1 . Mr. Black had a very bad heart. He went into a big hospital which was     1     (new) built in Cape Town. Professor Carl     2     (want) to give Mr. Black a new heart. Mr. Black waited. On December 2^nd last year, a young woman was sent to     3     same hospital. She was badly hurt in an accident, and died suddenly with a     4     (health) heart. Professor Carl asked the woman’s father, “May I take out     5     (you) daughter’s heart that is still very strong? I plan     6     (put) it into Mr. Black’s body which has a bad heart.” The woman’s father kept     7     (silence) for a while, thinking about     8     the professor said. “Yes was his answer. On December 3^rd, Carl put the woman’s heart     9     Mr. Black s body and he survived. Carl’s work has helped doctors very much and so far he     10     (save) a lot of people with heart disease.

2 . Zhang Chaofan, 24, was born without a left hand and forearm. Her father named her Chaofan, which means being extraordinary, as he hoped she would live a wonderful life despite (尽管) her disability.

As a child, Zhang dreamed of having a pair of hands. After she entered primary school, Zhang realized she would never have a left hand. At that time, painting helped her win confidence in life. Zhang performed well academically in high school. At the same time, her love of painting didn’t become weak and she dreamed of setting up her own art school. Due to her hard work, she achieved high scores in the college entrance exam, and in 2011 she was accepted into School of Art and Communication of Beijing Technology and Business University. She won the school’s top scholarship every year.

Zhang set up an art school in Changchun in 2015. In 2016, the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League named Zhang one of the 20 young people who set an example to the young by being kind hearted.

“Disabled people may have less chance in their jobs and more inconvenience in their lives than normal people. But that doesn’t mean we are unable to make good achievements. We must be brave, and we must believe in love and teamwork. Life will smile on us in return if we work hard,” Zhang said.

1. Why did the father name his daughter Chaofan?

A．Because he knew her great talent.

B．Because he wished her a splendid life.

C．Because he arranged her bright future.

D．Because he understood her disability.

2. How is Paragraph 2 mainly developed?

A．By telling a funny story.

B．By offering suggestions.

C．By following time order.

D．By making comparisons.

3. Which of the following can best describe Zhang Chaofan?

A．Honest and strict.

B．Understanding and ashamed.

C．Proud and impatient.

D．Warm-hearted and hard-working.

4. What can be inferred from what Zhang said?

A．Disabled people seldom work together.

B．Disabled people should be taken good care of.

C．Disabled people can make achivements by working hard.

D．Disabled people may have more chance to get employed.

3 . We didn’t have a lot of money when I was little, so Mum had to ______my fringe(刘海) herself. When we ______ the old photos, she says she did well.

“One side always ended up shorter than the other, so I ______ to even things up(使两边平等),” she says.

When I point out that her idea of evening things up made my head look ______, we both burst out ______. Sometimes my fringe would end up so ______on my forehead that it didn’t need cutting for months.

______ my mother would get it more or less right, but this then______ me the nickname of Bully Beef. At the time, all the children were reading a book. In the______there was a character called Bully Beef. He had a fringe, which looked like his mother had put a bowl on his ______ and then cut round it. As Bully Beef wasn’t a very nice ______and I had long hair, I thought the nickname was rather ______.

When I was a teenager, as a treat, my mother took me to a hair salon, ______ they advised me to______ my fringe. “Her forehead is too big. It will look ______ if her fringe is cut.” The hairdresser’s   ____were a disaster for a teenager. But I wasn’t the ______ one to come under attack. “Hmm,” he said, looking at my fringe, “it looks ______ someone has attacked her fringe with a knife and fork.”

My mother ______ her anger and said, “Oh, does it?” Still, it made her think that perhaps it wasn’t such a good idea for her to cut my fringe any more, and so I became a(n) ______ customer at the hairdresser’s.

1.

A．clean

B．repair

C．cut

D．decorate

2.

A．pick up

B．work out

C．look through

D．write down

3.

A．wished

B．tried

C．decided

D．chose

4.

A．strange

B．tired

C．absent

D．far

5.

A．crying

B．laughing

C．quarrelling

D．smiling

6.

A．long

B．wide

C．high

D．deep

7.

A．Rarely

B．Perfectly

C．Possibly

D．Occasionally

8.

A．accepted

B．owned

C．received

D．earned

9.

A．magazine

B．book

C．newspaper

D．poster

10.

A．head

B．arm

C．face

D．leg

11.

A．picture

B．memory

C．character

D．partner

12.

A．unfamiliar

B．unfair

C．unlucky

D．unsafe

13.

A．when

B．how

C．why

D．where

14.

A．arrange

B．keep

C．protect

D．expand

15.

A．awful

B．nice

C．easy

D．hard

16.

A．gestures

B．emotions

C．attitude

D．words

17.

A．right

B．next

C．only

D．wrong

18.

A．as if

B．even though

C．so that

D．in case

19.

A．described

B．poured

C．controlled

D．searched

20.

A．regular

B．common

C．ordinary

D．normal

4 . James’s New Bicycle

James shook his money box again. Nothing! He carefully _______ the coins that lay on the bed.

$24.52 was all that he had. The bicycle he wanted was at least $90! _______ on earth was he going to get the _______ of the money?

He knew that his friends all had bicycles. It was _______ to hang around with people when you were the only one without wheels. He thought about what he could do. There was no _______ asking his parents, for he knew they had no money to _______.

There was only one way to get the money, and that was to _______ it. He would have to find a job. _______ who would hire him and what could he do? He decided to ask Mr. Clay for advice, who usually had _______ on most things.

“Well, you can start right here,” said Mr. Clay. “My windows need cleaning and my car needs washing.”

That was the ________ of James’s odd-job business. For three months he worked every day after finishing his homework. He was amazed by the ________ of jobs that people found for him to do. He took dogs and babies for walks, cleared out cupboards, and mended books. He lost count of the ________ of cars he washed and windows he cleaned, but the ________ increased and he knew that he would soon have ________ for the bicycle he longed for.

The day ________ came when James counted his money and found $94.32. He ________ no time and went down to the shop to pick up the bicycle he wanted. He rode ________ home, looking forward to showing his new bicycle to his friends. It had been hard ________ for the money, but James knew that he valued his bicycle far more ________ he had bought it with his own money. He had ________ what he thought was impossible, and that was worth even than the bicycle.

1.

A．cleaned

B．covered

C．counted

D．checked

2.

A．How

B．Why

C．Who

D．What

3.

A．amount

B．part

C．sum

D．rest

4.

A．brave

B．hard

C．smart

D．unfair

5.

A．point

B．reason

C．result

D．right

6.

A．split

B．spend

C．spare

D．save

7.

A．borrow

B．earn

C．raise

D．collect

8.

A．Or

B．So

C．For

D．But

9.

A．decisions

B．experience

C．opinions

D．knowledge

10.

A．beginning

B．introduction

C．requirement

D．opening

11.

A．similarity

B．quality

C．suitability

D．variety

12.

A．brand

B．number

C．size

D．type

13.

A．effort

B．pressure

C．money

D．trouble

14.

A．all

B．enough

C．much

D．some

15.

A．finally

B．instantly

C．normally

D．regularly

16.

A．gave

B．left

C．took

D．wasted

17.

A．patiently

B．proudly

C．silently

D．tiredly

18.

A．applying

B．asking

C．looking

D．working

19.

A．since

B．if

C．than

D．though

20.

A．deserved

B．benefited

C．achieved

D．learned

5 . Many years ago, when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver, I was driving to my parents’ home in Missouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station (加油站) about 50 miles from Oklahoma City, where I was planning to stop and visit a friend. While I was standing in line at the cash register (收款台), I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas.

I took off , but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car. I stopped and wondered what I should do. A car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friend’s. We chatted on the way into the city, and when I got out of the car, the husband gave me his business card.

I wrote him and his wife a thank-you note for helping me. Soon afterward, I received a Christmas present from them. Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful.

Years later, I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning. In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I’d left the lights on all day, and the battery (电池) was dead. Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership — a shop selling cars — was right next door. I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom.

“Just how friendly is Friendly Ford?” I asked and explained my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it. They would accept no payment, so when I got home, I wrote them a note to say thanks. I received a letter back from one of the salesmen. No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you, and it meant a lot, he said.

“Thank you” — two powerful words. They’re easy to say and mean so much.

1. The author planned to stop at Oklahoma City ________.

A．to visit a friend

B．to see his parents

C．to pay at the cash register

D．to have more gas for his car

2. The words “took off” underlined in Paragraph 2 mean “________”.

A．turned off

B．moved off

C．put up

D．set up

3. What happened when the author found smoke coming out of his car?

A．He had it pulled back to the gas station.

B．The couple sent him a business card.

C．The couple offered to help him.

D．He called his friend for help.

4. The battery of the author’s car was dead because ________.

A．something went wrong with the lights

B．the meeting lasted a whole day

C．he forgot to turn off the lights

D．he drove too long a distance

5. By telling his own experiences, the author tries to show ________.

A．how to write a thank-you letter

B．how to deal with car problems

C．the kind-heartedness of older people

D．the importance of expressing thanks

6 . The afternoon on December 25 in the waiting room, I was the nurse on duty. When I felt sad about having to ____on Christmas Day, a woman and four small children showed up at my desk.
“Are you all sick?” I asked. “Yes.” the woman said ____ and lowered her head. But when it came to telling me about their ____, things got a little surprising. They all seemed to be well and there was nothing ____ with their body.
Why did they tell a ____ that they were all sick? I did not say anything but ____ that it might be a little time before a doctor could ____ them . The mother said, “Take your time. We can ____ here. It’s so warm.” When she finished the register chart, I noticed she didn’t write down their address----were they ____?
I looked at the ____ around the Christmas tree. The children were excited and ____ to be healthy. The littlest one was pointing at the Christmas tree and said something to the mother. Then I was sure that they came here not because of ____ but only for warmth.
I went back to the nurses’ station and ____ the homeless family. The nurses, ____ about working on Christmas Day like me, turned to feel sorry for the family and decided to ____We bought delicious food in the hospital restaurant and ____ a big dinner for our guests. We needed ____ So we put apples in a basket and collected candies and clothes. Just as we were seriously prepared to meet the physical needs of the ____, our team worked to meet the needs of a family who just wanted to be ____ on Christmas Day.
Later, as the family was to ____, the youngest child ran to me and said, “Thank you very much. Good bye. ”1.

A．choose

B．work

C．shop

D．clean

2.

A．angrily

B．joyfully

C．weakly

D．loudly

3.

A．plans

B．jobs

C．habits

D．problems

4.

A．wrong

B．new

C．special

D．strange

5.

A．story

B．lie

C．joke

D．secret

6.

A．explained

B．agree

C．promised

D．replied

7.

A．visit

B．educate

C．see

D．encourage

8.

A．sleep

B．eat

C．dance

D．wait

9.

A．careless

B．homeless

C．impolite

D．unhappy

10.

A．family

B．team

C．class

D．police

11.

A．seemed

B．wanted

C．decided

D．happened

12.

A．fun

B．hunger

C．illness

D．tiredness

13.

A．introduced

B．mentioned

C．reported

D．greeted

14.

A．writing

B．learning

C．worrying

D．complaining

15.

A．leave

B．stop

C．watch

D．help

16.

A．prepared

B．cooked

C．ordered

D．started

17.

A．vegetables

B．materials

C．presents

D．fruits

18.

A．doctors

B．patients

C．leaders

D．nurses

19.

A．satisfied

B．excited

C．warm

D．full

20.

A．watch

B．sing

C．win

D．Leave

7 . That cold January night, I was growing sick of my life in San Francisco. There I was, walking home at one in the morning after a tiring practice at the theater. With opening night only a week away, I was still learning my lines. I was having trouble dealing with my part-time job at the bank and my acting at night at the same time. As I walked, I thought seriously about giving up both acting and San Francisco. City life had become too much for me.
As I walked down empty streets under tall buildings, I felt very small and cold. I began running, both to keep warm and to keep away any possible robbers(抢劫犯). Very few people were still out except a few sad-looking homeless people under blankets.
About a block from my apartment, I heard a sound behind me. I turned quickly, half expecting to see someone with a knife or a gun. The street was empty. All I saw was a shining streetlight. Still, the noise had made me nervous, so I started to run faster. Not until I reached my apartment building and unlocked the door did I realize what the noise had been. It had been my wallet falling to the sidewalk.
Suddenly I wasn’t cold or tired anymore. I ran out of the door and back to where I’d heard the noise. Although I searched the sidewalk anxiously for fifteen minutes, my wallet was nowhere to be found.
Just as I was about to give up the search, I heard the garbage truck(垃圾车) pull up to the sidewalk next to me. When a voice called from the inside, “Alisa Camacho?” I thought I was dreaming. How could this man know my name? The door opened, and out jumped a small red-haired man with an amused look in his eyes. “Is this what you’re looking for?” he asked, holding up a small square shape.
It was nearly 3 a.m. by the time I got into bed. I wouldn’t get much sleep that night, but I had got my wallet back. I also had got back some enjoyment of city life. I realized that the city couldn’t be a bad place as long as people were willing to help each other.
1. How did the writer feel when she was walking home after work?

A．Cold and sick.	B．Lucky and hopeful.
C．Satisfied and cheerful.	D．Disappointed and helpless.

2. From the first paragraph, we learn that the writer was busy_____.

A．solving her problem at the bank

B．taking part in various city activities

C．learning acting in an evening school

D．preparing for the first night show

3. On her way home the writer_____.

A．lost her wallet unknowingly

B．was stopped by a garbage truck driver

C．was robbed of her wallet by a man with a knife

D．found some homeless people following her

4. In the fifth paragraph, why did the writer say she was dreaming?

A．Someone offered to take her back home.

B．A red-haired man came to see her.

C．She heard someone call her name.

D．Her wallet was found in a garbage truck.

5. From the text, we can infer that the writer_____.

A．would stop working at night

B．would stay on in San Francisco

C．would make friends with cleaners

D．would give up her job at the bank

8 . Today, roller skating is easy and fun. But a long time ago, it wasn’t easy at all. Before 1750, the idea of skating didn’t exist. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. Merlin was a person who liked playing the violin and was full of ideas and dreams. People called him a dreamer.

One day Merlin received an invitation to a fancy dress ball(化妆舞会). He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think how to make a grand entrance at the party. He came up with an idea. He thought everyone would be attracted by him if he could skate into the room.

Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll. Finally, he decided to put two, wheels under each shoe. These were the first rolled skates. Merlin was very proud of his invention and dreamed of arriving at the party on wheels while playing the violin.

　　On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room, playing the violin. Everyone was amazed to see this. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates. Suddenly he ran into a huge mirror hanging on the wall. It fell down and broke into pieces. Nobody forgot Merlin’s entrance for a long time.
1. The passage is mainly about_______.

A．a strange man

B．an unusual party

C．how roller skating started

D．how people held parties in the 18th century

2. People thought Merlin was a dreamer because he________.

A．often gave others surprises	B．was a gifted musician
C．invented the roller skates	D．was full of imagination

3. Merlin put wheels under his shoes to_________.

A．impress the party guests	B．arrive at the party sooner
C．test his invention	D．show his skill in walking on wheels

4. What main point the writer is trying to make in the last paragraph?

A．The roller skates needed further improvement.

B．The party guests took Merlin for a fool.

C．Merlin succeeded beyond expectation.

D．Merlin got himself into trouble.

9 . 完形填空
Teaching second grade is always a challenge．Each student arrives at school with his own needs and difficulties．One year a student called Billy _______ me with his behavior as well as his academic requirements．He struggled daily with his _______ emotions and often became angry or violent．I knew that，to make _______ progress，his emotions needed controlling．
One _______ I tried to help Billy was to have him come directly into the classroom when he arrived at school．Billy’s mom would _______ me to alert (警告) me to a particularly emotional morning at home．Then，I would focus on _______ his anger and calming him down before the other students arrived.
One week our class was studying _______ ．I thought one way to bring learning into the classroom was to bring my dog Rocky to school for the day.
That day began as normal．I was preparing activities focused on dog themes _______. I was told that Billy had a _______ morning at home and I might need to get him ____________ ．As I was talking to his mom，Billy ____________ into the classroom．To Billy’s ____________ ，Rocky immediately ran up to his new ____________ ，wagging his tail and licking Billy’s face with doggy affection．Billy couldn’t ____________ Rocky’s charm (魅力) and began laughing as his anger melted away．
Throughout the day，Billy never left Rocky’s side，feeding him，being gentle with him and even ____________ the other students while Rocky was sleeping．
Billy was known for doing anything he could to avoid ____________ ，but on this day he found a good dog story，“Clifford’s Puppy Days，” and read it to Rocky．How ____________. I was at the sight of Billy reading happily！My little dog was able to ____________ Billy’s day from one of anger and frustration to one of laughter，gentleness and ____________ .
That day Rocky more than helped me with my ____________ ；he helped to change the life of a child! After that Billy’s behavior definitely improved.1.

A．challenged

B．cheated

C．benefited

D．betrayed

2.

A．unforgettable

B．uncontrollable

C．unconscious

D．unfortunate

3.

A．physical

B．mental

C．academic

D．authentic

4.

A．advantage

B．agenda

C．reason

D．way

5.

A．awake

B．call

C．visit

D．sign

6.

A．tolerating

B．observing

C．relieving

D．ignoring

7.

A．emotions

B．pets

C．botany

D．diet

8.

A．after

B．as

C．when

D．before

9.

A．boring

B．fantastic

C．busy

D．rough

10.

A．settled

B．punished

C．treated

D．excited

11.

A．fled

B．stormed

C．jogged

D．floated

12.

A．surprise

B．delight

C．shame

D．fear

13.

A．protector

B．trainer

C．friend

D．owner

14.

A．resist

B．describe

C．reduce

D．forget

15.

A．educating

B．envying

C．comforting

D．quieting

16.

A．exploding

B．reading

C．arguing

D．apologizing

17.

A．surprised

B．disappointed

C．amused

D．confused

18.

A．urge

B．shorten

C．transform

D．expand

19.

A．admiration

B．curiosity

C．anxiety

D．love

20.

A．family

B．teaching

C．housework

D．performance