【推荐1】阅读下面短文，理解大意，从所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，使短文连贯完整。

When my children were young, I used to read to them every evening before bed. One of their favorite stories was called Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch. Mr. Hatch lived a ________ life. He walked alone to work every day and ate his lunch alone in a corner. He never ________. He never talked to anyone on his way home. In the evening, he would read a newspaper and go to bed early.

His life changed, however, on Valentine’s Day when he got a heart-shaped box full of ________ in the mail, along with a note that said, “Somebody ________ you. Hope you like the chocolate.” At first, he couldn’t believe it, but as he let the message understood, he began to laugh and dance around. That message had opened his heart to the power of ________. Soon he found himself being cheerful. He became a joy at work and began to ________ people in the neighborhood. As the days and weeks went by, his laughter, smiles, kindness, happiness and love ________ everyone in his community.

Later, Mr. Hatch found out that the heart-shaped box had been delivered to him ________. He felt upset and went back to his old ways. When his neighbors found out, however, they decided not to lose the light he shared. They surprised him ________ a party and a huge banner（条幅）that read: “Everybody Loves Mr. Hatch.” Mr. Hatch cried when he realized that somebody loved him after all. Then he laughed, smiled and hugged with his friends.

Sometimes we all feel unloved and unlovable. ________, somebody does love us. May the pages of your life story be full of love.

1.

A．happy

B．rich

C．hard

D．lonely

2.

A．smiled

B．ate

C．shouted

D．slept

3.

A．fruit

B．chocolate

C．books

D．toys

4.

A．knows

B．laughs

C．loves

D．remembers

5.

A．health

B．hope

C．chance

D．love

6.

A．knock at

B．help out

C．fight with

D．learn from

7.

A．touched

B．solved

C．saved

D．gave

8.

A．in secret

B．in return

C．by mistake

D．on purpose

9.

A．at

B．with

C．on

D．in

10.

A．Suddenly

B．Unluckily

C．Besides

D．However

【推荐2】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。

Monty was a high school boy. One day his teacher asked the students to write a paper about what they wanted to be when they ______ . That night Monty wrote a seven-page paper ______ , describing his dream about having a horse ranch（马场）.

Two days later, he ______ his paper back. There was an “F” on it. Monty looked at his paper ______ . After class he went to the teachers' office and asked, “What’s the ______ I got an ‘F’?” The teacher said, “This dream is too unrealistic（不切实际的）, because you need lots of money to buy land, pay for horses and many other things. But your family is ______ and have no money. There is no way you can ever do it. Write another paper and I will give you another grade.

That day Monty ______ a lot about it. Then he had a talk with his father. After knowing his situation, his father said, “Dear son, it’s your decision. You have to make up your mind about it, because it’s important for you. Don’t ______ ! And I believe you can do it.”

After a week Monty handed in the ______ paper. He just wrote one more sentence at the end of it: You can keep the “F” and I will keep my dream.

Years later, the teacher went on a school trip with 30 kids to camp on a big horse ranch. One evening she met the owner of the horse ranch. She got a big ______ , because the owner was Monty, the boy who got an “F” for the paper about his dream.

1.

A．woke up

B．looked up

C．put up

D．grew up

2.

A．carefully

B．comfortably

C．luckily

D．strangely

3.

A．bought

B．got

C．wrote

D．read

4.

A．excitedly

B．relaxedly

C．sadly

D．happily

5.

A．reason

B．way

C．example

D．plan

6.

A．rich

B．poor

C．big

D．small

7.

A．spent

B．tried

C．exercised

D．thought

8.

A．give up

B．run away

C．go out

D．turn down

9.

A．new

B．bad

C．same

D．easy

10.

A．gift

B．talent

C．wish

D．surprise

【推荐3】根据短文内容，从各题所给的四个选项中选择一个最佳答案。

Once a gentleman was traveling by train. He felt ______ and got off at a station to look for some water. But when he got to the water tap, the train had started. He ran back but ______ the train.

It was getting late and he decided to spend the night at the station. The next morning he asked about the next ______ . He came to know that the next train was on the other day. So he decided to find a place for a day’s stay. It was getting ______ and he could not find a place near the station.

At last he reached a small village. He asked a villager ______ he could stay in his house for a night. The villager agreed. The villager cooked him food and ______ him a room to stay. But he did not ask for anything in return.

At seven in the evening, the gentleman heard a knock at the door. The villager opened the door. It was a ______ man in black. He asked the man to pay his debts(债务)

The next morning, the gentleman ______ some money on the bed. When the villager found the money, he also found a note. It said, “You ______ me but didn’t want any pay from me. Yesterday I heard the conversation between you and the rich man. I know that you were in need of ______. This is what you need.”

1.

A．hungry

B．thirsty

C．tired

D．busy

2.

A．caught

B．missed

C．got

D．saw

3.

A．bus

B．ship

C．plane

D．train

4.

A．dark

B．clean

C．dirty

D．quiet

5.

A．and

B．or

C．if

D．but

6.

A．gave

B．built

C．had

D．bought

7.

A．poor

B．rich

C．ugly

D．nice

8.

A．forgot

B．remembered

C．left

D．borrowed

9.

A．heard

B．taught

C．talked

D．helped

10.

A．food

B．money

C．time

D．house

【推荐1】Do you often think of your parents? You may say, “Of course, I ________. I give my mother a gift on Mother’s Day and on Father’s Day I ________ a gift for my father, too.” But what about the other days?

I have a friend. Her parents ________ in another city. One day, I go to see her and we have a nice talk. Then she wants to ______   and she dialed（拨打）the number, but then she puts down the phone. ________ about 10 minutes she dialed the number again. “Hi, Mom…”

Later, I ask in surprise. “________ did you dial the number twice?” She smiles, “My parents are old and ________, so they can’t get close to the telephone quickly. I always do so when I call them. I only want to give them ________ time to answer the telephone.”

My friend is a good girl. She is always ________ about her parents. You also want to be a good child, right? Please always remember to ________ your parents at any time, not just on some important days.

1.

A．am

B．do

C．will

D．have

2.

A．buy

B．send

C．take

D．spend

3.

A．meet

B．play

C．live

D．travel

4.

A．make a call

B．have a rest

C．take a walk

D．start a lesson

5.

A．For

B．When

C．Before

D．After

6.

A．How

B．Why

C．What

D．Where

7.

A．slow

B．short

C．strong

D．healthy

8.

A．no

B．any

C．enough

D．little

9.

A．telling

B．talking

C．writing

D．thinking

10.

A．want

B．love

C．hear

D．catch

【推荐2】When I was a little girl, my father loved to play catch with me. The game is _____. One person throw the ball, and the other try to catch it. I was not good at catching, but he would encourage me. He _____ told me “keep your eye on the ball” when I couldn’t catch the throws.

As I got older, we didn’t play catch. If I had a problem, I would go to my father to ask for his _____ He would try to joke with me and say “keep your eye on the ball”. We would both _____ when hearing that. The words made both of us _____ the happy old days. Though his words couldn’t really help me solve the problem, I felt much more _____ and didn’t worry any more.

_____, my father became ill in 1995 when I was 23. As he suffered from a stroke, he could not _____. There were no more talks between us. He could only mouth the words, which were sometimes hard to understand. After a while, I seemed to be pretty good at reading his lips (嘴唇), even better than the nurses who _____ him.

During our last conversation, I was telling him about a (n) ______ I was having with my work. Once again, I could read his lips: “Keep your eye on the ball.” We both smiled.

That was the last time I saw my father before he passed away. Since then, “keep your eye on the ball” has become a way for me to get rid of stress.

1.

A．special

B．easy

C．scary

D．useful

2.

A．always

B．never

C．hardly

D．seldom

3.

A．if

B．difference

C．idea

D．message

4.

A．by

B．sleep

C．laugh

D．fight

5.

A．think of

B．wait for

C．listen to

D．put up

6.

A．bored

B．tired

C．interested

D．relaxed

7.

A．Sadly

B．Luckily

C．Happily

D．Lazily

8.

A．see

B．speak

C．smell

D．hear

9.

A．looked at

B．played with

C．cared for

D．heard from

10.

A．crime

B．exercise

C．answer

D．problem

【推荐3】完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
You may not think that having a good family is a problem. But for me, it was. I had to ______ the problem of being the youngest.
We live in a small town of Pennsylvania, US. There are three of us girls: Amanda, Theresa and me, the youngest. People would say things to me like "Your sisters are so pretty! You're really______like them." That made me sad.
At school, all of my teachers had taught my sisters. On the first day of school, they would always say, "Oh, the youngest of the three! ______you're just like your sisters. They are such wonderful students," People always compared（比较）me with my sisters,______I would compare myself with them, too. I began to work hard to be______like them. What my sisters did, I did, too. And I did even more. ______,I became drum major（指挥）of our school's band（乐队）. Both Amanda and Theresa had been drum majors. I became editor of the school's newspaper; Theresa had been the editor two years before.
But last year, Amanda and Theresa left ______. Now I'm by myself at junior high. Everyone____me, because I'm the drum major and the newspaper's editor. Now I don't feel like a Smith girl any more -I feel like myself. I'm______of doing all of the same great things that my sisters did. And the______thing I did was learn to stop comparing myself with them.1.

A．cover

B．face

C．solve

D．check

2.

A．something

B．anything

C．everything

D．nothing

3.

A．think

B．wish

C．hope

D．agree

4.

A．so

B．but

C．as

D．because

5.

A．ever

B．very

C．more

D．most

6.

A．At once

B．At last

C．At all

D．At least

7.

A．school

B．home

C．the band

D．the newspaper

8.

A．supports

B．protects

C．encourages

D．knows

9.

A．tired

B．proud

C．careful

D．afraid

10.

A．first

B．last

C．best

D．Worst

【推荐2】通读下面的短文，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。

Has this ever happened to you? You want to do something and ask your parents. When you say, “I want to…”, your parents answer, “No, you can’t.” Teenagers often complain that their parents do not _______ them. When something goes wrong, most parents don’t believe in their children. Without asking why, they think their kids are _________. And not many parents _________ their kids to choose for themselves.

Yes, it is true that your parents sometimes: think of you as a _______ child. But remember that not long ago you were really a child. Your parents still remember the mistakes you used to _______. They want to _________ you though you don’t want them to do so.

So, if you want to get more freedom(自由), please try to _______ your parents and don’t lie(撒谎) to them. Try a more _______ way. If you want them to let you stay out _______, don’t just say, “All the other ________ can stay out late.” Tell them what you will do and where you’ll be and why it’s important for you to stay out late. Then they might say “Yes”.

1.

A．enjoy

B．see

C．understand

D．help

2.

A．wrong

B．right

C．happy

D．awake

3.

A．suppose

B．allow

C．push

D．notice

4.

A．little

B．tall

C．strong

D．perfect

5.

A．make

B．eat

C．cheat

D．hold

6.

A．protect

B．smile

C．offer

D．part

7.

A．hit

B．fold

C．understand

D．control

8.

A．brave

B．friendly

C．common

D．strange

9.

A．late

B．early

C．excited

D．bright

10.

A．brothers

B．parents

C．teachers

D．kids

【推荐3】Mom and dad are two of the most important people in your life. But many kids can’t get along well with their ________. They always think that they can’t ________ each other. Some kids dislike their parents’ strictness. They say that their parents are too ________ with them. How can children get along with their parents? Here are three tips for you.

Spend more time together. Don’t ________ so much time playing computer games or watching TV. You can ask one of your parents to play with ________. Go outside together, try some new games, or just read a book out loudly.

Share your feelings and ask for help. Many kids want their parents to help them ________ they are upset. But your mom or dad might not ________ that you’re having a problem. Tell them what has happened and you will be ________ after you doing that.

Do your best at whatever you do. You don’t have to be perfect (完美的), but when you do your best, you make your parents proud. It makes them happy to see that you’re turning into such a great ________. Why? Because it lets them know they’re ________ a good job.

1.

A．parents

B．sisters

C．brothers

2.

A．play

B．understand

C．run

3.

A．strict

B．easy

C．different

4.

A．make

B．use

C．spend

5.

A．them

B．you

C．me

6.

A．when

B．until

C．although

7.

A．look

B．know

C．receive

8.

A．nervous

B．sad

C．glad

9.

A．kid

B．friend

C．listener

10.

A．looking

B．doing

C．moving