1 . During Brandi Tuck’s junior year at the University of Florida in 2004, her spring break plans fell through and it changed the course of her life.

All of her friends were going on alternative spring break trips, which gave them an opportunity to serve a diverse set of communities and she reluctantly signed up because nobody was going to the beach with her.

There were several trips to choose from, each focused on a cause like AIDs, women’s rights or the environment. But none of them spoke to Tuck. She’ d done community service for years, but more out of just a desire to enrich her resume (简历). “I picked the homelessness and poverty trip. I thought it was the least bad of the choices,” she recalled.

That spring, she and a dozen other students headed to Atlanta, Georgia, to spend a week volunteering at homeless shelters. The experience was eye-opening. At one shelter, one young boy’s request stopped her in her tracks. He said, “Oh, I love you. Can you please not go? Stay with me.” Tuck knew they didn’t have a lot of attention because the moms were so stressed. So she stayed. In that moment, Tuck decided to continue working at the shelter.

In 2008, Tuck started a nonprofit organization, now known as Path Home, which provides shelter, support, and a host of services to families experiencing homelessness in Portland, Oregon. The organization has since helped more than 10,000 parents and children. She also bought an old church to create an environment that would help families recover mentally as well as physically, giving them the sense of emotional, physical, and psychological safety.

Tuck says her wish is a society where every family receives the support and compassion they need to boom, which is all that she needs to continue doing the work.

1. What happened during Tuck’s spring break in 2004?

A．She traveled to the beach by herself.

B．She joined in a community service activity.

C．She was admitted to the University of Florida.

D．She organized a number of holiday study tours.

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

A．Excitedly.

B．Proudly.

C．Unwillingly.

D．Fortunately.

3. What is paragraph 5 mainly talking about?

A．Tuck’s sympathy for the poor.	B．The effort that Tuck made.
C．Tuck’s reason for volunteering.	D．The honor that Tuck received.

4. Which of the following inspires Tuck’s ongoing work with the homeless?

A．The little boy’s invitation.	B．Her wish to help all the homeless out.
C．The challenges from her volunteering.	D．Path Home’s development.

2 . For the past 17 years, Raquel Radford Baker has been a school bus driver for the Dallas Independent School District. Last month, Baker saved the life of a 7-year-old boy who had a _________ moment on his way to school when he accidentally swallowed (吞咽) a coin and began to choke.

The _________, which was caught on tape, took place on September 29. Preston, a first grader, was sitting in his seat on the bus, when he suddenly sat up, _________ that the coin he had been holding above his open mouth had _________ his throat. He got up and walked to Baker at the front of the bus and tapped her for _________.

Initially, Baker thought Preston was sick, but _________, she heard him say something about a coin and she sprang into _________. She grabbed him from behind and carried him off the bus. When she got to a bench in front of the school, she told a nearby parent to call 911 as she started _________ first aid, which she’d _________ during the company’s training sessions. ____________ that moment, Baker, getting teary, said the only ____________ running through her mind was, “I have to save this boy. I have to save him.”

Thanks to her ____________, the coin was removed from Preston’s throat. Before that, however, Preston had gone ____________ and his face was turning blue. Baker continued first aid. That was when Preston said, “Miss Raquel, I’m okay. I can ____________ ” Baker said that moment brought great ____________. She immediately hugged him tight. Preston promised to never put coins in his mouth again.

1.

A．merry

B．honorable

C．guilty

D．scary

2.

A．incident

B．journey

C．attack

D．conflict

3.

A．deciding

B．imagining

C．realizing

D．explaining

4.

A．thrown off

B．turned into

C．torn off

D．slipped into

5.

A．leave

B．change

C．help

D．comfort

6.

A．eventually

B．temporarily

C．constantly

D．secretly

7.

A．panic

B．action

C．fame

D．doubt

8.

A．assessing

B．seeking

C．teaching

D．performing

9.

A．invented

B．learned

C．missed

D．forgotten

10.

A．Recalling

B．Ignoring

C．Recognizing

D．Repeating

11.

A．memory

B．challenge

C．thought

D．courage

12.

A．curiosity

B．effort

C．fortune

D．guidance

13.

A．deaf

B．weak

C．mad

D．impatient

14.

A．stand

B．move

C．listen

D．breathe

15.

A．relief

B．responsibility

C．respect

D．motivation

3 . 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 was the village bad boy because I had no interest in school or studies. I used bad language, hung around with other “bad” boys, skipped school and ran through the fields. When I wasn’t playing, I’d help my parents on our cashew farm. Our cashew farm was like a big forest garden.

Who’d want to go to school anyway? No one thought I would do anything worthwhile with my life. And I’d heard many people in our village talking, “Why bother (费心) going to school? These kids end up back on the farms anyway. He’ll never achieve anything.”

My mother saw a different future. She was illiterate (不识字的) but knew the value of education to create a better life. When I refused to go to school, she beat me until I dressed and put on my shoes. She’d follow me right up to the door of the classroom and watch me enter.

This bad boy image troubled me. I didn’t believe I was a bad boy, and I didn’t want to be a bad boy. My parents and teachers were disappointed at my average marks. I did not have any money. No one in the village gave me respect.

These realizations forced me to think that my mother was right — education was my only way out. I worked hard to graduate and decided to apply for higher studies in university. But this village bad boy faced too many challenges.

Firstly, I had very limited money, and my parents probably couldn’t afford the fees (学费). Besides that, my grades were poor. There was very little chance I’d enter a university. Still, I took a chance and applied. Days went by, and nothing. I checked to see if my name was there for admission (准许进入). No. I wasn’t admitted. Weeks went by. I continued to check. Still nothing. It looked like I would never lose my village bad boy image unless a miracle (奇迹) happened.

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。

The miracle did happen.

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A teacher of the university saw me sitting there sad and asked, “What is wrong?”

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4 . A little library was built in our neighborhood to encourage people to “take a book, leave a book”. While taking a walk, Ayla, my eight-year-old daughter, was _________ and asked many questions about it.

Long after we got home, I found her in her bedroom, seated on the floor, surrounded by her _________, all of them. She _________ expressed that she was trying to find a（n）_________ book for the tiny library. Not much later, I saw Ayla standing at the front door, holding a book in one hand and a little _________ in the other, which she _________ in the bathroom when she brushed her teeth. She needed it to look into the _________.

I was _________ to know what book Ayla had picked. When we reached the library, she carefully set down the chair and _________ up. She opened the glass door slowly, with too much __________. Then she paused（暂停）, looked down at the book in her hand, and slid it inside. It was her __________ book. The “take it” part took Ayla a long time to look through the children’s books one by one and carefully examined them, like a jeweler（宝石匠）__________ the perfect stone. At last, she found what she __________.

Once we got home, I asked Ayla why she put that book in the little library. She __________ if every kid left their favorite book, there would be plenty of favorite books to __________.

1.

A．patient

B．interested

C．determined

D．awkward

2.

A．toys

B．sweets

C．books

D．pictures

3.

A．creatively

B．seriously

C．hurriedly

D．curiously

4.

A．suitable

B．new

C．expensive

D．similar

5.

A．toothbrush

B．gift

C．photo

D．chair

6.

A．fixed

B．cleaned

C．made

D．used

7.

A．tree

B．bag

C．library

D．neighborhood

8.

A．nervous

B．anxious

C．sad

D．lucky

9.

A．climbed

B．gave

C．cheered

D．woke

10.

A．worry

B．pride

C．care

D．regret

11.

A．cheapest

B．last

C．favorite

D．worst

12.

A．showing off

B．searching for

C．coming across

D．passing down

13.

A．tested

B．noticed

C．ordered

D．wanted

14.

A．explained

B．added

C．agreed

D．remembered

15.

A．examine

B．take

C．buy

D．describe

5 . It was a sunny afternoon. My husband Dave and I had just arrived home from hospital. I parked the car in front of the house. Dave was so tired that he leaned against the door and waited for me to open it for him. When I opened it, he _________ out of the car onto the ground. He was too _________ to raise himself. I tried to lift him, but my _________ ended fruitlessly. I looked around in all directions for someone to help us but nobody was _________.

I turned to run into the house to make a _________. Just then, a man dressed in white walked toward us. I couldn’t _________ how he appeared suddenly as I’d seen no one seconds before. He looked at Dave on the ground and asked if we needed _________. I nodded, adding that my husband was very heavy and _________ to move.

“Let me _________,” he said. He put one hand under Dave’s arm. As if Dave __________ no more than a feather, the man lifted him. He put Dave’s arm over his shoulder and put his own arm around Dave’s waist to keep him __________.

As I __________ the way into the house, the two men walked up our front stairs and into our home together. The man lowered Dave onto a little sofa. He smiled as Dave tried to thank him and said he was __________ to help. As he turned to go, I thanked him __________. He just smiled, said goodbye, and walked away.

I’ve never seen that man again, but I’ll always __________ him as our angel of light.

1.

A．stepped

B．fell

C．rushed

D．stared

2.

A．weak

B．nervous

C．annoyed

D．ashamed

3.

A．desires

B．efforts

C．judgments

D．adventures

4.

A．in need

B．in place

C．in sight

D．in charge

5.

A．call

B．plan

C．wish

D．promise

6.

A．predict

B．demonstrate

C．understand

D．believe

7.

A．comfort

B．assistance

C．guidance

D．information

8.

A．unwilling

B．unsure

C．unsuitable

D．unable

9.

A．check

B．explain

C．know

D．try

10.

A．demanded

B．lost

C．matched

D．weighed

11.

A．awake

B．focused

C．balanced

D．silent

12.

A．led

B．found

C．marked

D．pushed

13.

A．glad

B．shy

C．qualified

D．prepared

14.

A．awkwardly

B．appropriately

C．independently

D．repeatedly

15.

A．choose

B．introduce

C．remember

D．recommend

6 . I was annoyed that my mom had even scheduled the appointment with a doctor for me. As doctors so often do, when he arrived he went straight into the basic small talk about my _______ history.

But then he _______ a question that took me off guard. “So Robin, what are you going to do after high school?” He wrote something at his notes, with not even a glance in my _______. “I don’t know,” I mumbled(嘟哝). I was seventeen. I had no _______ what I was going to do after high school. My high school guidance counselor told me that I wasn’t “college material” and I believed her. Education wasn’t exactly _______ in my family.

“You don’t know? Well, why don’t you go to college to become a _______ like me?” He smiled as he glanced at his watch. I thought he was _______ for even suggesting it. No one in my family had even graduated from college, let alone become a doctor. “I’m not smart enough to be a doctor.”

He looked me straight in the eyes when he _______ said, “Let me tell you something; you don’t have to be smart to be a doctor. You just have to be persistent(坚持不懈的).” Then the doctor hurriedly gathered his things and _______ to his next appointment.

I ________ to think about it when I was at school. What would I do after high-school? Even though I wasn’t college material, that doctor made a(n) ________ on me. I applied to a college and soon found myself walking in the ________ as a new student. I often questioned what I was doing there. Maybe I wasn’t smart enough for college, but I could be persistent.

I was ________ to find that with each individual achievement came newfound ________ in myself. I graduated with a master’s degree in September 2014, two decades after that ________ with my doctor.

1.

A．career

B．health

C．credit

D．growth

2.

A．threw in

B．took in

C．consisted in

D．broke in

3.

A．account

B．activity

C．direction

D．movement

4.

A．idea

B．evidence

C．reason

D．discovery

5.

A．protected

B．explored

C．provided

D．emphasized

6.

A．professor

B．doctor

C．lawyer

D．lecturer

7.

A．crazy

B．anxious

C．violent

D．greedy

8.

A．casually

B．automatically

C．seriously

D．doubtfully

9.

A．got away

B．passed out

C．put down

D．rushed off

10.

A．continued

B．hesitated

C．intended

D．pretended

11.

A．comment

B．conclusion

C．impression

D．burden

12.

A．park

B．campus

C．workshop

D．stadium

13.

A．frightened

B．annoyed

C．surprised

D．discouraged

14.

A．anxiety

B．sympathy

C．guilt

D．confidence

15.

A．argument

B．conversation

C．conflict

D．negotiation

7 . 听下面一段独白, 回答以下对话。
1. What was Mrs. Brown doing when she found the bears?

A．Having breakfast.

B．Going shopping.

C．Going to work.

2. How did Mrs. Brown feel about seeing the bears?

A．Upset.

B．Afraid

C．Surprised.

3. What did the police do?

A．They took some pictures,

B．They woke the bears up.

C．They stopped the bears going anywhere.

4. How did the bears get into the car?

A．Through a broken window.

B．Through an open door.

C．Through an open window.

8 . A few years ago, I was an English professor, and I asked my students to finish a paper during the holiday. Mike, one of my students, came to class without it. He explained that his safe (保险柜)had been stolen by a worker who was repairing his house. His notebook computer was in the safe, where his paper was. I was sure that he didn’t tell a lie because he had been a really good student.

Then over the two weeks, Mike started to show up to class looking very tired. He said that he was on a hunt for the guy who stole his safe, and he was spending late nights with his cousin driving around looking for the thief because they knew his car. They wanted to find the thief and get the safe back because his living expenses were in it besides the paper.

Then Mike rewrote the paper and turned it in. It wasn’t up to his usual quality, and he still kept coming to class looking like he hadn’t slept all night. One day, he came very happily to my office, and he reported that he had found the thief after a long search that involved experiencing dangerous situations. He said that they found the thief’s car in front of a big super-market, and they caught him and sent him to the police station.

I read the news that Mike had in fact put an end to the thief’s attempt to steal from the supermarket. It turned out that Mike got his money and notebook computer back. I gladly accepted his original paper, and it got a much higher grade than the rewritten one because of his virtues. And I reminded him that he should be responsible for his own safety and talk to me or other teachers first if he met with anything like that.

1. What was the problem with Mike?

A．He was often late for class.

B．He always got low marks in exams.

C．He failed to hand in his paper on time.

D．He stayed up too late writing his paper.

2. What did Mike do at night over the two weeks?

A．He tried to earn his living expenses.

B．He practised driving with his cousin.

C．He went to the class which the professor taught.

D．He sought for the house repairman who had stolen his safe.

3. What happened to the thief finally?

A．He voluntarily admitted the theft.

B．He was handed over to the police.

C．He escaped from a big supermarket.

D．He was reported caught by the professor.

4. Which words best describe Mike?

A．Brave and honest.	B．Imaginative and creative.
C．Smart but lazy.	D．Poor but happy.

9 . A photo of a Kentucky coal miner with his family at a college basketball game is going viral (疯狂传播). The photo shows Michael McGuire and his son sitting in the stands at the University of Kentucky Wildcats game on Saturday. McGuire is still wearing his work uniform and his face and arms are covered in black coal dust, which makes him different from others.

Kentucky’s head coach John Calipari put the picture online and expressed admiration for McGuire’s hard work and love for his son.

“My family’s American dream started in a Clarksburg, WV coal mine, so this picture hits home, ” Calipari wrote. “From what I’ve been told, after his shift, he raced to be with his son and watch our team. I don’t know who this is, but I have tickets for him and his family at Rupp to be treated as VIPs!”

McGuire had not yet been identified at that point, but Kentucky fans quickly found him and connected the coach with the family.

MeGuire’s wife, Mollie, replied on social media with a photo she had taken at the game. She wrote: “My amazing husband started his day at 4:45 am that morning and worked all day and then drove straight to the arena to meet us and enjoy the game with our son! We are truly blessed with such an amazing man! We love our coal miner. ”

McGuire told local station WKYT that he didn’t want to miss his son Easton’s first basketball experience. He said Easton had a good time.

Coach Calipari said he hopes McGuire will be a lesson for his players. “I talked to my guys about it. It’s just a great lesson, and I showed them the picture yesterday of Michael and his son. I talked about hard, tiring work that’s honorable work, adding that he made time for his son, even when he knew he couldn’t shower. It didn’t matter what he looked like. He just wanted to be with his son,” Calipari said.

1. What was special about McGuire while he was watching the basketball match?

A．His love for his son.	B．His dirty appearance.
C．His interest in basketball.	D．The expression on his face.

2. What was the probable reason for the coach’s posting the picture?

A．He wanted to attract more worker fans.

B．He was moved by McGuire’s happy family.

C．No one was so interested in his team as McGuire.

D．His family was connected with a coal mine.

3. What can we feel from Mollie’s statement about her husband?

A．Her pride.

B．Her regret.

C．Her expectation.

D．Her worry

4. What did Calipari prefer his players to do?

A．Offer help to the family.	B．Learn from the coal miner.
C．Try to be the best sportsmen	D．Never judge a person from his looks.

10 . 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。

Traffic police in Wuhan, Hubei province, have met the wish of     1     sick 5-year-old girl by inviting her to work as a traffic officer for a day.

Liu Yihan was found with a rare illness that mainly affects     2     (child)under age 5 last year. She has a particular love of traffic police to keep everyone safe.

Liu never complains to her mother, Hu Yuting,     3     job is teaching in a middle school in Xiaogan city, but her desire to be a traffic officer really touched her mother’s heart. When she told her daughter’s story to the traffic police, they     4     (move)and promised to help make Liu’s wish come true.

Du Zewen said that the chief officers were determined     5     (help)the mother and the little girl, telling the other members that “we must help make the little girl’s dream of     6     (become) a traffic officer come true, especially one who     7     (be)so young and has such a serious disease” .

On the afternoon of Sept. 20, Liu and her mother were     8     (warm) welcomed by the policemen, who dressed her in a specially-made uniform and declared her a “visiting policewoman” She was excited     9     soon went on duty with the other police members. She directed traffic and performed her duties, for example, telling people to wear helmets and reminding people     10     the traffic rules.