【推荐1】“You are the only one who can handle it, Matt,” said Mr. Wolf, my fourth-grade band teacher, as he put the heavy tuba into my arms. I felt_______because I had asked for other band instrument, not the tuba. But I knew what he_______and he was right. In the fourth grade, I was_______a foot taller and 50 pounds heavier than any of my classmates.

Now I’m 6 feet and 3 inches and weigh 240 pounds. Since freshman year, my football coach has had only one_______place for me: the line. I had to be where size_______.

Somehow my size has_______me from any solo performances in music or sports. In fact, there is a(n) _______chance that a tuba player or a lineman will get noticed. But I seldom complain about my lack of_______because my size has benefited me a lot.

In school, my classmates formed a fixed_______of a big kid:that I was either an awkward fool or an annoying “tough guy”. I didn’t feel that I__________in either category. To correct their expectations, I__________to become athletic and even graceful. I made sure that I played well in all the sports I__________. I also joined in a ballroom dance class and followed it throughout high school, long after my friends had__________halfway.

My father used to encourage me to use my size to my full__________. He told me that I should take pride in myself.________, he lost his life on September 11, 2001. His death was a heavy__________to my family, but it helped me see my size from a different__________. During his funeral(葬礼), I tried to__________dignified and brave. I hope my calm and tall__________would comfort my family and give them the courage to make it through.

Looking forward, I know that my size will__________me to accomplish many positive things, whether in college, in a career or in just helping others.

1.

A．delighted

B．surprised

C．ashamed

D．amused

2.

A．meant

B．concluded

C．admitted

D．demanded

3.

A．casually

B．gradually

C．randomly

D．actually

4.

A．unique

B．flexible

C．helpless

D．changeless

5.

A．calculated

B．challenged

C．mattered

D．occupied

6.

A．sheltered

B．prevented

C．rescued

D．persuaded

7.

A．slim

B．golden

C．suitable

D．unexpected

8.

A．bravery

B．encouragement

C．recognition

D．comment

9.

A．tendency

B．faith

C．glory

D．impression

10.

A．belonged

B．qualified

C．applied

D．dominated

11.

A．hesitated

B．determined

C．failed

D．chanced

12.

A．came across

B．referred to

C．fitted in

D．participated in

13.

A．dropped out

B．registered for

C．carried out

D．made for

14.

A．height

B．speed

C．potential

D．intelligence

15.

A．Undoubtedly

B．Unfortunately

C．Uncommonly

D．Unwillingly

16.

A．coincidence

B．sympathy

C．blow

D．load

17.

A．source

B．situation

C．location

D．angle

18.

A．appear

B．sound

C．feel

D．prove

19.

A．influence

B．reaction

C．presence

D．display

20.

A．remind

B．enable

C．advise

D．force

【推荐2】A woman couldn't find her wallet at Gilleece's bar.She didn't ___ about her $1500 in cash as her wedding ring was in side.

Gilleece disliked the ____that a theft could have occurred.So he was ___ to help.He spent hours ____footage(影像)from security cameras and he saw a boy put something into his pocket and walk off.Gilleece   ____a clip(片段)on the bar's Facebook page."I didn't want to ____ him,"he said."I just asked if anybody knew the guy was."Within hours,Gilleece got a text from 17-year-old Rivens Prather.who admitted doing it because he was______ He said he opened the wallet and saw the ring,thinking it was fake,so he took the money and threw the wallet ___ the docks(码头)into the ocean.Gilleece told the teen to meet him at the docks where Cilleece,a father of two,saw him for what he was:more of a kid than a(n)______

But the ____ were high.The police were already on the ____;Prather could be facing theft charges.I had to help him ____,"says Gilleece.He ____ two local divers to search the waters.____,a detective was waiting there.A crowd had ____ to watch the two divers search in the icy water.Hours passed,with no ___ of the ring.And then a diver_____,ring in hand.Cheers erupted from the crowd.When Gilleece called the wallet's owner,she burst into tears.

It wasn't ___ for Gilleece.He'd been troubled about Prather sleeping in the cold woods,hungry. Gilleece took Prather into his home and helped him find a ____.

"Most people would have thought I was a thief while he chose to help me,"Prather said."I feel _____every day."

1.

A．worry

B．care

C．know

D．forget

2.

A．idea

B．theory

C．warning

D．fact

3.

A．able

B．proud

C．nervous

D．quick

4.

A．recording

B．searching

C．editing

D．testing

5.

A．downloaded

B．copied

C．posted

D．delivered

6.

A．arrest

B．reward

C．recognize

D．blame

7.

A．embarrassed

B．confused

C．interested

D．starved

8.

A．away

B．through

C．off

D．along

9.

A．cheat

B．criminal

C．adult

D．student

10.

A．prices

B．spirits

C．gains

D．expectations

11.

A．move

B．committee

C．team

D．scene

12.

A．somehow

B．sometimes

C．somewhere

D．sometime

13.

A．forced

B．reminded

C．hired

D．taught

14.

A．However

B．Meanwhile

C．Thus

D．Besides

15.

A．applied

B．paid

C．gathered

D．agreed

16.

A．exception

B．loss

C．sign

D．signal

17.

A．turned up

B．looked up

C．climbed up

D．ran up

18.

A．right

B．bad

C．easy

D．over

19.

A．job

B．hospital

C．lawyer

D．shop

20.

A．regretful

B．thankful

C．wonderful

D．pitiful.

【推荐3】It was August 2018, and Wedelstedt, 56, was on her way back down the trail with three friends. A storm was blowing, and they were_______ to get off the mountain. When they_______a rocky drop of a couple of feet，Wedelstedt decided that______shimmying down(一扭一摆) on her butt- -the safe way to go- -she would_____ . She landed on her left leg and was injured.

Every step after that was painful. Before long, she had to _____.As one friend ran down to get

____ ,   a number of other hikers, all strangers, attempted to help Wedelstedt down the_____ trail by walking on either side of her to support her______, but that proved slow and____。“One man was so_____to the edge that I could see_______falling down from where he stepped on them,” Wedelstedt says.

Finally, one hiker, Matt, asked her, “How do you feel about a fireman's carry?”_____ she knew it, he had____her over his shoulders.“Now, I’m not tiny," says Wedelstedt, a former college basketball star. Matt______couldn't carry her all the way down by himself. So six hikers and one of her friends took turns carrying her while she tried to_______the difficult situation: “I want to meet a lot of guys, but this isn't the_____ I want to do it.”Three hours later， this human conveyor ____finally met the doctors， who took Wedelstedt to the_____

She has mostly recovered from her_______hike, but Wedelstedt knows she’11 never shake one thing from that day: the______of the band of strangers who came to her rescue.“I’m still in awe(敬畏).”

1.

A．cheerful

B．satisfied

C．surprised

D．anxious

2.

A．approached

B．arrived

C．hiked

D．appeared

3.

A．because of

B．instead of

C．except for

D．regardless of

4.

A．walk

B．crawl

C．climb

D．jump

5.

A．tremble

B．continue

C．stop

D．run

6.

A．help .

B．safety

C．relays

D．offers

7.

A．muddy

B．snowy

C．narrow

D．dirty

8.

A．luggage

B．weight

C．load

D．equipment

9.

A．dangerous

B．gradual .

C．comfortable

D．enjoyable

10.

A．high

B．close

C．far .

D．remote

11.

A．leaves

B．rocks

C．branches

D．sand

12.

A．After

B．When

C．Before

D．Since

13.

A．lifted

B．taken

C．brought

D．fetched

14.

A．shortly

B．particularly

C．nearly

D．clearly

15.

A．make light of

B．take possession of

C．pay attention to

D．make use of

16.

A．purpose .

B．decision

C．opinion

D．way .

17.

A．pack

B．string

C．belt

D．stick

18.

A．shelter

B．tent

C．home .

D．hospital

19.

A．sports-loving

B．ill-fated

C．part-time

D．eye-catching

20.

A．spirit

B．energy

C．memory

D．effort

【推荐1】The American dream _______ new meaning in photographer Eliot Dudik’s series Paradise Road through the images. Dudik takes the _______ on a journey across the U.S., all along different roads named Paradise Road. Each photograph _______ a different view of a potential paradise through expansive landscapes and portraits of people he meets along the way.

The ongoing project _______ in 2013, when Dudik set out with a question of what _______ and the American dream really look like, five years after millions of Americans lost their jobs, homes and savings in the 2008 financial _______. Dudik was in the process of leaving a job. Not sure of what was coming next, he felt overwhelmed by the _______. He wondered Were others trying to achieve their own _______ of the American dream, as he was?

Dudik’s numerous carefully mapped out _______ across the U. S., one of which covered 17, 000 miles, have ________ him to encounter a diversity of landscapes and people. By keeping the project ________ only on roads named Paradise, he constructed it as a rough survey of the ________ America. “Roads tend to be rural, and many of them took me ________ far from any trace of civilization,” he says.

On each road he visits, Dudik takes time to explore the ________ that he finds, considering how that particular location might unveil some sense of paradise ________ he takes one 8-by-10-inch film photograph. As the project progressed, he got a deeper feel for each area on the way and found a more human ________ by spending many hours with people he met and even being ________ to eat and sleep in people’s homes.

Dudik continues to explore how the ________ swings affect the average Americans dreams after the 2008 recession. “In many ways, the United States is a(n)________ landscape since then; but in far too many ways, it hasn’t changed at all. It’s critical to hold onto the steady ________ of the American Dream: hope and rebirth.” he says.

1.

A．knocks on

B．takes on

C．puts on

D．carries on

2.

A．listeners

B．readers

C．viewers

D．customers

3.

A．hides

B．plans

C．holds

D．reveals

4.

A．began

B．stopped

C．continued

D．finished

5.

A．future

B．life

C．paradise

D．people

6.

A．opportunity

B．increase

C．crisis

D．explosion

7.

A．undone

B．unknown

C．undisturbed

D．unconventional

8.

A．thought

B．version

C．road

D．landscape

9.

A．photographs

B．dreams

C．views

D．trips

10.

A．allowed

B．forced

C．prevented

D．persuaded

11.

A．focused

B．caught

C．agreed

D．turned

12.

A．wealthy

B．filthy

C．urban

D．suburban

13.

A．vividly

B．virtually

C．shockingly

D．unfortunately

14.

A．way

B．person

C．animal

D．scene

15.

A．so

B．before

C．after

D．than

16.

A．hope

B．connection

C．behaviour

D．society

17.

A．invited

B．spent

C．approached

D．spotted

18.

A．government’s

B．life’s

C．neighbourhood’s

D．economy’s

19.

A．changed

B．restricted

C．abandoned

D．damaged

20.

A．management

B．development

C．belief

D．consequence

【推荐1】My father was a Jamaican(牙买加) immigrant while my mother was a white woman. They never got married but I was born. However, my father never _______ his family about my existence. Whatever the case, I didn’t know I was a _______ until my thirteenth birthday.

Walking into my aunt’s apartment brought a lot of emotions. What if my _______ didn’t want anything to do with me because I was half white? How _______ can I learn the jokes that my family members told? Should I _______ them for all the years they didn’t spend with me? My mind was full of thoughts when I was _______ to everyone, trying desperately to understand family members who almost were _______ strangers. Meanwhile, I was _______ to just remember everybody’s name.

One of my aunts, who’d been quiet for most of the morning looked at me with tearful eyes. She mentioned how _______ she was for my father to have a daughter, saying, “He’s always dreamt of having a daughter”. However, she then expressed her ________ towards my father for keeping the family in the ________ about me. From this ________, I have learned more about what it means to be biracial (代表两种人种的). Can I still ________ myself Jamaican even though my first time trying curry goat, a traditional dish, was not until my teenage years?

I’ve become aware that no matter how much DNA you might ________ with a particular race, you won’t feel truly connected if you did not ________ with that culture’s customs. I believe this event has ________ me into becoming a more understanding person when analyzing someone’s actions. I have realized that I am far from a ________. I am determined to prove that I’m here for a reason by using my talents to ________ those around me. I have grown to not ________ on my parents and families to tell me who I am, but I have understood my uniqueness and ________ my real self. I really feel proud that among strangers I eventually know who I am!

1.

A．told

B．said

C．talked

D．spoke

2.

A．success

B．secret

C．failure

D．burden

3.

A．father

B．mother

C．family

D．aunt

4.

A．often

B．badly

C．quickly

D．strangely

5.

A．praise

B．blame

C．miss

D．invite

6.

A．offered

B．devoted

C．delivered

D．introduced

7.

A．complete

B．strict

C．kind

D．helpful

8.

A．pretending

B．struggling

C．competing

D．cheering

9.

A．nervous

B．shameful

C．embarrassed

D．happy

10.

A．anxiety

B．anger

C．excitement

D．enthusiasm

11.

A．hope

B．regret

C．dark

D．future

12.

A．accident

B．program

C．coincidence

D．experience

13.

A．consider

B．imagine

C．leave

D．teach

14.

A．share

B．replace

C．deposit

D．exchange

15.

A．pick up

B．take up

C．grow up

D．make up

16.

A．frightened

B．cheated

C．tricked

D．turned

17.

A．mistake

B．master

C．milestone

D．miracle

18.

A．tolerate

B．dismiss

C．hate

D．benefit

19.

A．agreeing

B．relying

C．working

D．passing

20.

A．protected

B．saved

C．found

D．forgiven