3 . About 35 years ago, my mother started a family tradition. For the _________ of her first grandchild, my mom hand-knitted (手工编织) a lovely Christmas stocking. It was a big in and a very special gift. Two years later, a second grandchild arrived and Mom took out her knitting needles again.

When one of my cousins had his first child, Mom got _________ with the gift. Then another cousin had a baby, and another and yet another. Mom’s knitting needles _________ a lot of activities through the years. She made more than 40 Christmas stockings to give to the new _________ of our growing family tree.

But when she was _________ by a serious disease, the first things she _________ due to it were her _________ motor skills, like those needed to knit. _________ , she just wasn’t able to do it anymore.

But the _________ continued. So, I decided to __________ the needles. Mom had taught me how to knit when I was a kid. Although I didn’t knit as well as she did, I studied the __________ and have continued her __________ . So far, I’ve made a dozen or so stockings and __________ to make many more.

Mom passed away last year. And still I continue to knit Christmas stockings. __________ , some traditions are worth __________ through love and care.

1.

A．arrival

B．happiness

C．benefit

D．success

2.

A．content

B．occupied

C．patient

D．familiar

3.

A．arranged

B．joined

C．saw

D．held

4.

A．appearances

B．pupils

C．members

D．drawers

5.

A．attacked

B．heated

C．judged

D．reduced

6.

A．noticed

B．lost

C．asked

D．did

7.

A．awkward

B．genuine

C．humble

D．fine

8.

A．Impressively

B．Unfortunately

C．Respectively

D．Formally

9.

A．disease

B．activity

C．gifts

D．deliveries

10.

A．blow up

B．bring up

C．pick up

D．pull up

11.

A．patterns

B．needles

C．festivals

D．babies

12.

A．theory

B．privilege

C．example

D．tradition

13.

A．hope

B．afford

C．agree

D．manage

14.

A．In addition

B．On the whole

C．After all

D．As a result

15.

A．producing

B．preserving

C．spreading

D．promoting

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。

My teenage son, Jordan, always complained about having to be home earlier than all his friends. He would tell me that he was already seventeen, but still had a curfew (宵禁). He believed he was practically an adult. I pointed out that he was not an adult as he was still in high school.

“You don’t trust me!” he yelled. Before I continued, he rolled his eyes, slammed the door and walked away. I sighed. How could I make Jordan see that I only wanted to keep him safe?

I decided to go for a walk, hoping the December air would clear my head. I opened the front door and nearly stepped on her: a small black cat, just like a meatball. “Hi, Meatball,” I said, bringing her into my arms. I walked back in, touching her neck gently. Meatball seemed happy enough to come in the house, but after an hour or two, she sat by the door, meowing to go back outside.

“Why won’t she just stay in with us all the time?” Nathan, my youngest son asked.

I explained to him that she was happy here but she liked being able to come and go as she pleased.

“That must be nice,” Jordan muttered from the other room, complaining why the cat, not him, could come and go. He even asked me to give Meatball a curfew.

Meatball became a regular.

One night, temperatures were unusually low. Meatball stood at the door, meowing to go outside.

I shook my head at her, afraid that she might freeze to death. She stared at me and meowed again. I patted her head, “I know you’re not happy, but it’s for your own good.”

“Mom’s not being mean to you,” Nathan told the cat. “She’s just trying to keep you from turning into a frozen meatball.” We both laughed at his joke.

The next morning, I couldn’t find Meatball. I asked the kids if anyone had seen her.

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。

Jordan nodded, “I let her out last night.”

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As I drove to the animal hospital, Jordan sat in the back, holding Meatball inside his coat.

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5 . 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。

Edward walked slowly past the school blacktop where his older brother, Leon, was playing basketball with his friends. Leon didn’t notice Edward until he turned to shoot the ball. Leon really loved basketball and was good at it. But Edward was another story.

Edward would beg to play with them but Leon’s friends complained a lot. For some reason, in that last game, Edward’s playing was worse than ever. He couldn’t do anything right. He was completely unable to keep possession of the ball. He missed even the easy rebounds. His dribbling was useless, and none of his throws were anywhere near the basket. Leon had to turn his brother away.

Edward was always a whiz at math. He was so advanced that he already knew how to solve long division problems before he was taught in school. Word problems, even the complicated ones with several steps, were no problem.

One day, Leon’s math teacher, pulled him aside. “ You need to do better, a lot better, or you’re not going to pass this class. There’s a big test coming up. ”

Leon’s heart sank. When he got home, he talked with Edward about it. The boys agreed that over the next two weeks they intended to spend an hour each day after school working on math problems and then an hour playing basketball.

“Here is a good one,” Edward said and pointed to a word problem. “ Why don’t you read it?”

Leon looked at the book for several seconds. “ I’m dizzy already!” He exclaimed.

“Do you know what the first step is?” asked Edward, “The first step is to stay cool and focused.” Edward talked Leon through the problem. “Think about what you need to find out. Don’t let the problem trick you.” Step by step, together they figured it out and got the right answer. Leon soon discovered that Edward was really good at helping him.

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Soon it was time for basketball practice.

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The morning of the math test came all too soon for Leon.

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