1 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文

The icy wind howled across the empty street and it was an unusually quiet day in the emergency room on December 25th. Quiet, that is, except for the nurses who were standing around the nurses’ station complaining about having to work on Christmas Day.

I was a guiding nurse that day and had just done the cleanup in the waiting room. Since there were no patients waiting to be seen at the time, I returned to the nurses’ station for a cup of hot coffee that someone had brought in for Christmas. Just then, a colleague came in and told me I had five patients waiting to be evaluated.

I was surprised, “Five? How did I get five? I was just out there and no one was in the waiting room.”

“Well, there are five signed in. ”

So I went straight out and called the first name. Five bodies showed up at my guiding desk, a pale short woman and four small children in untidy clothing.

“Are you all sick?” I asked. “Yes, " she said weakly and lowered her head.

“Okay, ” I replied. “Who’s first?” One by one they sat down, and I asked the usual beginning questions. When it came to the description of their symptoms, things got a little vague(含糊的). Two of the children had headaches, but the headaches weren’t accompanied by the normal body language of holding the head or trying to keep it still. Two children had earaches, but only one could tell me which ear was affected. The mother complained of a cough, but seemed to work to produce it.

Something was wrong with the picture. Suddenly I knew something. So I explained to the mother that it might be a little while before a doctor saw her because there were several more critical patients. she responded, “Take your time. It’s warm here and there is a Christmas tree.”

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Then the mother turned and, with a smile, settled her kids in the waiting room.

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The nurses, complaining about working Christmas, turned to sympathy for the homeless family.

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2 . We’ve all had cases where we’ve waited just a bit too long to pay an electric bill or   speeding ticket. But one man, from California by reasonable assumption，who goes by “Dave”，recently took procrastination (拖延) one step further, by paying a parking ticket almost a half-century after it was given.

In December 2018, the Minersville Police Department in Pennsylvania received a letter in the mail. Whoever wrote the letter decided it was best to keep his name somewhat unknown，so he put the return address as “Wayward Road，Anytown California” under the name “Feeling guilty”.

When the officers opened the envelope，they found a brief letter, along with a $5 bill, and a parking ticket dating all the way back to 1974. The note read，“Dear PD，I've been carrying this ticket around for 40 plus years always intending to pay. Forgive me if I don't give you my info. With respect，Dave.”

Even though the initial parking ticket was only for $2, “Dave” must have felt awfully guilty because he left 150 percent，or $3, in interest.

Michael Combs, the Police Chief of the Minersville Police Department, stated in an interview that the same ticket would cost about $20 if it were given today. Combs went on to share that the original ticket from 1974 was given to a vehicle that had an Ohio license plate.

Because there was no system for tracking tickets given to out-of-state cars back then，“Dave” could have gotten away with never paying the $2 fine. But apparently，guilt got the best of him，and he decided to finally cough up the money more than 40 years past its due date.

1. How much do we know about “Dave”？

A．He lives in Wayward Road，Anytown California.

B．His car probably came from Ohio at that time.

C．The police are trying to find out more about him.

D．“Dave” is of course the man’s real name indeed.

2. Why didn’t “Dave” pay for the parking ticket until recently?

A．He completely forgot about it in the past 44 years.

B．He didn’t find it until almost half a century later.

C．He didn’t pay for it just because of procrastination.

D．He failed to find out who he should pay the money to.

3. What drove “Dave” to pay for the parking ticket at last?

A．A strong sense of guilt.

B．Fear of being tracked by the police.

C．Worry about being fined more.

D．Sudden change of his financial situation.

4. Which of the following can be the best title?

A．Police Chief of the Minersville Police Department Shares a Story

B．Parking Ticket Carried Around for Almost Half a Century from Ohio

C．Unusual Letter Comes from Wayward Road, Anytown California

D．Mysterious Procrastinator Finally Pays 44-Year-Old Parking Ticket

3 . Having been a teacher for thirty years, I have known well what a loving hug means to my students. It can ______ all kinds of barriers to reach the students in a special way. It can be the ______ by which each child finds his light. I was ______ to my duty of being a loving hug giver.

One morning I received a(n) ______ from my doctor who told me cancer under my arm had already invaded my lymph nodes(淋巴结). I considered whether or not to tell the kids about my ______ . The word cancer seemed so ______ to them.   When it became ______ that they were going to find out one way or another, I ______ to tell them myself.   It wasn’t easy to get the words out, but the ______ I saw in their faces as I explained it to them told me I had made the ______   decision.   When I gave them a ______ to ask questions, they ______ wanted to know how they could help.   I told them that ______ I would like best would be their letters, pictures and prayers.   A little girl ______ herself into my arms and looked up into my face.

“Don’t be afraid, Dr. Peter,” she said seriously, “I know you’ll be ______, now it’s our   ______ to take care of you.”

During my stay in the hospital the letters and pictures kept coming ______ they covered every wall of my room. What healing comfort I found in being ______ by the love of these kids. I didn’t expect anything in ______ when I helped them, but when they did return the favor, it was such an ______ loving bonus.

1.

A．break through

B．run across

C．go through

D．knock into

2.

A．goal

B．means

C．course

D．experience

3.

A．accustomed

B．opposed

C．addicted

D．limited

4.

A．call

B．letter

C．instruction

D．order

5.

A．opinion

B．difference

C．disease

D．experience

6.

A．frightening

B．abstract

C．aggressive

D．confusing

7.

A．lucky

B．evident

C．necessary

D．impossible

8.

A．regretted

B．decided

C．promised

D．hesitated

9.

A．concern

B．trust

C．pleasure

D．fear

10.

A．right

B．false

C．foolish

D．quick

11.

A．challenge

B．change

C．chance

D．choice

12.

A．also

B．hardly

C．mostly

D．nearly

13.

A．if

B．how

C．why

D．what

14.

A．ran

B．jumped

C．struggled

D．threw

15.

A．dead

B．away

C．alone

D．back

16.

A．idea

B．lesson

C．turn

D．duty

17.

A．before

B．after

C．until

D．since

18.

A．reminded

B．shared

C．surrounded

D．stuck

19.

A．time

B．order

C．mind

D．return

20.

A．accurate

B．enormous

C．extreme

D．adequate

4 . When one California construction worker, Colin Blevin arrived at work at around 7 a.m. on Monday morning, he noticed a car was blocking the entrance-way to the construction site. While asking the driver to move, Colin spotted a baby in a car seat. “He moved the car and I pulled in,” Blevin said. “The back door was cracked open and I saw a baby.”

Blevin had no idea that earlier that morning, a car with a 1-year-old had been stolen about 90 miles away while the baby’s father ran inside to order his lunch. “I didn’t know what was going on. I didn’t know initially the baby was in danger and there was an AMBER Alert(警报),” Blevin said.

Even though everything appeared pretty normal, Blevin’s instincts told him something was wrong. After parking his car, a local woman walked over and confirmed his suspicions. The lady told him quietly, “Help me save this baby.” She said, “You have to save this baby. The guy tried to give it to me.” He looked into the car and there was a beautiful chunky baby looking at him. The baby was calm, clean, with a bottle on his chest.

Blevin met the man, 44-year-old Raymond Randy Gutierrez, and asked whose baby was in the car. “He said a lady gave him the car and left the baby in the car,” Blevin said. “And right away I thought that makes no sense. The baby was well taken care of and this guy was dirty, skinny and nervous.” Blevin grabbed the baby from the car and Gutierrez ran away when he called 911. Police caught Gutierrez later that day and were able to reunite the baby with his parents.

1. How did Gutierrez get the car?

A．A father left it to him.	B．He stole it.
C．A lady gave it to him.	D．He bought it.

2. What can the underlined word “instinct” in Paragraph 3 be replaced by?

A．companion	B．natural ability
C．colleague	D．text message

3. What did Gutierrez decide to do with the baby?

A．To sell it to a father.	B．To take care of it himself.
C．To abandon it in the car.	D．To leave it to others.

4. What made Blevin suspect the baby didn’t belong to Gutierrez?

A．The expression of the man.

B．The appearance of the baby and the man.

C．The time when he found the baby.

D．The place where the car parked.

5 . Last July 4th, three police officers went into a supermarket to get something cold to drink.

Once inside, the cops were __ by a store security guard who asked for __ with a suspected thief. The woman in question didn’t have the look of an __ criminal. She was obviously scared, and her cheeks were wet with ___.

The cops looked __ her bag. “We just saw containers of ___. Nothing else,” Mike told CBS New York.

“I’m hungry,” she explained ___.

Being caught, the woman no doubt expected to be taken to jail for the __ of being hungry while poor. __ the cops had other ideas. “We’ll __ for her food,” Sojo told the __ security guard.

The three men had no discussion at all. It went ___. Instead, each of them __ out 10 dollars to pay the tab. She would not be arrested today.

The woman wept in ___. Drying her eyes with a kerchief, she ___, “Thank you, thank you.”

She wasn’t the only one touched by this act of ___. “It was a very beautiful,____moment,” says Paul, who was at the store. He was so __ by what he’d seen that he posted a photo on Twitter for all to see.

But attention was __ what the officers wanted. They were driven by a far more common emotion. As Sojo told CNN, “When you look at someone’s face and see that they need you and they’re actually hungry, it’s pretty __ as a human being to walk away from something like this.”

1.

A．questioned

B．examined

C．approached

D．required

2.

A．help

B．information

C．permission

D．trouble

3.

A．unskilled

B．experienced

C．intelligent

D．active

4.

A．paint

B．water

C．rain

D．tears

5.

A．outside

B．inside

C．around

D．down

6.

A．food

B．fruit

C．drinks

D．sweets

7.

A．anxiously

B．shamelessly

C．fearfully

D．angrily

8.

A．action

B．mistake

C．habit

D．crime

9.

A．And

B．But

C．So

D．Still

10.

A．pay

B．look

C．apologize

D．account

11.

A．annoyed

B．excited

C．surprised

D．confused

12.

A．unchanged

B．uninformed

C．unsaid

D．uncalled

13.

A．took

B．brought

C．worked

D．pointed

14.

A．delight

B．sorrow

C．regret

D．gratitude

15.

A．recalled

B．repeated

C．responded

D．requested

16.

A．thinking

B．choosing

C．sharing

D．caring

17.

A．brave

B．genuine

C．painful

D．terrible

18.

A．moved

B．amazed

C．bored

D．influenced

19.

A．sometimes

B．finally

C．never

D．always

20.

A．simple

B．natural

C．complex

D．difficult

6 . Amanda Seyfried didn’t grow up with dogs. With her busy work schedule, she didn’t think she could take care of a dog. In fact, she wasn’t looking for a furry friend at all.

But then she met Finn. Today, the 34-year-old actress, who’s known for films Mamma Mia, is a dog owner and a spokeswoman at the welfare organization Best Friends Animal Society.

“I can’t imagine my life without him,” Seyfried says of 6.5-year-old Australian shepherd Finn, who is allowed on her U.S. set. If for some reason he can’t join Seyfried on location --- like on a recent trip when she traveled from France to China, Seyfried requests from her dog sitter twice — daily videos of him.

Now with a new video for Best Friends Animal Society, she calls herself Finn’s “stage mother.”

Seyfried and Finn shot an 80s-themed video for the 9000StepsChallenge, which asks animal owners to walk 9,000 steps with their pets on the ninth day of the month to raise awareness to the fact that more than 9,000 dogs and cats are euthanized (安乐死) in shelters each day because there’s not enough room.

As for the video shoot, in which Seyfried and Finn walked the 9,000 steps --- it was more exhausting than a long walk. Seyfried was Finn’s trainer on the shoot. She believes that instead of being Finn’s cp-star, she’ll go back to being BFFs.

1. Why did Seyfried originally refuse a pet dog?

A．She wasn’t not yet a spokeswoman.

B．She wasn’t used to being with a dog.

C．She was too busy to care for a dog.

D．She had not enough room for a dog.

2. Who does the underlined word “him” in paragraph 3 refer to?

A．Finn.	B．Seyfried.
C．The dog sitter.	D．Finn’s best friend.

3. Why did Seyfried shoot the video together with Finn?

A．To show how deep she loves Finn.

B．To train Finn to have a long walk.

C．To take part in an animal cp-star show.

D．To call on public attention to pets’ life.

4. Which section of a newspaper is this text most likely from?

A．News	B．Life
C．Education	D．Sports

7 . My dog died. Yes, she was very old, deaf, and partially blind. She had long lost her _______ energy. Watching her _______ into   her bed was as painful for me as it was for her. In the past few months, she had begun to bark at strangers and neighbors. But she used to be _______ even if a child pulled her tail._______ her decline doesn’t lessen the loss, however.

My husband had found her _______ on his farm and brought her home. She was a black and dirty bag of bones who got _______ when we approached. I like to think the years she spent with us were filled with _______. Every so often, though, my husband would remind me her days were _______, and we agreed that if she showed any _______ of pain, we would put her down. No need for her to ________ ,no need for us to hold on tight. I prepared myself for her________ .

Yet, when it came eventually, I wasn’t ________ . I was angry about the __________ of it all. It appears as if we couldn’t negotiate with death, with fate but to __________ ourselves, assuming that we have more time. We can’t really live every day as if it were our last.

We do love our pets. They become a necessary part of the family. Now I still __________look for her in my home office, where she slept. I still ________ her to come and sit at my feet or to slide to the front door whenever one ________. And I miss my__________ of the walks, the feeding and the bathing. I miss her ________ and the sense of being around the house, but more than anything I miss the ________ that she loved me so unconditionally.

1.

A．natural

B．youthful

C．special

D．lasting

2.

A．settle

B．dive

C．jump

D．throw

3.

A．angry

B．brave

C．friendly

D．anxious

4.

A．Feeling

B．Enjoying

C．Checking

D．Knowing

5.

A．rejected

B．exposed

C．abandoned

D．protected

6.

A．fearless

B．disappointed

C．proud

D．nervous

7.

A．sorrow

B．love

C．regret

D．pain

8.

A．finished

B．approached

C．counted

D．ended

9.

A．marks

B．gestures

C．aspects

D．signs

10.

A．fight

B．suffer

C．contact

D．survive

11.

A．departure

B．arrival

C．journey

D．adventure

12.

A．aware

B．doubtful

C．eager

D．ready

13.

A．unfairness

B．failure

C．battle

D．challenge

14.

A．inform

B．convince

C．remind

D．fool

15.

A．carefully

B．unconsciously

C．instantly

D．actively

16.

A．expect

B．agree

C．invite

D．allow

17.

A．shows off

B．turns around

C．stops by

D．picks up

18.

A．routine

B．freedom

C．hobby

D．course

19.

A．difference

B．absence

C．presence

D．influence

20.

A．reason

B．knowledge

C．wish

D．desire

8 . It was the week before Christmas, and the line at the post office snaked twice around the lobby(大厅). It seemed that no one was moving. The office looked like an exhibit in the Postal Wax Museum. I came to the self-service machine where the line was much shorter.

I don’t like self-service. I tell people it’s because I don’t approve of taking jobs away from people, but the real problem is that I’m not good at it. The machine always asks me something I don’t know the answer to. I hate this. I am a retired letter carrier, and we moved mail in the old-fashioned way hand to hand, human to human. We were fast, friendly, and frequently accurate.

The woman in the front of the line was clicking away at the screen. And the clicks were surprisingly loud. Any signs of hesitation on her part were telegraphed to the whole lobby. I felt sorry for her: The machine could smell fear. The next person took a long time, too. I breathed deeply. By the time it was my turn, I had the heart rate of a yogi(瑜伽修行者).

Under the weight of concern from the people in line behind me, I felt a growing obligation to minimize the seconds between clicks. Finally it was time to slide in a credit card. The machine didn’t take it. “Try putting it in the other way” the gentleman behind me suggested. No good.

“I’ve got a different card,” I said, and fished around for that one, beginning to sweat. The machine wanted a PIN, but not the one I suggested.

“Start over.” I clicked, intending to try the first card again.

Oh no. I had to start all over again.

“I’ m sorry,” I said, looking back, sheepish. “I guess I don't know what I’m doing. You all go ahead.”

“Don’t give up,” said the nice man behind me. “Try it again. We’re all friends here, right?”

Smiles were blooming all down the line. I tried again, clicked with deliberation and sincerity, and introduced my credit card as though I were presenting it to the queen. Finally, I made it!

I couldn’t have been happier. Everyone burst into applause. Comfort and joy!

1. What do we know about the post office?

A．It was pretty large.	B．Something went wrong there.
C．It was very busy at Christmas.	D．Efficient services were provided.

2. While waiting for his turn, the author was     .

A．a little excited	B．totally relaxed
C．bored and impatient	D．nervous and anxious

3. What does the underlined word “sheepish” in Paragraph 8 mean?

A．Grateful	B．Surprised
C．Embarrassed	D．Determined

4. What did the man behind the author do?

A．He rushed the author.	B．He laughed at the author.
C．He mailed for the author.	D．He encouraged the author.

9 . 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.

10 . Twelve-year-old Allen decided to leave home city and make a living by himself because his family was too poor.

Before he left,his father asked him what he was going to do.Allen answered,“I want to learn____ performance.”

His father was___ with his answer, “What? No, you can’t do that. Circus is the place for clowns in many people’s eyes. Our family will be __ of you.”

But Allen __,   “Our family is so poor right now. Which is more important to you, ___or clothing and food? I will give you some money every month from the circus. It probably will be a huge __.” His father was very __, “If you go there, somebody will know about it very soon and I’ll be very __.”

After going __ a lot of difficulties,Allen finally found a circus and convinced the __ to let him stay. He worked very hard studying magic and lived with animals.

Every month, his parents would get a__from him. But they never knew his address. They knew the money was from Allen but when people asked them about Allen’s __, they never told them the truth. Later, his parents received more and more money from him.

Then,a __ named Albert became very famous in the whole world.Everyone thought__ of his performance. Lots of people hurried to see his performance from far away.

One day, Allen’s father went to visit a relative in another __. The relative paid a lot of money for tickets of Albert the magician’s show. Allen’s father went to the show with the relative. During the show, Allen’s father got totally __ by the magician’s tricks. When the magician took off his__,the father found Albert was his son,Allen.

Allen recognized his father. His father __ him, “Why did you change your name?”

“Because you said you would be embarrassed for me.”

“But nobody will __ the famous magician is my son Allen.”

We want all the best things in life and avoid the bad past. However, every good thing comes at a __. You can’t have them all without giving up something.

1.

A．music

B．theatre

C．circus

D．animal

2.

A．satisfied

B．unhappy

C．curious

D．hopeful

3.

A．guilty

B．proud

C．tired

D．ashamed

4.

A．insisted

B．demanded

C．added

D．declined

5.

A．dignity

B．popularity

C．name

D．money

6.

A．career

B．success

C．fortune

D．performance

7.

A．convincing

B．stubborn

C．understanding

D．confused

8.

A．embarrassed

B．disappointed

C．annoyed

D．frightened

9.

A．over

B．after

C．beyond

D．through

10.

A．guard

B．owner

C．trainer

D．performer

11.

A．letter

B．photo

C．check

D．note

12.

A．job

B．performance

C．address

D．boss

13.

A．clown

B．magician

C．musician

D．writer

14.

A．badly

B．ill

C．highly

D．nothing

15.

A．village

B．city

C．circus

D．country

16.

A．affected

B．addicted

C．persuaded

D．impressed

17.

A．jacket

B．glasses

C．mask

D．gloves

18.

A．hugged

B．praised

C．thanked

D．blamed

19.

A．know

B．doubt

C．admit

D．acknowledge

20.

A．reason

B．point

C．reward

D．price