2 . Since the age of three, Chelsie Hill had dreamed of becoming a dancer. That ______ nearly ended one night in 2010, when a car accident paralyzed (瘫痪) her from the waist down. For most people, that would have ______ any hope of a dancing career. For Hill, it was the beginning.

Far from being an obstacle, her wheelchair ______ her. “I wanted to prove to my community and to myself that I was still ‘______,’” she told CBS News. Whatever normal meant, normal for her meant dancing. “Half of my body was ______ from me, and I have to practice moving it slowly with my ______.” Hill told CBS News. “It definitely took a lot of learning and ______.”

After graduation, Hill wanted to ______ her dance network to include women like her. She ______ women who had suffered the same ______ to join her. In disabled dance competitions, all dancers from her team gave great ______ and the audience’s applause suggested that the fun was ______. The dancers aren’t the only ones feeling inspired. One woman saw a YouTube video of the team and ______, “To be in a wheelchair and still be so beautiful makes me know I can be beautiful too!”

Hill has ______ what many of us never will: her childhood dream. “My injury doesn’t ______, so I can live my life, so why am I going to stop living my life because of my injury?”

1.

A．plan

B．ambition

C．career

D．life

2.

A．ruined

B．started

C．risked

D．changed

3.

A．depressed

B．comforted

C．encouraged

D．abandoned

4.

A．positive

B．hopeful

C．delighted

D．normal

5.

A．brought up

B．cut off

C．taken away

D．given back

6.

A．legs

B．hands

C．knees

D．feet

7.

A．kindness

B．courage

C．intelligence

D．patience

8.

A．expand

B．abandon

C．study

D．observe

9.

A．invited

B．allowed

C．forced

D．requested

10.

A．losses

B．injuries

C．defeat

D．consequences

11.

A．concerts

B．lectures

C．reports

D．performances

12.

A．removing

B．remaining

C．working

D．spreading

13.

A．shouted

B．made

C．commented

D．explained

14.

A．experienced

B．achieved

C．done

D．created

15.

A．continue

B．worsen

C．stop

D．improve

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。

Alex was very excited because the New Year Eve’s party was coming and as usual it was going to be held in his Uncle Peter’s home. Suddenly, he saw his grandfather sitting alone looking very unhappy.

Alex went to him and asked, “Grandpa, why are you sitting alone? Is there anything wrong with you?”

His grandfather replied, “No, I am fine. I just feel like sitting alone.”

“Grandpa, you know the New Year party is near, so are you preparing for it?” asked Alex excitedly.

“No dear, I am not. With the passage of time, the world has completely changed and I don’t see any point in celebrating the world I see today,” answered his grandpa disappointedly.

“I know something is wrong with you and you are not telling me. Please tell me what the problem is.” Alex said.

“I feel I am a stranger in the world I am living in. It is not the same as I have known. Now everyone is busy with their own work. Your father is busy with business, your brother is busy on the computer, your sisters are busy watching dramas and your mum is busy with housework. I don’t know how to pass my days,” said his grandfather sadly.

“Grandpa, you have me!”said Alex.

His grandfather smiled and said, “Yeah, you are here, but what about others? In our days, we had a fixed (固定的) time each day when the whole family sat together and talked, shared problems and laughed together.”

That night Alex thought about what his grandfather had said and an idea flashed his mind. He decided to have a surprise. New Year party at his own home and make everyone come together that day. As New Year’s Eve got nearer, Alex got busy preparing for the party. He kept it a secret from his grandfather and asked everyone not to let him know about it in order to surprise him.

注意：
1.续写词数应为 150 左右；
2.请按如下格式作答。

It was December 31 and everyone was busy with their own work.

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Alex saw his grandfather looking very happy while talking with the family members.

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4 . I’ve heard such a story. On a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of the subway station, playing his violin. The music was _________, and many people who hurried to go home _________ and put some money into the hat of the young man.

The next night, the young artist took out a large piece of _________ and laid it on the ground. Then he began playing. The music sounded more pleasant. Some people gathered and they found the _________ on that paper,” Last night, a gentleman put a (n) _________ thing into my hat. Please come to get it back. “When the people saw that, they felt very curious and guessed what it could be. After about half an hour, a man _________ there in a hurry and said, “It can’t be true! You... you...”

The young violinist asked, “Did you _________ something?” “A lottery ticket (彩票),” the man answered _________.

The violinist took out a lottery ticket. “Is it?” he asked.

The man was too _________ to say a word. He bought a lottery ticket a few days ago. The awards (奖) opened yesterday and he won $ 500, 000. So lucky and excited did he feel that he __________ 50 dollars and put it into the hat when hearing the music. However, the lottery ticket was also thrown into the hat without being __________. After the violinist finished his performance, he found the lottery ticket in his hat. __________ that the owner would probably __________ to look for it, he came back to where he was given the lottery ticket.

Someone asked the violinist why he returned the lottery ticket to the man. He said, “Although I don’t have much __________, I live happily; but if I lose __________, I won’t be happy forever.”

1.

A．quiet

B．shocking

C．beautiful

D．interesting

2.

A．sped up

B．slowed down

C．passed by

D．went away

3.

A．paper

B．glass

C．plastic

D．cloth

4.

A．poems

B．articles

C．words

D．texts

5.

A．fantastic

B．important

C．dangerous

D．lovely

6.

A．came

B．walked

C．rushed

D．left

7.

A．damage

B．discover

C．forget

D．lose

8.

A．proudly

B．seriously

C．worriedly

D．carefully

9.

A．tired

B．disappointed

C．excited

D．surprised

10.

A．handed out

B．lifted up

C．picked up

D．took out

11.

A．destroyed

B．guided

C．noticed

D．caught

12.

A．Thinking

B．Warning

C．Imagining

D．Ignoring

13.

A．appear

B．return

C．ring

D．travel

14.

A．challenge

B．luck

C．wisdom

D．money

15.

A．honesty

B．power

C．heart

D．love

5 . A 24-year-old woman has achieved an unbelievable achievement that many of us dream of − visiting every country on Earth.

Lexie Alford was born into a family of travel agents, which gave her the opportunity to ________ places such as Cambodia, Dubai and Egypt during her childhood, according to Forbes magazine. She began saving up at age 12 to ____ her goal of visiting all countries. By her 18th birthday, she had travelled to 72 nations. In October, 2016 she realized she could see the ____ nations on her list in time to set an official record. Many people ____ her travel on social media platform Instagram, so she decided to chase the world record partly to ____ others. “Honestly, in the beginning, I _________ wanted to push the ____ of what I thought I could do with my life and see as much of the world as possible in the _____,” she told Forbes. “It wasn’t until things started getting really_____ that I realized I was inspiring people around me, especially the _____.”

“I also loved visiting Northern Pakistan, for the natural beauty of the mountains and kindness of the locals were astonishing.” Lexie Alford said. “The most pleasant surprise about travelling to all these misunderstood areas of the world was that the countries that I had the ____ expectation for ___________ being the most incredible.”

“My_____ for young people is to believe that you can do anything you set your mind to do. If you want to travel, you have to dream BIG − to travel around the world and never ______; it’s only a matter of ______ until you make it a reality.”

1.

A．master

B．settle

C．tour

D．love

2.

A．fund

B．quit

C．change

D．register

3.

A．powerful

B．ideal

C．official

D．remaining

4.

A．ranked

B．analyzed

C．followed

D．criticized

5.

A．inspire

B．contact

C．understand

D．accompany

6.

A．occasionally

B．simply

C．completely

D．obviously

7.

A．dreams

B．buttons

C．families

D．comments

8.

A．platform

B．event

C．process

D．country

9.

A．awkward

B．official

C．natural

D．challenging

10.

A．adult

B．youth

C．bosses

D．agents

11.

A．most

B．least

C．greatest

D．worst

12.

A．started with

B．showed off

C．ended up

D．searched for

13.

A．advice

B．theory

C．belief

D．information

14.

A．make up

B．cut up

C．clean up

D．give up

15.

A．honor

B．career

C．time

D．energy

6 . 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

I have a warm story to share with you. A school in San Francisco not only accepted a deaf student, but also     1     (teach) the entire class sign language to allow them to better communicate with him.

The     2     (move) story began in September last year when a woman asked the primary school in her neighborhood     3    (accept) her six-year-old son, James,     4     has a hearing disability. The teacher, Lily, agreed almost immediately, but     5     the first day of school, she noticed James     6     (sit) all by himself, unable to communicate with any of his classmates.

Determined to find a way out, Lily tried developing a few signs of     7     own. But a parent of another child came up with an even     8     (good) idea—getting the whole class to learn sign language along with James. So they got a sign language teacher. And three months later, James was able to communicate    9     (happy) with all his classmates about regular(常规) things like homework and    10    (game).

7 . Like any new ninth-grader on the first day of school, Joemar Class had ninth-grader- emotion (情绪). He’s not used to school in Hartford. He’s used to going to school in his home town of Florida, used to seeing his friends, used to having class in Spanish.

“Nervioso,” he said in Spanish.

We first met Joemar in mid-October in the San Juan Airport. His father, Guillermo Class, had sold his car to buy plane tickets to get his kids and fly them up from Puerto Rico. The island was almost destroyed (毁坏) by the deadly storm—Hurricane Maria.

Now, they are settling into their new home in Hartford’s South End. A week later, using his wife’s car, Class drove 16-year-old Joemar to his first day at Bulkeley High School. After a short ride, he got out in front of his new school. Inside, he met Gretchen Levitz—the school’s program director.

“I see you have new uniform,” Levitz said. “You look great. Are you ready for a good first day? ”

Then he met couple of teachers.

“Hello” they each said in Spanish. They asked where he was from, and told him they were happy to see him. Then Levitz took him on a quick tour of the school before classes began — to her office, the school store, the library, and the dining hall.

A total of 19 languages are spoken in Bulkeley High School. “We have so many new students coming here from other countries every single day,” Levitz said. “So it’s not like he’s the only one who has that feeling.”

“You could tell he’s little worried,” Guillermo said as we left. “But, at the same time, he’s expecting it.”

1. What kind of feeling did Joemar have on his first day of school?

A．Nervous

B．Excited

C．Annoyed

D．Amazed

2. Why did Joemar leave Florida?

A．His old school closed down.

B．He wanted to see his mother.

C．He expected to have a new life.

D．His town was hit by a terrible storm.

3. What did Joemar do before he walked into his new classroom?

A．He had a long talk with his father.

B．He said hello to some of his classmates.

C．He learned some simple Spanish words.

D．He had a short look around his new school.

4. What can we learn about Bulkeley High School?

A．It has no library.

B．It is an international school.

C．It plans to open Spanish classes.

D．It requires all students to wear uniforms.

8 . After work one day, I grabbed a pizza for dinner at the mall. As I was heading home, I saw a girl sitting in a corner of the mall. Her hair covered her face and her body was________. I determined to walk past her________that’s what we often do. But something made me turn________. I learned her age, and why she begged (乞讨) for money and lived on the streets.

Her parents died years ago and she suffered from a serious skin disease. She was_________to work because of her disability and had to live in the safest place she could_________. She had stayed in shelters in the past, but was treated ________. She had to seek shelter from the mall to keep ________on cold days, but even the mall she said wasn’t safe because security always threw her out.

I’m one of those people who used to believe there was a system of ________to help her. Ideally, I would like to believe in that and I used to think maybe one day I would help “them”. Maybe one day I would win the lottery (彩票). But when I ________that girl, I thought to myself, what if no one ever helped her? What if this so called___________system that I believed in didn’t even know or ________her existence? What if I didn’t ________any money? What if she was not going to be around long enough to see that “one day”?

I didn’t really think about what happened next. I ________my dinner with her and gave her all the money I had. When security came, I talked them into helping her _______driving her away like they usually did.

Don’t wait for one day to come before you help someone. Now is that one day—not tomorrow, not next week. If you can do something to ease someone else’s _________, don’t wait for that distant one day. Be the one day. Be it now.

1.

A．hot

B．heavy

C．weak

D．wet

2.

A．if

B．when

C．till

D．because

3.

A．over

B．away

C．back

D．up

4.

A．eager

B．ready

C．unable

D．curious

5.

A．build

B．discover

C．expect

D．remember

6.

A．terribly

B．normally

C．carefully

D．patiently

7.

A．calm

B．wealthy

C．warm

D．secret

8.

A．control

B．support

C．decoration

D．communication

9.

A．accepted

B．introduced

C．persuaded

D．noticed

10.

A．foolish

B．perfect

C．simple

D．educational

11.

A．care about

B．talk about

C．write about

D．argue about

12.

A．lose

B．lend

C．win

D．waste

13.

A．cooked

B．shared

C．ordered

D．prepared

14.

A．along with

B．as for

C．except for

D．instead of

15.

A．sickness

B．suffering

C．nervousness

D．loneliness

9 . When I was a boy, I spent much time playing alone. I didn’t ______ it too much, though. I lived outside town, next to a forest where oaks (橡树) were my ______. I would sit in their shade and enjoy their peace.

Therefore it was so ______ for me when I was in employment in a ______ processing factory. It wasn’t just the ______ work, long hours, and low pay. It was also seeing trees being cut. The red oak trees were ______ influenced because they made the prettiest hardwood flooring.

One afternoon after a long day’s work, I decided to take a walk in the ______. As I wandered, I was filled with ______ for childhood days. Feeling so down, I dropped my head and that was when I ______ it: a red oak acorn (橡子) that had somehow ______ hungry animals all winter long. Something I’d read once ______ me at that moment — “An acorn ______ a forest eventually if it wants!” I smiled, bent down, dug up a handful of dirt and carefully ______ that little acorn. Then I headed home, no longer ______, for I also realized in our life we all ______ as an acorn, but whether our future is a forest or not is up to us.

1.

A．decide

B．change

C．mind

D．notice

2.

A．shelters

B．companions

C．favorites

D．hopes

3.

A．surprising

B．hard

C．impressive

D．important

4.

A．wood

B．food

C．wool

D．cook

5.

A．energy-saving

B．time-consuming

C．breath-taking

D．back-breaking

6.

A．equally

B．heavily

C．rarely

D．suddenly

7.

A．factory

B．forest

C．mountains

D．town

8.

A．longing

B．concern

C．regret

D．struggle

9.

A．received

B．thought

C．recognized

D．found

10.

A．met

B．left

C．survived

D．fed

11.

A．reminded

B．touched

C．guided

D．struck

12.

A．becomes

B．protects

C．remembers

D．saves

13.

A．collected

B．picked

C．planted

D．examined

14.

A．fearful

B．annoyed

C．doubtful

D．sad

15.

A．fight back

B．step forward

C．start out

D．break through

10 . A man was employed to paint a boat. He brought paint and _________ and began to paint the boat as the owner wanted. While painting, he _________ there was a hole in the body of the boat and decided to repair it. When he finished painting, he received his _________ and left.

The next day, the owner of the boat visited the painter and _________ him with a cheque(支票), much higher than what he was paid for the painting work. The painter was _________.

“You’ve already paid me for painting the boat, sir! he said.

“This is not for the paint job. It’s for repairing the _________ in the boat.”

“Ah! But it was such a small service.” the man said. “Certainly it’s not worth paying me such a high amount for something so _________!”

“My dear friend,” the owner said, “You don’t understand. Let me tell you _________ happened. When I asked you to paint the boat, I _________ to mention the bole. When the boat dried, my kids took it and ____________ a fishing trip. They did not know that there was a hole there. I was not at home at the time. So when I ____________ and noticed they had taken the boat, I was hopeless. Imagine my ____________ and joy when I saw them returning safely from fishing.”

“Then, I examined the boat and found that you had repaired the hole! You now see what you did? You ____________ the life of my children!”

Each of us has a moral duty to offer help, wipe tears, listen carefully and repair all the “hole” we ____________ in our life journey, because a small act will make a big ____________ in the future.

1.

A．rulers

B．brushes

C．knives

D．pens

2.

A．felt

B．heard

C．sensed

D．noticed

3.

A．money

B．paint

C．brush

D．fish

4.

A．dropped

B．cooked

C．presented

D．took

5.

A．happy

B．disappointed

C．embarrassed

D．surprised

6.

A．hole

B．chair

C．paddle

D．picture

7.

A．huge

B．small

C．great

D．rude

8.

A．when

B．why

C．what

D．how

9.

A．stopped

B．regretted

C．remembered

D．forgot

10.

A．went on

B．went away

C．went over

D．went through

11.

A．drove

B．shared

C．rewarded

D．returned

12.

A．belief

B．relief

C．sadness

D．worry

13.

A．saved

B．hurt

C．broke

D．designed

14.

A．come out

B．come in

C．come across

D．come into

15.

A．achievement

B．progress

C．process

D．difference