2 . Backpacking through Africa, I always carried some food with me ________ I couldn’t find something to eat.

I was ________ through a local market one day when I chanced upon a jar of ________ jam. I could find tins of apple and strawberry in every corner store but this was the ________ time I had seen peach. I took it.

For the next few weeks, when I was feeling the need for a little ________ I would carefully ________ the lid and spoon a bit on to a biscuit. Mmm, delicious. I didn’t ________ it with anybody. It sat safely in my ________ taken out on only special ________.

One cold and cloudy afternoon, while I was waiting for a local bus, it started to rain. Everybody spread out for ________ and so did I. But I was already wet through so I quickly searched through my pack for some ________ clothes.

In my hurry to ________ further discomfort, I forgot that the jar of jam was ________ in my clothing. One forceful yank (猛拉) and my ________ jar of jam crashed to the concrete ground, breaking into pieces.

I was so sad that I almost cried. And then, in the corner of my eye, I noticed an old woman in rags ________. Without hesitation, she bent down and picked up the half of the jar that still looked ________.

Still ________ she stuck two fingers into the jar, scooped out the ________ jam and ________ it into her toothless mouth. Carefully, like fishbones, she spat out the pieces of glass. She studied the broken container ________ she was certain that there was nothing left. Then she left.

My bus arrived shortly after and, as we drove off, I wondered if the jam would taste the same to me.

1.

A．unless

B．if

C．just in case

D．in order that

2.

A．looking

B．buying

C．getting

D．running

3.

A．apple

B．orange

C．peach

D．strawberry

4.

A．last

B．best

C．other

D．first

5.

A．meal

B．treat

C．rest

D．drink

6.

A．remove

B．put

C．take

D．close

7.

A．divide

B．eat

C．share

D．separate

8.

A．pocket

B．pack

C．corner

D．store

9.

A．situations

B．conditions

C．surroundings

D．occasions

10.

A．protection

B．space

C．shelter

D．warmth

11.

A．beautiful

B．rain

C．warm

D．dry

12.

A．avoid

B．experience

C．defeat

D．overcome

13.

A．hidden

B．buried

C．covered

D．locked

14.

A．expensive

B．useless

C．precious

D．priceless

15.

A．going

B．leaving

C．running

D．approaching

16.

A．all right

B．bad enough

C．broken

D．damaged

17.

A．standing up

B．sitting up

C．bending over

D．watching out

18.

A．rest

B．remaining

C．extra

D．spare

19.

A．swallowed

B．vomited

C．chewed

D．placed

20.

A．until

B．unless

C．after

D．since

3 . There is a wonderful story about a young girl who had no family and no one to love her.

One day, feeling very sad and lonely, she was walking through a grassland when she noticed a small butterfly caught in a thorn (荆棘) bush. The young girl carefully released the butterfly. Instead of flying away, the little butterfly changed into a beautiful fairy. The young girl rubbed her eyes in disbelief.

“For your wonderful kindness, ” the good fairy said to the girl，“I will give you any wish you would like.” The little girl thought for a moment and then replied, “I want to be happy.”       The fairy leaned toward her and whispered in her ear. Then the fairy disappeared.

As the little girl grew up，there was no one in the land as happy as she. Everyone asked her secret of happiness . She would only smile and answer，“The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a good fairy when I was a little girl.”

When she was very old and on her deathbed, the neighbors all gathered around her, and       feared that her unbelievable secret of happiness would die with her. “ tell us，please, ” they begged，“ tell us what the good fairy said. ” The lovely old woman simply smiled and said，“ She told me that everyone，no matter how safe they seemed，no matter how old or young，how rich or poor, had need of me.”

1. ________the girl felt sad and lonely.

A．There were many friends but	B．There was nobody to love her so
C．There was nothing to do	D．Seeing the butterfly was caught

2. Noticing the butterfly was caught by the thorn, the orphan girl ________.

A．helped the butterfly escaped from the thorn

B．felt sorrow，but she didn’t go up to help it

C．fell down on it too

D．failed to help it release from the thorn

3. The butterfly ________after was saved by the little girl.

A．flied away	B．still died
C．changed into a fairy	D．was more beautiful than before

4. The only thing that the little girl wanted was ________.

A．to be rich	B．to have her own parents
C．to have a lot of friends	D．happiness

5 . When I was young，my father and I used to climb the mountains near my house. South Korea has more _______ than plains（平原）, and for this reason，climbing the mountains has been a natural thing for me since I was a kid.

_______ together，my father and I used to have _______through which I learned a lot from him. He always stressed，“You should have goals in life just like in climbing the mountains. ” This has _______ my life deeply.

Without such mountaineering _______，we couldn’t have had enough time to spend together because my father was very _______. I believe mountaineering is really _______ . It gave me time to talk with my father and to develop my _______. I loved walking in the mountains，_______the routine of city life，the noise and the pollution，and being able to breathe fresh air.

One time we climbed one of the highest mountains in Korea. It was so________for me because I was only ten years old. ________the first few hours of climbing，I enjoyed the fresh air，the birds singing，and the beautiful dances of butterflies. As time passed，I got pains in both of my________. I wanted to quit climbing. But my father said to me，“ ________ is a season when everything comes to life again. The mountain where we are ________are decorated with flowers and trees. You can ________ see a beautiful sky at the top of the mountain，but you can’t ________ you are halfway up. Only at the ________ can you enjoy all the beautiful things，just like in ________. You should have patience with all things，but chiefly have patience with yourself. ”

At that time，I was too ________to understand his words，but after that, I got new hope and confidence. ________, I found myself standing at the top of the mountain. And there，I could see the beautiful sky.

1.

A．rivers

B．1akes

C．seas

D．mountains

2.

A．Walking

B．Working

C．Studying

D．Running

3.

A．stories

B．conversations

C．lessons

D．interests

4.

A．rebuilt

B．destroyed

C．influenced

D．improved

5.

A．training

B．opportunities

C．period

D．memories

6.

A．strict

B．free

C．busy

D．special

7.

A．beneficial

B．hopeful

C．difficult

D．serious

8.

A．power

B．concern

C．courage

D．patience

9.

A．putting up with

B．coming up with

C．getting away from

D．getting close to

10.

A．temporary

B．challenging

C．disappointing

D．acceptable

11.

A．During

B．After

C．Between

D．Before

12.

A．arms

B．ears

C．legs

D．eyes

13.

A．Winter

B．Autumn

C．Summer

D．Spring

14.

A．standing

B．struggling

C．watching

D．finishing

15.

A．never

B．always

C．seldom

D．sometimes

16.

A．what

B．when

C．that

D．where

17.

A．stream

B．shade

C．top

D．bottom

18.

A．work

B．life

C．news

D．tradition

19.

A．foolish

B．happy

C．proud

D．young

20.

A．Finally

B．Mostly

C．Actually

D．Immediately

6 . 阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。

During the years working in Peacekeeping Force(维和部队), I was sent abroad. As a senior analyst, my workdays were routinely twelve to sixteen hours long. Like all the old soldiers, we looked forward to receiving mails from home.

We soldiers received many “To any service member” mails from the States. Those mails were sent by the general public in our mother country to soldiers far away from home, as an expression of support. I never took any of those letters, since I wrote to my wife on a daily basis, as well as occasionally writing notes to my daughter Jenny’s classroom, and I didn’t feel I had time to write to anyone else.

After five or fix months of hearing from the mail—announcing the availability of “To any service member” mail, I decided to take a few of the letters. Because I planned, as time permitted, to drop them a line telling them “Thanks” for their support.

I picked up three letters, and placed them in my cargo pocket and went back to work. Over the next week or so, I started responding to the letters. When it came time to answer the third letter, I noticed it had no return address, but a California postmark, which made me think of home. I had missed spending Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s with my family. Homesickness seized me.

I opened the card and started to read the letter attached, which was a short one. About the third or fourth sentence down, it read, “My daddy is a soldier over there, if you see him tell him hi and I love and miss him.” This statement really touched me and made me miss my family even more. Looking down to the name of the sender, I sat in silence as tears filled my eyes.

1. Who will usually write “To any service member” mails? (No more than 8 words)
2. Why did the author decide to answer some “To any service member” mails later? (No more than 10 words)
3. What set the author missing his own family? (No more than 5 words)
4. How do you understand the underlined sentence in Paragraph4? (No more than 6 words)
5. At the end of the story, why did the writer sit in silence and cry? Please explain. (No more than 20 words)

7 . With his leg lame and his teeth uneven, the boy thought of himself as the most unfortunate child in the world. He____played with his classmates, and when asked to answer questions, he always ___his head without a word.

One spring, his father brought home some saplings (树苗). ___of his children would plant a sapling and he promised, “Whoever____his sapling best shall get a gift.” The boy certainly wanted to get the gift.____seeing his brothers and sisters watering the trees, he____an idea: he hoped the tree he planted would die soon. So watering it once or twice, he never___ it.

Several days later, he was ___to find it not only didn’t die, but also grew so many fresh____. Compared with those of his brothers’ and sisters’, his appeared greener. His father kept his __ , bought the boy a gift and said he would become an outstanding ___after growing up.

From then on, the boy slowly became____and confident. One evening, he suddenly ___his biology teacher once said that plants ___grow at night. Why not go to see the tree?

When he came to the courtyard, he found his father working near the tree! Immediately he____: Father had been secretly____his tree! He returned to his room, tears in his eyes.

Decades passed. The boy didn’t become a botanist. ___, he became the U.S. __. His name was Franklin Roosevelt.

__ is the best nourishment (滋养品) of life.___ it is just a bucket of water, it can make the tree of life grow well!

1.

A．seldom

B．ever

C．still

D．often

2.

A．held

B．lowered

C．raised

D．covered

3.

A．Both

B．None

C．Each

D．One

4.

A．likes

B．grows

C．protects

D．watches

5.

A．And

B．But

C．Or

D．So

6.

A．came up with

B．got rid of

C．put forward

D．cared for

7.

A．contributed to

B．turned to

C．got used to

D．attended to

8.

A．disappointed

B．frightened

C．surprised

D．amused

9.

A．roots

B．seeds

C．branches

D．leaves

10.

A．balance

B．word

C．agreement

D．opinion

11.

A．botanist

B．gardener

C．president

D．teacher

12.

A．satisfied

B．optimistic

C．independent

D．upset

13.

A．believed

B．remembered

C．repeated

D．knew

14.

A．probably

B．hardly

C．recently

D．generally

15.

A．understood

B．doubted

C．wondered

D．admitted

16.

A．cutting

B．watering

C．decorating

D．fertilizing

17.

A．Therefore

B．Besides

C．Instead

D．Moreover

18.

A．president

B．doctor

C．lawyer

D．teacher

19.

A．Water

B．Love

C．Disability

D．Father

20.

A．So long as

B．If only

C．Even though

D．Now that

8 . In the fall of 1985. I was a bright-eyed girl heading off to Howard University, aiming at a legal career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench somewhere. Twenty-one years later I am later I am still a bright-eyed dreamer and one with quite a different tale to tell.
My grandma, an amazing woman, graduated from college an the age of 65. She was the first in our family to reach that goal. But one year after I started college, she developed cancer. I made the choice to withdraw from college to care for her. It meant that school and my personal dream would have to wait.
Then I got married with another dream: building my family with a combination of adopt and biological children. In 1999, we adopted our first son. To lay eyes on him was fantastic---and very emotional. A year later came our second adopted boy. Then followed son No. 3. In 2003, I gave birth to another boy.
You can imagine how fully occupied I became, raising four boys under the age of 81. Our home was a complete zoo---a joyous zoo. Not surprising, I never did make it back to college full-time. But I never gave up on the dream either. I had only one choice: to find a way. That meant talking as few as one class each semester.
The hardest part was feeling guilty about the time I spent away from the boys. They often wanted me to stay home with them. There certainly were times I wanted to quit, But I knew I should set an example for them to follow through the rest of their lives.
In 2007, I graduated from the University of North Carolina. It took me over 21 years to get my college degree！
I am not special, just single-minded. It always struck me that when you’re looking at a big challenge from the outside it looks huge, but when you’re in the midst of it, it just seems normal. Everything you want won’t arrive in your life on one day. It’s a process. Remember；little steps add up to big dreams.
1. When the author went to Howard University, her dream was to be____.

A．a writer

B．a teacher

C．a judge

D．a doctor

2. Why did the author quit school in her second year of college?

A．She wanted to study by herself.

B．She fell in love and got married.

C．She suffered from a serious illness.

D．She decided to look after her grandma.

3. What can we learn about the author from Paragraphs 4 and 5?

A．She was busy yet happy with her family life.

B．She ignored her guilty feeling for her sons.

C．She wanted to remain a full-time housewife.

D．She was too confused to make a correct choice.

4. What dose the author mostly want to tell us in the last paragraph?

A．Failure is the mother of success.

B．Little by little, one goes far.

C．Every coin has two sides.

D．Well begun, half done.

5. Which of the following can best describe the author?

A．Caring and determined.

B．Honest and responsible.

C．Ambitious and sensitive.

D．Innocent and single-minded.

10 . 阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题。

It was a few years ago. A friend sent me a restaurant gift card for Christmas and I picked a pretty, sunny Sunday afternoon to use it. It felt good taking my two grown sons and daughter to a nice sit-down restaurant instead of the fast food places we usually ate at. The meal was delicious and we all had a good time. When the waitress brought the check, I looked down at it. The gift card covered almost all of it. I reached into my wallet to get enough cash to cover the rest. I saw two bills in my wallet. The first would cover the rest of the bill and give the waitress a nice tip. The second bill was much larger, so I reached down to pick out the first one.

At that moment, my mind flashed back to 30 years ago. I was working as a waiter in a restaurant much like the one we were in now. It was long hours of hard work for low pay. I went home just only making enough to feed my young family. I also remembered how more than once I saw the waitresses counting their meager tips while worrying about how they were going to pay the rent and buy their kids things they needed. I remembered the pain in their eyes and sadness in their faces at the end of the day.

I blinked (眨眼) and was back in the present again. My fingers touched the smaller bill in my wallet. I smiled, pushed it back down, and picked out the much larger bill. I folded it around the gift card and covered both of them with the check. As we all got up from the table, I handed them to the hard-working waitress. “You keep the change,” I said with a smile and a happy heart.

We are all one family in this world. We live together, laugh together, and suffer together. Do your best to be a good person and love others. Replace the suffering with joy.

1. Why did the author initially want to use the first bill to pay? (no more than 15 words)
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
2. How do you understand the underlined word in Paragraph 2? (no more than 5 words)
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
3. What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about? (no more than 10 words)
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
4. Which word would you use to describe the author’s personality or character? (1 word)
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
5. What can you learn from the story? Please explain. (no more than 20 words)
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