【推荐1】Linda Evans was a well-known writer of children’s stories, who lived in a fine old house in Devon. Usually she worked at home, in her quiet _______. Long before her books became popular, she had tried to _______ herself how to use a computer, and now she typed all her stories on her Apple Mac computer. But sometimes she had to _______ the house to get some books from the library or have a meeting. She didn’t like being _______, because she was very worried about burglars (盗贼). So she was very careful. Just before leaving, she always put a full cup of coffee on the kitchen table, and left the radio playing, to make a burglar think there was someone at home.

       One day she came back after a day out, and found at once that someone had been there. There was only a little _______ left in the cup, and the radio was off. But _______ she looked at her computer, she saw it was on, and there’s something new on it. Obviously, someone had typed a(n) _______. She had no idea who had got in, or how, because _______ of the doors or windows were broken. But she sat down to read the story, and it was a very good one. “I’ll use it in my next book!” she said _______.
        The next month she had to go to London. She put a pot of coffee and a plate of sandwiches on the table. When she returned, the coffee and sandwiches had ________. She ran to the computer. This time there was only a message on the screen. “IT’S NOT YOUR STORY. IT’S MINE!”it said.1.

A．classes

B．lessons

C．classroom

D．study

2.

A．learn

B．teach

C．talk

D．ask

3.

A．leave

B．clean

C．paint

D．repair

4.

A．away

B．busy

C．fat

D．poor

5.

A．a book

B．the radio

C．coffee

D．an apple

6.

A．when

B．as

C．before

D．till

7.

A．exercise

B．picture

C．letter

D．new story

8.

A．none

B．some

C．all

D．both

9.

A．carefully

B．sadly

C．happily

D．badly

10.

A．brought

B．broken

C．gone

D．eaten

【推荐3】My mom lives alone and works at a hotel. One day, on her way home from work, she saw a _______. It was very small and had white and black hair. At first, she just walked by quickly—it was really windy afternoon. But the cat _______ my mom a long way. It seemed very hungry and cold. At last it walked into my mom’s heart and life.

A week later, I went to visit my mom. She told me excitedly _______ her little cat. I saw it for the first time. The cat wasn’t _______ of me at all. When I called its name, it looked at me with its big eyes and said “meow” to me, and then walked over slowly. It was so cute that I _______ it right away.

This cat makes my mom laugh. She is always happy with the cat around. She _______ it very much and gives it fish all the time. The cat will stay in the room _______ it feels cold or just doesn’t want to be outside. My mom loves it and always tries to make it feel _______. The cat loves my mom, too. It must think of my mom as its mom. It is really attached to (依恋) her. It makes her _______ full of love and happiness. It makes me happy, too, because I love to _______ the smile in my mom’s eyes.

1.

A．dog

B．bird

C．cat

D．cow

2.

A．followed

B．asked

C．thanked

D．helped

3.

A．at

B．with

C．on

D．about

4.

A．lazy

B．afraid

C．careful

D．close

5.

A．missed

B．loved

C．chose

D．found

6.

A．listens to

B．cares about

C．waits for

D．shouts at

7.

A．before

B．so

C．if

D．though

8.

A．comfortable

B．unlucky

C．funny

D．quiet

9.

A．heart

B．story

C．work

D．dream

10.

A．keep

B．put

C．bring

D．see

【推荐1】It was Monday. Mrs. Smith’s dog was ________, but there was not any meat in the house.

Thinking that there was no ________ way, Mrs. Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words on it: “Give my dog half a pound of meat.” Then she gave the paper to her dog and said gently, “Take this to the butcher (person who ________ meat). And he’s going to give you your ________ today.”

________ the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butcher’s. It gave the paper to the butcher. The butcher read it ________, recognized (认出) that it was really the lady’s handwriting and soon did it ________ he was asked to. The dog was very happy, and ________ the meat at once.

The dog came to the shop again at noon the next day. It gave the butcher a piece of paper again. ________ reading it, he gave it half a pound of meat once more.

On Wednesday, the dog came again ________ at noon. And ________, it brought a piece of paper in the mouth. This time, the butcher did not take a look at the paper, and gave the dog its meat, for he had ________ the dog as one of his customers.

But the dog came again at four o’clock. And the same thing happened once again. To the butcher’s more surprise, it came for the ________ time at six o’clock, and brought with it ________ piece of paper. The butcher felt a bit puzzled (困惑的). He said to ________, “This is a small dog. Why does Mrs. Smith give it so much meat to eat today?”

Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words on it!

1.

A．thirsty

B．hungry

C．sick

D．hot

2.

A．better

B．faster

C．closer

D．crazier

3.

A．likes

B．prepares

C．sells

D．buys

4.

A．breakfast

B．lunch

C．supper

D．treat

5.

A．Dropping

B．Passing

C．Eating

D．Holding

6.

A．carefully

B．carelessly

C．politely

D．quietly

7.

A．until

B．as

C．when

D．because

8.

A．put up

B．cut up

C．used up

D．ate up

9.

A．Without

B．Before

C．After

D．By

10.

A．exactly

B．especially

C．nearly

D．clearly

11.

A．after all

B．at last

C．as usual

D．in fact

12.

A．invited

B．chose

C．seen

D．remembered

13.

A．second

B．third

C．fourth

D．fifth

14.

A．other

B．the other

C．another

D．others

15.

A．him

B．it

C．himself

D．itself

【推荐2】Once upon a time, there lived a greedy (贪婪的) and selfish man named David. He always wished to have a lot of money and often cheated others to _________ money. David never shared anything with any of his family and _________.

One day, _________ small bag full of gold coins was missing. There were 50 gold coins in the bag. David became very worried. He searched inside and out for the bag, _________ found nothing.

After a few days, a ten-year-old daughter of one of the workers of David’s named Tina found the bag. The worker knew David was looking for the missing money everywhere, so he went to David. David was overjoyed to get the coins back. Because of his greedy nature, he decided to play a trick on his poor worker.

He shouted at his worker, “There were 75 gold coins in this bag, but you gave me only 50! _________ are the other coins? You have stolen them! You are a thief.” The worker was shocked to hear this and tried his best to explain. However, David still took him to the court (法庭). The judge _________ heard both the sides. David said, “Is quite clear that they have stolen 25 coins!”

The clever judge knew that David was _________. Everyone in that place knew about David and his nature. Soon, the judge made his judgment.” _________ David lost a bag which had 75 gold coins and the bag found _________ Tina had just 50 coins, it seems that the bag that was found does not belong to David. It was lost by someone else. If anyone sees a bag of 75 gold coins, please tell me. As there is no report about the loss of 50 coins, I order the girl and her father to take those 50 coins as a __________ of appreciation (感谢) for their honesty!”

1.

A．spend

B．make

C．use

D．lose

2.

A．brother

B．mother

C．friends

D．father

3.

A．one

B．two

C．three

D．four

4.

A．and

B．but

C．or

D．so

5.

A．Who

B．What

C．Where

D．Which

6.

A．angrily

B．patiently

C．quickly

D．suddenly

7.

A．joking

B．helping

C．speaking

D．lying

8.

A．So

B．Since

C．After

D．Before

9.

A．in

B．with

C．of

D．by

10.

A．prize

B．list

C．fine

D．punishment

【推荐3】If people are so tired, they will fall asleep almost anywhere. We can see there are people sleeping on the bus or train on their ________ home from work in the evenings. A man is ________ the newspaper, and seconds later it seems that he is trying to eat it. Or he will fall asleep on the shoulder of the stranger ________ next to him.

Another short sleep goes on in the lecture hall where a student will start snoring （打鼾） so ________ that the professor has to ask another student to shake the sleeper awake. A more embarrassing（尴尬）situation happens when a student starts falling into sleep and the weight of the head pushes（推）the arm off the ________, and the movement carries the rest of the body along. The student wakes up on the floor with no ________ of getting there.

The worst time to fall asleep is when ________. Police reports are full of accidents that happen when people fall into sleep and go off the road. If the drivers are ________, they will not be seriously hurt. One woman’s car, for example, went into the river. She woke up in four feet of ________ and thought it was raining.

When people are really ________, nothing will stop them from falling asleep—no matter where they are.

1.

A．way

B．route

C．path

D．road

2.

A．buying

B．reading

C．looking

D．selling

3.

A．lying

B．waiting

C．sitting

D．talking

4.

A．bravely

B．happily

C．loudly

D．carelessly

5.

A．sofa

B．book

C．shoulder

D．desk

6.

A．dream

B．sense

C．feeling

D．memory

7.

A．thinking

B．walking

C．driving

D．working

8.

A．clever

B．lucky

C．awake

D．strong

9.

A．ground

B．water

C．grass

D．bush

10.

A．tired

B．drunk

C．lazy

D．lonely