4 . J. K. Rowling frequently shows there is magic every day. Her Harry Potter series has helped people through times of stress and depression and she is always there to deliver wise words of encouragement.

She is one celebrity who is very active on Twitter. So when a single dad named Matt Burke sent her a message thanking her for the series, she noticed. Her series had helped strengthen his relationship with his 9­year­old daughter Bailey.

He included a link to his article titled Being a Broke Parent. He explained how he hadn’t found a level of financial stability that allowed him to pay bills on time and take his daughter on more activities and events. The family also doesn’t have the Internet or TV, which means there’s no “digital babysitter” and he has to rely on his own creative ways to bond with his daughter. Since he received the series, the main thing that has occupied them these days is reading books together.

Burke admits that he thought he was “too cool” for the books when they first came out and he was in his twenties, but he’s loving reading them now. “We switch off chapter by chapter reading them out loud，“Burke explains.” This not only allows her to get more used to reading aloud in front of someone, but it gets me directly involved in something she loves, and it gives me the chance to be very dramatic when I read my chapters and bring myself into the characters in the book, which has proven to be a ton of fun.”

After hearing Burke’s story, Rowling said how honored she was when Harry Potter was a part of his family’s life and offered Burke more books. Besides, people are also offering to send Burke more books as gifts. For Burke, this experience, far more than gifts, will be what he treasures.

1. Why did Burke thank J. K. Rowling according to the text?

A．She guided him how to write a good story.

B．She encouraged him when he was in trouble.

C．Her books helped him through times of confusion.

D．Her books helped him improve his bond with his daughter.

2. What is implied in Burke’s words in paragraph 4?

A．He has found it interesting to read the series.	B．He was too old to understand the series better.
C．He has chosen a better way of reading the series.	D．He hopes to play a role in the drama in the future.

3. Which word can best describe Burke’s experience according to the text?

A．Useless.

B．Normal.

C．Valuable.

D．Boring.

4. What is the main idea of this text?

A．J. K. Rowling chooses to help improve kids’ health.

B．J. K. Rowling gives a magical gift to a single father.

C．J. K. Rowling has a deep influence on others’ growth.

D．Burke comes to know J. K. Rowling through her series.

5 . Diana Herbert was running late for school on Friday morning so she decided to take a shortcut(近路). Little did 16-year-old Herbert know this would make a big difference in her life. While Herbert was walking _______ to try to get to school on time, an elderly gentleman _______ her, and asked Herbert to tie his shoelaces(鞋带) for him. At first she was a bit _______ but then she saw that the old man was _______ to use his hands properly and had a walking stick. She realized that he could not really help himself so she _______ to do that for him.

After she finished tying the man’s lace, the man thanked Herbert. Then she continued on her way to school, _______ thinking of the situation.

What Herbert did not know is that a woman named Nadine Ribeiro _______ the whole thing. Ribeiro stopped her car and took a photo. She then _______ it on her Facebook and wrote about the situation. _______ , the photograph on the social media spread quickly — more than 3,000 people liked Ribeiro’s photograph while 6,000 more ________ it with their friends.

Herbert, however, did not know what was going on until the principal told her that she became some kind of Internet superstar. Herbert said she couldn’t understand why people were so attracted by the ________. The following Monday, Herbert was ________ by the school for her kindness.

“I was not ________ that much attention, but it felt nice to get ________ for something good,” Herbert said. “I believe in karma(因果)—once we do nice things it will in some way benefit us ________.”

1.

A．casually

B．cautiously

C．forwards

D．fast

2.

A．begged

B．stopped

C．helped

D．recognized

3.

A．hesitant

B．embarrassed

C．curious

D．disappointed

4.

A．unprepared

B．unlikely

C．unable

D．unwilling

5.

A．lay down

B．turned around

C．bent down

D．went back

6.

A．repeatedly

B．occasionally

C．endlessly

D．hardly

7.

A．witnessed

B．missed

C．looked into

D．heard about

8.

A．checked

B．printed

C．sold

D．posted

9.

A．Obviously

B．Unexpectedly

C．Strangely

D．Fortunately

10.

A．exchanged

B．discussed

C．shared

D．studied

11.

A．social media

B．woman driver

C．principle

D．act

12.

A．remembered

B．welcomed

C．honored

D．supported

13.

A．paying

B．expecting

C．attracting

D．receiving

14.

A．recognition

B．trust

C．happiness

D．confidence

15.

A．at once

B．in advance

C．in return

D．by chance

6 . I was blind, but I was ashamed of it if it was known. I refused to use a white stick and hated asking for help. After all, I was a teenage girl, and I could not bear people to look at me and think I was not like them. I must have been a terrible danger on the roads. Coming across me wandering through the traffic, motorists probably would have to stop rapidly on their brakes. Apart from that, there were all sorts of disasters that used to occur on the way to and from work.

One evening, I got off the bus about halfway home where I had to change buses, and as usual I ran into something. “I’m awfully sorry,” I said and stepped forward only to run into it again. When it happened a third time, I realized I had been apologizing to a lamppost (街灯柱). This was just one of the stupid things that constantly happened to me. So I carried on and found the bus stop, which was a request stop, where the bus wouldn’t stop unless passengers wanted to get on or off. No one else was there and I had to guess if the bus had arrived.

Generally in this situation, because I hated showing I was blind by asking for help, I tried to guess at the sound. Sometimes I would stop a big lorry and stand there feeling stupid as it drew away. In the end, I usually managed to swallow (吞下) my pride and ask someone at the stop for help.

But at this particular evening no one joined me at the stop; it seemed that everyone had suddenly decided not to travel by bus. Of course I heard plenty of buses pass, or I thought I did. But because I had given up stopping them for fear of making a fool of myself, I let them all go by. I stood there alone for half an hour without stopping one. Then I gave up. I decided to walk on to the next stop.

1. The girl refused to ask for help because she thought ________.

A．she might be recognized	B．asking for help looked silly
C．being found blind was embarrassing	D．she was normal and independent

2. After the girl got off the bus that evening, she ________.

A．began to run	B．hit a lamppost by accident
C．hit a person as usual	D．was caught by something

3. Finally the girl decided to walk to the next stop, hoping ________.

A．to find more buses there	B．to find people there
C．to find the bus by herself there	D．to find people more helpful there

7 . 23-year-old Taleigh Loven walked downstairs to her graduation party last October. She was _________ balloons, treats and congratulations from her family. What didn’t cross her mind was her _________ wearing the same graduation cap as she did. _________ him carrying a certificate with his name on it, she instantly burst into tears.

Mike Loven, 47, decided four years earlier that he was going to restart his study in Grand Canyon University, the _________ school his daughter had just been _________ to. A few weeks later, Mike was taking his first _________ course while Taleigh was getting settled in her dorm-with no _________ that Mike was a fellow freshman.

“There was no real reason for _________ it a secret from the family-I merely thought the _________ would be fun,” Mike said. “I work a lot and I’m always on my computer, so no one __________ knew that I was working on stuff for __________ all those years.”

The __________ part about the whole thing, Mike said, was during __________ midterm seasons when his family would constantly ask him for help with tricky school-related issues. He had his own __________ as well, but he couldn’t tell them. That, he said, __________ many late nights at the computer.

1.

A．expecting

B．enjoying

C．receiving

D．checking

2.

A．uncle

B．brother

C．dad

D．friend

3.

A．Imagining

B．Noticing

C．Having

D．Sending

4.

A．very

B．former

C．nearby

D．public

5.

A．introduced

B．registered

C．admitted

D．invited

6.

A．advanced

B．online

C．professional

D．crash

7.

A．idea

B．doubt

C．chance

D．certainty

8.

A．requesting

B．leaving

C．keeping

D．preferring

9.

A．attempt

B．goal

C．achievement

D．surprise

10.

A．immediately

B．partly

C．really

D．hardly

11.

A．responsibility

B．experiment

C．recognition

D．school

12.

A．saddest

B．toughest

C．greatest

D．largest

13.

A．stressful

B．boring

C．awkward

D．discouraging

14.

A．plan

B．practice

C．advantage

D．struggle

15.

A．kept pace with

B．contributed to

C．made up for

D．broke away from

8 . Our neighbors had a loud party last night. We weren’t _______ but this was one of those celebrations that I didn’t mind. They are a bunch of young, single guys and I would have felt out of place.

What _______ me was the way they behaved. Ono of the young men came over _______ in the day to “warn” us of the upcoming event and said it would be over at about 11 p. m. That was the first step. Even more _______ was what they did next. “Here’s my _______”, offered our neighbor _______ “Text me if it’s too noisy.” That was a level of _______ I had never experienced in all my years of being a neighbor!

And it really worked in their favor. My husband and I were so friendly that even when the event went past the _______ end time, even when the music reached high decibels(分贝), and even when we couldn’t get through to the phone number, we felt no _______. We knew they would stop and ________ to it eventually.

It takes such little effort to make people feel that they ________ and get people on your side. Everyone needs to ________ every now and then, especially in these uniquely tough times. But people who do it without disturbing others are few and far between. I hadn’t fully ________ my neighbors until this week. But now I see them in a new light and with greater ________ . They didn’t just bring the noise to the neighborhood; they showed us a good manner of ________ in life.

1.

A．located

B．explored

C．challenged

D．invited

2.

A．trapped

B．impressed

C．annoyed

D．embarrassed

3.

A．later

B．closer

C．earlier

D．further

4.

A．shocking

B．frightening

C．puzzling

D．amazing

5.

A．call number

B．room number

C．account number

D．car number

6.

A．anxiously

B．politely

C．regularly

D．obviously

7.

A．imagination

B．consideration

C．recognition

D．organization

8.

A．promised

B．supplied

C．designed

D．compared

9.

A．stress

B．anxiety

C．worry

D．anger

10.

A．respond

B．adapt

C．contribute

D．stick

11.

A．figure

B．succeed

C．matter

D．access

12.

A．sleep

B．maintain

C．travel

D．relax

13.

A．noticed

B．delivered

C．explored

D．proved

14.

A．surrounding

B．respect

C．curiosity

D．distance

15.

A．strategy

B．apology

C．communication

D．inspiration

9 . 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 had just a very wonderful day. Although all my days are always wonderful to me, the day was completely different. There was a bulletin board saying that they would need to find volleyball players for the girls and I was so happy! I have been loving playing volleyball since my mother taught me how to play. I was so excited that I couldn’t wait to play! Then I read more what was on that bulletin board, which said that there would be an audition (面试) after three weeks! “Three weeks?” I thought about it. I did know how to play volleyball but I was not much of an expert in doing it but I still wanted to try.

After that I was determined to practice volleyball every day. I practiced hard again and again each day and I never got tired of doing the same practice through all the days, and finally, the day came. I was so prepared for this and hurried to the gym to audition. When I had reached the gym, I was surprised to see that 12 or 14 girls were lining up and I guessed I was the last one to arrive. Then our audition began. Some of the girls failed to pass the audition and some passed.

There was only 1 slot left to complete the 6 girls to join the volleyball team and suddenly I felt nervous because the person in front of me was going to take her serve (发球). Then the girl hit the ball and then… the ball didn’t pass over the net. The girl slapped her forehead and left, leaving me standing in the middle of the court.

Then the coach spoke, “Okay, you, serve! ” She handed me the ball and I caught it with my hands. As the ball was in my hands, my hands were suddenly sweating and so was I!

注意：续写词数应为150左右。

I then suddenly became nervous about this. “Maybe I should be back of,” I told myself.

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Then I began. I came to a pause, taking a deep breath.

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10 . 28-year-old Jermaine Scott set up in business as a barber in Madison. He gradually noted the kids were _______ to tablets and cell phones when they came to the barbershop. It was _______ to cut their hair when they were focused on those. That led to the _______ of Scott’s “Barbershop Books Day” when kids could come and get a _______ haircut. What was required? They had to _______ a book while they got it.

He created “Barbershop Books Day” to help not only the kids, but also the parents. Madison has many low-income families and many are focused on just keeping their _______ on. For people in this community, $15 for a haircut per kid is not easy to _______ so in some way a reduction in the price can _______.

Scott began his initiative (倡议) by _______ five library books and putting them near his chair. Book ________ began pouring in when a local news station ________ what he was doing. Scott plans on taking his initiative a step further by __________ his “Barbershop Books Day” to an “Ice Breaker Book Tour” where he ________ to get kids excited to learn while also giving them ________ role models through motivational (激发性的) speakers. Scott said, “If I step outside my comfort zone and tell them school is cool, ________ it will guide them in the right direction.”

1.

A．adapted

B．reduced

C．limited

D．glued

2.

A．safe

B．hard

C．possible

D．pleasant

3.

A．advertisement

B．support

C．celebration

D．birth

4.

A．satisfying

B．unique

C．free

D．discounted

5.

A．introduce

B．publish

C．read

D．choose

6.

A．hands

B．hair

C．feet

D．lights

7.

A．ignore

B．believe

C．afford

D．refuse

8.

A．appear

B．count

C．exist

D．progress

9.

A．stealing

B．buying

C．making

D．borrowing

10.

A．contents

B．titles

C．orders

D．donations

11.

A．reported

B．stopped

C．recorded

D．confirmed

12.

A．adding

B．applying

C．comparing

D．expanding

13.

A．agrees

B．intends

C．deserves

D．pretends

14.

A．intelligent

B．official

C．positive

D．successful

15.

A．generally

B．certainly

C．accordingly

D．hopefully