1 . Instead of being a pacing-up time, winter is a locking-down time. Winter frees us in all sorts of ways.

I once had a neighbor named Earl. An old-timer and a self-made man, he _________ told me stories about Maine winters in the past. He suggested he had _________ the ice age. He backed up his old stories with _________ of old black-and-white photographs of heavy snowstorms that piled up to second-floor windows and completely _________ cars.

And I’ll never _________ what he said as an end to one of his stories, “A man couldn’t get much done once the snow came.” So what did he do once the snow came? He spent a great deal of time _________ to home and hearth, where he _________ the wood stove, sat with his wife, made pots of coffee, and read by the fire.

As I write these words I occasionally raise my head to _________ the window at the woodpile stacked (堆), the garden harvested, the apple tree _________, the lawn mowed, and the bicycle shed newly roofed.

As I tended to all those things, when did I have time to __________?

Some years ago a friend sent me a quote by Socrates that I try to be mindful of: Beware the fruitlessness of a __________ life.

The advice __________ me to look forward to the coming of winter, because I’ve finally learned that it is a slowing-down time, a gift of rest, a (n) __________ to acknowledge that most of the outdoor work that could be done has been done.

A friend of mine who lives in the Southeast recently called. In the course of our __________ he celebrated the climate where he lives, which __________ him to work outside year-round. “I’m always on the go.” he told me.

But I think I need a good time of winter.

1.

A．gradually

B．excitedly

C．angrily

D．unwillingly

2.

A．struggled

B．explored

C．survived

D．celebrated

3.

A．laughter

B．evidence

C．expectation

D．patience

4.

A．buried

B．struck

C．destroyed

D．supported

5.

A．realize

B．forget

C．recall

D．learn

6.

A．designing

B．improving

C．fixing

D．tending

7.

A．bought

B．controlled

C．built

D．filled

8.

A．look at

B．watch over

C．glance out

D．glare at

9.

A．picked

B．cut

C．planted

D．fell

10.

A．settle

B．arrange

C．work

D．breathe

11.

A．busy

B．happy

C．creative

D．special

12.

A．demanded

B．taught

C．appointed

D．assisted

13.

A．amazement

B．surroundings

C．opportunity

D．ability

14.

A．convenience

B．appearance

C．contribution

D．conversation

15.

A．employs

B．forces

C．enables

D．saves

2 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Who may be the speaker?

A．A presenter.

B．An author.

C．A doctor.

2. What do we know about George Alagiah?

A．He died of cancer in 2014.

B．He revealed millions of ordinary people’s life.

C．He received better NHS screening for bowel(肠) cancer.

3. What will be probably discussed next?

A．Ann Little’s adventure.

B．George Alagiah’s whole life.

C．Some interesting stories.

3 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What is the woman doing?

A．Hosting a program.

B．Having her bicycle repaired.

C．Conducting a market survey.

2. What did Mr. Smith do before opening the bicycle shop?

A．He repaired bicycles.

B．He served as a consultant.

C．He worked as a salesman.

3. Why did the man open a bicycle shop?

A．He wanted to be his own boss.

B．He found it more profitable.

C．He didn’t want to be in too much debt.

4. What do we learn about the people working in the shop?

A．They work five days a week.

B．They are all the man’s friends.

C．They are paid by the hour.

4 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Where did the man arrive?

A．New York.

B．London.

C．Beijing.

2. When did the man arrive?

A．At 12:00 p. m.

B．At 11:00 p. m.

C．At 11:30 p. m.

3. What is not inside the man’s bag?

A．His wallet.

B．His passport.

C．His membership cards.

4. What will the woman do next?

A．Call the man back within an hour.

B．Cancel the card with the credit company.

C．Ask others to find the bag.

5 . How did Helen read the book?

A．He read it backwards.

B．He read parts of it.

C．He finished it without stopping.

6 . I was ten when my family moved to a new place to live. We were total strangers to the new surroundings and I was too shy a kid to make new friends, so before going out into the street for the first time, I had to collect together all the courage I’d had, if I did have that all then.

It was a summer vacation, and there were lots of kids along the street, boys and girls, playing different games. As soon as I appeared on the porch (走廊), one of them shouted, “Look, there is a new boy!” and they all suddenly seemed to have lost any interest in their activities.

In a second, dozens of curious eyes were focused on me. A deadly silence fell upon the place, they all turned towards me and stood still. Everyone seemed to be waiting for some sort of reaction from me. But as far as I was concerned, the situation was completely strange to me. I was frightened and terribly embarrassed (尴尬), and I was about to rush back when another voice cried, “New boy, what’s your name?”

I can still remember the challenge of overcoming the embarrassment when taking a deep breath, I called back loudly, “Hi, everybody, I’m Victor!”

Then I walked down from the porch and began to talk and play with them. In a quarter of an hour I learned the names of the boys I was playing with. In a couple of days I knew every kid in the community, and a bit later, I made friends with most of them. Gradually, my parents also got to know a lot of people there. We didn’t feel strange in our new surroundings any more.

Since then, I have made it my principle to be the first to say “Hi” to a stranger who is new to my surroundings. ________

1. From the first paragraph, we know that ________.

A．it was the first time for the author to move

B．the author didn’t want to make new friends

C．the author tried to be brave to meet strangers

D．the author was worried about getting lost in the new place

2. Which of the following sentences can be put into the blank in the last paragraph?

A．So I can know his or her parents.

B．Then I will be terribly embarrassed.

C．And, as a rule, he or she may be frightened and run away.

D．In this way, he or she can know something about me quickly.

3. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A．A different life in a new place.

B．The value of making new friends.

C．Be the first to say “Hi” to a stranger.

D．The friendship between my new friends and me.

7 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Why does the speaker recommend the side streets?

A．There are international restaurants.

B．There are oldest buildings in the area.

C．There are cheap arts and crafts for sale.

2. What is the requirement for the clothes this year?

A．The clothes must be inspired by music and technology.

B．The clothes must be made from locally produced materials.

C．The clothes must be modeled by the designers themselves.

3. What should you do if you want to park for free?

A．Park by the roadside.

B．Stay for less than an hour.

C．Buy something in the shops.

8 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头续写两段 ,使之构成一篇完整的短文。

A Modest and oveele Thanksgiving Feast

Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action. —W. J. Cameron

We had finally decided to skip our traditional family dinner and make the holy journey to Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade(游行)with our five-year-old daughter, Kerry. We never anticipated what Kerry would take away from the experience,or how it would affect our lives for years to come.

We caught the dawn train from Poughkeepsie to Grand Central along with hundreds of other excited celebrants. Like many other families we packed a small backpack with sliced turkey sandwiches and juice boxes;eating on the fly in New York City is expensive and complicated,unless you settle for pretzels and roasted chestnuts from a street food stand. Kerry was wide-eyed and a little overwhelmed. This was not her ordinary outing with Mom and Dad.

As the train pulled into the terminal(终点站),everyone rose and stood in the passage anxiously waiting to get off and head toward the parade route along Fifth Avenue. Rather than have our little daughter pushed roughly by the crowds,we waited until everyone had stepped off onto the chaos of the platform. As we walked up to the entrance to the terminal,Kerry spotted a homeless woman sitting in the shadows,invisible to all except my curious daughter.

“What’s that?”she asked. We looked at each other,caught off guard(措不及防)by the need to explain something very different than the happy scene we were about to join. During our first years of parenthood we’d discussed how we would explain such nearly ineffable topics as God death,and eventually sex and love. But homelessness?We weren’t prepared. We gave as simple and honest an explanation as we could find and continued on to the parade.

The following year,we decided to attend the parade again. So the night before Thanksgiving we went shopping for sliced turkey for sandwiches.

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。

Again, Kerry caught us off guard.

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We arrived and found a homeless man sitting in the same spot as last year.

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9 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What does the man do?

A．A host.

B．A doctor.

C．A guest.

2. What is Alice’s uncommon ability?

A．Linking emotions and words.

B．Connecting colors with words.

C．Expressing emotions with colors.

3. What do we know about Alice and her brother?

A．They can’t recognize colors correctly.

B．They are born with the same condition.

C．They feel the same about the same color.

4. How does Alice sound in the end?

A．Depressed.

B．Optimistic.

C．Confused.

10 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. When is the send-off party?

A．On Monday evening.

B．On Friday evening.

C．On Saturday evening.

2. Where will the party be held?

A．At Susan’s place

B．At Peter’s place.

C．At the man’s place.

3. Why does the man decide to be absent from work?

A．To go traveling

B．To continue his study.

C．To enjoy city life.