1 . 阅读下面短文，按照要求完成阅读任务。

My neighbor Josie was a good cook and college professor. We have been good friends for many years. Each early morning, Josie would invite me to join her in walking and she would make breakfast for me as a reward!

Josie planted a lovely garden. Every flower and vegetable made its debut (首秀) once a year. There were so many kinds that I could not even recognize what was growing, and we had the freshest salads in the neighborhood all summer long!

Each evening, Josie and I would sit in front of the garden. We would have a chat, exchanging our world views as well as funny jokes. However, one evening, Josie was a “no-show”. Then I heard the ambulance and saw her husband and children running outside. Josie suffered a stroke (中风).

Later, when I set eyes on her, she was in a wheelchair, covered in a thick blanket. She looked smaller and older than before. But how she chose to face it made me surprised. During the days when Josie had some strength, her husband wheeled her into the living room, and they watched old movies together. She called it “date time”. And during the most special days when Josie was doing well, her husband took her for a walk outside in her wheelchair. She called it “going on vacation”. Despite the fact that Josie was not expected to make a full recovery, they continued to watch movies and took lots of mini-vacations.

She is grateful for listening to her grandchildren telling stories to her, smelling a summer barbecue, sharing a laugh with her favorite neighbor, and being here for another day. I am thankful for her simple life lesson: Find the positive, and you will find your reason to live.

1. What was Josie like before she suffered a stroke? (no more than 10 words)
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2. How was Josie’s skill in gardening? (no more than 5 words)
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3. How can we understand the underlined part in Paragraph 3? (no more than 5 words)
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4. What made the author surprised after Josie suffered the stroke? (no more than 10 words)
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5. How does Josie’s story inspire you? Please explain in your own words. (no more than 20 words)
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2 . Some years ago, a young man came to me for advice. He told me that reading a whole paragraph _________ made him tired. His _________ was that he was working at a dead-end job for two years. All his friends, none of whom enjoy reading, were in the same _________ . They were all working at low-level jobs with no _________ .

I told him that he had to learn to read well. However, he said he wanted to be successful at something that didn’t _________ reading. I told him that this was not a matter of _________ . The only jobs that have _________ to do with reading were the jobs they were doing. And they would even soon be _________ by younger people with better education. He finally accepted the _________ that he had to become a good reader. He began taking courses in reading. He ____________ a technical institute (技术学院). Because of his poor education, it took him almost three years to ____________ a two-year program in biomedical (生物医学的) engineering.

A small company employed him at $22,000 per year. It wasn’t much, but he ____________ it. He ____________ to read and studied. In his third year, he was ____________ by a company with $40,000 per year. Two years later, an international company ____________ his success and employed him at more than $50,000 per year, with other ____________ .

In eight years, he ____________ a lot, from a low-paid worker to a highly-paid one. He led a ____________ life. The interesting thing was that as he went around ____________ his old friends, he found they were still working as before. Eight years seems like a ____________ time in life, but it passes quickly when you are busy doing something and getting continually better at it.

1.

A．rarely

B．hopefully

C．narrowly

D．actually

2.

A．duty

B．danger

C．problem

D．hobby

3.

A．part

B．situation

C．way

D．place

4.

A．pay

B．experience

C．future

D．luck

5.

A．need

B．prevent

C．ruin

D．affect

6.

A．chance

B．choice

C．attitude

D．thought

7.

A．something

B．everything

C．anything

D．nothing

8.

A．forgotten

B．replaced

C．hated

D．doubted

9.

A．honour

B．invitation

C．fact

D．report

10.

A．founded

B．left

C．refused

D．joined

11.

A．complete

B．plan

C．design

D．explore

12.

A．understood

B．offered

C．stopped

D．accepted

13.

A．continued

B．started

C．stopped

D．decided

14.

A．found

B．trained

C．encouraged

D．employed

15.

A．learned from

B．listed out

C．heard about

D．spoke of

16.

A．benefits

B．services

C．results

D．tips

17.

A．dreamt

B．changed

C．corrected

D．remembered

18.

A．busier

B．better

C．quieter

D．longer

19.

A．welcoming

B．guiding

C．visiting

D．telling

20.

A．long

B．certain

C．free

D．valuable

5 . 阅读表达

Growing up in Saudi Arabia, 44-year-old photographer Jody MacDonald has always had a strong interest in the desert. “I have always wanted to spend some time in the Sahara,” MacDonald said. “There are still so many unexplored areas in the Sahara Desert. These relatively unexplored places are so rare these days and hold the very fundamentals of exploration, which attract me. So finally I made the journey.” MacDonald started her journey in Mauritania’s capital city Nouakchott, and headed inland where she and her team jumped on the world’s longest cargo train (货运列车) for a 435-mile journey on the Mauritania Railway. “The train was dirty and uncomfortable but it was such an interesting and unique way to travel through the vast desert by train,” said MacDonald.

MacDonald and her group had to face many challenges on their journey. Except for the dirt and discomfort, the travelers also had to deal with the intense heat, violent winds and even dangerous sandstorms. “I was out taking photographs and within minutes, the wind increased to more than 100 miles an hour,” MacDonald said. “I thought my skin was going to be torn off because of the rain and blowing sand. It felt like sandpaper on my skin. I have never experienced winds that strong before. There was once a time when I wanted to give up.”

She dealt with the harsh (恶劣的) conditions by trying not to travel in the middle of the day and wore headscarves to protect herself from the sun and blowing sand. “The weather definitely dictates when and where you travel,” said MacDonald. Even with all the challenges, the photographer managed to record amazing images of the beautiful but harsh landscapes of Mauritania, and its fascinating cultures and communities.

1. Why did MacDonald tour the Sahara? (no more than 10 words)
2. How did MacDonald feel on the cargo train? (no more than 5 words)
3. Why did MacDonald once decide to give up her journey? (no more than 10 words)
4. What does the underlined word in the last paragraph mean? (1 word)
5. How does MacDonald’s story inspire you in life? Please explain. (no more than 20 words)

6 . At a young age, Patti Wilson was an epileptic (癫痫病患者). Her father, Jim Wilson, is a morning jogger. One day Patti said, “Daddy, what I’d really love to do is ________ with you every day, but I’m ________ I’ll have a seizure (癫痫发作).” Her father told her, “If you do, I know how to ________ it so let’s start running!”

That’s just what they did every day. It was a ________ experience for them to share and there were no seizures at all. After a few weeks, she told her father, “Daddy, what I’d really love to do is ________ the world’s long distance running record for women.” Her father ________ the Guiness Book of World Records and found that the ________ any woman had run was 80 miles. As a freshman in high school, Patti ________, “I’m going to run from Orange County up to San Francisco.” (A distance of 400 milcs.)

________ her handicap, Patti was as ambitious as she was enthusiastic, but she said she ________ the handicap of being an epileptic as simply an inconvenience. She focused not on what she had lost, but on what she had ________.

In her sophomore year (二年级) Patti’s classmates got ________ her. They built a giant poster that ________, “Run, Patti, Run!” She finished her second marathon Portland, ________ her last mile with the governor of Oregon. After four months of almost ________ running from the West Coast to the East Coast, Patti arrived in Washington. She told the media, “I wanted people to know that epileptics are ________ human beings.”

I told this story at one of my seminars not long ago, and afterward a big teary-eyed man came up to me, ________ his big hand and said, “Mark, my name is Jim Wilson. You were talking about my daughter, Patti.” Because of her constant ________, he told me, enough money had been ________ to open up 19 multi-million-dollar epileptic centers around the country.

If Patti Wilson can do so much with so little, what can you do to outperform (超出) yourself in a state of total ________?

1.

A．work

B．run

C．stay

D．play

2.

A．afraid

B．sure

C．curious

D．careful

3.

A．help

B．handle

C．fix

D．ignore

4.

A．private

B．different

C．wonderful

D．essential

5.

A．keep

B．destroy

C．seize

D．break

6.

A．checked

B．reviewed

C．afforded

D．examined

7.

A．latest

B．farthest

C．slowest

D．newest

8.

A．responded

B．invented

C．announced

D．argued

9.

A．In view of

B．In contrast with

C．On behalf of

D．In memory of

10.

A．stuck to

B．took on

C．made up

D．looked at

11.

A．earned

B．deserved

C．left

D．desired

12.

A．around

B．over

C．about

D．behind

13.

A．read

B．sounded

C．engaged

D．felt

14.

A．leaving

B．completing

C．attempting

D．fighting

15.

A．free

B．frequent

C．continuous

D．regular

16.

A．tough

B．cautious

C．typical

D．normal

17.

A．extended

B．took

C．felt

D．withdrew

18.

A．pressure

B．failure

C．efforts

D．challenge

19.

A．spent

B．drawn

C．lost

D．collected

20.

A．wealth

B．wellness

C．honour

D．action

7 . A ninth-grade Aledo track standout who was the victim of an unusual accident with a deer has returned to the varsity team (校队) and says his story offers a lesson for everyone: “Never stop trying.”

Jack Fink, 14, has always loved to run. "I've been running long distance since I was in third grade," Fink said. "It's the wind in my face. Just going as fast as possible."

One morning last month, Fink was running along a golf course not far from school — practicing with his team — when something faster than him hit him hard from behind. “I saw the sky and then I saw the ground and then my ears started ringing," he said. Some teammates saw what happened and helped him up.

“They told me a couple of minutes after, ‘Jack, you got hit by a deer!’ And I was like, ‘What? There's no way,’” he said Monday. He never even saw the deer, he said.

Fink was OK at first but as the hours went on his head started hurting. Fink then went to Cook Children's hospital. "They took me straight back to surgery and they told my mom and dad, ‘Hey, he may not make it,’” he said. X-rays found a skull fracture (颅骨骨折) and bleeding in his brain. He needed six screws (螺钉) to relieve the pressure, screws that will stay inside his head for the rest of his life.

He spent a few weeks at home recovering but wanted to run again. Not sure if he was up to it, his coaches put him on the junior varsity team at first.

"It's the craziest and the scariest thing I've had to deal with in my coaching career,” track coach Mike Pinkerton said of the incident. "He said, ‘Coach, I'm getting my spot back!’” Pinkerton said. At the junior varsity meet, Fink came in first. He then got his varsity spot back. “I felt like, ‘OK I can do this again. I'm back. I'm ready to run again,’” Fink said.

At a regional meet Monday in Lubbock, Fink was the fastest ninth-grader in the entire area. The state competition is in Round Rock next month, and Fink will be there with his team. "There's no excuse. You have to go through life and try your hardest with everything,” he said. “Never stop trying and just run.”

1. When did the accident happen?

A．When Fink was in third grade.	B．While Fink was playing golf at the course.
C．Before Fink saw the sky.	D．While Fink was training.

2. After hearing he was hit by a deer, Fink felt ________.

A．amused

B．astonished

C．annoyed

D．disappointed

3. What could be inferred from Para. 5?

A．The accident did him no harm.	B．He had to replace screws for life.
C．He was taken to the hospital immediately after the accident.	D．He had an operation on his head.

4. Why did the coach send Fink to the junior varsity team first?

A．Because Fink was still weak after his recovery.

B．Because the coach doubted about his fitness for the race.

C．Because the coach was mad with Fink's decision.

D．Because Fink had to pass the junior varsity meet first.

5. Which of the following is the passage probably taken from?

A．A novel.

B．A newspaper.

C．A brochure.

D．A diary.

8 . A Virginia third-grader has won two national awards for her exceptional skill in handwriting. That’s pretty remarkable on its own. But what makes the girl’s _________ extra special is that she accomplished it _________ having no hands.

On April 26, 9-year-old Anaya Ellick was named the _________ of the 2018 Zaner-Bloser National Handwriting Contest. The award _________ students with special needs who develop a great skill in handwriting. All participants have a mental or physical _________.

Anaya was born without hands on either arm. _________ she was fitted with prosthetics (假肢) for a time, she decided she was better off with her _________ ones and removed them. Instead, she has learned to _________ a pencil between her arms to draw and write. Two years ago, she made _________ across the world when she was named a winner in the contest’s print category. For 2018, she __________ again for her cursive writing.

Tracy Cox, Anaya’s teacher, said Anaya is a role __________ to other students. “Anaya does not let anything stand in her __________ of reaching her goals,” said Cox. “She is determined and independent. She has the best __________ in her class. Her classmates see her doing the __________ tasks and they are often __________ that she can do just as well, sometimes even better.” Anaya’s dad Gary Ellick said Anaya had always been __________. “It was always like ‘I can do it.’ I’m proud to see that hard work does __________,” he said.

Anaya was __________ at school on Wednesday, and the school shared photos of her with her new award and examples of her writing. But another __________ doesn’t mean she’s slowing down. When asked what’s __________ on her plate, she said, “Sports.”

1.

A．progress

B．determination

C．achievement

D．knowledge

2.

A．except

B．despite

C．beyond

D．without

3.

A．winner

B．applicant

C．competitor

D．agent

4.

A．represents

B．reminds

C．recognizes

D．recommends

5.

A．consequence

B．depression

C．strength

D．disability

6.

A．Though

B．Since

C．Unless

D．Before

7.

A．flexible

B．normal

C．basic

D．natural

8.

A．sharpen

B．decorate

C．hold

D．design

9.

A．comments

B．headlines

C．decisions

D．contributions

10.

A．won

B．settled

C．struggled

D．volunteered

11.

A．monitor

B．soldier

C．model

D．actress

12.

A．direction

B．way

C．path

D．route

13.

A．painting

B．leadership

C．quality

D．handwriting

14.

A．same

B．strange

C．urgent

D．boring

15.

A．satisfied

B．disappointed

C．amazed

D．upset

16.

A．peaceful

B．confident

C．intelligent

D．considerate

17.

A．work out

B．get along

C．take over

D．pay off

18.

A．honored

B．trapped

C．valued

D．rescued

19.

A．challenge

B．contest

C．opportunity

D．victory

20.

A．best

B．next

C．last

D．first

10 . Srikanth Bolla is a farmer’s son and he can’t see the world. But today, compared with him, even a large number of normal people have_________.

Srikanth was a born blind boy, whose family was very poor. His father used to do farm work to support his family. When he was born, the neighbors even_________ Srikanth’s parents to abandon him_________they thought that he would grow up to become a burden to them. Luckily his parents accepted him and_________ to take good care of him. As Srikanth grew older, his father began to worry about his son’s_________. There was no school in their village, so his father tried his best to let his son attend a(n)_________ school for the blind in the nearby city. After years of hard work, Srikanth graduated with_________ grades, which surprised everyone. His parents were also very happy with his _________. The boy was then___________to work harder at his studies.

__________, Srikanth was again faced with__________when he applied for entrance exams of colleges. He was not allowed to take the exams because of his physical__________. Almost all of the Indian colleges__________his request. Even then, Srikanth didn’t give up. He applied for some American universities online and__________became the first international blind student in Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT).

After graduation, Srikanth received many job offers from American companies, but he__________ to return to his motherland to start his__________. He set up Bollant Industries in Hyderabad, which __________ and trained disabled people to produce eco-friendly products. He really brought__________ changes to both the disabled and the environment.

Srikanth is a great__________ for all of us. He has inspired many__________people to overcome difficulties and follow their dreams bravely.

1.

A．fallen behind

B．calmed down

C．stayed up

D．set off

2.

A．ordered

B．advised

C．caused

D．helped

3.

A．as if

B．so that

C．though

D．because

4.

A．decided

B．refused

C．feared

D．happened

5.

A．courage

B．work

C．education

D．luck

6.

A．same

B．extra

C．empty

D．special

7.

A．complete

B．excellent

C．usual

D．terrible

8.

A．choice

B．activity

C．performance

D．suggestion

9.

A．encouraged

B．invited

C．reported

D．warned

10.

A．Moreover

B．Besides

C．Therefore

D．However

11.

A．support

B．difficulty

C．protection

D．competition

12.

A．training

B．growth

C．disability

D．possibility

13.

A．cared about

B．turned down

C．called on

D．handed in

14.

A．likely

B．commonly

C．hardly

D．successfully

15.

A．afforded

B．chose

C．forgot

D．learned

16.

A．career

B．tour

C．hobby

D．study

17.

A．accepted

B．controlled

C．mentioned

D．pushed

18.

A．traditional

B．positive

C．limited

D．natural

19.

A．researcher

B．partner

C．example

D．talent

20.

A．responsible

B．confident

C．unimportant

D．disadvantaged