2 . Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

My daughter

(A story told by a father, a famous actor)

My wife and I only had the one child. We had Amy.

I see her as my best friend. I think she’d always come to me first if she had a problem. We have the same sense of humor, and share interests.     1     I don’t mind animals, she’s completely fascinated with them, and she has always had dogs, cats, horses, and goldfish in her life.

We were     2     (close) when she was about four, which I think is a lovely age for a child. They know the parents best, and don’t have outside contacts. She must have grown up suddenly when she went to school, because I remember her growing away from her family slightly. Any father who has a teenager daughter comes across an extraordinary collection of people, and there seemed to be an endless stream of strange young men     3     (come) through our house. By the time I learned their names they     4     (go) away and I had to start learning a new lot.

I wanted more than anything else for her to be happy in     5     she was doing, and I was prepared to pull strings to help her on her way. When she left a good school she decided she wanted to become an actress so I got her into drama school. It wasn’t to her liking so she joined a theatre group and began doing bits and pieces in films. She was doing well, but then gave it up. She probably found it boring. Then she took up social work, and finally went to work     6    a designer and he became her husband. And that’s really the story of her life. She must be happy with him—they’re always together.

We have such similar tastes in books and music     7     I used to take her to see an opera, which is my big passion. However, I don’t think she likes it very much. She doesn’t come with me anymore.

I don’t think she’s a big television watcher. She knows when I’m on the television, and she     8     watch, but I don’t know. It’s not the kind of thing she tells me.

We’re very grateful for Amy. She’s a good daughter as daughters go. We’re looking forward to being grandparents.

3 . Directions: Fill in each blank to make the passage make sense and well connected in writing style. The initial letter of each word has been given. (please write each answer in a COMPLETE word on the answer card.

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

In Congress, July 4, 1776

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s god entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should d    1     the causes which impel them to the separation.

We h    2     these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created e    3    , that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable R    4    , that among these are life, L    5    , and the pursuit of Happiness.

That to secure these rights, g     6     are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.

That whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the P     7     to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, l    8     its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such f    9    , as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience has shown, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariable the same Object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their d     10    , to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

4 . Directions：Complete the brochure according to the given Chinese.

Shanghai—an important center of economy, technology, information and culture.

As a noted historic and culture city, Shanghai attracts millions of tourists from home and abroad     1    (以她独特的风韵). Shanghai is also a paradise for gourmets (美食家); its local cuisine (本帮菜)     2    (特别受到海外人士的青睐).

The most attractive work of architecture is no other than the Oriental Pearl TV Tower     3    (坐落于黄浦江畔). Mounting the observation floor and     4    (环顾四周), you will admire the view of the famous Bund and the charming skyline of the city in the distance,     5    (流连忘返).

5 . Directions：Complete the brochure according to the given Chinese.

Apple Watch Series 2—Apple’s first waterproof smartwatch

The Apple Watch Series 2 is the second-generation Apple Watch, first introduced on September 7, 2016 and     1    (公开面世) on September 16, 2016. Design wise, the Apple Watch Series     2    (与第一代的Apple Watch在外观上相似), but it features several internal upgrades.

Available in 38 and 42 mm varieties, the Apple Watch Series 2 is the same size and shape as the original Apple Watch, but it has been constructed with superior 50m water resistance and better seals,     3    (使之适用于游泳者) for the first time.

The Apple Watch Series 2 continues to measure metrics like     4    (所行步数), calories burned, and pulse rate, and it can track many activities using the Workout app. Positioned as a fitness device and designed to     5    (鼓励用户多做运动), the Apple Watch and watch OS 3 include health-focused features and built-in activity reminders, much like the original Apple Watch.

Inside, there’s a new dual-core S2 chip that’s 50 percent faster than the processor in the original device, and a new GPU offers 2x better graphics performance for apps that open much faster and do more. An NFC chip allows it to work with Apple Pay, Apple’s payment service.

6 . Directions：Fill in the blanks according to the text. One word for each blank only.

Furthermore, the work flow was     1    . There was one especially absent-minded young man in the assembly line who     2         3     buttons. After a while I recognized him as“Big Jim”who used to sit behind me in math class in high school. He was very slow and all the shirts were held up at his position. Workers     4     him in line on his shift had to wait with nothing to do; therefore a great deal of time and efficiency were lost as Big Jim daydreamed while he worked. All week I wondered why he wasn’t fired.

7 . Directions：Fill in the blanks according to the text. One word for each blank only.

A different form of reading might also be done,     1         2         3     in the past: reading aloud. Few     4     bring a family closer together than gathering around and listening to mother or father read a good story. The quiet hour could become the story hour. When the quiet hour ends, the TV networks might even be forced to come up with better shows in order to     5         6         7     from our newly discovered activities.

8 . Directions：Read the following passage and fill in the blanks to complete the summary. No more than eight words for each blank.

The school that is changing American education

Two years ago, I visited a school in Brooklyn called P-TECH, the Pathways in Technology early college high school, which seemed very much like the future of education to me. It knitted together educators and job creators, giving kids not only a high school degree, but a two-year associate degree and a job guarantee at one of the country’s top blue-chip firms, IBM.

The latest great national leap forward in secondary education was during the post W.W. Ⅱ period, when state governments decided that high school education, previously optional, should be compulsory in order to ensure the kind of skilled workforce needed to compete in a new, higher tech industrial era. Now, many leaders---including the President, the education Secretary, scores of blue-chip CEOs and executives, and most top educators---believe we’re once again at such a turning point. When it comes to high school, an increasing number of them buy into the idea that not only should educators and job creators b e much more closely connected, but that as Stanley Litow, the IBM executive behind the program puts it,“six should be the new four.”The push for all American kids to have a post high school future, like Tennessee governor Haslam’s recent calls for two years of free community college for every student in the state, seems to come almost daily.

The statistics support it. A Four-year high school degree these days only guarantees a $15 an hour future. According to projections by the Center on Education and the Workforce at Georgetown University, the U.S. economy will create some 47-million job openings in the decade ending 2018, but nearly two-thirds will require some post secondary education. The Center projects that only 36% of American jobs will be filled by people with only a 4-year high school degree---half of what that number was in the 1970s. What’s more, the cost of not trading up educationally could be disastrous---workers with an associate degree will earn 73% more than those with only a high school diploma.

Many leaders maintain that children should     1     and that high schools should     2    . The idea is based on     3    . On one hand, more jobs will require     4    . On the other, an associate degree will ensure     5    .

9 . Directions：Fill in the blanks according to the text. One word for each blank only.

I     1     a string around the diaper box and mailed it without a     2     stamped envelope and without making a copy of the     3    . A month later I received a contract, an advance on royalties, and a     4     to start working on another book.

10 . Fill in the blanks with words and phrases that are taken from your textbooks.
1. Fast food restaurants are now _________rapidly all over the country in the United States. Speed is a very important __________. People usually have a short ________ ________because they just do not want to _______ ______ ______ ______. Fast food restaurant are places that _________ ______ ______ hundreds of people in a short time. There is usually very _____ ______ and the food is always very cheap.
2. In Japan, ______ ______ ______is often held while people are drinking tea. The ceremony, usually held in a teahouse, ______ ______ ______ the sixteen century. Guests ______ ______ ________ set up then and the tea ______ is a powdered green tea. Though still ______ today, the tea ceremony may not be ______ ______ ______ it used to be. Young people tend to ______ other drinks.
3. In the seventeenth ______, Rives, blown heavily . ______ ______. His hands dropped helplessly. Danny thought it was his chance ---the boy was ______ ______ ______, he decided to _____ the deadly blow. But before he could do that, Rivera caught him off his ______ and hit him ______ ______ ______. Danny went down. When he ______ Rivera gave him another blow on the neck and jaw.