2 . 阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

One morning, I was waiting at the bus stop, worried about     1     (be) late for school. There were many people waiting at the bus stop,     2     some of them looked very anxious and     3    (disappoint) . When the bus finally came, we all hurried on board. I got a place next     4     the window, so I had a good view of the sidewalk. A boy on a bike     5     (catch ) my attention. He was riding beside the bus and waving his arms. I heard a passenger behind me shouting to the driver, but he refused     6     (stop) until we reached the next stop. Still, the boy kept     7    (ride). He was carrying something over his shoulder and shouting. Finally, when we came to the next stop, the boy ran up the door of the bus. I heard an excited conversation. Then the driver stood up and asked,“    8     anyone lose a suitcase at the last stop?” A woman on the bus shouted, “Oh, dear! It s     9     (I )”. She pushed her way to the driver and took the suitcase thankfully, Five others on the bus began talking about what the boy had done and the crowd of strangers         10    (sudden) became friendly to one another.

4 . 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。

Plenty of kids let go of balloons,     1     accidentally or in hopes of sending a message and seeing where it ends up. This story begins just like any other, but ends in a     2     (surprise) way.

In 2001, a young girl in Staffordshire, England, took a balloon, wrote “Please return to Laura Buxton”, along with her address, on it,     3     let it go. The balloon traveled around 1.6 kilometers and ended up on a farm in Wiltshire,     4     a farmer found it — and realized the name on the balloon was familiar     5     him. One of his neighbors had a daughter named Laura Buxton. He brought the balloon to the Buxton family, and this Laura wrote to the first Laura’s address, which was on the balloon,     6     (explain) how she’d ended up with it. The Lauras’ parents eventually arranged for their daughters     7     (meet).

And strange discoveries     8     (keep) coming. The Lauras discovered that, in addition to their matching names, they were also     9     (near) the same age (one was 10, one was about to turn 10) and both had a pet black lab, a rabbit and a guinea pig. Seriously! After the girls met, they ended up developing a     10     (friend) and remained friends; they told their story together on a podcast in 2009. Pretty cool, right?

5 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）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 surprised. "I can understand why I shouldn't pay too much, Father, but if I can pay less,     3    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 sale more cheaply if they could. Nick replied, "The only reason a man would sell sale    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    7    the sweat and struggle of the man who worked very hard to 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. "

7 . 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。

Zhou Yang will never forget his first assignment     1     a reporter in China Daily. At the office his talk with his new boss influenced his life strongly. His boss told him not to go out to cover an event     2     a professional photographer.

During the interviews, he had to listen to a lot of     3     （detail）facts when getting well prepared for the next question based on     4     the person said. If the person     5     (interview) agreed, he should use a recorder to record what the interviewee said. The boss also gave him     6     example of the importance of a recorder. Once a footballer was accused of taking money for     7     (deliberate) not scoring goals. He admitted that someone     8     (try) to bribe him, but denied taking the money. With the recording, it was proved that he was     9     （guilt）. He was angry and tried to stop it,     10     failed.

8 . 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。）

A reporter from Jiangsu Province went to Australia and some other countries with his father for a 3-month trip,     1     turned out to be a miracle (奇迹).

The reporter’s father spent most of his life    2     (work) on the farm. The son started these    3     (amaze) trips with his father because the father got cancer-----a serious    4     (ill). The reporter wanted    5     (take) his father to travel in the hope that his father can find his younger self in his last days. They    6     (travel) more than 13,000 kilometers and took over 110,000    7     (picture) on their trips to different countries. Well, a miracle happened during the “rebirth” trips.     8     their surprise, his father got    9     (good) and became more open-hearted.

He even taught himself to play    10     violin, and then he played it very well after practice. After that miracle trip, now he is expecting another trip to Africa. He is the most stylish dad ever. Time carves (雕刻) the old father’s face but youth flows in his blood. This is the real style.

9 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式，并将答案填写在答题卡相应的位置上。

Once, a rich man was near death. He was very upset because he had worked so hard for his money that he hoped he could take    1    with him to heaven. So he prayed to God every day. An angel     2     (hear) his pray and appeared. “Sorry,     3    you can’t take your money with you.” The man begged the angel to speak to God to see     4     he might break the rules. Two days     5     (late) the angel reappeared and said that God could allow him to take one suitcase. Excitedly, the man gathered his suitcase and filled it     6     pure gold bars.

Afterwards, he died and showed up in heaven to greet St. Peter. Seeing the suitcase, St. Peter said, “Hold     7    , you can’t bring it here!” The man explained that he had God’s permission and then St. Peter said, “Ok, but I need to inspect its contents before     8    (let) it through.”St. Peter opened the suitcase    9    (check) the things and exclaimed (感叹), “You brought pavement (人行道)? As you can see, the great street of the city of heaven     10    (make) of pure gold!”

10 . 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
Last year, my brother and I went to Miami for a vacation. Some of my friends who had been there before said    1    was a wonderful holiday destination. Before we went, we had planned for months. When the day came, we were ready.
After our plane landed, we went to the hotel. We had made our reservation six months    2    （early）, but the man at the front desk said there had been a mistake. We     3    （tell）that our rooms hadn’t been reserved for that week,     4    for the week after. I didn’t understand     5    this would happen and my credit card had already been charged    6    the reservation. What’s worse, the hotel had been fully booked. When we were wondering what to do, the manager came out. She was     7    （surprise）helpful. She apologized for the mistake and gave us a spare VIP room on     8    top floor. We had never stayed in such an amazing room, and we weren’t charged extra.
The next day, my brother and I went to the beach     9    we watched some people play volleyball. We got a little    10    （sunburn），but the day had been so relaxing that we didn’t mind.