【推荐1】When Yang Fan was taking a walk around the Yuliang Island, she saw a black swan (天鹅) in the grass.

She found that the swan needed _______. So Yang covered the bird’s head with her jacket to keep its cool, picked it up _______, and held it in her arms. She decided to send it to the Animal Care Center, _______ the center was across the Han River, far from the park. She didn’t know how to carry the swan there. Luckily, some _______ driving by gave her and the swan a lift to a nearby bus stop.

On the bus, no one seemed surprised by “the _______ passenger”. Instead they were worried. Someone helped Yang Fan call the _______ on the way. And Li Tao, an animal-care manager, picked her up at the bus stop and drove _______ to the center. There, the animal doctors found that the swan was poisoned (中毒), _______ by eating something used to kill mice. The swan was well looked after at the center. It even made a friend—a little dog. Thanks to people’s love and care, luckily, it became _______ two months later.

“It’s a moving story. Yang Fan travelled about two hours and it was really a long way,” says Li Tao. “And all the strangers wanted to give her and the swan a hand.” He adds “I am happy to see that more and more people have realized the importance of __________ the wild life.”

1.

A．food

B．water

C．help

2.

A．carefully

B．exactly

C．politely

3.

A．and

B．but

C．so

4.

A．friends

B．strangers

C．foreigners

5.

A．serious

B．famous

C．unusual

6.

A．center

B．park

C．hotel

7.

A．him

B．me

C．them

8.

A．tested

B．treated

C．caused

9.

A．thin

B．healthy

C．lonely

10.

A．protecting

B．keeping

C．inventing

【推荐3】It snowed again.My seventh Christmas was round the corner.I dreamed of getting the present from Father Christmas until my elder sister dropped the bomb.“There is no Father Christmas.”
I ran to my grandmother’s house, for she always told the________. Grandmother was at home. I told her everything.“No Father Christmas?”she was a little _____.“Don’t belive it.Put on your coat,and let’s go.”
“Go?Where，Grandma?” I asked.
“Kerby’s Store.”
As we walked through its doors. Grandma handed me the dollars and said.“Take the ____and buy something for someone who needs it.I’ll wait for you in the car.”Then she turned and walked out of the Kerby’s.
For a few seconds I just stood there，holding the money，wondering ____to buy，and who to buy it for.
I thought of_____I knew my family，my friends，my neighbors…I suddenly thought of Bobbie Decbar， a ___with bad breath and messy hair.He sat right   behind me_____Mrs. Polack’s class.
Bobbie_____went to any party during the winter.His mother always wrote a note, telling the teacher that he had a cough,______we all knew that he didn’t have a cough,and he didn’t have a __________.I decided to buy Bobbie a red warm coat that he would like.
That evening, grandma helped   me wrap the coat in Christmas paper and ribbons, and_____“To Bobbie.From Father Christmas”on it.Grandma told me Father Christmas never let   people know that he ____ them.Then she drove me over to Bobbie’s home ,telling that I was helping Father Christmas_____ the presents.
Grandma parked the car along the street.and we hid behind the trees near Bobbie’s home .Then Grandma said to me.“All right , Father Christmas get going.”
I took a deep breath， rushed to his front door，put the present down_____the door，rang the doorbell and flew back to the safety of the _____and Grandma.We waited breathlessly in the dark for the front door to open. Finally it did and there stood Bobbie.
That night ,I realized that Father Christmas was alive and well.and we were on his team.1.

A．truth

B．story

C．joke

D．lie

2.

A．afraid

B．happy

C．tired

D．angry

3.

A．book

B．coat

C．present

D．money

4.

A．what

B．when

C．where

D．how

5.

A．nobody

B．everybody

C．somebody

D．anybody

6.

A．boy

B．girl

C．man

D．woman

7.

A．for

B．on

C．in

D．with

8.

A．never

B．often

C．sometimes

D．always

9.

A．so

B．if

C．but

D．and

10.

A．present

B．cough

C．dollar

D．coat

11.

A．read

B．write

C．say

D．spell

12.

A．helped

B．believed

C．taught

D．made

13.

A．give up

B．put up

C．give away

D．put off

14.

A．on

B．behind

C．over

D．outside

15.

A．shop

B．cars

C．trees

D．door

【推荐1】阅读以下语篇，从各小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出最佳选项。

One night, a little girl got up to drink some water. She walked to her bedroom door and ________ it. The little girl looked outside and walked back, because it was dark in the living room and she was ________.

Her mother said, “Don’t be afraid, honey. Have some courage!”

“What is courage?” she asked, running to her mother’s bed.

“Courage is the brave ________,” her mother answered.

“Mom, do you have courage?”

“Certainly.”

The lite girl held out her hands, saying, “Mom, blow some of your breath of courage to ________.”

After her mother blew into her little cold hands, the little girl closed her hands ________. She was afraid that her mom’s “breath of courage” would disappear. Now she ________ that she had the courage from her mother. Then she walked out of the bedroom ________ the kitchen with nothing to be afraid of.

Her mother said to herself, “It will be nice ________ someone can blow some courage to me. Then I can also ________ it in my hands when I feel scared.”

Where does courage come from? It often comes from the ________ we get from others.

1.

A．watched

B．opened

C．fixed

2.

A．sleepy

B．excited

C．scared

3.

A．idea

B．challenge

C．breath

4.

A．me

B．you

C．her

5.

A．quietly

B．quickly

C．easily

6.

A．believed

B．explained

C．agreed

7.

A．in

B．at

C．to

8.

A．although

B．if

C．unless

9.

A．hold

B．lift

C．raise

10.

A．present

B．support

C．excuse

【推荐2】There is a picture sitting on the desk in my room. It’s a picture of my parents smiling together in a peach garden(桃园). It is special to me because it’s the first picture I took for ______ when I was four years old.

It was a holiday weekend. My parents took me to ______ a peach garden in the countryside. It was a sea of peach flowers-pink and white. So beautiful! There was a wonderful sweet ______ in the air too. My parents started taking pictures. They took a picture of me, pictures of me and my father, and of me and my mother.

Then Mom asked, “Do you want to take a picture of us too?”

“Yes, yes!” I said ______. But Dad was worried. He said I was too young and I might ______ the camera. He did not want me to break it.

Mom said, “Let him ______. He will not drop the camera. He will be ______.” Dad was not sure, ______ he agreed.

Mom and Dad ______ at the camera. Mom told me to ______ the little hole where I would see ______ of them in the middle.

“Then hold your breath and click,” she said. I did as Mom said. Holding the ______ tightly(紧紧地), I looked through the hole. Yes, I saw them. I saw them in the middle of the ______. I pressed the button(按钮). Click! The picture was taken.

We got the picture back a few days later. It looked great! Mom and Dad were both in the picture, smiling.

That picture is my favorite. That’s ______ I have it sitting in a special place on my desk. It reminds me of my happy ______ and my first experience with a camera.

1.

A．myself

B．us

C．them

D．it

2.

A．build

B．sell

C．dig

D．visit

3.

A．cloud

B．memory

C．smell

D．sound

4.

A．excitedly

B．angrily

C．quietly

D．slowly

5.

A．lose

B．forget

C．hold

D．drop

6.

A．go

B．try

C．play

D．eat

7.

A．careful

B．healthy

C．strong

D．silent

8.

A．so

B．if

C．but

D．unless

9.

A．ran

B．shouted

C．threw

D．smiled

10.

A．look after

B．look through

C．look for

D．look up

11.

A．either

B．neither

C．both

D．none

12.

A．bag

B．flower

C．key

D．camera

13.

A．window

B．sky

C．peach

D．desk

14.

A．because

B．why

C．where

D．how

15.

A．dream

B．hometown

C．childhood

D．housework

【推荐3】What does taking a risk mean? It means trying ________ things even if they make you uncomfortable or afraid. One of the greatest risks I’d ever taken was playing a role in my high school’s fall play. I was not only a person who had performance(表演) experience, but also I stuttered(口吃).

The ________ of performing in front of people made me worried. The reason why I ________ to perform was that I wanted to take part in my school theatre program.

On the day of the audition(试演), there were also some acting exercises to warm us up. We were divided into pairs to ________ parts of the play. I felt very worried. After I said some of the lines (台词), my partner said, “I ________ you are stuttering. Is that for dramatic effect or do you really stutter?” I was speechless.

When my ________ to audition came, my heart was beating fast. Across from me sat the director and his assistants (助手). Needless to say, I was really ________ my performance. I played the role of a man painter who pretended(假装) to be a woman. My partner was playing a businessman who wanted to marry me (the woman). We said our lines and, ________, I didn’t stutter. We went through it several times, and finally it was over. I was so relaxed.

The next Monday I was told that I had made the play. How excited I was! It was a lot of fun to do the play, and it was clear to me that my stuttering couldn’t ________ me doing what I wanted to do, and taking risks was well worth the time and ________.

1.

A．interesting

B．exciting

C．challenging

D．tiring

2.

A．experience

B．thought

C．memory

D．purpose

3.

A．failed

B．decided

C．afforded

D．refused

4.

A．compare

B．understand

C．describe

D．prepare

5.

A．promise

B．know

C．notice

D．imagine

6.

A．turn

B．hope

C．dream

D．plan

7.

A．amazed at

B．worried about

C．used to

D．sad about

8.

A．probably

B．finally

C．surprisingly

D．certainly

9.

A．suggest

B．prevent

C．find

D．get

10.

A．attention

B．power

C．effort

D．feeling