1 . Mr. Brown, the wife of a famous doctor, was good at cooking. Once the Browns invited some of their friends to lunch. Mrs. Brown thought it was a good chance for her to ________ how wonderfully she could cook, so she ________ a new way of cooking a fish dish. She was quite pleased with herself when the dish was ________. “I have never cooked such _______ dish before!” she thought.

As the dish was very ________ she put it near the open window to cool for a few minutes. But, several minutes ________, when she came back ________it, she was shocked(震惊) to find the neighbor’s cat, Chester, at the dish. She was in time to stop the cat ________ it was too late.

When all the guests sat, the dinner began. The fish dish __________ really wonderful and everyone _______ it very much. They talked and laughed _______ four o'clock.

At the end of the afternoon, when she was alone again, Mrs. Brown felt ________but also happy. She sat in a chair near a window to have a _______. She happened to look down ________ the window, and saw something ________ a little animal in the garden.

“Oh, it is Chester. Dear, she is dead! Why? The fish dish must be bad! What will ________ to my friends?” she was frightened.

Immediately she telephoned her husband for ________. The doctor told her to telephone ____ of the guests to meet him at the hospital as soon as they could.

Finally the danger was _______. Once again, Mrs. Brown was alone in her chair in the sitting room, still tired but no longer happy. Just then the telephone rang. It was her _______ who cried, “Oh, Mrs. Brown, Chester is dead. She was killed by a car and someone put it in your garden.”

1.

A．enjoy

B．show

C．make

D．say

2.

A．did

B．made

C．tried

D．found

3.

A．ready

B．gone

C．finishing

D．already

4.

A．an expensive

B．an excellent

C．a terrible

D．a pretty

5.

A．hot

B．cold

C．warm

D．heat

6.

A．early

B．earlier

C．later

D．late

7.

A．with

B．to

C．for

D．after

8.

A．after

B．before

C．when

D．until

9.

A．tasted

B．was eaten

C．felt

D．looked

10.

A．ate

B．enjoyed

C．had

D．ate up

11.

A．at

B．from

C．to

D．till

12.

A．worried

B．sad

C．tired

D．sorry

13.

A．bread

B．break

C．breath

D．stop

14.

A．through

B．throughout

C．past

D．out

15.

A．as

B．seem

C．to seem

D．like

16.

A．change

B．happen

C．become

D．come

17.

A．thought

B．advice

C．ways

D．ideas

18.

A．both

B．any

C．all

D．some

19.

A．end

B．missed

C．over

D．passed

20.

A．husband

B．doctor

C．neighbour

D．guest

2 . 语篇填空，请将答案填写在答题卡的相应位置。

The father and grandfather are playing chess    1    （坐) at the table,     2    the boy comes in. The boy     3    (走进)the table     4     (nervous) and asks his father to     5    （谈一谈）with him about his future    6    （职业、事业）. He decides not     7     (go) to university and he wants to     8    (关注) his band. The father feels     9     (surprise) because he always expects the boy to be a     10     (law). Hearing their conversation, the grandfather     11     (advice) the boy to think carefully before    12    (jump) in with both feet. In the grandfather’s view, if the boy attends university and plays music     13    , he will have two     14    (选择). Perhaps the boy will find a job that suits his    15    (天赋).

3 . At Blossom End Railroad Station, 22-year-old Stanley Vine sat, waiting for his new employer. The surrounding green fields were so unlike the muddy landscape of war-torn France. After four horrible years as an army private (列兵) fighting in Europe, Stanley had returned to England in February 1946. Armed now with some savings and with no prospects for a job in England, he answered a newspaper ad for farm help in Canada. Two months later he was on his way.

When the old car rumbled toward the tiny station, Stanley rose to his feet, trying to make the most of his five foot, four inch frame. The farmer, Alphonse Lapine, shook his head and complained, “You’re a skinny thing.” On the way to his dairy farm, Alphonse explained that he had a wife and seven kids. “Money’s tight. You’ll get room and board. You’ll get up at dawn for milking, and then help me around the farm until evening milking time again. Ten dollars a week. Sundays off.” Stanley nodded. He had never been on a farm before, but he took the job.

From the beginning Stanley was treated horribly by the whole family. They made fun of the way he dressed and talked. The humourless farmer frequently lost his temper, criticizing Stanley for the slightest mistake. The oldest son, 13-year-old Armand, constantly played nasty tricks on him. But the kind-hearted Stanley never responded.

Stanley never became part of the Lapine family. After work, they ignored him. He spent his nights alone in a tiny bedroom. However, each evening before retiring, he lovingly cared for the farmer’s horses, eagerly awaiting him at the field gate. He called them his gentle giants.

Early one November morning Alphonse Lapine discovered that Stanley had disappeared, after only six months as his farmhand. In fact no one in the community ever heard of him again. That is, until one evening, almost 20 years later, when Armand, opened an American sports magazine and came across a shocking headline, “Millionaire jockey, Stanley Vine, ex-British soldier and 5-time horse riding champion, began life in North America as a farmhand in Canada.”

1. Stanley Vine decided to go to Canada because ________.

A．he wanted to escape from war-torn France

B．he wanted to serve in the Canadian army

C．he couldn’t find a job in England

D．he loved working as a farmhand

2. Which of the following is True according to the passage?

A．Stanley joined the French army when he was 18 years old.

B．On the farm Stanley had to milk the cows 14 times a week.

C．The Lapine family were rich but cruel to Stanley.

D．Stanley read about the job offer in a newspaper.

3. What can we infer from the passage?

A．When Stanley first met his employer, he tried to impress him but failed.

B．Stanley had never worked on a farm, so he made a lot of mistakes.

C．Stanley’s weekly salary was not enough for him to live on.

D．Stanley left the farm by train, without telling anyone why he did so.

4. What did Stanley like doing after work each day?

A．Hitch-hiking to different towns.	B．Caring for the farmer’s horses.
C．Wandering around the farm alone.	D．Preparing meals on the farm.

5. Why was Armand so astonished when he read about Stanley in the magazine?

A．He didn’t know Stanley had been a British soldier.

B．He had no idea Stanley had always been a wealthy man.

C．He didn’t know his father paid Stanley so little money.

D．He didn’t expect Stanley to become such a success.

4 . Nick was not the kind of boy I had expected to spend my summer with. I was hoping to have some ________ the summer before my busy senior year, but my mother asked me to do her a ________. One of her colleagues needed a full-time ________. “You planned to volunteer at the local hospital, why not volunteer to ________ Nick instead?” Then she told me that this six-year-old boy was not a ________ child.

Nick was a lovely little boy who suffered from many disorders. Normal day-care centers would not ________ him. As a baby, he had serious ear infections which left him with equilibrium（平衡）problems.

He couldn’t ________ or run properly. I was ________ if I was to take the job when my mother ________, “Don’t you want to be a nurse in the future? I doubt if you even have the ________.”

Then I told her I was ________ for the job.

The day started at 7:00 a.m. Nick was my wake-up call! With so much energy and very little ________, he was quite a mix.

At the park, when he saw all the other children play on the jungle gym and swings, the boy’s face ________up—How he wished he belonged to the group of his age! You would think it would be ________ to get a child to go down a slide. Believe me, it wasn’t! It took time, a lot of time. But with patience and support, Nick took one step up the slide each day. We worked together to face his ________ and gradually he got closer to taking the slide of his life.

Halfway through the summer, he ________ it to the top of the slide. With my arms holding him tightly, we flew down the slide! I waited for his ________. After realizing that he was safe and sound, he gave me a big ________ and asked, “May I go down again, alone?”

I had never been happier in my life when I saw this little child climb the ladder and enjoy what other children ________ for granted.

This ________ child taught me that being a nurse means respect, kindness and patience.

1.

A．grade

B．course

C．project

D．relaxation

2.

A．service

B．favour

C．business

D．trade

3.

A．nurse

B．waitress

C．guard

D．guide

4.

A．protect

B．assist

C．attend

D．comfort

5.

A．normal

B．naughty

C．clever

D．happy

6.

A．admit

B．receive

C．accept

D．adopt

7.

A．speak

B．play

C．stand

D．walk

8.

A．hesitating

B．wondering

C．questioning

D．asking

9.

A．suggested

B．argued

C．challenged

D．commented

10.

A．energy

B．courage

C．faith

D．time

11.

A．eager

B．sorry

C．grateful

D．ready

12.

A．awareness

B．balance

C．knowledge

D．appeal

13.

A．delighted

B．turned

C．lighted

D．shuts

14.

A．demanding

B．simple

C．interesting

D．flexible

15.

A．fears

B．worries

C．chances

D．happiness

16.

A．climbed

B．got

C．managed

D．made

17.

A．laughter

B．reaction

C．answer

D．greeting

18.

A．kiss

B．clap

C．welcome

D．surprise

19.

A．play

B．do

C．take

D．enjoy

20.

A．miserable

B．smart

C．lucky

D．special

5 . Allen Cook and his daughter Melissa were renovating(整修) her house, when they found a beautiful, heart-warming love story. “The envelope in the ceiling was old and yellow. It had never been opened, It was unbelievable when my son-in-low started reading it. In the letter she was talking about the baby she was going to have,” Allen Cook said.

The story began in May 4, 1945, the typed letter was written by a woman named Virginia to her husband, Rolf Christoffersen. At the time, he was a sailor in the Norwegian navy. The envelope was marked “return to sender” and never found its way to her husband. Allen’s daughter used the Internet to find the phone number of someone named Rolf Christoffersen and gave him a call, leading her to his son in Santa Barbara, California.

“Someone called me at my office. They just googled my name because I have the same name as my father. Melissa asked me where I grew up and I told her. She told me she had the letter,” Christoffersen’s son, 66 now, said. The younger Christoffersen wasn’t yet born when his mother Virginia wrote the letter, but he said her words were very special to him. His mother, who died six years ago, wrote about her love for her husband.

“I love you Rolf, as I love the warm sun, and that is what you are for my life, the sun about which everything else revolves around me,” she wrote. Seventy-two years later, her words were finally heard by her husband. Christoffersen immediately called his father, who is now 96. And read the letter to him over the phone. “I was so surprised after all these years. I was very emotional,” the elder Christoffersen said.

The long-lost letter was finally received just before Mother’s Day; it was another tangible connection to Virginia Christoffersen. “It’s Mother’s Day and reading her words reminded me just what a wonderful person she was and how much she loved us” her son said, through tears.

1. The envelope found by Allen and his daughter ________.

A．was hard to believe for everyone

B．told a pretty and touching love story

C．told a story about Melissa and her husband

D．was written by a man whose wife joined the services

2. How did Allen’s daughter find the phone number?

A．By searching the Internet.	B．With the help of the public.
C．By the address on the envelope.	D．With the help of the Norwegian navy.

3. It can be inferred that the baby Virginia mentioned in the letter might be ________.

A．the father of Melissa who found the letter

B．the younger Christoffersen in Santa Barbara

C．6 years older than the younger Christoffersen

D．a younger brother of the younger Christoffersen

4. Elder Christoffersen knew the details of the letter through ________.

A．his neighbor telling him face to face

B．his son reading to him on the phone

C．the email that Melissa sent to him

D．the post on the Internet posted by Melissa

5. What did the younger Christoffersen think of the long-lost love letter?

A．A reminder of his mother.	B．A precious gift to his father.
C．A present from his mother.	D．A precious gift of Mother’s Day.

6 . 阅读下面短文，按照要求完成阅读任务。

In the last week, terrible floods have hit Prague, the beautiful old capital city of the Czech Republic. These are the worst floods for over 100 years, leaving thousands of people without homes.

The floods rushed into Prague zoo as well, and hundreds of zoo animals had to swim for their lives. One of the monkeys drowned in two minutes, because the place where he lived was covered by water.

An elephant, called Kadir, also drowned, but his death helped to save other animals. Kadir was famous because he had appeared on TV. When they heard the news of his death, hundreds of people phoned the zoo offering help.

After the sad news of the elephant’s death, many volunteers came to the zoo to help the animals. This was not easy. They had to use the huge machines to lift things onto ships. Without these, it would have been impossible to lift the very large animals like elephants.

Other animals swam out and were found in the rivers. One of the seals, Gaston, swam to Germany, 120 kilometers away. In the end, four hundred animals were salvaged.

1. Why do you think the elephant death helped to save other animals?(no more than 15 words)
_________________________________________________________________________
2. How did a seal survive the flood at last? (no more than 10 words)
_________________________________________________________________________
3. What’s main idea of Paragraph 4? (no more than 8 words)
_________________________________________________________________________
4. The underlined word “salvaged” can be best replaced with ______.(no more than 2 words)
_________________________________________________________________________
5. Do you want to be a volunteer to help save the animals? And why?(no more than 25 words)
_________________________________________________________________________

7 . After a serious earthquake happened, a father left his wife safely at home and rushed to his son's school, only to find that the building where his son studied had collapsed and looked like a pancake．

He was shocked. He didn't know what he should do for a while, then he remembered the words he had said to his son，“No matter what happens, I'll always be there for you！” And tears began to fill his eyes. He started digging through the ruins.

As he was digging, other helpless parents and the firemen arrived and tried to pull him off the ruins, saying，“It's too late! They're all dead! There's nothing you can do！”To them he replied with one line，“Are you going to help me now？”And then he kept on digging.

No one helped, however. He went on alone because he needed to know for himself，“Is my boy alive or is he dead？” He dug for eight hours...12 hours...24 hours...36 hours...then, in the 39th hour, he pulled back a rock and heard his son's words. He shouted his son's name，“ARMAND！”He heard back, “Dad！？！ It's me, Dad! I told the other kids not to worry. I told them that if you were alive, you'd save me and when you saved me, they'd be saved. You promised, ‘No matter what happens, I'll always be there for you！’You did it, Dad！”

“What's going on there? How is it？”the father asked.

“There are 14 of us left out of 33, Dad. We're frightened, hungry, thirsty and thankful you're here. When the building fell down, it made a triangle, and it saved us.”

“Come out, boy！”

“No, Dad! Let the other kids out first, because I know you'll get me! No matter what happens, I know you'll always be there for me！”

1. The underlined word “collapsed” probably means______.

A．fallen down	B．shaken violently
C．stood by	D．gone off

2. Who came to help the father when he was digging?

A．His wife.	B．Other parents.
C．The firemen.	D．No one.

3. Other parents and the firemen wanted to pull him off the ruins because they thought_______.

A．he was mad

B．all the children had died in the earthquake

C．he was too dangerous to others

D．it was not his job to dig

4. How many students were still alive when the father found them in the ruins?

A．Fourteen.	B．Thirty three.
C．Forty seven.	D．Nineteen.

5. We can learn from the passage that________.

A．it took the father one day to find his son and other students

B．his wife died in the earthquake

C．his son was the last one to come out of the ruins

D．the son didn't believe his father would come to save him

8 . It was rainy, and I had no desire to drive up the winding mountain road to my daughter Carolyn’s house. But she had insisted that I come to see something at the top of the mountain.

So here I was, reluctantly making the two-hour journey through fog that hung like veils. By the time I saw how thick it was near the summit, I’d gone too far to turn back.

Nothing could be worth this, I thought as I inched along the dangerous highway.

“I’ll stay for lunch, but I’ m heading back down as soon as the fog lifts,” I announced when I arrived.

“But I need you to drive me to the garage to pick up my car,” Carolyn said, “Could we at least do that?”

“How far is it?” I asked.

“About three minutes,” she said, “I’ll drive—I’m used to it.”

After ten minutes on the mountain road, I looked at her anxiously. “I thought you said three minutes.”

She grinned. “This is a detour.”

Turning down a narrow track, we parked the car and got out. We walked along a path that was thick with old pine needles. Huge black-green evergreens towered over us. Gradually, the peace and silence of the place began to fill my mind.

Then we turned a comer and stopped—and I gasped in amazement.

From the top of the mountain, sloping for several acres across the mountain side and valleys, were rivers of flowers in numerous colors. It looked as though the sun had tipped over and spilled gold down the mountainside.

A series of questions filled my mind. Who created such beauty? Why? How?

As we approached the home that stood in the center of the property, we saw a sign that read: “Answers to the Questions I Know You Are Asking.”

The first answer was: “One Woman—Two Hands, Two Feet, and Very Little Brain.” The second was: “One at a Time.” The third: “Started in 1958.”

As we drove home, I was so moved by what we had seen. I could scarcely speak. “She changed the world.” I finally said, “one bulb (球茎) at a time. She started almost 40 years ago, probably just the beginning of an idea, but she kept at it.”

The wonder of it would not let me go. “Imagine,” I said, “if I’d had a vision and worked at it, just a little bit every day, what might I have accomplished?”

Carolyn looked at me sideways, smiling. “Start tomorrow,” she said. “Better yet, start today.”

1. What was the weather like when the author drove to visit her daughter?

A．It was snowing.	B．It was foggy.
C．It was freezing.	D．It was sunny.

2. What can be inferred about the daughter?

A．She told a white lie to her mother.

B．She was an experienced driver.

C．She didn’t know the way very well.

D．She knew everything about the woman.

3. The mother began to enjoy herself when ________.

A．they were driving in the car

B．they were at the garage

C．they were on their way back

D．they were walking in the woods

4. Which of the following can best describe the owner of the property?

A．Crazy and silly.	B．Determined and persistent.
C．Brave and careful.	D．Beautiful and courageous.

5. What do you think the mother will do after this visit?

A．She will look after her grandchildren.

B．She will pay a second visit to the garden.

C．She will begin to do something meaningful.

D．She will come and live with her daughter.

9 . I started volunteering at a soup kitchen several years ago. The original reason I was going was to ___________ community service hours for school. My plan was to __________ go there a few times and get my service hours, but it taught me a lot. The typical volunteer there served __________ to people.

Basically, I was ____________ serving bread and juice to whoever wanted it, which was a simple task. Some of the people were homeless, and some of them were __________ families. All of them were people in need of a hot meal and a place to __________ for an hour or several minutes. ____________ some of them looked like they weren't behaving well, we always took care of them.

The first time I went there was right before Christmas. For the people coming to the soup kitchen, it was not exactly a ____________ time. It made me think about my happy Christmas and made me feel how__________ I was. Unlike them, I have a home and I don't __________ cold or hunger. At that point, I decided that I ____________ wanted to go back there. I couldn't offer them much, but I could always offer my time and ____________. The experience also gives me a feeling of ___________. Whenever I go there , people are __________ that I showed up again . They know my name and they know that I am more than happy to ___________ them. It truly feels good to know that you can ___________ someone's day. I've realized that the feeling of doing good for people can be a better ___________than any amount of money. You can't buy that feeling.

I have never ___________ a single second of my volunteering. It ___________ me that dozens of cities have made it illegal to set up a soup kitchen. But I will continue my volunteer work and find more ways to show my ____________ to people in need.

1.

A．reduce

B．avoid

C．complete

D．cancel

2.

A．yet

B．just

C．even

D．still

3.

A．food

B．work

C．time

D．money

4.

A．tired of

B．worried about

C．responsible for

D．free from

5.

A．busy

B．serious

C．experienced

D．struggling

6.

A．hide

B．rest

C．live

D．study

7.

A．Although

B．If

C．Because

D．Until

8.

A．available

B．strange

C．pleasant

D．painful

9.

A．wise

B．honest

C．curious

D．fortunate

10.

A．turn down

B．suffer from

C．pass down

D．learn from

11.

A．definitely

B．gradually

C．equally

D．hardly

12.

A．reason.

B．effort

C．chance

D．patience

13.

A．stability

B．guilt

C．loss

D．appreciation

14.

A．grateful

B．confident

C．proud

D．shocked

15.

A．change

B．leave

C．forget

D．help

16.

A．describe

B．waste

C．brighten

D．disturb

17.

A．reward

B．excuse

C．risk

D．mistake

18.

A．planned

B．regretted

C．forgiven

D．understood

19.

A．reminds

B．confuses

C．encourages

D．disappoints

20.

A．talent

B．concern

C．kindness

D．weakness

10 . At the age of seven, while his friends were spending their allowances on candy and toys, Jose Adolfo Quisocola, Peru, came up with the creative idea of an eco-bank which allows kids of all ages to become economically independent and financially wise while helping the environment.

Established in 2012, The Bartselana Student Bank is the world’s first cooperative bank for kids. Whoever wants to join has to bring in at least 5 kilograms (11 pounds) of solid waste (paper or plastic) and establish a savings goal. Once accepted, all bank “partners” are required to deposit at least one additional kilogram (2* 2 pounds) of recydables on a monthly basis and obey other requirements, such as attending financial education and environmental management workshops. The waste accumulated is sold to local recycling companies, who, thanks to some clever negotiation by Jose, pay a higher-than-market rate for everything brought in by Bartselana Student Bank members. The funds received are placed in the individual’s account where they collect until his/her savings goal is reached. The account holder can then withdraw his/her money, or choose to leave it and continue to grow for a bigger target.

“At the beginning, my teachers thought I was crazy or that a child could not undertake this type of project,” Jose recalls. “They did not understand that we are not the future of the country but its present. Luckily, I had the support of the school principal and an assistant in my classroom.”

The youngster’s persistence paid off. Today, the eco-bank, which now has the support of several local institutions, has ten educational centers and begins accepting applications from kids all across Peru. On November 20, 2018, the young boy was awarded the famous Children’s Climate Prize (CCP). “Jose’s eco-bank is a brilliant way of linking economy and climate impact, both in thought and practice. The potential impact is amazing”, a judge said.

Hopefully, Jose’s success will inspire more kids and adults to come up with new ideas that create value while helping the environment. As the boy says, “Together we can change the world. we just need an opportunity.”

1. For what purpose was the eco-bank created?

A．To educate children how to spend their allowances.

B．To help children break away from their parents.

C．To raise children’s awareness of money and environment

D．To encourage children to buy whatever they want.

2. What does Paragraph 2 mainly talk about?

A．The history of the eco-bank

B．The requirements of membership,

C．The wisest way to deal with waste

D．The process of how the eco-bank works.

3. What challenge did Jose meet at the beginning when opening the eco-bank?

A．Lack of enough support.	B．Lack of experience.
C．Lack of investment.	D．Lack of workers.

4. What can we learn from the last two Paragraphs?

A．The boy’s efforts were made in vain.

B．The eco-bank was highly appreciated.

C．The judge thought poorly of the eco-bank.

D．The boy’s success had no practical values.

5. What can be a suitable title for the text?

A．Persistence Paid Off

B．Recycling does Count

C．An Opportunity to Change the World.

D．An Eco-bank, Economical and Ecological