1 . My father passed away on March 21, 2010 in Calgary after a brief journey with cancer. I loved my father so much, and we were very_______. We traveled together and talked on the phone at least twice a day. His death has_______a forever pain in my heart.

One day_______ I arrived back home from walking outdoors I sat on the front step, thinking about my Dad and feeling quite_______.Within a minute or so, I_______and saw a butterfly on the other side of the fence. It flew over to me, around my head for a bit, then_______near by. I thought maybe it is a sign my Dad is_______. The butterfly then flew up again, and this time it rested on my left side for quite a while on a beautiful_______before flying off.

The_______day I went out for a walk by the lake, a different time and place. I started________Dad again. I called out in my________for him to show a sign he was________here with me. Within moments the same type of butterfly________.

It rested on a rock while I________it. When I got up to continue walking it followed me down the________. I took a picture of it as some people didn’t________me when I said I saw a butterfly at that time of year.

The next day I walked on the path again________to meet the butterfly once more. Within moments of thinking about my Dad the same type appeared.________, this time it joined up with two more before they all flew away.

I feel it might have been a(n)________from my Dad saying he was with his Mom and Dad and he was okay. Those________helped me feel comforted when I needed it the most.

1.

A．friendly

B．honest

C．grateful

D．close

2.

A．avoided

B．left

C．removed

D．treated

3.

A．when

B．because

C．though

D．until

4.

A．tired

B．embarrassed

C．sad

D．peaceful

5.

A．lay down

B．looked up

C．reached out

D．gave in

6.

A．stayed

B．dropped

C．performed

D．rested

7.

A．around

B．in

C．out

D．down

8.

A．computer

B．instrument

C．flower

D．pillow

9.

A．other

B．next

C．last

D．first

10.

A．searching

B．following

C．catching

D．missing

11.

A．mind

B．mouth

C．opinion

D．eye

12.

A．even

B．hardly

C．still

D．nearly

13.

A．happened

B．appeared

C．existed

D．survived

14.

A．attended

B．touched

C．comforted

D．watched

15.

A．path

B．river

C．hill

D．tree

16.

A．support

B．change

C．believe

D．appreciate

17.

A．pretending

B．hoping

C．promising

D．offering

18.

A．Thus

B．Therefore

C．Besides

D．However

19.

A．sign

B．mark

C．item

D．tip

20.

A．successes

B．accidents

C．experiences

D．journeys

2 . 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 three-year-old son, Charles, has loved watching trucks, cars and all types of vehicles (交通工具) since he could sit up and look around. Charles was a fan of fire trucks, ambulances, garbage (垃圾) trucks and other vehicles which have wheels.

Because of his deep love for anything with wheels, I always made it a point to take him outside to watch garbage trucks drive up and down. Charles loved watching the workers and would get so excited when the drivers beeped the horns (鸣喇叭) at him as they went by. Charles would wave and shyly say, “Thank you.”

There was a particular waste management employee who was extra friendly. Charles was attracted by him, and after we knew his name — Lonnie, Charles talked about him throughout the day. One day, Lonnie rode by and said, “Charles, I promise when this pandemic (流行病) is over, I’m going to let you ride in my truck.” However, we were going to move out of the state about a week later. I had to tell Lonnie the truth.

The next week, we waited for the garbage truck. Finally, late in the afternoon, I heard the loud noise of the truck. I raced to the door, carrying Charles. We did not want to miss seeing Lonnie on our last week in Birmingham. Lonnie stopped the truck and got out. He told me he had some things for Charles — a hat, a yellow safety vest, two toy garbage cans, coloring books and so on. Charles was absolutely excited, especially by the garbage cans, and I was so touched. The next day, Charles and I were playing in the front yard when a man approached me. He said, “I’m Lonnie’s manager, and he has something special planned for Charles. Are you going to be here around 11 am?” I said, “Of course we will.”

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。

At noon, something surprising happened.

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Even though we moved out of the state, Charles still misses Lonnie.

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3 . If you are someone who suffers from exam anxiety (焦虑), know that you aren’t alone. There are things that you can do to try and reduce this.

Simply being aware of what is causing your anxiety can help to lessen exam anxiety. Take some time to think about what could be causing your anxiety.     1    

Most of the time, the key to reducing exam anxiety is preparedness. Make an early start on your revision. Starting six weeks before the examination is recommended.     2     Take enough time to do yourself justice.

Revision is about revisiting things you have previously learned, not teaching yourself a new topic.     3     Let’s say you struggle with English and you have no idea how to begin your revision, then an English teacher would be advisable.

Sometimes you feel very calm during the revision period, but panic (惊慌) sets in the night before.     4     You need to get enough sleep if you want to function properly during your exam. Use relaxation methods like meditation if you start to panic.

Maybe you have been fine the whole time, and you haven’t felt any anxiety.     5     Firstly, make sure that you do everything to keep you physically comfortable. Have you been to the toilet? Are you too hot or too cold? Then take some deep breaths. Remember that most people will be nervous; it’s natural. So just focus on your exam.

A．These are the most common causes.

B．The night before your exam is important.

C．Make sure you have everything you need for the exam.

D．Then you walk into the exam hall, and it rushes over you.

E．If you feel you are really behind, you could turn to a private teacher.

F．Once you know the causes, you will better understand how to treat it.

G．But this can change depending on where you feel you are in your studies.

4 . The sweetest memory of my childhood is about a round table. When I was still little, my _______ family would get together on different traditional festivals to _______ dinner. We kids would be sitting around or playing hide-and-seek under the table _______ the grown-ups were having a chat.

When I got a bit _______ , my aunt brought back her boyfriend and my grandma cheerfully _______ another seat to the round table. It seemed a little more _______ , but we all felt much closer to each other. When I was twelve, my grandpa _______ . That made us feel _______ . However, when the whole family got together once again, we totally _______ that his chair, his bowl and his chopsticks should __________ the same. Even though his seat was __________ , we felt like that he had never left us.

We all have a table like this in our __________ . It is a sign of reunion of our family __________ our feelings. Although the __________ why we come together may be different, the feelings behind it are the __________ . Usually different cultures are __________ by us around the table. What’s more, we __________ the love not only for our family, but also for a company, our __________ and even the whole world.

The history of our nation has been the stories of looking for or running to the round table which we belong to. The round table has been a __________ of the Chinese feelings. It was, it is and will __________ be.

1.

A．happy

B．whole

C．dear

D．warm

2.

A．cook

B．make

C．prepare

D．have

3.

A．while

B．or

C．but

D．so

4.

A．taller

B．bigger

C．older

D．stronger

5.

A．set

B．lay

C．fetched

D．added

6.

A．crowded

B．friendly

C．enjoyable

D．different

7.

A．was in debt

B．fell ill

C．lost his job

D．passed away

8.

A．mad

B．sad

C．worried

D．nervous

9.

A．agreed

B．imagined

C．guessed

D．judged

10.

A．leave

B．place

C．remain

D．repeat

11.

A．missing

B．empty

C．taken

D．dirty

12.

A．units

B．societies

C．home

D．families

13.

A．acting

B．showing

C．performing

D．declaring

14.

A．custom

B．fact

C．habit

D．reason

15.

A．common

B．true

C．same

D．deep

16.

A．received

B．accepted

C．refused

D．changed

17.

A．express

B．want

C．impress

D．trust

18.

A．school

B．relatives

C．nation

D．parents

19.

A．milestone

B．mark

C．tool

D．symbol

20.

A．always

B．still

C．even

D．ever

5 . Moving Forward With Small Steps

Frustration is the state of feeling incompetent.     1    . As your guilt rises, your self-esteem (自尊) might be going down.

We've all seen those TV programs about organizing closets and handling the junk in the basement. Those shows can be fun to watch.    2    . Why? Our own unfinished business starts coming to mind. To reduce frustration, it pays to keep moving forward on changing small things. Little chores do add up. These kinds of techniques can move you in the right direction:

Picture the steps from A-Z on completing a larger task. It's easier to divide chores into manageable pieces if you can foresee the outcome.

Make sure money isn’t holding you up. We can all delay getting things done because of money needed.    3    

    4     Mental energy really plays into the mix of moving your life forward. Be sure to think about good things on purpose to lessen a downfall.

While you want to live in reality, don't forget that you have the power to bring positive thinking to your world. If you don’t, your relationships will suffer.    5    .

A．Don’t forget to talk positively to yourself on purpose

B．Other people will fear to have you around

C．But we can get very frustrated after those go off the air

D．We imagine everyone else is functioning well, while we're failing to keep up

E．Get excited about what you want to improve

F．Let your good thoughts outweigh your bad ones

G．Lining up how to pay for changes is often the real battle

6 . Why do people long for celebrity news? At least some of the hunger centers around schadenfreude—having joy from the suffering of others. People often act as if joy is dependent on achieving material gain. Seeing people that seem to “have it all” suffer (going through divorce, drug abuse, mental illness, etc.) momentarily destroys that thought. And then people can think, “Perhaps it’s OK that I don’t have my own television show, and own four large houses.” Let’s chat a bit more about schadenfreude and related concepts. If you’ve been alive a couple of decades, you’ve certainly seen plenty of examples showing that money does not bring happiness. But what does bring happiness? One of the keys involves learning to fully attend to and enjoy the present moment—not just learning this as information, but, through practice, developing the skill of living mindfully in this moment.

Other keys to happiness involve developing the skill of compassion (同情) and loving kindness. This may seem strange to readers: developing a skill of compassion? Don’t you just have or not have compassion? There are some types of meditation (冥想) originating from Buddhist traditions that are designed to develop compassion and loving kindness.

The four related qualities developed by these types of meditation practices are termed: loving kindness, calmness, compassion, and sympathetic joy. Sympathetic joy is the exact opposite of schadenfreude—with sympathetic joy, we get joy from the joy of others. Think of a close family member doing well and notice the joy you feel—that is sympathetic joy. To develop more sympathetic joy, when something good happens to another person, say to yourself (with as much meaning as possible), “I’m happy for you. May your good fortune continue. May your good fortune grow.”

When a person, celebrity or not, is suffering, you can practice a compassion meditation. Close your eyes and imagine a scene that naturally brings forth sympathy, such as hugging a loved one, or holding a baby. Then imagine saying to the person suffering, “May you be free from suffering,” or “May your suffering ease.”

1. What can make us happy according to the author?

A．Having a well-paid job.	B．Owning great popularity.
C．Focusing on celebrities’ news.	D．Learning to live in the moment.

2. What does the author mainly talk about in paragraph 2?

A．Compassion and loving kindness.	B．The origin of some traditions.
C．Happiness and meditation.	D．Meditation practices.

3. Which of the following is sympathetic joy?

A．You cheer up when a celebrity gets divorced.

B．You crow over it when your schoolmate gets injured.

C．You’re delighted when your classmate wins a competition.

D．You’re pleased when a celebrity practices attentively meditation.

4. What is the author’s purpose of writing the text?

A．To show celebrities’ real life.

B．To introduce the findings of a study.

C．To stress the importance of happiness.

D．To correct the negative attitudes to other people’s sufferings.

7 .     1    

Have you heard statements like “If you love me, you would do this for me” or “You should be ashamed of yourself”？Statements like these are used by people to make you feel guilty because you have made a mistake and disappointed someone, or if someone wants a favor of you.

Guilt is a destructive (毁灭性的) emotion that is a waste of time.     2     To overcome guilt from your life, use the following steps：

Know the past can’t be changed.

Whatever happened or whatever you did in the past, you can’t remove or change it by feeling guilty. If you cry and shout, you will not make the past different. It is better to concentrate on the present.     3    

    4    

If you hurt someone while not meaning it, apologize for what you have said or done and then forgive yourself. What happened in the past will teach you a lesson, so you won't repeat it again, but it is important to forgive yourself.

Let the people you deal with know you are not easy to feel guilty.

If your boss gives you a hard time because you don’t work overtime and starts saying that there is no money award for you to make you feel guilty, then you can say things like “That is perfectly fine. I will get the award next time.”

    5     Don’t deny guilt or run away from it. Analyze it and deal with it. No matter how much time you spend feeling guilty, you are not going to be able to change it.

A．You have to face guilt to overcome it.

B．Try to learn from your experience.

C．Do something useful to improve your life and your future.

D．Don't let anyone make you feel guilty.

E．So you should learn to remove guilt.

F．Someone has disappointed you.

G．It is not important to apologize.

8 . Last Saturday, when I cleaned up my house, I found a box simply marked “Nick”. I felt excited upon seeing the _________ of my eldest son, who now lives far away. _________, I spent hours looking through the box and I _________ an envelope, which said “For Nick to read when he is grown”. I have a tradition of writing_________ to my kids at different times in their lives. This _________ letter was dated Mother’s Day fifteen years ago, when he was in kindergarten (幼儿园). And _________ it brought back memories of a day when I _________ what a truly selfless and kind child I had.

Dear Nick,

You gave me the best _________ I’ve ever received today! I know you have been saving money for weeks to buy the _________ you wanted for a long time. Yesterday you ____________ me to take you to a nearby store. You ____________ me as I looked at things, and ____________ I liked something, you would ask how much it cost. I liked a lovely little teddy bear a lot. You ____________ that you loved it too and ____________ the bear all by yourself. Then you said you were ____________ because you had no ____________ to buy me a present and would just make me something for Mother’s Day. This morning you woke me up with a package. You were so ____________ and excited! There inside was the little bear. You ____________ your toy for me!

You are truly ____________ and I am honored to be your mom.

Love,

Mom

I smiled as I read the letter and I ____________ it to Nick. I hope reading it will make him remember how cute he has been and how happy I feel to be his mother.

1.

A．picture

B．name

C．success

D．address

2.

A．Confused

B．Worried

C．Relaxed

D．Pleased

3.

A．folded

B．threw

C．saw

D．wrote

4.

A．stories

B．poems

C．letters

D．diaries

5.

A．particular

B．long

C．secret

D．friendly

6.

A．holding

B．noticing

C．answering

D．reading

7.

A．realized

B．proved

C．admitted

D．explained

8.

A．suggestion

B．present

C．opportunity

D．moment

9.

A．toy

B．book

C．clothes

D．gift

10.

A．allowed

B．asked

C．advised

D．ordered

11.

A．found

B．left

C．watched

D．persuaded

12.

A．though

B．unless

C．before

D．if

13.

A．pretended

B．knew

C．discovered

D．repeated

14.

A．bought

B．made

C．designed

D．drew

15.

A．nervous

B．angry

C．disappointed

D．sorry

16.

A．time

B．money

C．chance

D．plan

17.

A．confident

B．proud

C．brave

D．smart

18.

A．broke down

B．took back

C．gave up

D．put away

19.

A．exciting

B．strong

C．helpful

D．special

20.

A．mailed

B．lent

C．returned

D．passed

9 . Living with Joy

Living with joy can sometimes be a challenge. When things appear to be going against our will, we tend to experience pain, suffering, or a bad day.

    1     And instead of viewing bad things as causes of getting upset, try to view them as lessons of helping you grow. Too many times, we think that the outer world is creating our day, causing us to be sad or unhappy.     2     We create our day, the circumstances for joyous living.     

    3     This internal happiness spreads outward through every cell of our bodies and creates the outer experience of a smile, or laugh. Then we can see and choose our feelings, desires, goals and dreams.     4    

We create the reality where we experience joy, anger, love, and fear. Because we have the free will to choose our reality, we can make that conscious choice happier.     5     The reason is that we have to have the internal feeling of happiness to create that happiness in our daily lives then.

So, start changing your negatives into positives, gain clarity(清晰), and open your heart by looking inside yourself. When we start changing ourselves from inside out, the universe will respond to us.

A．Thus these situations will disappear.

B．However, it’s the opposite that is true.

C．Besides, we’re in control of our feelings.

D．In order to be happy, we need “be happy” inside.

E．These further enable us to show an outer reality based on our true selves.

F．This happiness though will never come if you are looking outside of yourself first.

G．One thing that we all need to acquire is the ability to see all situations, people and events from a positive perspective.

10 . 今天早晨你注意到你的朋友杰克很难过，好像哭过。你询问他时，他低下了头。这让你自己也感到不快乐。请根据下面要点给他写一封电子邮件，表达以下内容。
1. 询问杰克不高兴的原因：是同学之间的误解还是英语口语考试的失败让自己感到难过？
2. 提出你愿意提供帮助，并建议消除坏情绪的最好方法是学会与朋友共同承担。
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