1 . 阅读下面短文，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

There was once a troubled family. The parents spoiled their children. The son, John, loved to play video games all day long when summer vacation was around and he did not like to study. The daughter, Emily, on the other hand, loved studying without play. To her, video games were for foolish people who were unable to achieve anything useful. Life went on with parents complaining and not changing anything.

One day two new neighbors arrived in their neighborhood. One lived on the right side of John’s house while the other lived on the left side of John’s house. These two people were twins. They did not communicate with anyone other than themselves. John and his family felt uncomfortable living right between them. Strange sounds came from their houses every midnight until the afternoon. People heard and saw thunder and lightning coming from the house. After a couple of weeks of lightning flashing, machines roaring, this disturbed every household. Everyone could not help but wonder what their new neighbors were doing. It was whispered that they were inventing a time machine in secret.

People were beginning to dislike them. Every moment they heard these noises, they felt like something was going to explode soon. To deal with this problem John and Emily’s parents walked to both houses to speak with the owners. But on each door hung a sign that said, “DO NOT DISTURB!” They tried knocking the door and no one responded or came out from the house. The machine noise kept going but once in a while it did stop for a small break before it continued. They tried nearly every day to get the attention of their new neighbors. But in the end they gave up. They decided to send their kids to get their attention instead. So they made a plan and the kids successfully entered the neighbor’s houses.

注意：
1．续写词数应为150左右；
2．请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
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Unexpectedly, the kids both experienced a journey to their own future there.

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After returning from the neighbor’s houses, the two kids changed totally.

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2 . My 23-year-old son Dan packed, ready for the journey to work abroad for a year. It was a milestone, _________ the transition from his school days to adulthood.

I looked _________ at his face when we were to say goodbye, trying to remember every feature, meanwhile, _________ to say something that had long buried deep in my heart. However, not a sound came over my lips.

This wasn’t the first time I had let such an opportunity _________. On his first day in preschool, I accompanied him to the bus stop. His _________ and curiosity filled all the way. But even still, he boarded the bus and disappeared, I was _________. There still were many other _________ like this.

Now I stood in front of him, trying to recall all the times I had let go of. How often has that not happened to us all? A son graduates or a daughter is married. But at those ceremonies, we don’t seize the _________, telling them what they _________ to us.

Here and now, I knew it really mattered; but I still found myself nervous and uncomfortable. Why does it have to be so __________?

I gathered all my courage. “Dan,” I __________ stammered out (结巴地说出), “If I had the choice myself I would have chosen you.”

I was not sure whether he __________ what I meant. But then he stepped __________ me and put his arms around me. For a short while the world and everything was gone, there were only Dan and me.

What I told Dan was clumsy and commonplace. Yet it was __________.

Then he __________ the airport with his girlfriend in a taxi.

1.

A．making

B．leaving

C．marking

D．setting

2.

A．closely

B．tightly

C．quickly

D．hurriedly

3.

A．hard

B．eager

C．afraid

D．unwilling

4.

A．put down

B．take away

C．set off

D．pass by

5.

A．excitement

B．confusion

C．devotion

D．creation

6.

A．careless

B．selfless

C．wordless

D．hopeless

7.

A．places

B．reasons

C．directions

D．cases

8.

A．chance

B．clue

C．fortune

D．wonder

9.

A．contribute

B．mean

C．lend

D．happen

10.

A．hardworking

B．tiring

C．difficult

D．boring

11.

A．finally

B．formally

C．exactly

D．repeatedly

12.

A．formed

B．written

C．heard

D．caught

13.

A．in

B．towards

C．on

D．against

14.

A．anything

B．nothing

C．something

D．everything

15.

A．searched for

B．worked for

C．headed for

D．applied for

3 . Nearly half of all employees are close to “breaking point” at work due to increased stress levels. A survey of 2,000 professionals found the average working adult feels stressed for almost a third of their working day.

The mounting pressure faced in their job also contributes to five hours of lost sleep per employee every week. Checking work emails after hours, last-minute deadlines, having to do a speech or presentation and an overly demanding manager were named as some of the biggest causes of workplace stress.

It also revealed that in the average week, employees will complain about their boss for 31 minutes and their job in general for another two hours and 45 minutes. Richard Jenkins, psychologist and spokesman for well-being charity CABA, said: “Everyone will experience pressure day-to-day.”

“A level of pressure can actually make us work better, however too much pressure that rises to an unmanageable level leads to stress. The working public needs to know how to manage their pressure to avoid reaching boiling point. Some people cope by blowing off steam through physical activity like the gym or going for a run while for some, things like breathing exercises can help. Everyone will have a strategy that they find works better to help them release the pressure. Unfortunately, in many cases we don’t introduce these decompressing (减压) moments in our lives which can help release the pressure and reduce stress. Finding ways to manage your stress is essential, it is also worth addressing the root causes of your stress to try to manage the source rather than just treat the symptoms.”

The study also found seven in 10 adults have vented about their workplace to a colleague, partner, family member or friend. 46 percent of those who have felt stressed at work didn’t end up doing anything about it, hoping the problem would go away on its own. Of those who do take action, 38 percent have told their manager about it, while 51 percent have gone for a walk to cool down.

1. What is the possible result of pressure faced by workers?

A．Giving a public presentation.	B．His demanding department head.
C．Loss of about 5 hours’ sleep weekly.	D．Constantly checking email after work.

2. What can we learn from the passage?

A．Pressure will not do you any good in your daily life.

B．It’s better to turn to medicine when one is faced with great stress.

C．Women tend to feel more pressure at work than their male colleagues.

D．Almost everybody will adopt his own way to deal with their stress in their lives.

3. What does the underlined word “vented” in paragraph 5 mean?

A．complained.

B．argued.

C．wandered.

D．asked.

4. What’s the author’s attitude towards the pressure people feel at work?

A．Indifferent.

B．Objective.

C．Positive.

D．Negative.

4 . A. Human feet will become just one big toe.

In a lecture at the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1911, a surgeon named Richard Clement Lucas made a curious prediction that the “useless outer toes” will become used less and less, so that “man might become a one-toed race” in the next century. Look and check your toes.

B. Our houses will be cleaned by hoses.

In a 1950 article titled “Miracles You’ll See in the Next 50 Years,” the New York Times’ longtime science editor Waldemar Kaempffert predicted that by the 21st century, all you’ll have to do to get your house clean is “simply turn the hose on everything.”

That’s because he imagined furniture would be made of synthetic fabric or waterproof plastic. “After the water has run down a drain in the middle of the floor” all you’d have to do is “turn on a blast of hot air” to dry everything. A mercy for housewife, right?

C. We’ll live in flying houses.

Inventor, science writer, and futurist Arthur C. Clark—who co-wrote the screenplay for 2001: A Space Odyssey—believed that the boring houses of 1966 would be extremely different by the time we reached the 21st century. Evidently, the houses of the future would have nothing keeping them on the ground and they would be able to move to anywhere on the earth on a whim (异想天开). So easy to travel abroad!

D. We’ll eat candy made of underwear.

In Popular Mechanics, Waldemar Kaempffert predicted that all food would be delivered to our homes in the form of frozen bricks by the 21st century. “Cooking as an art is only a memory in the minds of old people,” he wrote. And, thanks to advances in cooking technology, Kaempffert predicted it would even be possible to take ordinary objects like old table cloth and “silk-like underwear” and bring them to “chemical factories to be made into candy.” No, thanks! Not at all!

1. How many toes would become useless and disappear in his left foot, according to the surgeon?

A．Five.

B．Four.

C．Three.

D．Two.

2. What’s the writer’s attitude towards the candy made of underwear?

A．He likes it very much.	B．He thinks it acceptable.
C．He completely rejects it.	D．He would like to have a try.

3. What do all the articles have in common?

A．They were all put forward by the greatest minds at their time.

B．Although they sounded unbelievable, they were well received.

C．They appeared in the same magazine almost around the same time.

D．They were interesting predictions about the century we are living now.

5 . 阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

With time going by, Mother’s Day was around the corner. Maybe it is the happiest day for every mother. Bruce, a boy of nine years old, with his little sister Alina. six years old, wanted to buy their mother carnations(康乃馨). But they were too young to get a job, even if a part-time one. What could they do? There was only one week left. They felt sad whenever they thought their mother would spend her Mother’s Day without carnations.

Money is hard to make. Buying a bunch of carnations would cost a large sum of money for them. One day when they were wandering at the street, they heard Mr Green was complaining that he had no time to wash those soda pop bottles. It is a kind of soda pop sold in bottles and the bottles can be washed and filled again. Mr Green ran that grocery shop by himself, so he had no time to wash them. "Would you like to try, Alina?" Bruce asked his sister suddenly. Alina nodded her head without hesitation. After all, both of them knew that maybe it was an opportunity for them to make money for the flowers.

They walked a few steps and came near Mr Green. They looked up at Mr Green and asked whether they could help him to wash those bottles. Mr Green looked at them curiously until he was told the reason. He agreed and promised that he would pay 0.1 dollar for every bottle. Bruce and Alina were very happy even though they knew they would have a busy week.

They came to Mr Green’s shop in the next seven days when they came back from school. On the morning of Mother’s Day, they got the pay ——6.1 dollars. The boy also had 0.3 dollar saved. So with a total of 6.4 dollars they walked about a mile to where a flower shop was located.

When they came inside, someone asked what they wanted. They told him they wanted to buy some carnations for their mother. The boy reached into his pocket and pulled out their cash, asking if that would be enough.

注意:1、所续写短文的词数应为 150 左右；
2、续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
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“But your money is not enough!” said the shop assistant.

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“Wait a moment, please!” another gentleman waved to them.

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6 . I was in a foreign country. I always took a ________train from the capital to where I lived. When I got on the train, I tried not to fall asleep as I would be home at about 2 am, but ________enough I fell asleep and ________the stop I wanted to arrive at. A controller advised me to ________ at the next one and wait for the train to my city, which wouldn’t ________ until 4 am. The next station was terrible. It was too ________ for me to wait alone.

One of the ________ got off with me as she lived nearby. She told me she was ________ about my safety and offered to get me into her ________. I was a bit suspicious (怀疑的), but I________ her. I got in and we started ________.

Asked if I had been here, I said I had passed the station many times, but never ________ into the city. “Our Reggia is very famous! Would you like to see it in my car?” she asked. I nodded.

We had a short ________ around the Reggia and it was great. Then at around 4 she drove me to the station. Now I still ________ that woman with deep appreciation. ________ she’s only a stranger, her kindness really moved me.

1.

A．fast

B．slow

C．night

D．morning

2.

A．naturally

B．luckily

C．happily

D．funnily

3.

A．missed

B．forgot

C．dreamed

D．lost

4.

A．come in

B．get off

C．hold on

D．speak out

5.

A．wait

B．work

C．move

D．arrive

6.

A．small

B．old

C．dangerous

D．noisy

7.

A．co-workers

B．guides

C．controllers

D．passengers

8.

A．angry

B．worried

C．sad

D．curious

9.

A．car

B．room

C．company

D．store

10.

A．praised

B．trusted

C．tested

D．supported

11.

A．planning

B．learning

C．talking

D．thinking

12.

A．looked

B．stepped

C．cycled

D．ran

13.

A．memory

B．walk

C．meeting

D．ride

14.

A．remember

B．admire

C．believe

D．remind

15.

A．Unless

B．If

C．Though

D．Since

7 . She’s one of the most popular children’s book authors. There are very few other writers who can create such magic with their stories. One other such author is J. K. Rowling. But it all started with Enid Blyton, the English writer.

This woman was really a genius (天才), and knew the way to a child’s heart. Many children’s love for reading began with her. She wrote mysteries about boarding school adventures, and there was always something to learn at the end of the story. “Don’t be greedy (贪婪的)” or “It’s good to be kind” or “Be kind to animals” or “Being too naughty will only land you in trouble”. There was always something that kids need to apprehend at a young age.

And she showed all these in the sweetest, most kindly way possible. Everything turned out to be okay in the end and the bad guys got what they deserved (应得的), but nothing too hard. And they became good people in the end. If only the real world was this simple. She’s written books about kids solving problems in the world filled with gods and fairies (仙女) where everyone was good and kind, and lived with enough chocolates and other delicious foods. This world is just what people want.

Do you know the kids’ show that is popular on Pogo? Yeah, Enid Blyton created these characters. The series is based on her books. These are just a few. She’s created hundreds and hundreds of characters and more than 400 million copies of her children’s books have been sold worldwide.

Children are crazy about her books and parents and schools are certainly going to make them read her books. They’re perfect for kids. Enid Blyton is the reason why I developed such a love for writing stories! She had such a wonderful imagination and knew exactly how to steal a child’s heart. She stole mine.

1. Why did Enid Blyton win the author’s praise?

A．She cared for children very much.

B．She could make children love reading.

C．She is more popular than J. K. Rowling.

D．She cared more about works than wealth.

2. What does the underlined word “apprehend” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A．Understand.

B．Enjoy.

C．Seek.

D．Spread.

3. What’s Paragraph 3 mainly about?

A．Enid Blyton’s achievement.

B．Enid Blyton’s writing skills.

C．What is in Enid Blyton’s books.

D．What Enid Blyton’s favourite characters are.

4. What can we guess about the author from the last paragraph?

A．She often tells her children Enid Blyton’s stories.

B．She began to create stories because of Enid Blyton.

C．She suggests teaching Enid Blyton’s stories at school.

D．She hopes to live a life just as Enid Blyton wrote.

8 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

I want to tell everyone about two teachers on Changyu Island, Wang Kaiquan and Lin Zhujin.

Few people know about this hometown of     1    (I). The island is beautiful, but it’s quite isolated, and there aren’t many modern     2    (convenience). In bad weather, even our water and power supplies     3    (be) unstable. People who have never been to our island are often     4    (surprise) by this and find it hard     5    (adjust). Many     6    live on the island dream of leaving.

These two primary school teachers, however,     7    (stay) on for 23 long years! They are     8    only teachers here, and they plan to stay for as long as there are children who need to attend school.

I want to thank them, and let the world know about these teachers who work     9    (tireless) every day     10    the sake of the children.

9 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Where did speaker work when she was a student?

A．In a clothing store.

B．In a gift shop.

C．In a toy store.

2. What was the speaker curious about?

A．Why the couple shop on the Christmas Eve.

B．What holiday presents the couple bought for their sons.

C．Why the couple shopped in the same clothing store.

3. Why does the speaker suggest doing Christmas shopping at Albany?

A．Albany has everything that people want.

B．Albany offers a great discount during holiday.

C．It can be a valuable and meaningful experience for a family.

10 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What impressed the speakers?

A．The candidate’s answers.

B．The candidate’s confidence.

C．The candidate’s resume（简历）.

2. How did the candidate greet the speakers?

A．By shaking hands with them.

B．By nodding at them.

C．By introducing herself.

3. What is the woman most dissatisfied with?

A．The candidate’s posture.

B．The candidate’s lacking sense of personal space.

C．The candidate’s way of greeting.