2 . Niu Yu looked remarkable on the catwalk at the concluded Shanghai Fashion Week. This was not just because of her beauty or the clothes she was wearing. She also seemed to show a(n)______strength. She did it with her artificial ______ in full view, and in that single action she ______ beauty with courage.

Thirteen years ago, in the 8.0-magnitude earthquake that ______ Wenchuan then teenaged Niu______ her right leg as well as her young brother and nine close friends. It was a big _____ to her. However, Niu feels that she is ______. “At least, I ______ and I am surrounded by people who love me,” she says, smiling with tears ______ up in her eyes.

“Losing a leg doesn’t mean losing my ______ for life,” she says.

In 2018, at the 10^th ______ of the earthquake, she registered and finished the 21-kilometre marathon in 3 hours and 53 minutes, ______ almost walking.

She even went to remote Tibet Autonomous Region for a volunteer ______ program. Her students surrounded her, looking at her “iron leg”______. She knew it was her ______ to help others and pass on the love and confidence.

Now she works as a photographer in Chengdu. After her one-minute catwalk went ______ on the Internet, some social media users nicknamed her as “Iron Man’s sister”.

Her leg doesn’t discourage her.______, it serves as a reminder that it is not what she is missing that ______ her, but what she has got. She says, “When you accept your flaws, you become free and______.

Everyone has flaws that we want to hide away, whether they are visible or invisible. And we should learn to______our “imperfection” and embrace life with passion and confidence.

1.

A．physical

B．outer

C．inner

D．central

2.

A．leg

B．arm

C．head

D．hand

3.

A．compared

B．combined

C．assisted

D．shared

4.

A．seized

B．knocked

C．beat

D．struck

5.

A．lost

B．threw

C．hid

D．damaged

6.

A．option

B．conflict

C．anxiety

D．blow

7.

A．miserable

B．unique

C．fortunate

D．lonely

8.

A．suffered

B．survived

C．woke

D．returned

9.

A．welling

B．trembling

C．rolling

D．rushing

10.

A．struggle

B．pace

C．safety

D．love

11.

A．chapter

B．season

C．anniversary

D．section

12.

A．at present

B．for once

C．in time

D．at times

13.

A．nurse

B．teacher

C．photographer

D．athlete

14.

A．curiously

B．cautiously

C．regretfully

D．eagerly

15.

A．ambition

B．guidance

C．turn

D．permission

16.

A．short

B．blank

C．viral

D．pale

17.

A．Instead

B．Otherwise

C．Therefore

D．Meanwhile

18.

A．limits

B．defines

C．rewards

D．awards

19.

A．weak

B．strong

C．wild

D．reliable

20.

A．achieve

B．observe

C．evaluate

D．appreciate

3 . 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。

Maybe there is a Father Christmas!

Nancy stood anxiously staring at the pouring rain while little Alice looked up at a pretty doll (玩具) in the window of the toy shop on the edge of town. “Mummy,” Alice said, “that’s the doll I would like Father Christmas to bring to me.” Tears rolled down Nancy’s cheek and she knew it would be impossible this, year. They were supposed to start a new life in Spain one and a half years ago before her husband Paul was cruelly killed by a car. Their limited savings were quickly spent on Paul’s funeral (葬礼) costs and necessities, leaving her in heavy debt.

To her relief, the local people had helped to support her through these difficult times and especially Fred, owner of the local grocery store, a single man, who would often put something special into her shopping bag even though he himself had been going through a difficult period — his mother, died of cancer and he was busy handling the sale of his mother’s house on the edge of town.

As the rain stopped, Nancy and Alice started walking home. She was thinking about buying an umbrella after paying the rent with her upcoming wage when Alice shouted excitedly, “Mummy, what’s that on the road?” Nancy looked down and saw a bag lying in the water, which was obviously lost because of the sudden rain.

They got home and dried themselves before Nancy focused on the bag. Opening it and seeing bundles of money inside, she stood back in shock and cried, “Is this a present from kindness? I can pay off my debt, buy Alice’s favorite doll and my new umbrella...” Then reality set in. Nancy was a very moral person and would never steal even the slightest little thing, let alone (更不用说) bundles of money. She went to bed with all kinds of thoughts in her mind.

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。

Nancy made up her mind to hand in the money as soon as possible.

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All day Long, Nancy was wondering who might have lost the bag.

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4 . Do you remember the name of your kindergarten teacher? I _______, mine. Her name was Mrs White.

I don’t remember much about what we learned in her class, but my mother once told me that we used to _______ a lot. And I would bring back what I wrote and she would _______ it and see there were so many _______. But no red corrections. And always a _______. Sometimes even a Good! Scrawling in that would make my heart soar with _______. But it worried my mother, so one day when she went in to _______ Mrs White for one of those Parent-Teacher meetings, she asked her why she never _______ my mistakes and why she never red-penciled in the right _______ of words or pointed out grammatical errors.

And my mother says Mrs White said — The children are just beginning to get ________ about using words, about forming sentences. I don’t want to ________ that enthusiasm with red ink. Spelling and grammar can wait. The ________ of words won’t...

I used to ________ “beautiful” a lot. Never could I quite remember that the “e” went before the “a”. It always ________ my teacher in high school. She figured if I was going to ________ the word with such frequency the least I could do was spell it ________. Eventually the e’s and a’s settled into their right places ________. I’m glad I didn’t wait on them though. Pretty is easier to spell but it doesn’t ________ as much as you mean sometimes.

And thanks to Mrs White I had no ________ about writing what I meant even if I couldn’t quite spell it out. Because Life isn’t ________. It’s Baeutiful.

1.

A．have

B．do

C．admit

D．promise

2.

A．write

B．read

C．sing

D．smile

3.

A．ask about

B．throw away

C．sign on

D．look at

4.

A．marks

B．mistakes

C．paintings

D．points

5.

A．cross

B．circle

C．question

D．star

6.

A．happiness

B．spirit

C．calmness

D．anger

7.

A．invite

B．thank

C．persuade

D．meet

8.

A．criticized

B．corrected

C．forgave

D．spotted

9.

A．spellings

B．formation

C．order

D．definitions

10.

A．puzzled

B．concerned

C．excited

D．careful

11.

A．feel

B．pass

C．light

D．dampen

12.

A．wonder

B．skill

C．use

D．effect

13.

A．hate

B．mention

C．misspell

D．misunderstand

14.

A．moved

B．irritated

C．frightened

D．inspired

15.

A．confuse

B．mix

C．employ

D．ignore

16.

A．clearly

B．non-stop

C．well

D．right

17.

A．for the sake of it

B．in no time

C．of their own accord

D．for no reason

18.

A．hold

B．explain

C．tell

D．gain

19.

A．plans

B．chances

C．worries

D．doubts

20.

A．Easy

B．Pretty

C．Perfect

D．Dull

5 . Our family owned a store in our town. Each of the seven children in our family worked in our father’s store. _________we worked and watched, we learned that our work was more than making a_________and making a sale.

One lesson stands out in my mind. It was shortly before Christmas. I was working evenings, cleaning up the toy section. A little boy, five or six years old, came in. He was wearing a brown worn coat with dirty sleeves (袖子). His shoes were scuffed (磨损) and his one shoelace was worn. The little boy looked poor to me — too poor to_________to buy anything. He looked around the toy section, picked up this item and_________, and carefully put them back in their place.

Dad came down the stairs and walked over to the boy. His clear blue eyes_________and the dimple (酒窝) in his cheek stood out as he asked the boy what he could do for him. The boy said he was looking for a Christmas present for his brother. I was impressed that Dad treated him with the same respect as any adult. Dad told him to take his_________and look around. He did.

After about 20 minutes, the little boy carefully picked up a toy, walked up to my dad and said, “How much for this, Mister?”

“How much you got?” Dad asked.

The little boy held out his hand and_________it. His hand was creased (起皱) with_________lines of dirt from holding his money too tightly. In his hand_________only two pennies and 27 cents. The price on the toy plane he’d__________was $3.98.

“That’ll just__________it,” Dad said as he__________the sale. Dad’s reply still__________in my ears. When the little boy walked out of the store, I didn’t notice the dirty, worn coat or the__________torn shoelace. What I saw was a happy child with a__________.

1.

A．Though

B．Until

C．As

D．Before

2.

A．living

B．labor

C．hardship

D．entertainment

3.

A．try

B．attempt

C．afford

D．manage

4.

A．that

B．one

C．it

D．this

5.

A．opened

B．smiled

C．shone

D．looked

6.

A．effort

B．word

C．time

D．courage

7.

A．showed

B．opened

C．gave

D．turned

8.

A．long

B．straight

C．wet

D．flat

9.

A．lay

B．stood

C．held

D．took

10.

A．carried out

B．picked out

C．pulled out

D．put out

11.

A．work

B．cover

C．pay

D．take

12.

A．made

B．produced

C．did

D．offered

13.

A．rings

B．stays

C．remains

D．sounds

14.

A．clean

B．normal

C．single

D．double

15.

A．hope

B．talent

C．package

D．choice

6 . My wife and I moved into our home two years ago. We had a yard with a lot of ________. Very often when we have flowers, Denise or I would plant some between the rocks, just to add some ________ to the area.

Last summer, I found a tiny little plant in the yard that I could not immediately identify. I knew I didn’t plant it and Denise said she didn’t either.

We decided to let it ________ growing until we could find out what it was.

Weeks passed and as I made my way back to the ________ plant, it appeared to be a sunflower. I decided to ________ the weeds (杂草) around it. As I pulled rocks from the area to get to the weeds, I noticed something ________.The sunflower had not ________ where I saw it begin. It actually had begun under a big rock and grown under and around it to reach the ________.

That’s when I ________ that if a tiny little sunflower didn’t let a big rock stand in its way of developing, we too have the ability of doing the same thing. If we ________ ourselves like that little sunflower, we can reach where we ________ to go and get what we need for growth.

We need to believe in ourselves knowing we have the ________ to achieve our goals. Like the sunflower, it knew it had the ability to get over the rocks because it had ________ in itself that it would succeed. Stand tall like the sunflower and be ________ of who and what we are, and then the environment will begin to ________ us. We will find a way to go under or around any “rocks” in order to reach our goals.

1.

A．flower

B．insects

C．vegetables

D．rocks

2.

A．water

B．fertilizer

C．color

D．shape

3.

A．stop

B．continue

C．improve

D．escape

4.

A．weak

B．strange

C．lonely

D．pretty

5.

A．collect

B．tend

C．remove

D．watch

6.

A．unusual

B．wonderful

C．terrible

D．valuable

7.

A．passed

B．started

C．left

D．died

8.

A．air

B．top

C．sun

D．house

9.

A．hoped

B．realized

C．doubted

D．regretted

10.

A．fill in

B．put in

C．worry about

D．believe in

11.

A．forget

B．hate

C．aim

D．wait

12.

A．wish

B．plan

C．ability

D．idea

13.

A．faith

B．energy

C．virtue

D．courage

14.

A．aware

B．afraid

C．proud

D．tired

15.

A．forgive

B．support

C．upset

D．affect

8 . As you probably know by now, I have been in Boston helping my wife Kimberly through some difficult medical procedures. ________ my wife’s first 3 days after her delicate 6 hours surgery, in so much discomfort, pain and suffering, woke up my empathy beyond words to the point that I ________ wanted to be able to share some of that ________ if I couldn’t take it all myself.

Then after the first 3 days knowing that Kimberly’s ________ didn’t allow her to eat single morsel (少量) of food, it really ________ me just how long we can go without food and not damage our ________. I decided to give Kimberly some ________ support by not eating for 3 days. Not that she said one word of ________ in that time but I knew it would ________ her — and me—to be in this together. To be honest, I did ________ one small salad each of the 3 days. I did this because I had to ________ myself to some extent to continue to have ________ to be there for her.

The thing is, we’re here and ________ what we really can do for each other. The ________ we can take on for others has got me to ________ about how much we could take on for ourselves. We ________ to avoid pain, discomfort and difficult situations even when we know it would be ________ for us to go through the hard times to get to better place in our lives. So it got me thinking... if we will go through so much because of our love for another ________, couldn’t we do this for the ________ of ourselves?

It’s something to think about the next time you ________ to take on a difficult challenge. Do you love yourself enough to do this to make your life better?

1.

A．Observing

B．Talking

C．Leaving

D．Debating

2.

A．eventually

B．temporarily

C．desperately

D．thankfully

3.

A．happiness

B．pain

C．caution

D．urgency

4.

A．problem

B．discomfort

C．fitness

D．condition

5.

A．threw

B．put

C．hit

D．disturbed

6.

A．disease

B．health

C．life

D．fortune

7.

A．ordinary

B．great

C．spiritual

D．devoted

8.

A．complaint

B．trouble

C．understanding

D．meaning

9.

A．help

B．separate

C．move

D．break

10.

A．get

B．abandon

C．own

D．have

11.

A．make up for

B．take care of

C．get rid of

D．be in line with

12.

A．strength

B．advantage

C．force

D．light

13.

A．admit

B．imagine

C．realize

D．estimate

14.

A．difficulty

B．event

C．load

D．suffering

15.

A．talk

B．think

C．look

D．go

16.

A．plan

B．disagree

C．tend

D．like

17.

A．better

B．easier

C．tougher

D．friendlier

18.

A．stranger

B．friend

C．teacher

D．person

19.

A．love

B．reward

C．rule

D．courage

20.

A．want

B．hesitate

C．prefer

D．request

9 . When I was in the eighth grade, my class was assigned (指派) to be friends with the second-grade kids. I got this little girl named Shelley. The first time I saw her, she was silent and cold. She was small for her age, and she didn’t play with the other kids in her class.

I tried all kinds of things to get her to talk to me. I bought her toys, crayons and candies. But try as I might, nothing worked. One time, I gave her a coloring book and said, “Shelley, now you can color at any time.”

Shelley looked at the coloring book and then looked up at me, and finally looked away. By that, I didn’t know how I was going to get through to the little girl, but I knew I wouldn’t give up on her.

One Friday, I decided to tell her a story about my childhood. I told her that I felt lonely when I was with my classmates, and how I thought only my teachers liked me. I also told her that every day was a battle (战役) for me and that I fought back tears so people wouldn’t know how much I was hurting.

She sat there just listening, trying to decide whether I was lying or not. Finally, when my story ended, there were tears in her eyes. And then she did the unthinkable. She said, “Thank you.” From then on, Shelley was a different little girl. She started smiling and talking with other kids.

Looking back at this, I’m in awe (惊叹), because all I did was to help her realize that she wasn’t alone. I didn’t ask her to tell her story, because her story is my story.

1. What was Shelley like when the author first saw her?

A．Cold.

B．Noisy.

C．Lazy.

D．Slow.

2. In order to get through to Shelley, the author______.

A．wrote her a book	B．made her a toy
C．drew her a picture	D．told her a story

3. Shelley changed a lot because she realized that______.

A．her teachers loved her

B．her classmates were kind

C．the author understood her

D．she had to study even harder

4. Which words can be used to describe the characteristics of the author?

A．Humorous and outgoing.	B．Friendly and determined.
C．Helpful and brave.	D．Honest and careless.

10 . The boy sat on his chair, with hands above the keyboard. He thought about what to write.

He recalled (回忆) that the competition deadline was merely a few days away. But he still had not even started. He looked at the brochure again. WRITING COMPETITION! His mom had encouraged him to give it a try, but now he was willing to do it for a meaningful holiday.

As the boy reflected on his previous writing efforts, he realized how hopeless to win. Every story he ever wrote was based on other stories. He had little imagination, and unfortunately, imagination was the key to writing.

Suddenly, he had a brainwave. This time, he came up with an imaginative story. The words shot towards him like a storm of leaves. Words were coming easily, flowing through him, faster than he could type. He typed faster than he ever had before. He continued to type, feeling easy to write it. The boy could not stop writing. He looked at the word count and saw the number “248” staring right back at him. He was not even halfway yet.

Then he heard the call of his mother saying time for bed. He continued writing the piece, ignoring her. He kept writing and writing. Finally, he finished.

“Perfect,” he thought. He knew this was the story that would win. He went onto Google and searched for the competition. He found the page but there was no “Enter” button. Confused, he then read the page again. It read COMPETITION CLOSED.

1. What made the boy join in the competition?

A．The school’s task.	B．His own choice
C．The prize money.	D．His mom’s force.

2. How did the boy write his previous composition?

A．He copied others’ ideas.	B．He imagined it wildly.
C．He cooperated with his friends.	D．He got assistance from his mom.

3. How many words should the author write for the composition?

A．250.

B．300.

C．400.

D．500.

4. What happened to the boy’s writing competition in the end?

A．The boy missed the competition.	B．The boy wrote a great story and won.
C．The boy failed to complete his composition.	D．The boy finished his writing before the deadline.