【推荐1】Recently, one of my best friends spent the weekend with me. We’ve ________ just about everything since the first day of kindergarten. Several years ago I ________ to a new town, so we’ve both always looked forward to the ________ chances a year when we can see each other.

Over the weekend, we spent hours and hours, ________ up late into the night, talking about the people she was hanging around with. She started telling me ________ about how she experimented with drugs and was into other self-destructive behaviors. I was completely ________!

No matter how hard I tried to tell her that she ________ better, she didn’t believe me. Herself-respect seemed to have ________. I tried to convince her that she was ________ her future and heading for big trouble. I felt like I was getting ________.

By the time she left, I was really ________ about her and exhausted by the experience. It had been so ________, and I had come close to telling her several ________ during the weekend that maybe we had just grown too far apart to ______ our friendship — but I didn’t. I put the power of ________ to the ultimate test and wanted to believe that it could ________ anything.

A few days later, she called to say that she had thought long and hard about our ________, and then she told me that she had ________. I just listened on the other end of the phone with tears of joy running down my face. It was one of the truly ________ moments in my life. Never had I been so ________ of a friend.

1.

A．shared

B．argued

C．discussed

D．complained

2.

A．moved

B．retired

C．returned

D．adapted

3.

A．different

B．frequent

C．rare

D．lost

4.

A．calling

B．staying

C．getting

D．waking

5.

A．risks

B．steps

C．stories

D．skills

6.

A．disappointed

B．embarrassed

C．shocked

D．scared

7.

A．deserved

B．lived

C．studied

D．relaxed

8.

A．increased

B．developed

C．disappeared

D．formed

9.

A．creating

B．controlling

C．predicting

D．ruining

10.

A．wrong

B．nowhere

C．rejected

D．refreshed

11.

A．hopeful

B．cautious

C．curious

D．concerned

12.

A．frightening

B．discouraging

C．inspiring

D．surprising

13.

A．times

B．relatives

C．examples

D．partners

14.

A．destroy

B．rebuild

C．abandon

D．continue

15.

A．encouragement

B．honesty

C．friendship

D．truth

16.

A．clarify

B．simplify

C．encounter

D．conquer

17.

A．conversation

B．experience

C．personality

D．behavior

18.

A．grown up

B．gone abroad

C．said goodbye

D．come round

19.

A．exciting

B．rewarding

C．demanding

D．appealing

20.

A．aware

B．proud

C．certain

D．fond

【推荐2】As 17-year-old Norwood drove through St. Peters-burg, Florida, last February, the laughter and chatter from the four teenage girls inside her car quickly _________screams. As they _________a crossing, another car ran into them .

As smoke came out of the other car, a witness shouted, “It’s about to blow up! Get out!” The _________had damaged the side door, making it shut. _________, but otherwise OK, she crawled out through the window. Along with two of her friends, who’d also_________to free themselves, she ran for her life.

But halfway down the street, she_________that her best friend, Simmons, wasn’t with them. Norwood ran back to the_________and found Simmons in the back seat. “She wasn’t moving.” She threw open the back door, pulled out her friend, and laid her on ground. “ I checked her pulse.” Nothing. “ I put my head_________her chest.” No_________of life. “ That’s when I started CPR (心肺复苏).”

Had the accident happened a few weeks earlier, she might not have known what to do. But Norwood, who wants to__________a career in medicine, had earned her CPR certificate just the day before. Kneeling on the lawn and looking down at her dying friend, Norwood knew she just had __________time to practice what she’d learned.

She started pressing Simmons’s chest with her interlocked fingers and breathing into her friend’s mouth in hopes of__________her lungs with the kiss of life. No response. but then, after the 30^th compression (按压), Simmons began coughing and gasping for air. The CPR had __________!

Soon, medical staff arrived and__________Simmons to the hospital, where she received__________for a severe head wound. And then she heard how her best friend had saved her life. “ I wasn’t shocked,” Simmons told CNN. “ She will always help anyone, anytime, anywhere, any way she can.”

1.

A．gave way to

B．gave off

C．gave out

D．gave in to

2.

A．repaired

B．decorated

C．approached

D．widened

3.

A．practice

B．accident

C．scream

D．shout

4.

A．frightened

B．thrilled

C．ashamed

D．disappointed

5.

A．tried

B．attempted

C．decided

D．managed

6.

A．approved

B．admitted

C．realized

D．denied

7.

A．situation

B．spot

C．field

D．ground

8.

A．against

B．off

C．beyond

D．beneath

9.

A．meaning

B．sign

C．power

D．way

10.

A．quit

B．recommend

C．assess

D．pursue

11.

A．little

B．leisure

C．peak

D．enough

12.

A．replacing

B．filling

C．transplanting

D．diagnosing

13.

A．worked

B．stopped

C．began

D．failed

14.

A．guided

B．invited

C．welcomed

D．rushed

15.

A．treatment

B．praise

C．assistance

D．sympathy

【推荐3】I have a close childhood friend, who quit university for lack of financial support. When he got married and lived a well-off life, he thought it a(n) ________ to give up his education. So he spent the last eight years attending night ________ to get his bachelor’s degree (学士学位) while also doing a full-time job. He said it was a(n) ________ but well worth the time and efforts. Last month, after years of late nights and weekends of studying, he ________ graduated.

He ________ in our hometown after high school, ________ most of his friends, myself included, left long ago for other states for university and jobs. Over time, work, families, and other ________ have made it difficult for us all to be ________ in our hometown at the same time.

I put forward a wonderful idea: plan a weekend that we’d all be ________ to fly back to our hometown to surprise him and celebrate his ________. It was so much fun ________ the affair. The bait (诱饵): his mom told him that he was going to have ________ with just his grandparents to celebrate. Little did he know that the family dinner would ________ a 20-person affair with friends from all around the states. I got to ________ a cake so that everyone ________ the party could enjoy it.

When the guest of honor arrived to “dinner with the ________”, he was so surprised to find the room________ with those who he hadn’t seen for years. They all laughed to him ________ they were in high school.

The “white lie” dinner plan was a great ________ for me. And all the friends present thought it a good ________ to arrange the party.

1.

A．anger

B．pity

C．accident

D．fact

2.

A．club

B．party

C．cafe

D．school

3.

A．improvement

B．solution

C．challenge

D．failure

4.

A．finally

B．quickly

C．suddenly

D．luckily

5.

A．taught

B．stayed

C．arrived

D．married

6.

A．so

B．while

C．or

D．for

7.

A．adventures

B．requests

C．experiences

D．arrangements

8.

A．inside

B．apart

C．back

D．out

9.

A．safe

B．eager

C．available

D．anxious

10.

A．birthday

B．achievement

C．examination

D．wisdom

11.

A．debating

B．studying

C．planning

D．controlling

12.

A．lunch

B．dinner

C．time

D．fun

13.

A．turn into

B．give up

C．relate to

D．focus on

14.

A．sell

B．deliver

C．cut

D．order

15.

A．attending

B．leaving

C．receiving

D．tasting

16.

A．teachers

B．grandparents

C．classmates

D．friends

17.

A．covered

B．provided

C．crowded

D．decorated

18.

A．even if

B．as if

C．what if

D．even though

19.

A．surprise

B．worry

C．success

D．stress

20.

A．chance

B．duty

C．determination

D．idea

【推荐1】“My wallet! Where is it? ” were my first words when I found out my wallet was lost. I searched my memory for a few good seconds, and then________that I had left my precious wallet in the library. To be________, it was in the public toilet of the library!

_____the library was then closed, I had to wait until the next morning to begin my________. When I got there early the next day, all I found was a______bathroom.

At that time, all I could________was that the person who cleaned the restroom had________my wallet. So I________approached an old lady at the front desk. “Excuse me, is there a wallet found in the restroom yesterday? ” She walked through a door and________for a moment. Then she came back to the desk. “No, ” she said. I quickly thanked her and walked off,________.

Finally, I painfully________the fact that my wallet had gone.

A week later, I received a mysterious________in the mail. Sure enough, it was my________! And most surprisingly,________in it was missing! And there was a little yellow piece of paper folded up inside. I slowly unfolded it and a little medal of Christ fell off. The paper________like this:

Always________this medal with you, whatever your religion is, so the angel that was watching over you last________will always be close.

This person didn’t even leave a return________, so I couldn’t thank whoever it was.

From that day on, I promised myself to follow this example when I was in a________situation. I will make others as________as I was when I opened that package!

1.

A．predicted

B．realized

C．explained

D．imagined

2.

A．obvious

B．honest

C．exact

D．clear

3.

A．Because

B．Although

C．Unless

D．Even

4.

A．work

B．reading

C．research

D．search

5.

A．crowded

B．noisy

C．clean

D．deserted

6.

A．run after

B．hope for

C．remember

D．declare

7.

A．hidden

B．picked

C．ignored

D．found

8.

A．secretly

B．aimlessly

C．politely

D．angrily

9.

A．disappeared

B．hesitated

C．rested

D．escaped

10.

A．surprised

B．disappointed

C．satisfied

D．ashamed

11.

A．accepted

B．considered

C．changed

D．covered

12.

A．present

B．invitation

C．notice

D．package

13.

A．wallet

B．book

C．reward

D．treasure

14.

A．something

B．nothing

C．everything

D．anything

15.

A．exposed

B．described

C．read

D．announced

16.

A．keep

B．equip

C．compare

D．connect

17.

A．month

B．fortnight

C．week

D．year

18.

A．reminder

B．date

C．message

D．address

19.

A．disappointing

B．similar

C．different

D．difficult

20.

A．annoyed

B．puzzled

C．crazy

D．happy

【推荐2】In August last year, my parents and I visited our relatives in Princeton Junction, New Jersey. Every day I enjoyed walking a circular way starting from their house. One evening I decided to be _________ and changed from my _________ way-I was looking forward to a longer walk, confident that I would be able to find my way back.

My walk took me _________ the living area and into a beautiful place with an expanse of fields on both sides of the road. With the sun beginning to _________, it was really a wonderful sight. After about thirty minutes, I noticed that I was not _________ back in the direction I had come. I searched for my mobile phone to get help, but it turned out to be left at home.

However, I remained _________. Although there weren’t any people about, there was some _________ and I was sure that someone would stop and point me in the right direction. As each car or truck came, I stopped and _______, but time after time each one passed me by. No one seemed to feel any sympathy for me. About forty minutes, I was beginning to feel _________. There was no one ____________ and my family was completely in the dark as to my position.

When I just gave up all hope, a black SUV ____________ me and stopped. A mother and daughter were willing to help. I told them I was lost and gave them my address. The mother pointed to a turning a little further down the road and ____________ me I was pretty close to home. Expressing my thanks, I started off at a fast ____________.

I had been walking for about five minutes when I heard a car drive up behind me and stop. It was the mother and daughter again. They realized that they had not given me the correct direction.

They offered to give me a(n) __________ home, and I was so grateful for their help. During our brief conversation I sensed that the teenage daughter was going to a school party and would now arrive late. We didn’t ____________ names but I will never forget their act of kindness.

1.

A．confident

B．independent

C．adventurous

D．tough

2.

A．similar

B．potential

C．general

D．regular

3.

A．within

B．round

C．toward

D．beyond

4.

A．shine

B．rise

C．set

D．fade

5.

A．heading

B．keeping

C．taking

D．looking

6.

A．silent

B．crazy

C．quiet

D．calm

7.

A．delay

B．control

C．traffic

D．service

8.

A．cheered

B．waved

C．sighed

D．nodded

9.

A．passive

B．ridiculous

C．fortunate

D．desperate

10.

A．in place

B．in turn

C．in sight

D．in person

11.

A．surrounded

B．approached

C．reflected

D．accompanied

12.

A．supported

B．responded

C．corrected

D．promised

13.

A．stage

B．track

C．level

D．pace

14.

A．tip

B．ride

C．desire

D．option

15.

A．seek

B．gather

C．acquire

D．exchange

【推荐3】Lunch hour is crazy at SAME Cafe, the 40-seat restaurant my husband and I run in Denver.
A woman in a(n)____suit stepped in. "Hi, Libby." she said. Wow, what a____! The first time she came to the cafe two years ago, she had no money to pay. ____many customers, she volunteered to wash dishes and____ Look at her now: confident and hopeful. Wasn't this what we'd hoped for?
In 2003, we'd____this crazy dream: start a restaurant with a donation box instead of a cash register. Right away we hit hurdles（阻碍）. "There is no such thing as a____ lunch," one potential landlord sniffed. I met brokers, bankers and suppliers, only to watch them ____, shaking their heads. No bank would lend us the money to open a restaurant with no____ The only fund we could get was our individual retirement account. ____we rented space from a landlord on Colfax Street. We put flyers（传单）around the neighborhood, asked friends to____the word, and held our breath.
Word traveled fast, ____stories in the papers and on TV. Soon we had more than 50 customers a day. A few ate without paying or____an hour of work. But most gave what they could, ____it was just a dollar. Those with money gave, and then more. One of our customers left a ____for 500 dollars. Another bought 1000 dollars in gift certificates. ____another donated a truck so we could transport____from suppliers.
People came here partly for what our cafe____—SAME: So All May Eat. We treat everyone with____ We hoped to develop a sense of community so that we might____one another. The woman in business suit was one of them. Our____to open the cafe was worth it.1.

A．dinner

B．evening

C．business

D．summer

2.

A．change

B．beauty

C．fool

D．coincidence

3.

A．With

B．Like

C．Besides

D．Towards

4.

A．wait

B．sing

C．perform

D．sweep

5.

A．lived

B．hatched

C．ignored

D．achieved

6.

A．packed

B．delicious

C．free

D．delivered

7.

A．crowd together

B．flood in

C．walk away

D．turn up

8.

A．staff support

B．regular customers

C．lunch boxes

D．cash register

9.

A．Unfortunately

B．Finally

C．Interestingly

D．Illegally

10.

A．analyze

B．read

C．spread

D．approve

11.

A．thanks to

B．apart from

C．ahead of

D．according to

12.

A．regretting

B．gaining

C．donating

D．balancing

13.

A．only when

B．and forever

C．so that

D．even if

14.

A．reward

B．check

C．bill

D．list

15.

A．Still

B．Instead

C．Otherwise

D．Thus

16.

A．lunch

B．customers

C．dishes

D．produce

17.

A．stood for

B．applied for

C．benefited from

D．depended on

18.

A．patience

B．generosity

C．confidence

D．dignity

19.

A．protect

B．trust

C．help

D．treasure

20.

A．dream

B．struggle

C．management

D．Style