1 . "Mum, can I invite my classmate Brett over to stay tomorrow night, please? It's Friday, and we don't have any _______.   Can I, please?" Mum was sitting at the kitchen table.   Dad was _______next to her, resting his head on his arms.   Mum could _______that James wanted so badly to have his friend over.

"I'm so sorry, James," she said.

"I'm never allowed to have friends come to the house? Why, Mum?" James asked sadly, almost in _______.

"I know it's _______for you," Mum said softly.   "But I'm just worried other people might think we're a little. . .   strange.   And then they would make fun of you. "

"No, they wouldn't, Mum," James protested.   "We're not _______at all.   We're just ordinary people. "

Mum sighed heavily.   "To tell you the truth, James, my neck has been so painful that it's given me a heavy _______.   And your poor father — he doesn't feel _______.   He really needs a rest. "

"I can help, Mum!" James said.   " _______I can make you and Dad feel better, can Brett come over? Please?"

"Well. . . " Mum began.

"Great! Thanks, Mum!" James almost shouted.   "Just sit there, don't move. " He rushed over to the kitchen drawer and ________what he needed — two spanners(扳手).   "Hang on, Mum," he said.   "This won't take a second. " After some ________, James was finished.   With a smile of ________on his face he said, "There! How does that feel?" "Oh, James," Mum said.   "That's much better! How did you do it?"

"Easy," James said ________.   "Dad had tightened your neck bolts(螺栓) too much! I just________them slightly! I learned that in robotic science at school. "

"What about your father? Can you ________him?" asked Mum.

"I'll try," James replied.   He ________up Dad's hair at the back of his neck, and plugged the electric wire into Dad's head.   Then he turned the ________on.   Dad opened his eyes and ________immediately.   "He just let his ________run too low, that's all," James said.   "Shall I tell Brett to come over straight after school tomorrow?"

"I guess so," replied Mum.   "Your friends will just have to ________that we are a very unusual family.   Thanks, son!"

1.

A．chance

B．message

C．homework

D．difficulty

2.

A．asleep

B．reading

C．alone

D．standing

3.

A．explain

B．see

C．agree

D．doubt

4.

A．terror

B．tears

C．surprise

D．silence

5.

A．fair

B．easy

C．good

D．hard

6.

A．strange

B．normal

C．popular

D．anxious

7.

A．headache

B．loss

C．task

D．day

8.

A．ill

B．funny

C．sorry

D．well

9.

A．As

B．If

C．Since

D．Before

10.

A．kept

B．controlled

C．found

D．returned

11.

A．requests

B．thoughts

C．repairs

D．instructions

12.

A．sympathy

B．satisfaction

C．bitterness

D．politeness

13.

A．embarrassedly

B．gratefully

C．impatiently

D．proudly

14.

A．adjusted

B．collected

C．produced

D．covered

15.

A．greet

B．accompany

C．help

D．ask

16.

A．lifted

B．caught

C．gave

D．filled

17.

A．television

B．power

C．light

D．gas

18.

A．grew up

B．lay down

C．broke down

D．sat up

19.

A．food

B．temperature

C．battery

D．blood

20.

A．prove

B．expect

C．suspect

D．accept

2 . 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 _______ him.

I caught up with him in the ticket office. There I was _______ to see the attendant (工作人员) selling him a ticket as if he were any other visitor. Then, with the ticket in one hand and _______ the wall with the fingers of the other, the blind man reached the stairs _________ to the hallway.

“That man is blind. What would a blind man climb up the tower for?” I said to the attendant, expecting him to show some _______, but he didn’t answer.

“Not the _______ certainly,” I said. “Perhaps he wants to _______.”

I bought a ticket and _______ up the stairs. The man hadn’t gone as far as I _______. A third of the way up the tower, I heard his ________. I slowed down and followed him at a little ________. He stopped from time to time. When he got to the balcony, I was a dozen steps ________. As I reached it, I saw him at the corner of the tower.

At last, after ten minutes, I ________ him. “Excuse me,” I said as politely as I could, “but I am curious to know ________ you came up.”

He smiled. “Coming up the stairs, you will notice how not just light but sun ________ into the tower through the narrow windows here and there, so that you can feel the ________ —the cool stairs suddenly become quite warm—and how up here behind the wall there is ________, but as soon as going opposite a window you can find the sun. There is no ________ so good as this for feeling the difference between light and shade. It is not the first time I’ve come up.”

The blind man seemed quite ________ just like a child who was enjoying his favorite games. He told me the truth that blind men can also find the beauty in life ________ they cannot enjoy the sights of the world.

1.

A．accept

B．follow

C．control

D．visit

2.

A．frightened

B．disappointed

C．surprised

D．embarrassed

3.

A．touching

B．climbing

C．hitting

D．covering

4.

A．pointing

B．attaching

C．contributing

D．leading

5.

A．respect

B．doubt

C．concern

D．sympathy

6.

A．view

B．test

C．prize

D．trick

7.

A．kick

B．jump

C．relax

D．escape

8.

A．struggled

B．explored

C．wandered

D．hurried

9.

A．promised

B．examined

C．imagined

D．confirmed

10.

A．steps

B．words

C．secrets

D．cheers

11.

A．standard

B．distance

C．expense

D．intention

12.

A．ahead

B．around

C．outside

D．behind

13.

A．recognized

B．surrounded

C．approached

D．witnessed

14.

A．why

B．how

C．when

D．whether

15.

A．knocks

B．pours

C．slides

D．bursts

16.

A．trend

B．reaction

C．change

D．honor

17.

A．light

B．space

C．mess

D．shade

18.

A．place

B．signal

C．object

D．period

19.

A．nervous

B．content

C．curious

D．patient

20.

A．unless

B．because

C．once

D．although

3 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式.

Li Qiang was transported safely into the year AD 3008 in     1     time capsule. At first, he found his new surroundings were difficult     2     (tolerate) and his head ached for a lack of fresh air. Just as he tried to make the necessary     3     (adjust) to the new situation, Wang Ping, his friend and guide, appeared and handed him a mask. After putting on it, Li Qiang felt better     4     no time. Soon he was back on     5     feet again and following Wang Ping to collect a hovering carriage     6     (drive) by computer. Then they flew it to the future of     7     was still Li Qiang’s hometown. Arriving at a strange-looking house, he     8     (show) into a large, bright dean room,     9     nearly everything would appear just by flashing a switch on a computer screen. After having a brief meal and a hot bath. Li Qiang slid into bed and fell sound     10     (sleep).

4 . “The biggest obstacles (阻碍) in our lives are the barriers our mind creates...” The quote I saw in an old friend’s house when I was about eleven has got me through the ____ parts of my life, which has actually been based on it. When I ____ for the basketball team, not ____ it became what I was worried about most. I went to the tryouts but simply sat on the sidelines and ____. I missed out on making the team, not for lack of ____, but because of the rather too big barriers I bore in my head preventing me getting around and then ____ the ball.

The year continued, and at that age I hadn’t overcome the fears ____ in my mind. Football season came and yet again I had to try out for the team, ____ to display myself to the full. Once again the barrier in my head kept me from doing something I loved.

From that moment on I knew that God wouldn’t make       barriers if somebody could ____ them. I started training, mentally, ____, and emotionally.

I went to a small ____ in the county where the teachers didn’t care whether you succeeded. I went to practice daily and competed as if it was my ____ day outing on a helmet. Later that week I made the football team. But it was simply ____. In my eyes this wasn’t good enough, and I could do much better. In the middle of the season, the coaches said I was ____ to play with the big boys, and before I knew it I was starting as a(n) ____.

I’d come a long way from the little boy that was scared from his own ____ I had ____ in whatever I did. I tried out for wrestling and made the team, the AAU basketball team and made that ____. I then realized I was a(n) ____ athlete, and that the obstacle course started to become smaller. I chose to ____ myself and let nothing get in the way.

1.

A．slowest

B．largest

C．toughest

D．easiest

2.

A．dropped out

B．set off

C．showed off

D．tried out

3.

A．making

B．playing

C．helping

D．challenging

4.

A．shouted

B．watched

C．cheered

D．remarked

5.

A．skills

B．courage

C．support

D．fame

6.

A．chasing

B．rolling

C．kicking

D．shooting

7.

A．lacked

B．selected

C．created

D．handled

8.

A．falling

B．spoiling

C．planning

D．failing

9.

A．turn down

B．go over

C．get over

D．put down

10.

A．patiently

B．physically

C．excitedly

D．hopelessly

11.

A．school

B．farm

C．courtyard

D．shelter

12.

A．dull

B．last

C．own

D．free

13.

A．informal

B．contemporary

C．junior

D．passive

14.

A．energetic

B．willing

C．strong

D．ready

15.

A．freshman

B．grown-up

C．champion

D．graduate

16.

A．shyness

B．shadow

C．figure

D．shade

17.

A．freedom

B．wisdom

C．achievement

D．confidence

18.

A．too

B．instead

C．together

D．either

19.

A．professional

B．all-around

C．ordinary

D．curious

20.

A．hide

B．protect

C．better

D．limit

5 . One Minute Means a Lot in One’s Life

During his college years, Rogers spent a summer in an Idaho logging camp (伐木场). When the boss had to leave for a few days, he put Rogers_________.

“ _______if the men refuse to follow my orders?” Rogers asked. He thought of Tony, an immigrant worker who complained all day, giving the other men a _______time.

“ Fire them,” the boss said. Then, as if  _______Rogers' mind, he added, “ I suppose you think you are going to fire Tony if you ______the chance. I'd feel ______about that. I have been logging for 40 years. Tony is the most________worker I've ever had. I know he is a troublemaker and that he_______everybody and everything. But he comes first and leaves last. There has not been an _______for eight years on the hill where he works.”

Rogers______the logging camp the next day. He went to Tony and spoke to him. “Tony, do you know I'm in charge here today？” Tony grunted(嘟囔) yes. “ I was going to sack you the first time we tangled(纠缠), ________I want you to know I'm not,” he told Tony, _______what the boss had said.

When Rogers finished, Tony_______the spadeful(铲子) of sand he had held and tears_________down his face.

That day Tony worked harder than ever before.

Twelve years later Rogers met Tony again who was now the _______of one of the largest logging companies in the West. Rogers asked him how he came to California and happened to have_______such great success.

Tony replied, “ Had it not been for the one________you talked to me back in Idaho，I would have killed somebody one day. One minute________my whole life.”

Effective managers know the _______of taking a moment to point out what a worker is doing well. But what a ________a minute of yes can make in any relationship!

1.

A．in trouble

B．in charge

C．in vain

D．in ruins

2.

A．What

B．How

C．Why

D．Who

3.

A．easy

B．surprising

C．happy

D．hard

4.

A．recognizing

B．having

C．bearing

D．reading

5.

A．resist

B．seize

C．reject

D．throw

6.

A．proud

B．sorry

C．pleasant

D．well

7.

A．wise

B．elegant

C．reliable

D．troublesome

8.

A．respects

B．protects

C．fears

D．hates

9.

A．accident

B．extension

C．opportunity

D．argument

10.

A．handed over

B．took over

C．got over

D．went over

11.

A．and

B．or

C．so

D．but

12.

A．lying

B．adding

C．smiling

D．replying

13.

A．dug

B．dropped

C．carried

D．lifted

14.

A．rolled

B．folded

C．cast

D．loaded

15.

A．boss

B．worker

C．engine-driver

D．immigrant

16.

A．promoted

B．enjoyed

C．quitted

D．declined

17.

A．word

B．thing

C．minute

D．lesson

18.

A．destroyed

B．changed

C．replaced

D．lost

19.

A．importance

B．method

C．result

D．regulation

20.

A．choice

B．decision

C．difference

D．conclusion

6 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

A US teenager criticized（批评）on social media for wearing a     1     (tradition) Chinese dress to her high school prom（毕业舞会）defended her decision and has won support from netizens（网民）in China.

Keziah Daum, 18,     2     high school senior in Utah, faced a strong reaction from thousands online, some of whom accused her of “cultural appropriation（文化挪用）” after she posted four prom pictures on Twitter on April 22 that featured her wearing a qipao, a body-hugging one-piece Chinese dress for     3     (woman). “I     4     (praise) by the many people from China who have both reached out to me and have posted to social media their viewpoints. I thank them     5     the moral support regarding my decision     6     (wear) a qipao,” Daum told China Daily in an email on Tuesday. “I     7     (sincere) thank the outpouring of support I have received from the people of China.” Daum stood by her choice to wear the dress,     8     was red and orange with gold-and-black embroidery（刺绣）. She said on Twitter that she will not take down the original post. “The dress     9     (catch) my eye at first because of     10     (it) beauty,” she said. “I was also so happy to find a dress with a modest neckline. It is very hard to find dresses in America for prom which cover a women’s neckline.”

7 . I will never forget the days when I met with my classmates. Early in the morning of our first school day, our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t know yet. I stood up look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned round to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that lit up her entire being.

She said, “Hi handsome. My name is Rose. Can I give you a hug?”

I laughed and enthusiastically responded, “Of course you may!” and she gave me a giant squeeze.

“Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?” I asked.

She jokingly replied, “I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married, and have a couple of kids…”

“No seriously,” I asked. I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age.

“I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!” she told me.

After class we shared a chocolate milkshake. We became instant friends. Every day we would leave class together and talk nonstop. I was always mesmerized（迷住）listening to this “time machine” as she shared her wisdom and experience with me.

At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I’ll never forget what she taught us.

“There is only one secret to staying young. You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die. We have so many people walking round who are dead and don’t even know it! There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. If I am eighty-seven years old and stay in bed for a year and never do anything I will turn eighty-eight. Anybody can grow older. That doesn’t take any talent of ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding opportunity in change. Have no regrets. The elderly usually don’t have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those with regrets.”

She concluded her speech by courageously singing The Rose. She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live them out in our daily lives.

1. Why did the lady want to hug the author?

A．Because she wanted to challenge her professor.

B．Because she wanted to break the ice.

C．Because she wanted to find a rich husband.

D．Because she wanted to have a college education.

2. Which of the following statements agrees with the text best?

A．The author enjoyed his experience of riding in the “time machine”.

B．The author and the lady soon became close friends.

C．Talented people can easily find opportunities.

D．Old people usually don’t fear death.

3. It can be inferred that Rose is ________.

A．a lively college student	B．the author’s girlfriend
C．a young and innocent lady	D．an encouraging song

4. What is the life lesson the author learned from his experience?

A．An idle youth, a needy age.

B．Learn wherever you are.

C．A faithful friend is hard to find.

D．A man is not old until regrets to take the place of dreams.

8 . When I was in seventh grade, I was a candy striper(志愿当护士助手的小姑娘)at a local hospital in my town. Most of the_________I spent there was with Mr. Gillespie. He never had any_______ and nobody seemed to care about his_______.

I spent many days there holding his hand and talking to him, _______anything that needed to be done. He became a close friend of mine, _______he responded with only an occasional squeeze(捏)of my hand. Mr. Gillespie was in a coma(昏迷).

I left for a week to vacation with my parents, and when I came back, Mr. Gillespie was_______ . I didn’t have the     _______to ask any of the nurses where he was, for fear they might _______me he had died. Several_______later, when I was a junior in high school, I was at the gas station when I noticed a familiar face.

When I ________who it was, my eyes were filled with tears. He was __________! I got up the nerve to ask him if his name was Mr. Gillespie. With a(n)________look on his face, he replied yes. I ________how I knew him, and that I had spent many hours talking with him in the hospital. His eyes welled up with tears, and he gave me the warmest hug I had ever ________ .

He began to tell me how, ________ he lay there asleep, he could hear me talking to him and could________me holding his hand the whole time. Mr. Gillespie________believed that it was my voice and ________that had kept him alive.

Although I haven’t ________   him since, he fills my heart with________every day. I know that I made a difference between his life and his death.

1.

A．time

B．energy

C．money

D．effort

2.

A．patients

B．relatives

C．visitors

D．problems

3.

A．condition

B．requirement

C．interest

D．thought

4.

A．talking about

B．helping with

C．pointing out

D．looking for

5.

A．so

B．as if

C．yet

D．even though

6.

A．gone

B．mad

C．died

D．excited

7.

A．right

B．chance

C．courage

D．time

8.

A．cheat

B．warn

C．remind

D．tell

9.

A．days

B．years

C．months

D．weeks

10.

A．heard

B．wondered

C．realized

D．asked

11.

A．great

B．lucky

C．successful

D．alive

12.

A．happy

B．proud

C．nervous

D．uncertain

13.

A．explained

B．remembered

C．apologized

D．told

14.

A．dreamed

B．received

C．wanted

D．shown

15.

A．because

B．as

C．unless

D．if

16.

A．notice

B．appreciate

C．imagine

D．feel

17.

A．firmly

B．rightly

C．hardly

D．wrongly

18.

A．touch

B．worry

C．humour

D．treatment

19.

A．forgotten

B．seen

C．missed

D．called

20.

A．respect

B．regret

C．joy

D．sympathy

9 . “Who can ever have imagined someone like me would make it this far?” asked Chad Wood last week during his high school graduation speech as the best student. Chad offered _______ to his fellow classmates to never give up---and the words _______ much more to himself. That’s because Chad is deaf, and he told the story of the serious troubles he _______ to graduate first in his class at Harrison High school in Kennesaw, Georgia.

Chad didn’t start to _______ until he was 5, according to his mother, Pam Wood. Although her son was _______a disadvantage, she was determined not to treat him_______. “I’ve expected him to do everything every other kid does, and I saw no _______ why he couldn’t,” she told ABC News. “And if he_______ the first time, we just tried again.”

Chad, 17, worked hard throughout school, _______ no special treatment but sitting at the front of the class and using a special audio system so he could hear the teacher. All his hard work ________. He received full school fare to Vanderbilt University. “Deafness had taught me a lesson to never ________,” he said in the speech. “Not when the experts tell you it cannot be done. Not when you have ________ so far behind that escaping seems the only way ________. Not when achieving your dreams seems an entire ________.”

Chad spoke for about four minutes, after which he received a standing applause from the class and ________ messages from family, friends and strangers. “They’ve been sending me messages on Facebook, email, they’ve been talking to me in person telling me how it had a ________ on their lives and how they’re really ________ by it,” Chad told ABC News. “It feels ________. Seeing that my words ________ have a power on someone and that they want to work harder because of my words makes me feel ________.”1.

A．advice

B．description

C．warning

D．information

2.

A．recognized

B．analysed

C．meant

D．described

3.

A．needed

B．faced

C．consisted

D．forecast

4.

A．cry

B．write

C．smell

D．hear

5.

A．at

B．for

C．under

D．by

6.

A．kindly

B．differently

C．cruelly

D．similarly

7.

A．harm

B．trouble

C．reason

D．conclusion

8.

A．failed

B．organized

C．succeeded

D．blamed

9.

A．appealing

B．receiving

C．possessing

D．operating

10.

A．set off

B．dropped off

C．took off

D．paid off

11.

A．give in

B．give out

C．give up

D．give away

12.

A．waited

B．fallen

C．walked

D．gone

13.

A．up

B．off

C．in

D．out

14.

A．impossibility

B．failure

C．victory

D．chance

15.

A．awkward

B．negative

C．doubtful

D．supportive

16.

A．reward

B．detail

C．power

D．source

17.

A．defeated

B．exposed

C．educated

D．puzzled

18.

A．unwilling

B．amazing

C．shocking

D．embarrassing

19.

A．actually

B．suddenly

C．strangely

D．extremely

20.

A．astonished

B．cautious

C．confused

D．wonderful

10 . Several years ago, I decided to change my job and attended an interview. During the interview, the interviewer covered the ______ questions about my work history, education and goals, Then, he asked, "What event or accomplishment in your life has made you the_______ ?"

I paused for a moment, and told him my proudest moment wasn’t anything I did,______ something my daughter did ten years before. Then I told him the story of Julie’ s____.

Many years earlier, my brother ______from St. Louis, telling me .that my mom wouldn’t receive her benefits several months.______ she would have to   live off her small savings.

At the supper table that evening; I told my husband I was going to send Mom some______. Our conversation was cut short by a phone call. A neighbor_______ Julie to babysit.

At fourteen, Julie was always looking for ways to _____ spending money. The following morning, she______ me an envelope.

When I looked at the_______and saw it was for my mom, I gave her a big hug. I told her how proud I was of her for taking the time to______her grandma. She smiled.

A week later, my brother called again, thanking for the check and telling me how Mom cried when me she got Julie’s _______He told me Julie had ______ her grandma the five dollars she had earned babysitting .In her letter, she told Grandma to_______ it on whatever she needed

I continued. "I know that isn’t really a job_______, but that’ s what made me the proudest in my life."

A week later, I was given the job. My boss told me after hearing about my story, he ______ I was the type of employee he wanted to_______ in his organization.

This time’ I was the recipient (接受者) of Julie’ s gift. Once again, her simple act of ______ given from the heart so many years before had________

1.

A．challenging

B．awkward

C．difficult

D．expected

2.

A．proudest

B．strongest

C．happiest

D．luckiest

3.

A．and

B．nor

C．but

D．even

4.

A．wish

B．gift

C．bravery

D．secret

5.

A．called

B．traveled

C．drove

D．shouted

6.

A．However

B．Otherwise

C．Still

D．Therefore

7.

A．necessities

B．food

C．money

D．presents

8.

A．wanted

B．allowed

C．advised

D．encouraged

9.

A．borrow

B．save

C．invest

D．earn

10.

A．bought

B．handed

C．spared

D．returned

11.

A．address

B．stamp

C．title

D．message

12.

A．visit

B．write

C．thank

D．miss

13.

A．picture

B．story

C．letter

D．card

14.

A．awarded

B．brought

C．lent

D．sent

15.

A．change

B．put

C．spend

D．waste

16.

A．opportunity

B．accomplishment

C．application

D．interview

17.

A．decided

B．promised

C．admitted

D．agreed

18.

A．play

B．follow

C．compete

D．work

19.

A．patience

B．obedience

C．love

D．gratitude

20.

A．come out

B．paid off

C．made sense

D．worked out