【推荐1】When my son, Justin, was four, he found a caterpillar（毛毛虫）and put it in a box. Each day he ____ it fresh grass and leaves . In a few weeks, the caterpillar became fat and was ready to sleep. One morning we found ____ had become a cocoon(茧).
Justin was ____ He knew a moth（飞蛾）or butterfly was going to be ____
“Dad !____ is happening. Come and look!” He shouted happily. We could clearly see the wings ____ A few days later, a beautiful black moth broke free from its cocoon.
The next day, Justin took the ____ outside and opened it, and the little moth flew out. It flew around the yard twice, ____, and landed on Justin’s arm. He picked it up and threw it in the air, ____ the moth came back again. He tried over and over to set it free, but each time it would return to his arm.
I believe the moth, just like a person, was afraid to ____ comfortable places and situations. It wanted to stay with something ____ and was afraid to move on and experience new things.
I was once that little moth. My cocoon was my mother’s love which made me comfortable____ the moth, I didn’t want to fly too far from it. When my first job required me to move to a new city, I was ____ but later I chose to move there. And finally, I found I was happy about my ____ .
Humans are animals of habit. We ____ change. However, if we hadn’t moved, we would not have experienced many new things. So spread your wings and fly.1.

A．caught

B．gave

C．found

D．carried

2.

A．it

B．they

C．we

D．he

3.

A．unhappy

B．afraid

C．excited

D．tired

4.

A．born

B．changed

C．created

D．raised

5.

A．Anything

B．Nothing

C．Everything

D．Something

6.

A．indoor

B．outdoor

C．inside

D．outside

7.

A．door

B．box

C．book

D．window

8.

A．came up

B．came back

C．gave back

D．paid back

9.

A．and

B．or

C．but

D．so

10.

A．stay

B．feel

C．develop

D．leave

11.

A．dangerous

B．familiar

C．strange

D．boring

12.

A．Like

B．As

C．For

D．To

13.

A．mad

B．angry

C．afraid

D．happy

14.

A．decision

B．job

C．city

D．success

15.

A．enjoy

B．hate

C．plan

D．love

【推荐2】请阅读下面短文，理解其大意，然后从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出一个能填入空白处的最佳选项，并将其字母标号在答题卡上涂黑。

One thorn (刺) of experience is worth many times of warning.

Ralph Wick was seven years old. In most things he was a fine boy, but he would cry from time to time. When he could not have what he wanted, he would ________ for it. If he was told that it would hurt him, and he could not ________ it, he would also cry.

One day, he went with his mother into the ________. The sun shone. The grass was cut. The flowers were starting to come out.

Ralph thought he was, for once, a good boy. A ________ was on his face. He wished to do as he was told. Ralph helped his mother with the farm work and he was very happy.

“Now you must be tired and ________,” said his mother. “Have a good rest here and eat some cookies. I will get a beautiful red rose for you.” So his mother brought the red flower to him. When he saw his mother still had a white rose in her hand, Ralph ________ it.

“No, my dear,” said his mother. “See how many thorns it has. You must not touch it, or you would be sure to hurt your hand.”When Ralph found that he could not have the white rose, he began to cry, and ________ took it away. But he was soon very sorry. The thorns hurt his hand. It was so ________ that he could not use it for some time.

Ralph would never forget this. From then on, when he wanted what he should not have, his mother would point to his hand which had been hurt before. He at last learned to do as he was told.

1.

A．run

B．cry

C．plan

2.

A．save

B．hide

C．have

3.

A．park

B．garden

C．field

4.

A．smile

B．sign

C．fear

5.

A．lazy

B．noisy

C．hungry

6.

A．waited for

B．asked for

C．cared for

7.

A．quietly

B．proudly

C．suddenly

8.

A．helpful

B．harmful

C．painful

【推荐1】An artist awoke from his dream and started to draw. He started with a single dot（圆点）. It______the artist hours to finish his picture. Then he went to bed. The dot saw lines all around. They were______and colorful. “ I don’t belong here, ” it thought, “ I am just a small, meaningless dot. ” So it jumped off.

It came to a newspaper. There were dots all over the newspaper. “______this is where I am meant to be, ” it said. But the other dots started to______, “ You cannot stay here! We are periods（句号）, and we belong to______and newspapers. ” The dot felt silly and jumped over to the artist’s hand and arm.

“ Ahem, ” said one of the dots on his arm. “ You are not a freckle（斑点）. Only freckles belong here. ” The dot did not know______to do.

The artist woke up and went to______his picture. He held up the drawing and cried. “ Where has my seed（种子）gone? This is supposed to be a picture of a seed before it grows into a tall______. ”

A seed may start off small, but it will become large and______many beautiful leaves. At last, the dot jumped onto the place that it had left because it knew______it was just a small dot, it meant much more in the big picture.

1.

A．cost

B．paid

C．took

D．spent

2.

A．light

B．short

C．heavy

D．long

3.

A．Hardly

B．Surely

C．Politely

D．Gradually

4.

A．shout

B．expect

C．write

D．meet

5.

A．books

B．photos

C．glasses

D．sticks

6.

A．who

B．what

C．which

D．that

7.

A．look after

B．look up

C．look at

D．look around

8.

A．stone

B．desert

C．river

D．tree

9.

A．turn

B．make

C．happen

D．grow

10.

A．before

B．until

C．although

D．while

【推荐2】It was a sunny Sunday afternoon. John’s parents were not in. John decided to go to the Happy Theater to watch a talent show, so he ______ home. Only Barky, John’s pet _______ stayed at home. Just after John left, a bad man _______ the window, and then he came into the house _______ it. He began looking for expensive things in the rooms. He found some ______ in the box. He took out the money, ______ as he was leaving, he heard a dog’s barking(叫声). He looked around and found Barky looking at him angrily. He was very scared. Barky was going to bite him when John came home. John let Barky sit down and told the bad man ______   , “ Come with me to the _______ , or Barky will bite you!” So the bad man had to ______ John with Barky close behind. A policeman cuffed(铐) the bad man after John told him the thing. Barky had a _______ for watching the house. But the bad man didn’t know.

1.

A．left

B．stayed

C．reached

D．waited

2.

A．cat

B．dog

C．bird

D．duck

3.

A．killed

B．acted

C．touched

D．broke

4.

A．for

B．through

C．on

D．below

5.

A．money

B．mirrors

C．tickets

D．bicycles

6.

A．though

B．but

C．if

D．because

7.

A．loudly

B．quietly

C．beautifully

D．comfortably

8.

A．radio station

B．post office

C．police station

D．theater

9.

A．help

B．bring

C．join

D．follow

10.

A．reason

B．result

C．talent

D．service

【推荐3】There was once a farmer who had a large field of corn. He worked on it with the _______ care, but the corn was _______ because there had been no rain for a long time. He felt very sad.

One day, as he stood looking up at the sky, two little raindrops saw him. One said to the other, “Look at that farmer. I feel very sorry for him. He works so hard in the field, but now it is _______ up. I wish I might help him.”

“Yes,” said the other, “but you are only a little raindrop. You can’t _______ even one plant.”

“Well,” said the first, “I know I can’t do much, but perhaps I can cheer him a little. I’ll go down to show my _______ , if I can’t do anything more. Here I go!”

The second one said, “Well, I think I can do that, too. Here I go!” So _______ went the two raindrops. One fell on the farmer’s nose, and the other on a thirsty plant.

“What’s that?” The farmer cried, “A raindrop! I do believe there will be (a) _______ soon.”

By this time other _______ had seen what they did. One said, “If you two are doing such a good job, I shall follow!” And down it went. “And I!” said _______ . “And!” they all said, until a whole shower went down and the corn was _______ all because one little raindrop tried its best to do what it could.

1.

A．least

B．largest

C．greatest

2.

A．dying

B．growing

C．falling

3.

A．looking

B．drying

C．turning

4.

A．wet

B．dry

C．heat

5.

A．trick

B．support

C．ability

6.

A．down

B．up

C．back

7.

A．snow

B．shower

C．wind

8.

A．raindrops

B．farmers

C．corns

9.

A．others

B．the other

C．another

10.

A．saved

B．processed

C．received