【推荐1】

In a small town in France, there was a farmer who lived alone. Every day, he sold a pound of butter to his neighbor, who was a baker. One day, the baker decided to _______ the butter to see if he was getting a pound. After he weighed it, he found that he wasn’t. The baker then took the farmer to the judge (法官).

The judge asked the farmer if he had any way to weigh the butter. The farmer replied, “I’m so _______ that I do not have enough money to buy anything to weigh it. But I do have a kind of scale (天平).” The judge asked, “Then how do you weigh the butter?” the farmer replied, “Before the baker started buying butter from me, I had bought bread from him. So now every time _______ I bring home the bread from the baker, I put it on the scale and give him the butter of the same weight.”

We _______ what we give to others in life. Whenever you take action, ask yourself this question, “Am I honest?”

Honesty or dishonesty can become a _______. Some dishonest people can lie without a red face. Others lie so much that they do not even _______ what the truth is anymore. But who is it bad for? As a matter of fact, those who lie will hurt themselves by their own dishonest action.

1.

A．weigh

B．watch

C．cut

D．use

2.

A．rich

B．poor

C．honest

D．quiet

3.

A．before

B．since

C．when

D．although

4.

A．look back

B．get back

C．give back

D．turn back

5.

A．difference

B．habit

C．mistake

D．difficulty

6.

A．study

B．mean

C．imagine

D．know

【推荐2】Did you get a gift from your parents, classmates or teachers when you were leaving primary school? Was there ____ special about it?

A ____ was going to leave college. Her father said, “Dear, I want to give you an old ____. I bought it a long time ago, you know. Before I give it to you, take it to a car dealer (经销商) in the city and see how much they offer for it.”

The girl did as the father asked. Coming back, she said, “They offered $1,000 because it ____ very old.”

“OK. Take it to the second-hand car dealer,” the father said.

The girl ____ again and said, “They offered $100 because it is a very old car and it needs a lot of work.”

The father asked his daughter to ____ the car to a car club.

This time the girl get something different. “Some people in the club offered me $100,000 because it is a rare (少见的) car, it’s super ____to find, but it is still in good condition.”

The father ____, “Dear, remember this. You are not worth anything if you are not in the right place. If they don’t like you, do not be ____. That means you are in the _____ place. Don’t stay in a place where no ones sees your value.”

1.

A．everything

B．nothing

C．something

D．anything

2.

A．daughter

B．son

C．sister

D．aunt

3.

A．coat

B．car

C．watch

D．pen

4.

A．smells

B．feels

C．looks

D．sounds

5.

A．came back

B．came on

C．looked back

D．gave back

6.

A．give

B．break

C．show

D．challenge

7.

A．easy

B．boring

C．strange

D．difficult

8.

A．cried

B．smiled

C．asked

D．checked

9.

A．happy

B．confident

C．angry

D．correct

10.

A．comfortable

B．popular

C．local

D．wrong

【推荐3】Life is short, so you have to make the most of it. Has anybody ________ told you that? Maybe they just said “YOLO” to you instead. It ________ “You Only Live Once”, and is a very popular phrase on social media. Having a YOLO attitude means that you make the most of every day. It means you enjoy your ________ because you only get one.

Someone who has a YOLO attitude is always open to doing ________ and fun activities. Now, according to a US study, YOLO might be more than just a popular saying. The study found it might be ________ to have a YOLO attitude! A research team did an experiment with two groups of students ________ different US universities. One group pretended they only had 30 days left before moving to a new city. They did lots of activities and ________ time with people they loved. In other words, they had a YOLO lifestyle. Another group continued to live ________ normal lives. At the end of the experiment the students did a survey to ________ how happy they were. It showed that the first group was much happier.

“The study shows that being ________ and making close friendships are important to enjoy life,” the research group told The Washington Post. However, they also called on others to do experiments with different groups of people and see if their results were similar.

1.

A．ever

B．already

C．even

D．yet

2.

A．waits for

B．stands for

C．thinks of

D．points at

3.

A．family

B．life

C．vacation

D．delay

4.

A．new

B．old

C．sad

D．boring

5.

A．stronger

B．weaker

C．happier

D．faster

6.

A．to

B．with

C．about

D．from

7.

A．cost

B．paid

C．spent

D．took

8.

A．our

B．his

C．your

D．their

9.

A．find out

B．put out

C．set out

D．give out

10.

A．lazy

B．active

C．brave

D．quiet

【推荐1】This is a _______ of my family. This is ________ My name’s Frank. I am 13. I study at No. 11 Middle School. This is my father. _______ name is Dale Brown. He is a teacher in my school. He is _______ English teacher. And this is _______ mother. She is a _______, too. This is my _______. She is my father’s sister. She is a nurse. _______ are my grandparents. They aren’t in China. _______ are in the US. This is my family. I like my ________.

1.

A．schoolbag

B．book

C．photo

D．map

2.

A．my father

B．my sister

C．me

D．my brother

3.

A．His

B．He’s

C．Her

D．This

4.

A．a

B．an

C．the

D．/

5.

A．I

B．your

C．her

D．my

6.

A．girl

B．student

C．teacher

D．family

7.

A．uncle

B．sister

C．grandmother

D．aunt

8.

A．This

B．These

C．That

D．You

9.

A．He

B．You

C．She

D．They

10.

A．parents

B．family

C．grandfather

D．picture

【推荐2】阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，从各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Look at the picture. This is my ________ Li Hua. She is my mother’s sister. She is a(n) ________ teacher in our school. She often helps me with my Chinese. Her classes are always ________, so her students all like her. She is busy from Monday to Friday ________ she gives classes every day. At the weekend (周末), my aunt likes doing ________ things: going shopping and playing sports. It’s Saturday today and she is ________. In the morning, she goes to a clothes store. She ________ a white T-shirt and a pair of blue shorts. She ________ nice in them. Then in the afternoon, she goes to a ________ club (俱乐部). There she plays tennis and volleyball for two hours. She _________ has a good time today.

1.

A．aunt

B．cousin

C．sister

2.

A．English

B．science

C．Chinese

3.

A．difficult

B．interesting

C．boring

4.

A．so

B．or

C．because

5.

A．two

B．three

C．four

6.

A．late

B．unhappy

C．free

7.

A．sells

B．buys

C．knows

8.

A．sounds

B．smells

C．looks

9.

A．sports

B．music

C．book

10.

A．only

B．really

C．very

【推荐3】Two and a half years ago, my son started to cry because of his bad grades at school. He was only nine years old at the time and had always been one of the ______ students in his class. So he sat there at the table, so sad.

He said that he wished that he were a strong student and were able to ______ "Gymnasium", a very good school for the strongest students, starting at the age of 12 or 13. I didn't really want to weaken (动摇) him _______telling that, "You may not be strong enough for this school." With Bob Proctor's words in my eyes "Make your kids see A grades", I said, "Yes, you ______, if you really wish to."

I was sitting in front of him and then we started. And I taught him how to become a strong pupil. And his grades began to improve ______.

After a year, he had improved to be an average student already, so we ______. He entered for a course preparing for the big exam for Gymnasium.

To my surprise, he ______ the exam! His dream came true. For me, it's a miracle (奇迹). If I had told him at that time that he was ______ weak to be able to pass this test, he would have just stayed a weak student.

I want to ______ all the parents in the world to teach the secret to your children. Build them strong wings! You will also develop strong wings ______ flying with your child! Come on!

1.

A．laziest

B．strongest

C．weakest

D．fastest

2.

A．visit

B．attend

C．realize

D．find

3.

A．by

B．in

C．for

D．on

4.

A．can't

B．must

C．need

D．can

5.

A．gradually

B．suddenly

C．recently

D．seriously

6.

A．gave up

B．went on

C．tried out

D．fell over

7.

A．finished

B．made

C．failed

D．passed

8.

A．very

B．so

C．too

D．quite

9.

A．encourage

B．protect

C．introduce

D．choose

10.

A．unless

B．after

C．while

D．though

【推荐1】完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从下面四个答案中选择可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。
A man goes to a farm and finds a beautiful horse, and he wants to ____ it.
After he gets it, he jumps on the horse and says: “Go now!”____ the horse doesn’t move. He asks the ____ why. The farmer says, “It runs only ____ you say, ‘Thank God.’ But to stop ____, you have to say, ‘ Amen.’”
So the man says, “Thank God.” The horse____running. The man is so happy that he keeps________ “Thank God”. The horse runs faster and faster till they arrive at(到达) the side ____ the cliff (悬崖). At the moment the man____, “Amen!” The horse stops before they fall down the cliff. The man looks ____ at the sky and shouts happily, “Thank God!”1.

A．see

B．buy

C．help

D．visit

2.

A．So

B．And

C．Or

D．But

3.

A．farmer

B．teacher

C．actor

D．visitor

4.

A．how

B．why

C．when

D．where

5.

A．me

B．you

C．her

D．it

6.

A．loves

B．stops

C．starts

D．finishes

7.

A．saying

B．talking

C．speaking

D．telling

8.

A．of

B．for

C．in

D．on

9.

A．smiles

B．sings

C．thinks

D．shouts

10.

A．down

B．up

C．for

D．After

【推荐2】I think the most terrible（最糟糕的） thing in life for my little brother is getting up in the morning. He is always _______ when my mother calls, “John! It’s seven o’clock! _______ up!”

John _______, “I’m coming!” and goes right back to _______.

I’m not _______ my brother. I don’t like to go to bed _______ but I don’t mind getting up in the morning. I _______ wake up before my mother calls me.

But not John. He _______ sleeps. After calling a few more times my mother has to come upstairs(到楼上) and pull(拉）John out of _______. He always says, “I was going to get up in ________ minute. Really I was.”

1.

A．glad

B．surprised (惊讶)

C．unhappy

D．happy

2.

A．Look

B．Get

C．Climb

D．Put

3.

A．answers

B．asks

C．wonders

D．means

4.

A．work

B．study

C．play

D．sleep

5.

A．as

B．like

C．different

D．same

6.

A．at night

B．at last

C．quick

D．slowly

7.

A．never

B．usually

C．sometimes

D．only

8.

A．just

B．alone

C．finally

D．really

9.

A．the door

B．the window

C．bed

D．the room

10.

A．another

B．other

C．the other

D．others

【推荐3】There are five people in my family, my grandparents, my parents and________. We all like watching TV. In the evening, we usually watch TV together. My grandparents like watching Beijing Opera. But I can’t_________it. My parents like watching soap operas. They think they are interesting. What do you think of sports shows? I like ________ very much and I enjoy watching them ________ my free time. But my grandparents think they are very boring.

What should we do? My father says that we are going to have ________TV set soon. All of us think it is a good idea.

1.

A．he

B．she

C．I

D．we

2.

A．dislike

B．mind

C．know

D．stand

3.

A．sports

B．dancing

C．music

D．films

4.

A．on

B．at

C．for

D．in

5.

A．other

B．another

C．the other

D．others

【推荐1】请通读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每小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。

A thing cleared up my laziness and gave me the power to face my problems. One ________ day, I went to visit the Yellow Crane Tower in my hometown Wuhan. People ________ think most locals（本地人）have ever been to the landmark（地标）and know it well. ________ I have lived here all my life, I had never been there before. The weather was so nice, neither cold nor hot. Suddenly, I heard a ________ when I lost in the beautiful scenery. “Excuse me?” I ________ and saw a foreigner. He continued, “Are you a local person? Could you please tell me something about the tower?” I didn’t know what to say. If I said yes, I knew little about it. If I said no, it was a ________, as I am a local person.

“Well, the Yellow Crane Tower is an old building.” My voice was so low that I couldn’t hear myself. That was all I knew and I was so ________ and didn’t know what I should say next. An old man’s voice ________ the silence just at this time, “________ me, but I can show you around.” He explained the history of the tower in fluent English, which made me ________ the knowledgeable man so much.

The experience has driven me to make progress in my study, which helps me understand that there is no end to learning.

1.

A．cold

B．rainy

C．warm

D．hot

2.

A．suddenly

B．bravely

C．luckily

D．normally

3.

A．Since

B．If

C．Although

D．Unless

4.

A．song

B．story

C．voice

D．sound

5.

A．woke up

B．went away

C．fell over

D．turned around

6.

A．lie

B．warning

C．decision

D．promise

7.

A．angry

B．excited

C．patient

D．ashamed

8.

A．kept

B．broke

C．touched

D．brought

9.

A．Help

B．Remember

C．Pardon

D．Believe

10.

A．know

B．admire

C．understand

D．miss

【推荐2】The way you think may influence the way you do things.

We spent this summer with our _________. He loved taking a walk to collect stones. One day, he brought us backpacks and told us to go to the mountain _________ him, and carry stones.

The whole day, we walked around. Now and then he put stones in our backpacks. To our surprise, he also took some stones out of _________ backpacks. We thought he just found better stones.

When we returned to the house, we were very _________. The backpacks were so heavy that we felt happy when we took them off. However, our uncle’s backpack was half empty.

“Why did you give us so many _________?” we asked.

“I didn’t, while you did,” he said. “You didn’t know that I had given you a small test to test the way you think. I _________ every word you said carefully. When you said something _________ made us unhappy or sad, I added a stone to your bags. When you talked about something positive（积极的）, I took out a stone. And now look at your backpacks.” It’s clear that our backpacks were _________ full.

Your thoughts about the bad side of a situation are just stones. You _________ them in your mind just like the stones in your backpacks. The more negative（消极的）thoughts you have, the __________ your mind will be.

With great love , our uncle taught us one of the most important lessons in life—the power of the way we think. I will never forget this lesson.

1.

A．uncle

B．father

C．cousin

D．brother

2.

A．about

B．for

C．with

D．behind

3.

A．his

B．our

C．their

D．my

4.

A．tired

B．excited

C．patient

D．nervous

5.

A．bags

B．tests

C．lessons

D．stones

6.

A．picked out

B．listened to

C．worried about

D．talked back

7.

A．who

B．what

C．which

D．that

8.

A．hardly

B．almost

C．quickly

D．possibly

9.

A．value

B．change

C．carry

D．cancel

10.

A．heavier

B．better

C．happier

D．lighter

【推荐3】Bonnie Lachlan loves snow. It’s a good thing, _________ she lives in a very snowy, windy and cold place in Wyoming, America.

When Bonnie was 11 years old, she decided to _________ snow for her school science project. She asked a simple question: how can we make snow fences （防雪栅栏） better? Snow fences are _________ in Wyoming because there is much snow. The fences keep the snow off roads. They also protect farm animals _________ the wind and snow. Bonnie’s experiments look simple, but the result is interesting. In _________ first experiment, Bonnie used soap powder （粉末）. The soap powder was like snow. She made wind with a fan and measured （测量） the soap powder. After that, she made _________ fences and measured real snow.

Every year, Bonnie makes new fences. During a snowstorm, she measures wind speed. Then after the _________, she measures the snow on her fences. “Some kids call it crazy,” says Bonnie. “Days with 32-kilometer per hour winds are my favorite snow days.”

Bonnie _________ her research from her experiments at her school science fair. She also competed in science competitions with students from around the world. In one competition, she won $8, 000 and a computer.

Next, Bonnie is going to _________ the plant called sage （鼠尾草）. These Wyoming bushes are like a natural snow fence. She’s going to build her biggest and best snow fences ever. We don’t know _________. Maybe “very cool” is enough!

1.

A．before

B．because

C．while

D．although

2.

A．make

B．eat

C．study

D．draw

3.

A．important

B．similar

C．available

D．famous

4.

A．with

B．off

C．under

D．from

5.

A．my

B．your

C．her

D．their

6.

A．real

B．quiet

C．certain

D．great

7.

A．earthquake

B．wind

C．rain

D．snowstorm

8.

A．broke

B．touched

C．presented

D．found

9.

A．grow

B．research

C．buy

D．create

10.

A．how to describe it	B．when to build it
C．where to build it	D．what to do