1 . Have you ever accidentally walked into the wrong place that end up changing your life? That’s what happened to Maceo Thomas of Lakewood, Colorado. One night, Maceo left his home to find a store where she could buy a back staff cane (拐杖). He weighed over 300 pounds. His doctor, concerned about his health, had suggested Maceo try yoga (瑜伽). But Maceo could barely walk, needing to use a cane to get around.

He entered what he thought was the right store—only to find black belts instead. He’d walked into the hall of the Rocky Mountain Karate Association. Hale Hilsabeck, owner and director of the studio, greeted him. Maceo told Hale he’d always wanted to learn karate (空手道), but was discouraged because of his weight. Hale told him to come back the next day to begin learning karate and boxing—free of charge.

Maceo began training two to three times, a week. Hale was amazed by his determination. “I was enthusiastic because he kept on showing up.” he said, “I thought he might disappear after the first couple or three times that he was there. But, no.”

Now, over five years later, Maceo weighs 60 pounds less and no longer walks with a staff. He can dance and deliver powerful boxes. I called Maceo to find out more. This all happened for a reason, he told me. Most of all, his faith was renewed, both in himself and in a higher power. Maceo’s story inspired me. Next time I ended up in a “wrong place”. Maybe I will stay there a minute longer—to see if that unexpected opportunity shows up.

1. What’s Maceo’s problem?

A．He didn’t buy a cane.	B．He is too fat.
C．He can’t walk at all.	D．He doesn’t like yoga.

2. Why hadn’t Maceo learnt karate before he met Hale?

A．Because she hadn’t been interested in it.

B．Because his doctor told him not to do it.

C．Because it was very expensive.

D．Because he hadn’t dared to try it.

3. After Maceo began learning karate and boxing,       .

A．he give up three times	B．he didn’t exercise often
C．he gained much benefits from them	D．Hale wasn’t satisfied with him first

3 . When I was a kid, I always used to wonder how in the world my father worked outside in the winter without a coat. It could be minus 20 degrees centigrade and there’d be Dad, removing snow, or perhaps chopping(砍) some wood — his coat thrown aside — wearing a shirt, a cap, and a pair of gloves.
“Aren’t you cold, Dad?” I’d ask. “No,” Dad would reply. “I’m not cold—working too hard to be cold.”
Many times I wondered whether my father was an extremely tough man, or whether he was foolish.
One time when I was quite young, perhaps five or so, I went ice fishing with Dad. It was a bright, clear day—and bitterly cold.
After we’d been out on the ice for a little while, my feet started getting cold.
“Daddy, my feet are cold.” I said.
“Yeah, it’s cold out here today,” he replied.
“Tell you what,” he said. “Walk around. Make some circles in the snow. See how many different patterns you can make. That will get your feet warm.”
I was just a little girl at the time but I remember thinking, “How in the world will walking around in the snow make my feet warm? Dad must be out of mind.”
But he was my father, after all. I made circles in the snow. I made squares. Pretty soon I was having so much fun making patterns in the snow. I forgot about my feet being cold.
Now, all these years later, I know, too, from personal experience how my father was able to take his coat off and work outside in the winter wearing just a shirt, a cap and gloves. Because I do it, too. “Aren’t you cold?” my husband asked one winter day. “No,” I replied. “I’m not cold—working too hard to be cold.”
I hope my husband has decided I’m both tough and smart. But I guess quite a bit of the time he thinks I’m foolish.
Wherever Dad is on that great big farm in the sky—I’m sure he can’t help but smile whenever I take my coat off while I’m working outside in the winter.
1. When the author’s feet felt cold, her father advised her to ________.

A．go home alone first	B．keep walking in the snow
C．draw pictures in the snow	D．light a fire on the ice

2. Hearing her father’s advice, the author thought her father ________.

A．forgettable

B．warm-hearted

C．crazy

D．cruel

3. What might the author’s husband think of her?

A．Tough.

B．Smart.

C．Brave.

D．Foolish.

4. The author’s purpose of writing this passage is to ________.

A．remember her tough and smart father

B．show how her father cared about her

C．describe memories of her childhood

D．explain why her father loved her so much

4 . Once an old man went to see a doctor. The doctor looked him over carefully and said,“ Medicine won’t help you. You must have a good rest. Go to bed early, drink milk, walk a lot and smoke one cigar (雪茄烟) a day. Go to the country place for a month.”

After a month the man came to the doctor again,“ How are you?” said the doctor. “ I’m glad to see you again. You look much younger” “Oh, doctor! I feel quite well now,” said the man “I had a good rest. I went to bed early, drank a lot of milk and walk a lot. Your advice certainly helped me, but that you told me to smoke one cigar a day almost killed me first.”

1. The doctor told the man ________

A．to go to bed early

B．to drink milk

C．to walk a lot

D．all above

2. Which of the following sentences is true?

A．The doctor told the man to visit a beautiful city of the country for a month.

B．The doctor didn’t tell him what to do.

C．After a month, the old man felt better.

D．The old man was younger than before after a month.

3. The doctor wanted the old man ________.

A．to get worse	B．to smoke less than before
C．to help him	D．to start smoking

5 . 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 father and I disagreed about my curfew (晚间在家的时间). He would say I had to be in by 9:30 on weekdays, and 11:00 on weekends, and there was no exception. One day, I took courage to first show my opinion on my curfew. I told him it made me feel like a junior high school kid. He explained that though a curfew might sound like a restriction, it was really about people looking out for one another.

The very next Friday after that exchange, my dad and I had tickets to see our own town’s professional football game. On that day he was driving his car to a nearby city to meet some major clients and told me that his getting home and our leaving for the game would be tight.

注意：1. 续写词数应为150个左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

I was beside myself with extreme anxieties, assuming the worst had happened.

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The heavy stone in my heart finally fell to the ground.

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6 . Two men, Alan and Henry, both seriously ill, shared a hospital room. Alan was allowed to sit up in his bed and his bed was next to the room’s only window. Henry had to spend all his time flat on his back.

The men talked for hours, of their wives, families, their homes and their jobs. And every afternoon when Alan, in the bed next to the window, could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see. Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Lovers walked arm in arm among flowers. Trees and skyline could be seen in the distance. As he described all this, Henry, on the other side of the room, would close his eyes and imagine the scene.

One warm afternoon Alan described a parade (游行) passing by. Although Henry could not hear the band, he could see it in his mind. Unexpectedly, an alien thought entered his head: why should he have all the pleasure of seeing everything while I never got to see anything? It doesn’t seem fair. Henry felt ashamed at first. But as the days passed and he missed seeing more sights, his envy grew and soon let him down. He began to find himself unable to sleep. He should be by that window — and that thought now controlled his life.

Late one night, as he lay staring at the ceiling, Alan began to cough. He was choking. Henry watched in the dim room as the struggling man tried hard to reach for the button to call for help. Listening from across the room, he never moved, never pushed his own button which would have brought the nurse running. In less than five minutes, the coughing and choking stopped, along with the sound of breathing. Now, there was only silence — deathly silence.

As soon as it seemed appropriate, Henry asked if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone. Slowly, painfully, he struggled to take his first look. Finally, he would have the joy of seeing it all himself. He looked out, but faced a blank wall.

1. Judging from the passage, the meaning of the underlined word “alien” in Paragraph 3 is ______.

A．new

B．fascinating

C．strange

D．disappointing

2. What finally happened to Alan?

A．He died with choking.	B．He switched his bed with Henry.
C．He was moved to another room.	D．He was very sick.

3. Henry, who had his bed switched, had expected _____.

A．to see more than Alan	B．to feel the joy of breathing fresh air
C．to feel the joy of seeing the outside world	D．to see the blank wall

4. Which of the following words could be used to describe Alan?

A．Talkative and funny	B．Well-informed and humorous
C．Kind-hearted and imaginative	D．Cold-hearted and indifferent

7 . Many years ago my dad was diagnosed (诊断) with a terminal illness. He was unable to work at_______job. He would be fine for quite a while, but would then fall suddenly_______and have to be admitted to the hospital.

He wanted to do something to keep himself_______, so he decided to volunteer at the local children_______. My dad loved kids. He would talk to them and play with them. Sometimes, he would_______one of his kids. In certain instances, he would give_______to the sad parents of these children.

One of his kids was a girl who had been admitted with a_______disease that paralyzed (使……瘫痪) her from the neck down. I don’t know the_______of the disease, but I do know that it was very sad for a little girl. My dad decided to try to help her. He started_______her in her room, bringing paints, brushes and paper. He stood the paper up__________a backing, put the paintbrush in his mouth and began to paint. He didn’t use his hands at all. Only his__________would move. He would visit her________he could and paint for her. All the while he would tell her, “see, you can do________you set your mind to.”

________, she began to paint using her mouth, and she and my dad became friends. Soon after, the little girl was discharged (允许出院). My dad also________the children hospital for a little while because he became ill. Sometime later after my dad had recovered and________to work, he was at the volunteer counter one day and________the front door open. In came the little girl who had been paralyzed, but this time she was________. She ran straight to my dad and hugged him really tight. She gave my dad a picture she had done using her________. At the bottom it read, “thank you for helping me walk.” Sometimes love is more________than doctors, and my dad—who died just a few months after the little girl gave him the picture-loved every single child in that hospital.

1.

A．an important

B．a steady

C．an easy

D．a good

2.

A．ill

B．behind

C．asleep

D．down

3.

A．well

B．wealthy

C．busy

D．healthy

4.

A．palace

B．hospital

C．center

D．park

5.

A．teach

B．miss

C．lose

D．treat

6.

A．speech

B．comfort

C．praise

D．help

7.

A．special

B．curious

C．strange

D．rare

8.

A．result

B．reason

C．name

D．course

9.

A．observing

B．drawing

C．painting

D．visiting

10.

A．with

B．across

C．against

D．over

11.

A．head

B．neck

C．fingers

D．eyes

12.

A．with whoever

B．whenever

C．as if

D．as soon as

13.

A．everything

B．something

C．anything

D．nothing

14.

A．Basically

B．Naturally

C．Eventually

D．Suddenly

15.

A．left

B．entered

C．rushed to

D．stayed at

16.

A．stopped

B．returned

C．hesitated

D．refused

17.

A．pushed

B．noticed

C．observed

D．kicked

18.

A．shouting

B．lying

C．walking

D．jumping

19.

A．hands

B．pens

C．paper

D．mind

20.

A．thankful

B．useful

C．thoughtful

D．powerful

8 . 语法填空

Sammy   Armstrong   was   driving   to   his office   when   he     1    (notice)   a car was stuck on railroad tracks. Then he heard a train whistle. Sammy threw down his sunglasses and keys and ran toward the car.    2    elderly man, Jean Papich, eighty­four, sat in the driver’s seat,    3     (turn) the key and hitting the gas. His wife, Marion, seventy­eight, was looking     4    (nervous) at him. Then Sammy walked    5    the car and pushed it forward, but his boots slipped on the warm asphalt (沥青).He could see the train approaching fast.

It might be    6    (easy)to push the car backward, Sammy thought. He ran around to the front to the vehicle and shouted at Jean     7    (put)the car in neutral(空挡). Sammy could feel the ground trembling under his feet. He put his boots against the track and pushed forcefully. Finally, the car rolled off the tracks. When Sammy looked up, the train was just a couple of     8    (foot )away. Sammy, shocked and     9    (speech), went back to work as the crowd gathered at the scene.

Weeks later, Marion called to thank Sammy. He responded, “I just did     10    I had to do.”

9 . One day a few years ago, a very funny thing happened to a neighbor of mine. He is a teacher at one of London's big medical schools. He had finished his teaching for the summer term and was at the airport on his way to Russia to give a lecture.
He had put a few clothes and his lecture notes in his shoulder bag , and he had put Rupert , the skeleton (人体骨架）to be used in his lecture , in a large brown suitcase. At the airport desk, he suddenly thought that he had forgotten to buy a newspaper. He left his suitcase near the desk and went over to the shop.
When he got back, he discovered that someone had taken his suitcase by mistake. He often wonders what they said when they got home and found Rupert.
1. Who wrote the story?

A．Rupert's teacher.	B．The neighbor's teacher.
C．A medical school teacher.	D．The teacher's neighbor.

2. Why did the teacher put a skeleton in his suitcase?

A．He needed it for the summer term in London.

B．He needed it for the lecture he was going to give.

C．He wanted to take it to Russia for medical research.

D．He wanted to take it home as he had finished his teaching.

3. What happened at the airport?

A．The skeleton went missing.	B．The skeleton was stolen.
C．The teacher forgot his suitcase.	D．The teacher took the wrong suitcase.

4. Which of the following best tells the teacher's feeling about the incident?

A．He was angry.	B．He thinks it very funny.
C．He feels helpless without Rupert.	D．He feels good without Rupert.

5. Which of the following might have happened afterwards?

A．The teacher got back the suitcase but not Rupert.

B．The teacher got back neither the suitcase nor Rupert.

C．The teacher got back Rupert but not the suitcase.

D．The teacher got back both the suitcase and Rupert.

10 . It was almost the worst birthday of Abraham Lincoln’s life.

On February 11, 1861 (the day before he turned fifty-two), Lincoln left for Washington to become the nation’s sixteenth President. As he left home in Springfield, Illinois, Lincoln handed his son Robert a black oilskin(油布) bag, and told him to keep it carefully. He did not tell Robert what was inside.

Unknown to his seventeen-year-old son, Lincoln had placed his newly written inaugural speech in the bag. It was to be the most important speech he ever made. And it was his only copy.

When the train arrived in Indianapolis----the first stop on the long journey---Lincoln rode off in a special carriage without his family. Robert walked from the station to the local hotel.

When Robert arrived at the hotel, he learned that his family’s rooms were not ready. So he asked that the bag should be held at the front desk. Then he went off to be with friends.

On his return, Robert found his father waiting anxiously. Where was the bag? Robert explained that he had checked it at the desk.

An angry Lincoln sped to the hall and leaped over the front desk. He began searching through a huge pile of luggage.

As puzzled guests looked on, Lincoln dragged from the pile a familiar-looking black bag and opened it, only to find someone else’s dirty clothes. It was the wrong bag. Back he went to the pile.

At last he found the valuable bag and the speech inside. Lincoln handed it to his son and said strictly, “Now you keep it!”

It was the one and only time, Robert said, that his father had ever lost his temper at him. But with his speech fond and his birthday yet to be celebrated, Abraham Lincoln grew cheerful. As Robert proudly recalled, “Father did not scold(责骂).”

1. The underlined words “inaugural speech” in Paragraph 3 probably refer to a speech_________.

A．made to a school

B．written by Lincoln’s secretary

C．to take office of President

D．to give at Indianapolis station

2. Lincoln gave his newly written inaugural speech to Robert in order to__________.

A．have Robert make a copy of it

B．let Robert keep an eye on it

C．ask Robert to have a read

D．train the independence of Robert

3. Robert began to realize the importance of the bag when         .

A．he found his father very anxious

B．his father handed the bag to him

C．his father returned the bag to him

D．he arrived at the Indianapolis station

4. From the text we can infer that Lincoln was          .

A．warm-hearted

B．strong-willed

C．bad-tempered

D．readily-trusting