【推荐1】通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案，并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。

Mr. Jackson was our science teacher. On the first day of class, he gave us a talk about an animal called wampus. He told us that the wampus lived on earth millions of years ago during the Ice Age and died out because of the change of climate (气候). We all listened carefully and took _______ of everything he said. Later we had a test.

When the exam paper was _______ to me, I was surprised and sad. There was a big red “×” through each of my answers. I failed. But how come? Anyway on the test paper, I had _______ what Mr. Jackson said in class.

Then I realized that no one passed the exam at all. What had happened?

“Very simple.” Mr. Jackson explained. “I had made up all that story about the wampus. There had never been any such animal, so the information in your notes was not correct. Do you expect to get _______ marks for incorrect answers?”

Hearing this, we felt it hard to understand so we were _______. What kind of test was this? What kind of teacher was he?

How could we believe he gave us so much information about an animal that had not been there at all? How was it possible for us students to _______ what the teacher taught us?

“The zeros on your papers will be _______ in your grade books,” he said. And he did it.

Through this experience, Mr. Jackson hoped that we would learn something. Teachers and books are not always _______. In fact, no one is. He told us not to let our mind go to sleep. Instead, we should keep thinking all the time and speak up if we think there are _______ in our teachers’ words or in books.

We should develop the habit of doubting, and the ability to decide by ourselves. What a special ____________ he gave us! I will always remember it.

1.

A．books

B．notes

C．supports

D．messages

2.

A．returned

B．directed

C．added

D．arrived

3.

A．cut down

B．turned down

C．broken down

D．written down

4.

A．useful

B．high

C．exact

D．low

5.

A．polite

B．glad

C．excited

D．angry

6.

A．praise

B．guard

C．doubt

D．reflect

7.

A．recorded

B．described

C．collected

D．circled

8.

A．interesting

B．right

C．active

D．silent

9.

A．decisions

B．reasons

C．points

D．mistakes

10.

A．call

B．promise

C．honour

D．lesson

【推荐2】An old man lived in a village. He was one of the___________people in the world. The whole village disliked him. He was always unhappy. When people tried to cheer him up, he would rudely turn them away.

People ___________from him because of his bad mood（心情）. It was unusual and impolite to feel happy around him. He made the rest of the___________feel unhappy as well.

But one day-the day he turned eighty years old, in fact a(n)___________thing happened. The man’s mood suddenly changed. He was no longer rude and angry. ___________he seemed calm and kind. The villagers said among themselves, "The old man is___________". The whole village went to see him. They couldn’t believe that his___________could change so suddenly. One of the villagers asked the old man, "What happened to you?”

“Nothing special has happened, in fact." the man said. "For___________years I’ve been looking for happiness, and it was no use. And then I decided to live without___________and just enjoy life. That's why I'm happy now."

It's important to realize that your mood can____________the moods of those around you. Everyone has had days sometimes. If someone tries to cheer you up, don’t be rude to them. Just try to accept their help.

1.

A．happiest

B．rudest

C．richest

D．wisest

2.

A．put away

B．gave away

C．stayed away

D．took away

3.

A．village

B．town

C．city

D．country

4.

A．terrible

B．common

C．funny

D．unbelievable

5.

A．Instead

B．Finally

C．Besides

D．Anyway

6.

A．shouting

B．smiling

C．sleeping

D．jumping

7.

A．plan

B．design

C．mood

D．interest

8.

A．fifty

B．sixty

C．seventy

D．eighty

9.

A．happiness

B．money

C．shame

D．love

10.

A．protect

B．separate

C．spread

D．influence

【推荐3】Happiness is like a pebble(鹅卵石)____   into a pool to bring ____ ever-widening circle of ripples（波纹）. As Stevenson has said, being happy is a duty.
There ____ no exact definition of the word happiness. Happy people are happy ____ all sorts of reasons. The key is not wealth or physical health, since we find beggars, invalids(伤残者) and so-called failures, ___ are extremely happy.
Being happy is a sort of unexpected dividend收益. But ____   happy is a total triumph(胜利) of soul and character. It is not selfish to work hard for it. It is, indeed, a duty to ourselves and others.
Being __ is like an infectious illness.__ causes people to shrink away from the sufferer. He soon ____ himself alone, sad and frustrated. There is, however, a cure so simple; if you don’t feel happy, pretend to be!
It works. __you will find that instead of driving people away, you attract them. You discover how deeply rewarding（有益的）it is to be the ____   of wider and wider circles of good will.
Then the make-believe becomes a ___. You own the peace of mind, and can forget yourself in being of service to ____.
Being happy, once(一旦) it is realized as a duty and started as a ____, opens doors into unimaginable gardens crowded___ grateful friends.1.

A．drop

B．dropping

C．to drop

D．dropped

2.

A．a

B．an

C．the

D．/

3.

A．be

B．are

C．is

D．was

4.

A．because

B．for

C．as

D．since

5.

A．which

B．who

C．that

D．whom

6.

A．look

B．staying

C．to feel

D．being

7.

A．happy

B．brave

C．confident

D．unhappy

8.

A．It

B．Which

C．That

D．What

9.

A．enjoys

B．makes

C．finds

D．lets

10.

A．Long before

B．after long

C．Before long

D．Long ago

11.

A．center

B．top

C．middle

D．end

12.

A．real

B．reality

C．really

D．realize

13.

A．another

B．others

C．else

D．other

14.

A．surprise

B．pleasure

C．hobby

D．habit

15.

A．in

B．to

C．with

D．of