1 . When I was in my second year in senior high school, I found a four-dollar-an-hour part-time job at Villa-nova Pizza. Like many of my friends, I longed to earn some pocket money from the job as well as gaining social experience. Just one week after I worked there, Stubby, the manager, called me into his office. As the saying goes, “life isn’t a bed of roses”. My first job ended in failure, His reason was that I showed up late twice and took more breaks than others. “Oh, I’m a loser,” I thought to myself. I believed that thought was shared by my brothers, neither of whom had ever been fired, and my mother, though she would never express it in those terms.
“I am too sad to do anything,” I complained to my father. After listening to my words, he laughed. “It’s not funny; I’m a loser,” I said.
“No, you’re not. This is a part of growing up. You will be all right, my dear daughter,” he said, patting my shoulder. “Trust me. You are good enough.”
I looked into my father’s eyes and I could see he really trusted me. And I believed him. Since then, “Trust me. You are good enough” are the only words I have repeated to myself. I have worked hard to be a better person and cherished every chance I have got.
Finally, I succeeded in entering a good university. After graduation I found my dream job. I couldn’t wait to call my father and show my gratitude.
Look ahead when you experience something unpleasant and there is always someone around believing in you. When they believe in us, we begin to believe in ourselves, too. They tell us we are good enough over and over until we can hear it.
1. Why was the author fired?| A．She was usually late for work, |
| B．She had no social experience, |
| C．She had too many breaks. |
| D．She failed to complete her task. |
| A．He laughed at her. |
| B．He complained to the cruel boss. |
| C．He was too sad to do anything. |
| D．He comforted her and said he believed in her. |
| A．She phoned her father and thanked him. |
| B．She returned home to have a celebration. |
| C．She showed her gratitude to her teacher. |
| D．She invited her family to a big party. |
| A．Strict and devoted. |
| B．Caring and kind. |
| C．Ambitious and brave. |
| D．Humble and humorous. |
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Dear David,
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Yours,
Li Hua
Jane was still sleeping when the phone rang in the living room. She opened her sleepy eyes and looked at the clock on the table. It was already nine o’clock! Although Jane was still very sleepy, she knew she had to get up because her mother was working in her office and she couldn’t expect her younger brother Tom, who was sleeping like a pig, to answer the Phone. She quickly put on a coat and ran to the living room. When she picked up the receiver, on the other end came the warm greeting, “Good morning!”
It was from her father, who was a seaman and rarely came back. Suddenly, Jane’s sleepiness disappeared.
Born in a not-so-rich family, Jane and Tom felt the stress of life, but they were happy to enjoy the family atmosphere. At school, they were straight-A students and took part in various after-school activities. They were the pride of the family.
“Good morning, Dad. Why do you call us so early on the weekend?” Jane said and pretended to be annoyed. “Tom and I have been very nice recently.” “My dear, today is your mother’s birthday, and I have ordered a cake online and it will be sent to our home late in the afternoon. Do remember to take the cake. It is my surprise for your mother.”
Hearing her father’s words, Jane felt a little ashamed. How could she forget her mother’s birthday?!
While she was chatting with her father, Jane looked around the room and saw a lot of dirty clothes on the sofa. The floor hadn’t been cleaned for a few days since her mother had to work all this week.
She looked at the clock again and was sure that she still had enough time to prepare a surprise for her mother.
“Well, Dad, now I’m going to wake Tom up. We will give Mum a surprise, too!” Jane said and hung up the telephone.
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Jane hurried to Tom’s room and shared her plan with him.
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____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________4 . I never planned to move back to my hometown in Ohio when I came home from California! I thought I would
“Two big
My dad
My dad had lived in Ohio for the past 54 years. And then at 75, I asked him to leave all his life behind and come to live with me, his 31-year-old
After sitting in silence for a few seconds, I added, “If I said you had to
I was
I didn’t even let him
At first, people kept asking me, “Are you ready to take on this responsibility?”
My
Now, he is living happily with me and I’m
| A．work | B．stay | C．study | D．play |
| A．recovered | B．left | C．refused | D．agreed |
| A．schedules | B．places | C．questions | D．surprises |
| A．slept | B．tried | C．argued | D．thought |
| A．health | B．income | C．job | D．experience |
| A．son | B．daughter | C．brother | D．sister |
| A．annoyed | B．curious | C．terrified | D．comfortable |
| A．break into | B．go through | C．adapt to | D．give up |
| A．lead | B．move | C．drive | D．struggle |
| A．always | B．hardly | C．awkwardly | D．happily |
| A．write | B．see | C．finish | D．want |
| A．packed | B．set | C．1isted | D．dried |
| A．price | B．answer | C．house | D．worry |
| A．teach | B．attract | C．understand | D．love |
| A．glad | B．regretful | C．certain | D．unaware |
Mom always has the purse with her. The purse contains a receipt for everything she has purchased since around 1980. At first, the purse was relatively normal in size, but over the years it has expanded to what seems like two feet in width. It is hopelessly, permanently open and overflowing. I always hated the purse.
Last Friday afternoon, I called Mom to tell her I had some lab work that needed to be done at school. So, I would be home late. Instead, my friend Heather and I went directly to the movies after school. When we came out, to my complete horror, Mom was standing there with the purse. She’d taken my sister to the movies as well.
Surprisingly, Mom smiled at me, and then at Heather, and invited us to dinner. It seems she had a coupon(优惠券) for McDonald’s. A coupon? What were we, homeless? I couldn’t believe she suggested a coupon in front of Heather.
And just when I thought things couldn’t get worse, she started looking for the coupon. Oh no! Not the purse! She put the purse onto a resting chair outside the theater and began shuffling through(胡乱翻动) the papers. Then, all of a sudden, it dropped to the ground. Each one of those million receipts ended up on the ground, too. Crowds of people were stepping on all those papers.
That’s when I lost it. The words just came out. “I can’t believe you!” I shouted. “You are totally embarrassing
Mom didn’t speak to me for the rest of the weekend. I came home from school on Monday and walked in as usual. I went up to my room to do some homework. It was silent. I felt bad. And I wanted to go down there and talk to her.
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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。
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I finally got up the courage to go down there.
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“I’m really sorry,” I said, helping to put things into the new purse.
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6 . This is an unbelievably moving and beautiful film. It shows a father’s
It is a story
To hide the awful
I won’t tell you how the film ends. You will have to watch it for yourself. Many reviewers have
| A．love | B．hate | C．honesty | D．bravery |
| A．put | B．set | C．judged | D．broke |
| A．worried | B．limited | C．reduced | D．married |
| A．daughter | B．son | C．mother | D．father |
| A．taken | B．established | C．decorated | D．survived |
| A．escape | B．protest | C．run | D．go |
| A．Guido’s | B．Giosuè’s | C．men’s | D．women’s |
| A．privacy | B．truth | C．fault | D．gender |
| A．camp | B．point | C．game | D．holiday |
| A．tells | B．says | C．talks | D．speaks |
| A．picking out | B．paying off | C．belonging to | D．focusing on |
| A．Regularly | B．Secondly | C．Eventually | D．Surely |
| A．admitted | B．designed | C．recommended | D．maintained |
| A．agree | B．disagree | C．shock | D．apply |
| A．forever | B．appropriately | C．ever | D．never |
My two-year-old daughter and I often get smiles from strangers as we walk through our town with Clara riding in her backpack, singing and swinging her feet.
I felt extra grateful for my sunny little girl on one walk at the end of April, 2006. Just three days before she woke up from her nap (小睡) with a fever. We spent a tough evening in the emergency room. Any parent or child is frightened by such an experience. So it was a great feeling that Clara was so happy that day.
We were heading home from a local grocery store, which wisely gives out free balloons to children. Clara always looks forward to getting a balloon there. She did an especially nice job — waiting patiently in the long queue at the store. Luckily, her patience was rewarded with a pink balloon. Pink means a lot to her, especially these days, since the medicine she is taking for the high fever is bubble-gum pink.
Clara was so happy that she started singing “Mister Golden Sun” to her balloon. But when we walked under a tree, POP! There went the balloon. Clara immediately burst into tears. “My pink balloon popped!” She has had many balloons before, but is always very careful with them. This was the first time that she had had such an upsetting experience. Heart-broken, she stared at her poor short-life luck, out of control.
A college-aged young man, about 21, with light brown hair, who was walking behind us noticed Clara’s tears. He was clearly preparing for an important date, as he was carrying a bouquet (束) of a dozen pink roses. He quickened his pace and asked Clara what had happened. Unfortunately, Clara was too shy and upset to answer, but I briefly described the situation, deeply touched that a young guy, probably hurrying home to get ready for a date, would stop to comfort a little child.
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2.续写部分为一段，开头语已为你写好。
Clara was still crying, unable to say a single word.
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After over 10 years of dreaming and planning and 18 months of very serious considering, my husband and I finally bought a farmhouse about a mile from where I grew up. Neither my husband, David, nor myself had any experience with decoration, but we jumped in with much excitement. There was much to be done before the winter came to knock at our door. We rearranged the garden, laid out the lawn (草坪), and set all the furniture in place. Then there remained only one thing to worry us: We didn’t have a fireplace (壁炉) indoors against the extremely winter.
I knew the perfect choice of person for the work is my uncle, Richard Jones. Being a senior construct worker (建筑工人) for almost 40 years, he could do the job better than anyone else. On thinking of the idea that my house would be in my uncle’s hands, my heart was filled with expectation and comfort. The problem was that he lived far away in Florida, about an 18-hour drive from our home in Cortland. Another problem was the cost of building a fireplace. Buying the farmhouse cost almost all our savings, so could we even afford to pay him?
Much to my relief, the drive turned out to be no problem at all. On receiving my call, my uncle, at the age of 65, loaded his suitcase and his tools into his truck and headed to our place. When I asked how much he would charge, he replied, “We’ll figure up a price when the job is finished. Just have coffee and cookies ready when I get there. The more you bake cookies, the lower the price will be.”
My uncle wasn’t joking. As long as I had served coffee and cookies, he could work pleasantly. The man was obviously born with a sweet tooth. For two weeks, the coffee machine never stopped, and the cookies often disappeared before I could put them into the cookie box.
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The construction was slowly coming to an end.
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Each morning started with a cup of tea boiled in a kettle. Her favorite was a(n)
Accompanying the tea was milk,
Adding a spoonful of
| A．attitude | B．rule | C．identity | D．policy |
| A．belief | B．impression | C．character | D．taste |
| A．growing up | B．passing down | C．hanging out | D．getting along |
| A．traveled | B．returned | C．moved | D．escaped |
| A．imaginations | B．memories | C．expectations | D．relatives |
| A．mix | B．experiment | C．show | D．sight |
| A．boiled | B．drunk | C．added | D．washed |
| A．incomplete | B．colorless | C．informal | D．endless |
| A．sold | B．weighed | C．tested | D．heated |
| A．fresh | B．hot | C．wet | D．clean |
| A．make | B．preserve | C．buy | D．enjoy |
| A．regular | B．cheap | C．expensive | D．rare |
| A．secretly | B．gradually | C．generally | D．possibly |
| A．biscuit | B．milk | C．container | D．weather |
| A．common | B．interesting | C．different | D．important |
1. Where does the conversation most probably take place?
| A．In the man’s house. | B．In the museum. | C．In the woman’s house. |
| A．She is opposed to killing animals. |
| B．She wants more tiger skins. |
| C．She is in favour of her great-grandfather. |
| A．Her great-grandfather’s photo. |
| B．Pictures of Siberian tigers. |
| C．The skin of a Siberian tiger. |
