【推荐1】I was driving my car the other day.The sun was out，the radio was playing，and I was singing along.The song was an enjoyable one.Even my weak voice sounded good singing it.Then it happened，however.The sweet sound of the music _____ and there came the bad news.Vegetable prices went up again.Fans of two sports teams got into fight.I shook my head and wondered about this _____ world we live in.

_____，I could stand no more and turned off the radio._____ seemed better than listening to anything else about the crazy，competitive world we live in.I slowed down as I drove into a town and watched the people as I _____ by.A tall man was helping an old lady _____ a car and helping her place her walker (助行架) so she could go into store.A smiling woman was throwing food onto the square while a dozen birds flew down to _____ the food laid out before them.A young man was walking along，carrying his daughter safely in his arms.When the daughter pulled the hat off his head，they both _____．I laughed too as I looked at all of his kindness.The radio in the car was certainly_____，but in my heart I was still singing.

In fact，this world could have more kindness and less competition.Kindness makes us all winners in our life and our life is ______ kindness，love and joy.

1.

A．ended

B．ran

C．played

D．failed

2.

A．kind

B．crazy

C．lazy

D．clear

3.

A．Early

B．Hardly

C．First

D．Finally

4.

A．Noise

B．Silence

C．Music

D．News

5.

A．watched

B．listened

C．passed

D．sang

6.

A．onto

B．into

C．through

D．out of

7.

A．enjoy

B．serve

C．cover

D．make

8.

A．argued

B．laughed

C．shouted

D．talked

9.

A．out

B．down

C．off

D．on

10.

A．busy with

B．similar to

C．full of

D．afraid of

【推荐2】完形填空
Teaching second grade is always a challenge．Each student arrives at school with his own needs and difficulties．One year a student called Billy _______ me with his behavior as well as his academic requirements．He struggled daily with his _______ emotions and often became angry or violent．I knew that，to make _______ progress，his emotions needed controlling．
One _______ I tried to help Billy was to have him come directly into the classroom when he arrived at school．Billy’s mom would _______ me to alert (警告) me to a particularly emotional morning at home．Then，I would focus on _______ his anger and calming him down before the other students arrived.
One week our class was studying _______ ．I thought one way to bring learning into the classroom was to bring my dog Rocky to school for the day.
That day began as normal．I was preparing activities focused on dog themes _______. I was told that Billy had a _______ morning at home and I might need to get him ____________ ．As I was talking to his mom，Billy ____________ into the classroom．To Billy’s ____________ ，Rocky immediately ran up to his new ____________ ，wagging his tail and licking Billy’s face with doggy affection．Billy couldn’t ____________ Rocky’s charm (魅力) and began laughing as his anger melted away．
Throughout the day，Billy never left Rocky’s side，feeding him，being gentle with him and even ____________ the other students while Rocky was sleeping．
Billy was known for doing anything he could to avoid ____________ ，but on this day he found a good dog story，“Clifford’s Puppy Days，” and read it to Rocky．How ____________. I was at the sight of Billy reading happily！My little dog was able to ____________ Billy’s day from one of anger and frustration to one of laughter，gentleness and ____________ .
That day Rocky more than helped me with my ____________ ；he helped to change the life of a child! After that Billy’s behavior definitely improved.1.

A．challenged

B．cheated

C．benefited

D．betrayed

2.

A．unforgettable

B．uncontrollable

C．unconscious

D．unfortunate

3.

A．physical

B．mental

C．academic

D．authentic

4.

A．advantage

B．agenda

C．reason

D．way

5.

A．awake

B．call

C．visit

D．sign

6.

A．tolerating

B．observing

C．relieving

D．ignoring

7.

A．emotions

B．pets

C．botany

D．diet

8.

A．after

B．as

C．when

D．before

9.

A．boring

B．fantastic

C．busy

D．rough

10.

A．settled

B．punished

C．treated

D．excited

11.

A．fled

B．stormed

C．jogged

D．floated

12.

A．surprise

B．delight

C．shame

D．fear

13.

A．protector

B．trainer

C．friend

D．owner

14.

A．resist

B．describe

C．reduce

D．forget

15.

A．educating

B．envying

C．comforting

D．quieting

16.

A．exploding

B．reading

C．arguing

D．apologizing

17.

A．surprised

B．disappointed

C．amused

D．confused

18.

A．urge

B．shorten

C．transform

D．expand

19.

A．admiration

B．curiosity

C．anxiety

D．love

20.

A．family

B．teaching

C．housework

D．performance

【推荐3】

Changed Lives

In 1921, Lewis Lawes became the warden(监狱长) at Sing Sing Prison. No prison was kept_______than Sing Sing during that time. But 20 years later, it had become a_______place. When he was asked about the change, here's what he said, "I_______it all to my wonderful wife, Catherine, who is_______outside the prison walls."

Catherine Lawes was a young mother. Everybody_______her from the beginning that she should never_______foot inside the prison walls, but that didn’t_______her! When the first prison basketball game was held, she went into the gym with her three beautiful kids and she sat in the stands with the prisoners.

She_______getting to know them and their records. She_______one convicted murderer was blind so she paid him a visit.________his hand in here she said, "Do you read Braille(布莱叶盲文)?" "What’s Braille?" he asked. Then she taught him how to read. Years later he would______________

Then, she was killed in a car accident. The next morning Lewis Lawes didn’t come to work, so the acting(代理) warden took his place. It seemed almost________that the prison knew something was________.

The following day , her body was resting in a casket（灵柩） in her home.________the acting warden took his early morning walk, he was________to see a large crowd of the toughest, hardest-looking prisoners________like a crowd of animals at the main gate. He came closer and________tears of grief(悲恸) and sadness. He turned and faced the men, "All right, men you can go. Just be sure and________tonight!" Then he opened the gate and a parade of prisoners________, without a guard, the three-quarters of a mile to stand in line to________their final respects to Catherine Lawes.

And every one of them came back . Every one!

1.

A．better

B．harder

C．older

D．tougher

2.

A．beautiful

B．wonderful

C．humanitarian

D．attractive

3.

A．belong

B．give

C．contribute

D．owe

4.

A．working

B．supporting

C．buried

D．located

5.

A．warned

B．told

C．reminded

D．informed

6.

A．put

B．lay

C．set

D．get

7.

A．persuade

B．stop

C．keep

D．submit

8.

A．insisted on

B．hold out

C．carry out

D．keep up

9.

A．searched

B．thought

C．discovered

D．caught

10.

A．Shaking

B．Putting

C．Feeling

D．Holding

11.

A．laugh

B．weep

C．appreciate

D．touch

12.

A．long

B．apparently

C．immediately

D．later

13.

A．changeable

B．disappointing

C．mad

D．wrong

14.

A．As

B．Once

C．While

D．Since

15.

A．glad

B．angry

C．shocked

D．frightened

16.

A．rushed

B．shouted

C．waited

D．gathered

17.

A．noticed

B．found

C．expected

D．understood

18.

A．check on

B．check in

C．check out

D．check through

19.

A．escaped

B．walked

C．fled

D．hurried

20.

A．attribute

B．take

C．pay

D．display

【推荐2】One afternoon, I went to pick up my mother from work. ______, I looked outside the car window, there was a small park ______ I saw a little boy running freely on the grass as his mother watched from a short distance. The boy would then fall to the grass, ______ , and without hesitation or without looking back at his mother, run as fast as he could, again, still with a smile on his face, ______ nothing happened.

When they fall down, kids don’t ______ their falling down as a failure, but ______, they treat it as a learning experience, ______ just another result of outcome. They try and try again ______ they succeed. They haven’t associated “falling down” with the word “______” yet, thus they don’t know how to feel the state which accompanies failure. So they don’t ______. Plus, they probably think to themselves that it’s perfectly okay to fall down, and that it’s not ______to do so. In other words, they give themselves ______ to make mistakes, subconsciously.

While I was______by the boy’s persistence, I was equally touched by the ______ in which he ran. With each attempt, he looked so confident… so natural. His only aim was to run freely and to do it as effectively as he could. He was just being a child—just being himself—being completely in the moment. He was not looking for approval or was not worrying about______ someone was watching. He wasn’t ______ about being judged. He didn’t seem to be bothered by ______ that maybe someone would see him fall. No, what ______ to him was to accomplish the task or activity ______ to the best of his ability.

I learned a lot from that ______ and experience, and have successfully brought that lesson with me in my life.

1.

A．Calling

B．Working

C．Waiting

D．Hoping

2.

A．where

B．which

C．when

D．what

3.

A．get on

B．get up

C．get off

D．get across

4.

A．as if

B．even though

C．while

D．so that

5.

A．look

B．refer

C．regard

D．prefer

6.

A．for

B．also

C．instead

D．rather

7.

A．as

B．in

C．at

D．for

8.

A．when

B．until

C．after

D．before

9.

A．success

B．strike

C．misfortune

D．failure

10.

A．lose heart

B．lose their heart

C．break heart

D．take heart

11.

A．right

B．suitable

C．wrong

D．impossible

12.

A．help

B．permission

C．order

D．right

13.

A．impressed

B．interested

C．touched

D．surprised

14.

A．means

B．speed

C．method

D．manner

15.

A．when

B．where

C．whether

D．unless

16.

A．concerned

B．cared

C．angry

D．crazy

17.

A．the time

B．the fact

C．the place

D．the reason

18.

A．surprised

B．happened

C．appealed

D．mattered

19.

A．by hand

B．out of hand

C．at hand

D．from hand

20.

A．movement

B．opinion

C．memory

D．observation

【推荐1】Last Tuesday I took my two daughters, aged five and seven, to town by car. It began to rain_______so I decided I would leave the children in the car_______ I rushed into a shop. I warned the girls not to _______ anything and told them I would be _______ within a few minutes. Then I locked all the doors and left _______happily looking out of the window.

I returned to the car in less than five minutes but the girls had _______! I could hardly believe my _______. The car doors were _______ locked, the windows tightly shut and on the back seat _______only two coats. Being ________, I ran to the corner of the street ________ there was no sign of them. I ________up to an old lady nearby and asked ________ she had seen two small girls but she said ''No''.

Feeling quite sick with fear, I sat on the driver’s seat, and ________ to stop trembling(发抖). Suddenly, I ________ a merry laugh ________ me. I got out of the car, ran round to open the boot(车尾行李箱) and ________ were two very red-face and ________ children. They had obviously pulled out the back seat, ________ behind it and then been unable to push the seat forward again. ________ tears in my eyes, I leaned forward and pulled their ears.

1.

A．heavy

B．hard

C．big

D．hardly

2.

A．before

B．since

C．after

D．which

3.

A．talk

B．reach

C．hear

D．touch

4.

A．away

B．out

C．back

D．along

5.

A．them

B．her

C．herself

D．themselves

6.

A．discovered

B．disappeared

C．described

D．delivered

7.

A．ears

B．words

C．eyes

D．heads

8.

A．even

B．again

C．already

D．still

9.

A．have

B．were

C．had

D．are

10.

A．foolish

B．proud

C．frightened

D．pleased

11.

A．where

B．which

C．that

D．when

12.

A．arrived

B．looked

C．rushed

D．left

13.

A．what

B．when

C．whether

D．how

14.

A．tried

B．had

C．tired

D．ought

15.

A．felt

B．listened

C．smelt

D．heard

16.

A．behind

B．over

C．before

D．with

17.

A．outside

B．among

C．inside

D．between

18.

A．worried

B．excited

C．surprised

D．interested

19.

A．climbed

B．flew

C．threw

D．jumped

20.

A．For

B．About

C．With

D．Down

【推荐2】It is just past five o’clock on the Chinese New Year’s Eve. The dinner table is already ________ with white china plates and bowls, full of all sorts of dishes. Luo Yan, ________ the cover of a large bowl to breathe in the ________ smell of the soup his wife and mother have prepared. His son, Bofeng, happily takes a ________ of the chicken his grandfather has already ________ for him.

Six-year-old Bofeng has not ________ his grandparents in person for almost a year, and he is full of joy and excitement. ________, the whole family could not be happier to be together. Despite (尽管) the ________ outside, their happy faces fill the air with warmth while merry ________ rings (环绕) throughout the house. The young couple and their son have settled in the ________ city. Every year, like most Chinese, they travel a long way back for the Spring Festival. It’s ________ for Chinese to get together to enjoy the joy of “three generations under the same roof” on this special day.

After, dinner, the whole family ________ around the television to watch the Spring Festival Gala, while eating snacks and ________ each other excitedly. In the warmth and ________ of the room, Luo Yan talks about his plan for the future. “I hope we won’t have to be separated again,” he says, looking at his ageing parents. “We’ll come back more ________. After all, home is where all family members are together.”

1.

A．surrounded

B．replaced

C．decorated

D．set

2.

A．drags

B．lifts

C．presses

D．delivers

3.

A．rich

B．strange

C．ordinary

D．entire

4.

A．sight

B．bite

C．chance

D．picture

5.

A．sought

B．colleted

C．sorted

D．prepared

6.

A．seen

B．greeted

C．contacted

D．confirmed

7.

A．Thus

B．Besides

C．Indeed

D．Meanwhile

8.

A．cold

B．pressure

C．suffering

D．challenges

9.

A．noise

B．accent

C．laughter

D．leisure

10.

A．distant

B．crowded

C．native

D．attractive

11.

A．stressful

B．tough

C．typical

D．convenient

12.

A．run

B．circle

C．wonder

D．move

13.

A．dealing with

B．chatting with

C．calling on

D．focusing on

14.

A．protection

B．comfort

C．fortune

D．convenience

15.

A．responsibly

B．definitely

C．frequently

D．independently