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。

One day, an old monk(和尚)     1     (name) Wisdom, followed by two young monks, is walking from one town     2    another when they caught sight of a lake. Tired and thirsty, they stopped to have a rest.     3     old monk, pointing to the lake, asked the     4     (young) one to get him some water.

When the little monk reached the lake, a cart drawn by an ox(牛) started crossing the lake,     5     made the water very muddy. The little monk thought, “How can I give this muddy water to my master to drink!” So he came back     6     any water, saying,“The water is very muddy. I don’t think it’s suitable to drink.”

After a while, the same monk     7     (ask) to get water again. When he went back to the lake, he found that the mud had settled down already, so he collected back a pot of water. Wisdom looked at the water     8    (happy) and then up at the monk, “    9     (make) the water clean, what you need to do is just to let it be and the mud would settle down     10     (it) .”

It is also the same with your mind. When it is disturbed, just let it be. Give it a little time and it will settle down on its own.

3 . 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。

There once were a goat and a donkey     1     lived on a farm. The donkey worked the hardest so the farmer fed it the most food. Sometimes the donkey     2     (give) more food than it could eat. This made the goat     3     jealous that it began plotting against (谋划对付) the donkey.

"Hey, donkey," the goat said one day. "I think you do too much work on this farm. You carry such heavy     4     (thing) from morning to night. Why don't you pretend     5    (get) sick so you can take a day off ''

The donkey thought the goat had     6    great idea. So the next morning, the donkey lay in the stable（畜栏）on its side with its eyes     7    （close）.

Right away, the farmer called the doctor. After     8     (look) at the donkey, the doctor said it needed a special medicine made     9     the heart of a goat. So the farmer killed the goat and gave the donkey medicine made from     10     (it) heart.

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。

When I was 14, I decided to make some pocket money by    1     (help) Mr Miller cut the grass in his garden. I worked hard because that was my first part-time job,     2     was important to me. After working for one week, Mr Miller said that he had no money for me. That surprised me    3     (great). I argued with him, and then I went back home in anger. My parents told me not to be angry    4     Mr Miller because he was in difficulties. Then my mother called up Mr Miller and they talked about something on    5     phone. A few days later, my mother asked me to return to Mr Miller’s garden because he was too weak    6     (look) after it.

When I came back, Mr Miller said, "Sorry, I’ve no money, but I can do something for you." He    7     (play) a CD for me. Hearing the beautiful music, I was so    8     (interest) in it that I forgot my money and did the work with pleasure. At last, Mr Miller gave    9     (I) a ticket to a concert.

After that, I became very fond of music. Now I ’m one of the most popular    10     (sing) in our country. I can never thank Mr Miller too much.

5 . 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 couple had two little boys under the age of 10. They were both always getting into trouble and their parents knew if anything wrong happened in their town, their sons were probably involved.

The boy’s mother heard that the minister in town had been     1     (succeed) in educating children, so she asked     2     he could speak with her boys. The minister agreed but asked to see them individually. So the mother send her 8-year-old boy first in the morning, with the older boy     3     (see) the minister in the afternoon.

The minister, a huge man     4     a deep voice, sat the younger boy down and asked him seriously. “Where is God ?” The boy made no answer,     5     (sit) there with his mouth hanging open, wide-eyed. So the minister repeated the the question in     6     even more serious voice, “Where is God? ” Again the boy made no answer. The minister raised his voice and shouted, “Where is God?”

    7     (frighten) at the voice, the boy ran out of the room, hurried directly home and     8     (hide) himself in cupboard. The older boy found him and asked, “What happened? ” The younger boy     9     (breathless) replied, “We are in big trouble this time. God is missing and they think we did     10    . ”

6 . 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。

Military training has a long tradition in China. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China,    1    Military Service Law of 1955 stated that students in middle school and college must participate    2    military training.

Three weeks ago, as a high school freshman, I attended a week-long military training event    3    (hold) by my school. The     4    (burn) sun became the background of our military training. During the week everyone     5    (teach) how to march in time, stand at attention, goose step and fold a military uniform. Some students showed off their macho voices during the singing contest.

I think military training is a tradition    6     gives students a sense of identity and friendship, along with basic military skills. At home, we are protected by our parents, so in return we should show them    7    we have learned in military training. What’s more, military training also     8    (provide) us with a good chance to make friends. During the training days, everyone grew     9    (close) because of the hard activities we endured. Now, I cherish those    10    (memory) and know that without my peers, I would have been very lonely during the camp.

7 . 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。

Jim and I first met Tom and Gee in the early days of our     1    (marry).Someone had been returning our garbage cans to the garage each garbage day,and we had wondered who.Then one day we spotted him,    2     elderly man who lived across the street.

I baked cookies and left       3    on a bench outside the garage with a thank-you note. Later that day,we found that a typed letter     4    (replace)the gift.The letter was from Tom and explained why he returned cans for people he barely knew.Back when he'd been fighting a war,his young wife,Gee,had lived alone.Neighbors had taken the time       5    （handle)her garbage cans and he never forgot.Now by doing the same       6    all of us, he paid it forward.

    7    (gradual)we got familiar.His wife Gee one day invited us to look through their Christmas decorations.Gee quietly explained each decoration,     8     was collected during every year's after-Christmas sale.As our kids left with the box of decorations,she smiled.Her treasures,     9    (gather)over a lifetime,found a new home.

Now every Christmas,we decorate our tree with Gee' s treasures and Tom's letter, reminding ourselves of     10     it means to be a neighbor.

8 . 语法填空

In 1850,an American lawyer,James N.Bethune,bought a slave to work in his home.The slave,a woman,had a small child     1    (call)Tom,who was blind and autistic(自闭症的).

One day,Bethune     2    (walk)around his garden when he heard music coming from the house.He went inside and found young Tom playing on the family piano.Bethune     3    (instant)realized that the boy,who was only four,had special abilities.He asked a band of     4    (music)to come to the house and play in front of him.Tom reproduced perfectly the music he had heard.It was obvious that Tom had the ability to memorize and repeat pieces of music after     5    (hear)them just once.

In 1857,“Blind Tom”took part     6    his first public performance.The reviews were so good that Bethune took him on a tour of the US.Three years later,“Blind Tom”    7    (invite)to the White House,    8    he performed for the President.Over the next forty years,Tom performed

    9    (enjoy)shows all over the US,as well as visiting Canada,the UK and several South American countries.His concerts were    10    mixture of classical music and his own compositions.

“Blind Tom”died in 1908.

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。

I was driving home late at night    1    my car lost momentum(冲力) and got slower and slower. Nothing I did seemed to make any    2    (different). “It can't be the fuel，”I thought.“The petrol gauge(汽油量表)was showing I had plenty    3    ( leave).”Then my car died completely after I managed to roll to the side of the road. It was an    4    (extreme) dark, lonely country road. Neither a single person    5    any traffic was insight at all. I felt like an idiot. I should not have left without charging my cell phone. The battery was dead and I was alone without any way    6    (contact) my family. Time dripped slowly like a leaking tap. “God, help me!" I begged anxiously. “Is there someone who will be kind enough to stop and help me out?" However, there was no sign of anyone. I was starting to panic,    7    (feel) completely abandoned. Suddenly I saw a faint light    8    the distance. I waved my white scarf as hard as possible. It was a huge lorry. The driver stopped and kindly drove me to the nearest hotel,    9     I had a rest, and then I called my family and explained    10    had happened. How lucky I was! When he stopped for me, I felt as if I had just found a million dollars.

10 . 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。

A couple from another country was once visiting New York. They wanted to take    1    walk and to see the city, but they were afraid they might get lost lost. They did not speak    2    English.

After they left their hotel, they went to the street corner and looked at the names of the two streets. Then they     3    (careful) copied the two names into their notebook. They thought that this would help them find their way back    4    they got lost.

They walked for hours through the city, and suddenly they realized that they    5    (be) lost. They found a police officer and asked for help, but the officer didn’t    6    （speak）their native language.

After an hour they found a person     7    could help them. She could speak both their native language and English. The couple explained that they didn^’t know the name of their hotel,    8    they knew which corner it was on.

They showed the person    9     they had copied into their notebook, and she began to laugh.

The words that they    10     copied with great care were “Stop” and “One Way”.