【推荐1】We made a quick stop at the grocery store to pick up cupcakes for my daughter Norah’s fourth birthday. As an older gentleman walked by, Norah _________ and waved, “Hi old person! It’s my birthday today!” I apologized to him embarrassedly for her _________.

“Hello little lady! And how old are you today?” he asked. They _________ for a couple of minutes, with Norah _________ him in on the details of her birthday, and we went out _________ ways. But a few minutes later, Norah _________ she really wanted a _________ with him. Uh, my cutest baby!

We back found him at the _________. “Excuse me, sir? She’d like to know if you’d take a photo with her,” I asked, _________ the man to be annoyed at my daughter’s strange request. ____________, I got the completely opposite response!

He looked ____________. “A photo? With me?” So they posed together and then they ____________ each other like they were long lost friends. The precious scene ____________ other shoppers, but no one cared. We ____________ Mr. Dan (I knew his name later on) for his ____________. His eyes filled with tears and he said, “No, thank YOU. It is YOU who made me ____________.”

Now, Norah and Mr. Dan are more than just friends. We make ____________ visits to see him because she worries about his being ____________. Mr. Dan says that his friendship with Norah helped to ____________ his broken heart for his wife’s sudden death.

Sometimes talking to ____________ turns into the most beautiful thing in the world.

1.

A．smiled

B．responded

C．communicated

D．escaped

2.

A．noise

B．impoliteness

C．interruption

D．sorrow

3.

A．waited

B．stood

C．chatted

D．discussed

4.

A．dropping

B．putting

C．calling

D．filling

5.

A．long

B．narrow

C．separate

D．crowded

6.

A．decided

B．predicted

C．reminded

D．remembered

7.

A．talk

B．picture

C．moment

D．reunion

8.

A．street

B．community

C．restaurant

D．store

9.

A．requiring

B．allowing

C．expecting

D．causing

10.

A．Instead

B．Besides

C．Lastly

D．Suddenly

11.

A．annoyed

B．prepared

C．disappointed

D．delighted

12.

A．greeted

B．encouraged

C．supported

D．hugged

13.

A．educated

B．blocked

C．delayed

D．attracted

14.

A．thanked

B．paid

C．memorized

D．excited

15.

A．friendship

B．permission

C．time

D．experience

16.

A．take off

B．get along

C．cheer up

D．hold on

17.

A．special

B．regular

C．quick

D．new

18.

A．lonely

B．busy

C．tired

D．ill

19.

A．attend

B．touch

C．open

D．sew

20.

A．shoppers

B．strangers

C．passengers

D．friends

【推荐2】Once a man and his wife worked for a businessman. There was a big box in the businessman’s living room. The businessman pointed at the box and said, “There’s only one thing you mustn’t do. Don’t open the box.” After saying this, he ____the living room.
The woman said to her husband, “There must be something expensive in the box. Let’s ____ it, shall we?” Her husband said no to her.
The woman didn’t give up her ____ One day, she decided to find out what was in it. Her husband didn’t stop her. She opened the box and looked ____She found nothing in the box and tried hard to close it, ____ she failed.
That evening the businessman came home and found the box was ____He was very angry and asked the woman and her husband to leave his home．
“But there was nothing in the box,” the woman said. “We haven’t taken anything ____” The businessman shouted at them, “The box is not important. I cannot believe you. That’s important!”1.

A．left

B．entered

C．went to

2.

A．open

B．close

C．clean

3.

A．work

B．advice

C．idea

4.

A．inside

B．outside

C．down

5.

A．so

B．and

C．but

6.

A．lost

B．open

C．empty

7.

A．at once

B．at last

C．at all

【推荐3】Speaking Up

I never looked up when my friends were talking and joking about the ratarded (智障的) boy a few tables away. It didn’t even cross my mind that he might feel _______when people whispered about him. So I just let them talk.
Then came the day when I learned my little brother Martin’s testing for autism (自闭症) came out positive (阳性). I had never thought about him like that. I broke_______, crying.
Everything had just changed. He was no longer a(n) _______little boy.
Over time, I was able to accept his _______a little more. We had to_______because Martin needed treatment. So Martin and I both started at a new school. One day, I was standing in the bus line waiting when a “ short ” bus (for the retarded) came and_______up some kids. The children in the other line started making_______about the “ retarded ” on that bus and I felt a _______feeling in my heart. I said quietly that those comments weren’t very nice, _______no one listened.
My family moved again. In the new school I got a ________ to speak up pretty soon. That day, in a band class, my teacher _________our playing to make some comments, “ …Guys, we’re playing like the kids on the short bus! Come on! ”
The entire room was laughing loudly. I felt very ________. Then, I raised my hand. I wasn’t sure what I was going to say but I wanted to be heard.
The whole class ________down. My mouth opened and this came out: “ I don’t think we should make fun of the short bus, because there are people on that bus who have a lot in common with us and have the same feelings as we do.” I could feel my________getting louder. “So I would________it if you didn’t make fun of them.”
The room was very quiet and everyone stared at me. My teacher ________for his words and then started the song again. At the end of the class, everyone was giving me strange looks. But I didn’t _________because I knew three things: I had spoken the ________, I had taught everyone something, and while everyone in the classroom was being a follower, I had ________to take a different path since I wanted to become a ________and a role model.1.

A．amazed

B．hurt

C．uncertain

D．cold

2.

A．off

B．in

C．down

D．away

3.

A．normal

B．noisy

C．outstanding

D．impressive

4.

A．pain

B．interest

C．opinion

D．illness

5.

A．change

B．move

C．quit

D．study

6.

A．set

B．took

C．brought

D．picked

7.

A．jokes

B．complaints

C．choices

D．discoveries

8.

A．violent

B．strange

C．confusing

D．clear

9.

A．because

B．if

C．but

D．so

10.

A．chance

B．position

C．topic

D．point

11.

A．encouraged

B．bothered

C．enjoyed

D．stopped

12.

A．bad

B．embarrassed

C．tense

D．guilty

13.

A．sat

B．slowed

C．quieted

D．looked

14.

A．pace

B．voice

C．pulse

D．breath

15.

A．excuse

B．appreciate

C．stand

D．permit

16.

A．apologized

B．fought

C．allowed

D．argued

17.

A．understand

B．notice

C．return

D．care

18.

A．wisdom

B．importance

C．matter

D．truth

19.

A．helped

B．decided

C．agreed

D．hoped

20.

A．reporter

B．thinker

C．leader

D．trainer