【推荐1】A woman came out of her house and saw three old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not ____ them. She said, “I don’t think I know you, but you must be_______. Please come in and have something to eat.” “Is the man of the house home?” they asked. “No,” she said, “he’s out.” “Then we cannot come in,” they ____.

In the evening when her husband came home, she told him what ____. “Go to tell them I am home and invite them in!” The woman went out and invited them in. “We do not go into the house ____,” they replied. “Why is that?” she wanted to know. One of the old men explained, “His name is ____,”pointing to one of his friends ,and then pointed to another one and said, “He is Success ,and I am Love.” Then he added, “Now go in and ____ with your husband which one of us you want in your home.”

The woman went in and told her husband what was said. Her husband was overjoyed. “How nice!” he said, “____ that is the case, let us invite Wealth. Let him ____ and fill our home with wealth!” His wife ____. “My dear, why don’t we invite Success?” Their daughter was ____ from the other corner of the house. She jumped in with her own suggestion, “Wouldn’t it not be ____ to invite Love? Our home will then be filled with love!”

“Let us hear our daughter’s ____,” said the husband to his wife .“Go out and invite Love to be our guest.” The woman went out and asked the ____ old men, “Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our ____.” Love got up and started walking ____ the house. The other two also got up and ____ him.

___, the lady asked Wealth and Success, “I only invited Love , why are you coming in?” The old men replied together, “If you had invited Wealth ____ Success, the other two of us would have stayed out , but since you invited Love , wherever he goes, we go with him. ____there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success!”

1.

A．recognize

B．invite

C．meet

D．see

2.

A．thirsty

B．tired

C．sleepy

D．hungry

3.

A．thought

B．promised

C．replied

D．agreed

4.

A．appeared

B．happened

C．followed

D．meant

5.

A．alone

B．separately

C．only

D．together

6.

A．Love

B．Success

C．Health

D．Wealth

7.

A．fight

B．agree

C．discuss

D．quarrel

8.

A．Since

B．Until

C．Unless

D．Although

9.

A．go

B．come

C．leave

D．start

10.

A．disappeared

B．demanded

C．disordered

D．disagreed

11.

A．listening

B．speaking

C．writing

D．watching

12.

A．good

B．well

C．better

D．worse

13.

A．conclusion

B．advice

C．decision

D．order

14.

A．all

B．three

C．one

D．other

15.

A．guest

B．friend

C．host

D．servant

16.

A．against

B．from

C．towards

D．into

17.

A．refused

B．encouraged

C．supported

D．followed

18.

A．Pleased

B．Excited

C．Surprised

D．Disappointed

19.

A．or

B．but

C．and

D．with

20.

A．However

B．Wherever

C．Whenever

D．Whatever

【推荐2】The best example of universally understood body language may be the smile. A smile can open doors and tear down walls among _______.

I have organized and reorganized an _______ with the dentist for months. I also _______ it twice and called the day before to _______all the paperwork would be ready for the x-rays.

Then I arrived. It wasn’t _______at all. The lady there even had no _______ what I was talking about. I _______ felt my blood boil. I was getting so _______. I didn’t yell at her but I may as well have because the _______ I was talking to her was not nice. I spoke down to her like she was a child and incapable. It was not a good moment. The whole time she smiled and was ________ to me.

Only when everything was finally ________ was I nice. I sat down in the waiting area and ________ it all. How can I make it better? How can I make up for my ________ behavior a moment ago? I couldn’t. I could ________ her a chocolate bar I had on me, but this needed more than that. It needed an honest ________ And that is exactly what I gave.

I apologized for the way I had spoken to her and told her it was wrong of me. She ________. Again with a ________. God help me be that woman who smiles and forgives so ________. I don’t get it right every time. I can be rude and when I am, I almost ________ myself for it. I am not that person, not anymore. Yet I continue to grow and continue to ________. It’s true that smile vanished my anger and opened a door to understanding.

1.

A．friends

B．strangers

C．patients

D．relatives

2.

A．interview

B．operation

C．experiment

D．appointment

3.

A．confirmed

B．arranged

C．discussed

D．admitted

4.

A．conclude

B．approve

C．ensure

D．apply

5.

A．crowded

B．ready

C．open

D．busy

6.

A．plan

B．thought

C．idea

D．mind

7.

A．mildly

B．roughly

C．privately

D．immediately

8.

A．mad

B．sad

C．humorous

D．curious

9.

A．habit

B．way

C．accent

D．tune

10.

A．rude

B．attached

C．friendly

D．devoted

11.

A．figured

B．added

C．made

D．sorted

12.

A．reflected on

B．worked at

C．called at

D．went through

13.

A．unnecessary

B．impolite

C．impossible

D．unfair

14.

A．post

B．assist

C．press

D．gift

15.

A．comment

B．promise

C．apology

D．suggestion

16.

A．refused

B．agreed

C．ignored

D．accepted

17.

A．smile

B．hope

C．doubt

D．belief

18.

A．slowly

B．easily

C．frequently

D．tightly

19.

A．teach

B．forgive

C．hate

D．see

20.

A．expand

B．react

C．overcome

D．learn

【推荐3】It was a dark night. Thick, dark, gray clouds had made sure that there was no starlight or moonlight to _______ me as I walked out of my porch(门厅). Still, I kept the porch light off because I didn’t want to be _______ by bugs and moths(飞蛾)on this sticky _______evening. I stood there for a while letting my eyes adjust to the lack of _______.

It was then, though, that I saw them. First one blink of light at the far end of the _______followed by another and then another. I _______. I recognized them at once as my firefly(萤火虫)friends, my lightning bug buddies who always _______ this time of the year.

When I was little I used to sit in the grass and watch them _______ fly around blinking on and off. I never_______and put one in a jar as some kids did because I never wanted to hurt these messengers of light. Their time on this earth was so ________ as it was. I tried to enjoy them each night they were here. It always ________ me when they disappeared(消失) in the fall and it always made my heart sing when they ________ the next summer.

We are like them in a lot of ways. Our ________ here on earth is short. Often our light of love is more like on and off blinks rather than a ________ shine. Still, we do our best to share it and take ________ in knowing that others will be shining their light long after we are gone.

1.

A．show

B．greet

C．please

D．impact

2.

A．troubled

B．injured

C．shined

D．tracked

3.

A．spring

B．summer

C．winter

D．fall

4.

A．heat

B．water

C．light

D．air

5.

A．space

B．room

C．grassland

D．forest

6.

A．wept

B．sighed

C．cried

D．smiled

7.

A．turned out

B．showed up

C．sat down

D．gave in

8.

A．fearfully

B．carefully

C．nervously

D．slowly

9.

A．saw

B．hit

C．caught

D．got

10.

A．hard

B．short

C．useful

D．terrible

11.

A．saddened

B．surprised

C．confused

D．excited

12.

A．reappeared

B．reduced

C．returned

D．reacted

13.

A．hope

B．body

C．mind

D．life

14.

A．bright

B．weak

C．steady

D．clear

15.

A．part

B．interest

C．action

D．comfort

【推荐1】Mobile phones are now everywhere. They are a(n) __________ way for us to keep in touch with friends and family. __________, it is important to know that there are __________ times when you should not be using your phone, the most important of these being __________.

There is no reason why you should feel the __________ to have your mobile phone during class. Aren’t you at school to __________?You should not be sending your friends text messages or taking phone calls __________ you are in class.

In America students would never be __________ to use their mobile phones during class. Anyone, who __________ the rule world be kicked out of class at once. It is OK to have your mobile phone with you, but you must ____________ to turn it off. It is very ____________ to hear a lot of tones and ringing during class.

As a(n) ____________ in China, I have to deal with students using mobile phones every day. I have told my class to turn off their phones, but many students do not ____________. The desire to be ____________ all the time seems to be stronger than the desire to learn.

It’s ____________ to understand why it is so tempting to have your phone on during class. It won’t ____________ anyone when you’re sending a short text message, will it? But you may ____________ be hurting yourself when you do this. Sending a text message also takes your ____________ away from what’s going on in class, so you may miss something ____________. The next time you ____________ to send a message in class you should think again.

1.

A．new

B．great

C．wrong

D．strange

2.

A．However

B．Besides

C．At first

D．Otherwise

3.

A．happy

B．certain

C．free

D．early

4.

A．at home

B．in hospital

C．at school

D．in danger

5.

A．change

B．need

C．way

D．effort

6.

A．play

B．fight

C．help

D．learn

7.

A．unless

B．once

C．before

D．though

8.

A．ordered

B．invited

C．allowed

D．sent

9.

A．follows

B．doubts

C．makes

D．breaks

10.

A．remember

B．fail

C．continue

D．prepare

11.

A．boring

B．exciting

C．disturbing

D．normal

12.

A．reporter

B．doctor

C．engineer

D．teacher

13.

A．listen

B．mind

C．know

D．laugh

14.

A．saved

B．heard

C．connected

D．accepted

15.

A．easy

B．funny

C．difficult

D．impossible

16.

A．kill

B．interest

C．satisfy

D．hurt

17.

A．partly

B．actually

C．quickly

D．suddenly

18.

A．breath

B．feeling

C．attention

D．courage

19.

A．important

B．unbelievable

C．surprising

D．terrible

20.

A．regret

B．promise

C．plan

D．forget

【推荐2】In one of my classes today we discussed the question of how our lives would be without a mobile phone. I actually felt quite sad to hear how some kids cannot _______ without their phones these days. _______, I think nowadays we are _______ by our technology to keep up. So let’s see some of the points that _______ in the discussion and see if our generation really is addicted to electronic connections rather than true communication. 

It is true that everything works at a fast pace these days. For example, you can contact someone who lives on the other side of the world within _______. This is great if you think about how connected we can stay to the _______ who are far away from us. However, on the contrary, can we be too connected to the people who are _______ to us? An argument arose about the _______ that it is easier to message someone from your sofa than to meet them _______ and talk. Social skills are important to have and if you are not going to put effort into real-life __________, then you are not going to progress in this ability. 

Another point was that phones are very handy for __________ something that you are wondering about. For example, if you don’t know a word in another language, you can quickly and simply use an on-line translator to help you out. This can be very __________ in many situations, but it can also make a person dependent on the __________ to help with anything. 

All in all, this question is very interesting to __________ for oneself as we become day by day more dependent on technology. We should realize how much we really need to be connected by our phones while considering the __________ and damages it can cause us.

1.

A．affect

B．survive

C．succeed

D．perform

2.

A．Personally

B．Specially

C．Entirely

D．Gradually

3.

A．suffered

B．helped

C．controlled

D．advised

4.

A．came up

B．came across

C．came down

D．came on

5.

A．seconds

B．hours

C．days

D．months

6.

A．customers

B．teachers

C．students

D．people

7.

A．distant

B．close

C．necessary

D．kind

8.

A．direction

B．wish

C．fact

D．suggestion

9.

A．in person

B．in advance

C．with surprise

D．with joy

10.

A．style

B．communication

C．expression

D．argument

11.

A．looking after

B．looking back

C．looking up

D．looking out

12.

A．grateful

B．peaceful

C．painful

D．helpful

13.

A．textbook

B．dictionary

C．Internet

D．newspaper

14.

A．forecast

B．consider

C．judge

D．select

15.

A．benefits

B．skills

C．doubts

D．evidences

【推荐3】Time talks. It speaks more plainly than words. Time ____ in many ways.
Consider the different parts of the day, for example. The time of the day when something is done can give a ____ meaning to the event. It is not a ____ to telephone someone very early in the morning. If you telephone him early in the day, ____ he is shaving or having breakfast, the time of the call shows that something is urgent and ____ immediate attention.
The samemeaning is ____ telephone calls made after 11:00 pm. If someone receives a call during sleeping hours, he may think it is a ____ of life or death. The time chosen for the call ____ its importance.
In social life, time plays a very ____ part. In the United States, gueststend to feel they are not highly regarded if the ____ to a dinner party is extended only three or four days ____before the party date. But this is not ____ in all countries. In other areas of the world, it may be considered foolish to make an appointment too far ____ because plans which are made for a date more than a week away tend to be ____
The meaning of time ____ from place to place in the world. ____, misunderstandings often arise between people from different cultures that ____ time differently. For example, promptness (准时) is ____ greatly in American life. If people are not prompt, they may be regarded as ____ or not fully responsible. In the US, no one would think of keeping a business partner ____ for an hour; it would be too rude. A person who is five minutes late is     21     to make a short apology.1.

A．wastes

B．communicates

C．travels

D．runs

2.

A．special

B．ridiculous

C．precious

D．rare

3.

A．custom

B．deal

C．problem

D．duty

4.

A．whenever

B．though

C．while

D．once

5.

A．gives

B．escapes

C．pays

D．requires

6.

A．compared with

B．covered with

C．attached to

D．devoted to

7.

A．story

B．matter

C．game

D．view

8.

A．reduces

B．ignores

C．doubts

D．stresses

9.

A．different

B．small

C．significant

D．equal

10.

A．plan

B．invitation

C．gift

D．wish

11.

A．true

B．useful

C．clear

D．grateful

12.

A．on time

B．at length

C．in advance

D．by chance

13.

A．remembered

B．forgotten

C．canceled

D．opposed

14.

A．varies

B．separates

C．rushes

D．keeps

15.

A．Meanwhile

B．Otherwise

C．Thus

D．Besides

16.

A．make

B．kill

C．save

D．treat

17.

A．complained

B．valued

C．seized

D．influenced

18.

A．impolite

B．desperate

C．helpless

D．unlucky

19.

A．working

B．approaching

C．waiting

D．thinking

20.

A．forced

B．expected

C．refused

D．blessed