1 . If Natalie Morales had to describe her mom in just one word, she would pick: survivor. That’s because her mom, Penelope Morales had a tough childhood. “Her mother wasn’t ready to be a mom and gave her up to her grandmother,” says Natalie, “I think she often felt in life like she wasn’t wanted and wasn’t loved.”

Penelope Morales put herself through college and it was there that she met Natalie’s dad, who was serving in the military. They fell in love and married, and her life as a military mom of three children became a great adventure. “She basically raised us moving from place to place. I was born in Taiwan, China, but we lived in Panama, Brazil and Spain. And my mom was the constant,” says Natalie, “She would always make sure that when we got home from school, we felt like we had our number-one fan, our champion right there, waiting for us.” Along the way, Natalie learned many things from her mother, which she carries on in her role as a mother of two sons.

As a Mother’s Day gift, Natalie treated her mom to a day of pampering (宠爱). “I want my mom to feel like a queen,” she says. And as part of the surprise, Natalie brought along an old photo of her mother, which she wanted to recreate. “I think it was taken in the mid-60s. So she was in her early to mid twenties. She’s just absolutely a beautiful woman. But she’s looking in the mirror. It’s like not knowing really her future, but knowing where she’s come from,” describes Natalie. “That picture just speaks so much to me. I want her to see what she created in that mirror, and that she gave us all something so great.”

“It’s just an amazing experience to take this picture and have Natalie do it. I could never imagine in my entire life,” says Penelope Morales, who adds that she’s very proud of her daughter, “All I want her is to be happy and to raise her children the same way,” she says.

1. What can be inferred about Natalie’s mother?

A．She survived an adventure fortunately.

B．Her mother gave her up because of poverty.

C．At college she met her husband, a schoolmate.

D．Her mother felt that she was nothing.

2. What did Natalie learn from her mother?

A．Giving children great love.

B．Moving house constantly.

C．Always picking up children from school.

D．Often taking children on adventures.

3. What did Natalie do on Mother’s Day?

A．She treated her mother to a big meal.

B．She took her mother to take pictures.

C．She pleased her mother by polishing an old photo.

D．She gave her mother a big surprise with her sons.

4. What can we say about the gift Natalie gave her mother?

A．It was expected.

B．It was a success.

C．It made her mother dependent on her.

D．It brought tears to her mother’s eyes.

5. What does the author mainly want to tell us in the passage?

A．Natalie loves and respects her mother very much.

B．Natalie’s mother has suffered too much all her life.

C．Natalie’s mother thinks highly of her daughter’s gift.

D．Natalie’s “survivor” mom deserves the special Mother’s Day gift.

2 . My mother was never truly happy in Connecticut finding the winter bitter cold and the culture provincial (偏狭的). Though she grew up in New Jersey, she moved to San Francisco in her early twenties, met and married my dad out there. After I was born, they decided to return east, closer to their own parents. But she never let go of her love for the Bay Area.

California was always part of the conversation when I was a kid. I ate meals off a map-of-the-world placemat (餐垫), and Mom taught me to identify San Francisco before I learned where Hartford was. She told us stories of perfection on a single city, fantasizing about retiring out west. My dad would play along, but his heart wasn’t in the same place.

While my mother’s status in the nonprofit world advanced, her desire to move back to her favorite place grew strong. She applied for jobs in the Bay, underwent bicoastal Skype screenings, even traveled out for a couple of interviews on a whim (心血来潮). Sometimes her cover letters disappeared, other times she made it down to the final two candidates. With each rejection, she promised to make her next job application even stronger.

This past May, I relocated from San Francisco to New York for a job. A few weeks later, Mom called me. Her pursuit had finally paid off. She’s been offered a vice president position at a public health nonprofit in Oakland. A few weeks later, she packed up her baggage and left Connecticut for good.

Our lives are more semblable than ever these days. We’re both discovering our new homes, making friends. We’re looking for a good yoga studio to join, reading the same books and chatting about the plots by text message. I emailed her photos from my trip to Burning Man and she replied with stories about her new coworkers who go every year.

There’s even time for the occasional dating disaster.

Perhaps that’s the paradox (悖论) of growing older. Things will always change, and they can change immediately—my mother is proof. But an individual’s own power to create change always stays the same. Everything can change, and therefore nothing ever really changes.

Now when I’m out west for a visit, Mom meets me at a station with her big bag. We stop by the Grand Lake farmers market, picking out the freshest seasonal ingredients, before hiking up the hill to her new apartment. One of these days, I’ll actually cook her dinner.

1. What can we learn from Paragraph 2?

A．The author spent her childhood in California.

B．The author’s father didn’t want to live in California.

C．The author’s mother liked to use plates with map designs.

D．The author’s family preferred listening to stories of the west.

2. What can we know about the author’s mother?

A．She always likes to struggle on her own.

B．She owns a public health nonprofit company.

C．Nothing can stop her from reaching her goal.

D．She takes everything of her daughter on herself.

3. What does the underlined word “semblable” mean?

A．Changeable.

B．Comfortable.

C．Similar.

D．Creative.

4. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The relationship between the author and her mother is good.

B．Everyone has the power to make a difference to his family.

C．Culture and living conditions have influence on one’s life style.

D．The author’s mother had a hard time before she looked for a job.

5. In the last paragraph, the author wants to tell the readers that            .

A．her family’s life changes all the time because of her mother

B．the mother-daughter feelings will stay the same forever

C．she has grown up during her family’s constant moves

D．her mother always wants to change her current situations

3 . 阅读下面短文，按照要求用英语回答问题。

Walking home from school one day, I saw Dan, a kid from my school, on the other side of the road. I said to myself, “He must be a real nerd,” as he was carrying a lot of books. When I continued walking, I saw a group of kids run into Dan, knocking his books out of his arms and pushing him so he fell over. I ran over to help him, and as we were picking up his books, I saw tears in his eyes.

While I helped him stand up, I said, “Those kids are stupid.” He looked at me and said, “Thanks.” There was a grateful smile on his face.

We started talking and soon realized that we lived near each other. We talked all the way home. Dan turned out to be a pretty cool kid. We hung out all weekend and the more I got to know Dan, the more I liked him. Dan and I became best friends.

Over the years in high school, he became more popular. In our senior year, Dan got the best grades in our class, and had to give a speech for graduation.

As Dan started his speech, he looked at me. “Graduation is a time to thank the people who helped you survive those tough years — your parents, your teachers, but mostly your friends. Being a friend is the best gift you can give. I’m going to tell you a story.” I just looked at Dan in amazement as he told the story of the first day we met. He had planned to drop out of school and run away from home that weekend. Dan talked of how he had emptied his locker so his mom wouldn’t have to do it later and was carrying all of his books home. He looked hard at me and gave me a little smile. “Thankfully, I was saved. My friend saved me from making a huge mistake.” Everyone looked at Dan in shock as he told us about his weakest moment.

1. Where did the author first meet Dan?(no more than 10 words)
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2. How do you understand the underlined part in Paragraph 1?(no more than 10 words)
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3. What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about?(no more than 8 words)
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4. Why did everyone look at Dan in shock at the end of the story?(no more than 15 words)
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5. Who do you want to thank most upon your graduation? Please explain.(no more than 25 words)
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4 . People say one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. That _________ comes to me as I _________the house purchased in 1962 by my parents. My mother passed away in 1996. My father left the house _________my sister and me when he died a few months ago.

After Dad was_________, we looked around the_________house where we grew up and that Dad loved so much. At first we feel so _________at all the stuff left. Like so many of their generation, my parents _________everything. And like many in my generation, we faced anxious _________about what to abandon and what to keep.

As we started throwing out old phone books and every medical bill from every_________my parents ever saw, I also__________many hidden treasures. Mom’s pocketbook was in their bedroom closet, which had everything in it, __________ her hairbrush with hair, as if she were still here. And Dad, who was a World War II veteran(退伍兵)and a world traveler, __________ everything-from little spoons from all over the world to every letter he wrote to his parents while in the__________. The letters he wrote during the war__________his thoughts as a young man. Later, in the basement, I__________our old kitchen table, which brought back __________of my parents and sister and me having breakfast together.

I’m realizing all these things__________my parents’ life journey. Each time I go to the __________, I find something that reminded me of my childhood or teaches me something about my parents I __________knew.__________, from the shabby furniture to all the hidden treasures, means more to me than all the money in the world.

1.

A．thought

B．goal

C．principle

D．coincidence

2.

A．looked for

B．looked into

C．looked through

D．looked after

3.

A．with

B．to

C．for

D．by

4.

A．retired

B．ill

C．gone

D．injured

5.

A．clean

B．strange

C．modern

D．empty

6.

A．pleased

B．familiar

C．disappointed

D．astonished

7.

A．saved

B．enjoyed

C．purchased

D．designed

8.

A．decisions

B．bargains

C．challenges

D．responsibilities

9.

A．person

B．neighbor

C．doctor

D．child

10.

A．bought

B．discovered

C．buried

D．lost

11.

A．even

B．just

C．only

D．yet

12.

A．liked

B．bought

C．kept

D．lost

13.

A．school

B．army

C．college

D．countryside

14.

A．receive

B．direct

C．sense

D．describe

15.

A．repaired

B．cleaned

C．spotted

D．set

16.

A．descriptions

B．introductions

C．memories

D．communications

17.

A．recognized

B．represented

C．instructed

D．confirmed

18.

A．supermarket

B．church

C．office

D．house

19.

A．merely

B．always

C．really

D．never

20.

A．Anything

B．Nothing

C．Everything

D．Something

6 . There is something graceful about a well-made hurricane lamp, especially the antique ones. Mom had affection for them.

I can remember ________ through countless flea (跳蚤) markets for hurricane lamps, which are ________ to keep their light lit through the ________ of moments. Mom tried hard to buy the lamps in ________, as her favorite of all the lamps had no mate.

The spring after Mom’s first ________ with cancer, we went to a local craft fair to pass the time, to keep ________. We were still waiting to hear from the doctors on the ________ of her follow-up tests. ________ to search something for my mom, I bounded ahead of her and baby brother as they ________ along the tables. I didn’t ________ far before something caught my eye. Standing proud on the display table sat a lamp.

I was excited, as I ________ back through the crowd to my mom. “Mom! You have to see something!” I shouted. “________. I think I’m going to get these lamps. What do you think?” She ________ so I could see them but I didn’t even look at them. “You’ve got to see what I found first,” I ________ her through the fair. When she saw the lamp, she picked up the lamp ________, running her fingers over the bowl, over the hurricane glass, and ________ it closely. “See this?” She pointed at a very small mark in the glass. “The one at home has the same mark.” She smiled. It was the first time I had seen her ________ smile since the doctors first found the cancer.

When the lamp ________ in our house, next to its mate, my mom cried. She went to light the lamps and sit on their glow until she could sleep. Years later, I understood her need for those lamps, ________ the darkest moments of her life. Mom was my hurricane lamp. She was inextinguishable (永不熄灭的)—She lit my way without ________. She still does.

1.

A．seeing

B．finding

C．living

D．searching.

2.

A．designed

B．allowed

C．decided

D．evolved

3.

A．happiest

B．coldest

C．busiest

D．hardest

4.

A．group

B．double

C．pairs

D．packs

5.

A．acquaintance

B．battle

C．knowledge

D．appointment

6.

A．busy

B．merry

C．stable

D．alarmed

7.

A．results

B．discussions

C．procedures

D．processes

8.

A．Arranged

B．Determined

C．Required

D．Permitted

9.

A．wondered

B．wandered

C．ran

D．hung

10.

A．take it

B．do it

C．make it

D．carry it

11.

A．jumped

B．leaped

C．walked

D．raced

12.

A．Hang on

B．Come in

C．Turn around

D．Stay up

13.

A．bring them on

B．held them up

C．send them back

D．put them down

14.

A．grabbed

B．moved

C．dragged

D．caught

15.

A．casually

B．immediately

C．occasionally

D．hesitantly

16.

A．inspecting

B．feeling

C．testing

D．knocking

17.

A．constantly

B．deliberately

C．lastly

D．truly

18.

A．made its way

B．took its place

C．broke its record

D．won its name

19.

A．with

B．beyond

C．through

D．among

20.

A．fail

B．sorrow

C．pain

D．tear

7 . Like most young couples, my husband and I didn’t have money for expensive gifts on our first wedding anniversary, but we were _______ to exchange thoughtful anniversary cards. We boxed each other and no _______ on the earth could even _______ our love for one another.

So when the _______ knocked on the door, I was very surprised to see a package from my mother. Eager and _______ to see what in it, I quickly tore open the box and _______ my eyes filled with tears. Inside the box was a neatly folded _______ my mother had made by hand. It was white with rose _______ , gold thread and its backing was made up of beautiful purple flowers. Together with the quilt was a note from my mother _______ : “Stephanie and Corey, Happy Anniversary! Enclosed is your Wedding Ring quilt. May this quilt keep you warm when times are cold and ________ you of the promise you made at your wedding.”

I was touched ________ words. I knew my mom ________ had sacrificed to be able to make it. I could ________ in mind my mother coming home from a long day at work and ________ piecing (拼接) the quilt together. My husband and I both knew that with each stitch (一针), a part of my mom’s ________ was sewn right into the quilt. Many years have passed ________ we celebrated our first anniversary together, but neither of us has ________ the quilt. My husband always ________ that the best anniversary gift I have ever ________ wasn’t from him but from my mother, and I agree.

Mother’s love is the beautiful emotion of human beings, which is not ________ with heart of profit and wealth.

1.

A．anxious

B．content

C．excited

D．disappointed

2.

A．fortune

B．wedding

C．gift

D．feeling

3.

A．reward

B．review

C．represent

D．renew

4.

A．salesman

B．mailman

C．dustman

D．milkman

5.

A．worried

B．angry

C．surprised

D．curious

6.

A．regularly

B．immediately

C．obviously

D．recently

7.

A．quilt

B．card

C．coat

D．blanket

8.

A．materials

B．patterns

C．labels

D．sizes

9.

A．saying

B．drawing

C．covering

D．printing

10.

A．command

B．direct

C．remind

D．inform

11.

A．over

B．through

C．between

D．beyond

12.

A．impossibly

B．surely

C．merely

D．rarely

13.

A．remembered

B．noticed

C．pictured

D．appreciated

14.

A．looking up

B．standing up

C．waking up

D．staying up

15.

A．sympathy

B．love

C．gratitude

D．pride

16.

A．before

B．when

C．since

D．as

17.

A．forgotten

B．faded

C．inquired

D．liked

18.

A．complains

B．jokes

C．determines

D．argues

19.

A．made

B．received

C．sent

D．bought

20.

A．mixed

B．separated

C．convinced

D．distinguished

8 . 阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。

I have a special place in my heart for libraries. I have for as long as I can remember. I always had ardour in reading, sometimes reading up to three books a day as a child. Stories were like air to me and while other kids played ball or went to parties, I lived out adventures through the books I checked out from the library.

My first job was working at the Ukiah Library when I was 16 years old. It was a dream job and I did everything from shelving books to reading to the children for story time.

As I became a mother, the library took on an added meaning. I had several children and books were our main source of entertainment. It was a big deal for us to load up and go to the local library, where my kids could pick out books to read or books they wanted me to read to them. It was a special time to bond with my children and it filled them with the wonderment of books. Now, I see my children taking their children to the library and I love that the excitement of going to the library lives on from generation to generation.

As a novelist, I’ve found a new relationship with libraries. I encourage readers to go to their local library when they can’t afford to purchase a book. I see libraries as a safe haven (避风港) for readers and writers. Libraries, in their own way, help fight book piracy (盗版行为) and I think all writers should support libraries in a significant way when they can. Encourage readers to use the library. Share library announcements on your social media. Frequent them and talk about them when you can.

1. What does the underlined word in paragraph 1 probably mean?(1 word)
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2. How did the author find her first job at the Ukiah Library?(no more than 5 words)
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3. What’s “the added meaning” of library for the author as a mother?(no more than 15 words)
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4. What does the author call on other writers to do?(no more than 10 words)
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5. What do you think of “library”? Give your reasons.(no more than 25 words)
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10 . 假设你是天津中学学生李津。你的加拿大朋友 Chris 得知你被滑铁卢大学(University of Waterloo) 录取，写信向你表示祝贺。请按以下提示写封回信：
1) 对 Chris 的关心和祝贺表示感谢；
2) 告知报考的专业及原因， 谈谈大学毕业后的打算；
3) 希望 Chris 针对加拿大的大学生活提一些建议。
注意：
(1) 词数不少于 100；
(2) 可适当加入细节，使内容充实、行文连贯。
Dear Chris,
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Yours,

Li Jin