1 . “What’s it like to have a gap legwear your teeth?” a girl asked me one day.

Nobody had ever______before. My hand unconsciously rose to cover my mouth. But, as she looked at me, sincerely waiting for a(n)______, I realized she was not trying to be rude. I never think about it, ” I truthfully replied. She nodded and turned away. I was left wondering if people ______me and saw only gappy teeth.

Later that day at home, I began to______my teeth again. I felt______I thought my life would be somehow better if my teeth were not gappy. How I wanted the perfect teeth that everyone else seemed to have!

Of course, Mom______everything. She has lived her whole life with gappy teeth, and tried to______me that there was nothing to______.When I refused to listen, she told me. I could get the surgery to close the gap if it was that important. “Let’s be______though,” she said! “if everyone got surgeries to become attractive, everyone would be exactly the same. There is beauty in______.”

Her______made me consider my teeth seriously. The thought of losing my gap was more terrible than the reality that people were going to notice it. I realized how important it was to me.   It is part of my______

Nowadays many people do crazy things to realize their dream of “perfection”. The______is that no one is perfect. When all potential for ugliness is removed, so is all of the potential for______

So if that girl ever asked about my teeth______, I would truthfully answer, “You know? It’s really cute.”

1.

A．faced

B．guessed

C．asked

D．imagined

2.

A．offer

B．answer

C．suggestion

D．result

3.

A．heard of

B．thought of

C．talked about

D．looked at

4.

A．consider

B．brush

C．cover

D．design

5.

A．content

B．upset

C．frightened

D．confused

6.

A．admitted

B．noticed

C．controlled

D．changed

7.

A．convince

B．promise

C．warn

D．judge

8.

A．worry about

B．cheer up

C．give up

D．bring out

9.

A．attractive

B．lovely

C．honest

D．serious

10.

A．confidence

B．health

C．differences

D．choices

11.

A．words

B．jokes

C．dreams

D．behavior

12.

A．appearance

B．decision

C．impression

D．identity

13.

A．possibility

B．basis

C．truth

D．goal

14.

A．challenge

B．wisdom

C．kindness

D．beauty

15.

A．once

B．again

C．too

D．instead

4 . I was on a plane that was about to take off when my phone rang. I felt something ________ had happened. It was my neighbor saying I needed to get to the ________ at once. She explained that she’d ________ my two boys, George, then five, and Mickey, then four, crying. At first, she had ________ it, but when the crying continued for a long time, she _________ something was wrong. So she came round and discovered my wife, Mary, lying on the ________ floor. She had been emptying the dishwasher ________ a live wire fell and touched her.

Mary was taken to hospital. When I arrived, doctors were trying to rescue her, but there was no ________. I explained to the boys that Mum had died; I felt it was important to be ________ with them. For a year I was in a suffering ________ of mind. I went through the activities of a father but inside I felt ________.

Later, I felt I had to honor my love for Mary by not breaking ________. She married me because I was a ________ man and I knew I had to carry on and actively chose to swim rather than ________.

We moved to another city but two years later, I was diagnosed with cancer (癌症). The anxiety that had been gone came ________ back – would my boys be left with no parents? ________, the disease was in its early stage and doctors could treat it in time.

________ everything happening to me, I realized merely thinking “why me” doesn’t ________. We have to learn to accept and adapt to the ________ it has brought about. It is no use thinking about the past or being worried about the future. Instead, just focus on the ________.

1.

A．amazing

B．strange

C．awful

D．exciting

2.

A．house

B．exit

C．entrance

D．hospital

3.

A．seen

B．sensed

C．recognized

D．heard

4.

A．hesitated

B．ignored

C．imagined

D．confused

5.

A．wondered

B．realized

C．expected

D．predicted

6.

A．bathroom

B．bedroom

C．toilet

D．kitchen

7.

A．while

B．when

C．until

D．as

8.

A．symptom

B．doubt

C．point

D．signal

9.

A．clear

B．familiar

C．strict

D．pleased

10.

A．scene

B．state

C．condition

D．occasion

11.

A．curiously

B．lonely

C．coldly

D．lively

12.

A．up

B．down

C．away

D．off

13.

A．rich

B．considerate

C．handsome

D．strong

14.

A．dive

B．sink

C．fly

D．float

15.

A．flooding

B．returning

C．looking

D．calling

16.

A．Gradually

B．Personally

C．Thankfully

D．Eventually

17.

A．Above

B．With

C．As

D．Beneath

18.

A．matter

B．affect

C．count

D．help

19.

A．changes

B．experiences

C．disabilities

D．decisions

20.

A．present

B．honor

C．activity

D．life

6 . I was doing some last-minute Christmas shopping in a toy store. A nicely dressed little girl was _______ the teddy bears beside her father _______ she saw a little boy walk in and stop in front of the Pokemon toys. His jacket was obviously too small. He had money in his hand. However, it _______ no more than five dollars at most. He was with his father as well, and _______ picking up the Pokemon video games. Each time he showed to his father, his father _______ his head, “No.”

Rather _______, the boy gave up the video games and chose a book of stickers _______. After they walked away, the little girl ran over to the Pokemon video games. She _______ picked up one lying on top of the others, and raced down toward the checkout. I picked up my purchases and _______ the girl and her father.

Then, much to the little girl’s ________, the little boy and his father got in line ________ her and me. After the video game was paid for and bagged, the little girl ________ it back to the cashier (收银员) and ________ something to her. The cashier smiled and put the ________ under the counter (柜台). I was putting things in my bag when the little boy came up to the cashier. The cashier said, “________, you’re my hundredth customer today, and you win a prize!” and she handed the boy the Pokemon game. The boy could only ________ in disbelief. It was, he said, ________ what he had wanted! The little girl and her father had been standing at the doorway, and I saw the biggest and ________ smile on that little girl I have ever seen in my life.

I suddenly ________ that the world is not divided into the strong who care and the ________ who are cared for. We each must in turn care and be cared.

1.

A．looking through

B．getting through

C．dressing up

D．tidying up

2.

A．when

B．since

C．after

D．until

3.

A．cost

B．looked

C．took

D．noticed

4.

A．stopped

B．finished

C．avoided

D．kept

5.

A．shook

B．nodded

C．moved

D．held

6.

A．anxious

B．happy

C．angry

D．upset

7.

A．also

B．instead

C．lastly

D．indeed

8.

A．nervously

B．excitedly

C．bravely

D．hopefully

9.

A．argued

B．helped

C．admired

D．followed

10.

A．surprise

B．advantage

C．delight

D．regret

11.

A．behind

B．before

C．between

D．beyond

12.

A．put

B．handed

C．sent

D．carried

13.

A．whispered

B．shouted

C．gave

D．showed

14.

A．basket

B．bag

C．bear

D．box

15.

A．Sorry

B．Excuse me

C．Congratulations

D．Pardon me

16.

A．select

B．stare

C．refuse

D．smile

17.

A．extremely

B．totally

C．exactly

D．wonderfully

18.

A．widest

B．greatest

C．prettiest

D．dearest

19.

A．understood

B．said

C．charged

D．debated

20.

A．poor

B．ugly

C．unhappy

D．weak

7 . One day, I was on my way to work. Suddenly, a truck knocked me down and completely crushed my ____ . It wasn’t the driver’s ____ . There was something that ____ his vision. People around ____ me to the hospital quickly. Even though it happened around 9: 30 am, I was only operated on at 5: 30 pm. The doctors ____ to save my leg. But after a few days it got ____ and it had to be amputated (截肢). When the doctor told me, I tearfully asked him, “Why did you take so long?”

What ____ me through this disaster was acceptance — that this is my fate. And now I can either ____ to cry about it, or take it positively. I chose the ____ . So when people used to come to visit me in the hospital and get ____ , I would tell them jokes to make them laugh!

Afterwards I took the treatment, and began to learn how to ____ all over again. My fear was that I wouldn’t be able to play ____ which had been my passion since childhood. However, even though it was ____ for me to walk, I could still play badminton. I began winning some marches. After ____ the suggestion of one of my friends, I decided to ____ a national level. Although I worked as a software engineer, I still ____ five hours a day. And I went on to win several ____ at the national competitions. ____ , I almost completed my training in scuba diving. And I also ____ all over India.

When people ask me, “How do you do so much?” I just ____ with a question, “What’s stopping you?”

1.

A．ear

B．head

C．arm

D．leg

2.

A．plan

B．fault

C．opinion

D．purpose

3.

A．directed

B．opened

C．blocked

D．widen

4.

A．pulled

B．sent

C．brought

D．pushed

5.

A．tried

B．called

C．suffered

D．fed

6.

A．stronger

B．better

C．worse

D．higher

7.

A．got

B．looked

C．found

D．put

8.

A．decide

B．choose

C．dislike

D．argue

9.

A．former

B．answer

C．suggestion

D．latter

10.

A．cheerful

B．excited

C．worried

D．bored

11.

A．see

B．speak

C．hear

D．walk

12.

A．volleyball

B．tennis

C．basketball

D．badminton

13.

A．difficult

B．simple

C．necessary

D．useful

14.

A．giving

B．taking

C．refusing

D．comparing

15.

A．get over

B．look into

C．try out

D．give up

16.

A．trained

B．relaxed

C．worked

D．wandered

17.

A．medals

B．skills

C．advantages

D．positions

18.

A．However

B．Therefore

C．Meanwhile

D．Instead

19.

A．escaped

B．hated

C．parked

D．travelled

20.

A．cry

B．reply

C．shout

D．feel

8 . Owura Kwadwo Hottish teaches computer science in a school. It is a normal school except for the fact that it didn’t have______

Owura became famous after he posted photos of him on the Internet. In the picture. people could see he was teaching his students by______ an entire computer on the blackboard.The photos showed the______level of education for children in Ghana. People were______ that Owura made sure each button was drawn correctly. He would come to school half an hour ahead of______every day. He drew the computer on the blackboard, but at the end of his class, it was______off to start the next class, so he had to______it the next day! Owura’s efforts______when Microsoft took______of his act. They first took him to an international educators’ meeting in Singapore. He made a______about his teaching methods at the meeting and ______a standing ovation(欢呼) after the speech.

______,Owura got the thing he always wanted for his students—some companies______computers to the school. Not a single child in the school had seen a real computer in their lives. Thanks to their teacher’s______the world took care and treat them with ______

1.

A．classrooms

B．computers

C．playgrounds

D．tools

2.

A．operating

B．repairing

C．describing

D．drawing

3.

A．poor

B．unique

C．average

D．avanced

4.

A．annoyed

B．pleased

C．frightened

D．surprised

5.

A．line

B．culture

C．schedule

D．school

6.

A．rubbed

B．called

C．cut

D．shown

7.

A．exchange

B．improve

C．revise

D．repeat

8.

A．broke out

B．paid off

C．came back

D．held back

9.

A．care

B．control

C．place

D．notice

10.

A．suggestion

B．speech

C．decision

D．arrangement

11.

A．made

B．waited

C．received

D．carried

12.

A．Suddenly

B．Importantly

C．Exactly

D．Naturally

13.

A．lent

B．sold

C．donated

D．applied

14.

A．efforts

B．pains

C．legend

D．experiment

15.

A．glory

B．wisdom

C．kindness

D．pride

9 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之成一篇完整的短文。

Long long ago, there lived a girl named Eat. She was a good girl, but she never liked her name because all the kids made fun of her name. She ran away from everybody who laughed at her name, so Eat never really had friends. She played alone all the time.

One day, Eat went to her favorite place near the river behind her house, where she always spoke to the river. On that day, when talking to the river, she said, “You are so lucky, as you can travel to different places and always be with your friends — ducks, turtles, fishes, and plants. I wish I had more friends and wouldn’t be alone anymore.”

When she was bored talking to the river, she picked up some stones and tried to skip (打水漂) them across the river. However, she failed most of the time. Finally, she found a perfect stone. She held it tightly (紧紧地) in her fingers, and said to the river, “Oh, dear river, if I could skip this stone all the way across, I would wish for a dear friend just like you.” Saying this, Eat waved her arm back and threw the stone with full strength.

She watched the stone skip once, twice... and to her surprise, the stone went on skipping and finally, on the seventh skip, made it across the river onto the shore of the opposite side. Eat was totally amazed. She could not just believe her eyes.

Her happiness were disturbed (打断) when she heard footsteps coming towards her. Eat looked around and found a little girl was rolling down towards her. Eat hurried to get up to help. However, she lost her balance and fell off, too.

The little girl was crying and holding her knee. Eat pulled herself and went close to the girl, whose knee was bleeding (流血). She said gently to the little girl, “It will be alright. My house is nearby, let me help you. My mother will take care of the wound.”

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。
Paragraph 1:

Once they arrived at her house, Eat called out, “Mom, help! Someone is injured.”

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Paragraph 2:

The little girl looked at Eat and asked, “What is your name?”

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10 . “Mum, what does it mean when someone tells you that they have a skeleton (骨骼) in the closet (衣橱)?” Jessica asked. “A skeleton in the closet?” her mother paused thoughtfully. “Well. It’s something that you would rather not have anyone else know about. For example, if in the past, someone in Dad’s family had been arrested for stealing a horse, it would be a skeleton in his family’s closet. He really wouldn’t want any neighbor to know about it.”

“Why do you pick on my family?” Jessica’s father said with anger. “Your family history isn’t so good, you know. Wasn’t your great-great-grandfather a prisoner who was transported to Australia for his crimes?... Yes, but people these days say that you are not a real Australian unless your ancestors arrived as prisoners.” “Gosh, sorry I asked, I think I understand now,” Jessica cut in before things grew worse.

After dinner, the house was very quiet. Jessica’s parents were still quite angry with each other. Her mother was ironing clothes and every now and then she glared at her husband, who hid behind his newspaper pretending to read. When she finished, she gathered the freshly pressed clothes in her arms and walked to Jessica’s closet. Just as she opened the door and reached in to hang a skirt, a bony arm stuck out from the dark depths and a bundle of white bones fell to the floor. Jessica’s mother sank into a faint (晕倒), waking only when Jessica put a cold, wet cloth on her forehead. She looked up to see the worried faces of her husband and daughter.

“What happened? Where am I?” She asked “You just destroyed the school’s skeleton, Mum,” explained Jessica. “I brought it home to help me with my health project. I meant to tell you, but it seemed that as soon as I mentioned skeletons and closets, it caused a problem between you and Dad,” Jessica looked in amazement as her parents began to laugh madly.

“They’re both crazy,” she thought.

1. According to Jessica’s mother, “a skeleton in the closet” means ______.

A．a family honor	B．a family secret
C．a family story	D．a family treasure

2. What can we learn about some Australians’ ancestors from Paragraph 2?

A．They were brought to Australia as prisoners.

B．They were the earliest people living in Australia.

C．They were involved in some crimes in Australia.

D．They were not regarded as criminals in their days.

3. Jessica’s mother fell down into a faint because she was ______.

A．knocked	B．frightened
C．injured	D．surprised