1 . 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Last May, Clarence Blackmon, 81，returned to his apartment after months in the hospital for lung cancer treatment. He found his refrigerator and kitchen cupboards were nearly ______.
Clarence’s wife, Wanda, had _____a few years earlier, and he had no family _____ to help him with grocery shopping. Unable to drive or walk, Clarence ____ a local grocer's, but the manager told him the store didn’t_____ . Hungry and __________，Clarencc dialed 911.
"I don’t need to be ____anywhere,” he told the operator, Marilyn Hinson. “I just need somebody to bring me some______ I can't do anything. I can’t go anywhere. I can’t get out of my chair.”
Marilyn asked her supervisor, Lisa Reid, if she would____ her to offer her assistance, and Lisa _____
“He was hungry," Marilyn later told a local television station. “II' ve been____ myself. A lot of people can’t say that, but I can, and I can’t_____for anyone to be hungry.”
Later that_____ . Marilyn delivered Clarence’s ____ . including a head of cabbage, tomato juice, popcorn, beans and soda and made him a few sandwiches.
“She came to my rescue，” said Clarence, an army veteran (老兵)and_____petroleum company administrator.
Clarence is now in hospice (临终安养院）care, but Marilyn _____a few-times a week to chat, fill his candy dish ("he loves Jolly Ranchcre," she says), and collect his _____ Marilyn says,“There are no heroes here." In her _____ she's just doing the right thing. But _____Clarcnce, and he'll admit Marilyn has _____ his life.
"Thank God for people like Marilyn,” he says.1.

A．empty

B．messy

C．smelly

D．broken

2.

A．hung out

B．kept fit

C．lived on

D．passed away

3.

A．downtown

B．abroad

C．nearby

D．far

4.

A．reached

B．called

C．opened

D．charged

5.

A．sell

B．shut

C．deliver

D．bargain

6.

A．desperate

B．honorable

C．nervous

D．proud

7.

A．shown

B．settled

C．welcomed

D．transported

8.

A．books

B．clothes

C．juice

D．food

9.

A．persuade

B．require

C．allow

D．beg

10.

A．agreed

B．denied

C．refused

D．doubted

11.

A．angry

B．hungry

C．sorrowful

D．lonely

12.

A．stand

B．blame

C．afford

D．explain

13.

A．report

B．day

C．program

D．interview

14.

A．account

B．plan

C．bill

D．order

15.

A．strong

B．retired

C．mean

D．modest

16.

A．works

B．cares

C．rescues

D．visits

17.

A．laundry

B．sweets

C．grocery

D．recipes

18.

A．field

B．memory

C．mind

D．company

19.

A．consult

B．remind

C．comfort

D．ask

20.

A．shortened

B．saved

C．sacrificed

D．ruined

2 . 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Growing up is not always easy. When facing difficulties, courage and a spirit of independence (独立) can be more useful than crying for_______!That’s what Hong Zhanhui’s story of_______from boy to man with family hardships (艰难)tell us.
Hong was born in 1982 in a poor family in Xihua County, Henan Province. When he was_______ 11 , his father became mentally ill and one day came back with an abandoned (被抛弃的)baby girl. A year later, Hong’s mother and younger brother both_______home because of poverty (贫困)and pressure (压力)from his ill father.
The burden (负担)fell onto the 12-year-old’s shoulders: to treat his father’s illness, to_______the adopted (领养的)sister Chenchen, and to go on to study.
Hong didn’t_______ . Since a young age, he has worked in a part-time job to feed his family. At the same time, he has studied at college. To take care of Chenchen, he worked hard to_______a room near his campus for her, and send her to school.
After Hong’s story went public, people were_______to tears by his selflessness. Hard as (虽然)his life was, Hong didn’t_______his father and the adopted__________because they needed his help. With his hard –won money, he even helped other students__________against misfortune(厄运).
Today when many tend to worry more about their own happiness, Hong’s deeds (行为)__________us of what we usually neglect (忽略): love and care for others. Without these,__________of us could survive.
Hong__________donations (捐献) from others. He said he felt encouraged by kind offers, but he could__________his own work. Short of(缺乏) money to buy food, the boy climbed tall trees to get birds’ eggs for his baby sister. He walked two hours at weekends to buy different things to__________around his school to earn money. Through his hard life, the boy developed__________to overcome misfortune (战胜厄运)that made him a hero in people’s eyes.
Hong’s story shows love and willpower, and no hardship can__________a person but himself. So when facing difficulties, don’t __________about bad luck. Consider what more you could do for your family and society__________you will find the world smiling back.1.

A．money

B．food

C．clothes

D．help

2.

A．changing

B．growing

C．moving

D．turning

3.

A．only

B．already

C．ever

D．still

4.

A．stayed

B．went

C．sold

D．left

5.

A．care for

B．give up

C．stick to

D．devote to

6.

A．go away

B．run out

C．give up

D．turn down

7.

A．build

B．rent

C．buy

D．patient

8.

A．encouraged

B．moved

C．inspired

D．made

9.

A．abandon

B．like

C．avoid

D．feed

10.

A．brother

B．daughter

C．sister

D．uncle

11.

A．fight

B．learn

C．stand

D．turn

12.

A．left

B．remembered

C．reminded

D．told

13.

A．anyone

B．everyone

C．none

D．no one

14.

A．accepted

B．received

C．revised

D．refused

15.

A．depend on

B．stick to

C．refer to

D．turn to

16.

A．show

B．eat

C．sell

D．share

17.

A．a chance

B．an ability

C．a spirit

D．a belief

18.

A．bury

B．defeat

C．with

D．knock

19.

A．worry

B．care

C．complain

D．joke

20.

A．and

B．or

C．when

D．until

3 . America's Beauty Is in Its Diversity
America is built on the idea of freedom，and there is no exception for Muslim women.I ____ the freedom of religion and speech.But mostly，I believe it's OK to be ____，and to stand up for who and what you are.So I believe in wearing the hijab.
The hijab is a religious head covering，like a scarf.I am Muslim，and keeping my head covered is a ____ of maturity and respect toward my ____ and to Allah's will.____，I also like to wear it to be different.I don't usually like to do what everyone else is doing.I want to be a(n) ____，not just part of the crowd.But when I first wore it，I was also afraid of the ____ that I'd get at school.
I ____ on my own that sixth grade was the ____ I should start wearing the hijab.I was ____ about what the kids would say or even do to me.I thought they might make fun of me，or ____ be scared of me and ____ my headscarf.Kids at that age usually like to be all the same，and there's little or no ____ of differences.
On the first day of school，I put all those ____ thoughts behind my back and walked in with my head held high.I was holding my breath a little，but ____ I was also proud to be a Muslim，proud to be wearing the hijab，proud to be different.
I was ____ about everything I thought the kids would say or even do to me.I actually met a lot of people because of wearing my head covering.Most of the kids would come and ask me questions—____—about the hijab and why I wore it.
I did hear some kid was making fun of me，___ there was one girl—she wasn't even in my class，and we never really talked much—and she spoke ____ me，and I wasn't even there！I made a lot of new friends that year，friends that I still have until this very day，five years later.
Yes，I'm different，but everyone is different here，in one way or another.This is the ____ of America.1.

A．believe in

B．stick to

C．carry out

D．push for

2.

A．independent

B．free

C．sensitive

D．different

3.

A．signal

B．sign

C．reminder

D．cause

4.

A．religion

B．country

C．parents

D．status

5.

A．In a word

B．In general

C．To be exact

D．To be honest

6.

A．princess

B．heroine

C．individual

D．adult

7.

A．praise

B．punishment

C．reaction

D．reflection

8.

A．hoped

B．expected

C．realized

D．decided

9.

A．time

B．chance

C．case

D．occasion

10.

A．disappointed

B．scared

C．enthusiastic

D．angry

11.

A．still

B．already

C．even

D．ever

12.

A．show off

B．pull off

C．pick up

D．put up

13.

A．rejection

B．ignorance

C．awareness

D．acceptance

14.

A．negative

B．optimistic

C．serious

D．strange

15.

A．often

B．inside

C．only

D．outside

16.

A．concerned

B．particular

C．wrong

D．convinced

17.

A．respectfully

B．cautiously

C．suspiciously

D．critically

18.

A．and

B．so

C．but

D．or

19.

A．in terms of

B．in front of

C．in charge of

D．in favor of

20.

A．significance

B．beauty

C．value

D．power

4 .         Once there was a group of men — a young hot-blooded man and a big number of old folks, doing a timber (木料) job in a jungle.

This young man was very _______. He always continued to work through his break time and _______that those old folks were wasting time, having to _______several times a day to drink and chat. As time went by, this young man noticed that_______he worked through break time and hardly took a_______, those old folks were chopping the same _______ of trees as he did and sometimes did more. It was as if they worked through the break time as he did. So he_______ to work harder the next day. Unfortunately the_______ were even worse.

One day, one of the old folks_______ him for a drink during their break time. That young man________and said that he had no________ time! Then the old man smiled and said, “It is just a waste of effort to ________ chopping trees without re-sharpening your axe (斧子). Sooner or later you will ________ or be so tired as you have spent too much________.”

Suddenly the young man________that actually during break times while those old folks were having a chat, they were________re-sharpening their axes at the same time! And that’s how they could________ faster than him, yet spending less time!

What we ________is efficiency by making use of our skill and ability________. Only then can we have more time to do other things. Otherwise we will always keep saying ... I have no________!

1.

A．weak

B．clever

C．hard-working

D．good-looking

2.

A．admired

B．complained

C．reminded

D．predicted

3.

A．plan

B．appear

C．work

D．break

4.

A．even though

B．only if

C．because

D．unless

5.

A．photo

B．rest

C．step

D．bath

6.

A．weight

B．height

C．amount

D．price

7.

A．failed

B．pretended

C．agreed

D．decided

8.

A．marks

B．results

C．effects

D．conditions

9.

A．invited

B．blamed

C．thanked

D．forgave

10.

A．begged

B．argued

C．nodded

D．refused

11.

A．wrong

B．valuable

C．extra

D．exact

12.

A．mind

B．avoid

C．practice

D．keep

13.

A．speed up

B．give up

C．watch out

D．turn out

14.

A．energy

B．money

C．life

D．skill

15.

A．warned

B．expected

C．realized

D．announced

16.

A．also

B．hardly

C．seldom

D．never

17.

A．talk

B．chop

C．walk

D．climb

18.

A．abandon

B．introduce

C．need

D．teach

19.

A．quickly

B．curiously

C．seriously

D．intelligently

20.

A．time

B．tool

C．job

D．patience

5 . One of my fondest Christmas memories was also one of our family’s bleakest (最令人沮丧的). We were just little kids, and on Christmas Day my mom _______ us all around her to tell us, _______, that there would be no presents because all we really wanted was to _______ for our daddy. He was very sick. I don’t remember anything else except four little girls surrounding my mother, crying _______ a miracle (奇迹).
At that very moment, someone _______ loudly on the door. _______ behind him was a merry group of soldiers from the Army base where my father _______ as a minister. News had _______ that we were in trouble, and his colleagues knew we needed some _______.
With all the excitement, even my dad, __________ in a blanket to keep warm, came down and sat in front of a roaring fire in our room to watch his children be __________ by good Samaritans (乐善好施的人). The presents were unwrapped, and we girls __________ packages and found a doll each and four board games.
What is __________ to me is that I don’t even remember what sickness my father was suffering from. I __________ remember an evening of laughter and __________. There were no expensive toys but __________ moments of friendship and fun given by young men who knew that a family was having a(n) __________ time. They gave their time and their __________ to little children who needed to laugh.
The most important things in life aren’t things. And what about the true __________ of holidays? I hope we all are able to remember a thing about the holidays that stirs (搅动) our hearts, that isn’t really a thing at all, but the smile on a child’s face because we take a moment to hug or __________ a tear.1.

A．requested

B．commanded

C．gathered

D．recommended

2.

A．in tears

B．in doubt

C．in silence

D．in surprise

3.

A．apply

B．pray

C．pay

D．ask

4.

A．to

B．with

C．for

D．in

5.

A．knocked

B．beat

C．tapped

D．struck

6.

A．Fighting

B．Shooting

C．Running

D．Following

7.

A．charged

B．existed

C．governed

D．worked

8.

A．expanded

B．spread

C．distributed

D．disappeared

9.

A．confidence

B．cheer

C．trust

D．wisdom

10.

A．dressed

B．attached

C．trapped

D．wrapped

11.

A．persuaded

B．saved

C．taught

D．entertained

12.

A．discovered

B．sought

C．unfolded

D．packed

13.

A．strange

B．frightening

C．useful

D．encouraging

14.

A．seldom

B．just

C．even

D．hardly

15.

A．happiness

B．surprise

C．doubt

D．anxiety

16.

A．shocking

B．priceless

C．worthless

D．beneficial

17.

A．relaxing

B．great

C．ordinary

D．tough

18.

A．praise

B．treatment

C．attention

D．response

19.

A．theme

B．spirit

C．principle

D．theory

20.

A．wipe away

B．deal with

C．write about

D．burst into

6 . An 80-year-old man was sitting on the sofa in his house along with his 45-year-old son. Suddenly a crow(乌鸦) landed on their window.
The father asked his son, “What is that?”
The son replied, “That is a crow.”
After a few minutes, the father asked his son for the second time, “What is that?”
The son said, “Father, I told you just now. It is a crow.”
After a little while, the father asked his son the same question for the third time, “What is this?”
This time his son shouted at his father, “Why do you keep asking me the same question again and again? I have told you already. ‘IT IS A CROW.’ Are you not able to understand this?”
A minute later the father went to his room and came back with a diary, which he had kept since his son was born. On opening a page, he asked his son to read that page:
Today my little son aged three was sitting with me on the sofa, when a crow suddenly landed on the window edge. My son asked me 23 times what it was, and I replied him 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 angry, but instead felt affection for my son.
If you parents reach old age, do not look at them as a burden, but speak to them gently, and be kind to them. From today say this aloud, “I want to see my parents happy forever. They have cared for me ever since I was a little child. They have always showered me with love. I will take care of my old parents in the BEST way no matter how they behave.”
1. The writer mainly intends to ______.

A．tell us the function of a diary

B．call on us to love our parents

C．teach us what a crow is

D．introduce a pair of son and father

2. According to the passage, the son felt _____ when his father kept asking the same question.

A．puzzled

B．angry

C．grateful

D．surprised

3. We can know that the father wrote this diary at the age of ______.

A．eighty	B．forty-give
C．thirty-eight	D．thirty-five

4. The old man brought out the diary, which he had kept since his son was born, because ___.

A．he forgot what had happened

B．he would like his son to read it

C．it could remind himself of the past

D．he wanted to find what a crow was in his diary

7 . 英语课上,老师要求同桌同学相互修改作文。假设以下短文为你同桌所写，请你对其进行修改。便条中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^）。并在其下面写出修改后的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1．每处错误及修改均仅限一词;

2．只允许修改10处,多者（从第11处起）不记分。

My sister saw a lovely cup when we are shopping the other day. She liked it at once. Then she bent down and picked up to look at a price on it. As she did this, lots of tea splashed on his T-shirt! I had to try hardly not to laugh at her shocked face! My sister wanted get out of the shop as fast as she could when a shop assistant came over to us. It was turned out to be her own cup, that she’d left on the shelf by mistake. The assistant was clearly as embarrassing as my sister, for I just thought it was funny!

8 . My deskmate admires my fluent English very much and I usually feel     1    (encourage) by his compliments。
One day,     2    we learned the new word “eccentric” in class, we     3    (ask) to make a sentence with it. I volunteered to do it by saying “My deskmate is an eccentric boy     4    clothes never fit him。”     5    (Hear) this, the whole class burst into     6    (laugh) and my deskmate’s face turned red.     7    class, I learned from the teacher that my deskmate would have dropped out of school if he hadn’t been helped by others. My mindless words must    8    (hurt) him deeply。
Not until then did I realize words could be powerful in    9    positive and negative ways. We should avoid hurting     10    (other) if we can’t always be encouraging when we speak。