1 . Black cats may have the reputation for being bad luck. However, Piran helped save his owner's _______.

Piran _______ with an 83-year-old Bodmin woman in a rural area of Cornwall for many years. When the old woman went missing, her neighbors set about _______ the nearby countryside, but she was nowhere to be found until the searchers _______ Piran, meowing (喵喵叫) loudly by a cornfield gate.

"The cat is very _______ to her, and he was going back and forth in the gateway and meowing, so I decided to go and search the _______," searcher Tamar Longmuir said.

With the crop standing seven feet tall, the walking was _______. Carefully, Longmuir searched the field, calling out her neighbor's name. She had just reached the bottom of the field when she _______ heard a faint response. Then she _______ the elderly woman was lying in a stream below the field and couldn't ________.

Longmuir made her way down to ________ the situation, and thankfully, learned her neighbor had no major ________.

After a two-hour effort by almost 25 emergency workers, the woman was sent to a nearby hospital for ________.

Indeed, had Piran not sounded the alarm, the ________ might have been vastly different. ________ for Piran in aid of his owner, the neighbors are coming in to take care of him.

1.

A．face

B．money

C．life

D．honor

2.

A．deals

B．lives

C．communicates

D．competes

3.

A．searching

B．traveling

C．developing

D．inspecting

4.

A．took control of

B．made use of

C．kept up with

D．caught sight of

5.

A．useful

B．friendly

C．familiar

D．attached

6.

A．gate

B．field

C．house

D．river

7.

A．necessary

B．interesting

C．important

D．difficult

8.

A．gradually

B．finally

C．typically

D．frequently

9.

A．noticed

B．thought

C．imagined

D．heard

10.

A．speak

B．run

C．swim

D．move

11.

A．change

B．assess

C．explain

D．control

12.

A．decisions

B．incidents

C．injuries

D．breakthroughs

13.

A．rest

B．improvement

C．treatment

D．training

14.

A．outcome

B．course

C．effect

D．answer

15.

A．Famous

B．Suitable

C．Concerned

D．Grateful

2 . This is a story I’ve told in class every February since I started teaching in 1999.

“In sixth grade, I fell madly in love with David, a tall and cute boy, who seemed to have no interest in me at all. But I doodled(信手涂鸦) his name all over my diary. Then it was Valentine’s Day, elementary school style. It was party day. I spilled my cards onto my desk, and amid many small envelopes, I saw one enormous one, spangled(缀满闪光的饰片的) with glitter. My mind raced: ‘Wow—someone likes me enough to buy me this giant valentine. Who could it be from?’ With trembling hands, I drew out the sparkly content whose heading read, ‘To a Queen of a Valentine.’ I turned the valentine over, and at the bottom I saw the signature and almost fainted: David.

Then my eyes traveled up to the writing above his signature. In large, uneven letters, he had written me a special message, ‘To the Ugliest Girl in Our Class.’”

There are audible gasps. Mouths drop open. Some look down at their desks, seemingly embarrassed for me. “What did you do?” asks a brave soul.

“What do you think?” I say. “My eyes filled with tears. My nose was stinging, my cheeks burning.

I was devastated— maybe he and his friends were watching me, eager to see how I would react.” They nod____1____.

“And that’s why we’re going to have a party. A party that celebrates kindness instead of cruelty.”I smile.

Their eyes light up. They are willing to let me take them wherever I am going. I hand out construction paper so they can make cards for Valentine exchange. I can prove that no one has more fun in school than an 18-year-old given permission to be ten again.

Looking on as they compose each message is always a treat. But the real fun comes when they read what people wrote to them. Watching a shy kid tentatively open a card and then breaking to a big grin(咧嘴笑) is worth all of the efforts.

And whatever hurt David intended for me all those years ago, it has now been canceled out, many times over. (I’ve always received favorable feedback from the previous students and their parents about the Valentines exchanges.) I think he would be startled by his legacy.

1. What do we know from Paragraph 2?

A．Kids all received valentine cards on Valentine’s Day.

B．The writer were excited to receive a card from David.

C．David used to have a crush on the writer.

D．Fear captured the writer when she saw “David”.

2. Which of the following fits the gap in Paragraph 6?

A．hastily	B．admirably
C．hardly	D．sympathetically

3. What result is likely after the students share the teacher’s story?

A．Kindness will be practiced by the students and spread.

B．The teacher has a sense of fulfillment merely for all her own efforts.

C．They will compose Valentine messages like the elementary school kids did.

D．Honest remarks about their classmates will be on the Valentines.

4. What does the ending paragraph imply?

A．The writer has discovered the credit side of David teasing her.

B．David shook the little faith in the writer, but she is grateful to him.

C．The writer has forgiven David since she experienced more.

D．Parents used to learn the same lesson as the writer did.

3 . There was a man who was going through hard times. His wife divorced him. He went bankrupt(破产) after only a year in business. Despite all of his hard work, ________ was all that he had seen. Struggling with this, he ________ everything behind and went into the forest. There, he ________ an old man who had lived there for a long time. He ________ his story with the old man. “Can you give me one good reason not to ________?” he asked the old man.

“Look,” the old man said, pointing to two plants. “Do you ________ that fern(蕨类植物) and bamboo there?” “Yes,” the man answered. “When I ________ the fern and bamboo seeds, I took very good care of them. Within a short period of time, the fern ________ grew from the earth,” the old man went on. “However, although I watered and took care of the bamboo seed for years, it did not sprout(发芽). There was no sign of ________. But I did not give up on the bamboo seed and ________ looking after it. In the fifth year, a small ________ came out of the earth. And within six months, the tree grew a hundred feet tall.” The little bamboo tree had been growing under ground for the past four years, ________ a root system strong enough for its ground growth in the fifth year and beyond. If it hadn’t done this, it would not be as ________ as it is now. So you know, all the time you were ________, you were actually growing strong _______” the old man said.

1.

A．business

B．difference

C．failure

D．progress

2.

A．put

B．picked

C．gave

D．left

3.

A．called

B．met

C．recognized

D．remembered

4.

A．shared

B．provided

C．traded

D．compared

5.

A．come out

B．give up

C．worry about

D．show up

6.

A．want

B．appreciate

C．see

D．like

7.

A．planted

B．kept

C．collected

D．bought

8.

A．normally

B．safely

C．surely

D．quickly

9.

A．activity

B．growth

C．work

D．strength

10.

A．continued

B．tried

C．practiced

D．began

11.

A．part

B．head

C．sprout

D．leaf

12.

A．protecting

B．controlling

C．saving

D．developing

13.

A．strong

B．important

C．active

D．wild

14.

A．thinking

B．struggling

C．planning

D．learning

15.

A．branches

B．trees

C．roots

D．seeds

4 . Even to this day, I still remember the very moment when I first waved my ping-pong paddle in primary school. At that time, I was _________ and few classmates would like to talk to me. I felt _________, always wandering on the playground. On a bright Sunday afternoon, I _________ a coach playing ping-pong with some children on the playground. He walked towards me and said in a caring tone, “Hello, boy, may I ask why you are in low spirits?” What he said was actually an _________ to my heart, for it was the first time that I could feel _________. Knowing my circumstance, he asked, “Would you like to learn ping-pong?” I originally thought it was at least a good idea to take up this sport to _________ time during my lonely days. So I joined his team without _________. However, never could I imagine that the practice process was indeed a _________.

I spent all my _________ time learning skills of playing ping-pong and sometimes even got __________. More than once I wanted to give up, but my coach kept encouraging me. Much to my __________, my team members saw my efforts and never looked down upon me. I didn’t let my coach and my team down either, winning the champion in a national competition after six years of practice. Now, in high school, I am still the shortest, but most __________. My classmates regard me as their role model and I don’t feel lonely anymore.

But for my coach’s help, I would not have got rid of loneliness. Walking on the __________ again, with the words of my coach “No __________, no sweet” echoing in my mind, I have decided to __________ his kindness to brighten more lives.

1.

A．tall

B．short

C．fat

D．thin

2.

A．happy

B．lonely

C．confident

D．worried

3.

A．encountered

B．approached

C．beat

D．bothered

4.

A．inquiry

B．alarm

C．inspiration

D．appeal

5.

A．generosity

B．passion

C．concern

D．curiosity

6.

A．waste

B．enjoy

C．kill

D．appreciate

7.

A．hesitation

B．confusion

C．objective

D．approval

8.

A．shock

B．blessing

C．trap

D．test

9.

A．merry

B．leisure

C．proper

D．perfect

10.

A．paid

B．praised

C．encouraged

D．injured

11.

A．comfort

B．anger

C．regret

D．delight

12.

A．reliable

B．outstanding

C．creative

D．energetic

13.

A．playground

B．street

C．yard

D．square

14.

A．luck

B．dream

C．sweat

D．courage

15.

A．pass on

B．break down

C．put forward

D．bring about

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。续写的词数应为150左右。

As we came down to breakfast that morning, with very shiny faces and spandy clean aprons, we found father alone in the dining-room.

“Happy New Year,papa! Where is mother?”we cried.

“A little boy came begging and said they were starving at home, so your mother went to see and--ah,here she is.”

As papa spoke, in came mamma, looking very cold, rather sad, and very much excited.

“Children, don't begin till you hear what I have to say,” she cried and we sat staring at her, with the breakfast untouched before us.

“Not far away from here, lies a poor woman with a little new-born baby. Six children are huddled into one bed to keep from freezing, for they have no fire. There is nothing to eat over there; and the oldest boy came here to tell me they were starving this bitter cold day. My little girls, will you give them your breakfast, as a New Year's gift?”

We sat silent a minute, and looked at the nice, hot porridge, creamy milk, and good bread and butter.

“I wish we'd eaten it up,” thought I, for I was rather a selfish child, and very hungry.

“I'm so glad you come before we began,”said Nan, cheerfully.

“May I go and help carry it to the poor, little children?” asked Beth, who had the tenderest heart.

“I can carry the lassy pot,” said little May, proudly giving the thing she loved best.

“And I shall take all the porridge,” I burst in, heartily ashamed of my first feeling.

“You shall put on your things and help me, and when we come back, we'll get something to eat,”said mother, beginning to pile the bread and butter into a big basket.

Paragraph 1:

We were soon ready and set out.

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Paragraph 2:

Seeing the house totally in a mess, we fell to work immediately.

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6 . 阅读下而材料，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。

From her lifeguard station at the end of the pool, Jessica noticed clouds forming in the sky. By the time she took a break at 2:30, the wind was picking up and the sky was darkening. The pool manager announced over the loudspeaker that the pool was closing immediately, due to a weather warning. He asked everyone to head to the safety of home before the storm hit.

All of the swimmers had left by 3: 30 except for Jessica's neighbor, eight-year-old Zack Hill. Zack's mother had dropped him off at the pool while she went to work. She had planned to pick him up later, but the storm was coming fast. Jessica decided that she would drop Zack off on her way home. She taped a note for Mrs. Hill on the door of the pool office and headed out.

The minute Jessica and Zack left the parking lot, it was clear that this was no ordinary storm. The wind was very strong, the storm clouds were dark, and the sky had turned a terrible green. The rain hit just as Jessica turned onto her street, Jessica said, “Jack, I'm going to take you to my house. We need to get inside right away, and your house is farther away than mine.”

She pressed the garage-door opener, but nothing happened. The electricity was out. The front door was only a few feet away, but the wind was so strong that Jessica and Zack had to fight their way out of the car and into the house. Jessica held Zack's hand firmly. The door was heavy with the pressure of the wind. Finally, it opened, but it was blown out of Jessica's hand and it hit the side of the house. The window broke into pieces，Jessica picked up Zack and threw the two of them inside; her only thought was to get to a safe place.

注意：
1.续写词数应为150词左右；
2.请按如下格式作答。

Remembering everything she could learn from her emergency training, Jessica took Zack to the basement.

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After a final crash, the sound of the storm grew distant.

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7 . On a Sunday morning, Tim Abernathy walked off the dance floor at the Barn Dance and sat down in a chair to rest with his wife, Rachel. Then something felt wrong. His _________ got tight, then tighter. He grabbed Rachel’s hand, then _________ to the floor.

“His eyes had _________ back,” said Rachel. “His lips were getting darker.” The band stopped playing. People started yelling, but nobody _________ to act.

Someone _________ did. It was Johnny “Digger” Tucker. He swiped (挥动) his fingers through Tim’s mouth, thinking he could be choking. He started beating on Tim’s chest and began mouth-to-mouth. More _________ . More mouth-to-mouth. Then finally, Tim _________ a breath. The paramedics (护理人员) came, and Johnny quietly left.

“If Johnny hadn’t been there, I would be _________ my husband now, “said Rachel. Folks say Johnny Tucker is the type of man you’d call at 2 a. m. Maybe it’s because he knows more than most how _________ life is. Every day, he faces __________ .

Johnny is a gravedigger. He has dug the final resting places for about 20, 000people, each grave __________ a half feet deep in __________, frozen ground. “I treat everybody as if it were my family I’m burying,” he said. He is so respected that funeral directors arrange their schedules around his __________ .

So maybe it’s not __________ that Johnny often finds himself in a position to lend a hand. That night Johnny and his wife were __________ when the band played an old song. They turned around for one more slow dance. Minutes later, the gravedigger saved a life.

1.

A．fingers

B．muscle

C．stomach

D．throat

2.

A．crashed

B．landed

C．jumped

D．settled

3.

A．rubbed

B．narrowed

C．dropped

D．rolled

4.

A．backed off

B．stepped forward

C．moved on

D．set out

5.

A．gradually

B．instantly

C．finally

D．clearly

6.

A．yelling

B．pounding

C．pushing

D．weighing

7.

A．held

B．heard

C．felt

D．drew

8.

A．abandoning

B．joining

C．burying

D．hiding

9.

A．easy

B．precious

C．extraordinary

D．simple

10.

A．death

B．danger

C．sadness

D．fortune

11.

A．covering

B．controlling

C．crossing

D．measuring

12.

A．hard

B．vast

C．protected

D．ruined

13.

A．popularity

B．generosity

C．availability

D．responsibility

14.

A．common

B．surprising

C．reasonable

D．disappointing

15.

A．dancing

B．walking

C．leaving

D．talking

8 . When Brian and Lauren got married last November, one very important person was missing: Brian's 91­year­old grandmother, Peg. After breaking her ankle, she was unable to _______ it to the couple's special day.

Peg was living for this wedding. _______ being at the hospital, she dressed up in an amazing outfit that day. About 2 hours before the ceremony, the couple decided to visit Peg. I, as their photographer, asked them if they wanted me to _______ them. At first, I really felt that it was their personal _______ and I didn't want to _______ in any way. But they wanted me to come and _______ the moment.

When they walked into that room, Peg was so _______ to see the couple. She kept saying “I can't believe you're here! ” I was closely following Lauren and Brian into the room，_______ I didn't miss Peg's every _______. Upon seeing them, her face just ________. There wasn't a dry eye in the room.

This is what ________ are all about — family and love. On their big day, the couple spared time to visit Peg and made her the ________ grandma in the world. This was ________ an amazing moment and I'm thankful to photograph them.

Just a month later, Peg ________. On that day, I realized what I had done was really special for this family. Being able to give the family something that they can look back on, I am ________ with the occupation I have chosen.

1.

A．explain

B．make

C．admit

D．prepare

2.

A．In spite of

B．In case of

C．In consequence of

D．In terms of

3.

A．invite

B．persuade

C．encourage

D．accompany

4.

A．question

B．occasion

C．opportunity

D．agreement

5.

A．disturb

B．cheat

C．worry

D．complain

6.

A．memorize

B．enjoy

C．capture

D．acknowledge

7.

A．weak

B．surprised

C．lucky

D．relieved

8.

A．so that

B．even if

C．unless

D．though

9.

A．suggestion

B．promise

C．reaction

D．conclusion

10.

A．swelled up

B．cleaned up

C．turned up

D．lit up

11.

A．manners

B．conversations

C．experiments

D．weddings

12.

A．nicest

B．most considerate

C．happiest

D．most intelligent

13.

A．possibly

B．regularly

C．hardly

D．absolutely

14.

A．moved away

B．drove away

C．passed away

D．broke away

15.

A．content

B．strict

C．concerned

D．patient

9 . 阅读下面短文，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。

On an ordinary Thursday afternoon, I turned up the next walkway. Children played in the yards along the block. I waved to them as I walked by, delivering mail at houses along the way.

Some mailmen preferred routes where they drove a truck and slipped the mail into a collection of mailboxes without seeing anyone face to face. Not me. I wanted to be outside talking to people. That's where the excitement was. The lady who lived there opened the door wide. “Hello,” she said. I knew what she was waiting for. I've got your book club selection,” I said, handing over her package.

There were only about 700 people on my route. Over the years I'd gotten to know most of them, if not in person then by their mail. There were the folks who got magazines, or book after book, those who loved their catalogues, and some who had steady pen pals. I knew I provided an important service in my job. College acceptances, birthday presents, postcards from all corners of the world — they could all make someone's day. I also brought doctor bills and insurance notices.

Mrs. Dorman at the end of my route got a package from the Home Shopping Network almost every day. She was an older lady, who'd turned 78, and I liked being able to bring a little joy into her life with my delivery. She got her blood pressure pills and blood test kits for diabetes (糖尿病) in the Yesmail. Yes, convenient. But I was just the messenger, showing up every day like clockwork. It wasn't me who was making a difference in people's lives. Not me personally. A friendly hello, a chat with a lonely person. That was the most I could offer.

I dug in my bag for Mrs. Dorman's mail — and the inevitable Home Shopping Network package. She'd be glad to get this, whatever it was. Mrs. Dorman often waited for me at the door and we always had a nice talk, but not today.

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

I heard the TV going inside so I knew she was home.

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Mrs. Dorman was back home from hospital within a few days, her broken shoulder in a sling (悬带).

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10 . A US bus driver is being praised for the way she helped a passenger get some needed assistance (帮助). In October, bus driver Natalie Barnes started talking with a passenger named Richard. He told her he had been _________ for a week, since there was a big fire in the place where he had been living and his house was _________.

When he asked if he could _________ along for the night to stay out of the_________ , she agreed. “At some point in our lives, everybody needs help,” Barnes said, “I want to do what I could to help Richard in some way.” At one point during her shift, she took a _________, at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and offered to get her passenger something to eat. Richard was _________. “Now I don’t know what to say but to say thank you,” he said to Barnes and promised to _________ her back somehow.

She refused, saying,“I want to help you.” But one act of kindness wasn’t_________for Barnes. During another break, she turned to a friend for help, who helped get Richard into temporary (临时的)_________.

Barnes and Richard became ____________ during that six-hour bus ride. Now he has her cellphone number, and they keep in____________.

Helping others comes second nature for Barnes, who has received lots of praise for ____________service since she worked in the MCTS two years ago. She ____________takes peanut butter and jelly sandwiches on the bus to share with people in____________.

In fact, Barnes did what we all need to do to ____________ homelessness: to look out for each other, to care for each other and to work together.

1.

A．homeless

B．careless

C．hopeful

D．helpful

2.

A．set up

B．cleaned up

C．broken into

D．burned down

3.

A．drive

B．walk

C．ride

D．work

4.

A．moon

B．sun

C．air

D．cold

5.

A．break

B．look

C．risk

D．chance

6.

A．satisfied

B．concerned

C．confused

D．moved

7.

A．take

B．pay

C．call

D．turn

8.

A．suitable

B．important

C．special

D．enough

9.

A．schools

B．space

C．housing

D．cars

10.

A．visitors

B．classmates

C．friends

D．co-workers

11.

A．touch

B．mind

C．check

D．line

12.

A．excellent

B．interesting

C．grateful

D．peaceful

13.

A．gradually

B．usually

C．finally

D．actually

14.

A．need

B．public

C．order

D．sight

15.

A．research

B．challenge

C．ignore

D．fight