1. Where does the conversation probably take place?
| A．On the street. | B．At the man’s home. | C．In a camera shop. |
| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. |
| A．Cameras are old-fashioned. |
| B．People buy things on the Internet. |
| C．There are fewer photographers. |
| A．Go to a camera shop. |
| B．Take care of his friend’s kids. |
| C．Take pictures for a wedding. |
When I was seven years old, my family moved from Mexico to America. In Mexico, I was a cheerful girl who loved making people laugh with my jokes and inventing fun games to play with my friends. However, when I arrived in America, I found it hard to fit in, and I became quieter.
We lived in a small house with a modest yard where we grew vegetables—my responsibility. While I took pride in watching them grow, there were times when I dreamed of having a beautiful garden like my schoolmate Luella’s, with its delicate tulips (郁金香). Although Luella lived in the same neighborhood as me, we barely knew each other.
It was after a tornado that Luella and I finally became close friends.
The tornado struck on a Sunday afternoon.The gentle breeze transformed into a strong wind, and thick gray clouds filled the sky. Gradually, the tornado took shape, starting as a thin rope and growing into a large black funnel (漏斗). My entire family gathered in the bathroom, seeking shelter from the storm. Terrified, I sat close to my mom, knees in my chest. After the storm had passed, our worries and fears were replaced by relief that we were unharmed and that our house had remained undamaged.
As I stepped outside, I witnessed the extent of the damage the tornado had caused to our neighborhood. Across the street, a tall tree had fallen, crushing Luella’s garden in front of her yellow house. We hurried over to check on it. Fortunately, her family seemed to be away at the time, and no one was injured. However, her once-beautiful garden was in ruins, with the fallen tree destroying the tulips and debris (碎片) spread everywhere. I could only imagine how heartbroken they must feel seeing this.
Then my mom’s usual words rang in my ear, “It is more blessed to give than to receive,” and my family started to think about how we could help.
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。
Just at that moment, Luella’s family returned in their car.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Even after the debris was cleared, I could still sense Luella’s sorrow for her lost garden.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| A．the view of city is very impressive. |
| B．I am impressed with the beautiful view of the city. |
| C．how impressive the view of the city is ! |
| D．the view is beyond my description. |
1. What are the arguments based on?
| A．Language researches. | B．Academic journals. | C．Medical interviews. |
| A．To improve your memory. | B．To make you stronger. | C．To save more languages. |
| A．Accepting whatever the Internet says. |
| B．Mastering more than one language. |
| C．Referring to more previous studies. |
1. When did the speaker begin to work in this school?
| A．Twelve years ago. | B．Fourteen years ago. | C．Twenty years ago. |
| A．On the first floor. | B．Next to the study center. | C．Opposite the teachers’ room. |
| A．Ride horses. | B．Visit museums. | C．Go swimming. |
| A．A spring break. | B．A summer course. | C．A winter school. |
Dear Bob,
Haven’t seen you for ages! How are things going on with you?
I’m much delighted to receive your email asking whether I have made new friends in the senior high school and I can tell you proudly that I have made a very nice new friend at the beginning of this new term. My new friend’s name is Xu Hui, a handsome boy with broad shoulders, thick black hair, bright shining eyes and a big mouth. There are always broad smiles on his face. I got to know this guy quite by chance. It was on my way home from school on a rainy evening. I was riding along the avenue when suddenly my bike broke down. I didn’t know what to do and was becoming very much frightened and worried. Suddenly, a tall black figure came up to me and asked what was wrong. I told him what had happened. Without hesitation, he bent down his body, checked the machine and was soon getting the machine running again. I was greatly thankful to the boy and asked him for his name. He just smiled and hurried away.
Later, I was told that he was a student in the next classroom. Then we met each other every day on the corridor of the teaching building, talking about our life and studies at school and at home. We soon became close friends.
注意：1.所续写的短文词数应为150左右;
2.续写部分分为二段，每段的开头语已经为你写好。
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My new friend is a boy of very good characters (性格).
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My new friend has a variety of hobbies and interests.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________8 . Thank you. Thank you all. I’m here to plant a seed today. A seed that will inspire you to move forward in life with enthusiastic hearts and a clear sense of wholeness.
You are the vanguard (先锋) of knowledge and consciousness, a new wave in a vast ocean of possibilities. On the other side of that door, there’s a world starving for new ideas, new leadership. I’ve been out there for the past 30 years. She’s a wild cat! She’ll rub up against your leg and purr until you pick her up and start petting her. And then out of nowhere, she'll swat (猛击) you in the face. Sure it’s rough sometimes but that’s OK.
Now fear is going to be a player in your life, but you get to decide how much. You can spend your whole life imagining ghosts, worrying about the pathway to the future, but all there will ever be is what’s happering here, and the decisions we make in this moment, which are based in either love or fear. Many of us choose our path out of fear disguised as practicality. What we really want seems impossibly out of reach and ridiculous to expect from ourselves. So we never dare to ask the universe for it. I’m saying, I’m the proof that you can ask the universe for it. Please！
My father could have been a great comedian, but he didn’t believe that was possible for him. So, he made a conservative choice. Instead, he got a safe job as an accountant. When I was 12 years old, he was let go from that job and our family had to do whatever we could to survive. I learned many great lessons from my father, not the least of which was that you can fail at what you don’t want so you might as well take a chance doing what you love.
Your job is not to figure out how it’s going to happen for you, but to open the door in your head. When the door opens in real life, just walk through it. Don’t worry if you miss your cue (暗示) because there are always different doors that will open for you. And they'll keep opening. I make a conscious choice to see challenges as something beneficial so that I can deal with them in the most productive (富有成效的) way. You’ll come up with your own style. That’s part of the fun.
Oh, and why not take a chance on faith as well? Take a chance on faith. Not religion, but faith. Not hope, but faith. I don’t believe in hope. Hope is a beggar. Hope walks through the fire and faith leaps over it. You are ready and able to do beautiful things in this world. And after you walk through those doors today, you will only ever have two choices, love or fear. Choose love, and don’t ever let fear turn you against your playful heart.
Thank you so much. I'm so honored. Thank you.
1. The target audience for this speech are probably ________.| A．brave soldiers | B．young graduates |
| C．likely customers | D．successful businessmen |
| A．To show that the outside world thirsts for new ideas and leadership. |
| B．To show that the outside world is filled with dangers and difficulties. |
| C．To show that the outside world is ever-changing and unpredictable. |
| D．To show that the outside world rewards people who answer its needs. |
| A．criticize his father for not being able to provide a good life for the family |
| B．encourage the audience to take chances and pursue what they love |
| C．suggest passions matter more than practicality in building successful careers |
| D．advise the audience to give up safe careers in favor of riskier pursuits |
①simile ②metaphor ③repetition
④rhetorical question ⑤personification ⑥oxymoron
| A．①②③④ | B．①③⑤⑥ | C．②③④⑤ | D．②④⑤⑥ |
Winston watched rain pour down. He sighed. “This is just typical! School holidays and it rains!” His younger sister, Hannah, didn’t answer and carried on rolling around the floor with Grandma’s dog, Mac. A moment later, the door opened and 16-year-old Sophie, headphones glued as usual to her ears, bounded upstairs.
Mac certainly needed no second chance and was out of the room and into the garden before Hannah could get to her feet. Winston yelled, “We’re supposed to keep him in. He doesn’t know his way around this end of town.” Grabbing two coats, Hannah joined her brother on the step, just in time to see the black and white dog walked slowly up the road. “No time to leave a note to Mom,” Winston decided, taking charge. “Let’s get him. The last thing Grandma needs to know when she’s in hospital is that we’ve lost her dog,” he added.
The two children rushed toward Mac. Wagging (摆动) his tail energetically, he raced off toward the park. Mac led them toward the gateway to the town park and set off at once toward the duck pond. Winston and Hannah were close behind but cannoned (猛撞) round the corner straight into a woman pushing a baby carriage. “Watch where you are going,” she yelled. “Sorry,” they said. “I can’t see Mac any more,” Winston announced when the woman had gone on her way.
A few minutes of racing along the paths in the park finally convinced the children that they had lost Mac. “We’re never going to find him by ourselves,” Hannah said. “A bus! Come on! Let’s go home and phone Mom,” Winston shouted. Before Hannah could argue, he had pulled his sister onto the bus and paid their fares.
Later, Hannah did try to tell him that the bus was going the wrong way but by then it was too much late. They both realized they were going east instead of west. Hannah burst into tears. She cried, “I’m cold. I’m scared because we’ll be in real trouble now. We’ve lost Mac!”
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2. 请按如下格式作答。
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The bus turned around a corner and a small house came into view.
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They rode the bus home with the dog.
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