1 . 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。

One Sunday last year, eight of us hiked for a couple of hours through the desert near San Diego to reach Thunder Canyon Cave. We had to go through a waterfall to get inside, so we put on our wetsuits and lowered ourselves 30ft down. By 11：00 am we were inside. With further climbing, we reached a nine­inch crack. Having caved for four hours,__I was tired and wet.

The group leader, Luca,__was guiding three cavers. One of them, Steve, in his 50s, got jammed in the__crack. There was 10 minutes of pulling and pushing until Steve was free. He was tired and needed to leave. Luca, assuming I'd been through the crack before, guided Steve through another 15 minutes of cave to an exit. I was second from last to go through and out of earshot (可听距离). I didn't realize that Luca wasn't there—if I'd known, I wouldn't have attempted the crack, as I needed an experienced guide.

The challenge is to move your feet first down the length of the crack, and then angle your body sideways to swing along, before dropping five feet to the floor of the next space. On my first attempt, I knew I wouldn't make__it through, but the group encouraged me to try again. I didn't want to inconvenience anyone by having to make the long trip back through the cave, so I backed out and took off my wetsuit. In just my T­shirt, I tried to slide through again but my hips (屁股) jammed. My feet were hanging the other side and my left arm supported my body. My hand rested on a wooden board that had been left covering rocks to protect cavers from slipping. Luca returned and the team tried everything to move me as I mentally focused on escape.

After two hours my arm weakened, so I slid further into the crack, where the__gap was only eight and a half inches wide. My body weight was now on my left elbow, my back and chest touching the cold stone walls. The guy behind me, Jim, tried unsuccessfully to pull me back. Of course, I was blocking his escape,__too.

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2. 至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
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Paragraph 1：

With the risk of hypothermia (低体温),

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Paragraph 2：

Luca finally found the rescue helicopter.

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2 . 语法填空

Qian Zhongshu was a Chinese scholar and writer, known for his wit and erudition (博学). Despite failing in mathematics, Qian     1     (success) entered the Department of Foreign Languages under Tsinghua University in 1929 because of his     2     (excellence) performance in Chinese and English languages. In Tsinghua, he met his wife Yang Jiang, who was to become     3    successful playwright and translator, and     4     (marry) her in 1935. In the same year, Qian received government sponsorship     5     (promote) his studies abroad. Together with his wife, Qian headed for the University of Oxford in Britain. After     6     (spend) two years at Exeter College, he received a bachelor of literature. He studied for one more year in the University of Paris in France, and he didn't return to China     7    1938.

Qian lived in Shanghai from 1941 to 1945,     8    was then under Japanese occupation. At that time he devoted     9     (he) to writing and many of his works were written or published then. A collection of short     10     (essay), Writing in the Margins of Life, was published in 1941. His most celebrated work Fortress Besieged appeared in 1947. On the Art of Poetry, written in classical Chinese was issued in 1948.

3 . Recently，a special group of American athletes were invited to Poland to run in a 100-kilometer race. The endurance race was ______ interest to many people because the athletes were______________，They had lost legs in accidents，were blind or had diseases that made their muscles very ________ .

______ their disabilities，most of the runners ________   it through the 25-hourrace.

“Disabled people always ________ when we are asked why we are running such a long distance，and we smile because we________ the challenge，"said a blind runner.

The runners in Poland showed that there's almost     _________ that the disabled can't do when they give their minds to it. There are about 37 million disabled people in the U. S. Just a decade ___   ， people thought they were beer off if they ___________ home and did as little as possible.

That's _______   Disabled athletes are challenging all __________and proving without questions that they can_____in almost every sport. The disabled are taking part in running，golfing，skiing. bicycling，rock climbing and rafting. A_______   woman ran in the Boston Marathon. Her husband ran in front of her and held a rope so she knew where to run.

In 1988，376 disabled Americans competed in many _______ in a special division of the Seoul Olympics. These brave athletes are proving that the stereotype （偏见）that the disabled are inactive is ___

They have been helped by great advances in_______ . Wheelchairs weigh less than 5 kilograms now，compared with more than 20 kilograms a few years ago. Also，________ legs are lighter and more comfortable.

Some people wonder if disabled athletes are __________ themselves too hard. But the athletes say they are_________self-respect and independence.

1.

A．of

B．in

C．to

D．with

2.

A．troubled

B．sick

C．unhealthy

D．disabled

3.

A．hard

B．weak

C．strong

D．soft

4.

A．Because of

B．Although

C．Despite

D．In case

5.

A．made

B．did

C．got

D．took

6.

A．avoid

B．admit

C．sigh

D．smile

7.

A．love

B．thank

C．mind

D．care

8.

A．something

B．anything

C．everything

D．nothing

9.

A．early

B．later

C．ago

D．after

10.

A．stayed at

B．worked at

C．moved around

D．escaped from

11.

A．stopping

B．advancing

C．changing

D．improving

12.

A．purposes

B．faiths

C．limits

D．passions

13.

A．create

B．succeed

C．fail

D．believe

14.

A．ill

B．lame

C．deaf

D．blind

15.

A．activities

B．sports

C．campaigns

D．occasions

16.

A．out of question

B．out of date

C．out of luck

D．out of sight

17.

A．equipment

B．legs

C．machines

D．wheelchairs

18.

A．wrong

B．mistaken

C．false

D．faulty

19.

A．hurting

B．asking

C．pulling

D．pushing

20.

A．making

B．building

C．doing

D．showing

4 . Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the poet, publisher, painter, social activist and bookstore owner, has been San Francisco’s honored poet. He turns 100 this month, and the city is making preparations to celebrate him in style. Readings and performances and an open house will take place at City Lights, the sacred bookstore he co-founded in 1953.

On March 24, 1919, Lawrence Ferlinghetti was born in Yonkers, New York. After spending his early childhood in France, he received his BA from the University of North Carolina, an MA from Columbia University, and a PhD from the Sorbonne.

He is the author of more than thirty books of poetry, including Poetry as Insurgent Art; A Coney Island of the Mind. He has translated the works of a number of poets, including Nicanor Parra, Jacques Prevert, and Pier Paolo Pasolini. In addition to poetry, he is also the author of more than eight plays and three novels, including Little Boy: A Novel, Love in the Days of Rage and Her.

In 1953, Ferlinghetti and Peter Martin opened the City Lights bookstore in San Francisco, California. It became a nerve center for the Beats and other writers. Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and other writers from that era were Easterners who dropped into San Francisco for a spell. In 2001 it was made an official historic landmark. Now City Lights is almost certainly the best bookstore in the United States. It’s filled with serious world literature of all kinds.

If City Lights is a San Francisco institution, Ferlinghetti himself is as much of one. He has loomed over the city’s literary life. As a poet, he’s never been a critical favorite. But his flexible and plain-spoken and often powerful work — he has published more than 50 volumes — has found a wide audience. His collection “A Coney Island of the Mind” has sold more than 1 million copies, making it one of the best-selling American poetry books ever published.

1. What can we learn about Ferlinghetti from Paragraph 2?

A．He had a happy childhood.

B．He received normal education.

C．He had a gift for writing novels.

D．He had written lots of poetry.

2. Which of the following best describes Ferlinghetti according to Paragraph 3?

A．Flexible.

B．Optimistic.

C．Outspoken.

D．Productive.

3. Why is City Lights famous?

A．Because it is a nerve center for the youth.

B．Because its collections have a long history.

C．Because it is an official historic landmark.

D．Because it has many modern world literature.

4. What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?

A．To speak highly of a great poet.

B．To introduce some English poetry.

C．To promote values of City Lights.

D．To celebrate the birthday of Ferlinghetti.

5 . How the Elderly Are Treated Around the World

How cultures view and treat their elderly is closely linked to their most prized values and qualities.     1    

In the US and UK, Protestantism (新教) is at play. Western cultures tend to be youth-centric, stressing qualities like independence.     2     It ties a person’s value to his or her ability to work – something that becomes weaker in old age. As their health becomes worse, the elderly in these cultures often move to old people’s homes and nursing homes.

In France, parents are protected by law. It is difficult to imagine an Elderly Rights Law being a focus in the laws of many Western cultures. France did, however, pass a similar law in 2004.     3     One was a group of official statistics showing France had the highest rate of pensioner suicides in Europe, and the other was the aftermath of a heat wave that killed 15,000 people, most of whom were elderly and had been dead for weeks before they were found.

    4     Native American cultures traditionally accept death as a fact of life. In many Native American areas, elders are respected for their wisdom and life experiences. Within Native American families, it’s common for the elders to be expected to pass down their learning to younger members of the family.

The way to care for Chinese elders is changing. Chinese families traditionally view respect for one’s elders as the highest virtue, according to the Confucian tradition. Adult children are generally expected to care for their parents in their old age.     5     Nursing homes are beginning to become a more socially acceptable option for elderly care.

A．However, this tradition is beginning to break down due to rising lifetime and an aging population.

B．In the African-American area, death is seen as an opportunity to celebrate life.

C．Here’s what we can learn from other cultures about treating the elderly.

D．But China faces the unique problem of tending to an increasingly elderly population.

E．Native American elders pass down their knowledge.

F．It was only passed following two disturbing events, though.

G．This relates back to the Protestant work rules.