【推荐1】An 8-year-old child heard her parents talking about her little brother Andrew. All she knew was that he was very ____ and they had no money. Only a very expensive operation could ____ him.

One morning, the girl heard her father say to her mother: “Only a miracle(奇迹) can save Andrew now.” The girl went to her bedroom, collected all of her money and counted it ____. She hurried to a drugstore.

“How can I help you?” asked the salesman.

“I want to buy a miracle,” the girl answered. “My brother has something ____ growing inside his head. My daddy says only a miracle can save him. So how much does a miracle ____?”

“We don’t sell miracles here, my dear. I’m so sorry,” the salesman said ____.

“What kind of a miracle does your brother need?” asked a well-dressed man standing nearby.

“I don’t know,” she answered. “He’s really sick and needs an operation in his head. So I ____ all my money.”

“____ do you have?” asked the man.

“$1.11,” she answered, “but I can try and get some more.” She said again and again.

“Well, what luck,” said the man. “$1.11 is the ____ of a miracle. Let’s go to see your brother.”

That man was Dr Carlton Armstrong, a famous brain doctor. The operation was ____ and it wasn’t long before Andrew was well again. Sometimes miracles do happen.

1.

A．happy

B．sick

C．strong

D．funny

2.

A．save

B．take

C．make

D．use

3.

A．carefully

B．early

C．really

D．hardly

4.

A．nice

B．clean

C．bad

D．beautiful

5.

A．spend

B．take

C．pay

D．cost

6.

A．happily

B．wisely

C．sadly

D．easily

7.

A．took

B．brought

C．put

D．sent

8.

A．How many

B．How much

C．How long

D．How often

9.

A．price

B．power

C．money

D．prize

10.

A．important

B．expensive

C．difficult

D．successful

【推荐2】

Jordan Koh is a barista（咖啡师）. He won the city's barista of the Year competition（比赛）. Keira Maron______him for City People magazine.

Keira: Congratulations on winning the competition, Jordan！

Jordan: Thanks. The judges（裁判）said they loved my coffee-so I'm happy.

Keira: Why do you like to be a barista?

Jordan: I love making coffee for people who love drinking coffee. I take a lot of care to make it strong or weak, with milk or without, with sugar or without-exactly（精确地）________ people like it Keira: Where do you work?

Jordan: In a café beside a railway station in the_______ . It is noisy and always full of people from morning till night. I start my work at 6 a. m. The earliest customers of the day are workers who get there by train. When they step into the café, the first thing they do is to get a cup of coffee to start their working day！I try to remember the taste of each person. And I try to remember their names. People like their barista to be_________

Keira: So you won the city's barista of the Year competition. What comes________?

Jordan: I'll go to the national finals in ten days. Baristas: from all over the world will be there.

Keira: Well, good luck.

Jordan: Thanks！

1.

A．kept

B．asked

C．interviewed

D．wanted

2.

A．how

B．when

C．what

D．where

3.

A．small village

B．sunny seaside

C．little town

D．city centre

4.

A．safe

B．nice

C．tall

D．quiet

5.

A．first

B．early

C．next

D．almost

【推荐3】Choose the words and complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词，完成短文）

Many people are probably not familiar with the World Toilet Organization (WTO). It is an organization to _________ toilets and keep places and healthy. It is based in Singapore and includes toilet associations from 177 countries around the world.

Sim Jae-duck is 74 years old now. In 2001, he founded the WTO. He holds the opinion that time should be spent on more meaningful things, such as serving people. Therefore, he chose a _________ which was always ignored, toilet.

Sim was born in a restroom. “My mother followed advice from my grandmother that people born in restrooms will enjoy long lives,” he said. Now he plans to live and die in a toilet-shaped house.

The large glass building was built in Suweon, a Korean city. There are two bedrooms and two guest rooms _________ the rooms. The house, of course, has three expensive toilets.

“There is a _________ bathroom behind glass for all to see. The other toilets have water saving features,” Sim said. “My family has already agreed to keep this house as a symbol of South Korea’s new toilet culture after my death. The house will be remembered as an example of saving people from diseases and protecting the environment.”

The main bathroom has a machine that produces a mist (薄雾) _________ others can’t see the people in the bathroom. That can make users feel safe. The toilet seat with be raised as people enter and music will play.

Sim’s advice has changed public toilets into clean and beautiful resting places. Now the public toilets in Suweon are _________ paintings, fresh flowers or even small gardens. They are places that protect human health.

1.

A．reduce

B．improve

C．welcome

D．remove

2.

A．process

B．study

C．culture

D．field

3.

A．besides

B．behind

C．ahead

D．among

4.

A．visit

B．display

C．physical

D．manner

5.

A．so that

B．because

C．unless

D．although

6.

A．covered with

B．made of

C．used to

D．decorated with

【推荐1】We all think eating fruits means just buying fruits, cutting them and putting them into our_________. It's no as easy as you think. It's important to know_________and when to eat.

Fruit should be eaten on an empty stomach. If you eat fruit like that, it will go straight through the stomach into the intestines（肠道）. It will be good to your health and provide you with plenty of_________for life activities. Fruit is the most important_________.

But when you eat two pieces of bread and then some fruit, it is_________from doing so. Do you know the reason?

You have probably heard people saying every time I eat watermelon I burp（打嗝）, when I eat a banana I feel like _________to the toilet. When the fruit mixes with other food, it produces gas（气体）. That's why you will feel uncomfortable. Actually, we will not check if you eat the fruit on an empty stomach.

Eating a whole fruit is better than drinking the Juice. When you really want to drink fruit juice, drink only_________fruit juice, NOT from the bottles or cans. Don't drink juice that has been_________up. Don't eat cooked fruits because you don't get the nutrients（营养成分）at all. You only get the_________.

If you have mastered the__________way of eating fruits, you have the secret of beauty, health, energy, happiness and a long life. Dark circles under the eyes will not appear.

1.

A．tables

B．plates

C．mouths

D．boxes

2.

A．how

B．what

C．where

D．who

3.

A．experience

B．energy

C．pleasure

D．spirit

4.

A．course

B．discovery

C．food

D．direction

5.

A．prevented

B．protected

C．prepared

D．practiced

6.

A．returning

B．running

C．relaxing

D．staying

7.

A．expensive

B．colorful

C．fresh

D．medium

8.

A．burned

B．heated

C．set

D．kept

9.

A．taste

B．weight

C．shape

D．sugar

10.

A．successful

B．correct

C．opposite

D．special

【推荐2】Many students like ____ very much. But ____ Monday to Friday，they must go to school. So on Saturday and Sunday they stay at home and ____ TV from morning to night. They don’t know it’s bad for their eyes(眼睛). Usually children like to eat fish, meat and chicken, but they don’t like vegetables____ fruit. They don’t know eating more____ and fruit is better than(比···好) eating meat.
At school the children only do a few minutes of ____ or ____ do any sports. The teachers must know it isn’t good for ____ health.
We always think of ways to keep ____. We must eat ____ vegetables and fruit，do enough (足够的) sports every day. And we should watch TV and read in right ways.1.

A．watch TV

B．watch the TV

C．watching TV

D．watching the TV

2.

A．on

B．from

C．and

D．to

3.

A．watch

B．see

C．read

D．look

4.

A．and

B．with

C．or

D．but

5.

A．fish

B．meat

C．vegetables

D．chicken

6.

A．homework

B．housework

C．sports

D．exercise

7.

A．never

B．sometimes

C．usually

D．often

8.

A．them

B．they

C．their

D．theirs

9.

A．health

B．healthy

C．busy

D．free

10.

A．more

B．much

C．a lot

D．many

【推荐3】You might feel full after having a big meal. But you may actually suffer(受苦) from “hidden hunger (隐性饥饿)”, This means that what you eat may _______ your stomach but it’s not giving you the _______ nutrition (营养)that your body needs.

This happens _______ food is short of the vitamins (维生素) and minerals (矿物质). They are what people _______to keep healthy, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

“_______ “hidden hunger” influences 2 billion people worldwide. _______ people include 300 million people in China. It is most commonly seen among children and teenagers. It can also be _______ for people’s health,” China News Service reported.

Many Chinese people don’t get _______ vitamins and minerals. One main reason is that the products don’t have many of these nutrients. Over 40 percent of China’s farmland is _______ its vitamins and minerals, lowering the nutritional value of the crops that grow on it, according to Xinhua.

“Many of the ________ foods that people enjoy eating today, such as chips, hamburgers and cookies, have made the situation ________. Vitamins and minerals are ________ lost when these foods are processed”, People’s Daily noted.

So, China’s government has created several action plans to ________ public health. It has also developed and promoted (推广) nutritious foods.

“Eating more fresh foods like ________, whole grains and milk can help us stay healthy. For vegetables like carrots, boiling and steaming can better ________ their nutrition when compared to frying them.” CAW suggests.

1.

A．fill

B．harm

C．reach

D．build

2.

A．same

B．proper

C．low

D．wide

3.

A．since

B．until

C．when

D．unless

4.

A．need

B．make

C．save

D．leave

5.

A．At last

B．At first

C．At once

D．At present

6.

A．Sick

B．Other

C．These

D．Many

7.

A．good

B．ready

C．bad

D．happy

8.

A．enough

B．simple

C．few

D．more

9.

A．getting

B．losing

C．eating

D．having

10.

A．boiled

B．burnt

C．mixed

D．processed

11.

A．better

B．worse

C．safer

D．harder

12.

A．widely

B．hardly

C．mostly

D．exactly

13.

A．consider

B．discuss

C．serve

D．improve

14.

A．vegetables

B．butter

C．cakes

D．hamburgers

15.

A．recycle

B．catch

C．solve

D．keep