【推荐1】Many years ago, when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver, I was driving to my parents’ home in Missouri for Christmas. Suddenly, I found black smoke pouring from the back of my car. I stopped and ______ what I was supposed to do. A car pulled up ______ me. A couple came out. They said they ______ take me to my parents’ home. We chatted on the way into the city, and ______ I got out of the car, the husband gave me his business card.

I ______ him and his wife a thank-you note for helping me. Soon afterwards, I received a Christmas ______ from them. A note in it said that helping me had made their holidays ______ .

Years later, I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning. In late afternoon I ______ to my car and found the battery (电池) was dead. Then I _____ that the Friendly Ford dealership—a shop selling cars was right next door. I walked over and found two salesmen ______ beside the door.

“Just how friendly is Friendly Ford?” I asked before _____ my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it. They would not ______ any payment. When I got home, I wrote them a note to say thanks. I ______ a letter back from one of the salesmen. ______ had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you, and it meant a lot, he said “Thank you”—two powerful words. They’re _____ to say but mean so much.

1.

A．thought

B．imagined

C．created

D．wondered

2.

A．behind

B．under

C．with

D．among

3.

A．should

B．needed to

C．would

D．had to

4.

A．where

B．when

C．how

D．why

5.

A．chose

B．picked

C．heard

D．wrote

6.

A．present

B．meal

C．treat

D．song

7.

A．horrible

B．impossible

C．important

D．meaningful

8.

A．depended

B．replied

C．returned

D．remained

9.

A．noticed

B．watched

C．researched

D．reminded

10.

A．hiding

B．waiting

C．arriving

D．leaving

11.

A．bringing

B．explaining

C．avoiding

D．providing

12.

A．refuse

B．offer

C．accept

D．mind

13.

A．lent

B．borrowed

C．received

D．sent

14.

A．Nobody

B．Somebody

C．Anybody

D．Everyone

15.

A．hard

B．strange

C．happy

D．easy

【推荐2】       I first met 8-year-old Katy on a rainy afternoon. I was a ______at a hospital. The clerk at the desk told me about Katy. She was there because she felt a lot of   _____   . The doctors found a problem at the base of her brain. I knew she was _____   even before she got better.
       When I entered Katy's room, she was not in her bed. _____   Katy did not feel well, she was playing with Tommy, a little boy. It took a lot of ______ for her just to sit in the chair. But she played with Tommy because it made him____.
       Katy was always smiling and never appeared to be in pain. She _____   to just lie in bed. One day I found her painting a picture. Later, she gave it to one of the older patients. Another day she went outside to ______ flowers for another sick little girl. Katy made _______smile.
The doctors studied her case and decided to operate on Katy's brain. The operation was a
_____! The doctors informed the hospital staff of the good news. Katy was fine. She soon felt _______ . Then she was able to _______   the hospital a month later.
       I have had a long career as a nurse. I have met many patients. ____, I have never met another girl like Katy. Even after she got well, she still came to the hospital. She played various games with the young patients. She read many books to the ______ patients. Katy's kind heart helped her get better so ____ . She is a hero to me and everyone else at the hospital.1.

A．nurse

B．waiter

C．doctor

D．patient

2.

A．fun

B．need

C．pain

D．pity

3.

A．silly

B．shy

C．sorry

D．special

4.

A．Because

B．Until

C．Though

D．After

5.

A．courses

B．effort

C．place

D．notes

6.

A．proud

B．lonely

C．mad

D．happy

7.

A．agreed

B．refused

C．decided

D．failed

8.

A．sell

B．smell

C．get

D．grow

9.

A．everyone

B．nobody

C．someone

D．none

10.

A．failure

B．competition

C．comfort

D．success

11.

A．better

B．worse

C．quieter

D．sadder

12.

A．find

B．leave

C．reach

D．forget

13.

A．Instead

B．Besides

C．Therefore

D．However

14.

A．nice

B．old

C．smart

D．crazy

15.

A．slowly

B．widely

C．quickly

D．lately

【推荐3】Last week, I was running a little late for my first day at a new job in East London. There was ___________ wrong with my feet, and I didn't want to put too much pressure on them, so I _________ to take a taxi.

The taxi driver was really warm-hearted, and he asked me _________ I was going to get off. So, I told him I was on my way to _________ a new job and was running a little late to get to the subway station.

The driver knew it was so _________ to the station, so he told me that he could take me there for free. I said no and took out my _______ to pay him for his service. However, he _______ and said with a big smile, “Don't _________ about it. I feel sorry because I couldn't get you all the way to the workplace when you are running late for your _________ day of work. Good luck with your new __________.”

The kind driver's behavior really made me feel __________ and touched. There was no __________ for him to do this for a stranger. But he just wanted to bring a __________ to someone else's day, so he did it. I felt really thankful to this driver.

__________ I didn't know his name, his beautiful smile warmed me up and made my day. __________ others can make both other people and ourselves happy.

1.

A．nothing

B．anything

C．something

D．everything

2.

A．promised

B．predicted

C．discussed

D．decided

3.

A．how

B．when

C．who

D．where

4.

A．find

B．lose

C．start

D．wait

5.

A．difficult

B．close

C．crowded

D．meaningless

6.

A．photo

B．wallet

C．paper

D．umbrella

7.

A．refused

B．thanked

C．thought

D．organized

8.

A．accept

B．try

C．worry

D．expect

9.

A．common

B．first

C．busy

D．bad

10.

A．shoes

B．car

C．job

D．home

11.

A．bored

B．sad

C．successful

D．surprised

12.

A．way

B．space

C．time

D．need

13.

A．message

B．smile

C．book

D．ticket

14.

A．Although

B．If

C．Because

D．When

15.

A．Caring about

B．Turning down

C．Looking for

D．Bringing out

【推荐1】Every great achievement has been the result of years of dreaming. Even in early times, people could realize the ____ of dreams. If a person has a dream and works hard, he or she will find a way ____ bring it into success.
Children do not have ____ knowledge. However, they are natural dreamers. We should not ____ them. With their rich imagination, they will ____ with fantastic dreams. History is ____ of examples. Many great men were dreamers when they were children. One such dreamer was Thomas Edison. He used to ____ ostracized(排斥) when he was in primary school, but his achievements were greater than ____ in his time.
Teenagers and young people should also be _____ to dream. They had big dreams and their dreams ____ their lives and even the world. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are the good examples. They ____ developed technology and brought great progress to humans besides making money for ____ .
Older people should believe that it is never ____late to dream. Colonel Saunders ____ KFC at the age of 67. Everyone has a chance to make dreams ____1.

A．important

B．importance

C．most important

2.

A．to

B．of

C．for

3.

A．many

B．a lot

C．much

4.

A．make fun

B．laugh at

C．look down

5.

A．come up

B．catch up

C．get on

6.

A．full

B．filled

C．fill

7.

A．being

B．be

C．been

8.

A．else everyone's

B．everyone else's

C．everyone else

9.

A．encouraged

B．encouraging

C．encourage

10.

A．change

B．changed

C．to change

11.

A．had

B．have to

C．have

12.

A．them

B．themselves

C．theirs

13.

A．so

B．very

C．too

14.

A．set up

B．set out

C．put up

15.

A．come true

B．achieve

C．realize

【推荐3】Many people go to school for education．They learn languages，history，geography, physics , chemistry and math．Others go to school to learn a skill__1___they can make a living. School education is very important and useful，but no one can learn _2____ from school. A teacher，no matter how much he knows，can’t teach his students everything they want to know. The teacher’s．job is to show his students how to read and ____to think．So much more is to be learned out of school ____students themselves.
It is always more important to know how to study by oneself than to memorize some____ or formulas(公式)．It is actually quite ____to learn a certain fact in history or a formula in mathematics．But it is very difficult to use a formula in working out a math problem. Great scientists such as Einstein，Newton and Galileo，didn’t learn many things from school, but they were all____ and invented many things for mankind.
The ____for their success is that they knew how to study．They read books that were not ____at school . They worked hard all their lives ____not a single minute . They would ask many questions as they read and they did thousands of experiments．1.

A．even if

B．so that

C．because

D．once

2.

A．everything

B．something

C．anything

D．nothing

3.

A．what

B．which

C．how

D．why

4.

A．by

B．with

C．on

D．in

5.

A．meanings

B．books

C．history

D．facts

6.

A．necessary

B．easy

C．different

D．common

7.

A．clever

B．popular

C．successful

D．patient

8.

A．experiment

B．reason

C．result

D．way

9.

A．kept

B．shown

C．expressed

D．taught

10.

A．spending

B．wasting

C．costing

D．taking