1 . 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。

When we are little kids, birthday parties are momentous occasions. They are our time to shine, and we love everything about them: the balloons, the games, the cake, the gifts, and so on.

After reading cool stories about police officers solving mysteries, Allen Miller thought the police were awesome, hoping to become one of them! So, when he had to choose a theme for his seventh birthday party—he went with his favorite: the police! And all he wanted for his birthday party was a model police car. He excitedly invited some of his friends and anxiously awaited the day. Unfortunately, none of them could make it to the party due to various reasons,

Allen’s mom Rachel wrestled with the challenging decision: should she cancel the party and save Allen the embarrassment of an empty party room? He had been looking forward to the party and talking about it daily, so it would break his heart to cancel it.

Officer Frank Smith, who had already planned with Rachel and agreed to show up at the party, heard from Rachel that it might be canceled due to low attendance. That’s when he decided to save the day—he is a police officer after all! His duty is to serve and protect, and he decided to protect Allen from having a bad day, and serve him the most amazing seventh birthday party! Officer Smith got the whole local police to join in. “We like to be involved in our community. It’s not just about enforcing (执行) the law. We like to be there in the good times as well,” he explained to Rachel.

On the day of Allen’s party, Officer Smith picked up Rachel and Allen in his police car. The boy didn’t know where they were going, but was excited. They stopped at Town Hall, and officer Smith led them into the meeting room where a group of policemen were waiting to wish Allen a happy birthday.

注意;
1.续写词数应为150个左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

There, a party was waiting for him.

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

After they enjoyed the cake, Officer Smith took out a gift bag.

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2 . DeJuan Strickland now is a middle school student. He remembers what it was like to be _______ as a fourth grader at McCurdy Elementary. Though happening only once, that made Strickland determined to _______ no one at his former school would feel that way.

Strickland helped _______ his former elementary school’s unpaid student lunch debts through his GoFundMe fundraiser with the aim of raising $200. The result _______ that, with $400 raised for McCurdy Elementary. “Some school workers told me several kids once able to have lunch very _______ are stuffed every day now. It motivates me to go further because I’m able to see the _______.” says Strickland.

From there, Strickland _______ the initiative to remove lunch debts in all schools of the Hazelwood School District. The campaign has _______ over $4,000, $2,500 of which Strickland plans to give to the Hazelwood School District. He also searches for another district for the _______ of the funds. Strickland recalled being ________ when he learned the debts of a nearby district were over $50,000. “I’d ________ the problem was not common. This really opened my eyes to the fact that there was no ________ of food. ”

Strickland owed his ________ spirit to his mother. Her practice of creating “blessing bags” for those in need ________ his sympathetic outlook. Strickland also works on his books on Tech Boy. The teen says his future plans include becoming a computer programmer, and combining his love for ________ with giving back to the community.

1.

A．alone

B．helpless

C．poor

D．hungry

2.

A．admit

B．ensure

C．discover

D．sense

3.

A．figure

B．report

C．investigate

D．erase

4.

A．went beyond

B．showed through

C．took in

D．stepped up

5.

A．casually

B．obviously

C．occasionally

D．constantly

6.

A．challenge

B．weight

C．opportunity

D．reason

7.

A．repeated

B．approved

C．launched

D．expanded

8.

A．donated

B．borrowed

C．collected

D．saved

9.

A．increase

B．rest

C．value

D．majority

10.

A．astonished

B．doubtful

C．stressed

D．grateful

11.

A．confirmed

B．denied

C．assumed

D．concluded

12.

A．distribution

B．guarantee

C．shortage

D．consumption

13.

A．charitable

B．innovative

C．independent

D．courageous

14.

A．witnessed

B．reflected

C．identified

D．shaped

15.

A．fundraising

B．writing

C．technology

D．creation

3 . In 2001, Tropical Storm Allison hit Houston. As a result, more than 70,000 houses were _________, including the home of Sarah Feldman and her family.

At the time, they were in Connecticut on vacation, so they didn’t know what kind of _________ they were going to face when they got home to Texas. But then Feldman’s grandparents called with _________ news: all of her books had been destroyed in the flooding. Feldman was 14 at the time and loved _________.

To cheer her up, Feldman’s father _________ her to the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University. When they arrived, she met Bill Carver, an elderly _________.

“I asked him a bunch of questions like, ‘How do you _________ all these rare books in the library? What’s the oldest book you have?’” Feldman remembers.

Carver _________ answered all of Feldman’s questions. When she told him about her books being _________, he told her that he would send her a book in the mail, so she could __________ her collection. After returning to Houston, she __________ his gift, titled “The Medieval(中世纪的) Book” by Barbara A. Shailor.

Feldman is in her 30s now. But Carver’s __________ has made a lifelong impact. Feldman has tried to __________ Carver, with no success. “I actually sent the library a __________ during the pandemic(大流行病), but I never heard back,” she said. “I’m not sure if he’s __________ still, but I just would love to tell Bill Carver that he changed my life.”

1.

A．flooded

B．burnt

C．removed

D．buried

2.

A．challenge

B．damage

C．pressure

D．danger

3.

A．false

B．local

C．bad

D．daily

4.

A．traveling

B．reading

C．chatting

D．playing

5.

A．took

B．invited

C．led

D．rushed

6.

A．artist

B．professor

C．writer

D．librarian

7.

A．buy

B．keep

C．pack

D．gather

8.

A．quickly

B．loudly

C．patiently

D．secretly

9.

A．disturbed

B．stolen

C．destroyed

D．torn

10.

A．own

B．expand

C．enrich

D．restart

11.

A．received

B．opened

C．returned

D．lost

12.

A．donation

B．present

C．suggestion

D．lecture

13.

A．show mercy to

B．turn to

C．take care of

D．look for

14.

A．photo

B．painting

C．letter

D．check

15.

A．easy-going

B．considerate

C．warm-hearted

D．alive

4 . 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。

I remember one Thanksgiving when our family had no money or food, and someone came knocking on our door. A man was standing there with a huge box of food and even some pans to cook it in. The stranger announced, “I’m here because a friend of yours knows you’re in need and that you wouldn’t accept direct help, so I’ve brought this for you. Have a great Thanksgiving.”

Obviously that experience had a great impact on my life. I promised myself that someday I would do well financially so that I could do the same thing. By the time I was 18, I had created my Thanksgiving routine. I would go out shopping and buy enough food for one or two families. Then I would dress like a delivery boy, go to the poorest neighborhood and just knock on a door. I have received more from this than I have from any amount of money I’ve ever earned.

Several years ago, I was in New York City with my wife during Thanksgiving. When I told her what I always do on Thanksgiving, she got excited. I said, “Let’s go someplace where we can really appreciate who we are. How about Harlem?” Some of my colleagues also joined us.

I suggested we start by getting a van (面包车) to drive us to Harlem. We tried waiting by the light, went over and knocked on the window and the driver would roll it down, and I’d say, “Today is Thanksgiving. Would you be willing to drive us to Harlem to feed some people?” Every time the driver would look away quickly and pull away without saying anything.

Eventually we got better at asking. We’d say, “Today is Thanksgiving. We’d like to help some less fortunate people, and we’re curious if you’d be willing to drive us to an area in our mind.” That seemed slightly more effective but still didn’t work. Then we started offering people $100 to drive us. That got us even closer, but when we told them to take us to Harlem, they said no and drove off.

注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

We had talked to about two dozen people who all said no.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

We climbed into the perfect van with great joy.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5 . Michael J. Weirsky is a 54-year-old man who had been out of work for over a year. Despite the fact that he had been _________ and had failed to even get a(n) _________, Weirsky would buy two lottery tickets (彩票) every week.

One day, Weirsky stopped at a QuickChek gas station to_________ a lottery ticket. However, after Weirsky got the ticket, he _________ received a call and he put the ticket down. After he answered the call, Weirsky left the gas station without _________ that he didn’t have his ticket. When he finally got home, he realized that his lottery ticket was _________. He looked everywhere for it, but he didn’t _________ anything, making him very _________.

Eventually, Weirsky made the _________ to go back to the QuickChek. ____________, the store clerk told Weirsky that someone had actually found and ____________ a ticket. After making sure that Weirsky really was the person who lost the ticket, she ____________ it to him.

“I was very ____________ that there was an honest person out there because I thought it was gone,” Weirsky said. Two days later, Weirsky checked the lottery app on his phone. To his ____________, he actually had the winning lottery ticket. “I ____________ $273 million,” Weirsky told his mother. At that point, Weirsky was still completely in ____________. Then he left his home to scan the ticket at a store nearby.

Sure enough, the scan ____________ that Weirsky had the winning ticket to the $273 million lottery. After careful ____________, Weirsky decided to find the good man that returned his lottery ticket to him instead of taking it. “I’ve got to find him and ____________ him,” Weirsky said. “I am going to give him something, but I will keep that ____________,” he added.

1.

A．lonely

B．unemployed

C．retired

D．homeless

2.

A．break

B．opportunity

C．interview

D．competition

3.

A．seek

B．check

C．borrow

D．purchase

4.

A．suddenly

B．occasionally

C．regularly

D．gradually

5.

A．warning

B．imagining

C．realizing

D．forgetting

6.

A．overdue

B．torn

C．dirty

D．missing

7.

A．hear

B．recall

C．find

D．prepare

8.

A．upset

B．excited

C．frightened

D．relaxed

9.

A．assumption

B．decision

C．rule

D．challenge

10.

A．Similarly

B．Unwillingly

C．Fortunately

D．Strangely

11.

A．stolen

B．lent

C．hidden

D．returned

12.

A．recommended

B．handed

C．sold

D．showed

13.

A．grateful

B．certain

C．angry

D．doubtful

14.

A．relief

B．surprise

C．sorrow

D．disappointment

15.

A．discovered

B．raised

C．won

D．owed

16.

A．debt

B．trouble

C．fear

D．shock

17.

A．confirmed

B．predicted

C．promised

D．believed

18.

A．investigation

B．research

C．examination

D．consideration

19.

A．question

B．thank

C．value

D．recognize

20.

A．private

B．forever

C．romantic

D．worthwhile

6 . 阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

A few days before Christmas, while enjoying coffees, my girlfriend and I noticed a woman trying to get her bank card to work.

“Do you know her?” I asked my friend.

“I do. Give me a minute. I’m going to go and see if I can help,” she replied, standing up to walk over to her.

A few minutes later, my friend returned to the table with the woman. The woman looked upset. Her eyes were swollen, as if she’d been crying all night. She looked pale, tired, and messy. After I was introduced, my friend asked her if she was okay. She admitted she wasn’t and burst into tears.

I could sense she was a little embarrassed by her emotional response. Wanting to put her at ease, I quickly told her not to worry. I shared that I was a new mom with many troubles and I’d already cried fourteen times that day. She laughed but soon her tears were flowing again.

For the next forty-five minutes, my friend and I both sat and patiently listened to her. She lost her husband before Christmas and their bank accounts were now left nothing. As a stay-at-home mom of two, in one split second, her entire life had come crashing down around her.

We tried our best to cheer her up. My friend even tried to give her some cash, which she refused. When she finally got up to leave, she wiped her tears, thanked us both for listening, and walked out.

As I drove home, I couldn’t stop thinking about how depressed she looked when she left the cafe. No one deserves to feel that sad, I thought, especially right before Christmas. There must be something I can do to help. I racked my brain (绞尽脑汁) for an answer.

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，每段的开头已给出。

Gladly, a solution came.

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The kids were overjoyed when hearing that Santa (圣诞老人) sent them gifts.

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7 . When ten-year-old Reese Osterberg lost her home in Fresno County, California because of the large wildfire in state history early last fall, she had a very pressing concern: Did anyone grab her baseball cards?

No one did it. With a houseful of kids and dogs and a lot of horses to move out, the family forgot the cards in the stress. Naturally, Reese, the San Francisco Giants fan, was upset. She would lay out each player’s card on the floor in his corresponding field position when she watched the Giants on TV. “I 1ike baseball cards because they are pictures of people doing happy stuff—doing what they love, and what I love,” says Reese.

Reese’s loss touched the hearts of the Fresno County Fire Department, which posted her story on its Face-book page with an urgent request to help Reese restock her baseball card collection. That also touched the heart of Kevin Ashford. Ashford knew exactly where Reese   could find replacement cards：in his garage. He had more than 25,000 in his collection, with a ballpark value of $35,000 to $ 50,000. Ashford was thinking about selling them when he saw the fire department’s post. “I wasn’t really doing anything with them,” says Ashford. “I thought I could deal with this problem rather quickly. ”Firefighters transported the cards from Ashford’s garage to theirs and then surprised Reese during a tour of the firehouse. Towers of Ashford’s cards were piled in front of the fire engine.

After thanking Ashford, Reese was quick to share her remaining cards and the thousands of baseball cards she received from Ashford and donors around the country with other kids affected by California’s Creek Fire.

She got so many, in fact, that she started Cards from Reese, an organization that collects   baseball cards and donates them to those in need. Reese is trying to share her favourite things with others, as she explains it, “Come on! Giants!”

1. What happened to Reese’s baseball cards 1ast fall?

A．They were lost in the big fire.

B．They were sold at a good price.

C．They were grabbed by other kids.

D．They were donated to an organization.

2. What is paragraph 3 mainly about?

A．The true duty of firefighters.

B．The urgent request from Reese.

C．The real value of the baseball cards.

D．The public reaction to Reese’s problem.

3. Which of the following can best describe Reese?

A．Sharp and curious.	B．Helpful and generous.
C．Modest and thoughtful.	D．Friendly and humorous.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Learning from Baseball Fans Does Count

B．Playing Baseball Cards Is Really Beneficial

C．A Baseball Card Collector Acts after Wildfire

D．A Good Hobby Is Worth Sharing with Others