【推荐2】       

It was getting dark. Paul looked out of the window and sighed*. Dad had promised to play ______ with him, but he still didn’t get home. Paul was so disappointed that he walked into his room and threw his baseball into the corner. He tried to do some homework, ______ he couldn’t.

       Then the phone rang. It was Dad: “Paul, I’m ______, but I couldn’t play baseball with you tonight. I’m still at work. Maybe we can play next weekend?”
       Paul couldn’t understand why Dad was so busy. He threw himself into the sofa and soon fell asleep ______ doing homework.
       The next day at school, Paul didn’t hand in his homework and ______ a test. Mrs. Green, his teacher, asked him to stay after school. “Paul, you didn’t do your homework. You didn’t pass the test and only got a D. What’s wrong?”
       Paul just sat there ______. “Paul, if you don’t want to talk, I will. I know that ______ is worrying you, but you have to get it out. You need to tell someone.”
       As Paul walked home, he ______ what Mrs. Green said. Maybe he didn’t do his homework because he wanted to get his dad’s ______. He knew Mrs. Green was right. He decided to take her______.
       When Paul got home, he ______ his dad, “Dad, I can’t play with you next weekend. I’ve got lots of problems with my homework. Whenever you ______ our plans, Dad, it hurts me. It’s not too late to rebuild ______ relationship. Maybe you can help me with my homework sometime. Dad, I love you.”
       As Paul ended the call, he felt relaxed. He didn’t know whether his dad would be different, but it didn’t matter. He himself ______. He expressed his feelings to the ______ person. He had a clear head as he was doing his homework that evening.1.

A．baseball

B．cards

C．chess

D．toys

2.

A．and

B．but

C．so

D．if

3.

A．strange

B．sorry

C．surprised

D．pleased

4.

A．by

B．for

C．without

D．through

5.

A．made

B．missed

C．chose

D．failed

6.

A．happily

B．confidently

C．hopefully

D．quietly

7.

A．something

B．everything

C．anything

D．nothing

8.

A．heard of

B．thought of

C．worried about

D．argued about

9.

A．attention

B．message

C．pleasure

D．trust

10.

A．homework

B．plan

C．advice

D．problem

11.

A．imagined

B．thanked

C．rang

D．believed

12.

A．prepare

B．break

C．follow

D．question

13.

A．my

B．your

C．our

D．their

14.

A．regretted

B．hoped

C．waited

D．changed

15.

A．right

B．proud

C．successful

D．brave

【推荐1】阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Yesterday I went to the old people’s home to visit my grandma. We hugged, kissed and ________ greetings. Then I heard a woman crying. It was my grandma’s ________. The curtain was drawn so I could not see her. She started calling out a ________ that wasn’t mine but she was certainly talking to me, begging me to go to her side of the room.

I took no ________ of her at first and continued visiting with my grandma. Then she said, “Please, come to see me!” When I drew the curtain back, she looked so old and ________ but flashed me the biggest smile! She opened her arms wide so I bent low and gave her a ________. I sat on her bed and talked with her for a few minutes. She kept calling me by the other name but I did not ________ her. She told me ________ as if I had been there when they happened. Finally I went back to visit with my grandma. Then the woman started ________ again, saying, “Please, come back.”

I stopped by the nurse’s station and the nurse told me that the lady ________ Alzheimer’s (阿兹海默症). I ________ the name she had called me. The nurse told me it was the lady’s daughter’s name. Then I understood ________ she wanted me to go to visit her.

We will all get old some day. Some of us will have broken ________ like the lady and some of us will have broken bodies like my grandma. As I was leaving I ________ I would go back and visit the lady, ________ after my grandma moves back to her home.

1.

A．made

B．offered

C．appreciated

D．exchanged

2.

A．roommate

B．neighbor

C．relative

D．partner

3.

A．telephone

B．name

C．doctor

D．nurse

4.

A．advice

B．choice

C．notice

D．service

5.

A．weak

B．confused

C．calm

D．nervous

6.

A．kiss

B．look

C．smile

D．hug

7.

A．warn

B．correct

C．punish

D．save

8.

A．topics

B．lessons

C．lectures

D．stories

9.

A．crying

B．singing

C．running

D．working

10.

A．took after

B．worked out

C．suffered from

D．led to

11.

A．recalled

B．forgot

C．mentioned

D．found

12.

A．how

B．why

C．when

D．that

13.

A．minds

B．thoughts

C．heads

D．faces

14.

A．hoped

B．planned

C．dreamed

D．promised

15.

A．still

B．ever

C．even

D．yet

【推荐2】Five years ago, when I was seven, Mom went out one afternoon. She left me the key ____ the house.

When I was playing outside with my friend, a man walked over to me. He said he was my dad's best friend. He asked ____ my dad was. I said he was at work. The man said my dad ____ his book and he needed it back. Then he asked me for the ____. I gave it to him and continued to play with my friend. Soon the man came out of the house. He gave me the key back and said he ____ find the book and he would come back the next day. He gave me some candy. I thought he was a ____ man.

When Mom came home, I told her about the man and she ran to the house ____. The house was in a mess. Mom said some money and her favorite necklace (项链) were missing and she was very ____. I told her the man would come back the next day. Mom didn't say anything.

Soon Dad came home. He called the police. After that, my parents ____ me not to speak to strangers (陌生人), even if they smiled (微笑) and seemed kind. The man never came back of course and I learned a very useful ____.

1.

A．to

B．for

C．from

D．about

2.

A．how

B．who

C．where

D．which

3.

A．lost

B．threw

C．shared

D．borrowed

4.

A．book

B．money

C．candy

D．key

5.

A．mustn't

B．couldn't

C．needn't

D．shouldn't

6.

A．smart

B．kind

C．scary

D．lazy

7.

A．quickly

B．clearly

C．easily

D．gladly

8.

A．excited

B．relaxed

C．upset

D．afraid

9.

A．allowed

B．invited

C．helped

D．told

10.

A．lesson

B．class

C．sleep

D．opinion

【推荐3】Eighteen-year-old Katy Ross was born in Nepal, a small country north of India. Katy ______ school eight months ago and soon she will go to university. She loves traveling and decided to visit Asia ______ she goes to university.

Katy is living with a family in the capital of Nepal. She ______ a lot about the country after she stayed there for four months. The family has two children but many uncles and cousins live with ______ in their big house near a ______. All the classes in this school are in English, and the students began to speak English at the ______ of six. The older children speak English very ______. Katy taught writing, reading and art, all in English, and she thinks the children like these lessons best, too!

Katy didn’t have much time to ______ Nepal, but soon, she will stop teaching and travel around Nepal ______ a friend. “After that,” Katy says, “We’ll visit more countries in Asia. We’re not ______ which ones yet. I will decide it next week.”

1.

A．left

B．found

C．visited

D．reached

2.

A．before

B．when

C．after

D．while

3.

A．used

B．taught

C．made

D．learnt

4.

A．us

B．him

C．her

D．them

5.

A．shop

B．cinema

C．school

D．factory

6.

A．life

B．age

C．number

D．end

7.

A．bad

B．good

C．fine

D．well

8.

A．see

B．hear

C．look

D．smell

9.

A．of

B．on

C．with

D．in

10.

A．tired

B．sure

C．afraid

D．happy