1 . There’s nothing more frustrating than a parent saying “no” to something you really want, whether it’s a dog, or a new phone.     1       However, there are a lot of simple things you can do to help you convince your parents to give you what you want!

Pick the right time to approach the subject. Usually, family dinner time is a safe bet. It is not a good idea to ask for something when either parent seems stressed, distracted, or tired.     2       Especially not if they’re upset at you.

Maintain a calm tone during the talk. Asking for something can be an emotional experience: you might feel passionate about the thing you’re asking for, and you might feel angry or frustrated if your parents say no.     3       Studies show negotiation is more successful if it’s done peacefully and rationally.

Be patient and give them time to think about it.     4       Tell them to get back to you in a couple hours or days with any questions or concerns they have. Let them know that you want to discuss this as mature, responsible adults and you are willing to work through any potential issues. Say it like that, and you’ll be sure to impress them with how well-rounded and balanced your argument is.

    5       Before you go to your parents to ask for that new puppy, make sure you know exactly what adopting a pet requires. Having a good understanding of what you’ll be asking your parents about will help you present your case successfully; by knowing your topic inside and out, you’ll have confident answers for their (many, many) questions.

A．Understand your parents’ current feelings about your requirement.

B．Do background research on the thing you want.

C．You’d better never force them to give you an answer right away.

D．You should try to keep your head all the way.

E．You won’t always be able to persuade your parents to see things your way.

F．It’s good to discuss with your parents about what you need at that time.

G．Don’t bring it up when they’re not in a good mood.

2 . I was watching over Dad that afternoon. He was unable to walk due to his stroke (中风) and had to rely _________ on others for most of his needs. At the moment he was _________ in another world in his wheelchair, with his head hanging down, seeming content and yet somehow _________.

Sometimes he’d get so frustrated because all he saw were his _________. To encourage him to do all that he could still do, including exercising his legs, I had to _________ him of all that he had done. He’d even get angry when I kept requiring him to do that, but I didn’t _________. It was a battle of the _________.

So _________ to motivate him, this time, I quietly said to him, “Hey, Dad, do you remember the day you taught me to cross the big street on my bike?” His _________ suddenly broke, and slurred (含混不清地说话), “Certainly,” raising his head. “You got to the middle of the street and ____________.” His eyes and mouth smiled and his face ____________.

Ahh, there’s my ____________, I thought. “So scared was I that I couldn’t move, I remembered. You walked with me from one side of the street to the other. With your tender voice and ____________ smile, you repeated, ‘It’s okay, you’re doing fine.’ I made it. Dad, you helped me to be all I could be.” Dad nodded and smiled.

And as we ____________ the day, he held his head up higher, and soon he was ____________ to exercise his legs. Wearing a gentle voice and a peaceful smile, I said, “It’s okay, Dad, you’re doing fine.”

1.

A．rarely

B．merely

C．equally

D．instantly

2.

A．working

B．traveling

C．sinking

D．exchanging

3.

A．thrilled

B．pleased

C．frightened

D．defeated

4.

A．weaknesses

B．mistakes

C．trends

D．advantages

5.

A．cheat

B．remind

C．suspect

D．rid

6.

A．quit

B．survive

C．advertise

D．engage

7.

A．fund

B．hope

C．settlement

D．will

8.

A．in a mess

B．in an attempt

C．in a hurry

D．in a way

9.

A．focus

B．idea

C．sight

D．intention

10.

A．submitted

B．persevered

C．froze

D．advertised

11.

A．worked out

B．showed up

C．broke through

D．lit up

12.

A．fault

B．opportunity

C．alternative

D．motion

13.

A．calming

B．awkward

C．amusing

D．thrilling

14.

A．ignored

B．seized

C．recalled

D．cherished

15.

A．urgent

B．bound

C．competent

D．ready

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。

Maria was my best friend. When we first met, I knew we were meant to be friends forever. But then something happened.

One day, I said to her excitedly, “There’s a two-day art camp this summer,” holding up the bright-red paper I had grabbed as we entered the library.

Maria took the paper and glanced at it. She stopped when her eyes caught the date. “It’s during the last week of July,” she said. “That’s the same time when I would be out of town with my family.”

Maria handed the paper back to me as she stood up to look at the shelf of new books.

I sighed and dropped my head down.

“Alice, you’re the artist.” She smiled. “But I’m terrible at drawing.”

“You may not think you can draw, but you can learn,” I said in my most encouraging voice. I really didn’t want to go alone.

Going out of the library, I was still in low spirits.

After school, I showed the paper to my mother. She asked me whether I would attend the art camp. I told my mother probably not because my friend would not go.

Mom patted my back and she knew I had a hard time jumping into something with no familiar faces around. “Maybe next year,” she comforted me.

“Maybe.” I sighed. “I’m going outside to draw our pine tree. I’ll be out front.”

I opened the door and looked at the bright sunshine as I sat on the front doorstep. I thought about the art camp and wished I felt a little braver. Maria could make friends with a whole busload of kids in 10 minutes, but my stomach twirls like a roller coaster when I don’t know anyone around me. By the time I started painting, I had convinced myself it was OK to skip the camp.

I used my pencil and drew the pine’s strong and straight trunk, and added the graceful branches, making sure the upper ones lifted gently toward the sun.

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。

I jumped when Maria said, “You paint quite well.”

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The big day of the art camp finally arrived.

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5 . “Are you ready for our walk?” Grandma asked the usual question every Friday evening. “Of course, we are!” We ________ excitedly. Growing up, my sisters and I always knew Grandma had heart problems and couldn’t do anything hard, but we did know she would do anything to spend more with us.

One day, we were told that Grandma only had 2% heart ________. Her heart was ________, but she found out that there was a way to live longer: a surgery.

The ________ of the surgery was rough for our family, as we woke up bright and early to ________to the hospital. That car ride left me with worried thoughts ________ through my mind: Will Grandma be okay? Will we ever take another walk?

When we arrived at the hospital, we knew exactly where to go, as we had been there many times before. After________ those familiar doors up the stairs, my mom and I walked up to the nurses’ desk and asked for Grandma.

“Oh, Mary?” A nurse answered. “She’s one of the nicest ________ we had.” Then she ________ us to the waiting room and told us that only two of us were permitted to go into the ward (病房) to say goodbye to Grandma before she went in for surgery.

When my turn came, I________ the chance. I ran forward and gave her the biggest hug with tearful eyes. Grandma, holding me tightly in her arms, said, “I know there’s a chance I won’t ________ it, but I love you forever.” I comforted her, “Don’t worry, honey. We are all waiting for you here.” Then she was ________, leaving us waiting and praying anxiously.

Finally, after the longest morning of my life, the doctor entered the waiting room smiling. “Mary is out of surgery. You’re allowed to visit her as long as you’re ________.” he said. ________swept over my body and tears began rolling down my face. Thank goodness, I had grandma back! Once we walked into the room, there lay Grandma, looking peaceful yet painful with so many tubes ________ to her. I felt so shocked but so happy.

1.

A．shouted

B．explained

C．argued

D．complained

2.

A．function

B．part

C．effect

D．condition

3.

A．reducing

B．failing

C．beating

D．pounding

4.

A．afternoon

B．dusk

C．dawn

D．evening

5.

A．jog

B．run

C．drive

D．leave

6.

A．escaping

B．racing

C．coming

D．echoing

7.

A．going through

B．walking around

C．coming across

D．getting across

8.

A．celebrities

B．geniuses

C．heroes

D．patients

9.

A．directed

B．delivered

C．exposed

D．submitted

10.

A．paid for

B．competed for

C．jumped at

D．passed up

11.

A．make

B．get

C．gain

D．commit

12.

A．put away

B．turned away

C．thrown away

D．wheeled away

13.

A．still

B．quiet

C．adorable

D．available

14.

A．Panic

B．Grief

C．Relief

D．Anger

15.

A．tied

B．added

C．attached

D．glued

6 . When Julia came upon a number of sketches (草图) her grandmother had made decades ago, they took her breath away. She already had a very _____ relationship with her grandmother. Her grandmother had helped _____ Julia. She was at her grandmother’s house nearly every day when growing up. However, this was something else. She wanted to know the story.

In the 1940s, Julia’s grandmother had been admitted to a_____ school. Before she could complete her courses and make a career for herself, she had to _____ to support her family financially. It was a(n)______ dream her grandmother set aside along with many sketches she had made.

Decades later, though, the granddaughter also developed a_____ for fashion. And when Julia found those sketches, she felt yet another _____ between her and her grandmother. She was inspired to bring these sketches to _____ for her grandmother. The only problem was that Julia didn’t know sewing (缝纫).

She didn’t let that_____ her. Getting materials from second   hand shops and watching YouTube videos, Julia taught herself_____ to sew. And when she posted the _____ from sketches to reality of one of her grandmother’s ideas, the video became popular online   _____ , her grandmother was also impressed with her fashion talent.

Julia is not sure where the project will take her, but her main _____is just having fun with Grandma doing these videos, _____ time with her grandmother. It’s inspiring to see such an intimate, intergenerational relationship — two women connect through a _____interest.

1.

A．close

B．strange

C．steady

D．poor

2.

A．transform

B．train

C．motivate

D．raise

3.

A．law

B．language

C．fashion

D．drama

4.

A．take off

B．settle down

C．start over

D．drop out

5.

A．lifelong

B．romantic

C．impossible

D．unfinished

6.

A．passion

B．request

C．schedule

D．platform

7.

A．barrier

B．bond

C．division

D．distinction

8.

A．life

B．career

C．school

D．office

9.

A．upset

B．slow

C．distract

D．stop

10.

A．how

B．what

C．why

D．where

11.

A．journey

B．evidence

C．method

D．vision

12.

A．Luckily

B．Naturally

C．Gradually

D．Instantly

13.

A．role

B．problem

C．reason

D．focus

14.

A．sparing

B．killing

C．enjoying

D．saving

15.

A．shared

B．particular

C．delightful

D．keen

9 . 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。

It all started at tea-time. Mrs. Bendall, Dicky’s mother, and Mrs. Spears, who was spending the afternoon with her, were quietly sitting and sewing (做针线活)in the drawing room. The children were eating their bread and butter nicely and quietly, and the servant girl had just poured out the milk and water, when Dicky suddenly took the bread plate, put it upside down on his head, and held the bread knife tightly.

“Look at me!” he shouted.

His shocked sisters looked, and before the servant girl could get there, the bread plate shook, slid to the floor and broke into small pieces. At this awful point the little girls lifted up their voices and shouted their loudest.

“Mother, come and look what he’s done!”

“Dicky’s broken a great plate!”

“Come and stop him, mother!”

Can you imagine how mother came running?But she was too late. Dicky had jumped out of his chair, run through the window on to the veranda(走廊), and, well—there she stood—helpless. What could she do? She couldn’t chase after the child. She couldn’t hunt for Dicky through the apple trees. That would be undignified (不 体面的).

“Very well, Dicky, ” she cried, “I shall have to think of some way of punishing you.”

Seeing this, Mrs. Spears said, “Oh, my dear. I’m sure you make a great mistake in trying to bring up children without beating them. Nothing really takes its place.” “Believe me. There is nothing like handing the naughty kid to his father,” she added.

Mrs. Bendall, deep inside, was terribly shocked to hear the advice. But Mrs. Spears seemed to take it as a normal thing, so she did it too.

The children had gone to bed before Dicky’s father Edward came back. Mrs. Bendall rushed to him, “You have to beat Dicky.”

“But why on earth should I start beating him?” responded Edward. “We’ve never done it before.”

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。

After he heard the reason, a burst of anger went through him.

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Instead of beating him, Edward decided to talk openly with Dicky.

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