【推荐1】Years ago a farmer owned land along the coast. He always needed workers to help him, but most people did not want to work on farms near the sea. They were ______ of the terrible storms that may destroy buildings and crops.

Finally, a short man came to the farmer. “Are you a good worker?” the farmer asked him. “Well, I can sleep when the wind blows,” answered the little man. Although surprised by this answer, the farmer, who really needed ______, gave him the job. The little man ______ well around the farm, busy from day to night, and the farmer felt ______ with his work.

Then one night the wind blew loudly in from the sea. Jumping out of bed, the farmer ______ next door to the short man’s room. The farmer shouted “Get up! A ______ is coming! Tie things well before they are blown away!” the little man lay in bed ______ and said, “No sir, I told you, I can sleep when the wind blows.”

Hearing the words, the farmer got angry but he had to hurry outside to ______ the storm. To his surprise, he found that everything was tied down and nothing could be blown away. The farmer then ______ what the short man meant, so he returned to his bed to sleep while the wind blew.

When you’re prepared, you have nothing to fear. Can you ______ when the wind blows through your life?

1.

A．afraid

B．sure

C．careful

D．fond

2.

A．money

B．experience

C．help

D．rest

3.

A．stayed

B．worked

C．moved

D．slept

4.

A．worried

B．angry

C．stressed

D．pleased

5.

A．rushed

B．moved

C．left

D．returned

6.

A．man

B．storm

C．change

D．boat

7.

A．lazily

B．crazily

C．angrily

D．reasonably

8.

A．wait for

B．call for

C．look for

D．prepare for

9.

A．remembered

B．understood

C．heard

D．wondered

10.

A．work

B．stand

C．sleep

D．live

【推荐2】完形填空
On the eve of graduation, many classmates were busy looking for jobs. So was I. It's very difficult to find a job in the big city. I had been____for many times until I found a want ad for an editor   (编辑). "If you could find more than 10 ____ words in the newspaper, you can work for us as an editor." I loved ____ and had written several little articles for the newspaper. So I decided to have a ____. It was the final date when I saw the newspaper. I told one of my roommates the news happily. After he ____ what I said, he smiled and said, "Today is April Fool' s Day. It may be just an April Fool's ____. A fool may take it seriously." I was very ____ after hearing that, but I still wanted to have a try. It ____ me the whole morning to find twelve wrong words in the newspaper. I ____ at the editorial department in the afternoon and got the job.
I got a lesson from the experience: something that others said was____ may be not impossible. As long as you believe it, you may make impossibility possible.1.

A．refused

B．considered

C．expected

2.

A．important

B．correct

C．wrong

3.

A．reading

B．writing

C．listening

4.

A．look

B．try

C．chance

5.

A．read

B．saw

C．heard

6.

A．joke

B．note

C．result

7.

A．excited

B．unhappy

C．bored

8.

A．spent

B．took

C．cost

9.

A．got

B．reached

C．arrived

10.

A．real

B．impossible

C．possible

【推荐2】完形填空
My name is Tony White. Tony is my____ name. White is my ____ name. I____ ten. I’m ____English boy. My telephone ____ is 688-7592. ____! This is my pen. It’s not green. It’s____ Mary Smith is my friend. ____ first name is Mary and her last name is____ Mary is a ____girl.1.

A．last

B．first

C．family

D．good

2.

A．father

B．family

C．one

D．first

3.

A．and

B．is

C．are

D．am

4.

A．a

B．is

C．and

D．an

5.

A．name

B．list

C．number

D．map

6.

A．Spell

B．Thank

C．Meet

D．Look

7.

A．blue

B．a blue

C．a green

D．green

8.

A．Her

B．His

C．Your

D．My

9.

A．Smith

B．Mary

C．Jenny

D．Mike

10.

A．name

B．color

C．good

D．orange

【推荐3】Friends play an important role in our life. Most people hope that their friends will always be there. They _____ friendship to last forever. _____, even the best friendship can end.

As time goes by, many friendships end because of a(n) _____ in personality or way of life. The friendship slowly loses importance and finally _____.

Tommy wrote, “I didn’t even know the friendship was over until I caught myself thinking of Alan as a former friend.”

Peter explained, “We _____ seeing each other less and less. The friendship was over.”

Sometimes friendships _____ suddenly from a disagreement or moving to another place.

Alice said, “The end of our friendship was a gradual thing. I moved from one side of the city to the other. Since then we _____ made a phone call. We met less and less. At last our friendship ended.”

Jack said, “When I moved to Seattle after college, our friendship died. Both of us were always _____ with new jobs, so we didn’t keep _____ touch with each other. Our friendship was so dead that I didn’t call him ______ I went home.”

Yet the biggest problem to a friendship is change. Lillian Rubin in her book Just Friends says, “Generally it’s ______ that friends will accept each other if they both remain what they were when they met, or change in similar directions. If they change or grow in different ways, the friendship most likely ______ lost.”

No matter why, when, or how friendship ends, there is always ______ pain of loss. When nothing can be ______ to keep the friendship, it is important to forget the pain. Then move on ______ new friendships.

May new friendships bring you pleasure and happiness!

1.

A．hope

B．expect

C．decide

D．prefer

2.

A．Unfortunately

B．Luckily

C．Then

D．So

3.

A．interest

B．experience

C．change

D．suggestion

4.

A．forgets

B．disappears

C．appears

D．improves

5.

A．finished

B．practised

C．continued

D．started

6.

A．break down

B．break away

C．break off

D．break in

7.

A．often

B．seldom

C．always

D．never

8.

A．struggling

B．satisfying

C．pleased

D．fed

9.

A．at

B．by

C．on

D．in

10.

A．even if

B．while

C．before

D．since

11.

A．strange

B．true

C．false

D．impossible

12.

A．will be

B．is

C．will

D．to be

13.

A．little

B．some

C．any

D．no

14.

A．thought

B．checked

C．carried

D．done

15.

A．to ask for

B．forming

C．to build

D．beginning