1 . 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。

One afternoon in August, five years after Mom passed away, I was unpacking my groceries(食品杂货) in my kitchen. When I lifted my left hand out of a grocery bag, I suddenly couldn’t breathe. Looking at the ring on my finger, I found the star sapphire (蓝宝石)was gone. Mom had given me the ring on my twenty-first birthday. I had worn it every day for twenty-nine years. It was a reminder of Mom and a symbol of our love.

“No! No! No!” I yelled, hurrying to check the bag and the floor, and then my car, but the star sapphire was nowhere to be found. Feeling helpless, I called my best friend, Marie. “The star sapphire in my ring fell out. I don’t know what to do,” I said, extremely worried.

Marie replied, “Please don’t be anxious. Try to stay calm and positive. You can go back to the places you just visited and take a look.” But how could I keep hope in seemingly impossible situations? Anyway, I started my car and drove to the grocery store again. I couldn’t shake the feeling that there was little chance that I could find my stone.

Back at the grocery store, I pulled into the same parking spot and looked everywhere for my star sapphire. My hands and knees felt the hot ground as I searched crazily around and under my SUV car. Then I rushed inside the store, searching for a familiar face for more help. I spotted Amanda, a staff member whom I had met on previous shopping trips, and urgently tapped her on the shoulder. “I was just here twenty minutes ago and lost the stone of this ring. It’s very special to me. It’s from my late mom. Could you please help me look for it?” I cried, unaware that many other people around also heard my words.

Amanda’s eyes softened and she nodded understandingly. She immediately took a large mop(拖把) and started carefully sweeping it back and forth down the first aisle (过道) of the huge store.

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In tears, I called after her, “It’s light blue and small.”

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Suddenly, a customer near the counter excitedly called out loudly, “Oh, Madam, I’ve found it!”.

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2 . Find your new favorite hobby

Challenging and fun hobbies have the power to make us happier and healthier. They can lead to better physical health, lower stress, greater life satisfaction, a larger social network and improve work performance.     1     But where do you start? Here are some tips on how to discover the hobbies you don’t yet know you’ll love.

Ask yourself how you want to feel

Hobbies present an escape — they can help you get out of your head and calm down. Ask yourself how you want an activity to make you feel. Mentally engaged? Distracted? Relaxed? Socially connected?     2     Recognize that you have different needs at different moments, and that’s OK.

Start small

    3     Try to figure out gradually if it’s right for you. You can always do more later. If you’re wondering if paintballing might be a good fit, join an outing or two with a local Meet-up group. Or sign up for a one-time pottery class rather than a set of eight.

    4    

When people feel guilty about spending time on leisure, they experience increased symptoms of depression and anxiety. Give yourself permission to do something that you like and keep in mind that if a hobby makes you healthier and happier, everyone around you will benefit. Think of discovering new hobbies as a way to add new dimensions to your life, and enjoy the process.

Take a trip back in time

When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? The answer could point you toward an appealing hobby. Revisit some activities you loved when you were young, like drawing, putting together model kits, collecting things or building clay figures, which is really helpful to start your new hobbies.     5    

Keep a list

Keep a list on your fridge or other things of all the things that strike you as interesting. Write down potential interests as they come to you, and you’ll have no shortage of options to explore when you’re ready.

A．Remove guilt.

B．Keep optimistic.

C．Plus, they often promote connection with others.

D．Those childhood delights can easily develop into adult hobbies.

E．Don’t invest a ton of time and money in a new hobby immediately.

F．You should keep an open mind and don’t ignore some potential hobbies.

G．It’s also helpful to consider what your life is missing, like creativity or physical activity.

3 . Many young Tibetan college graduates long for a stable job in the public sector after graduation, but Samdrub Norbu is an exception. The 23-year-old founder of Yangchak Art has been running a Tibetan guitar business for more than half a year since getting his degree from Tibet University last year.

Samdrub Norbu, born to a Tibetan family in Lhokha, a cradle of Tibetan civilization, is captivated by Tibetan culture. “The Tibetan guitar is what I love. That’s why I chose this business,” Samdrub Norbu said. “I don’t know what the future hold, but I am happy every day about what I have been trying so far, never feeling tired.” He has a distinctive dual motive: earning a profit while preserving Tibetan musical instrument culture.

Despite finally achieving success, Samdrub Norbu’s business activities in Tibetan instruments got off to a shaky start. While still studying in college three years ago, he opened a shop in his home county selling music al instruments. However, the business failed and he lost almost 500,000 yuan ($69,000), which had a huge impact on him and his family.

“The most pain I suffered while having difficulties was not physical, but mental,” he said. During his darkest days, his relatives—apart from his supportive mother and father—friends and even his girlfriend, abandoned him.

In spite of the failure and setbacks in life, his strong determination to fulfill his dream emboldened him once more and supported him in the success of running the same business again after his graduation. In just a few months since opening the first shop in Lhasa last year, his business has already expanded, with a second shop opening in Lhasa four months ago. The number of staff in his workshop has grown to 10.

Besides selling various Tibetan guitars, he also operates a workshop to produce them himself and runs Tibetan guitar learning courses for beginners. He aims to found an art school in the future.

“Like the Tibetan saying, ‘There is no room for sorrow in a place where one can find music and dancing’, I believe what I have been doing can bring happiness to others.”

1. Why is Samdrub Norbu referred to as an exception?

A．He graduated with honours.	B．He pursued a stable job.
C．He enjoyed playing the Tibetan guitar.	D．He started his own business.

2. Which is closest in meaning to “captivated” in paragraph 2?

A．Confused.

B．Attracted.

C．Identified.

D．Represented.

3. What contributed most to Norbu’s success?

A．His academic achievement.	B．His trustworthy relatives.:
C．His strong resolution.	D．His wealthy families.

4. What can we learn from the text?

A．A man can do no more than he can.	B．Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
C．A good beginning makes a good ending.	D．Do what you love and love what you do.

4 . Praying for Bea

I suddenly woke up in the middle of the night with Bea on my mind. I could not seem to _________ her name or her face from my thoughts so I decided to pray for her. I had no idea why but I knew that I should pray.

Bea had been my son’s _________ writing teacher three years earlier. We were just acquaintances (相识). I didn’t understand why I had such a strong _________ to pray for her.

The next morning, I had my usual Bible study group to _________. It was at the church where my son had attended kindergarten.

When I arrived early and entered the meeting room, a friend called out to me to see this woman who had to decide whether or not to _________ a heart transplant. She needed it badly, but her husband had just _________ and she worried about who would raise her four young boys if she didn’t _________ it through the transplant.

The woman was Bea. In shock, I told my friend, “I have been _________ for her all night.”

I had no idea that Bea had been on the waiting list for a heart transplant at UCLA, looking out a window at Bea sitting in her car making that _________.

I have often wondered since that night how many other people might also have had the same wake-up call to pray for Bea.

Bea decided to get the __________. She told me later that she had asked God if He could please make that transplant last for ten years so that she could raise the boys before it __________

God answered her prayers and the new transplanted heart __________ eleven years. This brought the ages of her sons to eighteen through twenty-eight years of age. They were well past the age of needing to be __________.

Bea received yet a second heart transplant and is __________ doing very well, enjoying her family and her grandkids. And the __________ is that we ended up becoming good friends!

1.

A．shake

B．have

C．get

D．bring

2.

A．high school

B．primary school

C．college

D．kindergarten

3.

A．envy

B．sympathy

C．urge

D．belief

4.

A．go

B．attend

C．prepare

D．skip

5.

A．undergo

B．relieve

C．cease

D．examine

6.

A．stopped

B．retired

C．injured

D．died

7.

A．sustain

B．restore

C．make

D．refresh

8.

A．praying

B．criticizing

C．thinking

D．starving

9.

A．policy

B．guarantee

C．decision

D．plan

10.

A．favour

B．examination

C．transplant

D．guidance

11.

A．turned down

B．wore out

C．stressed out

D．gave off

12.

A．refreshed

B．submitted

C．invested

D．lasted

13.

A．arisen

B．raised

C．risen

D．cared

14.

A．currently.

B．frequently

C．repeatedly

D．tightly

15.

A．motive

B．bonus

C．comfort

D．expectation

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。

POOR DAVY

It was break time at the village school, surrounded by acres of vibrant flower fields. The bell had rung, and the children had run out into the bright sunshine, wild with laughter and fun.

All the children but poor Davy. He came out last, very slowly, but he did not laugh. He was in trouble, and the bright, golden sunlight failed to cheer him up.

As he walked across the yard, his eyes fell upon the vibrant flowers that bloomed in vivid colors among the rolling green fields. All kinds of violets (紫罗兰) nodded their heads in the breeze, as if trying to cheer him up. Yet Davy’s heart was too heavy to appreciate their beauty.

He walked across the fields, and sat down on a stone behind the old maple. A little bird on the highest branch sang just to make him laugh. But Davy did not notice it. He was thinking of the cruel words that had been said about his ragged (破烂的) clothes. Tears welled up in his eyes, and streamed down his cheeks.

Poor Davy had no father, and his mother had to work hard to keep him at school.

That evening, Davy took the path home that led across the fields and through the woods. The sun was setting, casting a golden hue over the flowering meadows. But Davy’s heart was still heavy, so he walked with his head bowed.

Davy did not wish to trouble his mother; so he lingered a while among the trees, and at last threw himself on the green moss (苔藓) under them. Just then, his teacher came along. She saw who it was, stopped, and then kindly asked,“What is the matter, Davy?”

He did not speak, but the tears began again to start. “Won’t you tell me? Perhaps I can help you.” she asked gently, kneeling beside him.

Then he told her all his trouble. When he ended, she said, cheerily, “I have a plan, Davy, that I think will help you.”

注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

“Oh, what is it?” he said, sitting up with a look of hope, while a tear fell upon a blue violet.

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So, day after day, Davy hunted in the woods for the prettiest flowers and mosses.

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6 . 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。

Porcelain, a fine and delicate ceramic, has long been prized for its beauty and elegance. Each piece, whether ancient or modern,     1     (reflect) the unique traditions, aesthetics (审美), and skills of its makers. The fact     2     the country and the material share the same name in English — “China”, is a testament to the Europeans’ long     3     (aware) of the significance of porcelain in Chinese civilization.

Porcelain found     4     (it) way to Europe in the 15th century, occupying an important position in the exchanges between China and other countries. The Keise l Randy Museum in Germany, for instance, houses a blue-and-white bowl     5     (date) back to the Ming dynasty, representative of the conciseness and elegance that Chinese porcelain symbolizes.

Throughout history, China, along with other Asian countries, maintained a busy and vast trade in porcelain     6     Europe. From 1602 to 1682, the Dutch East India Company transported over 16 million porcelain     7     (article) to Europe, further establishing China’s reputation for producing delicate ceramics.

Porcelain played     8     important role in the European idealization of China during the 17th and 18th centuries. The rococo style, popular in Europe during that period,     9     (influence) by the “Chinese vogue,” evident in the styles of porcelain and gardens inspired by China.

In conclusion, porcelain remains an eternal material,     10     beauty and diversity continue to appeal to people, making it a timeless treasure.

7 . Four-legged robots like Boston Dynamics’ Spot and Cheetah owe almost all their quickness to fancy footwork. In biology, however, a four-legged animal’s movement, flexibility, and complex motor functions come almost entirely from its spine (脊柱). If artificial spines could be put into such designs, engineers could find entirely new approaches to accurate mobility.

Now, engineers are reportedly a few steps further towards spine-centric, four-legged bots thanks to a research team’s rat-inspired robot. NeRmo is a biomimetic and four-legged robot that depends on an innovative motor-tendon (运动肌腱的) structure to move around environments.

As far as looks go, NeRmo mirrors a mouse’s bone system. The robot’s solid front half houses its electronics systems, while its latter half functions much as an actual flexible spine would. Artificial tendons passing through the spine as well as the robot’s arm and knee joints allow NeRmo even more mouselike movements alongside quicker turning times. NeRmo’s tendon system prevented the need for any muscle while still allowing for smooth bending capabilities, i. e. side-to-side, and up-and-down.

To test their new design, the team ran NeRmo through a series of four experiments to demonstrate balancing, straight-line walking, quick turning, and maze navigation. Each trial included two rounds — one with the spinal system engaged, and the other with it disabled. Across the board, NeRmo performed the tasks better, faster, and more accurately when it combined the spine with its movements. Maze navigation, however, was NeRmo’s true shining moment. With its spine engaged, the mouse-bot completed its maze runs much faster than simply wandering through without spinal support.

Although still in its early stages, researchers believe further design involving the spinal systems in future four-legged robots could vastly improve their functionality. If NeRmo wasn’t proof enough, think of it this way — MIT’s Cheetah can run 13 feet per second with just one joint copying the bending of the spine forward and backward. NeRmo, meanwhile, has eight joints.

1. What is the limitation of Boston Dynamics’ Spot and Cheetah?

A．Having an unattractive appearance.

B．Referring to few biological bases.

C．Having a strict range of applications.

D．Lacking spine-based moving accuracy.

2. Which of the following makes NeRmo move more like mice?

A．The tendon system.	B．The bone system.
C．The muscle system.	D．The knee joint.

3. What did the four testing experiments find?

A．NeRmo had a great sense of direction.

B．The spinal system bettered NeRmo’s movement.

C．NeRmo without an artificial spine lost control easily.

D．Artificial spines gave hope to disabled animals.

4. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A．Putting NeRmo into use has difficulties in practice.

B．Reducing the number of joints in robots is necessary.

C．Applying spinal systems to robots has a promising outlook.

D．Creating more four-legged robots is a matter of time.

8 . It wasn’t until I got into college and took a class on creative writing that I began to trust my own madness. The professor encouraged us to color outside the lines and trust our abilities as a writer. We had weekly sessions where we read each other’s work and had to give constructive criticism.

On our first assignment, I struggled with getting my ideas onto paper. I knew that kind of story I wanted to tell, but as a reserved young man, I was terrified of judgement from my peers. I was afraid they would think my writing was too dark or really messed up. But finally, after spending hours thinking of making the writing more socially acceptable, I decided to write it like I felt it.

In the next critique session, I was shocked at the reaction from my peers. There was some constructive criticism, which really helped me improve, but overall, they loved how realistic and convincing my writing was. At the end of the class, the professor asked me if she could use my assignment as a sample for her other classes to know that they can trust their own madness with their writing.

For the final we had a huge paper for which we had to write on Henry V. The professor encouraged me to write it in the voice I had developed in the creative writing class, so I did. The consequence was that she called it a graduate level paper and asked to use it as another sample.

That year I ended up winning a writing award. I also entered a writing contest online and out of hundreds of entries, got an honorable mention. And that was when I decided to have a shot at fiction.

1. What does the underlined phrase “color outside the lines” mean in the first paragraph?

A．Stress the words.	B．Generate new ideas.
C．Add color to the lines.	D．Take risks.

2. What happened with the author’s first assignment?

A．He messed it up.	B．He didn’t know how to do it.
C．He felt insecure about it.	D．He adjusted it in an acceptable way.

3. What can we know from paragraph 3?

A．His peers thought his writing was persuasive.

B．His peers criticized his writing style.

C．The professor asked him to teach others to write.

D．His writing reached graduate level.

4. What was the secret of the author’s success in writing?

A．His persistence in writing.	B．Trust in his own madness.
C．His professor’s encouragement.	D．Constructive criticism from his peers.

9 . 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。

Chinese acrobatic (杂技) dates back to the Neolithic, when ancient people developed it from daily life for enjoyment and celebration. The use of daily items such as tables, chairs, bowls and plates     1     (be) common in their performances. By the time of the Han Dynasty, the art of acrobatics     2     (achieve) great progress in both content and variety. There were wonderful acrobatic performances     3     background music on the stage. During the Tang Dynasty, the number of acrobats greatly increased and their skills improved a great deal.

    4     (regard) as part of the national heritage, Chinese acrobatics features the ability     5     (maintain) balance in performance movements. For example,     6     experienced acrobat can walk on 3-meter-high poles while juggling 7 bowls. Acrobats can act like fish swimming     7     (smooth) in the water, birds flying through trees and butterflies dancing among flowers, showcasing wonderful skills     8     require years of hard training. And the performances reflect humans’spirit of braving hardships and dangers while seeking     9     (perfect).

Modern Chinese acrobatics has set up a designing and directing system. It is aimed at creating beautiful stage images and     10     (harmony) effects of music, clothing, props, and lighting to bring about a fully developed stage art.

10 . Every Saturday we trained with the same marathon running club. I had no idea he was blind because he _________ past me alongside his guide runner. It took a few weeks before I was _________ asking him what, if anything, he could see. I wasn’t just _________ by his running times. He also had a beautiful smile that lit up the room.

We had our first _________ date climbing the famous sand dune on Pacific Coast Highway. Eight years into our marriage, Adrian decided to learn to _________, so he could fulfill his dream of competing in an Ironman triathlon.

Adrian’s first lesson was a _________, but his coach’s enthusiasm was short-lived. His next instructor was easy to give in and recommended my husband _________ swimming. So, being a competitive swimmer in high school, I was _________ I could teach him.

Soon I realized how much of a _________ swimming was for my husband, even with a tether rope. His progress at each lesson was slow but __________. Nearly a month later, he tried without the tether rope, but __________ going in the wrong direction. Every time I raised my voice over the roaring waves he felt so __________ by my instructions.

Fortunately these days we laugh because Adrian is even faster than I am. He has grown more __________ with me when I have to raise my voice. I, __________, no longer say, “You went the wrong way!”, which makes him feel bad. Instead, I say, “Over here,” to which he ________ , and then swims back toward me.

1.

A．jumped

B．flew

C．rode

D．drove

2.

A．comfortable

B．pleased

C．awkward

D．anxious

3.

A．influenced

B．defeated

C．confused

D．impressed

4.

A．easy

B．official

C．vital

D．complete

5.

A．run

B．bike

C．swim

D．diet

6.

A．mess

B．relief

C．success

D．disaster

7.

A．abandon

B．keep

C．risk

D．appreciate

8.

A．confident

B．doubtful

C．grateful

D．fortunate

9.

A．benefit

B．burden

C．regret

D．struggle

10.

A．slim

B．steady

C．hard

D．alarming

11.

A．gradually

B．rarely

C．cautiously

D．frequently

12.

A．encouraged

B．worried

C．frustrated

D．surprised

13.

A．patient

B．careful

C．popular

D．disappointed

14.

A．in fact

B．in brief

C．in turn

D．in return

15.

A．looks

B．nods

C．bows

D．shouts