1 . 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。

Have you ever had to overcome an extreme challenge in your life?

My teenage years had been insane. From schoolwork to athletics, I had always been running around. Everything was so difficult.

Throughout my hectic teenage years I have been faced with many extreme challenges that have required extreme focus and hard work to overcome. If it hadn't been for hard work, none of these challenges that I faced would have been conquered.

Two years ago, when I was a freshman in high school, I dealt with an extremely significant injury. This took place in my tennis tournament in January. In the climax of my match, I jolted my back to the left and soon after felt a sharp, painful shock run through my spine. I knew at that difficult moment I seriously injured my back. I was rushed off the court and my parents made an appointment with an orthopedist (矫形外科医生) for the next morning.

I walked into the office extremely nervous and suffering from excruciating pain. My tennis season for school started in three months and I absolutely needed to build up the strength.

After about twenty minutes of waiting in the office, which felt like an eternity，the doctor walked in to examine my X­rays. With a sorrowful face, the doctor looked into mine and my mother's eyes and said," There is a 50/50 chance that Lucas will be able to participate in this years tennis season. Lucas broke his L5 vertebrae in his lower back." My heart dropped and I felt a sadness come over me. The doctor said that I would be sitting out of physical activity for two and a half to three months.

Those three months were the longest three months of my life. I was so eager to get back to practices for the season. Every day, I would think about how it was going to be when I was fully healthy. I asked myself," Am I going to be out of shape? Should I even play this year? I probably won't have a successful season."

From that dreadful day on, I decided that I was going to put in the work to be back in top form and have a successful season.

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After I got the" all clear" from my orthopedist I was going to get to work.

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My hard work proved to be very effective.

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2 . 课文语法填空

Christopher Reeve    1     (star) in four Superman films from 1978 to 1987.He spent his spare time     2     (visit) sick children in hospitals and doing many other good things, and soon gained a big reputation.     3    ，while he was riding a horse.he fell off the horse and broke his neck.Due to the support of his wife, family and     4    ( friend )，he found the will to live again.In order to recover    5    （quick ) he engaged in a range of exercises designed    6    （rebuild ) muscle.Shortly after, he managed to return     7     his film career.    8    （he）positive attitude inspired many people    9     were stuck in illness.He will     10    (remember) as a superhero forever.

3 . I love football. I started playing football when I was nine years old. It helped make me who I am today. And even though I did not reach the National Football League, I sometimes think I got more from pursuing (追求) that dream. My romance with football started when my dad dragged me, kicking and screaming, to make me join a league. I had no desire to be there. I was naturally weak and the smallest kid by far. Fear turned to awe (敬畏) when I met my coach, Jim Graham, a huge guy. And he is really strict and old-school.

Coach Graham used to train me hard. I remember one practice in particular. “You’re doing it all wrong, Pausch. Go back! Do it again!” I tried to do what he wanted. It wasn’t enough. “You owe me. Pausch! You’re doing push-ups after practice.”

When I was finally dismissed, one of the assistant coaches came up to me. “Coach Graham trained you pretty hard, didn’t he?” he said.

“Yeah.”

“That’s a good thing,” the assistant told me. “When you’re doing the bad and nobody says anything to you anymore, that means they’ve given up on you.”

That conversation has influenced me in my whole life. When you see yourself doing something badly and nobody’s willing to tell you anymore, that’s a bad place to be. You may not want to hear it, but your critics (批评者) are often the ones telling you they still love you and care about you, and want to make you better.

There’s a lot of talk these days about giving children self-esteem (自尊). It’s not something you can give; it’s something they have to build. Coach Graham knew there was really only one way to teach kids how to develop it: You give them something they can’t do, and they work hard until they find they can do it, and you just keep repeating the process

When Coach Graham first got hold of me, I was that weak kid with no skills and no physical strength. But he made me realize that if I work hard enough, there will be things I can do tomorrow and that I can’t do today. I really felt grateful to Coach Graham for what he had done to me, though it surely didn’t feel good at that time to do so many push-ups after practice.

1. Which words can best describe Coach graham?

A．Strict and mean.	B．Big and proud
C．Strict and wise.	D．Careful and strong.

2. The author believes that those who criticize you actually _______.

A．make fun of you	B．encourage you to do better
C．think ill of you	D．give up on you

3. The author was grateful to Graham because the coach _______.

A．made him a member of NFL

B．made him do lots of push-ups

C．taught him the importance of playing football

D．taught him the value of hard work

4. What lesson can we learn from this passage?

A．Behind bad luck comes good luck.

B．Never offer to teach fish to swim.

C．No pains, no gains.

D．Where there is a will, there is a way.

4 . 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。

After a long day, Zhang Tian finally got back to his small room,     1     (feel) tired. Coming to Guizhou to teach had been quite     2     experience for him. Zhang Tian     3     (graduate) from university and got a teacher's certificate last year. He     4     (inspire) by the idea of living     5     (depend) away from home. Zhang Tian travelled to the village     6    an eager heart. There was a playground     7     got dusty on     8     (wind) days. The thought of leaving once flashed     9     his mind, but he quickly gave up on the idea. The villagers treated him     10     one of them.

5 . 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。

Today is his birthday. It's a special day that Brian feels that he is lucky to share with you, for today he is 70 years old.

About a month ago Brian asked Danielle and Nancy if he could do what he wanted to do on his birthday. He didn't know then what he would say, but he did know that he wanted to share his age in a very public way. Little did he suspect then that he would be sharing not only with his co-workers on the 29th floor, but with the entire region!

Revealing age is not something that most people, including himself, feel comfortable doing. People wouldn't think of asking their friends, associates or customers how old they are. Why is it then perfectly acceptable to ask a child how old he is? What changes between age 7 and age 70? When and why does age turn from something to be proudly claimed to a topic to be avoided?

He believes it happens when a child no longer states his age as a simple fact, just as his youngest son Gavin used to do with mathematical precision: “I am 6 and 5/12 years old.” Then he instead begins to focus on being seen as older. As parents, people contribute to this mind shift by remarks such as “Act your age” or “You're older than that.” He admits that he said such things to his own children. The child gets the message that age brings status, power and autonomy. People celebrate important events. Then sometime after age 21 birthday celebrations lose their allure. No longer is getting older seen as a badge of distinction. Instead, people become concerned that they are getting old. The very word “old” has negative connotations. What image comes to mind when you hear “old age” “old folk's home” “old guard” or “out with the old, in with the new”? “You're too old” will gradually turn into “I'm too old.” He has heard this inner voice many times.

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He always recalls the moment when he was 30.

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Twenty years passed.

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6 . When I was 9, we packed up our home in Los Angeles and arrived at Heathrow, London on a gray January morning. Everyone in the family settled quickly into the city except me. Without my beloved beaches and endless blue—sky days, I felt at a loss and out of place. Until I made a discovery.

Southbank, at an eastern bend in the Thames, is the center of British skateboarding, where the continuous crashing of skateboards left your head ringing .I loved it. I soon made friends with the local skaters. We spoke our own language. And my favorite: Safe. Safe meant cool. It meant hello. It meant don’t worry about it. Once, when trying a certain trick on the beam(横杆), I fell onto the stones, damaging a nerve in my hand, and Toby came over, helping me up: Safe, man. Safe. A few minutes later, when I landed the trick, my friends beat their boards loud, shouting: “ Safe! Safe! Safe!” And that’s what mattered—landing tricks, being a good skater.

When I was 15, my family moved to Washington. I tried skateboarding there, but the locals were far less welcoming. Within a couple of years, I’d given it up.

When I returned to London in 2004, I found myself wandering down to Southbank, spending hours there. I’ve traveled back several times since, most recently this past spring. The day was cold but clear: tourists and Londoners stopped to watch the skaters. Weaving(穿梭)among the kids who rushed by on their boards, I found my way to the beam. Then a rail—thin teenager, in a baggy white T—shirt, skidded(滑)up to the beam. He sat next to me. He seemed not to notice the man next to him. But soon I caught a few of his glances. “I was a local here 20 years ago,” I told him. Then, slowly, he began to nod his head. “Safe, man. Safe.”

“Yeah,” I said. “Safe.”

1. What can we learn about the author soon after he moved to London?

A．He felt disappointed.	B．He gave up his hobby.
C．He liked the weather there.	D．He had disagreements with his family.

2. What do the underlined words “Safe! Safe! Safe!” probably mean?

A．Be careful!

B．Well done!

C．No way!

D．Don’t worry!

3. Why did the author like to spend time in Southbank when he returned to London?

A．To join the skateboarding.	B．To make new friends.
C．To learn more tricks.	D．To relive his childhood days

4. What message does the author seem to convey in the text?

A．Children should learn a second language.

B．Sport is necessary for children’s health.

C．Children need a sense of belonging

D．Seeing the world is a must for children.

7 . My life as a tax-paying employed person began in middle school, when, for three whole days, I worked in a baking factory.

My best friend Betsy’s father was a manager at Hough Bakeries, which, at Easter time, _________ little bunny (兔子) cakes for all its _________throughout Cleveland. It happened that the plant downtown needed eight kids for _________ help during our spring break, for which I had no_________ beyond listening to my favorite records. I’d _________ minimum wage. I’d see how a factory_________. My parents thought all of this was a grand idea and called Betsy’s dad with their _________.

Our_________in the factory were simple: Place cakes on a moving belt. Attach icing (糖霜) ears. Apply icing eyes and nose._________ bunny from the belt. This was ____________ than it sounds.____________ a bit and the cakes pile up. As I told my parents at dinner that first night, it was all a little more high-pressure than I’d   ____________ .

Dad __________. The son of a grocer, he’d spent the summers of his childhood____________ food in Benardsville, New Jersey. This was the sort of work that made you____________ the dollars you earned and respect those who did the work, he told me.

1.

A．sold

B．ordered

C．made

D．reserved

2.

A．stores

B．families

C．schools

D．citizens

3.

A．generous

B．financial

C．technical

D．temporary

4.

A．plans

B．problems

C．excuses

D．hobbies

5.

A．offer

B．earn

C．set

D．suggest

6.

A．worked

B．closed

C．developed

D．survived

7.

A．ambition

B．permission

C．experience

D．invitation

8.

A．joys

B．ideas

C．roles

D．choices

9.

A．Save

B．Keep

C．Stop

D．Remove

10.

A．harder

B．better

C．longer

D．cheaper

11.

A．Calm down

B．Slow down

C．Stay on

D．Move on

12.

A．indicated

B．witnessed

C．expected

D．remembered

13.

A．cried

B．smiled

C．hesitated

D．refused

14.

A．tasting

B．finding

C．sharing

D．delivering

15.

A．withdraw

B．donate

C．receive

D．appreciate

8 . Simply saying thank you doesn’t seem enough in certain situations. I was considering this while working as a _______ just a few weeks ago. And it came to me then how much easier it would be if we had a range of words that express different _______ of gratitude (感谢).

My thoughts were soon _______. We had a woman patient who was _______ from a knee replacement operation. One afternoon, while _______ to get into bed she collapsed (倒下) from what was _______ discovered to be a heart attack. The collapse was disastrous, _______the emergency medical team and good teamwork. But she recovered, though _______, and was ready for discharge (出院) after four weeks.

She was _______ for everything that the medical and nursing team had done for her. On her day of discharge, we shared in her ____________ at her recovery. As she was ____________ she was eager to say ____________ to each of us in the nursing team. When she ____________ one nurse, she tried to press a five-pound note into her hand. My colleague ____________ to accept it, saying that we were all just ____________ our job. The patient looked puzzled, and then ____________:“Oh this isn’t for the____________ I had. I take that as a ____________. No, this is for setting my hair yesterday.”

       And there you have it. To many people,____________lives is part of the job but styling hair is an ____________ and should be rewarded.1.

A．cleaner

B．chemist

C．nurse

D．doctor

2.

A．grades

B．meanings

C．needs

D．expectations

3.

A．brushed aside

B．put to the test

C．brought under discussion

D．taken into account

4.

A．departing

B．escaping

C．retiring

D．recovering

5.

A．attempting

B．choosing

C．pausing

D．promising

6.

A．eventually

B．fortunately

C．casually

D．secretly

7.

A．assessing

B．requiring

C．forming

D．proving

8.

A．slightly

B．accidentally

C．slowly

D．happily

9.

A．grateful

B．thoughtful

C．sorrowful

D．fearful

10.

A．surprise

B．delight

C．curiosity

D．disappointment

11.

A．operating

B．thinking

C．hesitating

D．leaving

12.

A．sorry

B．hello

C．goodbye

D．yes

13.

A．reached

B．consulted

C．introduced

D．persuaded

14.

A．wished

B．pretended

C．failed

D．refused

15.

A．enjoying

B．doing

C．securing

D．starting

16.

A．repeated

B．recited

C．replied

D．reported

17.

A．courage

B．patience

C．duty

D．care

18.

A．goal

B．given

C．push

D．greeting

19.

A．risking

B．changing

C．saving

D．building

20.

A．honour

B．ability

C．opening

D．extra

9 . Raising just one child can be a tough job for any parent, which is why this woman is being honored for taking in more than 600 children over the course of five decades. 75-year-old Linda Herring from Johnson County. Iowa has been tirelessly providing food, clothing, love» and medical care to hundreds of adopted kids since the 1970s.

When Herring first began adopting kids, she was also running a home daycare and working as a night custodian（监护人）in a local high school. Additionally, she volunteered as a first responder for 50 years of her life.

Out of the hundreds of adopted kids that Herring has taken under her wing, many of them experienced a range of medical conditions and special needs-but that never prevented Herring. Linda mostly adopted young children and children with special medical needs and kept boxes of clothes in her garage, piled to the ceiling, labeled by size and gender. No one had to worry about a child going without clothes at Linda’s, even if they arrived with nothing but what they were wearing.

Anthony Herring, who was just 3 years old when he was adopted into Linda’s family, described his mother like this： "It’s hard to say in words her impact. She was always available and ready for a child in need. " These kids were usually taken from a traumatic（受到创伤的） situation and she’d take them in, providing a warm bed, clean clothes» warm meals, and love. She also worked hard to keep families together. Helping biological parents make the changes needed to be able to keep their children. She always makes sure a new child in her home was given a professional photograph that was placed on the wall in the living room. "That seems like a small thing, but it helps them feel like they’re at home.”

1. Why is Linda Herring respected by people?

A．She is fond of her easy work.	B．She has children in her care.
C．She likes to play with children.	D．She provides food with children.

2. Which of the following words has the similar meaning with the underlined phrase "taken under her wing”?

A．Given response to.	B．Looked after.
C．Provided food to.	D．Provided education to.

3. How do you think Linda Herring was according to Anthony Herring?

A．Influential and kind.	B．Generous and optimistic.
C．Intelligent and hard-working.	D．Easy-going and warm-hearted.

4. How did Linda Herring help the adopted children feel at home?

A．She gave her children good jobs.

B．She took photos of each of them to enjoy.

C．She offered each of them a professional photograph.

D．She met their needs to make many changes in their life.