1 . On a hot summer day, little Max and his mother were on holiday in a lake house. Max decided to go for a ________, so he ran out to the ________ lake.

Max swam far without ________ that he swam right into the middle of that lake. Max’s mother ________ out of the window and saw an alligator(鳄鱼) ________ Max.

She ran toward Max, shouting that an alligator was nearing him and asking him to swim back. Hearing this, Max got ________ and made a U-turn to swim towards his mother but it was too ________. Just as the mother reached Max and grabbed his ________, the alligator caught his legs. That began a pull ________ between the two. The alligator was too strong but the mother was too ________ to let her son go.

At the crucial point, a hunter happened to ________ and heard the scream. The hunter ________ toward the lake. He raised his gun, took ________ at the alligator and shot it.

Fortunately, after getting treated for weeks in hospital, Max ________.

A reporter interviewed Max. Max lifted his legs with ugly scars(疤痕). But then, with ________ he said, “Look! I have great scars on my arms too, I have them because my mom wouldn’t let me go.”

1.

A．hike

B．picnic

C．camp

D．swim

2.

A．cool

B．fare

C．crowded

D．warm

3.

A．remembering

B．guessing.

C．realizing

D．promising

4.

A．jumped

B．looked

C．climbed

D．remained

5.

A．surrounding

B．challenging

C．approaching

D．entertaining

6.

A．alarmed

B．depressed

C．inspired

D．embarrassed

7.

A．dark

B．late

C．deep mad

D．heavy

8.

A．legs

B．clothes

C．arms

D．shoulders

9.

A．game

B．match

C．choice

D．war

10.

A．passionate

B．anxious

C．hopeless

D．impatient

11.

A．slide away

B．pass by

C．work out

D．stand up

12.

A．wandered

B．stepped

C．raced

D．struggled

13.

A．turn

B．place

C．order

D．aim

14.

A．understood

B．survived

C．quit

D．continued

15.

A．pride

B．kindness

C．courage

D．difficulty

2 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Where had Katia planned to meet her friends?

A．At Katia’s house.

B．At her school gate.

C．At a French restaurant.

2. Who did Katia call first?

A．Lisa.

B．Alex.

C．Josie.

3. What time did Katia go back home?

A．At 8:00.

B．At 7:30.

C．At 6:30.

4. What did Katia’s friends do in the end?

A．They bought a phone for Katia.

B．They gave Katia a surprise party.

C．They all missed Katia’s birthday party.

3 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之成为一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。

Every time Jim crossed the street on his way to work, he would see a little girl selling flowers on the street. She sat by a large green board with the names of the flowers and their prices on it. Unfortunately, no one paid attention to her, and she rarely sold anything. Jim wanted to help her, and one day he got his chance. His aunt would retire, and he thought a bouquet (花束) would be a great gift.

“Hello, could you please make me a bouquet of roses?” Jim said as he approached the girl.

The girl didn’t raise her head and just stared at the same spot on the ground. “I’m Cassy. Thank you for buying flowers from me,” she said. “Could you please select the flowers by yourself and give them to me? I will tie them together for you. I can’t see. ”

“Oh, I’m sorry,” Jim said as he picked the flowers and handed them to her. Within several seconds, the girl made a lovely bouquet for Jim.

“Here,” she said, holding the bouquet. “That’ll be $5.”

“Thanks. They’re beautiful,” Jim said and walked away after placing the money in the hat beside Cassy.

The next day, Jim went to work and he decided to have a quick talk with Cassy on the way. However, he didn’t see Cassy where she used to be that morning. He thought she might be late and decided to meet her the next day, but she didn’t show up for the next few days in a row (连续地).

Jim was concerned about Cassy, wondering if something bad had happened to Cassy. Surprisingly, he finally met Cassy again on the street with her flowers.

Paragraph 1:

Jim was so delighted to see Cassy that he ran to her at once.

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Paragraph 2:

Jim then drove Cassy to her home, where he met her sick mother, Jade.

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5 . 阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。   

Now one foot, now the other

Bobby was named after his grandfather, Bob. Bob was the one who helped Bobby learn to walk. “Hold on to my hands, Bobby,”his grandfather said. “Now one foot, now the other.”

One of the best things Bob and Bobby did was to play with the old wooden blocks that were kept on a shelf, in the small sewing room under the front stairs. The blocks had pictures of animals on them. Bob and Bobby would put the blocks one on top of the other very slowly, building a tall tower. Sometimes the tower would be almost finished. “Just one more block,” Bob would say.“And that’s the elephant block.” And they would carefully put the elephant block on the very top. But Bob would sneeze and the tower would fall down. Bobby would laugh and laugh. Then Bob would sit Bobby on his knee and tell him stories.“Bob, tell me the story about how you taught me to walk,” Bobby would say. And his grandfather would tell Bobby how he held Bobby's hands and said, “Now one foot, now the other. And before you knew it ...”

Then one day Bobby came home from school and his grandfather wasn’t there. “Bob is in the hospital,” Dad told Bobby,“He’s had a stroke (中风) and he is too sick to see anyone.” Months later, his father told him that Bob was coming home.

“Now, Bobby,” Dad said, “Bob is still very sick. He can’t move or talk. And he can’t remember us.”Bobby just nodded and didn’t say anything.

One day, Bob tried to say something to Bobby, but the sound that came out was awful. Bobby ran out of the room.“Bob sounded like a monster!” Bobby cried. “He can’t help it, Bobby,”Mom said. So, Bobby went back to the room where Bob was sitting.

“I didn’t mean to run away, Bob. I’m sorry,” Bobby said. “Do you know who I am?” Bobby thought he saw Bob blink (眨眼睛) his eyes.

“Mom,” Bobby called. “Bob knows who I am.”

“Oh Bobby,” Mom said. “Your grandfather doesn’t recognize any of us.”

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。
Para 1：
But Bobby knew better and he ran to the small sewing room under the front stairs.
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Para 2：
“OK, Bob. Now one foot,”Bobby said.
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8 . In our Afrikaner culture, we had a delightful tradition baking(烘烤)cookies at Christmas.

I have a friend who’s from a different culture. She _________ me into teaching her to bake Christmas cookies when knowing about my baking plan. On that day, she arrived in a(n) _________ mood. We already imagined the tasty treats that we would proudly _________ to our families and friends even before we started! _________, in South Africa, it’s usually very hot in December. _________ hard work and long hours in a hot kitchen to the mix, and you have a recipe for _________!

I taught her about some skills in baking. But some of them would be challenging for a(n) _________ baker, let alone a first-timer. Guiding my friend bad put us well _________. On my own, I’d have done quickly and correctly. Or I could _________ and just let her watch. But I had to keep the __________ that I would teach her. Finally, we had 20 gift boxes, each __________ a mouth-watering selection of cookies. My friend couldn’t wait to share the beautiful __________ with her family. She said what she’d learned that day was more than a lifetime of __________ recipes and looking at pictures.

I was glad that I hadn’t done everything myself to make the process __________. I would have done everything for her instead of doing everything with her, but the “doing with” is what made a big __________.

1.

A．forced

B．cheated

C．frightened

D．talked

2.

A．serious

B．excited

C．playful

D．changed

3.

A．apply

B．devote

C．return

D．deliver

4.

A．Otherwise

B．However

C．Therefore

D．Meanwhile

5.

A．Raise

B．Bring

C．Add

D．Switch

6.

A．impatience

B．interruption

C．enthusiasm

D．laziness

7.

A．fortunate

B．hard-working

C．experienced

D．curious

8.

A．behind schedule

B．in embarrassment

C．at risk

D．in advance

9.

A．start off

B．take over

C．carry on

D．turn down

10.

A．secret

B．record

C．promise

D．balance

11.

A．evaluating

B．displaying

C．comparing

D．witnessing

12.

A．fruits

B．models

C．choices

D．designs

13.

A．buying

B．reading

C．seeking

D．valuing

14.

A．prettier

B．more difficult

C．faster

D．more interesting

15.

A．difference

B．mistake

C．deal

D．step

10 . Dad grew a lot of vegetables in the garden. Dates when everything was planted and the weather were all carefully recorded. Mum really wanted a holiday or a trip out for the day,but Dad would say, “It’s too warm today. My vegetables will need a drink every three hours.”

Then Dad discovered the local Loxton show—finally somewhere he could show off his gardening skills after his retirement. The first year he took part, he entered just four of his specimens (样品). Much to his surprise, he won three firsts and a second. We all thought this was great and eating free prize-winning vegetables was even better. Mum wasn’t so sure. “He gets up so early and spends hours getting them ready,” she complained (抱怨). We reminded Mum that it was a really cheap hobby, not to mention all the fresh vegetables that appeared out of the backyard. “You try freezing 15 kilos of beans,” she said. “I don’t care how expensive they are in the supermarket; I never want to see another bean again.”

But she loved the praise she got from her friends about how excellent her husband was and how lucky she was to have all these fresh vegetables. “I can’t let him know about that; he might get a big head,” she said with a smile. “So I’ll just complain a bit instead.”

Then over the following three years, Dad entered even more vegetables for the show and brought lots of first prizes home. But Mum got a little tired of the whole process of staying up half the night preparing his prize-winning vegetables. Dad finally said on his 75th birthday, “I have decided that this year I won’t enter the show. It’s not fair to everyone else who enters if I just keep winning year after year. Three years in a row is enough for me lo knew I grow the best vegetables.”

1. What can we know from Paragraph 1?

A．Dad took gardening as a serious business.

B．Dad managed to make a living by gardening.

C．Gardening required a lot of hands-on experience.

D．Dad and Mum would go on holiday when weather getting colder.

2. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．He might be panic.	B．He might be too proud.
C．He might feel troubled.	D．He might become curious.

3. Why did Dad give up entering the show?

A．To comfort Mum.	B．To take up a new hobby.
C．To concentrate on growing vegetables.	D．To give other people an opportunity to win.

4. Which of the following in TRUE according to the passage?

A．It took Dad few efforts to grow vegetables.

B．Dad’s vegetables were always better than others’.

C．Dad spent three years growing the best vegetables.

D．Mum complained because she didn’t like eating vegetables.