2 . 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 toy animal might not matter much to the average person,     1     for a child, it could mean the world. When 10­year­old Leon Ashworth’s mom couldn’t afford     2     (buy) him a toy panda he     3     (bad) wanted, he wrote a pitiful note on the toy’s box begging other     4     (shopper) not to buy it. What happened next    5     (be) so heartwarming that it would melt you.

The boy, Leon Ashworth,     6       lives in Liverpool, England with his mom, first saw his beloved “Pandy” at an Asda supermarket. Though he was willing to wait with     7     (patient) until his mom    8       (pay) on June 15th, the store’s staff decided to do something extremely thoughtful after they noticed Leon’s note. They decided to buy it for him.

    9     search of the young author, whom they didn’t know at the time, they posted the note on Facebook and eventually attracted the attention of Debbie Ashworth, who immediately recognized her son’s handwriting. The Asda crew invited the mom and her son back to the store, and had a wonderful surprise for them. “This is     10       best day of my life, ” Leon said to his mom excitedly．

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。

Spring Festival is the most important of the    1    （tradition）Chinese festivals. It is called “Lunar New Year”， because — as part of the lunisolar (阴阳的) Chinese calendar — the date is partially determined based on lunar phase (月亮或行星的相位). The festival traditionally begins on the first day of the first month in the Chinese calendar and    2     (end) with Lantern Festival     3       is on the 15th day. Chinese New Year's Eve, a day when Chinese families gather for their annual reunion dinner, is known as Chu Xi. It literally means “Year-pass Eve”.

According to tales and legends, the    4     (begin) of Chinese New Year started with the fight against a mythical (神话的) beast called Nian (年兽).   Nian would come on     5     first day of New Year to devour livestock (牲畜), crops, and even     6     (villager), especially children. To protect themselves， the villagers would put food in front of their doors at the beginning of every year. It was    7     (believe) that after the Nian ate the food they prepared, it wouldn't attack people any more. One time, people     8     (see)   that the Nian was scared away by a little child wearing red. The villagers then understood that the Nian was afraid     9     the colour red. Therefore, every time when the New Year was about to come, the villagers would hang red lanterns and red spring scrolls on windows and doors. People also used fireworks     10     (frighten) away the Nian. From then on,   Nian never came to the village again.

4 . 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。

Here is a story about an old wise man. One day, the wise man was on his way to teach a village. In the village people were very       1     (interest) in his ideas. Each person in the village had prepared well, thinking about       2     question he or she might ask the wise man.

The wise man finally arrived and went into a large room       3     people asked their questions. There was great expectation and       4     (excite).

The wise man walked silently around the room and sang a sweet and soft song. One by one, people     5     (take) up the song. Soon everyone was singing along with the wise man. As people became       6     (comfort) with his song, the wise man started to dance       7     the music. He danced everywhere in the room, and one by one, people danced with him. Soon everyone in the whole village was dancing       8     (wild) together.

Later at night,       9     wise man slowly slowed the dance and finally stopped. He said, “I trust that I       10     (answer) all of your questions.”

5 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个恰当的单词或者括号内单词的正确形式。

After I graduated from college I struggled to find work. I applied everywhere but no one was interested in hiring me. Finally I found a job in a group home for disabled adults. We were responsible for the feeding , dressing and safety of them. We     1    (keep) them on a schedule and helped them control their behaviors. It was a     2    (challenge) job emotionally.

One of our     3    (patient) was a young man who could not talk and would often walk out. He did enjoy walking outside, so the other workers often told me that I should take him for     4    walking. I suddenly felt my fingers     5    (touch) by something. The young man was trying     6    (hold) my hand. Instead of pushing it away I took his hand in     7    (my). I saw there was a light shining     8     his eyes. They were full of love, joy     9     goodness. At that moment I saw who he     10    (real) was.

The disabled can teach us so much in life. They can show us that love and kindness are the essential parts of us human beings. Do not ignore the lessons they teach.

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If my husband and I hadn't gone to the funeral， we would never have known how our small acts of    1    （kind） may influence someone．

We    2     （attend） a funeral yesterday， for an acquaintance we knew from our local park． My husband used to walk around the park with him    3     they would talk on the phone once in    4     while． When we went up to his wife    5     （express） our sadness and introduced    6     （we） to her as her husband's park friends， what she said amazed us．

She said her husband always spoke about my husband with great fondness and had posted a picture with an inspiring quote on it    7     （give） to him by my husband on their fridge． He wouldn't let anyone remove it． Besides， he was always sharing    8    （thing） my husband had said to him． We were blown away， as we didn't know any of this． I almost cried and I could see my husband was    9     （great） moved， too．

So， never doubt the power of your "small" acts of goodness， because they can have a huge effect    10     people．

8 . 阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式(不多于3个单词)
There was a young flower in the desert     1    all was dry and sad looking... It was growing by itself,    2    (enjoy) every day and saying to the sun, "     3    shall I be grown up?" And the sun would say "Be    4    (patience) ! Each time I touch you, you grow a little." She was so pleased,     5    she would have a chance to bring beauty to this corner of sand. And this is all she wanted to do - bring a little bit of beauty to this world.
    6    one day the hunter came by and stepped on her. She was going to die and she felt so sad, not because she was    7    (die), but because she would     8    (ever) have a chance to bring a little bit of beauty to this corner of the desert.
The great spirit saw her, and was listening. - Indeed, he said... She should be living... So he reached down and touched her -- and gave her    9    second life.
Finally she grew up to be a beautiful flower. And this corner of the desert also became so beautiful because    10    the little flower.

9 . Have you complained     1    your family, your boss, or even your life? Maybe everyone has, but after reading this story, you may change your view and treat the world with another attitude.

An ass (驴),    2    (belong) to an herb-seller who gave him too little food and too much work, could not bear the life any longer. So he made a request to God, to be released from his present service and provided with    3    master. After warning him    4    he would regret doing it, God made him to be sold to a tile-maker. Shortly afterwards, the ass found that he had     5    (heavy) loads to carry and harder work in the brick-field, and asked for another change again. God, telling him that it would be    6    last time that he could satisfy his request, made him sold to a tanner (皮革工). The ass found that he    7    (fall) into worse hands. Knowing his new master’s occupation, he said, “It would have been better for me either to have been starved by the first owner     8     to have been overworked by the second. But now I have already been bought by my present owner,    9    will peel off my skin even after I am dead, and make me useful .”

We can see that people with dissatisfaction in a place are not    10    (like) to find happiness in another.

10 . 阅读下列材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或用括号内单词的正确形式.

An elderly lady    1     lives near me keeps her garden so beautiful. It has an abundance of flowers and colours. The weather is not too good here at the moment， and actually it     2    （rain）. One day I drove past this elderly lady's house and     3     garden was showing signs of winter with very little by way of flowers or colour. I knocked on her door and she came out， She didn't know me and I told her I had flowers for her.

She said she couldn't imagine she would     4    （give） flowers. I told her I was giving them to her because she worked so hard in her garden and we all got to enjoy the     5     （beautiful） of it， She was     6    （ total） surprised. All she could say was ‘I don't know     7     to say.' Her name is Elizabeth.     8    （tear） ran down Elizabeth's face and you would truly think she'd just won a prize.

Elizabeth told me she loved flowers， and I laughed，    9    （tell） her I had already knew that! I also gave her a little thank﹣you card    10    （let） her know all her hard work in her garden brought joy to others， Elizabeth this moment was so precious to me.