2 . 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容从方框中选出恰当的单词或短语填空，使语意通顺完整。第一个方框供前4小题选用，第二个方框供后4小题选用。每个选项只能使用一次，每框有一项剩余。

A. missing       B. wet       C. wife       D. vacation E. grew up

F. thanked       G. garden       H. last       I. excited J. bedroom

The 75­-year­-old Joe lived very happily in a village and had a big warm family. His children     1     and moved to different cities. Now he has four grandchildren, and they usually visit him during their holidays.

During one     2     , Joe was preparing his home for the kids: cleaning the house and cooking their favorite foods. After he finished working, he realized his watch was     3     . The watch was from his     4     and he treasured it very much, so he was very upset. He looked for it but could not find it anywhere.

When his grandchildren came, they promised him they would find the watch which was given by their grandma.

One granddaughter asked, “Grandpa, do you remember when you saw it the     5     time?”

“I guess when I was cleaning the     6     ! ” he replied.

The children looked for more than two hours with Joe, but they couldn’t find it. The kids were now also sad, but they tried to comfort their grandpa.

One grandson went back to the garden to look again. He was there for about 15 minutes and rushed back with a(n)     7     look on his face.

Then everyone was very surprised to see the watch in his hand. They asked how he was able to find it. The little boy replied, “I sat there without making a noise. After a few minutes, I heard the ‘tick, tick’ sound and found the watch.”

Joe hugged and     8     the little boy.

This is the power of silence. If we stay calm (冷静), we are more able to find the ways of solving problems.

3 . 从表格中选用词汇完成下面的短文。

bonus, guilty, conflict, division, declare, appointment

My niece, Jane, laboured to the maximum for 10 years in a shopping mall and finally she took up an     1     as the chairwoman. She was respected by all the salesmen and saleswomen because she was full of integrity and dignity. She exactly calculated the staff’s salaries and rewarded the best ones with a     2    . Whereas, one salesman, Jack,     3     that he could sell anything by absurd overstatements, such as science fictions, ladders, flour, leathers, levers of various panels, handkerchiefs, nails, lamps and even mud. In his view, he was superior to others, so he had an urge to take over the sales manager. It turned out that he often     4     with others. Then came a rumor that all the staff would resign if Jack wasn’t dismissed, which greatly stunned Jane and even made Jane explode with anger. Jane thought inaction was improper, so she urged Jack to weigh pros and cons. Otherwise, his job would be suspended. Jack felt so     5     of his ridiculous behaviors that tears blurred his eyes. He promised to apologize to all the staff at a meeting on a weekly basis to remove the     6     between him and his colleagues. He would share what he gripped from that day on.

4 . Complete the passage with the correct forms of the verbs in the box. Why did the accident occur? How should we try to avoid accidents in life?

get     return     ride     sit     slow     throw     try     turn     walk     want

    1     for long hours every day in an office for several years, Nancy Jones felt that she was getting out of shape and decided that she needed to get some exercise. So, instead of going to and from work every day by bus, she started riding a bike because    2     was an enjoyable activity for her. One night she had to work till late and it was foggy outside when she left the office. Her bike did not have a light, so    3     home by bike would be dangerous.     4     (not) to risk having her bike stolen, however, she decided to ride it home anyway. The first few kilometres had plenty of street lights, but     5    onto a side road in the suburbs she found herself in the dark.     6    down, she tried to see in front of her, but it was impossible. Then without warning, her bike hit a rock,     7    her to the ground.     8    to get up, she discovered that her ankle was broken. Unable to stand or walk, she found herself in alarming pain. Fortunately, she was able to call an ambulance with her mobile phone, and they took her to a hospital. However, it was several months before her ankle recovered and she found     9    easy again.     10     a gym membership near her office, Nancy decided that there were other ways of keeping fit.

5 . 选用适当的单词或短语补全短文。

advertise, expedition, miserable, aboard, turn

Perce Blackborow is one of the more interesting and colourful members of the    1    .In 1914,he was far from home in Buenos Aires and lived a     2     life.Fortunately,he met and befriended an American sailor,William Bakewell who was in the same situation.When the Endurance sailed into port and     3     for sailors, the two men applied for positions. Shackleton interviewed them both and Bakewell was accepted while Blackborow was     4     down because of his age and lack of experience.He slipped     5     the ship with the help of Bakewell but was discovered when the Endurance was three days out of port.Shackleton was unhappy at him being there,but realised he had no choice and offered him a position of steward.