1 . Kai Ture, at 11 years old, is a budding (崭露头角的) actress. All of her acting roles mean that Kai has to ________ her acting and school life. ________, she doesn’t let those ________ upset her and takes a positive attitude to them. For her, going to auditions (试演) and getting acting roles mean that she is only ________ her acting career.

When Kai isn’t ________, she focuses on putting her ________ and community first. ________ her hard work, she was able to be ________ into a school for top students. Despite all her acting credentials (证书), Kai still regards her educational achievements as her biggest ________. Acting isn’t her only fine arts skill—Kai can ________ play the violin and piano.

Kai has worked hard to help her local community as well. With the help of her Girl Scout group leaders, Kai was able to ________ some of Atlanta’s homeless communities with food in a community service event. Kai remains ________ when helping the homeless and is working again with her Girl Scout group to organize a larger ________.

Kai enjoys her ________ schedule, doing all the activities she loves. Kai first started off in smaller roles and has been able to get larger roles. Start off with some small steps and you’ll ________ achieve your biggest dreams!

1.

A．balance

B．influence

C．record

D．continue

2.

A．Besides

B．However

C．Otherwise

D．Therefore

3.

A．challenges

B．arguments

C．adventures

D．shortages

4.

A．judging

B．simplifying

C．developing

D．rebuilding

5.

A．studying

B．suffering

C．exploring

D．acting

6.

A．education

B．family

C．health

D．interest

7.

A．As for

B．Thanks to

C．Despite

D．Besides

8.

A．refused

B．turned

C．accepted

D．forced

9.

A．comfort

B．success

C．problem

D．surprise

10.

A．again

B．soon

C．also

D．instead

11.

A．connect

B．avoid

C．feed

D．teach

12.

A．unusual

B．tired

C．unknown

D．devoted

13.

A．event

B．group

C．competition

D．dinner

14.

A．past

B．boring

C．familiar

D．busy

15.

A．immediately

B．finally

C．nearly

D．suddenly

2 . Do you think I’m insane?

This question came from Elon Musk near the very end of a long dinner we shared at a high-end seafood restaurant in Silicon Valley. I’d gotten to the restaurant first and settled down with a gin and tonic, knowing Musk would—as ever—be late. After about fifteen minutes, Musk showed up. Musk stands six foot one but he is absurdly broad-shouldered and sturdy. You’d figure he would use this frame to his advantage and perform an alpha-male strut (昂首阔步) when entering a room. Instead, he tends to be almost sheepish. His head tilted slightly down while walking, a quick handshake hello after reaching the table, and then butt in seat. From there, Musk needs a few minutes before he warms up and looks at ease.

Musk asked me to dinner for a negotiation of sorts. Eighteen months earlier, I’d informed him of my plans to write a book about him, and he’d informed me of his plans not to cooperate.

His rejection stung but sent me into dogged reporter mode. If I had to do this book without him, so be it. Plenty of people had left Musk’s companies, Tesla Motors and SpaceX, and would talk, and I already knew a lot of his friends. The interviews followed one after another, month after month, and two hundred or so people into the process, I heard from Musk once again. He called me at home and declared that things could go one of two ways: he could make my life very difficult or he could help with the project after all. He’d be willing to cooperate if he could read the book before it went to publication, and could add footnotes (脚注) throughout it. He would not meddle with my text, but he wanted the chance to set the record straight in spots that he deemed factually inaccurate. I understood where this was coming from. Musk wanted a measure of control over his life’s story. He’s also wired like a scientist and suffers mental anguish at the sight of a factual error. A mistake on a printed page would eat away at his soul—forever. While I could understand his perspective, I could not let him read the book, for professional, personal, and practical reasons. Musk has his version of the truth, and it’s not always the version of the truth that the rest of the world shares. He’s prone to lengthy answers to even the simplest of questions as well, and the thought of thirty-page footnotes seemed all too real. Still, we agreed to have dinner, chat all this out, and see where it left us.

1. Why did the author meet up with Elon Musk at the restaurant?

A．Because the alpha male forced him into this appointment.

B．Because his autobiography featured Musk’s legends.

C．Because he relied on this interview for factual accuracy.

D．Because the businessman was willing to help unconditionally.

2. Which statement is appropriate according to the author?

A．Musk’s rejection forced him to give up on interviewing anybody.

B．Many of his former employees resigned because of his bossiness.

C．Musk agreed to cooperate if he could read the book before publication.

D．Musk has behaved in an unconventional way from time to time.

3. What do you think Elon Musk is like based on this excerpt?

A．Dominant and impolite.	B．Creative and outgoing.
C．Shy and obsessive.	D．Caring and generous.

3 . Two years ago, I set foot in Tanzania for the first time as a volunteer. And now, I’m writing this at my home in the middle of a village in Tanzania. I never thought that a six-week volunteer program could change my life so greatly, but it did!

My volunteer task was in Moshi.Of course I was nervous when I got my task, but on my first day, I quickly fell in love with my students. They were some of the sweetest and most hard-working kids I had ever met. Each day, I’d have them write in their journals on a new topic. One of my favorite days was when I asked the kids to write about their own life stories. Some of them shared theirs with everyone, and it was great. They had all been through so many difficult times, but no one had ever asked them to tell their stories before. To be able to offer these wonderful kids a safe environment to share such personal stories was amazing. And I couldn’t have created that environment without what I had learned from Cross-Cultural Solutions(CCS)．

I completely fell in love with Tanzania during my time with CCS.I loved it so much that when I left in 2014, I knew that I had to return. So after I left college in 2015, I moved back to Tanzania and have been working at a school for Maasai children for almost one year now.

The experience that I had with CCS changed my career goals and my life greatly. I now plan to go into public health so that I can continue to help people around the world for the rest of my life.

1. The writer went to Tanzania for the first time to        .

A．do research with CCS

B．completely change her lifestyle

C．take part in a volunteer program

D．write something about the country

2. What did the writer think of her students?

A．Sweet but lazy.

B．Nervous but sweet.

C．Sweet and hard-working.

D．Hard-working and perfect.

3. What did the writer like doing when she was teaching there?

A．Telling stories to her students.

B．Writing about her personal stories.

C．Helping kids make up interesting stories.

D．Asking kids to write their personal stories.

4. The writer most probably found her time in Tanzania with CCS         .

A．wonderful	B．difficult
C．relaxing	D．boring

4 . 结合中文提示补全短文

It is the worst day that    1    (我经历过的). My alarm clock didn’t go off that morning.       2     (我起床的时候), it was 7: 30!   I was about to be late!    3     (我迅速刷牙洗脸以后), I took up my schoolbag and rushed out the door. Before I arrived at the bus stop,    4     (公交车已经离开了), so I had to rush to school by myself!  

By the time I went into my classroom,    5     (我的老师已经站在教室的前面). She looked at me angrily and asked for my homework. I was so sad because    6    (我把它忘在家里了)!   What a bad day!

5 . I like to bargain when I buy goods. It isn’t _______ I don’t have money. It feels good when I get goods _______ than other people.

Last winter vacation, I went to “Dong-Dae-Moon”, an open _______ market in Seoul. At that market, you can buy a lot of clothes at really _______ prices. I tried to buy a warm jacket to wear in Michigan this winter.

I got a _______ idea of putting only half of my money — sixty dollars — in my wallet to trick the seller. Since the market is really _______, I had to walk a lot to find a jacket that really _______ me. _______, I found the jacket I wanted. I asked the price and the vendor shouted, “eighty dollars, sir.” From my experience, I knew the price was _______ for it. I made a counter offer (还价) of sixty dollars; ________, he refused my offer. He said I had to pay ________ sixty-five dollars.

At that time, I realized ________ I really could get that jacket for sixty dollars, so I made a ________ face and told him that I really wanted it, but I had only sixty dollars ________ in my wallet. I showed him my wallet to ________ it.

After he had a quick look at my ________ and saw I had only sixty dollars in it, he agreed to sell me the jacket for that ________. I felt really good, but also ________ for him, because he worked really hard to make a living. ________ I have a chance one day, I will go shopping there again and purchase more goods. I’ll bargain of course, but I won’t bargain as ________ as the last time since the seller was really kind to me.

1.

A．why

B．because

C．since

D．what

2.

A．dearer

B．more

C．better

D．cheaper

3.

A．furniture

B．food

C．clothing

D．wood

4.

A．normal

B．high

C．bad

D．good

5.

A．wonderful

B．terrible

C．strange

D．complex

6.

A．cool

B．huge

C．tiny

D．modern

7.

A．fitted in

B．belonged to

C．liked

D．suited

8.

A．Immediately

B．Quickly

C．Finally

D．Gradually

9.

A．too much

B．too high

C．too low

D．too little

10.

A．however

B．therefore

C．otherwise

D．besides

11.

A．at most

B．at least

C．in total

D．on average

12.

A．whether

B．that

C．when

D．if

13.

A．relaxed

B．pleased

C．disappointed

D．delighted

14.

A．left

B．leaving

C．remain

D．putting

15.

A．count

B．see

C．prove

D．believe

16.

A．face

B．hand

C．head

D．wallet

17.

A．money

B．price

C．prize

D．value

18.

A．sorry

B．happy

C．angry

D．curious

19.

A．While

B．As

C．If

D．Unless

20.

A．little

B．hard

C．many

D．bad

6 . Fifteen years earlier, I was a single mom with two children, a _______ job and a long commute. So I had to shop for groceries and plan for the next week on weekends. _______, I went shopping on Sunday. When I _______ to the cashier that the store was really quiet that day, she replied, “It’s always _______ on Mother’s Day. You must be the only _______ out there shopping.” I know she was _______ telling the truth and she did not mean to _______ me. Needless to say, all I could do was finish paying and get to my car. I hadn’t _______ realized it was Mother’s Day. My children were too young to know it. How _______ I really was!

I was excited to see my ________ soon. I decided to treat myself to an ice tea and ________ to the sandwich shop next door. It was ________ except for a mom and her son ahead of me.________ this was a single mom, celebrating Mother’s Day with her son in the sandwich shop. When she finished ________, I handed the cashier a $20 bill and said, “This is my treat. Happy Mother’s Day!” The cashier and the woman were confused for a moment.

Wayne Dyer once talked about the power of kindness. He said studies showed that not only do the giver and receiver of an act of kindness ________, but an observer benefits in exactly the same way.

1.

A．routine

B．demanding

C．well-paid

D．miserable

2.

A．As usual

B．Seldom

C．Occasionally

D．For once

3.

A．reported

B．explained

C．commented

D．suggested

4.

A．classic

B．crowded

C．special

D．quiet

5.

A．customer

B．mother

C．parent

D．driver

6.

A．simply

B．deliberately

C．proudly

D．politely

7.

A．warn

B．discourage

C．hurt

D．remind

8.

A．just

B．still

C．ever

D．even

9.

A．defeated

B．alone

C．stubborn

D．warm-hearted

10.

A．children

B．husband

C．friends

D．neighbors

11.

A．rode

B．drove

C．walked

D．escaped

12.

A．clean

B．excellent

C．elegant

D．empty

13.

A．Luckily

B．Obviously

C．Fortunately

D．Sadly

14.

A．ordering

B．parking

C．eating

D．packing

15.

A．benefit

B．interest

C．understand

D．learn

7 . 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。

It was one busy morning in those rush hours when I hopped into the bus heading town to run some errands.

I sat next to some guy     1     name was Musa. He said hi and I replied     2     a smile and our conversation began from there. We talked about a lot of things     3     (particular) about life and work and he just started complementing(称赞)my natural look. He said he     4     (impress) with how natural I was, for he had merely met a girl     5     (wear) no makeup at all.   

Musa said those words genuinely and like any girl, I     6     (feel) good and appreciated it even though it was from a     7     (strange). In the back of my mind I thought he would then ask for my number as most guys did but,     8     (surprise), he said goodbye to me at the terminal and left. I have never seen him since then.   

    9     I am trying to say here is that sometimes people are different from what they are thought of by the society, so keep     10     (see)the best in people instead of assuming they do things with bad purposes.

8 . Growing up in Conway, South Carolina, I was always athletic and competitive. One afternoon, my brother grabbed me in the yard, and I felt some kind of pop. About an hour later, I couldn’t get up from a chair. Over the weekend, my joints (关节) swelled up. My mother took me to the hospital. It took nearly six months to check what was wrong with me. Then I was put on treatment. But I had so much joint damage that I couldn’t run like I used to.

My dad was a serious golfer. One day he said, “Let’s try golf.” He carried me onto the course. Seeing him hit those good shots made me want to do it too.

It wasn’t easy at first, because I had a lot of pain in my hands. I’d played golf, but it had never really caught my interest — it was too quiet for me. But I was happy to be outside, to have a chance of competing again, and I fell in love with it.

Later I made the high school team, but I got frustrated when I didn’t win, so I worked harder. Golf was the most challenging game I’d ever played.

I got a golf scholarship to the University of South Carolina and turned professional after I graduated. I still take medication, and I’m stiff and in pain sometimes. But I’ve got used to that.

I probably wouldn’t be a professional athlete if I hadn’t got sick. The experience taught me patience, and I learned to take nothing for granted. I know how happy I am to do what I do.

1. What do we know about the author from Paragraph 1?

A．He was born with swelled joints.

B．His joints healed very quickly.

C．He completely recovered after the treatment.

D．The cause of his disease was found out six months later.

2. What inspired the author to play golf at the beginning?

A．His love for golf.	B．His interest in sports.
C．His father’s good performance.	D．His unwillingness to stay indoors.

3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．It was the author’s brother who first became aware that he had a disease.

B．Suffering a lot of pain in his hands, the author wasn’t interested in playing golf at first.

C．After founding a high school team, the author played harder and became professional.

D．The author thought he should cherish everything he had, even his disease.

4. What would be the best title for the passage?

A．Playing through pain	B．The burden lifted
C．A bitter fight	D．Standing tall

9 . 阅读下面材料，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。续写的词数应为150左右。

I was ready for bed one night. As I planned to turn off the lamp on my bedside table, my eyes fell on the card my brother had given me on our dad’s sixty-eightli birthday. It was a musical card with a photo of Dad smiling inside. When you opened it, a recording of Dad’s songs would play. The card just stood beside my bed.

My dad was a joyful man with a big heart. He always went above and beyond. When my house was on fire a few years ago, it burned down. Luckily, all the family members were safe. Dad took it upon himself to make things right. He called everyone he knew to raise the money for rebuilding the house. In the meantime, I, my husband and our four kids moved into his house.

There was one thing that I loved most about Dad: his singing voice. When I was growing up, he was always singing us songs like the ones recorded in the card. It always made us laugh. Part of the fun for us kids was that, despite his wonderfully deep voice, Dad sang songs to share joy. I could always pick out his voice from the crowd.

With those in my mind, I turned off the light and quickly fell asleep. I was awoken a few hours later by a loud sound. Dad’s voice was filling the room. It was from the card! I jumped out of bed, closing the card before the whole house woke up. How did that card start playing? I thought. I checked the windows in my bedroom. I found a window was left open. It must be the wind that blew the card open.

Then I heard a little noise. It seemed that the noise came from the laundry room (洗衣房). We lived on a farm and raised a dozen baby chicks. Too young to be outside, the chicks were in a plastic bin in our laundry room, under the warnith of a heat lamp. I opened the door to the laundry room and was hit with the smell of smoke.

Paragraph 1:

The heat lamp had fallen, hitting into the bin!

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paragraph 2:

Fortunately, the fire was put out at last.

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

10 . Around a year ago, I was eager to be friends with people around me. I thought that the more _______ I had, the happier I’d be. I had a few people who I _______ to hang out with, but they sometimes showed unwillingness. It was evident that my friendship wasn’t _______ to them at all, very one-sided. I realized I had to _______ myself.

So I decided to hug the “_______” of having no one around. I _______ everyone whom I didn’t like and was left with around four people. I also gave people chances to be my friends so that I didn’t _______ shut myself off. But I would no longer _______ friendships anxiously.

At first it was _______ and I was afraid to spend a second alone, but now I love being alone. I enjoy the feeling of not having to worry about ________. I also don’t have to think about whether people like me and who is saying what. Everything feels quiet and ________ now.

I feel like I’ve ________ my life again. People who have hurt me were previously given unlimited chances ________ my “must keep as many people as possible” thinking pattern, but now they won’t have the privilege (特权) anymore. Doing this has allowed me to give myself much more ________ and in turn has raised my confidence. We can’t push things to be what they shouldn’t be and if the world keeps ________ you, you can find out what it actually wants from you.

1.

A．teachers

B．friends

C．families

D．classmates

2.

A．loved

B．missed

C．promised

D．pretended

3.

A．helpful

B．positive

C．practical

D．valuable

4.

A．doubt

B．check

C．change

D．protect

5.

A．excitement

B．patience

C．loneliness

D．curiosity

6.

A．lost

B．refused

C．observed

D．remembered

7.

A．possibly

B．generally

C．fully

D．rapidly

8.

A．search for

B．wait for

C．prepare for

D．answer for

9.

A．useful

B．funny

C．dangerous

D．terrible

10.

A．relationships

B．separations

C．challenges

D．differences

11.

A．boring

B．peaceful

C．normal

D．new

12.

A．risked

B．ignored

C．ruined

D．controlled

13.

A．due to

B．in spite of

C．instead of

D．in case of

14.

A．guidance

B．memory

C．respect

D．fame

15.

A．amusing

B．surprising

C．moving

D．upsetting