【推荐1】I work for a major airline. One afternoon while running through LAX to my plane, I tore (撕破) one of my nylon socks. ____, there was a convenience store close to my gate. I knew I could buy a new pair. However, as I waited in line, I ____ that I had no money in my purse. I thought to myself that maybe the store manager would sell me a pair and let me pay her back the next time. I have been inside her store a lot, even though we have never been ____ When it was my ____ to pay, I showed her my socks and explained that I had no money on me. She laughed and ____ said, “Take them.”
Well, for whatever reason, two months passed, and I ____ had not paid the money back.
Then one day while I was busy doing my usual preflight preparations, a passenger asked me if I would ____ him a newspaper.
I went off the airplane and walked to the same convenience store. I was too embarrassed (尴尬的) to go inside because I had never paid the money back, and I wasn’t carrying my ____ Then a man with a friendly face came near. ____ he could walk past me, I stopped him and asked him for help. He smiled and said that he would do so gladly but wanted to know why I couldn’t do it ____ He was rather outgoing and kept saying, “Come on, and tell me.” I needed a newspaper, so I ____ and told him.
Suddenly he said, “Hold on.” and then took me into his arms quickly and carried me into the store. With his free hand he reached into his pocket and ____ out a five-dollar bill and said to the manager, “I’d like to pay for the socks this person owes you for and for a newspaper.”
I later learned that this big, gentle man was Rosie Grier, the former L.A. Rams and Hall of Fame football player.1.

A．Probably

B．Luckily

C．Doubtfully

D．Hopefully

2.

A．believed

B．thought

C．felt

D．discovered

3.

A．noticed

B．mentioned

C．introduced

D．required

4.

A．turn

B．time

C．chance

D．duty

5.

A．simply

B．seriously

C．actively

D．hurriedly

6.

A．even

B．still

C．just

D．ever

7.

A．return

B．pass

C．leave

D．buy

8.

A．socks

B．package

C．purse

D．passport

9.

A．After

B．Until

C．Before

D．Unless

10.

A．myself

B．himself

C．ourselves

D．itself

11.

A．checked in

B．gave in

C．broke in

D．got in

12.

A．handed

B．sent

C．carried

D．pulled

【推荐2】Louis was a little child. He always stayed at home watching TV.

One day, he went hiking with his classmates in a forest. He got ________ and saw a dwarf (侏儒). The dwarf didn’t notice a huge stone was rolling towards him. Louis saved the dwarf. The dwarf thanked Louis so much that he took Louis to a well. “This is a ________ well,” said the dwarf. “Wonderful gifts often come out of it, and you can enjoy them.”

They waited for a moment and a cool bike came out of the well. Louis was very ________ . He spent a long time looking at the bike. Finally, he got on it to have a try. However, the bike disappeared (消失) soon. Then, a beautiful jacket came out of the well. ________ , Louis spent a long time looking at it. And just ________ he put it on, the jacket disappeared. This happened several times. At first Louis was ________ , but he soon tried his best to enjoy these gifts.

When he sat down and had a rest, the dwarf explained (解释) that the well had always ________ this way. It was like life. There were many good things in life, but they didn’t last (持续) for a long time.

Hearing his words, Louis ________ his problem. He spent all his time watching TV and didn’t enjoy the good things in life. Since then, Louis learned to see ________ as a gift, and tried to enjoy it. He didn’t feel ________ any more.

1.

A．hurt

B．lost

C．gone

D．missed

2.

A．magic

B．usual

C．special

D．trick

3.

A．unhappy

B．interested

C．wonderful

D．excited

4.

A．And

B．Then

C．Again

D．Finally

5.

A．before

B．since

C．until

D．because

6.

A．happy

B．surprised

C．great

D．angry

7.

A．worked

B．played

C．did

D．went

8.

A．understood

B．realized

C．found

D．felt

9.

A．something

B．anyone

C．everything

D．nothing

10.

A．angry

B．glad

C．sad

D．bored

【推荐3】Once there was a bad man named Jack. He hated people who were friendly and _______ to others. He disliked words like“please”and“thank you”. He thought all those friendly _______ weren’t useful or good for anything. So he spent a lot of time inventing a machine to _______ words. He planned to take“please”, “thank you”and some other polite words away.

Finally, Jack made it and started his _______ . Whenever people opened their mouths and tried to say something kind and polite, nothing came out. All those words _______ being locked inside the big machine. At the beginning, nothing special happened. However, a few days later, people started to feel like they were always in bad moods. Everyone got angry _______ and fought over little things.

But there were two special girls. They were deaf. They couldn’t hear, _______ they only communicated in sign language(手语). The machine couldn’t work on them. They found out about Jack’s plan. They followed him and found the machine. When they _______ the machine, it sent all the good words that it had collected back into the sky. These words were like rain and dropped on people. After that, everyone became polite and friendly again. The anger and _______ stopped. People began to realize the ________ of being polite.

1.

A．strong

B．polite

C．awful

D．beautiful

2.

A．words

B．letters

C．sentences

D．passages

3.

A．find

B．watch

C．buy

D．steal

4.

A．machine

B．license

C．choice

D．reason

5.

A．talked back

B．found out

C．ended up

D．ran away

6.

A．carefully

B．easily

C．especially

D．slowly

7.

A．because

B．but

C．or

D．so

8.

A．broke

B．started

C．stuck

D．wounded

9.

A．customs

B．goals

C．fights

D．knocks

10.

A．secret

B．importance

C．manner

D．pity