2 . 阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

A Mother’s Love

My mom only had one eye. I hated her. She was such an embarrassment. She cooked for students and teachers to support the family.

There was one day during elementary school (小学) when my mom came over to say hello to me. I was so embarrassed.

How could she do this to me? I ignored her, threw her a hateful look and ran out. The next day at school one of my classmates said, “Your mom only has one eye!”

I wanted to bury myself. I also wanted my mom to just disappear. I confronted (面对) her that day and said, “If you’re only going to make me a laughing stock, why don’t you just die?”

My mom did not respond. I didn’t even stop to think for a second about what I had said, because I was full of anger. I took no notice of her feelings at all.

I wanted to be out of that house, and have nothing to do with her. So I studied really hard, and got a chance to go abroad for further education.

Then, I got married. I bought a house of my own. I had kids of my own. I was happy with my life, my kids and the comforts. Then one day, my mother came to visit me. She hadn’t seen me in years and she didn’t even meet her grandchildren.

When she stood by the door, my children laughed at her, and I shouted at her for coming over uninvited. I screamed at her, “How dare you come to my house and scare my children! GET OUT OF HERE! NOW!!!”

And to this, my mother quietly answered, “Oh, I’m so sorry. I may have gotten the wrong address.” and she was soon out of sight.

One day, a letter regarding a school reunion (同学聚会) came to my house. So I lied to my wife that I was going on a business trip. After the reunion, I went to the old house just out of curiosity.

My neighbors said that she died. I did not shed a single tear. They handed me a letter that she had wanted me to have.

注意:
1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2.应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
3.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
4.续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
Paragraph 1:
My dearest son,

I think of you all the time and I’m sorry that

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paragraph 2:

You see, when you were very little,

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

With all my love to you.

Your mother

3 . American women usually identify their best friend as someone ________they can talk frequently.

A．who

B．about which

C．as

D．with whom

4 . Last month, Mr. and Mrs. Walter moved to a small town because they both _________ from work and wanted to _________a peaceful life. After being there _________ a short time, Mrs. Walter complained(抱怨) to her next-door _________. She told him about the poor service _______ she received at the local convenient store. She was hoping the neighbor would repeat her _________to the store owner.

The next day the newcomer went to the store._________ greeted her with a big smile. He told her how _________ he was to see her again, and said he hoped she liked their _________. He also offered himself as a resource to Mrs. Walter and her husband as they got settled. Then he took care of her order________.

Mrs. Walter was very __________. When she got home, she reported the big ________ to her neighbor. “I suppose you told him how poor I thought the __________was,” she guessed.

“Well, no,” the neighbor said, “__________ —and I hope you don’t mind—I told him you were amazed at the way he had __________this small town store, which was no easy job, and that you thought it was one of the __________stores you’d ever seen.”

Mrs. Walter’s neighbor __________ that all people want to be __________. Actually, most people will do nearly anything for you __________you treat them respectfully. That means making it clear to them that their feelings are ________, and their opinions are precious.

1.

A．learned

B．retired

C．came

D．recovered

2.

A．live

B．save

C．change

D．remember

3.

A．of

B．on

C．at

D．for

4.

A．sister

B．stranger

C．newcomer

D．neighbor

5.

A．where

B．that

C．what

D．how

6.

A．happiness

B．dissatisfaction

C．honesty

D．joke

7.

A．Mr. Walter

B．Mrs. Walter

C．The owner

D．The neighbor

8.

A．happy

B．funny

C．lucky

D．polite

9.

A．way

B．friend

C．order

D．town

10.

A．quickly

B．sadly

C．angrily

D．easily

11.

A．proud

B．interested

C．surprised

D．disappointed

12.

A．success

B．change

C．decision

D．idea

13.

A．place

B．man

C．store

D．service

14.

A．For example

B．At least

C．In fact

D．After all

15.

A．paid for

B．built up

C．found out

D．thought about

16.

A．best-run

B．most modern

C．busiest

D．cleanest

17.

A．understood

B．forgot

C．pretended

D．hoped

18.

A．helped

B．educated

C．respected

D．corrected

19.

A．until

B．unless

C．if

D．though

20.

A．embarrassing

B．exciting

C．shameful

D．important

5 . Pollution inside homes and other buildings kills more than 4 million people each year. Many people die as a result of breathing smoke or from cooking over wood-powered or coal-powered stoves.

One way to reduce the number of deaths is through cooking equipment powered by the sun. Crosby Menzies, a solar power expert in a South African company, described his latest solar cooker called the “Sol-4”. “It is four square meters of mirrors, six to eight meters in length. It is quite a large cooker.”

The “Sol-4” works by reflecting(反射) light from the sun off large mirrors. The mirrors direct the light at a cooking pan. Then the light heats the pan with solar energy. Within two minutes, the pan is hot enough to cook sausages and onions. In just four minutes, water can be boiled. That is as fast as cooking with natural gas or electricity.

The cooker is also much “friendlier” than other models because people do not have to stand in the sun to use it. And people can prepare meals without having to collect firewood or spend money on coal. Such individuals would be less likely to have breathing illnesses from harmful smoke.

At present, the cooker only works when the sun is shining. But engineers are working on a way to make it work without sunlight.

Each cooker costs about $2,000, which is a large amount of money for most Africans. To solve that problem, Crosby Menzies has created a non-governmental organization called Solar Cookers for Africa. It plans to raise money through donations to provide poor people with solar cooking equipment.

1. The passage is mainly about ________.

A．solar cookers	B．smoke pollution
C．solar power experts	D．breathing illness

2. The “sol-4” is mainly used to ________.

A．shorten the time of cooking

B．reduce the cost of making cookers

C．raise money through donations to help African people

D．reduce the number of deaths caused by harmful smoke

3. The underlined word “individuals” in Paragraph 4 most probably means “________”.

A．cookers

B．mirrors

C．people

D．experts

4. Which of the following about the “sol-4” is TRUE?

A．It is six to eight square meters of mirrors.

B．It can work in any weather condition now.

C．It can also heat the pan by lighting firewood.

D．It is more environment-friendly than other cookers.

5. What can we infer from the text?

A．The “sol-4” will be designed in a smaller size.

B．More Africans can use the solar cookers in the future.

C．The “sol-4” is the first product of the South African company.

D．The African government will provide poor people with solar cookers.

6 . On Nov.18th, 1908, three men went up in a balloon. They started early in London. The headman was Augusta Gaudron, and the other two men were Tannar and Maitland. They had a big balloon and they were ready for a long way.

Soon they heard the sea. They were carrying the usual rope, and it was hanging down from the basket of the balloon. At the end of the rope they had tied a metal box. This could hold water, or it could be empty. So they were able to change its weight. It was for use over the sea. They were also carrying some bags of sand.

After the sun rose, the balloon went higher. It went up to 3,000 meters, and the air was very cold. The water in the balloon became ice. Snow fell past the men’s basket, and they could see more snow on the ground. The men tried to throw out some more sand, but it was hard. They tried to break the icy sand with their knives, but it was not easy. The work was slow and they were still falling, so they had to drop some whole bags of sand. One of them fell on an icy lake and made a black hole in the ice.

At last they pulled the box into the basket. It was still snowing; so they climbed to get away from the snow. They rose to 5,100 meters! Everything became icy. They were so cold that they decided to land. They came down in Poland heavily but safely. They had travelled 1,797 km from London!

1. Three men flew in a balloon ________.

A．to visit Poland	B．to another city
C．for nearly 1,800 kilometers	D．nearly a century ago

2. The metal box was used for ________.

A．carrying the bags of sand	B．changing the weight
C．holding ropes of the balloon	D．keeping drinking-water

3. When the balloon went up higher, ________.

A．the temperature of the balloon began to fall

B．they saw the sun go down and the snow falling

C．they made a hole in the basket with their knives

D．nothing could be seen but snow on the ground

4. At last the balloon landed ________.

A．early in London	B．on the sea heavily
C．on a lake with safety	D．in a foreign country

5. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The three men started their long journey before the sun rose.

B．The balloon began falling down when they threw bags of sand.

C．The three men had to land because they felt cold and hungry.

D．They put the rope into the basket and the balloon went higher.

7 . Americans with small families own a small car or a large one. If both parents are working, they usually have two cars. When the family becomes large, one of their cars is sold and they will buy a van.

A small car can hold four persons and a large car can hold six persons but it is very crowded. A van can hold seven persons easily, so a family of three children could ask their grandparents to go on a holiday travel. They could all travel together.

Mr. Hagen and his wife had a third child last year. This made them sell a second car and buy a van. The sixth and seventh seats are used to put other things, for a family of five must carry many suitcases when they travel. When they arrive at their grandparents’ home, the suitcases are brought into the two seats. The van can then carry the grandparents.

Americans call vans motor homes. A motor home is always used for holidays. When a family are traveling to the mountains or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or weeks. All the members of a big family can enjoy a happier life when they are traveling together. That is why motor homes have become very popular. In America there are many parks for motor homes.

1. The word “van” in this text probably means ________.

A．住房汽车

B．机动车辆

C．移动家庭

D．大型卡车

2. Before Mr. Hagen and his wife bought a van, they ________.

A．sold their old house	B．sold their second car
C．moved to their grandparents’ home	D．built a new place for a van

3. A motor home is usually owned by a family with ________.

A．a baby

B．much money

C．more than two children

D．interest in vans

4. Americans usually use motor homes ________.

A．to visit their grandparents at weekends

B．to drive their children to school every day

C．to travel with all the family members for holidays

D．to do some shopping with all the family members

5. Motor homes have become popular because ________.

A．they can take people to some other cities

B．big families can take more things along

C．some people think motor homes are cheap

D．they can bring families a much happier life

8 . When my son Gene was about 12 years old, I started helping him learn to _______. I bought twenty chickens and asked him to _______ them. I told him that they would be his own chickens and we would _______ the eggs from him. However, he would have to buy chicken _______ with the money he made from the eggs. Whatever money was _______ would be his to keep. Gene was _______, thinking he would make his first _______.

After several weeks’ successful work, I began to _______ that egg production was going down, I _______ nothing about it. Then one night, Gene told me he didn’t have ________ money to buy the feed. He said the chickens had never ________ a meal and he could not figure out why some of them had stopped ________ eggs.

Then I asked him if he had ________ the amount of feed he had given the chickens. He was ________. It was like he did not think ________would ever know what he had done. After a long ________, he said yes. He thought he would make more money if he gave them ________ food. I asked him, “Did you fool the chickens?”

I was just astonished at the question in my own ________. I was dumbfounded(惊呆) at the significance of it. Yes, you can fool everyone else, ________ you cannot “fool the chickens,” because ________, you will find out, as the saying goes, “What goes around comes around.”

1.

A．cook

B．share

C．study

D．work

2.

A．take care of

B．observe

C．train

D．pay attention to

3.

A．enjoy

B．borrow

C．buy

D．keep

4.

A．nest

B．soup

C．meat

D．feed

5.

A．given back

B．picked up

C．left over

D．brought in

6.

A．thrilled

B．worried

C．satisfied

D．discouraged

7.

A．deal

B．contribution

C．fortune

D．choice

8.

A．hear

B．notice

C．predict

D．imagine

9.

A．said

B．found

C．thought

D．recalled

10.

A．prize

B．lucky

C．pocket

D．enough

11.

A．missed

B．wasted

C．saved

D．finished

12.

A．hatching

B．laying

C．bringing

D．hiding

13.

A．handed out

B．checked out

C．cut down

D．put down

14.

A．delighted

B．shocked

C．tired

D．disappointed

15.

A．nobody

B．everybody

C．someone

D．anyone

16.

A．silence

B．absence

C．discussion

D．preparation

17.

A．heavy

B．fresher

C．less

D．solid

18.

A．life

B．job

C．case

D．mind

19.

A．or

B．but

C．and

D．so

20.

A．in fact

B．in the end

C．in contrast

D．in addition