1 . My faith in human nature has never been so great as it was last weekend after our family get-together in the town of Vail.

On Saturday, we all went to the market right in the middle of the town. Near the end, we all _______ at the fountain near the bridge, and the kids waded (蹚水) around in the fountain until we _______ . This is one of the busiest walking streets.

After we returned to the hotel late in the afternoon, my 7-year-old son Ponder _______ that nowhere could he find his backpack, which _______ his Gameboy and his watch. After a thorough _______ we determined that he must have left it at the fountain.

Ponder has never lost anything. So we just take for granted that he needs no guidance on managing his _______.

He was upset, not about the Gameboy, but about the watch. “But Dad,” he said, through massive _______, “they don’t make that kind of watch anymore.” We were all very sad.

Our dinner reservation was at a restaurant just on the other side of the bridge, so I _______ him that we would not only search the area around the fountain when we went back for dinner, but we would also find the police and ask them if the backpack had been _______ .

As we exited from the parking garage, we could see the fountain as we walked down the long staircase. I saw something black ________ there, but it was right next to a woman standing by the fountain, so I could not ________ what it was or if it was hers.

“See it, Dad?” Ponder shouted. “Don’t get too excited because that may not be it,” I said. But that was it. It had been five or six hours since we left the fountain, and it was still there. There was no ID in it, and it looked like someone had looked through it and then set it right out where all could ________ it.

I literally ________ when we reached it and it was his! Everyone in our party was blown away by this “miracle (奇迹)”. In my wildest ________ , I would never have imagined that this could happen nowadays.

What a charmed life, eh? I believe this was a perfect lesson for a child in losing something important. . . lose it and feel the full ________ of that loss, and then to miraculously get it back.

1.

A．drove

B．hiked

C．met

D．united

2.

A．landed

B．left

C．settled

D．slept

3.

A．responded

B．recognized

C．realised

D．recalled

4.

A．contained

B．combined

C．comprised

D．covered

5.

A．preparation

B．checkup

C．revision

D．search

6.

A．emotion

B．time

C．money

D．stuff

7.

A．tears

B．fists

C．reliefs

D．outbreaks

8.

A．promised

B．informed

C．warned

D．taught

9.

A．worm out

B．caught up

C．put away

D．turned in

10.

A．hiding

B．sitting

C．swinging

D．flowing

11.

A．assess

B．declare

C．tell

D．predict

12.

A．take

B．see

C．touch

D．protect

13.

A．panicked

B．exploded

C．collapsed

D．cried

14.

A．dreams

B．claims

C．efforts

D．passions

15.

A．range

B．pressure

C．weight

D．harvest

3 . Just before New Year, the principal (校长) called me into his office and asked me to read a poem written by me at the New Year party. “Sure,” I said with a smile, my dreams of being a famous ________ floating in my mind.

For weeks, I worked on my poem, ________ bettering the structure, sound, and voice. I reread my Emily Dickinson and William Wordsworth for ________. I practiced reciting it aloud. I revised, revised, revised. By December 30th, the day of the event, I was ________.

Well, I was confident until I looked around and realized how many people were there. And how big the hall was, and how ________ I felt about myself. How could I ________ a piece of my poetry to 800 people? My heart was beating so hard I thought everyone around me could ________ it. I was nervous. I could feel cool shakes run down my back. I couldn’t remember why I had said yes to the ________. Then the light darkened, the crowd quieted. It was starting.

Suddenly, I was on stage with the bright white lights blinding my view of the audience and the feeling that my ________ was closing up. I leaned in to the microphone and tried out my ________ as I read the title: “Let There Be Light.” My voice boomed (声音低沉洪亮) from the speakers loudly and sounded much more confident than I felt.

The room was ________ as I began my piece, and I tried to focus on the words and ________ the people. The words somehow ________ in the right order, the lines flowed together properly, and I even remembered which words to ________. I finally came to the last line of the poem and breathed a deep sigh of relief. It was over.

The room was dead silent. Maybe no one liked it. I felt like I was going to faint. Then out of the silence there was ________, cheering, and smiling. I had done it. I had shared a piece of my poetry with the world.

1.

A．singer

B．performer

C．poet

D．speaker

2.

A．quickly

B．carefully

C．gently

D．intelligently

3.

A．relaxation

B．comfort

C．pleasure

D．inspiration

4.

A．ready

B．right

C．excited

D．tired

5.

A．strong

B．little

C．passive

D．shallow

6.

A．print

B．give

C．present

D．write

7.

A．see

B．feel

C．notice

D．hear

8.

A．audience

B．principal

C．poet

D．host

9.

A．throat

B．mind

C．dream

D．heart

10.

A．microphone

B．poem

C．voice

D．audience

11.

A．silent

B．clean

C．empty

D．noisy

12.

A．entertain

B．cheer

C．forget

D．observe

13.

A．gave out

B．ended up

C．spoke out

D．came out

14.

A．stress

B．translate

C．erase

D．choose

15.

A．whispering

B．clapping

C．crying

D．chatting

4 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写一段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Ali and his younger sister, Zahra, lived with their parents in a poor neighborhood. Their mother was very sick and their father was struggling to find a job, and they had only a little money with which to buy food, as they had not paid the rent for several months, the landlord was breathing down their necks.

One day, Ali took Zahra’s shoes to a shoe repairman to be fixed, but he lost them on the way home. It wasn’t until he got home that he realized he had lost the shoes. He was afraid that his parents would be angry and disappointed, so he begged his sister to keep it a secret.

Zahra agreed, and the two decided to share Ali’s running shoes. Zahra’s school hours were in the morning, so she would wear them first. After school, she would rush back and give them to Ali. He could then run to his school, which began in the afternoon. Although he ran as fast as he could, Ali often arrived late and was warned by the school.

Ali heard about a long distance race that was held for the boys in the city. When he learned that the third prize was a new pair of shoes, he decided to take part. He ran home excitedly and promised his sister that he would win her the new shoes.

The day of race arrived. Ali had a strong start, but halfway through the race he began to get tired and his legs began to ache. Getting more and more exhausted, he thought only of Zahra and his promise to her. Dreaming of the new shoes he would win for his sister gave him strength and he stayed right behind the two fastest runners, determined to finish third. Suddenly, as the finishing line drew near, another runner collided(碰撞)with Ali from behind and he crashed to the ground.

Ali looked up and saw the other boys running ahead. Refusing to give up. He ran as fast as he could. He dashed across the finishing line and won the fourth prize. Thinking he would let his sister down, Ali couldn’t help crying. Just then, he suddenly heard the announcement from the broadcast that he won the third prize as the runner who knocked Ali down was disqualified for breaking the rule. Holding the shoes close to his chest during the award ceremony. Ali felt happy as he eventually won the shoes for his sister.

注意：词数：80词左右。

Filled with pleasure, Ali walked home quickly.

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6 . Several years ago, a teacher was hired and sent to visit children who were patients in a city hospital. Her job was to teach them with their schoolwork so they wouldn’t be too far _______ when well enough to return to school.

One day, this teacher received a call _______ that she visit a particular boy. She was told by the teacher on the other end of the line, “We’re studying nouns and adverbs now. I’d be _______ if you could help him with his homework so he doesn’t fall behind the others.”

It wasn’t until the visiting teacher got outside the boy’s room that she _______ it was located in the hospital’s burn unit. When she had finally walked into the room, she found the young boy,_______ burned, was obviously in great _______ . The teacher felt awkward and didn’t know what to say.

Finally she was able to stammer out (结结巴巴地说).“I’m the special visiting hospital teacher, and your teacher _______ me to help you with your nouns and adverbs.” Afterward, she thought it was not one of her most _______ lessons.

The next morning when she returned, one of the nurses asked her, “What did you do to that Boy?”

Before she could finish her apology, the nurse _______ her by saying, “You don’t understand. We’ve been __________ about him, but ever since you were here yesterday his whole __________ has changed. He’s fighting back, responding to treatment... it’s __________ he’s decided to live.” The boy himself later __________ that he had completely given up __________ and felt he was going to die, until he saw that special teacher. With happy tears in his eyes, the little boy expressed it like this: “They wouldn’t send a special teacher to work on nouns and adverbs with a __________ boy, now, would they?”

1.

A．off

B．away

C．behind

D．apart

2.

A．insisting

B．requesting

C．urging

D．advising

3.

A．concerned

B．grateful

C．proud

D．addicted

4.

A．appreciated

B．recognized

C．realized

D．observed

5.

A．hardly

B．narrowly

C．slightly

D．terribly

6.

A．pain

B．comfort

C．joy

D．stress

7.

A．allowed

B．forced

C．preferred

D．sent

8.

A．successful

B．entertaining

C．professional

D．crucial

9.

A．recommended

B．forgave

C．interrupted

D．quit

10.

A．curious

B．worried

C．nervous

D．confused

11.

A．impression

B．awareness

C．gratitude

D．attitude

12.

A．in case

B．so that

C．even though

D．as though

13.

A．explained

B．protested

C．referred

D．delivered

14.

A．interest

B．hope

C．spirit

D．courage

15.

A．dying

B．inspiring

C．competing

D．desiring

7 . Every year on my birthday, a white gardenia (栀子花) was ________ to my house. But no card or note came with it. Calls to the flower shop were always ________ — it was a cash purchase. After a while I stopped trying to discover the sender’s identity and just ________ the beauty and sweet scent of that one magical, perfect white flower lying in soft pink paper.

But I never stopped ________ who the giver might be. My mother ________ to these guesses. She asked me if there was someone for whom I had done a special kindness who might be showing ________. I had more ________ imagining that it might be a boy I fell in love with or one who had a crush on me even though I didn’t know him.

One month before my high-school graduation, my father died. My feelings ________ from sorrow (悲伤) to fear and anger: my dad was ________ some of the most important events in my life. I became completely ________ in my coming graduation, the senior-class play and the ball (舞会). But my mother would not hear of my losing any of those things. Mother and I had gone shopping and found an impressive dress, but it was the ________ size. When my father died, I forgot about the dress.

The day before my ball, I found that dress — in the right size — hanging over the living room sofa. It was ________ to me so lovingly. I didn’t ________ if I had a new dress or not. But my mother did. She wanted her children to feel ________, filled with a sense that there was a beauty even in the face of ________.

My mother died ten days after I was married. The following year the gardenia stopped coming.

1.

A．given

B．delivered

C．taken

D．brought

2.

A．aimless

B．joyful

C．useless

D．helpful

3.

A．greeted

B．imagined

C．enjoyed

D．satisfied

4.

A．considering

B．remembering

C．guessing

D．recalling

5.

A．referred

B．led

C．preferred

D．contributed

6.

A．appreciation

B．honor

C．kindness

D．respect

7.

A．time

B．chances

C．fun

D．problem

8.

A．changed

B．differed

C．suffered

D．judged

9.

A．ignoring

B．attending

C．announcing

D．missing

10.

A．unsurprised

B．uninterested

C．exhausted

D．pleased

11.

A．wrong

B．false

C．proper

D．right

12.

A．provided

B．presented

C．introduced

D．awarded

13.

A．doubt

B．wonder

C．desire

D．care

14.

A．hated

B．loved

C．annoyed

D．relaxed

15.

A．trouble

B．confusion

C．boredom

D．sadness

8 . 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。

A lesson from my sister

My elder sister was different. She was socially awkward. She could not look at people in the eye. She would mumble (嘟哝) to herself and repeat the words she had just said. The child psychologist had termed it as “Asperger Syndrome”.

She, however, was academically capable. Therefore, we attended the same primary school. Despite this, I never, ever admitted in public that she was my sister. There was one incident, however, that changed how I viewed my sister. It was the incident that changed me.

Being in primary six, about to graduate, the school had made it a must for everyone to perform. Due to my sister’s inability to work together with others, she had to do it individually.

“I’ll sing,” my sister told my parents confidently. Hearing that, I was completely shocked. How could my sister, who was socially awkward, sing in front of the school? I knew so well that if this happened, she would surely embarrass me.     

Silently I prayed I would not have to watch my sister disgrace herself. It is fine. No one knows she is your sister. I remember telling myself these exact lines as I sat in the hall, waiting for the performances to start.

The lights dimmed and the curtains parted to reveal the only solo — my sister. It took about a whole minute for her to speak out her name and class and by that time, whispers were heard in the audience. “Why is she taking so long?” People around me asked. I sat nervously in my seat, wishing I were somewhere else.

注意：
1. 所续写短文的总词数应为120左右;
2. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。
Paragraph 1

Finally my sister started to sing.

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paragraph 2

Guilt (内疚) and shame filled my heart as I listened to my sister’s wonderful singing.

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

10 . Just a few months earlier, I would never have pictured myself acting in a play in front of two hundred people. If not for my teacher Mr Bricker, I might never have found that ______.

In the first and second grade, I was extremely ______. It just wasn’t in my personality to be very outgoing. I would escape into my writing. Mr Bricker always ______ me to write more. I think he was the first person to see my inner ______.

One day, he announced our class was going to ______ a play. “I need someone to play the lead part of Dorothy.” A few ______ students raised their hands at once. I, of course, was not one of them. After school, Mr Bricker said to me, “Dallas, I was ______ you didn’t raise your hands.” Me, the lead? I was ______ just thinking of standing on stage in front of a lot of people.

“You’re great at ______ things, so you won’t worry about lines. And you have such a sweet personality. Perfect for Dorothy! I had you in ______ for Dorothy while writing the play!”

I realized it was time to ______ my shyness. After five months of ______, we finally made the play a success. At the end of the play, when the audience stood and applauded, I knew they were ______ not just for my performance that night, but for the ______ that they knew would come in later years because of my new-found ______.

1.

A．intention

B．opportunity

C．solution

D．commitment

2.

A．shy

B．pessimistic

C．energetic

D．ambitious

3.

A．required

B．allowed

C．encouraged

D．persuaded

4.

A．drawback

B．peace

C．fear

D．strength

5.

A．present

B．introduce

C．write

D．evaluate

6.

A．shocked

B．anxious

C．thrilled

D．ordinary

7.

A．annoyed

B．grateful

C．embarrassed

D．surprised

8.

A．ashamed

B．regretful

C．doubtful

D．terrified

9.

A．analyzing

B．observing

C．memorizing

D．predicting

10.

A．store

B．mind

C．place

D．comparison

11.

A．throw off

B．show off

C．give off

D．call off

12.

A．practicing

B．adapting

C．adjusting

D．debating

13.

A．accounting

B．calling

C．cheering

D．praying

14.

A．praise

B．efforts

C．beliefs

D．performances

15.

A．advantage

B．confidence

C．character

D．evidence