1 . A man went to buy fruits and asked the shopkeeper about the _________ of the fruits. The shopkeeper replied that banana was $2 and apple was $4 per kilo. At the same time, a woman came into the shop and _______ the same question. Without a second _________, the shopkeeper answered, “Banana is $1 and apple is $3 per kilo.” Hearing this, the man stared at shopkeeper in _________. The shopkeeper noticed this immediately and signaled him to wait for a while. The woman took the fruits, paid for them and left _________.

After the woman left with a smile, the shopkeeper looked toward the customer and said, “I didn’t mean to _________ you.” He continued after a brief ___________, “The woman lives in my neighborhood. She is a poor mother of four. I have tried many times to help her but she is not _________ to take any help from anyone in our _________· Then I thought of this way to help her. Whenever she comes, I sell her fruits at the ______________ price. This way, she won’t feel that she is being helped and ______________ on others. This is the only way I can extend my help. And whenever this lady comes, my sales ______________.”

After he learned the story, tears ______________ in the customers eyes. He hugged the shopkeeper and bought fruits without complaining or ______________. More importantly, he left with a lesson learned that if you want to ______________, you will always find a way and your own bless will come along.

1.

A．quality

B．variety

C．price

D．taste

2.

A．raised

B．addressed

C．examined

D．explained

3.

A．strength

B．request

C．contact

D．thought

4.

A．excitement

B．joy

C．anxiety

D．shock

5.

A．nervously

B．peacefully

C．cheerfully

D．hurriedly

6.

A．cheat

B．harm

C．frighten

D．ignore

7.

A．check

B．comparison

C．stop

D．preparation

8.

A．content

B．grateful

C．excited

D．ready

9.

A．neighborhood

B．community

C．block

D．department

10.

A．reasonable

B．high

C．half

D．minimum

11.

A．concentrating

B．depending

C．focusing

D．pressing

12.

A．disappear

B．decline

C．increase

D．start

13.

A．dried up

B．welled up

C．slowed down

D．settled down

14.

A．bargaining

B．arguing

C．comparing

D．balancing

15.

A．explore

B．serve

C．help

D．connect

2 . There is nothing more comforting than the sound of the Singer, a sewing (缝纫) machine. It ______so many memories of my grandmother and mother. The______of turning different materials into something fashionable always______me.

I began sewing as a child alongside my grandmother, a loving woman who taught me how to use a machine and how to sew my first______. It was a simple pullover blouse (衬衫) made from an old pink and white pillowcase. I wore that with such______because wearing something you______yourself just makes you smile. Then, one day I made a mistake, sewing the inside out, and had to start again. This taught me to be______and focused on details.

Later I received the old Singer from my mom, but it was left to gather dust in the corner.Once Covid-19______, I had too much time on my hands and in my head.I got the Singer ______ and began sewing again.

“Measure twice, cut once" is a Sewer’s proverb. We all hear it and I rarely use it, just like road maps, but it is______. It’s a way of life.

In a time when tomorrow is ______,I found a sense of hope and creativity through rediscovery. Relearning how to sew has______my boredom and made me more patient with myself. It also helps build an emotional______with my older generations through this one thing that we______.That brings me joy. And I’ll______that joy for as long as possible.

1.

A．sticks to

B．brings back

C．gets over

D．cheers up

2.

A．award

B．plan

C．art

D．lesson

3.

A．escaped

B．troubled

C．upset

D．uplifted

4.

A．shirt

B．button

C．skirt

D．tie

5.

A．hope

B．freedom

C．pride

D．anxiety

6.

A．made

B．bought

C．chose

D．ordered

7.

A．responsible

B．independent

C．creative

D．patient

8.

A．quit

B．struck

C．shot

D．flashed

9.

A．donated

B．removed

C．measured

D．maintained

10.

A．strange

B．necessary

C．flexible

D．simple

11.

A．uncertain

B．unusual

C．odd

D．ideal

12.

A．relieved

B．revealed

C．indicated

D．increased

13.

A．idea

B．distance

C．bond

D．role

14.

A．designed

B．collected

C．revised

D．shared

15.

A．appreciate

B．express

C．seek

D．experience

3 . When my sisters and I were little, we were _________ to take naps. The summer I was seven, I asked to take my _________ in a tree in the orchard (果园), the place I went to when I wanted to be alone and   _________. In the tree, I had a(n) _________ view of the orchard, our house, fields, barns and fences. My sisters once forgot so completely that they stood under the tree_________ secrets.

One afternoon I climbed the tree _________, grabbing branches and _________ my feet carefully until I was as high as I could go. _________, a flying noise attracted my attention. An owl _________ on a thick branch and gripped it with her talons. She pressed her wings to her side and settled down. So natural did I make myself to the tree that the owl would not __________ at my being there. She flew __________   among branches until she noticed me. The owl hesitated for one second __________ she lifted her wings and dropped away into space. I gasped and watched her go, __________ she would return. She had been gone so long that I had __________ on seeing her again. Unexpectedly, the owl reappeared in January, accompanied by her mate.

The __________ of the owl gave me a sense of assurance I had not felt before which I would treasure forever.

1.

A．allowed

B．expected

C．forbidden

D．appointed

2.

A．naps

B．laps

C．bonus

D．angles

3.

A．ambitious

B．brilliant

C．peaceful

D．competent

4.

A．private

B．abundant

C．grand

D．adequate

5.

A．whispering

B．keeping

C．assuming

D．hiding

6.

A．in disguise

B．as well

C．in vain

D．as usual

7.

A．tapping

B．inserting

C．placing

D．striking

8.

A．Apparently

B．Eventually

C．Suddenly

D．Fortunately

9.

A．landed

B．existed

C．waved

D．picked

10.

A．adapt to

B．fade out

C．get stuck

D．get offended

11.

A．now and then

B．back and forth

C．day in and day out

D．trial and error

12.

A．though

B．when

C．until

D．before

13.

A．thinking

B．praying

C．comforting

D．encouraging

14.

A．given up

B．cut up

C．cast down

D．broken down

15.

A．occupation

B．return

C．recovery

D．evidence

4 . What is a true winner? We may be very _______ of Honda Motors.

In 1938, Soichiro Honda was still in school, when he started a little workshop. His plan was to sell piston rings(活塞环) to Toyota. He _______ night and day, believing he could _______ his design and produce a worthy product. Then, came the day he took a sample to Toyota, _______ to be told that the rings did not _______ their standards!

However, he refused to give up. _______ focus on his failure, he continued working towards his goal. After two more years of _______, he won a contract with Toyota. By then, Soichiro Honda needed to build a factory to supply Toyota, but building materials were in short supply.

Again he would not _______! He invented a _______ process that enabled him to build the factory. But __________, an earthquake destroyed the factory.

Was he __________ to give up now? No! Soichiro Honda wrote to 18, 000 bicycles shop owners and asked them to help him. 5,000 responded and __________ him what little money they could to build his tiny bicycle engines. __________ gradually the company got great success.

Honda succeeded because one man made a truly committed decision, __________ it, and made adjustments __________ a continuous basis.

1.

A．envious

B．familiar

C．aware

D．fond

2.

A．thought

B．prayed

C．slept

D．labored

3.

A．perfect

B．start

C．win

D．admire

4.

A．only

B．still

C．even

D．simply

5.

A．meet

B．improve

C．update

D．apply

6.

A．In order to

B．Or else

C．Other than

D．Rather than

7.

A．silence

B．explanation

C．service

D．struggle

8.

A．agree

B．suffer

C．quit

D．return

9.

A．abnormal

B．special

C．responsible

D．specific

10.

A．eventually

B．unfortunately

C．surprisingly

D．definitely

11.

A．unwilling

B．honest

C．ready

D．hopeful

12.

A．begged

B．promoted

C．refused

D．advanced

13.

A．Or

B．Otherwise

C．And

D．Yet

14.

A．thought about

B．acted on

C．reflected on

D．joined in

15.

A．on

B．in

C．at

D．with

5 . It’s 27 years since my last conversation with my mother, who didn’t finish school like many of her contemporary girls. She often told me, “I never got my ________ but one day you will.”

Pointing to a tree or cow, she asked me to ________ their English names after her. Feeling ________, I asked, “Mama, why do I have to learn these ________ phrases?” She held her pen right before my eyes. “Hold it firmly,” she ________ me, “for this pen and the new foreign language will be your compass to ________ around the world.” Sadly, my mother died of breast cancer when I was six.

Turning seven, I traveled 30 miles to live closer to my school. But “closer” is a ________ term in Uganda, which ________ I had to get up as the ________ sun rose and then ran 8. 8 miles barefoot to school. Also, I needed to carry a stick in ________ of snakes and dogs. During the ________ season, the path to school was ________ daily and I’d swim with one hand, using the other hand to ________ the book bag on my head.

Research shows 70 percent of poor children don’t ________ primary school in Uganda. Reasons for this ________ dropout rate includes the long ________ some children must ________ among many other reasons.

Fortunately, I’ve made it. Whenever I see the sun rise, I am ________ of the wisdom of my mother, who ________ me to dream big and to use the ________ of the pen to make my dream come true.

1.

A．degree

B．scholarship

C．recommendation

D．admission

2.

A．recite

B．use

C．repeat

D．guess

3.

A．anxious

B．curious

C．disappointed

D．annoyed

4.

A．tough

B．new

C．foreign

D．old

5.

A．encouraged

B．consulted

C．blamed

D．frightened

6.

A．fly

B．turn

C．walk

D．sail

7.

A．relative

B．real

C．simple

D．technical

8.

A．shows

B．means

C．proves

D．states

9.

A．warm

B．early

C．bright

D．hot

10.

A．search

B．possession

C．spite

D．case

11.

A．summer

B．cold

C．rainy

D．dry

12.

A．damaged

B．repaired

C．blocked

D．flooded

13.

A．drag

B．hold

C．put

D．seize

14.

A．attend

B．enter

C．complete

D．continue

15.

A．constant

B．steady

C．low

D．high

16.

A．distances

B．periods

C．lists

D．stories

17.

A．cover

B．consider

C．judge

D．measure

18.

A．informed

B．warned

C．reminded

D．told

19.

A．enabled

B．inspired

C．expected

D．intended

20.

A．value

B．power

C．symbol

D．length

6 . A couple of weeks back, my friend had a yard sale (庭院拍卖会). She ___ to sell some of our stuff for us. I thought it would be a good chance to ___ my 7-year-old son’s room and sell some toys that he no longer ___. We agreed that whatever we sold in toys would be his ___ .

The night before the sale, we loaded up the ___ with toys and a little bike that he was now ___ tall for. He had taken the bike for a final spin (高速旋转) ___ we left home but ___ put it on the truck for the sale. This little bike had had at least two ___ owner that we knew of. It was not in the best ____ and it certainly was not shiny new but it was still a bike, and the tires were still good.

We put a price of $ 10 on it but it didn’t ____. So, after the sale was ____, my friend put it on the sidewalk with a sign that ____ “FREE BIKE”. Within five minutes her doorbell rang. A little boy was standing there. His English was not very good but he asked if the bike was really ____. She said yes and told him that he could have it for nothing. He smiled, jumped on the bike and ____ away.

Later that evening when I told my son how much money he had ____ at the yard sale, he was very excited. The next day we were going to take the money to the bank. He asked about a few of his things, ____ if they had been sold. When he asked about the bike, I told him about the little boy and that he made a big ____ because he got the bike for free. The smiles on my son’s face were truly ____, much more than when I told him how much he had made. He was so excited to hear that someone else would get good ____ out of that little bike.

1.

A．helped

B．offered

C．decided

D．happened

2.

A．repair

B．paint

C．make

D．clean

3.

A．liked

B．used

C．owned

D．designed

4.

A．money

B．work

C．success

D．way

5.

A．room

B．truck

C．yard

D．sidewalk

6.

A．fairly

B．quite

C．too

D．enough

7.

A．before

B．unless

C．once

D．after

8.

A．sadly

B．happily

C．strangely

D．angrily

9.

A．previous

B．similar

C．perfect

D．private

10.

A．color

B．shape

C．size

D．age

11.

A．buy

B．matter

C．sell

D．like

12.

A．on

B．up

C．away

D．over

13.

A．read

B．wrote

C．painted

D．described

14.

A．cheap

B．expensive

C．old

D．free

15.

A．rode

B．drove

C．walked

D．ran

16.

A．bought

B．made

C．borrowed

D．lent

17.

A．saying

B．wondering

C．worrying

D．trying

18.

A．change

B．smile

C．cry

D．face

19.

A．worthless

B．useless

C．priceless

D．meaningless

20.

A．use

B．luck

C．results

D．chances

7 .        The cultures of the East and the West really distinguish from each other a lot. This is because the culture systems are two separate systems __1__.
       The origin of the eastern cultures is mainly from two countries: China and India. Both of the two cultures are gestated (孕育) by _2__. In China, the mother river is the Yellow River __3_ the Indian one is the Hindu River. These two cultures were _4___ for several thousand years and formed their own styles. Then in the Tang Dynasty of China, the Chinese culture _5___ went overseas to Japan, _6___ into the Japanese society and _7__ the Japanese culture nowadays. Though a bit different from the Chinese one, it __8__ to the same system.
       When the two mother rivers gave birth to the eastern culture, another famous culture was __9__ on the Mesopotamian Plain (美索不达米亚平原) — the Mesopotamian Civilization. This civilization later on developed into the cultures of the Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. And these two are well­-known as the __10__ of the European culture. _11___ the Chinese culture, the European one also __12__ waters. When the colonists of England __13__ in America, their culture went with them over the Atlantic Ocean. So the American culture doesn’t __14_ from the European one a lot.
       At the same time, the __15__ of the language systems adds to the cultural differences. In the East, most languages belong to the pictographic (象形文字的) languages while the Western languages are __16__ based on the Latin system, for example, the one I’m using to write this paper.
       Other factors like human race difference _17___ as well. However, _18__ the far distance and the steep areas between the East and West, the two cultures seldom _19__ until recent centuries.__20__ they grew up totally in their own ways with almost no interference (干扰) from the other.1.

A．above all

B．on the whole

C．in all

D．in no case

2.

A．mountains

B．plains

C．lakes

D．rivers

3.

A．or

B．for

C．while

D．when

4.

A．developed

B．improved

C．created

D．protected

5.

A．suddenly

B．quietly

C．gradually

D．naturally

6.

A．mixed

B．changed

C．decided

D．forced

7.

A．expanded

B．interrupted

C．influenced

D．shaped

8.

A．comes

B．belongs

C．amounts

D．adds

9.

A．brought up

B．carried out

C．given out

D．picked up

10.

A．result

B．sign

C．base

D．content

11.

A．Via

B．Except

C．With

D．Like

12.

A．affected

B．spread

C．crossed

D．formed

13.

A．joined up

B．went up

C．broke down

D．settled down

14.

A．come

B．suffer

C．result

D．differ

15.

A．difference

B．development

C．appearance

D．feature

16.

A．properly

B．part

C．simply

D．mostly

17.

A．last

B．count

C．reduce

D．change

18.

A．in terms of

B．due to

C．as to

D．in case of

19.

A．transform

B．display

C．communicate

D．distinguish

20.

A．Furthermore

B．Meanwhile

C．Therefore

D．However

8 . We’ve heard it before－we’ve heard it on the news, from teachers, from parents－children and teenagers today are growing up too fast．There are not too many people that will ____ with that statement．Teenagers are faced with serious problems and decisions at an early ____．In fact most teenagers’ daily schedules are as ____ as those of an adult’s．

I have been working since I was thirteen, and always in   ____ in which I was working with adults. I have had to learn to think and ____ like an adult to be taken seriously. So, I count myself as one who has grown up too fast. I just graduated from high school, and have recently spent some time reflecting(反思) on the ____ eighteen years-thinking about myself, what I have gained, and what ____ I have yet to achieve.

We are expected to work hard, get excellent ____ , be in a good relationship, and know what we want to do ____．The list goes on and on. But the ____ is clear：We live in a society today that is ____ our childhood．We no longer have many years to be careless and fancy-free. We are expected to ____ the strict school rules and to excel(擅长) in everything we do. I’ve known these things for a long time, and knew that they ____ me. But, I never really admitted it until last night, when I learned a ____ lesson, taught to me by my boss where I work. We had finished a job at a remote site．It was about 11:30 at night, and we had ____ to his house. We were talking about the ____ he had been making to his home．One of the things he said was “I ____ my basketball hoop(篮圈).” Then he threw a basketball to me.

I hadn’t ____ a basketball in five years．

We proceeded to shoot hoops for about 40 minutes. Both of us were terribly bad at it, but we spent the whole time ____ away like children. Then I realized something: I am still a child. Oh, the law says I’m an adult. But, we are still really and truly children. We all need to have ____ once in a while.

1.

A．argue

B．disagree

C．satisfy

D．discuss

2.

A．age

B．stage

C．year

D．grade

3.

A．certain

B．busy

C．careful

D．perfect

4.

A．companies

B．places

C．positions

D．offices

5.

A．study

B．speak

C．work

D．act

6.

A．last

B．other

C．rest

D．coming

7.

A．purposes

B．success

C．goals

D．jobs

8.

A．textbooks

B．grades

C．teachers

D．schools

9.

A．in life

B．in time

C．for ages

D．forever

10.

A．information

B．message

C．notice

D．idea

11.

A．ruining

B．correcting

C．envying

D．shortening

12.

A．respect

B．accept

C．learn

D．follow

13.

A．inspired

B．disappointed

C．affected

D．frightened

14.

A．valuable

B．serious

C．important

D．useful

15.

A．walked

B．flown back

C．gone back

D．driven

16.

A．furniture

B．improvements

C．equipment

D．arrangements

17.

A．moved

B．fixed

C．sold

D．broke

18.

A．played

B．caught

C．touched

D．held

19.

A．laughing

B．shouting

C．running

D．shooting

20.

A．a rest

B．a talk

C．fun

D．sports