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。

In elementary school, George wasn’t     1     (exact) popular, but he always had a couple of really good friends. In middle school, he was really good at science and math.     2     most kids were going to     3    movies on weekends, George preferred to design his own special projects. He dreamed of owning his own technology company someday. When George got to high school, some of the other students made fun of him for being into books and computers. This made George very upset, but he tried not to let anything keep his dream from     4     (achieve). George got excellent grades and was admitted     5     both Harvard and Yale, but he decided to go to Stanford     6     there were many opportunities for people     7     wanted to work in Silicon Valley. This was the first time George     8     (feel) accepted by the people around him. He took many computer classes, and kept designing his own projects on weekends. During the summer months, he would take extra classes, and he ended up     9     (graduate) a year early. He took a job     10     a computer programmer at Apple. After five more years there, George left to start his own company, finally realizing his childhood dream.

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。

I tried driving on the highway a week later-and again, panic drove me to the first exit. After that, I took only smaller,     1     (slow) roads. Weeks later, I moved to Bermuda where we did not have a car. I was so relieved. I hadn't told my husband about the episodes; I knew he loved my independence and     2     (strong), and I felt ashamed of being so weak.

To get around, I'd take the bus when I went somewhere     3     my own, but one day as I rode the bus into town     4     (do) some shopping, my heart started racing. Sure enough, next came the sweating, my legs turning soft, and the     5     (feel) that somehow, I'd lose control or "go crazy."

I hadn't reached my destination, but I rang the bell to exit     6    , in tears, walked home. A

few days later, I tried     7     bus again, and the same thing happened. The thing that     8    (force)me to avoid highway driving was now forcing me to avoid public transit.

That evening, I told my husband about that. But he was as     9     (puzzle) as I was. We searched online for "fear of highways" and "fear of public transportation" and got lots of hits,     10     is when we learned that the episodes were actually classic panic attacks.

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。

Cassie lived a lonely life. She would wander through the forest, eating     1    (fall) fruits while other birds flew among the trees.

“Why cannot you fly?” they would ask. “Your weak little     2    (wing) cannot even lift you off the ground!” they would tease her. “You’re     3     shame to birds,” they would offend her.

Cassie was feeling increasingly frustrated and     4    (use), so she made up her mind to leave the forest for good. Just as she walked free from trees, she heard a deep voice     5    (call) from behind Cassie turned around.     6     was a large tree that signaled to her to come back into the forest. “We need you badly here,” said the tree. “We rely on you     7     (eat) our fruits and spread our seeds. The other birds may think you are worthless, but you are actually     8    (much) useful bird in the forest. Please don’t go, you are irreplaceable.” Cassie beamed for the first time in many weeks and     9    (return) to the forest. The fruits had never tasted so good.

It’s easy to compare your skills to the abilities of others and feel inadequate. It’s easy to listen to the negative voices of others and believe them. But bear     10     mind that you are essential, you are remarkable, and you are irreplaceable!

4 . 在未给提示词的空白处仅填写 1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

Daisy was a little girl longing to help endangered wildlife. One day, she found     1     flying carpet by her bed when she woke up. She     2     (beg) the carpet to take her to a distant land where she could find the animal     3     fur was used to make her sweater. So the carpet flew to Tibet with her.

In Tibet, she saw an antelope that told her they were being killed     4     mercy by people for their wool and were now an endangered species.     5     (feel) sad, Daisy traveled to Zimbabwe with the carpet to see the elephants there. Much to her relief, the     6     (Africa) living there protected the elephants well and their number was growing. Happy and     7     (satisfy), Daisy came to a thick rainforest, in which she saw a monkey rubbing a millipede insect over its body. Daisy asked the monkey     8     it was doing that. The monkey responded that it was protecting     9     (it) from mosquitoes, because the millipede contained a natural drug which affected mosquitoes.

    10     (hope), no more endangered animals will be killed someday.

5 . Once upon a time, there was a man from the State of Chu who loved his sword very much. One day, he was sitting in a boat preparing to cross a river     1     he accidentally dropped his sword into the water.     2      the ship moving fast on and the water running, the people on board reminded that he should go into the water to find his beloved sword back. The man felt in great      3     (anxious) too. However, he turned a deaf ear to that and instead, he     4      (immediate) took out a knife and made a notch (刻痕) on the side of the boat     5      his dear sword fell. The people wondered why he did so. He said proudly the notch could help     6     (get) his sword back. Shortly after the     7      (arrive) at the shore, he entered the water just beneath the notch he made. Though      8      (spend) rather a long time, he returned empty-handed. Without doubt, he was laughed at in public and his story became     9     well-known joke in China.

Today the idiom      10      (relate) to the story is used to describe a person who stick to rigid rules without considering a changing environment or describes an action made pointless by changing circumstances.

6 . Kiyoto Saito is trying to change people’s opinion of agricultural work through his unusual attire(打扮). Whether he’s driving a tractor     1     is standing in the fields, Kiyoto is always wearing an elegant suit.

Kiyoto’s family has been planting rice for around 400 years, but as a teenager he     2    (find) the tradition boring and moved to the city. He returned to his native town two years ago,     3    (determine) to get involved in the family business.

    4     idea of wearing a suit in the fields started as a joke. One day, his brother joked about farming in an elegant suit, but Kyioto took it     5    (serious). He viewed the idea as the perfect way to change public opinion of agricultural work. “Most people think of farmers     6     ‘dirty all day’. I want youngsters to think ‘farming looks fun’” he said.

At first no one seemed     7    (understand) him. Even his family was surprised by his     8    (choose) of farming attire. His grandfather worried     9    (do) farm work in a suit would be dangerous.

Now Kiyoto is famous and has been invited on various television shows. He also has a blog where he regularly     10    (post) his farming experiences and photos of himself all dressed up.