1 . I’m far________ and I’ll never get this report done by Friday.

A．below surface	B．beyond control
C．behind schedule	D．above average

2 . Mental health involves________ you process things such as stress and anxiety.

A．how

B．what

C．why

D．which

3 . The experienced climber was________ the potential danger in such extreme weather and decided to wait until the following day.

A．completely blind to	B．totally lost in
C．pretty keen on	D．well aware of

4 . When people are depressed, some experience a loss of________ while others can’t stop eating.

A．appetite

B．power

C．memory

D．sight

5 . ________ his restless students occupied with an indoor sport on rainy days, James Naismith created basketball.

A．To be kept

B．Kept

C．To keep

D．Keeping

6 . Critical reasoning, together with problem-solving, ________ teenagers to make better decisions.

A．prepare	B．prepares
C．is preparing	D．are preparing

7 . ________ gardening may be hard physical work, those who love it find it very relaxing mentally.

A．Although

B．Once

C．Since

D．Unless

8 . —I worked on your car the whole night. How is it running?
— It is running great! _____________. You were such a big help!

A．It’s a pity	B．I couldn’t agree more
C．Forget it	D．I can hardly thank you enough

9 . 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。

I needed to do something in my community (社区) in order to complete the community service hours required to graduate from high school. Some of my friends had signed up to spend time at a soup kitchen, so I did, too. It seemed like a good thing to do.

I thought that we would just be passing out dinners to those in need, but I found out we would be doing everything from preparing to serving the dinner. We began preparing the food, from mixing salad dressing to separating frozen meat. Much still needed to be done before dinner was served, but already outside the building many homeless people were gathering. It wasn’t until a couple of hours later that we opened the doors and began serving dinner.

As the line of people came toward me, I got a little scared. I’d come face to face with the homeless: How should I act? How would they treat me? Would they hate me for having more than they did? While some of the people looked very friendly, some of them looked so dangerous. I didn’t have too much time to worry about it. I was assigned (分配) to serve the salad with the lady next to me. She smiled at me and said if I needed help, she’d be right there, which I found quite comforting.

I had never seen so many people wanting food. They were of all ages and nationalities. Most of them wore clothes that were torn and dirty. Some looked like they had tally given up on life, while others seemed to be making the best of the situation, smiling and joking. Some were better off than others, but they all needed a good meal and a warm place to eat. It saddened me to think of how many people there were who didn’t have a place to call home and the only food they got came from a soup kitchen.

注意：
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 至少使用5个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:

As they came in my direction, I put on my brightest and happiest smile.

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I was so happy that I had earned my service hours in this way.

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10 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

To understand a painting, we’re taught to look for color, composition, and light. But how can a painting     1     (appreciate)by someone who’s blind? Through touch, the one thing gallery signs tell you not     2     (do). John Olson, a former     3     (photograph)and his team turn paintings into fully textured 3D models.

The tactile(可触知的)paintings work as a way to show art to     4     blind because we don’t see with just Our eyes: We see with our brains. Research in the field of neuroplasticity-the brain’s adaptability-shows that the visual cortex(大脑皮层)is made active by touch. Blind people recognize shapes with their     5     (exist) senses, in a way similar to that of     6     (sight )people, says Ella Striem-Amit, a Harvard scientist.

Luc Gandarias, who’s now thirteen, went blind suddenly     7     age seven. When he felt a 3D version of Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” he     8     (notice)her smile right away. ”I can actually feel what you see when you look at it,” he said.

For Luc, this means     9     (independent). "The feeling of being able to see it     10     to form my opinion is like breaking down another wall as a blind person.”