1 . The first day of high school can be difficult for many kids. But for Caleb Wrenn, it seemed more _______. The 14-year-old texted his big _______ on the first day at Reidsville Senior High School about all the things that had gone _______.

“I sat alone at lunch and got _______ three times,” he told his sister Leal Edwards, a student at Appalachian State University. Wrenn said no one would be his _______ because he’s short.

Edwards posted a screenshot (截屏) of the _______, along with a photo of her little brother, on Twitter. “Retweet to let my baby brother know that he is cool before I have to pull up to his school,” she wrote.

Little did she know, the _______ about her little brother would go viral (疯传), and Wrenn’s problem would be _______.

The next day, the tweet had been _______ thousands of times, and a senior student at the North Carolina school ________ to Edwards. “I’ll sit with him today at lunch break,” Timothy Thaxton wrote.

Then Edwards saw a photo that ________ her heart—her brother ________ at school lunch table, surrounded (包围) by upperclassmen.

“They simply saw my tweet and wanted to make a ________,” Edwards told CBS News. “They ________ him with a whole group of boys and now he has people to sit with at ________.”

Edwards said one of the students just happened to ________ her viral tweet. “I never thought it would get so much ________,” Edwards said.

The lunchroom ________ wasn’t just a one-time thing—according to his sister, Wrenn has a (n) ________ group of friends. “Now they all have my mother’s phone number and we’re all one big ________,” she told CBS News. “It really brought our community together.”

1.

A．important

B．interesting

C．natural

D．difficult

2.

A．teacher

B．brother

C．sister

D．partner

3.

A．wrong

B．back

C．smoothly

D．together

4.

A．ready

B．excited

C．sick

D．lost

5.

A．baby

B．classmate

C．parent

D．friend

6.

A．text

B．page

C．video

D．website

7.

A．report

B．post

C．story

D．article

8.

A．caused

B．created

C．solved

D．discovered

9.

A．rewritten

B．re-shared

C．re-counted

D．researched

10.

A．replied

B．told

C．listened

D．explained

11.

A．broke

B．followed

C．opened

D．warmed

12.

A．lay

B．stood

C．sat

D．walked

13.

A．promise

B．difference

C．chance

D．decision

14.

A．praised

B．caught

C．surprised

D．welcomed

15.

A．home

B．dinner

C．lunch

D．work

16.

A．see

B．finish

C．make

D．lock

17.

A．use

B．attention

C．hate

D．money

18.

A．kindness

B．value

C．experience

D．imagination

19.

A．old

B．common

C．similar

D．newfound

20.

A．team

B．family

C．mistake

D．joke

3 . 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。

As he lay awake that night, Tony could hear his parents discussing his sister Alice’s birthday. It was just two days away. Birthdays were always a lot of fun, even though there was no money for store-bought gifts. Nearly all of toys he and his sister had were homemade. There was nothing wrong with that, he knew. Like many families in this part, they were poor.

This birthday would be different, though. Alice was older now, and he’d seen how her eyes lit up when she saw the new doll at Honey House, a neighborhood store just down the road from their house.

How he longed for her to have it! An idea finally came to him just before he went to bed. After a quick breakfast the following morning, he tied a bag to the handlebars of his bike and headed toward a village hill.

After a long journey, he reached his destination, the mango forest. There were already two other boys there. Tony grabbed his bag and set to work immediately.

The sun was high overhead. The weather was hot and nearly all of the taller trees held ripe mangoes but they were well beyond reach. Tony struggled to climb the trees to pick mangoes, though he fell off many times.

His efforts were sometimes rewarded when a mango dropped into the bag. After a while his neck ached from looking upward, and his arms grew sore. He kept at it, though, and by late afternoon his bag was nearly full.

注意：
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右。
2. 续写部分分两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。
Paragraph 1：

Tony rushed back to Honey House, out of breath, only to find the owner of the store was going to close the door.

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Paragraph 2：

The following morning, Alice walked into the kitchen and took a seat at the breakfast table.

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7 . It was a cold and snowy morning after the winter vacation. Actually, it was my first day at my new school. I was walking slowly and worrying about lots of things. It was 7:00 in the morning and there weren't many people on the road. A girl on a bike passed me quickly. She was riding on ice when suddenly she fell off her bike a few steps in front of me. She was trying hard to get up but fell once more. Without thinking, I went over and helped her stand up. She said, "Thank you," with a smile and then rode away. The words "Thank you" warmed me and this small event made me feel less nervous about my new school.

Finally, I got to school. The teacher led me to the classroom and asked me to sit down beside a girl. I was so nervous. I knew some of the students were looking at me but I didn't dare to look at them. Soon the first class started. It was English. They used a different textbook from my old school and I didn't have a copy. As I was wondering what to do, a book appeared in front of me. “Let's share,” the girl next to me said." And hi, I'm Carrie." I looked up. It was the girl I helped that morning. What a surprise!

From then on, we became good friends. She was my first and best friend at my new school. Helping her also helped me find a friend.

1. The first day at the writer's new school was cold and ________.

A．rainy

B．snowy

C．windy

D．cloudy

2. Who fell off the bike?

A．A girl.

B．A boy.

C．An old man.

D．An old woman.

3. The writer felt less nervous on the way to school because of ________.

A．a letter

B．an e-mail

C．a small gift

D．a small event

4. Carrie shared ________ with the writer.

A．a pen

B．a dictionary

C．a book

D．a ruler

8 . It started out as an ordinary day. I was shopping at a department store, when it ______ me that I had a promise to do a reading ______ reading 50 pages of a book every day for 75 days. With this in mind, I picked a ______ by Rachel Hollis and went home.

Shortly after I sat down reading, my dog started barking. ______, I threw the book down onto the cushion to ______ the dog. When I returned, I found a(n) ______ five-dollar bill on the floor. Assuming it flew out of the book, I glanced through pages in the ______ of finding a clue.

I then found a note between the chapters. It ______, “To the person who buys this book: I am having a hard day. Maybe I could ______ someone else with this little gift...”

I saw it was someone really ______ that has shifted the energy on such a bad day to ______ someone else’s. If I was having ______ days, I’d just want to settle back eating ice cream! I want to share the ______ gesture with my friends on social media, so I ______ a photo of the note and the bill on the website ______ by the words: “Remember you are loved. You are amazing, Lisa.” The photo has since gained______ of social media users, receiving thousands of likes.

Now I am ______ with the responses from people who have been ______ to pay the good deed forward. I hope the countless new stories will ______ Lisa, the author of the note, so that she could know the ______ of her simple kindness.

1.

A．worried

B．reminded

C．hit

D．shocked

2.

A．challenge

B．test

C．study

D．survey

3.

A．list

B．note

C．record

D．work

4.

A．Eventually

B．Consequently

C．Gradually

D．Suddenly

5.

A．check on

B．bring in

C．hold up

D．find out

6.

A．moving

B．amusing

C．confusing

D．satisfying

7.

A．expectation

B．form

C．direction

D．process

8.

A．writes

B．reads

C．shows

D．means

9.

A．observe

B．memorize

C．lengthen

D．brighten

10.

A．creative

B．elegant

C．energetic

D．special

11.

A．praising

B．improving

C．understanding

D．noticing

12.

A．busy

B．pleasant

C．tough

D．boring

13.

A．smart

B．serious

C．sweet

D．strange

14.

A．took

B．selected

C．collected

D．posted

15.

A．accompanied

B．simplified

C．clarified

D．confirmed

16.

A．reward

B．attention

C．encouragement

D．trust

17.

A．flooded

B．associated

C．faced

D．provided

18.

A．interested

B．inspired

C．recommended

D．urged

19.

A．change

B．help

C．connect

D．reach

20.

A．purpose

B．spread

C．impact

D．reputation

9 . One day, a few years ago, I was rushing from the pool when a man stopped me and said, “You must come to swim with the team.” I was in my early 50s--- too old for a swim team, I thought. But the coach--- Igor was his name---insisted: “I can see you are a good swimmer.”

Encouraged, I joined his group of swimmers. Workouts started at 5:30 in the morning when most people were still in bed. Although we were all at different swimming levels, we had one thing in common: We wanted to get better.

After a few days, a bunch of us were complaining about how little progress we were making, how slow we were. Igor smiled and said, “You are all confused! Speed is not the goal; it is the result of perfectly beautiful technique.” What really mattered to Igor was the technique. Once you mastered that, he argued, speed would follow naturally. Speed was simply the welcome side effect of swimming well.

I’ve been thinking lately that there’s a lesson here that goes beyond the pool. We all wanted to swim faster and the more hysterically （歇斯底里般地）we tried, the more speed escaped us. The same goes for happiness. Everyone wants to be happy, yet the more directly we go after happiness, the more elusive （难以捕捉的）it becomes.

Research shows that thinking too much about how to be happy actually weakens well-being. This is in part because all that thinking consumes a fair amount of time, and is not itself enjoyable. Study after study shows that good social relationships are the strongest, most consistent predictor of a happy life.

Our technique has improved, thanks to Igor. Some days, 1 swim only a little faster than I did before. But even if 1 don’t, I feel great.

In the end, happiness is a side effect of living well—-just like speed can be the result of excellent swimming technique. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to the pool.

1. How did the author react when Igor invited him to join the team?

A．He hesitated at first.	B．He refused firmly.
C．He accepted it at once.	D．He consulted his coach.

2. Why did some teammates feel unhappy after a few days?

A．They learned nothing new.	B．They were unable to swim faster.
C．They got up too early in the morning.	D．They were at different swimming levels.

3. What happens when the author focuses on swimming?

A．He becomes the best on the team.	B．His social relationships have improved.
C．He makes progress and enjoys himself	D．His swimming speed has increased greatly.

4. What can we know about happiness?

A．Happiness comes to (hose trying hard to achieve it.

B．Happiness is a side effect of a personal hobby.

C．Happiness is a natural result of living well.

D．Happiness arises from a healthy body.

10 . It was in April and a bit of a storm was around the corner. I had been out visiting friends in the Hutt Valley and at about 9:30 pm I was driving my car home when the strong wind and the pouring rain came. Apart from one other car in front of me there was no traffic on the road.

At Point Howard I saw the red flashing light bounce off the seaward hillock (小丘) before I saw the police car. I pulled up behind the other car and the policeman said the road was badly flooded and asked if I could stay somewhere in the Hutt Valley.

The other driver was eager to give it a go, so we were allowed through but were told to keep an eye on each other. I soon lost sight of the vehicle (车辆) in front. In Sorrento Bay a huge wave hit the car and pushed it to the side of the road, which scared the pants off me.

I drove through the sea water and rain and managed to get around the bluff (陡岸) into Lowry Bay, where I had to feel the way around fallen trees, hitting one that was hidden by the driving spray (水花). I eventually made it home and rang the police to report how bad it had been. I was told the road had been closed immediately after we had passed through so we were the last vehicles to get to Eastbourne that night.

After the ship Wahine sank, I volunteered with some of my friends to assist around the Pencarrow Coast the next morning. However, the police refused to let local people through to help. Later in the day, with the waters of the harbour having calmed, I saved two people along the beach and reported them to the police. It was a comfort to help two people after the huge storm.

1. What happened when the author arrived at Point Howard?

A．He got wet in the flood.

B．He almost ran into another car.

C．He lost sight of the car in front of him.

D．He was advised to go back to the Hutt Valley.

2. What did the author do after talking to the police?

A．He changed his pants.

B．He crashed into a fallen tree.

C．He gave the other driver a lift.

D．He took the lead in going through the flood.

3. Why did the author call the police?

A．To ask them for help.

B．To inform them he was home.

C．To advise them to close the road.

D．To brief them on the road situation.

4. In what situation did the author save the two people?

A．When the police left the beach.

B．When the harbour was safe again.

C．When he saw the ship Wahine sink.

D．When he came across some volunteers.