【推荐1】Parents feel that it is difficult to live with teenagers. At the same time, teenagers have ______ feelings about their parents, saying that it is not easy living with them. According to a recent research, the most common ______ between parents and teenagers is about untidiness and daily routine tasks. On the one hand, parents go mad over ______ rooms, clothes thrown on the floor and their children’s refusal to help with the ______. On the other hand, teenagers lose their ______ continually when parents blame them for ______ the towel in the bathroom, not cleaning up their room or ______ to do the shopping at the supermarket.

The research, conducted by St. George University, shows that different parents have different ______ to these problems. However, some approaches are more ______ than others. For example, those parents who yell at their children for their untidiness, but ______ clean the room for them, have fewer chances of changing their children’s ______. On the contrary, those who let teenagers experience the bad ______ of their actions can do better. For example, when teenagers who don’t help their parents ______ the shopping don’t find their favorite drink in the refrigerator, they are forced to ______ their actions.

Psychologists say that ______ is the most important thing in parent-child relationships. Parents should ______ to their children but at the same time they should lend an ear to ______ their children have to say. Parents may ______ their children when they are untidy but they should also ______ that their room is their own private space. Communication is a two-way process. It is only by ______ to and understanding each other that problems between parents and children can be settled.

1.

A．natural

B．strong

C．guilty

D．similar

2.

A．interest

B．argument

C．reality

D．knowledge

3.

A．noisy

B．crowded

C．untidy

D．locked

4.

A．housework

B．homework

C．problem

D．research

5.

A．job

B．patience

C．wisdom

D．way

6.

A．washing

B．using

C．dropping

D．replacing

7.

A．refusing

B．pretending

C．deciding

D．inspiring

8.

A．approaches

B．contributions

C．introductions

D．missions

9.

A．complex

B．popular

C．natural

D．effective

10.

A．recently

B．later

C．seldom

D．previously

11.

A．behavior

B．taste

C．future

D．nature

12.

A．failures

B．changes

C．results

D．response

13.

A．of

B．to

C．by

D．with

14.

A．restore

B．release

C．represent

D．reconsider

15.

A．honesty

B．belief

C．communication

D．friendship

16.

A．talk

B．attend

C．attach

D．reply

17.

A．when

B．how

C．why

D．what

18.

A．hate

B．scold

C．frighten

D．stop

19.

A．receive

B．arrange

C．understand

D．persuade

20.

A．devoting

B．observing

C．listening

D．praising

【推荐2】完形填空。
There is a workman in America who earns as much as a company director. He is Max Quarterman, a thirty-year-old plasterer (泥瓦匠).
Max lives in an upper middle-class housing estate. His______are mostly bank managers, business executives, airline pilots and the______, but Max’s seven-bedroom house —______$ 80,000 — is the largest in the area. ______ outside the house are Max’s $ 7000 sports car and his wife’s Morris Mini. Indoors is a 150 colour TV set and the family’s ______ — a circular bath with gold-plated taps. There are also many labour－saving ______ and luxury furniture.
How can a plasterer ______ all this? The answer, says Max, is hard work. In ______ with another plasterer, Max______ contract plastering jobs for a firm. The owner of the firm ______ them as human machines, the best and quickest in the ______ , who can do as much in two days as ______two-man team can in two weeks.
How do they manage it? Not by working overtime. They work a(n) ______ eight-hour day, five days a week. The secret ______ in Max’s hod (桶) in which he carries the plaster to the site of the job. Max’s is a superhod — it contains double the usual ______of plaster, and Max, a strong fellow, runs when he carries it. More time is thus ______ to get on with the plastering. Besides, ______ man wastes time smoking, and they ______ their lunch break to a ______ of an hour a day. Now Max earns over $ 800 a week which is four times the average weekly pay in Britain today, and if he gets as ______ as $ 15, it’s a disaster.1.

A．colleagues

B．neighbours

C．relatives

D．friends

2.

A．like

B．kind

C．class

D．same

3.

A．worthy

B．spending

C．costing

D．worth

4.

A．Stopped

B．Stopping

C．Parked

D．Parking

5.

A．property

B．honour

C．facility

D．pride

6.

A．objects

B．devices

C．articles

D．materials

7.

A．acquire

B．use

C．afford

D．provide

8.

A．harmony

B．correspondence

C．partnership

D．terms

9.

A．makes

B．does

C．takes

D．gets

10.

A．tells

B．treats

C．compares

D．describes

11.

A．trade

B．job

C．area

D．walk

12.

A．no

B．few

C．any

D．all

13.

A．unusual

B．extra

C．ordinary

D．normal

14.

A．relies

B．lies

C．hides

D．falls

15.

A．quality

B．size

C．quantity

D．weight

16.

A．left

B．needed

C．spent

D．kept

17.

A．both

B．either

C．neither

D．each

18.

A．have

B．cut

C．miss

D．spend

19.

A．time

B．period

C．limitation

D．total

20.

A．much

B．little

C．more

D．less

【推荐3】An eight-year-old child heard her parents talking about her little brother. All she knew was that he was very sick and they had no money left. When she heard her daddy say to her _______ mother with desperation (绝望), “_______ a miracle (奇迹) can save him now.” The little girl went to her bedroom and took out her piggy bank. She _______ all the change out on the floor and counted it carefully. Then she _______ her way six blocks to the local drugstore (药店).

“And what do you want?” asked the chemist.

“It’s _______ my little brother,” the girl answered back. “He’s really, really sick and I want to buy a _______. His name is Andrew and he has something _______ growing inside his head and my daddy says only a miracle can save him.”

“We don’t _______ a miracle here, child, I’m sorry,” the chemist said, smiling _______ at the little girl. In the shop was a ________ customer. He stooped (弯腰) down and asked the little girl, “What kind of a miracle does your brother ________?”

“I don’t know,” she replied. “He’s really sick and daddy says he needs a(n) ________ . But my daddy can’t pay for it, so I have brought my ________ .”

“How much do you have?” asked the man.

“One dollar and eleven cents, ________ I can try and get some more,” she answered quietly.

“Well, what a coincidence (巧合),” smiled the man. “A dollar and eleven cents — the ________ price of a miracle for your little brother. ________ me to where you live, I want to see your brother and ________ your parents.”

That well-dressed man was Dr. Carlton Armstrong, a surgeon. The operation in the hospital was completed without ________ and it wasn’t long before Andrew was ________ again and doing well.

The little girl was happy. She knew exactly how much the miracle cost-one dollar and eleven cents plus the ________of a little child.

1.

A．tearful

B．hopeful

C．careless

D．kind

2.

A．Only

B．Just

C．Simply

D．More than

3.

A．drew

B．put

C．poured

D．pulled

4.

A．followed

B．found

C．went

D．made

5.

A．to

B．as

C．on

D．for

6.

A．hope

B．doctor

C．medicine

D．miracle

7.

A．extra

B．nice

C．bad

D．impossible

8.

A．store

B．offer

C．buy

D．sell

9.

A．sadly

B．gently

C．strangely

D．coldly

10.

A．well-dressed

B．kind-hearted

C．well-behaved

D．good-looking

11.

A．have

B．care

C．like

D．need

12.

A．doctor

B．operation

C．surgeon

D．nurse

13.

A．wishes

B．savings

C．hopes

D．suggestions

14.

A．since

B．as

C．after

D．but

15.

A．lowest

B．exact

C．proper

D．necessary

16.

A．Ask

B．Help

C．Follow

D．Take

17.

A．meet

B．help

C．persuade

D．encourage

18.

A．difficulty

B．trouble

C．charge (费用)

D．result

19.

A．happy

B．good

C．strong

D．home

20.

A．cleverness

B．carefulness

C．worry

D．faith