2 . 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。

Long long ago, there was a little prince who was used to having everything he wanted. He was so badly behaved that he wouldn’t let anybody have a new toy if he didn’t have it first. If any child in the land wanted a new toy, they had to buy two and give one to him. Therefore, the little prince had no friends except for his toys.

One day a magic toymaker, who invented the most wonderful toys, came to the land. The little prince liked his toys so much that he invited him to spend an entire year in the palace, promising him great wealth if he made him a new toy every day. The toymaker set just one condition: “My toys are very special and need an owner who will play with them” he said. “Will you be able to devote a little time to each one every day?” “Of course, I will” the little prince replied impatiently.

From then on, every morning the little prince received a new toy. Every day the toymaker delivered a toy better than the previous ones. The little prince appeared very happy.

But the toy collection kept growing and, after a few weeks there were simply too many toys to play with all of them every day. So, one day the little prince put a few toys to one side, hoping that the toymaker wouldn’t notice. However, when it was night time and he was ready to go to bed. The toys that had been put away lined up in front of him and, one by one, demanded their daily playtime. The little prince couldn’t get to sleep until well past midnight because he had to play with every single toy.

Next day, tired after all his efforts, the prince slept very late. In the little time left of the day, he had to get to know a new toy and then play with all the others too. Once again, he finished very late and was so tired he could hardly stop yawning (打哈欠).

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1. 续写词数应为150左右;
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       Every day was a little bit worse than the one before, with the same amount of time but one extra toy to play with.
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       The children saw the prince, wondering whether the prince would force them to hand over their toys just like before.
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3 . One day, King Sisyphus of Corinth was trying to solve the city’s fresh water problem. He happened to look up and saw Zeus fly by. The king of gods was carrying a lovely river spirit (小精灵) in his arms.

“That Zeus,” sighed (叹气) King Sisyphus. “What a trouble-maker!”

Soon after, the river god Asopus flew by. “Sisyphus! Have you seen my daughter?” he asked.

“If you give my city a source of fresh water, I will tell you what I saw,” King Sisyphus shouted back. Immediately, a clear stream (水流) of fresh water appeared.

“Zeus took her that way,” the king pointed.

The king knew Zeus would be angry when he found out what he had done. But Corinth badly needed a source of fresh water. And finally, it had one.   

Sure enough, Zeus was very angry. He told his brother Hades (the god of the underworld) to take Sisyphus to the underworld immediately!

“When they tell you I am dead, do not put a gold coin under my tongue,” King Sisyphus said quietly to his wife. As a good wife, she did exactly as the king had told her.

Because Sisyphus was an important person, Hades himself met him at the River Styx, the entrance to the underworld. Because no gold coin was placed under his tongue(舌头), the king arrived as a poor beggar.

“Where is your gold coin?” Hades asked. “How can you pay for a trip across the River Styx and arrive in the underworld?”

King Sisyphus hung his head in shame. “I had a terrible wife. She didn’t give me anything after I had died.”

“Go right back there and teach that woman some manners!” Hades raised his voice. He then sent Sisyphus back to Earth. The king became alive again.

Sisyphus and his wife laughed when he told her about the experience. But he never told it to anyone else. You never know when the gods are listening!

1. What was Sisyphus was doing when Zeus flew by with a river spirit?

A．Rebuilding Corinth.	B．Chatting with his wife.
C．Asking Asopus for help.	D．Looking for a source of water.

2. What did Zeus decide to do when he knew what Sisyphus had done?

A．Zeus decided to destroy Corinth.	B．Zeus decided to end Sisyphus’ life.
C．Zeus decided to make Corinth drier.	D．Zeus decided to kill Sisyphus’ wife.

3. What did one need in order to cross the River Styx, according to the article,?

A．A good wife.

B．A golden boat.

C．Some money.

D．Some water.

4. Which of the following statements is the most probable ending of the story?

A．Sisyphus lived happily with his wife.

B．Sisyphus taught his wife some manners.

C．Sisyphus was sent to the underworld again.

D．Sisyphus had to find a fresh water source again.

6 . Anansi was about to eat when his friend Turtle walked by. “Hello, Anansi,” said Turtle. “That _________ great!” Anansi didn’t like to_________. But in spider culture, you always share your _________ with friends. So Anansi said, “Come in and eat with me.”

Turtle sat down. But before Turtle started eating, Anansi said, “Turtle, your _________ are dirty! In my _________ we wash our hands before eating.” Turtle _________ his dirty hands and felt _________. He apologized to Anansi and went to the river to wash.

When he got back, Anansi was _________ eating. “I didn’t want the food to get_________,” Anansi explained. Turtle sat down and he was __________ hungry. But Anansi said, “Your hands are still dirty!” Turtle looked down. Anansi was __________! “I’m so sorry! I’ll wash them again,” Turtle said. This time, Turtle walked back with clean hands. But to his __________, all food was gone! “I’m sorry, Turtle, but you took so long! I couldn’t wait,” Anansi __________.

The next day Turtle invited Anansi to have lunch. They swam to the __________ of the river. There, Anansi saw a table covered with food. But there was a __________. Every time he tried to sit down, he __________ back to the surface of the river. Anansi had a (an)__________.

He put some rocks in his pockets and swam back. He sat down at the table and smiled. But before he could eat__________, Turtle said, “In my culture, we __________ our jackets at the table.” Anansi saw that Turtle wasn’t wearing a jacket, and he felt ashamed. But as soon as his jacket was off his __________, he popped back up to the surface again. On the river bottom below, clever Turtle smiled and started eating.

1.

A．smells

B．sounds

C．tastes

D．feels

2.

A．eat

B．wait

C．share

D．watch

3.

A．happiness

B．place

C．story

D．food

4.

A．faces

B．hands

C．teeth

D．feet

5.

A．house

B．culture

C．mind

D．opinion

6.

A．hid

B．put down

C．looked at

D．cleaned

7.

A．touched

B．disappointed

C．shocked

D．ashamed

8.

A．just

B．still

C．already

D．ever

9.

A．cold

B．wasted

C．bad

D．stolen

10.

A．finally

B．really

C．nearly

D．hardly

11.

A．right

B．smart

C．calm

D．unhappy

12.

A．relief

B．sadness

C．enjoyment

D．surprise

13.

A．answered

B．complained

C．added

D．explained

14.

A．bottom

B．surface

C．end

D．bank

15.

A．solution

B．problem

C．way

D．fact

16.

A．ran

B．swam

C．floated

D．flew

17.

A．plan

B．idea

C．jacket

D．trouble

18.

A．everything

B．something

C．anything

D．nothing

19.

A．remove

B．put

C．wear

D．change

20.

A．head

B．legs

C．waist

D．shoulders

7 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

There was once an architect    1    hated his job. After 10 years of working for the same company, he decided to resign. However, his boss wanted him to help with one final job before he    2    (leave) the team. So he asked him to build one final house. The architect unwillingly agreed. He spent the whole summer    3    (build) this house, but his heart just wasn’t in it. He used cheap materials and rushed to finish the job quickly. The result was the    4    (bad) house he had ever built.

When he had finished, his boss came to meet him one last time. Seeing the terrible work, the smile disappeared from his face. “I wanted to do something special    5    you, to say thanks for your 10 years of hard work…So I’m giving you this house as a gift.” The architect was very    6    (anger). “Why didn’t you tell me from the start? If I had known that I would have put in more effort.”

This story has a    7    (power) message. The architect had all the skills    8    (need) to build something amazing, but his negative mindset (心态) held him back.

We should take note, because every day we are building our future.    9    we have a negative mindset, we will miss our chance    10    (create) the best life and future possibilities.

8 . Once there was a farmer with a wife and two sons. He became quite________through hardworking. He wanted his children to have a(n)________life, so he and his wife did all the work and________made them do anything.

After some time, his wife died and________he didn’t want his children to________, so he did the field labor and all the housework. But as time went on, he became old and________, and started to worry about his________when he died.

So he thought about this for a long time and he________his sons and said, “Look, my inheritance (遗产) to you is a lot of gold. I’ve________all my gold in the fields, so it’s up to you to plough (耕作) them and________the gold.”

And he called his neighbors and said, “I’m going to________and my children don’t know how to________themselves. So please cook for them until they can take care of themselves.”

So the neighbors provided them with________for some time.

Certainly the brothers didn’t want to be robbed of the________so they did the digging themselves. They________one field after another and after they had dug all the fields, they found no gold.

So the brothers sat down and one________the other, “Do you think our father________us?”

But the other brother said, “No, I think our father was saying that the________is a golden profession. And if we dig up all the________we can become rich.”

So like all the other________, they sowed wheat in the fields they had dug and became very rich in the end.

1.

A．rich

B．strong

C．clever

D．busy

2.

A．hard

B．easy

C．different

D．ordinary

3.

A．always

B．often

C．never

D．sometimes

4.

A．also

B．thus

C．ever

D．still

5.

A．work

B．move

C．study

D．play

6.

A．healthy

B．sick

C．foolish

D．wise

7.

A．brothers

B．friends

C．children

D．relatives

8.

A．showed

B．taught

C．visited

D．called

9.

A．lost

B．hidden

C．planted

D．put

10.

A．harvest

B．find

C．buy

D．use

11.

A．leave

B．travel

C．die

D．disappear

12.

A．look at

B．look out

C．look after

D．look for

13.

A．relief

B．money

C．water

D．food

14.

A．gold

B．silver

C．oil

D．coal

15.

A．dug

B．piled

C．operated

D．searched

16.

A．advised

B．asked

C．followed

D．doubted

17.

A．loved

B．cared

C．understood

D．cheated

18.

A．gardening

B．fishing

C．building

D．farming

19.

A．roots

B．stones

C．fields

D．pipes

20.

A．farmers

B．workers

C．fishers

D．builders