【推荐1】阅读下面一篇短文，理解大意，从所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，使短文连贯完整。

Last spring I took a walk in a park. In front of me there ________ a mum and her daughter. The mother took the little girl by the hand and the girl held ________ balloon (气球) in her hand. Suddenly, a light wind (风) blew away the balloon. I thought she would cry. ________, no! The little girl turned around and saw her balloon ________ up to the sky. She happily shouted out, “Wow!”

At that moment, I think that little girl ________ me something.

That night, I got a phone call ________ one of my friends. He told me an unexpected (出乎意料的) thing. At first, I felt angry and wanted to reply to him, “Oh no, ________ should we do?” But remembering that little girl, I said, “Wow! That is interesting! How ________ I help you?”

One thing is for sure! Life is always going to let us ________ unexpected problems. But we can decide how we look at them by ourselves. We can be angry or interested. So ________ you meet one of the life’s unexpected problems, remember that little girl’s word “Wow” always works.

1.

A．is

B．was

C．are

D．were

2.

A．a

B．an

C．the

D．/

3.

A．So

B．And

C．But

D．Or

4.

A．go

B．walk

C．drive

D．send

5.

A．brought

B．took

C．gave

D．taught

6.

A．to

B．for

C．with

D．from

7.

A．where

B．what

C．why

D．who

8.

A．must

B．need

C．can

D．may

9.

A．add

B．miss

C．meet

D．trust

10.

A．when

B．before

C．till

D．because

【推荐2】Once upon a time, some children were playing at the seaside when they found a turtle. They began to beat the turtle. Just at that time, a young man came and shouted, “Stop!” The children ran ____ quickly. The turtle was very thankful and said, “Thanks for your kindness. I really would like ____ you to a wonderful place now.”
The young man rode on the back of the turtle and was taken to the secret palace in the sea. When he ____ the palace, he was very surprised and said to the turtle, “What a nice palace!” To thank him, the king of the turtles gave him a very ____ He had never seen such a dinner before. He received a warm welcome there and was very ____ everything.
After dinner, the king of the turtles said, “I am going to give you two boxes, ____ you can open only one.” “You mustn’t open both. Don’t forget it!” the turtle warned him. “All right. I will open only one.” The young man promised. At this time, a large wave sent him out of the sea.
After he went back ____, he opened the bigger one of the two boxes. To his surprise, the box was full of gold. “My God!” he cried, “I’m ____ now.” Then he thought, “Things in ____ box must be valuable, too.” He couldn’t wait any longer. He broke his promise and opened the other box. As soon as he opened it, he became an old man. His hair turned white. His face ____ an old man over eighty years old. It all happened in a moment. He was sorry for what he did, but it was too late.1.

A．through

B．away

C．into

D．out

2.

A．wanting

B．asking

C．to let

D．to invite

3.

A．left for

B．arrived in

C．arrived at

D．got away

4.

A．big dinner

B．poor dinner

C．common dinner

D．small dinner

5.

A．pleased with

B．strick with

C．angry with

D．sorry for

6.

A．so

B．or

C．but

D．as

7.

A．to home

B．home

C．to the sea

D．the sea

8.

A．a poor man

B．a rich man

C．an old man

D．a young man

9.

A．another

B．other

C．the others

D．the other

10.

A．liked

B．felt like

C．looked like

D．looked

【推荐3】Long ago, there were two farmers in a small village. Harry was very hard-working while Peter was ________. Every day Harry got up early and came home late, but Peter walked around for fun.

One summer there was no ________ and the crops (庄稼) were dying. Harry thought, “I must do something to save these crops, or they will die.” With this thought in mind, he went out to find a ________ so that he could dig a canal (沟渠) to his field. He walked on and on, feeling tired and thirsty. After a ________ search, he found a river full of water. He was very happy. He started digging a canal to his field. At noon his wife sent their daughter to bring Harry home for ________. But Harry did not go home. He didn’t want to leave his work unfinished. He completed his work ________ at night. He was very happy. He went home, had a good meal and ________ into a sound sleep. Peter ________ the same. But he was not determined (有决心的) at all. He also ________ digging a canal to his field, but he didn’t finish his work. His field did not get ________ water and all his crops died.

Harry’s field would be watered when needed. He had a good harvest (收获) because of his hard work.

1.

A．kind

B．lazy

C．careless

D．foolish

2.

A．rain

B．wind

C．cloud

D．river

3.

A．crop

B．farmer

C．river

D．cow

4.

A．quick

B．long

C．slow

D．special

5.

A．breakfast

B．lunch

C．supper

D．food

6.

A．early

B．far

C．late

D．deep

7.

A．fell

B．looked

C．turned

D．walked

8.

A．planted

B．played

C．did

D．had

9.

A．stopped

B．loved

C．forgot

D．started

10.

A．clean

B．enough

C．little

D．fresh

【推荐1】Who is the greatest teacher in Chinese history? You may think of Confucius (孔子). September 28th was his birthday. Although he lived over 2, 000 years ago, people today still remember and _______ him.

Confucius lived in the Kingdom of Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period. He had a _______ childhood. His father died when he was only 3, so he had to work to help his mother, but young Confucius never _______ studying. He visited many famous teachers and learned music, history, poetry and sports.

He was talented and learned _______ , so he started the first public school in China when he was thirty. At that time only children from _______ families could go to school, but Confucius believed everyone could go to school _______ they wanted to learn. He had about 3, 000 students in his lifetime.

Today, people still study Confucius’ lessons. He told us that we all have something worthy to be learned. “When I am with three people, one of them must be _______ than me in some areas. I choose their good qualities and follow them.” He also taught us that _______ is very important in study. “All study but no thinking makes people puzzled (困惑的). All thinking but no study makes people lazy.”

Confucius is famous _______ his wise thoughts about the world and society. His most important teachings are about strictness and good ________ . “A person should be strict with himself, but be kind to others.” He said.

1.

A．refuse

B．receive

C．respect

D．review

2.

A．active

B．normal

C．hard

D．smooth

3.

A．gave up

B．turned up

C．woke up

D．ended up

4.

A．suddenly

B．wisely

C．badly

D．hardly

5.

A．rich

B．poor

C．difficult

D．successful

6.

A．that

B．who

C．unless

D．if

7.

A．taller

B．better

C．happier

D．lazier

8.

A．thinking

B．reading

C．teaching

D．learning

9.

A．as

B．to

C．at

D．for

10.

A．ways

B．choices

C．senses

D．manners

【推荐2】Have you heard of STEM education? STEM stands for Science,_________，Engineering and Mathematics. It means students can learn these_________subjects in one class. And they work on many projects to practice_________they learn. STEM education is very_________in the US.

Now more than 600_________middle schools bring in STEM education, according to The Paper on Beijing. Yuying School is one of them. The school started the course in May. It_________college teachers to teach more than 80 students programming, robotics and other interdisciplinary（跨学科的）knowledge.

The teaching style is quite_________. Once teachers finish_________basic knowledge, students will practice it immediately. For example, after learning about electric circuits（电路）, students are required to design one that could control three lights_________. They have many projects to improve their hands-on__________as well. Once, they had a "smart home" model design project. All the students competed to design a__________model and make it"smart". Liu Tianyou, 12, with__________teammates, used computer programs and sensors to finish it. “If you open the door of the house, the lights will__________automatically（自动地）," he said. Their work won the third prize.

The class develops students' creativity as well. After learning mechanics and programming in the class, Zhao Hangyi, 14, made a Lego robot himself in eight__________. From assembling（组装）to testing he finished it__________his own. The robot can catch things and walk on certain tracks under orders. "It's cool to make my idea come to life." he said.

1.

A．Development

B．Technology

C．Competition

D．Importance

2.

A．two

B．three

C．four

D．five

3.

A．what

B．how

C．when

D．where

4.

A．funny

B．lucky

C．popular

D．strange

5.

A．British

B．Japanese

C．American

D．Chinese

6.

A．invited

B．made

C．let

D．helped

7.

A．lonely

B．different

C．boring

D．difficult

8.

A．teach

B．to teach

C．taught

D．teaching

9.

A．at first

B．as usual

C．ever since

D．at the same time

10.

A．courage

B．customs.

C．abilities

D．knowledge

11.

A．lab

B．hall

C．house

D．stadium

12.

A．her

B．his

C．their

D．our

13.

A．turn on

B．turn off

C．turn up

D．turn down

14.

A．seconds

B．months

C．minutes

D．years

15.

A．to

B．with

C．on

D．in

【推荐3】完形填空。（从A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
If a country wants to develop rapidly, education must come first. However, in China, many poor families in some villages can’t ____ an education for their children. ____ some children reach the school age, they have to stay at home and do some farm work.
____ ,Project Hope started on October 30th, 1989. It has mainly two purposes. One is to____the poor children who can’t go to school without money, ____is to build schools for the students in poor areas so that they can have a better studying environment.
____ the help of Project Hope, a lot of poor children have returned to school and it has built many new schools____ it started . So the children can get much knowledge and make their dreams come true . Once they get____ , they will have ability(能力) to build their hometown. At the same time, their living conditions will be ____ as well.
There are still many poor children in ____of help. As for the project, there is still a long way to go.1.

A．give

B．offer

C．afford

2.

A．So

B．Although

C．Because

3.

A．Luckily

B．Recently

C．Possibly

4.

A．stop

B．help

C．keep

5.

A．Another

B．The other

C．The others

6.

A．Under

B．Without

C．With

7.

A．before

B．since

C．after

8.

A．skills

B．friends

C．knowledge

9.

A．well

B．better

C．best

10.

A．detail

B．need

C．Public