1 . I was 40, with two adorable children and a caring husband. And I’m enjoying a challenging but _________ career. Although this is “success”, sometimes I feel my heart asking if this is who I truly am.

The chaos of the family kitchen was _________: the noise of the kettle, pots and dishes, and the conversation _________ while I’m making breakfast. I escaped _________ to my bedroom. Only in silence do I bear the self that is _________ from the children and wonder who that person might be.

So, I journeyed, for the first time in a decade, without my husband or kids. I went with a friend to _________ in Iceland. I hoped the consideration of walking would help me better _________ who I wanted to be. For 6 days, I was absorbed in wild scenery and real weather. The mountains in Iceland rise black and tall into the heavens against the white snow. Looking outside at wild wind and rain and knowing there’s no decision to make _________ the soul. Climbing a mountain against sheets of rain and returning to a tent for a simple meal _________ me how little I actually needed and how strong I felt __________ uncomfortable.

I found __________ in Iceland, and time to consider “the me” outside career and kids as I shared stories with strangers with no __________ past and no expected future. When I stopped talking and just listened, I was surprised at how my __________ changed—I became more generous. I learned generosity can __________ more space and more warmth __________ when there may not seem enough to go around at first glance.

I came home to __________, chaos and love. I know the answer isn’t waiting out there on the top of a mountain or inside my head, however __________ I try to hear; and it isn’t in conversations with other seeking souls. The answer is in front of me with every step on my own life’s __________.

I’m not finding myself, but I’m creating myself. I need the storm as much as I need the quietness. __________ is built under a heavy load. I’m expecting to pick up all of my loads and travel __________.

1.

A．disastrous

B．fun

C．dull

D．tough

2.

A．comforting

B．approving

C．disturbing

D．appealing

3.

A．demands

B．solutions

C．assumptions

D．references

4.

A．originally

B．apparently

C．potentially

D．briefly

5.

A．separate

B．accessible

C．different

D．mixed

6.

A．volunteer

B．hike

C．settle

D．wander

7.

A．understand

B．picture

C．suppose

D．question

8.

A．trapped

B．replaced

C．freed

D．drove

9.

A．warned

B．reminded

C．consulted

D．promised

10.

A．as if

B．even though

C．so

D．when

11.

A．confidence

B．value

C．silence

D．happiness

12.

A．shared

B．painful

C．troubled

D．glorious

13.

A．concern

B．attitude

C．life

D．appearance

14.

A．advocate

B．shoulder

C．launch

D．create

15.

A．indeed

B．just

C．only

D．even

16.

A．doubt

B．noise

C．peace

D．experience

17.

A．specifically

B．casually

C．hard

D．randomly

18.

A．design

B．pattern

C．path

D．belief

19.

A．Pleasure

B．Strength

C．Spirit

D．Pressure

20.

A．aside

B．off

C．back

D．on

3 . Pennsylvania is full of mysterious places! One of those is an old turnpike （收费高速公路） _______ for decades. My dad loves history, and he learned it was open to the public. _______, when I was 14, we took a bike trip to _______ this road!

My dad chose a 16-mile _______ of the road for us to ride. Part of it included an old tunnel called Sideling Hill which is over a mile long! To _______, we checked our tires and made sure our lights had batteries. In the morning, we loaded our bikes into the car and set off. As we approached the tunnel, I felt _______ as it was absolutely black inside! But Dad encouraged me. He said he would be beside me. He reminded me to stay _______ and keep my light on!

When we _______ the tunnel, the sound of our bikes was heard through the darkness. I shined my flash light around and saw walls _______in graffiti （涂鸦）.And I felt like I was being __________! I was pretty scared, but __________ on following Dad helped me relax. After riding half-way through, I could see light coming from the other end, motivating me to keep going. And I was so delighted to ride out into the bright afternoon!

Whenever going through __________ in life, I remember this trip. It reminds me that my father is always beside me. He turns on the light of hope in my __________, as well as gives me __________ to keep riding through life's   __________ tunnels.

1.

A．designed

B．destroyed

C．abandoned

D．locked

2.

A．However

B．Otherwise

C．Therefore

D．Meanwhile

3.

A．explore

B．construct

C．protect

D．repair

4.

A．tunnel

B．section

C．block

D．course

5.

A．participate

B．register

C．cooperate

D．prepare

6.

A．excited

B．nervous

C．annoyed

D．exhausted

7.

A．silent

B．curious

C．cautious

D．positive

8.

A．approached

B．observed

C．constructed

D．entered

9.

A．covered

B．buried

C．absorbed

D．dressed

10.

A．forced

B．watched

C．abused

D．judged

11.

A．depending

B．surviving

C．calling

D．focusing

12.

A．accidents

B．hardships

C．regulations

D．incidents

13.

A．chest

B．trip

C．work

D．heart

14.

A．courage

B．pride

C．excitement

D．enthusiasm

15.

A．difficult

B．distant

C．dark

D．long

4 . In my mind, the effect that experience had on me lasted forever. I was determined to learn swimming at the age of ten. There was a pool, at the K. P.L.B., offering the opportunity. My mother constantly warned against it, and bore fresh in my mind the details of each drowning in the river. But the K. P.L.B. pool was safe.

My fear of water started from childhood. It began when I was four years old and father took me to the beach. There the huge waves knocked me down and swept over me.

The K. P.L.B. pool was quiet. I was afraid of going in all alone, so I sat on the side of the pool to wait for others. Then came a big boy. He yelled, "Hi, Skinny! How'd you like to be ducked?" With that he picked me up and threw me into the deep end. I landed in a sitting position, and swallowed water. But I was not frightened out of my wits-when my feet hit the bottom, I would make a big jump, come out of the surface. It seemed a long way down. I gathered all my strength when I landed and made what I thought was a great spring upwards. Then I opened my eyes and saw nothing bur water. I tried to yell but no sound came out. I went down, down, endlessly.

When I came to consciousness, I found myself on the bed in the hospital.

I never went back to the pool. I avoided water whenever I could. This misadventure stayed with me as the years rolled by. It deprived me of the joy of boating and swimming. Finally, I decided to get an instructor. Piece by piece, I practiced hard and finally he built a swimmer. Several months later, the instructor was finished, but I was not. Sometimes the terror would return.

This went on till July. I swam across the Lake Wentworth. Only once did the terror return. When I was in the middle of the lake, I put my face under and saw nothing but bottomless water. I laughed and said, "Well, Mr. Terror, what do you think you can do to me?"

I had conquered my fear of water.

1. Why was the author frightened of water originally?

A．His skill in swimming was very poor.

B．An experience of an outing to the beach affected him.

C．He had an unpleasant memory of the pool at the age of four

D．His mother warmed him about the danger of being drowned

2. Which of the following is right about the author's experience in the K.P.L.B. pool?

A．The experience made him aware that the pool was safe

B．While he had no skill in swimming, he struggled to go upwards.

C．When he was thrown into water, he knew someone would save him.

D．The big boy eagerly wanted to help him to conquer the fear of water.

3. Which of the following can be used to describe the author?

A．Diligent and cautious.	B．Determined and far-sighted.
C．Dependable and adaptable.	D．Demanding and courageous.

4. What does the author try to tell us?

A．A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.	B．Do one thing at a time, and do well.
C．Deed divides beings into lower and higher ones.	D．Success always comes from daring to challenge.

5 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（A），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1．每处错误及修改均仅限一词。
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Today, I was walking to work on a busy street. I passed by blind elderly lady sitting in cold wind. Seen her old face and sightless eyes, I stopped immediately. Then I took out some money, bend down to her level and gently pressed them into her hand. The lady slight nodded her head with appreciations. I felt blessed but moved on. This small interaction helped with me understand the meaning of giving. How a blessing it is to be kindness to those in need.

6 . The moment happened 30 years ago but it was still fresh in my memory. I was a college freshman and had ______ up most of the night before, laughing and talking with friends. Now just before my first ______ of the day my eyelids were feeling heavier and heavier and my head was drifting down to my desk to make my textbook a ______. A few minutes’ nap (小睡) time before class couldn’t ______ , I thought.

BOOM! I lifted my head suddenly and my eyes opened wider than saucers. I looked around with my heart beating ______ trying to find the cause of the ______. My young professor was looking at me with a boyish smile on his face. He had dropped the textbooks he was carrying onto his desk ______. “Good morning!” he said still______. “I am glad to see everyone is______. Now let’s get started.”

For the next hour I wasn’t sleepy at all. It wasn’t from the ______ of my professor’s textbook alarm clock. It was instead from the ______ discussion he led. With knowledge and good ______ he made the material come ______. His insight was full of both wisdom and loving-kindness. And the enthusiasm and joy that he   ______ with were contagious (有感染力的). I ______ the classroom not only wide awake, but a little livelier and a little ______.

I learned something far more important than not ______ in class that day too. I learned that if you are going to do something in this life, do it well, and do it with ______. What a wonderful place it would be if all of us did our work joyously and well. Don’t sleepwalk your way through ______ then. Wake up! Let your love fill your work and study. Life is too ______ not to live it well.

1.

A．put

B．took

C．revised

D．stayed

2.

A．test

B．class

C．task

D．lecture

3.

A．platform

B．pillow

C．carpet

D．wall

4.

A．benefit

B．help

C．hurt

D．last

5.

A．quickly

B．strongly

C．heavily

D．wildly

6.

A．noise

B．trouble

C．explosion

D．event

7.

A．by accident

B．with care

C．on purpose

D．for fun

8.

A．talking

B．smiling

C．complaining

D．shouting

9.

A．active

B．awake

C．present

D．relaxed

10.

A．shock

B．sound

C．blow

D．interruption

11.

A．encouraging

B．boring

C．exhausting

D．fascinating

12.

A．gesture

B．sense

C．humor

D．reaction

13.

A．alive

B．natural

C．strange

D．formal

14.

A．started

B．spread

C．combined

D．taught

15.

A．entered

B．left

C．filled

D．decorated

16.

A．tougher

B．more embarrassed

C．more grateful

D．smarter

17.

A．sleeping

B．speaking

C．cheating

D．discussing

18.

A．determination

B．joy

C．discipline

D．aim

19.

A．journey

B．college

C．life

D．work

20.

A．hard

B．complex

C．simple

D．short

8 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有 10 处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词；
删除：把多余的词用(＼)划掉；
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：
1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改 10 处，多者（从第 11 处起）不计分。

I once had a cute pet dog calling Jerry. Every day when I get home from school, Jerry would run to the door or give me a warm welcome. I would then pick him up and touch his head gentle. One day, when I returned home away from school, I didn’t see Jerry at the door. My mother told me that Jerry had died in accident. My heart broke when I heard this. In the following two week, I could not help go to his little house, but it was empty. I realized that she had left me. I just hope there are no accidents in the world which Jerry lives now.

9 . For years going home for the holidays has been bittersweet. I appreciate the opportunity to spend quality time with my mom but it is painful for me to see her house littered with stuff.Clothes bought but never worn, and new items in their original packaging carelessly purchased and never used. It’s evident that seeing the stuff on a daily basis reminds my mom of a time when shopping was her way of spending money.

I didn’t fully understand the extent to which my mom was suffering until this week, when I saw piles of clothes on her bed. “How do you manage to sleep every night with all that stuff, Mom?” I asked. To my horror, she replied, “I do it because I know I have to get rid of all this stuff eventually; I am punishing myself by sleeping with them until I do that. ”

Shocked and upset, I gently explained to her that punishing herself was only to make things worse,and that everybody deserves a place to sleep in peace, no matter what mistakes they’ve made. I suggested she move all the stuff upstairs, leaving her room comfortable to sleep in.

With patience and her slow but steady guidance, I helped her go through some of the piles and move them upstairs. For the rest of the week I stayed there, she was in a better mood and was excited about going through the rest of the house to finally get rid of her stuff—past mistakes and painful times. The items brought back painful memories as we inspected and moved them, but I kept reminding her that removing them would allow her to move on and heal. We finally sold so many things and took bag after bag to charity.

The stuff is just a sign of the destructive patterns of self-hatred on past mistakes. Only through the act of self-forgiveness can we bring about a chain reaction of reorganizing—both of the house and heart.

1. What made the author feel bitter?

A．She couldn’t understand her mom’s sorrows.

B．Her mom was stuck in the painful memories.

C．Her mom was always left alone at home.

D．Her mom wasted money on useless things.

2. The underlined word “that” in the second paragraph refers to _______.

A．getting rid of the stuff	B．buying the stuff
C．opening the stuff	D．moving the stuff

3. We can infer from the passage that ______.

A．the author never bought her mom anything

B．the author’s mom has no money to purchase now

C．the author’s mom regrets buying so many things

D．the author knows her mom’s suffering only this week

4. What’s the best title of the passage?

A．How to do shopping wisely

B．Clearance helps reorganize the house

C．Keep an eye on the elderly’s behavior

D．Self-forgiveness makes a difference