【推荐1】通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出一个最佳选项。

When my sister Diane began playing the violin, she was seven. How did she sound? Terrible. But she didn’t ________. At twelve, she asked our parents if she could ________ a full-time music school. They said no. Actually, everyone agreed that my sister didn’t have talent.

I was better at my ________. My teacher had told my parents that I had great potential (潜力). So parents found the best piano teacher in the area to ________ me. But the only time when he was available was Saturday at 3 p.m. At that time, I was ________ about the British TV show, The Avengers, which was ________ every Saturday at 3 p.m. I didn’t want anything to take up my Avengers hour. So I ________ this amazing chance. Today, I don’t even have a ________ in my house.

My sister became an engineer, but she ________ stopped making music. When she was in her 40s, she changed her ________. She went back to college, got a degree in music education, and became a music teacher. She starts teaching kids to play their first instrument and gives them all the encouragement (鼓励) and support she never ________.

Recently, she and a pianist pal put on a concert. A big crowd of friends and family ________ for her. As she played, I looked around at the ________. Everyone was obviously enjoying the music. I realized that I was the only person who remembered that 7-year-old kid making those ________ sounds and I knew how far she had come, despite everything.   ________ is important. But enthusiasm (热情) is even more important.

1.

A．admit

B．like

C．stop

D．improve

2.

A．visit

B．pay

C．leave

D．attend

3.

A．music

B．homework

C．article

D．sports

4.

A．examine

B．challenge

C．correct

D．train

5.

A．crazy

B．serious

C．frightened

D．happy

6.

A．designed

B．filmed

C．showed

D．chosen

7.

A．jumped down

B．turned down

C．waited for

D．opened up

8.

A．teacher

B．musician

C．violin

D．piano

9.

A．never

B．even

C．already

D．once

10.

A．hobby

B．time

C．job

D．house

11.

A．received

B．provided

C．imagined

D．expected

12.

A．turned off

B．showed off

C．stayed up

D．turned up

13.

A．students

B．crowd

C．lights

D．library

14.

A．sweet

B．bad

C．powerful

D．pleasing

15.

A．Money

B．Time

C．Talent

D．Support

【推荐2】A young man liked gems (珠宝) greatly. One day he _____ the local expert (专家) on gems and said he wanted to become a geologist (珠宝家). The expert _____ him because he was afraid that the youth would not have the _____ to learn. The young man asked for a _____. Finally, the expert agreed and told the youth, “Come here tomorrow.”

The _____ morning, the expert put a bade (玉) stone in the young man’s hand and told him to hold it. The expert then went to do his work, cutting, weighing and setting gems. The young man sat _____ and waited.

The following morning, the expert _____ put the bade stone in the young man’s hand and told him to hold it. On the third, fourth and fifth day, the expert asked the young man to _____ the same thing. On the third, fourth and fifth day, the young man held the bade stone but he could not _____ the silence. “Master, ______ am I going to learn some-thing?” he asked.

“You will learn.” the expert said and went to his business. Several more days ______. One morning, as the expert went to the young man and asked him to ______ his hand, the young man was about to blur out (脱口而出) that he couldn’t go on any ______. But as the master put the stone in his hand, the young man said ______ looking at his hand, “This is not the ______ bade stone!” “You have begun to learn.” said the master.

1.

A．had

B．saw

C．visited

D．watched

2.

A．liked

B．accepted

C．disliked

D．refused

3.

A．time

B．talent

C．patience

D．money

4.

A．try

B．chance

C．study

D．look

5.

A．next

B．first

C．last

D．third

6.

A．happily

B．excitedly

C．freely

D．quietly

7.

A．already

B．again

C．also

D．even

8.

A．do

B．try

C．repeat

D．finish

9.

A．stand

B．keep

C．break

D．get

10.

A．where

B．when

C．how

D．why

11.

A．went out

B．went bye

C．went away

D．went up

12.

A．put out

B．take out

C．let out

D．hold out

13.

A．longer

B．shorter

C．worse

D．better

14.

A．of

B．with

C．without

D．by

15.

A．wrong

B．different

C．same

D．right

【推荐3】阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。

An old woman was taking a basket of apples to the market. As she walked along the street, three or four of the apples dropped out and fell on the ________.

The woman did not _______ what had happened, so she went without stopping. A poor girl saw them. She picked them up _______.

“Here! Here!” she called out to the woman. When the woman _______ her, she stopped and turned around. The girl ________ the apples to her, and put them in her hands.

“Thank you,” said the woman _______ a big smile on her face. “And now,” continued the woman, “take the best one for yourself, for you are a（n）_______ girl.” The girl took one from the woman`s basket and thanked her from the bottom of her heart.

After the woman went far away, a boy came up and said to the girl, “Why didn’t you keep some of the apples you had picked up? Then you could get more apples than the one you took from the woman just now, and you could also share some with _______.”

“No,” replied the girl, “Though I am poor, I can’t lose my ________. You can have this apple _______ you like, because it is mine now; but if I give you what is not mine, I will be dishonest.”

1.

A．wall

B．window

C．ground

D．field

2.

A．notice

B．imagine

C．mention

D．understand

3.

A．angrily

B．sadly

C．secretly

D．quickly

4.

A．hid

B．saw

C．heard

D．found

5.

A．ordered

B．brought

C．caught

D．threw

6.

A．at

B．with

C．by

D．without

7.

A．honest

B．active

C．lazy

D．creative

8.

A．her

B．him

C．me

D．them

9.

A．hobby

B．result

C．idea

D．pride

10.

A．when

B．if

C．until

D．although

【推荐1】Hello! My name is Linda. Lucy is my cousin. She is my classmate, too. We go to the ______classroom every day.______ we do different (不同的) things on Sundays.
From 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., I have______ lessons. I like baseball very much because it is very______ for me. In the afternoon, I always go to the ______. I read some math books there, because______ is my favorite subject.
Lucy eats her______ at 7:30 a.m.. Then she goes to a fruit store with______ mother. She doesn’t buy fruit there, but helps her mother to______it. Her mother is a shopkeeper(店员) there. They____ their work at 4:00 p.m.. Then they go home and have a big dinner.1.

A．long

B．big

C．small

D．same

2.

A．But

B．Because

C．And

D．So

3.

A．baseball

B．volleyball

C．basketball

D．tennis

4.

A．boring

B．difficult

C．interesting

D．short

5.

A．library

B．clothes store

C．fruit store

D．bedroom

6.

A．history

B．Chinese

C．geography

D．math

7.

A．dinner

B．breakfast

C．lunch

D．ice-cream

8.

A．his

B．my

C．her

D．your

9.

A．look

B．ask

C．sell

D．take

10.

A．start

B．finish

C．do

D．have

【推荐2】阅读下列短文，掌握其大意， 然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

Since my mother moved to live with us in the city, she has been much heavier than before. As time went by, he health got ________. So I had to take her to see a   ________. My mother was told to lose weight by doing exercise every day. She had no choice but to follow ________ the doctor said. I told her that I would exercise with her every morning.

On the first morning, she got up very early ________ ran with me in our neighborhood（街区，临地）. I tried to run slowly so that she could follow me. After ________ for some minutes, I told her the proper ways of exercise and the importance of eating healthy food. She listened to me carefully. It made me ________ that she told me everything very patiently（耐心地）when I was a kid. On the second morning, I praised（称赞）her for keeping running with me.

But after two weeks, she wanted to ________ running because she thought the two-week exercise didn’t work at all. To encourage（鼓励）her, I taught her how to use the facilities（设施）for exercise in our ________. She began to exercise again.

With my help, it ________ her one month to develop a good habit of daily exercise. “Thank you, my dear daughter. Exercise brings health and happiness to me. I will ________ worry about my health.” Her words touched my heart deeply. I felt happy to make a big difference to my mother’s life.

1.

A．better

B．stronger

C．worse

D．thinner

2.

A．teacher

B．waiter

C．nurse

D．doctor

3.

A．that

B．what

C．which

D．where

4.

A．and

B．but

C．so

D．or

5.

A．swimming

B．running

C．playing

D．eating

6.

A．act

B．cry

C．forget

D．remember

7.

A．give up

B．keep on

C．set up

D．take up

8.

A．school

B．hospital

C．neighborhood

D．cinema

9.

A．cost

B．spent

C．took

D．paid

10.

A．never

B．ever

C．sometimes

D．always

【推荐3】Almost everyone has his own hobby. My hobby is reading. When I was young, I didn't have any hobbies. I   always watched TV at home all day and my parents were __________ about me.

             One day, my father took me to my aunt's home. When I got there, I saw my cousin __________ in his room. I ran to him and said, "Reading books is so boring. Why not go out to play games? That's more __________."
             "I don't think so. Reading is really interesting, and also I can get a lot of __________ from my books." Then my cousin asked me some questions, but I couldn't __________ most of them. He was two years younger than me, but he knew much more. My face turned red.
             That day he told me many interesting stories. I __________ myself in his stories. From then on, I became interested in reading. Now I have a room __________ books. In my free time, I'm happy to be __________ and read the books. I do well in my subjects because of all the books I've read, and I'm especially good at __________. I have won many prizes in writing contests(比赛). That makes me feel very __________.1.

A．tired

B．scared

C．worried

D．excited

2.

A．read

B．reading

C．playing

D．play

3.

A．important

B．enjoyable

C．surprising

D．comfortable

4.

A．activities

B．programs

C．instructions

D．knowledge

5.

A．receive

B．repeat

C．answer

D．follow

6.

A．helped

B．taught

C．encouraged

D．lost

7.

A．full of

B．short of

C．opposite of

D．fit for

8.

A．special

B．early

C．different

D．alone

9.

A．writing

B．English

C．P. E.

D．science

10.

A．nervous

B．sick

C．proud

D．sorry

【推荐1】通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案，并把答案填写在题号前的括号内。

Margaret always gives her friends cards on New Year’s Day. She thinks it is a great way to tell them how much she ________ their friendship.

Last week, Margaret went to some stores to look for ________ cards for her friends. Margaret likes all of her friends. She wanted to find a special card for each friend. But she could not find even one. They just ________ similar.

Margaret thought up a great idea. She would make a ________ for each of her friends, but she wasn’t sure how to do it. She remembered seeing cards made by hand on the ________. She went online to ________ more about these cards. Then, she ________ down all the things that she would need to make the cards and went back to the store to buy them. Margaret spent a few ________ working on the cards carefully. That night at dinner, Margaret showed her family the cards she made for her friends. Her brother thought they were ________ and asked Margaret to make one for him. Margaret agreed ________. Later she made cards for her parents and grandparents, too.

1.

A．laughs at

B．cares about

C．waits for

D．looks after

2.

A．beautiful

B．special

C．different

D．wonderful

3.

A．sounded

B．felt

C．looked

D．tasted

4.

A．card

B．store

C．meal

D．video

5.

A．radio

B．book

C．TV

D．Internet

6.

A．find out

B．help out

C．bring out

D．hang out

7.

A．turned

B．fell

C．cut

D．wrote

8.

A．time

B．money

C．hours

D．days

9.

A．sad

B．pretty

C．common

D．meaningless

10.

A．hardly

B．seriously

C．happily

D．cheaply

【推荐2】If you read a newspaper or listen to a news report recently, you may hear or read a strange word “staycation”. Staycation is a new word. The American people use it to ________ a vacation very close to your own home, or simply staying at home during your vacation. It is the combination (组合) of the word “stay” and “vacation”. In recent years, staycation has become very ________ because of the heavy traffic during the vacation. The word has already been ________ to the Oxford English Dictionary.

This summer, I had a staycation in my own town. During the staycation, I didn’t go anywhere far away, ________ I still had a great time. The ________ thing I did was to improve my ping-pong skills. I ________ a ping-pong club. I had to get up at 7 a.m. and then got to the club for training every day. The coach taught me many ________ skills. I also made many new friends there! The second thing I did was relax myself. I went to a nearby ________ with my parents.

We stayed inside a wooden house for about a week. We could see the wonderful sea and the beautiful beach with golden ________ outside the windows. We played ball games on the beach and swam in the sea. We really enjoyed _________ .

Now I understand why a staycation is so popular. Sometimes, you don’t need to go far away. As long as you make good plans, you can relax and have fun nearby. Why not have a try?

1.

A．decide

B．describe

C．spend

D．cancel

2.

A．boring

B．necessary

C．difficult

D．popular

3.

A．added

B．bought

C．warned

D．reviewed

4.

A．though

B．but

C．because

D．so

5.

A．most

B．least

C．first

D．last

6.

A．took

B．worked

C．played

D．joined

7.

A．useful

B．useless

C．awful

D．polite

8.

A．factory

B．school

C．island

D．bookstore

9.

A．top

B．sand

C．block

D．cotton

10.

A．myself

B．themselves

C．ourselves

D．yourselves