1 . When I became CEO of a hospital, I feared one thing greatly – public speaking. I’ve always ______ public speaking because I ______ thought I did it very well. ______ in this high position, presentations are a big part of my ______. Just recently, I was the ______ for the ribbon-cutting ceremony of our new building. I also spoke to the Rotary Club and was on the ______ for our annual gala (庆典) where I ______ introductions and awards presentations.

Soon after I took the job, my wife and I went to ______ with a married couple, who both hold high ______ like me in their companies. As we ate, I started complaining (抱怨) about how I had to do so much ______, and Bob, the husband, said something that really ______ me. He said that, as a CEO, the most ______ aspect of my job was public speaking! The days of having to prove my ______ in other areas were over; I had obviously done that to get where I was. Communication skills were all I ______ now. And he was ______. I realized I needed to make the time to properly ______ and practice for each speaking situation.

So, I’ve ______ that. I now schedule time into my workday calendar to write and practice my ______. I spend a long time perfecting the presentation before I ever standing front of a group to ______ it. When I take the time first to write a presentation, I will ______ a much better, more finished product.

1.

A．missed

B．hated

C．forgotten

D．appreciated

2.

A．still

B．never

C．always

D．sometimes

3.

A．And

B．So

C．But

D．Or

4.

A．time

B．life

C．job

D．plan

5.

A．host

B．reporter

C．guest

D．actor

6.

A．way

B．side

C．stage

D．phone

7.

A．collected

B．translated

C．sang

D．handled

8.

A．market

B．dinner

C．hospital

D．church

9.

A．situations

B．levels

C．standards

D．positions

10.

A．writing

B．teaching

C．speaking

D．awarding

11.

A．frightened

B．affected

C．troubled

D．confused

12.

A．satisfying

B．important

C．worrying

D．difficult

13.

A．interests

B．points

C．skills

D．personalities

14.

A．enjoyed

B．wasted

C．shared

D．needed

15.

A．right

B．perfect

C．polite

D．friendly

16.

A．wait

B．search

C．prepare

D．hunt

17.

A．done

B．lost

C．spread

D．discussed

18.

A．statements

B．explanations

C．presentations

D．introductions

19.

A．hold

B．change

C．attend

D．deliver

20.

A．come across

B．depend on

C．pay attention to

D．end up with

4 . Do you know one bird whose name is crow (乌鸦)?Here is a story about one of them. There was once a lazy crow who thought it was too much trouble to _________ food. “Caw! Caw!” he said “If someone brought me my food every day, I’d be very _________!”

One day he saw a(n) _________ pigeon flying by. “How happy and well-fed it looks ” the crow said to himself. So the crow _________ the pigeon until they came to a _________. There were some other _________ there too. Before long an old man came along and brought them a large bag of food. When the man had gone ,the crow flew over to the pigeons. “Caw!Caw!” said he. “Can I _________ you?”

“No, you can’t!” _________ the pigeons angrily. “We don’t know you.”

The crow went home feeling _________. But he suddenly had a(n) __________. “I’ll paint my __________ grey,” he said, “and then the pigeons will __________ I am one of them.” After he finished the painting, he flew off to the park and was __________ by the pigeons. The crow was so hungry that he got very excited at the food. “Caw! Caw! Give food to me!” he said loudly. __________ the pigeons found he was a crow. They flew after him and made him __________.

Sadly the crow flew to his own forest. But when his old friends, the other crows saw him they asked him to __________. They did not __________ him because of his grey-painted feathers. So the crow felt __________ than before. His own __________ did not want him, __________ the pigeons wouldn’t let him into their group.

“What looks easier isn’t always so,” the crow said to himself. “I wish I had never painted my feathers grey!”

1.

A．pick out

B．look for

C．put away

D．hand in

2.

A．lovely

B．healthy

C．happy

D．pretty

3.

A．boring

B．funny

C．old

D．fat

4.

A．followed

B．caught

C．protected

D．taught

5.

A．square

B．forest

C．park

D．house

6.

A．men

B．visitors

C．pigeons

D．crows

7.

A．help

B．join

C．see

D．believe

8.

A．explained

B．advised

C．shouted

D．continued

9.

A．lucky

B．asleep

C．tired

D．sad

10.

A．idea

B．choice

C．change

D．accident

11.

A．head

B．feathers

C．feet

D．legs

12.

A．understand

B．guess

C．hope

D．think

13.

A．welcomed

B．discovered

C．noticed

D．attacked

14.

A．Strangely

B．Finally

C．Suddenly

D．Interestingly

15.

A．wait

B．stop

C．cry

D．leave

16.

A．go away

B．give up

C．set off

D．hurry up

17.

A．miss

B．hunt

C．know

D．forget

18.

A．colder

B．worse

C．busier

D．stronger

19.

A．brothers

B．friends

C．parents

D．sisters

20.

A．though

B．but

C．as

D．and

5 . 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。

One day, Nick invited his friends to supper. He was cooking some delicious food in the kitchen. Suddenly, he     1     ( find ) that he had run out of salt. So Nick called to his son, “Go to the village and buy some salt, but pay a fair price for it; neither too much     2     too little.” His son looked     3     ( surprise ). “I can understand why I shouldn’t pay too much, Father, but if I can pay less, why not save a bit of money?” “That would be a very     4     ( reason ) thing to do in a big city, but it could destroy a small village like ours,” Nick said. Nick’s guests,     5     had heard their conversation, asked why they should not buy salt more cheaply if they could. Nick replied, “The only reason a man would sell salt     6     a lower price would be because he was desperate for money. And anyone who took advantage of that situation would be showing a lack of respect for the sweat and struggle of the man who worked very hard     7     ( produce ) it.” “But such a small thing couldn’t     8     ( possible ) destroy a village.” “In the beginning, there was only     9     very small amount of unfairness in the world, but everyone added a little, always     10     ( think ) that it was only small and not very important, and look where we have ended up today.”

6 . Disappointedly, my funny summer vacation was completely ruined last year by an advanced device: the iPad.

Instead of looking at nature, I ________ my e-mail．Instead of paddling an old boat，I ________ my Twitter feed. Instead of reading great novels, I stuck to reading four ________ each morning.

And that was the problem: I was acting ________ I were still in the office. My body was on vacation but my head wasn’t.

So this year I made up my mind to try something ________: getting away from the Internet. I knew it wouldn’t be easy, since I’m not good at self-control. But I was determined. I started by ________ the iPad to my wife. Then, a stroke of luck: The cell phone signal at our cabin was ________ than in the past, meaning that I couldn’t cheat. I was ________, forced to carry out my plan. Largely ________ from e-mail, Twitter and my favorite newspaper websites, I had little way to connect to the world ________ radio-and how much radio can one listen to, really? I had no ________ but to do what I had planned to do all along: read books.

This experience has had a ________ ending-for now, at least. With determination and the strong support of my wife, I succeeded in my vacation struggle ________ the Internet．I ________ realized that it was me, of course, not the iPad, that was the problem.

I knew I had ________ when we passed a Starbucks and my wife asked if I wanted to stop to use the Wi-Fi. “Don’t need it,” I said. ________, as we return to post-vacation situation, a test begins: Can I ________ when I’m back at work? And I don’t plan to ________ my convenience completely. But I hope to resist the temptation (诱惑) to check my e-mail every five minutes, ________ often leads to following my Twitter feed.

A vacation is supposed to help you reset your ________ to become more productive (高效的). Here’s hoping this one worked.

1.

A．received

B．wrote

C．checked

D．recognized

2.

A．followed

B．ignored

C．organized

D．founded

3.

A．magazines

B．newspapers

C．journals

D．letters

4.

A．so that

B．as if

C．even though

D．ever since

5.

A．upset

B．calm

C．crazy

D．different

6.

A．sending

B．handing

C．destroying

D．burying

7.

A．better

B．stronger

C．less

D．worse

8.

A．shocked

B．trapped

C．defeated

D．frightened

9.

A．set off

B．turn off

C．put off

D．cut off

10.

A．more than

B．rather than

C．instead of

D．except for

11.

A．choice

B．way

C．means

D．idea

12.

A．meaningless

B．hopeful

C．happy

D．peaceful

13.

A．for

B．against

C．to

D．in

14.

A．entirely

B．frequently

C．gradually

D．finally

15.

A．won

B．lost

C．suffered

D．recovered

16.

A．Therefore

B．However

C．Otherwise

D．Anyway

17.

A．stop

B．escape

C．continue

D．change

18.

A．give up

B．give in

C．give off

D．give away

19.

A．that

B．which

C．when

D．who

20.

A．body

B．heart

C．brain

D．thought

9 . Once upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a servant (仆人). He and the servant loved wine and good food very much. Each time the rich man left his home, the servant would drink the wine and eat up all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his servant did, but he had never caught his servant doing that.

One morning, when he left home, he said to the servant, “Here are two bottles of poison (毒药) and some nice food in the house. You must take care of them.” With these words, he went out.

But the servant knew what the rich man said was untrue. After the rich man was away from his home, he enjoyed a nice meal. Because he drank too much, he was drunk and fell to the ground. When the rich man came back, he couldn’t find his food and his wine. He became very angry. He woke the servant up. But the servant told his story very well. He said a cat had eaten up everything. He was afraid to be punished, so he drank the poison to kill himself.

1. In the story, ________ liked wine and good food very much.

A．the rich man

B．the servant

C．both A and B

D．neither A nor B

2. Rich man knew that it was ________ that drank the wine and ate up all the nice food.

A．the cat

B．himself

C．nobody

D．the servant

3. Rich man told the servant that there was poison in the two bottles, because __________.

A．there was in fact poison in the bottles	B．he did not want the servant to drink his wine
C．he wanted to kill the cat	D．he wanted to kill the servant

4. In fact, ________ ate all the nice food and drank the wine.

A．the servant

B．cat

C．the rich man

D．nobody

5. From the story, we know that the servant is very ________.

A．lazy

B．boring

C．clever

D．kind

10 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分

When my brother and I were little, my father teach us a lesson about teamwork. Each of us was made carry half of the other’s lunch to school. My brother would always say his bag was much heavier than me. No matter how I did to help him, he was never satisfying. My father , however, put our lunch in a basket and tied the basket in the middle of a stick. This way, each of us could be hold one end of the stick to carry our food with little difficult. Through this, my brother and I quick learned how much easy a job can be when two people work together.