【推荐1】Across the street from where we live, there stands a big hospital. To earn some money, we rented the rooms upstairs to patients. One evening, there was a(n)_______ at the door. I opened it and saw a short old man who was hardly _________ than my eight-year-old son. But the worst thing was his face—it was __________ugly. He told me he’d been _________ a room since that noon but no one seemed to have one. For a moment I hesitated, not _________ to rent him a room, but his next words convinced me. He said,“I could __________on this chair. My bus leaves early in the morning.” I told him we would find him a _________.

It wasn’t a long time before I found that this old man had a _________ heart in that tiny body. He fished for a living to _________ his daughter, his daughter’s children, and her disabled husband. He didn’t tell it by way of complaint. Instead, he was_______ that no pain was caused by his disease and that he still had strength to keep going. At __________, we put a camp cot(吊床) in my children’s room for him. __________ he left the next morning, he asked, “Could I please come back and ___________when I see the doctor next time? Grown-ups are bothered by my __________, but children don’t seem to __________. ” I told him he was welcome to come again.

On his next trip, he brought a big fish and a bag of the largest oysters(牡蛎)I had ever seen. Other times we received __________ in the mail. There were oysters, fish or some fresh vegetables. __________ how little money he had and that he must walk three miles to __________ these made these gifts much more precious. And from him we __________ what it was to accept the bad without complaint and the good ________gratitude.

1.

A．bell

B．answer

C．knock

D．call

2.

A．taller

B．healthier

C．better

D．stronger

3.

A．hardly

B．usually

C．really

D．finally

4.

A．searching

B．looking at

C．hunting for

D．checking in

5.

A．knowing

B．refusing

C．fearing

D．wanting

6.

A．wait

B．sit

C．hide

D．sleep

7.

A．bed

B．seat

C．table

D．living room

8.

A．funny

B．beautiful

C．small

D．normal

9.

A．please

B．surprise

C．support

D．exchange

10.

A．interested

B．scared

C．grateful

D．worried

11.

A．midnight

B．suppertime

C．bedtime

D．noon

12.

A．if

B．once

C．before

D．after

13.

A．visit

B．stay

C．pay

D．chat

14.

A．action

B．voice

C．face

D．manner

15.

A．notice

B．require

C．mind

D．escape

16.

A．card

B．letters

C．greetings

D．packages

17.

A．Believing

B．Knowing

C．Doubting

D．Telling

18.

A．mail

B．get

C．find

D．make

19.

A．remembered

B．explained

C．learned

D．showed

20.

A．for

B．with

C．in

D．under

【推荐2】When I was in elementary school, I enjoyed telling lies . That was a lot of _______ .As I got older, my _______continued. I enjoyed people's reactions to my seemingly _______life. But when I was 15, that all _______. I met someone I really _______,who put me on the path to honesty.

In my _______fashion, I told him lies just like telling other people. I made up _______to get him to be more interested in me _______I wasn't sure if the truth would be enough to make his want to _______working with me .But he ________me so well.

One day he told me ,''I can't talk to you on the ________anymore because I can't see your eyes, and so I am not sure when you are lying to me. '' That ________shocked me , because I didn't know he knew I had been lying to him, and he was willing to end our ________for those lies. I ________at that moment that I would never lie to him again. It was a ________transition to make because I was used to exaggerating(夸大) experiences to get ________ But because of him , I made a deal with myself never to tell any lie again. ________, his trust in me was rebuilt.

That was how I learned the ________of honesty. I felt more ________when I told the truth. As Merlin said in a movie,''when a man lies, he murders some part of the world.''It is________.1.

A．pride

B．relief

C．care

D．fun

2.

A．blaming

B．lying

C．struggling

D．designing

3.

A．boring

B．amazing

C．frightening

D．convincing

4.

A．changed

B．spread

C．returned

D．completed

5.

A．helped out

B．put away

C．looked up to

D．caught up with

6.

A．present

B．new

C．strange

D．usual

7.

A．orders

B．stories

C．poems

D．songs

8.

A．though

B．while

C．because

D．but

9.

A．continue

B．imagine

C．suggest

D．allow

10.

A．instructed

B．served

C．improved

D．knew

11.

A．stage

B．ground

C．phone

D．street

12.

A．nearly

B．gradually

C．slowly

D．really

13.

A．friendship

B．journey

C．love

D．discussion

14.

A．proved

B．promised

C．prayed

D．imagined

15.

A．hard

B．smooth

C．frequent

D．violent

16.

A．knowledge

B．attention

C．entertainment

D．wealth

17.

A．At once

B．At first

C．For long

D．In time

18.

A．cost

B．tradition

C．value

D．condition

19.

A．lonely

B．careful

C．powerful

D．independent

20.

A．true

B．lucky

C．possible

D．silly

【推荐1】I was watching this movie on television the other day about a man who did whatever it took to get money. To him money was _______. He killed his own brother and _______ his wife to get what he wanted. This man didn’t allow anything or anyone to _______ him.

Money is a _______ of power and status (地位). People who make a lot of money also have a lot of money to _______. We have always considered them to be powerful people. A lot of money allows people to _______ other people as well.

Do parents realize that kids at an early age recognize that having money to spend provides them _______ a feeling of power? It _______ them to take control of a _______. Teens learn this feeling of power from adults _______ they observe parents showing off their purchases or_______ to neighbors about their new BMW. Teens _______ link money with success and power.

Who are the most powerful people in the world? Bill Gates? President GeorgeBush? Take a look at the well respected _______ magazine, Forbes. Each year Forbes _______ a list of the Top CEOs (首席执行官)- Corporate Most Powerful People. The list is based on how much money each CEO _______ during the preceding year.

But do you know that not all powerful people are _______? Some have been very poor, like our dear Mother Theresa, the nun who worked tirelessly to _______ the world’s poorest and most desperate people. She could do all this _______ she had courage and belief and most _______ from the love of her heart.

Is money powerful? What do we want to tell our teens? Let’s give much _______.

1.

A．time

B．power

C．knowledge

D．speed

2.

A．ever

B．never

C．even

D．enough

3.

A．stop

B．help

C．pause

D．quit

4.

A．source

B．resource

C．cause

D．reason

5.

A．cost

B．take

C．waste

D．spend

6.

A．feed

B．fool

C．control

D．respect

7.

A．for

B．with

C．to

D．by

8.

A．lets

B．has

C．promises

D．allows

9.

A．situation

B．state

C．status

D．growth

10.

A．what

B．that

C．since

D．when

11.

A．listening

B．talking

C．replying

D．turning

12.

A．possibly

B．actively

C．quickly

D．deeply

13.

A．business

B．tourism

C．education

D．fashion

14.

A．shows

B．prints

C．releases

D．reports

15.

A．made

B．spent

C．cost

D．lost

16.

A．poor

B．lucky

C．powerful

D．rich

17.

A．care for

B．look for

C．call for

D．long for

18.

A．when

B．before

C．as

D．after

19.

A．proudly

B．likely

C．importantly

D．possibly

20.

A．care

B．thought

C．idea

D．attitude

【推荐2】Our neighbors had a loud party last night. We weren’t _______ but this was one of those celebrations that I didn’t mind. They are a bunch of young, single guys and I would have felt out of place.

What _______ me was the way they behaved. One of the young men came over _______ in the day to “warn” us of the upcoming event and said it would be over at about 11 p.m. That was the first step. Even more _______ was what they did next. “Here’s my _______,” offered our neighbor _______. “Text me if it’s too noisy.” That was a level of _______ I had never experienced in all my years of being a neighbor!

And it really worked in their favor. My husband and I were so friendly that even when the event went past the _______ end time, even when the music reached high decibels (分贝), and even when we couldn’t get through on the phone number, we felt no _______. We knew they would stop and be ________ eventually.

It takes such little effort to make people feel that they ________ and get people on your side. Everyone needs to let loose every now and then, especially in these uniquely tough times. But people who do it without ________ others are few and far between. I hadn’t fully ________ my neighbors until this week. We had adopted that all too American “live and let live” posture. But now I see them in a new light and with greater ________. They didn’t just bring noise to the neighborhood; they shone the light of ________.

1.

A．located

B．explored

C．challenged

D．invited

2.

A．trapped

B．impressed

C．annoyed

D．embarrassed

3.

A．later

B．closer

C．earlier

D．further

4.

A．disappointing

B．frightening

C．puzzling

D．amazing

5.

A．phone number

B．room number

C．account number

D．car number

6.

A．anxiously

B．politely

C．regularly

D．obviously

7.

A．imagination

B．consideration

C．limitation

D．organization

8.

A．promised

B．supplied

C．designed

D．compared

9.

A．stress

B．anxiety

C．worry

D．anger

10.

A．responsive

B．adaptable

C．continuous

D．respectful

11.

A．figure

B．succeed

C．matter

D．access

12.

A．gathering

B．inviting

C．meeting

D．disturbing

13.

A．noticed

B．delivered

C．explored

D．proved

14.

A．surrounding

B．appreciation

C．curiosity

D．distance

15.

A．gratitude

B．apology

C．thoughtfulness

D．inspiration

【推荐3】“What’s it like to have a gap between your teeth?” a girl asked me one day.

Nobody had ever ________ before. My hand unconsciously rose to cover my mouth. But, as she looked at me, sincerely waiting for a (n) ________, I realized she was not trying to be rude. “I never think about it,” I truthfully replied. She nodded and tumned away. I was left wondering if people ________me and saw only gappy teeth.

Later that day at home, I began to ________ my teeth again. I felt ________. I thought my life would be somehow better if my teeth were not gappy. How I wanted the perfect teeth that everyone else seemed to have!

Of course, Mom ________everything. She has lived her whole life with gappy teeth, and tried to ________ me that there was nothing to ________. When I refused to listen, she told me I could get the surgery to close the gap if it was that important. “Let’s be ________ though,” she said. “If everyone got surgeries to become attractive, everyone would be exactly the same. There is beauty in________”.

Her ________ made me consider my teeth seriously. The thought of losing my gap was more terrible than the reality that people were going to notice it. I realized how important it was to me. It is part of my ________.

Nowadays many people do crazy things to realize their dream of “perfection”. The ________ is that no one is perfect. When all potential for ugliness is removed, so is all of the potential for ________.

So if that girl ever asked about my teeth ________, I would truthfully answer, “You know? It’s really cute.”

1.

A．faced

B．guessed

C．asked

D．imagined

2.

A．offer

B．answer

C．suggestion

D．result

3.

A．heard of

B．thought of

C．talked about

D．looked at

4.

A．consider

B．brush

C．cover

D．admire

5.

A．unique

B．upset

C．frightened

D．proud

6.

A．admitted

B．noticed

C．controlled

D．changed

7.

A．convince

B．promise

C．warn

D．judge

8.

A．worry about

B．cheer up

C．give up

D．bring out

9.

A．creative

B．lovely

C．honest

D．serious

10.

A．confidence

B．health

C．differences

D．choices

11.

A．words

B．jokes

C．dreams

D．acts

12.

A．appearance

B．decision

C．aim

D．identity

13.

A．possibility

B．basis

C．truth

D．choice

14.

A．challenge

B．wisdom

C．kindness

D．beauty

15.

A．once

B．again

C．too

D．instead

【推荐1】I arrived in the United States on February 6, 2016, but I remember my first day here very clearly. My friend was waiting for me when my plane landed at Kennedy International Airport at three o'clock in the afternoon. The weather was very ________and it was snowing, but I was too excited to mind. From the airport, my friend and I took a taxi to my ________. On the way, I saw the skyline of Manhattan for the first time and I looked in astonishment at the famous skyscrapers (摩天大楼) and their man-made ________. My friend helped me unpack at the hotel and then left because he had to go back to work. He promised to return the next day.

________ my friend had left, I went to a restaurant near the hotel to get something to eat. Because I couldn’t speak a single ________ of English, I couldn’t tell the waiter what I wanted. I was very upset and started to make some ________, but the waiter didn’t ________ me. Finally, I ordered the same thing the man at the next table was eating. After dinner, I started to walk along Broadway ________ I came to Times Square with its cinemas, theatres, neon lights, and huge crowds of people. I did not feel tired, so I ________ to walk around the city. I wanted to see ________ on my first day. I knew it was ________, but I wanted to try.

When I returned to the hotel, I was ________, but I couldn’t ________ because I kept hearing the fire and police sirens (警笛) during the night. I lay ________ and thought about New York. It was a very big and interesting city with many tall buildings and big cars, and full of ________ and busy people. I also decided right then that I had to learn to speak English.

1.

A．warm

B．hot

C．cold

D．cool

2.

A．school

B．hotel

C．home

D．office

3.

A．parks

B．satellites

C．beauty

D．lakes

4.

A．Long before

B．Shortly after

C．Sooner or later

D．Then

5.

A．sentence

B．letter

C．word

D．phrase

6.

A．sounds

B．changes

C．voices

D．gestures

7.

A．hear

B．understand

C．see

D．serve

8.

A．until

B．when

C．before

D．after

9.

A．stopped

B．tried

C．decided

D．continued

10.

A．something

B．everything

C．nothing

D．anything

11.

A．necessary

B．important

C．impossible

D．right

12.

A．tired

B．excited

C．surprised

D．pleased

13.

A．go out

B．eat out

C．have a bath

D．fall asleep

14.

A．afraid

B．awake

C．aloud

D．asleep

15.

A．noises

B．streets

C．places

D．rivers

【推荐3】On the first day of our science class, Mr. Whitson gave us a lecture about an animal called “Cattywampus”, an ill-adapted nocturnal (夜行的) animal that was_______out during the Ice Age, and he passed around a skull (头骨) as he talked. We all took notes and later had a quiz (测试).

When he _______our papers, we were shocked-a big red “x” each of our answers. We had written down exactly what he had said. There must be some mistakes!

“Very simple,” Mr. Whitson explained, “I had_______up the story about the Cattywampus. There had never been such an animal. The information in your notes was, _______, incorrect. Did you expect_______ for incorrect answers?”

Needless to say, we were annoyed.

“You should have _______ it out.” Mr. Whitson said. After all, at the very moment he was_______at the skull (in truth, a cat’s), hadn’t he been telling us that no trace of the animal_______? He had described its amazing night vision and the_______of its fur he couldn’t have known. He had given the animal a ridiculous (荒谬的) name, and we still hadn’t been________.

Every class was a/an ________ with Mr. Whitson. One day he told us that his car was a living organism (有机体). It took us two full days to________ our clarification (阐明). He didn’t get us out of   ________until we had proved not only the reasonable statement of an organism but also that we had the courage to stand up for the truth.

We ________ our skepticism (怀疑) into all our classes. Teachers and textbooks are not always right. In fact, no one is. Don’t let your minds go to________, instead, speak up if you ever thought the teacher or the textbook was wrong.

1.

A．died

B．worked

C．driven

D．given

2.

A．handed

B．collected

C．returned

D．took

3.

A．made

B．brought

C．looked

D．held

4.

A．however

B．therefore

C．though

D．despite

5.

A．permission

B．attention

C．honor

D．credit

6.

A．announced

B．figured

C．switched

D．took

7.

A．staring

B．working

C．laughing

D．glaring

8.

A．set

B．exposed

C．remained

D．solved

9.

A．organization

B．activity

C．height

D．color

10.

A．aggressive

B．suspicious

C．indifferent

D．specific

11.

A．adventure

B．struggle

C．aspect

D．opportunity

12.

A．imitate

B．prepare

C．answer

D．decide

13.

A．hand

B．control

C．trouble

D．way

14.

A．cut

B．slip

C．run

D．put

15.

A．signature

B．engagement

C．accusation

D．sleep