【推荐2】I grew up seeing handwritten notes as the best expression of love. My mom often _______ small, square papers on the bed for me to find. Sometimes it was just a smiley_________, other times she simply wrote the words “love you” ___________ordinary ballpoint pen, but it was more than enough.

Starting in elementary school, my mom _____________I write notes to my grandma who lived a few hours away. Grandma ___________wrote back. The excitement I felt when I looked in the___________and saw a letter in my grandma’s shaky letters never___________. By studying her handwriting, I could almost ___________how she’d been feeling that day. Those notes are now treasures.

The words, “You make me___________,” from my dad when I got my first prize and birthday notes from friends are all lifelines I can’t bear to______________.

However, my greatest lifelines came from my daughter, Avery. One day I put a yellow note on her______________not realizing there was a blank one______________to it. When I cleaned out her lunch box that night, the number of my notes had______________. I cried when I saw she’d written the same thing as me.

“I love you Avery.”

I reached up and stuck my daughter’s______________on the cabinet where the sandwich bread was stored as a source of daily____________. Then later another in my clothes closet where I got __________, and another on the bathroom mirror where I brushed my____________.

“I love you . I will love you for my whole life.”

Until today my daughter still______________posts lifelines to me. Now they are not so much for encouragement ______________they are reminders — reminders that time is flying.

Because the untraditional spelling has become______________.   Letters are no longer gigantic（巨大的）, but rather small and dainty（优美的）. But the love, the love is still there.

1.

A．carried

B．left

C．covered

D．collected

2.

A．story

B．diary

C．sign

D．face

3.

A．in

B．on

C．without

D．at

4.

A．allowed

B．witnessed

C．requested

D．prevented

5.

A．hardly

B．always

C．gradually

D．never

6.

A．mailbox

B．pocket

C．parcel

D．basket

7.

A．changed

B．grew

C．fell

D．disappeared

8.

A．predict

B．tell

C．explain

D．doubt

9.

A．proud

B．famous

C．confident

D．surprised

10.

A．sort out

B．pack up

C．throw away

D．take up

11.

A．coat

B．sandwich

C．schoolbag

D．pencil-box

12.

A．referred

B．approached

C．belonged

D．attached

13.

A．gone

B．increased

C．worked

D．moved

14.

A．picture

B．love

C．hope

D．note

15.

A．duty

B．encouragement

C．schedule

D．motto

16.

A．dressed

B．raised

C．prepared

D．arranged

17.

A．shoes

B．floors

C．teeth

D．walls

18.

A．carefully

B．generally

C．regularly

D．timely

19.

A．as if

B．even if

C．although

D．as

20.

A．traditional

B．special

C．funny

D．valuable

【推荐3】Dear son,
The day that you see me old and I am already not young, have patience and try to understand me．If I get dirty when eating, if I can not dress, have _____Remember the hours I spent teaching it to you．
If, when I   _____ to you, I repeat the same things thousand and one times, do not interrupt me, listen to me．When you were small, I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story   ______ you get to sleep．
When I do not want to have a shower, _______shame me nor scold me．Remember when I had to chase（追逐） you ______ thousand excuses I invented, in order that you wanted to bathe．
When you see my ignorance on new technologies, give me the necessary time ____   do not look at me with your mocking （嘲讽的） smile．I taught you how to do so many things: to eat well, to dress well, to confront（勇敢面对） life．
When at some moment I ______ the memory or the thread of our conversation, let me have the necessary time to remember．And if I cannot do it, do not become nervous, as the most important thing is not the _____, but surely to be with you and to     _____you listening to me．
If   ___ , I do not want to eat, do not ______   me．I know well when I need to and when not．
When my tired   ____ do not allow me to walk, give me your hand---the same way _____ I did when you gave your   ______ steps．
And when someday I say to you that I do not want to live any more, that I want to die, do not get angry．Some day you _____understand．
Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived．Some day you will discover that,______my mistakes, I always wanted the best thing for you and _____ I tried to prepare the way for you．
You must not feel sad or angry for seeing me _____ you．You must be next to me, try to understand me and to help me as I   _____ it when you started living．
Help me to walk; help me to ______my way with love and patience．I will pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have had always for you．
I love you, son．
Your father1.

A．patience

B．love

C．care

D．concern

2.

A．tell

B．speak

C．say

D．shout

3.

A．when

B．as

C．after

D．until

4.

A．neither

B．either

C．both

D．all

5.

A．for

B．as

C．with

D．on

6.

A．and

B．or

C．but

D．so

7.

A．forget

B．remove

C．lose

D．remind

8.

A．company

B．conversation

C．health

D．life

9.

A．let

B．have

C．set

D．make

10.

A．never

B．seldom

C．hardly

D．ever

11.

A．force

B．forgive

C．beg

D．allow

12.

A．legs

B．foot

C．body

D．shoes

13.

A．which

B．why

C．that

D．where

14.

A．latest

B．first

C．quick

D．slow

15.

A．should

B．must

C．will

D．need

16.

A．although

B．though

C．as

D．despite

17.

A．that

B．who

C．what

D．but

18.

A．close

B．near

C．in front of

D．besides

19.

A．did

B．helped

C．walked

D．understood

20.

A．live

B．end

C．prepare

D．walk

【推荐2】Outside our hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, a seemingly ancient woman waited beside the door with her hand outstretched (伸出的). Every day I put my hand in hers as our eyes met. She never _________ to return my smile, my grasp, and my greeting.

On the last day of our visit, I found myself _________ on a busy corner across the street from our hotel. Bicycles and motorbikes rushed in front of me. We had been advised to walk straight through the heavy traffic without looking right or left. Let them _________ us. But tonight I was by myself and felt _________ to face the stream of vehicles. As I hesitated on the sidewalk, I felt a hand on my elbow and looked down to see the smile of my small beggar friend looking up at me. She nodded her head toward the street, indicating that she would take me across. Together, we moved slowly into the chaos.

Then we moved on towards the sidewalk, where she pulled my face down to hers, kissed me on both cheeks, and then walked away, still smiling and waving back to me. I had not given her a single coin. We had _________ something vastly more important — a warming of hearts in friendship.

Traveling in poorer nations, I have witnessed a variety of ways to deal with beggars. The most common response of tourists faced with those extremely poor people is to ignore them and focus their eyes elsewhere. I have seen people push away an outstretched hand in _________. A few may hurriedly drop a few coins, and then make a quick getaway in hopes that another 20 ragged beggars won’t immediately appear on the _________.

For many reasons, giving money is not the best response to an outstretched hand. The greatest gift is time and respect. To look beggars in the eye and smile, thus acknowledging their existence, is a small thing. Putting your hand into another’s outstretched hand and grasping it _________ for a moment is also a small thing. But these are important. Everyone needs _________, to be seen as worthy of being __________, to feel appreciated and loved. And I believe that everyone is worthy and worth knowing.

1.

A．attempted

B．wanted

C．managed

D．failed

2.

A．free

B．alone

C．lost

D．exposed

3.

A．avoid

B．stop

C．lead

D．direct

4.

A．unwilling

B．inadequate

C．inappropriate

D．unfit

5.

A．earned

B．shared

C．expected

D．undertaken

6.

A．anxiety

B．desperation

C．annoyance

D．sadness

7.

A．street

B．corner

C．way

D．scene

8.

A．firmly

B．casually

C．cautiously

D．eagerly

9.

A．motivation

B．encouragement

C．recognition

D．commitment

10.

A．liked

B．trusted

C．accepted

D．known

【推荐3】After a late night at a car race, Carole and Verne King returned to their dog-friendly hotel in Kalispell, but their dog named Katie ______. At the front desk, an attendant(服务员) said she had seen an anxious dog rush out the door hours before.

The Kings were shocked at the news and decided to set out to find it immediately. “Every night going to bed after an exhausting day, we were extremely ______,” said Mr. King. “Is she warm? Did she get to eat today?”

Several days later, the Kings spent the night searching nearby neighborhoods, but there was no ______ of the dog. The front-desk attendant asked them to send some photos, and together they ______ making and distributing fliers(传单) around the area.

Hundreds of them were posted on light poles and mailboxes, and handed out by the couple and even strangers ______ them in walking the neighborhoods ______ Katie.

Once, while they were talking to a landowner at a farm, a woman came up to them and said she had seen their dog cross the road and ______ a corn field. The Kings started running, calling for Katie.

It turned out to be a ______ dog.

Missing their house and other animals, the disappointed couple was planning to return home, ______ some of their new friends in Kalispell ______ them to hang on. More than a dozen others spent hours in ______ them to search.

The couple said that they couldn’t ______ almost all village was up there and that they received much ______ from people－from a stranger to a stranger.

On the morning of September 15, the couple were walking through that corn field with many villagers joining them. ______ a woman pointed to a dog under a nearby tree. It was her! They all began calling Katie’s name, but the dog was cautious. Therefore, others in the group went silent as Mrs. King called out to the dog. Katie was so ______ that she came running and jumped into Mrs. King’s arms immediately.

1.

A．died

B．disappeared

C．shouted

D．returned

2.

A．patient

B．sorry

C．confused

D．worried

3.

A．need

B．sign

C．understanding

D．lack

4.

A．forgot

B．began

C．rejected

D．delayed

5.

A．joined

B．arranged

C．confirmed

D．disturbed

6.

A．in memory of

B．in favor of

C．in search of

D．in charge of

7.

A．get over

B．hold back

C．turn down

D．run into

8.

A．naughty

B．different

C．real

D．poor

9.

A．or

B．because

C．if

D．but

10.

A．encouraged

B．forbade

C．required

D．educated

11.

A．choosing

B．instructing

C．stopping

D．helping

12.

A．guess

B．believe

C．remember

D．know

13.

A．relief

B．forgiveness

C．kindness

D．politeness

14.

A．Gradually

B．Suddenly

C．Regularly

D．Temporarily

15.

A．harmful

B．disappointed

C．strange

D．excited