1 . We all have memories of what our fathers enjoyed, and all the fun we had with him: travelling, reading, or exploring the neighborhood hiking trail. Each of us has treasured stories and memories of times with dad.    1    

The charm of storytelling,the fun of traveling, the immersion in a book...these are the gifts of a lifetime my father helped me unwrap.    2    All the stories he narrated to engage us and all the travels we took with him opened up a whole new world to me which was like a breath of fresh air in my life.

My father, turning 75 this year, is still a storyteller, but his exploration of the world has turned virtual. Like almost all children, I spent my twenties walking away from his stories since I was always “occupied with my work.”    3     August all expectations, I hear the unsaid health concerns and the frustration at no being able to do everything the way he used to. In contrast, I have travelled farther than he could take us, and read books much more than he ever had time outside his working hours.

    4    That lies in the things he points at and in the activities he helps us manage. He gifts us expediences of strength and courage that power us forward into the big wide world — a world he walks with us so as to better assure that we will be able to explore and navigate its nettles (荨麻) without being held back by our fears or worries.

Have you ever put your ear to a seashell and heard the waves whooshing in there? On the outside, it is a hard shell — pitted, untidily edged and boldly patterned.    5    They seem to have a tough shell, and you have to put them to your heart and listen for the waves of what they feel and whatever it is that they have left unsaid.

A．I am no exception.

B．A father brings the world to us.

C．In some ways, this describes fathers.

D．However, a father can sometimes be hard on us.

E．Inside are some valuable contents that should be treasured.

F．Now older and wiser, I restarted listening attentively to his tales.

G．As I look back on my childhood, I see loads of books and miles of travel.

2 . Ryder was born with a serious illness and has never been able to walk. When he started attending preschool, he had to be _______ to the end of the road in the _______ to wait for his school bus by his parents every day. As Ryder was unable to _______ for this bus if he was late like his schoolmates, he would have to wait for up to 15 minutes out in whatever _______ there was. Although his father had _______ a patio (露台) umbrella at the end of his driveway to provide some _______ from harsh weather, he still would get wet.

Then his father _______ for help on Facebook looking to see if someone might have an old bus hut (小屋). After the post, he was suggested to reach out to the _______ class at Westerly High School.

_______ , he sent an email to Dan McKena, who had been teaching construction technology at Westerly High School, asking if he’d be ________ in this kind of project. Delightfully, Dan ________ with an “absolutely” and then he worked hard on the hut with his students for weeks.

The hut made of wood was ________ enough to shelter both Ryder and one of his parents or a nurse comfortably and was finally ________ to the home six weeks later. Now, Ryder ________ it every day and his parents wait inside it every day while they await his returning home. He considers the hut ________ and does like to hang out in it from time to time.

1.

A．pulled

B．walked

C．driven

D．pushed

2.

A．car

B．wheelchair

C．bus

D．plane

3.

A．dance

B．shout

C．rush

D．slip

4.

A．vehicle

B．scene

C．weather

D．class

5.

A．searched for

B．put up

C．taken over

D．found out

6.

A．shelter

B．help

C．benefit

D．hope

7.

A．fought

B．stood

C．cared

D．sought

8.

A．art

B．construction

C．music

D．literature

9.

A．Consequently

B．Obviously

C．However

D．Besides

10.

A．interested

B．satisfied

C．strict

D．depressed

11.

A．predicted

B．interrupted

C．delayed

D．responded

12.

A．big

B．bright

C．heavy

D．light

13.

A．fixed

B．borrowed

C．delivered

D．thrown

14.

A．changes

B．designs

C．plays

D．uses

15.

A．popular

B．fantastic

C．strange

D．flexible

3 . Ever since 3 years old, Peyton has always longed for a pug (哈巴狗). As much as Peyton’s parents wanted to get him one at the time, he wasn’t _________ . He had been diagnosed with autism (自闭症), which he needed to adjust to before taking on even more _________ .

Since then, Peyton has worked hard and has shown great _________ both at school and home. That’s why, after seven years, his parents decided it was finally _________ to get him the pug he always wanted! But rather than telling him the news _________ , they got the pup while he was at school and planned the perfect pug _________ .

When Peyton got home, he was _________ that the family dog had caught a bunny (兔子) and that they needed his help to _________ it. Since this type of thing is pretty common for them, he didn’t _________ anything as he prepared to catch the “ bunny ” his mom had ____________ under a cardboard box. But as soon as the box was ____________ , it took no time for Peyton to burst into tears of ____________ — that was the pug that he has always wanted.

What an unforgettable experience for this ____________ boy! He couldn’t be more ____________ for his parents’ kindness. The parents ____________ the hardworking boy in the very best way and hoped that Peyton could get a new life. Hats off to this thoughtful parents!

1.

A．weak

B．ready

C．afraid

D．young

2.

A．principle

B．education

C．resolution

D．responsibility

3.

A．contribution

B．influence

C．improvement

D．passion

4.

A．time

B．turn

C．chance

D．pleasure

5.

A．quickly

B．directly

C．clearly

D．loudly

6.

A．hunt

B．hide

C．rescue

D．reveal

7.

A．told

B．warned

C．reminded

D．convinced

8.

A．guard

B．free

C．cook

D．examine

9.

A．recognize

B．realize

C．suspect

D．understand

10.

A．trapped

B．discovered

C．raised

D．saved

11.

A．repaired

B．replaced

C．lifted

D．broken

12.

A．sympathy

B．depression

C．guilt

D．joy

13.

A．honest

B．brave

C．smart

D．sweet

14.

A．grateful

B．hopeful

C．sorrowful

D．helpful

15.

A．comforted

B．surprised

C．confused

D．discouraged

4 . 英语中有条谚语，“Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom”（交往过密过疏，都会失去朋友）。请结合自身的经历阐述你的理解。
注意：写作词数应为80左右。
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5 . Randy happened to be watching the news on TV months ago. The reporter was interviewing a man, whose ______ appeared on the screen. Randy noticed they ______ the same last name Waites—a rather unusual one.

Randy found that ______ , wondering if there could be any ______. When Randy’s daughter took a closer look, she ______   a likeness between them. She did some sleuthing (调查) online and ______ Randy and Eddie have the same biological father!

It wasn’t long before Randy ______ Eddie, who lived over 500 kilometers away. Eddie was ______ that the unlikely story was true the moment he saw Randy’s pictures, noticing how much Randy looked like their father.

Randy never knew his father, who ______ his mother and him when he was a baby. Eddie, however, was ______ by his dad and enjoyed a great relationship with him. That fact could have caused problems for the two long-lost brothers, but it did not! They reunited after 50 years of ______.

Eddie ______ to Randy on behalf of their dead father, but Randy held no resentment (怨恨). He said, “I don’t ______ anyone. Eddie and I are both extremely grateful to have made this unexpected ______ and to have the years ahead to be brothers!” The two brothers have really provided a beautiful example of love and ______ for us.

1.

A．face

B．family

C．name

D．profession

2.

A．mentioned

B．offered

C．confirmed

D．shared

3.

A．curious

B．familiar

C．natural

D．complicated

4.

A．difference

B．connection

C．alternative

D．explanation

5.

A．treasured

B．suspected

C．detected

D．appreciated

6.

A．imagined

B．determined

C．recalled

D．responded

7.

A．made friends with

B．took pity on

C．caught sight of

D．reached out to

8.

A．proud

B．convinced

C．upset

D．concerned

9.

A．left

B．contacted

C．informed

D．ignored

10.

A．raised

B．adopted.

C．influenced

D．comforted

11.

A．absence

B．separation

C．adventure

D．expectation

12.

A．talked

B．admitted

C．apologized

D．promised

13.

A．trust

B．blame

C．forgive

D．punish

14.

A．discovery

B．encounter

C．achievement

D．comparison

15.

A．responsibility

B．cooperation

C．acceptance

D．sympathy

6 . “I pray about everything,” I told my new colleague, Rae, as we sat outside our classrooms. It was the _________ of the school day, and the students had gone home. That was when Rae and I _________ to sit and talk about everything.

I had just moved to Ridgway where I got a（n）_________ at the elementary school. Rae’s classroom was next to mine, and we immediately felt _________ with each other, like old friends. That day, our conversation had turned to our _________. “I learned when I was little that God hears us and _________ prayer.” I explained why I believed this without _________.

“I learned from the nightly news that a Pennsylvania family _________ their home in a fire,” I began. “A gas leak（泄露）had _________ an explosion. __________ no one was hurt, but their home was seriously __________. I wanted to do something, but as a child, all I could do was pray. So every night I asked God to __________ the family.”

“A year later, I asked God to let me know whether I had helped. God __________ answered in a few weeks,” I told Rae. “In the Sunday magazine there was a story about the __________ family for whom I had been praying and how they had made a complete __________.” I sat back quietly, still __________ at what had happened.

“Describe the __________ of the magazine,” Rae said.

“It was a photo of the father with his son sitting on his lap.”

Rae remembered the cover __________. “That was my father and brother,” she said. “You were praying for us.”

Over 50 years have passed since Rae and I formed our __________ friendship, a friendship that began with prayer long before we ever __________.

1.

A．beginning

B．middle

C．rest

D．end

2.

A．tended

B．attempted

C．struggled

D．happened

3.

A．opportunity

B．position

C．response

D．award

4.

A．concerned

B．particular

C．comfortable

D．tolerant

5.

A．faith

B．adventure

C．pastime

D．principle

6.

A．solves

B．notices

C．offers

D．answers

7.

A．hesitation

B．doubt

C．delay

D．consideration

8.

A．repaired

B．maintained

C．lost

D．destroyed

9.

A．set off

B．put up

C．brought in

D．turned on

10.

A．Thankfully

B．Obviously

C．Strangely

D．Naturally

11.

A．attacked

B．torn

C．damaged

D．shaken

12.

A．treat

B．affect

C．contact

D．bless

13.

A．gradually

B．actually

C．occasionally

D．officially

14.

A．ordinary

B．very

C．only

D．similar

15.

A．adaptation

B．settlement

C．advance

D．recovery

16.

A．embarrassed

B．alarmed

C．astonished

D．puzzled

17.

A．cover

B．title

C．content

D．section

18.

A．faintly

B．smoothly

C．clearly

D．temporarily

19.

A．romantic

B．lifelong

C．realistic

D．plain

20.

A．assumed

B．replied

C．reunited

D．met

7 . My grandfather was a rigid perfectionist. Everything had to be orderly, precise and punctual. I was frightened of him until the day he died. Growing up, my mother desperately wanted to please him. She probably thought he might leave if she didn’t.

In fact, I now think the fear of being left alone, abandoned, was a current throughout much of her life. A few years into my father suffering from Alzheimer, my mother’s voice on the phone sounded so upset that I had to tell her, “Just be with yourself for a little while.”

“No, I can’t do that. I don’t want to do that,” she said abruptly, closing the door on the subject. A while after my father died, she told me that she kept the television on all the time because it made her feel less lonely. “It makes the house seem more lived in,” she said. I had given in to my annoyance and either turned the volume down or turned it off. But after she told me that it filled in some of the loneliness, I never reached for the remote again.

We have had a long journey together, she and I. Over a half-century of memories, now that the journey has ended, I have a choice which ones to study which ones to turn over in my hands and dust off.

I choose to look at the ones that ache with a sweet truth not told often enough: there was love between us. It was just hard to find sometimes. I choose to remember her face on that winter day in Manhattan, when I came to her with a broken heart. I choose to remember walking on the shore with her in summers when we rented a beach house; somehow the sea always transformed us. And how she looked on my wedding day when she handed me a bracelet that had belonged to my grandmother. “Something old,” she said.

1. From the author’s point of view, what did her mother feel in her much time of life?

A．A sense of relief.	B．A sense of excitement.
C．A sense of being deserted.	D．A sense of being pleased.

2. How does the author support the theme of the text?

A．By giving examples.	B．By stating arguments.
C．By interviewing her father.	D．By visiting her grandfather.

3. The author writes the story to ________.

A．express regret for her grandfather

B．show her sympathy toward her mother

C．reveal her deep feelings for her mother

D．emphasize her concern about the generation gap

8 . From the heartland to urban parks, school kids were released onto the baseball diamond. There was a time when baseball was the only summer game. But with competition from soccer and lacrosse, the clap of leather gloves is not as omnipresent as it used to be. Still, America’s game is a place for young boys to prove themselves.

Some boys were born athletic but Tim seemed to be growing in the opposite way: thin shoulders and no meat on his bones. But he loved baseball. And game after game, strikeout after strikeout piled up in the stat sheet. The desire was there, but the body doesn’t respond to dreams and wishes. The strikes continued.

Tim practiced his swing every day. His teammates encouraged him. His coach worked with him. Even opposing teams wished for a hit, just one hit for a boy who seemed to deserve it more than any other kid in the world.

What teammates and even the coach never saw was a gray van that pulled up each game in the parking lot adjacent to left field. Inside was Tim’s father, too weak from cancer to get out of the van. It’s a tough to watch your kid strike out, even tougher when you don’t have the strength to pitch to him.

At the end of the season, Tim stood at the plate as determined as ever. On the first pitch, the bat fell from his shoulder in a downward swing and somehow made contact. The ball dribbled down the third-base line, and Tim galloped to first. He stood on the bag wearing a smile as big as the outfield. He didn’t have the chance to advance, and when the pitcher retired the final out, Tim ran straight into left field, climbed the fence and dove into the front seat of a gray van, into the arms of a frail father whose wish for his son had finally materialized.

Sometimes it is more than a game.

1. What does the underlined word “omnipresent” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?

A．Outstanding.

B．Exciting.

C．Replaceable.

D．Common.

2. We can learn from Paragraph 3 that _____.

A．Tim's efforts won others’ respect

B．everyone believed Tim deserved a strikeout

C．Tim's coach was very satisfied with his performance

D．Tim's teammates often complained about his performance

3. What can we learn from this passage?

A．Nobody supported Tim playing baseball.

B．Tim and his father love each other deeply.

C．Tim won the game through constant efforts.

D．Tim played baseball only to satisfy his own vanity.

4. Which message does Tim’s experience convey?

A．Easier said than done.	B．One good turn deserves another.
C．Where there is a will, there is a way.	D．One false step makes a great difference.

9 . For weeks, I carried out a campaign for traveling alone to New York. My father was _______ and felt I would give up sooner or later. He was _______. I was seventeen, a college freshman. I felt quite old enough to make the _______. I'd take a plane to New York City and then get on a bus for the rest of the trip. People did it every day. It would be easy, but I did need his _______.

With my grandparents' _______, my father finally _______. My father wasn't happy and secretly hoped that I would _______ the plan.

The December evening finally came, and I was too _______ to sleep on board. When I landed, I got my heavy suitcase and _______ to pull it to the bus station which was crowded with all kinds of people. I was dragging my heavier - by - the - minute luggage when a tall, young man __________. I thought he was coming to help, but before I could __________, he grabbed (抓住) the handle and began to move __________ away from me.

“DROP IT!” came a __________ voice from behind me. The young man let my suitcase __________ as he began to run away. Then a gentleman came, lifting my suitcase and took me to get on the __________. I thanked the man but he only said to me, “Take care of yourself, Jeanie Girl.” As I sat down, I was __________ that he knew my name. I didn't __________ telling him. I looked around, but he was __________ to be seen.

Who was he? And how did he get my name? I have no way to __________, but I can tell how I felt about him - very __________, because the only other person to ever call me “Jeanie Girl” was my own sweet father.

1.

A．relaxed

B．shocked

C．amused

D．disappointed

2.

A．humorous

B．considerate

C．wrong

D．sensitive

3.

A．trip

B．difference

C．deal

D．record

4.

A．company

B．apology

C．arrangement

D．permission

5.

A．adjustment

B．assessment

C．commitment

D．persuasion

6.

A．turned up

B．took off

C．gave in

D．broke down

7.

A．accept

B．change

C．analyze

D．defend

8.

A．pessimistic

B．ashamed

C．lonely

D．excited

9.

A．stopped

B．struggled

C．hesitated

D．happened

10.

A．approached

B．applauded

C．argued

D．returned

11.

A．focus

B．apply

C．serve

D．react

12.

A．gently

B．rapidly

C．constantly

D．quietly

13.

A．commanding

B．familiar

C．funny

D．disturbing

14.

A．open

B．explode

C．fall

D．disappear

15.

A．train

B．bike

C．bus

D．plane

16.

A．astonished

B．pleased

C．discouraged

D．frightened

17.

A．admit

B．remember

C．mind

D．mean

18.

A．anywhere

B．somewhere

C．nowhere

D．everywhere

19.

A．finish

B．describe

C．obtain

D．know

20.

A．grateful

B．regretful

C．doubtful

D．hopeful

10 . I’m much more used to the simple language of chopsticks. To me, the art of chopsticks______more than any silver knives or forks ever could.

My grandfather’s language of love is ______. I still remember his______clearly, “Only your first two fingers should be moving, and your two chopsticks must never cross.” He can use chopsticks______. He shows me chopstick tricks and we play games with chopsticks,

What about my ______? No doubt it is ______. In her hand, chopsticks are no longer just cutlery (餐具), ______ a tool to show her concern. “Come, ______ more,” she always says while using chopsticks to ______ food for me. When my grandfather co mes home from a long day’s work,______ all the nagging (唠叨) that she gives to him, my grandmother always,______ places the best part of their food onto his plate with chopsticks, and takes the ______ for herself. There is no need for any words, when the love can be ______ with a pair of chopsticks.

Using chopsticks ______ practice, patience and perseverance ( 毅 力). After more than fifty years of marriage, my grandparents are still ______ it and practising it, with every meal and every mouthful.

1.

A．creates

B．carries

C．improves

D．accesses

2.

A．performing

B．listening

C．teaching

D．caring

3.

A．words

B．smile

C．fingers

D．face

4.

A．carefully

B．gradually

C．regularly

D．skillfully

5.

A．grandmother’s

B．grandfather’s

C．mother’s

D．father’s

6.

A．practice

B．concern

C．food

D．home

7.

A．so

B．but

C．or

D．and

8.

A．eat

B．use

C．say

D．bring

9.

A．prepare

B．pile up

C．cook

D．pick up

10.

A．but for

B．in spite of

C．as for

D．in case of

11.

A．gratefully

B．typically

C．happily

D．conveniently

12.

A．tool

B．rest

C．work

D．mouthful

13.

A．remembered

B．found

C．earned

D．expressed

14.

A．takes

B．shows

C．gathers

D．represents

15.

A．inventing

B．balancing

C．identifying

D．studying