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。

One afternoon after school, Mary and her brother, Keith, were eating at a cafe near their home. That afternoon, they had to share their table with another person. That person was a young lady in her twenties. After eating, she went to the restroom. Without realizing, she had left her cellphone on the table. Five minutes later, she came out and walked out of the cafe without looking back.

Mary saw the cellphone on the table. She quickly told Keith, “Keith, the girl left behind her cellphone.”Keith looked at the cellphone. It took his breath away. It was one of the latest models on the market. Keith had always wanted a cellphone. But his parents had told him, “You don’t need one. You can always use the house phone.” He stared at it for some minutes. Then, he said slowly, pausing on every word, “I want to take the cellphone.” Mary could not believe her ears. She only stared at her brother, “You can’t! What if the owner comes to look for it?”

After making the decision, Keith quickly got the cellphone and put it in his schoolbag. Then, he took Mary’s hand and led her out of the cafe quickly.

Once back home, Keith locked his room door with trembling (颤抖的) hands. Inside his room, he took out the piece of beauty. Oh, he liked it so much. He had his own cellphone. Soon, he was polishing it happily. But Mary told him, “Keith, you cannot keep the cellphone. What will you tell our father about this? He will ask you how you got the cellphone.” Keith said quickly, “I will say a friend lent it to me.” Mary said, “Now you are lying too. Oh dear! When had Keith turned so dishonest?”

Then, Mary saw a house phone number on the cover of the cellphone. “This is the girl’s phone number. Why don’t we just call this number? We will talk to her and ask her to come and take back her cellphone,” she was trying to talk some sense into him.

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That night, Keith turned over in bed from time to time.

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Mary was very happy to hear that.

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2 . Last week I went shopping in the supermarket. I got to the front of the _________ and put my groceries on the checkout. I was about to pay, when I _________ that I didn’t have my bank card with me. I _________. Then I remembered I left it at home when I _________ something online. All I had was a $20 note and some coins in my wallet. I was short _________ at least $25, and I needed to buy most of the items.

I started to _________ to the checkout lady. “I’m sorry, I stop the queue. Can I put these things back? And I think I’ll _________ these. Oh, no, need that.”

An Irish lady was _________ behind me, next in the queue. “Excuse me, dear,” she said. “Oh, I’m so sorry,” I replied. “I’m _________ you up.” “Of course not. I know __________ you feel. This happens to all of us at some point. Now please use my __________ to pay the bill and you can be on your way.”

I was astonished by her kindness, __________ even. No matter how I insisted, she was __________ to help me. Afterwards I asked for her telephone number to __________ and pay her back. “No,” she said, “rather than paying it back, you may do a good deed for the next person in need.”

By helping others, can we start the chain __________ of positive feeling and charity that can benefit our whole society?

1.

A．table

B．supermarket

C．queue

D．shelf

2.

A．realized

B．knew

C．recognized

D．observed

3.

A．hesitated

B．stopped

C．panicked

D．struggled

4.

A．explored

B．bought

C．learned

D．delivered

5.

A．by

B．under

C．on

D．with

6.

A．cry

B．apologize

C．complain

D．explain

7.

A．borrow

B．drop

C．follow

D．take

8.

A．standing

B．supporting

C．blaming

D．shouting

9.

A．turning

B．putting

C．joining

D．holding

10.

A．what

B．how

C．why

D．when

11.

A．card

B．fame

C．income

D．identity

12.

A．abnormal

B．anxious

C．embarrassed

D．hopeless

13.

A．polite

B．determined

C．excited

D．unwilling

14.

A．fit in

B．get through

C．look up

D．get in touch

15.

A．reaction

B．sympathy

C．satisfaction

D．relationship

3 . I first discovered Café Gratitude several months ago. My friend Heather invited me to ___ her for lunch. Heather had just moved to Los Angeles, and we would discuss the project we were doing. As we sat down and were ___ the delicious vegetarian menu, the server who came to take our order asked us the question of the day. What are you grateful for? I felt a familiar stir(震动) in my chest, and my eyes began to water. ___ a pause, Heather ___ her hand to me and said that it was with me. I expressed my gratitude to be with her ___, enjoying this moment of our shared ___ and her new start in Los Angeles. After a delicious lunch, I decided to stay a while longer as the question had inspired me to meet the co-owner, Ryland. Pauses or delays in life are a very good time to listen to what’s ___ inside of our hearts. 

When Ryland came over to my ___ with his big smile, his title of Chief Inspiration Officer seemed very ___ for his personality. He gave me his ____ attention as he opened his heart to listen. I told him how I wanted to help him open more ____ so there could be more places to eat and help spread this message of “being generous and grateful every day”. Since that ____, Café Gratitude has been my favorite place to eat. 

What a rewarding and meaningful experience! And I’ve since learned that Café Gratitude ____ business through what they call Sacred Commerce where they “provide inspired service and express ____ for the richness of our lives”. A simple question that day ____ me down new paths and gave me new friendships.

1.

A．attend

B．accompany

C．involve

D．join in

2.

A．looking

B．testing

C．planning

D．studying

3.

A．Without

B．Despite

C．In terms of

D．Regardless of

4.

A．reached

B．shook

C．clapped

D．stuck

5.

A．either

B．as well as

C．also

D．too

6.

A．project

B．honesty

C．friendship

D．seat

7.

A．looking on

B．insisting on

C．going on

D．agreeing on

8.

A．company

B．table

C．house

D．car

9.

A．suitable

B．ready

C．eager

D．famous

10.

A．simple

B．full

C．urgent

D．regular

11.

A．hotels

B．schools

C．clubs

D．cafes

12.

A．meeting

B．performance

C．act

D．vacation

13.

A．practices

B．reviews

C．trains

D．concludes

14.

A．explanation

B．appreciation

C．consideration

D．application

15.

A．surprised

B．returned

C．led

D．held

5 . Stephen Hawking not only changed the way people thought about science, but he also changed the way people viewed ________ . Diagnosed(诊断) with motor neurone disease in his twenties, many of his scientific discoveries were made while his body was ________ .

When Hawking studied at Oxford University, he had a ________ for being lively, humorous and popular. ________ , during his final year at Oxford, he fell over for no particular reason. When noticing his speech began to be ________, Hawking sought medical help. It was then that he was diagnosed with the disease. Doctors at the time gave him less than two years to ________.

Luckily, he survived. However, after his diagnosis, his ________ failed quickly. Throughout the 1960s, he required stick to walk, ________ a wheelchair for many years. It was only by the end of the 1960s that he ________ accepted he would need a full-time mobility aid.

Despite Hawking's poor health, he made some important scientific ________. It was in 1974 that he discovered what now is ________ as "Hawking radiation". Later, in 1988, Hawking published his book A Brief History of Time.

It was his ________ —focusing on what was possible rather than impossible—that defined (定义) his public image. His books made science easily ________ to a wider public. Hawking once said, "My advice to other people would be: ________ things your disability doesn't prevent you from doing well, and don't ________ the things it interferes with(干扰). Don' t be disabled in spirit, as well as physically.”

1.

A．nature

B．disability

C．knowledge

D．space

2.

A．growing

B．recovering

C．shaking

D．failing

3.

A．fancy

B．request

C．preference

D．name

4.

A．Therefore

B．Besides

C．However

D．Instead

5.

A．unclear

B．boring

C．brief

D．incorrect

6.

A．relax

B．study

C．live

D．adapt

7.

A．health

B．mind

C．sight

D．memory

8.

A．preparing

B．seeking

C．refusing

D．pushing

9.

A．obviously

B．formally

C．accidentally

D．eventually

10.

A．experiments

B．illustrations

C．achievements

D．researches

11.

A．tried out

B．referred to

C．ended up

D．set up

12.

A．determination

B．creativity

C．potential

D．carefulness

13.

A．acceptable

B．accessible

C．suitable

D．affordable

14.

A．believe in

B．leave behind

C．gather up

D．concentrate on

15.

A．mourn

B．share

C．forget

D．admit

6 . Kunta wondered why the white people had done this to him. Born a free man, he was now in chains. Heavy iron chains around his feet and hands were fixed to a metal bar that ran round the hall about ten centimeters off the ground. He was just able to lie down on the ground, but could not stand up.

Kunta had been seized in the forest and then hit on the head with a hard object. When he woke up, his hands and feet had already been tied together. What shocked him most was that the men who carried him were black. He reasoned with them, and tried to persuade them to set him free. But they would not listen to him. When they came to the river, a white man was waiting in the boat for them. There was an argument about money, so it seemed, in a language that Kunta did not understand. Finally, Kunta was thrown into the bottom of the boat and covered with an old smelly cloth. The men took him in their boat to the castle on the coast where he was now held prisoner.

Another thing which shocked Kunta was that women were held in the castle too. He could hear their crying, also children’s voices. What was to become of them all, he wondered. For all his life, he had known that people suddenly disappeared from their villages. He had known that it was not safe to travel alone in the forest near the coast. But why did white people want to catch Africans and put them in chains? Would they be killed or even eaten? The situation seemed hopeless and he knew his life was in danger.

Worse was to come. A few days later about 140 black people were taken and put on a tall sailing ship waiting off the coast. Once on the boat, they were taken below and their chains were fixed to two bars that ran the length of the ship. Their feet were fixed to one bar and their hands to another bar. Thus they lay on hard wooden boards, unable to stand up or move around.

The sea journey lasted over sixty days and nights. They had rough weather and Kunta’s back bled from rolling over on the hard wooden boards. Many of the men fell sick with fever. They sighed and cried out for more water, but food and water were only given out once a day. Once in a while sailors came down, Kunta thought, to carry sick men upstairs for treatment. When the ship finally arrived in a port, the wooden cover was opened wide and Kunta could see in daylight for the first time across the part of the ship where he had been chained. About a third of the people who had been chained up below at the beginning of the journey were missing.

1. Where was Kunta seized?

A．In the forest.	B．In the bush.
C．On the shore.	D．In the castle.

2. Why was Kunta caught by the black people?

A．He would be made a servant.	B．He would be sold for money.
C．He would be used to work on the farm.	D．The white people forced them to.

3. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A．The castle on the coast was used for a place where black people were held prisoners.

B．Women and children were also caught to have more slaves.

C．The sea journey was about two months.

D．Only one third of the people were still alive at the end of the journey.

4. What happened to the sick people who were carried upstairs？

A．Many people were dead.	B．Many people escaped.
C．Many people were saved.	D．Many people were set free.

7 . If you think your woman would never lie to you, guess again. From little ____ lies to the more serious variety, most women will hold back the ____ at some point in a relationship. Her motivation ____ lying can stem (起源于) from wanting to protect your feelings or, sure enough, to save her own butt (抵触).

One day, when a seamstress（女裁缝师）was sewing ____ sitting close to a river, her thimble（顶针）fell into the river. When she cried out, the Lord ____ and asked, ‘My dear child, why are you crying?’ The seamstress replied that her thimble had fallen into the water and ________ she needed it to help her husband in making a living for their family. The Lord dipped his hand into the water and ____ a golden thimble set with sapphires(蓝宝石).

‘Is this your thimble?’ the Lord asked. The seamstress replied, ‘No.’The Lord again dipped into the river. He ____ a silver thimble.

‘Is this your thimble?’ the Lord asked. Again, the seamstress replied, ‘No.’

The Lord ____ down again and came up with a leather thimble.

‘Is this your thimble?’ the Lord asked. The seamstress replied, ‘Yes.’ The Lord was pleased with the woman’s ____ and gave her all three thimbles to keep, and the seamstress went home, much ___ .

Some years later, the seamstress was walking with her husband along the ___ , and her husband fell into the river and disappeared under the water. ____ she cried out, the Lord appeared and asked her, ‘Why are you crying?’ ‘Oh Lord, my husband has fallen into the river!’

The Lord went down into the water and came up with George Clooney. ‘Is this your husband?’ the Lord asked.

‘Yes,’ cried the seamstress. The Lord was ___. ‘You lied! That is a(n) ___ !’ The seamstress replied, ‘Oh, forgive me, my Lord. It is a ___. You see, if I had said ‘no’ to George Clooney, you would have come up with Brad Pitt. Then if I said ‘no’ to him, you would have come up with my husband. Had I then said ‘yes,’ you would have given me ____. Lord, I’m not in the best of health and ____ be able to take care of all three husbands, ___ THAT’S why I said ‘yes’ to George Clooney.’

And so the Lord let her keep him.

The ____ of this story is: Whenever a woman lies, it’s for a good and honorable reason, and in the best interest of others.

1.

A．white

B．red

C．black

D．blue

2.

A．tears

B．truth

C．health

D．lies

3.

A．to

B．in

C．for

D．at

4.

A．while

B．after

C．before

D．during

5.

A．appeared

B．comforted

C．jumped

D．criticized

6.

A．if

B．whether

C．that

D．after

7.

A．made up

B．threw up

C．took up

D．pulled up

8.

A．picked out

B．held out

C．found out

D．carried out

9.

A．reached

B．calmed

C．settled

D．put

10.

A．promise

B．wisdom

C．pride

D．honesty

11.

A．worried

B．disappointed

C．puzzled

D．pleased

12.

A．seashore

B．riverbank

C．coast

D．pool

13.

A．Immediately

B．Quickly

C．Suddenly

D．Surprisingly

14.

A．happy

B．anxious

C．angry

D．amazed

15.

A．untruth

B．mistake

C．excuse

D．pity

16.

A．fact

B．pressure

C．dream

D．misunderstanding

17.

A．both

B．none

C．all

D．neither

18.

A．couldn’t

B．wouldn’t

C．shouldn’t

D．needn’t

19.

A．however

B．because

C．as

D．so

20.

A．value

B．subject

C．moral

D．purpose