1 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

I had just poured my second cup of tea that morning and sat down to read the paper. From somewhere, an inner voice said, “Go see Jeff and bring him the chair to repair. Go right now.” it was such a strong need that I hurriedly dressed and carried a dinning-room chair to his door.  Jeff was a neighbor who had lost his wife a while back, and he sometimes did minor repairs for me because he enjoyed working with his hands.

I knocked on his door and waited a while. I was about to walk away when he answered. He looked like he was far away in his thoughts. I felt awkward about upsetting him so early. I greeted him and then asked if he could repair my chair. He invited me inside. We sat in his living room. He looked very sad and not his usual self. He said he had had a stroke recently, and while he was home now, he still needed to attend physical treatment. He had to build his strength back up. I apologized for the chair and told him I would just bring it back home. He said to leave it.

We talked for a while. He said that, before I arrived, he was seriously sad. So, my visit stopped his darkness. I listened to how hard it had been since his wife passed and how much worse it was now since the stroke. The longer we talked, the more I saw his mood lighten.

After I left his home, I went to the supermarket and gathered ingredients. I made him a hot meal I thought he would like. Carefully, I cut up vegetables and prepared stew (炖菜) for him. I believe it was the best stew I ever made. I made homemade biscuits and prepared fresh fruit for dessert. I realize there might have been healthier food, but I thought a hot meal would lift his spirits. I dropped it off for him. He was glad that someone cared. Emotionally, he seemed in a better place.

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About a week later, he knocked on my door. 

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3 . Susannah was a shy but clever girl. She had worn _________ for as long as she could remember. And again, for as long as she could remember, some of her classmates had always made fun of her. The worst thing was that Lewis _________ her “Four Eyes”. She acted like she didn’t _________, but in fact Susannah couldn’t stand it.

One day, the class went on a school outing to _________ some famous caves. The children were walking towards the caves, while Lewis _________. While falling, he got _________ of Susannah, who walked next to him, and both _________ down the hole.

They landed in a dark cave. Susannah and Lewis shouted for _________, but no one came. The next morning they still hadn’t been found and Lewis continued shouting for help, but no_________and he started feeling __________.

It must have been noontime, because Susannah __________ that the ray of light just landed on the floor in front of her. __________, she took a piece of wood that had fallen into the cave, and, using her glasses as a magnifying (放大) glass, she focused the ray of light onto the __________. Now they had a torch (火把). Lewis watched with surprise and __________ and off they went to explore the cave.

It took them some time, and they had to burn quite a few torches, but finally they found a way out. On top of hugs and cries of __________, Lewis gave Susannah his heartfelt thanks.

1.

A．glasses

B．necklaces

C．earrings

D．watches

2.

A．teased

B．laughed

C．warned

D．called

3.

A．care

B．mind

C．object

D．offend

4.

A．approach

B．enter

C．visit

D．attend

5.

A．wandered

B．waved

C．smiled

D．slipped

6.

A．hold

B．touch

C．support

D．place

7.

A．walked

B．moved

C．fell

D．flew

8.

A．praise

B．water

C．food

D．help

9.

A．feedback

B．response

C．reaction

D．effect

10.

A．scared

B．shocked

C．disturbed

D．annoyed

11.

A．doubted

B．concluded

C．recognized

D．noticed

12.

A．Slowly

B．Quickly

C．Unexpectedly

D．Obviously

13.

A．glass

B．torch

C．wood

D．floor

14.

A．sorrow

B．trouble

C．excitement

D．curiosity

15.

A．loss

B．relief

C．justice

D．return

6 . “Don’t worry. Those are just age spots (老年斑),” the doctor said. “Are you ______ that these are age spots?” I questioned, pointing to the dark spots on my hands. Angie, the doctor, smiled warmly and ______, “I’m 100% sure.”

I let out a scream of ______. “You’ve no idea how long I’ve waited for these to ______,” I said. Angie looked slightly ______, and I realized there was no possible way I could explain my excitement. What Angie didn’t know was that I shouldn’t have ______ to see age spots! At age forty, there was not much hope that I would live long enough to see any signs of ______. I was in the battle of my life—fighting lung cancer.

After the five-year mark of being cancer free, I started to have hope. When I got my first white hair, I quickly pointed to my husband, “look, honey, a white hair.”

______ I was taking a trip down the memory path, Angie ______ my thoughts. “Here’s the fade cream (增白霜) that you can ______ your hands twice a week before going to bed,” she reminded. And then she mentioned another _____ , “of course, you can always have the spots removed with lasers (激光).”

“Remove them?” I questioned. “ ______ would anyone want to do that?” Angie stared at me, not understanding the meaning of those words, while I explained, “I’d like to ______ them.” As I walked out of the hospital, I was ______ that I had such wonderful age spots!

Later that year, I celebrated two milestone (里程碑)—my sixtieth birthday and twenty years of being ______ from cancer. I’m excited to be growing older with white hairs, wrinkles (皱纹) and now age spots. And I can see the beauty in all of them!

1.

A．right

B．certain

C．worried

D．afraid

2.

A．admitted

B．explained

C．replied

D．admired

3.

A．sadness

B．surprise

C．pain

D．joy

4.

A．appear

B．recover

C．increase

D．disappear

5.

A．disappointed

B．surprised

C．nervous

D．angry

6.

A．changed

B．left

C．returned

D．lived

7.

A．aging

B．growth

C．success

D．progress

8.

A．While

B．Although

C．Because

D．Unless

9.

A．collected

B．interrupted

C．controlled

D．expressed

10.

A．carry on

B．put on

C．clean up

D．cheer up

11.

A．choice

B．answer

C．example

D．duty

12.

A．When

B．Why

C．Where

D．How

13.

A．recover

B．ignore

C．gather

D．keep

14.

A．stressed

B．frightened

C．thankful

D．concerned

15.

A．different

B．tired

C．safe

D．free

7 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的词或括号内单词的正确形式。

A man was really worried about his son, who was sixteen years old     1     had no courage at all. So the father decided to call on a Buddhist monk     2    (train) his child.

The Buddhist monk asked the boy’s father to leave his son in the temple and     3    (say) that he would make him a man of     4    (brave) within three months. However, you can’t come to see him during that period.

Three months later, the boy’s father returned. The Buddhist monk arranged a boxing match between the child and a     5    (profession) boxer (拳击手).

Each time the boxer hit the boy, he     6    (fall) down, but at once the boy stood up.

Several times later, the Buddhist monk asked, “How do you like your child?”

“What     7     shame!” the boy’s father said. “I never thought he could be so     8    (easy) knocked down. I shouldn’t have left him here at all.”

“I’m sorry that’s what you see. Don’t you see that each time he falls down, he stands up again instead of     9    (cry)? That’s the kind of courage you wanted him to have.”

If each time you are knocked down and you have the courage to stand up again, then you can be proud     10     yourself.

8 . Afraid to have a start, I was walking slowly into my first school in America. I had ______ a long way from India in order to join my parents. My father decided that I would go to school here, so I ______ a local high school in my new town.

With ______ and fear, I arrived at the classroom. Everyone’s eyes were on me as I entered the classroom. I went straight to the ______ and asked him if it was the right class. With a ______ voice, he answered, “Yes.” His voice comforted me a little. Then he asked me to ______ where I would sit. I chose the ______ closest to the door. I spent the rest of the class taking notes from the ______ produced by the overhead projector (投影仪).

______ it was my first day, I was confused about which hallway to use, but I ______ to get to my classroom without asking anyone. I wasn’t quite sure when I would have ______. It was noon when I went to my next class and the bell rang as I entered. I went through the ______ process of asking the teacher if I was in the right class. Feeling surprised, she said, “That is the lunch bell.” I felt a little ______. Without another word, I headed for the cafeteria.

I realized that all the confusion on my first day was like the difficulty I had to ______to reach my goal. When I got on my bus and sat down inside ______, I said to myself, “Today isn’t so bad.”

1.

A．traveled

B．increased

C．felt

D．returned

2.

A．explored

B．found

C．entered

D．built

3.

A．anger

B．anxiety

C．doubt

D．sadness

4.

A．foreigner

B．teacher

C．worker

D．partner

5.

A．deep

B．familiar

C．strict

D．soft

6.

A．find

B．see

C．choose

D．discuss

7.

A．area

B．direction

C．seat

D．goal

8.

A．movies

B．pictures

C．voices

D．stories

9.

A．Since

B．If

C．Though

D．Before

10.

A．feared

B．refused

C．allowed

D．managed

11.

A．gifts

B．chances

C．fun

D．lunch

12.

A．interesting

B．unexpected

C．same

D．easy

13.

A．funny

B．excited

C．lonely

D．awkward

14.

A．put away

B．get through

C．build up

D．show off

15.

A．suddenly

B．happily

C．curiously

D．actually

9 . The most valuable thing I ever lost was a pair of diamond earrings I bought many years ago at a charity auction (拍卖会). Though very beautiful, they were heavy and turned out to be painful to wear. I wrote about the lost earrings in my new children’s book, The Christmas Pig. When they reach the Land of the Lost, where the hero must go to rescue his most beloved toy, my earrings are angry that they aren’t treated with the respect they think they deserve. They soon find out that being made of diamonds counts for very little in the strange world where human-made objects go when lost, because a thing’s importance there depends on how much it’s truly loved.

The Christmas Pig explores a deep attachment to an old object. It’s about the journey of a boy, Jack, who is a little lost himself but discovers his bravery and ability to love in a strange world. Of all the books I’ve written, this is the one that made me cry the most, because I was dealing with emotions that run deep in all of us. Loss and change are hard for children, and acceptance of these unavoidable parts of life isn’t much easier for adults. The Christmas Pig shows how human beings-even small, lost ones-are capable of wonderful, heroic acts.

A very strange thing happened on the day I finished editing The Christmas Pig. After emailing the final version to my editor, I set about clearing out a cupboard. The last object I picked up was a small box. I opened it. There were my long-lost diamond earrings. I’ve decided to sell them and give the money to a charity. I think it will be a nice ending for my earrings’ story to have them do some good for children in the Land of the Living.

How many times have I been asked whether I believe in magic? On the day I finished The Christmas Pig, for a few shining moments, I really did.

1. What’s the author’s purpose of writing the text?

A．To advertise her first children’s book.	B．To reveal our attachment to old objects.
C．To tell a story happening in a strange world.	D．To introduce her new book and the story behind it.

2. What is The Christmas Pig mainly about?

A．A boy discovered bravery in the real world.	B．A boy was weighed down by some earrings.
C．A boy saved his lost toy in the magical world.	D．A boy helped the earrings find their own value.

3. Why did the book make the author cry the most?

A．The boy dealt with loss and change bravely.

B．It was based on her own past experiences.

C．She was unable to forgive herself.

D．Many adults could hardly understand the main character.

4. What does the author want to tell us through the story of her earrings?

A．Magic in books can happen in real life.	B．Sometimes warm magic can happen in life.
C．We should donate to help those in need.	D．Lost things will turn up sooner or later.

10 . 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。

That night, I quarreled with my mother, then stormed out of the house. While on the road, I remembered that I did not have any money in my pocket, I did not even take my cell phone with me to make a call home.

At the same time, I went through a noodle shop, and I suddenly felt very hungry. I wished for a bowl of noodles, but I had no money!

The seller saw me standing before the counter and asked, “Hey little girl, you want to eat a bowl?”

“But … but I do not carry money …” I shyly replied.

“Okay, I’ll treat you.” the seller said, “come in, I will cook you a bowl.”

A few minutes later the owner brought me a steaming bowl of noodles. After eating some pieces, I cried.

“What is it?” He asked.

“Nothing. I am just touched by your kindness!” I said as I wiped my tears. “Even a stranger on the street gives me a bowl of noodles, and my mother, after a quarrel, chased me out of the house. She is cruel (残忍的)!!”

The seller sighed, “Girl, why did you think so? Think again. I only gave you a bowl of noodles and you felt that way. Your mother has been taking care of you since you were little, why were you not grateful and why did you hurt your mom?”

I was really surprised after hearing that.

Why did I not think of that? A bowl of noodles from a stranger made me feel grateful, and my mother has raised me since I was little and I have never felt so, not even a little.

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Just at that moment, many memories came back into my mind.

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When arriving home, I saw my mother sitting at the dinner table, worried and tired.

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