1 . 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。

This morning, they left on a long trip to Hawaii. They were as     1    (excite) as if it were their honeymoon(蜜月).

When my parents married(结婚), they had only enough money for a three-day trip fifty miles from home. They made an     2    (agree) that each day they would put a dollar in a special metal box and save it for a honeymoon in Hawaii for their fiftieth anniversary(周年纪念).

Dad was a policeman, and Mom was a school teacher. They lived in a small house and did all     3    (they) own repairs. Raising five children was a challenge, and sometimes money was short,     4     no matter what emergency came up, Dad would not let Mom take any money out of the “Hawaii account(账户)”. As     5     account grew, they put it in a saving account and then bought CDs.

My parents     6    (be) always very much in love since the day they got married. I can remember Dad     7    (come) home and telling Mom, “I have a dollar in my pocket,” and she would smile     8    him and say, “I know how to spend it.”

When each of us children married, Mom and Dad gave us a small metal box and told us their secret,     9    we found attractive. All five of us are now saving for our dream honeymoon. Mom and Dad never told us how much money they had managed     10    (save), but it must have been fairly large because when they cashed in those CDs, they had enough for the flights to Hawaii and a hotel room for ten days and plenty of spending money.

2 . Being a superhero to others

Ewan Drum has always liked superheroes. He likes how they help people. At age seven, he told his parents, “I want to dress up like a superhero and help the homeless. ”     1    Wearing his red superhero cape (斗篷), Ewan helped pass out 70 bag lunches to hungry people in a park in Detroit, Michigan. That’s how Super Ewan was born.

    2    People donated(捐赠) money and supplies (供给物), and Ewan took them to those in need.

When someone donated jugs(大罐) of water, Ewan and his family drove their car to get even more. They took the water to Flint, Michigan, a city that had unsafe drinking water. Another time, a businessman donated six turkeys(火鸡) for Thanksgiving.    3    “In the end”, he says,“we gave 64 turkey dinners to families all around Detroit.”

Ewan has a motto: Everyone can be a superhero to someone. At an event called the Hero Round Table, Ewan told the audience,“It’ s not hard to help people.You can keep some socks and food in your car to help people in need. You can help a neighbor with doing the garden.     4     .”

It' s been several years since Super Ewan started his task. Every month, he still visits the same park to hand out clothes, food, and supplies to people who are hungry or homeless ---his Super Friends.     5    

“No matter what, ”Ewan says, “I will always keep helping people.”

A．News spread about Ewan’ s act of kindness.

B．This superhero says he’ ll never take off his cape.

C．Ewan says he wants more adults to act like superheroes.

D．Every little thing helps and can make someone feel happy.

E．A few months later, Ewan ’s family planned a day of giving.

F．Several days later, his parents drove to Flint and helped him raise a lot of money.

G．With his parents’ help, Ewan asked for more turkeys through the Internet, plus side dishes.

3 . When you buy something with money, you feel as if it’s owed by you. __, when you receive something from someone else, the gift is a __ of something bigger than yourself.

In our living room, we have three shelves of books. We __ them as the “open source” bookshelf because our guests can take any book and __ any book to it. No one __ it; it’s all based on trust, __ our home hosts many events with hundreds of people passing through it.

These books cover various types and you can’t really be __ what you’ll find. So, my brother happened to __ a red book the other day. It __ because it had no title. Since it looked so __, he checked it out.

Page one __ some hand-written words:

To: DJ Burrowes

From: Grandma and Grandpa Burrowes

…

We were __. Every page had a quote written in the __ shaky handwriting of DJ’s grandparents. They had given it to DJ and DJ, __, had given it to us.

A couple of weeks back, DJ __ to go to China to learn its language and culture. Before leaving, he came for a(n) __ at our place, primarily to offer his __ gratitude. But this gift was over the top. Not only did he __ such a precious part of himself, but he did so without telling anyone in our house! What a(n) __ ! For a few seconds, all of us just stared at it in disbelief.

In shocking silence, we all stood in __ of the Burrowes for showing us, by their example, what life is all about. Thank you, DJ, wherever you are!

1.

A．Therefore

B．Moreover

C．Meanwhile

D．However

2.

A．discovery

B．standard

C．reminder

D．wonder

3.

A．regard

B．accept

C．report

D．mistake

4.

A．expose

B．contribute

C．distribute

D．deliver

5.

A．tracks

B．affords

C．recommends

D．overlooks

6.

A．ever since

B．in case

C．as if

D．even though

7.

A．guaranteed

B．informed

C．judged

D．questioned

8.

A．obtain

B．donate

C．spot

D．review

9.

A．worked out

B．stood out

C．went up

D．turned up

10.

A．priceless

B．fascinating

C．delicate

D．unusual

11.

A．represented

B．expressed

C．read

D．provided

12.

A．astonished

B．cautious

C．frightened

D．nervous

13.

A．occasionally

B．apparently

C．partially

D．randomly

14.

A．in advance

B．in turn

C．by mistake

D．by chance

15.

A．promised

B．managed

C．hesitated

D．decided

16.

A．event

B．discussion

C．party

D．conference

17.

A．natural

B．vivid

C．silent

D．casual

18.

A．show off

B．take over

C．see about

D．leave behind

19.

A．pity

B．offering

C．relief

D．coincidence

20.

A．defence

B．memory

C．admiration

D．favour

4 . Years ago, when I started looking for my first job, wise advisers urged, "Barbara, be enthusiastic! Enthusiasm will take you further than any amount of experience."

How right they were. Enthusiastic people can turn a boring drive into an adventure, extra work into opportunity and strangers into friends.

''Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm, wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. It is the paste that helps you hang in there when the going gets tough. It is the inner voice that whispers, I can do it! " when others shout, "No, you can't."

It took years and years for the early work of Barbara McClintock, a geneticist（遗传学家） who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in medicine, to be generally accepted．Yet she didn't let up on her experiments. Work was such a deep pleasure for her that she never thought of stopping.

Author and poet Samuel Ullman once wrote, "Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul".

Enthusiastic people also love what they do, regardless of money or title or power. If we cannot do what we love as a full-time career, we can treat it as a part-time interest, like the head of state who paints, the nun(修女) who runs marathons, the official who handcrafts（手工制做） furniture.

We can't afford to waste tears on "might- have-beens". We need to turn the tears into sweat as we go after ''what-can-be".

We need to live each moment wholeheartedly, with all our senses — finding pleasure in the fragrance of a back-yard garden, the crayoned （蜡笔的）picture of a six-year-old, the enchanting beauty of a rainbow. It is such enthusiastic love of life that puts a sparkle in our eyes, a lilt in our steps and smooths the wrinkles from our souls.

1. What can be the best title of this passage?

A．Find pleasure in what you are doing.

B．Wake up your life.

C．To give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

D．No pains, no gains.

2. What conclusion does the writer draw through the experience of finding a job?

A．Enthusiasm will take you further than any amount of experience.

B．Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

C．We can't afford to waste tears on "might- have-beens.

D．Enthusiastic people can turn a boring drive into an adventure, extra work into opportunity and strangers into friends.

3. Which of the following statements is WRONG according to the passage?

A．No one can achieve great success without enthusiasm.

B．Enthusiasm will take a person further than any amount of his experience.

C．We should make great effort to do the thing that can be done instead of regretting for the past.

D．Barbara McClintock was generally accepted many years before she won the Nobel Prize.

4. Which of the following can replace the underlined phrase let up ?

A．continue.	B．make less effort.
C．make great effort.	D．stop.

5. We can learn from the last paragraph that it is                that makes our life meaningful.

A．love of gardening	B．love of drawing pictures with the crayon of a six-year-old child
C．love of life	D．love of beautiful rainbow

5 . Charlie is a teacher and his wife, Maria is an artist. The night before last, just before the longest day of the year, Charlie was sitting in a deckchair enjoying the warm summer air when Maria touched his shoulder and he could tell immediately she was a little worried about something. He asked her what the matter was and she replied that there was a strange thing on the jacket that was hanging in the bedroom. They had both lived in the West Indies (西印度群岛) and had seen a lot of strange creatures in their house before. But now they were living in England and so Charlie just laughed and said he would have a look at the “thing”.

He walked to the bedroom. He saw a jacket hanging in the bedroom and went up to it to have a closer look at the “thing”. The moment he touched it, the thing sprang into life. Now Charlie experiences fear like the rest of us but when this creature opened its wings, he jumped out of his skin and ran screaming from the room like a small child doing about 100 miles an hour.

For a moment the next-door neighbours thought that Charlie was murdering his wife because of the noise they could hear. In fact, it was a bat that frightened Charlie.

Eventually Charlie managed to trap the bat in a box and took it to the garden to let the bat fly. Maria, who had been playing the guitar while Charlie was upstairs, asked Charlie if he had found out what the thing was. “Oh, nothing to worry about”, he said casually hoping that the terror could not be seen in his eyes, “it was just a bat.”

1. Why was Maria a little worried one night?

A．Because she couldn't find her guitar.	B．Because she saw something strange.
C．Because it was too hot for her.	D．Because she had quarreled with her husband.

2. The underlined part “jumped out of his skin” in the second paragraph probably means ____.

A．stood up	B．was very frightened
C．threw off his clothes	D．was very excited

3. What happened to the bat?

A．It was killed by Charlie.	B．It was badly wounded.
C．It was set free by Charlie.	D．It was kept as a pet.

4. It can be inferred that ________.

A．Charlie was afraid that his wife would laugh at him if she knew the truth

B．the neighbours would report to the police about Charlie murdering the bat

C．the bat wouldn't come to Charlie's room again because it was frightened

D．Maria heard her husband screaming downstairs and became frightened

6 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Why did Mark Twain’s friend ask him to buy a ticket for him?

A．He was a poor man.

B．He had lost his money.

C．Mark Twain was kind.

2. What was the friend doing when the conductor came to check the tickets?

A．He was lying on the seat.

B．He was sitting on the seat.

C．He was lying under the seat.

3. How many tickets did Mark Twain buy at all?

A．None.

B．Only one.

C．Two.

7 . Recently, my mother asked me to drop off some letters at the post office and pick up some stamps for her. Without giving it a thought, I took the letters and purchased her stamps.

A few days later, she mentioned that one of the letters I had mailed was missing a stamp, and asked me if I had put a stamp on it. She had remembered asking me to put a stamp on it, though I certainly had not heard her. So, unfortunately, it looked like the letter, which was a bill of course, would come back marked "Return to Sender for Insufficient Postage". A few days went by and I returned to the post office to pick up our mail. While I was there, I saw the postmaster and happened to tell him about Mom’s letter missing the stamp. I asked him to be on the lookout for it coming back. It was then that he told me his story. "You know," he said, "I immediately saw after you had dropped the mail off that your letter was missing a stamp. I also noticed that it was a bill for a credit card company. I thought to myself that you have always been kind to me and my partner, and I wanted to return the favor. So, to prevent your mother from getting charged a late fee from the credit card company, I took money from our change dish (extra pennies for folks who need one), and purchased a stamp for you."

When I heard it, I couldn’t believe it. What a blessing that was! I thanked him over and over again for putting the stamp on the letter for us. Then, I immediately dumped(倾倒) all the change out of my purse and into the penny dish in order to help others out in the future. When I got home, I was able to tell Mom the good news. This was kindness karma(因果报应) in action, I believe!

1. The letter was missing a stamp because the author__________.

A．forgot to buy a stamp for it	B．didn’t take enough money
C．ignored his mother’s reminding	D．was not asked to put a stamp on it

2. What does the underlined word "Insufficient" (in Paragraph 2) probably mean?

A．Lacking	B．Heavy.
C．False.	D．Hard.

3. What may happen if the mother’s letter comes back?

A．She will be fined by the post office.

B．She might be charged some money.

C．She may lose an important message.

D．She may have to give up her credit card.

4. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that the author __________.

A．didn’t believe what the postmaster said

B．thought the postmaster misunderstood him

C．gave the postmaster money to buy stamps.

D．thought highly of what the postmaster did

8 . 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。

Do you like trying different things? Are you afraid     1     things that you think you’re bad at?

Last year I started to learn Tai Chi (太极)in order to improve my health and reduce my stress. It was something new for me, and I found it to be quite difficult, very     2    (difference) from anything I’d ever learned before. Small     3    (move) are important in Tai Chi. I was used to being fast and active ,     4     to learn Tai Chi I had to learn patience. Now I’ve found that I’m a much more patient person than before, and Tai Chi isn’t nearly as difficult as it     5    (be ) before.

We tend     6    (like) things we are good at —— that’s normal. For example, I’m naturally very good at badminton and tennis, but I’m very bad at anything     7     involves keeping balance, such as skating, skiing and gymnastics. Tai Chi has     8    (great) improved my balance which has been a very good thing for me.

My point is that you can keep     9    (do) the things you know you’re good at and live in your comfort zone, or you can try something new. If you don’t try new things, you’ll never know what it would be like to try something new to challenge     10    (you). It will definitely pay off in the end.

9 . It was pouring outside. We all stood there ______, some patiently; others angrily

____ nature messed up their hurried day. I got lost in the sound and sight of the heavens ______ away the dirt and dust of the world.

“Mom, let’s run through the rain,” a girl’s voice ______ me.

“No, honey. We’ll wait until it ______ down a bit,” Mom replied.

The young girl waited about another minute and ______: “Mom, let’s run through the rain.”

“We’ll get wet if we do,” Mom said.

“No, we won’t, Mom. That’s not what you said this morning,” the young girl said as she ______ her Mom’s arm.

“This morning? ______ did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?”

“Don’t you remember? When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer (癌症), you said, ‘If God can get us through this, he can get us through ______.’”

The entire crowd turned ______. Mom paused and thought for a moment about ____ she would say. Now some would laugh it off and scold her for being silly.

____ then, we heard, “Honey, you are ______. Let’s run through the rain. If we get wet, maybe we just need washing,” Mom said. Then ______ they ran.

We all stood ______, smiling and laughing as they ran past the cars. Yes, they got wet. But they were ______ by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the ____ to their cars. Conditions or people can take away your material possessions (物质财富), and they can even take away your ______. But no one can take away your valuable ______. So, don’t forget to make time and take the ______ to make memories (记忆) every day! I hope you still take the time to run through the rain.

1.

A．talking

B．waiting

C．complaining

D．expecting

2.

A．as if

B．even if

C．because

D．that

3.

A．taking

B．putting

C．driving

D．washing

4.

A．caught

B．broke

C．impressed

D．called

5.

A．keeps

B．comes

C．pushes

D．slows

6.

A．asked

B．repeated

C．required

D．added

7.

A．pulled

B．touched

C．waved

D．felt

8.

A．Why

B．How

C．When

D．Where

9.

A．rain

B．disease

C．anything

D．something

10.

A．still

B．angry

C．serious

D．silent

11.

A．what

B．how

C．whether

D．if

12.

A．Thus

B．But

C．After

D．Though

13.

A．stupid

B．wrong

C．right

D．clever

14.

A．off

B．along

C．on

D．over

15.

A．sighing

B．joking

C．discussing

D．watching

16.

A．followed

B．guided

C．respected

D．praised

17.

A．time

B．way

C．same

D．best

18.

A．house

B．money

C．health

D．time

19.

A．children

B．experience

C．courage

D．memories

20.

A．possibilities

B．chances

C．risk

D．challenge

10 . I wandered into the small store where I usually buy milk, when the store owner received a call from a customer. The customer and his wife had shopped there several months earlier. He noticed that his wife really liked one thing in the store, so he wanted to buy it as a surprise.
But the customer was in Tennessee, far away from the store which was in Maine. What was more, he had been to the store several months earlier, and it was difficult to believe that the store owner would remember him, or what he was looking for.
The store owner took a few close-up photos with her camera, and e-mailed them to the customer on the computer. The customer looked at the photos, and decided which one he wanted. They talked and discussed a price over the phone. She took care of the credit card transaction (交易) online, and promised the gift would be shipped out that afternoon.
The store owner was really smart. She was willing to push herself to find new ways to make the transaction actually happen. And it did work. However, it was the first time she had ever done it.
I was amazed that the store owner discovered a creative solution that could lead to a new way of doing business. I was impressed by what she did---so easily, but how difficult it is for many of us to make that leap(飞跃). I’m not just talking about technology, but about learning how to adapt to change. Most people hate or fear change unless they get to know exactly what change needs to be made. However, we should realize that challenge and opportunity go hand in hand.
1. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A．The owner often did business by using her camera.

B．The customer had ever been to the store before.

C．The owner and the customer discussed the price on the computer.

D．The gift was sent out by train that afternoon.

2. The author was impressed by the store owner because _________.

A．she was always ready to help others

B．she told the writer how to run a store

C．she was a successful businesswoman

D．she managed to find a new way when facing change

3. What’s the correct order of the store owner’s solution?
a. e-mailing the photos to the customer on the computer
b. taking care of the credit card transaction online
c. taking a few close-up photos with her camera
d. talking about the price of the gift with the customer

A．bcda

B．abcd

C．cadb

D．cabd

4. Which of the following words can best describe the store owner?

A．Creative

B．Humorous

C．Confident

D．Honest