1 . After I made it to the city center, I started to feel it might be easy for a foreigner to deal with the great size of Beijing. With growing confidence, I decided to take the subway to the hotel, not realizing that the network didn’t go that far. Impressed with the cleanliness of the station, I bought a ticket and boarded the first subway that came along.

After a few minutes I asked in English a young man seated next to me where I should get off closest to the Friendship Hotel. Wearing a smart business suit and tie, he would surely speak English, wouldn’t he? Unfortunately, he couldn’t understand me but seemed very friendly. I showed him the room card with all the information of the Friendship Hotel in Chinese characters. He looked at it, and then his eyes moved quickly to the carriage (车厢) subway map. Next, he raised three fingers of his right hand.

In Australia, raising fingers at someone is not usually nice, but this man wasn’t smiling. At the next station he showed me two fingers. Now in Australia, that’s really rude, but I got the message. When we stopped at the third station, he didn’t just point to the door, but got up, took me out of the train, and led me to the top of the stairs, and out onto the street. Then he stopped a taxi and told the driver where to take me.

All this came from a man who couldn’t speak my language, and I couldn’t speak his. I was now speechless, especially when he refused my offer of money. I felt a little embarrassed having even thought he would accept a tip.

This experience made it clear I had to learn some Chinese quickly or my adventures might start turning into misadventures.

1. Why does the author decided to take the subway?

A．Because he believed in his ability to deal with the trip

B．Because the network covered most of the stops

C．Because he lived near the city center

D．Because he had a good impression of its cleanliness

2. Having been shown the room card, the young man        .

A．still remained puzzled	B．understood the author well
C．answered the author directly	D．pointed at the subway map

3. Which of the following can’t be used to describe the young man?

A．helpful.

B．impolite.

C．warm-hearted.

D．responsible.

4. What’s the author’s purpose of writing this passage ?

A．To prove the importance of being careful

B．To introduce a young man who didn’t know English

C．To complain some cultural misunderstanding

D．To describe one of his adventurous experiences

4 . 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。

On a hot September afternoon, Peter and his friend Isabel were on their way to the library. When they passed by Tubman park, Isabel suggested cutting through it to get to the library. As they entered the park, the sight of the swings and the merry-go-round brought back a flood of memories of their childhood spent there. But now everything looked so old, sad, and dirty. Litter lay on the ground next to an overflowing trash bin. There were still young schoolchildren playing there but they had to avoid the trash that littered the playground. A little boy told them that the city took the other trash cans away and the remaining one never got emptied often.

As they headed toward the library, the two high school students wrinkled their forehead. In the library, they met Mrs. Evans, their kind­hearted fifth-grade teacher, retired yet still passionate. Mrs. Evans listened as Isabel and Peter eagerly explained what they’d seen. Finally, she recommended them to go to the Go Green, a non­profit organization whose goal is to protect the environment, for help. “This group is good at raising money for projects just like yours,” said Mrs. Evans. She promised to present their ideas to Go Green. Hearing this, their face lit up.

Two main tasks remained ahead: researching ways to clean up the park and preparing a convincing speech. As Isabel was good at researching while Peter always had a talent for speaking, they worked together quite well. Isabel learned from a science magazine that a new type of trash bin can squeeze the trash down without being emptied often, which saves time, money, and energy. Based on this, Peter practiced his speech over and over again.

注意：
1、所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2、续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。
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A week later, Peter stood nervously at the back of the hall where Go Green was meeting.

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After the meeting, Isabel excitedly told Peter the good news.

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6 . There was a young boy at a beautiful beach digging sands using his plastic tools. While his other friends were playing the whole time, the little boy spent his day_________his sandcastle. He even_________a moat (护城河) using a spoon, a bridge with a_________, and walls for his castle.

After a whole long day, he finished his_________sandcastle until the waves washed his hard work. Holding back his tears, the boy didn’t get mad and_________decided to study the waves that_________his creation.

The boy was aware of the_________and saw it a couple of times already. He already knew how to do things better. He felt no_________, regret, or fear any more whenever the waves came. He just smiled,_________his tools and left. He knew that the tide was beyond his__________and he couldn’t do anything about it. What he could do though is how to__________those situations.

Basically, no matter where you are, the waves of life will always__________you. What matters most is how you behave during those moments and what they__________about yourselves along this__________called life. Keep calm while looking at things from different viewpoints because sometimes all it takes for__________to happen in your life is by looking at things through different lenses!

1.

A．creating

B．picturing

C．drawing

D．watching

2.

A．kept

B．made

C．crossed

D．defended

3.

A．bucket

B．stone

C．rope

D．stick

4.

A．old

B．royal

C．dream

D．solid

5.

A．therefore

B．instead

C．still

D．nevertheless

6.

A．supported

B．perfected

C．copied

D．destroyed

7.

A．castle

B．construction

C．sand

D．tide

8.

A．sorrow

B．doubt

C．harm

D．excitement

9.

A．held up

B．picked up

C．searched for

D．threw away

10.

A．belief

B．repair

C．control

D．awareness

11.

A．talk about

B．refer to

C．react to

D．fight against

12.

A．settle

B．take

C．recognize

D．find

13.

A．know

B．teach

C．judge

D．beat

14.

A．distance

B．line

C．journey

D．circle

15.

A．changes

B．crashes

C．events

D．attacks

7 . My father would take me to the Queens County Farm Museum to see the sheep, lambs, horses, cows, chickens. I worked for a friend who had ________ many wild animals. And I also did part-time work with other farmers. I wanted to gain some working ________.

I also wanted to do the work that gave me target and ________ my longtime dream of working hands-on with ________. So I researched online and found a(n) ________ at a natural reserve in Zimbabwe. I didn't even know where that was on a map! But they ________ me for a three-week program, which turned into a year.

We were researching and ________ the animals. We'd go out in a truck and make sure they were safe, ________ and uninjured. There were days when we discovered animals ________ in a trap, bleeding, and we calmed them down in order to ________ them. Traps can cause serious pain and sometimes even ________.

We built bomas-secure enclosures (围墙) for the animals to sleep—and ________ they were doing well with their babies. We walked with the white rhinos, taking them to different enclosures and enrichment (强化) areas to stimulate (刺激) their ________ with new smells and features. The lions needed enrichment programs too, so we made toys and built play areas for them.

Seeing these animals ________ under human care and being able to live in harmony, I realized this is what I was ________ to do.

1.

A．washed

B．bought

C．raised

D．employed

2.

A．experience

B．results

C．methods

D．information

3.

A．observed

B．realized

C．presented

D．replaced

4.

A．volunteers

B．foreigners

C．animals

D．insects

5.

A．union

B．tip

C．community

D．program

6.

A．accepted

B．led

C．persuaded

D．served

7.

A．comforting

B．arranging

C．removing

D．tracking

8.

A．gentle

B．cute

C．healthy

D．swift

9.

A．caught

B．thrown

C．buried

D．hidden

10.

A．protect

B．cure

C．refresh

D．punish

11.

A．disappearance

B．anger

C．starvation

D．death

12.

A．figured out

B．made sure

C．focused on

D．put forward

13.

A．souls

B．mind

C．growth

D．demands

14.

A．living

B．existing

C．staying

D．lying

15.

A．expected

B．required

C．meant

D．influenced

9 . While my father was an officer of the British army in South Africa, we lived in a two-storeyed house. One evening my father and sister and I were sitting together. He was _______ the window. I suddenly _______ that he was turning very pale. I sat _______, for I didn’t want to _______ my sick sister. Soon father said in a _______ voice, “Kate and Joan, a friend of mine _______ here to see me this evening, and I wish to be _______ him. Will you go up to your own room?” We obeyed, went to our room and closed the door.

Soon I heard a _______ like that of a door burst in, and then a climb of feet. They were hurrying _______ the narrow stairs. Fearing that there was ________ near, I seized the pistol (手枪) on the table. Then I heard my father cry out, “For God’s sake, child, ________ the door.” I did so. To my scare, I saw, ________ my father’s shoulder, a gorilla (大猩猩), the worst enemy of the soldier in Europe, he was ________ my father. I raised the pistol and fired. The animal fell backwards with an/a ________ loud cry. Father took the still ________ pistol from my hand, and fired another shot, which killed the gorilla.

It happened when father had sent us upstairs ________ he thought he would be able to ________ the door—which was twenty feet away________ the animal reached it. However, the gorilla was too ________; and this was the cause of the ________ flight (=escape) up the stairs.

1.

A．towards

B．opposite

C．inside

D．behind

2.

A．knew

B．learned

C．felt

D．noticed

3.

A．still

B．concentrated

C．fascinated

D．unhappily

4.

A．hurt

B．frighten

C．lose

D．help

5.

A．loud

B．sad

C．calm

D．pleasant

6.

A．was

B．comes

C．would be

D．is coming

7.

A．friendly to

B．alone with

C．dependent on

D．careful with

8.

A．sound

B．cry

C．voice

D．shout

9.

A．to

B．down

C．via

D．up

10.

A．some difficulty

B．a thief

C．some danger

D．an accident

11.

A．open

B．close

C．pull

D．draw

12.

A．on

B．above

C．over

D．from

13.

A．aiming at

B．marching towards

C．shooting at

D．running into

14.

A．exciting

B．exhausting

C．angry

D．natural

15.

A．sounding

B．burning

C．frightening

D．smoking

16.

A．if

B．because

C．as if

D．although

17.

A．push

B．lock

C．guard

D．defend

18.

A．unless

B．when

C．before

D．though

19.

A．quick

B．huge

C．heavy

D．disappointing

20.

A．anxious

B．embarrassed

C．fearless

D．hurried