【推荐1】One day, bus No.1 was going along Jianshe Road. Suddenly the driver saw an old man lyingon the side of the road. A woman next to him was shouting for ______
The bus driver stopped the bus_____ thinking twice. He got off and asked the woman what happened. She said that the man had a heart problem and should go to the _____ The driver knew he had to act_____ He told the passengers that he must take the man to the hospital. He expected most or all of the passengers to _____and wait for the next bus. But to his surprise, they all agreed to go with him. Some passengers helped the bus driver to move the man onto the bus.
Thanks to the bus driver and the passengers, the doctors saved the man in time. Now many people don’t want to help _____ because they don’t want any trouble. But the driver didn’t think about himself. He only thought about saving a ______1.

A．advice

B．help

C．people

2.

A．without

B．with

C．for

3.

A．park

B．office

C．hospital

4.

A．quick

B．quickly

C．slowly

5.

A．get off

B．get on

C．get up

6.

A．other

B．others

C．another

7.

A．life

B．passenger

C．woman

【推荐3】Mr. Zhang was a cook in Canada, he ________ in Guangzhou, and he learned to cook in Hong Kong. He moved to Canada for work when he was 26 years old. Everything was good till COVID-19(新冠病毒) broke out. Last year, he returned to China because the economy(经济) in Canada began ________ down. “I’m 50 now and I worry about my future there,” said Mr. Zhang. So he gave up his job and returned to China in September, 2021 and set up his own ________ named Hong Kong Restaurant in Guangzhou.

Mr. Zhang loves ________ and his restaurant offers everyone a taste of Hong Kong. When he was preparing for his restaurant, his friend who is the leader of a nursing home(疗养院) asked him if he would like to provide food ________ patients aged above 60 there. Mr. Zhang thought it was a good idea. “It is my pleasure to do this social work by ________ a government program.”

He uses his free time in the morning to prepare special ________ for these old people. He has to be careful because the food must be ________. The old patients enjoy the food ________.

Mr Zhang said, “The local government offers many preferential policies(优惠政策) for people from abroad and I want to hold the ________.” Doing such kind of work has brought Mr. Zhang a lot of happiness.

1.

A．woke up

B．grew up

C．brought up

2.

A．to slow

B．to take

C．to shut

3.

A．office

B．restaurant

C．factory

4.

A．cooking

B．eating

C．drinking

5.

A．on

B．in

C．for

6.

A．giving

B．taking

C．joining

7.

A．bowls

B．meals

C．meat

8.

A．beautiful

B．healthy

C．comfortable

9.

A．kindly

B．sadly

C．happily

10.

A．chance

B．activity

C．advice

【推荐1】When I was thirteen years old, a girl gave me an important gift. It was a ________.

It was the early autumn of my first year at a new school. No one knew me. I was very ________, and afraid to make friends with anyone.

Every time I heard other students talking and laughing, I felt even more lonely. I could not talk to anyone about my ________, and I did not want my parents to worry about me. One day, my classmates were talking with their friends, ________ I sat in silence. At the moment, a girl entered the classroom. I did not know who she was. She passed me and then ________. She looked at me and, without a word, smiled. ________, I felt the touch of something bright and friendly. It made me feel happy, lively and ________. It was like an unexpected gift.

That smile ________   my life. I started to talk with other students. Day by day, I learnt to trust people, and they included me in their ________ of friends. The girl with the bright smile has become my best friend now, and we stick together like glue.

One day I ________ her why she smiled at me that day. She said she could not remember.

Now I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think you are lonely, you might always be alone. My suggestion is: smile at the world and it will smile back.

1.

A．dream

B．smile

C．promise

D．welcome

2.

A．clever

B．tired

C．lonely

D．excited

3.

A．problem

B．happiness

C．success

D．memory

4.

A．or

B．but

C．so

D．and

5.

A．turned back

B．turned off

C．put down

D．put away

6.

A．Recently

B．Generally

C．Suddenly

D．Certainly

7.

A．cool

B．shy

C．nervous

D．warm

8.

A．found

B．changed

C．decided

D．controlled

9.

A．circle

B．room

C．place

D．table

10.

A．knew

B．told

C．expected

D．asked

【推荐2】I used to feel hopeless and frustrated. Last year, my mother became ________ ill and had an operation on her brain. I felt my whole world turn upside down and I had no idea what I could do to help her to reduce her pain. My eyes were filled with tears ________ I was alone.

Last month I ________ a watch, which was an 18-year-old birthday gift from my father. I could not fall asleep for a couple of nights because I felt ________ about the loss. There have been many bad things like these in my life. I could never know how to deal with such tough things ________ I read an article “If You Have a Lemon, Make Lemonade”. “When the wise man is handed a lemon, he says, ‘What lesson can I get from this? How can I improve my situation? How can I turn this lemon into a lemonade?’” the author wrote.

I suddenly ________ that life is full of ups and downs, so I need to stay positive all the time. Now when I think of my past, I wish I could have done with things ________. When my mother was fighting against her illness, I should have held her hands in mine, telling her things would get better ________ hiding and crying.

Several weeks ago, I took part in a school singing competition. I didn’t ________ a prize. If I had not read this article, I would certainly have felt disappointed again. But instead, I smiled after the competition, I was happy that at least I had got some stage experience.

Life is not just a bed of roses. There are thorns too, but these thorns help us become brave and strong. When life ________ us a lemon, let’s try to make a lemonade.

1.

A．exactly

B．seriously

C．possibly

D．hardly

2.

A．whatever

B．wherever

C．whenever

D．whoever

3.

A．received

B．sold

C．fixed

D．lost

4.

A．unbelievable	B．comfortable
C．angry	D．terrible

5.

A．when

B．until

C．whether

D．since

6.

A．realized

B．thought

C．discovered

D．predicted

7.

A．silently

B．differently

C．easily

D．suddenly

8.

A．because of

B．except for

C．instead of

D．away from

9.

A．expect

B．miss

C．win

D．refuse

10.

A．shows

B．makes

C．gives

D．sends

【推荐3】Do not Judge a Book by Its Cover

“This is John,” said Mr. Turner. The boy standing next to him was tall, with a friendly face. I ______ Adam and Chen give each other the thumbs (大拇指) up. That meant they were going to invite him to join the cool group. They smiled at him and he smiled back.

Mr. Turner always gave ______ students a buddy (伙伴) with the same hobbies as them. I was sure he wouldn’t choose me. I wasn’t one of the cool kids.

“Hyun, I want you to be John’s buddy this term,” said Mr. Turner. Me? I couldn’t ______ my ears! Everyone in the class looked in my direction. Adam and Chen even looked unhappy.

John walked over to my ______ and sat down beside me. He smiled at me. “Hello,” he said in a confident voice.

“Hello.” I replied, not looking at him.

All morning I could feel the boys in the cool group looking ______ at me, but John didn’t seem to notice.

Finally the bell rang for a break. I had butterflies in my stomach. I knew that Adam and Chen were going to make ______ of me in front of John, and that John would decide that he’d rather be buddies with them.

Sure enough, as soon as we got outside, Adam and Chen swaggered (大摇大摆地走) up to us.

“Mr. Turner says you’re a good basketball player, John,” said Adam.” “How’d you like to ______ with us at lunch break? Hyun doesn’t know anything about basketball.”

“No thanks,” said John. “I’d rather play chess with Hyun, if he doesn’t mind. Mr. Turner says he’s an excellent player.”

I was walking on ______ as John and I crossed the playground. I remembered the saying we learnt in class about not judging a book by its cover, I completely misjudged John.

1.

A．noticed

B．picked

C．realized

D．checked

2.

A．bright

B．new

C．usual

D．silent

3.

A．cover

B．touch

C．name

D．believe

4.

A．space

B．land

C．desk

D．class

5.

A．angrily

B．honestly

C．shyly

D．confidently

6.

A．sense

B．much

C．fun

D．use

7.

A．agree

B．begin

C．celebrate

D．play

8.

A．ice

B．air

C．fire

D．earth

【推荐1】Terry was a rich man’s son. Next to his door lived ______ hardworking blacksmith (铁匠) whose name was Jones. Every day, Terry liked to come to watch how the blacksmith worked for hours.

“Young man, what about ______ to make shoe tacks (鞋钉), even if it is only to kill the time?” said Jones. “One day, it may be useful to you.”

The boy began to see ______. After a little practice, he found that he was becoming very skilled and soon he was making the finest tacks.

Terry’s father died and he had to sell ______ because of the war. He left home and moved to another country in a village. It so happened that in this village there were many shoemakers. They were spending a lot of money ______ tacks for their shoes. This was ______ in that part of the country there was a high demand (需求) for soldiers’ shoes.

Terry found it difficult ______ his daily bread. And he remembered that he had learned the art of making tacks and he went to talk with shoemakers. He told them that he could make the ______ tacks. The shoemakers agreed and Terry’s life was much better.

“______ it seems!” he used to say, “Even making tacks can make money. Thanks to Jones, and without ______, I can’t imagine what my life is like now.”

1.

A．an

B．a

C．the

D．/

2.

A．learned

B．learn

C．learns

D．learning

3.

A．what he could do

B．what could he do

C．where could he do

D．where he could do

4.

A．everything

B．every one

C．nothing

D．no one

5.

A．buy

B．buying

C．bought

D．to buy

6.

A．before

B．if

C．because

D．when

7.

A．to earn

B．earn

C．take

D．to take

8.

A．easiest

B．easy

C．fine

D．finest

9.

A．How a funny

B．How funny

C．What funny

D．What a funny

10.

A．his

B．he

C．him

D．himself

【推荐2】It was a sunny and enjoyable day. Everyone in the ________ station was waiting for the train to arrive. Among the crowd, there was a group of young friends who were on board for vacation.

It was a ________ station with a lot of people and some juice stores, coffee and tea stalls, newspaper stores, etc. The train was arriving and everyone prepared to ________ the train.

The group of friends made loud noise to ________ the train as it moved into the station. They ran to get their seats ________ anyone else entered the train.

The empty seats were full and the train whistled (鸣汽笛) to move. A man with a teenager aged around 15 had their seats just next to the group of friends. The teenager was so ________ to see everything. He cheered, “Dad. The train is moving, and the things are moving backwards.”

His father ________ and nodded his head.

As the train started moving fast, the teenager again shouted, “Dad, the ________ are green in color and run backwards very fast.” his father said, “Yes, dear.” and smiled.

Just like a kid. He was watching everything with great ________.

A fruit seller passed, the teenager said to his dad, “I want to eat apples.” His father bought some for him. He said, “Oh, this apple looks a lot sweeter than it tastes. I love this color.”

The group of friends were watching all the ________ of this teenager, and asked the teenager’s father. “Does your son have any problems? Why is he behaving so ________?”

“His son is mad, I think.” a friend from the group made fun of him, and shouted.

The father of the teenager, with patience, ________ them, “My son was once badly ill. He is seeing different things in his life for the first time.”

1.

A．railway

B．bus

C．police

D．television

2.

A．dark

B．silent

C．busy

D．lonely

3.

A．get off

B．get down

C．get out

D．get on

4.

A．break

B．welcome

C．push

D．leave

5.

A．after

B．until

C．before

D．as

6.

A．surprised

B．afraid

C．sorry

D．proud

7.

A．shouted

B．smiled

C．cried

D．refused

8.

A．skies

B．trees

C．clouds

D．houses

9.

A．interest

B．doubt

C．courage

D．sadness

10.

A．fruit

B．words

C．clothes

D．actions

11.

A．happily

B．differently

C．quietly

D．quickly

12.

A．argued with

B．waited for

C．replied to

D．pointed at