1 . In a clean, clinical room, ray best friend was dying in my aims. His eyes, dark brown and trusting, would soon ____ forever. Heartbroken, I said, “Flash, you ____ so much happiness to me. I will do something good as a ____.”

Flash came into my ____ when I was nine. From the moment my parents brought this cute dog home, he ____ my family with joy.

Then, ____ happened. My mum was diagnosed with breast cancer when I was 11. Then my grandma, who was my ____, passed away. My sister developed Crohn’s Disease and while being tested, ____ a heart attack. I was being bullied at school and started to ____ classes and avoid seeing people.

Flash soon gave me all the ____ he could offer. There were times when I felt there was no   ____, but a pair of brown eyes and loving face would somehow ease me. I knew he was ____ there for me. I knew he understood.

Now after 15 years, Flash was ____.1 thought doing charity work was the best reward for him. I ____ in a non-profit organization in Southampton and contributed about 3,500 hours to ____ children with special needs, which completely changed my life. I learned to love the   ___ I had been on, and even accept the ____ bits.

I still miss Flash. It was him that had somehow ____ me to helping others. Flash’s death was one of the ____ moments of my life. But it was also an inspiring moment that ____ who I was-in the best possible way-forever.

1.

A．open

B．close

C．shine

D．fade

2.

A．brought

B．told

C．saved

D．owed

3.

A．relief

B．chance

C．bonus

D．reward

4.

A．mind

B．room

C．world

D．power

5.

A．helped

B．filled

C．protected

D．decorated

6.

A．disasters

B．stories

C．wonders

D．mistakes

7.

A．burden

B．trouble

C．strength

D．challenge

8.

A．caused

B．noticed

C．fought

D．suffered

9.

A．skip

B．give

C．take

D．enjoy

10.

A．comment

B．comfort

C．expectation

D．relaxation

11.

A．hope

B．time

C．money

D．use

12.

A．frequently

B．sometimes

C．hardly

D．always

13.

A．aging

B．gone

C．missing

D．deserted

14.

A．searched

B．competed

C．volunteered

D．performed

15.

A．attending to

B．meeting with

C．talking about

D．bringing up

16.

A．earth

B．journey

C．holiday

D．street

17.

A．fantastic

B．absurd

C．hard

D．pleasant

18.

A．led

B．forced

C．trained

D．persuaded

19.

A．fullest

B．craziest

C．tiniest

D．saddest

20.

A．explained

B．transformed

C．admitted

D．described

2 . Any form of speech can be challenging, particularly if you are not used to talking in front of an audience. I am very _______ that I have been doing presentations and _______training programs for many years, _______ I have got used to the nervousness that always appears inside before I speak. The nervousness is always a(n) _______ thing for me as it allows me to channel my energy into what I want to say.

Just recently I had the pleasure of _______ at a conference about the key success factors (因素) in business and as usual in the days before my presentation I spent a lot of time _______ what I wanted to cover, as well as _______ the content.

I have always _______the level of success of my presentations by the applause (掌声) and _______that I receive from the audience. After the applause ended I had the __________ to personally speak to nearly all of the delegates (代表). The last delegate I spoke with __________ me by taking my hand, shaking it and saying how much she __________ my presentation, and that she had got a lot of __________ tips to use in her business. Usually I feel __________ after any presentation, and I know it is directly related to how much energy I put into what I do. __________, this time her praise gave me a great lift and recharged my batteries.

This __________at the end of my presentation also made me realize that what we __________ in life can come back to us and __________, we all need to value the praise when and where it is deserved. As I drove away from the __________ I reflected on how fortunate I had been to receive all those words of praise and __________that morning.

1.

A．curious

B．fortunate

C．doubtful

D．amazed

2.

A．copying

B．conducting

C．using

D．designing

3.

A．but

B．though

C．so

D．because

4.

A．impossible

B．natural

C．funny

D．good

5.

A．performing

B．speaking

C．educating

D．learning

6.

A．printing

B．reducing

C．researching

D．telling

7.

A．imagining

B．protecting

C．describing

D．preparing

8.

A．measured

B．changed

C．raised

D．adjusted

9.

A．gifts

B．advice

C．comments

D．invitation

10.

A．motivation

B．responsibility

C．plan

D．chance

11.

A．greeted

B．blamed

C．confused

D．welcomed

12.

A．explored

B．enjoyed

C．admired

D．expected

13.

A．interesting

B．simple

C．helpful

D．free

14.

A．excited

B．relaxed

C．embarrassed

D．tired

15.

A．However

B．Moreover

C．Otherwise

D．Therefore

16.

A．challenge

B．discovery

C．experience

D．accident

17.

A．figure out

B．set up

C．dream of

D．give out

18.

A．equally

B．differently

C．seriously

D．practically

19.

A．party

B．conference

C．school

D．ceremony

20.

A．achievement

B．comfort

C．trust

D．encouragement

3 . With his leg lame and his teeth uneven, the boy thought of himself as the most unfortunate child in the world. He _________played with his classmates, and when asked to answer questions, he always _________his head without a word.

One spring, his father brought home some saplings (树苗).______of his children would plant a sapling and he promised, "Whoever ________ his sapling best shall get a gift." The boy certainly wanted to get the gift.______seeing his brothers and sisters watering the trees, he_______ an idea: he hoped the tree he planted would die soon. So watering it once or twice, he never_______ it.

Several days later, he was _________ to find it not only didn't die, but also grew so many fresh ________. Compared with those of his brothers and sisters, his appeared greener. His father kept his _______, bought the boy a gift and said he would become an outstanding________ after growing up.

From then on, the boy slowly became_____ and confident. One evening, he suddenly________ his biology teacher once said that plants ________ grow at night. Why not go to see the tree?

When he came to the courtyard, he found his father working near the tree! Immediately he ________: Father had been secretly ________ his tree! He returned to his room, tears in his eyes.

Decades passed. The boy didn't become a botanist. ________, he became the U.S.__________. His name was Franklin Roosevelt.

________ is the best nourishment (滋养品) of life. ________ it is just a bucket of water, it can make the tree of life grow well!

1.

A．seldom

B．ever

C．still

D．often

2.

A．held

B．raised

C．lowered

D．covered

3.

A．Both

B．Each

C．One

D．None

4.

A．likes

B．protects

C．watches

D．grows

5.

A．But

B．So

C．Or

D．And

6.

A．came up with

B．got rid of

C．cared for

D．put forward

7.

A．contributed to

B．attended to

C．got used to

D．turned to

8.

A．amused

B．frightened

C．disappointed

D．surprised

9.

A．roots

B．branches

C．leaves

D．seeds

10.

A．opinion

B．balance

C．agreement

D．word

11.

A．teacher

B．gardener

C．botanist

D．president

12.

A．satisfied

B．upset

C．independent

D．optimistic

13.

A．remembered

B．believed

C．repeated

D．knew

14.

A．hardly

B．generally

C．recently

D．probably

15.

A．doubted

B．admitted

C．wondered

D．understood

16.

A．cutting

B．watering

C．decorating

D．fertilizing

17.

A．Therefore

B．Besides

C．Instead

D．Moreover

18.

A．lawyer

B．doctor

C．president

D．teacher

19.

A．Love

B．Water

C．Disability

D．Father

20.

A．So long as

B．If only

C．Now that

D．Even though

4 . A majority of men are emotionally blocked.

To men it seemed as if their emotional problems were evident at birth. A few weeks ago, I spent an afternoon with a seven-month-old baby boy and his mother. I found myself fascinated by the little boy’s expressiveness. His face was constantly in motion, reflecting everything that was happening in him and to him. A hunger feeling, the comfort of being held, and the fear and relief he felt—all of these sensations and emotions appeared instantly on his face. He didn’t hide his thoughts or feelings.

Most babies are allowed to be free with their emotions until they are around one year old. Then about the time they begin to walk and talk, their parents start to make them repress their feelings. The degree to which parents repress their children varies from household to household. We tend to discourage so-called “negative emotions” such as fear, sadness, and anger. We believe that if we can make our children act happily and well behave, they will become truly happy and well-adjusted adults.

To some degree this management of emotions applies to both sexes. When boys or girls show feelings that their parents think inappropriate or threaten to reveal the abnormal nature of the family, their parents find some way to stop them. Parents do this in a variety of ways. Depending on their parenting styles, they may ignore their children; shame them; educate them; bribe(贿赂) them; distract them; punish them or physically abuse them.

It is rare if a child doesn’t suffer from some form of parental repression. But as a rule, little boys are required to restrict even more of their emotions than little girls. Men in this society are assigned two traditional roles: providing and protecting. In order to fulfill those roles little boys are required to repress more of their emotions. Boys are raised according to a masculine(阳性的) code, a complex set of beliefs that influences how they think, feel and behave. The masculine code is not taught through formal means. Society’s goal is not to cause emotional injury to the boys but to harden them to face the difficulties men have always had to face.

1. The author’s experience about the seven-month-old baby boy shows that ________.

A．people are born to be crazy or frightened

B．people will surely be lonely for all their lives

C．men are emotionally whole when they are born

D．men’s emotional problems are various at birth

2. What is the meaning of the underlined word “repress” in Paragraph 3?

A．Press something for a second time.

B．Make others understand something.

C．Put pressure onto something soft.

D．Try not to show an emotion or a feeling.

3. Which of the following expressions shows how parents bribe a child?

A．“Please stop crying, honey. Do you want a cookie?”

B．“Did that big dog scare you? Look, there’s a cute cat!”

C．“How dare you look at me that way! Go to your room!”

D．“When you cry like that, you sound like your baby sister.”

4. It can be inferred that ________.

A．parental repression on children is common in society

B．parental repression has more effects on girls than on boys

C．the masculine code is meant to cause mental injuries to men

D．the masculine code is rarely educated through informal means

5. What would be the best title for the passage?

A．When boys find it hard to express their feelings.

B．Why boys are used to controlling their emotions.

C．Difficulties men have to face to be successful.

D．Roles men have to play to be competitive.

5 . From childhood, Moira loved to write. Throughout school she enjoyed writing, but pursuing it professionally was never a possibility. Her father was a doctor, her mother a nurse. “Medicine was a fairly safe choice,” Moira says, “and writing was a career where it wasn’t a certainty that you’d have high income.”

She became a doctor but still wanted to write something. However, being a doctor was so demanding that she didn’t take up writing until her thirties. She produced a novel—a fictionalized version of her travel in China after university. She got excellent reviews. Moira sent it off to as many agents as she could find, and found one who wanted to represent her. Suddenly, it seemed she was on her way as an author.

“I had one lengthy phone call with the agent where we went through all possible areas that she thought needed polishing. I worked on those and sent it back to her but didn’t hear anything.” It wasn’t long before Moira found another agent who was interested if she was willing to rewrite it from the first person to the third person. She did the hard work and sent it off again. “I got back a really brief letter: ‘Thank you, I’m no longer interested.’ It was really disappointing.”

A decade went by, and Moira found herself eager to write again, this time purely for her own enjoyment. She set herself the challenge of creating a thriller and chose Western Australia as her setting.

As she was writing just for herself, something surprising began to happen. “The characters took on a life of their own; they started doing things I hadn’t thought about. It just flew.” One day, an agent called from Australia. Three weeks later, Moira had a publication deal. Her novel, Cicada, was published in March.

“Even if it hadn’t been published I still gained so much from the process,” says Moira.

1. What do we know about Moira?

A．She was a writer.	B．She was a doctor.
C．She was an agent.	D．She was a nurse.

2. What does the author imply about her first novel?

A．It was produced after she graduated from university.

B．It was published by one of the agents.

C．It was modified according to the agents’ requirements.

D．It was made into a thriller with Western Australia as the setting.

3. What made Moira write again ten years later?

A．The money.	B．The setting.
C．The challenge.	D．The pleasure.

4. What does the underlined word “flew” in paragraph 5 refer to?

A．Succeeded.	B．Survived.
C．Broke.	D．Failed.

5. What would be the best title of the passage?

A．An Adventure in China	B．How to Be a Writer
C．Moira’s First Novel	D．A Passion for Writing

6 . When I was eight, I got my first pair of glasses. Far from being made fun of at school, the only struggle I got was endless requests to try on my new glasses. Hearing about what happened at school, my father once looked at me and asked whether I had pretended to be the blindness just to look like Harry Potter?

With my strange hair and glasses, I did nothing to avoid it, either. The Harry Potter books were the great pop cultural event of my generation, who began reading again. My school librarian, both confused and annoyed by us Potter fans, dealt with fights over the schools few old copies by setting a new rule: Harry Potter could be borrowed for only three days, instead of the whole week of borrowing period every other title was allowed.

In the 20 years since the first book arrived on shelves, publishers and parents have been asking what has made J.K. Rowling's books so loved. It is better to look at the influence they have had on their readers. Yes, the books were about a boy taking on a dark and powerful enemy in the magical world, but they were also about love defeating hate, determination and choosing" between what is easy and what is right". Rowling’s entire magical characters were all people we want to be.

I grew up with Harry and together we became children with our own opinions, teens easy to get angry and young adults thinking of everything as normal. When the final book came out in 2007.I read it for 12 hours without a break and cried as I finished it. I felt something sad: the end of Harry’s story signaled the end of my childhood. I was suddenly aimless. Meanwhile, my now Potter-mad father walked impatiently nearby, waiting for the proper moment to take the book away from his daughter.

Harry Potter did shape my generation. As a girl who grew up mostly in peacetime, many of the ideas I found in these books were ones we had never come across before. The magical world’s terrible treatment of non-human beings was the first description of slavery I knew. The treatment of Harry’s teacher Remus Lupin, who hides his condition at work, is a metaphor(比喻) for the shame surrounding those who suffer from AIDS. And all settings like this may have real-world reflections .A study found that teenage Harry Potter readers showed more tolerance (包容) towards those who were suffering. Is it possible that Jeremy Corbyn's popularity among the young had anything to do with their literary education? Is it possible that Harry Potter, in the 20 years he has been with us, has inspired a generation to be more empathetic（感同身受）， welcoming and socially open－ minded than those before it? We will see If not, at least my glasses are still cool.

1. Paragraph 1 is intended to show_____.

A．the authors sufferings caused by the glasses

B．the author s close relations with other students

C．the misunderstanding between the author and her father

D．the popularity of Harry Porter among students

2. How did the school librarian stop the fights between Potter fans?

A．By preventing Potter fans borrowing Harry Potter many times

B．By selling the Harry Porter books in the library.

C．By creating a new rule for Harry Potter’s borrowing period.

D．By buying more Harry Potter books for the library.

3. What can we learn about the Harry Potter books from Paragraph 3?

A．The book has been the most popular one among all the books for twenty years.

B．It is the story of revenge(复仇)in the magical world that makes the book popular.

C．Readers are crazy about the book because it has taught them how to love and make wise choices.

D．The book has had such great influence on the readers that they all want to be magical persons.

4. Why did the author cry when she read Harry Potter that came out in 2007?

A．Because she suddenly found that she was too old to read Harry Potter.

B．Because her father was for a chance to take her book away.

C．Because she had no plan for what to do after her childhood ended.

D．Because she was too sad to know the 2007 book was the last Harry Potter book.

5. The underlined word "signaled "in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to _____.

A．described	B．created
C．changed	D．marked

6. What's the last paragraph mainly about?

A．Harry Potter has great effects on the author's generation.

B．The characters in Harry Porter were created through great imagination.

C．Compared with other people, Harry Potter readers are more tolerant.

D．Reading Harry Potter is important for children living in peacetime.

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1. All of the following hotels are close to the sea EXCEPT __________.

A．S W France	B．The Blakeney Hotel
C．Willapark Manor Hotel	D．The Country Garden Hotel

2. If you want to take your children and your dog with you on holiday, you can choose ______.

A．The Country Garden Hotel	B．Willapark Manor Hotel
C．The Bay Hotel	D．Boscastle

3. One of the hotels offers special price for __________.

A．young people

B．elderly people

C．foreign guests

D．students

4. The purpose of the passage is to ______________.

A．warn

B．advise

C．describe

D．advertise

8 .    When we think of leadership, we often think of strength and power. But what are these really, and how do they operate?

Leadership today is not about forcing others to do things. If this is even possible, it is short-term, and tends to backfire. If you order someone to do something against their will, they may do it because they feel they must, but the anger they feel will do more harm in the long-term. They will also experience fear.

Fear causes the thinking brain to shut down, making the person unable to function at his or her best. If they associate you with this emotion of fear, they will become less functional around you, and you will have succeeded in not only shooting yourself in the foot, but possibly making a very good employee or partner unable to perform effectively. Fear has no place in leadership.

The way we influence people in a lasting way is by our own character, and our understanding and use of emotion. We can order someone to do something, which may be part of the work day; or we can employ them at the emotional level, so they became fully devoted to the projects and provide some of their own motivation (积极性). Today’s work place is all about relationships. Anyone works harder in a positive environment in which they’re recognized and valued as a human being as well as a worker. Everyone produces just a bit more for someone they like. Leaders understand the way things work. They know the pay check is not the single most motivating factor (因素) in the work life of most people.

The true strength of leadership is an inner strength that comes from the confidence of emotional intelligence---knowing your own emotions, and how to handle them, and those of others. Developing your emotional intelligence is the single best thing you can do if you want to develop your relationships with people around you, which is the key to the leadership skills.

1. The underlined phrase “shooting oneself in the foot” means _____ in this passage.

A．throw or walk in a specific direction or towards a specific objective

B．to grow forth (向前) from the ground

C．to move or pass suddenly or swiftly

D．to injure or harm one's own interests

2. An employee may have a feeling of fear in the work place when ___.

A．he cannot work at his best	B．he is forced to do things
C．he feels his brain shut down	D．he thinks of his work as too heavy

3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．People tend to associate leadership with fear.

B．Working conditions affect people’s physical health.

C．Smart people are more functional in the work place.

D．Good relationship is the key to business success.

4. To positively influence employees, a leader should first of all ____.

A．develop his own personality	B．provide better suggestions
C．give his employees a pay raise	D．hide his own emotion of fear

5. Good leadership is mainly seen in a leader’s ability to_____.

A．provide a variety of project for employees

B．help raise employees’ living standards

C．deal wisely with employees’ emotions

D．give employees’ specific instructions（指导）

9 . Children find meanings in their old family tales.
When Stephen Guyer’s three children were growing up, he told them stories about how his grandfather, a banker,_______all in the 1930s, but did not lose sight of what he valued most. In one of the darkest times_______his strong-minded grandfather was nearly_______, he loaded his family into the car and_______them to see family members in Canada with a_______, “there are more important things in life than money. ”
The_______took on a new meaning recently when Mr. Guyer downsized to a_______house from a more expensive and comfortable one. He was_______that his children ,a daughter, 15, and twins, 22, would be upset. To his surprise, they weren’t._______, their reaction echoed （共鸣） their great-grandfather’s. What they________was how warm the people were in the house and how________of their heart was accessible.
Many parents are finding family stories have surprising power to help children________hard times. Storytelling experts say the phenomenon reflects a growing________in telling tales, evidenced by a rise in a storytelling events and festivals.
A university________of 65 families with children aged from 14 to 16 found kids’ ability to________parents’ stories was linked to a lower rate of anger and anxiety.
The________is telling the stories in a way children can________. We’re not talking here about the kind of story that________, “ When I was a kid, I walked to school every day uphill both ways, barefoot in the snow. ” Instead, we should choose a story suited to the child’s________, and make eye contact （接触） to create “a personal experience”. We don’t have to tell children________they should take from the story and what the moral is . ”1.

A．missed

B．lost

C．forgot

D．ignored

2.

A．when

B．while

C．how

D．why

3.

A．friendless

B．worthless

C．penniless

D．homeless

4.

A．fetched

B．allowed

C．expected

D．took

5.

A．hope

B．promise

C．suggestion

D．belief

6.

A．tale

B．agreement

C．arrangement

D．report

7.

A．large

B．small

C．new

D．grand

8.

A．surprised

B．annoyed

C．disappointed

D．worried

9.

A．Therefore

B．Besides

C．Instead

D．Otherwise

10.

A．talked about

B．cared about

C．wrote about

D．heard about

11.

A．much

B．many

C．little

D．few

12.

A．beyond

B．over

C．behind

D．through

13.

A．argument

B．skill

C．interest

D．anxiety

14.

A．study

B．design

C．committee

D．staff

15.

A．provide

B．retell

C．support

D．refuse

16.

A．trouble

B．gift

C．fact

D．trick

17.

A．perform

B．write

C．hear

D．question

18.

A．means

B．ends

C．begins

D．proves

19.

A．needs

B．activities

C．judgments

D．habits

20.

A．that

B．what

C．which

D．whom

10 . Some people bring out the best in you in a way that you might never have fully realized on your own.My mom was one of those people.

My father died when I was nine months old,making my mom a single mother at the age of eighteen.While I was growing up,we lived a very hard life.We had little money,but my mom gave me a lot of love.Each night,she sat me on her lap and spoke the words that would change my life,“Kemmons,you are certain to be a great man and you can do anything in life if you work hard enough to get it.”

At fourteen,I was hit by a car and the doctors said I would never walk again.Every day,my mother spoke to me in her gentle,loving voice,telling me that no matter what those doctors said,I could walk again if I wanted to badly enough.She drove that message so deep into my heart that I finally believed her.A year later,I returned to school—walking on my own!

When the Great Depression(大萧条)hit,my mom lost her job.Then I left school to support the both of us.At that moment,I was determined never to be poor again.

Over the years,I experienced various levels of business success.But the real turning point occurred on a vacation I took with my wife and five kids in 1951.I was dissatisfied with the second-class hotels available for families and was angry that they charged an extra $2 for each child.That was too expensive for the average American family.I told my wife that I was going to open a motel(汽车旅馆)for families that would never charge extra for children.There were plenty of doubters at that time.

Not surprisingly,mom was one of my strongest supporters.She worked behind the desk and even designed the room style.As in any business,we experienced a lot of challenges.But with my mother’s words deeply rooted in my soul,I never doubted we would succeed.Fifteen years later,we had the largest hotel system in the world—Holiday Inn.In 1979 my company had 1759 inns in more than fifty countries with an income of $1 billion a year.

You may not have started out life in the best situations.But if you can find a task in life worth working for and believe in yourself,nothing can stop you.

1. What Kemmons’ mom often told him during his childhood was_______.

A．caring	B．moving
C．encouraging	D．interesting

2. According to the author,who played the most important role in making him walk back to school again?

A．Doctors.

B．Nurses.

C．Friends.

D．Mom.

3. What caused Kemmons to start a motel by himself?

A．His terrible experience in the hotel.

B．His previous business success of various levels.

C．His mom’s support.

D．His wife’s suggestion.

4. Which of the following best describes Kemmons’ mother?

A．Modest,helpful and hard-working.

B．Loving,supportive and strong-willed.

C．Careful,helpful and beautiful.

D．Strict,sensitive and supportive.

5. Which of the following led to Kemmons’ success according to the passage?

A．Self-confidence,hard work,higher-education and a poor family.

B．Mom’s encouragement,clear goals,self-confidence and hard work.

C．Clear goals,mom’s encouragement,a poor family and higher education.

D．Mom’s encouragement,a poor family,higher education and opportunities.