【推荐1】完形填空
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1--20各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I often read of incidents of misunderstanding or conflict. I’m left _______. Why do these people create mistrust and problems, especially with those from other _______?
I was growing up in Kuala Lumpur in the early 1960s, _______ children from different races and religions played and studied _______ in harmony. At that time my family lived a stone’s ________from Ismail’s. And no one was bothered that Ismail was a Malay Muslim and I was an Indian Hindu—we just _______ our differences. Perhaps, our elders had not filled our heads with unnecessary advice, well _______ or otherwise.
We were nine when we became friends. During the school holidays, we’d _______ the countryside on our bicycles, hoping to _______ the unexpected. At times Ismail would accompany my family as we made a rare shopping trip to town. We would be glad of his ________.
When I was twelve, my family moved to Johor. Ismail’s family later returned to their village, and I ________ touch with him.
One spring afternoon in 1983, I stopped a taxi in Kuala Lumpur. I ________ my destination. The driver acknowledged my ________ but did not move off. Instead, he looked ________ at me. “Raddar?” he said, using my childhood nickname(绰号). I was astonished at being so _________addressed(称呼). Unexpectedly! It was Ismail! Even after two ________ we still recognized each other. Grasping his shoulder, I felt a true affection, something ________ to describe.
If we can allow our children to be ________ without prejudice, they’ll build friendships with people, regardless of race or religion, who will be ________ their side through thick and thin. On such friendships are societies build and ________ we can truly be, as William Shakespeare once wrote, “we happy few, we band of brothers”.1.

A．interested

B．pleased

C．puzzled

D．excited

2.

A．parties

B．cities

C．villages

D．races

3.

A．why

B．which

C．how

D．when

4.

A．together

B．around

C．alone

D．apart

5.

A．drop

B．throw

C．move

D．roll

6.

A．refused

B．made

C．sought

D．accepted

7.

A．paid

B．meant

C．preserved

D．treated

8.

A．explore

B．search

C．discover

D．desert

9.

A．get through

B．deal with

C．come across

D．take away

10.

A．arrival

B．choice

C．effort

D．company

11.

A．lost

B．gained

C．developed

D．missed

12.

A．stated

B．ordered

C．decided

D．chose

13.

A．attempts

B．instructions

C．opinions

D．arrangements

14.

A．anxiously

B．carelessly

C．disappointedly

D．fixedly

15.

A．familiarly

B．strangely

C．fully

D．coldly

16.

A．departures

B．months

C．years

D．decades

17.

A．possible

B．funny

C．hard

D．clear

18.

A．them

B．themselves

C．us

D．ourselves

19.

A．from

B．by

C．with

D．against

20.

A．still

B．otherwise

C．then

D．instead

【推荐2】When I was a child, I loved to go fishing with Dad. But the only thing that wasn't very _______ about it was that I couldn't catch anything. I usually got pretty _______ and kept asking him why. He _______ answered,"Son, if you want to catch a fish, you have to think like a fish.” I remember being even more upset then because I didn’t _______ how to think like a fish. Besides, I _______，how could what I think _______ what a fish   does?

As I got a little older I began to _______ what Dad really meant. So, I read some books on fish. And I even joined the local _______ club. I learnt that a fish is a cold-blooded animal and therefore is very   _______water temperature. That is why fish prefer ________________water to deep water because the former is ________________ .Besides, water is usually warmer in direct sunlight than in the ________________. Yet, fish don’t have any eyelids and the sun       ________________       their   eyes. The more 1 understood fish, the more I became effective at finding and ________________ them.

When I grew up and ________________ the business world，I remember hearing my first   ________________say, "We all need to think like sales people.”But it didn't completely make ________________ .My dad never once said, “If you want to catch a fish you need to think like a ________________ What he said was, “You need to think like a fish.” Years       later, with great efforts to ________________ long-term services for people much older and richer than me, I gradually       ________________       what   we all need is to think more like customers. It is not an easy job.

1.

A．fun

B．easy

C．clear

D．certain

2.

A．tired

B．upset

C．mistaken

D．worried

3.

A．quickly

B．quietly

C．always

D．angrily

4.

A．realize

B．explain

C．ask

D．know

5.

A．reasoned

B．believed

C．remembered

D．insisted

6.

A．stop

B．follow

C．influence

D．support

7.

A．challenge

B．understand

C．doubt

D．prove

8.

A．nature

B．reading

C．science

D．fishing.

9.

A．sensitive to

B．careful about

C．familiar with

D．interested in

10.

A．surface

B．clear

C．fresh

D．shallow

11.

A．cleaner

B．safer

C．warmer

D．calmer

12.

A．air

B．shade

C．dark

D．bottom

13.

A．meets

B．lightens

C．shuts

D．hurts

14.

A．feeding

B．attending

C．catching

D．following

15.

A．discovered

B．filtered

C．explored

D．enjoyed

16.

A．boss

B．friend

C．assistant

D．guest

17.

A．sense

B．money

C．trouble

D．difference

18.

A．customer

B．salesman

C．fish

D．fisherman

19.

A．receive

B．promote

C．escape

D．require

20.

A．decided

B．accepted

C．learned

D．agreed

【推荐3】完形填空（共20小题）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Several years ago, while attending a communication course, I experienced a most unusual process. The instructor asked us to list _______ in our past that we felt _______ of, regretted, or incomplete about and read our lists aloud.

This seemed like a very _______ process, but there’s always some _______soul in the crowd who will volunteer. The instructor then _______ that we find ways to _______ people, or take some action to right any wrong doings. I was seriously wondering how this could ever _______ my communication.

Then the man next to me raised his hand and volunteered this story: “Making my _______, I remembered an incident from high school. I grew up in a small town. There was a Sheriff _______ of us kids liked. One night, my two buddies (伙伴) and I decided to play a ________ on him.

After drinking a few beers, we climbed the tall water tank in the middle of the town, and wrote on the tank in bright red paint: Sheriff Brown is a SOB (畜生). The next day, almost the whole town saw our glorious________. Within two hours, Sheriff Brown had us in his office. My friends told the truth but I lied. No one ________ found out.

Nearly 20 years later, Sheriff Brown’s name ________ on my list. I didn’t even know if he was still ________. Last weekend, I dialed the information in my hometown and found there was a Sheriff Brown still listed. I tried his number. After a few ________, I heard, “Hello?” I said, “Sheriff Brown?” Paused (停顿). “Yes.” “Well, this is Jimmy Calkins.”

“And I want you to know that I did it.” Paused. “I knew it!” he yelled back. We had a good laugh and a ________ discussion. His closing words were, “Jimmy, I always felt bad for you ________ your buddies got it off their chest, but you were carrying it ________ all these years. I want to thank you for calling me...for your sake.”

Jimmy inspired me to ________ all 101 items on my list within two years, and I always remember what I learned from the course: It’s never too late to ________the past wrong doings.

1.

A．something

B．anything

C．somebody

D．anybody

2.

A．ashamed

B．afraid

C．sure

D．proud

3.

A．private

B．boring

C．interesting

D．funny

4.

A．foolish

B．polite

C．simple

D．brave

5.

A．expected

B．suggested

C．ordered

D．demanded

6.

A．connect with

B．depend on

C．make apologies to

D．get along with

7.

A．improve

B．continue

C．realize

D．keep

8.

A．notes

B．list

C．plan

D．stories

9.

A．any

B．most

C．none

D．all

10.

A．part

B．game

C．trick

D．record

11.

A．view

B．sign

C．attention

D．remark

12.

A．also

B．even

C．still

D．ever

13.

A．appears

B．considers

C．presents

D．remembers

14.

A．angry

B．happy

C．doubtful

D．alive

15.

A．words

B．rings

C．repeats

D．calls

16.

A．cold

B．plain

C．nervous

D．lively

17.

A．in case

B．so long as

C．unless

D．because

18.

A．around

B．out

C．through

D．away

19.

A．build up

B．make up

C．clear up

D．give up

20.

A．regret

B．forgive

C．right

D．punish

【推荐2】When Mrs Green asked us to discover our professions（职业）, the whole class seemed to be greatly surprised. Our professions? We were only 13 and 14 years old! The teacher must be _____．“Yes, you will all be searching for your future ____．Each of you will have to ____ someone in your field and give an oral report.”

Each day in her class, Mrs Green talked about this. Finally, I picked print journalism(新闻业). This ____ I had to go to interview a true newspaper reporter. I was nervous. I sat down in front of him ____ able to speak. He looked at me and said, “Did you bring a pencil or pen?”

I shook my head.

“How about some ____?”

I shook my head again．

Finally, I thought he ____ I was nervous, and I got my first big tip as a ____：“Never, never go anywhere without a pen and paper．You never know what you’ll run into.” After a few days, I gave my oral report totally from_____in class. I got an A on the project．

Years later, I was in college looking around for a new career(职业), but with no success．Then I_____ Mrs Green and my dream at 13 to be a journalist. And I called my parents. They didn’t ____ me. They just reminded(提醒) me how competitive the field was and ____ all my life I had to run away from competition. This was true. But journalism did something to me; it was in my____. It gave me the freedom to go up to total strangers and ask what was _____.

For the past 12 years, I’ve had the most satisfying reporting career, ____ stories from Olympic Games to car accidents and ____ choosing my strongest area. ____ I went to pick up my phone one day, an incredible（令人难以置信的）wave of memories hit me and I realized that ____ Mrs Green I was able to be sitting at that desk.

I get ____ all the time：“How did you pick journalism?”

“Well, you see, there was a teacher…”I just wish I could ____ her．

1.

A．embarrassing

B．mad

C．patient

D．enthusiastic

2.

A．universities

B．families

C．professions

D．lives

3.

A．interview

B．describe

C．admire

D．face

4.

A．considered

B．ordered

C．expected

D．meant

5.

A．hardly

B．nearly

C．naturally

D．completely

6.

A．preparations

B．newspapers

C．drink

D．paper

7.

A．realized

B．imagined

C．impressed

D．admitted

8.

A．student

B．journalist

C．teacher

D．writer

9.

A．notes

B．books

C．imagination

D．memory

10.

A．called

B．remembered

C．recognized

D．visited

11.

A．answer

B．laugh

C．stop

D．promise

12.

A．how

B．whether

C．when

D．where

13.

A．life

B．body

C．blood

D．opinion

14.

A．coming in

B．coming out

C．going up

D．going on

15.

A．creating

B．finding

C．covering

D．writing

16.

A．finally

B．firstly

C．of course

D．in all

17.

A．While

B．When

C．As long as

D．Once

18.

A．refer to

B．thanks to

C．up to

D．thanks for

19.

A．hurt

B．examined

C．tested

D．asked

20.

A．respect

B．support

C．thank

D．favor

【推荐3】A true reality of retirement planning is that your future is riding on the quality of your assumptions. Humble ______ can be dangerous.

For example, eight years into this bull market, expecting stocks to deliver as strong returns over the next decade is an uncertain proposition many are nonetheless ______.

Another potential ______ assumption is that you will be able to keep working past 65. Yet the recently released 2017 Retirement Confidence Survey by the nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research Institute finds that more than half of workers say they expect to still be on the clock past age 65. ______, less than 15 percent of today's retirees kept working that long.

"If you plan on working longer as a way to get by in retirement, you are going to be in trouble," says Craig Copeland, senior research associate at EBRI. "It should be a ______ to a solid savings and spending plan, not the foundation."

It's simply too ______ to assume you will indeed be able to work longer. A survey by the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies found that nearly two-thirds of retirees left the workforce earlier than expected because they were laid off, reorganized out of a position, or due to general unhappiness with a job. Only 16 percent of retirees who ______ the work force earlier than they expected did so because they felt they could ______ afford to.

______, a new report from Prudential puts a dollar value on why your current employer may not be inclined (倾向于) to do back flips to keep an older you happy and engaged. The estimated one-year cost to a firm when an employee ______ retirement: $50,000.

Prudential estimates that on a company-wide level, delayed retirement can ______   overall workforce costs by 1 percent to 1.5 percent. That's not nothing. And it goes a long way in explaining why employers may be more inclined to focus on "financial wellness" strategies to get workers ready to retire ______ than programs to help workers delay retirement.

Fewer than one-third of employees surveyed by TCRS report their employer has some sort of "transition" program such as flexible work schedules, reduced hours or ______ to a different role.

"Workers' vision of retirement is changing faster than employers' business ______," said Catherine Collinson, president of TCRS. That makes it ever more crucial for pre-retirees to take the steps today that will increase the ______ they can continue to work longer, if that's part of the plan.

1.

A．pessimism

B．optimism

C．concern

D．consideration

2.

A．relying on

B．holding back

C．accounting for

D．turning down

3.

A．reliable

B．possible

C．flawed

D．firm

4.

A．As a result

B．In addition

C．Needless to say

D．By comparison

5.

A．complement

B．composition

C．compliment

D．comprehension

6.

A．ridiculous

B．sensible

C．risky

D．logical

7.

A．extended

B．exited

C．existed

D．remained

8.

A．economically

B．mentally

C．financially

D．physically

9.

A．However

B．Therefore

C．Instead

D．Moreover

10.

A．delays

B．expects

C．gets

D．decides

11.

A．influence

B．decrease

C．increase

D．transform

12.

A．later

B．sooner

C．faster

D．slower

13.

A．shifting

B．altering

C．ranging

D．functioning

14.

A．deals

B．practices

C．customs

D．operations

15.

A．prospect

B．capabilities

C．odds

D．outputs

【推荐1】Do you know what is the most beautiful sound in the world?

Being in the same dormitory in university, one of my classmates, who was from a big city, had never______his parents. He said that there was no phone at home and it was OK for. him ,to write to his parents. We were_____ - he lived in a modern city, why not_______ a telephone at home?

After the summer vacation, he often went to bed to listen to a tape_____, which was taken from his home. Sometimes he was crying in______. We proposed to_____ his tape to listen to. However, he____. One time when he was out, we got the ___. After we listened to it, it seemed that there wasn't______ in it. We were puzzled and put it back under his pillow. In the coming of graduation, he told us that his parents were deaf and unable to____. To make a living； his parents_____ all hardships and never got others’ ____. For his study, his parents' paid much attention to creating the best conditions for him. He had to ____ his parents to go to university after their living condition was better. He often_____them, especially when the night fell. His____was from “Silent Love” of his parents. He taped the sound of their______. He listened to it every night, feeling his_____ being with him.

We were_____ . Care from family is like light to____our misfortune ,and_____love is the most beautiful sound in the world.

1.

A．commented

B．phoned

C．contacted

D．mentioned

2.

A．surprised

B．delighted

C．excited

D．interested

3.

A．change

B．select

C．carry

D．fix

4.

A．eagerly

B．patiently

C．secretly

D．casually

5.

A．doubt

B．sadness

C．panic

D．anger

6.

A．borrow

B．wipe

C．record

D．release

7.

A．sighed

B．nodded

C．hesitated

D．refused

8.

A．pillow

B．recorder

C．telephone

D．tape

9.

A．something

B．everything

C．anything

D．nothing

10.

A．speak

B．read

C．see

D．walk

11.

A．forgot

B．suffered

C．overcame

D．feared

12.

A．blame

B．abuse

C．commitment

D．respect

13.

A．allow

B．leave

C．persuade

D．abandon

14.

A．missed

B．accompanied

C．upset

D．misunderstood

15.

A．achievement

B．confidence

C．kindness

D．talent

16.

A．singing

B．quarreling

C．breathing

D．sobbing

17.

A．friends

B．roommates

C．parents

D．relatives

18.

A．confused

B．scared

C．puzzled

D．touched

19.

A．put out

B．settle down

C．cast away

D．take in

20.

A．blind

B．silent

C．deep

D．true

【推荐2】In 1898 an 8.2 earthquake almost flattened America, killing over 30,ooo people in less than four minutes. In the middle of complete damage and disorder, a father rushed to the school where his son was supposed to be,____ that the building was ____
After the unforgettably shock, he____ the promise he had made to his son: “ No matter ____ happens, I’ll always be there for you!” And tears began to ____his eyes. As he looked at the pile of ruins, it looked hopeless, but he kept remembering his ____ to his son. He rushed there and started ____ the ruins.
As he was digging, other helpless parents arrived , ____ : “It’s too late ! They are all dead!____ , face reality; there’s nothing you can do!” To each parent he responded with ____ : “Are you going to help me now? ”No one helped. And then he continued to dig for his son, stone by stone.
Courageously he went on alone because he needed to know ____ : “Is my boy____ or he is dead?” He dug for eight hours … 12 hours…36 hours…then , in ____ hour , he pulled back a large stone and heard his son’s ____ He screamed his son’s name, “ARMAND!” He heard back, “Dad!?! It’s me, Dad! I told other kids not to worry. I told them that if you were alive, you ____ me and ____ you saved me, they’d be saved. You promised, ‘No matter what happens, I’ll always be there for you!’ You did it, Dad!”
“What’s going on in there? ”the father asked
“There are 14 of us ________ 33,Dad. We’re scared, hungry, thirsty and thankful you are here. When the building collapsed, it made ____ , and it saved us.”
“Come out , boy!”
“No, Dad! Let the other kids out first,____I know you’ll get me! No matter what happens, I know you’ll always be there for me!”1.

A．only discovering

B．only to discover

C．only realizing

D．only to realize.

2.

A．as flat as a pancake	B．as high as a mountain
C．as strong as an ox	D．as weak as a kitten

3.

A．memorized

B．forgot

C．kept

D．remembered

4.

A．what

B．that

C．which

D．who

5.

A．fill

B．fill in

C．come

D．burst

6.

A．picture

B．promise

C．present

D．encourage

7.

A．digging

B．digging through

C．digging out

D．digging into

8.

A．to say

B．said

C．and saying

D．saying

9.

A．Come out

B．Come again

C．Come on

D．Come off

10.

A．one word

B．one sound

C．one row

D．one line

11.

A．for himself

B．of himself

C．by himself

D．to himself

12.

A．live

B．living

C．alive

D．lively

13.

A．38

B．the 38

C．38th

D．the 38th

14.

A．sound

B．voice

C．noise

D．tone

15.

A．will save

B．would save

C．save

D．would have saved

16.

A．if

B．because

C．even if

D．though

17.

A．remained

B．missing

C．left

D．gone

18.

A．for

B．behind

C．out of

D．over

19.

A．a promise

B．space

C．room

D．a triangle

20.

A．because

B．though

C．when

D．even though

【推荐3】My four-year-old son, Tommy, was digging the sand to build a castle (城堡). Although I warned him it’d be _________, he went on building it in the _________ of every single wave that would _________ on the shore.

I sighed (叹气), figuring the only way to make him _________ was to do as he liked and let him see what would happen. I only hoped he wouldn’t be too _________ when that first wave destroyed his _________.

But when the water came and washed away his castle, he jumped up and down and clapped his hands. “That’s _________! Let’s do it again!” I didn’t know how he could _________ seeing his fruit of labor ruined.

“Is it really fun when the waves wash away the _________?”

“Yes,” he said.

Looking at him, I thought about my __________ at home. Nothing I did there ever seemed to __________. I prepared dinners, which were __________ finished ten minutes after I placed them on the table. I cleaned floors only to see someone __________ them on their first trip in from the back yard. My life was just one never-ending to-do __________.

Just like the sand castles Tommy built, all my __________ were washed away by a big wave called Family Life. Nothing I did lasted beyond the moment.

Because of this, I often struggled feeling __________. I wondered if the things I did __________. And if nothing I did mattered, that meant that I didn’t matter.

But as I watched my child __________ in the sand happily, I realized that I’m building something __________, something that will last forever. I’m __________ a family.

1.

A．dug out

B．taken apart

C．cleared up

D．washed away

2.

A．front

B．charge

C．path

D．form

3.

A．float

B．dance

C．crash

D．appear

4.

A．regret

B．understand

C．refuse

D．struggle

5.

A．upset

B．frightened

C．surprised

D．tired

6.

A．future

B．world

C．creation

D．gift

7.

A．difficult

B．great

C．simple

D．impossible

8.

A．stand

B．imagine

C．avoid

D．risk

9.

A．castles

B．clothes

C．shoes

D．tools

10.

A．pet

B．view

C．plan

D．life

11.

A．happen

B．last

C．help

D．exist

12.

A．finally

B．suddenly

C．completely

D．personally

13.

A．dirty

B．empty

C．narrow

D．dry

14.

A．experiment

B．research

C．problem

D．list

15.

A．tears

B．efforts

C．feelings

D．worries

16.

A．competitive

B．amazed

C．confused

D．unfair

17.

A．were easy

B．were direct

C．changed

D．counted

18.

A．digging

B．lying

C．rolling

D．sleeping

19.

A．actual

B．important

C．slight

D．formal

20.

A．protecting

B．designing

C．organizing

D．building