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1、阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Meals on Wheels delivery service is for those facing life-threatening illnesses like Borden did back in 2012.She had just finished a Master’s program in 1 when she was diagnosed (诊断)with cancer called Invasive Ductal Carcinoma. Soon, her mother was diagnosed with cancer. Borden moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan to take care of herself while 2 her mother. “It’s a 3 time in your life when you have great need for nutrition but you can’t provide healthy 4 for yourself,” Borden said. “Having a Master’s in Nutrition, I knew how 5 nourishment was during my cancer treatment and recovery.”
She started Revive and Thrive while going through treatment, 6 out to local hospitals and kitchens to get the organization off the ground. Soon she was 7 meals for patients referred to her by social workers, nurses and doctors in the area.
She 8 each patient to get a sense of what their nutrition needs are and how long they’1l need help. Then, she gets to 9 . “Serving meals to patients is equally important as teaching them to cook healthy foods, to 10 job skills, life skills and the joy of being able to 11 others in their community,” Borden says.
She works with a head chef who 12 the nutrient-rich meals and makes sure each meal contains the essential vitamins and proteins that a person fighting a life-threatening illness 13 . “When you’re 14 and dealing with cancer by yourself, it can cause you more depression. Knowing somebody cares about what you eat is 15 ,”she said. 1.A.medicine 2.A.nursing 3.A.dangerous 4.A.1ifestyles 5.A.rare 6.A.going 7.A.enjoying
B.education B.teaching B.hard B.spirit B.adequate B.calling B.preparing
C.economics C.guiding C.common C.meals C.comfortable C.reaching C.checking
D.nutrition D.training D.valuable D.sleep D.important D.speaking D.comparing
8.A.tells 9.A.rest 10.A.1earn 11.A.judge 12.A.eats 13.A.needs 14.A.alone 15.A.interesting
B.cures B.work B.show B.serve B.expects B.makes B.wise B.amusing
C.exams C.schoo1 C.require C.gather C.creates C.shares C.old C.amazing
D.meets D.bed D.test D.relax D.proves D.provides D.free D.inspiring
2、阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A,B,C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
There he was, turning the corner of Hawley and Main Street like clockwork. His red hair seemed to catch the sunlight, giving his head a soft candle-flame glow. He caught my eye, and up went his arm in his usual wave. As usual, I 1 back and gave him a warm smile. I didn't know his name, but he was very 2 to everybody. No matter the weather, I saw him walking out there almost every day.
Having moved from a larger city, I wasn't used to waves from 3 .Actually, wherever we were, people hardly 4 each other. We simply passed by each other, heads down, minding our own 5 .
Perhaps that's why I enjoyed these daily waves. It felt great to be 6 and receive that message of \7 to pass each other, I missed him and wondered if he was all right. The next day, I'd find myself driving with one eye on the 8 .It was a happy reunion when I spotted him, and I'd wave first in my 9 . One night I was walking in the street, my thoughts traveled to “The Waver”, wondering if I could be 10 enough to wave at people I didn't know. Just at the point, I heard a car 11 .I made eye contact with the person in the car, smiled and waved at her.
The woman's face 12 , and she waved back. I was a little surprised. I reminded myself,\okay. It's actually kind of 13 !\Everyone at some point in their lives wonders if they've made any 14 on the world. I can tell you that you don't have to change the world 15 It's enough to help sweeten it a little, even simply by a heart-warming wave.
1.A.waved 2.A.cautious 3.A.strangers 4.A.informed 5.A.behaviors 6.A.worried 7.A.agree 8.A.pedestrians 9.A.mildness 10.A.brave 11.A.attacking 12.A.lengthened 13.A.cool 14.A.comment 15.A.accurately
B.took B.reliable B.relatives B.encouraged B.business B.noticed B.attempt B.buildings B.kindness B.mature B.escaping B.softened B.tough B.impact B.slightly
C.saluted C.friendly C.colleagues C.encountered C.appearance C.relieved C.promise C.street C.eagerness C.lucky C.following C.worsened C.fresh C.decision C.thoroughly
D.glanced D.thankful D.employers D.acknowledged D.manners D.checked D.happen D.children D.brightness D.crazy D.approaching D.tightened D.curious D.sense D.generally
3、阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A,B,C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
When I was a boy, our extended, immigrant family would sometimes gather together at my Great Aunt's tiny house over the summer.
Those were the days 1 video games, smart phones, and motorized toys, so we often 2 playing a good old-fashioned game of tag (捉人游戏). I 3 one of those times especially. I was the youngest and smallest of all the kids there so I got 4 first and couldn't catch anyone else. As hard as I 5 after my brothers and cousins they were all too 6 for me. I grew more and more 7 . I finally rushed to one of my brothers and 8 face first into the dirt. I got up with 9 in my eyes. Then I saw one of my female 10 standing there. She started to run but was going much 11 than before. I easily caught up and tagged her. Then she turned to me, 12 , and said, \off 13 while she turned and started to run after one of my older brothers. I see now how her act of 14 that day saved me from sadness and returned me to joy. It didn't 15 that we hardly ever saw each other. We were family and she loved me.
(1).A.with (2).A.put off (3).A.consider (4).A.defeated (5).A.ran (6).A.strong (7).A.puzzled (8).A.fell (9).A.stars (10).A.sisters (11).A.nearer (12).A.annoyed (13).A.happily (14).A.education (15).A.matter
B.before B.kept from B.remember B.bullied B.sought B.rude B.interested B.threw B.darkness B.cousins B.farther B.teased B.freely B.kindness B.help
C.for C.went on C.choose C.caught C.shouted C.hard C.upset C.hid C.dirt C.fellows C.slower C.angered C.sadly C.gratitude C.turn
D.on D.ended up D.enjoy D.found D.searched D.fast D.excited D.lost D.tears D.enemies D.faster D.smiled D.luckily D.cheat D.mind
4、阅读下面的短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It was 1972, and I was in second grade. In the classroom the teacher, Ms Boyette,
was 1 aloud to us from Island of the Blue Dolphins. And we had just come to a part of the book where the main 2 was training a wild dog. I was listening, fascinated by the 3 of all.
Not far away from me, there seated a boy who always frightened or hurt others, so I
was 4 of this boy. While Ms. Boyette was reading, I kept an eye on him. I 5 that he was listening too, that he was engaged by the 6 ,that he was leaning forward in his seat and listening with his heart. I 7 at him, open-mouthed. I was struck that this boy was in fact just 8 me. He was a kid who liked a story. The boy must 9 my eyes on him, because he turned. Then something 10 happened. He smiled at me. 11 , I smiled back, unafraid. Why have I never forgotten this 12 moment? Why do I still 13 every detail of it? I think it’s because that moment illustrates so beautifully the 18 of reading out load. It shows us into a safe room, where everyone involved, the reader and the listener can have that chance to
see each other. We humans long not just for the story, not just for the flow of language, but for the 15 that comes when words are read aloud. 1.A.shouting 2.A.author 3.A.wonder 4.A.aware 5.A.predicted 6.A.speech 7.A.pointed 8.A.behind 9.A.ignore 10.A.useful 11.A.Then 12.A.funny 13.A.seek 14.A.power 15.A.challenge
B.singing B.character B.silence B.terrified B.imagined B.story B.nodded B.beyond B.feel B.natural B.Again B.busy B.organize B.courage B.knowledge
C.talking C.reader C.warmth C.bored C.promised C.journey C.stared C.around C.meet C.serious C.Instead C.lucky C.recall C.amusement C.choice
D.reading D.listener D.comfort D.guilty D.noticed D.diary D.waved D.like D.observe D.amazing D.Besides D.small D.trust D.ability D.connection
5、阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A,B,C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Heroes come in different shapes and sites. Some are born to give others a 1 . Then there are the people who just happen to be in the right place at the right time. That was the 2 for John Underwood.
On a cold evening, a storm 3 near his home. Underwood was heading over to help his sister when the roads were 4 . He saw some other drivers get stuck, so he got out of his truck to help.
Underwood wasn't out of his 5 long before he heard a cry, “ Moments later, a 12-year-old boy ran up to Underwood, saying his parents were 6 and asked for help. The Hammonds went to get things from the basement when the walls 7 to bear the weight of rain and fell down, and they couldn' t 8 . Worse still, the water was rising fast. 9 was of extreme significance, so Underwood took action at once. Any inappropriate action could add