【推荐1】Chuck Rees, his wife Laurie, and her mother-in-law Ann Effert had just finished lunch at a cafe in Orange County. Then Rees, 51, spotted ________ rising from a hill a few blocks away. They immediately drove through unfamiliar streets and ________ came to a white two-story house with black smoke coming from the back. ________ nobody in, Rees called 911.

Rees ran around the house, hoping to find the ________ of the fire and put it out. When he climbed over a ________ and into the yard, Rees noticed a small steel door in the addition (扩建部分). He hit on it with his fist. Soon he ________ a woman’s faint voice from the deep inside.

Rees tried to pull the door open some inches. He spotted an old woman through the ________ in the doorway. He told her what had happened and she opened the door. Then he grabbed her hand and ________ her into the backyard. The woman looked at him, frightened.

Rees was ________, too. He knew she wouldn’t be able to climb a fence the way he had. They’d need to find another way out.

He ________ back inside the addition and saw a door he hadn’t ________ before. He opened it and took the woman to the ________.

Rees went back into the living room to ________ others. The smoke had spread to the floor, and the ________ was almost unbearable, He moved through the downstairs rooms, coughing and ________ to anyone who might be there. After one last look around, Rees ________.

A fire crew arrived, and Rees quickly ________ them. Moments later, flames destroyed the house.

Exhausted, Rees climbed back into his car and drove home before anyone got his ________.

That night, the local news reported that an anonymous (匿名的) man had ________ an elderly woman from her burning house. Effert proudly called media to ________ her son-in-law as the hero. “He didn’t do it for fame.” she said.

1.

A．shade

B．light

C．wind

D．smoke

2.

A．slowly

B．frequently

C．eventually

D．luckily

3.

A．Finding

B．Letting

C．Moving

D．Remembering

4.

A．time

B．source

C．effect

D．damage

5.

A．floor

B．door

C．wall

D．fence

6.

A．heard

B．copied

C．raised

D．recognized

7.

A．block

B．crack

C．room

D．hole

8.

A．drove

B．pushed

C．led

D．persuaded

9.

A．afraid

B．calm

C．brave

D．lucky

10.

A．called

B．threw

C．glanced

D．waved

11.

A．used

B．noticed

C．closed

D．researched

12.

A．hospital

B．safety

C．shelter

D．bedroom

13.

A．worry about

B．wait for

C．care about

D．check for

14.

A．process

B．noise

C．heat

D．result

15.

A．shouting

B．running

C．explaining

D．turning

16.

A．finished

B．quit

C．fell

D．fled

17.

A．blamed

B．remembered

C．left

D．welcomed

18.

A．address

B．name

C．appearance

D．work

19.

A．rescued

B．visited

C．served

D．supported

20.

A．announce

B．consider

C．recommend

D．identify

【推荐2】I was ready to pay for my bananas at the grocery one night, when fear seized me. My wallet was gone. I could only have left it on the G9 bus, which was now speeding in the dark to some _________ station.

The _________ moment was quickly followed by mental math. How much time and money would it cost to replace the _________ of that little wallet? The credit cards, the driver's license, the cash, all lost to the bus.

Two hours later, back at my house, I heard a knock on the door. My husband _________ it while I was on the phone in the dining room. “Does Jennifer live here?” I heard a lady say. In my husband's hand was my wallet, with not a penny _________ . She left before I could even make it to the door to offer my thanks.

After sharing the story online, I heard from someone, who _________ the lady as Erin Smith. Without delay, I called to thank her. She said she _________ my wallet on a bus seat. She calculated that going to a stranger's house was a _________ move, but she decided to take the chance. “If I were in that _________, I would want someone to try to find me,” she said.

This one stranger responded beautifully to my small crisis, but she actually wasn't the only one. Right after Erin __________ my wallet on the bus, she posted a picture of my driver's license to an online forum (论坛), trying to see __________ anyone knew me. No sooner did she leave my doorstep than I had emails from two women whose kids go to my son's nursery and who recognized my face. I've never __________ words with those moms beyond small talk, but they wanted to help. I read that people are more divided than ever, but that's not how the people I encounter tend to act.

__________ I feel blessed someone had wanted to help a stranger. Erin had gone __________ what almost anyone would have done, finding my house on a bitterly cold night, and for that I was extremely __________ .

1.

A．accessible

B．hidden

C．unknown

D．convenient

2.

A．face-saving

B．brain-washing

C．eye-catching

D．heart-stopping

3.

A．parts

B．contents

C．details

D．ingredients

4.

A．ignored

B．answered

C．examined

D．interrupted

5.

A．missing

B．returned

C．remaining

D．abandoned

6.

A．selected

B．appointed

C．identified

D．defined

7.

A．moved

B．placed

C．opened

D．spotted

8.

A．selfless

B．risky

C．slow

D．personal

9.

A．site .

B．direction

C．situation

D．atmosphere

10.

A．got rid of

B．made use of

C．had control of

D．took possession of

11.

A．if

B．where

C．how

D．when

12.

A．recalled

B．exchanged

C．repeated

D．whispered

13.

A．Going away

B．Turing around

C．Looking back

D．Coming along

14.

A．into

B．against

C．over

D．beyond

15.

A．longing

B．enthusiastic

C．concerned

D．grateful

【推荐3】Trinidad State Beach, Northern California. About 50 feet from shore, two brothers were struggling for their _________. They had been swept out to sea in a rapid current, their mouths _________ able to stay above the water. 

_________, four surfers in wet suits were nearby. Weibel, Stratton, and York, all 16, along with Ortiz-Beck, 15, were on their surfboards when they heard the _________. “We looked at each other and knew these guys were about to _________,” Weibel told The Washington Post. York headed to the _________ to find someone to call 911 while the others paddled their boards toward the _________ swimmers. 

As the surfers drew close, the brothers were _________. “It was pretty stressful, but there wasn’t any time to think about it,” Ortiz-Beck says. He _________ alongside the younger brother. Grabbing him under his arms, he __________ him up onto his board. Stratton and Weibel, __________, were trying hard to help the older brother. He was large, 250 to 300 pounds, and he was __________. “We told him, ‘Calm down—we got you!’” says Weibel. “He feared he was going to die.” However, York arrived __________ to help get the older brother on the second board. 

“When we come across a(n) __________ like this one, it’s usually too late by the time we get there,” says Dillon Cleavenger, a rescue worker. “The four boys were willing and prepared to __________ their lives. I can’t say enough about what they did.”

1.

A．freedom

B．lives

C．existence

D．boards

2.

A．finally

B．exactly

C．closely

D．barely

3.

A．Abruptly

B．Luckily

C．Obviously

D．Absolutely

4.

A．cries

B．noises

C．chaos

D．weeps

5.

A．float

B．fall

C．drown

D．sleep

6.

A．shore

B．sea

C．hospital

D．destination

7.

A．surprising

B．challenging

C．conflicting

D．suffering

8.

A．struggling

B．swimming

C．floating

D．waiting

9.

A．stayed up

B．pulled up

C．held up

D．looked up

10.

A．lifted

B．called

C．hurried

D．kept

11.

A．otherwise

B．besides

C．therefore

D．meanwhile

12.

A．ashamed

B．amazed

C．panicked

D．confused

13.

A．on purpose

B．in time

C．at once

D．with ease

14.

A．outcome

B．emergency

C．instance

D．adventure

15.

A．take

B．spend

C．risk

D．apply

【推荐2】阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Dropping into hopelessness completely, Jack wandered on the streets, knowing he came to the end of life. In his mid-fifties, Jack had never been ______, experienced the joy of having children or spent holidays with his family. On this miserable（悲惨的）rainy night, he felt as if there was______in the entire world who cared whether he lived or died.
Meanwhile, I was sitting in my room watching the rain______ my window. When I heard the doorbell ring, I ______from my chair and raced out. But my mother was already at the door. Opening it, she found herself face-to-face with a very dirty-looking man with tears streaming down his face. My mother, overcome by _____ , invited the man inside, and he sat with my parents in our living room．
____ , I walked secretly downstairs so that I could get a better look. I couldn't understand what they were saying, but the sight of the man, _____ his head in his hands and crying, made my chest ache. I raced back upstairs to my room and _____ my hand into my money jar. Pulling out my only half-dollar coin, I ran back downstairs.
When I reached the door of the living room, I walked right in. The three _____ looked at me in ______as I quickly made my way over the stranger. I put the half-dollar in his hand and told him that I wanted him to have it. Then I gave him a _____, turned and ran as fast as I could out of the room and back upstairs. I felt excited but happy.
Downstairs, Jack sat quietly with his head ______Tears streamed down his face as he ______held that coin. Finally looking up at my parents, he said, “It’s just that I thought nobody cared. For the last twenty years, I have been so ______ That is the first hug I have ever got. It’s hard to believe that somebody _____.”
Jack's life changed that night. When he left our house, he was ______ to live instead of die. Although we never saw Jack again, we received letters from him ______, letting us know that he was doing fine.
My life changed that night, too, as I ____ the hug healing (治愈) power of giving, even if it’s only a gift of fifty cents. Before Jack left, my parents asked him why he had knocked on our door. Jack said that ______ he'd walked along the streets that rainy night,______and ready to die, he had noticed a sticker on the car. It read: SOMEBODY LOVES YOU.1.

A．employed

B．understood

C．managed

D．married

2.

A．anybody

B．somebody

C．nobody

D．everybody

3.

A．approach

B．beat

C．break

D．cover

4.

A．jumped

B．ran

C．looked

D．settled

5.

A．fear

B．anxiety

C．guilty

D．pity

6.

A．Curious

B．Annoyed

C．Excited

D．Worried

7.

A．shaking

B．nodding

C．holding

D．resting

8.

A．adjusted

B．reached

C．presented

D．pushed

9.

A．strangers

B．neighbors

C．visitors

D．adults

10.

A．anger

B．delight

C．fun

D．surprise

11.

A．hug

B．smile

C．kiss

D．handshake

12.

A．raised

B．bowed

C．ignored

D．turned

13.

A．calmly

B．tightly

C．impatiently

D．privately

14.

A．anxious

B．lonely

C．stressed

D．bored

15.

A．makes

B．figures

C．cares

D．deserves

16.

A．flexible

B．likely

C．disappointed

D．ready

17.

A．occasionally

B．at once

C．hardly

D．never

18.

A．hid

B．informed

C．assisted

D．saw

19.

A．as

B．before

C．until

D．unless

20.

A．weak

B．ashamed

C．helpless

D．regretful

【推荐3】You never really know how you’ll react to an emergency situation until it happens to you. Many people _________ when things go wrong, but others instinctively know how to take charge. Thankfully for a group of students in Topsham, Maine, brothers Connor and Seamus fell into the _________ category. Connor and Seamus were riding the bus to school one morning when Connor saw the _________ Arthur suffer a medical emergency and fall onto the floor heavily. The bus went _________, heading to the ditch(渠) on the right. Connor who learnt how to drive knew _________ what he had to do.

“I rose and pressed on the brake and told my younger brother to call 911,” he said, recalling his thoughts in the moment. “I need to _________ this bus before it goes into the ditch.”

The teenager held the _________ while jamming his foot onto the brake. Meanwhile, Seamus dialed 911 immediately and then began to direct the other _________ to get off the bus quickly. All the while, he kept _________ and even paused to give a crying student a(n) __________.

While Seamus handled the other kids, Connor and another student had just started giving Arthur CPR when the police arrived on the scene. Using a defibrillator(除颤器), they __________ to get the victim’s heart beating again.

The brothers are being __________ for their action. The police say they kept the situation under control and prevented anyone else getting __________. “But for them, maybe we would have __________ the best chance,” said Gomez, a policeman. “Thank them for __________ and being heroes.”

1.

A．complain

B．panic

C．accept

D．escape

2.

A．latter

B．later

C．former

D．first

3.

A．teacher

B．driver

C．coach

D．passenger

4.

A．out of control

B．in flames

C．out of water

D．into pieces

5.

A．directly

B．constantly

C．naturally

D．instantly

6.

A．identify

B．drive

C．record

D．stop

7.

A．seat

B．ring

C．wheel

D．door

8.

A．crew

B．students

C．customers

D．police

9.

A．still

B．calm

C．silent

D．awake

10.

A．hug

B．nod

C．applause

D．laugh

11.

A．happened

B．determined

C．managed

D．attempted

12.

A．praised

B．rewarded

C．criticized

D．promoted

13.

A．anxious

B．lost

C．upset

D．hurt

14.

A．forgot

B．ignored

C．missed

D．skipped

15.

A．showing up

B．hanging out

C．sticking around

D．stepping up