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

My dear father is an ordinary man I respect, love and admire very much. No one in my life can replace him, it is his physical features and unique personality that make him a gentleman. In my eyes, he is a perfect father. He is not only a great painter, but also good at cooking, singing and repairing small machines in the house. I want to be a man like my father.

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Cooking is one of the greatest talents that my father has.

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I am greatly influenced by him.

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2 . How to cheer others up

It is nice to help a friend, family member, or partner out when he or she is feeling down. Here are some easy ways to cheer him or her up.

Just listen. Generally speaking, people who are feeling down would rather be alone.     1     All that most of us need from time to time is the space to vent (发泄感情) feelings on someone who will simply listen without responding or offering a solution.

Offer to give advice.

    2     It is as simple as asking, “Would you like my advice?” or “Would you like to know what I think?”.     3     Your friend will appreciate not only that you have advice to offer, but that you respect them by asking permission first.

    4     Sometimes, being there for your friends is all they need. Whether your friend is having a bad day or a bad month, just taking timeout of your week to spend time together can make a difference.

Make them laugh.

We are not natural comedians (喜剧演员) but that is okay. Even without being a professional comedian, we all have the ability to make our loved ones laugh.     5    

A．Reduce their stress.

B．Spend time with them.

C．Ask for permission before you offer your advice.

D．Something as simple as a hug can change a person’s day.

E．In that case, listening is a very important step to cheering someone up.

F．If they say yes, go ahead and gently offer the advice you have for them.

G．Telling a joke, making a funny face or just smiling big enough can make your friends laugh.

3 . Why is Daisy so happy?

A．She has a new laptop.

B．She won some money.

C．She was accepted by a university.

4 . In the back of my closet, there is a small cardboard chest that has followed me to every one of my new addresses. Until now, the only _________ contents in it are three wrapped _________ marked in my mother’s tidy handwriting: “Engagement”, “Wedding” and “First Baby”.

When I was three, my mother learned that she had advanced breast cancer. When I was seven, she had begun _________ a gift box for me. Inside, she packed presents and letters for the _________ of my life she was going to be missing — driver’s license, graduation, and every birthday until the age of 30.

My mother died ten days before our _________ birthday. That morning, when I turned 12 and she would have turned 49, I woke up early and opened the package _________ “12th Birthday”. A white card curling around the present _________: “I always _________ a birthstone ring when I was a little girl. Your Granny finally bought me one and I loved it more than I can say. I hope you like it, too.” I put on the ring and _________ her writing with my fingertip.

On the morning of my high school graduation, a __________ of pearls appeared as I opened the wrapped present. Her note read: “There seemed to be a __________ in my family that when girls graduated from high school, they received pearls.” I wore the pearls that afternoon as I took the stage to accept my diploma.

Year after year, my mother __________ forward in time to meet me. When I was a child, opening the next package felt like a treasure __________. As I grew older, her message met me like guideposts in a dark forest. If her words couldn’t point the way, at least they offered the __________ of knowing that someone had been there before and that I have been __________, wildly loved.

1.

A．following

B．remaining

C．entire

D．full

2.

A．plastics

B．products

C．pieces

D．presents

3.

A．working

B．preparing

C．writing

D．receiving

4.

A．milestones

B．majors

C．purposes

D．centers

5.

A．individual

B．usual

C．shared

D．national

6.

A．marked

B．celebrated

C．created

D．made

7.

A．read

B．sounded

C．found

D．signed

8.

A．called for

B．stood for

C．paid for

D．longed for

9.

A．tackled

B．traced

C．revealed

D．confirmed

10.

A．list

B．string

C．matter

D．variety

11.

A．member

B．problem

C．impression

D．tradition

12.

A．put

B．looked

C．traveled

D．stepped

13.

A．house

B．box

C．map

D．hunt

14.

A．property

B．sorrow

C．comfort

D．value

15.

A．deeply

B．temporarily

C．unfortunately

D．simply

5 . Some people mistakenly think that some people are born emotionally strong while others are not, but that is totally wrong. The truth is that emotional strength can be built by anybody. Below are some of the important suggestions.

·Learn to face a serious problem

What do you do when you face a serious problem?    1    If you react to problems in this way then you will never develop emotional strength. When you only keep yourself busy without taking any action to solve your problem, your mind will start to believe that you are unable to solve your problems.

·Surround yourself with positive energy

    2    In the same sense, people who bring negative energy and strike you down every chance they have can emotionally make you feel helpless and weak. In that case, it is better to cut off these people and keep yourself away from negative energy instead.

·Know better about yourself

If you were anxious to receive positive comments and got a negative remark instead, then you will feel really bad.    3    Most often, being too needy is connected to other psychological factors like low self-esteem (自尊).

·Give up limiting beliefs

Limiting beliefs like “I can’t do it, I’m a loser…” do not only make you psychologically weak but can also make your life unhappy. If you believe you can’t achieve some important goals in your life, you won’t try to fight for them.    4    Failing once or twice can break you if you had a limiting belief.

A．Most often success does not happen at the first attempt.

B．Do you try to keep yourself busy in order to forget about it?

C．The more you demand acceptance, the more you will get easily hurt.

D．It isn’t unusual to see someone struggle to become stronger emotionally.

E．Family and friends who bring positive energy is a necessity to one’s life.

F．It is better to learn and try to forgive others, even though it may feel hard.

6 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。1.

A．By offering thanks orally to the loved ones.

B．By showing gratefulness on a regular basis.

C．By developing good sleeping and eating habits.

D．By taking exercise with close friends regularly.

2.

A．Noticing the positive helps cure eating disorders.

B．Practicing gratitude can lengthen your sleep cycle.

C．Showing thankfulness contributes to your career promotion.

D．Admiring others’ value can improve relationship in workplaces.

3.

A．It is a blessing that we are valued.

B．Extending gratitude has multiple benefits.

C．We should stop counting sheep or calories.

D．People can learn to be appreciative by heart.

7 . How do the children feel?

A．Excited.

B．Sleepy.

C．Bored.

8 . 阅读下列文本，在空白处填入适当的单词(部分空有首字母或中文提示)。

When you enter an unfamiliar environment, what do you feel? Do you second-guess yourself? Although confident people are not immune from self-doubt, they enjoy a strong s    1    of safety, clarity, and trust in themselves.

Studies indicate that confident people tend to be healthier and live longer. It could be due to the    2    (积极的) effects of emotions associated with confidence, happiness and     3    (满足，满意). People who l    4    confidence often struggle with emotions like fear,    5    (忧郁，沮丧), and anxiety, which will harm health. Confidence can also help you with fitness goals.

9 . When I was in high school, I spent most of my holidays going back to my hometown to enjoy life with my family. Being a member of my family _________ me happiness.

My brother was born when I was a senior high school student. It is _________ that children’s eyes are bright and _________. I looked at my brother’s eyes that _________ looked around the world, and I felt his curiosity about _________. He wasn’t even_________ to grab a bug and play with it. When he _________ the cuckoo (布谷鸟) call, he immediately learned to _________ it. And he would shake his _________ to learn how to fly like a butterfly. Before that, I never realized that a child’s ____________ ability was so amazing.

One time, my little brother ____________ the stones on the ground to look for the ants underneath (在······底下). He ____________ his snacks with the ants, looked up at me and said, “Sister, the ants are ____________!” He is learning to share.

As a sister who loves her brother so much, I came to realize the feeling of my parents’ ____________. I want to ____________ the best to my brother and accompany him while growing up.

1.

A．brings

B．visits

C．comes

D．waits

2.

A．forced

B．kept

C．looked

D．said

3.

A．evil

B．firm

C．pure

D．soft

4.

A．curiously

B．sadly

C．politely

D．proudly

5.

A．food

B．nature

C．grass

D．water

6.

A．afraid

B．brave

C．excited

D．delighted

7.

A．noticed

B．saw

C．caught

D．heard

8.

A．pass

B．forget

C．imitate

D．carve

9.

A．head

B．arms

C．shoulders

D．lips

10.

A．living

B．leading

C．learning

D．admiring

11.

A．picked off

B．picked on

C．picked out

D．picked up

12.

A．made

B．ordered

C．shared

D．offered

13.

A．angry

B．hungry

C．thirsty

D．full

14.

A．worry

B．trouble

C．hate

D．love

15.

A．give

B．avoid

C．enjoy

D．hide

10 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

You must have been troubled by when to say “I love you” because it is one of the greatest puzzles in our life.

    1     you say it first and your partner doesn’t love you back? Or if they do say it but you don’t feel they mean it? Being the first     2     (declare) your love can be nerve-racking and risky and can leave you     3     (feel) as vulnerable as a turtle with no shell. But is the person who says it first really in a position of weakness? Doesn’t it pay to hold back, play it cool and wait     4     the other half has shown their hand first?

“A really good relationship     5     be about being fair and being equal,” says psychologist Sidney Crown. “But love is seldom equal.” All relationships go     6     power struggles but, he says, if a love imbalance continues for years, the rot will set in. “That feeling of I’ve always loved you more’ may be destroyed for a time, but it never goes away completely and it often emerges in squabbling(大声争吵).” In love, at least, the silent, withholding type is not always the most powerful. “     7     (strong) one in a relationship is often the person       8     feels confident enough to talk about their feelings,” says educational psychologist Ingrid Collins. Psychosexual therapist Paula Hall agrees. “The one with the upper hand is often the person who takes the Initiative. In fact, the person who says ‘I love you’ first may also be the one who says ‘I’m bored with you’ first.” Hall believes that much depends on how “I love you”     9     (say) and the motivation for the person saying it. “Is it said when they’ve drunk? Is it said before their partner flies off on holiday, and     10     it really means is ‘Please don’t be unfaithful to me’? By saying ‘I love you’, they really saying ‘Do you love me?’ If so, wouldn’t it just be more honest to say that?” Collins agrees that intention is everything. “It’s not what is said, but how it’s said. What it comes down to is the sincerity of the speaker.”