1 . My daddy was a do-as-I-do kind of guy. In his book, ________ training was much preferred to mere verbal explanation. He was into ________ whenever and wherever possible.

Take tire (轮胎) changing, for instance. When I was a teenager, Daddy taught me how to change a flat tire on the family car. A few years later, when I was able to drive, Daddy _______ flattened a tire when he knew I was planning to _______ the house and challenged me to change it out for the ______. Alone. Quickly. I did.

A big man, Daddy had the ______ of a best-selling novelist. He put it to good use at those times when ______ his baby girl for life had to extend beyond demonstration.

In our house, T.F. ______ a little wood nymph (仙女), who was described to me by Daddy as wise and particularly fond of green trees. Daddy and I ______ her whenever a problem arose that I could not solve.

At the age of 13, I asked Daddy how to ______ T.F.’s “real” name. Daddy answered with a sort of riddle, “It’s pronounced ‘Fear-a-lie’ but spelled any way you wish.” A few years later I _______ a message in my father’s elegant handwriting that mentioned “Fear-A-Lie.” Only then, with a flash of insight, did the pieces ________.

_______, I left home to launch a career as an investigative reporter, often speaking truth to power.

Looking back, I understand that Daddy’s life lessons－about doing the _______ thing even when faced with high risk一took root just as he _______.

1.

A．social

B．scientific

C．theoretical

D．participatory

2.

A．explaining

B．debating

C．demonstrating

D．assisting

3.

A．Patiently

B．painfully

C．unwillingly

D．purposely

4.

A．clean

B．buy

C．leave

D．rent

5.

A．old

B．spare

C．cheap

D．empty

6.

A．memory

B．opinion

C．imagination

D．wealth

7.

A．leading

B．inviting

C．controlling

D．preparing

8.

A．stood for

B．called for

C．waited for

D．looked for

9.

A．ignored

B．consulted

C．aided

D．accompanied

10.

A．spell

B．voice

C．discover

D．prove

11.

A．searched for

B．came across

C．responded to

D．held up

12.

A．fall into place

B．mix up

C．come into effect

D．settle down

13.

A．Suddenly

B．Secretly

C．Normally

D．Eventually

14.

A．ordinary

B．creative

C．right

D．basic

15.

A．feared

B．intended

C．claimed

D．promised

2 . What made Luki move out of his first homestay family?

A．He had stayed there for three months.

B．They were not kind to him.

C．He couldn’t concentrate on his study there.

4 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一个完整的短文。

Mom always has the purse with her. The purse contains a receipt for everything she has purchased since around 1980. At first, the purse was relatively normal in size, but over the years it has expanded to what seems like two feet in width. It is hopelessly, permanently open and overflowing. I always hated the purse.

Last Friday afternoon, I called Mom to tell her I had some lab work that needed to be done at school. So, I would be home late. Instead, my friend Heather and I went directly to the movies after school. When we came out, to my complete horror, Mom was standing there with the purse. She’d taken my sister to the movies as well.

Surprisingly, Mom smiled at me, and then at Heather, and invited us to dinner. It seems she had a coupon(优惠券) for McDonald’s. A coupon? What were we, homeless? I couldn’t believe she suggested a coupon in front of Heather.

And just when I thought things couldn’t get worse, she started looking for the coupon. Oh no! Not the purse! She put the purse onto a resting chair outside the theater and began shuffling through(胡乱翻动) the papers. Then, all of a sudden, it dropped to the ground. Each one of those million receipts ended up on the ground, too. Crowds of people were stepping on all those papers.

That’s when I lost it. The words just came out. “I can’t believe you!” I shouted. “You are totally embarrassing me! Why do you have to carry all this useless stuff with you all the time?” My mom and my sister were on their knees picking up all those little pieces of paper. We left the theater and drove Heather home in silence.

Mom didn’t speak to me for the rest of the weekend. I came home from school on Monday and walked in as usual. I went up to my room to do some homework. It was silent. I felt bad. And I wanted to go down there and talk to her.

注意：
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。
Paragraph1:

I finally got up the courage to go down there.

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Paragraph 2:

“I’m really sorry,” I said, helping to put things into the new purse.

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6 . 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。

There lived two brothers, John McNeil and James, in a village in Kentucky in the north of America, who had lost their parents in a terrible earthquake ten years before. Worse still, ten-year-old John McNeil suffered from serious autism. He often stayed at a corner without saying anything with others and frequently ran everywhere, so his brother James was concerned about his safety.

On a windy, cold day, John McNeil forgot to put on his shoes and ran out the door. He headed straight for the 125-foot electrical tower behind the McNeiI home and didn’t realize the dangers of the structure. That day his thoughts were set on climbing to the top of that tower, touching the sky. Maybe he thought he could meet his parents in the sky. What a poor boy!

His seventeen-year-old brother, James, was always close by. James always made sure that no danger came to his little brother. But today was different. Today, John ran out the door unnoticed. He was making his way to the sky step by step by the time James saw him. John, like most autistic children, had no idea about fear or danger. James, on the other hand, realized that he had to face his greatest fear of all — the fear of heights.

However, James understood the danger of the electrical tower but chose to follow his younger brother secretly, trying not to look down, all the way to the top. He finally reached his brother and held him with his right hand. With his left hand, he held a metal bar to help stabilize them both. What a thrilling scene!

注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请在相应位置作答。

James was shaking. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Hundreds of people came together at the base of the tower. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

8 . A few weeks ago, my husband and I picked tomatoes growing in my father-in-law’s orderly garden. He had stuck to planting tomatoes for more than 40 years. I have been _________ by his determination, not to mention the considerable _________, as he would prepare for yet another growing season. After placing seeds into soil, he would water, weed, and talk to them every day, waiting with _________ for their progress. To him, the garden is everything.

But this past summer, my father-in-law had to _________the garden. He had become _________, and is now resting at home with serious heart failure. His garden is now _________ and full of weeds. We picked the best tomatoes in August, but now the garden seems to have been _________

A few weeks ago, my husband took the biggest tomato he could find from his father’s garden, squirted (挤出) it free of its seeds and laid them out to dry. His father used to make this _________at the end of each season. The seeds, a way of _________ the healthiest tomato growth, would promise a successful harvest.

My husband paid no attention to the garden before. I know why, after all these years, he keeps these __________. Will his father __________Christmas? Will anyone plant that garden in the spring when he is __________ not here? How much time do we really have with him?

We do not know the __________ but I do know what the seeds will __________. There will be more than just tomatoes. Anything that comes from them — any sauce, any meal, any memory — will always be __________.

1.

A．influenced

B．offered

C．impressed

D．comforted

2.

A．effort

B．attitude

C．money

D．concept

3.

A．anxiety

B．curiosity

C．doubt

D．patience

4.

A．take over

B．give up

C．give away

D．pull down

5.

A．tired

B．slow

C．weak

D．lazy

6.

A．empty

B．small

C．old

D．disorderly

7.

A．disliked

B．forgotten

C．attacked

D．judged

8.

A．selection

B．attempt

C．achievement

D．success

9.

A．estimating

B．emphasizing

C．ensuring

D．advising

10.

A．flowers

B．gardens

C．meals

D．seeds

11.

A．miss

B．survive

C．expect

D．enjoy

12.

A．probably

B．frequently

C．particularly

D．officially

13.

A．reasons

B．questions

C．answers

D．consequences

14.

A．apply

B．make

C．require

D．promise

15.

A．noticed

B．appreciated

C．recognized

D．linked

10 . I have a lot of Mom’s recipe (秘诀;食谱) in a blue box. Even so, the recipe I treasure most is not there. Actually, Mom followed it all of her life but I was too blind to see and _________ it until her final years.

My mom grew up in a small town in Iowa. She _________ everyone as her friend. She had a cheerful greeting for everyone she meet with. She often asked them questions of some sort that set off an answer and more _________. As a teen, I was embarrassed (尴尬的) every time my mom dealt with strangers.

What impressed me most was Mom’s _________ on the senior bus. The first time she _________ this low-cost bus to a supermarket, there were thirteen old ladies and one old man but not one _________ was spoken. During her following trips, she said, something _________.

“Oh, are you _________ with them now?” I asked. “Of course,” she said, “One day I climbed up the steps of the bus and before I looked for a seat, I gave them a big smile. I said, ‘Isn’t it a wonderful day?’ Then I _________ a few shy smiles.”

Mom didn’t give up. She smiled or said “hello” to them all each time she got on the bus and before long, the whole group was laughing and talking to one another. The bus became more than just __________.

Frequently, I observed as she smiled and chatted with __________. Some of them seemed bad-tempered but once Mom smiled at them and started the conversation, most __________ favorably. My mom didn’t embarrass me any longer. I found myself __________ her.

Mom has been gone for ten years, but she’s given me a recipe for life: It was I who had done the smiling __________ and all those people had replied. My mom didn’t lecture but __________ me the lesson by example.

1.

A．admit

B．approach

C．appreciate

D．address

2.

A．look

B．regarded

C．think

D．refer

3.

A．continuation

B．contribution

C．conversation

D．concentration

4.

A．event

B．experience

C．challenge

D．role

5.

A．offered

B．adapted

C．ignored

D．used

6.

A．letter

B．person

C．word

D．focus

7.

A．was happened

B．changed

C．remained

D．continued

8.

A．battling

B．arguing

C．talking

D．quarreling

9.

A．adopted

B．described

C．noticed

D．ensured

10.

A．communication

B．transportation

C．addition

D．relation

11.

A．neighbors

B．strangers

C．relatives

D．friends

12.

A．agreed

B．approved

C．responded

D．promised

13.

A．admitting

B．admiring

C．awarding

D．adapting

14.

A．first

B．personally

C．actually

D．quickly

15.

A．aided

B．created

C．taught

D．supported