【推荐2】通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每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。

Are you giving your best? This is quite a _______ question to answer. But it is important to consider this question. Inky Johnson grew up in a poor family. But he had a dream to play in the NFL（职业橄榄球大联盟）. So he _______ hard and also studied hard in his high school.

His hard work paid off. He was discovered by a local coach. He offered him _______ and helpful advice. And then he became the first person in his family to go to college. Johnson was given a scholarship（奖学金）to play for the University of Tennessee in 2004. He was chosen as one of the most _______ 30 players in the NFL.

In his second game for Tennessee, his _______ changed because something terrible happened. He was kicked by another player. Unluckily, he was _______ hurt. The doctor told him he could never play football again.

He wasn’t beaten, which surprised _______. Johnson was not ready to _______ even after he knew the sad news. He didn’t allow the pain stop him from achieving his _______. He gave his all and never regretted playing the game.

Later, Johnson has been a great speaker and his own stories ________ many people. He told that we should not only look at life to achieve short-term goals but also should enjoy life while working on our dreams.

1.

A．serious

B．difficult

C．smart

D．different

2.

A．learned

B．prepared

C．practised

D．cleaned

3.

A．training

B．study

C．business

D．trip

4.

A．careless

B．silly

C．awful

D．excellent

5.

A．work

B．coach

C．operation

D．life

6.

A．clearly

B．badly

C．simply

D．widely

7.

A．somebody

B．everybody

C．anybody

D．nobody

8.

A．warm up

B．give up

C．pick up

D．look up

9.

A．dream

B．chance

C．energy

D．money

10.

A．controlled

B．encouraged

C．burnt

D．treated

【推荐3】The photo on the left above is old. Have you ever seen it? It was taken _________ the 2014 World Cup final (决赛) . Lionel Messi of Argentina looked at the trophy (奖杯)—the biggest _________ in men’s football—for a long time. It had never been so _________ to him, but he couldn’t put his hands on it. Germany scored in extra time (加时赛) and won 1-0. Argentina _________ the game.

       Over the years, Messi has _________ countless prizes. Football fans started to call him “the _________ player to ever play the game.” The man, however, was never able to lift the World Cup trophy for his _________. He wanted to win it _________. He dreamed about it every day.
       But again, the 2022 World Cup started _________ for Argentina. The team lost to Saudi Arabia a no-hoper (无望取胜), in its first game. People started to whisper (悄声说): Messi is already 35 years old. This is _________ his last World Cup. Will he end his brilliant career without winning a World Cup?
       The next few weeks, though, told a very __________ story. Argentina won the group (小组出线) and it kept winning and never __________.
       The big day __________ on December 18. Argentina played against a strong France. Regulation time (规定时间) ended, 2-2. Extra time ended, 3-3. And then there were penalties (点球)—Argentina won, 4-2. The __________ whispers were replaced by tears, hugs and smiles—for Messi and all of Argentina.
       Reporters then took the other photo above. The 2022 World Cup belongs to Argentina. Finally, Messi could __________ it. Finally, he could call himself a World Cup champion.1.

A．before

B．during

C．after

D．until

2.

A．prize

B．dream

C．advice

D．program

3.

A．halfway

B．close

C．ready

D．similar

4.

A．missed

B．failed

C．fell

D．lost

5.

A．promised

B．discussed

C．received

D．expected

6.

A．greatest

B．luckiest

C．fastest

D．biggest

7.

A．city

B．country

C．town

D．club

8.

A．hardly

B．carefully

C．seriously

D．badly

9.

A．quietly

B．clearly

C．terribly

D．simply

10.

A．probably

B．certainly

C．finally

D．truly

11.

A．boring

B．strange

C．difficult

D．different

12.

A．stopped

B．waited

C．refused

D．disagreed

13.

A．covered

B．arrived

C．accepted

D．invited

14.

A．normal

B．common

C．early

D．fresh

15.

A．kiss

B．watch

C．touch

D．catch