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。

Rich Danieu, a man awaiting a heart transplant (移植), had to stay in Strong Hospital in Rochester, New York, since January. His days were filled with uncertainty, medical procedures, and a longing to be with his family. The slim hope of getting cured had almost driven Danieu’s mood down to the ground. He was close to giving up. What’s worse, he was frustrated at the thought of missing a crucial event: his 5-year-old daughter Mara’s school’s father-daughter dance.

Shortly after Danieu’s arrival at the hospital, Mara had excitedly shared the news of her school’s upcoming father-daughter dance. She had been eagerly looking forward to her father’s participation. But Danieu’s illness had kept him away from his daughter’s joyous event. As the day of the dance drew near, Mara’s excitement began to be replaced by a deep sadness. “My daughter was a little upset, for I couldn’t go with her,” Danieu said to a nurse with a heavy heart.

Mara’s grandfather stepped in to take her to the dance, hoping to make the evening special for her. They both got dressed up, arrived at the school hall, and even had a beautiful photo taken. However, for Mara, something was wrong, because she noticed everybody else was with their dads. Excitement gave way to disappointment. On their way home, Mara was walking silently, without saying a word, when her grandfather received a call from the hospital.

The nurses at Strong Hospital had been closely following the family’s story. Having witnessed what Danieu was experiencing due to missing such a crucial moment in his daughter’s life, they decided to do something. They knew they couldn’t make a big change, but they could certainly create a moment of magic. On the night of the dance, with delicate care, they transformed an empty hospital room into a magical dance floor, complete with twinkling lights and soft music playing in the background.

At the same time, Danieu lay in his hospital bed, a sense of disappointment at his heart. When he was gazing out the window, a nurse came in with a warm smile.

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Led to the room, Danieu didn’t know what awaited him.

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That special dance brought great strength and hope to Danieu.

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3 . David, my cyber friend, now 25, is still searching for something to do with his life. His father, who has ________ their lives, wants to take him into his successful business. After a lifetime of ________ and want, David’s father holds out to him a small sign of hope for a ________ future. “He seems to be sincere in his ________ to make things right with us,” David says. “To have a job, to have a father — it is ________.”

But perhaps not to David’s ________. He hasn’t said much about how she feels about the ________ re-appearance of her ex-husband. But it’s pretty clear that she’s at least ________, if not made extremely angry. David feels that he has to make a ________ between loyalty to his mother, who has been there for him all his life, and forgiveness for his father, who may ________ his hope for the future.

“I ask you for advice,” he writes to me. “I do not wish to ________ my mother, especially not after all she has done for me. But my religion teaches me to ________ all men — including my father.”

Loyalty or forgiveness — which is the greater value?

It seems to me that life’s most ________ choices are not between right and wrong. ________, those choices are pretty easy to make. But choosing between cherished virtues puts our souls on ________.

1.

A．re-entered

B．re-evaluated

C．renewed

D．remodeled

2.

A．regret

B．struggle

C．rest

D．failure

3.

A．dark

B．uncertain

C．secure

D．difficult

4.

A．anxiety

B．chance

C．possibility

D．desire

5.

A．interesting

B．surprising

C．appealing

D．puzzling

6.

A．father

B．mother

C．life

D．future

7.

A．sudden

B．immediate

C．intentional

D．early

8.

A．disappointed

B．threatened

C．comforted

D．warned

9.

A．decision

B．comparison

C．division

D．choice

10.

A．understand

B．represent

C．ruin

D．forget

11.

A．trouble

B．help

C．excuse

D．hurt

12.

A．encourage

B．support

C．forgive

D．motivate

13.

A．personal

B．realistic

C．obvious

D．difficult

14.

A．Ultimately

B．Unfortunately

C．Similarly

D．Eventually

15.

A．display

B．tape

C．trial

D．operation

4 . When Sharaine and Wilson moved their family to Rhode Island, they already had a houseful. Five kids, a busy schedule, a long list of house projects and a whole new neighborhood _______ little time for anything else. And then Paul _______.

At 82 years old, Paul had just lost his wife, but he is still handy and _______. He walked across the street carrying a ladder to meet the new neighbors and _______ a little help with fix-up projects.

Sharaine remembers, “Our biggest _______ of moving into a new neighborhood was what if the new neighbors don’t like us. We have a lot of _______; they make a lot of noise.” But those fears were quickly put to   _______. Paul knows a lot about tools and _______ an old house that Sharaine and Wilson moved in, and he soon became a(n) _______ visitor of the family.

Thanks to Paul’s kind help, Sharaine and Wilson had no ________ in making a new friend. And neither did the kids, Paul made sure the kids crossed the street ________ after school, helped with homework and even ________ the little ones to brush their teeth.

“The kids run up to him like that’s their own ________,” Sharaine says. And that keeps Paul ________. There are neighborhood cookouts, birthdays, home projects and so on. He is also busy ________ a grandpa.

1.

A．needed

B．earned

C．took

D．meant

2.

A．showed up

B．checked out

C．settled down

D．broke in

3.

A．careful

B．grateful

C．helpful

D．hopeful

4.

A．demand

B．offer

C．send

D．promise

5.

A．fear

B．gain

C．pride

D．mistake

6.

A．friends

B．neighbors

C．relatives

D．kids

7.

A．use

B．rest

C．work

D．test

8.

A．discovering

B．exploring

C．maintaining

D．evaluating

9.

A．strange

B．unexpected

C．lonely

D．regular

10.

A．business

B．interest

C．problem

D．point

11.

A．quickly

B．safely

C．calmly

D．quietly

12.

A．reminded

B．forced

C．allowed

D．witnessed

13.

A．grandpa

B．teacher

C．staff

D．property

14.

A．crazy

B．busy

C．annoyed

D．surprised

15.

A．assisting

B．meeting

C．being

D．becoming

5 . Becky Turney lost her 19-year-old son two years ago. Turney _______ her son terribly and wanted to make him part of her big day. She _______ photos of her late son in her wedding party and left a chair _______ where he would have sat had he been alive.

Turney didn’t _______ that her husband had flown in a special _______, Jacob Kilby, for their big day, and had not told her until moments before she walked down the aisle (过道) to start her new life with him.

When Turney’s son, Triston, _______ at 19, he donated his _______ to save the lives of other people in need. One of the people he _______ was a young man named Jacob Kilby, who _______ his heart.

After Triston’s heart was donated to Kilby, Turney and Kilby exchanged __________ online but had never met __________ until Turney’s big day. Turney’s husband had __________ flown Kilby out to Alaska to stand in as a groomsman (伴郎), but Turney had already reserved a __________ for her son.

However, when Turney arrived at the aisle, her husband stopped the __________ to introduce Kilby to her and tell her why he was there. Turney was __________ that her husband had done something so __________ and said she responded like a little girl __________ up and down.

Turney’s husband __________ that hiding Kilby from his wife took some effort until he introduced him as a groomsman. He joked there was no __________ eye in the room and that he got __________ for ruining people’s make-up.

1.

A．missed

B．supported

C．believed

D．needed

2.

A．drew

B．included

C．printed

D．distributed

3.

A．made

B．unrepaired

C．cleaned

D．unoccupied

4.

A．desire

B．confirm

C．know

D．acknowledge

5.

A．waiter

B．chairman

C．guest

D．minister

6.

A．stayed out

B．passed away

C．went out

D．died away

7.

A．organs

B．blood

C．riches

D．money

8.

A．protected

B．entertained

C．instructed

D．helped

9.

A．exchanged

B．received

C．bought

D．delivered

10.

A．views

B．greetings

C．essays

D．messages

11.

A．in person

B．by mistake

C．in public

D．by chance

12.

A．quietly

B．hurriedly

C．secretly

D．suddenly

13.

A．flight

B．table

C．room

D．seat

14.

A．ceremony

B．tradition

C．plan

D．custom

15.

A．thrilled

B．grateful

C．relaxed

D．puzzled

16.

A．disappointing

B．wrong

C．strange

D．thoughtful

17.

A．looking

B．jumping

C．pacing

D．waving

18.

A．admitted

B．agreed

C．realized

D．announced

19.

A．sharp

B．shining

C．dry

D．wide

20.

A．picked up

B．turned down

C．yelled at

D．kicked out

8 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。1.

A．Peaceful.

B．Considerate.

C．Generous.

D．Cooperative.

2.

A．Someone dumped the clothes left in the washer and dryer.

B．Someone broke the washer and dryer by overloading them.

C．Mindy Lance’s laundry blocked the way to the laundry room.

D．Mindy Lance threatened to take revenge on her neighbours.

3.

A．Asking the neighbourhood committee for help.

B．Limiting the amount of laundry for each wash.

C．Informing the building manager of the matter.

D．Installing a few more washers and dryers.

9 . If you could save someone’s life, would you? That question was ______ in the hearts of Julia Harlin’s children. Their mother was at risk of dying without a liver transplant. Julia did not want her children to become living ______ , but the kids had other ideas. Eileen Harlin and two of her siblings (兄弟姐妹) made the ______ to have testing as possible ______ without telling their mom.

After securing a good test result, Eileen phoned her mother, “Hey, don’t get ______ , but I’ve been tested to see if I’m a match. And I am, and I want to do it. How can you be mad when your daughter is going to save her mom’s life?” The news went around and was ______ tears all around.

The transplant surgery went ______ on August 16, 2022, at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. Unfortunately, Julia received bad news shortly after getting her new ______ of life. She was experiencing kidney ______ due to her liver disease, so even though the liver was mending, the kidneys had too much damage to ______ .

Without a second thought, Eileen ______ and another transplant was ______ on December 19, 2023, at the same facility.

Daniel G. Maluf, M. D. , the surgeon for both of Julia’s procedures, said, “The mom’s kidney function recovered ______. And both of them were home two or three days after the transplant. Julia is a wonderful patient, very ______ of her kids’ efforts. And obviously, the hero of the story is Eileen, who ______ twice to save her mother.”

1.

A．alarming

B．burning

C．disturbing

D．damaging

2.

A．organizers

B．models

C．donors

D．losers

3.

A．decision

B．difference

C．mistake

D．examination

4.

A．organs

B．matches

C．chances

D．applicants

5.

A．fearful

B．ignorant

C．upset

D．mad

6.

A．met with

B．commented on

C．agreed to

D．burst into

7.

A．badly

B．slowly

C．smoothly

D．obviously

8.

A．dream

B．page

C．certificate

D．message

9.

A．loss

B．pain

C．function

D．failure

10.

A．recover

B．apply

C．suffer

D．develop

11.

A．settled down

B．stood out

C．jumped in

D．sank in

12.

A．transformed

B．observed

C．influenced

D．accomplished

13.

A．immediately

B．gradually

C．eventually

D．independently

14.

A．helpful

B．generous

C．appreciative

D．impressive

15.

A．went ahead

B．came forward

C．took on

D．gave in

10 . When my mom passed away only a few years after we’d lost Dad, the wound of my grief was ________ and deep. To save myself from ________, I play a game I call “It’s 1980”. Best done during a walk in the woods, always done alone, the rules are simple: Think of every single ________ of the year 1980, which was a very happy year for my family.

As I walk along the path through the park, I ________ each family member and picture what they might have been doing. Dad is in the garage, working on a car ________. I can smell fresh paint. Mom is in the kitchen, with another delicious supper in the slow cooker. On and on I go, letting this daydream become my ________ reality, feeling myself ________ the scent of what Mom’s cooking, the ________ of the breeze blowing in the open kitchen window.

________, on my walk, I come to the end and need to ________ the present. Having had my ________ vacation in the past, this is easy because I’ve realized that the girl who knew such happiness and love is still here, in the woman I am today. And I long to share the game with those struggling over the ________. It’s true that ________ have changed for me. ________, with “It’s 1980”, my loving memories can serve as a ________ that all is not lost, has never been lost.

1.

A．raw

B．tough

C．urgent

D．firm

2.

A．passion

B．recreation

C．desperation

D．addiction

3.

A．aspect

B．step

C．inspection

D．direction

4.

A．realize

B．design

C．visualize

D．specialize

5.

A．exploration

B．restoration

C．restriction

D．conservation

6.

A．absurd

B．temporary

C．innocent

D．delicate

7.

A．break off

B．sink into

C．take up

D．engage in

8.

A．pace

B．rhythm

C．version

D．strength

9.

A．Consequently

B．Subsequently

C．Eventually

D．Absolutely

10.

A．rejoin

B．remain

C．recall

D．rebuild

11.

A．additional

B．formal

C．typical

D．mental

12.

A．challenge

B．assignment

C．dilemma

D．loss

13.

A．circumstances

B．attitudes

C．prospects

D．feelings

14.

A．Therefore

B．Moreover

C．Otherwise

D．Nevertheless

15.

A．conclusion

B．wonder

C．reminder

D．episode