【推荐2】From my father I have learned a lot. And I'm very thankful to him. I remember when I was a child, my father always got up very early. He was afraid to wake up others, so he _______ put on his clothes and went off to work. To arrive in time to open his tiny store at 8:30 he need to leave our apartment at 6:30. After all ，he had to take a bus and then the subway. The last _______ was a long walk through a neighborhood much of which was full of the smell of rubbish. I learned: it is very important to work. No _______.

When I was 12, I would, on some Saturdays, go to my father's store to _______. After helping set up the outside clothing display (陈列), for the rest of the day, I'd watch to make sure no one stole anything. When I noticed someone looking _______ or strange, I would look the person in the eye, smile and say, “May I help you?” Usually that     _______, but sometimes, someone would run off with something. The first time, I ran after the thief _______ my father shouted, “Martin, stop! There is no need to do that.” It's true that _______ is more important than money.

After 10 years of hard work, he saved up enough money to buy his first car, a cheap one—he wouldn't buy one _______ he could afford to pay for it without borrowing money. I learned: buy only what you can afford. Buying ________ food and clothing won't make us go in debt (债务). The unnecessary things won't give us happiness, which comes from achievement only.

1.

A．loudly

B．quietly

C．easily

D．suddenly

2.

A．vacation

B．location

C．direction

D．journey

3.

A．excuse

B．thought

C．agreement

D．situation

4.

A．sell out

B．help out

C．work out

D．set out

5.

A．unexpected

B．unusual

C．unlucky

D．unhappy

6.

A．got

B．failed

C．worked

D．took

7.

A．or

B．so

C．and

D．but

8.

A．safety

B．silence

C．happiness

D．success

9.

A．if

B．until

C．when

D．because

10.

A．necessary

B．special

C．useless

D．expensive

【推荐3】To me, music is food and water. Life without music would not be __. I know this is not true for everyone in the world. It is because a lot of people get along quite well without __ concerts or listening to records. But music plays a(n) __ part in everyone’s life, whether he or she realizes it or not. Try to __, for example, what films or TV plays would be like without music. Would the feelings and the moving stories be so exciting or dramatic (戏剧性的)? I’m not sure about that. Now, we have been speaking of music in its more common __ — the kind of music we hear in the concert hall. But if we look at some parts of music more closely, we will __ it in our daily life too — in the rhythm (节奏) of the sea, the melody (曲调) of a bird and so on. So music __ has meaning to everyone, in some way or another. And, of course, it has special meaning to those who have spent all their __ playing or writing music. Through music a child enters into a __ of beauty, expresses himself from his heart, feels the joy of doing things alone, learns to take care of others, develops his mind and makes his body __. So, enjoy your favorite music in your free time. You will find something special in it.1.

A．difficult

B．exciting

C．sad

2.

A．going out

B．caring for

C．going to

3.

A．important

B．wise

C．strange

4.

A．explain

B．imagine

C．expect

5.

A．difference

B．experience

C．meaning

6.

A．find

B．satisfy

C．wonder

7.

A．mostly

B．quickly

C．certainly

8.

A．days

B．nights

C．lives

9.

A．world.

B．classroom

C．house

10.

A．terrible

B．strong

C．heavy

【推荐1】I had said goodbye to my husband, Joe, so often, but this time was ____.
We now had our first child. After nights of talks, we made the difficult ____ that Joe would go by himself to Alabama for the six-month training course, and I would stay behind with our new son. It was important that I ____ my teaching position near our home at Fort Hood. Also we were part of a strong network of friends ____ I could turn to for help.
On Joe's ____ evening at home, I bathed little Joey, got him into his sleeper and was heading to the bedroom when Joe gently touched ____ on the shoulder. Lifting the baby from my arms, he said he wanted to put Joey to bed tonight.
They headed down the hall, and I busied myself with meaningless tasks, ____ Joe to turn up from the bedroom within a few minutes. A half hour went by, and ____ he had not come back. Thinking he was having ____ getting our son to fall asleep, I walked quietly to the baby's room and ____ into the dimly-lit（灯光暗淡的）room.
Sitting in the rocking chair, moving slowly back and forth, was my husband with ____ in his eyes. He was holding our baby in his arms ____ he had fallen asleep long before. When his pained eyes met mine, he said, "I just can't put him down."
That night we stood over Joey's bed, holding each other and saying over and over that we would make it through this leaving and be ____ again soon.
Joey is six now, and he has a four-year-old brother named Jack. There have been many goodbyes ____ that night, yet my soldier still fights back tears when it's time to ____ once again in service to his country and give his boys that last, long hug goodbye.1.

A．dangerous

B．different

C．impossible

D．terrible

2.

A．promise

B．wish

C．suggestion

D．decision

3.

A．miss

B．keep

C．get

D．accept

4.

A．whom

B．whose

C．which

D．what

5.

A．first

B．next

C．other

D．last

6.

A．us

B．them

C．me

D．her

7.

A．expecting

B．remembering

C．agreeing

D．allowing

8.

A．again

B．still

C．then

D．ever

9.

A．excuse

B．fun

C．trouble

D．chance

10.

A．moved

B．talked

C．turned

D．looked

11.

A．colors

B．tears

C．joys

D．fears

12.

A．even though

B．as if

C．so that

D．now that

13.

A．sure

B．proud

C．alone

D．together

14.

A．on

B．for

C．since

D．through

15.

A．visit

B．sleep

C．leave

D．play

【推荐3】This story is about an old lady, Mrs. Jones. She is fully dressed each _______ at eight, with her hair fashionably done, although(虽然) she is blind. She is moving to a nursing home today. Her husband recently died of an illness, making the move _______.

After one hour of _______ patiently in the hall of the nursing home, she moved to the lift for her room. I started to _______ her tiny room to her. “I love it,” she said with the _______ of an eight-year-old girl having just been given a new little dog.

“Mrs. Jones, you haven’t entered the room yet. Why are you so happy?”

She smiled and said, “happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether(是否) I like my room or not doesn’t _______ on how the table or the bed is placed. It’s a decision I make every morning when I _______ up.”

“I can spend the day in bed crying about the parts of my body that no longer work, but I don’t. Instead, I get out of bed and am _______ the body parts that work. How you look at your life matters. For me, each day is a _______. I’ll enjoy the new day and all the happy memories I have had. Old age is like a bank account(账户), and you get what you’ve put in. So, my ________ to you is to save a lot of happiness in the bank account of memories. Thank you for your part in filling my memory bank.

1.

A．afternoon

B．night

C．noon

D．morning

2.

A．interesting

B．comfortable

C．necessary

D．different

3.

A．waiting

B．living

C．sleeping

D．working

4.

A．take

B．describe

C．discuss

D．share

5.

A．joy

B．pity

C．fear

D．worry

6.

A．depend

B．live

C．keep

D．carry

7.

A．give

B．put

C．wake

D．set

8.

A．sorry for

B．sad about

C．happy with

D．angry for

9.

A．lesson

B．test

C．gift

D．race

10.

A．advice

B．plan

C．dream

D．purpose