【推荐1】My love of laundry deepened as I grew older. I learned how to wash and dry my own clothes before I was ten. In my teens, I taught myself to _________ . With a love of dry-clean-only clothes while on a college-student _________ at the University of Kentucky, I _________ my textile(纺织业) professors to find out if I could wash my wool sweaters and pants by myself. I _________ I could-after all, people had been wearing wool clothing since long before the _________ of dry cleaning.

What I learned from my textile teachers were not just the how-tos. In his books, author Gary Chapman teaches “the five love languages”— _________ to express and experience love. Mine is _________ . That’s what caring for clothes meant for my grandmother, for my mom, and _________ for me. Far beyond duty, service is the way I show love to others-whether I’m ironing my husband’s shirts, _________ decorating our home for Christmas.

Changing our mindsets from __________ cleaning clothes to caring about others is the __________ to changing our attitudes toward laundry from hard work to love. My __________ is that caring for your loved ones’ clothes shows them love. When their clothes are __________ , smell wonderful, and look great, your loved ones are going to feel as if they can take on the world, and their days are going to be __________ . That’s true for you and your clothes __________ . And don’t you deserve that?

1.

A．iron

B．sew

C．display

D．measure

2.

A．salary

B．award

C．budget

D．holiday

3.

A．built

B．thought

C．learned

D．consulted

4.

A．confirmed

B．joked

C．supposed

D．imagined

5.

A．discovery

B．permission

C．invention

D．addiction

6.

A．stories

B．theories

C．ways

D．chances

7.

A．sharing

B．service

C．interest

D．appreciation

8.

A．now

B．soon

C．never

D．once

9.

A．for

B．and

C．so

D．or

10.

A．frequently

B．completely

C．simply

D．directly

11.

A．key

B．end

C．clue

D．tendency

12.

A．mode

B．mission

C．personality

D．philosophy

13.

A．new

B．clean

C．dear

D．right

14.

A．tidier

B．longer

C．brighter

D．easier

15.

A．as usual

B．as well

C．in time

D．in particular

【推荐2】Directions: For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

A person with positive thinking mentality expects happiness, health and success, and believes that he or she can overcome any obstacle and difficulty.

_______ thinking is not a concept that everyone believes and follows. Some, consider it as nonsense, and scoff (laugh) at people who follow it. _______, there is a growing number of people, who accept positive thinking as a fact, and believe in its _______

To use it in your life, you need more than just to be aware of its _______. You need to adopt the attitude of positive thinking in everything you do.

The following story illustrates how positive thinking works:

Allan applied for a new job, _______ he didn’t believe he will get it, since his _______ was low, and he considered himself as a failure and unworthy of success.

He had a _______ attitude toward himself, _______, believed that the other applicants were better and more qualified than him.

Allan’s mind was occupied with negative thoughts and fears concerning the job, for the whole week preceding the job interview. He _______, expected failure.

On the day of the interview, he got up late, and to his __________ he discovered that the shirt he planned to wear was dirty, and the other one needed ironing. As it was already too late, he went out wearing a wrinkled shirt and without eating breakfast.

During the interview, he was tense, negative, __________ and worried about his shirt. All this, distracted his mind and made it difficult for him to __________ the interview. His overall behavior made a bad impression, and __________, he couldn’t overcome his fear and did not get the job.

Jim applied for the same job too, but approached the matter in a __________ way. He was sure that he was going to get the job. During the week preceding the interview, he often visualized himself making a good __________ and getting the job. He prepared fully before the interview and he got the job as he expected.

1.

A．Critical

B．Current

C．Political

D．Positive

2.

A．Although

B．Furthermore

C．However

D．Therefore

3.

A．happiness

B．effectiveness

C．kindness

D．safeness

4.

A．existence

B．importance

C．attendance

D．ignorance

5.

A．but

B．so

C．for

D．or

6.

A．self-expression

B．self-esteem

C．self-control

D．self-conscious

7.

A．positive

B．aggressive

C．negative

D．friendly

8.

A．and moreover

B．and after all

C．and however

D．and therefore

9.

A．generally

B．basically

C．simply

D．actually

10.

A．excitement

B．anger

C．horror

D．amusement

11.

A．angry

B．hungry

C．hot

D．disappointed

12.

A．focus on

B．prepare for

C．make use of

D．give up

13.

A．finally

B．consequently

C．naturally

D．hopefully

14.

A．same

B．right

C．different

D．wrong

15.

A．inference

B．difference

C．translation

D．impression

【推荐3】That holiday morning I didn’t have to attend school. Usually, mother ______ me to sleep in on holidays. And I would certainly take full advantage of it. On this particular morning, ______,   I felt like getting up early.

I stood by my window overlooking the ______ having nothing better to do. But as it turned out, I was soon to learn about something ______ in life.

As I watched several people go by, get into their cars and go off, I ______ an old man on a bicycle with a bucket(木桶) on its ______ and a basket of rags and bottles on its back-carriage(后座). He ______ from one car to another, washing and cleaning them. From the water on the ground, it seemed that he had already ______ washing and cleaning about a dozen or more cars. He must have begun to work quite early in the morning. Several thoughts ______ my mind as I watched him work. He wasn’t well-dressed. He had on a pair of shorts and a(n)______ T-shirt. The bicycle he rode was not by any means the kind modern ______ would want to be seen riding on. But he seemed ______ with life. There he was working hard at his small business, ______ at passers-by and stopping to chat ______ with elderly men and women on their way to the market nearby.

There was a noticeable touch of ______ in the way he seemed to be doing things ---- ______ the windscreen(挡风玻璃), then standing back to admire it; scrubbing(擦净)the wheels and ______, standing back to see what they look like after the scrub.

It was a ______ to learn, I felt. At no age need one have to beg for a living if one has good health and is willing to work hard. For a while I felt ______ of myself. Young as I am — just sixteen,there was this old man who must have been usefully engaged(忙碌的) perhaps before the sun appeared above the ______.

1.

A．allows

B．forces

C．causes

D．lets

2.

A．otherwise

B．besides

C．therefore

D．however

3.

A．bus stop

B．parking lot

C．school

D．market

4.

A．useful

B．surprising

C．terrible

D．interesting

5.

A．called

B．recognized

C．noticed

D．looked

6.

A．seat

B．back

C．wheel

D．handle

7.

A．found

B．moved

C．wandered

D．1eft

8.

A．stopped

B．planned

C．finished

D．started

9.

A．changed

B．slid

C．crossed

D．inspired

10.

A．simple

B．shiny

C．attractive

D．expensive

11.

A．repairmen

B．motorists

C．drivers

D．cyclists

12.

A．satisfied

B．busy

C．careful

D．bored

13.

A．laughing

B．1ooking

C．waving

D．pointing

14.

A．more or less

B．sooner or later

C．here and there

D．now and then

15.

A．worry

B．pride

C．stress

D．shock

16.

A．fixing

B．cleaning

C．replacing

D．covering

17.

A．still

B．again

C．yet

D．soon

18.

A．fact

B．subject

C．skill

D．1esson

19.

A．ashamed

B．doubtful

C．fearful

D．tired

20.

A．flash

B．sunlight

C．horizon

D．shelter

【推荐1】My 11-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, does not like swim meets. She gets horribly   ______ because she is afraid that she will let everyone down. She started to talk about ______ swimming, which broke my heart because she loves swimming.                                

Recently, Elizabeth’s team ______ a T-shirt relay, which works like this: one person puts on a T-shirt and a pair of ______ and swims 50 meters. The person takes off the clothes and the other members, ______ put them on and swim another 50 meters until everyone on the team has completed a lap.

I told Elizabeth I really wanted her to go. She ______ back angrily but finally agreed.                                             

When the day arrived, Elizabeth was ______ to swim the anchor leg (最后一棒). By the last leg, Elizabeth’s team had built up a ______ lead. Then it was Elizabeth’s turn.

______ the halfway mark, she was still in the lead. Then somebody noticed that one of Elizabeth’s socks had ______ and was floating in the pool. “She has to get that sock on before the end of the race,” a swimming ______ told Elizabeth’s team, “or you will be ______.”

Everybody on her team started shouting, but she couldn’t hear them. ______, a girl in Lane Two was ______ on Elizabeth. Just then, a girl on my daughter’s team jumped in the pool, ______ the sock, swam after Elizabeth and put the sock on Elizabeth.

The sock finally on, Elizabeth swam with all her ______ for the last 15 meters and won! There followed much ______. And, for a few minutes, Elizabeth was the heroine.

On the ride home, she relieved her moment of glory ______. She told me that if the T-shirt relay were an Olympic event, her team would win the gold medal. I told her that in my ______ opinion, she was ______ right.

1.

A．annoyed

B．disappointed

C．awkward

D．nervous

2.

A．quitting

B．hating

C．learning

D．practicing

3.

A．posted

B．reported

C．announced

D．exhibited

4.

A．glasses

B．flippers

C．gloves

D．socks

5.

A．in turn

B．in return

C．in all

D．in fact

6.

A．turned

B．debated

C．fought

D．called

7.

A．chosen

B．advised

C．permitted

D．ordered

8.

A．certain

B．deep

C．short

D．narrow

9.

A．Heading

B．Coming

C．Approaching

D．Drawing

10.

A．switched off

B．taken off

C．rolled off

D．fallen off

11.

A．worker

B．official

C．reporter

D．expert

12.

A．scolded

B．punished

C．blamed

D．disqualified

13.

A．Otherwise

B．Meanwhile

C．Nevertheless

D．Therefore

14.

A．gaining

B．swimming

C．passing

D．catching

15.

A．brought

B．grabbed

C．held

D．sought

16.

A．strength

B．dignity

C．caution

D．courage

17.

A．ceremony

B．feast

C．celebration

D．honor

18.

A．day after day

B．from time to time

C．again and again

D．once in a while

19.

A．favorable

B．personal

C．valuable

D．practical

20.

A．especially

B．absolutely

C．generally

D．eventually

【推荐2】One day, a 10-year-old boy held a dollar coin in his hand and asked the shop owners along the street, “Excuse me, do you sell _______?”

Throughout the day, the _______ boy went in and out of many stores, asking the _______ question, but each time he was _______.

Then, at the sixty-ninth store, a 60-year-old grandpa _______ and asked the little boy, “Why do you want to buy God?”

The boy told him that his parents had died when he was still a baby and his uncle was now _______ him. But several days before, his uncle was ill in hospital. The doctor told the boy that only God could _______ his uncle. The little boy thought that God must be a _______ thing. And he had a _______ if he could buy God and let his uncle eat, then his uncle would be fine.

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

“One dollar,” ________ the child.

“My boy, God’s price is exactly one dollar,” said the old man

Then the storekeeper took a bottle of “God” from the shelf. “Take it, boy! When your uncle drinks it, he will get well soon.”

The little boy ________ to the hospital and shouted happily to his uncle, “Uncle, I bought God back and you will get well soon.”

The next day, a medical team ________ the world’s top medical experts came to the hospital. The ________ was very successful. The hospital told the boy’s uncle the bill had already been paid by a rich elderly man.

The little boy’s uncle went to the ________ to thank the old man. But he was away on holiday, ________ a letter.

“You don’t need to thank me. The bill has been paid by your nephew (侄子).To save you, he went into every store to buy God. Thank God, he was the person that saved you!”

1.

A．water

B．bread

C．God

D．mum

2.

A．excited

B．tired

C．angry

D．frightened

3.

A．interesting

B．different

C．serious

D．same

4.

A．refused

B．stopped

C．supported

D．offered

5.

A．guessed

B．smiled

C．silenced

D．complained

6.

A．raising

B．serving

C．protecting

D．controlling

7.

A．govern

B．answer

C．save

D．limit

8.

A．fool

B．rude

C．active

D．wonderful

9.

A．trick

B．belief

C．curiosity

D．adventure

10.

A．repeated

B．replied

C．reminded

D．require

11.

A．moved

B．jogged

C．rushed

D．pointed

12.

A．made of

B．made from

C．made up

D．made up of

13.

A．story

B．operation

C．team

D．patient

14.

A．store

B．hospital

C．company

D．street

15.

A．writing

B．posting

C．leaving

D．answering

【推荐3】The Power of Kindness

Leo Kellner loves helping people in the sweetest way possible—by baking them cakes and pies. The 99-year-old man from Hastings, Nebraska, _______ his wife in 2012. They had been together for 72 years.

Since his wife passed away, Kellner took up _______as a way to give back to the community. “I didn’t know what to do with myself ,” Kellner said. “I was _______ all the time, and I thought I’d better do something that could make me get out of the _______and be good to the community as well, and that’s how it started.”

That first year, Kellner made 144 pies for people in need. He _______ community organizations to let them know he’d like to connect with families having a _______ time. Kellner then started reaching out to those families, getting to know them, and baking up some lovely cakes and pies during their time of need.

What he did made him _______ known around the communities. And whenever people met him, they showed their _______ to him.

“I regard everybody as a   _______— I love everybody even people that gave me an unpleasant time when things were going hard for me.

Born in 1918, Kellner lived ________ the Great Depression, when his family lost their farm. Kellner had to move from state to state as a teenager looking for possible ________ on farms to make a living. “I knew what it was to be ________ , and a lot of times we just had vegetables and flour mixed up together;” he said. “So as long as I can do it, I will lend a helping hand.”

And Kellner’s made quite a/an ________ . “I’ve got friends from all over,” he said. “I've gotten thank-you cards from Alaska”. Through his baking, Kellner has helped the ________ a lot.

________ is powerful. Children begin to learn to cook so they can spread ________   just as he does. Kellner believes that this interest to give to everyone just might be the secret to a long, ________ life.

Life constantly presents us with opportunities to take an extra step or do a kind deed that will make a ________ . And the wonderful thing is that as we do, it changes things for the ________ for us too. Kindness is also a kind of noble cycle. It twice blessed; it blesses him who ________ , and him who receives.

1.

A．married

B．left

C．lost

D．abandoned

2.

A．teaching

B．trading

C．acting

D．baking

3.

A．changing

B．crying

C．wandering

D．complaining

4.

A．danger

B．difficulty

C．sadness

D．anxiety

5.

A．contacted

B．attended

C．studied

D．established

6.

A．peaceful

B．hard

C．boring

D．relaxing

7.

A．widely

B．rarely

C．partly

D．hardly

8.

A．expectation

B．address

C．mercy

D．respect

9.

A．friend

B．student

C．partner

D．neighbor

10.

A．through

B．with

C．on

D．by

11.

A．relatives

B．schools

C．work

D．fortune

12.

A．famous

B．poor

C．popular

D．lonely

13.

A．confusion

B．influence

C．trust

D．chaos

14.

A．farm

B．country

C．organization

D．community

15.

A．Appearance

B．Confidence

C．Encouragement

D．Kindness

16.

A．news

B．idea

C．love

D．knowledge

17.

A．happy

B．noisy

C．crazy

D．busy

18.

A．deal

B．wish

C．career

D．difference

19.

A．easier

B．better

C．healthier

D．steadier

20.

A．deserves

B．waits

C．gives

D．qualifies

【推荐3】The First Try

Every girl dreams and Mary is no ________. She has read dozens of books on how to be a ballet dancer and Swan Lake is her favorite. She ________ one day her dream will come true. She has taken ballet lessons and all her teachers ________ she is a good student.

One day she saw an advertisement that a famous ballet troupe（芭蕾舞剧团）will be ________ in her hometown. Her thoughts ran wild, “I must meet the leader of the troupe and show him my ________.”

She dressed herself in her ballet costume and ________ to hide in the dressing room. To her luck, the leader entered and she ________ approached him and handed him a bunch of red roses and in her ________ the thorns（刺） pricked her hand but she did not ________ the pain. Mary told him her dream. “Alright, you dance and I will give you my verdict（意见）.”________, half way through the dance he stopped her, “I’m sorry you’re not good enough!” On hearing this Mary was ________ and gave up her dream.

Years later, the same ballet troupe was performing in her town again. Bitter（痛苦的） ________ of the leader’s harsh words came back to her. This time she was determined to find out why the leader had told her she was not good enough when all her teachers thought ________.

This was his reply, “I tell this to every student.” She angrily shot back, “You’ve ________ my life!” Then she got a further shock. “I remember your gift of roses and how the thorns had pricked your fingers but you carried on bravely. If you only had treated ballet like that and did not give up so easily; therefore, you still ________ my verdict!”

1.

A．expectation

B．preparation

C．explanation

D．exception

2.

A．requests

B．hopes

C．tries

D．predicts

3.

A．believe

B．permit

C．doubt

D．promise

4.

A．attending

B．performing

C．passing

D．forming

5.

A．skills

B．ideas

C．dreams

D．decisions

6.

A．happened

B．meant

C．managed

D．hurried

7.

A．casually

B．bravely

C．curiously

D．gratefully

8.

A．opinion

B．anger

C．effort

D．excitement

9.

A．care about

B．care for

C．look into

D．look down

10.

A．Instead

B．Lastly

C．However

D．Thus

11.

A．amazed

B．ashamed

C．excited

D．moved

12.

A．memories

B．thoughts

C．experiences

D．attitudes

13.

A．so

B．yet

C．otherwise

D．indeed

14.

A．ended

B．ignored

C．improved

D．ruined

15.

A．require

B．remember

C．deserve

D．held