1 . 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 morning，a bus was running，in which were some people     1     (go) to work. Suddenly，a car rushed out   from   a   nearby   road；the   bus     2     (force) to stop. It was a car taking pictures of a wedding (婚礼)，    3     (follow) by a line of slow－moving     wedding cars.The passengers started to complain that they would be late     4     work，but the   bus   driver just   sat   in   his   seat     5     (quiet) and rang the horn (喇叭) from time to time.

Someone said to the driver，“No use ringing the horn；they won’t make way for you.You’d better rush through the line.”

The driver turned back and said with     6     smile，“I’m ringing the horn not to urge them to make way for     7     (I)，but to wish them happiness.”After a second，he added，“Marriage is a happy thing，so we have a chance     8     (make) way for others’ happiness.Isn’t it a happy thing？”

The passengers on the bus calmed down.

    9     is a happy thing to make way for others’ happiness.The one     10     has such a feeling is certainly a happy person.

2 . 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.

3 . 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 travelling 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     8     (like) it？” The teacher replied，“You tasted the water. I tasted the gift. The water was simply the container for an act of     9     (kind) and love. Nothing could be     10    (sweet). ”

We understand this lesson best when we receive gifts of love from children. We love the idea within the gift rather than the thing.

4 . 语法填空

When I was about 18 months old, I was burned quite    1     (bad)by hot water.Maybe, it was the first time that my parents    2    (meet) such a terrible thing as new parents. This took place in the 1970s, so the technologywasn't    3    it is today. I did get skin grafis (移植), but it was still pretty bad.

    4    I grew up, I struggled with my scars. They seemed so big and ugly. Kids would wonder what happened to me and stared at me directly. Unwilling to show my scars, I always     5    (wear)high-necked tops. I feared to wear a swimsuit in summer and started avoiding any outdoor activities. So I missed out on a lot of fun. My scars led me to believe I never looked normal    6    my clothes on.

On my 19th birthday, one of my best friends took me by    7    shoulders and said, “Michelle, stop hiding ! Your burns are battle scars and you should treat them as a symbol of honor.” Her words made me realize that what I lacked most was    8    (confident).

Scars can be difficult to deal with. But in the end, it’s just     9    (damage)skin. Life is about so much more than worrying about the flaws on our bodies. Only if we accept ourselves as we are, can we find the     10    (mean) of life.

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。

As the monitor as well as one of the top students in my class, I am always a     1     (pride) boy. Sometimes I rely so much on myself that I won’t follow others’ suggestions. And it was because     2     my blind pride that I made     3     stupid mistake in a physics competition that needed not only personal ability but also teamwork. During the competition, I thought I performed     4     (well) than my partners and it was I that won the applause of the audience, so I forgot    5    (work) together with     6    (they). When our group were preparing for the last question, one of   my partners told me that there was something wrong with our last question’s answer and suggested     7    (check) it out. But I was so proud    8     I didn’t take his. To my surprise, our answer was wrong and we     9    (fail). If I had taken his advice at that moment, we would not have failed.    10    (experience) the failure, I realize that it is important to listen to others’ opinions.

6 . 阅读下面材料，在空格处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

It was my first day in Hangzhou, the Chinese city famous for its natural beauty and history and I didn't have much time to spare. I wanted to see     1     much of the city as possible in the two days     2     I was to return to Guangzhou. My first task was to decide where to go and     3     to get there. I took out my guide book in which there was a lot of information about the city's well-known tourist     4    (attract) and started to read. At that moment an attractive young lady     5     noticed my book, came up to me and introduced     6    (her). She said her name was Miss Bai. She kindly offered to show me     7     the city. I was delighted and was about to accept her proposal when she suggested we first     8    (go) to the West Lake and walk along the Broken Bridge. I quite liked the idea of visiting the West Lake but wasn't so sure about crossing the Broken Bridge.    9     it was broken, did she expect me to jump across？And I couldn't swim, so if I fell in then I would drown. That was definitely not an attractive idea so I politely declined her invitation,     10    (close) my book and walked away.

7 . Ring! Ring! Ring! My alarm clock     1    (ring). I opened my eyes and suddenly remembered it was the day of the class trip to the park with Miss Lee, our science teacher. I got up and began to brush my     2    (tooth). After that I changed into my school uniform and had     3     quick breakfast. Then I walked to my school to meet my classmates.

Miss Lee gave us some advice,     4     we thought was of great importance and then divided us into groups of six. Each boy and each girl     5    (be) happy to set off. An hour later, we arrived at the park. As we walked along, all of a sudden, I saw Jane falling     6     the lake. Without hesitation, I jumped into the lake to her rescue. I pulled her to the bank,     7    (shout) for Miss Lee and Miss Lee took her to the hospital     8    (immediate) with our help. After examining Jane carefully, the doctor gave us the word     9     she had to stay in the hospital for further treatment for two weeks     10     she had broken her right leg.

8 . I happened to be walking along the city street when I set my sight on a bakery, where a man with a tall hat is making     1    cake, so I stopped     2     (watch) how it was made. After watching it for several times for the next few    3     (day), I decided to make one myself. With everything I needed     4     (prepare), I began to carry out the whole process     5     the help of the instruction book without     6     (interrupt). After three times of failure, I finally made it and couldn’t be more     7     (excite).

From this experience,     8    I have learnt is that as long as you try, God will always be on your side; on the contrary, if you just do things halfway, only     9     (leave) the rest unfinished, the regrets will     10     (definite) come after you.

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。

On a bright, warm July afternoon, Mac Hollan, a primary school teacher, was cycling alone from his home. to Alaska     1     he heard quick and loud breathing behind him. “Man, that's a big dog!” he thought. But when he looked to the side, he saw immediately that it wasn't a doe at all. but a wolf, quickly catching up with him. In fact, he     2     (meet) some cyclists just 5 minutes before and had just set     3     from a gas station, but now no one could help him.

Mac found out his can of bear spray (喷雾) and fired at the wolf. It fell back, shaking its head.But a minute later, it was by his side again, making him more     4       (fright). He fired at the wolf     5     second time, it fell back only     6     (start) the chase (追赶) again quickly.

Mac waved and yelled at passing cars but was careful not to slow down. He saw a seep uphill climb before him. He knew that once he hit the hill, he     7       (catch) up and the wolf's     8     (tooth) would be tearing into his flesh.

At this moment, Paul and Beeky were driving their car on their way to Alaska. They spotted what they, too, thought was a dog     9     (run) alongside a man on a bike. As they got     10     (close), they realized that the dog was a wolf They stopped their car in font of him. Mac jumped off his bike immediately and ran for the car quickly.

10 . A man walked into a bank in New York and asked for the loan(借贷)officer．He said he was going to Europe     1     business for two weeks and needed to borrow $5,000．The bank officer said the bank would need some kind of     2     (secure) for such a loan．So the man     3     (hand) over the keys to a Rolls Royce parked on the street in front of the bank．Everything checked out，and the bank agreed     4     (accept) the car as guarantee for the loan．An employee drove the Rolls Royce into the bank’s underground garage and parked it there．

Two weeks     5     , the man returned，and repaid the$5,000 and the interest，which came to$15.41．

The loan officer said，“We are very happy to     6     (have) your business，and this business has worked out very     7     (nice)，but we are a little puzzled．While you were away, we checked you out and found that you are a multimillionaire．    8     puzzles us is why you would bother to borrow $5,000 ? ”

    9     (1augh)，the man replied，“    10     else in New York can I park my car for two weeks for about$15 ? ”