2 . In some parts of Central China’s Henan province, daughters will _______ wild goose-shaped cakes for their parents before the leap month (闰月) comes, wishing for auspiciousness. There is a _______ surrounding the tradition.

Long ago, there was a girl living at the southern foot of the Songshan Mountain in Henan, who was very _______. In a year which had a leap month, the married girl _______ of her parents, who never had enough food to eat and might suffer from hunger due to the _______ month. So, she collected some leftover millet (小米) and headed toward her parents’ home. On the mountainous road, she _______ fell down and when she woke up, the millet was already _______ up by birds. Seeing this and thinking of her parents, she cried loudly and slowly fell asleep again.

Then she heard some weak voice and woke up again, seeing a couple of wild geese were staying in her bag and not willing to leave, so she took them with her. When she arrived at her parents’ home, the village was _______ famine and plague, and her parents were on the verge of _______. She hurriedly boiled the wild geese and fed them to her parents, and her parents recovered soon. She then gave the leftover food to the neighbors and the ________ miraculously disappeared the next day.

After that, before each leap month, daughters began to visit their ________ and bring gifts. As wild goose is a ________ bird, people use dough to make wild goose-shaped cakes in ________ of the actual bird for their parents, wishing them healthy and hoping to banish any plagues.

In some parts of East China’s Shandong province, the married daughters will send dough-made fish and toad to their parents, which ________ “wealth” and “health” respectively. ________, it is said that the dough fish is for a mother and the dough toad is for a father.

1.

A．bury

B．send

C．prepare

D．decorate

2.

A．book

B．song

C．title

D．legend

3.

A．beautiful

B．filial

C．brave

D．smart

4.

A．thought

B．warned

C．heard

D．reminded

5.

A．repetitive

B．relevant

C．representative

D．respective

6.

A．eventually

B．accidentally

C．hurriedly

D．mysteriously

7.

A．taken

B．made

C．eaten

D．set

8.

A．suffering from

B．learning from

C．taking from

D．recovering from

9.

A．delight

B．death

C．penalty

D．performance

10.

A．neighbors

B．plague

C．food

D．village

11.

A．friends

B．relatives

C．parents

D．classmates

12.

A．delicate

B．abnormal

C．outstanding

D．rare

13.

A．pursuit

B．point

C．place

D．praise

14.

A．symbolize

B．suspect

C．simplify

D．state

15.

A．However

B．Therefore

C．Otherwise

D．Besides

3 . It’s eight o’ clock on Christmas morning, and Uncle Tom says he wants to listen to the news. I am wondering why on earth grownups would be interested in the news when there are important things to be done, such as handing out presents. And then, while I am only half-listening to the radio broadcast, something surprising happens: The boring newsreader begins talking about a Christmas message from the Vatican. Hadn’t we heard that report earlier? My older brother, Colin, figures out what’s happening. “Pete, Pete, it’s a tape recorder! We’ve got our tape recorder!”

Colin and I had both been blind from birth. At the special boarding school in Worcester in western England that Colin and I attended, a tape recorder of your own was the height of aspiration. However, Colin—better informed and more realistic about family finances than I was—had no real expectations of getting one. I realized, much later, that the tape recorder my father had bought us would have cost more than four times his weekly wage.

The new toy, the size of a small suitcase, dominated the rest of the Christmas holidays. I took my first steps down the path to my career as a broadcaster when I returned to school after the holidays. I would wander round the school with my microphone, recording my thoughts in the style of the voices I heard on the radio. But ten years later, after I had started and abandoned a university law course, I drew on the confidence and walked into a BBC radio station, in the hope of selling myself as a broadcast journalist. A producer at the radio station who was putting together a weekly program for blind people had seen me. He later phoned me and informed I was admitted.

Twenty-five years later, I presented my first report for BBC TV’s Six O’Clock News, a program my father had never missed. Although by then he’d been dead for more than a decade, I like to think he’d have realized that his inspiring Christmas present had changed my life.

1. Why was the author surprised at the radio report according to paragraph 1?

A．Because he was handing out presents.	B．Because the information was familiar.
C．Because it broadcast the latest news.	D．Because it was reading a boring message.

2. What did Colin think of a tape recorder?

A．It was inexpensive.	B．It was unnecessary.
C．It was unaffordable.	D．It was unexceptional.

3. What effect did the present have on the author?

A．He recorded his personal life every day.	B．He majored in broadcasting at university.
C．He got addicted and abandoned his study.	D．He decided to work in broadcast journalism.

4. What’s the best title for this text?

A．Unusual Gift, United Family	B．Warm Christmas, Wise Uncle
C．Silent Love, Sound Influence	D．Prepared Mind. Promising Job

4 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What’s the relationship between the speakers?

A．Colleagues.

B．Friends.

C．Aunt and nephew.

2. Why did the woman visit the man’s house?

A．To have a glass of wine.

B．To pick him up before dinner.

C．To congratulate him on his new home.

3. Why can’t Marcia show up tonight?

A．She isn’t feeling well.

B．She needs to finish a report.

C．She has a meeting with her boss.

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。

Boys like to be considered to be popular with others. Martin was such a young and generous boy, who thought he had loads of good friends in school. He was always showing off to his family members that he had the maximum number of friends in school. Also, he claimed how friendly he was with everyone. His family members wanted him to recognize the reality, thus not being cheated in the future.

One day as he was talking triumphantly about his friends at home again, his father called him for a bet. Father said, “Martin, I bet you for the cycle you wanted.” Martin. “What’s the bet?” Father thought for a while and answered, “I bet you do not have as many friends as you think. Everyone is not your real friend. I’m sure many of them are nothing more than your classmates, in other words, they are just your fair-weather friends.” Martin, without a second thought, accepted the challenge.

However, he had no idea how to test whether his classmates were real friends or not, so he asked his father about the testing way. A bright smile spread across the face of his father, “Wait a minute. I have just exactly what you need. It is a special item in my collection. Let me go and bring it.” Martin waited curiously. Several minutes later, Martin’s father returned, walking towards him, looking like he was carrying something heavy. But Martin could not see anything.

His father explained, “You see, this is a magic chair. It is invisible, and it is rather difficult to sit on it. You take this to your school. If you manage to sit on it, the special chair will activate its magic. Then you will be able to tell who are your real friends.”

The next day, brave and determined, Martin took the magic invisible chair to school.

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During lunchtime, he gathered his friends and asked them to form a circle.

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Now he could find out who were his real friends.

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6 . This party sounded so fun! Annie stood at Michael’s front_________waiting excitedly for him to answer. “Just be yourself.” Annie’s dad had advised when he’d dropped her off. But who else could she be but herself?

Michael opened the door, _________Annie with a welcoming smile. Bu when she followed him in, she felt_________She didn’t recognize a single kid. And they were all older! As she sat down, every kid stared at her. Her colorful new_________, she believed, was stupid compared with the other girl’s tasteful dresses in soft golden colours. The thought made her ashamed.

Michael told others she was_________. But after that introduction, Annie felt even worse as all the kids looked at her doubtfully. She sat there with a frozen smile on her face, feeling anything but herself. The kids all started to eat, chatting and joking as they_________their mouths.

“Pass me some of those strange_________” a girl said to her. All at once, without any_________from her own mind, Annie blurted out the words, “They’re not exactly bananas. They look like bananas, but they taste_________different. Some people call them plantains or the potato of the tropics.”

Now all the kids were__________Annie again, but this time their faces were interested and__________. Someone asked her more about plantains, and she__________everything she knew about them, which was a lot. They started asking her questions. They wanted to know about her family and her pets. A girl even__________Annie for her dress.

“You are the__________of the night!” Michael said when the evening was over. Annie sighed, relaxed and happy. She wasn’t sure about being a star, but Daddy was right, she’d__________to be herself after all.

1.

A．yard

B．door

C．stairs

D．street

2.

A．praising

B．presenting

C．satisfying

D．greeting

3.

A．embarrassed

B．sad

C．ashamed

D．thrilled

4.

A．hairstyle

B．socks

C．dress

D．coat

5.

A．shy

B．outgoing

C．dedicated

D．knowledgeable

6.

A．covered

B．stuffed

C．opened

D．shut

7.

A．potatoes

B．tomatoes

C．apples

D．bananas

8.

A．idea

B．voice

C．warning

D．waiting

9.

A．slightly

B．totally

C．generally

D．seemingly

10.

A．looking down upon

B．attending to

C．looking at

D．caring about

11.

A．friendly

B．weary

C．swollen

D．dirty

12.

A．repeated

B．memorized

C．forgot

D．recited

13.

A．praised

B．criticized

C．condemned

D．thanked

14.

A．soul

B．star

C．middle

D．end

15.

A．managed

B．pretended

C．planned

D．attempted

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。

My ten-year-old self loved summertime. The best part of summer was the community pool. Everyone was there.

We didn’t have a care in the world. Our biggest concern was which one of us could hold her breath underwater the longest. We didn’t care what we looked like or who was cool. I never once thought about how I looked in a swimsuit or if my hair looked good. I was aware that I wasn’t super-thin like some of the other girls I saw, but I didn’t care.

And then one day, I was taking my turn on the diving board with all the other kids. I jumped in, floated freely to the top and swam over to the ladder to make my way out of the pool. I noticed a girl standing at the top of the ladder, so I swam slowly, giving her time to move. I didn’t know her. She looked cute and thin.

But instead of moving, a strange thing happened. This girl leaned over the pool and said to me, “They don’t allow beached (搁浅的) whales in this pool.”

Beached whales? I soon realized that I was the beached whale. Suddenly, my cool blue swimsuit didn’t cover enough. I got out of the pool quickly and wrapped my towel around my body, feeling like I was going to throw up. From that moment on, I was aware of my size.

Clothes became a horrible dream, and I struggled through my teen years and into adulthood. I cried over clothes that didn’t fit. My heart had always hated the little girl by the pool, who took the confidence out of my life until I got my daughter, Lisa.

One day I dressed my little girl in beautiful clothes and put a bow (蝴蝶结) on her head, but she refused because she liked to be comfortable. Is society interested in comfort? However, when I stared at her, I suddenly realized how beautiful she was, even though she was covered in mud.

注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式作答。

When Lisa was ten, I came across a picture of myself when I was ten and I showed it to her.

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Then I told her the story of the little girl by the pool.

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9 . 假定你是李华。你的英国朋友Jim最近因为在人际交往中不好意思拒绝别人而感到烦恼，他发来邮件向你求助。请你给他回邮件提供建议。词数80左右。
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10 . Healthy family relationships can bring love and security to all family members, which can be one of the greatest blessings parents can give to their children.     1     Here are a few ways to strengthen your family bonds.

Communicate effectively. Good communication is crucial for any healthy relationship as it makes it easier to settle conflicts and build strong connections.     2     Speaking with respect, minding the tone and being considerate while sharing information can become the basis of positive communication.

    3     You can start by doing activities that your family enjoys. This can be a movie night, solving puzzles or simply engaging the family in preparing a meal. Whafs important is that you are fully present in the moment, spending meaningful time with them.

Celebrate little moments. Most families make it a point to celebrate important milestones, birthdays and anniversaries.     4     Seize opportunities to have a good time with the family so that you can build a bank of happy memories.

Work as a team. Discussing things together can help a family emerge with creative solutions. Moreover, family discussions can be used to determine everyone’s responsibility and build trust by respecting every member’s views.     5    

A．Spend quality family time.

B．Be grateful to one another.

C．However, it is not easy to establish strong family ties.

D．But try to find surprising little things in day-to-day life.

E．Listening sympathetically and talking openly can aid in forming ties.

F．Having a positive atmosphere is something that all families should work for.

G．Working corporately produces a feeling of belonging, thus strengthening family bonds.