1 . 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。

Anniversary (纪念日) trips were a tradition nearly as old as our marriage. Each year, we took turns planning a secret trip. After our daughter Aurora was born, she came on our adventures too. We’d stayed in a historic train car in Livingston, the Ghost Rails Inn in Montana, and Chena Hot Springs in Alaska. But this anniversary required someplace special. Somewhere completely unexpected. Could we still get a surprise during our anniversary trip?

The pressure was on—and I found the perfect spot: The Shire of Montana. It was a J.R. R. Tolkien -inspired guest home, a “hobbit house (霍比特小屋)” built into a hillside near the small town of Trout Creek, a 7-hour drive from our place in Roundup. Jim and I had often talked about how fun it would be to build a hobbit house, so I knew Aurora would be excited. And she would love it, too.

Magical structures dotted the grounds—a troll mine, a wishing well, houses for dwarves (矮人) and fairies. What child wouldn’t be attracted to a village made for childsize hobbits? This was going to be the best trip yet. She might love The Shire even more than we did.

I was about to book our reservation when I saw a note on the Shire’s website: No kids allowed. That ruined everything! We couldn’t leave Aurora alone at home, and I had no Plan B. A year without an anniversary adventure was unthinkable. Could it be the big surprise for this anni-versary trip? Shall we find another destination? Were there any other places like the village made for childsize hobbits? No, No, No…All answers were the same.

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1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在相应位置作答。

To my amazement, there was an email address on the site.

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The day finally arrived when my application was approved.

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3 . 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。

My brother Joe and I no longer live in the same state, but I make sure to give Joe a call every Christmas. In fact, I will never forget a Christmas when I was seven and Joe was five. I’ve kept a secret about that Christmas for 20 years. Now hearing Joe’s voice makes me feel guilty (内疚的) about it all over again. I think he probably doesn’t even remember it.

When we were kids, Joe almost drove me “crazy”! If Mom brought home my favorite yogurt, Joe would make sure to eat it before I got a chance. When our parents gave us each our own basketball, Joe insisted on playing with mine instead of his own.

That Christmas when I was seven, I was determined to teach him a lesson. At that time I was old enough that I no longer believed in Santa, but I knew Joe did. I couldn’t stand him thinking Santa had put him on the “nice” list when I knew he’d been naughty (淘气的) all year.

One day before Christmas, I put on my winter jacket and headed over to our neighbor’s backyard. It was filled with rocks. To me they really looked like coal (煤炭). I was sure that they’d look like coal to Joe too. I filled a lot of the rocks into the pockets of my winter jacket, brought them up to my room and hid them under my bed. Then I waited.

That morning, I got up early, went downstairs secretly and put the rocks into the red stocking with Joe’s name on it. I watched Joe take down his heavy stocking, lay it on the living room floor.

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1. 续写词数应为150左右。
2. 请按如下格式在相应位置作答。

Looking at the gift inside, Joe’s smile disappeared suddenly.

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I said on the phone, “Hey, Joe, do you remember that Christmas morning when you were five …your stocking…”

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5 . Like a lot of people, I started running to lose weight. That was in 2004 when I was in college, battling the 40-plus pounds I’d gained from my diet of pasta, fries and sweets. It took me over five years to lose weight, but I never was able to get super lean and muscular like I had always wanted to be.

As a mother, I have gone through two pregnancies (怀孕), gaining 50-plus pounds during each, and always ran to lose weight. Even running 45 minutes three to four times a week didn’t help me lose those last 10 pounds. Running an hour five times a week and doing long training runs on the weekend just made me super hungry, and I ended up gaining weight.

I gradually gave up running. I wasn’t excited to do it anymore because it wasn’t offering the results I thought it should have. I decided to take a leap and sign up for a month-long program for CrossFit. I started going there five days a week. After one month of CrossFit, I was shocked at how my body had changed. In the first month I was there, I never repeated the same exercise. Before trying CrossFit, I put in a lot of miles running, but my heart rate never got as high as it does doing five minutes of wall balls, box jumps and burpees.

It has been three months since I started CrossFit. I love my new exercise routine (一套动作) because I’m actually excited to go when my alarm goes off at 4:40 am. It’s fun to try a new exercise routine. I’m proud to see what I can achieve and how strong I’m getting, and I also look forward to sweating alongside the same dedicated (热忱的), supportive, and inspiring group of people in the morning.

1. What can we infer from Paragraph 1?

A．The author had a sweet tooth.	B．The author led a relaxing life.
C．The author succeeded in losing weight.	D．The author was a strong-minded woman.

2. What was the result of the author running many times a week?

A．She was tired every day.	B．She lost the last 10 pounds.
C．She stayed fit and healthy.	D．She was putting on weight.

3. What does the underlined word “burpee” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A．A running routine.	B．A kind of exercise.
C．An interesting game.	D．A kind of equipment.

4. How did the author feel about CrossFit?

A．Helpful.

B．Difficult.

C．Cheap.

D．Boring.

7 . When Nicole George—O'Brien was 16, she began having seizures(癫痫). Her doctors tried some treatment, but they didn't ________ the problem. So when she was 21, she had brain ________ . That stopped the seizures, and her life went back to ________ . Five years later, she was driving over the San Mateo Bridge when suddenly it ________ like a thunderclap: another seizure.

"When I woke up in the hospital and ________ what had happened, I was really worried that I had hurt someone," George—O'Brien ________ . "And that was the first thing I asked the nurses and the doctor: "Did I hurt someone?"

The medical staff told her that a ________ had seen her having a seizure and ________ . He directed traffic around her car and made ________ no one was hurt.

"I didn't hit anyone ________ they didn't hit me, which is a ________ ," she said. No one knew the man's ______ , and to this day, George—O'Brien doesn't know anything more about him. She thinks he ________ drove off after the ambulance took her to ________ .

"He clearly ________ my life, and probably the lives of several people on the freeway that morning," she said. His actions ________ George—O'Brien's thinking about what she wanted to do with her life. She went on to become a therapist(治疗专家), a decision that she ________ to the kindness the unknown man showed her that day.

"It contributed to my ________ to do a type of work that also gave care and ________ ," she said. "I've had a great life, and I feel incredibly ________ to him for allowing that to happen."

1.

A．ignore

B．solve

C．doubt

D．believe

2.

A．examination

B．project

C．concept

D．surgery

3.

A．normal

B．magical

C．formal

D．practical

4.

A．hit

B．dropped

C．let

D．bet

5.

A．introduced

B．informed

C．realized

D．forgot

6.

A．refused

B．assumed

C．predicted

D．recalled

7.

A．lady

B．man

C．teacher

D．doctor

8.

A．pulled over

B．drove away

C．burst out

D．stood out

9.

A．simple

B．tough

C．sure

D．possible

10.

A．but

B．and

C．still

D．so

11.

A．question

B．secret

C．logic

D．miracle

12.

A．identity

B．number

C．hobby

D．secret

13.

A．constantly

B．simply

C．rarely

D．hardly

14.

A．restaurant

B．school

C．company

D．hospital

15.

A．wrote

B．possessed

C．changed

D．ruined

16.

A．attracted

B．influenced

C．concluded

D．admitted

17.

A．devotes

B．introduces

C．credits

D．continues

18.

A．desire

B．achievement

C．strength

D．attitude

19.

A．donation

B．money

C．kindness

D．freedom

20.

A．delighted

B．fortunate

C．satisfied

D．grateful

8 . Never will Kate Baker forget her frightening traveling experience. She and her husband. Bob, were heading to Europe with their 2-year-old son, Neil. "When we got on the plane in New York, all three of us were healthy," she said. "But halfway over the Atlantic Ocean, Neil started to get very warm, and his face was red." Then Neil began foaming at the mouth.

"The flight attendants were going up and down the aisle（过道）, asking anyone if they were a doctor," Kate recalled, "No one would come forward. And then the pilot started announcing, ‘Is there a doctor on board and should I turn this plane around?’ And again, no one came forward."

"When noticing Neil could hardly breathe, I think I must have gone into shock because I couldn't feel anything, and I couldn't speak," Kate said.

Then three women got out of their seats and approached where she was standing in the aisle. They came up to her and put their arms around her. They started speaking to Kate in a language that she didn't understand.

"The tone of their voice was so, so soothing, and they stood there with me with their arms around me." said Kate.

They eventually landed in Amsterdam. But they quickly booked another flight home to New Jersey. They went right to a doctor, who discovered that Neil had just had an ear infection. His symptoms（症状）had probably been due to a rapid increase in his body temperature.

The doctor treated him for the ear infection, and everything was fine. Kate never forgot those women and how supportive they were. She said, "I will never forget them and what they did for me. We may not speak the same language, but it doesn't matter to me because we can connect on a very deep human level."

1. What made Kate's travelling experience frightening?

A．The impatient travelers.	B．The rude flight attendants.
C．The sudden illness of Neil.	D．The poor service on board.

2. Why did the three women get close to Kate?

A．To warn her to be silent.	B．To offer her some comfort.
C．To advise her to change a seat.	D．To tell her how to treat her son.

3. What does the underlined word "soothing" probably mean in Paragraph 5?

A．Comforting.

B．Frightening.

C．Threatening.

D．Disappointing.

4. What does the author mainly want to convey from the passage?

A．She was fed up with the passengers on board.

B．She was grateful to the doctor in New Jersey.

C．It's essential to provide medical service on board.

D．She felt the warmth conveyed by complete strangers.