1 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的词或括号内单词的正确形式。

A man was really worried about his son, who was sixteen years old     1     had no courage at all. So the father decided to call on a Buddhist monk     2    (train) his child.

The Buddhist monk asked the boy’s father to leave his son in the temple and     3    (say) that he would make him a man of     4    (brave) within three months. However, you can’t come to see him during that period.

Three months later, the boy’s father returned. The Buddhist monk arranged a boxing match between the child and a     5    (profession) boxer (拳击手).

Each time the boxer hit the boy, he     6    (fall) down, but at once the boy stood up.

Several times later, the Buddhist monk asked, “How do you like your child?”

“What     7     shame!” the boy’s father said. “I never thought he could be so     8    (easy) knocked down. I shouldn’t have left him here at all.”

“I’m sorry that’s what you see. Don’t you see that each time he falls down, he stands up again instead of     9    (cry)? That’s the kind of courage you wanted him to have.”

If each time you are knocked down and you have the courage to stand up again, then you can be proud     10     yourself.

2 . Jeffrey is a millionaire. Years ago, after returning from abroad, he ________ his small company. Speaking of success, Jeffrey often tells about his extra expensive “school” fee, which he always ________ his success to.

After getting a Ph. D. degree, Jeffrey decided to return to the homeland, starting a company. Before leaving, he bought a Rolex watch with the ________ earned through years of work. At the airport he had to accept the ________ customs check. The watch on his wrist was also demanded to be taken down for ________. Jeffrey knew that carrying the specific goods out had to pay the tax, and he worried about paying it for his watch. So when he was checked, he told a lie that his watch was a ________ fake（假货）. When he was _________of his “smarts”, immediately, in the presence of Jeffrey, the officers _______ the watch, which cost nearly 100,000, into pieces on hearing Jeffrey’s words. Jeffrey was ________. Before he understood why, he was taken to the office to be examined ________. The officers looked over everything carefully in the box, and ________ him that he must accept the check and if found carrying fake goods, he would be ________ according to law! Suddenly, his face turned red, and he had nothing in mind after ________ the plane for long.

The additional high “school” fee that he had ever paid made him realize the value of ________, which he would remember as the ________ of his success forever.

1.

A．brought up

B．set up

C．took up

D．picked up

2.

A．mentions

B．owes

C．brings

D．honors

3.

A．efforts

B．things

C．pounds

D．benefits

4.

A．ordinary

B．routine

C．common

D．regular

5.

A．inspection

B．look

C．test

D．experiment

6.

A．priceless

B．expensive

C．worthless

D．valuable

7.

A．proud

B．ashamed

C．afraid

D．modest

8.

A．touched

B．tore

C．made

D．hit

9.

A．disappointed

B．delighted

C．surprised

D．satisfied

10.

A．quietly

B．strictly

C．quickly

D．curiously

11.

A．warned

B．hoped

C．stopped

D．urged

12.

A．rewarded

B．blamed

C．praised

D．charged

13.

A．awaiting

B．landing

C．boarding

D．transferring

14.

A．honesty

B．lies

C．goods

D．bravery

15.

A．consequence

B．secret

C．choice

D．belief

3 . Rain was beating down on my car as I drove slowly down a less-traveled road. Suddenly the steering wheel jumped in my hands as one of the tires burst with a bang. It was impossible for me to change that tire! A thought that a passing motorist might stop disappeared at once. Why would anyone? I knew I wouldn’t. Then I remembered that a short distance up a little side road was a house. I started the engine and drove slowly until I came to that house.

I sounded the horn. Then the door opened and a little girl about eight stood there. I rolled down the window and called out that I needed someone to change the flat tire because I was disabled and couldn’t do it myself. A moment later, the girl came out with a raincoat and a hat, followed by a man who called a cheerful greeting. I sat there, comfortable and dry, and felt sorry for the man and the little girl working so hard in the storm. Well, I would pay them for it. The rain seemed to be little now, and I rolled down the window to watch. It seemed to me that they were awfully slow and I was beginning to become impatient. Finally, it was done and then they were standing at my car window.

He said, “This is a bad night for car trouble, but you’re all set now.” “Thanks,” I said. “How much do I owe you?” He shook his head. “Nothing, madam. Cynthia told me you are on crutches (腋杖). Glad to be of help. There’s no charge.” I held out a five-dollar bill, but he made no effort to take it and the little girl stepped closer to me and said, “Grandpa can’t see it.”

A blind old man and a child! They were just working with cold, wet fingers for tools in the dark — a darkness that for him would probably never end until death. I don’t remember how long I sat there after they said good night, but it was long enough for me to search deep within myself. I realized that I was filled with self-pity, selfishness, indifference to the needs of others.

Helping others is a way of life, one that I am trying to follow. It isn’t always easy, but the value is there. I am trying now not only to climb 14 steps each day, but in my small way to help others.

1. Why didn’t the writer expect passers-by to help her?

A．They wouldn’t notice her in the rain.	B．She knew someone in a house could help.
C．They were unlikely to travel on that road.	D．She thought they would ignore others’ needs.

2. How did the writer feel when finding the repair work slow?

A．Annoyed.

B．Nervous.

C．Concerned.

D．Doubtful.

3. What do we know about the grandfather?

A．He lost his sight.	B．He was old and lonely.
C．He was childless and poor.	D．He was a real professional.

4. What does the writer try to illustrate by sharing her experience?

A．God helps those who help others.

B．Practice can make the disabled skillful.

C．Money is not necessarily the most important.

D．The disabled should also try to offer helping hands.

4 . 假定你是李华，你班本周Class Report的主题是A Man of Perseverance。请你写一篇发言稿。内容包括：
1. 人物事迹简介；
2. 给你的启示。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为80左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Good morning, everyone. Today, I’d like to share a story about a man of perseverance.

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Thanks for your listening.

5 . Early on the morning of October 13, LaPierre was heading to the Chicago Marathon on the city’s Blue Line L. The _______ was full of energized marathoners. Before long, LaPierre noticed a man moving from passenger to passenger, asking for spare _______. His behavior struck LaPierre as “really weird,” especially the way he stared down anyone he felt hadn’t _______ him enough.

At the Cumberland station, most of the passengers suddenly _______ the car. LaPierre rushed out to see what was going on, only to hear _______ people shouting that the man asking for money was, in fact, armed and _______ people.

As the armed man hopped onto the next train car, LaPierre followed him. “I could not _______ knowing there were _______ children and people just trying to get to a race,” he says.

The man turned and saw LaPierre, his head down, bull-rushing him. Although the man was far _______ and younger, LaPierre crashed into him and managed to pin him ________ the closed door. “Once I got a few feet from him, I knew he wouldn’t be able to react fast enough to ________ me,” he told the Chicago Sun-Times. The two men fought for the gun — and their ________. The man tried pushing past him, but ________, LaPierre grabbed the gun and handed it to a passenger. Then the police poured into the train, and LaPierre let them ________. He had a marathon to run.

This was not the first time LaPierre had jumped into a(n) ________. A few years back, he helped prevent a drugstore robbery. “I just happen to be at the right place at the right moment,” he says.

1.

A．coach

B．plane

C．train

D．ship

2.

A．seat

B．change

C．food

D．time

3.

A．thanked

B．paid

C．known

D．given

4.

A．pulled

B．fled

C．boarded

D．started

5.

A．encouraged

B．disappointed

C．panicked

D．confused

6.

A．begging

B．entertaining

C．robbing

D．dismissing

7.

A．walk away

B．break in

C．step forward

D．come along

8.

A．careful

B．brave

C．innocent

D．needy

9.

A．larger

B．thinner

C．wiser

D．quieter

10.

A．off

B．against

C．beyond

D．under

11.

A．shoot

B．chase

C．spot

D．miss

12.

A．prizes

B．funds

C．lives

D．rights

13.

A．naturally

B．thankfully

C．generally

D．unfortunately

14.

A．stand by

B．back off

C．play along

D．take over

15.

A．race

B．fight

C．argument

D．situation

6 . In the Pascucci household, putting up Christmas lights was always a big day of celebration and a family affair. Every year, Anthony Pascucci, the male head of the family, and his older sister, Connie Pascucci, and Anthony’s son, Anthony Jr., and daughter, Sara, pitched in it.

In 2020, Anthony Sr., 60, tied colorful lights all around their roof until it looked as if the brightness of the lights could counter some of the darkness of the past year with COVID-19. However, just several days after Christmas Eve the pandemic claimed his life.

Sara says the next weeks were the worst of her life. But when she pulled up to the house at the end of a long day, the twinkling Christmas lights brought her a spark of joy. Taking the lights down felt like a final act of closure she wasn’t ready to take. So she kept them up.

One day Sara received an unsigned letter which read “Take your Christmas lights down! It’s Valentine’s Day!!!” Sara was shocked and angry. She decided to post the letter. “I wanted to remind people that we all had a tough year and people should be a little more caring toward each other,” she says.

“I know what it feels like to lose someone and not want to put their things away. It’s very hard,” one man commented. And something strange began to happen. Sara was driving back from work one day when she noticed that Christmas lights were appearing — or reappearing — on neighbors’ houses. The mystery had a sweet explanation: Her neighbors had gotten together and decided, collectively, to hang their lights back up and turn them back on in honor of Sara’s father.

“To see the lights and the block lit up again,” Sara said, “it touched my heart.” A few weeks later, Sara decided she was ready to take down the lights. Sara said it was hard to pack them away — “but not as hard as I think it would have been if we hadn’t experienced all that support and love.”

1. In Sara’s family, putting up Christmas lights        .

A．was in the charge of Anthony	B．was a family routine
C．was the biggest event in a year	D．could remove the darkness of the past year

2. Sara kept the lights up because        .

A．they reminded her of her father	B．it was still Christmas season then
C．it was too troublesome to remove them	D．she couldn’t tolerate them

3. Sara posted the unsigned letter in order to        .

A．share her anger and shock

B．win others’ sympathy and favor

C．criticize the person who wrote the letter

D．appeal to people to show more consideration to others

4. Which can be the most probable title for the text?

A．Up in Lights	B．Sara’s Sweet Neighbors
C．An Unforgettable Christmas	D．Let Your Neighbors’ Lights On

7 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Where did the man most probably lose his phone?

A．On the underground.

B．At the workplace.

C．In a restaurant.

2. What will the man do before five o’clock?

A．Buy a new phone.

B．Make a call to the bank.

C．Meet the woman.

3. How does the man feel in the end?

A．Surprised.

B．Grateful.

C．Doubtful.

8 . One of life’s challenging aspects is being in need of assistance and having no one to turn to. For many of us, asking for help is _______. We may feel as if we are _______ a personal limitation that the world would not have known about. This is why I started the Helping Movement, a free online tool.

I noticed that there were many opportunities to volunteer your time to help specific organizations. _______, there was no way to volunteer time for people’s individual needs. The Helping Movement fills this _______ by giving people the opportunity to ask for help from the community and a way for volunteers to people in need.

Just recently a local resident, Helen, was asked to _______ all of her collected life belongings from her basement by the end of March or her landlord (房东) would have been _______ to deal with the items _______ fire code issues. These items mean the world to Helen and to _______ any of them would have been depressing. After _______ for a place to store her belongings, she was able to secure an affordable storage unit in Newfield; but her next challenge was moving all the items filling her basement across town without ________ to a truck or manpower.

Helen ________ the Helping Movement and explained her problem. The Helping Movement recruited (动员) six volunteers, including myself, and one truck to move her belongings. Helen was amazed at the amount of support total strangers were ________ to give her without asking for anything in return. The entire move took only about five hours, but the ________ will be remembered for a lifetime.

Helping others gives you an opportunity to ________ people’s lives, including your own. When other people ________ you, it will change the way you look at yourself and at the same time, helping others will create a more peaceful world.

1.

A．typical

B．difficult

C．informal

D．useless

2.

A．admitting

B．creating

C．assuming

D．admiring

3.

A．Besides

B．Otherwise

C．Therefore

D．However

4.

A．job

B．base

C．gap

D．form

5.

A．lock

B．count

C．gather

D．move

6.

A．forced

B．trained

C．taught

D．inspired

7.

A．along with

B．apart from

C．due to

D．instead of

8.

A．deliver

B．replace

C．seek

D．lose

9.

A．accounting

B．searching

C．applying

D．weeping

10.

A．appeal

B．exposure

C．access

D．reference

11.

A．mentioned

B．contacted

C．supported

D．joined

12.

A．willing

B．grateful

C．afraid

D．responsible

13.

A．appointment

B．performance

C．experience

D．achievement

14.

A．judge

B．change

C．record

D．compare

15.

A．learn from

B．wait for

C．smile at

D．depend on