【推荐3】How often one hears children wishing they were grown-ups. And old people wishing they were ____ again. Each age has its pleasure and its pains, and the happiest person always enjoys what each age ____ him without wasting his time in useless regrets.
Childhood is a time when there are ____ responsibilities（责任）to make life better. If a child has good parents, he is raised, looked after and loved, whatever he may do. It is ____ that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return. But a child has his ____ He is not so free to do what he wishes to do. He is ____ being told not to do something, or being punished for what he has wrongly done.
When a young man starts to earn his own living（谋生）, he can no longer expect others to ____ his food, his clothes, and his room, but he has to work if he wants to live ____ . If he spends most of his time ____ in the ways that he used to as a child, he will go hungry. And if he breaks the laws of society as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may go to prison. ____ , if he works hard, keeps out of trouble and has good health, he can have the great happiness of building up for himself his own position in society.1.

A．children

B．young

C．active

D．strong

2.

A．leaves

B．hopes

C．makes

D．gives

3.

A．few

B．a few

C．little

D．a little

4.

A．impossible

B．natural

C．common

D．harmful

5.

A．pains

B．weakness

C．dreams

D．rights

6.

A．year by year

B．again and again

C．one by one

D．for ever

7.

A．take the place of

B．pay for

C．talk about

D．think of

8.

A．comfortably

B．freely

C．peacefully

D．separately

9.

A．playing about

B．play about

C．played about

D．plays about

10.

A．By the way

B．Possibly

C．Though

D．However

【推荐1】Once, there lived a little boy in a village. The boy was very athletic and for him, winning was the most important thing.

One day the village ______ a running race. The little boy took part in it. In the first race, he competed with other two young boys. He came first and _____ . The crowd cheered and waved at the boy. The little boy felt _____ .

Later, the second race was called and two young and strong challengers came forward and raced with the boy. Once again, the little boy finished first. The crowd cheered and waved. The boy shouted, “ _____ race please!”

This time, an old man led two new challengers to the race: a weak old lady and a blind man. The boy felt confused, but he still stood at the starting line. Race started ______ the boy was the only one to finish that race.

The little boy raised his arms in delight. To his surprise, this time no one from the crowd waved. And everyone was just looking at him _____ .

“What happened? Why aren’t people cheering?” The boy asked. The old man replied, “Try racing again, but this time finish _____ .”

The little boy thought ______ a while and then again went to the starting line and stood between the old lady and the blind man. Then he took ______ of them by hand and started to walk slowly, and at last the three crossed that finishing line.

This time at the end of the race, the crowd cheered for a long time! The old man said, “Good boy, you have won much more than a race! You have won people’s _____ .”

1.

A．held

B．began

C．happened

D．competed

2.

A．fell

B．won

C．complained

D．ended

3.

A．exciting

B．worried

C．upset

D．proud

4.

A．One

B．Another

C．More

D．Other

5.

A．so

B．and

C．because

D．when

6.

A．angrily

B．happily

C．silently

D．quickly

7.

A．early

B．together

C．alone

D．fast

8.

A．for

B．after

C．in

D．before

9.

A．all

B．both

C．either

D．none

10.

A．kindness

B．achievement

C．respect

D．understanding

【推荐2】Do you want to be successful in everything you do? If so, then ___________? Here is an example.

There was a farmer who ___________ corn (玉米) all his life. Each year he took his corn to the market. Then each time his corn was chosen as the ___________ and won the first prize.

One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something _________ about how he grew it. The farmer ___________ his seed(种子) corn to his neighbors.

“How can you share your best seed corn with your neighbors?” the reporter asked. “You know they are taking part in the ___________ with you each year.”

“Why, sir,” said the farmer, “didn’t you know? The ___________ picks up pollen (花粉) from the corn and moves it quickly from field to field. If my neighbors grow ___________ corn, cross-pollination (异花传粉) will influence the quality of my corn. So if I want to grow good corn, I must ___________ my neighbors grow good corn.”

The farmer knows ____________ about the connection of life. His corn cannot improve unless his neighbor’s corn improves.

As a great man says, “We make a living by what we ____________; we make a life by what we give.” We can’t ____________ without food, clothes, and many other things. However, a meaningful life is not decided by how much we can get, ____________ by how much we can give others. Giving, instead of taking, makes us ____________ from other animals.   

So those who choose to live well must help others to live well and those who choose to be happy must help others to find ____________ in their life.

1.

A．where

B．why

C．when

D．how

2.

A．bought

B．collected

C．grew

D．sold

3.

A．best

B．shortest

C．prettiest

D．cheapest

4.

A．serious

B．surprising

C．popular

D．terrible

5.

A．lent

B．offered

C．recommended

D．showed

6.

A．experiment

B．game

C．competition

D．fight

7.

A．water

B．neighbor

C．farmer

D．wind

8.

A．tall

B．unusual

C．bad

D．tasty

9.

A．help

B．teach

C．require

D．remind

10.

A．much

B．many

C．a lot of

D．lots of

11.

A．say

B．give

C．grow

D．buy

12.

A．work

B．live

C．move

D．cheer

13.

A．but

B．or

C．and

D．so

14.

A．safe

B．free

C．far

D．different

15.

A．success

B．happiness

C．friendship

D．hope

【推荐3】Kroc’s family is very poor, so he works in a restaurant to make some money after school. The boss (老板) asks ________ to clean the tables every day. Kroc is very ________.

One day Kroc ________ his home late. After dinner, Kroc says to his father, “I don’t want to go to the restaurant tomorrow. I want ________ a boss. I don’t want to clean the tables every day.” His father ________ anything. He asks Kroc to clean the table. Kroc cleans the table quickly. Then his father wipes (擦) the table with a white cloth (布) and the cloth becomes (变得) very dirty. His father says to his son, Ray Kroc, “It is easy for you to clean a table ________ you can’t clean it very well. ________ can you be the boss?” Kroc’s face gets red.

He ________ forgets his father’s words. ________ that, he uses five cloths each time to clean the tables. He ________ hard all the time. The boss likes him a lot and makes him new boss of the restaurant. Ten years later, Ray Kroc opens his first restaurant company—McDonald’s.

1.

A．he

B．him

C．his

D．he’s

2.

A．happy

B．interesting

C．unhappy

D．fun

3.

A．arrives at

B．arrives

C．gets

D．arrives in

4.

A．to be

B．am

C．are

D．be

5.

A．says

B．speaks

C．doesn’t talk

D．doesn’t say

6.

A．and

B．then

C．but

D．because

7.

A．How

B．Where

C．Who

D．What

8.

A．doesn’t

B．never

C．not

D．isn’t

9.

A．Before

B．At

C．In

D．After

10.

A．work

B．eat

C．works

D．eats