2 . When I was a child my father taught me five words that I’ve used all my life—in my acting career, as a mother, in my business activities. If I _________ that I was afraid of the dark, or if I seemed worried about meeting new people, Dad would say, ''Stand porter to your _________.''

A porter is a gatekeeper, who stands at a door _________ people in or out. Dad would get me to _________ myself stopping destructive things—such as fear—at the door, _________ saying ''Come in'' to faith, love and self-assurance.

As an actress, before I went on camera, I'd make sure anxiety _________ and confidence in my ability came in. As a mother, when I was _________ about my children, I would try not to let worry in but would _________ my mind with trust in them.

Of course, there were always times I'd _________ those words.

In 1972 my husband, Fillmore Crank, and I opened the doors to our own __________ in North Hollywood. This was a new business venture for us, and it was a lot more __________ and complicated than we had __________,

We were on call 24 hours a day. Something was always going __________. Electricity went on the blink, food wasn't delivered, employees called in sick. Once, a flu epidemic __________left us with no maids. Fillmore gave me a __________：scrub floors or do the laundry. For 10 days I folded enough king-size sheets to __________ the whole state of California.

Then there was the __________ crisis. The price of gasoline doubled, and tourism in California __________. How could we fill our beds? What if we kept losing money? What if we failed? Fear and worry were sneaking in. But I caught them just __________. I stood porter.

I stood in the door of my mind and sent fear packing.

These days at the hotel, whenever fear tries to __________, I just smile and point to the sign that reads No Vacancy.

1.

A．recalled

B．decided

C．complain

D．announced

2.

A．family

B．studio

C．future

D．mind

3.

A．inviting

B．observing

C．letting

D．urging

4.

A．send

B．picture

C．busy

D．involve

5.

A．but

B．or

C．so

D．for

6.

A．cut in

B．broke down

C．showed up

D．stayed out

7.

A．anxious

B．cautious

C．serious

D．curious

8.

A．read

B．ease

C．fill

D．change

9.

A．exchange

B．forget

C．eat

D．twist

10.

A．laundry

B．restaurant

C．clinic

D．hotel

11.

A．convincing

B．boring

C．promising

D．demanding

12.

A．deduced

B．suggested

C．figured

D．confirmed

13.

A．wrong

B．pale

C．sour

D．missing

14.

A．specially

B．suddenly

C．hardly

D．regularly

15.

A．choice

B．solution

C．warning

D．command

16.

A．decorate

B．blanket

C．serve

D．touch

17.

A．identity

B．family

C．credit

D．energy

18.

A．dropped

B．boomed

C．ceased

D．recovered

19.

A．at random

B．by chance

C．in time

D．on purpose

20.

A．withdraw

B．register

C．split

D．shelter

3 . On Friday afternoon Class Seven had an Art lesson. It was their favourite lesson of the week. Everyone ______ Trudy Hubble looked forward to it. Trudy had arms that stuck out and always knocked things over.

When Trudy came into the classroom, Rob Mason said, “Look out, here comes Trouble!” All the kids ______. Trudy had to smile and pretended she didn’t mind. How she wished she could be more like Lisa Gibbs, who had small hands and feet and never ______ things over!

That day, they were going to paint animals. Again, Trudy knocked over the jam jar. Dirty water spread in a pool across the table and ______ Lisa’s dragon. Every time Trudy tried to do Art, it was always a ______.

“I hate Art,” Trudy thought as she went home on the bus, wishing never to go to school again.

As soon as she got home, Mum asked her to take a ______ to Mrs. Willow.

Trudy knocked on the door and the door opened. There stood an old lady, so tall and elegant, like her house, which was full of ______ china.

“My mum’s your home help. She won’t be able to come tomorrow. She’s got a cold.”

“I’m sorry to hear that. What she needs is my special cold ______. Come inside and I’ll give you some. ” Mrs. Willow opened the door wider.

Keeping her arms pressed to her sides, Trudy stood ______, much like a statue, afraid to move in.

“Why?”

“I am the clumsiest person in our school! I know something will get broken when I’m ______.”

“I used to be clumsy too, a real ugly little duck,” Mrs. Willow smiled. “But I grew up to be a swan(白天鹅).”

“But I don't think I shall,” Trudy doubted. “I’ll just grow up to be an ugly ______.”

“Not if you do as I did. You have to keep telling yourself that inside, where it matters, you’re really a swan.”

“I’m a swan,” Trudy ______ her throat and took the medicine, heading for home.

Next morning Mum’s cold was much better. “If Mrs. Willow’s cold cure is a kind of ______, then her swan cure must work as well.” Trudy couldn’t wait to try it out.

In the school playground some children stood looking up into the chestnut tree. Lisa was in tears.

“What’s the matter?” asked Trudy.

“It’s my kite,” Lisa said, wiping her eyes. “Rob let go and it’s got ______ up the tree.”

“I’ll get it down for you,” Trudy said kindly.

“No, you’ll tear it!” Lisa looked ______. “It’s a special Chinese kite! I got it for my birthday.”

For a moment Trudy felt like her old ______ self. But then she remembered what Mrs. Willow had said. It didn't matter how she looked outside. Inside, she was really a swan.

She jumped up and grabbed the lowest ______ and began to climb. “Swans never rush,” she told herself. It took her ages, but she didn't rush. At last she managed to ______ the kite. But now she had to climb down again using only one hand. Very, very ______ she swung herself down to the ground. The kite was safe!

“Thanks, Trudy.” Lisa showed it to the others. “Look, it’s all right!”

Trudy felt very, very proud and different. Smiling at everyone, she walked swan-like across the playground and into school, so tall and ______.

1.

A．except

B．besides

C．including

D．behind

2.

A．danced

B．sang

C．laughed

D．jumped

3.

A．took

B．turned

C．rolled

D．tripped

4.

A．drew

B．drowned

C．marked

D．colored

5.

A．success

B．masterpiece

C．failure

D．disaster

6.

A．gift

B．textbook

C．message

D．letter

7.

A．delicate

B．ugly

C．cheap

D．messy

8.

A．care

B．leave

C．concern

D．cure

9.

A．straight

B．still

C．by

D．tall

10.

A．around

B．apart

C．ahead

D．away

11.

A．dragon

B．swan

C．tiger

D．duck

12.

A．touched

B．cleaned

C．cleared

D．wiped

13.

A．imagination

B．magic

C．cheating

D．creation

14.

A．stuck

B．crashed

C．torn

D．damped

15.

A．satisfied

B．disappointed

C．frightened

D．delighted

16.

A．beautiful

B．clumsy

C．dishonest

D．smart

17.

A．root

B．trunk

C．branch

D．leaf

18.

A．fly

B．design

C．make

D．free

19.

A．carefully

B．doubtfully

C．confidently

D．anxiously

20.

A．eager

B．elegant

C．enthusiastic

D．energetic

4 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

There is a library in our community. My brother and I went to the library every Saturday either do our homework or pick out whatever we want to read. We spend a couple of hour there and find lots of things to talk about afterwards. Saturday’s night is our family movie night and we usual select a DVD to watch. I have DVDs, books and magazines borrowing from our library. My brother enjoys listen to music so he often checks out records. The library has always been a community that values of reading and learning. It has also been a social center that we can connect with another children and find out activities that are going on.

5 . On Diwali, we were on a vacation in Dubai and having a good time and lots of fun. One day, we were visiting Abu Dhabi, traveling with a few passengers in a bus. At our first stop, we got out to take some pictures. At our second stop, we noticed that we had forgotten our shoulder bag at first stop. The worst part was that our passports, visas, hotel booking papers, itinerary…everything was inside that bag and we were very panicky, as we had to return to India in 2 days.

During this process of searching for our bags we came into contact with so many strangers whom we found to be really concerned and helpful with our situation.

The tour guide and the bus driver helped us to locate a cab so that we could travel back the first destination to find our bag.

The cab driver helped us in so many ways. He gave us his mobile phone so that we could contact everyone. He took us to a mosque near the first destination hoping that a cleaner might have found a bag. He took us to the nearest police station and helped us in communication with the policeman, who only spoke Arabic.

A policeman, who searched through everything in the lost and found department.

A local man, who actually found our bag, checked the bag and found a number to the travel agency. He informed them and sent his driver to a common destination from where we could get our bag back.

On that day, there was real panic inside me and I was constantly thinking of what would happen next? How will I find my bag? What will happen to us without our passports and visas? In such a mind set I was not able to say a proper THANK YOU to all those persons who helped us in such challenging situation.

I don't even know their names. I will never be able to forget their faces and their kindness. The world needs more humans like them and I decided to try to become one of them. I salute all those strangers and well-wishes for their acts of kindness.

1. Where did the author lose her shoulder bag?

A．At the first stop.	B．At Dubai Airport.
C．At the second stop.	D．In India.

2. Who did the work as an interpreter when the writer communicated with a policeman?

A．A tour guide?	B．A bus driver
C．A cleaner	D．A cab driver

3. Where could the writer get her shoulder bag back again?

A．At a police station.	B．At a common destination
C．At a local's home.	D．At the lost and found department

4. What can we learn from the writer's thinking in the last paragraph?

A．God helps those who help themselves.	B．Thank those local people one by one.
C．Follow the same act of those kind people.	D．Be more careful when touring next time.

6 . Lots of people love going to Disneyland, but few enjoy the experience as much as Jeff Reitz, who has been visiting Disney resorts every day, for the last 2,000 days.

Jeff started his daily visits to the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim on Jan. 1, 2012, after receiving an annual pass as a gift, and hasn't skipped a day since. He was unemployed at the time, and visiting the parks gave him something to look forward to every day and kept his spirits up. Jeff managed to secure a stable job since then, but he still makes time for Disneyland, every evening.

Jeff Reitz loves the rides, but he also enjoys the music, communicating with the staff and visitors, and just watching the other visitors.

On Thursday, Jeff walked through the gate for the 2,000th day, setting a new world record for continued visits to Disneyland, and since his annual pass expires in January 2018, he plans to extend his lead even more. He will decide whether he'll renew his pass and continue his daily routine, but whatever he decides to do, "nobody can take that fun away from me".

Visiting Disneyland every day has had a positive impact on his life. He met his girlfriend, Karen, during one of his visits a few years ago. He has an active social life because of it, communicating with both staff and visitors, and even managed to lose 40 pounds by walking around every day.

Jeff has also been the target of criticism from people, who went as far as to call his daily habit a sickness. He says that Disneyland is a place of release, relaxation, and activity, one that has made him a better person all around.

Believe it or not, Jeff has never received any special treatment from Disney for his loyalty. He doesn't get any special treatment from the staff, and doesn't even get invited to take part in special events.

1. What is so special about Jeff Reitz according to the passage?

A．He is always in high spirits.	B．He lives in Disneyland.
C．He visits a certain place every day.	D．He works in Disneyland.

2. Which of the following can replace the underlined word "expires" in paragraph 4?

A．comes up.	B．runs out.
C．tears down.	D．stands out.

3. How have Jeff's daily visits benefited him?

A．They have made him put on some weight.

B．They have made him make many friends.

C．They have made him become social and active.

D．They have made him become a famous person.

4. What can we infer about Jeff from the passage?

A．He plans to give up his daily habit in two months.

B．He is puzzled about some negative thoughts.

C．He attends special parties held in Disneyland.

D．He is treated as a common visitor in Disneyland.

7 . One day, the sewer line (污水管道) under our house burst open. My first reaction was to _______ the pipe repairer, but when he heard what was on, he _______ . He did, however, recommend someone. I made the call, _______ the man to complain about such a terrible job. _______ , he simply asked, “The _______?”

And that was it. An hour later, Steve arrived in his truck. He looked exactly like what I had imagined: rough and bearlike. I _______ as he walked down into the wet depths. A few moments later he _______ , saying, “Yep. It’s broken.”

“Can you fix it?” I asked with a mixture of doubt and _______.

Steve looked at me as if scolding me for lack of _______, saying, “Sure.” Then he told me that he ________ to tear up the street to the main sewer line.

“How long will all this take?” I asked.

“I should have it done by evening.”

I didn’t ________ to watch the digging. All I wanted was to leave, go somewhere, and upon my ________, have everything the way it was before the damage. I felt somewhat ________ upon driving off in my clean vehicle, leaving Steve such a (n) ________ task. I went into town and visited a few friends. ________, around 6 pm, my curiosity got the better of me. I went home, and there was a sweeter ________ I never saw: an area of newly-covered street across my front lawn (草坪). I opened the underground room door and — all was________ and dry.

I sat down and thought about Steve — big and rough Steve, and how people, upon seeing him, might judge him. His good job taught me a lesson: Never judge people by their ________ . And I was taken by the very idea that, whatever might happen to a(n) ________ homeowner, there is somebody who is skilled in its solution. If that’s not a reason for ________, I’m not sure what is.

1.

A．visit

B．call

C．ask

D．remind

2.

A．apologized

B．refused

C．complained

D．shouted

3.

A．requiring

B．telling

C．forcing

D．expecting

4.

A．Instead

B．Therefore

C．Again

D．Then

5.

A．direction

B．payment

C．address

D．problem

6.

A．remained

B．watched

C．hesitated

D．followed

7.

A．arrived

B．stayed

C．nodded

D．appeared

8.

A．hope

B．anxiety

C．pleasure

D．disappointment

9.

A．wisdom

B．strength

C．trust

D．energy

10.

A．used

B．failed

C．struggled

D．needed

11.

A．decide

B．volunteer

C．want

D．agree

12.

A．return

B．repair

C．check

D．arrival

13.

A．nervous

B．comfortable

C．relaxed

D．guilty

14.

A．dangerous

B．dirty

C．urgent

D．meaningless

15.

A．Surprisingly

B．Thankfully

C．Eventually

D．Fortunately

16.

A．situation

B．place

C．environment

D．sight

17.

A．warm

B．tidy

C．new

D．empty

18.

A．appearance

B．job

C．voice

D．action

19.

A．helpless

B．careless

C．fearless

D．harmless

20.

A．celebration

B．consideration

C．appreciation

D．excitement

8 . The Jewish(犹太人）family-had-just finished supper and the woman had placed the dishes in the sink.The kitchen was quite damp and even gloomier than in the main room.It was their third apartment since the start of the war,they had abandoned the other two in a hurry.The woman came back into the room and sat down again at the table.The 3-year-old boy sat with his back straight,his eyes fixed on his father,but it was obvious that he was so sleepy that he could barely sit up.

The man was smoking a cigarette.His eyes were blood-shot and he kept blinking in a funny way.This blinking had begun soon after they fled the second apartment.

It was late,past ten o'clock and they could have gone to sleep,but first they had to play the game that they had been playing every day for two weeks.Even though the man tried his best and he moved very quickly,the fault was his and not the child's.The boy was.marvelous.Seeing his father put out his cigarette,he opened his blue eyes even wider.The woman,who didn't actually take part in the game, stroked the boy's hair.

“We'll play the key game just one more time only today.Isn't that right?"she asked her husband.

He didn't answer because he was not sure.They were still two or three minutes off. He arose and walked towards the bathroom door.Then the woman called out softly,“Ding-dong."At the sound of the bell ringing so musically from his mother's lips,the boy jumped up from his chair and ran to the front door,which was separated from the main room by a narrow corridor.

“Who's there?"he asked.

The woman,remaining in her chair,shut her eyes tight as if feeling a sudden, sharp pain.

“I'll open up in a minute,I'm just looking for the keys,"the child called out. Then he ran back to the main room,making a lot of noise with his feet.He ran in circles around the table,pulled out one of the sideboard drawers,and slammed it shut.

“Just a minute,I can't find them,I don't know where Mama put them,"he yelled,then dragged the chair across the room,climbed onto it,and reached up to the top of the shelf.

“I found them!”he shouted triumphantly.Then he got down from the chair, pushed it back to the table,and calmly walked to the door and opened it.

“Shut the door,darling,"the woman said softly."You were perfect.”

The child didn't hear what she said.He stood in the middle of the room,staring at the closed bathroom door.

“Shut the door, the woman repeated in a tired flat voice.Every evening she repeated the same words,and every evening he stared at the closed bathroom door.

At last it opened.The man was pale and his clothes were streaked with lime and dust.He stood there,eyes blinking in that funny way.

“Well?How did it go?"asked the woman.

“I still need more time.He has to look for them longer.I slip in sideways all right,but then...It's so tight in there that when I turn...And he's got to make more noise-he should stamp his feet louder."

The child didn't take his eyes off him.

“Say something to him,"the woman whispered.

＂You did a good job,little one,"he said mechanically.

“That's right,”the woman said,“you're really doing a wonderful job,darling. You act just like a grown-up.And you do know that if someone should really ring the doorbell when Mama is at work,everything will depend on you?And what will you say when they ask you about your parents?”

“Mama's at work.”

“And Papa?"He was silent.

“And Papa?"the man screamed in terror.The child turned pale.

“And Papa?”the man repeated more calmly.

“He's dead,”＂the child answered and threw himself at his father,who was standing right beside him,but already long dead to the people who would really ring the bell.

1. What does the underlined sentence in Para.5 mean?

A．The family needed to practise the game for another 2 or 3 minutes.

B．There was still 2 or 3 minutes left before someone knocked at the door.

C．They would become too sleepy to play the game 2 or 3 minutes later.

D．The father needed 2 or 3 more minutes before the kid opened the door.

2. Why did the boy make a lot of noise when he was looking for the key?

A．Because he needed to drown out the noise caused by his father.

B．Because he was too little and just couldn't control his footsteps.

C．Because he was too anxious to find the key to open the door with.

D．Because he met many barriers on his way to where the key was.

3. In Para.12,why did the mother repeat“shut the door”in a tired,flat voice, instead of the previous soft one?

A．She was angry because her son didn't close the door as he had been told to.

B．She felt anxious because she knew her husband would be annoyed at the boy again.

C．She was disappointed because the boy's movement betrayed again where her husband was.

D．She was impatient because she was asked to repeat these words again and again every evening.

4. What is the best title of the passage?

A．A Scary Night	B．The Key Game
C．My Father Is Dead	D．An Innocent Boy

9 . Mr. Selfish's Garden

Every morning, as they were coming from school，the children would go and play in Miss Generous’s garden, which was a large lovely garden, with_______green grass. Here and there over the grass_______beautiful flowers like stars. And there were twelve peach-trees that in the spring-time broke into_______blossoms of pink and pearl, and in the autumn_______ rich fruit. The birds on the trees sang so sweetly that the children used to stop their_______in order to listen to them.

One day the lovely garden was sold to Mr. Selfish. When he saw some children_______in the garden. He yelled violently “My own garden is my own garden. I_______nobody to play in it_______myself.” The children ran away. Then Mr. Selfish put up a notice-board “TRESPASSERS (侵入者) WILL BE PUNSHED”.The poor children had now nowhere to play.

Then the spring came, only in the garden of Mr. Selfish it was_______winter. Kids missed the soft grass. The birds did not care to sing in it as there were no children, and the trees forgot to blossom. Once a beautiful flower put its__________out from the grass, but when it saw the notice-board it was so sorry for the children that it__________back into the ground again. Only people who were__________were the Snow and the Frost. “Spring has__________this garden, they cried,__________we will live here forever all the year round.” The Snow__________up the grass with her great white cloak (斗篷), and the Frost__________all the trees silver. Then they invited the North Wind to stay with them, and he came, he was__________in furs, and he howled (咆哮) all day around the garden, and__________the chimney-pots down. “This is a delightful__________,” he said, “we must ask the Hail (冰雹) on a visit.” So the Hail came. “I cannot__________why the Spring is so late in coming,” said Mr. Selfish, as he sat at the window and looked out at his cold white garden in the weather.

1.

A．colorful

B．soft

C．rare

D．vivid

2.

A．collected

B．flew

C．stood

D．floated

3.

A．delicate

B．mild

C．tiny

D．shiny

4.

A．connected

B．bore

C．created

D．delivered

5.

A．study

B．schedule

C．questions

D．games

6.

A．decorating

B．playing

C．sweeping

D．fighting

7.

A．admitted

B．forbade

C．allowed

D．preferred

8.

A．other than

B．rather than

C．more than

D．less than

9.

A．yet

B．just

C．even

D．still

10.

A．head

B．root

C．trunk

D．leaf

11.

A．transformed

B．dashed

C．took

D．slipped

12.

A．embarrassed

B．confused

C．cheerful

D．disappointed

13.

A．forgotten

B．destroyed

C．quitted

D．concluded

14.

A．while

B．but

C．for

D．so

15.

A．pressed

B．covered

C．froze

D．surrounded

16.

A．wiped

B．packed

C．painted

D．disguised

17.

A．hidden

B．buried

C．wrapped

D．trapped

18.

A．hit

B．blew

C．put

D．cut

19.

A．direction

B．sight

C．season

D．spot

20.

A．figure out

B．make up

C．come uр

D．carry out

10 . Nicole Ihus’s son John Henry was born last month with a life-threatening disease. Nicole and her husband, who live in Kansas City, contacted doctors from Minnesota and Missouri in hopes of finding a doctor who could treat John Henry for the condition, but to no avail. Luckily, Nicole managed to get in contact with the “best doctor in the world for this condition” at Johns Hopkins All Children’s in St. Petersburg, Florida, so she traveled all the way to the Sunshine State to give her newborn son a fighting chance.

After John Henry was into the ICU, Nicole felt alone in the new state, although she   knew that she had to leave her son’s side in order to buy him some new clothes. Upon ordering an Uber ride to the nearby Rhea Lana children’s clothing store, she was picked up by a woman named Belinda.

Shortly after Nicole got into Belinda’s car, the new mother couldn’t help talking about her heartbreaking circumstances.

“She told me her story,” Belinda said. “She was in tears a couple of times and I really felt for her.” Rather than simply dropping Nicole off at the store, however, Belinda parked the car and insisted on accompanying her passenger into the store so she could treat John Henry to new clothes. Needless to say, Nicole was filled with gratitude.

Nicole said, “For this stranger to go completely out of her way - stop what she was doing and stop making money- to come be with me for a couple of hours while we shopped together, that was just incredible.” As Nicole cares for her newborn son and raises money for his medical conditions, she hopes to introduce the Uber driver to her son as a thank you for her compassionate gesture.

1. Why did the new mother have to travel to Florida?

A．Her husband worked there.

B．She wanted to have a baby there.

C．Her sick son might get cured there.

D．She wanted to find a cheap hospital there.

2. What did Belinda do to comfort Nicole?

A．Drop her off at the hospital.

B．Accompany her while shopping.

C．Make friends with her son.

D．Buy new clothes for her.

3. How did Nicole feel about what Belinda had done for her?

A．Grateful and astonished.

B．Shocked and disappointed.

C．Worried and embarrassed.

D．Puzzled and regretful.

4. Which can be the best title for the text?

A．An unforgettable experience.

B．A heroic helper around you.

C．A special shopping experience.

D．An unexpected kindness.