1 . Chloe Smith is a girl aged 6 from Atlanta, Georgia. One day, while taking a walk with her father near their home, she________something shiny under a pile of rubbish. She picked up the ________ to take home, as she often did on her treasure-hunting walks. Chloe was later ________ to discover she had found a stolen Olympic gold medal.

The medal belongs to former canoeist (划艇运动员) Joe Jacobi, who won gold while ________ for Team USA in the 1992 Barcelona Olympic games. The medal, along with other personal belongings, was ________ in May of 2016 when someone broke into Jacobi’s can. Though police managed to ________ some of his stolen items, they hadn’t been able to find his ________ Olympic medal. It may have been lost forever, if not for a 6-year-old girl’s treasure-hunting ________ .

Chloe’s dad had seen Jacobi’s story on the news, and ________ realized it was his stolen property. He found Jacobi’s email and sent him pictures of the treasure. After________ the medal, Jacobi was astonished, just speechless.

Chloe was ________ to give it back after speaking with Jacobi on the phone. ________, Jacobi promised to speak to her class when school begins again this fall. The ________ of this little girl reuniting an Olympian with his beloved possession is ________ . When we talk about character and doing the ________ thing, Chloe represents the Olympic values in every sense of the word.

1.

A．sought

B．buried

C．noticed

D．dropped

2.

A．waste

B．object

C．material

D．antique

3.

A．embarrassed

B．satisfied

C．frightened

D．shocked

4.

A．competing

B．applying

C．coaching

D．preparing

5.

A．broken

B．stolen

C．replaced

D．deserted

6.

A．purchase

B．register

C．preserve

D．recover

7.

A．secured

B．prized

C．advertised

D．priced

8.

A．project

B．decision

C．habit

D．idea

9.

A．quickly

B．gradually

C．really

D．carefully

10.

A．identifying

B．obtaining

C．evaluating

D．investigating

11.

A．sorry

B．eager

C．upset

D．hesitant

12.

A．In addition

B．In fact

C．In return

D．In advance

13.

A．purpose

B．report

C．attempt

D．story

14.

A．heart-warming

B．breath-taking

C．eye-catching

D．life-changing

15.

A．important

B．simple

C．interesting

D．right

2 . That year I was eleven and in sixth grade. In Wethersfield, all sixth-graders are ________ to take part in the R. O. P. E. Program. Its main ________ is to believe your peers (同龄人), work together, and ________ new adventures. These programs including falling backward and ________ peers to catch you, working together to fit into a small circle (圈子) and something of that kind.

I was ready to take part in these ________ . Falling backward and fitting into a small circle were nothing to me. Crossing over a stream (小溪) with nothing holding me up but a rope was daring, but I could ________ it. Finally the day came when my sixth grade class would travel to climb and rappel (绕绳下滑) a mountain in Southington. Those people who were too ________ were allowed to practice climbing and rappelling a smaller area of rocks, but that wasn’t for me. I could climb the big mountain.

Twenty minutes later, my ________ arrived. As I was well ________, I set off at once. I got a quarter of the way up but couldn’t seem to get any ________ . I tried and tried. I began to put myself down and cry. There was nothing more ________ than my classmates were looking at me. All I kept ________ was “Lisa, you can do it. Try to fit your foot in there. ________, Lisa. You’re almost there.”

It was then that I thought to myself, “Why am I crying? I can do this.”Almost ________ I went on going up the mountain. Within five minutes I successfully ________ to the top.

1.

A．forced

B．reported

C．required

D．reminded

2.

A．idea

B．result

C．question

D．road

3.

A．run

B．introduce

C．experience

D．describe

4.

A．requesting

B．thinking

C．promising

D．trusting

5.

A．lectures

B．discussions

C．stories

D．activities

6.

A．finish

B．discover

C．change

D．need

7.

A．naughty

B．noisy

C．frightened

D．annoyed

8.

A．friend

B．turn

C．teacher

D．day

9.

A．relaxed

B．balanced

C．organized

D．prepared

10.

A．quicker

B．warmer

C．farther

D．longer

11.

A．awkward

B．amazing

C．exciting

D．disappointing

12.

A．shouting

B．remembering

C．learning

D．hearing

13.

A．Watch out

B．Come on

C．Hurry up

D．Walk along

14.

A．fully

B．carefully

C．dangerously

D．immediately

15.

A．reached

B．got

C．arrived

D．took

5 . Gurnah, growing up in Zanzibar, an island off the coast of Tanzania, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday.

He is the first Black writer _________ the prize since Toni Morrison in 1993, and some observers saw his _________ as a long delayed corrective (矫正)after years of European and American Nobel laureates (获得者). In his 10 novels, Gurnah has often explored the _________ of exile(流放), identity and belonging. They _________“Memory of Departure” “Pilgrims Way” and “Dottie,” which all deal with the immigrant(移民)experience in Britain.

Gurnah’s first language is Swahili, but he _________ English as his literary language. He drew on the imagery and stories from the Quran, _________ from Arabic and Persian poetry, particularly “The Arabian Nights.” The news of Gumah’s Nobel _________ by fellow novelists and academics who have long argued that his _________ deserve a wider audience.

Gurnah was born in Zanzibar, which is now _________ of Tanzania, in 1948. Then, in 1964, he fled to England. __________ , poor, homesick, he began to write scraps(片段)in his diary, then __________ entries, then stories about other people. In his 20s, he started __________ fiction. Then he finished his first novel, “Memory of Departure,” about a young man who flees a failed uprising, at the same time he was writing his Ph. D. dissertation(论文). __________, he became a professor of English.

Though Gurnah hasn’t lived in Tanzania since he was a __________, his homeland always inspires him of his imagination. __________, he said “my homeland always asserts myself in my imagination, even when I deliberately try to set my stories elsewhere”.

1.

A．to confirm

B．to receive

C．to search

D．to appreciate

2.

A．section

B．selection

C．collection

D．consultation

3.

A．themes

B．opinions

C．passages

D．suggestions

4.

A．explode

B．conclude

C．provide

D．include

5.

A．adopted

B．advised

C．adapted

D．affected

6.

A．as much as

B．as well as

C．as long as

D．as often as

7.

A．was awarded

B．was discussed

C．was celebrated

D．was suspected

8.

A．jobs

B．works

C．labors

D．careers

9.

A．part

B．name

C．home

D．country

10.

A．Admirable

B．Respectable

C．Fashionable

D．Miserable

11.

A．higher

B．stronger

C．heavier

D．longer

12.

A．reading

B．hearing

C．writing

D．watching

13.

A．Frontwards

B．Forwards

C．Backwards

D．Afterwards

14.

A．writer

B．teenager

C．scholar

D．professor

15.

A．As a result

B．At the same time

C．On the other hand

D．In his own word

6 . Small children are easy to throw up in the air and catch — and they ________ it. “Again, Daddy, again!” Jacky shouts as I throw him skywards and catch him on the way back down again. He throws his arms and legs out   ________ he were flying, his eyes wide with ________. His trust in me is ________, which is quite a nice feeling, but at the same time gives me a huge sense of ________.

I hope Jacky will always trust me fully, but I know that, as he gets older, it will need more effort and sound judgment ________. Trust is such an important part of a parent-child relationship that it’s something that I can’t ________to lose. Every time I ________ Jacky to something new, he’ll do it only because he trusts me and feels ________ in the knowledge that he won’t get hurt.________，teaching Jacky to swim means he has to believe that, when he’s swimming in the big pool, I’ll come to his rescue if his doggy paddle lets him down.

________, in the workplace, trust is important for strong ________. It is something that every manager should work hard to ________ among their team. If people don’t trust you, they’re unlikely to follow your directions and willingly become a loyal (忠诚) team member. A ________of trust can make people work against you rather than for you. At the very least, it means that people are not going to be giving you their best. Good ________, like good parenting, is a long-term commitment.

1.

A．deserve

B．love

C．miss

D．know

2.

A．in case

B．even though

C．so that

D．as if

3.

A．fear

B．doubt

C．excitement

D．astonishment

4.

A．reasonable

B．absolute

C．limited

D．important

5.

A．responsibility

B．satisfaction

C．achievement

D．relief

6.

A．on my part

B．on my behalf

C．in my honor

D．in my name

7.

A．wait

B．choose

C．expect

D．afford

8.

A．attach

B．compare

C．introduce

D．adjust

9.

A．grateful

B．happy

C．proud

D．safe

10.

A．For instance

B．Above all

C．At first

D．In addition

11.

A．However

B．Therefore

C．Similarly

D．Fortunately

12.

A．affection

B．leadership

C．friendship

D．determination

13.

A．assess

B．understand

C．organize

D．develop

14.

A．gesture

B．lack

C．bond

D．measure

15.

A．communication

B．personality

C．management

D．education

7 . Simone Biles wore the same clothes every day. When the other teenagers began to notice that he was wearing the same black pants and gray long-sleeve shirt day after day, Simone Biles, a ________ at a High School, became the target of being discussed. But there was little Simone Biles could do. ________, his mother couldn’t afford to buy him new clothes.

Two of the kids among them were Garrett and Graham, a pair of freshmen. But over time, they realized ________ their words felt like a mountain and seemed to be slowly ________ Simone Biles’s spirit. Their relationships were ________ .

So Garrett and Graham hatched a plan. They went home and ________ in their own drawers and closets. The next day, they met Simone Biles at their third-period class and asked him to come into the ________ Simone Biles was understandably ________ of being called out by large boys.

        “He didn’t ________ or say anything, and I was like, ‘I think this is going to make you smile,’” Graham said. “I told him, ‘We’re in the same third period, and I apologize for talking about your life at you, and I want to give something to you to ________ it.” He then handed Simone Biles a heavy bag. ________ were new shirts and shorts.

Simone Biles was blown away (被震惊). “I was very happy,” he told WATN-TV,   “________ , completely.” And Simone Biles got much more than the new ________. He no longer sat alone at lunch. Now he eats with his new friends, Garrett and Graham. “I used to be lonely,” Simone Biles told CBS News. ________ the day Garrelt and Graham called him into the hall, he ________ “The best day of my entire life, basically.”

1.

A．freshman

B．senior

C．graduate

D．junior

2.

A．Indeed

B．However

C．Therefore

D．Besides

3.

A．how

B．what

C．that

D．why

4.

A．gathering

B．recovering

C．crushing

D．ignoring

5.

A．on the rocks

B．in the wrong

C．in full pleasure

D．at a loss

6.

A．responded

B．exchanged

C．searched

D．targeted

7.

A．hall

B．library

C．classroom

D．playground

8.

A．unsure

B．unhappy

C．frightened

D．curious

9.

A．care

B．cry

C．smile

D．look

10.

A．make up for

B．take advantage of

C．take pride in

D．make the most of

11.

A．Inside

B．Above

C．Beneath

D．Beside

12.

A．amazed

B．proved

C．explored

D．exploded

13.

A．pant

B．shirt

C．sneaker

D．clothing

14.

A．Thinking

B．Recalling

C．Reflecting

D．Acquiring

15.

A．exchanged

B．added

C．stressed

D．claimed

8 . I remember when I was young, people often asked me, “What are you going to be when you grow up?”

It _________ being a cowboy or some super hero. Later it was a fireman, a policeman, a lawyer. As I grew older, my dreams for the future _________. When I was in college, I set my heart on becoming a (n) _________ like my father. _________ I studied and prepared for that. I reached the _________ in the end and I was teaching _________ full-time for much of my adult life. However, there is a “thief” that goes around stealing our _________. Sometimes, the thief will come as a parent, or a friend, but the _________ thief is usually _________.

We find ourselves just about reaching the top, and a “small” __________ inside says, “You’ll never make __________”. “You __________ possibly do this.” On and on, the “small” voice predicts our failure. Failure, __________ is one of the most important tools we have, may teach us valuable __________. When we learn these lessons well, we are ready __________ success.

I always tell my children that you are __________ to do anything that your heart desires. Remember the saying, “Nothing is __________ for a willing heart.” There are __________ “overnight” successes, but with determination, they will come. Imagine __________ a life you dream of. Then in your heart, believe it will happen to you. Then work, work, work. You’ll get the picture.

So, be true to your dream, and don’t let anyone __________ it from you — especially yourself.

1.

A．kept on

B．insisted on

C．felt like

D．started out

2.

A．changed

B．planned

C．failed

D．left

3.

A．doctor

B．engineer

C．musician

D．teacher

4.

A．But

B．Or

C．So

D．As

5.

A．aim

B．agreement

C．decision

D．position

6.

A．hardly

B．nearly

C．slightly

D．extremely

7.

A．money

B．plan

C．dreams

D．friends

8.

A．greatest

B．poorest

C．tallest

D．oldest

9.

A．themselves

B．itself

C．yourselves

D．ourselves

10.

A．sound

B．noise

C．speech

D．voice

11.

A．it

B．her

C．him

D．me

12.

A．can

B．can’t

C．must

D．mustn’t

13.

A．where

B．who

C．when

D．which

14.

A．stages

B．lessons

C．suggestions

D．choices

15.

A．to

B．for

C．at

D．with

16.

A．able

B．ready

C．likely

D．happy

17.

A．interesting

B．important

C．impossible

D．necessary

18.

A．many

B．some

C．any

D．no

19.

A．spending

B．living

C．planning

D．changing

20.

A．buy

B．fool

C．steal

D．borrow

9 . When I was young, I used to hate running. In fact, I wouldn’t have become a(n) ________ if it weren’t for my former classmate Jane. She had been a(n) ________ runner for many years. After our graduation, she wouldn’t stop talking about how much she ________ it.

So she picked it up again, and after about a year, I started to join her at the ________. Just a few months later, she signed up for a five-kilometer race for both of us. I ________ about doing it for it was just too soon.

But on the race day, there I was.

The gun went off. Thousands of runners ________. The first kilometer was tough. I was already breathing ________and painfully aware of the group of runners ________ past me.

After another minute, I saw the three kilometer ________. All I could think of was that I was dying.

I ________ a corner, and saw both sides of the street ________ with people watching the race, all cheering the runners on: I willed my legs to ________ going.

Then I looked up and saw the clock. The ________ ticking away gave me an incentive (激励). I knew that if I ________finished this race, I would achieve something. So, I ________ up and made it.

1.

A．visitor

B．expert

C．coach

D．runner

2.

A．competitive

B．common

C．brave

D．anxious

3.

A．hated

B．trained

C．missed

D．admired

4.

A．track

B．race

C．field

D．stadium

5.

A．hesitated

B．puzzled

C．cared

D．brought

6.

A．slipped away

B．went away

C．pushed forward

D．came over

7.

A．mildly

B．shallowly

C．gently

D．heavily

8.

A．running

B．bending

C．reaching

D．pacing

9.

A．symbol

B．mark

C．pattern

D．campaign

10.

A．rounded

B．found

C．made

D．got

11.

A．stuck

B．crowded

C．provided

D．seated

12.

A．enjoy

B．start

C．keep

D．stop

13.

A．seconds

B．titles

C．sounds

D．competitors

14.

A．also

B．actually

C．just

D．unfortunately

15.

A．got

B．came

C．stayed

D．straightened

10 . When I was a teenager, I was invited to a formal dance party. I was _________, but also nervous about what to wear. Mom suggested I wear high heels (高跟鞋).

“Mom, I don’t know if I can wear these,” I said, feeling _________. “Don’t worry, sweetie. Just take small _________ and keep your weight centered,” she suggested.

As I arrived at the party, I tried to be _________ and act like everything was fine. But _________ struck when I stepped onto the dance floor. I _________ my own feet, falling to the ground in front of everyone.

I quickly got up and laughed it off, pretending like it was _________. But deep down, I felt like a tomato, wanting to _________.

My friend Lilly helped me _________ that incident and managed me another high heels as a support so that nobody would understand my hesitation. But a little bit __________ continued in my mind.

When I returned home, I told Mom I felt like a complete __________ at the party. “It’s okay. You tried something new, and it didn’t go as __________. But that’s how we learn and grow. Don’t be too __________ on yourself and wear what you feel __________ in,” Mom said, giving me a hug.

From that day forward, I stuck to flat shoes. I learned to __________ my true self and not worry about what others thought.

1.

A．surprised

B．excited

C．relaxed

D．satisfied

2.

A．unsure

B．unsafe

C．unusual

D．unhappy

3.

A．breaks

B．turns

C．steps

D．attempts

4.

A．genuine

B．polite

C．serious

D．cool

5.

A．danger

B．injury

C．disaster

D．wonder

6.

A．landed on

B．tripped over

C．kicked up

D．ran into

7.

A．a hot potato

B．a big fish

C．no luck

D．no big deal

8.

A．fight

B．argue

C．disappear

D．struggle

9.

A．approach

B．avoid

C．prevent

D．identify

10.

A．patience

B．bravery

C．worry

D．anger

11.

A．fool

B．hero

C．stranger

D．dancer

12.

A．suggested

B．expected

C．promised

D．directed

13.

A．dependent

B．easy

C．careful

D．hard

14.

A．fashionable

B．tight

C．comfortable

D．special

15.

A．promote

B．accept

C．trust

D．refuse