【推荐1】       Jenny, from Germany, spent some time traveling in India. While she was there, she stayed with her Indian friend, Leela. However, there was a language barrier(障碍) for her there. It was very ____ for her to communicate in the new environment, which was very different from ____ of her own country.
       One day, together with Leela, Jenny went to ____ an orphanage(孤儿院). All the children there were very young. At first, Jenny was not sure if she could have a way to communicate with them. She went over to the children ____ and sat beside them. After some time, one of the children ____ her. She felt a little relaxed and smiled back. Then she went close to the child. She slowly put her arm around the child and started ____ a song in German. The child kept smiling and started repeating the words after her. The words that came from the little mouth were different from those that Jenny sang, but the rhythm(节奏) was the same. Jenny sang a little more and the child followed her again. Wanting to join in the ____, another child went up to Jenny and started singing the rhythm. Then more children joined. They ____ many smiles together.
       From the other side of the hall, Leela was smiling and watching them. Noticing Leela’s ____ on her, Jenny had an exciting feeling from her heart, “See, I don’t have any language barriers here. We ____ speak and communicate!” At that moment, she understood: We’re all simple human, and we have the ability to connect with each other.1.

A．nice

B．dangerous

C．difficult

D．easy

2.

A．these

B．those

C．this

D．that

3.

A．show

B．visit

C．build

D．improve

4.

A．slowly

B．early

C．hardly

D．easily

5.

A．looked at

B．laughed at

C．shouted at

D．smiled at

6.

A．singing

B．writing

C．saying

D．playing

7.

A．club

B．talk

C．fun

D．dance

8.

A．forgot

B．remembered

C．shared

D．missed

9.

A．hands

B．eyes

C．influence

D．question

10.

A．can

B．must

C．need

D．should

【推荐2】A young man entered the last interview of a company. “Did you get any scholarship（奖学金）in school?” the director asked. “None,” the young man answered.

“Who paid for your school fees（费用）?” the director asked. “My ____ did. When I was one year old, my father died,” the young man answered.

“Where did your mother work?” the director asked. “My mother ______ clothes,” the young man said. The director looked at the young man’s hands. He had a pair of ______ hands. “Have you ever helped your mother wash the clothes before?” the director asked. “_____.” the young man answered. The director said, “I have a ______. When you go back today, clean your mother’s ______ and see me tomorrow.”

John felt _____ but decided to do it. Thinking his _____ of getting the job was high, John went away with a smile. When he went back, he said to his mother _____, “Let me clean your hands.” “ ______?” His mother surprised but very happy. The young man nodded and began to clean his mother’s hands slowly. His tears（眼泪）fell _____ he did that. It was the first time he had noticed that his mother’s hands were so wrinkled（皱巴巴的）. He ______ it was this pair of hands that washed the clothes to help him pay the fees.

The next morning, the young man went to the director’s office. “I cleaned my mother’s hands, and I know that ____ my mother, there wouldn’t be the person I am today.” He said.

“This is what I am ______” the director said. “I want a person who can _____ the help of others. You’ve got the job. Congratulations!”

1.

A．mother

B．father

C．uncle

D．friend

2.

A．made

B．sold

C．washed

D．folded

3.

A．ugly

B．skillful

C．dirty

D．smooth

4.

A．Always

B．Sometimes

C．Usually

D．Never

5.

A．request

B．question

C．problem

D．dream

6.

A．hands

B．feet

C．face

D．arms

7.

A．worried

B．surprised

C．excited

D．relaxed

8.

A．idea

B．chance

C．advice

D．choice

9.

A．angrily

B．sadly

C．happily

D．humorously

10.

A．Mine

B．Yours

C．His

D．Hers

11.

A．unless

B．when

C．if

D．before

12.

A．forgot

B．hoped

C．realized

D．explained

13.

A．for

B．to

C．by

D．without

14.

A．looking at

B．looking after

C．looking for

D．looking through

15.

A．be interested in

B．be happy with

C．be proud of

D．be thankful to

【推荐3】根据短文内容，在A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个正确答案。

My friend Richard went far to work, so he asked me to take care of his yard in the mountains. He worked hard and often kept the yard ________ without any grass. But I was too lazy to sweep the fallen leaves, and I ________ pluck (拔) grass, allowing it to grow rapidly. In the early ________, in March, the leaves were green and soft. A month later, when the leaves spread quickly, I discovered they were like wild orchids (兰花) in the forest.

As the summer came, the “grass” really lowered. The flowers looked like those forest orchids, ________ they were yellow, unlike those people or brown red forest orchids. I picked one flower, then went to find my friend who studied ________. As soon as my friend saw it he asked me ________ I picked it. “It’s amazing!” He ________ explained, “This kind of orchid is hard to find. Now it is worth at least 10,000 dollars each.”

I told the good news to Richard. He was ________. After a while he said gently, he saw the orchid in the yard every year, but he thought it was common grass, so he always plucked it. He said, “If I could ________, it would flower a few years before.” Yes, all of us might miss some rare (稀有的) orchids in our own lives. We don’t give them the time to flower to prove their value.

Give the “grass” time to lower and give everybody a ________ to prove his value. Don’t pluck a leave of any “grass” or negate (否定) a person rudely and how many “rare orchids” we will get in our lives!

1.

A．wild

B．clean

C．dry

D．dirty

2.

A．sometimes

B．often

C．never

D．always

3.

A．spring

B．summer

C．autumn

D．winter

4.

A．so

B．but

C．then

D．or

5.

A．colors

B．rivers

C．seasons

D．plants

6.

A．that

B．why

C．where

D．who

7.

A．proudly

B．successfully

C．carelessly

D．excitedly

8.

A．worried

B．surprised

C．scared

D．relaxed

9.

A．wait

B．get

C．take

D．make

10.

A．tree

B．yard

C．flower

D．chance

【推荐1】There was once a little girl. She had no family. One day, when she was walking through a forest, she saw that a small ___________ was hurt in the thorns (荆棘). The harder it tried to get out of the thorns, the ___________ the thorns cut into its body. The little girl carefully helped the butterfly out.___________ flying away, the butterfly changed into a beautiful fairy (仙子).

“You’re so kind,” the butterfly fairy said. “Just___________ a wish and I’ll make it come true.”

The little girl thought for a while and then replied, “I want to be ___________ !”

The fairy said, “Very good.” Then she walked towards the girl and said ___________ in her ear.

As the little girl grew up, she was always ready to help others and was popular among the villagers. No one in her village was as happy as she. Everyone ___________ her about the secret of happiness. “My secret is that I listened to a butterfly fairy when I was a little girl,” she_________and answered.

When she was an old woman, she was still the happiest person in her village. So when she was dying, the neighbors all came to her and said, “ please tell us ___________ the butterfly fairy said.” They were afraid that her secret of happiness would__________ with her.

“ She told me,” the old woman smiled and said, “that helping others would make me happy all my life.”

1.

A．butterfly

B．bird

C．monkey

D．snake

2.

A．closer

B．wider

C．deeper

D．thicker

3.

A．Because of

B．Instead of

C．Compared with

D．As for

4.

A．lend

B．take

C．make

D．accept

5.

A．rich

B．brave

C．honest

D．happy

6.

A．something

B．anything

C．everything

D．nothing

7.

A．told

B．asked

C．taught

D．showed

8.

A．cried

B．shouted

C．smiled

D．worried

9.

A．why

B．when

C．where

D．what

10.

A．die

B．appear

C．return

D．rest

【推荐2】完形填空（共15题，
A thirsty bee went to a river to drink. As it ____, the running water carried it away. A kind bird saw that the bee was in ____ It picked ____ off a tree and threw ____ into the water in front of the bee. The bee climbed ____ the leaf, and the leaf brought it ____ to the land. The bee thanked the bird a lot and then ____ away.
Not ____ that, the bird was sitting ____ the branch (树枝) of a tree. It didn’t know that a man was shooting (射杀) at it. ____ the bee saw what the man was doing. So it flew into the man’s ____ and stung（刺蜇）him. The pain in the man’s eye was ____ great that he couldn’t shoot the bird, and the bird flew away quickly.
____ this way the kind bird saved the bee and the bee was able ____ the life of the bird. So we can say helping others is helping ____
1.

A．drank

B．drinking

C．is drinking

D．was drinking

2.

A．a trouble

B．a trouble

C．dangerous

D．danger

3.

A．a leaf

B．leaves

C．leaf

D．the leaf

4.

A．them

B．one

C．it

D．this

5.

A．onto

B．on

C．to

D．at

6.

A．safety

B．safe

C．saved

D．safely

7.

A．climbed

B．ran

C．flew

D．got

8.

A．long before

B．before long

C．after long

D．long after

9.

A．in

B．on

C．at

D．by

10.

A．And

B．But

C．So

D．Or

11.

A．eye

B．nose

C．mouth

D．ear

12.

A．very

B．so

C．quite

D．too

13.

A．In

B．On

C．By

D．At

14.

A．saved

B．saving

C．to save

D．save

15.

A．you

B．your

C．yours

D．yourself

【推荐3】Long long ago, in a small village, there was a place with a house of 1,000 mirrors（镜子）. A little dog learned about this place. He wanted to _________. One day, when he got there, he _________ the steps（台阶）and went into the house happily. He looked around with his ears up high. His tail wagged（摇摆）as fast as it could. Then he got a big _________. He found himself looking at 1,000 other happy little dogs. Their tails were wagging as fast as _________. He had a great smile（微笑）on the face. Then the dogs in the mirrors answered him with 1,000 great smiles. They were warm and _________, too. He went out and thought to himself, “This is a nice _________. I will come back and visit it often.”

In the same village, there was another little dog. He often felt unhappy. He wanted to visit the house of 1,000 mirrors, too. One day, _________ he got there, he climbed up the steps slowly. He looked into the door with his head down and saw 1,000 unfriendly _________ looking back at him. He shouted at them, then he was so scared to see 1, 000 little dogs _________ back at him. After he left the house, he thought to himself, “What a terrible place. I will __________ go back there again.”

Mirrors can’t change（改变）, but faces can. Face the world with a smile, the world will smile to you.

1.

A．take

B．visit

C．make

D．taste

2.

A．jumped up

B．cleaned up

C．picked up

D．put up

3.

A．surprise

B．flag

C．wish

D．problem

4.

A．theirs

B．its

C．hers

D．his

5.

A．unhappy

B．funny

C．heavy

D．friendly

6.

A．shop

B．house

C．station

D．office

7.

A．when

B．if

C．before

D．because

8.

A．mirrors

B．faces

C．boys

D．visitors

9.

A．looking

B．saying

C．coming

D．shouting

10.

A．often

B．usually

C．never

D．sometimes

【推荐1】There is a zoo in Wuhan. There are lots of______ in the zoo. The elephant is from India(印度), and it is very big. Many people like to see it because it has a______ nose. The panda is from Sichuan Province. It is kind of shy. So please be very______. Its favorite food is______. The tiger ______ from the Mount Changbai(长白山). It has a very big house. The lion is from South Africa. And its house is______ to the tiger's. The dolphin is very intelligent，______ it can act as people do. Many black bears from North China(华北) are very______. They often sit on the ground(坐在地上) and relax for a long time. There are also lots of dogs. Some are very beautiful, but some of them are kind of______. Many boys and girls, men and women often come to the zoo and______ the animals on weekends. It is really a good place to have fun!1.

A．animal

B．animals

C．dogs

D．people

2.

A．short

B．tall

C．long

D．big

3.

A．busy

B．noisy

C．friendly

D．quiet

4.

A．bamboo(竹子)

B．grass

C．leaf

D．meat

5.

A．come

B．is

C．are

D．be

6.

A．next

B．near

C．left

D．right

7.

A．so

B．also

C．but

D．if

8.

A．big

B．quiet

C．lazy

D．cute

9.

A．beautiful

B．nice

C．bad

D．ugly(丑陋的)

10.

A．enjoy

B．play

C．hate

D．look

【推荐3】Have you ever dreamed of becoming a marine(海洋的) scientist? If you have, you might need to ________ for trips to Antarctica(南极)!

Rob King is a marine biologist from Australia. He ________ Antarctic krill (磷虾). Each year, he does research in the world’s ________ place—Antarctica where the temperature is below zero all year round. In January, he returned from his latest journey there, which ________ 39 days. “Each year we ________ fresh samples(样本) of Antarctic krill and bring them back to our research center in Australia,’’ said King. “This way we can do long-term research, not only on krill but on ________ that can live for several years.”

Little krill ________ a big role in the marine food chain (链条). They eat phytoplankton(浮游植物), while they are eaten by fish, squid, seabirds, penguins, seals and whales. According to King, Antarctic krill are ________ important for scientists because they can learn more from them than other animals.

However, as climate change ________ the Southern Ocean and the temperature is higher and higher, the area for krill to live and grow is reducing. “Our research tries to better understand the effects of climate change on krill,” said King.

King said one of the highlights in his career was traveling to Antarctica. “Trips to Antarctica are usually one to three months long,” he said. “Before setting out, we would have some ________, including survival(生存) at sea, fire fighting, and how to work well in a team. It’s really a great experience for me to see the beauty of the environment there.”

1.

A．care

B．send

C．prepare

D．call

2.

A．studies

B．increases

C．discovers

D．develops

3.

A．best

B．coldest

C．hottest

D．worst

4.

A．collected

B．lasted

C．moved

D．offered

5.

A．put out

B．give away

C．take after

D．look for

6.

A．ice

B．waste

C．water

D．animals

7.

A．take

B．play

C．carry

D．make

8.

A．especially

B．lightly

C．completely

D．hardly

9.

A．protects

B．understands

C．cools

D．warms

10.

A．communication

B．objects

C．training

D．magic