1 . 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。

If this 13-year-old American boy succeeds in his effort     1     (climb) Mount Everest, he has modest ambitions — pick a small piece of rock from the top of the world as a memento (纪念品 ) and wear it in a necklace.

"I will not sell it or give it to anyone. It is something for     2     (me) to say ‘this is a rock from the summit', ” Jordan Romero from California, told reporters in Kathmandu. He left     3     the mountain on Sunday.

If he     4     (succeed), Romero will become     5     youngest climber to scale the 8,850 meters Everest summit.     6     (current) a 16-year-old Nepali boy, Temba Tsheri Sherpa, holds the record of being the world 's youngest climber of Mount Everest. But Romero said he was not after     7     (set) climbing records.

Romero said Mount Qomolangma was part of his goal to climb the highest mountains on all seven     8     (continent).

"It is just a goal,” he     9     (say) confidently. "If I don't succeed I am okay. I will try again. ”

Romero has already climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa and Mount McKinley in Alaska among others.

"I know it requires a lot of     10     (patient). I will remain patient. I want to stay safe and make right choice, ”Romero said.

3 . 阅读下列材料，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 Saturday afternoon，my mother was driving home. On the halfway，after pulling out her credit card to buy something at the store near the gas station，she put her wallet on     1     top of her car just for a moment     2    (answer) my phone call. And then obviously，she forgot and drove off. When arriving home，she realized that and thought the chance     3    getting it again was small.

She was so joyfully surprised when she found a note     4    (stick)on her door from a person who said he and his friend found her wallet a few hours earlier. Patrick and Catherine saw the wallet in the middle of the road a few blocks from the gas station. They stopped their car to pick it up. It was filled with all the things one    5    (natural)kept in a wallet，some bills and some cash included. However，no phone number，regardless of this，they    6    (manage)to get an address from my mother’s driving licence，and without hesitation，they decided to drive to our home to return it.

When my mother went to get her wallet，she was so     7    (relief) and grateful. She intended to give them some money as an     8    (express) of gratitude，but they refused，saying that they were just glad to offer my mother help.

They were honest，and they had firm faith in the Golden Rule as well. They drove to our home because they realized the unpleasant and upset experience    9    the loss of a wallet and all its contents could cause. I think they were really    10    (consider) and helpful.

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。

A terrible earthquake hit the city of Tangshan on July 28, 1976, in which thousands of people died and many     1    (injure). Many houses fell down and sand filled the wells instead of water. People were greatly shocked. All the electricity in the city was cut     2    and people started to wonder how long the disaster would last. The whole city was     3    (complete) destroyed and the world seemed at     4    (it) end.

The people of Tangshan didn’t lose hope, because 150,000 soldiers were sent     5    (help) the rescue workers. The soldiers tried their best to dig out those     6    were trapped. Workers built shelters for the     7    (survive). Fresh water was taken to the city by every means. Slowly, the city started to come back to life.

It was said that before the quake, strange things were happening in     8    countryside. The water in the village wells     9    (rise) and fell. Fish jumped out of the ponds. Strange noises were heard in the sky,    10    people thought little of them.

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。

Last summer, my friend and I hired (租)a car and headed for Toronto. We didn’t book (预订) a hotel room because it was at the    1    (begin) of September and we thought it would be easy for us    2    (find) a hotel.

We have been driving for six hours when the weather changed and it looked as if a thunderstorm (雷暴) was coming. We got lost and both were    3    (hunger)when I saw an old lady    4    (park) her car. I stopped and asked if she knew a hotel nearby. She said that there was a hotel down the road,     5    it had been closed. It was the old lady    6    looked at me and said,“Why don’t you girls just stay the night at my house? I’ll cook for you.”

We ended up going to a little island in Lake Muskoka,     7    her family lived. We slept in the    8    (comfort) beds they built for their kids, and they cooked for us. We    9    (stay) at their house for three nights in all and also met their friends. Those days were the    10    (good) part of our three-week trip! We were glad that we got lost and met the old lady.

6 . 语法填空

La Paz, in Bolivia, is the     1     （high）capital in the world. There are many roads in bad condition. One road in particular     2    （consider）the most dangerous, because on one side the mountains rise     3    （steep）; on the other side there is a sheer drop.     4     there is not a lot of traffic, on average, one vehicle comes off the road every second week. Drivers are often in danger of     5    （accident）because they seldom respect the rules. Thanks to one man named Timoteo Apaza, the death toll     6    （fall）. Every morning he climbs up to the bend with a large circular board in his hand and directs traffic,     7    （work）as a volunteer. No one orders him     8    （do）the job, and no one pays him     9     it. Some drivers give him a tip. But often they just pass by, taking the human traffic signal for granted.

The reason why he does it is     10     he feels it his mission in life to help others.

7 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

The Goosehead guide to life

Ashley Powers mother bought a computer for her when she was eight. When she was thirteen, she was surfing the Internet regularly, but she     1    not find anywhere for teenagers to meet and talk. And one day she thought, "If I had my own website, I'd make it a really interesting site for teenagers."

So, when Ashley was sixteen, she launched her own website, called Goosehead. She had no idea how big a success it     2     (be), but three years later, the site was the most successful teen site in the USA! It was getting 100,000 hits every day, and Ashley had about 30 employees.

After a few years, the website closed down. Then Ashley, who lives in Los Angeles,    3    (ask) to write a book called The Goosehead Guide to Life. The book is about     4    to design a website and start a business. It begins with a section called All About Ashley,     5    Ashley tells readers what it's like     6    (be) the boss of a company when you're only sixteen - not always easy! "I was so happy. But it was crazy in a lot of ways. I got very stressed. I mean. I was only sixteen - I didn't even have a car! If you were sixteen and you had your own company, you'd be stressed too!"

In her book, Ashley talks about the problems facing teenagers today, and about the importance of friendship, but also about being independent. "Learn to love your friends but not rely on them. I did that by     7     (create) Goosehead on my own."

Ashley says that The Goosehead Guide o Life is not a book of teenage advice. "It isn't a book that's going to tell you what to do. I hope you can work that out for     8    ,”she says.“I just want to provide a little inspiration to teenagers. Maybe    9     reading my story, you'll launch your own website. But perhaps you've got a better idea? Well, if I were you, I'd just do it,     10    it is. Maybe it won't work-but maybe it will!"

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。

While working for a department store in Manhattan, Bob decorated the huge Christmas tree. It turned out to be     1     attracted the shoppers most. He decorated the tree so     2     (beautiful) that many people praised him,     3     (include) the actress Mia Farrow.

Bob mentioned this several times during our first few     4     (discussion). Then one day, he added, “I love decorating for Christmas very much,     5     I have no confidence in making a living at it.” “Why don’t you have a try?” I asked. I explained     6     Bob that starting his own Christmas decorating business matched up well with his desire for the     7     (free) to set his own hours and workload. “You love Christmas, and you love being independent; why not organize your life around those two loves?” Within a year, Bob established a brand as Dr. Christmas, and till now his business     8     (grow) to also providing holiday decorations for movies and television shows.

During my first discussion with Bob neither of us expected     9     (he) future success. So anything is possible! As Bob says, ‘‘Just remember     10     (shape) your life as a game of your own design.”

9 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Many people want to work at Disney. There are many great jobs to do there，one of     1    is lifeguarding (救生).

Vicki Garside once worked at Disney. She knows that a lifeguard role may not be for everyone, but she     2    (strong) suggests that you should never refuse the job before you try     3    ，especially at Disney. “I know some people wouldn't want the responsibility，but for people who are good     4    swimming，it's a great job to have at Disney，” she says.

Garside     5    (spend) six months lifeguarding at Disney's Bay Lake Area last year. She said，“Lifeguarding has one of the    6    (high) base pay rates(比率) among all the jobs，as well as very reasonable   working hours. She also says that all of her co-workers had a great time     7     (work) at Disney. “Guests are very     8    (friend) and polite. They know you are there to do a job and you are there for their     9    (safe). ”For people who are interested in getting jobs at Disney，it's a great way     10    (get) your foot in the door.

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。

It was a sunny day. A little boy’s father was sitting on the couch, drinking a beer while watching     1     basketball match. Seeing this, the boy rushed to his father and shouted. “Daddy, show we how to play catch.” The father, staring     2     the television screen, replies, “Let me finish watching the match. Play outside and come back in five minutes.”

“Okay, Daddy,” said the boy, running out of the room. Five minutes later, the boy returned,     3    (scream), “Daddy, let’s play catch now!”

By this time, the father had opened another cold beer and another match was beginning. Impatient    4     the boy’s interruption, the dad brought a magazine to his son. On the cover of the magazine was a large picture of the world. The father, who was angry and     5    (bother), began tearing the magazine cover into small     6    . Then, the father turned to his boy and said, “Son, once you put this picture back together, we can play catch, but do not interrupt me again     7     you finish.”

A few minutes later, the boy     8     (return) and said, “Daddy! Can we play catch now?”     9    (surprise), the father glanced towards his child, and there lay the magazine with the world pieced perfectly together in his small hands. The dad asked his child how he put the world together so quickly.

“    10     was simple,” said the boy. “On the back of the world was the picture of a person, and once I put the person together, that’s when the world came together.”