1 . 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。

Catherine was the coolest kid in her class. Whenever she went, she was in the spotlight, with a bunch of kids following her and doing everything she did.

Her deskmate, Landy, however, was not in the cool kids’ group. Being the tallest kid in her class, she was teased by her classmates, who were always chanting “Landy, Landy, long as spaghetti (意大利面 )”. Every time Landy heard those silly chants, she could feel her face burst into flames. God knew how she wished the ground to crack and swallow her!

Catherine didn’t really like it when the kids chanted “Landy, Landy, long as spaghetti”. But she never told them to stop either, and nor did she ever talk to her. She liked being popular.

One weekend, Catherine went over to her grandfather for Thanksgiving. Her grandfather lives on a farm at the opposite end of town, where he keeps chickens. While helping to feed the chickens, Catherine noticed a peculiar one. Curling in the corner, it looked smaller than the others and was almost half-bare!

“What’s the matter with it?” She asked her grandfather, with a puzzled frown on her face. Her grandfather told her how chickens could act. “They have a pecking (啄) order,” he explained, wrinkles of concern spreading around his forehead. “If one chicken is different, the others will push it away and keep pecking it. Sometimes they peck it so much that it dies.”

“Oh, what a poor little thing!” Catherine let out a sigh as she scooped the frightened chicken up in her arms, whose heart was beating fast in the bony little body. Suddenly, she thought of Landy, the girl being “pecked” by her classmates. “I’m going to take it home and take good care of it,” she said with a determined look.

Back in school, Catherine told the cool kids about the chicken. “It’s looking healthy,” she said proudly. “It’s fatter and its feathers are growing. Even the cat likes it. She carries it around the garden, and...” Everyone was entertained by Catherine’s story of her lovely chicken, laughter lingering around the classroom.

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。

Paragraph 1. Then Catherine spotted Landy sitting by herself in a corner.

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Paragraph 2. But Catherine walked directly toward Landy, regardless of what they said.

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2 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Glen James was a homeless man. One day last year, he found     1     bag in the door of a shop while he was walking around a shopping centre     2     the city of Boston.

At first, he didn’t know     3     to do, but when he opened the bag, he saw there     4    (be) a wallet with $40,000 in it. So then he took it to the police. Many people thought that Mr James did a     5    (wonder) thing. Later, a website     6    (decide) to raise money to help Mr. James because he had no home or job.     7    (Final), they raised over $140, 000 from people of different     8    (area) all over the world. Mr James said, “I’m     9    (surprise) and so happy. This is going to change     10    (I) life.”

3 . My husband is more a kid at heart. He insists we find gifts for the grandkids while on a trip to Savannah.

I can be a kid at heart, too, but I also can be a mathematician — and even cheap, ugly gifts add up quickly when you have 11 grandkids.

Children like gifts and they want them. So we are digging through piles of cheap key fobs (钥匙链), plastic sun hats, chocolate treats that will melt in the heat, and funny T-shirts, finding nothing.

We go with two hats for the boys but are still empty-handed for the nine girls. Then I spot small bracelets (手链) in a rainbow of colors. He turns one over a couple of times and says, “Nice.”

The bracelets are made of small balls shaped like starfish and turtles. They all look like rock candy, which can be eaten and was popular when we were kids. We buy nine and make a mental note: tell the girls not to eat them.

As the clerk wraps the bracelets, I remember a gift I had as a girl. Once we could choose one thing in a shop to remember our trip. What I selected was a blue plastic soapbox with the lid (盖子) and topped with a pink flamingo (火烈鸟). It was cheap and tacky (俗气的) and I believed it was the loveliest thing a girl could own. It was too beautiful to put soap inside, so it sat in a dresser drawer year after year, slowly aging, yellowing, as a reminder of a family trip long ago.

The girls are married and have families of their own, and those gifts are still in the dresser drawers in their old bedrooms, but I have came to realize that every gift may have its worth and value, saying we are together even though we were apart. That’s always a good deal.

1. Why did the author say she was a mathematician?

A．Because their family was not rich enough to buy gifts.

B．Because she was good at choosing gifts for kids.

C．Because she ever studied mathematics in university.

D．Because she found it expensive to buy 11 gifts.

2. How are the gifts for the grandkids?

A．Shiny and costly.	B．Foreign and attractive.
C．Beautiful and ordinary.	D．Useful and cheap.

3. What did the gifts for the girls remind the author of?

A．The great family memories.	B．The experience in giving gifts.
C．The best gift she ever had.	D．The trip when she fell in love.

4. What is the main idea of the text?

A．Good reminders of our life.	B．How to choose gifts for kids.
C．The meaning of a gift.	D．What to expect on a family trip.

4 . I was frustrated at not being entered into the national IT competition I’d applied for. I sat in the car，lost in despair, chewing my lip and staring outside.

I went upstairs,_________ and desperate. Grandpa’s door was open for me as usual. There, he was waiting for my _________ with great excitement. I stood silently, forcing a _________ to cover my sadness. He seemed to _________ me immediately, giving me a _________.I was astonished that such a thin body was full of so much energy.

Only then did my emotions start _________ out. I told him that all my _________ were for nothing，and that I was feeling discouraged. Grandpa smiled at me _________ and said，“Don’t worry. You’re far stronger than you think.” Then he _________,“Life can be full of ups and downs so what we need do is to still have our hopes and desires,ignoring the anxiety that makes it easy to give up.”

He patted me on the shoulder，with a determined look,before saying, “Cheer up. I’m firmly __________ that you have the ability to succeed.” Grandpa’s encouragement soon made my sadness __________.

The next day,I thought about all my problems and __________ a plan. Now,I believe that with a positive attitude towards failure,I’ll __________ reach my goals.

Looking back,I realize that we should share our setbacks and progress in life with our __________ ones. As my grandpa showed,the __________ of our family members will benefit us forever.

1.

A．weak

B．strong

C．sweet

D．simple

2.

A．suggestion

B．comment

C．discovery

D．arrival

3.

A．tear

B．sigh

C．signal

D．smile

4.

A．ignore

B．inspect

C．read

D．order

5.

A．hug

B．pride

C．challenge

D．wish

6.

A．dying

B．turning

C．checking

D．pouring

7.

A．offers

B．efforts

C．promises

D．profits

8.

A．generally

B．gently

C．suddenly

D．freshly

9.

A．added

B．shared

C．helped

D．served

10.

A．convinced

B．believed

C．expected

D．changed

11.

A．arise

B．prevent

C．continue

D．disappear

12.

A．turned into

B．came across

C．cared about

D．worked out

13.

A．merely

B．actually

C．eventually

D．instantly

14.

A．deserved

B．beloved

C．determined

D．excited

15.

A．company

B．gratitude

C．support

D．blame

5 . Fourth-grader, Sarah Haycox, made it her mission to right a wrong. And in doing so, she has shown the world what one _______ person, with passion, can do.

One day, when _________ by an athletic field near her school, Sarah noticed a small _______ with the name Edwin T. Pratt and the year 1930 - 1969 on it. She _______ who he was and what he did.

After some _______, she learned that he was a civil rights leader who had done many good things to _______ others. Sadly, he was _______ just because someone disagreed with what he was doing.

Feeling that the small memorial was _______ big enough for a man who had so much _______ on others, Sarah ________ to do something!

There was a new ________ going up nearby for young kids. She found out who were ________ the building project and asked them if it could be named after Mr. Pratt. Through great efforts, her vision came to reality! Almost 50 years after his death, Edwin Pratt’s life and impact will be celebrated as the name of the new school.

Most kids simply had walked by the memorial without thinking about who Mr. Pratt was. But Sarah had the ________ to learn more, the vision to imagine something better and the courage to ________ her idea. Her amazing actions have ________ many other young people around the world.

1.

A．honest

B．young

C．clever

D．shy

2.

A．walking

B．running

C．riding

D．driving

3.

A．museum

B．church

C．board

D．memorial

4.

A．forgot

B．realized

C．wondered

D．explained

5.

A．discussion

B．research

C．practice

D．thought

6.

A．teach

B．rescue

C．help

D．repay

7.

A．killed

B．punished

C．blamed

D．arrested

8.

A．rarely

B．simply

C．merely

D．hardly

9.

A．impact

B．impression

C．reflection

D．dependence

10.

A．stopped

B．decided

C．happened

D．announced

11.

A．library

B．theatre

C．school

D．hospital

12.

A．in need of

B．in search of

C．in favour of

D．in charge of

13.

A．curiosity

B．confidence

C．chance

D．energy

14.

A．prove

B．change

C．present

D．pursue

15.

A．astonished

B．inspired

C．attracted

D．protected