1 . A survey said the average Asian dad spent one minute a day with his children. I was shocked. I mean, a whole minute? Every day? Get real. Once a week maybe. The fact is, many Asian males are terrible at kid—related things. In fact, I am one of them.

Child—rearing (养育) doesn’t come naturally to guys. My mother knew the names of our teachers, best friends and crushes. My dad was only vaguely aware there were short people sharing the apartment. My mother bought healthy fresh food at the market every day. My dad would only go shopping when there was nothing in the fridge except a jar of capers and a bay leaf. Then he’d buy beer. My mother always knew the right questions to ask our teachers. My dad would ask my English teacher if she could get us a discount on school fees. My mother served kid food to kids. My dad added chili sauce to everything, including our baby food.

The truth is, mothers have superpowers. My son fell off a wall once and hurt himself all over. I demanded someone bring me a computer so I could google what to do. My wife ignored me and did some sort of chanting phrase such as “Mummy kiss it better,” and cured l7 separate injuries in less than 15 seconds.

Yes, mothers are incredible people, but they are not always right. Yet honesty forces me to record the fact that mothers only know best 99.99 percent of the time.Here are some famous slip-ups.

The mother of Bill Gates: “If you’re going to drop out of college and hang out with your nerdy friends, don’t come running to me when you find yourself penniless.” The mother of Albert Einstein: “When you grow up, you’ll find that sitting around thinking about the nature of time and space won’t pay the grocery bills.” The mother of George W. Bush: “You’ll never be like your dad, who became President of the United States and started his own war.”

1. The tone for the writer to write the passage is ___.

A．cruel

B．humorous

C．disapproving

D．critical(批评的)

2. In paragraph 2 the writer makes a comparison between mothers and fathers to prove that ______.

A．females love kids more than males	B．males are not good at child—rearing
C．Males are not interested in child-rearing	D．child-rearing is difficult both for females and males

3. What does the underlined word “slip-ups” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A．stories

B．shortcomings

C．mistakes

D．advantages

4. The last paragraph is mainly developed by ___.

A．providing different examples	B．following the order of space
C．making comparisons	D．analyzing causes

2 . On a Monday morning, back in 2015, I remember parking my car outside my doctor’s clinic in Broadwater, Western Australia. I felt _________ and I carefully practiced what I wanted to tell my doctor. Heartbreak, sorrow and the loss of the idea of a complete family left me not coping well.

I was _________. I had tried to pick myself up, tried to throw myself into my work as an educator in before-and-after school care, and also tried to focus on my art. _________ these efforts, my depression hadn’t gone away. It kept _________ like a cancer in my inner world. I wanted a(n) _________. I wanted to be as healthy as my son, Kai, who was _________ me. I took a few deep breaths and went to my _________.

After I returned to my car, I shut the door and started _________ uncontrollably. My doctor said I had severe depression. I needed to take antidepressant. I had to make some big _________ to get better.

Still sobbing, I was __________ to hear a knock on my car door. A slim lady with short fair hair __________ opened it and began to speak calmingly and kindly to me. “I don’t know what you’re __________ right now. But know this, I will pray for you, you are being __________ and what you are going through will pass,” she Said. “Can I give you a hug?”

There I was, a weeping mess, __________ accepting this kind stranger’s comforting hug. All I __________ to reply in a choked-up (哽咽的) voice was “thank you”.

This was the most significant act of __________ that I’ve ever experienced from a stranger. It gave me hope. My __________ started right there.

About a year later, I bumped into the same kind __________ at the opening of an art exhibition. She __________ me and smiled. She said she could tell I was doing well. We __________ again, and once more I could express my appreciation for her gesture.

1.

A．confident

B．proud

C．nervous

D．patient

2.

A．ashamed

B．astonished

C．depressed

D．confused

3.

A．Without

B．Despite

C．Beyond

D．Through

4.

A．growing

B．surviving

C．moving

D．wandering

5.

A．excuse

B．life

C．job

D．reward

6.

A．looking for

B．waiting for

C．walking around

D．depending on

7.

A．school

B．neighborhood

C．house

D．appointment

8.

A．coughing

B．weeping

C．laughing

D．shaking

9.

A．preparations

B．comments

C．changes

D．contributions

10.

A．surprised

B．delighted

C．disappointed

D．excited

11.

A．quickly

B．madly

C．gently

D．casually

12.

A．describing

B．observing

C．determining

D．experiencing

13.

A．left behind

B．looked after

C．called on

D．turned off

14.

A．calmly

B．eagerly

C．unwillingly

D．gratefully

15.

A．managed

B．decided

C．failed

D．attempted

16.

A．courage

B．kindness

C．wisdom

D．devotion

17.

A．treatment

B．experiment

C．recovery

D．adventure

18.

A．lady

B．doctor

C．educator

D．girl

19.

A．recognized

B．forgave

C．understood

D．comforted

20.

A．met

B．nodded

C．acted

D．hugged

3 . I had driven home to celebrate my 38th birthday with my mother. When I arrived, I found her _______ proudly at the kitchen table, a chocolate cake and two boxes wrapped orange ribbon (丝带) in front of her. “Happy birthday!” she said, _______ at the boxes. “Open them.”

As she knows me _______ than anyone, she’d gotten me exactly what I wanted—running clothes. I _______ her and thanked her and proceeded(接着) to eat the cake.

“Too many _______,” I said, not really caring.

“You’ll run them off tomorrow,” Mom said.

Many adult children with a parent suffering from _______ memory will tell you there was one day that _______ to them that their relationship with their mother or father would be forever changed.

For me that day _______ two weeks later, when I drove back for another short _______. I came upon exactly the same ________: my mom sitting at the kitchen table; a chocolate cake resting next to two ________ wrapped in curly ribbon. The ribbon was green this time. That was the only ________ “Happy birthday!” my mom said.

I was totally ________. “What’s going on?” I asked.

Mom smiled. “Can’t I celebrate my daughter’s birthday?”

This was no ________. This was real life, and since my mother clearly only wanted to make me ________, I pushed aside my fear and fulfilled my role as the ________ daughter. I hugged her, thanked her and ________ the clothes... I did not mention to her that we’d done all this two ________ ago.

My house is her world now. My mother and I have the ________ conversation roughly 10 times a day. ________, I consider it a pleasure, because every minute is new for her.

1.

A．cooking

B．sitting

C．singing

D．dancing

2.

A．shouting

B．running

C．staring

D．gesturing

3.

A．earlier

B．longer

C．better

D．less

4.

A．paid

B．hugged

C．comforted

D．ignored

5.

A．calories

B．presents

C．decorations

D．candles

6.

A．sad

B．lasting

C．failing

D．past

7.

A．signaled

B．added

C．appealed

D．contributed

8.

A．ended

B．came

C．changed

D．disappeared

9.

A．memory

B．birthday

C．party

D．visit

10.

A．day

B．idea

C．scene

D．celebration

11.

A．boxes

B．bags

C．dresses

D．hats

12.

A．color

B．choice

C．attraction

D．difference

13.

A．moved

B．confused

C．embarrassed

D．excited

14.

A．pleasure

B．trouble

C．trick

D．end

15.

A．happy

B．shocked

C．puzzled

D．upset

16.

A．friendly

B．successful

C．forgetful

D．grateful

17.

A．admired

B．washed

C．declined

D．wrapped

18.

A．days

B．weeks

C．months

D．years

19.

A．previous

B．annoying

C．only

D．same

20.

A．Therefore

B．Instead

C．However

D．Moreover

4 . Reggie couldn’t hear a thing. He was a____boy, but he had been born deaf.   He was well-known to everyone in town, and they were all____him. Unfortunately, though, he____seemed to end up being treated differently from everyone else. Children worried they would____him, and that maybe because he wouldn’t hear the ball being hit in his____. Adults acted like he was unable to____them, as though he was some kind of baby.

His friend Michael didn’t like this. He decided that things had to be____. Michael’s father was the town’s mayor(市长), and Michael____to convince him that this year, in honor of Reggie, they should offer one day as a ____to deaf people. During that whole day everyone would have to wear earplugs(耳塞).

People liked the____. The day became known as The Day of Silence, and when it arrived, everyone stuck plugs in their____, in a spirit of great fun. That morning was filled with____and laughter. But, as the hours passed, people became more and more aware of how____life was when they couldn’t hear anything.

On that day nobody was thinking of Reggie as just a____person. This meant he could be____just like any other boy, and people saw a whole new side of____. Not only that, but Reggie had a bright and sharp mind. On that day, using his usual____, Reggie was the one who could communicate best with everyone. This meant that people paid more attention to what he was saying, and they were____by his intelligence and his ability to find solutions to almost any problem.   They____that he had always been like that, and that in normal life all Reggie needed was a little more time than others to____. That was the only difference.

1.

A．wealthy

B．poor

C．brave

D．normal

2.

A．close to

B．fond of

C．strict with

D．thankful for

3.

A．seldom

B．never

C．always

D．sometimes

4.

A．hurt

B．cheat

C．punish

D．shock

5.

A．home

B．direction

C．classroom

D．car

6.

A．understand

B．encourage、

C．protect

D．support

7.

A．worked

B．changed

C．acted

D．prepared

8.

A．learned

B．prepared

C．helped

D．managed

9.

A．holiday

B．term

C．week

D．journey

10.

A．excuse

B．course

C．idea

D．game

11.

A．clothes

B．hands

C．rooms

D．ears

12.

A．victories

B．meals

C．jokes

D．lessons

13.

A．dangerous

B．difficult

C．short

D．useless

14.

A．stupid

B．deaf

C．rude

D．negative

15.

A．treated

B．taught

C．comforted

D．fed

16.

A．him

B．themselves

C．itself

D．them

17.

A．words

B．telephones

C．tools

D．gestures

18.

A．frightened

B．embarrassed

C．surprised

D．amused

19.

A．proved

B．reported

C．remembered

D．realized

20.

A．watch

B．eat

C．communicate

D．walk

5 . A little boy was spending his Saturday morning playing in his sandbox (儿童玩耍的沙场).   In the process of creating roads in the soft sand, he ______ a large rock in the middle of the sandbox.

The boy ______ around the rock, managing to move it from the sand. With a little bit of ______, he pushed the rock out of the sandbox by using his feet. When the boy got the rock to the edge of the sandbox, ______, he found that he couldn’t ______ it up and over the little wall. The rock was too ________ for his small body.

As he ______ to accept his failure, the little boy dug, pushed and dragged, but every time he thought he had made some ______, the rock rolled and then fell back into the sandbox. The little boy ______ again and again, but his only ______ was to have the rock roll back.

____ he burst into tears. All the time the boy’s father ______ from his living room window as the story continued. At the moment the tears fell, a ______ voice rose above the boy’s head. It was the boy’s father. ______ but firmly he said, “Son, why didn’t you use all the ______ that you had?” Defeated, the boy replied with tears, “But I did, Daddy, I did! I ____ all the strength that I had!” “No, son.” ____ the father kindly. “You didn’t use all the strength you had. You didn’t  ____  me to help you.” With that the father picked up the rock and ____ it from the sandbox.

Do you have “rocks” in your life that need to be removed? Are you discovering that you don’t have the strength it takes to lift them? There is one who is always available to us and willing to ______ you with the strength you need.

1.

A．discovered

B．put

C．gathered

D．hid

2.

A．walked

B．jumped

C．travelled

D．dug

3.

A．courage

B．pride

C．effort

D．pleasure

4.

A．still

B．however

C．thus

D．even

5.

A．put

B．raise

C．take

D．break

6.

A．large

B．difficult

C．hard

D．much

7.

A．decided

B．refused

C．agreed

D．planned

8.

A．invention

B．progress

C．mistakes

D．changes

9.

A．tried

B．failed

C．thought

D．started

10.

A．success

B．goal

C．result

D．wish

11.

A．Gradually

B．Lately

C．Properly

D．Finally

12.

A．watched

B．worked

C．followed

D．helped

13.

A．loud

B．happy

C．sweet

D．strict

14.

A．angrily

B．movingly

C．suddenly

D．gently

15.

A．knowledge

B．strength

C．tools

D．ability

16.

A．wasted

B．brought

C．used

D．carried

17.

A．corrected

B．replied

C．shouted

D．praised

18.

A．advise

B．ask

C．force

D．want

19.

A．collected

B．removed

C．chose

D．broke

20.

A．provide

B．lend

C．show

D．pass

6 . 第二节完形填空(共20小题;
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

In the United States more than 80 colleges now accept just only women. Most of them were founded in the 19th century. They were set up to ______ women the education they could not get anywhere else. At that time _______ of the universities and colleges ________only men. In the past 20 years many young women have_________ to study at colleges that accept both men and women. As a _______, some women’s colleges decided to accept men students, too. Others still refused to change. Now the women’s colleges are ________ again.

The president of Trinity College in Washington D. C said by the end of the 1980s women had come to ______ that studying at the same colleges with men and women did not mean       ______had the same chance to _______ . The president of Smith College in Massachusette said “A women’s college ________ women to choose classes and activities   ______ . For example, if a woman student wants to learn maths, she will be given the chance. So the percentage of students who like to study maths in a women’s college is _______ than that in a college with men and women. ”

Experts say men students in the United States ________ have enough courage to speak in class.       _____ , women students can’t. In a women’s college, women feel free to say   _______ they want to. According to a report, women colleges also _______leadership ability in many fields. At a women college, every ______ office is held by women. Recent studies ________ that this leadership continues after _______ . The studies also prove that it is easier for the American women who went to women’s college to _________successful jobs later in life. Maybe that is why this kind of college is liked by people now.

1.

A．make

B．elect

C．offer

D．call

2.

A．some

B．most

C．few

D．none

3.

A．liked

B．accepted

C．attracted

D．helped

4.

A．chosen

B．failed

C．regretted

D．hated

5.

A．goal

B．model

C．result

D．level

6.

A．separate

B．troublesome

C．special

D．popular

7.

A．forget

B．realize

C．expect

D．remember

8.

A．students

B．presidents

C．men

D．women

9.

A．work

B．visit

C．choose

D．survive

10.

A．permits

B．forbits

C．forces

D．reminds

11.

A．obviously

B．freely

C．exactly

D．immediately

12.

A．smaller

B．more

C．higher

D．lower

13.

A．usually

B．never

C．sometimes

D．seldom

14.

A．Finally

B．Therefore

C．However

D．Besides

15.

A．how

B．what

C．when

D．where

16.

A．bring down

B．bring over

C．bring round

D．bring about

17.

A．governing

B．cleaning

C．serving

D．booking

18.

A．mean

B．show

C．warn

D．conclude

19.

A．school

B．work

C．graduation

D．death

20.

A．hold

B．gather

C．lose

D．require

7 . It’s a family tradition to go to dinner at my grandmother’s house for all major holidays．After the meal，the youngest children go to the basement to play games，______ the remainder of my family withdraw to the living room．For several years，I’d remain at the ______ dinner table，reading whatever book had caught my interest．I’ll never forget the day when this all ______．My aunt came into the dinning room and said，“______ that book and talk to me before I hit you with this fork!”

I’d been content to remain the attentive listener，______ nothing，but hearing everything．Then came the ______ that I was antisocial，to which I ______ with a silent smile．There was a time when I foolishly believed my family would accept my preference；______，they seem to believe that they should encourage me to ______．In my opinion， I’m the only one that has adapted well to the familial（熟悉的）talkativeness．What would be the ______ of all these voices if there weren’t someone to shut up and ______?

My ______ isn’t the only thing my family finds puzzling．I would scream“No!”at 2 a．m．______ a character was horrifically killed．I become active at night in summer so I can listen to music，read，and write without the ______ of my brothers and sisters，who seem to think if I want to   be ______ they should come near me and make as much ______ as possible．

My family doesn’t completely ______ all of my actions．They’re well aware of what makes me ______ is reading while sitting in one of the black comfortable chairs．I’ve ______ that reading a book of any great length would make it extremely ______ for my parents to get me from the chair．Fortunately they have learned to accept my actions．

1.

A．if

B．while

C．until

D．though

2.

A．high

B．small

C．empty

D．dusty

3.

A．improved

B．happened

C．failed

D．changed

4.

A．Burn

B．Finish

C．Shut

D．Hide

5.

A．accepting

B．following

C．mixing

D．saying

6.

A．comment

B．plan

C．secret

D．evidence

7.

A．celebrated

B．responded

C．linked

D．supplied

8.

A．however

B．therefore

C．meanwhile

D．besides

9.

A．learn

B．paint

C．practice

D．speak

10.

A．harm

B．cause

C．point

D．beauty

11.

A．agree

B．watch

C．work

D．listen

12.

A．pain

B．dream

C．silence

D．curiosity

13.

A．unless

B．because

C．or

D．but

14.

A．presence

B．criticism

C．idea

D．help

15.

A．careful

B．alone

C．kind

D．independent

16.

A．noise

B．money

C．progress

D．room

17.

A．miss

B．forget

C．avoid

D．misunderstand

18.

A．surprised

B．puzzled

C．delighted

D．frightened

19.

A．imagined

B．realized

C．reported

D．guessed

20.

A．difficult

B．funny

C．dangerous

D．easy

8 . Jay Chou (周杰伦)was born in Taiwan on January 18, 1979. Now he is one of the most popular singers in China and famous as the king of Chinese popular music.

Jay was _________ by his mother who was a single mother and a teacher in a high school. Showing _________ in music, little Jay was taught to play the piano at the age of three. _________ he was a third-grade student in a primary school, his mother _________ to give him music lessons every day. She also took him to concert (音乐会)to _________ his taste for music. Those were beneficial to his careers later.

Jay first entered the music industry when he _________ a talent show as a pianist with his friends. Although his performance wasn’t _________, the organizer saw his music _________ and gave him a chance. He was _________ to write music for other singers. During the following years, he ____________ many songs and some of them became popular, but almost ____________ knew him.

Later, Jay got a ____________ to produce an album of his own. In 2000, he released (发行)his first ____________, to everyone’s ____________, which became an instant hit (成功). Soon he is popular throughout Asia, ____________ Taiwan.

Jay ____________ both Chinese and western music to produce his own music, which is quite different from mainstream Taiwanese music. His songs cover ____________ topics. For example, the song Dad I am Back is about family life, and the song Rice Fields ____________ environmental protection. Taipei Times once named his music Chou Style.

According to Baidu, the most popular Internet search engine in China, Jay is the number one searched singer in 2002, 2006 and 2007. And Jay was ____________ as one of the 50 most important ____________ in China in 2009.

1.

A．raised

B．conducted

C．treated

D．shocked

2.

A．weakness

B．concern

C．interest

D．possibility

3.

A．While

B．Because

C．If

D．So

4.

A．hoped

B．turned

C．managed

D．led

5.

A．perform

B．develop

C．learn

D．guide

6.

A．relied on

B．kept up with

C．made it to

D．took part in

7.

A．foolish

B．beautiful

C．optional

D．extraordinary

8.

A．talent

B．effect

C．aspect

D．comment

9.

A．attached

B．ordered

C．taken

D．invited

10.

A．designed

B．made

C．wrote

D．sang

11.

A．many

B．no one

C．someone

D．everyone

12.

A．chance

B．time

C．money

D．company

13.

A．album

B．song

C．article

D．works

14.

A．amusement

B．joy

C．satisfaction

D．surprise

15.

A．partly

B．mostly

C．mainly

D．especially

16.

A．hosts

B．combines

C．removes

D．limits

17.

A．various

B．narrow

C．same

D．important

18.

A．depends on

B．focuses on

C．makes up

D．ends up

19.

A．admired

B．promoted

C．forecast

D．thought

20.

A．millionaires

B．audiences

C．figures

D．actors

9 . “I just think, a year ago, at 54 years of age, I couldn't swim. I was terrified at the thought of going into the water. Now, I have just ______my 200 meters. It feels like a_______ , and it is all thanks to Everyday Swim”.

It's never too late to learn swimming. Angela King, 55, is a perfect______of it. For years, she had to _____   sitting on the side of a pool watching her family splash(拍水)around. Then in August 2016, the family went to an attraction they hadn’t   _____ for 15 years. Angela thought, “All this time, I still can't   ______. When I get back home tomorrow, I’m going to find out more about swimming _______.

In the cold light of day, she felt a little________,but her husband David searched the Internet for swimming classes. He found Everyday Swim at the local Haleigh pool and________Angela to sign up. When she turned up for her first training, she says, "I felt a bit sick and _______, but this soon passed. The instructor   _____   put me at ease, as did the other people in the class. They were all shapes and sizes, ______ they were all feeling like me.”

As the lessons _______, she learned to become more ______ in the water. At first, it was a simple _______of learning she wasn’t going to sink. Then during the third lesson, the Olympic gold medal winner Duncan Goodhew turned up to offer _______. “I couldn’t believe it. He held my hand and we all held hands in a circle and splashed under the water. What he did made me believe that I could ______ it.”

When the 10 lessons for ￡100 offer finished at the pool, she______ to sign up for lessons. In fact, from initially(开始) being _______of the water, Angela was now becoming a regular swimmer and _______some certificates along the way.

1.

A．undertook

B．won

C．completed

D．challenged

2.

A．dream

B．game

C．show

D．suffer

3.

A．founder

B．success

C．example

D．pioneer

4.

A．settle for

B．give up

C．turn in

D．look out

5.

A．visited

B．searched

C．passed

D．covered

6.

A．believe

B．swim

C．learn

D．forget

7.

A．hours

B．lessons

C．places

D．problems

8.

A．calm

B．frightened

C．grateful

D．hesitant

9.

A．reminded

B．allowed

C．forced

D．encouraged

10.

A．strange

B．worried

C．desperate

D．disappointed

11.

A．only

B．nearly

C．hardly

D．really

12.

A．for

B．so

C．and

D．though

13.

A．progressed

B．finished

C．improved

D．began

14.

A．energetic

B．attractive

C．confident

D．outstanding

15.

A．matter

B．act

C．symbol

D．sign

16.

A．prize

B．support

C．strength

D．safety

17.

A．try

B．take

C．get

D．make

18.

A．helped

B．joined

C．began

D．continued

19.

A．fond

B．curious

C．scared

D．doubtful

20.

A．picking

B．collecting

C．accepting

D．registering

10 . 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A few years ago, I started therapy (治疗). I kept it a secret ________ it felt like it wasn’t the kind of thing I could tell anyone. I felt it was ________, and I was ashamed of it. ________ I felt I was the only one. It seemed that everyone but me was able to ________ things on their own. ________ of my friends or family needed help like that. But on an occasion, I ________ my secret to one of my good friends.
Guess what ________? As I started letting other people know that I was in therapy, some of them started telling me the ________ thing! It seemed that once I told them that I would understand their ________, it was safe to tell me. We didn’t have to keep this a(n) ________ from each other any more.
One friend close to me ________ that she went on antidepressants(抗抑郁) after her mother’s death. Another friend has been ________ for being blue ________ he was in college. My hairdresser had been on medication ________ obsessive compulsive disorder (强迫症). All of them said they felt comfortable to be able to ________ the information. I felt like I found support in my ________ and I wasn’t alone, just from ________ their stories.
It has made me realize that none of us are ________. Also, there’s no ________ in trying to hide them when you are having ________. It’s better to be open and honest.1.

A．because

B．although

C．if

D．unless

2.

A．surprising

B．exciting

C．worrying

D．satisfying

3.

A．Immediately

B．Slowly

C．However

D．Worse

4.

A．remove

B．handle

C．deal

D．accept

5.

A．Some

B．All

C．Most

D．None

6.

A．let out

B．let down

C．set out

D．set off

7.

A．appeared

B．continued

C．happened

D．existed

8.

A．different

B．same

C．difficult

D．important

9.

A．news

B．delights

C．topics

D．problems

10.

A．secret

B．order

C．rule

D．puzzle

11.

A．thought

B．suggested

C．explained

D．warned

12.

A．punished

B．treated

C．injured

D．praised

13.

A．before

B．for

C．when

D．since

14.

A．according to

B．because of

C．judging by

D．instead of

15.

A．share

B．hide

C．correct

D．find

16.

A．victory

B．success

C．struggle

D．failure

17.

A．reciting

B．hearing

C．copying

D．reading

18.

A．strong

B．healthy

C．wrong

D．perfect

19.

A．point

B．doubt

C．courage

D．ability

20.

A．performances

B．riches

C．difficulties

D．dreams