2 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整短文。

An 80-year-old man was sitting on the sofa in his house along with his 45-year-old son. Suddenly a crow (乌鸦) landed on their window.

The father asked his son, “What is this?” The son replied, “This is a crow.”

After a few minutes, the father asked his son for the second time, “What is this?” The son said, “Father, I told you just now. It’s a crow.”

After a little while, the father asked his son the same question for third time, “What is this?” This time, the son was irritated (生气) and said to his father in a low and cold tone, “It’s a crow, a crow.”

After a moment, the father yet again asked his son for the fourth time, “What is this?” This time his son shouted in his father, “Why do you keep asking me the same question again and again? I have told you already, ‘It’s a crow’. Are you not able to understand this?”

A minute later the father went to his room and came back with an old tattered(破旧的) diary, which he had kept since his son was born. On opening a page, he asked his son to read that page. When the read it, the following words were written in the diary:

“Today my little son aged three was sitting with me on the sofa when a crow suddenly landed on the window edge. My son asked me 23 times what it was, and I replied him 23 times that it was a crow. I hugged him lovingly each time he asked me the same question. I didn’t at all feel annoyed, but instead felt a deep affection for my innocent son.”

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;
Paragraph 1:

After reading the diary,the son was in tears and began to reflect on the days when he used to sit together with his father.

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Paragraph 2:

Feeling ashamed, the son got down on his knees before his father.

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3 . As my husband and I were watering some plants in the front yard an elderly man walking by stopped to talk with us. He asked us to______ his age and the best answer I could______ was 75 years. That was_______wrong because he was 93 years old and turning 94 on February lst!

He mentioned often to me about the   ______he is facing which is that he cannot find people to ______.   I welcomed him to sit on our bench and offered to be his friend. I asked him the ______ to his longevity and here’s what he replied.

His father was a very rich lawyer. ______, it seems he had no peace of mind. He then met someone who gave this advice. “If you want peace of mind, then be of______to others.”

This new friend of mine, Mr.V. had a high ______ with his former employer. He has given away all his pension money after retirement(退休) to______. He lives with his son and said he didn’t need the money. He enjoyed talking and______accepted my offer of some cookies. I also packed some for his son as he left.

Only a couple of hours later he came ______us and gave me a pure silk shawl( 披肩) as a gift. I am thankful for this chance of______ which reinforced(坚信) in me that if you want peace of mind then be of service to others. A very ______lesson to practice and experience ______and good health too!

1.

A．feel

B．guess

C．ensure

D．assume

2.

A．think of

B．look for

C．bring about

D．get through

3.

A．gradually

B．currently

C．obviously

D．immediately

4.

A．greet

B．stage

C．custom

D．problem

5.

A．talk to

B．aim at

C．focus on

D．belong to

6.

A．cure

B．secret

C．puzzle

D．target

7.

A．Thus

B．Either

C．Moreover

D．However

8.

A．service

B．charge

C．approach

D．treatment

9.

A．custom

B．position

C．energy

D．opportunity

10.

A．gallery

B．preserve

C．charity

D．descendant

11.

A．carefully

B．generously

C．traditionally

D．gracefully

12.

A．announce to

B．define for

C．searching for

D．benefit to

13.

A．friendship

B．landscape

C．communication

D．achievement

14.

A．creative

B．valuable

C．striking

D．absorbed

15.

A．aim

B．relief

C．peace

D．harmony

6 . More than 25 years ago, Saroo Brierley was one of many poor children in rural India. One day, he played with his brother along the rail line and fell asleep. When he woke up, finding himself alone, the 4-year-old decided his brother might be on the train he saw in front of him—so he got on.

That train took him across the country to a totally strange city, where he did not speak the language. He lived on the streets, and then in an orphanage(孤儿院). There, he was adopted by an Australian family and flown to Tasmania.

As he writes in his new book, A Long Way Home, Brierley couldn’t help but wonder about his hometown back in India. He remembered landmarks, but since he didn’t know his town’s name, finding a small neighborhood in a vast country seemed to be impossible.

Then he found Google Earth—a digital mapping program. He spent years searching for his hometown in the program’s satellite pictures. In 2011, he came across something familiar. He studied it and realized he was looking at a town’s central business district from a bird’s-eye view. He thought, “On the right-band side you should see the three-platform train station”—and there it was. “And on the left-hand side you should see a big fountain”—and there it was.

Everything just started to match.

When he stood in front of the house where he grew up as a child, he saw a lady standing in the entrance. “There’s something about me,” he thought—and it took him a few seconds, but he finally remembered what she used to look like.

“My mother looked so much shorter than I remembered. But she came forth and walked forward, and I walked forward, and my feelings and tears and the chemical in my brain, you know, it was like a nuclear fusion(核聚变). I just didn’t know what to say, because I never thought seeing my mother would ever come true. And here I am, standing in front of her.”

1. Why was Brierley separated from his family about 25 years ago?

A．He was taken away by a foreigner.	B．He was adopted by an Australian family.
C．He got on a train by mistake.	D．He got lost while playing in the street.

2. How did Brierley find his hometown?

A．By analyzing old pictures.	B．By studying digital maps.
C．By spreading his story via his book.	D．By travelling all around India.

3. What does Brierley mainly talk about in the last paragraph?

A．His memory of his hometown.	B．His love for his mother.
C．His long way back home.	D．His reunion with his mother.

4. What can we learn from the passage?

A．Brierley’s mother grew shorter and weaker as she aged.

B．Brierley recognized his mother the moment he saw her.

C．Brierley once decided to give up searching for his hometown.

D．There were mixed feelings when Brierley saw his mother again.

7 . I’m sitting at the airport watching people in the last minutes before their loved ones arrive or depart.

A woman is running in circles trying to gather family members together for a _________. When the final moment comes before _________, she wraps her arms around her son, giving him a powerful hug that should protect him until she _________.

I sit with a book in my hands, waiting for my turn to leave, alone, because the ones I love have a different _________ from mine.

I think of other departures and arrivals. I _________ seeing my daughter. I wrapped myself around her as if she’d been _________. That year she was in her first year at university, coming home for the first time.

Today my flight is two hours late. When my flight is finally called, I gather my book and luggage. _________ there is no one to see me off, I do not look back to see where I have come from. _________, I think of my husband at work _________ if I have left yet.

As I head towards the plane, I find myself remembering yet another arrival and departure. That year, my 91-year-old grandfather died. After returning from his funeral, I arrived at the airport __________. My husband of only a year was waiting at the gate to take me in his arms. Because of my tears, __________ was looking at us, but I didn’t __________.

Life needs the important __________ all the time. I wish that all the people who went on a __________ could come back to find someone __________ them. I also wish they could leave with someone to see them off.

1.

A．lecture

B．goodbye

C．dinner

D．party

2.

A．gathering

B．boarding

C．announcing

D．landing

3.

A．leaves

B．survives

C．returns

D．recovers

4.

A．schedule

B．attitude

C．position

D．target

5.

A．imagine

B．enjoy

C．recall

D．consider

6.

A．stolen

B．cheated

C．lost

D．punished

7.

A．Although

B．While

C．Till

D．Since

8.

A．However

B．Besides

C．Instead

D．Therefore

9.

A．doubting

B．asking

C．predicting

D．wondering

10.

A．shouting

B．crying

C．laughing

D．whispering

11.

A．someone

B．everyone

C．none

D．anyone

12.

A．care

B．respond

C．scold

D．flee

13.

A．arrival

B．chance

C．departure

D．moment

14.

A．journey

B．diet

C．picnic

D．holiday

15.

A．worrying about

B．smiling at

C．talking of

D．waiting for

8 . The Belfast, Maine of my youth was not the coastal tourist village that it is today. At the time, McDonald’s hadn’t yet moved into town. Before the supermarket existed, Cottle’s, a food market where Mr. Proulx worked as the manager, was the only place where my mother could do her once-a-week shopping. Because we lived a few miles from Belfast, we’d usually combine the grocery trip with a visit to see my grandmother who always had cookies ready for us.

On one particular shopping day at Cottle’s, I stood behind my mother as she was unloading the grocery cart (购物车) and checking her items out at the register. The candy that displayed on either side of me were full of Life Savers, Clark Bars, Sugar Babies—you name it!

“Can I get some candies?” I asked. My mother rarely veered (转向) from her list so I wasn’t surprised with her response “No.” But I really wanted that candy!

I reached for a Sugar Baby package. My mother didn’t notice. So I thought she probably wouldn’t notice if I put them into my pocket. No one noticed my action—not my mother, not the cashier—no one! I did it! Wow! My very first shoplifting experience! How easy! How rewarding! Got my candy and didn’t need one penny to get it!

I sat in the back seat as my mother drove across the bridge to where my grandmother lived. Slowly, so as not to make any unnecessary noise, I opened my prize and carefully slipped a Sugar Baby into my mouth. No one piece of candy ever tasted so good!

Finally we pulled into my grandmother’s driveway. As I prepared to open my car door, I confidently slipped a few more Sugar Babies into my mouth.

“Keith, what have you got in your mouth?” I looked up at the rearview mirror (后视镜) and could see my mother’s eyes staring back at me. “I asked you a question! What have you got in your mouth?”

注意：1. 续写词数应为150左右；

2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

“Uhhh ... just some Sugar Babies,” I replied, still not skilled in telling lies.
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After pulling into Cottle’s parking lot, my mother took me into the store.
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9 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Jan Tchamani,     1     English teacher in the UK, had to quit her job due to her serious illness. At age 50, she found     2    (she) out of work and stuck at home with only her computer to keep her company. Later, she discovered that     3     (surf) the Internet could help her feel less lonely and bored. She also joined an online group     4     she could talk about her problems and get support and advice from others. She was     5     inspired by the people she met online that she decided to start an IT club     6    (teach) older people how to use computers and the Internet.

Jan has started taking online classes to learn more about how to use the Internet to make society     7     (good). She believes it is highly important to bridge the digital divide and make sure that everyone has access     8     the Internet and knows how to use new technology. Her next goal is to start a charity website to raise money for children in poor     9     (country).

Do you think Jan’s life     10     (improve) greatly by the Internet?