1 . When Sharaine and Wilson moved their family to Rhode Island, they already had a houseful. Five kids, a busy schedule, a long list of house projects and a whole new neighborhood _______ little time for anything else. And then Paul _______.

At 82 years old, Paul had just lost his wife, but he is still handy and _______. He walked across the street carrying a ladder to meet the new neighbors and _______ a little help with fix-up projects.

Sharaine remembers, “Our biggest _______ of moving into a new neighborhood was what if the new neighbors don’t like us. We have a lot of _______; they make a lot of noise.” But those fears were quickly put to   _______. Paul knows a lot about tools and _______ an old house that Sharaine and Wilson moved in, and he soon became a(n) _______ visitor of the family.

Thanks to Paul’s kind help, Sharaine and Wilson had no ________ in making a new friend. And neither did the kids, Paul made sure the kids crossed the street ________ after school, helped with homework and even ________ the little ones to brush their teeth.

“The kids run up to him like that’s their own ________,” Sharaine says. And that keeps Paul ________. There are neighborhood cookouts, birthdays, home projects and so on. He is also busy ________ a grandpa.

1.

A．needed

B．earned

C．took

D．meant

2.

A．showed up

B．checked out

C．settled down

D．broke in

3.

A．careful

B．grateful

C．helpful

D．hopeful

4.

A．demand

B．offer

C．send

D．promise

5.

A．fear

B．gain

C．pride

D．mistake

6.

A．friends

B．neighbors

C．relatives

D．kids

7.

A．use

B．rest

C．work

D．test

8.

A．discovering

B．exploring

C．maintaining

D．evaluating

9.

A．strange

B．unexpected

C．lonely

D．regular

10.

A．business

B．interest

C．problem

D．point

11.

A．quickly

B．safely

C．calmly

D．quietly

12.

A．reminded

B．forced

C．allowed

D．witnessed

13.

A．grandpa

B．teacher

C．staff

D．property

14.

A．crazy

B．busy

C．annoyed

D．surprised

15.

A．assisting

B．meeting

C．being

D．becoming

3 . Sweeney is a children’s author who once lived in Lahaina on Front Street. When she saw the ________ of the big fires there, she decided she would use her way to ________ the survivors.

Sweeney promoted a book drive for people in Lahaina and it has received a ________ support. In one week, ________ from as far away as Australia arrived. Her garage has ________ a global donation drive center.

“I ________ it with the hope of getting 200 books to bring with me over to the island so I could stay in a shelter and ________ to the children. But it has turned out that it goes far beyond my ________,” she said. So far she has ________ thousands of books weighing more than 2,000 pounds — that’s more than a ton. “I am totally surprised,” she said. “The whole thing is just ________.”

She is ________ delivery companies to see if they can send the ________ to different schools and shelters. A company is offering 50% off the delivery.

Sweeney is ________ to Lahaina in two weeks for the first time since the fires. She also has a goal to help the burned-down Lahaina Library ________ its shelves once it is rebuilt.

She said, “We’re all the same and we all help each other ________ after disasters.”

1.

A．cause

B．importance

C．sign

D．destruction

2.

A．remember

B．observe

C．help

D．accept

3.

A．worldwide

B．healthy

C．local

D．legal

4.

A．firefighters

B．experts

C．donations

D．profits

5.

A．moved into

B．led to

C．depended on

D．turned into

6.

A．started

B．reported

C．joined

D．confirmed

7.

A．speak

B．read

C．sing

D．write

8.

A．reach

B．ability

C．understanding

D．expectation

9.

A．collected

B．won

C．borrowed

D．published

10.

A．clear

B．amazing

C．normal

D．puzzling

11.

A．founding

B．interviewing

C．contacting

D．reminding

12.

A．money

B．medicine

C．awards

D．books

13.

A．heading

B．referring

C．adapting

D．pointing

14.

A．paint

B．refill

C．discover

D．remove

15.

A．travel

B．suffer

C．recover

D．compete

5 . “We’re going where!” It was more of an exclamation (惊叹) than a question. “We’re going to do what?” Now that was a real ________, because I wasn’t sure I had ________ right.

And so my ________ repeated it. “We’re taking you to Colorado to ________ your eightieth birthday. And we’re all going on a hot-air-balloon ride.”

I almost started breathing heavily. I took a moment to let it ________. “A hot-air-balloon ride?”

“Mom, don’t you want to go? I remember you ________ to do that on your fiftieth birthday. And I want to help you fulfill your bucket list.”

“Honey, eighty is a ________ way from fifty.” “You’re not afraid, are you?” I didn’t want to ________ it, but that was the reason I hadn’t gone ________ ago.

She continued ________, “We’ve got a lodge (屋舍) reserved for your ________ week in July.” Now I was backed in a corner. “Who’s the ‘we’?” “It’s going to be all girls: me, your three daughters-in-law, and your six granddaughters. I’ve ________ each of them, and they’re all in.”

My mind was whirling (混乱). My three daughters-in-law! One was local, one in Tennessee, and another in Hawaii. And my granddaughters all lived even farther.

“Did you say all?” “Yes, all.” The tickets were purchased. The flights were ________.The lodge was booked.

To ease any ________, she sent me a link to watch a reporter taking her first ride with the company. They first checked the wind and then explained how the balloon was prepared. ________, I watched her experience on the liftoff (升空). I can do this, I thought. It was time to start making my to-do list: pray, lose weight, and pray.

1.

A．thought

B．question

C．guess

D．answer

2.

A．heard

B．told

C．seen

D．felt

3.

A．brother

B．son

C．sister

D．daughter

4.

A．plan

B．throw

C．attend

D．celebrate

5.

A．fade away

B．sink in

C．go off

D．trip over

6.

A．choosing

B．needing

C．wanting

D．managing

7.

A．long

B．merry

C．brief

D．sharp

8.

A．respect

B．admit

C．seek

D．fold

9.

A．hours

B．days

C．months

D．decades

10.

A．gratefully

B．passively

C．excitedly

D．impatiently

11.

A．birthday

B．vacation

C．work

D．reunion

12.

A．represented

B．harvested

C．contacted

D．replaced

13.

A．banned

B．delayed

C．operated

D．scheduled

14.

A．challenges

B．sufferings

C．failures

D．concerns

15.

A．Fortunately

B．Finally

C．Gradually

D．Traditionally

6 . In a migrant camp in Tijuana, Mexico, packed with hundreds of people, a three-year-old girl wandered alone toward the exit. She was steps from a busy road and a crowded market.

Estefania Rebellón seemed to be the only person who ________ her. The actor, producer and writer had just made the two-and-a-half-hour ________ from Los Angeles with a group of friends to drop off food, clothing and hygiene kits (卫生用品) to a ________ organization.

It was December 2018, a time when the United States Mexico border was seeing a ________ of migrants from Central American ________ violence and poverty. Rebellón could not believe what she saw: families lacking even the most ________ supplies. The children, sometimes shoeless and often dirty, ________ had no place to go.

Rebellón ________ to the child and took her hand. “Where are you going? Where are your parents?” she asked.

________, she and her friends found the girl’s panicked father, who had stepped away to _________ food distributed by others.
       Back at home, Rebellón could think of nothing else. “We have to do ________,” she told her partner. Kyle Thomas Schmidt. A school, a safe place for the children to ________ and learn, seemed much-needed. So, Rebellón and Schmidt recruited (招募) volunteer ________ via social media, and using a thousand dollars from their savings, ________ a school at the Tijuana border. From then on, these ________ children could not only have enough supplies, but also have access to education.1.

A．knew

B．missed

C．heard

D．noticed

2.

A．drive

B．hike

C．jump

D．run

3.

A．research

B．business

C．relief

D．health

4.

A．team

B．crowd

C．series

D．pair

5.

A．hiding

B．escaping

C．defending

D．ignoring

6.

A．adequate

B．useful

C．basic

D．proper

7.

A．frequently

B．eagerly

C．precisely

D．obviously

8.

A．rushed

B．skipped

C．marched

D．returned

9.

A．Particularly

B．Repeatedly

C．Subsequently

D．Miserably

10.

A．sign up for

B．line up for

C．stand out for

D．look out for

11.

A．everything

B．anything

C．nothing

D．something

12.

A．broadcast

B．gather

C．examine

D．compete

13.

A．teachers

B．doctors

C．students

D．conductors

14.

A．dominated

B．attended

C．advertised

D．established

15.

A．disadvantaged

B．exhausted

C．distinguished

D．educated

7 . Life can change in the blink of an eye. For Bridgette Ponson, one of those _________ took place in the parking lot of her workplace, Layton Christian Academy. While she was in the parking lot with her 2-year-old boy and 3-year-old girl, a car _________ them. This left the mother and her kids _________ beneath the car.

_________, the driver wasn’t going very fast when she hit them. At that moment, she was blinded by the sun — this is the suspected _________ of the accident. However, as soon as she _________ what had happened, she jumped out of the car to help. Plus, she wasn’t the only one who came to _________ Bridgette and her kids.

Soon, Chris Crowder, CEO of the school, became _________ of the accident. Without _________, he rallied (召集) together a group of students to help.

“It was a split second,” Chris recalls. “I immediately just ran into the classroom building because I knew I had to get a lot of people to lift this car. We have about 220 __________ kids and over 300 international kids at the school. They just __________ me shout. All these kids from different countries just came __________ out and lifted it up.”

A whole group of kids could be seen working together to lift the car enough for Mom and her kids to get __________. The 2-year-old was flown to Primary Children’s Hospital while the 3-year-old and Mom were taken by ambulance to the hospital. Although Bridgette and her kids suffered from __________, all three of them are __________ to make complete recoveries.

1.

A．discoveries

B．observations

C．explorations

D．moments

2.

A．approached

B．hit

C．delighted

D．confused

3.

A．searching

B．waiting

C．trapped

D．tied

4.

A．Thankfully

B．Honestly

C．Absolutely

D．Obviously

5.

A．witness

B．cause

C．victim

D．damage

6.

A．learned

B．realized

C．recalled

D．explained

7.

A．accompany

B．treat

C．save

D．welcome

8.

A．aware

B．afraid

C．ashamed

D．approving

9.

A．doubt

B．wonder

C．exception

D．delay

10.

A．domestic

B．energetic

C．innocent

D．ordinary

11.

A．made

B．helped

C．watched

D．heard

12.

A．calling

B．looking

C．running

D．climbing

13.

A．ahead

B．close

C．free

D．lost

14.

A．stress

B．injuries

C．hunger

D．diseases

15.

A．expected

B．determined

C．advised

D．reminded

8 . Eric knew he was in trouble. His _________ had ballooned to 320 pounds, and he was _________ more than $1,000 a month on medications (药物) for high blood pressure, Type 2 diabetes and high cholesterol.

In 2010, a _________ told him to buy a funeral plot, because he would need it in five years. He was 51 years old. So he went to talk with a naturopathic (自然疗法的) doctor about _________ weight. She said, “Get a shelter dog.”

Eric was _________, but he took that advice, _________ to the Humane Society Silicon Valley near his home in San Jose, Calif. He told the shelter, “I want a(n) _________ fat middle-aged dog, like me.” That’s how he _________ Peety.

Peety needed to be _________, so Eric and Peety walked, for at least a half hour a day. Eric, who was __________ as an area sales manager for GE appliances, shifted to a plant-based __________. Over the course of a year, he lost 140 pounds. Peety lost 25. Eric __________ the medications.

It wasn’t just the walks with Peety that __________ Eric’s life. The dog helped keep him from backsliding (倒退) into his old, __________ lifestyle. “He looked at me like I was the best person on the __________, and I wanted to become the person he thought I was.”

1.

A．height

B．weight

C．length

D．depth

2.

A．spending

B．donating

C．contributing

D．cheating

3.

A．master

B．volunteer

C．soldier

D．doctor

4.

A．holding

B．gaining

C．losing

D．taking

5.

A．concerned

B．amazed

C．frightened

D．annoyed

6.

A．heading

B．parading

C．exploring

D．advancing

7.

A．simply

B．illegally

C．officially

D．extremely

8.

A．loved

B．discovered

C．met

D．taught

9.

A．walked

B．fed

C．cared

D．trained

10.

A．counting

B．working

C．standing

D．performing

11.

A．variety

B．pack

C．source

D．diet

12.

A．got off

B．gave off

C．worked out

D．made out

13.

A．ruined

B．transformed

C．impressed

D．exchanged

14.

A．unpleasant

B．unexpected

C．unusual

D．unhealthy

15.

A．island

B．street

C．planet

D．campus

9 . Kelly Roundtree was playing darts (飞镖) with his daughter on the balcony of his lakeside home on Aug. 1 when he heard calls for help coming from the other side of Stansbury Lake.

At first, Roundtree said he thought it might be children playing, but after another _______ —this time one of panic, he knew something was _______ .

He then _______ something black in the water and a woman on the phone across the lake. She was talking to emergency responders. Without _______ , Roundtree ran out the door and _______ his car. He _______ the few blocks around the lake. His daughter then stood on the shore and _______ him to the woman in the water.

Officials say the paralyzed (瘫痪的) woman had rolled into the lake while _______ into her motorized wheelchair. By the time Roundtree arrived only a minute or so later, her head was underwater with her face _______ above the water line. Roundtree unfastened the seat belt and held her ________ above water for what seemed like 10 to 15 minutes before officials arrived.

“911 had already been ________ and help was already on the way, but had Roundtree not gotten there before, we may be talking about a different ________ right now,” NTFD Public Information Officer John Smith said. Local firefighters, nursing staff and police officers arrived and were able to help get her out of the lake ________ .

While officials are ________ him as “nothing short of heroic” for his rescue, Roundtree thinks anyone in his ________ would have done the same thing.

1.

A．dance

B．laughter

C．cry

D．sleep

2.

A．wrong

B．interesting

C．missing

D．huge

3.

A．detected

B．noticed

C．heard

D．sensed

4.

A．decision

B．confusion

C．expansion

D．hesitation

5.

A．jumped into

B．moved into

C．stepped into

D．skipped into

6.

A．walked

B．drove

C．cycled

D．flew

7.

A．invited

B．ordered

C．expected

D．directed

8.

A．belted

B．addicted

C．locked

D．absorbed

9.

A．roughly

B．softly

C．barely

D．visually

10.

A．hand

B．head

C．heart

D．hair

11.

A．treated

B．ignored

C．suspected

D．informed

12.

A．story

B．novel

C．legend

D．trend

13.

A．dizzily

B．happily

C．safely

D．humbly

14.

A．appointing

B．recognizing

C．selecting

D．criticizing

15.

A．office

B．rank

C．position

D．habitat