1 . 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C, D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Last year we went to visit some friends in the North of Germany. The day we arrived, the ____was very nice, so we decided to go to the local outdoor swimming pool. When we got there, my wife and three of our children and I were____a good spot (地点) near the pool to rest later. Our eldest son Cian, back then 7 years old, couldn't wait to jump into the pool. But he could____swim at the time and still insisted on trying____ the deep part of the pool was clearly marked by a big rope, we ____to let him off.
Just a minute later, our son came to us clearly____and shook up. We were ____as he was no more than 5 meters away in the pool and we just left him there for a minute. Our friend Stefan who was a bit behind us told us what____when he got to the pool.
Cian, glad with himself being first in the water before his elder sister, made his way to the rope that ____the deep pool from the shallow end. What he didn't____was that the slope (斜坡) was very severe and the rope was loose. Therefore, he pushed slightly into the ____end. Cian felt himself falling into the water and felt ____
Thankfully our friend Stefan____all of this. His daughter ____some swimming lessons where the parents were told how to____whether a person is drowning. Stefan saw our son helplessly____on the surface. He quickly jumped in and pulled him to ____ We were absolutely shocked as we were only 5 metres away but ____unaware of what was going on.
We were very lucky and learned our ____, which is never to leave a child unattended at the pool or on the beach. Please don't make the same____,otherwise the result will be unimaginable.1.

A．scenery

B．weather

C．water

D．city

2.

A．looking for

B．referring to

C．setting up

D．watching over

3.

A．almost

B．often

C．hardly

D．fairly

4.

A．Once

B．So

C．Since

D．Unless

5.

A．argued

B．demanded

C．refused

D．agreed

6.

A．calm

B．upset

C．excited

D．moved

7.

A．disappointed

B．puzzled

C．interested

D．worried

8.

A．happened

B．appeared

C．spread

D．changed

9.

A．organized

B．covered

C．divided

D．moved

10.

A．doubt

B．explain

C．understand

D．realise

11.

A．clean

B．plain

C．deep

D．new

12.

A．angry

B．helpless

C．surprised

D．tired

13.

A．experienced

B．expected

C．recorded

D．saw

14.

A．attended

B．held

C．taught

D．prepared

15.

A．believe

B．show

C．judge

D．prove

16.

A．floating

B．swimming

C．running

D．walking

17.

A．attention

B．happiness

C．protection

D．safety

18.

A．completely

B．necessarily

C．slightly

D．slowly

19.

A．tip

B．wisdom

C．knowledge

D．lesson

20.

A．pain

B．mistake

C．schedule

D．plan

2 . 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

There’s no doubt that when it comes to friendship，you want positive people in your life and not negatives ones．    1     ．Support when you need it. With positive friends，you don’t need to beg for help when you need it because chances are they will be there for you without asking．    2         ．Health benefits of being positive．The more positive friends you have，the better you will be at remaining optimistic yourself．    3     . For example，it helps people to deal with stress and illness better．Health benefits may include lower rates of depression，a greater ability to throw off colds，and a reduced risk of developing disease．Bring out the best in you．    4     . This means trying new things，achieving goals，and having the kind of life you dreamed of for yourself．With positive people in your life，you’11 feel more comfortable sharing your goals because your friends will give you the emotional push you need to go after what you want in life．Attracting More Positive FriendsYou naturally attract the kinds of friends who are most like you．So if you’re a downer，you’11 probably find that negative people flock to you．    5     . The more you are able to maintain a positive attitude，the more likeminded people you’11 attract in return．

A．Here are some benefits of spending time with positive friends．

B．That’s why you’d better surround yourself with positive friends．

C．In most cases，they will go out of their way to help you when you’re in trouble．

D．The same is true for being positive．

E．As we all know，there are many benefits of being optimistic．

F．Your positive friends will inspire you to be the best you can be．

G．Most of the time，you have to ask them to help you when in trouble．

3 . Dad was lying in the hospital weakly, but his smile was as sure as ever . It was another attack of lung illness. My husband and I stayed with him for the weekend but had to return to our jobs on Monday. Local relatives would help Dad get home from hospital and look after him. But I longed to be able to let him know that we cared about him too, even when we weren't with him.
Then I remembered a family tradition when our children were small. When leaving our grandparents’ home after a visit, each child would write a love note to their grandparents. We hid notes in a box, under a hairbrush or next to the phone or even in the microwave oven. For days, our grandparents would smile as they discovered these reminders of our love.
So as I tidied Dad’s kitchen and made up a bed for him downstairs in the living room, I wrote some notes. Some were practical, "Dad, I put the food in the fridge so it wouldn't spoil". Some expressed my love, “Dad, I hope you will sleep well in your new bed.” Most notes were downstairs where he would stay for several weeks until he recovered strength, but one note I hid upstairs under his pillow, "Dad, if you have found this note, you must be feeling better. We are so glad!"
Just like his medicine strengthened him physically, these "emotional vitamins" would improve his spiritual health. Several weeks later, in one of our regular phone calls, I asked Dad how he was doing. He said, "Pretty good. I just found your note under my pillow upstairs!"
1. We can infer from the text that the writer's father_______.

A．had suffered from the same illness before.

B．lived with his relatives

C．asked her to return to work

D．got home from hospital alone

2. The children hid notes in their grandparents' home in order to_______

A．follow a family tradition

B．play jokes on their grandparents

C．show their gifts to their grandparents

D．make their grandparents feel pleasantly surprised

3. Follow the family tradition, the author                 .

A．She called her father regularly.

B．She wrote some notes to her father .

C．She bought all kinds of vitamins to her father.

D．She hid some notes upstairs under her father's pillow.

4. Which of the following is true according to the text?

A．The writer believed that a family tradition was not good.

B．The writer enjoyed talking with her father.

C．The writer tried to comfort her father with love.

D．The writer thanked her children for looking after her father.

4 . 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和D）中，选出最佳选项。
The Parking-Lot Sweeper
Both my parents came from towns in Mexico. I was born in E1 Paso, Texas, and when I was four, my family moved to a housing project in East Los Angeles.
Even though we struggled to make ends meet, my parents stressed to me and my four brothers and sisters how ____ we were to live in a great country with limitless opportunities. They ____ us with the ideas of family, faith and love.
I got my first ____ job when I was ten. My dad injured his back working in a cardboard-box factory and was retrained as a hairstylist. He ____ space in a little shopping center and gave his shop the flowery name of Mr. Ben’s Coiffure. The owner of the shopping center ____ my Dad’s payment for cleaning the parking lot three ____ a week, which ____ getting up at 3 a.m. Mom and I helped ____ dustbin and pick up rubbish by hand. It took two to three hours to clean the lot. I ____ sleep in the car on the way home.I did this for two years, but the lessons I learned have ____ a lifetime. I obtained discipline（自律）and the importance of work, and learned at a(n) ____ age the importance of balancing life’s competing interests——in my ____, school, homework and a job. This ____ helped during my school years, when I worked 40 hours at a fast-food restaurant while taking a full ____ of college preparation courses.
The hard work ____ off. I attended the U.S. Military Academy and went on to ____graduate degrees in law and business from Harvard. ____, I joined a big Los Angeles law firm and was elected to the California state assembly（州议会）. In these jobs and in everything else I’ve done, I have ____ forgotten those nights in the parking lot. The experience taught me that there is value in all work and that if people are working to ____ for themselves and their families, that is ____ we should honor.1.

A．important

B．different

C．competitive

D．fortunate

2.

A．mixed

B．filled

C．piled

D．left

3.

A．true

B．new

C．real

D．Good

4.

A．hired

B．bought

C．cleaned

D．created

5.

A．reduced

B．afforded

C．collected

D．charged

6.

A．mornings

B．evenings

C．dawns

D．nights

7.

A．meant

B．overcame

C．admitted

D．allowed

8.

A．lift

B．empty

C．throw

D．hold

9.

A．must

B．need

C．would

D．should

10.

A．existed

B．lasted

C．kept

D．stayed

11.

A．small

B．exact

C．early

D．golden

12.

A．mind

B．way

C．part

D．case

13.

A．really

B．nearly

C．simply

D．merely

14.

A．piece

B．length

C．mass

D．load

15.

A．made

B．took

C．paid

D．started

16.

A．receive

B．offer

C．require

D．study

17.

A．Thus

B．Later

C．Again

D．Instead

18.

A．seldom

B．Just

C．even

D．never

19.

A．account

B．enter

C．provide

D．call

20.

A．everything

B．something

C．nothing

D．Anything

5 . In 1943, when I was 4, my parents moved from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, to Fairbanks, Alaska, where adventure was never very far away.

We arrived in the summer, just in time to enjoy the midnight sun. All that sunlight was fantastic for Mom’s vegetable garden. Working in the garden at midnight tended to throw her timing off, so she didn’t care much about my bedtime.

Dad was a Railway Express agent and Mom was his clerk. That left me in a mess. I usually managed to find some trouble to get into. Once I had a little fire going in the dirt basement of a hotel. I had tried to light a barrel(桶) of paint but couldn’t really get a good fire going. The smoke got pretty bad, though, and when 1 made my exit, a crowd and the police were there to greet me. The policemen took my matches and drove me home.

Mom and Dad were occupied in the garden and Dad told the police to keep me, and they did! I had a tour of the prison before Mom rescued me. I hadn’t turned 5 yet.

As I entered kindergarten, the serious cold began to set in. Would it surprise you to know that I soon left part of my tongue on a metal handrail at school?

As for Leonhard Seppala, famous as a dog sledder, I think I knew him well because I was taken for a ride with his white dog team one Sunday. At the time I didn’t realize what a superstar he was, but I do remember the ride well. I was wrapped (包裹) heavily and well sheltered from the freezing and blowing weather.

In 1950, we moved back to Coeur d’Alene, but we got one more Alaskan adventure when Leonhard invited us eight years later by paying a visit to Idaho to attend a gathering of former neighbors of Alaska.

1. What can be inferred about the author’s family?

A．His father was a cruel man.	B．His parents didn’t love him.
C．His parents used to be very busy.	D．His mother didn’t have any jobs.

2. What happened when the author was 4?

A．He learned to smoke.	B．He was locked in a basement.
C．He was arrested by the police.	D．He nearly caused a fire accident.

3. Which of the following is true?

A．Leonhard was good at driving dog sleds.

B．The author spent his whole childhood in Alaska.

C．Leonhard often visited the author’s family after 1950.

D．The author suffered a lot while taking the dog sled in Alaska.

4. What is the author’s purpose of writing the text?

A．To look back on his childhood with adventures.

B．To describe the extreme weather of Alaska.

C．To express how much he misses Leonhard.

D．To show off his pride in making trouble.

6 . When I was 8 years old, a gentleman came to my orphanage(孤儿院) and taught us how to do woodworking projects.

I remember my first project—a small table. I was so ______ of it that I looked upon it as if I had created a(an) ______. It was absolutely beautiful and it had taken me six weeks to ______ it. I could hardly wait to give it to Mother Winters as a ______. She was the head mistress of our orphanage, who was always ______ with us.

As the tables were not dry from the clear coating, the man told us to wait a few days before taking them to our dormitories. But I was just so ______ and happy that I couldn’t wait. I ______ out like a flash, carrying my table and smiling from ear to ear.

When I reached the dormitory I placed the little table beside my bed. I was ______ it when Mother Winters entered. She walked over to the table. Running her hand ______ it, she noticed that it was still wet.

“Were you ______ to bring this home?” she asked.

“No, ma’am,” I ______ with my head down.

She ordered me to throw the table out and so I did. After she left, I immediately opened the door to get it back. There was ______ stuck all over. I brushed and cried, but it would not come off.

I hid the table in my closet(橱柜) and never ______ it. A year later while cleaning up, I gave the table to Mother Henderson, my houseparent(宿管员), thinking that she would ______ it away.

Thirty years later at a reunion, I ______ that Mother Henderson was living nearby, so I drove up to see her. We talked cheerfully for long. As I was about to leave, she asked me to come down to her ______ to get something important. I followed her ______ into a dark corner. She picked something up. ______ she turned around, I could see that she was holding a little table.

Mother Henderson kept the little table that I had given up for lost so long ago.

Today, I look at that table with bittersweet memories but full of ______ to Mother Henderson, who kept it for a young orphan who tried very hard to ______.

1.

A．tired

B．ashamed

C．aware

D．proud

2.

A．award

B．record

C．wonder

D．product

3.

A．complete

B．invent

C．paint

D．design

4.

A．reward

B．gift

C．prize

D．souvenir

5.

A．satisfied

B．angry

C．patient

D．strict

6.

A．upset

B．excited

C．confident

D．amazed

7.

A．dashed

B．walked

C．stepped

D．climbed

8.

A．drying

B．admiring

C．observing

D．hiding

9.

A．into

B．after

C．above

D．across

10.

A．supposed

B．embarrassed

C．encouraged

D．determined

11.

A．agreed

B．sighed

C．whispered

D．argued

12.

A．glue

B．dirt

C．paint

D．wood

13.

A．removed

B．shook

C．touched

D．split

14.

A．throw

B．give

C．take

D．put

15.

A．recommended

B．expected

C．remembered

D．learned

16.

A．bathroom

B．basement

C．balcony

D．bedroom

17.

A．unexpectedly

B．unwillingly

C．curiously

D．worriedly

18.

A．Until

B．Since

C．Before

D．As

19.

A．gratitude

B．admiration

C．sympathy

D．regret

20.

A．adapt

B．study

C．please

D．perform

7 . 完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

A terrible fever made Anne Sullivan nearly lose her eyesight in her childhood, and the doctors said she was a hopelessly mad girl. She had been_______in the basement of a mental hospital (精神病医院) in Boston. Sometimes, little Annie ______hit anyone who came near to her. She ignored everyone who appeared in front of her most of the time.

However, an old nurse ________that little Annie had hope. She went to_______little Annie every day. The child ignored her in most cases, but the old nurse ________stopped seeing her every day in the basement. The_________lady left cookies for little Annie and spoke words full of encouragement to her. She believed that as long as she showed__________, little Annie could get better. Finally, the doctors noticed the_______in little Annie. They moved her upstairs and her condition continued_______.Then her last day there came, and the child who seemed to be “_________” went out of the locked door of the mental hospital.

After she grew up, Anne Sullivan hoped to__________others, just as the kind old nurse helped her. She became the________of Helen Keller. She_______her, trained her strictly and worked with her________she lit the candle that brought________to the whole world. Anne Sullivan________a miracle (奇迹) in the life of Helen Keller. But first it was a kind nurse who had full________in little Annie that turned a(n) _________ child into a great teacher.

If there had been no Anne Sullivan, the name of Helen Keller would not be________But if there hadn’t been a________who kept showing love, Anne Sullivan wouldn’t be known to the world, either.

1.

A．hidden

B．received

C．locked

D．found

2.

A．angrily

B．proudly

C．warmly

D．secretly

3.

A．praised

B．doubted

C．believed

D．remembered

4.

A．treat

B．see

C．promise

D．miss

5.

A．still

B．already

C．ever

D．never

6.

A．hard-working

B．good-looking

C．open-minded

D．kind-hearted

7.

A．cheer

B．love

C．luck

D．happiness

8.

A．worries

B．problems

C．changes

D．needs

9.

A．worsening

B．spreading

C．increasing

D．improving

10.

A．active

B．healthy

C．hopeless

D．useless

11.

A．greet

B．help

C．surprise

D．please

12.

A．classmate

B．teacher

C．neighbor

D．boss

13.

A．laughed at

B．waited for

C．looked at

D．cared for

14.

A．if

B．unless

C．until

D．because

15.

A．time

B．dream

C．light

D．power

16.

A．created

B．shared

C．stopped

D．expected

17.

A．control

B．shame

C．pity

D．confidence

18.

A．stupid

B．lazy

C．funny

D．unfriendly

19.

A．called

B．known

C．left

D．protected

20.

A．doctor

B．patient

C．nurse

D．worker

8 . Norm Pethrick, a 36-year-old man in Australia’s northern city Darwin, was praised on Thursday for jumping onto a crocodile’s back to save his wife Wendy at Litchfield National Park, a popular tourist spot southwest of Darwin, a local newspaper reported.
Ms Pethrick was standing on a river bank Wednesday afternoon when the saltwater crocodile lunged (扑), locking its jaws on both her legs as it tried to drag her underwater.
Norm Pethrick, who with his wife had been collecting water, immediately went to help her. He jumped onto the back, poked (戳) the eyes of the crocodile and finally got his wife free.
Ms Pethrick was later taken to Royal Darwin Hospital for a medical treatment. The doctors said she was suffering eight puncture wounds in her right leg, a puncture wound in her left leg and a serious cut to one of her fingers.
“This could have been a fatal and tragic situation,” said the general manager of Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH), Dr Len Notaras, according to a local report.
He said Ms Pethrick was saved by her husband’s “quick and diligent actions”. Dr Notaras also said she would remain in hospital for three to four days and have an operation to clean the wounds, which are easy to get infected because of bacteria on the teeth of the crocodile.
1. This passage is most likely to be found in ______.

A．a travel guide	B．a textbook
C．a newspaper	D．a novel

2. The crocodile attacked Ms Pethrick when she was ______.

A．swimming in the river

B．standing on the river bank

C．watching the crocodile

D．fishing in the water

3. Which of the following statements is TRUE about Ms Pethrick?

A．One of her fingers also got hurt.

B．She had eight wounds altogether.

C．One of the crocodile’s teeth was found in her leg.

D．Her eyes were badly poked.

4. According to the passage, Norm Pethrick can be described as following EXCEPT ______.

A．humorous	B．diligent
C．quick	D．brave

5. Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?

A．The husband should save the wife

B．Human beings can beat crocodiles sometimes

C．A crocodile is not so dangerous as people imagine

D．A man saves wife’s life from crocodile’s jaws

9 . As an American artist and writer of children’s books, Tasha Tudor’s art and nineteenth-century lifestyle have fascinated adults and children for decades. She received many awards and honors for her contributions to children’s literature. When people talk about her creativity in artwork, she said, “I do it to support my dogs and my four children.” Her great publishing record, the number of magazine stories that have been written about her over the years, and her admirers have no effects on her at all.
Much of Tasha’s artwork and her reading are done in the wintertime. “I love winter. It’s delightful,” she says. “I don’t have to go anywhere because I work at home. If I’m snowed in, I can stay this way for months.” She hopes for early, deep snow to protect her garden from the hardship of the New England winter, and when it comes she puts on snowshoes when she needs to get down the mile-long dirt path that leads to the road.
Given her enjoyment of winter and her fantasy(梦幻)way of life, it’s not surprising that Tasha’s Christmas is a storybook holiday. She hangs flowers over the front door. Her tree comes from the woods, and it goes up on Christmas Eve, lit by homemade candles and decorated with her great- grandmother’s collection that dates from 1850. In a place of honor on the tree are large cookies cut into the shapes of her animals.
The grandchildren and friends get presents from Tasha’s old dolls; so do the animals and they have their own Christmas tree. “Of course, it’s a known fact that all the animals talk on Christmas Eve,” she has written. Small, handmade gifts fill a big wooden box.
At the end of each year, Tasha can look back and know that her life is perfect, that she has again ignored the twentieth century, and that the magic continues. And for the rest of us，here’s a bit of advice, Tasha style: “Nowadays, people are so restless. If they took some tea anti spent more time rocking on the porch(门廊) in the evening listening to light music, they might enjoy life more.”

1. Tasha loved winter because it allowed her to ________.

A．read stories to her grandchildren

B．show her DIY snowshoes to kids

C．stay indoors working mid reading

D．enjoy bicycle tiding along the path

2. From the passage, we can learn that Tasha’s life is ________.

A．modern and fashionable

B．simple and fantastic

C．lonely and hard

D．adventurous and inspiring

3. Which of the following is TRUE about Tasha?

A．She cared little about fame.

B．She created an animal fund.

C．She wrote many stories for magazines.

D．She bought presents for her relatives.

4. In which section of a paper can you probably read the article?

A．Travel.

B．Sports.

C．Economy.

D．People.

10 . One Sunday, a picture in the newspaper touched me. A young woman stood in front of a totally destroyed home. A little boy stood beside her with his head____ Holding her skirt tightly was a tiny girl, eyes wide with ____ and fear.
With growing ____I noticed that their sizes of each family member closely____ ours. This would be a good opportunity to____my children, so I explained their difficult____to my seven-year-old twins and three-year-old Meghan.
“We have so much, but these poor people now have nothing,” I said, “we’ll____ what we have with them.”
I brought three large boxes and placed them on the living room floor. Meghan watched seriously____ the boys and I filled one box with canned food.
While I____our clothes, I encouraged the boys to go through their toys and____ some of their less favorite things. Meghan watched____ as the boys piled up useless toys in the box.
“I’ll help you find something for the little girl,” I said to her.
The boys placed the toys they had____to donate into one of the boxes while I filled the third box with clothes. Meghan walked up with Lucy, her worn, faded, much-loved doll____tightly to her chest. She____ in front of the box, pressed her little face into Lucy’s face, gave her a____ kiss, then, laid her gently on top of the other toys.
“Oh, honey,” I said. “You____ to give away Lucy. You love her so much.”
Meghan nodded, eyes shining with tears. “Lucy makes me happy, Mommy. ____she’ll make that little girl happy, too.”
I stared at Meghan for a long moment, ____ how I could teach the boys the lesson she had just taught me.
It’s easy to give what we don’t want any more, but ____to let go of things we cherish, isn’ t it? ____, the true spirit of giving is to give with your heart.1.

A．off

B．up

C．down

D．round

2.

A．smile

B．confusion

C．joy

D．anger

3.

A．happiness

B．friendship

C．puzzle

D．interest

4.

A．matched

B．equaled

C．compared

D．suited

5.

A．help

B．complain

C．change

D．teach

6.

A．experience

B．problem

C．situation

D．process

7.

A．give

B．share

C．send

D．spare

8.

A．as

B．since

C．though

D．because

9.

A．came through

B．broke through

C．sorted through

D．got through

10.

A．donate

B．leave

C．keep

D．sell

11.

A．hopefully

B．anxiously

C．depressingly

D．quietly

12.

A．separated

B．chosen

C．bought

D．confirmed

13.

A．hugged

B．tied

C．grasped

D．caught

14.

A．settled

B．regretted

C．paused

D．cried

15.

A．precious

B．final

C．hearty

D．lovely

16.

A．wouldn’t like

B．ought not

C．had better not

D．don’t have

17.

A．Also

B．Yet

C．Maybe

D．Though

18.

A．knowing

B．wondering

C．realizing

D．expecting

19.

A．available

B．necessary

C．important

D．hard

20.

A．However

B．Therefore

C．Otherwise

D．Moreover