1 . Chris Turnbull, 39, finished the touching 3,856 km run on September 16, in the Sydney suburb of Manly, becoming the quickest runner from Perth to Sydney. He _________ the current record holder Achim Heukemes, who completed the distance in 43 days in 2005. To _________ the new world record, he was wholeheartedly _________ to preparing himself.

Mr Turnbull had a(n) _________ for running at a young age. He ran his first half marathon at 9 and since then he had been _________ at plenty of ultra marathons at different times in his life.

Mr Turnbull had run every single day from his beachside home in the Sydney suburb of Clontarf to his _________ on work days. The daily cross country run _________ him to see the sights of Australia, meet amazing people and most importantly, _________ himself physically and mentally.

With his 40th birthday _________ next year, to see what was his physical and mental limit, he wanted to __________ himself to the new record.

To make it in record time, Mr Turnbull was running between 100 km and 105 km daily.He had to __________ huge trucks rushing past him on major highways, blisters(水泡), aching muscles, and being __________ of sleeping well due to the pain his body was feeling

Mr Turnbull’s wife, along with their two kids, had been tracking his __________   on a map from their home as he made his way across the continent. They were __________ waiting there at the finish line in Manly for Mr Turnbull’s falling into their arms for a loving post- run __________.

1.

A．hit

B．beat

C．refused

D．defended

2.

A．set

B．accept

C．hold

D．offer

3.

A．compared

B．limited

C．committed

D．accustomed

4.

A．fancy

B．invitation

C．excuse

D．request

5.

A．skilled

B．amazed

C．expert

D．present

6.

A．hospital

B．office

C．restaurant

D．school

7.

A．persuaded

B．promised

C．inspired

D．advanced

8.

A．support

B．cheat

C．test

D．bother

9.

A．on hand

B．in advance

C．in the air

D．at an end

10.

A．adjust

B．challenge

C．encourage

D．keep

11.

A．lose control of

B．take charge of

C．put up with

D．play jokes on

12.

A．guilty

B．aware

C．independent

D．incapable

13.

A．target

B．progress

C．performance

D．purpose

14.

A．eagerly

B．impatiently

C．permanently

D．peacefully

15.

A．gesture

B．touch

C．hug

D．glance

3 . When I was young, we lived in an area known as Fruitland for the apple trees that grew there. Since my father was a _________ carpenter(木匠), our house was elegantly built. A porch(门廊) wrapped around the front and side of it. Past the soft green lawn, the _________ was surrounded by forest. During the hot summers, my brother, Curtis and I spent our days outside with old Belle, our father’s _________. We loved to play on a large pile of _________ that was left over from the construction of the house.

One morning when we went outside to play, we couldn’t _________ Belle. We searched everywhere, but useless. _________, we found her standing near the pile of rocks that was our playground. As we _________ the rocks, Belle growled(咆哮) at us. It seemed something _________ happened there. Feeling strange, we went back to the house, and told our mother about Belle’s _________.

Mother __________ to see for herself, but when she tried to come close to Belle, the dog again gave a __________ growl. Our mother told us to stay away. All day, Belle __________ by the pile of rocks, without water or food, in the hot sun.

When our father __________, he, too, went to check on Belle. There Belle grabbed his pants and __________ him to the rocks. To our __________, my father found a large copperhead snake there. Our beloved Belle had kept us safe.

1.

A．helpful

B．optimistic

C．skillful

D．realistic

2.

A．property

B．reward

C．business

D．wealth

3.

A．bird

B．dog

C．cat

D．horse

4.

A．sands

B．woods

C．rocks

D．steels

5.

A．ask

B．tell

C．inform

D．find

6.

A．Originally

B．Finally

C．Actually

D．Instantly

7.

A．removed

B．restored

C．approached

D．appreciated

8.

A．helpless

B．natural

C．exciting

D．unusual

9.

A．behavior

B．personality

C．habit

D．lifestyle

10.

A．gave up

B．came out

C．took up

D．broke out

11.

A．convincing

B．exciting

C．inspiring

D．warning

12.

A．worked

B．studied

C．walked

D．stayed

13.

A．returned

B．changed

C．left

D．slept

14.

A．sent

B．threw

C．pulled

D．invited

15.

A．surprise

B．sadness

C．regret

D．comfort

4 . Somewhere on the hospital ward(病房), a woman was singing. Her voice was loud enough to _________ my thoughts. My _________ was on my husband, Bill, lying in the bed in front of me. He _________ all the attention I could give him, even at midnight.

I wished there was more I could do for him. “Stay strong”, I said to him in a soft voice. “We’ll get through this together.”

I doubted if he could _________ me, but no matter. The _________ was still singing. The words to “Amazing Grace” flew through the air.

It had gotten _________ and more soulful(深情的). I went out to the wing of rooms that circled the nurses’ station. I _________ when I found the source a few rooms down from Bill’s. I took a quick _________ inside in the doorway. An old woman in blue sang to her loved one in bed. Her voice was _________. Her eyes never left the patient she __________.

But her beautiful words __________ me. I knew she wasn’t singing to me, and yet I couldn’t help but feel that I’d been meant to hear her. The moment was a(n) __________ event. So I walked back to Bill’s room, lifted up by her singing.

From the next day on I sang __________ songs like the woman for Bill. A few days later, his sense of balance was __________. He was discharged (准许出院) in the afternoon, and we went ________ to have a good rest.

1.

A．widen

B．change

C．interrupt

D．read

2.

A．chef

B．mind

C．host

D．consumer

3.

A．required

B．ignored

C．drew

D．overcame

4.

A．beat

B．honor

C．defend

D．hear

5.

A．patient

B．nurse

C．lady

D．doctor

6.

A．better

B．louder

C．warmer

D．stricter

7.

A．stopped

B．hesitated

C．laughed

D．raced

8.

A．breath

B．shower

C．look

D．ride

9.

A．comforting

B．familiar

C．thick

D．flat

10.

A．picked up

B．called on

C．searched for

D．looked after

11.

A．awoke

B．enveloped

C．reminded

D．persuaded

12.

A．bitter

B．horrible

C．personal

D．original

13.

A．boring

B．inspiring

C．favorite

D．popular

14.

A．restored

B．lost

C．measured

D．maintained

15.

A．downtown

B．outside

C．there

D．home

5 . I generally write practical posts about the business of art. I love to give tips that might help artists and galleries become just a little more ________. Today though, I want to step back from the business and share my ________ for art itself. Being in the business, I sometimes find myself thinking of ________ only in terms of money. It’s good to pause now and again to ________ what it’s all about.

I love art. I could probably say, “I ________ art.” I spend every day of my life thinking about art and working with art.

Growing up with a painter father, my earliest ________ is not a sight or a sound, it’s a ________ — the smell of oil paint. I remember watching my dad hard at work in the studio and I was ________ to see how he transformed a canvas (画布) and ________ it into a window on the world.

As a teenager, I went to work at Legacy Gallery where my father was showing his work. There, I started to ________ the art business. In the beginning, I was working in the ________ doing the shipping and receiving, cleaning and installing (安装) artwork, but what a(n) ________ experience it was to see art coming into the gallery and then see collectors fall in love with it and ________ it.

Since then I have got to spend my days surrounded (围绕) by ________ artworks and come into ________ with some of the most influential artists in the world. Art is amazing!

1.

A．successful

B．useful

C．scientific

D．expensive

2.

A．search

B．love

C．reason

D．preparation

3.

A．career

B．business

C．art

D．chance

4.

A．forget

B．understand

C．wonder

D．expect

5.

A．talk about

B．show off

C．give up

D．live for

6.

A．memory

B．work

C．class

D．dream

7.

A．taste

B．view

C．touch

D．smell

8.

A．frightened

B．nervous

C．surprised

D．ready

9.

A．copied

B．put

C．divided

D．painted

10.

A．learn

B．protect

C．influence

D．discuss

11.

A．community

B．environment

C．background

D．public

12.

A．amazing

B．awful

C．strange

D．natural

13.

A．change

B．buy

C．design

D．share

14.

A．crazy

B．free

C．similar

D．wonderful

15.

A．competition

B．contact

C．agreement

D．battle

8 . A 12-year-old artist from Iowa is using his artwork to raise awareness and money for children’s cancer.

When Arsh Pal was eight years old, he was ________ painting supplies for his birthday. He ________ painting watercolor canvases (油画), and had made so many that he began ________ some of them to his family and friends as gifts.

As ________ went on, Pal got even better at painting, and his paintings grew in ________ in America, especially among the young people.

________, he started selling his paintings and ________ 100 percent of his proceeds (收入) to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. He set a ________ to raise $1,000, which he quickly ________. Since then, Pal has ________ more than $15,000, and has donated, to at least five charities ________ St. Jude, Easterseals, Make-a-Wish foundation, Compass to Care, and the Riverview Center.

For all of his hard work and ________, Pal was recently honored with the Diana Award, a ________ youth humanitarian award named after the late Princess Diana. The ________ is given to “outstanding young people” between the ages of 9 and 25 who are “________ creating and sustaining positive social change.”

“I’m from Iowa and everybody else is from everywhere else,” Pal told Des Moines Register. “I feel really ________ that I’m getting it because it’s a pretty big award. Princess Diana ________ charitable work and helping the community, so that’s kind of what I do.”

In his free time, Pal also ________ nursing home residents how to paint. He hopes to soon start teaching free painting ________ to kids as well, particularly those who ________ from bad anxiety and emotional struggles.

1.

A．gifted

B．promised

C．advised

D．expected

2.

A．imagined

B．began

C．considered

D．finished

3.

A．going over

B．turning down

C．putting away

D．giving away

4.

A．time

B．hope

C．work

D．effort

5.

A．scale

B．content

C．popularity

D．degree

6.

A．Hopefully

B．Eventually

C．Obviously

D．Generally

7.

A．providing

B．donating

C．delivering

D．lending

8.

A．plan

B．dream

C．goal

D．purpose

9.

A．reached

B．changed

C．pursued

D．decided

10.

A．promoted

B．requested

C．gathered

D．raised

11.

A．covering

B．including

C．containing

D．demanding

12.

A．honesty

B．patience

C．generosity

D．courage

13.

A．famous

B．normal

C．similar

D．regular

14.

A．title

B．award

C．money

D．status

15.

A．naturally

B．formally

C．effectively

D．selflessly

16.

A．nervous

B．curious

C．happy

D．confused

17.

A．reflects

B．indicated

C．represents

D．Suggests

18.

A．teaches

B．observes

C．informs

D．arranges

19.

A．lectures

B．lessons

C．subjects

D．schools

20.

A．escape

B．separate

C．benefit

D．suffer

10 . My most favourite teacher is Chitra Ma’am. She teaches us English，who ________my hard work, which let me excited. She ________ our school one year ago, before which, I was not so good at English. But I have changed my ________ to this subject after attending her classes.

I like her for many ________ one of which is that she delivered the lessons in a ________ way. Her best quality is that she is ________ with us. She would check our homework without missing a day, which gains our ________.

There are many activities given at the end of every lesson and she makes us ________ all of them. Not only that, but she also encourages us to take part in drama and poem ________, which, many of us think, forces us to ________ our abilities of writing authentic English.

All of us have to speak in English during the English period. Every student ________ to talk in English even if the sentence sounds improper. She has taught us never to play jokes on each other’s ________. This has improved our spoken English in a great way. Now, we are able to talk in English with more ________.

Another great quality of hers is that she treats every child ________. After explaining the lesson to us, she asks each one of us different questions about the chapter. Sometimes, we also ________ talking about our personal lives, like what we like about our lives, how our parents work hard for us, and things like that.1.

A．describes

B．appreciates

C．expands

D．questions

2.

A．trusted

B．designed

C．joined

D．built

3.

A．attitude

B．access

C．solution

D．devotion

4.

A．inventions

B．sources

C．effects

D．causes

5.

A．confusing

B．terrifying

C．fascinating

D．embarrassing

6.

A．bored

B．strict

C．careful

D．content

7.

A．respect

B．impression

C．interview

D．conclusion

8.

A．arrange for

B．communicate with

C．participate in

D．complain about

9.

A．competitions

B．treatments

C．movements

D．suggestions

10.

A．affect

B．destroy

C．challenge

D．increase

11.

A．used

B．refused

C．tried

D．failed

12.

A．mistakes

B．clothes

C．lifestyles

D．efforts

13.

A．admiration

B．patience

C．confidence

D．information

14.

A．nervously

B．carefully

C．formally

D．equally

15.

A．preferred

B．escaped

C．imagined

D．considered