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。

Today I will introduce two of the “Living Legends of Sports” to you, One is Lang Ping, and     1    other is Michael Jordan. Lang Ping is     2     (know) to Chinese people as a player and a coach. As a player, Lang Ping brought honour and glory to her country. As a coach, Lang Ping     3     (lead) her volleyball team to Olympic gold in Brazil in 2016.

Michael Jordan is famous as “Air Jordan”,     4    showed great mental     5     (strong) in the games. He says that the secret     6    his success is learning from failures. He also says that he can accept failures,     7    he can’t accept not trying.     8     (lose) games taught him to practise harder and never give     9    . Besides, he has learnt to share his success with others.

Although they are in different sports, they are both     10    (master) and set good examples for others.

4 . Kobe Bryant is no doubt a legend. How did he do it? Simply put his work principle. He showed up to training every day, no excuses. Without a doubt, it is quite evident that Kobe’s desire for success was directly correlated with his work principle.

Kobe Bryant’s work principle is what helped him become the legend he is today. But what also must be understood about Kobe Bryant is that he was relentless (不停的；严格的). He had a mental toughness and steely focus that was driven by his over-the-top competitiveness.

In short, Kobe wanted to be the best, and would do whatever it took to achieve this mental goal. If he had a weakness in one area, he would commit to mastering that weakness. If there was a lack of strength in his shot, he would get to work exhausting all options to correct that lack of strength, researching and then applying the routines that instructed him on how to get stronger. Similarly, if his weakness was a lack of   speed, he would put in the time and effort to overcome the limitation. And there lies his secret to success. The willingness to learn and then apply what he learned to move himself closer to his goals.

“When I am retired, I don’t want to have to say I wish I would have done more. I don’t want that.”— Kobe Bryant.

As such, Kobe Bryant’s success principle can be summarized as a relentless focus on the end result. The great news is the ability to be relentless is in all of you.

1. According to the author, what makes Kobe Bryant a legend?

A．Kobe Bryant’s attitudes and will.	B．Kobe Bryant’s money and power.
C．Kobe Bryant’s devoted fans.	D．Kobe Bryant’s methods of training.

2. How does the author develop Paragraph 3?

A．By time order.	B．By analyzing cause and effect.
C．By giving example.	D．By explaining words meaning.

3. What does the author want to show best by telling the story of Kobe Bryant?

A．Success results from consistent efforts.	B．Always prepare for a rainy day.
C．Actions speak louder than words.	D．The early bird catches the worm.

4. Which of the following best describes Kobe Bryant?

A．Positive and considerate.	B．Self-disciplined and hard-working.
C．Confident and humble.	D．Selfless and energetic

5 . 阅读下面短文，根据首字母或中文提示填入恰当的单词，每空一词，并将答案写在答题纸上相应的题号的横线上。注意：答题时请写出包含首字母的完整单词。

When I was a freshman I joined Volunteers for Wildlife, a rescue and education     1     (社团) at my college. Trying to help injured or sick creatures can be heartbreaking, for     2     (存活) is never certain. However, when it works, it surely b    3     the creatures and us.

I got a rescue call from a woman in Mutton town. She had found a young owl on the ground by a    4    . When I arrived, I saw a 2-to-3-week-old owl. I soon examined the chick and it seemed fine with only     5     (不严重的) injury on its wing. My next work was to construct a nest and anchor it in a tree. A basket was found. I put some pine branches m    6     with grass into the basket to make this nest comfortable. I placed the chick in the nest, and it quickly calmed down.

Now what the chick needed was     7     (情感的) company. I gave the homeowner a recording of the hunger screams of owl chicks. It was i    8     to attract the chick’s parents and encourage our chick to start calling as well.

Much to my r    9    , the homeowner called next day, saying that the parents had responded to the recordings. I drove over and what i    10     me most was an active chick accompanied by its lunch in the nest. The parents had done their duty and would probably continue to do so.

6 . 阅读下面短文，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。

I read this story the other day and I liked it very much. Now I’d like to share it     1    you.

A man     2     (sudden) felt very terrible one day and was taken to hospital. After he received some examinations, he     3     (tell) he was badly ill and wouldn’t live longer than one year.     4     (hear) that, the man became depressed. He was so worried about himself that he wanted to do nothing. It lasted for about a month. Then one day, he decided to make     5     change and do something that he had dreamed of     6     (do)—to travel around the world. The doctors were     7     (shock) when they learned about it. They told the man that he might die on the way, but the man insisted on doing it. So he began his journey around the world.

He made friends with the people     8     he met on ships or planes. He enjoyed good food and visited beautiful     9     (place). He was in a happy mood every day and even totally forgot his illness. He was still alive one year later. When he returned to his home country, he was happy and healthy.

We shouldn’t be worried about it when something bad     10     (happen) to us. Instead, we should overcome our anxiety. Things will not be as bad as we expect them to be.

7 . 语法填空

Ashley Power’s mother bought a computer for her when she was eight. When she was thirteen, she was surfing the Internet regularly,     1     she couldn’t find anywhere for teenagers to meet and talk. One day she thought, “If I had my own website, I’d make     2     a really interesting site for teenagers.”

So, when Ashley was sixteen, she launched her own website,     3     (call) Goosehead. She had no idea     4     a big success it would be, but three years later, the site was the     5     (successful) teen site in the USA! It was getting 100,000 hits every day.

After a few years, the website closed down. Then Ashley, who lives in Los Angeles,     6     (ask) to write a book The Goosehead Guide to Life. The book is     7     how to design a website and start a business. “I was so happy. But it was crazy in a lot of ways. I got very stressed: I mean, I was only sixteen — I didn’t even have a car! If you were sixteen and You had your own company, you’d be stressed, too!”

In     8     interview Ashley gave advice to teenagers who wanted to start their own business, “Just be strong and have your dreams and work hard at them. And don’t listen when people tell you     9     you can’t do it, because I heard ‘no’ a lot. Just keep going     10     you’ll succeed!”

8 . 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。

A funny thing happened to Arthur when he was on the way to work one day. As he walked along Park Avenue near the First National Bank, he heard the sound of someone trying to start a car. He tried again and again but couldn’t get the car moving. Arthur turned and looked inside at the face of a young man who looked worried.

Arthur stopped and said, “It looks like you’ve got a problem.”

“I’m afraid so. I’m in a big hurry but I can’t start my car.”

“Is there something I can do to help?” Arthur asked. The young man looked at the two suitcases in the back seat and then said, “Thanks. If you’re sure it wouldn’t be too much trouble, you could help me get these suitcases into a taxi.”

“No trouble at all. I’d be glad to help.”

The young man got out and took one of the suitcases from the back seat. After placing it on the ground, he turned to get the other one. Just as Arthur picked up the first suitcase and started walking, he heard the long loud noise of an alarm.

It was from the bank. There had been a robbery (抢劫)!

Park Avenue had been quiet a moment before. Now the air was filled with the sound of the alarm and the shouts of people running from all directions. Cars stopped and the passengers joined the crowd in front of the bank. People asked each other, “What happened?” But everyone had a different answer.

Arthur still carrying the suitcase, turned to look at the bank and walked right into a young woman in front of him.

She looked at the suitcase and then at him. Arthur was surprised. “Why is she looking at me like that?” he thought. “The suitcase! She thinks I’m the bank thief!”

Arthur looked around at the crowd of people. He became frightened, and without another thought, he started to run.

注意：续写的词数应为150左右。
Paragraph 1:

As he was running, Arthur heard the young man shouting behind, “Stop! Stop!” _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Paragraph 2:

The taxi stopped in front of the police station. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

9 . When my daughter Sara was in the fifth grade, she came to me with a problem. “Marcy hates me!” she cried. “Because Kathy is my friend, too. She wants me to be her friend and nobody else’s. You talk to Marcy. You tell her that I want to be her friend, but I can have other friends, too!”

Oh! I looked at her for a few moments, wondering how I got into this mess (困境), when suddenly an idea came to me.

Picking up two baskets from the living room, I explained, “When everyone is born, he or she has a little basket. This little one here is yours. The big one is mine. As you grow, so does the basket. You can see your little basket is inside mine because when you were born, there were too many things you couldn’t do for yourself. I did everything you couldn’t do on your own.”

She nodded.

“Well, as you grew older and began to do some things on your own, I began placing a few more things in your basket. When you learned to tie your shoes, that went in your basket.”

She said softly, “I can tie my own shoes.”

“Right. As you grow older, there will be more and more things you must do on your own.” As I spoke, I gradually took her basket out of mine and handed it to her. “You will finally carry your own basket with things only you can do.”

She looked up at me and said, “I understand. There are some things that I have to do for myself because they are in my basket.”

1. What was Sara’s problem?

A．She didn’t have a basket.	B．She didn’t want her own basket.
C．She couldn’t deal with her friendship.	D．Her mother was too hard on her.

2. What did the author feel when she heard her daughter’s problem?

A．Angry.	B．Crazy.
C．Proud.	D．Helpless.

3. We can infer that Sara ________.

A．would talk to Marcy herself	B．wouldn’t make friends with Kathy
C．was too young to deal with anything	D．managed to persuade her mother to help her

4. The baskets mentioned in the passage refer to ________.

A．gifts given by God when everyone is born

B．something that people use to keep vegetables

C．growing abilities as you grow up

D．friendship that needs repairing