【推荐1】Many people think the _______ time we spend, the more work we will do. So students have to spend the whole day _______ schoolwork except（除了）the three meals.

Modern students have many _______. They love sports, computer games, and music. A _______ holiday can get them away from too much schoolwork. And they can do what they like. But still teachers do not think about it. Because they have too much homework. They have no time to _______ themselves. Students are really tired of their weekend homework. So they don’t do it _______ Sunday night. And there is not enough time to finish the homework carefully. The poor homework usually makes teachers _______.

Things always get worst without right ideas. Too much schoolwork makes students lose interest in their study. It _______ their health.

A horse runs faster _______ a rest. But for students only rest is not enough. So such a condition（情况）should be changed to give students ________ pleasure and knowledge.

1.

A．many

B．much

C．more

2.

A．doing

B．to do

C．do

3.

A．interest

B．hobbies

C．friends

4.

A．two days

B．two-days

C．two-day

5.

A．learn

B．enjoy

C．teach

6.

A．in

B．on

C．until

7.

A．happy

B．angry

C．worrying

8.

A．is also bad with

B．is also good for

C．is also bad for

9.

A．before

B．after

C．till

10.

A．either

B．both

C．neither

【推荐2】

On a small hill in Huaping, Yunnan, there is a small school. Over the past 12 years, it has rewritten the fate（命运）of 1,804 poor girls _______ sending them to universities.

Zhang Guimei is the founder of this school. She began teaching in Huaping—one of China’s _______ areas twenty years ago. Zhang found many girls had to leave school and were forced to work or get married at a young age. “We often say that we want every child to have a fair start,” she said, “but these girls don’t even have the _______ to stand on the starting line.”

Zhang wanted to _______ this. She spent years trying to raise money. Finally, in 2008, she set up the Huaping High School for Girls. It’s China’s first and only free public high school for girls.

Zhang gets up at 5 a.m. every day to _______ the lights on each floor of the teaching building. “Many girls are timid（胆小的）,” Zhang _______. She wants them to feel safer on their way to classes. After years of tiring work, Zhang is now in poor health, but the school and the children _______ more than anything else in her mind.

Zhang’s _______ has inspired（鼓舞）many people to follow in her footsteps. Zhou Yunli was one of her _______. After she finished university, she immediately returned to the school to teach. “Without Ms. Zhang, I would be _______,” Zhou said with a smile. “When you become strong, you must remember to help others. This is what Ms. Zhang taught us.”

1.

A．by

B．about

C．during

D．of

2.

A．safest

B．largest

C．poorest

D．farthest

3.

A．skill

B．time

C．courage

D．chance

4.

A．change

B．accept

C．believe

D．notice

5.

A．turn down

B．turn on

C．turn off

D．turn up

6.

A．remembers

B．explains

C．describes

D．suggests

7.

A．cost

B．waste

C．matter

D．spend

8.

A．story

B．situation

C．introduction

D．secret

9.

A．relatives

B．friends

C．colleagues

D．students

10.

A．somebody

B．everybody

C．nobody

D．anybody

【推荐3】Students may have problems with their minds. Some students become worried because they have to study very _____. Others have trouble getting on well with people like their parents and classmates.

A student of Grade 8 could not understand his teacher and was doing ______ in his lessons. He became so worried about it that he _____ to cut his finger with a knife.

Another student was afraid of ______. She got very worried ______ she looked at the exam paper, and she could write nothing. A report says that 18% of Shanghai students have mental (心理的) problems. Their troubles include being worried and ______, having problems in learning and getting on with people. Many students who have problems won’t ask for ______. Some think they will look stupid if they go to see a doctor. Others don’t want to talk ______ their secrets.

A famous expert on students has the following ______:
◇Talk to your parents and teachers often.
◇Take part in group activities and play sports.
◇Go to see a doctor if you feel unhappy ______ unwell.1.

A．hardly

B．hard

C．easy

D．easily

2.

A．worse

B．well

C．badly

D．better

3.

A．refused

B．stopped

C．started

D．forgot

4.

A．friends

B．exams

C．doctors

D．books

5.

A．where

B．what

C．when

D．why

6.

A．unhappy

B．happy

C．lucky

D．unlucky

7.

A．success

B．help

C．chance

D．dream

8.

A．to

B．about

C．with

D．in

9.

A．advise

B．facts

C．fact

D．advice

10.

A．as

B．so

C．but

D．or

【推荐1】阅读下西短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-10 各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

Amy was afraid of height. She never planned to take a ride in hot air balloon. The idea of going up hundreds of feet into the air _______ her. But last Saturday the bank where she works offered air balloon rides. The rides were free, so she decided to try ballooning. Then she got a new _______ of the whole city.

“I love riding in a hot air balloon. It was completely _______ anything else I had ever done. I’ve never imagined I would _______ my fear of heights. I think it was a great _______ for me.” Amy said. She liked looking at the city from up high. “I never knew that our city is so beautiful,”   she said. “I saw rivers and fields and lots of colors. We don’t have mountains or oceans, but it is very pretty.”

Hot air ballooning is usually done in the early morning or late afternoon. That is when there is not much wind. People who want to ride in a hot air balloon have to be _______. Sometimes you have to wait long for the proper _______ conditions.

The ride usually takes about an hour. Then the pilot needs to _______ a safe place to land the balloon. This is one of the best parts of the ride. “It’s really exciting. You never know _______ you are going to land.” Amy said.

She felt very proud of herself after her first ride. “I can make it!” She cheered. In fact, later that day she was ________ enough to go up three more times!

1.

A．frightened

B．pleased

C．interested

D．annoyed

2.

A．view

B．pattern

C．symbol

D．project

3.

A．the same as

B．similar to

C．compared with

D．different from

4.

A．notice

B．keep

C．admit

D．lose

5.

A．expectation

B．experience

C．excuse

D．example

6.

A．serious

B．worried

C．patient

D．careful

7.

A．temperature

B．wind

C．light

D．cloud

8.

A．look up

B．look for

C．look at

D．look down

9.

A．how

B．when

C．where

D．why

10.

A．surprised

B．talented

C．bored

D．confident

【推荐2】When I was eleven years old, my life changed forever when I got a serious disease. My life was ________ with operations and treatments. I felt worried because I was really not ________ about everything that was happening.

One day, I was receiving my thirteenth operation in the hospital. Being away from my friends and school was causing me almost as much pain as the operation ________.

During that hospital stay, I received a card from a volunteer. That simple ________ meant much to me and gave me hope again. I’ll never ________ the way I felt after that small act of kindness, I started creating an organization called Cards for Hospitalized (住院) Kids.

The charity (慈善) began with a simple dream of giving ________, joy land magic to those kids. It later ________ a national organization (组织) that sent cards to over 5, 000 sick kids at more than 50 hospitals across the country.

It is hard to believe that an act as simple as a card can do so much good, ________ it does. Seeing a picture of a child ________ one of our cards with a huge smile makes us keep this wonderful charity alive. ________ might provide medicine for these sick kids, but we provide that little bit of hope and magic that’ll go a long way.

1.

A．lighted

B．matched

C．filled

2.

A．sure

B．excited

C．angry

3.

A．herself

B．itself

C．myself

4.

A．act

B．job

C．game

5.

A．risk

B．lead

C．forget

6.

A．hope

B．fear

C．sadness

7.

A．looked up

B．gave up

C．turned into

8.

A．so

B．but

C．or

9.

A．selling

B．holding

C．printing

10.

A．Teachers

B．Friends

C．Doctors

【推荐3】Peter and Mike were in ________ class. Peter was born in a ________ family. But Mike’s father was a businessman (商人) and got ________ money. When Peter got into trouble (困难), he always helped him.

Peter liked to have sports. He was good at ________. He ran ________ than any others in their class. It was Sunday. Mike and Peter went to a forest to have a picnic. Mike took a lot of food there. It was a ________ day. The birds were singing and there were all kinds of flowers. They ate and drank, then went ________ in the river. They had a good time. Suddenly they heard a great noise. They found it was a tiger behind a big tree. They were both very ________. Peter put on his shoes quickly and was going to run away. Mike stopped him and said: “It’s no use for us. The tiger runs ________ faster than us. Let’s find a way.” “It doesn’t matter.” said Peter. “I’m ________ I’ll run faster than you.”

1.

A．same

B．different

C．difference

D．the same

2.

A．rich

B．happy

C．poor

D．bad

3.

A．many

B．lot

C．any

D．much

4.

A．ran

B．running

C．run

D．runs

5.

A．fast

B．faster

C．fastest

D．best

6.

A．sun

B．rain

C．rained

D．sunny

7.

A．fish

B．to fishing

C．fishing

D．fished

8.

A．happy

B．afraid

C．sad

D．exciting

9.

A．more

B．much

C．many

D．little

10.

A．afraid

B．worried

C．sure

D．glad