1 . A club called We Dine Together was formed at Boca High School in Florida last autumn. During each lunch period, ________ make their way around the school courtyard looking for students who are eating ________. They then introduce themselves and get to know the students.

Estimon, who came to the US from Haiti in the first grade, is one of four students who ________ We Dine Together. He said having been the ________ kid before, he knew how it felt to be ________. And he didn’t want any other kid to have ________ problems.

“When I first arrived, I had a great feeling of loneliness, which was more ________ during my lunch break,” said Estimon. “If we don’t try to make that ________, who’s going to do it?”

Allie, who also helped organize the club, got emotional while ________ what it was like to sit alone at lunch.

“It’s not a good feeling — you’re ________. And that’s something I don’t want anybody to ________.” said Allie. “Meeting someone who actually ________ and listens to what you have to say really makes a difference.”

Since the club was founded, dozens of ________ and friendship have already been formed between teens who may not have met ________. Estimon and his friends are planning to ________ the success. “We’ll open clubs in schools across the country — no matter where anyone lives, they have the chance to make friends.”

1.

A．members

B．researchers

C．teachers

D．graduates

2.

A．politely

B．silently

C．alone

D．slowly

3.

A．supported

B．chose

C．improved

D．created

4.

A．special

B．weak

C．smart

D．new

5.

A．ignored

B．rejected

C．separated

D．misunderstood

6.

A．serious

B．academic

C．similar

D．usual

7.

A．terrible

B．familiar

C．important

D．dangerous

8.

A．show

B．form

C．start

D．change

9.

A．imagining

B．remembering

C．recognizing

D．understanding

10.

A．on the top

B．by yourself

C．at risk

D．around the corner

11.

A．learn

B．mention

C．know

D．experience

12.

A．praises

B．cares

C．follows

D．admits

13.

A．ideas

B．connections

C．circles

D．greetings

14.

A．anyway

B．therefore

C．otherwise

D．meanwhile

15.

A．celebrate

B．gain

C．share

D．continue

2 . I was born legally blind. Of all the stories of my early childhood, the one about a ______ is my mother’s favorite.

I was only two when the ______ occurred. We had just arrived home from a trip. Mom lifted me out of the car and ______ to speak to the driver. I took advantage of my brief ______ to dash across the lawn and hit a large maple tree! I was running so fast that I bounced off the trunk and ______ on my backside. Mom ______ me to start crying, but I just sat there for a minute. Then I ______ myself up and kept right on going. Mom always ____ here that, as many times as I zoomed across the lawn after that, I never again ______ into that tree.

Mom loves to use this story as an ______. It reminds her that children don’t enter life ______ to take risks or unwilling to try again when they fall down. She never wanted me to lose that ______ as I grew older. When I ______ my major life decisions, I was still that little girl tearing full-speed across the lawn. I studied abroad and through years of efforts, I have become a respected teacher in a school serving high-need students.

We are almost certain to get ______ at some point during the process of achieving our goal. When that happens, don’t sit in the grass and ______. Just get up and keep on going, It will all be worth it in the end.

1.

A．trip

B．race

C．tree

D．driver

2.

A．incident

B．change

C．illness

D．problem

3.

A．feared

B．refused

C．forgot

D．turned

4.

A．delay

B．shortage

C．freedom

D．rest

5.

A．landed

B．slept

C．laughed

D．wept

6.

A．promised

B．encouraged

C．allowed

D．expected

7.

A．woke

B．picked

C．warmed

D．gave

8.

A．adds

B．replies

C．admits

D．supposes

9.

A．crashed

B．broke

C．climbed

D．looked

10.

A．answer

B．example

C．excuse

D．order

11.

A．able

B．ashamed

C．afraid

D．anxious

12.

A．honesty

B．kindness

C．integrity

D．perseverance

13.

A．regretted

B．reviewed

C．made

D．explained

14.

A．mixed up

B．fed up

C．knocked download

D．settled down

15.

A．play

B．relax

C．dream

D．cry

3 . When my son was eleven years old, he came home from school in tears one day. A couple of the older kids bullied (欺负) him at the bus stop. Rob wanted to stay home from school, so he wouldn’t have to meet the boys.

We called the school. “We’ll be happy to call the boys’ parents,” We were told, “And you should call the police.” “We don’t know what we will do yet.” I said. I felt that calling the police was a choice to be used when everything else failed, and I wanted first to consider other ways of dealing with the situation, I asked him to hold off calling the boys’ parents.

The next day was Saturday. Rob happened to look our of the window and said in fer, “There are the boys who beat me up!” Two older boys were standing in front of our house, as if they were waiting for Rob to step outside.

My wife Bev opened the door and said with a smile, “Hi guys. Would you like some ice cream?” They looked at each other in puzzlement. But they were teenagers, after all, so one of them said, “Sure. Why not?”

Bev quickly introduced herself, Rob’s younger brothers and me. She even introduced Rusty, the dog. “And I think you already know Rob,” She said. Her idea was to help them to see that Rob was a person, not a target. He had a family and even owned a family pet.

Bev drew the boys into chat while we ate ice cream. After a few minutes, she said, “I know there’s been some trouble at the bus stop. I think there may be a misunderstanding.” They nodded that there had indeed been trouble at the bus stop. She continued, “Maybe we can talk about the misunderstanding, so you can be friends.” We talked until the ice cream was finished. Finally the boys apologized.

Understanding is a difficult task. It may be easier to control conflict by force than to find a way to cooperate. Force can calm a situation. But understanding leads to peace.

1. Why didn’t the writer call the police?

A．He feared his son would be bullied again.

B．He meant to try some other ways to solve it first.

C．The police wouldn’t take the bullying seriously.

D．The school promised to call the boys’ parents.

2. What does “But they were teenagers, after all” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A．They couldn’t refuse the attraction of ice cream.

B．They could be cheated into telling the truth.

C．They dared to face any challenges bravely.

D．They were too young to understand the invitation.

3. Why did Bev introduce her family and their dog?

A．To give the dog to the boys as a gift.

B．To advise the boys to have a family pet.

C．To expect the boys to treat Rob kindly.

D．To show off the wealth of the family.

4. From the text we can infer Bev was ________.

A．fond of children

B．angry with the boys

C．skilled at making ice cream

D．good at making peace

7 . 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。

Postcards from the World

While the sun washed over the grass of my grandmother’s front garden, I sank into one of her armchairs familiar to me. Life, as I knew it, had changed. My beloved grandmother, my Nanny, as a ”parent“ in the absence of my father, had cancer. It was terminal (晚期的).

As she watched Getaway, a Sunday afternoon TV program, she remarked to me that she’d never left Australia and that now she never would. Seeing her restricted to ”travel" by watching TV, I swallowed the sadness that came with knowing that chapters of her life were to be left unwritten.

At work, feeling helpless, I wiped tables and took orders and thought. Hard. The Saturday afternoon lunch rush was not enough to stop me from my thoughts. Collapsed with growing sorrow, I was reminded of the power of Facebook and the collective strength of human sympathy. I raced from the end of my shift to ask strangers on the Internet for help.

My Nanny Del has cancer. It’s terminal and she will never see the world. Please send her postcards so she can see the world from her armchair. I can offer nothing but gratitude.

I resolved not to breathe a word of this; if nothing came, I couldn’t bear to carry her disappointment along with my own. . And if something should wander into our humble little letterbox, I vould consider it a blessing and embrace it gratefully.

Days turned to weeks: Nothing. And Nanny’s health declined rapidly. I was trying to balance my full-time study, babysitting and waiting tables with the tiring responsibility of caring for my grandmother. As I helped Nanny in the early hours of those mornings, she would chat to me, sometimes reflections of her lifetime, and other times, the disturbance caused by medication. She seldom talked about her regret of being unable to travel, but I was still hoping for something.

注意：
1. 续写词数应为150个左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

One afternoon, about six weeks after my Facebook post, a travel-worn postcard arrived in our letterbox.

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My dreams of armchair travels became a reality.

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10 . One day, 12-year-old Sean Redden surfed the Internet and went to a popular chat room. Just as he was about to be offline, he saw a name he’d never seen there before, Susan. Her brief message was “Would someone help me?”

Sean typed back, “What’s wrong?” A moment later he received this message, “I can’t breathe. Help me! I can’t get out of my chair.”

Oh, man, Sean thought. Pretending to be paralyzed (瘫痪) was a bad joke. Then he wondered   what if she really is sick? “Hey. Mom.” he called. “There’s a kid here who’s sick or something.” Sharon looked at the computer screen. “It’s not just some game, is it?” she asked.

The message was not a joke. Susan was actually a 20-ycar-old student, working late at night at a college library near Helsinki, Finland - almost 7,000 miles away from Sean’s home in Texas. While searching the Internet, she began to feel terrible pain all through her body. The library was silent and empty. The nearest phone was outside in the hallway. She couldn’t move that far. Any movement caused the pain to get worse. Then she realized she might get help on the Internet.

“I don’t think it’s a joke, Mom,“ Sean said. And he typed, “Where are you?” After a long while, the letters appeared, “Finland.” Sean and Sharon couldn’t believe it. Not knowing what else to do, Sharon called the local police.

Sharon explained the situation to the officer Amy Schmidt. Schmidt told Sharon to try to get the sick girl’s phone number. Texas police called the international telephone operator and asked to be connected to the proper agency (机构) in Finland. The call was put through to a nearby rescue station. The Texas police gave Susan’s address to the Finnish operator. When Sean heard that, he typed, “Help is on the way.”

In a few minutes, Susan heard people running down the hallway outside the door. Suddenly, the door opened. Emergency workers and three policemen ran in. Susan turned once more to the computer, “They are here. Thanks. Bye-bye.”

Four days later, the police in Texas received a message from officers in Finland: “Thanks to her Internet friend. Susan has received medical treatment she badly needed. She is doing well.”

1. What happened when Sean was about to get offline?

A．He noticed an unfamiliar name.

B．He came across a friend in the chat room.

C．A piece of online news attracted him.

D．His computer broke down.

2. What happened to Susan?

A．She fell down on the ground.

B．She was locked in the library.

C．She lost her phone.

D．She was too sick to move.

3. How did Sean and her mother Sharon help Susan?

A．They asked for help online

B．They reported to the Texas police.

C．They sent messages to Susan’s friend.

D．They called the rescue station in Finland.

4. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．Help on the Internet

B．Help on the Way

C．Making Friends Online

D．Police Officer’s Act of Kindness