3 . Our neighbors had a loud party last night. We weren’t _______ but this was one of those celebrations that I didn’t mind. They are a bunch of young, single guys and I would have felt out of place.

What _______ me was the way they behaved. Ono of the young men came over _______ in the day to “warn” us of the upcoming event and said it would be over at about 11 p. m. That was the first step. Even more _______ was what they did next. “Here’s my _______”, offered our neighbor _______ “Text me if it’s too noisy.” That was a level of _______ I had never experienced in all my years of being a neighbor!

And it really worked in their favor. My husband and I were so friendly that even when the event went past the _______ end time, even when the music reached high decibels(分贝), and even when we couldn’t get through to the phone number, we felt no _______. We knew they would stop and ________ to it eventually.

It takes such little effort to make people feel that they ________ and get people on your side. Everyone needs to ________ every now and then, especially in these uniquely tough times. But people who do it without disturbing others are few and far between. I hadn’t fully ________ my neighbors until this week. But now I see them in a new light and with greater ________ . They didn’t just bring the noise to the neighborhood; they showed us a good manner of ________ in life.

1.

A．located

B．explored

C．challenged

D．invited

2.

A．trapped

B．impressed

C．annoyed

D．embarrassed

3.

A．later

B．closer

C．earlier

D．further

4.

A．shocking

B．frightening

C．puzzling

D．amazing

5.

A．call number

B．room number

C．account number

D．car number

6.

A．anxiously

B．politely

C．regularly

D．obviously

7.

A．imagination

B．consideration

C．recognition

D．organization

8.

A．promised

B．supplied

C．designed

D．compared

9.

A．stress

B．anxiety

C．worry

D．anger

10.

A．respond

B．adapt

C．contribute

D．stick

11.

A．figure

B．succeed

C．matter

D．access

12.

A．sleep

B．maintain

C．travel

D．relax

13.

A．noticed

B．delivered

C．explored

D．proved

14.

A．surrounding

B．respect

C．curiosity

D．distance

15.

A．strategy

B．apology

C．communication

D．inspiration

4 . Actor Anthony Anderson has realized a dream 30 years in the making. The 51-year-old ________ a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Howard University last week. “It was all a dream! Words fail to________ the feeling I’m having right now,” Anderson wrote on a social media platform. “My proudest moment is a sense of ________—finishing what I started many years ago.”

Anderson finished his junior year at Howard 30 years ago. ________ some financial difficulties, he had to ask for a________ from school. He worked hard to make a________. Later he started a family and his career ________. He played the starring roles in many films and became a________. The following years he was occupied in his work and didn’t return to school. It was something     he always felt________ about — until his son, Nathan, gained ________ to Howard four years ago. That inspired his longing for university study, so he was________ to go back and finish his degree.

“This spring I was________ able to finish the work to graduate from Howard University,” Anderson said. He marked it as a________ by calling it “a full-circle moment” and ________ his fans, “It’s never too late. Things happen when they’re supposed to happen!” Anderson, now a father of two, plans to ________ his education and go to graduate school for a master’s degree.

1.

A．received

B．took

C．deserved

D．held

2.

A．cause

B．give

C．describe

D．hide

3.

A．purpose

B．identity

C．completion

D．belonging

4.

A．In terms of

B．With regard to

C．By comparison with

D．On account of

5.

A．reward

B．favor

C．job

D．break

6.

A．fortune

B．living

C．promotion

D．reputation

7.

A．took off

B．started over

C．slowed down

D．pulled up

8.

A．hit

B．leader

C．singer

D．director

9.

A．confused

B．upset

C．anxious

D．regretful

10.

A．assistance

B．admission

C．invitation

D．permission

11.

A．willing

B．cautious

C．determined

D．satisfied

12.

A．eventually

B．gradually

C．obviously

D．temporarily

13.

A．bonus

B．milestone

C．dreamland

D．wonder

14.

A．warned

B．taught

C．commanded

D．reminded

15.

A．record

B．acquire

C．further

D．finish

5 . My father told me a family story about his mother, my grandmother.

In 1949, my father had just returned home from the war. On every American highway you could see soldiers in uniform hitchhiking (搭便车) home to their families, as was the custom at that time in America.

Sadly, the excitement of this reunion with his family soon disappeared. My grandmother became very ill and had to be in hospital. The doctors told my father that she needed a blood transfusion immediately or she wouldn’t live through the night. The problem was that Grandmother’s blood types was AB-, a very rare type even today, but even harder to get then because there were no blood banks or air flights to ship blood. All the family members had their blood tested, but not one member was a match. So the doctors gave the family no hope; my grandmother was dying.

My father left the hospital in tears to gather up all the family members, so that everyone would get a chance to tell Grandmother good-bye. As my father was driving down the highway, he passed a soldier in uniform hitchhiking home to his family. Deep in sadness, my father had no inclination at that moment to do a good deed. Yet it was almost as if something outside himself pulled him to a stop, and he waited as the stranger climbed into the car.

My father was too upset to even ask the soldier his name, but the soldier noticed my father’s tears right away and asked why. My father told this total stranger everything.

It got very quiet in the car. Then this soldier reached his hand out to my father, in which rested the dog tags from around his neck. The blood type on the tags was AB-. The soldier told my father to turn the car around and get him to the hospital.

My grandmother lived until 1996, and to this day no one in our family knows the soldier’s name. But my father has often wondered, was he a soldier or an angel in uniform?

1. Why did the author’s father leave the hospital?

A．To buy something necessary for Grandmother.

B．To ask the family members to have their blood tested.

C．To pickup a soldier whose blood type was the same as Grandmother’s.

D．To gather the family members to pay their last respects to Grandmother.

2. According to the passage,which of the following is true?

A．After her serious illness, Grandmother lived 47 years.

B．Grandmother’s children refused to help her.

C．My father has forgotten the soldier.

D．The doctors didn’t try to save Grandmother.

3. From the sentence “my father had no inclination at that moment to do a good deed” in paragraph 4, what can we can infer?

A．The author’s father intended to offer his help.

B．The author’s father was willing to help the soldier.

C．The author’s father was scheduled to do a good deed.

D．The author’s father was too sad to help others.

4. What may be the best title for the passage?

A．A Strange Soldier	B．An Unexpected Git
C．An Angel in Uniform	D．An Unknown Soldier

6 . My First Job

Since my family were not going to be helpful, I decided I would look for one all by myself and not tell them about it till I’d got one.

I had seen an agency advertised in a local newspaper. I rushed out of the house in search of it. I was wildly excited, and as _________ as if I were going on the stage. Finding the _________ quite easily, I ran breathlessly through a door which said “Enter without knocking, if you please.”

The simple atmosphere of the office _________ me. The woman looked carefully at me for a while through her glasses, and then _________ me in a low voice. I answered softly. All of a sudden I started to feel rather _________. She wondered why I was looking for this sort of job. I felt even more helpless when she told me that it would be difficult to get a job without _________. I was wondering whether I ought to leave _________ the telephone on her desk rang. I heard her say: “_________, I’ve got someone in the office at this very moment who might _________.” She wrote down a __________ , and held it out to me, saying: “Ring up this lady. She wants a __________ immediately. In fact, you would have to start tomorrow by cooking a dinner for ten people.”

“Oh yes,” said I — __________ having cooked for more than four in my life. I __________ her again and again, and rushed out to the __________ telephone box. I collected my thoughts, took a deep breath, and rang the number. I said confidently that I was just what she was looking for.

I spent the next few hours __________ cook books.

1.

A．proud

B．amazed

C．nervous

D．worried

2.

A．family

B．door

C．stage

D．place

3.

A．calmed

B．excited

C．frightened

D．annoyed

4.

A．advised

B．questioned

C．admired

D．examined

5.

A．fearless

B．dissatisfied

C．hopeless

D．pleased

6.

A．experience

B．ability

C．knowledge

D．study

7.

A．after

B．since

C．until

D．when

8.

A．Above all

B．In fact

C．As a result

D．In spite of that

9.

A．hire

B．accept

C．suit

D．quit

10.

A．letter

B．name

C．note

D．number

11.

A．cook

B．help

C．teacher

D．secretary

12.

A．almost

B．never

C．nearly

D．really

13.

A．answered

B．promised

C．thanked

D．told

14.

A．outside

B．local

C．best

D．nearest

15.

A．reading

B．supplying

C．borrowing

D．writing

8 .

A five-year-old dog named Kelsey has been praised as a hero for helping to save the life of her owner who slipped in the snow and broke his neck.

The man, Bob, was alone when he left his Michigan farmhouse on New Year’s Eve to collect firewood. Expecting a journey of only several meters, Bob was wearing just long johns (秋裤), a shirt and slippers when he went outside, although the temperature was around -4℃.

After the accident, he was unable to move in the snow. Fortunately, Kelsey came to his assistance.

“I was shouting for help, but my nearest neighbor is about 400 meters away, and it was 10:30 pm,” Bob explained. “But my Kelsey came. By the next morning, my voice was gone, and I couldn’t yell for help, but Kelsey didn’t stop barking.”

Bob’s companion kept him warm by lying on top of him. She licked his face and hands to keep him awake. “Kelsey kept barking but never left my side,” Bob recalled. “She kept me warm. I knew I couldn’t give up and that it was my choice to stay alive.”

Bob spent 19 hours in the freezing cold. When he finally lost consciousness, his dog kept barking. Finally, hearing the barking, Bob’s neighbor discovered him at 6:30 p.m. on New Year’s Day and called the emergency services at once. When Bob arrived in hospital, his body temperature was below 21℃. However, doctors were surprised to find that he didn’t have any frostbite (冻疮). They believed it was because of Kelsey’s determination to keep him warm. Dr. Chaim Colen, the doctor who treated Bob, said, “Animals can help and his dog really saved him...he was very lucky.”

Bob said he was “enormously” grateful for both Dr. Colen and his Kelsey. “They saved my life. They are truly heroes!”

1. Why did Bob only wear long johns?

A．Because the weather is extremely warm.

B．Because he thought the distance was not far.

C．Because he could not afford new trousers.

D．Because he wanted a journey on his own.

2. Why did Kelsey keep barking?

A．To keep Bob warm.	B．To help Bob stay alive.
C．To make Bob awake.	D．To seek help from others.

3. What is paragraph 6 mainly about?

A．Hom Bob got in danger.	B．How Bob saved his dog.
C．How Bob was rescued.	D．How Bob shouted for help.

4. Which of the following can best describe Kelsey?

A．Loyal and determined	B．Cute and lazy.
C．Brave and sensitive.	D．Friendly and diligent.

9 . I was a stay-at-home dad, which gave me plenty of time to cook. Ever since I was a kid, cooking had been one of my _________. My dad had given me some great advice. “If you’re gonna cook,” he began, “you might as well make sure it’s tasty.” So with that _________, I’d set about making each dish as _________ as I could. I figured that if something looked and _________ good then, chances were, it would taste great too.

One day, I was on the Internet when I noticed my best friend, Dave had _________ a video of him cooking. He was _________ with The Fathering Project, a non-profit organization that helped men be the best dads they could. “We’re always looking for content,” he said, “Can you _________ your videos with us?” I was more than happy to _________ other fathers to get into the kitchen. So I started to _________ videos of my cooking. I also gave viewers plenty of __________. “The kitchen can be a place to __________ with others,” I told them. My son and daughter helped me with washing and cutting, but most importantly, we all shared a __________ with each other, My videos grew so __________ that dads around the country were setting out for my suggestions. It’s been an enormous __________ to transform my enthusiasm into something that’s helping others. I hope my videos will keep giving dads a taste of the __________ cooking brings to our lives.

1.

A．jobs

B．choices

C．passions

D．dreams

2.

A．evidence

B．philosophy

C．permit

D．warning

3.

A．small

B．simple

C．memorable

D．expensive

4.

A．smelt

B．remained

C．sounded

D．felt

5.

A．reserved

B．posted

C．downloaded

D．sold

6.

A．settled

B．satisfied

C．compared

D．involved

7.

A．share

B．change

C．trouble

D．confirm

8.

A．qualify

B．require

C．encourage

D．persuade

9.

A．review

B．film

C．watch

D．select

10.

A．likes

B．orders

C．requests

D．tips

11.

A．argue

B．compete

C．connect

D．agree

12.

A．laugh

B．faith

C．lesson

D．discussion

13.

A．familiar

B．popular

C．wild

D．visible

14.

A．chance

B．pleasure

C．responsibility

D．task

15.

A．magic

B．energy

C．fail

D．effect

10 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。

Ms. Mary was over eighty,     1     she still drove her old car like half her age. She loved driving very fast, and boasted of the fact that she had never    2    (punish) for a driving mistake in her thirty­five years of driving,

Then one day, she nearly lost her record. A police car followed her, and the     3    (policeman) in it saw her pass a red light without     4     (stop).

When Ms. Mary came before the judge, he looked at her     5     (serious) and said that she was too old to drive a car, and that the reason why she had not stopped     6     red light was most probably that her eyes had become weak with old age, so she had simply not seen it.

When the judge had finished     7    he was saying, Ms. Mary opened the big handbag she was carrying and took out her sewing (缝纫包). Without saying a word, she     8    (choose) a needle with a very small eye, and threaded it at the first time.

When she had successfully done this, she took the thread out of the needle again and handed both the needle and thread to the judge, saying, “Now it is your turn. I suppose you can drive     9     car well, and you have no doubts about your eyesight. ”

The judge took the needle and tried to thread it. After half a dozen times, he had still not succeeded. The case against Ms. Mary was dismissed, and     10    (she) record remained unbroken.