1 . A Game of Light and Shade
It was a sunny day. I had gone up and down the tower when, outside the door at the foot, a blind man came toward me. In a moment, he disappeared up the stairs. I looked at the sign that said “To the Tower”, and decided to
I caught up with him in the ticket office. There I was
“That man is blind. What would a blind man climb up the tower for?” I said to the attendant, expecting him to show some
“Not the
I bought a ticket and
At last, after ten minutes, I
He smiled. “Coming up the stairs, you will notice how not just light but sun
The blind man seemed quite
| A．accept | B．follow | C．control | D．visit |
| A．frightened | B．disappointed | C．surprised | D．embarrassed |
| A．touching | B．climbing | C．hitting | D．covering |
| A．pointing | B．attaching | C．contributing | D．leading |
| A．respect | B．doubt | C．concern | D．sympathy |
| A．view | B．test | C．prize | D．trick |
| A．kick | B．jump | C．relax | D．escape |
| A．struggled | B．explored | C．wandered | D．hurried |
| A．promised | B．examined | C．imagined | D．confirmed |
| A．steps | B．words | C．secrets | D．cheers |
| A．standard | B．distance | C．expense | D．intention |
| A．ahead | B．around | C．outside | D．behind |
| A．recognized | B．surrounded | C．approached | D．witnessed |
| A．why | B．how | C．when | D．whether |
| A．knocks | B．pours | C．slides | D．bursts |
| A．trend | B．reaction | C．change | D．honor |
| A．light | B．space | C．mess | D．shade |
| A．place | B．signal | C．object | D．period |
| A．nervous | B．content | C．curious | D．patient |
| A．unless | B．because | C．once | D．although |
Grady and his family go camping every summer. As it was becoming hotter, here came the camping time.
Having planned the camp long, the family finally decided the destination --- the Great National Forest. With food, necessity and cookers loaded onto the car, the family squeezed into the car. The car door closed, heat was shut outside.
In the car, Jared, Grady's younger brother was playing with a toy dinosaur, making great noise. Grady's mother talked excitedly with his father. On settling in the car, Grady put on the earphone and turned on the music. He neither wanted to join his brother nor joined any talk. After what seemed to be hours, the car stopped where they headed. Grady threw down his backpack and slammed the car door.
“This will be a lengthy week,“ he said unhappily to no one in particular. He looked around the campground. Hundreds of tall and green fir trees, some as tall as church towers, covered the mountainside like a green carpet. The sun would be setting soon. Grady thought maybe the heat wouldn't be unbearable. But actually now in the mountain, the hot stickiness of July was closely attached to him.
Grady hated camping, but it was something his family stuck to every summer. His father liked cooking over an open air, telling stories about how to survive things like bear attacks and bites of bees. His mother and Jared liked to hike and take pictures of animals. Jared had a collection of bug pictures that he had pinned to the walls in his half of their room. Grady thought they were just scary and proof that Jared was a strange kid.
They set up camp - two tents, one for his parents and one for himself and Jared. While everyone else started preparing dinner, Grady, looking for some place to cool down, set off for the nearby stream, which was deep enough to swim in.
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。
As Grady got close to the stream, an adorable bear cub (幼崽)caught his eye.
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Turning around, he saw an angry bear moving swiftly towards him.
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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。
Last Christmas was a very difficult time for me. My family and all of my close friends were back home in Florida, and I was all alone in a rather cold California.
I was working a double shift at the Southwest Airlines ticket counter, it was about 9:00 P.M. on Christmas Eve, and I was feeling really miserable inside.
When it was time for me to call the next person to the counter, I looked out to see the sweetest-looking old man standing with a cane. He walked very slowly over to the counter and in the faintest voice told me that he had to go to New Orleans. When I tried to explain to him that there were no more flights that night and that he would have to go in the morning, he looked very worried.
After much time, I was able to at least find out that this old man was dropped off at the curb (路缘) on Christmas Eve by his sister-in-law and told to go to New Orleans, where he had family. When I asked if he could come back tomorrow, he said that he would wait at the airport until tomorrow.
Naturally, I felt a little ashamed. Here I was feeling very sorry for myself about being alone on Christmas, when this old man named Clarence MacDonald was sent to me to remind me of what being alone really meant. It broke my heart.
Immediately, I told him we would get it all straightened out, and our Customer Service agent helped to book him a seat for the earliest flight the next morning. We gave him the senior citizens’ fare,which gave him some extra money for traveling. About this time, he started to look very tired, and when I stepped around the counter to ask him if he was all right, I saw that his leg was wrapped in a bandage (绷带). He had been standing on it that whole time, holding a plastic bag full of clothes.
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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 noticed blood on his bandage and immediately called for a wheelchair.
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I went to ask my manager if we could find a place for him to stay.
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4 . We’ve all had cases where we’ve waited just a bit too long to pay an electric bill or speeding ticket. But one man, from California by reasonable assumption，who goes by “Dave”，recently took procrastination (拖延) one step further, by paying a parking ticket almost a half-century after it was given.
In December 2018, the Minersville Police Department in Pennsylvania received a letter in the mail. Whoever wrote the letter decided it was best to keep his name somewhat unknown，so he put the return address as “Wayward Road，Anytown California” under the name “Feeling guilty”.
When the officers opened the envelope，they found a brief letter, along with a $5 bill, and a parking ticket dating all the way back to 1974. The note read，“Dear PD，I've been carrying this ticket around for 40 plus years always intending to pay. Forgive me if I don't give you my info. With respect，Dave.”
Even though the initial parking ticket was only for $2, “Dave” must have felt awfully guilty because he left 150 percent，or $3, in interest.
Michael Combs, the Police Chief of the Minersville Police Department, stated in an interview that the same ticket would cost about $20 if it were given today. Combs went on to share that the original ticket from 1974 was given to a vehicle that had an Ohio license plate.
Because there was no system for tracking tickets given to out-of-state cars back then，“Dave” could have gotten away with never paying the $2 fine. But apparently，guilt got the best of him，and he decided to finally cough up the money more than 40 years past its due date.
1. How much do we know about “Dave”？| A．He lives in Wayward Road，Anytown California. |
| B．His car probably came from Ohio at that time. |
| C．The police are trying to find out more about him. |
| D．“Dave” is of course the man’s real name indeed. |
| A．He completely forgot about it in the past 44 years. |
| B．He didn’t find it until almost half a century later. |
| C．He didn’t pay for it just because of procrastination. |
| D．He failed to find out who he should pay the money to. |
| A．A strong sense of guilt. |
| B．Fear of being tracked by the police. |
| C．Worry about being fined more. |
| D．Sudden change of his financial situation. |
| A．Police Chief of the Minersville Police Department Shares a Story |
| B．Parking Ticket Carried Around for Almost Half a Century from Ohio |
| C．Unusual Letter Comes from Wayward Road, Anytown California |
| D．Mysterious Procrastinator Finally Pays 44-Year-Old Parking Ticket |
Every girl dreams and Bonnie is no exception. When Bonnie was young, she had read dozens of books on how to be a ballerina(芭蕾舞者), Swan Lake(天鹅湖)was her favorite and she had always wanted to become the white swan in it. Later, she started taking ballet(芭蕾)lessons and all her teachers confirmed she was a good student. In the hope of becoming a great ballerina, she trained hard on a daily basis.
One day, she saw an advertisement that a famous ballerina troupe(舞团)would be performing in her hometown. And the whole town was talking about the troupe leader who was said to be the best ballet dancer in the world. Her thoughts ran wild. "I must meet the leader of the troupe and show him my skills" she said to herself.
She dressed herself in her best ballerina costume and managed to slip(溜)in the backstage without being noticed. To her luck, the leader entered the dressing room and she timidly knocked at the door "Come in" said a gentle voice. Opening the door, Bonnie saw a tall and slim man with a calm look on his face. She bravely approached him and handed him a bunch of red roses and in her excitement the thorns(刺)pricked(刺痛)her hand but she did not pay much attention to the pain.
The leader observed her action as she told him her dream. "Alright, you dance and I will give you my advice."
But half way through the dance he stopped her and said, "I'm sorry you're not good enough!" On hearing this, Bonnie 's eyes opened wide in shock. It was seconds before she could absorb what was said to her, "Not good enough?!" she asked in disbelief. "Yes, not good enough." replied the leader. Boiled in shame(羞)and rage(怒), Bonnie ran out of the dressing room as fast as her legs could carry her. The leader's words were a huge blow to her confidence. Despite being so sad, she didn't give up her dream.
注意：
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。
Paragraph 1:
Six months later, she heard that the same ballet troupe was performing in her town again.
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Paragraph 2:
Within three years, Bonnie had become a famous ballerina as she wanted.
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“My favorite superhero,” Sebastian started reading in front of his whole class.Then he stopped.He was nervous about reading his essay.“Go on, Sebastian,” the teacher encouraged
“My mum is my favorite superhero, ”he continued.“Some might laugh at me for saying something like that.but my mum is the most hard-working person in the world.She raised me and my two brothers alone, and we have never lacked anything.Our family is the most important to her.”
Sebastian wet his lips before he continued reading.“My mum promised to get us a house by the end of the year.We live in a trailer—a vehicle without an engine.It’s a little small with three boys.I don’t know if my mum can keep her promise.because she had an accident recently, so I’m helping out, too.
“How are you helping?” a teen girl asked.
“Keep quiet, everyone.Let Sebastian finish reading,” Mrs.Evans gently scolded the class.
“My mum is a street sweeper for the city, but she’s been staying home, trying to get better.She’s on paid sick leave.Someone has to fill in for her.So I went to her boss and started doing her job.I rake(耙) the leaves outside into piles mostly because they ‘re falling so often now.But I realized how hard it was and that a real superhero doesn’t wear a cape (斗篷)or go on adventures.A real hero takes care of his family, and I hope to grow up and be half the hero my mum is.Thank you.”
Then came a moment of silence After that, the rest of the class read their essays too, and Sebastian started to feel a bit silly because they all talked about superheroes like Iron Man Thor, and Wonder Woman.He was the only one who had written about a real person.
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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。
Para 1:
He asked Mrs.Evans about it at the end of their class, feeling somewhat embarrassed.
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One Sunday Sebastian was raking leaves when he saw his classmates coming to him.
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Ring a Bell
Ms. Tracy looked up from her yellow notebook and cleared her throat. The noise in the class died down as we turned toward her. "We're going to help a charity to collect money by ringing a bell. Each of you will ring it for four hours," she announced. As the words left her lips, complaints could be heard around the room. Unwillingly, I dug for my planner and look notes. Four hours of ringing a stupid bell. Four hours that I could be studying for the SAT. Was this supposed to be a joke? I joined the students around the table and signed up for 1he first day of break-to get it over with.
A few weeks later, I was standing next to the big blue-and-white Walmart. There was another guy holding a jar across from me. Great, I was going to be stuck here ringing a bell with a guy who was trying to get donations for another charity. To top it off, it was only about 4.4℃.
Slowly, I put on the red dress bearing the symbol of ow charity. I hoped that I already spent two minutes doing that, Ring! Ring! A group of older women came up with their walking sticks to drop in some change. А man with а broad-cimmеd bat came by and put some coins in. I checked my phone. Just 10 minutes had passed.
A strong bitterly-cold wind blew against my freezing face. I was starting to regret ignoring my mom's advice to wear a scarf. I looked up, wishing that time would pass more quickly. A few birds swept around the poles. The sky was gently blue. Palm trees waved in the cold wind. How comfortable it might be to curl(蜷缩)up with a hot cup of tea and a book on the cozy sofa. Then another ring brought me back to reality.
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From the parking lot stepped out a poorly-dressed man, walking with difficulty toward me.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Inspired by his generosity, I continued to ring my bell happily.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________One day two years ago, my mother came home from work and announced that she had found a pet for the family. My father, little sister, and I eyed her in doubt.
My sister asked what kind of dog it was. My mother said it was a poodle (贵宾犬) named Pepe. I couldn’t believe she wanted a poodle — especially one with such an ordinary name. But she had made up her mind. “Actually, I’m doing a co-worker a favor,” she said. “The woman who owns Pepe says he hates to be alone and needs children to play with him.”
Pepe arrived the next night. His short tail shook happily. I didn’t get very close to him, thinking he should have stayed with his previous owner. My little sister played with him until bedtime, and he would come to me and begged for more attention. I always ignored him. But no matter how I treated him, he’d always like to be with me. He has always been waiting for me at the front door at the end of the day, smiling happily. He seems to know that I will be coming home from school at that time. Every day, he asks me with his eyes to play with him or take him somewhere. At night, he will wait until I fall asleep, leave his bed by the wall heater, walk down the hall and jump onto the end of my bed.
One night, while everyone was sleeping, I was in a half dream state. My throat hurt, my eyes pained, and some animal was crying in my ear. I opened my eyes and saw fog in my room. I wondered who left the window open. Pepe cried and bit my pajama sleeve (睡衣袖). Then I woke up and realized that it wasn’t fog in my room — it was smoke.
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2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Standing up, I couldn’t breathe.
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I turned off the burner with Pepe around me.
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9 . In a land far away, once upon a time there was great poverty (贫困), and only the rich could manage without great
The first could not stand seeing the poverty,
The second rich man, seeing the
The third rich man, on seeing such poverty,
However, three days later, they
| A．loss | B．expectations | C．success | D．problems |
| A．standing | B．travelling | C．gathering | D．running |
| A．faraway | B．poor | C．different | D．ancient |
| A．unless | B．because | C．so | D．if |
| A．them | B．anything | C．nothing | D．those |
| A．curious | B．worrying | C．dangerous | D．puzzling |
| A．the villagers | B．his servants | C．the others | D．the rest |
| A．could | B．might | C．should | D．must |
| A．interest | B．concern | C．use | D．attraction |
| A．returned | B．gained | C．offered | D．received |
| A．remain | B．last | C．supply | D．share |
| A．turned back | B．set out | C．showed off | D．speeded up |
| A．village | B．land | C．field | D．road |
| A．whether | B．how | C．where | D．when |
| A．good | B．certain | C．true | D．strange |
| A．welcomed | B．met | C．accepted | D．persuaded |
| A．still | B．already | C．always | D．indeed |
| A．except for | B．instead of | C．apart from | D．along with |
| A．loading | B．treasuring | C．carrying | D．earning |
| A．food | B．jewels | C．money | D．seeds |
10 . Nicholas Rilling is a bright-eyed, active 5-year-old boy, normal in every way. What is
It was Oct, 17. The Maryland family were enjoying a vacation at a beach resort (旅游胜地) in Puerto Rico. The shallow (浅的) water suggested no
The sunlight dancing on the water made it difficult for Kent to see where his son was. After an anxious and hurried
“He just looked gray and his
For three days in hospital, Nick
“
The family kept praying at his bedside, talking to him, hoping for a
After five days, Nick was well enough to
| A．unusual | B．frightening | C．common | D．obvious |
| A．illness | B．unconsciousness | C．coach | D．treatment |
| A．help | B．food | C．care | D．oxygen |
| A．danger | B．interest | C．difficulty | D．fish |
| A．turned up | B．looked up | C．stayed up | D．cheered up |
| A．search | B．hike | C．invitation | D．rescue |
| A．swimming | B．sinking | C．floating | D．flowing |
| A．rare | B．fancy | C．brief | D．still |
| A．legs | B．eyes | C．lips | D．hands |
| A．boat | B．beach | C．carpet | D．hospital |
| A．remained | B．became | C．turned | D．went |
| A．doctors | B．couples | C．friends | D．vacationers |
| A．Angry | B．Excited | C．Sad | D．Hopeful |
| A．pretend | B．recover | C．form | D．appreciate |
| A．fun | B．luck | C．operation | D．experience |
| A．speech | B．response | C．laugh | D．look |
| A．book | B．friend | C．toy | D．cartoon |
| A．leave | B．stay in | C．approach | D．rush to |
| A．disappointing | B．interesting | C．near-death | D．favorite |
| A．reunion | B．birthday | C．rebirth | D．dinner |
