1 . One cold December morning, my dad and I were walking along the road to a store to buy Christmas presents. Suddenly a car ran to us out of _____. Pushed away by my dad, I was______while he was unable to escape and injured. My dad ______unconditional love to me when faced with the accident. Since that day, I have known the power of love and the   lessons it can teach to those who take anything for granted, as I did everything before.

People wander into our lives for various reasons, but each one has something to ______ , even the driver who caused the ______ . He helped me a lot. Whether our ______is entirely good or not, there remains something to be gained from every person we ______. I have come to view study in this way. Sometimes, when schoolwork gets tough and I lack ______ , I remind myself that I am here to make use of every lesson that I have been given. What a   ______     it is to be able to acquire knowledge!

This unconditional love I have for learning allows me to see the world through what some may call rose-colored glasses, which helps me to love and be loved in complete confidence as well. _____, it offers me the power to see things clearly in the ______ changing world and ______ myself to overcome difficulties in my life. I am ______ to learn, and because of my ability to love, I______ the challenges that will help me grow. I approach everything with interests, and see an opportunity for education on every page of my books, and even with difficulties and ______.

1.

A．sight

B．reach

C．control

D．date

2.

A．safe

B．disappointed

C．cautious

D．painful

3.

A．brought

B．showed

C．explained

D．introduced

4.

A．hide

B．teach

C．follow

D．accomplish

5.

A．accident

B．problem

C．concern

D．conflict

6.

A．task

B．result

C．attitude

D．relationship

7.

A．refuse

B．come across

C．admire

D．depend on

8.

A．awareness

B．movement

C．ability

D．motivation

9.

A．wonder

B．mystery

C．relief

D．day

10.

A．Thus

B．Instead

C．For example

D．In addition

11.

A．slowly

B．suddenly

C．constantly

D．gradually

12.

A．encourage

B．behave

C．expect

D．equip

13.

A．proud

B．uncomfortable

C．eager

D．surprised

14.

A．put away

B．take up

C．care about

D．keep off

15.

A．successes

B．failures

C．chances

D．responsibilities

2 . 阅读下面短文，根据其内容和段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Fifteen years ago, I was born in a big family. I had been taught that money couldn't buy everything ever since I was a little kid. My parents are the most hard-working people I have ever seen. As much as my parents tried to teach me these values, some could only be learned through personal experiences.

As a child, I would sit in the church trying to concentrate on the words of the priest (牧师), but my attention was soon attracted by the shining gold and the diamonds worn by the Saturday churchgoers. As my eyes began to wander, I noticed men dressed in their tailored suits and shirts accompanied by women in their designer dresses with matching handbags and shoes.

My family, on the other hand, was the opposite of rich. Our hand-me-down clothes had been washed so many times that the colors had become dull and lifeless. Although this revealed the money struggles of our large family, our faces were always washed and hair neatly combed. When sitting on the old big red and white truck after the service, I pictured the lives led by those driving their brand-new cars, wishing I would be one of them.

I never stopped those fantasies, even when I was in middle school. Since it was a private school, most of the children came from wealthy families. As a result, I constantly felt ashamed. Although I could hide my lack of wealth at school by wearing our school uniforms, my poverty was embarrassingly apparent on weekends with my classmates wearing designer jeans and I had no choice but to wear my sisters’ old jeans. I never fitted in with my classmates. To my relief, there was only one girl named Julie who opened her heart to me. I was attached to her like a shadow. Soon, her birthday was approaching. Julie invited me to attend her birthday party.

注意：1．所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2．续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。
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However, I grew upset as I couldn't afford a gift.

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When she opened the gift box, my heart was too nervous to beat.

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3 . 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。

Long ago in Ethiopia（埃塞俄比亚） a woman named Leeya married a man who had a son. Try as Leeya might, she could not seem to spark a connection with（建立关系） the child. After several months of this, Leeya didn't know what to do.

Now in Leeya's village there was a medicine man, a healer. After Leeya came up to the healer's hut, she introduced herself and cried." 'Make me a potion （药剂）. Anything! Whatever it takes to get this child to respond to me."

The medicine man looked her in the eye and said. " This is not the same as fixing a broken bone. There is a potion that will change the child's behavior toward you. But you must bring me a whisker （胡须）from a live lion. ” Such a thing is not possible! How could she get a whisker from a live lion?

The next day, she left the house. Leeya went to a place where a lion was known to live. She walked up to a safe distance, set a bowl of meat down on the grass, stepped away quickly and hid herself carefully. A lion indeed lived there, and watching her away, approached the bowl to enjoy the meat.

Every day, she did this and so did the lion. Until one morning the lion was sitting next to the empty bowl when she arrived, waiting for her. This time she sat and petted its thick fur. " Actually," she thought, it is a rather friendly creature, when you get to know it. ” Finally she quickly cut off a whisker, careful not to hurt the lion in any way. "Thank you, my gentle friend," she said.

注意:1. 续写词数应为150左右;
2. 请在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Quickly, she ran to the medicine man's hut.

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"What have you done?!" Leeya cried. "What it took for me to get that!"

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4 . Did you ever have to say “no” to somebody? Such as a classmate who asks to go to lunch with you? New research suggests that, at least socially, a rejection (拒绝) should not include an apology. In other words, saying you are sorry does not make the person being rejected feel any better. In fact, it might make the rejected person feel worse. That is surprising. Many people consider it to be good manners to say they are sorry when they turn down a request.

Gili Freedman is doing some related research at Dartmouth College. For her research, she asked over 1,000 people to respond to different examples of social rejection. In one example, the researchers asked people for their reaction (反应）after a person named Taylor asked to join a co-worker who went out to lunch every Friday. And Taylor was told “no”. But in some cases, the person rejecting Taylor offered an apology. In other cases, the people doing the rejection did not say they were sorry. People were asked how they would feel if they were being turned down, just as Taylor was. Most said they would be more hurt by a rejection with an apology than a rejection without an apology.

Freedman said the reason is that apologies make people feel like they need to say that the rejection was okay— even when they felt like it was not okay. Rejection without an apology lets them express their feelings of disappointment, hurt or anger more easily. Freedman also said that an apology often makes the person doing the rejection feel better—even as it makes the person being rejected feel worse.

Her research deals only with social communication. A business situation might be very different. “If a manager rejects a job interviewee or a boss must tell an employee that he or she is being fired from a job,” Freedman said, “reactions to apologies may be different.”

1. Why do people say they are sorry when they express rejection?

A．Because they think it is more polite.

B．Because they think it helps them express their dislike better.

C．Because they think apologies are the basis of communication.

D．Because they think it sounds more comfortable for the listener.

2. In Gili Freedman’s research, over 1,000 people ________.

A．rejected others without an apology

B．offered an apology when rejecting others

C．would be more hurt by a rejection with an apology

D．were asked to answer the question in different situations

3. What role does an apology play in rejection?

A．It makes the rejection more acceptable.

B．It makes a good impression on the listener.

C．It makes the communication more pleasant.

D．It makes the person doing the rejecting feel better.

4. What will be mentioned next according to the last paragraph?

A．The effect of an apology during a rejection.

B．Gili Freedman’s research on business situations.

C．A rejection with an apology in a business situation.

D．The difference between a social situation and a business one.

5 . 第二节   读后续写

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。

On a bright, warm July afternoon, Mac Hollan, a primary school teacher, was cycling from his home to Alaska with his friends. One of his friends had stopped to make a bicycle repair, but they had encouraged Mac to carry on, and they would catch up with him soon. As Mac pedaled (骑行) along alone, he thought fondly of his wife and two young daughters at home. He hoped to show them this beautiful place someday.

Then Mac heard quick and loud breathing behind him. “Man, that's a big dog!” he thought. But when he looked to the side, he saw instantly that it wasn’t a dog at all, but a wolf, quickly catching up with him.

Mac’s heart jumped. He found out his can of hear spray. With one hand on the bars, he fired the spray at the wolf. A bright red cloud enveloped the animal, and to Mac's relief, it fell back, shaking its head. But a minute later, it was by his side again. Then it attacked the back of Mac's bike, tearing open his tent bag. He fired at the wolf a second time, and again, it fell back only to quickly restart the chase（追赶）。

Mac was pedaling hard now. He waved and yelled at passing cars but was careful not to show down. He saw a steep uphill climb before him. He knew that   once he hit the hill, he’d be easy caught up and the wolf’s teeth would be tearing into his flesh.

At this moment, Paul and Beeky were driving their car on their way to Alaska. They didn’t think much of it when they saw two cyclists repairing their bike on the side of the road. A bit later, they spotted what they, too, assumed was a dog running alongside a man on a bike. As they got closer, they realized that the dog was a wolf. Mac heard a large vehicle behind him. He pulled in front of it as the wolf was catching up fast, just a dozen yards away now.

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。
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