1 . Danielle Hatherley Carroll is an artist. She shares her talent with others, taking groups on field ________ around various locations in New York City, enjoying the company of a variety of people as she catches the ________ of the city.

When Danielle returned home one night, she didn’t ________ that somewhere along the day’s painting journey, she had ________ her wedding ring.

Then, at 3:30 in the morning, she sat up in bed, panicked at the feel of her ________ left ring finger. She tried not to ________ her husband but was caught heading out the door. When Danielle admitted what had ________, her husband got out of bed, and the two of them went out to ________ dustbins.

The last place she remembered the ring on her finger was in Battery Park, when she was washing up. All the garbage cans had already been ________ by the time they got there. Feeling ________, Danielle wrote a note and put it on the windshield of a ________ garbage truck, hoping that someone might provide ________. “Help,” the note read. “I believe my wedding ring might be in this truck.” It was all she could do.

An employee named Gary Gaddist ________ the note in the early morning. He gave Danielle a call, and she explained the whole ________.

“I had to go to Randall’s Island, and when I got there, I ________ the note to the guys,” Gary ________. They told him, “If you want to seek a needle in a haystack（干草堆）, go ahead. It’s just ________.”

At 8:00 that morning, Gary called Danielle with the ________ news. She burst into tears and took a cab to meet Gary. When asked why he would take the ________ time to help out a stranger, Gary ________ said, “I could tell she and her husband love each other. I’m glad I could help.”

1.

A．parties

B．trips

C．sports

D．experiments

2.

A．problem

B．pace

C．beauty

D．change

3.

A．realize

B．admit

C．mind

D．understand

4.

A．replaced

B．polished

C．recovered

D．lost

5.

A．injured

B．bare

C．rough

D．flexible

6.

A．cheat

B．scare

C．wake

D．blame

7.

A．happened

B．appeared

C．survived

D．improved

8.

A．classify

B．arrange

C．paint

D．search

9.

A．destroyed

B．emptied

C．examined

D．washed

10.

A．desperate

B．calm

C．curious

D．encouraged

11.

A．small

B．clumsy

C．dirty

D．nearby

12.

A．defence

B．sympathy

C．assistance

D．evidence

13.

A．discovered

B．recognized

C．missed

D．posted

14.

A．adventure

B．trick

C．story

D．conflict

15.

A．sent

B．showed

C．lent

D．returned

16.

A．hesitated

B．recalled

C．agreed

D．concluded

17.

A．unfair

B．necessary

C．uncomfortable

D．crazy

18.

A．fantastic

B．familiar

C．disappointing

D．official

19.

A．regular

B．pleasant

C．extra

D．same

20.

A．jokingly

B．gratefully

C．awkwardly

D．simply

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。

Life never really turns out the way we expect it to. We have dreams and expectations. And dream-come-true stories are everywhere — except, it may seem, in our own lives.

As a child, Barbara never quite found the bond with her parents that all children need. Her father left the family early, and her mother did menial jobs.

“I couldn’t let my life keep me from caring about other people,” she says. “Maybe it’s unfair or just the way it turns out for people, but I still have a son.”

Barbara raised her son the best she knew how and “he turned out pretty well,” she says, smiling. And after the hard years of making ends meet and giving him a good start, she made a career change.

“I never thought I was supposed to feel sorry for myself,” she says. “And I like people.”

Barbara works as an in-home caregiver for elderly people in their last year of life. She spends 10-hour days, six days a week, with people who have Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, sometimes sleeping on their sofa when they are afraid to spend a night alone. Most don’t have families close by, and Barbara becomes the person they rely on for everything: meals, bathing, bathroom duties, daily walks if they can, mental exercises like crossword puzzles and re-learning family faces.

She only charges what the family can afford and only works with one client at a time. “They become the family I never had, over and over again,” she says, laughing.

The spaces left empty in Barbra’s childhood are filled with memories shared with her from lives fading away in the dusk. For 30 years, she has been making people feel good at a time when most would just be waiting to die, alone and unnoticed. When seeing their faces when they are with Barbara, you’d think the last years were the best.

“I’ve found something I never had,” Barbara says. “We make each other happy. So I try to give them what they want most.”

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。

She’s learned from her experiences that old people want their loved ones to visit them.

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I posted Barbara’s story online to call on children to visit their parents.

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6 . 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。

Fifty years ago, we saw a house in the South Farmingdale, North Massapequa area. The house is located on the ground floor. It is not only well lit, but also has a small garden. My husband and I fell in love with the house. The price was within our reach. Without hesitation we made our decision to buy it.

But there was one problem. It was a corner property. We both agreed there had to be a fence. So after moving in, my husband put up a fence and I painted it white.

How times flies! There have been many changes in our lives since that fence went up. My four children often enjoyed themselves in the garden. Our family had a happy family life in the garden. Now my four children have grown up and moved out. Most of the old neighbours have been replaced with new ones. It was last week that a young couple moved in next door to me. They have three children. Some of them go to school. Sometimes they play in the yard. When I saw their happy family, I felt as if I had gone through decades ago.

However, the fence remains, and at the moment, so do I. The fence has been repaired more often than I can remember. Most times a broken board or two was suddenly repaired. During the past ten years, it has been repainted professionally.

But more seriously, the white fence had turned green with mildew (霉菌). The boards were too old to paint. So this spring I had it rebuilt and repainted. I was satisfied with the rebuilt and repainted fence because it brought me back to my happy memory.

In a week, however, I was shocked to discover that a part of it was destroyed. A post (桩) was broken and some boards were left lying on the ground.

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。

I didn’t know who or what did this.

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The next evening as I ate my dinner, I heard a noise outside.

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8 . I was with my father at a clinic near his home for a routine blood test. An elderly woman came in and sat on a ________ room chair. She settled into the seat opposite my dad and smiled at him and he smiled back ________. He was 77 years old and had been living with Alzheimer disease for several years. It’s a disease that ________ your loved ones, slowly, day by day and the memory loss is painful and ________.

After a while, she started singing the tune My Heart Will Go On. Since Alzheimer disease also has a(n) ________ to damage a person’s patience, I couldn’t help thinking that this little woman was playing with fire. Her singing began gently. I glanced at Dad to see his ________. His smile was gone, and he was ________ right at her. I couldn’t read his expression initially, but it seemed to be something like ________. I wondered if he was lost somewhere in his memory, or maybe he was trying to figure out whether this was someone he should ________. Slowly, the woman’s singing got louder and her eyes closed with ________. Now Dad looked a little shocked. Still, I watched nervously, noticing the ________ of an angry outburst and was considering my options on how best to ________ in. Instead, his face changed, and the tension ________ in his eyes. He no longer looked confused.

When her song ended and the waiting room became ________, the woman opened her eyes. My dad was still looking directly at her. “That was beautiful,” he said. ________, she smiled and said, “Thank you.”

1.

A．living

B．waiting

C．fitting

D．consulting

2.

A．secretly

B．gratefully

C．slightly

D．coldly

3.

A．steals

B．destroys

C．cheats

D．panics

4.

A．limited

B．regular

C．temporary

D．merciless

5.

A．expectation

B．standard

C．tendency

D．symbol

6.

A．performance

B．response

C．gesture

D．message

7.

A．rushing

B．laughing

C．pointing

D．staring

8.

A．confusion

B．desperation

C．blankness

D．caution

9.

A．worry about

B．hear of

C．date with

D．call on

10.

A．purpose

B．strength

C．emotion

D．respect

11.

A．instruction

B．outcome

C．effect

D．possibility

12.

A．step

B．check

C．give

D．join

13.

A．increased

B．filled

C．eased

D．divided

14.

A．delightful

B．silent

C．bright

D．harmonious

15.

A．In public

B．In turn

C．In relief

D．In return

9 . When my children were younger, we used to walk a graveled trail (用碎石铺成的小路) around the lake near our home. One spring day my daughter and I ______ just how much rubbish was ______ along the trail. The next day then we brought a big rubbish bag with us and started to slowly, step by step, ______ the rubbish along our way. There were plastic water bottles, wrappers for candy bars, empty chip bags, and even an old discarded shoe. We stopped and picked up each one. By the time we had circled the ______, the bag was nearly ______.

Tired but ______, we put the bag in an empty rubbish can. We stopped before we ______ home and took one last look at the lake as the sun set. It looked more ______ than ever.

I know that at times this world’s problems can seem ______ to deal with and you wonder what you can do to make a difference. But the ______ is everything you do makes a difference! Every time you bent ______ to pick up a single piece of rubbish you make a difference. Every ______ you share makes a difference. Every kind word you say makes a difference. Every hug you share, every flower you plant, every animal you ______, everything you do, no matter how ______, makes a difference in this world.

Therefore, make your difference ______ from picking up a piece of rubbish.

1.

A．thought

B．threw

C．valued

D．noticed

2.

A．missing

B．lying

C．hanging

D．waiting

3.

A．raise up

B．turn up

C．pick up

D．make up

4.

A．forest

B．mountain

C．pool

D．lake

5.

A．full

B．empty

C．broken

D．new

6.

A．happy

B．sad

C．depressed

D．exhausted

7.

A．headed

B．left

C．called

D．flew

8.

A．normal

B．boring

C．disappointing

D．beautiful

9.

A．easy

B．hard

C．unnecessary

D．simple

10.

A．hope

B．aim

C．tradition

D．truth

11.

A．forward

B．upward

C．backward

D．onward

12.

A．scream

B．laugh

C．smile

D．weep

13.

A．lose

B．beat

C．save

D．trick

14.

A．many

B．much

C．big

D．small

15.

A．yesterday

B．today

C．tomorrow

D．tonight