【推荐1】One small mistake changed Sonia’s life. Now she is ______and tries not to miss any opportunities that come to her way.

One day, Sonia walked ______ a little boy, who wanted to buy crayons(彩色蜡笔), but he couldn’t ______them. He looked sad when he saw the money in Sonia’s hand. ______she didn’t realize he was in ______of help at all. Sonia ignored him and ______on her way home.

After reaching home, she told everything to her brother Gur. Gur told Sonia, “God had given you a(n) ______to help a boy, but you _____it. There’s a possibility that God was _____ you; maybe today would have become your big day of your life.” Hearing Gur’s words, Sonia ______back to the shop to find the boy but time never _____for anyone. Sonia got disappointed and returned home, continuously ______at herself. Why didn’t it come into her mind what Gur had ______? “Chances are everywhere, and all you need to do is _____them because they don’t always show up,” said Gur. Now what Sonia has missed is a chance that she can only ______.

On that day Sonia learnt the biggest ______in her life. Actually not only Sonia, but many of us ignore the chance of helping in ______ways because we always run after bigger ones. However, big opportunities do come but not every day. Therefore, ______small ones so that you can’t miss big ones. Sonia also ______to wait for big opportunities, but now she knows that with small that with small opportunities she can make big ______in her life.

1.

A．optimistic

B．attentive

C．enthusiastic

D．fortunate

2.

A．by

B．through

C．over

D．up

3.

A．arrange

B．offer

C．afford

D．gain

4.

A．Thus

B．Besides

C．But

D．And

5.

A．need

B．honor

C．favor

D．search

6.

A．remained

B．hurried

C．hesitated

D．continued

7.

A．direction

B．opportunity

C．urge

D．duty

8.

A．missed

B．doubted

C．passed

D．mistook

9.

A．punishing

B．saving

C．refusing

D．testing

10.

A．rushed

B．moved

C．jumped

D．stepped

11.

A．longs

B．answers

C．waits

D．allows

12.

A．crazy

B．hard

C．surprised

D．angry

13.

A．considered

B．realized

C．ordered

D．learnt

14.

A．strike

B．grab

C．enjoy

D．find

15.

A．experience

B．upset

C．regret

D．forget

16.

A．lesson

B．chance

C．wisdom

D．problem

17.

A．precious

B．small

C．easy

D．efficient

18.

A．add

B．supply

C．practice

D．observe

19.

A．wanted

B．wished

C．accustomed

D．used

20.

A．sense

B．deals

C．fortune

D．changes

【推荐2】“Who can ever have imagined that someone like me would make it this far?” asked Chad Wood last week during his high school graduation speech as the best student. Chad offered _______ to his fellow classmates to never give up-and the words _______ much more to himself. That’s because Chad is deaf, and he told the story of the serious troubles he _______ to graduate first in his class at Harrison High school in Kennesaw, Georgia.

Chad didn’t start to _______ until he was 5, according to his mother, Pam Wood. Although her son was _______ a disadvantage, she was determined not to treat him _______.“I’ve expected him to do everything every other kid does, and I saw no _______ why he couldn’t,” she told ABC News.“And if he _______ the first time, we just tried again.”

   Chad, 17, worked hard throughout school, _______ no special treatment but sitting at the front of the class and using a special audio system so he could hear the teacher. All his hard work ________. He received full school fare to Vanderbilt University. “Deafness had taught me a lesson to never ________ ,” he said in the speech. ”Not when the experts tell you it cannot be done. Not when you have ________ so far behind that escaping seems the only way ________. Not when achieving your dreams seems an entire ________.”

Chad spoke for about four minutes, after which he received a standing applause from the class and ________ messages from family, friends and strangers. “They’ve been sending me messages on Facebook, email; they’ve been talking to me in person telling me how it had a ________ on their lives and how they’re really ________ by it,” Chad told ABC News. “It feels ________. Seeing that my words ________ have a power on someone and that they want to work harder ________ my words makes me feel wonderful.”

1.

A．warning

B．description

C．advice

D．information

2.

A．analysed

B．meant

C．recognized

D．persuaded

3.

A．needed

B．faced

C．consisted

D．foresaw

4.

A．cry

B．write

C．smell

D．hear

5.

A．at

B．for

C．under

D．by

6.

A．deadly

B．kindly

C．differently

D．similarly

7.

A．harm

B．reason

C．trouble

D．conclusion

8.

A．failed

B．organized

C．succeeded

D．blamed

9.

A．receive

B．receiving

C．to receive

D．received

10.

A．set off

B．dropped off

C．took off

D．paid off

11.

A．give in

B．give up

C．give out

D．give away

12.

A．waited

B．walked

C．fallen

D．gone

13.

A．up

B．off

C．in

D．out

14.

A．impossibility

B．success

C．victory

D．possibility

15.

A．scientific

B．negative

C．supportive

D．cautious

16.

A．reward

B．power

C．source

D．detail

17.

A．defeated

B．exposed

C．educated

D．puzzled

18.

A．unwilling

B．amazing

C．shocking

D．embarrassing

19.

A．actually

B．suddenly

C．strangely

D．extremely

20.

A．apart from

B．according to

C．instead of

D．because of

【推荐3】In 2008, teachers and students from Johnson Country Community College (JCCC) traveled to Las Pintas, Mexico, to help build a clinic in the poor community. This work was the __________ of JCCC’s students to __________ their classroom knowledge to help the developing world. It has __________ me.

In 2007, upon graduating from high school, I was __________ what career I wanted to go in for. I began my __________ at Johnson County Community College and attended general education classes. In my second term, I was __________ to be a member of the JCCC International Service that traveled to Las Pintas to __________ health care.

In Las Pintas we taught the local people how to __________ common health problems and social issues that many of their neighbors were experiencing. __________, we got the chance to learn their Spanish __________ and their daily life. This model of service between JCCC and Las Pintas is a rich cross-cultural __________ that not only helped the Las Pintas people but also broadened our view greatly.

I __________ to use my experience in Las Pintas in my daily life. I now work as a nurse at a hospital with a large Spanish __________. I truly enjoy caring for Spanish patients __________ they remind me of my time in Las Pintas. As a result of my __________ with the JCCC service learning program over the past years, I am able to __________ with patients from different cultures. I love __________ my own community and have continued my involvement with the JCCC program.

Gandhi wrote that “The best way to find yourself is to __________ yourself in the service of others”. In Las Pintas, I __________ myself a career that will be with me throughout my __________.

1.

A．success

B．beginning

C．benefit

D．expectation

2.

A．expand

B．evaluate

C．explain

D．employ

3.

A．released

B．trapped

C．changed

D．disturbed

4.

A．amazed

B．afraid

C．unhappy

D．uncertain

5.

A．education

B．search

C．experiment

D．business

6.

A．relieved

B．ashamed

C．honored

D．surprised

7.

A．receive

B．check

C．order

D．offer

8.

A．think about

B．deal with

C．find out

D．get through

9.

A．In public

B．In return

C．In advance

D．In general

10.

A．culture

B．courses

C．hobbies

D．service

11.

A．result

B．challenge

C．reason

D．experience

12.

A．continue

B．long

C．remember

D．stop

13.

A．language

B．power

C．population

D．support

14.

A．if

B．as

C．until

D．though

15.

A．relationship

B．work

C．visit

D．agreement

16.

A．compare

B．correspond

C．communicate

D．compete

17.

A．serving

B．introducing

C．considering

D．conducting

18.

A．lose

B．correct

C．reward

D．research

19.

A．taught

B．owed

C．showed

D．promised

20.

A．attempt

B．celebration

C．lifetime

D．effort

【推荐1】阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上涂黑。
RESOURCES BELONG TO THE SOCIETY
When I arrived in Hamburg Germany, my colleague who worked there arranged a welcome party for me in a____ We noticed a few customers including several old ladies, were having their meal. When a dish is____, the waiter would distribute the food for them, and they would____every bit of the food on their plates.
As I was hungry, my local colleague____much food for me. Since there were other things to do, we did not____much time dining. When we planned to leave, there was still about one third of____food left. When we were leaving the restaurant, we____someone calling us. When the old ladies spoke to us in English, we understood that they were____about us wasting so much food.
“We____for our food; it is none of your____how much food we left behind”, my colleague told the old ladies. They got angry, and one of them____made a call to someone. After a while, an officer in____arrived. Upon knowing what had happened, he issued us a 50-euro____ The officer told us in a stern（严厉的）voice: “order____you can consume. Money is yours, ____the resources belong to the society. You have no____for wasting them.” Our face turned red. We all agreed with him in our____ My colleague took out a 50-euro note and repeatedly____to the officer.
My colleague copied the fine ticket and gave a copy to each of us as a souvenir. We all____it to remind us that we should never be____1.

A．restaurant

B．company

C．family

D．bank

2.

A．cooked

B．served

C．gathered

D．missed

3.

A．desert

B．refuse

C．oppose

D．finish

4.

A．kept

B．sold

C．ordered

D．made

5.

A．save

B．spend

C．divide

D．find

6.

A．undiscovered

B．undeveloped

C．unconsumed

D．undetermined

7.

A．appointed

B．knew

C．realized

D．heard

8.

A．curious

B．unhappy

C．nervous

D．optimistic

9.

A．paid

B．asked

C．applied

D．accounted

10.

A．matter

B．mind

C．question

D．business

11.

A．immediately

B．passively

C．excitedly

D．regularly

12.

A．rags

B．uniform

C．fashion

D．dream

13.

A．award

B．food

C．fine

D．souvenir

14.

A．how

B．it

C．that

D．what

15.

A．but

B．and

C．or

D．so

16.

A．ability

B．problem

C．reason

D．power

17.

A．words

B．hearts

C．faces

D．ears

18.

A．apologized

B．accused

C．admitted

D．approved

19.

A．stuck

B．broke

C．kept

D．threw

20.

A．hopeful

B．grateful

C．merciful

D．wasteful

【推荐1】Gerry Keene was about 20 minutes into his caving tour in the Tom Moore cave system near Perryville, Missouri, when one of the kids with him spotted a dog ahead of them.

The dog, curled (蜷) up on the mud floor, looked rather _______, because when they approached with lights and greeted her, she just _______ lifted her head but wouldn’t move at all. It was _______ that the dog was not in the right place, but they had no idea how to rescue it. They _______ a light for her and went out to get help.

Keene called Rick Haley, another experienced _______, who soon arrived and joined them. But figuring out how best to get the dog out took a bit of _______, since the rescue equipment on hand was really _______ for humans. Haley had an idea of using a bag and a blanket to move the dog like a package.

The channel in the cave was tight and upright in places, so it was a little _______ to move down. It was about 500 feet from the entrance, Haley _______, when they got back to where the dog was. He did a __________ assessment to her, gently moved her into the bag and covered her with the blanket. Then they started moving her __________ towards the entrance until finally getting out of the cave. In total, the rescue __________ took about an hour and a half. The dog was soon __________ by the local people and finally reunited with her owner after __________ for two months. Keene said their cave project didn’t go exactly as planned, but was an unforgettable experience for the __________. “If it weren’t for the project, we’d have never found the dog,” he said.

1.

A．lazy

B．weak

C．sad

D．frightened

2.

A．excitedly

B．politely

C．basically

D．actively

3.

A．essential

B．doubtful

C．apparent

D．crucial

4.

A．left

B．brought

C．sent

D．provided

5.

A．dog-trainer

B．pet-doctor

C．firefighter

D．caver

6.

A．persuasion

B．emotion

C．brainstorming

D．argument

7.

A．intended

B．common

C．heavy

D．risky

8.

A．vital

B．technical

C．possible

D．reasonable

9.

A．confirmed

B．insisted

C．suspected

D．estimated

10.

A．medical

B．usual

C．quick

D．professional

11.

A．side by side

B．foot by foot

C．hour after hour

D．one after another

12.

A．mission

B．drill

C．team

D．plan

13.

A．identified

B．saved

C．adopted

D．bought

14.

A．traveling

B．running

C．hiding

D．missing

15.

A．dog

B．pet-owner

C．kids

D．residents

【推荐2】“What kind of stuff do you write? ” one student asked on my first day at the University of Massachusetts. After a decade away from the classroom, I was back to_______.

“I write creative nonfiction, ” I said, “as you’ll be doing.”

It was a_______. I couldn't remember when I'd last written a_______essay. But it must have been before my mother fell ill, leaving me feeling my family story wouldn't end_______. It seemed that nothing I wrote could change that._______I couldn’t write my own stories, I could_______my students to tell theirs. “You’re going to keep a_______in this class, and I want you to tell your stories like they_______.”

“Why do they matter? ” a boy named Michael asked. Looking out at the roomful of students, I_______. No one said a word. Many of them, I learned, worked while in school. Most didn’t know their stories did matter. They didn’t even realize their stories were as________as their own lives.

Finally, I looked at Michael. “They matter because they’re what you have. Stories allow us to make meaning of what we’ve________.” I said. Michael didn’t look________, but he didn’t challenge me, either.

In his first essay, Michael wrote about how his high school English teacher saw his________and helped him fill out a college________. I had Michael read his essay out loud. After he finished, the class went so ________that we could hear the sound of each other’s________. I looked at him and saw a small________in his dark eyes. Then, I said, “That’s why you tell your stories.”

I went home that night and________my journal from where it lay, dusty and________. For the first time in months, I had to________.

1.

A．studying

B．operating

C．traveling

D．teaching

2.

A．game

B．joke

C．lie

D．trick

3.

A．creative

B．moving

C．useful

D．fascinating

4.

A．safely

B．proudly

C．happily

D．perfectly

5.

A．Once

B．Unless

C．Because

D．Although

6.

A．warn

B．encourage

C．permit

D．order

7.

A．journal

B．letter

C．book

D．fiction

8.

A．exist

B．matter

C．happen

D．remember

9.

A．nodded

B．hesitated

C．laughed

D．responded

10.

A．satisfying

B．plentiful

C．famous

D．meaningful

11.

A．gone through

B．turned over

C．taken over

D．broken through

12.

A．worried

B．frightened

C．convinced

D．impressed

13.

A．weakness

B．potential

C．nature

D．character

14.

A．invitation

B．suggestion

C．composition

D．application

15.

A．still

B．loud

C．free

D．alive

16.

A．thought

B．debate

C．breath

D．remark

17.

A．glaring

B．doubting

C．forming

D．softening

18.

A．got over

B．picked up

C．looked for

D．kept to

19.

A．opened

B．closed

C．untouched

D．locked

20.

A．write

B．rest

C．sleep

D．stop

【推荐3】When I was a law professor, a student reported that I made an error in grading his exam by giving him too many points. He was _______, and after thanking him for his honesty, I changed the grade in my _______ His beaming (欢笑的) face turned to shock. “You’re _______ my grade?” he said angrily. “I would never have come in _______ ……”
He didn’t finish the _______, but it was obvious that his display of honesty was _______ He thought he’d have it all—praise and the higher grade.
Several colleagues thought I should have let the higher grade _______ because all I’d accomplished was to discourage him from being _______ in the future. And every time I tell this story some people agree with this _______
But I can’t see how I could give good reason for worsening my ________ in grading by undermining (损害) the honesty of all my grades by failing to ________ an error. The grade itself would be a dishonest ________ of his knowledge and it would have been ________to other students. How could I ________ give a student a gift of an unearned grade?
I know ________ reporting an error in one’s favor is unusual, but, like ________ too much change, it’s clearly the right thing to do. People of character, those with real honesty, hate to give up________as much as anyone else. The difference is that for them a good conscience and reputation is ________enough to give reason for the cost of doing the right thing.
Perhaps lowering the student’s grade did ________ him from being honest in the future, but bribing (贿赂) him to be honest so that he does the right thing when it’s cost-free would have ________
him even more. The duty to be honest is about right and wrong, not risks and rewards.1.

A．wise

B．right

C．grateful

D．upset

2.

A．files

B．books

C．records

D．notes

3.

A．lowering

B．correcting

C．changing

D．making

4.

A．though

B．why

C．where

D．if

5.

A．sentence

B．work

C．exam

D．lesson

6.

A．good

B．false

C．special

D．impressive

7.

A．remove

B．change

C．stand

D．add

8.

A．brave

B．adventurous

C．successful

D．honest

9.

A．remark

B．complaint

C．praise

D．achievement

10.

A．crime

B．mistake

C．doubt

D．guilty

11.

A．make

B．find

C．correct

D．avoid

12.

A．reaction

B．sense

C．sign

D．reflection

13.

A．unfair

B．cruel

C．tough

D．funny

14.

A．reluctantly

B．responsibly

C．impossibly

D．impatiently

15.

A．actively

B．secretly

C．voluntarily

D．curiously

16.

A．receiving

B．paying

C．earning

D．returning

17.

A．benefits

B．honors

C．awards

D．gifts

18.

A．pleasure

B．reward

C．content

D．honor

19.

A．protect

B．influence

C．discourage

D．separate

20.

A．improved

B．encouraged

C．blamed

D．ruined