2 . 阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

There was a boy who was sent to a boarding school. He used to be the brightest student in his class. He was at the top in every competition. But things changed after that. His grades started dropping. He hated being in a group. He was lonely all the time. He felt worthless and that no one loved him.

His parents began to worry. But even they did not know what was wrong. So his dad decided to visit the school and talk with him.

They sat on the bank of the lake near the school. The father started asking him casual questions about his classes, teachers and sports. Then he asked, “Do you know, son, why I am here today?” The boy said, “To check my grades?”

“No, no, ” his dad replied. “I am here to tell you that you are the most important person for me. I want to see you happy. I don’t care about grades. I care about you. I care about your happiness. YOU ARE MY LIFE.”

Now the boy had everything he wanted.

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4 . I never knew anyone who’d grown up in Jackson without being afraid of Mrs. Calloway our librarian. She ran Jackson’s Carnegie Library absolutely by herself. SILENCE in big black letters was on signs hung everywhere. If she thought you were dressed improperly, she sent you straight back home to change your clothes. I was willing;I would do anything to read.

My mother was not afraid of Mrs. Calloway. She wished me to have my own library card to check out books for myself, She took me in to introduce me. “Eudora is nine years old and has my permission to read any book she wants from the shelves, children or adults,” Mother said.

Mrs. Calloway made her own rules about books. You could not take back a book to the library on the same day you`d taken it out;it made no difference to her that you’d read every word in it and needed another to start. You could take out two books at a time and two only. So two by two, I read library books as fast as I could go, rushing them home in the basket of my bicycle. From the minute I reached our house, I started to read. I knew this was extreme happiness, knew it at the time.

My mother shared this feeling of mine. Now, I think of her as reading so much of the time while doing something else. I remember her reading a magazine while taking the part of the Wolf in a game of “Little Red Riding Hood” with my brother’s two daughters. She’d just look up at the right time, long enough to answer– in character –“The better to eat you with, my dear,” and go back to her place in the magazine article.

What do the underlined words “this feeling” refer to in the last paragraph?

A．Desire to read.

B．Love for Mrs. Calloway.

C．Interest in games.

D．Fear of the library rules.

5 . At age 10, McCullough got a glimpse of her dream job. It sparkled in the eyes of the Packard Children’s nurses who cared for her brother Matthew, who had brain cancer. As a child, McCullough spent hours at her brother’s bedside. “I looked up to the nurses. I found their unconditional commitment to my brother’s care remarkable," McCullough says.

As a young girl, McCullough practiced nursing by caring for her brother, a desire born out of her intense love for him. She would rub his back, bring him drinks, and even help adjust his lines. She was a natural. Her parents said that she was very caring and always put people first from a young age.

When Matthew passed away, McCullough became even more committed to becoming a nurse. She took steps through the years to make her dream come true. In high school, she volunteered at cancer centers and hospitals. “My becoming a nurse is 100% in honor of Matt. I felt the need to channel my grief and turn that tragic moment into something positive," McCullough says.

Over time, McCullough realized that she didn’t just want to be a nurse. She wanted to be a pediatric oncology (儿科肿瘤) nurse at Packard Children’s. McCullough wanted to give back to the hospital that had done so much for her brother.

Despite feeling like school never came easy, McCullough persisted and got into a respected nursing school. She feels like she worked 10 times harder than other nursing students at the university. She traded going out and spending time with friends for the library.

In college, each step brought McCullough closer to her dream. She worked as a nursing assistant at Stanford Health Care for adults with cancer. Then, she transferred to Packard Children’s and worked as a nursing assistant in the Pediatric Transplant Center.

Today, She’s a nurse on the same unit that cared for her brother years ago. She is one of those nurses she admired so much as a child. She finds the time, even on very busy days, to truly be there for patients and families to make them feel loved and welcomed.

1. What makes McCullough want to become a nurse?

A．Her love for her brother.	B．The pain of cancer patients.
C．Her natural ability of nursing.	D．The volunteering experience.

2. What happened during McCullough’s college life?

A．She volunteered at cancer centers.

B．She worked harder than at high school.

C．She acted as a nursing assistant for children.

D．She spent much time with friends in the library.

3. What words can be used to describe McCullough?

A．Changeable and respectable.

B．Hardworking and demanding.

C．Professional and adventurous.

D．Considerate and persistent.

4. What can be learned from the text?

A．God helps those who help themselves.

B．Where there is a will there is a way.

C．Behind bad luck comes good luck.

D．He who laughs last laughs best.

7 . Table Talk

As we got out of the car, our son announced, “Phones stay in the car.”

“Why do you always have to tell us that?” complained our fifteen-year-old grandson.

Our son’s wife winked at us and then explained, “We have a family _______ that no one may bring anything electronic to the table.”

We _______ our phones in the car. Even though the restaurant was filled with families, there was little noise. All I heard were a few quiet conversations and the ding of forks on plates. The _______ unnerved me. I looked around. Everyone, even the young kids, was _______ at some kind of screen.

The silence was broken when the six of us sat down, and started talking. The waitress stood patiently and waited for our orders. When our food came, we continued to chat.

An elderly couple at the next table were finishing their dinners and conversing quietly. I noticed that they shot us a few glances, and wondered if our constant chatter was annoying them.

After the dessert, my son signaled the waitress for the check. She hesitated when she brought the black folder to our table. My son opened the black folder — it was _______ . “You forgot the check,” he told her.

“There isn’t one. Someone else _______ your bill — and the tip too.” she said with a giggle (咯咯笑).

“Why?” asked our son, his wife and myself at once.

“They loved it that no one was connected.” she continued. “They loved watching you guys _______ . The old lady went on and on about how nice it was to see a family eating and talking instead of looking at ‘electric games’.”

For a moment, everyone at our table was at a loss for _______ . Then we all started talking at once. My son's voice rose above the others. “Where are they? We want to thank them.”

“They left after you ordered dessert,” the waitress replied.

We spent the next fifteen minutes discussing this goodness and camp up with a _______ . Next time we see a family eating at a restaurant ________ looking at anything electronic, we'll pay it forward, just like what happened to us.

1.

A．rule

B．appointment

C．discussion

D．goal

2.

A．closed

B．returned

C．sent

D．locked

3.

A．sweetness

B．quietness

C．patience

D．preference

4.

A．smiling

B．knocking

C．staring

D．pointing

5.

A．special

B．strange

C．typical

D．empty

6.

A．paid

B．served

C．managed

D．changed

7.

A．eat

B．talk

C．argue

D．work

8.

A．directions

B．choices

C．words

D．ideas

9.

A．schedule

B．message

C．task

D．plan

10.

A．without

B．by

C．through

D．for

8 . Robert and Peter study in the same university. They do everything together and help each other. But they often play jokes on each other. The school year was over last month and they decided to travel through the country in America. They drove a car and could stop wherever they were interested in and started whenever they wanted. Of course they enjoyed themselves. It was very hot one day and they were both hungry and thirsty. They stopped in front of a restaurant by the road. They came in, sat down at a table and ordered some dishes. Robert looked around and found there was a small bowl on the table. He thought there was some ice cream in it and took a spoonful of it and put it into his mouth. Immediately he knew it was mustard (芥末), but it was too late. Tears ran down his face, but he pretended nothing had happened. The other young man, seeing his friend crying, asked, “What are you crying about, Robert?”

“I’m thinking of my father who was hanged twenty years ago,” was a reply.

After a while Peter made the same mistake. Tears ran down his cheeks ,too. And his friend asked him why.

“I wonder why your father hadn’t been hanged before he got married!”

1. Robert didn’t tell Peter it was some mustard in the bowl because________.

A．he didn’t know his friend hated it.	B．he wanted his friend to repeat the mistake.
C．he thought his friend knew what it was.	D．he thought his friend was interested in it.

2. Peter made the same mistake because________.

A．he was too hungry to wait for their dishes.	B．he often took some mustard.
C．he was much braver than his friend.	D．he wasn’t afraid to be played a joke on.

3. The writer mainly wants to tell us________in this passage.

A．not to trust your friend	B．not to mistake mustard for Ice cream
C．it’s wrong to lie to friends	D．a joke

10 . Dear Dr. Bob,

I was visiting my sister Mary, who has two boys, aged seven and five. They were throwing a ball around the living room. She asked them several times to stop, but they didn’t listen to her. Finally, one of the boys threw the ball and knocked over a lamp. She shouted loudly at them for several times. Then, she sent them to their room. She looked at me and said, “They never listen to me.”

Carmen

Dear Carmen,

Your sister needs to be clear to her children what behaviour she expects. She should tell her boys, “Don’t throw the ball in the house. If you throw the ball again, I’m going to take it.” Then she needs to do what she says. Her boys will soon learn to listen to her.

Dr. Bob

Dear Dr. Bob,

I walked into my two-year-old daughter’s bedroom and found her coloring on the wall again with her crayons. I told her, “No! No! Never write on the wall with your crayons. You can only write on paper.” My husband thinks I was too easy on her and that she needed a punishment. What’s your opinion?

Debbie

Dear Debbie,

You dealt with the situation well. Children this age are too little to understand the relationship between their actions and a punishment. Use this as a warning; it’s time to babyproof your home. Now that your little one is more active and curious, what else can she reach? Check her room and your home for crayons, paints, medicines, cleaning products, and other things that might interest her.

Dr. Bob

1. What was wrong with Mary’s children?

A．They threw a ball at Carmen.

B．They turned a deaf ear to her words.

C．They had a fight over a ball.

D．They often shouted loudly at her.

2. By saying “to babyproof your home”, Dr. Bob means ________ .

A．giving your baby a punishment

B．getting crayons out of your home

C．making your home safe for babies

D．teaching your baby to behave well

3. Both Mary and Debbie found it hard to________.

A．ask their children to follow rules

B．stop their children from telling lies

C．get their children to go to bed on time

D．develop their children’s interest in reading