1 . Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. inky   B. ashore   C. facility   D. worldwide   E. female   F. conclusions   G. double    H. confused I. Talk   J. preservation   K. typically

Several deep-sea fish have been mysteriously washed up on California’s beaches this year, leaving marine biologists     1    .

The latest Pacific football fish to be washed     2     in the state was spotted near Encinitas last Friday. A surfer found the strange fish dead on Swami’s Beach and alerted lifeguards, who then notified scientists. Scientist Ben Frable then collected the unusual animal for research and     3     purposes.

The fish is black, almost spherical in shape and has sharp teeth. It has a strange external body sticking out from its head with multiple branches, used to attract prey in the     4     blackness of the deep ocean.

The fish found on Swami’s Beach is a mature     5     measuring nearly 13 inches in length and weighing around 5.5 pounds.

Pacific football fish are very rarely seen considering that they are     6     found at depths of between 650 and 2,600 feet. Only 31 known fish have ever been collected     7    and it has never been seen in the wild, so scientists know very little about the species.

Despite the fact that the fish are rarely seen, three of them have been washed up on California’s beaches this year —including one that was spotted last month at Black’s Beach, north of San Diego. The three sightings this year     8     the total number of sightings on record in California, and it’s the     9     of the town among the experts working at the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum, which has four fish in its collection.

Despite the series of recent sightings, experts said, it’s hard to jump to any     10    about why this is happening.

2 . 阅读下面短文，根据上下文内容从所给的A到G的选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，每个词只可选用一次。

A. reminded him of       B. made sense       C. give away       D. devoted all his life to E. work on                  F. believe in          G. turned his back on

Jack’s parents got very disappointed after their son quit school. However, Jack was stubborn (固执) and     1     his parents. From then on, he     2     composing pop music and finally became a successful composer. Jack felt grateful to his mentor (导师) and friends, so he planned to     3    what he earned. The charity work     4     what his parents had done for him. Looking back on the old days, he felt he owed (亏欠) his parents quite a lot. It was not until his success that his parents’ love and care     5    .

3 . 阅读下面短文，根据上下文内容从所给的A到G的选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，每个词只可选用一次。

A. get on               B. drop out of                    C. was tired of       D. get passionate about E. came up with       F. lead a successful life       G. convince him to

Not every successful man was born with a sense of success. All his teachers agreed that Jack was so clever that he was sure to     1     in life, but he showed no interest in study. Unlike his classmates, Jack     2     the endless homework and exams. It was after Jack encountered (邂逅) a famous musician that he began to     3     pop music. Soon Jack     4     an idea to     5     school to become a composer.

4 . 阅读下面短文，请根据短文内容从方框中所给的 12 个词中选用 10 个词并用其正确形式填空。每个词只能选用一次。

have   but   borrow   that   so   until     piece   importance   pass   what   reply     week

Dave woke up at 7:00 a. m. He had been chatting with a friend on the computer    1     nearly midnight last night so he was feeling quite tired but also rather nervous because this was a day of an    2    English exam at school. Dave had been studying very hard for this exam for the last two     3     so he thought he had a good chance of    4    it.

While Dave was traveling to school on the bus, he remembered that he had forgotten to take his wallet with him    5    he didn’t have any money to buy lunch. Just after this, his friend Lucas got on the bus.

“Can I    6    some money, Lucas?” asked Dave.

“Sure, no problem,”     7     Lucas. “Here you go.”

Two boys did the English exam. While they were    8    lunch, Dave asked Lucas if he thought the exam had been difficult. Lucas smiled and picked up the slice (薄片) of chocolate cake     9    he was eating.

“It was so easy. It was a     10    of cake!” said Lucas, smiling.

5 . 用所给单词的适当形式填空，每词限用一次，有两个词是多余的。

celebrate, admire,   energy,   starve,   feast,   memory,   origin, arrive,   agriculture,   custom,   gather,   gain

Thanksgiving Day is a special holiday in the United States and Canada. Families and friends     1     to eat and give thanks for their blessings.

Thanksgiving Day is really a harvest festival. This is why it     2     in late fall,   after the crops are harvested.

The first New England Thanksgiving did celebrate a rich     3     harvest. Early in the 16th century,   the     4     Pilgrims landed at what is now Plymouth,   Massachusetts. But in the first winter of their     5     they had a difficult time. They suffered a lot and many of the Pilgrims even     6     to death. It was in the next year that they     7     a good harvest. So Governor (州长) Bradford declared a three-day     8    . The Pilgrims invited Indian friends to join them for their special feast. Everyone brought food. Such is the     9     of Thanksgiving Day.

In time,   other colonies (殖民地) began to celebrate a day of thanksgiving. But it took years before Thanksgiving Day became a national     10    . During the Civil War,   President Abraham Lincoln announced the last Thursday of November 1863 as a day of thanksgiving. Today,   Americans celebrate this happy harvest festival on the fourth Thursday in November while Canadians, their neighbours, celebrate Thanksgiving Day on the second Monday in October.

6 . 用方框内所给短语的适当形式完成下面的句子

1. The boy is too thin for ___________ enough food.
2. With ___________saving her brother, the little girl keeps taking exercise to have an operation to help.
3. _____________variety of choices, online shopping websites are more popular with the consumers.
4. The scientist ______ to increase the number of pandas all the time.
5. Normally, people___________ make mistakes when they do things in a hurry.
6. I’m sure the party will __________ you if you can join.
7. She is obsessive about ____________, but in fact, she is not fat.
8. The lady keeps jogging whenever possible in order to ______________.

7 . 从方框中选择适当词填空.

reserved ，social ，associates，disconnected，dominates，touching，flow ，Yet，updates ，However

Mark has 500 friends online and he spends a lot of time on the Internet.His phone and laptop are never out of     1    distance and he’s constantly posting    2    on social media.He has a never-ending     3    of messages from all the people he    4    with online.    5     the truth of the matter is：he feels lonely.Social networking     6     his life in so many ways.Although he’s hard-wired in，he is more     7    than ever.

8 . 阅读短文，用方框中所给词语或短语的正确形式填空，使文章通顺、连贯、合理。（每空只能填一个单词或一个短语，每个单词或短语限用一次）

look back, decide, compete, one, scare, pride, sit, kid, quick, short

A group of boys stood around a tree. “What a tall tree!” they said to each other, “It would be exciting to climb to the top.”

The group of boys made a     1     to play a game to see who could climb to the top of the tree fastest. Their mothers were     2     not far away, looking at their kids as they played.

One of the     3     was David. He was the     4     boy in the group. Nobody thought he would win the     5    .

Then the game started. All of the boys tried to climb as high as they could. Although the others climbed faster than David at     6    , he reached the top of the tree fastest in the end.

His mother was     7     to see this. She asked, “David, how did you reach the top of the tree so     8    ?”

“It was easy.” David said. “The other kids kept looking down as they climbed. When they realized how high they were, they got     9     and were afraid of looking down. However, I looked only up. When I saw how close I was, I kept going higher and higher until I reached the top.

It is true in life that if we just keep going forward without     10    , we are more likely to reach our goals.

10 . 阅读下面文本，并从每段文本方框的单词或短语中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。

A. imagination B. physical C. existence D. mental E. symphony F. challenge G. wisdom

Books are essential in various ways that go beyond enriching your mind or entertaining you. They stimulate your senses and promote good     1     health.

While the internet and television are useful in their own ways, nothing can compare to a great book. Books inspire your     2    , give you new ideas,     3     your way of thinking, provide solutions, and share     4    . At every stage of your     5    , you can find a relevant book that will add value to your personal and professional life.