【推荐1】My first day of school

Fear started taking over. I was walking into my first school in America. I had a long journey from India to join my parents, who had been here for three years, hoping America would help my future.

On the first day, I was already confused because back in India the teachers switch(转换) according to periods while most of the students have the same periods, but here it was totally_______

With anxiety(焦虑) on one hand and fear on the other, I opened the door _______.     Since I was a bit late, everyone's eyes were on me as I entered the room. Without paying attention to them, I went straight to the teacher and asked if this was the right class. With a soft voice he answered, "Yes." His voice _______ me a little. Then he asked me to choose a seat.   I didn't actually want to _______a seat. In India we had assigned (分配的) seats, so I never needed to worry about that.

I was confused about which buildings to go to, but I _______to get to my classes without asking anyone. I was very confused about when I would have lunch. It was already noon. The bell rang and I entered my next class. Again, I asked the teacher if I was in the right class. Then I chose a seat, sat down and waited for the_______ to begin. The teacher looked at me with a puzzled face, " Why don't you go for lunch?" " But the bell just rang," I said. "That is the lunch bell," she said. Without another word I _______for the cafeteria( 餐厅) . I felt lucky because we didn't have this in India.

Every confusion seemed like a difficulty I had to get through to reach my _______.At the end of the day, at the school gate I found my bus and sat down inside happily. I was thinking, today wasn't so bad. 1 couldn't wait for the next day to come.

1.

A．typical

B．difficult

C．different

D．strange

2.

A．proudly

B．slowly

C．eagerly

D．easily

3.

A．surprised

B．interrupted

C．comforted

D．reminded

4.

A．take

B．pick

C．own

D．mark

5.

A．expected

B．promised

C．refused

D．managed

6.

A．class

B．bell

C．lunch

D．break

7.

A．hoped

B．changed

C．headed

D．freed

8.

A．level

B．field

C．point

D．goal

【推荐2】Everyone in our school loves sports. Every morning ________ we get up, we do morning exercises. After the second class we do exercises again. We have ________ classes twice a week, but we do physical training at five every afternoon. The most popular sports is basketball. The________ enjoy playing it and many of the girls like it, too. ______popular sports is football and in every class there ________ a lot of football fans. Volleyball is often played when the weather is ________. We have school teams in basketball, football and volleyball. Our teams often ________ friendship matches with teams from other schools. When there is a match,________ of us go to watch it and cheer our side on.

Besides ball games, some of us like track-and-field events(田径项目),________ we often practice running, jumping and throwing. Every team we have tests in these events and once a year we hold a sports meeting.

Sports help us to keep _________.

1.

A．while

B．when

C．before

D．after

2.

A．English

B．Chinese

C．P.E.

D．music

3.

A．teacher

B．boys

C．students

D．people

4.

A．Some other

B．Other

C．Another

D．The other

5.

A．are

B．is

C．were

D．was

6.

A．shining

B．rainy

C．fine

D．wet

7.

A．see

B．have

C．look at

D．watch

8.

A．several

B．few

C．a few

D．many

9.

A．because

B．but

C．or

D．and

10.

A．thirsty and hungry

B．healthy and happy

C．fat and tired

D．thin and weak

【推荐3】Hello! ____ name is Li Ying. I’m twelve. I’m from Kunming. Now I’m in Beijing No.14 High School. I’m ____ Class Five, Grade Seven. Miss Gao ____ my English teacher. She is ____ old teacher. I have(有) a pen, a ruler and two ____ in my pencil-box(文具盒). Liu Ping is in Grade Seven, too. ____ is from Guangzhou. She is my good ____ We are in ____ same class. Now she can ____ English well(好). I think(认为) she is a good girl. Look！____is that? She is Liu Ping.1.

A．I

B．My

C．Your

D．Me

2.

A．from

B．to

C．not

D．in

3.

A．is

B．are

C．am

D．be

4.

A．a

B．an

C．good

D．/

5.

A．buses

B．desks

C．schoolbags

D．pencils

6.

A．He

B．His

C．She

D．Her

7.

A．friend

B．teacher

C．student

D．mom

8.

A．these

B．the

C．an

D．a

9.

A．spell

B．speak

C．help

D．see

10.

A．How

B．What

C．Where

D．Who

【推荐1】It was a sunny day. I was standing in my shoe store. The door opened and a young man came in. He was in a wheelchair. I found that he had no ______.

“I need new ______ for myself, a pair of black cowboy ones,” he said. I was so ______ that I kept silent and didn’t move.

“I’m not joking, sir, ______ I don’t need them,” he looked at me and said, “When I was a kid, my parents ______ me new shoes every year. It was such a wonderful feeling that I have never forgotten it.” I chose a pair of shoes and gave ______ to the young man.

He ______ the shoes near his nose and took a deep breath. Tears came to his eyes.

At that moment, a homeless old man was standing outside ______ shoes, looking at us. The young man ______ him and said to me, “Will you ask that old man to come in, please? I did so and the poor man came in.

“What is the ______ of your feet?” The young man asked the poor man.

“Nine and a half.” The poor man answered.

The young man asked me to ______ the best shoes of the size. He turned to the old man. “Sir, would you mind ______   on the shoes for me? “After the shoes were on his feet, the old man said they fit ______.

“I’ll buy them.” the young man said. “The good ______   that have never forgotten has come back again, and now I have someone to share the feeling with me. It is so great.”

The young man offered what the old man needed ______. He did his best in an imperfect world.

1.

A．ears

B．arms

C．legs

D．hands

2.

A．shoes

B．gloves

C．trousers

D．glasses

3.

A．worried

B．tired

C．surprised

D．sad

4.

A．when

B．because

C．if

D．although

5.

A．bought

B．showed

C．borrowed

D．paid

6.

A．it

B．them

C．her

D．him

7.

A．picked

B．found

C．put

D．dropped

8.

A．without

B．on

C．by

D．with

9.

A．caught

B．missed

C．pushed

D．noticed

10.

A．size

B．matter

C．problem

D．part

11.

A．look up

B．take out

C．make up

D．put away

12.

A．passing

B．taking

C．working

D．trying

13.

A．painfully

B．comfortably

C．terribly

D．healthily

14.

A．idea

B．dream

C．feeling

D．thought

15.

A．much

B．most

C．little

D．least

【推荐2】Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage(选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文)

The History of the Guinness Book of World Records

       Are you interested in world records? Do you want to know who the oldest person is in the world? Or the largest cake? Or the heaviest newspaper? Well, if you do, you can find all the ________ from an amazing book: the Guinness Book of World Records《吉尼斯世界纪录大全》.
       The idea for this book started from an argument. Hugh Beaver worked for Guinness (金氏啤酒) Company in Britain. One day he went out for a walk with his friends. When some birds flew across the sky, he said they were the fastest birds in the world. Nobody ________ him. He made a bet (打赌) with his friends. The next day, he tried to solve the problem by reading some books in a library. To his disappointment, he found out that none of the books had the ________ he needed. He suffered a heavy loss (损失), but came up with a good idea: If his company could publish such a book with all the world records, he was sure that he could make a lot of money.
       Everything was ________ at the beginning. Beaver had great difficulty in collecting the unusual records. But when the first Guinness Book came out in 1995, it sold like hot cakes. ________, his book has remained one of the best sellers for many years.
       Today, the book is published throughout the world. Every year, a new book is published to keep up with the ________ records. It is one of the most popular books in the world. By now almost everyone agrees that reading the book is not only a lot of fun, but also an eye-opener.1.

A．plans

B．answers

C．reasons

D．causes

2.

A．listened to

B．waited for

C．agreed with

D．played with

3.

A．information

B．news

C．message

D．note

4.

A．easy

B．terrible

C．OK

D．hard

5.

A．At last

B．In fact

C．In this way

D．At present

6.

A．interesting

B．changing

C．exciting

D．surprising

【推荐3】Joe wants a computer. He asks his parents for the money but they say he must get it himself. But how does he get it? He____about this when he walks home. Not many people want to ask children to work for them. Maybe he can take away snow for the neighbors. But it is not____He has to____for a long time for that. He can' t cut grass for their gardens____he has no tools(工具) to do the work. Then he____one of his classmates, Dick. He is delivering(送)____“I can do that”, he thinks, “Maybe I can even get the computer right away. I can____for it a little each week”. He____to catch up with(追赶) Dick. Joe asks him a lot of questions. He learns that it is____to get twenty-five dollars each week. Dick knows that the____takes about three hours each week. Dick____him the phone number of the newspaper manager.
Joe almost flies home. After he tells his mother____he thinks, she_____"I think it is a____idea," she says. "I'll call the newspaper."
"Wait, Mum," Joe says, "I’ll call. After that, I' m going to be a businessman now." Joe’s mother smiles____1.

A．says

B．tells

C．thinks

D．speaks

2.

A．spring

B．summer

C．autumn

D．winter

3.

A．walk

B．wait

C．spend

D．want

4.

A．because

B．when

C．while

D．after

5.

A．looks

B．sees

C．helps

D．catches

6.

A．newspapers

B．bikes

C．computers

D．tools

7.

A．take

B．spend

C．cost

D．pay

8.

A．returns

B．comes

C．runs

D．jumps

9.

A．friendly

B．kind

C．easy

D．wrong

10.

A．works

B．jobs

C．phone

D．job

11.

A．teaches

B．gives

C．makes

D．asks

12.

A．that

B．when

C．what

D．where

13.

A．smiles

B．shouts

C．cries

D．worries

14.

A．big

B．large

C．great

D．bad

15.

A．sadly

B．happily

C．politely

D．angrily

【推荐1】My mom’s life was a busy one. Raising four kids on her own was a full-time job, but she also worked outside the home. _______, she always seemed to find a little bit of extra time for us despite her schedule.

She would take us over to my aunt’s in the _______ when she worked as a waitress in a small diner. We would just be finished with school and have to _______, so my mom would be on time for work. I thought she would pass us over to our aunt and hurry off as soon as we made it through the front gate, but that didn’t happen. _______, we would sit on the porch (门廊), my mom in her waitress uniform, and we would rock in my aunt’s big wooden swing and talk about what happened that day.

“I learned how to _______ my name!” Larry, my younger brother, would shout.

My mom would get a piece of paper and a pencil out of her purse and hand it to my brother, “Show me how you do it,” she’d ask _______.

“Do you have enough time to hear what I did today?” I’d ask her.

Mom would _______ at me and nod. “I’m never too busy for something important like that!”

She gave us the gift of time again and again. When she came to live with us after her retirement, my mom gave the gift of time to my _______ too.

By then my mom had health problems. In the last few years of her life, I would sit with her on the porch, and we would talk about the past, the dream of the future, and just enjoy being with each other. I would look at her and ask her if she minded me _______ so much of her free time.

“Nonsense,” she’d tell me, “It’s one of the greatest joys of my life.”

I will always remember those wonderful words and the loving heart behind them. In this busy world of ours, and in a life filled with ________, she always had time to share her joy with me.

1.

A．Luckily

B．Surprisingly

C．Suddenly

D．Actually

2.

A．morning

B．afternoon

C．evening

D．night

3.

A．hurry

B．follow

C．help

D．leave

4.

A．Otherwise

B．Moreover

C．Finally

D．Instead

5.

A．remember

B．introduce

C．write

D．say

6.

A．angrily

B．softly

C．loudly

D．seriously

7.

A．smile

B．shout

C．look

D．laugh

8.

A．husband

B．relatives

C．children

D．parents

9.

A．taking off

B．taking away

C．taking on

D．taking up

10.

A．chances

B．challenges

C．changes

D．charges

【推荐2】One snowy afternoon, mom picked up Eve from school. When they reached home, they ran quickly inside. Mom stomped (跺) her boots and shook _______ off them. “I’m tired of snow. I miss sunshine. I miss flowers. I miss birds.”

“I know,” Eve said. She _______ her book bag on the floor. “But I love snow. I think I’ll play outside for a while. “She ran back outside. Eve had _______ in the snow with her friends. They threw snowballs. They made snowmen. They _______ went sledding (乘雪橇). Then Eve felt cold and came back inside.

“Here you go,” mom said. She handed Eve a mug of hot chocolate. “I love hot chocolate!” Eve took a sip and smiled. Mom _______ and left.

“Mom always takes care of me,” Eve thought. “I wish I could give her a gift.” _______ Eve didn’t know what to give mom. Eve couldn’t give sunshine. And there were no flowers outside to pick. And she didn’t have _______ to buy a bird.

Eve had an idea. She _______ a piece of white paper. Then Eve opened her crayon box and drew flowers on the paper. She smiled and said, “I can give mom _______ after all!” Next, she painted some of the flowers orange, some red, and some yellow. ________, Eve carried the flowers to mom.

“Wow, these are the loveliest flowers I’ve ever been!” Mom put them in a vase near a window.

1.

A．snow

B．rain

C．dust

D．milk

2.

A．found

B．sent

C．picked

D．dropped

3.

A．trouble

B．fun

C．sports

D．shopping

4.

A．also

B．still

C．even

D．ever

5.

A．smiled

B．jumped

C．worried

D．married

6.

A．And

B．So

C．But

D．If

7.

A．time

B．heat

C．space

D．money

8.

A．took out

B．put away

C．gave up

D．cut down

9.

A．sunshine

B．flowers

C．birds

D．papers

10.

A．Usually

B．Suddenly

C．Quietly

D．Finally

【推荐3】Mary Ann started the dance class when she was five. She always danced for her_______and sometimes danced with her father.

As Mary entered high school, her parents were becoming farther apart than before. But when Mary danced, her parents would come to the show and they would_________go out to eat together after that. This didn't happen so much, but it _______ her with some happiest time. However, her parents got a divorce(离婚)_________she left for college.

One day, there was a very important show for Mary.

“Get in line! Get ready! Try your best to _______ !” said the dance teacher. Mary was the first one in line. Though she was a little _______, she felt much better as she walked on the stage with the beautiful music.

The performance was successful. However, Mary was a little sad _______her dad didn't come. But when she opened the door of the car,_______she found a note and a picture. In the picture, it was her and her dad dancing together. And the note said, “That was the most _______ thing I have ever seen. I am so proud of you. I will be____________ you at our restaurant.”

All at once, Mary broke into tears. It wasn't much, but for at least this night—dance brought them together as a family once again.

1.

A．friends

B．classmates

C．parents

D．babies

2.

A．both

B．neither

C．none

D．all

3.

A．hid

B．provided

C．weighed

D．designed

4.

A．with

B．after

C．before

D．from

5.

A．perform

B．collect

C．compare

D．achieve

6.

A．brave

B．lively

C．surprised

D．nervous

7.

A．unless

B．because

C．if

D．so

8.

A．carefully

B．suddenly

C．certainly

D．unluckily

9.

A．different

B．beautiful

C．interesting

D．boring

10.

A．waiting for

B．searching for

C．asking for

D．caring for