1 . Rose lived in a dull, gray village where life was black and white. The little girl always felt _______ and longed for adventure, eager to _______ something.

One day while walking down the street, she saw Eric, a former classmate, in a red car, and he stopped and invited pleasantly, “Hop in, take you for a ride!”

Rose was a little hesitant, but Eric’s _______ smile and the sight of the car’s shiny red outer _______ her. They drove off into the sunset and found such a place where the buildings were _______ in all shades of the rainbow and the streets were alive with people dressed in _______ clothing.

Looking up at the sky, Rose saw a rainbow. She felt as if she were on _______ nine. At that moment she realized that what she could do is not _______ rainbows but add some color to her gray surroundings ________.

The next day, she rushed to a store, purchased some colorful paint and _______ the outer wall of her house. Her neighbors were _______ at the transformation and decided to _______. Before long, the whole village was painted in bright colors.

Until then Rose also noticed the green trees along the roads and the _______ flowers in the park. Her village was not as dull as she had thought at all. It seemed that a rainbow had _______ upon it. It was a red-letter day for everyone! Looking at things in a different light did make all the _______.

1.

A．peaceful

B．blue

C．green

D．odd

2.

A．shape

B．impact

C．change

D．protect

3.

A．appealing

B．unexpected

C．passive

D．willing

4.

A．confirmed

B．excited

C．scared

D．requested

5.

A．constructed

B．painted

C．restored

D．reserved

6.

A．grey

B．formal

C．colorful

D．local

7.

A．sky

B．sun

C．rain

D．cloud

8.

A．imagine

B．design

C．draw

D．chase

9.

A．personally

B．technically

C．typically

D．slightly

10.

A．repaired

B．dusted

C．decorated

D．crashed

11.

A．amazed

B．confused

C．proud

D．unsatisfied

12.

A．wait for

B．defend against

C．cut back

D．follow suit

13.

A．lost

B．picked

C．blooming

D．unforgettable

14.

A．hung

B．flown

C．thrown

D．fallen

15.

A．significance

B．difference

C．consequence

D．entertainment

2 . Over the past years, Zhenyu has attempted to pass continuous exams. When the results of the latest postgraduate entrance exam were released on Feb 26, _________, Zhen felt a sense of relief and ease, as if he had seen it coming.

During his time at school, his teachers believed he had _________ and was suited for further academic pursuits (追求). “It was a _________ of pure creativity. I could receive all kinds of _________ from teachers and classmates to complete my film projects,” Zhen said. “How wonderful it would be if I could continue this as a postgraduate!”

With these _________ in mind, Zhen decided to take the postgraduate entrance exam. For him, the English and political theory exams _________ challenges, leading to his first failure. He _________ again the following year. Despite his efforts, he failed again. Determined to become a postgraduate, he kept _________ the exam and preparing for it, to the extent that it eventually became a daily routine and habit.

_________ preparing for the exams over the past years, Zhen tried different jobs to support himself. He was __________ to find that almost all of his young colleagues were also taking various exams. “It seemed that if you didn’t take some kind of exam, you would become an outsider, __________ from society, and lacking common ground with your peers,” Zhen said. “But in fact, I only __________ life after passing the exam and never really thought over what my life would be like after finishing my postgraduate studies, or if I could even enter one.”

After so many __________ , he is no longer afraid of failing. It took Zhen many years to realize that the postgraduate entrance exam is not the only choice in life. “If someone were to ask me about my __________ for the future, I’d say I aim to __________ life with a sense of freedom.” So now he can face up to the result.

1.

A．meanwhile

B．surprisingly

C．cautiously

D．likewise

2.

A．curiosity

B．opportunity

C．potential

D．passion

3.

A．time

B．collection

C．waste

D．record

4.

A．support

B．duty

C．prejudice

D．preference

5.

A．empathy

B．challenges

C．expectations

D．sympathy

6.

A．faced

B．obtained

C．met

D．posed

7.

A．competed

B．denied

C．dropped

D．registered

8.

A．passing

B．missing

C．retaking

D．rewriting

9.

A．After

B．While

C．Whereas

D．As

10.

A．happy

B．sad

C．disappointed

D．surprised

11.

A．kept

B．disconnected

C．strengthened

D．discouraged

12.

A．dreamed of

B．built up

C．weighed up

D．wrestled with

13.

A．interventions

B．changes

C．virtues

D．letdowns

14.

A．concern

B．ambitions

C．career

D．experiences

15.

A．divide

B．reserve

C．embrace

D．tolerate

3 . Have you ever imagined how a doctor spends a day? A _________ day for doctor like me starts around 6 a.m. My husband and I make lunches, and get our three daughters dressed, fed and through the daily _________ of teeth and hair brushing. We give them goodbye kisses and _________ get them out the door for preschool and elementary school. I’ll start seeing patients at 7:30 and _________ until two or 2:30 p.m., sometimes making a quick run to the _________. I rarely have time to eat or to drink a little cold coffee. I see 30 to 40 _________ a day. There are nearly always “fit-ins”—maybe a wound that requires immediate _________, a feverish babies who really needs to be checked out, a patient with a mental health crisis who cannot _________ . These are people I can help now and keep out of the _________ room. After I finish seeing patients, I start being busy with __________ .

This part of the workload badly __________ female doctors. One research analyzing the time spent by doctors on electronic medical records __________ that, besides the patients during the day, female physicians receive about 25 per cent more messages from staff and patients, and have to spend at least 20 per cent more time __________ their inboxes and notes. After two or three hours of paperwork, I fit my family into my day. Then it’s back to the __________ at around 8 p.m. for another three to five hours. I know family doctors who are __________ until two or three in the morning or staying up to deal with paperwork.

Though a busy day ends up with another busy day’s coming, I love my work and the same with my family.

1.

A．typical

B．right

C．official

D．orderly

2.

A．conferences

B．battles

C．affairs

D．accidents

3.

A．gradually

B．deadly

C．obviously

D．eventually

4.

A．require

B．conduct

C．continue

D．involve

5.

A．house

B．authority

C．comment

D．bathroom

6.

A．patients

B．guidelines

C．kids

D．journals

7.

A．hug

B．procedure

C．fund

D．repair

8.

A．cry

B．wait

C．sit

D．jump

9.

A．crowd

B．odd

C．emergency

D．branch

10.

A．paperwork

B．impact

C．strategy

D．application

11.

A．addicts

B．defends

C．affects

D．rescues

12.

A．informed

B．found

C．guessed

D．indicated

13.

A．bringing up

B．shooting past

C．putting forward

D．dealing with

14.

A．computer

B．office

C．freedom

D．experiment

15.

A．up

B．down

C．off

D．away

4 . As a student researcher at UC Irvine, I need to use various software to collect and analyze data.

When l first started doing research, I found the QuPath software very _________ to use. There were a lot of different tools and a _________ amount of new vocabulary to learn. Luckily, another student who also used the QuPath software walked me _________ a lot of it and although she had her own _________ to work on, she was always ready to _________ any questions.

However, I continued to _________ with the software when she was _________ from the lab and there was no one to ask for help. It took me quite some time and _________ to become all too familiar with the software.

The student who helped me was about to _________, leaving me as the person to whom new student researchers would __________. I would be more than ready for them!

I decided to write a detailed step-by-step guide about how to use QuPath and its different tools so that new students could __________ if they needed advice. A week later, I was asked to help a new student who was learning to use QuPath. He was __________ surprised when I showed him the written instructions. I shared the __________ and also helped him __________ when we were in the lab together.

Once I graduate, I hope that the guide I wrote will __________ to help students for years to come.

1.

A．convenient

B．effortless

C．difficult

D．practical

2.

A．significant

B．certain

C．definite

D．small

3.

A．into

B．from

C．off

D．through

4.

A．software

B．paper

C．project

D．guide

5.

A．raise

B．answer

C．issue

D．avoid

6.

A．struggle

B．deal

C．work

D．meet

7.

A．secure

B．distant

C．immune

D．absent

8.

A．money

B．practice

C．space

D．strength

9.

A．graduate

B．protest

C．quit

D．retire

10.

A．adapt

B．apply

C．turn

D．respond

11.

A．refer to

B．put away

C．hit upon

D．take over

12.

A．terribly

B．oddly

C．doubtfully

D．pleasantly

13.

A．context

B．comment

C．procedure

D．description

14.

A．with relief

B．in excitement

C．without effort

D．in person

15.

A．mean

B．continue

C．aim

D．deserve

5 . My wife and I parked by a rough path the same time as a young man covered in tattoos (纹身). I ______ he was unfriendly，so we tried to ______ ourselves from him. But he struggled hard to ______ and wanted to talk some. We slowed down. He said he was recovering from a bad time in his life. We ______ left him in the dust，heading up the river.

Hours later we turned back ______ a flash flood had taken out the bridge. There he was again, following to ______ us. He shared a little more of his ______. He lost his mother and sister in a car accident and he was permanently ______ too. We slowed down to the pace he could ______ for the whole way back.

He continued, “During much surgery and ______ I came to hate life...” Then he pulled up his shirt to show us a ______ life size tattoo from neck to waist. It was two ladies in a ______ light waving to him. “This is my mom and this is my sister,” he pointed, “They told me to stop hating everything. They loved me just as they always had and ______ me to live in love too!” He explained the brightly colored tattoo was the exact dream he had that day.

My ______ went away. It had painted a wrong picture of this wonderful person with a beautiful ______ . I learned more than he hoped to tell.

1.

A．assumed

B．remembered

C．admitted

D．confirmed

2.

A．tell

B．distance

C．save

D．free

3.

A．turn away

B．set out

C．catch up

D．settle down

4.

A．politely

B．secretly

C．carelessly

D．accidentally

5.

A．though

B．unless

C．because

D．before

6.

A．impress

B．interrupt

C．persuade

D．engage

7.

A．target

B．story

C．plan

D．journey

8.

A．confused

B．discouraged

C．ignored

D．injured

9.

A．observe

B．judge

C．manage

D．challenge

10.

A．silence

B．pain

C．failure

D．guilt

11.

A．massive

B．funny

C．random

D．popular

12.

A．brilliant

B．gentle

C．weak

D．sensitive

13.

A．allowed

B．begged

C．forced

D．expected

14.

A．doubt

B．sympathy

C．prejudice

D．resistance

15.

A．reputation

B．message

C．appearance

D．insight

6 . One early morning, I was wiping down the shower curtain, as well as its liner. My budget was_________, so I was forced to scrub a two-dollar plastic liner because I didn’t have a few extra dollars to buy a(n)_________one.

_________ isn’t how I would normally choose to start the day. To _________and continue the day a bit more optimistically, I _________the chores(家务)for later and set out for my daily walk.

Along the way, something on the sidewalk caught my_________. I picked it up. Upon _________ it turned out to be a small paper bag with no _________. I looked inside the bag for more _________. It was a shower curtain liner!__________, I turned it over many times. It was a brand-new shower curtain liner.

It took me a few minutes to __________what to do next. Were it a more__________item, I would’ve taken it to the police station, but it was just a two-dollar liner. For a moment, I wanted to__________the liner. However, I couldn’t persuade myself to __________ something that did not belong to me.

Finally, I took the bag to the police station. On my way home, my bad mood __________ and I was ready to finish scrubbing my liner.

1.

A．limited

B．balanced

C．personal

D．annual

2.

A．ordinary

B．expensive

C．new

D．special

3.

A．Ouarreling

B．Complaining

C．Explaining

D．Fighting

4.

A．cheer up

B．keep up

C．clean up

D．move up

5.

A．chose

B．began

C．discovered

D．left

6.

A．meaning

B．reflection

C．attention

D．imagination

7.

A．touch

B．question

C．discussion

D．examination

8.

A．markings

B．prices

C．warning

D．comments

9.

A．evidence

B．opinion

C．impression

D．information

10.

A．Helpless

B．Sad

C．Worried

D．Ashamed

11.

A．confirm

B．predict

C．consult

D．decide

12.

A．suitable

B．valuable

C．normal

D．useful

13.

A．buy

B．repair

C．keep

D．deliver

14.

A．demand

B．accept

C．announce

D．waste

15.

A．disappeared

B．followed

C．migrated

D．reproduced

7 . As a first-generation Asian immigrant (移民) who had grown up in poverty, I knew I was beyond _________ to be admitted into Harvard. I loved books, but it never crossed my mind to become a(n)_________ of any sort. I didn’t _________ to have unrealistic dreams.

Still, something _________ me. My deskmate had _________ our friendship recently. There wasn’t a dramatic fight or disagreement. He had _________ moved on to new friends. I felt an ache in my chest that _________ night. I started doodling (涂鸦) on my notepad and then, suddenly, my hand started writing words. I’d written a poem about him. There on the page was the truth about how much it hurt to _________ him.

That tiny poem was a _________that rooted in my heart. I realized I could possibly become a writer and from that moment on, it was all I __________to do. So I changed my field of study to English. I __________ my first short stories while I was still a student. I went on to write my first novel, Girl in Translation, which became an international __________ and is taught in schools around the world.

That night, I learned that art isn’t a __________ . It’s at the core of what makes us human. Although I’d believed that immigrants couldn’t afford to be __________, I understood then that we had always been the ultimate artists,__________ourselves again and again as we try to adapt to a new landscape.

1.

A．innocent

B．fortunate

C．dependent

D．voluntary

2.

A．surgeon

B．lawyer

C．artist

D．engineer

3.

A．expect

B．regret

C．agree

D．refuse

4.

A．bothered

B．inspired

C．interested

D．satisfied

5.

A．adapted to

B．shown off

C．broken off

D．referred to

6.

A．unwillingly

B．cautiously

C．helplessly

D．simply

7.

A．fancy

B．peaceful

C．happy

D．lonely

8.

A．marry

B．upset

C．lose

D．desert

9.

A．romance

B．seed

C．secret

D．shadow

10.

A．hesitated

B．resolved

C．declined

D．pretended

11.

A．bought

B．borrowed

C．priced

D．published

12.

A．gap

B．effort

C．challenge

D．bestseller

13.

A．necessity

B．luxury

C．game

D．reality

14.

A．practical

B．reliable

C．energetic

D．creative

15.

A．rescuing

B．recreating

C．recovering

D．relaxing

9 . In Nairobi, Kenya, Richard Turere, a twelve-year-old Maasai boy, had come up with a surprising invention. His family raised cattle, and one of the biggest __ was protecting them at night from lion attacks. Richard had noticed that a still campfire didn’t fear the lions, __ walking around waving a torch did seem to work. The lions were apparently afraid of __ lights! Richard had somehow taught himself __ by messing around with parts taken from his parents’ radio. He used that knowledge to __ a system of lights that would turn on and off in order, __ a sense of movement. It was built from scrapyard (废弃场) __ —solar panels, a car battery, and a motorcycle indicator box. He installed (安装)the lights and the lion attacks __.

News of his invention spread and other villages wanted in. Instead of seeking to __ the lions as they had done before, they installed Richard’s “lion lights”. Both villagers and pro-lion(亲狮的)environmentalists were __ .

Because of his invention, Richard won a(n)__ to one of Kenya’s best schools, and was __ to give a TED Talk. He got on an airplane for the first time in his life and __ to Long Beach, California. As he walked onto the TED stage, you could tell he was nervous, but that only made him more__ . As Richard spoke, people were focusing on every word he said, and every time he smiled, the audience __ . When he finished, people just stood and cheered.

1.

A．conflicts

B．investments

C．foundations

D．challenges

2.

A．and

B．but

C．or

D．until

3.

A．moving

B．shining

C．faint

D．intense

4.

A．farming

B．hunting

C．economics

D．electronics

5.

A．adjust

B．assess

C．invent

D．display

6.

A．affecting

B．creating

C．monitoring

D．damaging

7.

A．tools

B．metals

C．parts

D．machines

8.

A．continued

B．stopped

C．increased

D．stayed

9.

A．kill

B．raise

C．train

D．protect

10.

A．worried

B．happy

C．moved

D．disappointed

11.

A．election

B．argument

C．competition

D．scholarship

12.

A．ordered

B．invited

C．instructed

D．forced

13.

A．ran

B．swam

C．flew

D．drove

14.

A．amusing

B．confusing

C．engaging

D．frightening

15.

A．melted

B．cried

C．argued

D．apologized