【推荐1】On a snowy evening, a rich lady was standing by the road. She was very ________, because her car broke down. Just then a young man named Robert passed by. He was on his way back home as usual. The lady wondered, “Will the man ________ me? He looks very cold and hungry.” But to her surprise, he stopped and asked, “What’s wrong, madam?” The lady told him what was happening. After a while, the car was at last fixed by Robert. She wanted to pay him. “No, that is ________, madam,” he said. “I was just helping someone in ________. If you really want to pay me back, I hope whenever you see someone in trouble, you should give him a hand.”

A few minutes later, the lady saw a shabby (破旧的) house by the road. She thought of Robert’s words, so she stopped. The hostess (女主人) warmly asked her ________. The lady could see it was a ________ family and that they needed help. When the hostess was making tea in the ________, the lady put 500 dollars on a table and went away ________.

Robert came home later than before, thinking how hard their life was. Their baby was to be born the next month but they don’t have ________ money. His wife went up to him, gave him a kiss and said softly, “Don’t worry, dear! An angel has helped us out!”

Let’s always be ready to help others because helping others is helping ________.

1.

A．friendly

B．lucky

C．helpful

D．worried

2.

A．help

B．invite

C．miss

D．drive

3.

A．nothing

B．something

C．everything

D．anything

4.

A．road

B．snow

C．need

D．danger

5.

A．along

B．past

C．across

D．in

6.

A．funny

B．famous

C．poor

D．sick

7.

A．garden

B．bathroom

C．bedroom

D．kitchen

8.

A．slowly

B．quietly

C．happily

D．carefully

9.

A．lots

B．little

C．enough

D．many

10.

A．myself

B．ourselves

C．himself

D．yourself

【推荐2】A young man had a traffic accident and lost his arms. He had to _______ his brother, who stayed with him for years. Except for writing with his toes, the man could do _______ else. However, one day something unpleasant happened between them, his brother was angry and went away, leaving him alone and the man didn’t know what to do.

Similarly, an accident befell (降临) a girl. One night the stove (火炉) in her kitchen was overturned (推翻), resulting in a fire which took her _______ away, but she _______ her sister’s help , because she decided to be _______. She tried hard and soon learned to look after herself. “Though my wings are broken, my heart can still fly,” she wrote in her diary.

One day, the young man and the girl were both invited to a TV talk-show program. The man told the hostess about his _______ future, while the girl was full of enthusiasm (热情) for life. They were both asked to write something on a piece of paper with their toes. The boy: My brother’s arms are my arms. The girl: Broken wings, flying hearts.

They had both faced the same problems, but they made different _______ when they met difficulties. If you choose to complain or escape, difficulties will _______ wherever you go. However, if you choose to be _______, difficulties will turn out to be a good side, at that time, new ________ will appear.

1.

A．look after

B．believe in

C．bring up

D．depend on

2.

A．something

B．anything

C．nothing

D．everything

3.

A．feet

B．hands

C．happiness

D．task

4.

A．told

B．enjoyed

C．thanked

D．refused

5.

A．lazy

B．free

C．independent

D．honest

6.

A．hopeless

B．great

C．successful

D．unbelievable

7.

A．results

B．wealth

C．decisions

D．experiences

8.

A．follow

B．disappear

C．continue

D．replace

9.

A．calm

B．patient

C．courage

D．strong

10.

A．jokes

B．hopes

C．tricks

D．books

【推荐3】When I was in the third grade, I was chosen to be the princess in the school play. For weeks my mother had helped me practice my words. But once on the stage, every word ________ from my head. Then my teacher changed my role to a narrator (解说者) for the play. ________ I didn’t tell my mother what had happened that day, she noticed my ________ and asked if I wanted to take a walk in the garden.

It was a lovely spring day. We could see dandelions (蒲公英) among the roses in the garden. I watched my ________ lower her body. “I think I’ll dig up all these dandelions,” she said. “From now on, we’ll ________ have roses in this garden.” “But I like dandelions,” I replied. “All flowers are ________ — even dandelions.”

My mother ________ me seriously. “Yes, every flower gives pleasure in its own way, doesn’t it?” she asked. I nodded. “And that is true for people, too,” she added. When I ________ that she had guessed my pain, I started to cry and told her the truth. “But you will be a wonderful narrator,” she said, reminding me ________ how much I loved to read stories aloud.

________ my mother’s encouragement, I got to know everybody had his or her own value in the world, I felt proud of the role in the play.

1.

A．developed

B．returned

C．failed

D．disappeared

2.

A．If

B．Because

C．Though

D．Since

3.

A．difficulty

B．research

C．danger

D．unhappiness

4.

A．clothes

B．mother

C．garden

D．roses

5.

A．hardly

B．only

C．still

D．also

6.

A．peaceful

B．healthy

C．beautiful

D．fresh

7.

A．looked after

B．looked for

C．looked at

D．looked through

8.

A．included

B．realized

C．explained

D．protected

9.

A．of

B．to

C．towards

D．with

10.

A．As for

B．Thanks to

C．In order to

D．As far as

【推荐1】What does it mean to “lose and gain (失与得)”? The book Bridge to Terabithia (《仙境之桥》) by US author Katherine Paterson may give you new ________.

It tells the story of two children, Jesse Aarons and Leslie Burke. Jesse is a lonely (孤独的) boy ________ Leslie is an outgoing girl. They ________ each other in the playground. Jesse wants to be a ________ runner in the fifth grade. He keeps running all summer. But on the first day of school, Leslie runs ________. Later, they become best ________.

Together, they make a magical kingdom (魔法王国) in the woods, called Terabithia. However, a bad thing ________ one day. Jesse hurts his heart. At that moment, Jesse learns how much courage (勇气) Leslie has given him.

The author Katherine has an unhappy childhood, so she often ________ her characters (人物) a lonely life. Then she would give them happiness. But at the end, the characters will ________ what they have. Her story is full of “ups and downs”. Katherine is good at showing characters’ feelings. You can feel the ________ when characters lose something beautiful.

1.

A．answers

B．ways

C．places

D．questions

2.

A．while

B．when

C．if

D．because

3.

A．teach

B．meet

C．smell

D．visit

4.

A．good

B．clever

C．handsome

D．tall

5.

A．slower

B．faster

C．easily

D．simply

6.

A．students

B．teachers

C．friends

D．children

7.

A．happens

B．changes

C．leaves

D．chooses

8.

A．pays

B．excuses

C．gives

D．visits

9.

A．lose

B．get

C．wait

D．hope

10.

A．truth

B．sadness

C．difficulty

D．happiness

【推荐2】There was once a young man who began to feel self-satisfied after some small achievements.
One day, the young man took a walk with a ________ man from the town. On the way the young man was bragging(吹嘘) about himself, __________ the wise man didn’t say a word. When they
________ a peak(山峰), the wise man asked, “Look down. What do you see ?”
“I see trees, houses and people as ________ as ants working in the fields,” the young man said.
“What do you feel?” the wise man asked.
“Everything is ________ me. I feel I rule the world,” the young man answered.
The wise man said nothing. After a minute, he asked the young man to look ________ “What do you see this time?” the wise man asked.
“I see ________flying around high mountains, the white clouds on the mountains and the blue sky above the white clouds,” the young man answered.
Then he asked the wise man’s ________.
“I feel small and powerless,” the wise man answered. ”A person who knows to look upward can ________ understand his position(位置). When a person knows the blue sky is always overhead, he won’t be so luck as to believe he rules the world.”
The young man felt foolish for his pride. From then on, he looked up at the sky and remembered ________ small he really was.
Try to look upward when you feel too good about yourself.1.

A．busy

B．lazy

C．wise

2.

A．or

B．but

C．so

3.

A．got to

B．got off

C．got up

4.

A．fat

B．light

C．small

5.

A．below

B．above

C．between

6.

A．up

B．down

C．out

7.

A．monkeys

B．tigers

C．birds

8.

A．ways

B．name

C．feelings

9.

A．badly

B．angrily

C．clearly

10.

A．why

B．how

C．what

【推荐3】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，并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。

One day, a tiger caught a fox in a forest. The tiger didn’t eat anything all day. He was very _________ and he couldn’t wait to eat the fox.

The fox was _________ of the tiger, but he didn’t want to lose his life. Then he had an _________ to save himself. As soon as the tiger opened his _________ to eat the fox, the fox said, “You can’t eat me. I was sent to rule（统治）the animals by God.”

The tiger didn’t believe what the fox said. The fox continued, “If you don’t _________ me, just follow me to see whether the animals are afraid of me.”

The tiger agreed. Then he followed the fox and they began to _________ the forest. While they were walking in the forest, all of the _________ ran away.

The tiger thought that the animals were afraid of the fox. Then he _________ not to eat the fox. _________, he let the fox go.

How __________ the tiger was! He didn’t realize that the animals were afraid of him instead of the fox.

1.

A．hungry

B．thick

C．dangerous

D．full

2.

A．proud

B．excited

C．afraid

D．bored

3.

A．accident

B．idea

C．introduction

D．invention

4.

A．nose

B．mouth

C．ears

D．eyes

5.

A．allow

B．beat

C．believe

D．consider

6.

A．walk around

B．give up

C．take down

D．clean out

7.

A．children

B．tigers

C．foxes

D．animals

8.

A．encouraged

B．expected

C．warned

D．decided

9.

A．Finally

B．Next

C．Then

D．Firstly

10.

A．kind

B．wise

C．silly

D．brave