2 . 根据汉语提示完成短文。

Looking at the breakfast, the mother was dominated with profound happiness. She imagined     1     (她的两个孩子付出了多么艰苦的努力), knowing it’s an ambitious task for them.     2     (没有什么比他们对她的感情和爱更珍贵的了). The twins were eagerly staring at her,     3     (希望听到她的赞扬). She sat at the table, took a bite of the bread, and shook her head, pretending she didn’t like the food. After seeing the expressions of the children, she suddenly acclaimed, “Excellent! I’m the happiest mother in the world.”     4     (选择了一个漂亮的姿势), they took a photograph and posted it on the Internet.

3 . 使用恰当的过渡衔接词连句成篇
①童年时，父母常常把许多美德传给孩子，其中不自私是最重要的。
②孩子们被教导要珍惜生命、友谊，在遇到困难时不要灰心。
③当父母告诉孩子这些美德时，孩子不会立即理解。
④渐渐地，当孩子们长大了，经历了各种各样的事情之后，他们就会成熟并消化这些美德。
⑤在成年后，在某一时刻，孩子们会想起父母曾经说过的话，完全赞同他们。
⑥因此，有时他们会把这些美德传给他们的孩子。
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4 . When I was a little boy growing up, my Mom, Dad, brothers and I lived in my Nana’s old house. It was surrounded by four huge vegetable gardens. And around the house so many flowers were planted. It was so beautiful there in the spring and summer. That wasn’t all, though. On the back porch Nana had dozens of potted plants hanging on hooks. She watered them, talked to them and nurtured them. And in the winter she would carry them all inside and set them on shelves near the windows of our enclosed front porch. There with a little water and a lot of love she kept them alive, green, and growing even during the coldest, darkest months.

As a boy I was puzzled by all the effort she put into them. I understood the vegetable gardens. They helped to feed the family all winter long. I even understood the flowers around the house. They were pretty and smelled so sweet in the summer months. The reason she put so much effort into caring for those potted plants, however, eluded me. They didn’t give us any food and they rarely had any flowers on them. They remained a mystery to my child’s mind.

Now as I’ve grown older I am beginning to understand why my Nana had those potted plants. It is the same reason I have so many pictures of sunrises and forests hanging in my home. They remind me during the dark, cold, winter months full of bare trees and yellow grass that light, love, and growth still exist. They remind me that Spring will come again. They remind me that God loves us and is still with us even when the earth doesn’t show it.

Today I see Nana’s potted plants in a new light. They are worth every bit of the love and care she put into them. But what tells me most about light and love is Nana herself. She is light to my soul even in my darkest times. And her love lives on in my heart even if she is in Heaven. May we all learn to love as she loved, shine as she shined, and live as she lived.

1. Which of the following is close in meaning to the underlined word “eluded” in paragraph 2?

A．Upset.

B．Misguided.

C．Confused.

D．Distracted.

2. Why was Nana fond of potted plants?

A．They were a sign of hope.	B．They resembled sunrise and forests.
C．They constantly kept Nana company.	D．They were portable and easy to nurture.

3. What is the author’s purpose of writing the passage?

A．To advocate growing potted plants.	B．To sing the praise of Nana’s spirit and love.
C．To stress the benefits of a positive lifestyle.	D．To recall beautiful memories spent with Nana.

4. What’s the type of the passage?

A．A non-fiction.	B．A book review.
C．An agricultural leaflet.	D．A celebrity biography.

5 . 使用恰当的过渡衔接词连句成篇
我祖父经营他的诊所已经50多年了。他是我们村和周围村庄最有影响力的人物之一。他一直致力于用简单有效的方法缓解病人的病痛。他总是免费为贫穷的村民治疗伤病。他认为他所做的是值得的。
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6 . 根据汉语提示补全短文

With a heavy heart, Ada knew she had to     1     (立即营救Roy). She wrapped the shirt around Roy’s leg and straightened his leg with a long stick. Roy cried out in pain and       2     (抓住了Ada的手臂). “I know it hurts,” Ada said softly. “But this will hold it still until you are rescued by the helicopter.” When they arrived at the hospital safely, Roy said, “Luckily，you kept calm in an emergency, otherwise I would have suffered a more serious injury.     3     (你是多么值得信赖的朋友啊)!”

7 . 使用恰当的过渡衔接词连句成篇。
1. 拥有朋友让我们受益匪浅，并且结交到知心朋友对个人的发展非常重要。
2. 朋友在你成功时会祝贺你，在你失败时会出现在你面前激励你，在你沮丧时也不会远离你。
3. 要想友谊长存，就应该和朋友保持联系。
4. 无论做什么，要把朋友的需求和安危记在心中，尽可能地为朋友分忧解难。
5. 如果你不小心冒犯了朋友怎么办？（What if...?）
6. 勇于承认错误是你要优先选择的解决办法。（动名词短语作主语）
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9 . The arrival of spring always means a trip to the bamboo forest for Kaitlyn Hennacy and her family, followed by an afternoon making bamboo buns (包子). This ________ started when Hennacy’s mother and grandmother discovered ________ bamboo growing near the University of Maryland, where her mom was studying in the early 1990s. Hennacy said her grandmother immigrated to the U.S. from Zhejiang, China, where she ________ cooking with bamboo often.

The trip to ________ bamboo usually happens in late April. Each person in the group has their own bag to ________ as they get each bamboo shoot out of the ground. However, no one picks more bamboo than Grandma. The entire ________ of picking the bamboo and making the buns reminds Hennacy of how ________ her grandma is — and it ________ her own work ethic. “She turned 80 this year and still hikes up a hill,” Hennacy said.

To make buns, the bamboo has to be cut into small pieces and ________ with other fillings. Hennacy learned how to make the buns by ________ her grandma, but she had to work to measure everything and write it down because her grandmother cooks from ________.

Hennacy said she and her family are ________ to have Grandma living with them. She ________ everyone’s favorite foods and routinely ________ healthy meals. “That’s how ________ a person she is.”

Hennacy said. “She shows her love through cooking.”

1.

A．season

B．journey

C．tradition

D．gathering

2.

A．wild

B．dried

C．cheap

D．tough

3.

A．dropped out

B．came back

C．moved on

D．grew up

4.

A．eat

B．buy

C．choose

D．collect

5.

A．grab

B．fill

C．carry

D．clean

6.

A．life

B．group

C．process

D．advantage

7.

A．nature-loving

B．hard-working

C．quick-thinking

D．food-enjoying

8.

A．honors

B．displays

C．inspires

D．highlights

9.

A．mixed

B．covered

C．paired

D．compared

10.

A．calling

B．visiting

C．serving

D．watching

11.

A．interest

B．memory

C．practice

D．imagination

12.

A．ready

B．fortunate

C．hopeful

D．eager

13.

A．knows

B．accepts

C．appreciates

D．respects

14.

A．wants

B．stores

C．orders

D．fixes

15.

A．caring

B．daring

C．demanding

D．promising