【推荐1】A heart-warming story tells of a woman who finally decided to ask her boss for a raise in salary. All day she felt ______. Late in the afternoon she gathered the ______to approach her employer. To her ______, the boss agreed to a raise.

The woman arrived home that ______ and saw a beautiful table set with their best dishes. Candles were softly glowing. Her husband had come home early and prepared a festive ______. She wondered if someone from the _______ had told it to him, or... did he just somehow know that she would not get ______?

She found him in the kitchen and told him the good ______. They hugged and kissed, then sat down to the wonderful meal. Next to her plate the woman ______ a beautifully lettered note. It read, “Congratulations, darling! I knew you’d get the ______! These things will tell you how much I love you.”

Following the supper, her husband went into the kitchen to ______ up. She noticed that a second card had ______ from his pocket. Picking it off the floor, she read, “Don’t ______ not getting the raise! You deserve it ______! These things will tell you how much I love you.”

Someone has said that the ______of love is when you love without measure. What this man feels for his wife is total ________ and love, whether she succeeds or ______. His love celebrates her victories and calms her ______. He stands with her, no matter what ______ throws in their direction.

Upon receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, Mother Teresa said, “What can you do to _______world peace? Go home and love your family.” And love your friends. Love them without measure.

1.

A．nervous

B．pleased

C．calm

D．angry

2.

A．spirit

B．strength

C．courage

D．money

3.

A．fear

B．delight

C．sorrow

D．disappointment

4.

A．week

B．morning

C．afternoon

D．evening

5.

A．meal

B．gift

C．party

D．list

6.

A．shop

B．home

C．office

D．restaurant

7.

A．kept out

B．turned down

C．set aside

D．put off

8.

A．position

B．income

C．news

D．job

9.

A．found

B．wrote

C．designed

D．read

10.

A．note

B．salary

C．present

D．raise

11.

A．eat

B．sweep

C．clean

D．cut

12.

A．hung

B．left

C．climbed

D．fallen

13.

A．worry about

B．get through

C．end up

D．take up

14.

A．somewhere

B．anyway

C．however

D．instead

15.

A．price

B．measure

C．method

D．means

16.

A．expression

B．operation

C．acceptance

D．reaction

17.

A．suffers

B．fails

C．falls

D．loses

18.

A．disease

B．problem

C．habit

D．pain

19.

A．life

B．family

C．duty

D．work

20.

A．protect

B．defend

C．challenge

D．help

【推荐2】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3】During the recent school holidays I was walking past a playground on my way to a meeting. The thing that _____ me was not the number of children _____ the fresh air on a pleasant Queensland winter day，but the number of older people _____ those children.

Sure，there were a few younger mums and dads，but there were _____ more“old folk”who I doubt were all grandparents. It is great that they are able to _____ quality time with their grandchildren. After all，we often hear people say that their _____   for retiring（退休）is that they can devote more time to their families. However，I _____ how many grandparents are spending their retirement years taking on the role of full-or part-time _____ of their grandchildren.

Retirement is a(n) _____ time. We are generally living much longer than our own grandparents did, but as we ______ we become more limited in our ability to pursue our own ______. However, what if your plans for pursuing some of these lifetime dreams are ______ out of a sense of ______ for your family?

So how can you keep a ______ balance between helping out your family and ______ your dreams altogether？I'm not sure where the answer lies，but having an open and honest ______ with your family should be at the top of the list. You need to nip any sense of duty in the bud（对……一开始即加以阻止）— and sooner ______ later.

By all means，help your family whenever you can. Everyone will ______ from it，and your grandchildren will get the rewards from staying with their ______. Do it because you want to，not because you feel you have to. ______ spare time for yourself to realize your dreams and ensure that nobody puts your retirement on hold.

1.

A．touched

B．attracted

C．beat

D．influenced

2.

A．smelling

B．catching

C．enjoying

D．searching

3.

A．attending to

B．looking to

C．waiting for

D．standing for

4.

A．clearly

B．hardly

C．formally

D．regularly

5.

A．waste

B．devote

C．spend

D．save

6.

A．excuse

B．chance

C．demand

D．reason

7.

A．recognize

B．believe

C．doubt

D．wonder

8.

A．sense

B．pride

C．care

D．advantage

9.

A．valuable

B．favorable

C．extra

D．special

10.

A．grow

B．age

C．improve

D．explore

11.

A．glory

B．favourite

C．development

D．experience

12.

A．put out

B．put away

C．put off

D．put in

13.

A．responsibility

B．protection

C．pleasure

D．safety

14.

A．healthy

B．fine

C．natural

D．correct

15.

A．losing

B．imagining

C．realizing

D．announcing

16.

A．organization

B．conversation

C．discussion

D．relationship

17.

A．rather than

B．other than

C．more than

D．less than

18.

A．suffer

B．recover

C．learn

D．benefit

19.

A．parents

B．peers

C．elders

D．teachers

20.

A．However

B．Instead

C．Besides

D．Therefore

【推荐2】A Call to Action

We are here today because we want to stop global warming. Like me, you are trying hard to ________ your own personal carbon footprint. And these small, _____ changes do have an impact, do help ________our carbon emissions.

But it is not________ for individuals to change. We need governments to change. We need industry to change. We need big changes if we want to prevent global warming ________ destroying our planet.

One third of our global carbon emissions---35 percent---comes from_____ electricity. As a result, we need government and industry to work together to lower these ________, more importantly, to develop new, cleaner technology to heat our homes,________ our factories, and to keep lights ________.

Another 20 percent, 20 percent of our emissions comes from transportation. _____, We need government and industry to work together to build more energy _______ cars and trucks. Good ________ public transportation will allow us to ________ our cars and the pollution they produce forever.

Another 20 percent of all emissions comes from industry---our factories and businesses. They ________ tons upon tons of carbon into the air every_____minute. It is time to say enough! We need these businesses to lower their own_____ carbon footprints.

So my ________to you today is: keep trying to reduce your personal carbon footprint. But also stand up, stand up and ________ that government and industry do their ________, because that is what will make a _______ .

1.

A．increase

B．decrease

C．fall

D．dominate

2.

A．individual

B．public

C．collective

D．united

3.

A．promote

B．undertake

C．lower

D．assist

4.

A．fair

B．tough

C．rough

D．enough

5.

A．to

B．with

C．from

D．on

6.

A．generating

B．creating

C．completing

D．differentiating

7.

A．admissions

B．permissions

C．emissions

D．transmissions

8.

A．make

B．power

C．destroy

D．maintain

9.

A．out

B．within

C．beyond

D．on

10.

A．Therefore

B．However

C．Nonetheless

D．Besides

11.

A．primitive

B．hazardous

C．uneven

D．efficient

12.

A．commercial

B．polluted

C．quality

D．fragile

13.

A．get rid of

B．count on

C．do damage to

D．get exposed to

14.

A．assault

B．release

C．diminish

D．spray

15.

A．few

B．single

C．another

D．each

16.

A．flammable

B．vocational

C．personal

D．recreational

17.

A．data

B．information

C．news

D．message

18.

A．convert

B．demand

C．digest

D．renew

19.

A．part

B．role

C．standard

D．characteristics

20.

A．living

B．point

C．deal

D．difference

【推荐3】Eradajere Oleita thinks she may have a partial solution for two of their country’s persistent problems: garbage and poverty. It’s called the Chip Bag Project. As a student and_________she is asking local snack lovers a_________: Rather than throw empty chip bags_________into the trash,_________them! Then she can turn them into sleeping bags for the homeless.

Chip_________drop off their empty bags at two_________: a print shop and a clothing store, where Oleita and her volunteer helpers collect them. After they sanitize (清洁) the chip bags in soapy hot water, they slice them open,_________them flat, and iron them together. They_________fillings to line the insides.

It takes about four hours to_________a sleeping bag, and each takes around 150 to 300 chip bags, depending on whether they’re single-serve or family__________. The__________is a sleeping bag that is “waterproof, lightweight, and easy to carry around,” Oleita told theNews.

Since its start in 2020, the Chip Bag Project has__________more than 800, 000 chip bags and,__________last December, created 110 sleeping bags.

Sure, it would be__________to raise the money to buy new sleeping bags. But the project is only half the__________for Oleita whose family moved to the United States from Nigeria a decade ago with the hope of attaining a better life — and her fellow volunteers. “We are dedicated to making an impact not only__________but environmentally,” she says.

And, of course, there’s the symbolism of recycling bags that would__________land in the trash and using them to help the homeless. It’s a powerful__________that environmental__________and poverty often go hand in hand. As Oleita toldlocalnews. com,“I think it’s time to show__________between all of these issues.”

1.

A．instructor

B．helper

C．environmentalist

D．tailor

2.

A．criterion

B．qualification

C．question

D．favor

3.

A．lightly

B．deliberately

C．occasionally

D．indirectly

4.

A．sell

B．empty

C．clean

D．donate

5.

A．producers

B．eaters

C．sponsors

D．buyers

6.

A．dustbins

B．locations

C．bags

D．streets

7.

A．lead

B．lie

C．lay

D．print

8.

A．check

B．need

C．reach

D．use

9.

A．sew

B．design

C．offer

D．discover

10.

A．member

B．size

C．mission

D．debt

11.

A．result

B．relief

C．method

D．produce

12.

A．made

B．decorated

C．accumulated

D．charged

13.

A．in terms of

B．regardless of

C．instead of

D．as of

14.

A．busier

B．simpler

C．heavier

D．smaller

15.

A．goal

B．stage

C．procedure

D．chance

16.

A．objectively

B．politically

C．socially

D．secretly

17.

A．moreover

B．otherwise

C．instead

D．besides

18.

A．report

B．blame

C．reminder

D．solution

19.

A．problems

B．groups

C．regulations

D．protection

20.

A．divisions

B．similarities

C．messages

D．connections

【推荐1】One morning in July 2011, a taxi sat wandering outside Petco Park stadium in San Diego. And Wade LeBlanc, a (an) _______ pitcher (棒球投手) for the Padres, climbed in.” To the airport, please,” he told the driver. LeBlanc was headed to Tucson, Arizona, home of the club’s A-level branch organization at the time. He’d been sent down to the minors. Again. For the eighth time in three years.

“You’re Wade LeBlanc,” the taxi driver said.

“Right.”

“You got some good stuff.”

This _______ the pitcher, after the previous night’s disastrous performance.

“I think there are some things you should think about _______,” the driver continued.” I don ’t know; I ’m not a _______. Maybe something like going over your head in your windup (摆臂动作)”

Wait, what? This guy was offering _______? Earlier in his career, LeBlanc   might   have _______ or been angry. But today, he just_______. He couldn’t afford to dismiss anything. His career was on the line.

The next day, in Tucson, LeBlanc met his _______. He said he was thinking about making _______ to his windup. His coach agreed. Instead of keeping his hands tight to his chest at the beginning of his delivery, LeBlanc raised them briefly over his head, as the taxi driver had ________.

LeBlanc included the new ________ into his next start. And he was________, allowing only one hit over seven innings ( 回 合 ). It was the turning point in his career. Eight years later, LeBlanc is a pitcher for the Seattle Mariners. He signed the first contract extension of his Major League Baseball career—at age 33.

The funny thing about advice: We so often take it from the ________ people. That is, we ________ the advice of experts, while undervaluing the input of regular folk. Wade LeBlanc ________ that trend, and he obtained the ________.

“Expert advisers often make surprisingly inaccurate predictions about the future, yet people ________ their suggestions nevertheless,” concluded Stanford University psychologists in a study published last year.

Now, not everyone took experts’ advice. The more ________ people become, the smaller the pool of advisers they ________. Participants in positions of power ignored almost two thirds of the advice they received, according to one Harvard University study. Other participants—the control and low power groups—ignored advice about half as often. So it required a massive increase of modesty (谦虚) to do what Wade LeBlanc did: hear what the taxi driver was offering him and accept it as a(an) ________.

1.

A．excellent

B．struggling

C．ambitious

D．awkward

2.

A．surprised

B．concerned

C．disturbed

D．angered

3.

A．avoiding

B．making

C．trying

D．crossing

4.

A．player

B．director

C．joker

D．loser

5.

A．service

B．advice

C．chances

D．courses

6.

A．accepted

B．worried

C．smiled

D．laughed

7.

A．explained

B．interrupted

C．listened

D．guessed

8.

A．parents

B．coach

C．driver

D．fans

9.

A．changes

B．contributions

C．additions

D．objectives

10.

A．included

B．announced

C．suggested

D．resisted

11.

A．aim

B．effect

C．hobby

D．move

12.

A．patient

B．optimistic

C．brilliant

D．justified

13.

A．attractive

B．popular

C．humble

D．wrong

14.

A．overvalue

B．skip

C．ignore

D．involve

15.

A．identified

B．supported

C．opposed

D．started

16.

A．qualifications

B．benefits

C．prize

D．degree

17.

A．follow

B．abandon

C．provide

D．improve

18.

A．literary

B．successful

C．careful

D．negative

19.

A．tolerate

B．help

C．know

D．trust

20.

A．job

B．example

C．excuse

D．gift

【推荐2】Sometimes people around you can change your life. The change may not be sudden or _______ , but little habits can produce big _______ that make you think about what is important in your life. The person who changed my life is Julia Masi. She has _______ me so many things that I will carry with me _______ my life.

One thing I've learned from Julia is how to balance   _______. Julia has shown me how to _______ ahead so that I can finish all my school work, enjoy sports and_______ have time for my friends. She has taught me that you can do anything if you are _______ and if you never give up. I've also learned that you can find anything fun or _______   if you connect it with something that you enjoy.

Last year I hated studying vocabulary, but I loved playing on my computer. Julia ________   the two and showed me a website called “freerice.com” where you can ________   a word game that gives you 5 grains of rice to donate to the poor with every correct word. She ________   me to learn a hundred new ________   by filling up the rice bowl. I liked playing the game so much that I ________   about 1,000 words in just one month.

Julia has always ________   me to try new hobbies. She showed me that going to the theater could help me become a better writer. ________ , she taught me that discussing a play can excite an interest in reading.

________   it wasn't for Julia I probably wouldn't have ________   how easy it is to help the poor. There are so many ways that one person can ________ . I've learned to be more appreciative of what I own. I am ________   for the opportunities that I have been given. I will continue to think of ways to help those less fortunate for the rest of my life.

1.

A．simple

B．slight

C．necessary

D．impressive

2.

A．results

B．problems

C．ideas

D．decisions

3.

A．taught

B．served

C．offered

D．bought

4.

A．for

B．of

C．throughout

D．into

5.

A．work

B．money

C．career

D．time

6.

A．plan

B．get

C．move

D．stay

7.

A．never

B．seldom

C．yet

D．still

8.

A．excited

B．determined

C．careful

D．patient

9.

A．important

B．easy

C．possible

D．interesting

10.

A．shared

B．remembered

C．combined

D．separated

11.

A．watch

B．play

C．raise

D．improve

12.

A．permitted

B．invited

C．challenged

D．reminded

13.

A．lessons

B．skills

C．words

D．stories

14.

A．learned

B．read

C．used

D．spelled

15.

A．allowed

B．warned

C．forced

D．encouraged

16.

A．Therefore

B．Besides

C．However

D．Otherwise

17.

A．Unless

B．If

C．Although

D．Since

18.

A．realized

B．noticed

C．imagined

D．dreamed

19.

A．turn away

B．make a difference

C．show off

D．make a mistake

20.

A．ready

B．sorry

C．thankful

D．anxious

【推荐3】If you're going to do something，my dad used to say，do it right.

Mostly he said that after my half－hearted(不尽力的)____to weed the vegetable garden. For some reason，he knew that there were white roots still___deep in the ground without looking around the garden. So I would be in the___again the next day with a spade dig deep and___the roots of our garden. As I tried to focus my   attention on___，Dad's words kept echoing in my mind：“Do it right.”

I saw a perfect example of what Dad was talking about last week when one of the teams in the company was __.All of us were sad to see them go. They were good friends and___，and we worried about them. And___，at such times you always wonder：Am I next?

But as we watched them during the week they were given to___，many of us noticed that they weren't handling this in quite the way we expected them to.____none of them found another job，there was also no bitterness or ___in their departure. I didn't hear a negative word. I didn't see any____or unhappy faces－at least，not from them. Instead，I saw grace.

“It's____，” one of my colleagues whispered.“I went over there to offer comfort and support to them，and they____comforting me.”

Ancient Greeks believed that swans save their sweetest song for the moments to their____. I don't know if my departing friends____their ending as a “swan song” or not，but the calm，quiet dignity with which they embraced their cruel reality touched and____us.

Lee，a man who has seen and____lots of lay－offs during almost 40 up－and－down，on－again－off－again years with the company，____nicely for all of us.

“Now，that's doing it right，” he said.

Somewhere，I just know Dad was smiling his____.

1.

A．attempts

B．judgments

C．expectations

D．requests

2.

A．planted

B．buried

C．grown

D．stuck

3.

A．house

B．school

C．garden

D．company

4.

A．look forward to

B．come up with

C．fit in with

D．get down to

5.

A．watching

B．thinking

C．digging

D．working

6.

A．turned down

B．laid off

C．cut down

D．given up

7.

A．competitors

B．colleagues

C．directors

D．consultants

8.

A．frankly

B．naturally

C．equally

D．generally

9.

A．hurry up

B．turn up

C．pack up

D．come up

10.

A．Since

B．When

C．Unless

D．While

11.

A．sadness

B．puzzle

C．anger

D．delight

12.

A．tears

B．smiles

C．dangers

D．fears

13.

A．upsetting

B．exciting

C．disappointing

D．amazing

14.

A．objected to

B．insisted on

C．ended up

D．kept on

15.

A．birth

B．death

C．arrival

D．party

16.

A．view

B．recognize

C．choose

D．describe

17.

A．discouraged

B．warned

C．inspired

D．amused

18.

A．celebrated

B．witnessed

C．resisted

D．survived

19.

A．made up

B．summed up

C．picked up

D．sped up

20.

A．disagreement

B．indifference

C．admiration

D．approval