1 . 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.

2 . 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。

Mr.Johnson lived in the woods with his wife and children.He owned     1     farm，which looked almost abandoned.     2     (lucky)，he also had a cow which produced milk every day.He sold or exchanged some of the milk in the towns nearby     3     other food and made cheese and butter for the family with what     4     (leave)．The cow was their only means of support，in fact.One day，the cow was eating grass     5     it began to rain heavily.While making great efforts to run away，she     6     (fall) over the hill and died.Then the Johnsons had to make a living     7     the cow.In order to support his family，Mr.Johnson began to plant herbs and vegetables.Since the plants took a while to grow，he started cutting down trees     8     (sell) the wood.Thinking about his children's clothes，he started growing cotton too.When harvest came around，he was already selling herbs，vegetables and cotton in the market    9     people from the towns met regularly.Now it occurred to     10     that his farm had much potential and that the death of the cow was a bit of luck.

3 . 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。

In his book, Intentional Living, author John Maxwell shares that back in 1976, he received a gift from one of his     1     (assist). As he unwrapped the gift, he saw that it was a book     2     (name) The Greatest Story Ever Told. He couldn’t wait     3     (read) it.

But when he opened the book, he was     4     (astonish) to see that the pages were blank. Inside the book was     5     note that said, “John, your life is before you. Fill these pages with kind acts and good thoughts of your heart. Write a great story about your life.” The intention of writing the story of his life excited him. Then, he     6     (begin) to write his book.

Every day we live out our story through our words, actions and decisions. But we must remember to live with intention to focus on what     7     (matter) most in life and to regain that focus when we get changed. Without intention, we can become unfocused in things     8     needn’t add to a life of significance and difference in our world.

Life isn’t perfect and it’s always hard,     9     we need reminders in our life from a friend, author, blogger, pastor or our inner spirit to re-focus us on the things that matter and make us live     10     (positive).

4 . Rachel and her husband, Jason,     1    were both experienced climbers, were on a climbing holiday in Switzerland. When they were 3,000 metres up in the mountains, there was     2     storm. The wind was     3    (extreme) strong and the snow was two metres deep.They couldn’t move. Rachel had her mobile phone with her, so she sent a text message to five friends in the UK     4    (get) their help.

About four hours later, one of her friends, Martha, responded     5     her with a text message. Martha said she had phoned the police in Switzerland and that they had got in touch with the mountain rescue team.

But the weather was so bad     6     the helicopter (直升飞机) couldn’t get to the two climbers. The rescue team sent a message to Rachel,     7    (say): “So sorry Rachel. We tried. Wind is too strong. Have to wait till morning. Take care. Be strong.” Rachel felt     8    (hope) and thought they were going to die as it was freezing, －15 ℃. However, Jason encouraged her, telling her not to give up.

Next morning the storm     9    (pass) and the helicopter arrived to take them off the mountain. After the accident, they cared for each other with greater     10    (devote).

5 . 短文填空,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。
Chinese proverbs are rich and they are still widely used in Chinese people’s daily life.    1    these proverbs there are often interesting stories. For example, the proverb, “plucking up a crop     2    (help) it grow”, is based on the following story. It is said that a short-tempered man in the Song Dynasty (960—1279) was very anxious to help     3    rice crop grow up quickly. He was thinking about     4    day and night. But the crop was growing much slower than he expected. One day, he came up with an idea     5    he would pluck up all of his crop a few inches. He did so the next day. He was very tired     6    doing this for a whole day,     7    he felt very happy since the crop did “grow”    8    (high). His son heard about this and went to see the crop. Unfortunately, the leaves of the crop began to wither. This proverb is saying we have to let things go in their     9    (nature) course. Being too anxious to help an event develop often    10    (result) in the contrary to our intention.

6 . 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。

A young man, while traveling through a desert, came across a spring of clear water.    1    water was sweet. He filled his leather container so that he could bring some back to an elder    2    had been his teacher. After a four-day journey, the young man    3    ( present ) the water to the old man. His teacher took a deep drink, smiled    4    ( warm ), and thanked his student very much for the sweet water. The young man went home    5    a happy heart.

After the student left, the teacher let    6    student taste the water. He spat it out,    7    (say) it was awful. Apparently, it was no longer fresh because of the old leather container. He asked his teacher, "Sir, the water was awful. Why did you pretend to like    8    ?"

The teacher replied,“You tasted the water. I tasted the gift. The water was simply the container for an act of kindness and love. Nothing could be    9    (sweet).”

We understand this lesson best    10    we receive gifts of love from children. Whether it is a cheap pipe or a diamond necklace, the proper response is appreciation. We love the idea within the gift rather than the thing.

8 . 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。

My name is Wil Wheaton—and I am a nerd (怪人). It’s awesome to be     1     nerd. When I was a little boy, people really teased me about that and     2     (make) me feel like there was something wrong with me for loving strange things. Now that I’m an adult, I’m a     3     (profession) nerd, and the world has changed. I think we     4     (realize) that being a nerd is not about what you love     5     about how you love.

So there’s going to be a thing in your life that you love. I don’t know what it’s going to be. It might be sports or science or reading or     6     (tell) stories — it doesn’t matter what it is. Some of us love Game of Thrones, while others love Star Wars. But we all love those things so much that we travel     7     (thousand) of miles — which is     8     (probable) easy for you, but we’re still using fossil fuels, so it’s difficult — to be around people who love the things that we love the way that we love them. That’s     9     being a nerd is awesome.

I want you to work hard because everything worth     10     (do) is hard. I want you to be awesome, and I will do my very best to leave you a planet that you can still live on.

9 . 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。

I became     1     (interest) in playing football thanks to a small accident.

One afternoon     2     I was in primary school, I was walking by the school playground.     3     (sudden) a football fell just in front of me     4     almost hit me.

I stopped the ball and     5     (kick) it hard back to the playground. To everyone’s surprise, the ball went into the net. All the football     6     (player) on the playground cheered loudly,     7     (say) that I had a talent for football. From     8     on, I started to play football     9    classmates after school. I am     10     good player now.

10 . 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。

Last year, two days before Christmas, my friends called, telling me their kitchen caught fire,     1       (destroy) everything in it. I drove to their house, taking all the food that I had. They were so happy to see me, but felt     2     (embarrass) having nothing to give me in return.

I went home, very upset.     3    (actual), I was also in a hard place financially and unable to do     4    (much) for them. I called a friend of mine about this, who responded, “These people mean a lot to you and I want to help    5    (they) .” Since he had never met them, he requested me     6    (go) to the grocery store, all on him. At the check-out, I noticed him lacking money, so that I had to have some items taken back.

We were walking away    7    I heard a voice behind me asking the clerk, “How much are those things? I decide to pay for them.” I turned around,     8    (thank) the kind man and told him everything. He explained that he understood as he had lost his job the year before but now was working again.    9    tears in our eyes, all of us went away. It was such     10    wonderful feeling to see folks step up when someone needed help, even a total stranger.