1 . Two years ago, I lost my wallet. I made the poor decision of keeping my identity card, my credit card, a large amount of money and other various things inside my_________. I worried about anyone who got my wallet would take_________from my bank account, and I was also _________that my identity card would be used to do something___________

About a week ___________, a police officer knocked on my door and_________my wallet. Someone handed it into_________! Much to my _________, they didn’t touch the money inside or anything. I felt so lucky that such a kind person___________my wallet and took time out of their day to try and give__________back to me.

After that, I decided that I wanted to do __________things for other people, hoping that they also could feel that way. I started to do small things to __________ people. They were small simple things, like holding the door open for others. When you make others feel __________, you will have a great day.

That’s why I__________everyone to do small nice things for others. Helping others is to help____________

1.

A．handbag

B．wallet

C．pocket

D．car

2.

A．money

B．food

C．gold

D．card

3.

A．satisfied

B．excited

C．worried

D．puzzled

4.

A．bad

B．good

C．beautiful

D．wonderful

5.

A．ahead

B．earlier

C．long

D．later

6.

A．threw

B．searched

C．returned

D．suggested

7.

A．the people

B．the police

C．the students

D．the children

8.

A．sadness

B．surprise

C．regret

D．disappointment

9.

A．got up

B．looked up

C．gave up

D．picked up

10.

A．it

B．her

C．him

D．them

11.

A．kind

B．funny

C．stupid

D．serious

12.

A．protect

B．respect

C．help

D．recognize

13.

A．bad

B．good

C．free

D．sick

14.

A．allow

B．force

C．choose

D．encourage

15.

A．herself

B．himself

C．itself

D．yourself

2 . My father was always able to cheer me on to complete any task. No matter what I _______, “Tomorrow will be a better day” were the words he _______ hundreds if not thousands of times.

In my mid-twenties, still trying to _______ what I wanted to do with my life, I realized I was frequently changing _______because of a difficult economic (经济的) downturn. Even though I lived in a common apartment, which meant being rich in others’ eyes, I was _______.

When my father called one day to invite me out for dinner, I almost _______ him. But I will always be thankful that I _______ joined him that evening. What he said to me when he finally drove me home changed my life and my entire _______ about life.

He asked why I looked so_______. I looked at him with tears in my eyes and said that I felt so       ________ . Hugging me to his side, he told me, “You may be broke, but you aren’t poor at all. ‘Broke’ means you don’t have any money, but ‘poor’ means you don’t have any   ________. Tomorrow will be a better day.”

Now, I’m still________ every time I share these wise words with others. There have been more ________ in my life since that cold winter night, but I’ve never forgotten the lesson my father taught me. Hope has kept me ________ thick, thin and even thinner.________ that dinner with my dad, I know it always will.

1.

A．faced

B．expected

C．admitted

D．realized

2.

A．heard

B．answered

C．doubted

D．repeated

3.

A．give up

B．find out

C．pass down

D．clear away

4.

A．clothes

B．jobs

C．hobbies

D．schools

5.

A．happy

B．calm

C．short

D．popular

6.

A．refused

B．interrupted

C．noticed

D．pardoned

7.

A．eventually

B．directly

C．anxiously

D．naturally

8.

A．quality

B．standard

C．opinion

D．goal

9.

A．shy

B．down

C．energetic

D．frightened

10.

A．poor

B．different

C．lonely

D．stupid

11.

A．choice

B．luck

C．hope

D．patience

12.

A．surprised

B．moved

C．nervous

D．careful

13.

A．promises

B．schedules

C．possibilities

D．difficulties

14.

A．giving away

B．searching for

C．thinking about

D．going through

15.

A．Instead of

B．As for

C．Thanks to

D．Along with

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。

Mary and her little son Andy lived alone and led a hard life. They didn’t have much, but there was always food on the table-for Andy, at least.

To support the family, Mary did three jobs. It was tiring, but Mary didn’t give up. Each day when she finally got home, she’d bring Andy home from a kind neighbor, who attended to her boy for hours daily.

Years later when Andy was 15, Mary was still working hard. One morning she crazily looked for the house keys, worried about getting late for work. She had a long day ahead, but she didn’t even make it to her house’s front door. She tried to move the sofa to see if the keys had fallen behind it. At the time, Andy was preparing to go to school.

Suddenly, Mary fell due to long-term lack of sleep. And when she fell, her head hit the sofa’s edge, which caused her to faint immediately. So worried, Andy did everything he could to help his mom. Finally, he took her to hospital.

Hours later, Mary woke up, noticing Andy’s hand on her shoulder. The doctor brought her document for her to read. She soon knew why she was in hospital. And she knew the fall had reduced her sense of hearing to 20%. Mary couldn’t help crying. “What am I going to do now?” she thought as she looked at Andy. With tears in eyes, Andy said, “I love you, Mom!” And it saddened them both again because Mary could barely hear Andy’s words.

The doctor recommended wearing a hearing aid. It was a very expensive device. “Who has that kind of money?” Mary thought, feeling upset and hopeless.

But Andy wasn’t. “Mom has taken good care of me for years. It’s high time that I did something to try to repay her,” Andy thought. He was determined to take a part-time job to earn the money for the hearing aid. Since his academic performance was very good, he decided to work as a tutor for grade kids.

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2．请按如下格式作答。

First, he made advertisements.

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One morning when Mary was still sleeping soundly, Andy put the hearing aid in her ear.

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4 . Our group was about to board the plane. I was ________, not because of flying, but because of what waited for me in my destination (目的地). “I could turn around now,” I said to myself. “Nobody would ________ me, as there are options open to me.” But never have I turned away from adventure, so ________ the rest of the group, I got on the plane to Tanzania. Little did I know I would be ________ by the next weeks at that moment.

The travel was part of a university program. We did many exciting things there, but it was our time of ________ at a community center with poor conditions that stuck with me. It allowed me to truly ________ the locals ——playing with kids and visiting their homes. These experiences were ________. I found almost every aspect of their life looked nothing like mine. But ________ being uneasy and backing away, I learned to appreciate the ________, offering to try their clothes and learn their culture. The Tanzanians were so positive; seeing how few ________ they had but how happy they were blew my mind.

________, I was happy to return home after those weeks, but I was confident it wouldn’t be the ________ of my adventure. I knew I would ________ more lands, ________ people from various backgrounds, and continue offering people in need a helping hand, because seeing the smiles on their faces is a feeling that cannot be ________ by anything else.

1.

A．disappointed

B．scared

C．proud

D．excited

2.

A．ignore

B．support

C．doubt

D．blame

3.

A．persuading

B．contacting

C．following

D．postponing

4.

A．consumed

B．shaped

C．resisted

D．welcomed

5.

A．learning

B．investigating

C．volunteering

D．attacking

6.

A．figure out

B．concentrate on

C．interact with

D．settle for

7.

A．eye-opening

B．available

C．pleasant

D．challenging

8.

A．as for

B．regardless of

C．except for

D．instead of

9.

A．value

B．priority

C．accommodation

D．gap

10.

A．belongings

B．achievements

C．arguments

D．requests

11.

A．Gradually

B．Naturally

C．Hopefully

D．Simply

12.

A．occasion

B．result

C．advantage

D．end

13.

A．handle

B．explore

C．leave

D．monitor

14.

A．encounter

B．involve

C．attract

D．identify

15.

A．expressed

B．limited

C．matched

D．described

5 . Every year when Thanksgiving comes around, I remember a bit of wisdom handed to me. Having some ______ in my life, I took them to a friend. “Why is it, “I ________, “that I can’t seem to deal with these problems?” “It’s ________ you aren’t grateful enough.” I was ________ and asked, “What are you talking about?” “I’m talking”, he said, “about a ________ of living that you will discover someday. Be grateful to the others, and your life will grow ________.”

Half a century of observing life has left me ________ that what my friend said is true. Over and over again that I have seen the attitude of ________ brings about changes in people’s lives. I once knew a man — William Stidger — who ________ from an emotional breakdown. For months he was depressed, ________ to work. No doctors seemed to be able to help him, but a friend ________ him to try what he called the therapy (疗法) of ________. “Many people have helped you in your life,” the friend said. “Pick any one of them — I dare you — and ________ thank him.” He recalled a ________ who had got him interested in poetry. He wrote a note, telling her what that ________ had meant to him. Soon a reply came back. “When I read your letter,” it said, “my eyes were ________ by tears. Yours is the first letter of thanks I ever ________ from one of my students. I shall treasure it always.”

William Stidger ________ writing notes of appreciation to others, until he had written over 500 such letters. By then, fully ________, he was back at work. Whenever he fell depressed, he would reread them and let the therapy of thankfulness do its work. Anyone who is grateful is focusing on what is good, and all good things come back ________.

1.

A．difficulties

B．hopes

C．differences

D．concerns

2.

A．explained

B．persuaded

C．reminded

D．complained

3.

A．because

B．though

C．until

D．why

4.

A．satisfied

B．shocked

C．interested

D．alarmed

5.

A．rule

B．grammar

C．law

D．method

6.

A．awful

B．bright

C．calm

D．incredible

7.

A．obeyed

B．advised

C．doubted

D．convinced (坚信的)

8.

A．authority

B．development

C．gratitude (感激)

D．regret

9.

A．enjoyed

B．stood

C．suffered

D．followed

10.

A．impatient

B．unfriendly

C．unable

D．unlucky

11.

A．challenged

B．attacked

C．treasured

D．respected

12.

A．illness

B．thankfulness

C．sadness

D．loneliness

13.

A．simply

B．hardly

C．nearly

D．especially

14.

A．doctor

B．teacher

C．miner

D．nurse

15.

A．reaction

B．attraction

C．action

D．operation

16.

A．ruined

B．hurt

C．damaged

D．blinded

17.

A．achieved

B．protected

C．discussed

D．received

18.

A．turned to

B．gave up

C．kept on

D．set off

19.

A．injured

B．wondered

C．screamed

D．recovered

20.

A．seriously

B．eventually

C．slightly

D．slowly

6 . 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。续写的词数应为150左右。

As a fourteen-year-old girl, you may think that the biggest problem you can probably face is failing one of your classes in high school, but not everything is as easy as it seems. My parents are going through a lot lately. We recently moved from Houston and bought a house in Dallas, and my dad had almost no money left in the bank due to the fact that he had to pay the water and electricity company in order for them to be available in my house.

My brother, who was a nice, happy, free-caring six-year –old boy, just like every other, started to become very distant from us the first week we moved into the house. As much as we tried to ask him what was wrong, he wouldn’t tell us. I was really confused by the way he acted, because he normally was a nice and kind little boy who would often go out and play with the neighbours and would just be outside, enjoying the day. That little boy completely turned around and became a very distant, cold child. He would keep silent and sit in his room the whole day with the door closed. He would not go out even for supper, and we were wondering what happened.

We went to talk to his teacher who said that he was very shy when it came to talking in front of the other kids, but he had developed a little confidence and started to play with the kids in his class. The teacher mentioned that he and a kid from a higher level started ‘‘hanging out” away from the rest of the kids. My mum thought of it as a good thing, thinking it meant that my brother had started to make new friends, but I knew it meant something else. I tried talking to my brother even though he didn’t want to, but he didn’t say anything dealing with the bigger kid.

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Until one day, he came home, crying, and it seemed I was the only one who noticed.

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After a while, he gave in and started telling me that the bigger kid had stolen his lunch.

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7 . In the second year in Columbia University, Sanford Greenberg had trouble with his vision (视力): he couldn’t see clearly. That winter, doctors operated on Greenberg’s _________. However, Greenberg became blind as the _________ didn’t work. He was so _________ that he refused to see anyone.

But Garfunkel and Speyer came to _________ him anyway. They persuaded (劝服) Greenberg to continue his _________. From then on, Garfunkel and Speyer would _________ textbooks for Greenberg every day and Greenberg ended up scoring A’s in the exam. But in daily life, Greenberg was _________ of getting around alone _________ he always depended on Garfunkel and Speyer.

Then, one afternoon, Greenberg and Garfunkel went to Midtown Manhattan. _________ it was time to return, Garfunkel said he couldn’t __________ him and left Greenberg alone in Grand Central Terminal. Unhappily, Greenberg __________ a bus and got off at Columbia University station all by himself. Suddenly, someone knocked into him. “Excuse me, sir.” It was Garfunkel’s __________. Greenberg realized Garfunkel had been with him all the way and he had made it possible.

Greenberg finally __________ his MBA from Columbia and a PhD from Harvard. He became a __________ inventor and got several patents (专利权). “Without my __________, without today’s Greenberg,” this is what Greenberg often says.

1.

A．head

B．face

C．eyes

D．ears

2.

A．operation

B．plan

C．time

D．hope

3.

A．weak

B．upset

C．serious

D．nervous

4.

A．influence

B．thank

C．challenge

D．help

5.

A．education

B．training

C．performance

D．research

6.

A．carry

B．copy

C．read

D．buy

7.

A．fond

B．afraid

C．shy

D．sure

8.

A．instead

B．besides

C．until

D．so

9.

A．When

B．If

C．Although

D．That

10.

A．go back with

B．call at

C．agree with

D．go without

11.

A．met

B．missed

C．passed

D．took

12.

A．taste

B．smell

C．shape

D．voice

13.

A．got

B．required

C．left

D．designed

14.

A．successful

B．careful

C．strange

D．brave

15.

A．changes

B．efforts

C．degrees

D．friends

8 . There was an old couple who had been married for 40 years. They loved each other deeply and went on dates together. Every time they went out for supper, the husband would order pie for dessert, which became their ________.   Although the wife always ________ to order any, she would ________ the first bite of his pie every time.

But then the husband began to develop a type of disease. He started to slowly ________ who his wife was. It ________ progressed to the point where he didn’t recognize his wife at all and became troubled by living with a ________.

He moved out of the house and into a nursing home. She was ________. However, she thought of good ________to help him recover. She would visit him with items (物品) that he loved before, but he never knew who she was. Even seeing pictures of them together from their past ________ him.

One of the doctors ________ the wife to start taking him on a few dates like before, so that the husband could gain a new kind of familiarity with her. The wife accepted his suggestion. So she took him to a ________ they had been going to their whole lives and had dinner. Afterwards he ordered pie, and without thinking she stole the first bite of it. The husband looked________, and was ready to leave. But ________ he stopped and seemed shocked, and then started ________ .

Everything had come back. His wife’s ________ made him get back to who he was. Tears came to his eyes once more. They moved back together and enjoyed their lives again.

1.

A．power

B．belief

C．culture

D．tradition

2.

A．decided

B．refused

C．waited

D．hoped

3.

A．catch

B．judge

C．steal

D．try

4.

A．wonder

B．forget

C．doubt

D．admit

5.

A．secretly

B．entirely

C．naturally

D．finally

6.

A．relative

B．doctor

C．stranger

D．friend

7.

A．cut up

B．cut off

C．cut down

D．cut in

8.

A．excuses

B．rewards

C．examples

D．ideas

9.

A．frightened

B．amazed

C．puzzled

D．moved

10.

A．allowed

B．advised

C．asked

D．forced

11.

A．gallery

B．park

C．cinema

D．restaurant

12.

A．serious

B．sad

C．angry

D．calm

13.

A．clearly

B．suddenly

C．actually

D．simply

14.

A．thinking

B．laughing

C．debating

D．crying

15.

A．action

B．response

C．attention

D．attitude

9 . About three years ago, a tornado attacked our town. My father and I _________ to visit my grandparents to make sure they were okay. Upon arrival, I took my regular seat and _________ with Grandma about what was on our mind to pass the time. _________, the power was out and it got dark in what seemed like a matter of minutes.

Then, Grandma turned to me and asked with _________ eyes that stared right past me, “Now you’re graduating this year, aren’t you?” As a freshman, I was _________, about this strange question. Actually, Grandma could exactly _________ you when every one of her grandchildren was born. _________, I assured her that I was not yet a(n) _________, and still had a few years until graduation.

Soon, my father asked if I was ready to go home. I silently _________ my head—yes. Into the car, I __________ and couldn’t stop weeping. My father asked me what was wrong. “Is Grandma going to __________ my graduation?” I asked.

It took him a long time to respond, “Yes. She may not know where she is, but she will be there, no matter what.” The rest of the car ride home was __________. When we eventually arrived home, I rushed to my room and cried for hours. That night, I could picture that Grandma’s __________ would be changed from the care giver to care receiver.

Ever since that talk with my Grandma, I have matured and __________. Her Alzheimer (阿尔茨海默症) has progressed to about stage 3 now. At my graduation, I was sitting on the stage seeing Grandma there sitting with the rest of my family. “She may not know where she is, but she will be there”. My father’s words __________ in my ears.

1.

A．flew

B．cycled

C．drove

D．walked

2.

A．chatted

B．argued

C．consulted

D．whispered

3.

A．Finally

B．Suddenly

C．Immediately

D．Constantly

4.

A．loving

B．bright

C．watery

D．empty

5.

A．concerned

B．confused

C．cautious

D．curious

6.

A．identify

B．remind

C．persuade

D．tell

7.

A．Shocked

B．Amazed

C．Disappointed

D．Excited

8.

A．assistant

B．freshman

C．senior

D．genius

9.

A．shook

B．nodded

C．raised

D．lowered

10.

A．calmed down

B．cut in

C．called out

D．broke down

11.

A．attend

B．forget

C．celebrate

D．cancel

12.

A．dull

B．smooth

C．silent

D．uneasy

13.

A．character

B．status

C．power

D．role

14.

A．grown up

B．given up

C．cheered up

D．kept up

15.

A．exploded

B．burst

C．rang

D．flashed

10 . 语法填空

Chess is a game of make-believe kings and queens, pawns (卒) and rooks (车). For 12-year-old Andre, chess is more    1    just a game.

He uses what he learned on the chessboard in real life, like, think before you move. He’s just one of the students from some of Los Angeles’s toughest neighborhoods    2     (learn) to play.

Damen Fletcher,     3    learned how to play chess at age 13, grew up in Compton. After leaving the city     4    (attend) college, he came home to find his     5    (child) friends struggling.

“Some of     6     (they) had even fallen into prison (牢狱). I just wondered, ‘Why did I have such a different result?’   And it was chess,” he said.

He started Train of Thought to help kids of all     7    (age) find their inner king or queen.

“Every game of chess is 75 to 100 moves, and every single move that your opponent (对手) make presents     8    new problem for you to solve,” he said.

So, how does Fletcher teach a 5-year-old how to play chess?

“We have a really    9     (interest) story that we use to help kids that age set up a chessboard for the first time,” Fletcher said. “It goes: the king and the queen got married. They     10    (ride) on horses to their castle (城堡) and had eight children.”