【推荐1】Directions: For each blank in the following passage 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.

More than forty thousand readers told us what they looked for in close friendships, what they expected of friends, what they were willing to give in __________, and how satisfied they were with the quality of their friendships. The __________ give little comfort to social critics.

Friendship appears to be a unique form of __________       bonding. Unlike marriage or the ties that bind parents and children, it is not defined or regulated by __________. Unlike other social roles that we are expected to play — as citizens, employees, members of professional societies and other organizations — it has its own principle, which is to promote __________ of warmth, trust, love, and affection between two people.

The survey on friendship appeared in the March __________       of Pswliology Today. The Findings __________       that issues of trust and betrayal (背叛) are __________ to friendship. They also suggest that our readers do not look for friends only among those who are most like them. but find many __________       differ in race, religion, and ethnic (种族的) background. Arguably the most important __________       that emerges from the data, however, is not something that we found — but what we did not.

1.

A．addition

B．turn

C．reply

D．return

2.

A．result

B．consequence

C．expectations

D．effects

3.

A．human

B．mankind

C．individual

D．civil

4.

A．discipline

B．law

C．regulation

D．rule

5.

A．friendship

B．interests

C．impressions

D．feelings

6.

A．publication

B．copy

C．issue

D．printing

7.

A．guarantee

B．assure

C．confirm

D．insure

8.

A．neutral

B．nuclear

C．main

D．central

9.

A．who

B．accompanies

C．people

D．friends

10.

A．summary

B．conclusion

C．information

D．decision

【推荐2】Frank was walking down the 6th Street on a hot sunny day when he saw smoke coming out of the street. He could _____ the smoke, and it was getting_____. Seeing the smoke coming out of a storm drain(雨水沟), Frank called the fire department _________. “The storm drain is _____ fire!” he said. The fire department asked for his whereabouts and he said he was near the 6th street. They said they would be right there to investigate the situation. Frank needn't to go anywhere, so he waited for the _____ to arrive. He was curious what could be burning beneath the street. As far as he knew, there wasn't anything beneath the street _____ concrete(混凝土). And everyone knows that concrete doesn't _____.

A fire truck arrived a few ____ later. “Are you the man who _____?” asked the driver. “Yes.” Frank answered. By now Frank could not only smell the _____ but also hear crackling sounds, just like wood burning. The firemen didn't seem to______ it an emergency. “What do you think it could be?” Frank asked the driver. “Oh, we know what it is. We have to ______ a problem like this every few months. It's the homeless people in their ‘______’.”

Homeless people have been living under the streets for years._____ their knowledge of the storm drain system, they ______ their own “houses” beneath the streets. These living areas have tables, mattresses, chairs, and sofas. The settlers often “borrow” electricity by connecting to a live wire above ground to ______ their own lights and even TVs underground. Either this ______ electricity or a cigarette can cause an occasional fire.

Frank watched ______   some firemen lifted a manhole cover (井盖) and went beneath the street with a fire hose (消防软管). Then a few minutes later, the ______ smoke turned white. Shortly afterward, the firemen reappeared with a ______ person who seemed to have just been woken up.

1.

A．touch

B．hear

C．smell

D．taste

2.

A．thicker

B．thinner

C．colder

D．warmer

3.

A．slowly

B．immediately

C．hardly

D．nearly

4.

A．in

B．at

C．to

D．on

5.

A．policeman

B．firemen

C．postmen

D．powermen

6.

A．in spite of

B．regardless of

C．besides

D．except

7.

A．crack

B．burn

C．burst

D．shake

8.

A．seconds

B．hours

C．minutes

D．quarters

9.

A．called

B．smelt

C．investigated

D．saw

10.

A．fire

B．smoke

C．storm

D．sound

11.

A．consider

B．make

C．bring

D．take

12.

A．suffer

B．solve

C．survive

D．survey

13.

A．flats

B．apartments

C．houses

D．sections

14.

A．Learning

B．Taking

C．Using

D．Giving

15.

A．set down

B．set aside

C．set about

D．set up

16.

A．power

B．shape

C．force

D．heat

17.

A．bought

B．brought

C．booked

D．borrowed

18.

A．for

B．as

C．whether

D．since

19.

A．black

B．red

C．blue

D．brown

20.

A．careless

B．selfless

C．helpless

D．homeless

【推荐3】Tim, a blind and deaf man, boarded a six­hour flight, travelling from Boston to Los Angeles by himself. He _______ on board as no one was able to communicate with him. After flight attendants (服务人员) looked for anyone _______ sign language, Clara Daly came to Tim’s _______ and talked to him in the only way he knew. Signing each _______ letter, Clara was able to have a _______ with him. Her heart­warming act _______ the attention of a passenger Lynette Scribner, who recorded the whole thing.

The flight attendants _______ wanted to help him, but had no way to _______. They took his hands and _______ so hard to communicate with him, but to no avail (没用). Those sitting next to Tim ________ helped get his food and coffee and ________ him to the toilet. That was when this lovely young woman ________. Clara learned American Sign Language because she had dyslexia (诵读困难) and it was the ________ foreign language for her to learn. So for the rest of the flight, she took care of Tim and made sure his needs were ________. She signed one ________ at a time into his hand. He was able to ________ her signing and they carried on a lively conversation.

Lynette was touched by the strangers’ ________ as everyone did their best to help Tim. She said, “All of us in the ________ rows enjoyed his pleasure of having someone to ________. Actually it was a beautiful ________ that there are still kind­hearted people who are willing to help others.”

1.

A．escaped

B．suffered

C．walked

D．failed

2.

A．knowing

B．writing

C．inventing

D．teaching

3.

A．offer

B．call

C．mind

D．help

4.

A．funny

B．strange

C．single

D．large

5.

A．conversation

B．discussion

C．meeting

D．fight

6.

A．fixed

B．needed

C．caught

D．missed

7.

A．shyly

B．sincerely

C．suddenly

D．finally

8.

A．communicate

B．follow

C．change

D．settle

9.

A．prepared

B．determined

C．learned

D．tried

10.

A．just

B．still

C．also

D．ever

11.

A．led

B．pushed

C．carried

D．drove

12.

A．answered

B．continued

C．disagreed

D．appeared

13.

A．funniest

B．easiest

C．best

D．newest

14.

A．made

B．divided

C．met

D．noticed

15.

A．letter

B．mark

C．vocabulary

D．usage

16.

A．feel

B．hear

C．accept

D．read

17.

A．honesty

B．kindness

C．expression

D．happiness

18.

A．short

B．middle

C．neighboring

D．straight

19.

A．move to

B．reply to

C．agree to

D．talk to

20.

A．idea

B．example

C．accident

D．Suggestion

【推荐1】When I was 12 years old, I already knew that my teen years were going to be the worst years of my life. I was a total ______ , bullied (欺凌) at school. I felt ______ alone in my small town.

But by starting to do volunteer work when I was 14, I turned my ______ into a passion for helping others. The opportunity to ______ kindness made me feel like my life had a greater ______ .The more positive energy I ______ , the more kindness and ______ I received. I realized that my purpose in life would be to ______ to people, especially teenagers, and help them feel less alone.

Books were my ______ friends back then. I was so ______ that the authors wrote those books. The kindness they offered me with their books saved my life. One of my biggest ______ was to become an author so I could ______ books that would help other teenagers the way those books helped me.

After ______ terrible experiences at school, I made a choice to take the ______ , positive road in the next steps of my journey. My dream ______ , one I thought was only possible for the authors I loved, is ______ I am doing now. I have been a full-time author of teen novels since 2007 and am grateful for this ______ opportunity to reach out to readers every single day.

Kindness ______ me when I needed help the most. Even small acts of kindness can change someone’s life. You never know what someone else is ______ . But by practising daily kindness, you can become a(n) ______ of positive change.

1.

A．reformer

B．traveler

C．outsider

D．controller

2.

A．merely

B．slightly

C．generally

D．completely

3.

A．job

B．problem

C．will

D．luck

4.

A．accept

B．remember

C．return

D．practise

5.

A．purpose

B．standard

C．option

D．success

6.

A．wasted

B．shared

C．lost

D．left

7.

A．appreciation

B．explanation

C．discussion

D．description

8.

A．go out

B．speak out

C．reach out

D．come out

9.

A．true

B．generous

C．private

D．common

10.

A．pitiful

B．convinced

C．thankful

D．excited

11.

A．projects

B．tasks

C．deeds

D．dreams

12.

A．read

B．write

C．keep

D．borrow

13.

A．surviving

B．recalling

C．gaining

D．increasing

14.

A．rocky

B．rough

C．adventurous

D．optimistic

15.

A．business

B．place

C．career

D．college

16.

A．which

B．why

C．how

D．what

17.

A．equal

B．amazing

C．limited

D．rare

18.

A．understood

B．praised

C．saved

D．ignored

19.

A．cutting through

B．going through

C．breaking through

D．seeing through

20.

A．architect

B．photographer

C．actor

D．painter

【推荐3】完形填空
阅读下列短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项A, B, C,和D中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Whatever misfortune you face, just hold up your head and face it with a smile! I got to know this from a musical soul.
The other day I was feeling quite _____, having just been laid off from my job. With so many _____ to pay, I was wondering what was going to happen to my family.
I got off the bus when I heard piano music and singing rising above the noise of the ______ I walked a bit slower, trying to find out where it was coming from. Through the _____ I saw a young lady sitting at a piano with a box next to her.
She was singing songs about love and her sweet voice _____ me a bit. Then I stood there watching her playing, thinking that it must take _____ to perform on her own in front of hundreds of people she didn’t know.
She might have felt my ______ for she occasionally looked in my direction.
By now I was telling myself that I could at least tell her how good she sounded. I walked _____and put some money in her box and she expressed her thanks with a smile on her face.
I asked her _____, “Why are you playing the piano in the middle of this crowded place?”
She explained to me that she sees so many _____ people in the world that she is trying to relieve the pain by _____ motivational (激励的) music.
Instead of continuing my way home, I said to her, “I have been going through a _____ time lately, but you’ve made me_________ again.”
“I’m happy that I could be _____ to you,” she replied. “Why are you so sad?”
I told her my story and said, “I’m not so _____ about what to do….”
“You see, here’s the _____,” she responded. “When you were walking, your head was down.” She looked me in the eyes and went on, “Don’t look defeated, because _____ comes in different ways and if your head is down you might never see it. You should_____ more … lift your head up.”
I was really _____ by what she said! I did hold my head up and soon got through the difficult time.
So _____ in trouble, just face it bravely and you are sure to overcome your difficulty sooner or later.1.

A．lonely

B．relaxed

C．frustrated

D．breathless

2.

A．fare

B．bills

C．fines

D．prices

3.

A．listeners

B．background

C．instrument

D．traffic

4.

A．trees

B．crowd

C．buildings

D．street

5.

A．shocked

B．amused

C．excited

D．comforted

6.

A．energy

B．courage

C．patience

D．technique

7.

A．presence

B．mood

C．thought

D．appreciation

8.

A．aside

B．down

C．over

D．off

9.

A．quietly

B．eagerly

C．seriously

D．curiously

10.

A．negative

B．unhealthy

C．positive

D．elderly

11.

A．sharing

B．creating

C．enjoying

D．teaching

12.

A．tense

B．wonderful

C．crazy

D．rough

13.

A．enthusiastic

B．emotional

C．hopeful

D．energetic

14.

A．helpful

B．worthwhile

C．useful

D．available

15.

A．ashamed

B．sure

C．particular

D．anxious

16.

A．problem

B．situation

C．conflict

D．condition

17.

A．success

B．aid

C．opportunity

D．happiness

18.

A．focus

B．look

C．fight

D．smile

19.

A．impressed

B．moved

C．inspired

D．satisfied

20.

A．however

B．whenever

C．whoever

D．wherever

【推荐2】“A” for Attitude

English was always my favorite subject. In my freshman year of high school, I could write a killer composition. In my second year, my teacher _________ me to give spelling tests to the class. I had a _________ time of my junior year. Mrs Alexander _________ me to sit at her desk and take over the class when she had to leave the room. But my senior English class was _________, as we had a teacher right out of college who _________ college-level work. Every student received a “C” or “D” grade the first quarter. But English was still my favorite subject.

I graduated from high school, _________ early and had children. _________ about my English, I often helped my kids with their English homework. And I wrote long articles and beautiful poetry as a columnist (专栏作家) for a newspaper. Fifteen years later, I went to college, and because I had been an “A” student, I remained an “A” student. I _________ up to my own expectations.

Yesterday, I _________ my high school report cards when I was reading old papers. That bundle of report cards __________ back the old days. I remembered sitting in my advisor’s office, __________ that I had always be excelled at English, and recommending that I did not deserve a “D” from that inexperienced teacher of my senior year. The advisor was __________ but unable to change a(n) __________. Reading through my old report cards revealed something else too. I wanted to __________ them or hide them. I was not an “A” student in high school English! Somehow, I had __________ myself of this, when the grades clearly reflected an average student with an __________ “A” or “B” but mostly “C” s.

If I had denied myself according to those grades, I would have never confidently __________ my writing career. If I had __________ my early grades instead of myself, I would have allowed my fear of failure to __________ enthusiasm and damage my creativity. Instead, I __________ my younger self as an “A” English student, except for that undeserved “D”.

1.

A．scolded

B．consisted

C．ordered

D．allowed

2.

A．bad

B．wonderful

C．terrible

D．different

3.

A．forced

B．invited

C．appointed

D．urged

4.

A．flexible

B．instant

C．disappointing

D．traditional

5.

A．believed

B．expected

C．argued

D．thought

6.

A．married

B．worked

C．succeeded

D．progressed

7.

A．Sad

B．Confident

C．Anxious

D．Curious

8.

A．added

B．lived

C．grew

D．went

9.

A．counted

B．attended

C．forgot

D．discovered

10.

A．brought

B．turned

C．held

D．kept

11.

A．suggesting

B．explaining

C．reaching

D．writing

12.

A．impolite

B．impatient

C．content

D．sympathetic

13.

A．grade

B．attitude

C．paper

D．shape

14.

A．tear

B．leave

C．cry

D．escape

15.

A．warned

B．squeezed

C．played

D．convinced

16.

A．average

B．occasional

C．outstanding

D．careful

17.

A．prevented

B．protected

C．rejected

D．sought

18.

A．abandoned

B．trusted

C．given

D．doubted

19.

A．change

B．risk

C．defeat

D．spend

20.

A．viewed

B．helped

C．sang

D．criticized

【推荐3】Kyle Cassidy and three other members of the Annenberg Running Group were_________ a few late comers. They meet three days a week for a roughly 30-minute jog and an occasional._________ . That’s right during some runs, one of them delivers a talk. Topics_________ from the brain to Bitcoin.

But on this day last January, it would not be their_________run. The first clue that something was off was the man who ran past them at an_________pace. Cassidy_________ why the runner was so fleet of foot when another man ran by, yelling,“Help! He took my phone and laptop!”

At that, the group did what running clubs do: They ran, _________the suspect down the streets of Philadelphia until he_________ into a construction site. Cassidy ran around to the far side of the site to cut the thief off while the others wandered the neighborhood___________ he had dumped the loot(赃物) in a backyard.

No luck.So they decided to ask residents whether they’d seen the guy. When they knocked on the door of one row house they were in for a__________. They didn’t know the suspect was hiding be hind a bush by that very house. As the owner opened the door, the__________ rushed out from behind the bush... and right into the arms of campus police, who’d joined the chase ____________behind the runners.

“Running is typically a__________sport where you tun fat cells into heat,“ Cassidy told The Philadelphia Inquirer.“But occasionally it can be useful, and here was one of those____________ .”

The members of this running group are not hard-core athletes. But they do understand the__________ of a little exercise.

1.

A．looking after

B．waiting for

C．picking up

D．thinking about

2.

A．lecture

B．game

C．experiment

D．enquiry

3.

A．increase

B．range

C．move

D．develop

4.

A．social

B．actual

C．accidental

D．normal

5.

A．discouraging

B．amazing

C．awful

D．boring

6.

A．discovered

B．recognized

C．explained

D．wondered

7.

A．driving

B．leading

C．following

D．cornering

8.

A．ducked

B．marched

C．appeared

D．showed

9.

A．remembering

B．realizing

C．suggesting

D．hoping

10.

A．relief

B．surprise

C．success

D．break

11.

A．suspect

B．police

C．colleague

D．latecomers

12.

A．partly

B．unwillingly

C．happily

D．shortly

13.

A．selfless

B．useless

C．careless

D．endless

14.

A．choices

B．chances

C．conclusions

D．decisions

15.

A．hope

B．price

C．benefit

D．admission