1 . 从方框内选择合适的单词并用其正确形式完成下列短文。

impression, household, friction, frequent

Dear Abby: My friend Mary has recently told me her husband constantly compares her to me. It came up because she asked how I was feeling in my first trimester of pregnancy (妊娠期的 头 三 个 月 ), and I told her that I had been having a tough time keeping up with my     1     duties.

Instead of sympathizing, she said, “Wow! I’ll have to tell my husband that, because he’s always talking about how clean your house is and how you cook dinner for your family every night.”

I was really hurt that she was taking pleasure in my failures. I also felt uncomfortable that her husband     2     compared her unfavorably to me. It wasn’t the first time she had mentioned how he talked about me.

I have distanced myself, hoping things would get better, but when I see her, she always complains bitterly that her husband doesn’t treat her well. I’m unsure how to handle this. We’re neighbors and have mutual (共同的) friends. I thought we were friends, but now I get the     3     that she bears some resentment (怨恨) toward me for something I didn’t cause. Help!

— No Contest in Maryland

Dear No Contest: Unless Mary’s husband stops using you to beat her down, you can forget being friends. A way to handle it would be to talk to her husband and say, “Please stop comparing your wife to me because it has created    4     in our friendship!”

— Abby

2 . 听下面一段独白，回答小题。
1. Who give the man the name?

A．His mother.

B．His father.

C．His grandfather.

2. Which name means desire and protection?

A．Dale.

B．William.

C．George.

3. Where is the name Dale rather popular?

A．In Scotland.

B．In Southern England.

C．In Northern Ireland.

4. What is Dale Winton?

A．A historian.

B．A football player.

C．A television host.

3 . 文段练笔
Dear Jack,

My name is Li Ming,     1    (一个来自中国的交换生). It is the first time for me     2    (到国外学习). The beautiful campus     3    (已经给……留下了好印象) me.

I am an active and outgoing person     4    (对……感到好奇) everything around me. I have     5    (注册) many classes, among which I like physics best.     6    (除此之外), I like to read short stories in my spare time.

At the beginning, I     7    (对……感到焦虑的) the study and life abroad. But with hard work, I have improved my study and made lots of friends. Therefore, I     8    (对自己有信心) and believe     9    (我的所有目标将会被实现).

    10    (期待你的回复).

Yours，

Li Ming

4 . 根据汉语提示完成短文

This summer holiday,     1    (我足够大了，可以找一份兼职了) in a company.   But 2    2    (我需要参加一个面试).       3    (有许多事情要准备), I was very nervous. The next day, I arrived there early,       4    (结果被告知我是第一个到的). I was nervous again, then     5    (我找到了一个解决问题的办法). Finally     6    (我获得了在这个公司工作的机会).

5 . 语法填空

Last weekend, I    1    (walk) into our local bookshop.     2     (buy) a book, I decided       3     (take) the bus home, because it was quite a long walk home.  

When    4     (get) on the bus, I was     5     (surprise) to see an old friend of mine. We started     6     (talk) and I hardly realized that I had arrived at my stop.     7     (stand) up, I cried, “Please wait!   This is my stop! ” I got off the bus,     8     (smile) happily. Then, suddenly    9     (realize) I had left my book behind on the bus, I shouted, “Stop, please! ” But it was too late. The bus had gone away,     10     (take) my book with it.

6 . It should have at least been a dunk (扣篮). Everyone in the area knew it as the tall, wonderful _______ flew toward the basket. There was no one within 20 feet of him and no obstacle to _______ him from scoring as he had so many times before. But this time he _______.

Never mind that he was_______ at full speed during a pressure-packed game, with thousands of _______fans screaming at him to miss. As far as I was concerned, there was no _______for missing such an easy, automatic shot. I couldn’t believe it. For the rest of the game, I _______about every missed shot and every bad pass. By the end of the game, I _______ at him through the television screen, “You’re a professional. A professional doesn’t make mistakes like that!”_______, he didn’t play a perfect game.

Later that evening I was doing some filing (归档) when I paused to reread a column from several weeks ago. I stopped when I __________ a typo(打字错误). Instead of “the”, I had written “tje”. But it was an understandable __________. After all, the letters “h” and “j” are right __________ to each other on the keyboard. Anyone could slip and hit the wrong __________. And I was sure the editors would catch the mistake and fix it __________it went into publication.

My eyes went __________ to “the”. And somewhere in the back of my mind I heard a(n) __________ scolding voice: “You’re a professional. A professional doesn’t make mistakes like that!”

I guess it’s __________ that we don’t really have a right to expect __________ in others until we’re prepared to expect it in ourselves. And not just professionally. This is __________true on the highway, in the grocery store, at the movies and most especially in the home. Unless we can offer ourselves as a perfect example, we ought to be willing to excuse others’__________.

1.

A．professor

B．athlete

C．performer

D．announcer

2.

A．prevent

B．discourage

C．take

D．differ

3.

A．touched

B．scored

C．paused

D．failed

4.

A．walking

B．running

C．driving

D．turning

5.

A．supporting

B．crazy

C．opposing

D．enthusiastic

6.

A．possibility

B．chance

C．excuse

D．problem

7.

A．knew

B．complained

C．worried

D．doubted

8.

A．laughed

B．stared

C．aimed

D．shouted

9.

A．Obviously

B．Unfortunately

C．Importantly

D．Finally

10.

A．checked out

B．came across

C．missed out

D．learnt about

11.

A．column

B．word

C．condition

D．error

12.

A．connected

B．next

C．useful

D．first

13.

A．way

B．number

C．place

D．key

14.

A．before

B．until

C．after

D．when

15.

A．suddenly

B．properly

C．directly

D．willingly

16.

A．unexpected

B．strange

C．terrible

D．familiar

17.

A．clear

B．true

C．important

D．probable

18.

A．perfection

B．surprise

C．impression

D．success

19.

A．yet

B．ever

C．also

D．never

20.

A．words

B．faults

C．behaviour

D．absence

7 . As a child, Robin Stevens loved reading murder mystery stories. She _________ herself in the worlds of fictional detectives(侦探) like Hercule Poirot, Sherlock Holmes and Miss Marple. These childhood heroes now _________ her own detective stories and most recently the first in her new _________ of books was called The Ministry of Unladylike Activity.

This series is set in the Second World War (1939—45) and tells the story of May Wong, _________, with her friend Eric, wants to be a spy(间谍). They _________ a case at the mysterious Elysium Hall. Stevens tells The Week Junior that all her characters are _________ “parts of myself, parts of friends and some historical characters who I _________.”

Stevens tries to write 2,000 words every day when she’s first _________ a story. “It’s complicated(复杂的) and I think, ‘This is _________, I can’t write’,” she says, but then she goes back, checks and __________ a few pages at a time and __________ the story comes together. She says her snack of choice is jelly beans, to keep her brain __________.

“If you want to write, you have to __________,” she says, or at least, __________ stories from books, TV or films. Although writing can be hard and __________, if you give a few minutes to it every day, week or month, you will improve. Remember to have fun with a story, Stevens says, “and if you’re not having fun, write something else.”

1.

A．forced

B．limited

C．permitted

D．absorbed

2.

A．ensure

B．inspire

C．reflect

D．describe

3.

A．pile

B．plan

C．series

D．album

4.

A．who

B．that

C．when

D．which

5.

A．defend

B．uncover

C．identify

D．investigate

6.

A．joined to

B．provided with

C．separated into

D．made up of

7.

A．define

B．admire

C．ignore

D．memorize

8.

A．working on

B．handing on

C．impacting on

D．looking on

9.

A．horrible

B．puzzling

C．embarrassing

D．fascinating

10.

A．clicks

B．replans

C．rewrites

D．illustrates

11.

A．absolutely

B．immediately

C．gradually

D．unusually

12.

A．alarmed

B．energetic

C．effective

D．depressed

13.

A．try

B．read

C．check

D．copy

14.

A．stir up

B．take out

C．figure out

D．take in

15.

A．annoying

B．flexible

C．fictional

D．risky

8 . Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word given in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word that you do not need.

A. appearing       B. back       C. challenging       D. chased       E. complicated F. involved       G. hug       H. joking       I. shared       J. support       K. upset

Before starting college, I was told to make friends because friends could offer precious help with notes and homework. They could tell you where the parties were happening, and being in their company meant     1     well adjusted. But friends in college, a time of being away from family for the first time and facing emotional challenges alone, mean a lot more to me than that.

During my freshman year of college, two of my roommates were     2     around with me about how much I hated chicken salad. To mess with (招惹) me even more, they opened two packets of chicken salad and started eating it right in front of me. I decided to take one of those packets and throw it at them! We     3     each other up and down until I found that I had lost my favourite pair of earrings.

I started to get really     4    , but my roommates assured me that we would definitely find them. About 25 minutes later, they finally found the earrings in the elevator. I was so happy that I instantly gave them a(n)     5    . Then they told me that no matter what happened they would always be there, have my     6    , and never leave my side. It was right then and there that I knew we would be close friends for the next four years.

As an introvert (内向的人), I do think that it can be     7     to talk about certain topics with other people, such as academic struggles and complications in relationships. While there are often many resources available on campus, such as professors and advisers, I have found it most comfortable and convenient to turn to friends. Especially where emotions are     8    , outside views can provide a distance that is objective and clear. When combined with knowledge obtained through     9     experiences, this added point of view is of great help.

The numerous assignments, extracurricular (课外的) activities and social events tend to add up throughout a semester. I can confidently say that college would be much more difficult to navigate without the     10     of my friends. Much as I look forward to returning home during breaks, I have come to see some of my college friends as a whole new kind of family.

9 . Fill in each blank with a proper word given in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word that you do not need.

A. safe        B. robbery        C. expressions        D. replied        E. open        F. amazing G. employee        H. positive        I. concentration        J. curious        K. recovered

Jerry is a popular manager of a restaurant. The reason why the waiters followed Jerry was because of his attitude. He was a natural motivator(鼓舞人心者). If a(n)    1     was having a bad day, Jerry was always there, telling him how to look on the bright side of the situation.

This attitude really made me       2     , so one day I asked him, “I don’t get it! No one can be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it? ”

“Each time something bad happens, I can choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I always accept their complaining and point out the     3     side of life,” Jerry replied.

Several years later, I heard that one day Jerry left the back door of his restaurant    4     and was robbed by three armed men. While trying to open the       5     , his hand, shaking from nervousness, slipped off the combination(密码). The robbers panicked and shot him.

Luckily, Jerry was found quickly and rushed to hospital. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Jerry       6     with fragments(碎片)of the bullets still in his body.

I saw Jerry about six months after the accident. I did ask him what had gone through his mind as the    7     took place. “Weren’t you scared? Did you lose consciousness?” I asked.

“No,” Jerry said. “But when I saw the     8     on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read, ‘He is a dead man.’ ”

“A nurse asked if I was allergic(过敏的) to anything,” Jerry continued. “ ‘Yes,’ I     9    . The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my answer. I took a deep breath and yelled, ‘Bullets! ‘ Over their laughter, I told them, ‘Please operate on me as if I am alive, not dead.’ ”

Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his       10     attitude. Attitude, after all, is everything.

10 . 语法填空

I’d spent nearly every waking minute of the past ten years helping to build the company from its beginning. My husband and I didn’t have children—I often called the office my extended family.     1     my boss fired me one morning. “You’re no longer a good fit here,” he said. “Your father’s lung cancer has spread to his brain.”     2     (sudden), my job didn’t seem so important.

The next months were busy with doctor appointments and     3     (treat). Every waking minute, I tried to make Dad as     4     (comfort) as I could. I may have been out of work, but it didn’t feel like it. I had a new job. I even wore my nicer clothes,     5     Dad preferred “a lady in a dress”. Our days together     6     (be) painful, yet precious. We laughed, we cried and we told old stories. His sense of humor never failed. He died almost four months later after I thought nothing could be more painful     7     losing my job.

Now I know     8     (well). I got a new job, a far less time-consuming one. Family     9     (come) first. I’m thankful I got the chance     10     (learn) that before it was too late.