money left.____，my oldest brother had been able to get me a ____ at the local lumber mill where he worked.While I was ____ ，my first day there was quite a blow to my ego(自尊).The job   ___ barely above minimum wage.The work was hard and back breaking.It was full of ___ ，lifting，and carrying heavy wood for eight hours a day.Splinters(木屑)were soon my best pals and every day I went home ____ and exhausted.

When winter arrived my gloves tore and my fingers split and ____ in the cold air.I found myself using more band aids(创可贴)and duct tape than I ever ____ I would just to keep my hands working.The turn over rate at the mill became so ____ that at the end of two years only four other people had ____ there longer than I had.Every morning I would ____myself out of bed and go to work knowing it was going to he another ____ day.I tried my best to keep my   __   up but many times during those years I found myself saying，“Why me，God? Why am I having to ____ this? Why has my life not turned out the ____ I dreamed it would?”I never got an ____ .

It is only now many years later that I have a hint of ____ I had to go through those tough times.I think that it is the“Why Me?”times of our lives in which we ____ the most.

1.

A．editor

B．graduate

C．professor

D．student

2.

A．delighted

B．satisfied

C．desperate

D．modest

3.

A．Hopefully

B．Fortunately

C．Sadly

D．Frankly

4.

A．job

B．rise

C．choice

D．title

5.

A．busy

B．worried

C．calm

D．grateful

6.

A．paid

B．cost

C．reduced

D．wasted

7.

A．stopping

B．jumping

C．bending

D．wandering

8.

A．aching

B．trembling

C．cheering

D．choking

9.

A．burnt

B．broke

C．shook

D．bled

10.

A．heard

B．promised

C．saw

D．thought

11.

A．low

B．high

C．fixed

D．steady

12.

A．relaxed

B．waited

C．prepared

D．worked

13.

A．push

B．release

C．press

D．pull

14.

A．difficult

B．helpful

C．interesting

D．meaningful

15.

A．hand

B．voice

C．spirits

D．tunes

16.

A．give up

B．go through

C．prepare for

D．carry out

17.

A．challenge

B．way

C．1evel

D．structure

18.

A．answer

B．aim

C．order

D．opportunity

19.

A．how

B．where

C．why

D．when

20.

A．complain

B．lose

C．grow

D．expect

【推荐2】I had a quarrel with my husband. We shouted to each other, like two _______ animals. What he did really made me so angry as to _______ my temper, and that made him lose as well.

I left my home angrily and walked in the street _________. An hour later, it was getting dark. Feeling hungry and _______, I went into a Mc Donald’s. I _______ an old couple sitting at a table near the window. They have ordered their meal and started taking food out of the plate. There was one hamburger, one order of French fries and one _______. The man divided the food into two halves and carefully placed one before his wife.

He took a small sip(啜) of the drink. His wife also took one and then set the cup down _______ them. The man began to eat his French fries, but the woman only looked at her husband, smiling and _______ something to him. “That _______ old couple! All they can afford is one meal for the two of them on such a cold winter night,” thought I. I left the waiting line, ________ over to their table and said that I was willing to buy another meal for them. But they kindly refused me and said that they made it __________ to share everything.

________ the lady didn’t take a bite. She only sat there watching her husband eat, and taking turns sipping the drink. Again I asked to buy them something but was refused. When the man ________ eating and was wiping his face with a napkin. I could no longer stand it, I made an offer to them a ________ time. After being politely refused, I asked the lady curiously, “Madam, why aren’t you eating? You said that you would share everything.”

Looking ________ at me, the woman smiled and said, “In fact, I got a stomach illness, because of ________ I am not allowed be eat anything greasy(油腻的). My husband loves McDonald very much but he has been fighting with his appetite, ________ I might feel uncomfortable. I’m feeling much ________ today, so I insisted that we come here enjoying one meal. What we share is actually each other’s ___________”

Moved by her words, I felt warm deep down inside. Now, I am heading home with Mc Donald food for my ________ in my hands.

1.

A．kind

B．excited

C．wild

D．gentle

2.

A．control

B．change

C．lose

D．ease

3.

A．alone

B．lonely

C．along

D．long

4.

A．tired

B．cold

C．starving

D．warm

5.

A．looked

B．noticed

C．watched

D．observed

6.

A．ice cream

B．cake

C．barbecue

D．drink

7.

A．at

B．between

C．in front of

D．on

8.

A．telling

B．chatting

C．whispering

D．talking

9.

A．poor

B．sweet

C．careful

D．loving

10.

A．took

B．got

C．went

D．broke

11.

A．custom

B．rule

C．habit

D．chance

12.

A．Amusingly

B．Delightedly

C．Excitedly

D．Surprisingly

13.

A．started

B．continued

C．paused

D．finished

14.

A．three

B．third

C．triple

D．thirds

15.

A．up

B．down

C．forward

D．back

16.

A．that

B．which

C．what

D．whom

17.

A．so that

B．in order that

C．in case that

D．seeing that

18.

A．better

B．worse

C．more

D．less

19.

A．trust

B．company

C．honesty

D．courage

20.

A．family

B．neighbor

C．husband

D．parents

【推荐3】My new Japanese friends stared at me from the other side of the small, square table. There_________in the Centre of the table, a bowl full of pasta, with black squid (乌贼) ink sauce. When I _________ that Italian food was my favorite, they just took me to the best Italian restaurant in the city. So there I sat, _________clear on my face, as my three friends stared at me with big smiles on their faces. I had tasted and enjoyed a variety of spaghetti sauces. _________, I had certainly never eaten or imagined eating pasta covered in black ink sauce.

I took the fork and spoon and put a _________ serving onto my plate. The first feeling I experienced as the spaghetti noodle touched my tongue was not_________, but interest. It was strange, but interesting. My friends smiled at me from_________the table. With their teeth and lips as_________ as night, they looked like dead bodies. I tried to explain this to them and in the_________I learned a new Japanese word. For the next twenty minutes we got __________ in calling the waitress over to our table and making her laugh as we ordered more drinks, smiling broadly the whole time.

__________, like people, come in all shapes, sizes, and colours. It is said, “The true voyage of discovery lies not in__________new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” Our days are filled with mini-adventures that are__________so quickly without a thought, I would have__________this adventure completely if I had actually known what I was ordering when I ordered it, but I was__________for the mistake.

1.

A．fixed

B．found

C．lay

D．stood

2.

A．mentioned

B．illustrated

C．noticed

D．announced

3.

A．desire

B．worry

C．anger

D．shame

4.

A．Therefore

B．However

C．Furthermore

D．Otherwise

5.

A．well-cooked

B．mouth-watering

C．eye-catching

D．healthy-sized

6.

A．dislike

B．satisfaction

C．nervousness

D．enjoyment

7.

A．under

B．inside

C．behind

D．across

8.

A．attractive

B．black

C．mysterious

D．deep

9.

A．process

B．progress

C．prospect

D．practice

10.

A．pride

B．experience

C．pleasure

D．comfort

11.

A．Fortunes

B．Friendships

C．Adventures

D．Fates

12.

A．preserving

B．seeking

C．appreciating

D．avoiding

13.

A．passed over

B．got through

C．spelt out

D．referred to

14.

A．made use of

B．broken away from

C．fallen victim to

D．missed out on

15.

A．cheerful

B．regretful

C．thankful

D．painful

【推荐1】“Daily Star”, sir, called Jason, carrying some newspapers under his arm. The little boy had been running up and down the street, but there were still twenty ______left. His voice was almost gone and his heart was ______. The shops would soon close, and all the people would go home. He would have to go home too, carrying the papers instead of money. He had hoped to sell more papers tonight to make more money to buy a ______ for his mother and some seeds for his bird. That was why he had bought the papers with all his money. He ______ as he thought of his failure to sell all his papers.

“You don’t know the ______of selling papers. You must shout, ‘Hot news! Bomb bursting!’” another newsboy Chad told Jason.“But it’s not in the paper at all,” replied Jason.“Just run away quickly ______ they have time to see, and you’ll______out and get your money,” Chad said.

It was a new idea to Jason. He thought of his bird with no ______ and the cake he wanted to buy for his mother, but was______that he would not tell a lie. Though he was just a poor newsboy, he had been______some good things.

The next afternoon Jason went to the office for his papers______. Several boys were crowding around Chad, who declared with a ______ smile that he sold six dozen the day before. He added that Jason ______money because he would not tell a lie. The boys laughed at Jason. “You wouldn’t tell a lie yesterday, my boy?”A gentleman at the office came up and patted Jason’s shoulder______. “You’re just the boy I am looking for.”A week later Jason started his new ______. He lost the sale of twenty papers because he would not tell a lie, but got a well-paid job because he told the truth.

1.

A．shops

B．coins

C．people

D．papers

2.

A．open

B．heavy

C．pure

D．weak

3.

A．cup

B．card

C．comb

D．cake

4.

A．gave in

B．broke down

C．got away

D．showed up

5.

A．difficulty

B．process

C．goal

D．secret

6.

A．before

B．since

C．though

D．unless

7.

A．call

B．drop

C．sell

D．reach

8.

A．bread

B．insects

C．seeds

D．water

9.

A．concerned

B．amazed

C．excited

D．determined

10.

A．taught

B．handed

C．awarded

D．allowed

11.

A．at once

B．by chance

C．as usual

D．on purpose

12.

A．proud

B．gentle

C．warm

D．polite

13.

A．borrowed

B．lost

C．made

D．saved

14.

A．bravely

B．gratefully

C．fondly

D．modestly

15.

A．duty

B．business

C．job

D．method

【推荐3】If doctors lie, it is surely inexcusable. One of the basic _______ the public have of doctors is honesty. But what would you think if I told you that research has shown that 70 percent of doctors _______ to lying to their patients?

Mrs. Walton was in her eighties and _______ to see her husband. “He’s on his way, don’t worry,” I said this to calm her down. But it was a lie. He died two years ago. The truth is that it is a _______ to lie sometimes.

Mrs. Walton is one of the dementia (痴呆) sufferers, who lose their memory of _______ events, but hold memories from the distant past. Many of them realize that the past bears little _______ to the present, but are at a loss to explain. They often feel scared that they are _______ by strange people, even when they are with their family. They look at their adult children _______ and wonder who they could be.

I have countless families not knowing how to react as their loved one moves back into distant past and they are _______ in the present. And how, as a doctor, does one manage sufferings that come with having no ________ of these patients’ life for the past ten or 20 years? Maybe he can tell them lies that are not big and elaborate — they are ________ comforts intended to calm and allow the subject to be swiftly changed.

________ with them about this false reality is not unprofessional — it is actually kind. That’s not to say that lying to patients with dementia ________ is right. But what kind-hearted person would put another human being through the unimaginable pain of learning, ________ again and again, that they have lost their beloved ones. It would be an unthinkable cruelness.

Sometimes honesty is ________ not the best policy.

1.

A．expressions

B．expectations

C．reputations

D．regulations

2.

A．objected

B．contributed

C．admitted

D．appealed

3.

A．ashamed

B．delighted

C．nervous

D．desperate

4.

A．cruelty

B．kindness

C．pain

D．pleasure

5.

A．recent

B．popular

C．distant

D．major

6.

A．opposition

B．connection

C．attention

D．similarity

7.

A．attacked

B．isolated

C．surrounded

D．attracted

8.

A．puzzled

B．satisfied

C．amused

D．motivated

9.

A．cut off

B．thrown away

C．put down

D．left behind

10.

A．knowledge

B．control

C．imagination

D．record

11.

A．brief

B．constant

C．permanent

D．secret

12.

A．Competing

B．Plotting

C．Matching

D．Mixing

13.

A．unnecessarily

B．inaccurately

C．impatiently

D．impolitely

14.

A．ahead of time

B．in no time

C．for the last time

D．for the first time

15.

A．mostly

B．informally

C．simply

D．finally