1 . After getting married nine years ago, I moved to an absolutely new town._________as I was, with various new things to explore, I was still lonely. I was desperate to establish_________.

This could explain my enthusiastic "Count me in!" when_________to participate in a half marathon. Considering my usual 3 miles, I must have been_________—13 miles seemed a（n）_________task.

However, the initial_________gradually wore off. I found comfort in burying myself in training. Though taking it slow, one mile, and then two, I gradually made_________. Mile after mile, I managed to step beside my new friends. We talked about our favorite music and_________funny stories about our children. At about mile 10, the conversations_________. We shared our past and hopes for our future, our fears and regrets. By the time we were running 12-mile legs, I was__________that I'd made lifelong friends.

__________, the day of the race arrived. At the start line, armed with my friends, I already felt like a champion. My time training had__________. I managed to hold a steady pace and kept up with my__________. Finally, we crossed the finish line together.

Although it started as a__________of building social ties, running not only provided me with friendships, but with a skill that would__________me the rest of my life.

1.

A．Relaxed

B．Excited

C．Embarrassed

D．Confused

2.

A．reputation

B．principles

C．connections

D．business

3.

A．allowed

B．reminded

C．asked

D．required

4.

A．grateful

B．confident

C．awkward

D．crazy

5.

A．impossible

B．urgent

C．rewarding

D．pleasant

6.

A．delight

B．shock

C．anxiety

D．disappointment

7.

A．progress

B．discoveries

C．history

D．mistakes

8.

A．read

B．spread

C．composed

D．exchanged

9.

A．concluded

B．deepened

C．returned

D．decreased

10.

A．hopeful

B．convinced

C．regretful

D．ashamed

11.

A．Unfortunately

B．Obviously

C．Naturally

D．Eventually

12.

A．run out

B．paid off

C．come

D．flown

13.

A．companions

B．opponents

C．coaches

D．judges

14.

A．risk

B．habit

C．means

D．right

15.

A．amaze

B．comfort

C．guard

D．aid

2 . Someone once told me I was the most introverted (内向的) person he’d ever met. I took this as admiration. Who wouldn’t? The introverts in Susan Cain’s book Quiet don’t experience their inwardness in so self-congratulatory a way. Many of the introverts she meets in the course of this book pretend to be outgoing. Though some pretend well enough to make it, going along to get along in a country that rewards the outgoing, something precious, the author says, is lost in this pretence.

Cain’s description of introverted kids misunderstood and mishandled by their parents gives warning, for she rightly notes that introversion in children is in some ways threatening the adults around them. Her advice that parents should choose to view their introverted children’s social style with understanding rather than fear is well worth following.

However useful her observations and advice about introverted kids, Cain’s book is about adults, and to this population, unfortunately, she’s a whole lot less convincing. For one thing, her definition of introversion widens constantly; at the end of the book, it has expanded to include all that are “reflective, sensitive, serious, calm, modest.” This widening of the definition makes introversion so broad a category, including, basically, all that is wise and good, that it’s largely meaningless, except as yet another tool for promoting self-esteem (自尊).

Another problem with Cain’s argument is her assumption that most introverts are actually suffering from diffidence (不自信). This may be true in the environments that she knows best and appears to spend most of her time thinking about. Had she spent more time in other sorts of places and among other types of people, she would undoubtedly have discovered a world of introverts who are quite satisfied with who they are, and who feel that the world has been good to them.

Quiet is full of needless slogans: “Love is basic; gregariousness (合群) is selective.” “The secret to life is to put yourself in the right lighting.” Such writing offsets Cain’s serious research rather badly. A quieter argument would have been much more effective.

1. According to the passage, the subjects of Quiet consider introversion as _____.

A．an excellent quality

B．a self-exploring tool

C．an unsatisfactory personality

D．a social skill

2. Cain’s description of introverted kids is thought to be _____.

A．doubtful	B．quite convincing
C．partly right	D．misleading

3. What can we learn about Cain’s Quiet from the passage?

A．It ignores the value of the outgoing.

B．It fails to realize introverts’ suffering.

C．It fails to give introversion a proper definition.

D．It ignores environments’ influence on one’s personality.

3 . My wife and I used to feel that it was impossible to be a true friend to someone whose name we didn’t know. How wrong we were! Years of Sunday-morning bus trips through the city with the same group of “nameless” people have changed our thinking. Before the bus takes off, we all join in a conversation: where’s the silent woman who sits up front and never responds to our cheery greetings? Here she comes. Her worn clothing suggests she doesn’t have much money to spare, but she always takes an extra cup of coffee for the driver.

We get smiles from a Mexican couple as they get on the bus hand in hand. When they get off, they’re still holding hands. The woman was pregnant late last year, and one day her change of shape confirmed that she’d delivered the child. We even felt a little pride at the thought of our extended family.

For many months, our only sadness lay in our inability to establish the same friendship with the silent woman at the front of the bus. Then, one evening, we went to a fish restaurant. We were shown to a table alongside someone sitting alone. It was the woman from the bus.We greeted her with friendly familiarity we’d shown all year, but this time her face softened, then a shy smile. When she spoke, the words escaped awkwardly from her lips. All at once we realized why she hadn’t spoken to us before. Talking was hard for her.

Over dinner; we learned the stay of a single mother with a disabled son who was receiving special care away from home. She missed him desperately, she explained.

“I love him… and he loves me, even though he doesn’t express it very well,” she murmured. “Lots of us have that problem, don’t we? We don’t say what we want to say, what we should be saying. And that’s not good enough.”The candles flared on our tables. Our fish had never tasted better. But the atmosphere grew pleasant, and when we parted as friends—we shared names.

1. Which of the following might be the best title of this passage?

A．Friends of the Road	B．The Silent Woman on the Bus
C．Going to Work by Bus	D．Different Kinds of Friendship

2. All the following statements can describe the woman except ______.

A．poor	B．warm -hearted
C．silent	D．cold

3. The underlined word “establish” in the third paragraph probably has the same meaning as ___________.

A．keep	B．discover
C．set up	D．accept

4. Why did the woman usually keep silence while taking the bus?

A．She was worried about her disabled son.

B．She was sad to see the happy Mexican couple us a single mother.

C．She had difficulty in expressing herself.

D．She was only interested in the bus driver.

4 . Good communication is vital in modern society. We know that much of the communication is unspoken. Consciously or unconsciously, we show our true feelings with our eyes, faces, bodies and attitudes. Your good qualities can make good communication. The personal qualities include：physical appearance, energy, rate of speech, pitch and tone of voice, gestures, expressiveness of eyes, and the ability to hold the interest of others.

What should we do so that our communication will be effective？Here are my suggestions.

Firstly, you should be yourself. The trick is to be consistently you, at your best. The most effective people never change character from one situation to another. They're the same whether they're having a conversation with their close friends, addressing their garden club or being interviewed for a job. They communicate with their whole being.

Secondly, whether you're talking to one person or one hundred, always remember to look at them. Don't break eye contact while talking. As you enter a room, move your eyes comfortably, then look directly at those in the room and smile. This shows clearly that you are at ease. Smiling is important. The best type of smile and eye contact is gentle and comfortable, not forced.

You should also absorb other people before showing yourself. You can't learn anything when you talk. When you attend a meeting, a party or an interview, don't immediately start throwing your opinions.Stop for a second.Absorb what's going on.What's the mood of the others？Are they down, up, happy, expectant? Are they eager to learn from you, or do they show resistance? If you can sense what's happening with others, you will be better able to reach them. So, listen before you talk.

The fourth suggestion is that you focus your energy. How do you get your energy up? Before the meeting, collect your thoughts about the goal of the meeting — yours and the others'. Once you go through the doorway, no longer think about yourself. Focus on the person you are meeting to find out what he is interested in. Properly collected energy comes across when we sincerely believe something. When you speak with energy, you are involved with your audience and your message. You create an air of certainty.The audience may disagree with you, but they can't question your belief.

Lastly, I would like to remind you that you should lighten up. Take a good hard look at yourself.Do you say “I” too often? Are you only concentrated on your own problems? Do you complain frequently? If you answered yes to even one of these questions, you need to be more relaxed.

Title: How to communicate     1    .
Suggestions	Dos	Don'ts
Be yourself	Always be the same and communicate   with your whole being.	Change character in     2    . situations.
Keep eye contact and smile	•Make direct eye contact. •Present a gentle and comfortable     3    ．	•Break eye contact. •    4     yourself to smile.
Listen before     5    .	Stop for a short time to know the others' mood and what is happening with them.	Begin your talk immediately
Focus your     6    .	•    7     about the goal clearly and carefully before the meeting. •Focus on the person you're meeting.	Think about yourself.
Lighten up	Try to be     8    ．	•Say “I” too often. •Concentrate on your   own problems. •Make too many    9    .
10    .	Good qualities can make good communication.

5 . 阅读下面短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

Love Tunnel sees lots of love and trash

Bearing a resemblance to the forest－surrounded “Love Tunnel” in Ukraine, the two­kilometer tunnel in Jiangning district Nanjing saw a recent rise in popularity as more than 2,000 tourists paid a visit every day this summer.The high number of visitors caused traffic safety concerns and increased the workload of sanitation workers.The Nanjing government had intended to cut the trees by the end of 2014.After the Nanjing government was forced to draft plans to cut the trees due to public pressure, visitors poured into a railway section that runs through thick forest for sightseeing and to take photos this weekend, leaving the railway with overwhelming piles of trash.

However, in response to the government's plan, complaints and outcries were made by the citizens that the love tunnel should be reserved.They claim that walking along the leafy green tunnel is like entering a fairy tale, and a possible decision to tear down the trees could bring the story to a pitiful end.

注释：sanitation 卫生
【写作内容】
1．以大约30个词左右概括短文的内容要点；
2．以大约120个词谈谈你对“爱情隧道”该不该保留的看法，并说出你的理由。
【写作要求】
1．作文中可以使用亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不能直接引用原文中的句子；
2．作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
【评分标准】
概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。
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6 . James Bender, in his book How to Talk Well tells the story of a farmer who grew award­winning corn.Each year he won a blue ribbon.One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something interesting about how he grew it.

The reporter discovered that the farmer shared his seed corn with his neighbors.“How can you afford to share your best seed corn with your neighbors when they are entering corn in competition with yours each year？” The reporter asked.“Why，” said the farmer, “didn't you know? The wind picks up pollen(花粉) from the ripening corn and carries it from field to field.If my neighbors grow bad corn, cross­pollination(异花受粉) will slowly reduce the quality of my corn.If I am to grow good corn, I must help my neighbors grow good corn.”

He is very much aware of the connectedness of life.His corn cannot improve unless his neighbors' corn also improves.The lesson for each of us is this: If we are to grow good corn, we must help our neighbors grow good corn.

【写作内容】
1．突出：人与人之间本应和睦相处、互帮互助、共同进步；
2．以约30个词概括短文的要点；
3．以约120词发表你的看法，谈谈你的认识。
【写作要求】
1．作文中可以使用实例来支持你的论点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容论述，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；
2．作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
【评分标准】
概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。
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7 . Jonathan Lawler loves to work the land.For seven years，he operated Lawler Farms，a for­profit produce farm，harvesting nearly 700,000 pounds of food annually.

Now he’s on a mission to feed the hungry in Central Indiana.Lawler has turned his 36­acre farm into a nonprofit operation called Brandywine Creek Farms.His goal for the first year is to donate 500,000 pounds of food，which he said is realistic based on the farm’s produce capacity(产量) and the addition of a large number of volunteers to help through the season. On top of that，Lawler has worked together with Gleaners，Midwest Food Bank，Kenneth Butler Soup Kitchen and other area food banks as distribution partners.

Lawler，who also owns a transportation consulting firm that helps pay the bills，says his 15­year­old son inspired him to start thinking differently when it came to his farm.“He came home from school and talked about kids who take home food from the food bank，”Lawler said.“My awareness of hunger was limited to the homeless in Downtown Indianapolis.The last place I would expect it is in a rural farming community like where I live.”As he began to look around，he realized that the farms in Hancock and surrounding counties produce tons of corn，soybeans and wheat，“but nothing you can just pick up and eat，” he said.

Lawler and most of his neighbors are self­sufficient(自给自足的)．They grow what they need or have access to quality food at supermarkets.If he needs something he didn’t grow himself，he can jump in his truck and drive 12 minutes to the nearest store.“But for someone who doesn’t have reliable transportation，that 12­minute drive could be a two­hour hike，” he said.

1. Lawler was inspired to donate food by         .

A．his son

B．his neighbors

C．the hungry kids

D．the homeless in his town

2. We can know from the passage that Lawler         .

A．is self­sufficient in quality food

B．changed Gleaners into a food bank

C．donates 700,000 pounds of food annually

D．thought there was no hunger in farming communities

3. Which of the following can best describe Lawler?

A．Kind and generous.

B．Brave and successful.

C．Confident and modest.

D．Ambitious and hardworking.