【推荐1】The kitchen is not just where we prepare meals. In many places, the kitchen is the heart of the home. It is where we ________ our day with a cup of coffee or tea. It’s where we connect with our family and friends. We talk about our days while we make dinner or have something to eat. The kitchen is where we ________ ourselves, body and soul. So, it can be a very busy room in the house.   

Sometimes you need order in the kitchen for things to run ________. Sometimes you need one person to be in charge. ________ you are cooking dinner for your friends. As you are making the soup, your friend Sara ________ it and says, “This needs more salt.” So, she adds more salt.

Then Harlan comes in. He tastes your ________ and says, “You didn’t put enough pepper.” So he grinds (磨碎) some fresh black pepper into the pot.

Cecilia sees him. She tastes the soup and says, “You forgot vinegar. It’s my ________ ingredient.” Then she ________ in some vinegar.

You are happy to ________ time with your friends. But, quite frankly, all their opinions about your soup are becoming ________. Worst of all, you taste the soup and it’s ________!

And that is where we get the expression “too many cooks ________ the soup.”

This expression describes an age-old ________: If too many people help to complete a task, it may not go very well.

So there should be a cook in the kitchen. He is the ________. Other people can be assistants helping him. And the cook has the final ________.

1.

A．enjoy

B．finish

C．start

D．spend

2.

A．prepare

B．eat

C．cook

D．feed

3.

A．frequently

B．actively

C．smoothly

D．quickly

4.

A．Imagine

B．Prove

C．Probably

D．Dream

5.

A．tastes

B．heats

C．mixes

D．drinks

6.

A．meat

B．soup

C．vegetable

D．food

7.

A．wonderful

B．famous

C．secret

D．delicious

8.

A．pours

B．fills

C．takes

D．blows

9.

A．take

B．spend

C．need

D．use

10.

A．charming

B．inviting

C．annoying

D．useful

11.

A．salty

B．awful

C．sour

D．hot

12.

A．spoil

B．share

C．make

D．drink

13.

A．mystery

B．discovery

C．tradition

D．problem

14.

A．leader

B．host

C．friend

D．manager

15.

A．method

B．direction

C．advice

D．say

【推荐2】No One Words but My Own
The classroom was full of those of us who wanted to work on the school newspaper.I didn't write a lot but working on the paper sounded like fun.I _____ the idea of being a reporter interviewing my friends and covering middle school event.
To be chosen，we had to turn in an example of our _____．I wrote an article about the joys of summer，and showed it to my father，a talent poet.He read it and frowned(皱眉)．
“It's OK，”my father said，taking out a pencil.“But how about changing this sentence to…” And as a result，he rewrote the whole piece—without me，for I never said anything to _____ him.
No surprise—his version(版本) was _____．He had a gift for language.It was so much better than my piece that I turned in his version instead of mine.
“Welcome to the Dundee School News，”my teacher said to me.But before I could be _____ about the news，he added，“Based on that excellent article you wrote about summer，I expect you to write a personal opinion article every week for the second page of the paper.” I was so surprised！I was unable to write at that level，but I couldn't tell the _____ to the teacher，and I couldn't ask my father for help，either.That term working on the paper was really painful.And my teacher clearly expressed his _____．
“Can't you write something more like the first piece you wrote？” he said，each time I turned in my article.
I couldn't，because at that age，I didn't have my father's ability and experience as a writer.Week after week，I tried hard，but my writing never _____ the level of the first article.
At last，to my total shame，another student took my place.I _____ that my father rewrote my first article himself，instead of simply trying to help me to improve it.But in my heart I knew it was my fault(错误) because I allowed him to do it.
Later，I did become a successful writer on my own.Looking back，I realized that the pain and shame of that school experience had a ______ side.It taught me to depend on myself and be myself.So every day，I try to use my own words，find my own style and be my own best self.It feels great.1.

A．gave

B．shared

C．liked

D．welcomed

2.

A．report

B．writing

C．homework

D．newspaper

3.

A．help

B．stop

C．allow

D．praise

4.

A．different

B．common

C．popular

D．wonderful

5.

A．excited

B．worried

C．nervous

D．confident

6.

A．truth

B．excuse

C．feeling

D．answer

7.

A．honesty

B．patience

C．hope

D．disappointment

8.

A．set

B．reached

C．raised

D．changed

9.

A．agreed

B．realized

C．remembered

D．complained

10.

A．magic

B．serious

C．bright

D．strange

【推荐3】A man was walking through the woods with his axe(斧子) when a small tree called out to him. It said, “Hello friend. Can you cut _______ those bigger trees? They’re stopping the sun. It is so crowded(拥挤的) here that I have no room to spread my roots(根). I can’t _______ the wind.”

The little tree held out its leaves. It looked so sad. It continued, “If those trees were gone, I’d be _______ to grow. A year from now, I’d be bigger than any other tree here. But for now, I’m just a small tree.”

The man thought for a while and _______. He walked over to the bigger trees and started cutting them down. Soon he _______ lots of space around the small tree. Now it would grow bigger and become the biggest tree in that area.

_______, something else happened. The sun’s heat came first, burning the small tree which wasn’t used to so much _______. Heavy wind and rain came—without the bigger trees to protect it, the small tree was hit by the storm. Soon it was going to die.

“You are quite foolish,” said a snake that knew what had happened. “You brought this on _______. If you had left the bigger trees alone, the sun and storm wouldn’t have hurt you so badly. _______, they protected you. If you had just waited longer, you would have grown to be just as ________ as them. You’d be strong. But now…”

1.

A．on

B．up

C．down

D．in

2.

A．feel

B．smell

C．taste

D．sound

3.

A．willing

B．able

C．afraid

D．careful

4.

A．waited

B．whispered

C．agreed

D．shouted

5.

A．cleared

B．collected

C．broke

D．built

6.

A．Usually

B．Luckily

C．Mainly

D．Sadly

7.

A．water

B．sunlight

C．soil

D．air

8.

A．yourself

B．yourselves

C．itself

D．themselves

9.

A．In all

B．In fact

C．In this way

D．By the way

10.

A．straight

B．thick

C．big

D．cute