2 . When Liz Dixon-Spain got married in 1976, there was only one place where she wanted to hold celebrations. That was her parents' garden with the beautiful beech tree overlooking the festivities.    1    The perfect ceremony left a lasting impression on her.

    2     Her two sisters also celebrated their weddings next to the tree. The beech has been a constant presence in her family's lives. It has been part of all of her family memories because they all happened around the tree.

When she was a child, Liz often played around the tree and enjoyed watching it come to life as a “home to generations of wildlife”. After her husband passed away, she moved back to her childhood home, where she has been living ever since. She used to open up the garden to the public as part of the national garden scheme.    3    “Looking at it from inside the house is fantastic, but to stand right underneath feels extraordinary,” said one visitors.

Liz has four grown-up sons, who spent their childhood playing on the grass in front of the tree.     4     However, they often come here to meet up. The tree helps bring them together.

One of her grandchildren, Frank, 10, lives in Hackeny, East London, but visits Liz often.    5     One of them begins: “Through the pebble filled driveway, through the old wooden gate, lay a paradise for nature.”

A．Her children and eight grandchildren live across the UK, in London, Scotland, Southport and Stamford.

B．The bech tree inspired him to write poems.

C．Liz is happy that everything is coming full circle.

D．Visitors were impressed when they caught sight of the tree.

E．The tree has also become a major part of her children's lives.

F．She planted various flowers around it just for the special occasion.

G．Holding wedding receptions in the garden has become her family tradition.

4 . 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。

“Why she let out my secret? why she did that to me?” I vividly remembered that day when I was confused at the knowing looks which everyone gave me. That terrible experience was imprinted (铭刻) on my mind. I couldn’t forgive the person with whom I had shared my secret. She lost all my trust and friendship.

Five years back, Sally was a new addition in our class. I don’t know what but there was something sticky about her that attracted me towards her. She was the most friendly person I knew. We started as classmates but after a few months we were like best friends. We did homework together and dreamed of going to the same university one day. We hung out and went to the movies on weekends. That was a sweet time.

Nevertheless, I couldn’t expect such an enormous betrayal from her. I didn’t know what made me tell Sally about my personal life. I felt much regret to myself. She exaggerated (夸大) the matter, added her own spices to it and made it the hottest topic in school. It was like someone had stabbed a knife in my back. After she revealed my secret, everyone at school started laughing at me and gazing at me wherever I passed. I was like a pond in which someone had thrown a stone and it had been spilled up. It was the most embarrassing time I had gone through. Soon afterwards, I left school and shifted to another one, because I thought no one had the right to laugh at me. Sally called me many times but I didn’t answer. My heart was broken because the person whom I trusted most cheated me.

I made efforts to remove the scar from my heart. I started a new life, leaving all the bad memories behind, because they made me a person who often thought about the past experiences. Five years later, with the life going on, I made new friends and seldom thought about the past.

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。

But one day I met Anna in the market, my former classmate, who told me shocking news.

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I immediately called Sally in order to explain the misunderstanding.

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6 . Brandon Steiner created the bagel (百吉饼) business at the age of 12._________, the business wasn’t great. Meanwhile, he delivered papers every morning.

What his mother said gave Steiner great _________. When delivering papers then, he started _________each customer a bagel. Within a month he was making his deliveries in a small shopping cart_________ 250 papers each day were too much for his bike. Later, the improvement of his business _________ his replacing the small cart with a large one. Steiner made $5.50 an hour by starting _________ at 4:30 am and it was a pretty high income for a kid in the 1970s. This experience is one of his invaluable life_________, which shows his remarkable business_________.

He_________as an incredibly successful entrepreneur who revolutionized the sports memorabilia (纪念品) ____________, turning a small firm with “$4,000, a computer and a worker” into Steiner Sports, helping other small related companies to ____________ their business. Steiner Sports has spent 25 years building a ____________with more than 2,000 athletes. Steiner Sports is also the ____________ producer of collectibles (收藏品) from athletic stars like Derek Jeter and Peyton Manning. Steiner has ____________countless baseballs and football helmets, and signed sports shirts.

As one might guess, there are a lot of stories ____________ to Steiner. He sold his Steiner Sports to Omnicom Group for a reported $25 million. ____________ selling it, Steiner still offers advice to help run the company that was ____________ by himself. He has also written some books on his ____________. The kid from Brooklyn, who now lives in Scarsdale, NY, ____________ so much when growing from a newspaper delivery boy to a(n) ____________ entrepreneur and writer.

1.

A．Moreover

B．However

C．Therefore

D．Anyway

2.

A．ambition

B．adaptation

C．conclusion

D．inspiration

3.

A．bringing

B．finding

C．buying

D．passing

4.

A．though

B．if

C．since

D．but

5.

A．contributed to

B．relied on

C．figured out

D．wrestled with

6.

A．studying

B．cooking

C．exercising

D．working

7.

A．goals

B．lessons

C．dreams

D．activities

8.

A．interest

B．determination

C．talent

D．qualification

9.

A．ended up

B．resulted in

C．broke out

D．took on

10.

A．culture

B．competition

C．education

D．industry

11.

A．mind

B．practise

C．expand

D．manage

12.

A．scholarship

B．ownership

C．membership

D．relationship

13.

A．leading

B．private

C．efficient

D．foreign

14.

A．received

B．exported

C．marketed

D．purchased

15.

A．equal

B．relative

C．true

D．similar

16.

A．On behalf of

B．In consequence of

C．On account of

D．In spite of

17.

A．motivated

B．deserved

C．established

D．remembered

18.

A．importance

B．experiences

C．perfection

D．differences

19.

A．struggled

B．required

C．donated

D．shared

20.

A．well-known

B．easy-going

C．broad-minded

D．kind-hearted

7 . I experienced an earthquake with my friend and colleague Dawa Chhiri Sherpa last Saturday.       1     But we were lucky enough to survive it.

It was quite a usual morning at first. That morning, Dawa and I had breakfast out with his son Sonam.

    2       Dawa and his son then went out to do some shopping. About an hour later, I went to the lobby of the hotel. When I was sitting there, everything slowly started to move and then all of a sudden we were being thrown around.

We managed to slowly make our way to open ground and struggled to even stand at times. There was a moment when I felt the hotel and all the buildings would come down, but they didn't.     3     I wanted to find them.

Sadly, just walking in that area was a challenge. The street was blocked.       4       After walking around the area for 45 minutes I decided to make my way back to the hotel. I waited on the open ground at the hotel. Luckily, I got a call from Dawa, saying they were safe. Four hours after the first earthquake, they got back to the hotel.

    5    The first four days after the earthquake were bad —no water, food, electricity or information, as every three hours we would be rocked by tremors. By Wednesday, things were starting to go well. Dawa and I decided to go out and help people. And we did that on the following three days as well.

A．I called the hotel for help.

B．It was a horrible experience.

C．Life after the earthquake was terrible.

D．There was no sign of Dawa or Sonam.

E．We really had a terrible night that day.

F．After breakfast, Dawa took me back to my hotel.

G．After the first shock I became worried about Dawa and his son.

10 . 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。

One June evening, Sylvia, 8, was driving her cow home through the woods. Suddenly a clear whistle broke the peace. Before she could hide into the bushes, she was stopped by a young man, who carried a gun over his shoulder. “Hello, little girl. I am hunting for some birds but I have lost my way,” he said kindly. “Can I spend the night at your house?” Sylvia hesitated for a while and agreed to take him home at last.

Sylvia’s grandma was really kind. She cooked for the young man and chatted with him. “Sylvia is very shy but she is popular with birds,” Grandma said proudly. “Birds come and feed right out of her hands, and all sorts of birds.”

“So Sylvia knows all about birds?” he asked excitedly. “I am making a collection of birds myself.”

“Do you cage them up?” asked Grandma.

“Oh no, they’re stuffed (制作标本) and preserved,” said the young man. “I came here for a white heron (鹭), a tall white bird with long thin legs. It would have a nest perhaps in the top of a high tree.” He looked at Sylvia, hoping for some answers. Sylvia’s heart gave a wild beat. She knew the bird, but she said nothing.

“I would offer ten dollars to any helper,” the man added desperately. Ten dollars was really a big sum. Sylvia agreed with a nod.

The next day they started early, the young man going first and Sylvia following. He proved to be really kind and told her many things about birds. She could not understand why he killed the very birds he seemed to like so much. In the evening, they returned, empty-handed.

Lying in bed, Sylvia suddenly thought of a great pine-tree, which stood at the farther edge of the woods and towered far above the others. “If I climb it at daybreak, maybe I could easily discover from where the white heron flew, and mark the place, and find the hidden nest.” she thought. What a big secret!

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。

Sylvia stole out of the house before daybreak.

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Seeing Sylvia back in dust, Grandma and the young man were surprised.

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