2 . My 10-year-old son attended an amazing half-day basketball camp with more than 60 kids. I watched how much _______ my son was having throughout the day.

Before the camp ended, there was a ________ competition. Only a few kids were picked to ________, and my son was not one of them. The competition ________ received prizes and recognition. And a few kids were titled as “all-stars” for effort,________and participation (参与).   Again, my son was not________.

When the camp ended, I could see how ________ he was. He certainly loves the sport, and his jumping skill is ________ . He would have enjoyed the recognition. But sometimes it doesn’t ________ that way.

In my mind, the day was ________. At the camp, he played with kids,________ them fiercely (激烈地) and took shots easily against them. But it was hard for him to see the result s as a small part of his day. The last thing I wanted was for these results to________ the experience.

It’s my job to help my kids think more ________. I did the math and figured out the shooting competition and awards were about 6% of the total camp. The rest of the camp, the parts that he________, were 94%. If my son felt most of the day was great—that’s a win. We can ________ the parts that disappoint us, as long as we are willing to focus on the bigger picture.

1.

A．patience

B．luck

C．fun

D．duty

2.

A．shooting

B．kicking

C．striking

D．passing

3.

A．practise

B．debate

C．speak

D．compete

4.

A．judges

B．volunteers

C．winners

D．organizers

5.

A．interest

B．friendship

C．knowledge

D．skill

6.

A．chosen

B．replaced

C．tested

D．forgiven

7.

A．relaxed

B．frightened

C．disappointed

D．excited

8.

A．impressive

B．average

C．poor

D．limited

9.

A．start up

B．break down

C．work out

D．go about

10.

A．empty

B．quiet

C．boring

D．wonderful

11.

A．guarded

B．shook

C．hugged

D．told

12.

A．save

B．ruin

C．enrich

D．remove

13.

A．honestly

B．positively

C．freely

D．quickly

14.

A．understood

B．enjoyed

C．questioned

D．quitted

15.

A．prevent

B．promote

C．explore

D．accept

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。

On a yearly basis, funded by Mr. Alden, a Field Day was held in the town of Silver City. Every year the boys were in training for the races. And not only adults but boys and girls trained hard for Field Day.

There were prizes for all kinds of races — running and swimming and jumping. But the best one was a foot race, called a free-for-all, because anyone could run in it. Mr. Alden gave a prize of twenty-five dollars and medals to the winners. Sometimes a boy won the championship. Sometimes a girl. Once a fat man had won it.

On Field Day, Mike was cutting the grass for Mr. Moore in the neighborhood to earn his living expenses. Suddenly Mr. Moore stopped his car in the street and called to Mike. “Hop in,” he said. “Today is Field Day, and I want you to see the races.” Soon Mike found himself sitting on the bleachers (露天看台). By and by, a small boy climbed up the bleachers and sat beside him.

Then a man called, “Free-for-all! Come and get ready!”

Being a newcomer, Mike didn’t know what a free-for-all was. The boy next to him explained to him and pointed at the winner of last year’s race. Obviously, he was smaller than Mike, but he was older. Suddenly, Mike stood up and quietly left the bleachers. He went to the room where the boys were getting ready for the race.

“Do you want to run in the race?” a man asked him.

“Yes, I do,” replied Mike.

The man gave him some track clothes with the number 4 on the front and back.

“Where did you train?” he asked.

“I never was trained,” said Mike.

“These boys have been training all year,” remarked the man.

“Oh, I don’t think I’ll win,” responded Mike. “But I am keen to run. It’s my passion and it’s lots of fun.”

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Mike could hardly wait for the race to begin.

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“Faster, faster! I can run faster than this,” cried Mike to himself with confidence.

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4 . The 61-year-old potato farmer Cliff Young won the 1983 Westfield Sydney-Melbourne Ultramarathon, which took runners days to finish, in Australia.

When Cliff showed up in the race, he stuck out like a sore thumb in his everyday clothes different from the other professional runners’, quickly attracting the attention of reporters present.

“I grew up on a farm where we couldn’t afford horses. Whenever the storms would roll in, I’d have to go out and round up the sheep,” Cliff told reporters. “Sometimes I’d have to run those sheep for two or three days, but I’d always catch them. I believe I can run this race.” No one actually believed him. Most competitors were in their 20s and early 30s, with years of training and marathon experience.

On the first day of the race, Cliff was left far behind. But he had one advantage that no one had expected. He didn’t plan on stopping until he reached the finish line while all the others had been training to run for 18 hours a day and then stop and sleep for the other six.

When dawn broke, the other runners were shocked to learn that the old farmer was in the lead and that they would have to catch up with him. Although running slowly, he was the first to cross the finish line and received $10,000 as a prize. But he kept none of the prize and donated it to the homeless.

Cliff continued to run. In 1997, he set out to raise funds for homeless kids by running all 16, 000 kilometers of the Australian coastline. In 2000, Cliff achieved a world age record in a six-day race in Victoria. Cliff Young died at 81, but his legend lives on.

1. What does the underlined part in paragraph 2 mean?

A．He had a special thumb.	B．He suffered a hand injury.
C．He seemed nervous.	D．He was very noticeable.

2. What was people’s attitude toward Cliff’s confidence?

A．Disappointed.

B．Respectful.

C．Doubtful.

D．Curious.

3. What did Cliff Young do with the race?

A．He saved his energy at first.	B．He received good training.
C．He sped up in the last two days.	D．He continuously ran without sleep.

4. What keeps Cliff Young’s legend on?

A．Imagination and generosity.	B．Dream and devotion.
C．Determination and kindness.	D．Willingness and wisdom.

6 . 阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

One sunny morning, the sun began to rise, casting a warm golden glow over the park. Two young men named Tom and Jerry, who was lost in their own books, found themselves siting on opposite ends of a bench. The air was filled with the sweet scent of blooming flowers and the distant sound of children playing. Their eyes met for a brief moment before they both bent down to pick up their pens. It seemed as if they had known before. They quickly became friends and then began to spend many happy times together. They played basketball, watched movies, and spent many unforgettable days together. However, as time went on, their lives changed, and their friendship was put to the test.

A few years later, Tom became a successful lawyer, while Jerry chose a different path and became an artist. Despite different kinds of changes in their lifestyles, they still kept in touch and would gather together every once in a while to recall the good old days.

One day, Tom received a letter from Jerry. The letter said, “Dear Tom, I hope you can come and visit my art exhibition. I know you may not be interested in art, but I think you will like these works. They are all paintings I made during the days we spent together. I hope you can feel the friendship between us.”

After reading the letter, Tom immediately decided to attend Jerry’s art exhibition. He bought a bunch of flowers as a gift and arrived at the exhibition site. When he walked into the exhibition hall, he was shocked by what he saw. The walls were filled with Jerry’s works, each painting full of life and emotion. He saw scenes of them playing basketball in the park, watching movies together, and walking in the rain. These paintings made him feel the deep friendship between them.

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At the exhibition, Tom met many old friends.

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With the bunch of flowers, Tom still kept looking for Jerry.

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7 . I never thought that I had to move to another state at 14. I was doubly _________ for I had just lost my father.

My family got _________ in giving away all the things we could not carry with us. On top of the _________ was a wooden cradle (摇篮). Cradles are _________ meant for newborns, but my mother decided to _________ this big one to my friend Sara as she used to love playing in it.

Soon I got _________ with the new schedule of school, adjusting to the new city. Times fled quickly until I _________ the news of Sara’s marriage. My thoughts wandered about her and our good _________ in the native town of Kerala.

I happened to _________ the town after 20 years. What a (n) __________ -Sara’s daughter was sleeping in the very cradle from my mother. I also came to know Sara was __________ on her mother’s decision to donate this cradle and she refused. Sara, even today, treats this gift as a blessing and a sign of __________ from my mother to her. She now __________ the cradle to other babies and fetches it when they start walking.

“This is not just a material thing; this indicates our strong __________. The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its __________,” Sara said.

1.

A．guilty

B．sad

C．nervous

D．shameful

2.

A．involved

B．interested

C．bored

D．skilled

3.

A．cover

B．table

C．shelf

D．list

4.

A．sincerely

B．especially

C．partly

D．previously

5.

A．sell

B．deliver

C．gift

D．lend

6.

A．engaged

B．annoyed

C．connected

D．disappointed

7.

A．spread

B．heard

C．broke

D．brought

8.

A．lessons

B．chances

C．times

D．fames

9.

A．talk about

B．comment on

C．refer to

D．call at

10.

A．success

B．event

C．scene

D．affair

11.

A．keen

B．dependent

C．strict

D．upset

12.

A．thank

B．love

C．respect

D．hope

13.

A．takes back

B．holds up

C．puts away

D．passes on

14.

A．character

B．support

C．link

D．ability

15.

A．value

B．source

C．quality

D．effect

8 . It’s possible that Chris Raven is the only person in the UK making baroque flutes (长笛). But far from having a lifetime of making instruments behind him, he started out at 70, after decades working in IT. He turns 80 in a month. Yet, in childhood, he loved woodwork. As he says: “You can plant a seed in a child’s mind. And the seed stays.”

Raven grew up in a musical household, in Chelmsford, Essex. Raven played the flute until he lost interest as a teenager. But he rediscovered his love of the instrument in his 40s when he won lessons at his daughter’s school fundraiser. Twenty years ago, he founded a flute choir.

It was after his mother died that he found his old school reports in his parents’ desk. But when he read his old reports he was taken aback: “The two subjects that I did consistently well at-which nobody seemed to spot at the time-were music and woodwork.” he says. “I made stuff as a child and I was good at it.” Rather than feeling minded to look back and wonder if he might have made different career decisions, Raven’s discovery was more a case of him noticing his gift, he says.

About 10 years ago, Raven signed up for an Irish flute-making workshop, followed by a baroque flute-making workshop. He cleared out the garage of the home, and equipped it with various tools to make flutes. His childhood passion “was revived” in baroque flutes and flute boxes.

“It’s been all-consuming,” he says. He spends at least four days a week “on my own in the workshop”. “Flute making, and box making, is not a living so much as a hobby,” says Raven. “I feel real passion and more creation about a new design.”

1. How long has Raven been a flute maker?

A．For his whole life.	B．Since ten years ago.
C．Since his childhood.	D．For several decades.

2. How did Raven’s old school reports influence him?

A．They awoke his hidden talent.	B．They led him to a wrong career.
C．They brought back old memories.	D．They made him feel Mom’s love.

3. What can be inferred about Raven from the last two paragraphs?

A．He feels stuck in his career.	B．He works for an Irish workshop.
C．He gets some helpers in his work.	D．He unites his two passions after 70.

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

A．A Popular Flute Maker	B．Raven’s Lifelong Hobbies
C．A New Start after Retirement	D．Music-Raven’s Childhood Love

10 . A 17-year-old boy Tao Tao with cerebral palsy (脑瘫) has tried to learn to count on himself through selling self-made popcorn. That _________ people online and won him a (n) _________ chance.

Over the years, Tao Tao’s mother Yao Chuanhua has _________ tried to train him to live a _________ life. As Tao Tao grew up, the idea of developing his _________ by selling popcorn has come to the mother’s mind. She _________ Tao Tao to make popcorn and helped _________ a stall (摊位) on the street. “Tao Tao, take it easy even if no one buys,”after a few words of _________, Yao stepped aside and let his son take it over.

Not used to street selling, Tao Tao _________ to attract buyers at first. To build up his confidence, the mother even __________ passers-by to buy popcorn __________, although being shy, Tao Tao has become more __________, managing the business well.

“The moment you stood here, you were already a (n) __________.” Bein g proud of Tao Tao’s __________, Yao shared videos of her son’s popcorn selling story online, receiving great __________.

Some traveled __________ to buy popcorn from Tao Tao, and one viewer even ordered thousands of bags. Many expressed a desire to __________, but Yao refused politely. “My goal is to encourage him to make a brave step forward and __________ with the outside world. I hope that one day he could live through his own __________,” Yao said.

The online video has drawn the attention of the local education authority to Tao Tao’s __________. They have arranged for teachers to offer him door-to-door teaching.

1.

A．disappointed

B．calmed

C．relieved

D．touched

2.

A．travelling

B．business

C．sporting

D．education

3.

A．occasionally

B．immediately

C．continuously

D．directly

4.

A．personal

B．normal

C．tough

D．particular

5.

A．independence

B．creativity

C．patience

D．flexibility

6.

A．reminded

B．taught

C．allowed

D．forced

7.

A．set up

B．put away

C．go around

D．look for

8.

A．expectation

B．congratulation

C．satisfaction

D．encouragement

9.

A．struggled

B．managed

C．tended

D．offered

10.

A．challenged

B．paid

C．warned

D．promised

11.

A．Instead

B．Similarly

C．Gradually

D．Usually

12.

A．active

B．concerned

C．creative

D．awkward

13.

A．authority

B．success

C．replacement

D．trouble

14.

A．responsibility

B．recovery

C．impact

D．progress

15.

A．fortunes

B．services

C．supports

D．lessons

16.

A．specifically

B．freely

C．comfortably

D．widely

17.

A．adapt

B．organize

C．defend

D．donate

18.

A．compete

B．connect

C．start

D．agree

19.

A．attitude

B．luck

C．efforts

D．achievements

20.

A．improvement

B．ability

C．situation

D．company