【推荐1】In April, Matthew Sullivan watched his neighbors in Morris Township gaze out their windows. As the lockdown was coming to a _______ , many were about to return to the workplace. Unable to _______ their lawn (草坪), they showed a look of _______ .

Sullivan, a creative 14-year-old, saw the _______ in lawn care. Thus, he had a(n) _______ idea in his mind. _______ the boost in demand, Sullivan started his own business, and named it Leaf-it to-Us, in which he _______ a group of able-bodied 13-and 14-year-olds for weeding, leaf-blowing, planting and fence-painting.

Last Saturday, Sullivan and his partners presented the local charity Help MorrisNOW with a $ 1,000 check that they had earned. “The _______ from the Leaf-it to-Us kids made me _______ ,” Nestor Bedoya, the founder of Help MorrisNOW, said. “When they came up to me with the check, I could hardly ________ those kids doing such amazing things at their age to help others.”

Though the company had ________ given its earnings to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, this season it ________ its purposes. Now we’ve gone ________ , so we’re helping out people in our community,” Sullivan said. Sullivan estimates that they have made more than $5,000 in total since this April. They plan to keep the landscaping business running ________ they can maintain their ________ giving.

1.

A．crisis

B．spot

C．stage

D．close

2.

A．attend to

B．go through

C．hold back

D．leave off

3.

A．relief

B．confidence

C．concern

D．satisfaction

4.

A．burden

B．potential

C．complexity

D．annoyance

5.

A．amusing

B．convenient

C．ambitious

D．reasonable

6.

A．Making up for

B．Taking pride in

C．Getting rid of

D．Taking advantage of

7.

A．employed

B．remembered

C．greeted

D．surprised

8.

A．reminder

B．advice

C．donation

D．promise

9.

A．weep

B．choose

C．appear

D．recall

10.

A．prevent

B．appreciate

C．suggest

D．imagine

11.

A．eventually

B．originally

C．fortunately

D．repeatedly

12.

A．accepted

B．switched

C．discovered

D．ignored

13.

A．wrong

B．familiar

C．innocent

D．local

14.

A．in case

B．even if

C．as long as

D．now that

15.

A．charitable

B．responsible

C．cautious

D．equal

【推荐2】阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Years ago when I volunteered at a homeless shelter, I talked with a boy, Albert. He said he liked my_______. “Do you want to see mine?” he said, _______ his leg. He was barefoot. He said he’d been meaning to pick up a pair but hadn’t gotten one. I felt a _______ feeling in my stomach.
A few days later I was at home helping to _______ my daughter. I smiled when I _______ the socks over her feet. At that moment, Albert flashed in my _______
At noon, I went to a department store and _______ a shopping cart with socks-nothing _______, just white cotton men’s socks.
The next morning, I drove to the Palisades Park, which is a common overnight-destination for _______ individuals, I grabbed one of the ________ from my trunk and walked across the grass. It was dark out. It was a beautiful feeling to ________ before the sun and most living things.
I headed for a group of three men. Two were asleep and the third was digging through his shopping cart. It was loaded with plastic bottles and some clothes, and a few books-most ________, everything he owned in this world. As I walked toward him, he turned and ________ me, perhaps questioning my intention.
“I thought you might ________ some new socks, ” I told him, handing him a pair. He looked ________ at first but took them, smiled and said, “Thank you.” I gave two more________ for his partners.
I ________. After 20 minutes, I returned for the second bag. An hour later, I ________ all the socks. Most people were sleeping, and I felt like a(n) ________ Santa Claus. I knew when they woke up they would find a very meaningful ________ that gave me an amazing feeling.1.

A．books

B．bags

C．socks

D．trousers

2.

A．lifting

B．hiding

C．folding

D．bending

3.

A．genuine

B．strong

C．curious

D．sinking

4.

A．feed

B．dress

C．teach

D．comfort

5.

A．threw

B．touched

C．wrapped

D．slid

6.

A．position

B．view

C．mind

D．room

7.

A．filled

B．equipped

C．decorated

D．exchanged

8.

A．ugly

B．cheap

C．difficult

D．fancy

9.

A．wealthy

B．homeless

C．lazy

D．proud

10.

A．parcels

B．containers

C．bags

D．boxes

11.

A．get up

B．leave behind

C．get back

D．turn down

12.

A．unbelievably

B．strangely

C．importantly

D．likely

13.

A．attacked

B．watched

C．found

D．asked

14.

A．choose

B．purchase

C．need

D．donate

15.

A．confused

B．ashamed

C．shocked

D．happy

16.

A．socks

B．packages

C．dollars

D．pairs

17.

A．talked

B．moved

C．played

D．held

18.

A．sold out

B．put away

C．gave out

D．turned away

19.

A．real

B．honest

C．grateful

D．reliable

20.

A．book

B．change

C．life

D．present

【推荐3】There’re stories behind Olympic medalists. Among them, a very _________ one is that of former weightlifting champion Óscar Figueroa. He _________ in the Olympics four times, but with those events came plenty of _________ before he finally won his victory.

21-year-old Figueroa made his first _________ in the 2004 Olympic Games. Though ranked fifth—a good position, he was _________. He looked forward to the 2008 Beijing Games to prove himself. _______ , just two weeks before the event, his hand was injured, which _________ Figueroa in his weightlifting and cost him the competition. Figueroa had got _________ than ever by the 2012 London Games. So he took home the silver medal. Though he’d already _________ all, he still wanted more. In 2016, he headed to Rio to __________ for the top prize and he did. After his final lift, knowing just how __________ his performance had been, Figueroa fell to the ground in __________. Then he put his shoes on the stage, indicating he would __________ from the Olympics. That year, he became the first Colombian man to have ever taken home the __________ in his category.

“It’s many years since I started; now is the time to stop,” he said at the 2016 Olympics. “But I am full of emotion. It’s as though I was __________ for the whole country.”

1.

A．pleasant

B．specific

C．touching

D．bitter

2.

A．competed

B．won

C．lost

D．shone

3.

A．blame

B．guilt

C．misunderstanding

D．disappointment

4.

A．promise

B．appearance

C．record

D．victory

5.

A．dissatisfied

B．excited

C．optimistic

D．worried

6.

A．Unbelievably

B．Unusually

C．Unfortunately

D．Unbearably

7.

A．pulled through

B．put off

C．drove away

D．set back

8.

A．older

B．readier

C．tougher

D．calmer

9.

A．experienced

B．suffered

C．prepared

D．passed

10.

A．apply

B．enter

C．approach

D．fight

11.

A．awkward

B．brilliant

C．typical

D．rare

12.

A．sweat

B．shame

C．tears

D．shouts

13.

A．retire

B．rise

C．resign

D．disappear

14.

A．spirit

B．sport

C．silver

D．gold

15.

A．training

B．lifting

C．living

D．exercising

【推荐1】It was a freezing, windy winter night in Manhattan. I was walking to catch a train home, totally___in the next day's to-do list, not paying any attention to my surroundings. “Hey man, I love your nice hat!”, said a voice to me from the sidewalk. When I____to see where it came from, I saw a man ___dressed, carrying a garbage bag, standing outside a ____—with a warm smile on his face. As I was about to say thank you, a woman walked by. “Hey lady, you have the most beautiful eyes. Can you____some change?"

This homeless man had no ___of talking to anyone and he was excellent at ___up others. I felt pulled to help him use that___ .I introduced myself, and ___him to dinner inside. “Ralph's the name. Thank you so much, sir!” he said.

As we sat down and ate, I told Ralph that I felt he had an amazing talent for____with people.___ at first, he eventually began to open up. He spoke much about how he used to love to____. He was like a fisherman's encyclopedia ( 百科全书). I asked him what he could see himself doing, and he said that he thought he could be a good __. So I asked him if he ever____going to the store right down the street and telling them he would help them sell their fishing equipment. There was a pause.Ralph put his hands over his face __ he spoke through tears. I'll never ___what he said next. “ I had a job and a family.___ , I didn't know how to handle these things. I____my problems. For 11 years, no one has ever done anything like this for me. It's time for me to make things____again. "

By the end, I was in ___as well. Ralph thanked me for my help, and we went our separate ways.

1.

A．interest

B．absorbed

C．set

D．taken

2.

A．turned out

B．settled down

C．got off

D．looked back

3.

A．casually

B．formally

C．shabbily

D．fashionably

4.

A．station

B．store

C．bookshop

D．restaurant

5.

A．spare

B．show

C．make

D．introduce

6.

A．fear

B．tendency

C．sign

D．courage

7.

A．setting

B．bringing

C．lighting

D．picking

8.

A．opportunity

B．potential

C．qualification

D．reputation

9.

A．pushed

B．forced

C．guided

D．invited

10.

A．bargaining

B．competing

C．connecting

D．parting

11.

A．Aggressive

B．Hesitant

C．Cheerful

D．Confident

12.

A．travel

B．beg

C．fish

D．read

13.

A．salesman

B．secretary

C．fisherman

D．teacher

14.

A．recalled

B．considered

C．resisted

D．avoided

15.

A．unless

B．until

C．though

D．as

16.

A．remember

B．appreciate

C．forget

D．forgive

17.

A．Otherwise

B．Besides

C．Therefore

D．However

18.

A．ran away from

B．came up with

C．faced up to

D．put up with

19.

A．easy

B．right

C．practical

D．diverse

20.

A．tears

B．rags

C．panic

D．sorrow