1 . When I began planning to move to Auckland to study, my mother was worried about a lack of jobs and cultural differences. Ignoring these ______, I got there in July 2010. Soon after I arrived, I realized the importance of getting a job for my living expenses. Determined to do this ______, I spent several weeks going door-to-door for a job, but found little response.

One afternoon, I walked into a building to ask whether there were my job. The people there advised me not to continue my job in that manner. As I was about to ______ a man who had been listening approached me and asked me to wait outside ______. Nearly ten minutes later, he ______. He asked me about my plans and-encouraged me to stay ______. Then he offered to take me to Royal Oak to ______ job.

I was a little surprised, but had a ______ feeling about him. Along the way, I realized that I had ______ resumes (简历). Seeing this, the man ______ at his business partner’s office to make me fifteen ______ copies. He also gave me some ______ on dressing and speaking. I banded out my resumes and went home feeling very ______. The following day, I received a ______ from a store in Royal Oak offering me a job.

It seems that the world always ______ to you when you need it. And this time, it was a complete stranger who turned out to be a real blessing.

1.

A．doubts

B．concerns

C．instructions

D．reasons

2.

A．on my own

B．on my way

C．by any chance

D．by the day

3.

A．answer

B．work

C．leave

D．refuse

4.

A．for ever

B．at any time

C．as usual

D．for a while

5.

A．returned

B．hesitated

C．passed

D．regretted

6.

A．silent

B．busy

C．positive

D．comfortable

7.

A．pick out

B．search for

C．take on

D．give up

8.

A．dull

B．good

C．guilty

D．general

9.

A．made use of

B．taken care of

C．rum out of

D．become tired of

10.

A．stopped

B．knocked

C．glanced

D．appeared

11.

A．right

B．more

C．former

D．different

12.

A．pressures

B．agreements

C．impressions

D．suggestions

13.

A．lonely

B．funny

C．disappointed

D．satisfied

14.

A．call

B．tip

C．present

D．report

15.

A．turns off

B．goes over

C．gives back

D．looks up

4 . ALL NEW!

REPTILE (爬行动物) PETTING ZOO at the Oak Park Nature Center

Kids! Are you tired of Mom or Dad taking you to the same’ old petting zoos where (if you’re lucky)you might get to touch a little rabbit or goat?

Mom or Dad! Are you tired of hearing your kids complain about how animals in the same old petting zoos are monotonous?

Consider This:

The fact is that most mammals (哺乳动物) are boringly warm, furry, . and come in a limited range of dull colors. Reptiles, on the other hand, are cold-blooded and covered with scales (鳞) of attractive colors, from bright green to bright red to dark purple-red. Some like the chameleon, can even CHANGE colors. Did you ever see a rabbit with scales and a purple tongue almost as long as its body? NO! In our zoo, you can see iguanas, snakes, bearded dragons, giant tortoise and other attractive creatures! Learn what these reptiles eat and how they care for their babies, which ones live in the desert and which live in wetlands, which ones are meat-eaters and which are vegetarians, which ones are deadly poisonous and which are not.

So Remember:

If you’re bored with furry animals like rabbits. . .

Then the place for YOU is the Reptile Petting Zoo!

Bring the WHOLE family —Grandpa, Grandma, Cousin Irene, even baby Joe!

There’s something for EVERYONE!

1. What does the underlined word “monotonous” in paragraph 2 mean?

A．Active.

B．Boring.

C．Attractive.

D．Common.

2. People might like the animals in a reptile petting zoo because they are ________.

A．warm and furry	B．lovely and friendly
C．unusual and interesting	D．frightening and dangerous

3. What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?

A．To encourage people to visit the zoo.	B．To inform people when the zoo is open.
C．To tell people how to distinguish reptiles.	D．To call on people to protect reptiles.

5 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Jenny was the only child in her family. She had a quarrel (吵架) with her mother that afternoon and she ran out of the house angrily. She couldn’t help weeping sorrowfully when she thought of the scolding from her mother. Having wandered aimlessly in the street for hours, she felt a little hungry and wished for something to eat. She stood beside a stand (货摊) for a while, watching the middle-aged seller busy doing his business. However, with no money in hand, she gave a sigh and had to leave.

The seller behind the stand noticed the young girl and asked, “Hey, girl, you want to have the noodles?”

“Oh, yes, but I don’t have money on me.” she replied.

“That’s nothing. I’ll treat you today,” said the man, “Come in.”

The seller brought her a bowl of noodles, whose smell was so attractive. As she was eating, Jenny cried silently.

“What is it?” asked the man kindly.

“Nothing. Actually, I was just touched by your kindness!” said Jenny as she wiped her tears. “Even a stranger on the street will give me a bowl of noodles, while my mother drove me out of the house. She showed no care for me. She is so merciless compared to a stranger!”

Hearing the words, the seller smiled, “Girl, do you really think so? I only gave you a bowl of noodles and you thanked me a lot. But it is your mother who has raised you since you were a baby. Can you remember the times she cooked for you? Have you expressed your gratitude to her?”

Jenny sat there, speechless and numb with shock: she remembered her mother’s familiar face and weathered hands. “Why didn’t I think of that? A bowl of noodles from a stranger made me feel grateful. Why haven’t I thanked my mum for what she has done for me?”

On the way home. Jenny made up her mind to make an apology to her mother for her rudeness as soon as she arrived home.

注意：
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。

Nearing the doorway, Jenny took a deep breath.

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At that time, her mother came back and touched her hair gently, which called her mind back.

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6 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

A Great Monday

Monday started out well. I woke up on time, ate breakfast and did some last minute studying for my math test later that morning. I was confident of getting good grades. I left my house and ten minutes later, I sat with my friends on the school bus. We were busy chatting about how we spent our weekend. At the next stop, a student named Ryan got on the bus. He was in a rush and tripped (绊倒) over someone’s foot. There was a loud noise as he fell to the floor.

Every one of us on the bus laughed. Ryan got up, brushed his jacket and went to an empty seat. He tried to laugh with us, but his face was red with embarrassment. The rest of the morning went by quickly. I did well in my math test. I read two more chapters of To Kill a Mockingbird in English class. Soon we heard the lunch bell. I met my friends from the cheerleading team in the dining hall. I noticed Ryan a few tables away, sitting by himself. He caught me looking at him. I smiled at him quickly and looked away.

When we finished eating, we went to the courtyard to practice a cheer we would do at that night’s football game. After much practice, we finally managed to do the cheer perfectly. We decided to practice it again one last time. Just like the rest of my day so far, the cheer was going great. I raised my leg for one last toe touch. That was when I felt my jeans (牛仔裤) split (裂开) down the middle of my backside.

I froze. I had no idea what to do. I heard people burst out laughing and I saw them pointing at my torn jeans. I tried to cover myself with my hands, I tried to laugh too, but I felt tears begin to well up in my eyes.

注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式作答。

Then I saw Ryan running towards me.

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That night, after the cheer at the football game, I found Ryan.

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7 . A lot of people fear getting old, because ageing is often linked to loneliness. But Terry, 75, in Green Bay, knows _______ what to do to keep sadness from seeping (渗入) into his _______.

Terry, an animal lover whose heart has a very soft spot for cats, _______ drops by the animal shelter in Green Bay to hold the _______ cats close and take a short nap with them.

The pleasant _______ of the old man taking a short sleep while surrounded with cats _______ the workers. It had such a beautiful _______ that the workers always found themselves taking _______ of Terry and all the cats and posted them on the Facebook page.

_______ one photo with the cat, Lois, attracted the followers of the page, and ________ over 47 thousand likes and was shared by about 25 thousand! In fact, in less than a day, Lois was ________ by a new family.

Terry has become popular on the Internet. But more than the ________, the old man is very happy to know that his love for cats is bringing a lot of help to the animal shelter by ________ a lot of people to contribute to the shelter.

Terry is happy, the ________ behind which is not difficult to understand. His story just goes to show how a small ________ can make a big difference.

1.

A．exactly

B．immediately

C．appropriately

D．slightly

2.

A．breast

B．head

C．eyes

D．heart

3.

A．hurriedly

B．frequently

C．occasionally

D．secretly

4.

A．scared

B．hunted

C．rescued

D．preferred

5.

A．signal

B．sight

C．story

D．idea

6.

A．moved

B．convinced

C．shocked

D．bothered

7.

A．opportunity

B．sign

C．warmth

D．effect

8.

A．advantage

B．care

C．photos

D．notes

9.

A．Actually

B．Surprisingly

C．Luckily

D．Deliberately

10.

A．attempted

B．expected

C．deserved

D．received

11.

A．adopted

B．gathered

C．exchanged

D．recognised

12.

A．fame

B．position

C．preference

D．impact

13.

A．permitting

B．forcing

C．inspiring

D．telling

14.

A．decision

B．secret

C．purpose

D．plan

15.

A．family

B．nap

C．cat

D．gesture

8 . If you are crazy about paintings, you shouldn’t miss the following four famous masterpieces which have stood the test of time.

The Arnolfini Portrait

Jan van Eyck’s Arnolfini Portrait, an oil painting on wood produced in 1434, in which a man and a woman hold hands with a window behind him and a bed behind her, is undoubtedly one of the masterpieces in the National Gallery, London. This painting is as visually interesting as it is famed. It is also an informative document in fifteenth-century society, through Van Eyck’s heavy use of symbolism—while husbands went out to engage in business, wives concerned themselves with domestic duties.

The Starry Night

Vincent van Gogh painted The Starry Night, oil on canvas, a moderately abstract landscape painting of an expressive night sky over a small hillside village, during his 12-month stay at the mental hospital near Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France between 1889 and 1890. When the Museum of Modern Art in New York City purchased the painting from a private collector in 1941, it was not well known, but it has since become one of Van Gogh’s most famous works.

The Harvesters

The Harvesters is an oil painting on wood completed by Pieter Bruegel the Elder in 1565. It depicts the harvest time which most commonly occurs within the months of August and September. Nicolaes Jonghelinck, a merchant banker and art collector from Antwerp, commissioned this painting. The painting has been at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City since 1919.

Guernica

Guernica, a large black-and-white oil painting, was painted by the Cubist Spanish painter, Pablo Picasso in 1937. The title “Guernica” refers to the city that was bombed by Nazi planes during the Spanish Civil War. The painting depicts the horrors of war and as a result, has come to be an anti-war symbol and a reminder of the tragedies of war. Today, the painting is housed at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofaí in Madrid.

1. Which of the following paintings was produced earliest?

A．The Arnolfini Portrait.	B．The Starry Night.
C．The Harvesters.	D．Guernica.

2. What do we know about the painting The Starry Night?

A．It was painted on wood in oil.

B．It wasn’t widely recognized before 1940s.

C．It described the painter’s life in hospital.

D．It was given away to the museum by a private collector.

3. Who created the painting representing the massive catastrophe the Nazism brought to people?

A．Pieter Bruegel the Elder.	B．Vincent van Gogh.
C．Jan van Eyck.	D．Pablo Picasso.

9 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The story of The Farmer and The Mule (骡子) makes us smile.     1    , it does have wisdom in it. It reminded me about defeating adversity (逆境).

    2     we handle adversity determines our success in life. One of my     3     (thought) on adversity is, “Adversity is a fact of life. It can’t     4     (control). What we can control is how we react to it.”

When     5     (face) with adversity, we can give up the negative attitude. Or we can look on adversity     6     an opportunity to find other ways to do things. We should be     7     (determine) and persistent. It all comes down to your choice and it is a choice of attitude!

You see, the farmer thought the mule was not worth     8     (save) when it fell into a well accidentally, and he just put it out of its misery by burying it. Despite the farmer’s best efforts to bury it, the mule resist (抵抗) until it was able to climb out of the well on top of all the dirt that was thrown in after it.

The mule, despite the fact that it was     9     (constant) in a deep well, would not give up. The mule simply     10     (shake) the dirt off little by little, never giving up the will to live by climbing out of the well.

10 . One evening, Catherine was at home as usual. As her ____ swung between what she was going to do with her life and their dinner plans for the evening, she was unexpectedly ____ by an urgent call from her sister. “Get over here! Turn on NBC and check these guys out. They are just like you...” One Facebook message and a phone interview later, Catherine _____herself on a bus with 8 strangers in the middle of the sweltering desert heat of Utah, picking up trash and _____awareness about zero­waste and climate change.

With a deep love of the environment, Catherine, Davey, and a group of   ____“environmental pick­up artists” went on a coast­to­coast roadside trash pick­up. As they walked, sometimes only _____0.9 miles in an entire day, they _____and steadily made their way across the United States for three years, picking up a total of 201, 678 pounds of trash.

Catherine and Davey _____with us wonderful stories of hope and inspiration that fueled their ____ to continue their journey. After spending weeks silently worrying about how she would have enough ____ to fly home for their two­week spring break, Catherine found a blank, unidentified envelope ____ with $850 in cash in the desert. Just enough to get her home and back. After their bus _____outside of Denver, they unexpectedly got help and arrived in Yosemite National Park three weeks later, just in time for the “Yosemite Facelift” where ____ from all over the state came together with a purpose of cleaning up trash all over the park.

Being at the right place at the right time became almost normal, and they realized that much of what they ____ was more than just a coincidence. Together, their team learned to simply ____ themselves to their task，and surrender to the journey.

1.

A．hands

B．balances

C．thoughts

D．positions

2.

A．blamed

B．interrupted

C．moved

D．frightened

3.

A．dropped

B．cheered

C．found

D．taught

4.

A．abandoning

B．shaking

C．raising

D．hiding

5.

A．corrected

B．described

C．repeated

D．discovered

6.

A．driving

B．fixing

C．riding

D．covering

7.

A．slowly

B．secretly

C．helplessly

D．frequently

8.

A．heard

B．shared

C．wrote

D．read

9.

A．efforts

B．costs

C．problems

D．choices

10.

A．time

B．food

C．money

D．room

11.

A．equipped

B．supplied

C．decorated

D．filled

12.

A．set off

B．broke down

C．headed for

D．held on

13.

A．members

B．volunteers

C．tourists

D．reporters

14.

A．introduced

B．expected

C．experienced

D．examined

15.

A．turn

B．limit

C．compare

D．Devote