1 . 读后续写

I always wondered how people would react if I tried to approach a stranger for help in a busy place like a street corner or in a bustling mall. I personally have hurried past a stranger who tried to catch my attention in a busy place.

Yesterday I had a taste of being stuck in such a desperate situation where your only hope of help would have to come from a total stranger.

I was in a busy shopping mall buying a large piece of luggage. After the purchase in one of the large and expensive shops, I picked up my phone from my pocket to call my driver waiting in the parking lot and my phone was dead.

I then requested the shop assistant selling me the luggage, which was not cheap at all, if she could ring the number of my driver for me. She replied, still all smiles, “I’m sorry Sir, but it is the shop policy that we cannot use mobile phones while working in the shop.”

As I was wondering what kind of policy that was, I saw a nice-looking teenage boy coming toward me. Remember my wife’s interesting theory that beautiful people are more likely to give you a hand when you’re in trouble, I thought I might have a chance. But before I could say a word, he walked past me. It turned out he simply didn’t see me.

I waited in the mall but it seemed nobody bothered to look at me. Disappointed and tired, I got out of the shop on to the busy street in front. I stood there with people rushing by, looking at their faces to see if they will show kindness to me. I began wondering how many times I had reacted to strangers like the shop girl and the teenager.

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That was when I saw a young mother with her two kids.

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Finally a man wearing a cheap T-shirt and dirty jeans seemed to notice me.

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2 . 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。

Although Emily’s singing was very pleasant to hear, lacking of courage, she never dared to sing in front of strangers.

One summer, the neighborhood where she lived would hold a singing competition. Her best friend, Lucy, came to invite her to participate in the competition, but Emily said. “I’m afraid to take part in it.” Her mother said, “It’s okay, just do it bravely.” Emily followed her mama’s advice and decided to give herself a try. The day came. Emily and Lucy went to the competition site. But she was too frightened to walk onto the stage. She had been waiting until others finished singing. She shakily forced herself to stand on the stage. She started to sing, but her voice was so low. What’s worse, she was so nervous that she forgot the lyrics after singing a few words. Being laughed at by others, embarrassed and shy, she ran away from the stage.

Some naughty boys ran after her and said, “Emily, coward (胆小鬼)! Emily, coward!” Emily didn’t argue with them. What she wanted was to go back home as quickly as she could. Finally, she rushed into the house, hugged her mom and cried sadly.

“Well, my poor girl. Don’t cry. Tell me what happened to you,” asked her mom. Emily looked up at her mother and told her what she had experienced.

Listening to her, her mom cupped her face and said, “It doesn’t matter, girl. As long as you practice singing more in front of strangers, you will become braver little by little. So, my girl, don’t be beaten by a failure. You can go out to practice singing every day. No matter who is listening to you, go on singing and never stop. I believe there will be a harvest for you.”

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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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Emily followed her mom’s advice and walked into the park where many people were singing and dancing.

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The second year, the neighborhood held the singing competition again.

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3 . 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 have a successful career as    1     educational consultant. But my life wasn’t always so great. I had a learning    2     (disabled) from an early age and suffered a lot in public schools. 

My life improved surprisingly when I discovered art. The art world gave me a chance    3     (express) myself without words. I went to a workshop and gradually got good at    4     (produce) things with clay. Here I learned my first important lesson:    5     I was disabled in language, I could still be smart and well express myself with clay. And my confidence came along. 

I got my next lesson from rock climbing. It was a fun thing but I was scared from the beginning. I soon noticed it wasn’t a talent thing; it was practice. So I did it more. After about five years of climbing, I found    6     (me) in Yosemite Valley on a big wall. I learned that if you love something and do it all the time, you will get much    7     (good) at it. 

Later I practised reading and writing every day,     8     I used to avoid as much as possible. After two hard years, I was literate (能读会写的). 

After I    9     (go) through the long process over the years, now I’ve got to a point in my life where I know I’m smart enough to dive into an area that is    10     (total) unknown, hard, but interesting.

4 . London is great. It’s great. Rome and Paris were fine places, but I knew as soon as we landed in London, this was the finest of the three.

There are only two small things which I don’t like about London. First of all, everyone speaks English here. I had so much fun in Rome and Paris. There I could speak in foreign languages. In other words, I made a lot of friends that way. But here everybody can understand me. I don’t have any reason to start up a conversation with a stranger. And the food in restaurants is the other problem with London. It is no good at all! I haven’t had one good meal in the three days we’ve been here.

Since you asked me to write to you about everything I learned on this trip, here is what I’ve learned about London. London is the capital of the UK. It is the largest city and the largest port in England. In addition, it is also one of the largest metropolitan areas in Europe. Since the establishment of the city by the Romans more than 2,000 years ago, London has had great influence all over the world.

The Thames River runs right through the centre of the city. Someone once called the Thames “liquid history”. It is a very good name. Dozens of armies have crossed it over the past few thousand years. One of the first was the army of Julius Caesar two thousand years ago. And most recently Mr and Mrs Gill.

So far I have only had time to visit one neighbourhood. It is called Bloomsbury. In fact there is a group of writers known as the Bloomsbury Group. It got its name because so many of them lived there. Virginia Woolf was one of them. I know how much you like her novels.

Baker Street is also part of Bloomsbury. Do you remember who once lived on Baker Street?

When I asked Bob this question, he answered, “a man who baked bread, right?” Sherlock Holmes, of course. I won’t have time to find his address. Maybe you will when you come.

1. We learn from the first two paragraphs that________.

A．it is more difficult to start up a conversation in English in London than in any languages

B．the writer had made a trip in Italy and France before she came to England

C．of all the meals the writer has had in London, only one she thinks is good enough

D．the writer hates to talk to strangers who can speak English

2. It seems that the writer________.

A．can speak English as a foreign language	B．does not like her mother language
C．does not speak French at all	D．can speak French as a foreign language

3. Who do you think Mr and Mrs Gill are?

A．A famous general and his wife.	B．A famous American writer and his wife.
C．Two friends of the writer’s.	D．The writer and her husband.

5 . I remember the first day when I saw Sally playing basketball. I watched in wonder as she struggled her way through the crowd of boys on the playground. She seemed so _______, but she managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net. The boys always tried to stop her _______ nobody could.

I began to notice Sally at other times, basketball in hand, playing _______. She practiced dribbling and _______ over and over.

One day I asked Sally why she _______ so much. Without a moment of hesitation she said, “I want to go to college. The only way I can go is to get a _______. I’m going to play college basketball and I want to be the best one. I believe that if I am _______ enough, I will get one. My father has told me that if the dream is big enough, the facts don’t _______.”

I _______ her through those junior high years and into high school. Every week, she led her team to ________. One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting on the grass, her head ________ in her arms. Slowly and quietly, I ________ and sat down beside her. “What’s wrong?” I asked. “Oh, nothing, ” came a soft reply, “I am just too short.” The ________ told her that at 165 cm she would probably never play for a top team—still less she would be ________ a scholarship—so she should stop dreaming about college.

I felt she was extremely disappointed. The next year, by chance, Sally was going to get the college education that she had ________ and worked toward for all those years.

It’s true: if the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.

1.

A．silent

B．small

C．strong

D．huge

2.

A．but

B．and

C．so

D．for

3.

A．still

B．again

C．well

D．alone

4.

A．passing

B．running

C．shooting

D．struggling

5.

A．studied

B．practiced

C．expected

D．improved

6.

A．title

B．prize

C．scholarship

D．reward

7.

A．good

B．brave

C．careful

D．active

8.

A．start

B．talk

C．appear

D．matter

9.

A．encouraged

B．respected

C．watched

D．helped

10.

A．victory

B．confidence

C．responsibility

D．profession

11.

A．dropped

B．buried

C．covered

D．sunk

12.

A．walked off

B．walked out

C．walked around

D．walked up

13.

A．coach

B．teacher

C．captain

D．leader

14.

A．suggested

B．sent

C．promised

D．offered

15.

A．dreamed of

B．picked up

C．benefited from

D．carried out

6 . From childhood, Diane loved to write. Throughout school she_______ writing, but pursuing it_______ was never a possibility. Her father was a doctor, her mother was a nurse. “Medicine was a fairly_______ option,” Diane says. “And writing was a career where it wasn’t a _______ that you’d have high income.”

She became a doctor but still wanted to do some writing. However, being a doctor was so_______ that she didn’t take up writing until her thirties. She_______ a novel—a fictionalized version of her travels in China after university. She got excellent_______ . Diane sent it off to as many agents as she could find, and found one who wanted to _______ her. Suddenly, it seemed she was on her _______  as an author.

“I had one lengthy phone call with the agent where we ________all possible areas she thought needed ________. I worked on those and sent it back to her but didn’t hear anything.” It was not long ________ Diane found another agent who was________ if she was willing to rewrite it from the first person to the third person. She did the hard work and sent it off again. “I got back a really brief letter: ‘Thank you, I’m no longer interested.’ It was really________.”

A decade went by, and Diane found herself itching to write again, this time ________ for her own enjoyment. She ________ herself the challenge of creating a thriller and chose Western Australia as her setting.

As she was writing just for herself, something surprising began to happen. “The characters________ a life of their own; they started doing things I hadn’t thought about. It just________ out.” One day, an agent called from Australia. Three weeks later, Diane had a publication deal. Her novel Cicada was published in March.

“________ it hadn’t been published, I still gained so much from the________ ,” says Diane.

1.

A．learned

B．avoided

C．enjoyed

D．considered

2.

A．professionally

B．enthusiastically

C．energetically

D．permanently

3.

A．safe

B．explicit

C．terrible

D．influential

4.

A．dream

B．certainty

C．choice

D．purpose

5.

A．interesting

B．discouraging

C．promising

D．demanding

6.

A．bought

B．produced

C．introduced

D．received

7.

A．rewards

B．readers

C．praises

D．reviews

8.

A．represent

B．employ

C．trust

D．guide

9.

A．own

B．way

C．feet

D．business

10.

A．took off

B．pulled down

C．went through

D．came over

11.

A．deleting

B．polishing

C．adapting

D．covering

12.

A．since

B．after

C．before

D．when

13.

A．fascinated

B．amused

C．anxious

D．interested

14.

A．disappointing

B．absurd

C．terrifying

D．common

15.

A．instantly

B．wonderfully

C．purely

D．sadly

16.

A．made

B．found

C．set

D．permitted

17.

A．put up

B．got down

C．went over

D．took on

18.

A．bought

B．flew

C．broke

D．carried

19.

A．Even if

B．As if

C．If only

D．Ever since

20.

A．adventure

B．result

C．practice

D．process

8 . 语法填空

I arrived in Liberia with MSF almost three months ago. When I saw the    1     (tragedy) scenes on the news, I felt it was my duty as a doctor to go there and offer my help. On arrival, my mission was to    2    (relief) Emma, a Canadian    3    (special). My daily work was surrounded by blood, vomit and death. There was an unforgettable case. A family of six were brought here and the twin girls and their parents died quickly. We did everything we could    4    (save) the brothers despite little hope for them. Fortunately, both boys were still alive and have made a full recovery since then,     5     compensated     6     many other unfortunate cases. To be caught up in such a crisis creates powerful bonds between all those    7    have come from all over the world and joined together in a common cause. It’s so    8     (inspire) to have colleagues I have worked with.

Now, it’s time I should go. Someone else will step     9    my shoes, and the tireless work the MSF members do around the world will go on. It’s absolutely essential for us     10    (collaborate) to create a global community with a shared future of peace and prosperity.

9 . 假如你叫李华，你的美国笔友Tom对中国中学生的暑假生活很感兴趣，来信询问相关情况。请根据以下信息给他回信，内容包括：
1. 介绍中学生的暑假活动；
2. 分享你一次难忘的暑假经历。
注意：
1. 词数​80左右；
2. 请在答题卡相应位置作答。
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10 . We waiters need to face all kinds of customers every day. When something goes wrong, we should have the ability to keep on going and_________the customers.

I remember my first job was at a fine restaurant. One day, the manager informed all the cooks and_________that a VIP group were coming for breakfast. The group were VIPs in the city’s restaurants_________10 people.

After they arrived, we let them get_________comfortably and drinks were ordered. Normally, the head waiter would be the person in_________of wine service. However, the manager asked me to serve that noon. I had never served a group of 10,_________had I done wine service.

When it’s turn to_________one of the wine glasses in front of a young woman, somehow I lost my trip (抓) and the other_________fell on top of her, and then to the floor and lay in pieces. I felt_________and apologized many times to the woman and to the rest of the group.

Quickly, the manager__________my aid, helped in the clean­up, and sent out their drinks right away. The group forgave me and the young woman repeatedly informed me it’s OK.__________on that day, my manager told me, “Mistakes and accidents do happen. If you know why they happened, learn from it and move on,__________you still have a table to serve. Keep your head up and be confident. The glasses are__________.”

I understand why he was truly a well respectable restaurant manager within our__________. His close relationship with the group made the situation calm and the group__________me for that.

1.

A．please

B．attract

C．invite

D．welcome

2.

A．cookers

B．servants

C．waiters

D．cleaners

3.

A．made up of

B．let in as

C．added up to

D．recognized as

4.

A．satisfied

B．seated

C．dressed

D．introduced

5.

A．charge

B．change

C．honor

D．favor

6.

A．never

B．ever

C．little

D．nor

7.

A．set

B．broke

C．shook

D．cut

8.

A．wine

B．glasses

C．coffee

D．cookers

9.

A．amazing

B．surprised

C．frightened

D．scaring

10.

A．took over

B．gave in

C．rushed against

D．came to

11.

A．Lately

B．Latest

C．Later

D．Last

12.

A．owing to

B．thanks to

C．while

D．for

13.

A．available

B．acceptable

C．replaceable

D．repeated

14.

A．restaurant

B．neighbor

C．district

D．city

15.

A．blamed

B．forgave

C．thanked

D．praised