1 . 阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

An 80-year-old man was sitting on the sofa in his house along with his 45-year -old highly educated son. Suddenly a crow (乌鸦) perched (栖息) on their window.

The father asked his son, “what is this?” The son replied, “It is a crow.”

After a few minutes, the father asked his son for the second time, “What is this?” The son said, “Father , I have just now told you, it is a crow!”

After a little while, the old father again asked his son for the third time, “What is this?”

At this time some expression of irritation (恼怒) was felt in the son’s tone when he said to his father with a rebuff (生硬回绝) . “It’s a crow , a crow.” A little while later, the father again asked his son the fourth time, “ What is this?”

This time, the son shouted at his father, “ Why do you keep asking me the same question again and again, although I have told you so many times ‘IT IS A CROW’. Are you not able to understand this?’

A little while later the father went to his room and came back with an old tattered (发皱的) diary, which he had maintained since his son was born. On opening a page, he asked his son to read that page. When the son read it, the following words were written in the diary:

“Today my little son aged three was sitting with me on the sofa, when a crow was sitting on the window. My son asked me 23 times what it was, and I replied to him all 23 times that it was a crow. I hugged him lovingly each time he asked me the same question. I did not at all feel annoyed but I rather felt love for my innocent son.

注意：
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150词左右；
2. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
Paragraph 1:

After reading the diary,

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Paragraph 2:

Feeling ashamed , the son got down on his knees before his father.

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2 . 假定你是李华，在你校交换生朋友Peter的帮助下，你提高了英语成绩。请给他写封感谢信，内容包括：
1.表达谢意；
2.事情经过；
3.你的收获。
注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.开头和结尾已为你写好。___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3 . 你是李华，两周前你从网上购买了一套书虫系列读物（Bookworm Series）昨天才到货，且包装破损，数量不足。请就此向网店客服写邮件投诉。要点如下：
1.    介绍购物情况
2.    反映存在问题
3.    提出解决方案
注意：
1.    词数100词左右
2.    可适当增加细节，使行文连贯
3.    开头结尾已给出，不计入总词
可能用到的生词：投诉complaint n.
To whom it may concern,
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Sincerely,

Li Hua

4 . I believe we can create our own happiness. I believe the real magic in the world is done by humans.

I was sitting in my ______ at a stoplight listening to the radio, thinking how happy and warm I was in it. It was ______ outside, and I thought, “Life is good."

Now, this was a long line．As I ______ , I noticed two people huddled（挤在一起） together at the bus stop. The couple seemed to be doing their best to keep _______To my eyes, they were unhappy and uncomfortable. They looked ______．Their coats looked like they came from a bargain store.

But then I saw their ________Yes, they were huddling, but they were also laughing. They seemed to be sharing a good ______, and suddenly, instead of pitying them, I envied them. I thought, "Huh, what's so funny?" They didn't notice the wind. They weren't looking at my car thinking, "I ______ I had that."

You know ______ a single moment feels like an hour? Well, in that moment, I realized I had ______ things were all bad for them, but they weren't. And I understood we all have the ______to make moments of ______ happen.

Now, maybe that's easy for me to say. I feel lucky to have a house with a roof and a wife who ______ me. I felt this ______ even when I was working at Long John Silver's. In the beginning, it didn’t seem like a promising job. But ______ I had a job．And frankly, it was ______．After two weeks, I knew all I needed to know, and it freed my mind. The job allowed me to ______ about what my life could become.

The first year I worked there, we got robbed. I thought I was going to die．But everything ______ out all right. A lot of people ______ life as a series of miserable tasks, but after that, I didn't.

I believe this is _____ all of us can do: Try to be happy within the context of the life we are actually living. Happiness is not a situation to be longed for or a convergence of luck. Through the power of our own minds, we can help ourselves.

1.

A．store

B．office

C．house

D．car

2.

A．bright

B．cold

C．warm

D．dark

3.

A．walked

B．returned

C．complained

D．waited

4.

A．warm

B．calm

C．close

D．active

5.

A．innocent

B．helpless

C．poor

D．strange

6.

A．coats

B．faces

C．bags

D．backs

7.

A．joke

B．speech

C．offer

D．idea

8.

A．regret

B．promise

C．wish

D．hope

9.

A．when

B．how

C．why

D．what

10.

A．worried

B．found

C．admitted

D．assumed

11.

A．power

B．temptation

C．demand

D．chance

12.

A．excitement

B．satisfaction

C．happiness

D．trouble

13.

A．makes up for

B．puts up with

C．breaks up with

D．keeps up with

14.

A．way

B．case

C．point

D．sense

15.

A．at first

B．at least

C．in fact

D．in brief

16.

A．funny

B．fine

C．precious

D．easy

17.

A．come

B．care

C．bring

D．dream

18.

A．proved

B．helped

C．turned

D．got

19.

A．think

B．look

C．regard

D．act

20.

A．anything

B．something

C．everything

D．nothing

5 . I often imagine what my life will be like in the future. I thought my life   will become very     differently in ten years. I will be twenty-eight year old by   then and I will have my own family, probable with a lovely child. I hope I’ll work in a computer company a program designer. I’ll enjoy my work or get along well with my workmates. I’ll do the good job in whatever I do. In my free time, I’ll continue taken regular exercise, such as swimming, running and different ball games. During my holidays, I’ll travel around the world. In a word, our life will be much more richer and more colorful.

6 . Do you feel     1    difficult to be happy all the time? Now I’ll give you some Tips     2    how to make yourself happy. One way is being     3    (self) because unselfishness is the key factor     4     (require) if you want to get along well with others. By     5    (say) being unselfish we mean we     6    not want everything our own way or demand the best share of everything. Another way is to look for good points in     7    people. You will find most people pleasant to go with and it will surely make you happy. Third, you can’t expect to be too perfect,     8    don’t be too unhappy when you make mistake. Everything will be Ok if you   try to make things right. Finally, it is important to remember that while you   are no     9    (bad) than others, chances you have may not be much better in this case,     10     best way to be happy is to think yourself above other people.

7 . Tonight, my piano recital(钢琴演奏会) was the most important thing in my family. My grandparents were coming by plane to hear me play. Even my busy Aunt Dianne, who is on TV every night reading the news, was coming.

But one thing was for sure. I would never win an award for my piano playing. And that’s just because the more I practiced, the more nervous I got. So there I was，on the stage， in my beautiful dress，and I sat down at the piano. But when I started to play，I hit a wrong note. I told myself to start over. But then I hit the wrong note again. It was as if I hadn’t practiced at all.

Finally the disaster was over. I ran off the stage. I couldn’t understand why audience(观众) were clapping. But they were. My mom and dad had flowers for me and we were all supposed to go out for a nice dinner, but I couldn’t. I just wanted to go home and cry and never go anywhere again. After we went back home, Aunt Dianne just came in and sat down on the side of my bed.

“It was my first night on the air,” she said. “I had never been on television before and I made a mistake. I mispronounced my name and the name of the news show. And you know what? No one even noticed but me. Just like tonight, no one noticed—just you.” Aunt Dianne was right. I think we are harder on ourselves than anyone else is. Maybe I will leave my room. And maybe I’ll play the piano again.

1. From the passage we can know Aunt Dianne__________.

A．worked as an actress	B．worked as a news broadcaster on TV
C．worked as a hostess on TV	D．hosted the piano recital

2. What did the author learn from her piano performance?

A．Don’t be too hard on yourself.

B．Things seldom go as well as people expect.

C．No one will care what others have done.

D．Never rely on yourself.

3. What would be the best title for the text?

A．A wonderful Piano recital performance	B．Support from my Family
C．A lesson from Piano Recital Disaster	D．Encouragement from the audience

8 . When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings(缺点). Week by week her list grew: I was very thin, I wasn’t a good student,I talked too much, I was too proud, and so on. I tried to hear all this as long as   could. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.

He listened to me quietly, then he asked. “Are the things she says true or not? Janet, didn’t you ever wonder what you’re really like? Well, you now have that girl’s opinion. Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said.”I did as he told me. To my great surprise, I discovered that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t change (like being very thin), but a good number I could—and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I go to fairly clear picture of myself.

I brought the list back to Daddy. He refused to take it. “That’s just for you,”       he said. “You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself. But you have to learn to listen, not just close your ears in anger and feeling hurt. When some     thing said about you is true, you’ll find it will be of help to you. Our world is full of people who think they know your duty. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to them all, but hear the truth and do what you know is the right thing to do.”     Daddy’s advice has returned to me at many important moments. In my life, I’ve never had a better piece of advice.

1. What did the father do after he had heard his daughter’s complaint?

A．He told her not to pay any attention to what her “enemy” had said.

B．He criticized (批评) her and told her to overcome her shortcomings.

C．He told her to write down all that her “enemy” had said about her and pay attention only to   the things that were true.

D．He refused to take the list and have a look at it.

2. What does “Week by week her list grew” mean?

A．Week by week she discovered more shortcomings of mine and pointed them out to me.

B．She had made a list of my shortcomings and she kept on adding new ones to it so that it   was growing longer and longer.

C．I was having more and more shortcomings as time went on.

D．Week by week, my shortcomings grew more serious.

3. Why did her father listen to her quietly?

A．Because he believed that what her daughter’s “enemy” said was mostly true.

B．Because he had been so angry with his daughter’s shortcomings that he wanted to show   this by keeping silent for a while.

C．Because he knew that his daughter would not listen to him at that moment.

D．Because he wasn’t quite sure which girl was telling the truth.

9 . Now Los Angeles has become a real dining destination(目的地). Here are four of the newest and best restaurants in Los Angeles.

Alma 952 s. Broadway Los Angeles, CA 213-244-1422 BON APPETIT Magazine named Alma the Best New Restaurant in America for 2014. The menu relies almost only on products grown locally—including the ones grown in its own garden—and focuses on the wild food.

Orsa&Winston 122w.4th St. Los Angeles, CA 213-687-0300 The Asian menu here changes daily. Sit back as the chefs(厨师) work near you in the open kitchen and get ready for a true taste adventure. “It tastes like in Italy, Japan and China,” reports Los Angeles Times reporter Jonathan Gold.

Bestia 2121E.7th Place Los Angeles, CA 213-514-5724 This new Italian-style restaurant, owned by a husband and wife chef team, not only makes its own pasta but also has 60 different kinds of meat and makes desserts. There are classics like pizza, meatballs and other delicious foods. You will have to make your reservation(预约) about a mouth in advance.

Rivera 1050 s. Flower St. Los Angeles, CA 213-749-1460 Longtime L.A. chef John Sedler believes that Latin food is at the heart of L.A.’s food culture. Rivera, which food critic Jonathan Gold has called the most successful Mexican restaurant in the city, doesn’t disappoint you with its inventive small menu and rolling food carts(手推车) full of small plates to share.

1. If you like Chinese food, you’d better go to the restaurant in

A．122w.4th St. Los Angeles, CA

B．952 s. Broadway Los Angeles, CA

C．2121E.7th Place Los Angeles, CA

D．1050 s. Flower St. Los Angeles, CA

2. What foods does the restaurant Bestia mainly serve?

A．The wild food.	B．Italian-style foods.
C．Meatballs and fish.	D．Different kinds of pasta.

3. If you want to learn about Latin food, you can call

A．213-244-1422	B．213-514-5724
C．213-749-1460	D．213-687-0300