【推荐1】When things went wrong, Freddy always had something nice to say. When Dad forget about the pizza and it burned. Freddy said “Don’t worry. It’ll still taste good.” And he was _______. The pizza edges were dark, but the middle wasn’t half bad. When his teacher Mr. Hall knocked into a bookshelf in the library, Freddy said, “Don’t worry. Mrs. Bog won’t be upset.” The librarian just laughed and helped _______ the books. Freddy looked on the bright side. And everyone liked that about him. Everyone, that is, except Hazel. Hazel was the new kid in class. On her first day, Freddy said “Nice to meet you, Hazel. I think you’ll like it here.” “I ______ it.” she talked back. Freddy had never met anyone like her. When Mr. Hall said they’d have a break inside _______ it was raining. Freddy said, “Every cloud has a silver lining.” “A silver lining?” Hazel shook her head. “Bad things come in threes.” Greta was carrying paints in ______ class. She fell over, and paints went flying. “That was the second bad thing. What will the third thing be?” Hazel seemed so _______about the Rule of Three Bad Things. “It’s beautiful!” Emma picked up Freddy’s painting, not realizing she had paint on her fingers. “Freddy’s picture is ______ !” Hazel pointed, “There’s number three.” Emma looked sad. “I’m sorry, Freddy.” “It’s OK...If you add wings, the fingerprints could look like butterflies（蝴蝶）,” said Freddy. _______ refused to put a finger on Freddy’s paper. Only Hazel did. “Want to add one?” Freddy asked. Hazel thought about it, then nodded. She put her finger into paint, gently（温柔地） pressed it onto Freddy’s painting and _______ added wings. “It looks great,” said Freddy. Hazel _______. “You know, I don’t really think there’s a Rule of Three Bad Things” Sometimes, there are good things hiding where you don’t expect them.

1.

A．clever

B．right

C．active

D．famous

2.

A．pick up

B．look after

C．go through

D．throw away

3.

A．expect

B．believe

C．doubt

D．understand

4.

A．although

B．unless

C．until

D．because

5.

A．science

B．music

C．art

D．history

6.

A．happy

B．worried

C．sorry

D．sure

7.

A．in a mess

B．on show

C．in fashion

D．on sale

8.

A．Somebody

B．Everybody

C．Anybody

D．Nobody

9.

A．angrily

B．quickly

C．carefully

D．secretly

10.

A．smiled

B．promised

C．warned

D．shouted

【推荐2】通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

When I was a junior high school student, life gave me a gift—happiness.

One weekend, on my way home a car ran over me and cut off my ________ because of its high speed. Several days later, when I ________ in the hospital, I realized I had to spend the rest of my life without arms. I felt ________ at that time. I was full of fears (害怕) , but ________ I knew that I had to face the fact and get over it. I couldn’t get my arms back even if I ________ every day.

However, it’s easier said than done. It took me nearly half a year to get out of the sadness. I got so much from my past story. From then on, I could treat my life with a ________ mind. But in my daily life, I often see my classmates ________ little things: they get a bad grade on a test; their bus comes late; they don’t have a mobile phone but others have, and so on. But I only enjoy life. I was lucky to realize a truth from the ________. It is a waste of our life to center on what we have ________. We should always think of what we have. So why are so many people unhappy? Someone may say, “My whole life will ________ if I have a new car.” But when you get the car and what happens? For a whole week you are walking on air (欢天喜地) . Then you go right back to being unhappy.

Happiness depends on what we have! It’s in our heart. It’s a state of mind. Happiness comes from learning the art of appreciating and taking pleasure in what you really have.

1.

A．feet

B．arms

C．legs

D．hands

2.

A．put up

B．stood up

C．cut up

D．woke up

3.

A．sad

B．bored

C．enjoyable

D．angry

4.

A．hardly

B．loudly

C．slowly

D．quietly

5.

A．laughed

B．cried

C．fought

D．shouted

6.

A．traditional

B．funny

C．terrible

D．normal

7.

A．shout at

B．find out

C．look after

D．worry about

8.

A．accident

B．activity

C．competition

D．discussion

9.

A．caught

B．planed

C．lost

D．won

10.

A．finish

B．improve

C．return

D．break

【推荐3】We wish that we could get better grades or make funnier friends. We wish we had nicer clothes or more money. Everyone likes to feel that he or she is special. ________, many of us grow up believing we are not special at all. We believe that we’re not ________.

Most parents want us to be the ________ we can be. Very often, they talk about the differences between ________ people and us. They ask us to learn from our wonderful neighbors. By doing these, they try to help us to do better. They mean well, but we often feel we’re not ________ a good job. We begin to believe that the only way to be special is by being better than someone else, but we are wrong. Someone is always better ________ something than we are. Lots of people around us may not be as smart as we are, but they may do better in sports. Or they may not be as good-looking, but they have more money. It is impossible for us to be better than everyone else all the time.

If some things can truly make us become better people, we already have them. Every one of us is the only one in the world. We don’t look the same and we do the same things in different ways. We just find out different fun parts of life. These things ________ us different from our friends, so the world is full of surprises. When we are growing up, parents ________ forget to tell us that we are special. Maybe no one told them when they were growing up. Anyway, it’s up to us ________ that each of us, in our own way, is special. What we are is enough. My dear friend, just learn to enjoy being ________.

1.

A．Then

B．However

C．Though

D．Next

2.

A．good enough

B．enough good

C．enough well

D．well enough

3.

A．worst

B．best

C．youngest

D．oldest

4.

A．others

B．other

C．any other

D．another

5.

A．doing

B．making

C．taking

D．having

6.

A．in

B．at

C．on

D．about

7.

A．let

B．stop

C．keep

D．help

8.

A．twice

B．never

C．hardly ever

D．usually

9.

A．to remember

B．remembered

C．remember

D．remembering

10.

A．yourself

B．himself

C．myself

D．herself

【推荐1】Mike was reading in the garden when his mother came. She pointed to something and asked Mike what it was. Mike felt quite _________, but he told her it was a sparrow（麻雀）and got back into reading.

Several minutes later, his mother pointed to the same sparrow and asked the same question again. Mike got a little angry but _________ answered her question. After a little while, his mother did the same thing once more. This time Mike could not _________ his anger. He _________ at her for disturbing（打扰）him again and again.

The old lady silently _________ an old diary, turned to a page and showed it to Mike. Though a little impatient, Mike began to read it.

“Today, I was watering the flowers in the garden when little Mike pointed to a _________ on the grass and asked me what it was. I _________ at him, said it was a sparrow and kissed him. After a while Mike asked me again and I did the same. Pointing to the same sparrow, little Mike asked me what it was twenty times and I _________ on answering his question and kissing him every time.”

Something gently touched Mike’s _________. His face turned red with __________ for being so impatient with his mother and he hugged her right.

Your parents have given you many things in their lifetime, but you may not realize that until they are gone.

1.

A．angry

B．lonely

C．proud

D．surprised

2.

A．still

B．always

C．already

D．seldom

3.

A．show

B．leave

C．control

D．discover

4.

A．made

B．walked

C．shouted

D．looked

5.

A．set out

B．took out

C．put out

D．looked out

6.

A．fox

B．frog

C．bird

D．rabbit

7.

A．threw

B．smiled

C．shouted

D．laughed

8.

A．put

B．kept

C．tried

D．depended

9.

A．face

B．mouth

C．heart

D．shoulder

10.

A．shame

B．fear

C．happiness

D．kindness

【推荐2】阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Few people are willing to meet with new challenges when they get old. _____, an old man named Jing Kui did something that _____ a lot of people.

At the age of 93, he faced a challenge. One day, a film director came to him and asked whether he would like to _____ in his movie. “You’ve been a barber (理发师) for many years. I believe you’re the perfect person for my movie The Old Barber,” said the director.

Jing became a barber when he was young. He _____ the job, so he practiced hard to improve his skills. In his eighties, he was _____ doing the same job. That was _____ he was invited by the director.

The old man read the script (剧本) _____ accepting the invitation. The story touched _____so he agreed to play the part. He needed to memorize all the lines (台词). It wasn’t a(n) _____job for someone of his age.

At first, the director was worried about whether Mr. Jing could do it. But when the filming was done, the director was really _____. Jing finally made it.

1.

A．Unluckily

B．Instead

C．Finally

D．However

2.

A．hurt

B．surprised

C．troubled

D．warned

3.

A．write

B．dance

C．act

D．sing

4.

A．lost

B．knew

C．missed

D．loved

5.

A．still

B．just

C．once

D．soon

6.

A．why

B．how

C．when

D．where

7.

A．by

B．for

C．before

D．about

8.

A．me

B．you

C．her

D．him

9.

A．special

B．easy

C．awful

D．safe

10.

A．happy

B．afraid

C．shy

D．lonely

【推荐3】阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
       When I was a junior high school student in 1980, God gave me a gift, it was happiness.
       One weekend, I went to visit my grandparents in the countryside. On my way home a car ran over me and cut off my ________ because of its high speed. Several days later when I woke up at the hospital, I realized I had to spend the rest of my life ________ arms. How sad I felt at that time! Even I was full of fears. ________ slowly I knew I had to face the fact and got over it. I couldn’t get my arms back even though I ________ every day.
       However, it’s easier ________ than done. It took me nearly half a year to get out of the sadness ________. I got so much from my past story.
       From then on, I could treat my life with a ________ mind. But in our daily life, I often see my classmates get ________ about little things: They get a bad grade on a test; their bus comes ________; they don’t have a mobile phone, but ________ have, and so on. But I only ________ life. I was lucky to realize from an accident.
       It is a waste of our life to focus on what you have ________. We should always think of what we have. So why are so many people unhappy? Someone may say, “My whole life would improve ________ I have a new car. “But when you get the car and what ________? For a whole week you are walking on air. Then you go right back to being unhappy.
       Happiness depends on what we have! It’s in our heart. It’s a state of mind, even though you own the whole world, you may still feel ________. Happiness comes from mastering the art of appreciating (感激) and taking pleasure in what you really have.1.

A．feet

B．legs

C．arms

D．ears

2.

A．with

B．without

C．for

D．on

3.

A．Or

B．But

C．So

D．Once

4.

A．cried

B．laughed

C．sat

D．stood

5.

A．dreamed

B．acted

C．called

D．said

6.

A．strongly

B．especially

C．completely

D．similarly

7.

A．crazy

B．normal

C．full

D．special

8.

A．excited

B．nervous

C．serious

D．worried

9.

A．early

B．first

C．fast

D．late

10.

A．the other

B．one another

C．other

D．others

11.

A．hate

B．dislike

C．enjoy

D．save

12.

A．lost

B．had

C．found

D．spent

13.

A．because

B．as

C．if

D．whether

14.

A．happens

B．takes place

C．used

D．uses

15.

A．funny

B．happy

C．excited

D．unhappy