【推荐1】完形填空
I was on my way to work. Arriving at the station I found my train was________because of the bad weather. I had to_____for two hours at the bus station.A lady sat beside me. I could notice how _____ she looked. She seemed very worried. I asked her if she was waiting for the next train. She didn’t ____ I asked her again. She replied, “Uhuh. Yes.” Then she wiped(擦) her eyes.
I said, “Hey dear, what is wrong? Why are you crying?” She told me her story. She told me that her father_____ the year before . She used to have a job, but she wanted to look after her sick mother who lived alone, ____she stopped working. Her family was _____ and she could not pay the doctor’s bills (账单) of her mother .Then she said she even planned to kill herself. I was shocked!
She stayed another half an hour while I tried to comfort her to be brave. I told her I would try to get her a good ____ that would pay well. And I told her to believe she could have a better life.
I passed her my ____ and asked her to ring me if she needed help. She smiled and said, “Thanks for your____ and I promise I won’t have any more terrible thoughts. I will live long and well”1.

A．crowded

B．expensive

C．late

D．fast

2.

A．sleep

B．study

C．explain

D．wait

3.

A．excited

B．bored

C．sad

D．calm

4.

A．smile

B．answer

C．run

D．write

5.

A．worked

B．returned

C．succeeded

D．died

6.

A．so

B．or

C．but

D．thought

7.

A．rich

B．poor

C．old

D．quiet

8.

A．job

B．present

C．house

D．hospital

9.

A．bad

B．ticket

C．card

D．jacket

10.

A．lesson

B．kindness

C．service

D．love

【推荐2】阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Mary was _________ as a nurse in a hospital. One day, a patient was brought to the hospital, he was _________ ill. The doctor said he needed an operation (手术) at once. However, the patient’s family was so _________ that they couldn’t afford it. They had no choice but to ask if they could pay the bill after the operation because the patient was close to death. But their request was refused.

Mary heard about the situation and made a _________. She paid for the patient’s bill. Thanks to her help, the patient was _________. Though the patient was a _________, Mary gave so much to him.

Mary’s action caught the attention of a _________ that day. The boss saw _________ in the hospital and he was deeply moved by Mary. He later fell in love with her and they finally got married. The patient attended their wedding (婚礼) as well and _________ the money.

Things like this happen every day in our life. Sometimes, __________ can bring you something that you have never expected before. As Mother Teresa once said, “In our life, it is not how much you do, but how much love you put into what you do.”

1.

A．working

B．crying

C．studying

D．playing

2.

A．completely

B．seriously

C．generally

D．luckily

3.

A．ugly

B．sad

C．uneasy

D．poor

4.

A．plan

B．decision

C．phone

D．mistake

5.

A．saved

B．helped

C．moved

D．invented

6.

A．girl

B．friend

C．manager

D．stranger

7.

A．worker

B．boss

C．doctor

D．teacher

8.

A．everything

B．nothing

C．nobody

D．someone

9.

A．borrowed

B．got

C．returned

D．won

10.

A．having

B．speaking

C．giving

D．acting

【推荐1】Xian Xinghai was a very famous musician in China. He wrote one of the greatest pieces of music of the 20^th century. In his short life he wrote _____ 300 songs and an opera.

Xian was born in Macau, China in 1905. Because his father died before he was born, Xian moved from place to place with his mother. He began learning to play the violin when he was 13 years old. _____, his violin was so cheap and badly made that he _____ not play it well. His friends laughed at him. Xian did not _____ practising(练习) and soon showed his talent. In 1934, he was _____ of the first Chinese students who studied in a special music school in Paris. Before he _____, Xian became the school's best student and won several prizes for his talent.

In 1935, he returned to China and helped fight against the Japanese army. Later, he came to Yan'an to _____ music at a college. There were no pianos in Yan'an at that time, but Xian still wrote some of his most important music there, including the Yellow River Cantata, his most famous _____.

In May 1940, Xian was sent to a foreign country by the Chinese Communist Party to write music for movies. Life was very _____ then. Xian got sick and later died of a lung illness ______ October 30, 1945, aged only 40. Xian's music, however, lives on in the people's hearts.

1.

A．near

B．almost

C．well

D．very

2.

A．At first

B．In the end

C．Next

D．At last

3.

A．need

B．may

C．should

D．could

4.

A．like

B．stop

C．go on

D．wait for

5.

A．else

B．other

C．one

D．another

6.

A．ran

B．worked

C．left

D．won

7.

A．teach

B．bring

C．get

D．call

8.

A．job

B．work

C．poem

D．painting

9.

A．hard

B．famous

C．happy

D．lucky

10.

A．at

B．in

C．by

D．on

【推荐2】阅读下面短文，理解大意，然后从各小题的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，使短文连贯完整。

Who is the greatest teacher in Chinese history? Many people will think of Confucius (孔子), whose birthday was September 28th. Although he lived over 2, 000 years ago, people still ________ and respect (尊重) him for his contribution to the education today.

Confucius lived in the Kingdom of Lu, which is in Shandong Province. He lived during the Spring and Autumn Period. He had a ________ childhood. His father ________ when he was only 3. His mother brought him up alone. As a child, he had to work to help his mother, but young Confucius didn’t give up studying. He visited many famous teachers and ________ music, history, poems and sports.

Later, he became a teacher and ________ the first public school in China. Today, people still follow his lessons. He told us that we all have something worthy to be learned, “When I am with three people, one of them must be better than me in some areas. I ________ their good qualities and follow them.”

He also taught us that thinking is very ________ in study. “All study but no thinking makes people puzzled (困惑的). All thinking but no study makes people ________.”

Confucius is not only a great teacher, but also a famous thinker with wise thoughts about the world and society. His most important teachings are about ________ and good manners. “A person should be strict with himself, but be kind to other people,” he ________.

1.

A．punish

B．store

C．hate

D．remember

2.

A．magical

B．hard

C．happy

D．rich

3.

A．died

B．surfed

C．rushed

D．failed

4.

A．dug

B．learned

C．escaped

D．treated

5.

A．started

B．shut

C．laid

D．shone

6.

A．forget

B．refuse

C．choose

D．repair

7.

A．important

B．harmful

C．wrong

D．clear

8.

A．excited

B．fair

C．lazy

D．wise

9.

A．kindness

B．ride

C．amount

D．memory

10.

A．replied

B．said

C．rang

D．asked