1 . 阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词,或使用括号里的词的适当形式填空, 并在答题纸上写出答案。

I had to wait for them to call number 63 before I could get my food.     1     (give) a plate by a lady, I felt ashamed, embarrassed. I wondered if she thought that I was worse than her.   However, before I knew it, I received my food: a little container with a meal and some pudding. I did not have to look at the woman any more.     2     feeling of shame slowly disappeared.

Ivon suggested that we walk to Bayside. When we arrived, Ivon told me     3     desperately had to use the bathroom. He began to take     4     from his pocket that he wanted to leave with me. I thought it was a phone,     5     it was a knife. “You never know when you have to use this,” he said.

After about twenty minutes, Ivon came back. He suggested     6     we move nearer to the Miami River where it was cooler. I walked down the street,     7     (hold) the plastic bag with my food. We settled down under some coconut trees. He pointed out some police officers     8     (stand) in an area where the     9     (home) used to sleep next to a hotel.

“I guess they didn’t want us next to the hotel. You can’t have people looking     10     of their windows and seeing us,” he said.

2 . Write a composition of 100-150 words, including the following content:
1. In your opinion, is Yang Liwei a hero? Why, or why not?
2. What do you think a true hero should be like?
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3 . There is a man who I’d like to tell you about. His name is Sandy Greenberg. Sandy was a very good student, but he came from a poor family. And so he went to Columbia University, but while there, he became blind.

But something else happened to Sandy that may surprise you. Sandy said that when he lost his sight, his roommate would read his textbooks to him, every night. As a result, Sandy went on to graduate. He got a scholarship, and he went off to study at Oxford.

One day, Sandy got a call at Oxford, and his former roommate said, “Sandy, I’m really unhappy. I really don’t like being in graduate school, and I don’t want to do this.”

So Sandy asked, “Well, what do you want to do?”

And his roommate told him, “Sandy, I really love to sing. I have a high school friend who plays the guitar. And we would really like to try the music business. But we need to make a record, and in order to do that I need $500.”

So Sandy Greenberg told me he took all his life savings and sent it to his roommate. He told me, “You know, what else could I do? He made my life; I needed to help make his life.”

I almost forgot. You probably are wanting to know who Sandy’s roommate was. I think you’ve heard of him. Sandy’s roommate was a fellow by the name of Art Garfunkel, and he teamed up with another musician by the name of Paul Simon. That $500 helped them make a record that eventually became “The Sound of Silence.”

I hope you’ll remember the power of doing well by doing good. Each of you, in your own lives, will be faced with challenges and problems that you didn’t expect. How you are able to deal with adversity will be influenced by how you deal with others along the way. What you get will depend a lot on what you give. And that’s the end of the story of doing well, by doing good.

More importantly, when you get to be my age, you will find yourself beginning to ask, did my life make a difference? I think the only way to face this question is to consider, every day of your life: How can I do something for somebody else? How can I give back to others? It may be teaching, it may be becoming a doctor, you may be successful in business — no matter what your career path, there will always be the opportunity to give back. The chance will present itself to give your time, give your money, but mostly, to give your own heart and soul.

1. When Sandy Greenberg lost his sight, ____________.

A．he had thoughts of quitting college	B．he overcame the difficulties on his own
C．he borrowed a friend’s notes	D．a friend helped him with his study

2. From the passage, we know that ____________.

A．Sandy had a difficult time at Oxford

B．Sandy and his roommate both went on studying after their graduation

C．singing was one of Sandy’s hobbies

D．Sandy’s roommate was a great success at graduate school

3. The writer tells the story of Sandy and his roommate ____________.

A．to encourage us to face difficulties bravely

B．to tell us to change our path in life if we want to

C．to show that disabled people can succeed with help

D．to tell us that by helping others, we can also help ourselves

4. The underlined word ‘adversity’ in Paragraph 8 is closest in meaning to ____________.

A．difficulty

B．generosity

C．kindness

D．friendship

5. The writer probably thinks that the true meaning of life is ____________.

A．helping others to make sure that we are successful

B．using our life to make a difference to others

C．being a teacher so that we can give back to others

D．starting to be generous when we become older

4 . The clock rules our lives. The more we try to save time, the less time we seem to have. In every area of our lives we are doing things faster. And many of us live in towns and cities which are getting noisier and more stressful as each day passes. But now a worldwide movement, whose aim is to slow life down, has started. Its supporters are people who believe that a happier and healthier way of life is possible.

The Slow Food movement was founded the day that an Italian journalist, Carlo Petrini, saw that McDonald’s had opened a restaurant in a beautiful square in Rome. He thought it was sad that many people today live too quickly to sit down for a proper meal and only eat much fast food. He decided that he had to try to do something about it and so he started the Slow Food movement. Slow Food has become a global organization ever since and now has more than 80,000 members in 100 countries.

Slow Food also encourages people to eat local and regional food, to use local shops and markets, to eat out in small family restaurants, and to cook with traditional recipes.

The idea of Slow Cities was inspired by the Slow Food movement. The aim of Slow Cities is to improve people’s quality of life. Towns which want to become a Slow City have to reduce traffic and noise, increase the number of green areas, plant trees, build pedestrian zones, and promote local businesses and traditions. Now it has spread to other countries all over the world, from the UK to Japan and Australia. There are now 135 Slow Cities in 24 countries across the world that have been named since founding of the organization in 1999. Gao Chun County, in east China’s Jiangsu Province, is expected to be named the first “Slow City” in China next year.

“Slow Cities are about having a community life in the town,” said a local resident. “It is not ‘slow’ as in ‘stupid’. It is ‘slow’ as in the opposite of ‘worried’ and ‘stressful’.”

But not everybody is happy. For teenagers, who have to go 25km to Norwich, the nearest city, to buy CDs, living in a Slow City is not very attractive. “It’s all right here for adults,” says Lewis Cook, 16. “But if you want excitement, you have to go to Norwich. We need more things here for young people.”

1. What’s the aim of the Slow Food movement?

A．To call on people to eat out.	B．To make people enjoy cooking.
C．To drive McDonald’s out of Rome	D．To encourage people to slow down.

2. All the following are necessary to be a Slow City EXCEPT ____________.

A．reducing traffic and noise	B．increasing the number of green areas
C．building more department stores	D．promoting local businesses and traditions

3. From the fourth paragraph, we know that ____________.

A．Slow Food was founded in 1999	B．there is no Slow City in China now
C．Slow Cities are mainly in the UK	D．there are about 24 Slow Cities in the world

4. How does Lewis Cook feel about living in a Slow City?

A．Satisfied.

B．Excited.

C．Happy.

D．Dissatisfied.

5. Which of the following would the founders of Slow Food agree with?

A．Slow down and you’ll move fast.	B．Time flies never to be recalled.
C．Eat slowly and you’ll be healthy.	D．Pay attention to the quality of life.

5 . I was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia, and it was a shock to my parents that I arrived without arms or legs. My parents did their very best to keep me in the mainstream school system and give me every opportunity to live to the fullest.

We later moved to Brisbane, Australia. At age eight, I could not see a bright future ahead and I became depressed. When I was ten years old, I decided to end my life by drowning myself in a bathtub. After a couple of attempts, I realized that I did not want to leave my loved ones with the burden and guilt (愧疚) that would result from my suicide. I could not do that to them.

I wasn’t depressed my entire childhood, but I did have ups and downs. At age thirteen I hurt my foot, which I use for many things like typing, writing and swimming. That injury made me realize that I need to be more thankful for my abilities and less focused on my disabilities.

A cleaner at my high school inspired me to start speaking about my faith and overcoming adversity when I was seventeen. Then, I found myself in front of three hundred sophomore (grade 10) students and I was very nervous. My knees were shaking. Within the first three minutes of my talk, half the girls were crying, and most of the boys were struggling to hold their emotions together. One girl in particular was sobbing very hard. We all looked at her and she put her hand up. She said, “I am so sorry to interrupt, but can I come up and hug you?”

She came and hugged me in front of everyone, and whispered in my ear, “Thank you, thank you, thank you. No one has ever told me that they loved me and that I am beautiful the way I am.” Her gratitude inspired me to go across 44 countries and speak 2,000 times. I realized that we all need love and hope.

I spoke on motivational topics after creating the company ‘Attitude is Altitude’ to spread my messages of faith and hope around the world.

Dream big, my friend and never give up. We all make mistakes, but none of us are mistakes. Take one day at a time. Embrace (拥抱) the positive attitudes, perspectives (思考方法), principles (原则) and truths I share, and you too will overcome.

1. Nick first became depressed when ____________.

A．he was ten years old	B．he decided to end his life
C．he thought his future wouldn’t be bright	D．he realized he had no arms and legs

2. Which of the following made Nick more thankful?

A．his faith in God	B．an injury to his foot
C．the advice of his parents	D．a talk with his teacher

3. Nick was inspired to start giving speeches by ____________.

A．his parents

B．a girl

C．a cleaner

D．a boy

4. The girl mentioned in the passage probably cried because ____________.

A．she felt sorry about Nick’s disability	B．she realized her mistakes after hearing Nick
C．she was sad that Nick could never pull through	D．Nick moved her with some encouraging words

5. Which of the following would Nick probably most agree with?

A．With a positive attitude, any dream can be achieved.

B．Those who are disabled live happier lives than normal people.

C．By focusing on our disabilities, we can overcome them.

D．We should focus on what we can do, not what we can’t.

6 . Time magazine named its choice of the 100 “Most Influential (有影响力的) People in the World” on Wednesday. On the _________ were Barack Obama; Mitt Romney; Hillary Clinton; Warren Buffett; Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge; Pippa Middleton; Tim Tebow; Jeremy Lin and Matt Lauer.

Jeremy Lin, New York Knicks starting point guard, is a person that many _________ can take as an example, according to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan who _________ the ball player for being one of the world’s most _________ persons. In the article, the secretary of education said kids can learn a great _________ from the injured Knicks point guard who is a _________ of Harvard University.

“Jeremy Lin’s story is a great lesson for kids everywhere. In life, there are many prejudices (偏见) that _________ hold children back. However, Lin’s success can show that these prejudices are _________. For example, in the past, many people didn’t believe an Asian-American could _________ in the NBA, but Lin has proved them wrong - and he’s shown that it’s ______________ to be a world-class athlete on the court as well as a(n) ______________ student off the court.” Duncan wrote.

“It’s great to see good values and the right attitude ______________ in professional sports because that doesn’t always happen,” Duncan said in the Time report. “Often it’s the selfish sportsman that gets celebrated - not people who play for the ______________ and work together to achieve a goal bigger than themselves.”

We spoke to Lin’s ______________, and they seemed to be proud of the young basketball star and praised the amazing effect he’d had on their team, but Lin stayed ______________ about the recognition, and reacted on Twitter by saying “Now I’m blushing (脸红).”

1.

A．road

B．way

C．world

D．list

2.

A．children

B．stars

C．athletes

D．players

3.

A．criticised

B．praised

C．attacked

D．disliked

4.

A．influential

B．skilful

C．talented

D．selfless

5.

A．lesson

B．skill

C．move

D．knowledge

6.

A．graduate

B．professor

C．student

D．coach

7.

A．fortunately

B．surprisingly

C．amazingly

D．unfairly

8.

A．common

B．untrue

C．necessary

D．useful

9.

A．coach

B．work

C．succeed

D．fail

10.

A．useful

B．possible

C．easy

D．difficult

11.

A．poor

B．lazy

C．excellent

D．normal

12.

A．rewarded

B．forgotten

C．replaced

D．covered

13.

A．country

B．fame

C．money

D．team

14.

A．family

B．teammates

C．friends

D．parents

15.

A．modest

B．optimistic

C．excited

D．happy

7 . Right at this moment, cockroaches (蟑螂) are doing more to save the environment than you are. A big overstatement? Not if you’ve ever thrown away leftovers from your plate or bought more food than you could manage to cook in a week. You’re part of the food waste problem. But just like cockroaches, you can also be part of the solution.

For example, some farmers in Asia and Africa collect tomatoes in big bags, which means that many of them get crushed out of shape and spoiled before they can be sold or eaten. Switching the bags for large wooden containers already lowers the amount of food lost. Similar successes can and have been achieved in various regions with weather-protected storage facilities.

Let’s focus on China for a second. It’s one of the few countries with an innovative approach to minimizing the environmental impact of food waste. How does it do it? Cockroaches. Millions of the tiny creatures are kept in farms in the suburban districts of big cities. Every morning, food waste is delivered by the tonnes and fed to the cockroaches. Just like tiny pigs, they’re not picky and devour everything quickly. After they die, they’re processed into protein-rich feed for animals such as cows or sheep, or used for cosmetic products and Chinese medicine. It’s an efficient and environmentally-friendly alternative to dumping leftover food in a landfill. Cockroaches aren’t going to solve the problem with food waste, but they can serve as an inspiration for finding other similar solutions on a wider scale.

To avoid food waste completely, improvements are needed at every step of the food supply chain, from production to retail. These take time and are often out of your hands as a consumer. But a meaningful reduction of food waste is definitely in your hands. You can not only buy less and shop more often, but also cut down on animal products.

1. Which link in the food supply chain does paragraph 2 focus on?

A．Processing.

B．Packaging.

C．Transporting.

D．Trading.

2. What does the underlined word “devour” in paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．Preserve.

B．Transform.

C．Grasp.

D．Swallow.

3. What do we know about the practice of raising cockroaches in paragraph 3?

A．It is widely used around the world.

B．It solves the problem with food waste.

C．It lessens the environmental impact of pigs.

D．It inspires people to seek creative solutions.

4. What does the text mainly talk about?

A．Some solutions to food waste.

B．The current state of food waste.

C．Cockroaches’ help to save the environment.

D．Some factors contributing to food waste.

8 . I have never been a very self-assured person. Leaving India for the United Kingdom to pursue my research career, I felt more out of_______than ever before. At work, I_______away from engaging in_______or putting forward my opinions. I was afraid my colleagues would find how weak I really felt. I started to_______more and more to myself.

That began to change after consultant suggested I _______a nearby concert by a famous singer from my home country. So, there I was in the_______concert hall, surrounded by_______— all of us clapping and singing along to the_______songs. It proved to be a turning point.

I began to do more things_______, including going out for ice cream and to the movies. I even planned a day trip to a picturesque city a few hours away. Soon I wanted to venture farther away. I decided on a________solo hiking and sightseeing trip to the Alps. At first, I________to join the chance conversations with strangers. But eventually, I started to enjoy listening to others’ stories and telling mine.

My growing________carried over to work, where I started to________and put forward my opinions. I________colleagues to design and conduct experiments. I finally felt like a________and active member of the group.

1.

A．order

B．date

C．danger

D．place

2.

A．broke

B．shied

C．looked

D．pulled

3.

A．games

B．parties

C．discussion

D．adaptation

4.

A．show

B．send

C．keep

D．give

5.

A．organize

B．attend

C．register

D．interview

6.

A．packed

B．illegal

C．quiet

D．decorated

7.

A．colleagues

B．musicians

C．designers

D．strangers

8.

A．familiar

B．foreign

C．native

D．funny

9.

A．otherwise

B．somehow

C．alone

D．nevertheless

10.

A．multicultural

B．multitask

C．multiday

D．multitrack

11.

A．determined

B．pretended

C．continued

D．hesitated

12.

A．self-interest

B．self-image

C．self-confidence

D．self-control

13.

A．speak up

B．work out

C．settle down

D．take in

14.

A．helped

B．commanded

C．forbade

D．urged

15.

A．humble

B．significant

C．generous

D．likable

9 . Bad judgments are meant to feed our own personal ego (自我意识) and put others down, which is not the healthiest thing to do. Here are five reasons why you should stop it now.

You start finding faults in everyone. Judging quickly moves on to more private areas of your life.     1     You fail to appreciate them and start getting dissatisfied with them. You become critical of even those who matter to you.

Judging becomes a habit. If you judge people, sooner or later, it becomes a habit, and you start judging everyone around you for the tiniest of things.     2     And you might dismiss even the best of people through these microscopic judgments.

People begin to distrust you. If you pass judgments about other people in front of your audience, you will lose their trust. As they will begin to feel that if you can judge others in front of them, you can talk about them behind their back.     3    

Judgment is a sign of unhappiness. If you are 100% happy with who you are, you are a lot less likely to feel the need to judge others. If you are self-assured, you will not feel the need to cast a downward glance at others.     4     Either way, it is a negative attitude.

    5     If you’re judging others, you’re probably judging yourself pretty harshly as well. You often tend to think that if you are judging people by what they wear, someone might in turn judge you, which, as a consequence, makes you extremely concerned with your appearance.

A．You are viewed positively by people.

B．You start taking yourself too seriously.

C．Hence, seeing others positively shows we are positive people.

D．You judge their clothing, actions, success, values, and everything.

E．Likewise, you also judge because you feel you are better than others.

F．You start judging your close ones; friends, family members, partner, etc.

G．And no one wants to make friends with someone often talking unkindly about others.

10 . -Our environment is getting worse than before.
-You are right. But thanks to Earth Day, people have done more and more useful things to protect the earth since Earth Day ______.

A．is started

B．was started

C．has started

D．starts