4 . 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。

When I was about four years old, I started washing my face on my own. However, I always ignored the area behind my ears on purpose though my mom would often remind me.

One summer, in July of that year, my mom drove me to my grandparents’ house for our annual summer holiday visit. When we arrived, I was told that Grandma had gone on a trip with her friends and wouldn’t be back for another two weeks. Feeling a bit down, I went to the yard to play while my mom and grandpa caught up on some things. Although I couldn’t hear their conversation clearly, I had a strong feeling they were talking about me based on their gestures and expressions. Later, my mom returned home, and she would come back to pick me up two months later.

After dinner that night, Grandpa asked me to take a bath before going to bed. Since I loved taking baths, I happily agreed. With the bathtub (浴缸) filled with water, Grandpa reminded me, “Just make sure you clean the area behind your ears really well. You wouldn’t want potatoes to start growing there, would you?”

“Potatoes?” I stopped in my tracks and turned back to look at him. “Yes, potatoes. If you don’t clean the dirt behind your ears, potatoes might actually sprout (发芽) and grow there,” he explained, causing my eyes to widen in surprise. “But I don’t have any potatoes behind my ears, Grandpa,” I said as I ran my fingers along the back of my ears. He took a quick glance and replied, “Oh, I see a couple of sprouts: starting right there!” He urged me to get into the bathtub immediately and scrub (擦洗) them away thoroughly.

I nodded, still in disbelief. This was the first time I had ever heard such a thing. Why hadn’t my parents warned me about this before? I wondered, but couldn’t find an answer. Nonetheless, I felt shocked by Grandpa’s warning.

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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。

I hurried to jump into the bathtub, carefully scrubbing behind my ears.

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“What are you looking at behind your ears?” Grandma asked me curiously.

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5 . When I was 19, determined not to spend my last teenage year in a suburb in Buckinghamshire, I took off with an Australian friend. We travelled around Europe for months. We stayed in the _________accommodation we could find due to a lack of money and only _________ bread, cheese and the occasional bottle of red wine.

That was in 1990, a time before mobile phones and the Internet appeared, when the primary _________ our home was the collection of _________ from the post office.

Before I left, Mom had made me a money pouch (荷包) to wear around my neck. She’d also made me two sleeping sheets so I could _________unclean bedding. She didn’t want me to go, and those gifts were her way of telling me to have a wonderful time.

It’s only now, as my 18-year-old daughter is preparing to leave on her own gap-year (间休年) trip, that I have more _________ what Mom felt.

Doing multiple jobs and saving money, my daughter has researched on her own where to stay, how to _________ and what to do when she arrives. Therefore, she _________ asks for my opinion and I find myself _________ unsure of whether I should intervene (介入) or back off. I want to be supportive but not too __________. I want to be cool but not indifferent. I want to be like the perfect travel guide.

When she first mentioned a gap-year travel, I was encouraging, expecting her to have her own experiences that will __________ her. As I had mine, I didn’t let myself speak too long on the idea of her not being here. Soon there will just be me, my son and the cat in our house. However, I am not quite __________ that. But the trip may benefit her. This is not in 1990 and I am not __________ at home waiting for a(n)__________ . I have promised not to __________ her with messages, but at least I know she can contact me whenever she wants to.

1.

A．nearest

B．tidiest

C．cheapest

D．safest

2.

A．lived on

B．passed on

C．turned in

D．hung up

3.

A．responsibility for

B．contact with

C．belief in

D．response to

4.

A．stamps

B．envelopes

C．text

D．mail

5.

A．avoid

B．dust

C．spread

D．fold

6.

A．confidence in

B．influence on

C．doubt about

D．sympathy for

7.

A．get along

B．get around

C．get away

D．get down

8.

A．frequently

B．regretfully

C．sorrowfully

D．rarely

9.

A．courageously

B．deliberately

C．desperately

D．favorably

10.

A．involved

B．thrilled

C．embarrassed

D．discouraged

11.

A．calm

B．shape

C．control

D．resist

12.

A．envious of

B．skilled in

C．ashamed of

D．ready for

13.

A．stuck

B．busy

C．free

D．burdened

14.

A．announcement

B．invitation

C．letter

D．gift

15.

A．blame

B．comfort

C．bother

D．greet

6 . It was a normal Wednesday. I was getting dinner ready when suddenly a painful ring sounded in my ear. I ________ that I needed to call my grandmother. Something was wrong.

I ________ a call at once, but she didn’t answer. That was ________ because she always answered. I ________ again and again, but there were still no answers. I began to ________, as she lived alone, I knew she needed ________. I called my father, telling him I thought we needed to drive to ________ on her.

On arriving there, we found my poor grandmother ________ on the floor of her dining room, her shoulder clearly broken. On seeing us, she began to ________. I held her hand while my father called 911. She was unable to tell me what had happened, but I could ________ by the plate of food on the floor that she had been lying there since dinner last night.

Soon we were at the local hospital’s emergency room (急诊室) . ________, she had not suffered any other injuries besides her broken shoulder.

She took my hand, saying, “I was calling and calling you to ________ and help me.” I looked at her blankly (茫然地) for a moment and took out my ________ to check my call records. There were no incoming calls from her, only some ________ ones. And then I knew that the love between grandmother and granddaughter is ________.

1.

A．agreed

B．realized

C．promised

D．suggested

2.

A．made

B．returned

C．received

D．expected

3.

A．common

B．specific

C．practical

D．unusual

4.

A．started

B．worked

C．called

D．imagined

5.

A．fear

B．miss

C．discuss

D．separate

6.

A．exchange

B．experiment

C．help

D．solution

7.

A．try

B．check

C．depend

D．cheer

8.

A．sitting

B．standing

C．watching

D．lying

9.

A．cry

B．walk

C．compare

D．regret

10.

A．answer

B．manage

C．tell

D．connect

11.

A．Surprisingly

B．Thankfully

C．Suddenly

D．Naturally

12.

A．go up

B．clean up

C．get over

D．come over

13.

A．phone

B．wallet

C．notebook

D．card

14.

A．formal

B．advanced

C．confusing

D．outgoing

15.

A．secret

B．simple

C．quiet

D．direct

7 . 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。

I had run away from home after finishing high school. My parents had insisted I go to college, but I was tired of school. I hated it. I was determined not to go. And, besides, my father was too strict. I had too many chores to do around the farm. I haled the work!

There had been a quarrel between my father and me. I threw some things into a bag and left angrily, as my father shouted after me, “If you leave, don’t come back!” My mother cried openly, and I had seen those tears during a hundred sleepless nights.

Then it was time to write a letter to my father.

Dear Dad,

It’s been more than a year now. I’ve traveled east to west. I’ve had dozens of jobs. None of them amounted to very much. Always the same questions: “How much education have you got?” It seems they always want college men for the good jobs.

Dad, you and Mother were right about everything. I know now that the work on the farm didn’t hurt me, and I’m convinced I need college. I’m also convinced that both of you loved me.

Dad, I’ve learned a lesson. I want to come home. I know you said if I left, I couldn’t come back, but I’m praying you’ll change your mind. I want to come home and be a part of the family again.

Give my love to Mother and the girls.

Love,
Your son

As I folded the letter and put it into an envelope, I felt a refreshing relief. It was as if a heavy load had been lifted from my shoulders. And I had to be on my way home.

I started down the desolate road—the long road home. Fortunately, a car picked me up, and it was good to have someone to talk with. The driver was a salesman and very pleasant.

“Where you going, boy?” he asked good-naturedly.

There was a long silence before I said, “Home.”

“Been away from home long?”

I smiled, a little self-conscious, and said, “One year, one month and two days.”

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2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Having heard my story, he expressed his support for my final decision and told me something surprising.

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Finally, I arrived home when. it was completely dark.

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8 . 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。

I was fifteen when my world took a hopeless turn for the worst. My mom was diagnosed with cancer again. She had undergone surgery and beaten the cancer. Then the cancer came back. However, there was more to worry about than the disease that my mom was battling. My dad had left us years before. Besides, because of the mounting medical bills she was paying for her previous cancer, we were on the edge of financial ruin. I was too young to get a job.

That winter was the worst. We didn’t have money to pay for electricity. Our neighbor, Sophia, allowed us to use her electricity so that we could have one lamp on in our home. The gas stove in the living room was the only heat in our house. My mom slept in her cold room, with as many blankets as we could pile on her.

Thanksgiving Day came. I searched our cupboards for food and there wasn’t much. I started slamming doors as I looked through the cabinets for a can of food we might have missed. The more I searched, the angrier I became. The noise must have woken my mom, because she came to the kitchen wrapped in a blanket. She looked worried at me and asked, “Baby, what’s wrong,” I retorted, “I’m hungry. I’m freezing to death in our own house,” I wasn’t angry at her. I was angry at our situation.

She opened her arms toward me and said, “Come here. Right now things are hard, but hope is always there. Whatever difficulties we meet, we should be strong. All you have to do is have faith. Why not believe we can be better by using our own hands?”

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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。

I was deeply ashamed of what I had done and said.

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Just as I wondered what to do to spend the night, Sophia knocked at our door.

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10 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What is Mr. Arnold?

A．A writer.

B．A travel agent.

C．A teacher.

2. When did Mr. Arnold receive his last award?

A．One year ago.

B．Two years ago.

C．Ten years ago.

3. What will Mr. Arnold talk about?

A．Sea animals.

B．The environment.

C．School education.

4. What is the speaker doing?

A．Introducing a book.

B．Making an ad.

C．Hosting a meeting.