1 . Taking a vacation may be the last thing on the mind of a cancer patient. ________ can be expensive, time-consuming and sometimes hard work. While people facing illness may be ________ of resources for vacation, they are ________ a stress-free time away. I’m one such ________.

I’m suffering from lung cancer. Diagnosed in March 2017, I was ________ beyond belief. At that time, I was ________ 60 hours a week as a billing clerk. Due to my medications’ side effects, I ________ my career and what I thought made me who I was, though I now discover that ________ is what matters.

Through the Internet, I ________ Little Pink Houses of Hope, a nonprofit that provided a free week-long ________ to cancer patients and their families. After applying and being ________, we drove from Houston all the way to Hatteras Island in North Carolina. It rained most of the time, so I ________ the beauty along the way. I had no idea what to expect and was ________.

Looking back, I am so glad I went. I hadn’t felt such ________ love and such a sense of family. We went to the beach, had wonderful meals and went surfing which I had never thought I would get the chance to do. We ________ in a way that I thought was impossible, not only with the other ________ but also with the volunteers. It was nice to see my husband get along with the other husbands. Being a(n) ________ and the breadwinner,” he had a lot on his plate.

I’ve suffered from the cancer for many years and I undergo ________ every year. I want people to know that though I am living with a serious disease, I am still living ________. So don’t feel sorry for me, but make the ________ of life with me.

1.

A．Writing

B．Driving

C．Traveling

D．Shopping

2.

A．sure

B．short

C．careful

D．capable

3.

A．in need of

B．in front of

C．by means of

D．on top of

4.

A．guide

B．volunteer

C．consultant

D．patient

5.

A．confident

B．relieved

C．scared

D．cautious

6.

A．working

B．sleeping

C．playing

D．wandering

7.

A．found

B．remembered

C．lost

D．chose

8.

A．work

B．love

C．friendship

D．luck

9.

A．complained about

B．worried about

C．talked about

D．learned about

10.

A．arrangement

B．treatment

C．vacation

D．conference

11.

A．proved

B．approved

C．ignored

D．doubted

12.

A．designed

B．exposed

C．grasped

D．missed

13.

A．concerned

B．efficient

C．beneficial

D．embarrassed

14.

A．weak

B．potential

C．uncomfortable

D．unconditional

15.

A．bonded

B．succeeded

C．chatted

D．competed

16.

A．doctors

B．colleagues

C．participants

D．employees

17.

A．assistant

B．carer

C．organizer

D．specialist

18.

A．education

B．surgery

C．development

D．punishment

19.

A．curiously

B．patiently

C．independently

D．wonderfully

20.

A．memories

B．judgements

C．preparations

D．promises

2 . 听下面一段对白，回答以下小题。
1. Why did Murphy go to a doctor?

A．He failed to see anything.

B．He needed some help.

C．He became deaf.

2. What was Betty doing at home?

A．Cooking a meal.

B．Having dinner.

C．Laying the table.

3. What can we say about Betty?

A．She’s generous.

B．She’s nervous.

C．She’s impatient.

4. What is the speaker doing?

A．Introducing a treatment.

B．Giving a speech.

C．Telling a story.

3 . I was traveling in Spain with my sister who was living there. I went into a bakery to order a couple of pastries(点心). There were different kinds of bread on a shelf, but only one kind had a little sign hanging from the shelf that said “something something borrachos”. I didn’t necessarily want that kind, but it was the only labeled one, so naturally I waved the guy behind the counter and ordered “dos borrachos por favor”.

I was pretty timid about my Spanish, so I whispered it. The men sitting near me all stopped talking and looked at me. The guy, very seriously, said, “que? quieras? (What do you want?)”

I shyly said again, with less confidence, “dos borrachos por favor.”

All the men around me started snickering(偷笑).

The guy again asked me what I wanted, and he was getting louder. He was raising his voice over the noise of the whole shop. He told me to speak up. Most of the tables now were also quiet.

I was getting a bit embarrassed. I thought he was making fun of my accent or I was pronouncing it wrong. I looked hard at the sign, made sure to pronounce correctly, and shouted “quiero dos borrachos! (I WANT 2 BORRACHOS!)”

He shouted, “aaaah, quieras dos BORRACHOS!” This time, he couldn’t keep a straight face and started guffawing(狂笑), and the rest in the shop followed.

I had no idea what was happening, so I just ran out, empty-handed and ashamed.

I came back and told my sister the story. She started laughing and explained “borrachos” means “drunk men” and the sign probably said that “drunk men were not welcome here” and that sign happened to hang under the shelf.

I had just shouted to a full shop that I WANTED a couple of drunk men.

1. Why did the author go to the shop?

A．To buy something to eat.	B．To see her sister.
C．To find a drunk man.	D．To practise her Spanish.

2. What does the underlined word “timid” in paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．Confident.

B．Curious.

C．Unsure.

D．Angry.

3. What made all the people in the shop laugh?

A．The author’s strange accent.	B．The author’s wrong pronunciation.
C．The author’s shy behaviors.	D．The author’s unusual order.

4. How was the author feeling when she left the shop?

A．Amused.

B．Embarrassed.

C．Satisfied.

D．Regretful.

4 . In our home it was natural to fear our father. Even our mother was afraid of him. As children, my sister and I thought every family was like that.       1       We discovered we could draw pictures with chalk on our wooden front door. We could have lots of fun, so we started drawing and making lots of pretty pictures all over it. We had a great time. We decided to finish our pictures, knowing Mom would love it.

    2     We did not understand why, but we knew all about anger, and we were in big trouble. Off we ran to find a place to hide. In our yard it was not hard for two small children to find safety. Together, we hid behind a tree and did not move. Soon we heard the frightened voices of Mom and our neighbours calling out to us. We were afraid of being found.     3     Those around us became more anxious, and we became more frightened. As we stayed together in the dark, we heard another voice, one we recognized with great fear: our daddy.         4     In it we heard something we had never heard before: fear and despair (绝望). Then came his prayers (祈祷). We saw our daddy with tears running down his face, promising God that he would give his life to Him if He would safely return his girls.

Things were different after that. We had a new daddy. It was like the old one was buried that day in the forest.     5    

A．The praise we expected did not come.

B．The sun set and it began to get dark.

C．Our daddy worked very hard to support the family.

D．Then came the day we found something new and fun to do.

E．Our whole family was changed with a piece of chalk.

F．But there was something different in it.

G．Our mom knew that he cared for us.

5 . The Munfords were moving into a house they bought. They wanted to see if all the furniture was in good condition before they used it. James Munford was_________ the built-in drawers in the closet last month, when he found two cases holding 46 gold Liberty $5 coins and 18 Morgan silver dollars that were made in the 1800s. They looked really old, like they were really worth a lot of _________.

James and his wife, Clarrisa, who are both retired thought the coins are _________a family heirloom (传家宝), so they went ahead and made sure the owner _________them back. James texted pictures of the _________to the home’s former owner and made plans to _________them.

“We really didn’t know anything about the _________of the coins. We really didn’t _________, to be honest with you. We knew they were not ours,” said Clarrisa Munford, who runs a restaurant business.

The home’s _________owner, who asked not to be __________, estimated (估算) that the coins were worth about $25,000. He said he’d put the containers in the back of his sock drawer a few months ago for safe keeping and didn’t see it in his__________ to get packed up and moved out of the house. The rest of his coin collection was in his safe. He didn’t realize the coins were __________until the Munfords contacted him. He added that he would never have known if they had __________to sell the coins and keep the money for themselves.

The Munfords are still unpacking and their furniture just arrived last week, so they haven’t had a __________to see if there are any other __________.

1.

A．trying

B．repairing

C．removing

D．checking

2.

A．trouble

B．money

C．effort

D．time

3.

A．specially

B．actually

C．probably

D．exactly

4.

A．got

B．put

C．gave

D．held

5.

A．closets

B．drawers

C．cases

D．coins

6.

A．return

B．collect

C．sell

D．examine

7.

A．number

B．origin

C．value

D．use

8.

A．believe

B．care

C．understand

D．agree

9.

A．generous

B．real

C．kind

D．former

10.

A．named

B．paid

C．rewarded

D．praised

11.

A．attempt

B．hope

C．hurry

D．demand

12.

A．missing

B．old

C．dangerous

D．secure

13.

A．struggled

B．decided

C．helped

D．promised

14.

A．place

B．means

C．chance

D．desire

15.

A．choices

B．problems

C．suggestions

D．surprises

6 . I had been practising my speech for days, but I was still stressed out. I was in the first year of my PhD, and my ________ public speaking experiences had not exactly been successful. The first one had ended in a ________ because it was too long; during the second one, I had been. unable to control my ________ voice, which gave the audience the ________ that I was about to burst into tears. Now, I hoped I could get through this one without ________

When my turn to speak finally came, I focused on ________. I would have to speak fast to present all the information I had ________. Fifteen minutes later, I finally relaxed, ________ of finishing on time and speaking with a steady voice. I had no ________ whether the audience had learned anything.

I continued to view my. ________ this way until about a year later, when I made a presentation to a nonscientific audience. Their ________ made it clear that they had not gotten the message I wanted to ________ Suddenly, I realized these people probably felt the same way I did after watching a ________ presentation: The speaker was not ________ with the audience at all. And I realized that I didn't want to be that speaker. I wanted to do better.

Instead of trying to________ the audience with as much information as possible, I began to care about what people would take away from my presentations. I ________ advice, added pictures, removed text, wrote a script(讲话稿) to use as a roadmap, and ________ a lot.

My efforts rapidly ________, My audience started to appear energized and interested in what I was saying, and their questions showed that they had learned something. My ________ grew. Although I still feel some stress, I enjoy each minute of my talks- some practical ________ helped me get here.

1.

A．unique

B．previous

C．special.

D．later

2.

A．whisper

B．battle

C．rush

D．way

3.

A．firm

B．rough

C．shocking

D．shaking

4.

A．impression

B．assistance

C．truth

D．preference

5.

A．incidents

B．loss

C．adjustments

D．attention

6.

A．audience

B．techniques

C．time

D．contents

7.

A．used

B．planned

C．expected

D．forgotten

8.

A．afraid.

B．tired

C．proud

D．ashamed

9.

A．evidence

B．idea

C．desire

D．option

10.

A．efforts

B．discoveries

C．experiences

D．talks

11.

A．suggestions

B．excitement

C．approval

D．questions

12.

A．record

B．convey

C．oppose

D．obtain

13.

A．disappointing

B．frightening

C．wonderful

D．traditional

14.

A．delighted

B．satisfied

C．connected

D．bored

15.

A．help

B．fill

C．refresh

D．strike

16.

A．ignored

B．wrote

C．refused

D．sought

17.

A．practiced

B．copied

C．criticized

D．corrected

18.

A．went on

B．paid off

C．ended up.

D．got around

19.

A．tiredness

B．reputation

C．curiosity

D．confidence

20.

A．tips

B．reasons

C．followers

D．cheers

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。续写的词数应为150左右。

When I was in seventh grade, my parents paid a tutor(家庭教师) forty dollars a week for her coming to my house and helping me with math. It ended up raising my marks from fifty to fifty-five.

I had to admit it was mainly my fault. Maybe I should have concentrated my math from the beginning. But studying math was a tough thing. Sitting on a chair to work on confusing math problems for two hours was a slow and painful process. During the process, I would fidget(坐立不安) and have many trips to the refrigerator in an attempt to get off that chair for at least five minutes.

During math tests, my teachers would always stay by my desk. My teachers and friends would frequently ask the question after tests,” How’s your math this time?" So I became extremely afraid of math. While normal people of my age were scared of some insects and adventurous travels, I feared anything to do with numbers. The thought of a teacher picking on me in class made me feel scared. The red marks on the test paper were also terrifying.

My fear of math got worse in ninth grade. Every report card I received from my new math teacher Ms Robbins had the comment to encourage me, "I'm glad to do what I can to help you.” But I couldn't tell her the real reason why I didn't ask for help-I didn’t want to be considered stupid. Every question I had was, in my opinion at the time, something that the whole class had understood but I. So instead, I ended up not caring about anything related to math, without working hard on math at all. And I concluded everything would work out in the end

Eventually, my classmates and I took the final test that would lead to our graduation from middle school and stepping into high school. Days after the exam-- on a rainy summer morning, Ms. Robbins called me.

Paragraph 1:

With worry and uncertainty, I entered her office.

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Paragraph 2:

After I took the courage to tell my parents the bad news, they were silent.

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