2 . In October, I told the eight-year-olds about my plan. “I’d like all of you to do extra jobs to _________ some money. Then we’ll buy food for a Thanksgiving dinner for someone who might not have a nice dinner _________.” I wanted the children to _________ that it’s more blessed to give than to _________. I wanted them to understand that kindness is _________ nice ideas and that people somehow have to make it come _________.

Early in the week, the boys and girls arrived in class seizing their hard-earned money and couldn’t wait to go shopping. I watched _________ they ran up and down the supermarket aisles. _________, we headed toward the checkout. Then someone _________ a “necessity” that sent them racing.

“Flowers!” Kristine cried. The group rushed toward the holiday __________. I pronounced, “You can’t eat flowers.” “But Mrs. Sherlock, we want flowers.” __________, I sighed as the children moved a pot of purple daisies (雏菊) into the cart.

Then we set off for the house of a needy grandmother and finally __________ in front of a small house in the woods. A woman with a tired face came to the door to __________ us. My little group hurried to get the turkey and the trimmings. As each box was carried in, the old woman thanked us — much to children’s __________. When Amy put the daisies on the counter, the woman seemed __________.

We returned to the car. Fastening seat belts, we could see the kitchen window. The woman inside waved goodbye, then turned and walked across the room, past the turkey, past the trimmings, __________ to the daisies. She put her face in the flowers. When she raised her head, there was a __________ on her lips. She was transformed before our eyes. The children were quiet. In that one brief __________ they had seen for themselves the __________ they possessed to make another’s life better. The children had __________ that sometimes a person needs a pot of funny flowers on a dark November day.

5 . 假设你是红星中学高三学生李华，请根据以下四幅图的先后顺序，写一篇英文周记，记述你们上周接待外国学生，带领他们体验中国茶文化的全过程。

注意：词数不少于60。

(请务必将作文写在答题卡指定区域内)

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6 . In this world, if there exists something constantly miserable and intolerable to others, that’s having a character which is your master. No one has a temper naturally so good that it does not need attention and cultivation, and no one has a temper so bad, that, even by proper culture, it may not become pleasant. There are comers at every turn in life, against which we may run, and at which we may break out in impatience, if we choose.

One of the best disciplined tempers ever seen was that of a gentleman, Roger Sherman, who rose from a humble occupation to a seat in the first Congress of the United States. He made himself master of his temper and cultivated it as a great business in life. There are one or two instances which show this part of his character.

One day, after having received his highest honors, he was sitting and reading in his sitting room. A student, in a room close by, held a mirror in such a position as to pour the reflected rays of the sun directly in Mr. Sherman’s face. He moved his chair, and the thing was repeated. A third time the chair was moved, but the mirror still reflected the sun in his eyes. He laid aside his book, went to the window, and many witnesses of the rude behavior expected to see the ungentlemanly student severely punished. He raised the window gently, and then—shut the window blind!

I cannot help providing another instance of the power he had acquired over himself and always bearing the results of the behavior in mind. Mr. Sherman was one of those men who still maintained the forms of religion in their families. One morning he called them all together as usual to lead them in prayer to God. Mr. Sherman took his seat beside one of his children. The rest of the family were seated around the room. Besides these, some of the tutors of the college were boarders in the family and were present at the time. His aged mother occupied a corner of the room, opposite the place where the distinguished Judge sat.

He opened the Bible and began to read. The child seated beside him made some little disturbance, upon which Mr. Sherman paused and told him to be still. Again he continued but again he had to pause to scold the little offender, whose playful character would hardly permit it to be still. At this time he gently tapped its ear. The blow, if blow it might be called, caught the attention of his aged mother, who now with some effort rose from the seat and tottered across the room. At length, she reached the chair of Mr. Sherman, and in a moment, most unexpectedly to him, she gave him a blow on the ear with all the force she could gather. “There,” said she, “you strike your child, and I will strike mine.”

For a moment, the blood was seen mounting to the face of Mr. Sherman. But it was only for a moment and all was calm and mild as usual. He paused; he raised his glasses; he cast his eyes upon his mother; again it fell upon the book from which he had been reading. Not a word escaped him; but again he calmly pursued the service. Such a victory was worth more than the proudest one ever achieved on the field of battle.

7 . Hannah Taylor is a schoolgirl from Manitoba, Canada. One day, when she was five years old, she was walking with her mother in downtown Winnipeg. They saw a man_________out of a garbage can. She asked her mother why he did that and her mother said that the man was homeless and hungry. Hannah was very_________.She couldn't understand why some people had to live their lives without shelter or enough food. Hannah started to think about how she could_________,but, of course, there is not a lot one five-year-old can do to solve(解决)the problem of homelessness.

Later, when Hannah attended school, she saw another homeless person. It was a woman,_______ an old shopping trolley（购物车）which was piled with_______. It seemed that everything the woman owned was in them. This made Hannah very sad, and even more_______to do something. She had been talking to her mother about the lives of homeless people_______they first saw the homeless man. Her mother told her that if she did something to change the problem that made her sad, she wouldn’t_______as bad.

Hannah began to speak out about the homelessness in Manitoba and then in other provinces. She hoped to_______her message of hope and awareness. She started the Ladybug Foundation, an organization aiming at getting rid of homelessness. She began to __________ “Big Bosses” lunches, where she would try to persuade local business leaders to ________to the cause. She also organized a fundraising(募捐)drive in “Ladybug Jars” to collect everyone`s spare change during “Make Change” month. More recently, the foundation began another ________ called National Red Scarf Day—a day when people donate $20 and wear red scarves in support of Canada`s ________and homeless.

There is an emergency shelter in Winnipeg called “Hannah`s Place”, something that Hannah is very________of. Hannah`s Place is divided into several areas, providing shelter for people when it is so cold that________outdoors can mean death. In the more than five years since Hannah began her activities, she has received a lot of ________.For example, she received the 2007 BRICK Award recognizing the ________ of young people to change the world. But ________   all this, Hannah still has the ________   life of a Winnipeg schoolgirl, except that she pays regular visits to homeless people.

Hannah is one of many examples of young people who are making a ________ in the world. You can, too!

10 . One night I was short of breath and my chest felt tight. It was _______ a sudden attack of asthma (哮喘), so I took some oral steroids (口服类固醇). In the following days, I _________ to take high doses of them. _______, to my disappointment, the result was far from what I expected. My doctor _______ that I should be admitted to hospital. Eventually, I was there.

To deal with the _________ of long days at the hospital, I brought my computer with me. My consistent strategy during such a hard time was _______.

It’s not difficult to find how ________such a coping tool has been for me and how large a part words have played in _______me. Every time I’m under ________, I keep journals. They have always been the place where I can __________ and get in touch with my inner self. Through putting innermost thoughts into words, I can be______of what is going wrong and finaly ________ the problem. Of course, I then feel relieved and cheerful. Writing is actually a ________process.

_______keeping journals, I regularly update my columns. Each week, I post one article. Whenever seeing people ________my post and share their opinions with me, I know my stories resonate (产生共鸣) with them, which brings mẹ a strong sense of _____. The joy that writing brings me is undeniable, which inspires me to keep moving.

There is __________ behind the statement that writing can improve our mental well-being. James Pennebaker, a social psychologist, states, “When something ______happens, the brain tends to play the non-constructive thought patterns over and over again and thus we become stuck. In such a case, writing ________ us in looking back,constructing a narrative, and then organizing ideas.”

Needless to say, I have no intention of stopping in future ________ writing takes root in my life and keeps enriching my life.