1 . Apple, a 34-year-old doctor, had been on call at Atlanta Medical Center for more than two days, with only a few hours’ sleep. And now tiredness was clouding her eyes as she drove to a meeting in Kentucky, nearly seven hours away. She tried turning on her CB radio, which enthusiasts used to warn one another about road conditions, but the airwaves (广播频道) were silent. Soon Apple’s car started to weave.

A 41-year-old trucker named Woody Key found a car ahead, drifting (漂移) off the road. Key shouted into his CB microphone (麦克风), “Four-wheeler, are you all right?”

Apple woke up. She talked on her CB radio. “I’m tired, and I’m lucky I’m still alive driving this tired. Thanks!”

“Call me Woodpecker, my CB nickname (昵称),” the trucker said. “I’m going to Kentucky. And you?”

“Kentucky.”

“I’ll travel behind and help keep you awake. What’s your CB nickname?”

“Dr. Froot Loops,” she told him.

As they drove, they shared stories, and the time passed quickly. They parted near the Kentucky state line. She thanked him for keeping her awake and safe on the long, dark road.

Years later, Apple found several doctors checking a person brought in from an accident. His head was badly hurt. She put both hands on his head, hoping to calm him. “It’s not your time to die!” she said.

Then, he asked for her name.

“Dr. Sherry Apple,” she replied.

“No ... your CB nickname.”

“How did you guess I have a CB?”

“... I know your voice ...”

“My nickname is Dr. Froot Loops.”

“Oh … It’s me … Woodpecker!”

It was her truck driver! She said, “It’s not your time, Woodpecker!” Then Key was rushed into the operating room.    

The first days out of the operating room were very painful for Key. Often Apple would get home and find her phone ringing. Nurses, unable to calm Key, asked her to return. She always did.

About two months after his accident, Key was ready to leave the hospital. As he was leaving, he told Apple, “I don’t think I could have made it without you.” Apple’s eyes welled up. “And I wouldn’t have made it without you.”

1. What happened to Apple on her way to Kentucky?

A．She was called back to hospital halfway.

B．.She was disconnected from her friend.

C．She fell asleep as she drove.

D．She met with a car accident.

2. How did Key help Apple reach Kentucky?

A．By giving her a lift.

B．By driving her car instead.

C．By talking with her by phone.

D．By keeping her eyes on the road.

3. What can we learn about Key after his accident?

A．He fought to survive.

B．He returned home quickly.

C．He stayed quite calm in the hospital.

D．He was looked after by Apple every day.

4. How did Key and Apple look at their relationship?

A．It was heart-breaking.

B．It was life-saving.

C．It was serious.

D．It was strange.

2 . At Blossom End Railroad Station, 22-year-old Stanley Vine sat, waiting for his new employer. The surrounding green fields were so unlike the muddy landscape of war-torn France. After four horrible years as an army private ( 列 兵 ) fighting in Europe, Stanley had returned to England in February 1946. Armed now with some savings and with no prospects for a job in England, he answered a newspaper ad for farm help in Canada. Two months later he was on his way.

When the old car rumbled toward the tiny station, Stanley rose to his feet, trying to make the most of his five foot, four inch frame. The farmer, Alphonse Lapine, shook his head and complained, “You’re a skinny thing.” On the way to his dairy farm, Alphonse explained that he had a wife and seven kids. “Money’s tight. You’ll get room and board. You’ll get up at dawn for milking, and then help me around the farm until evening milking time again. Ten dollars a week. Sundays off.” Stanley nodded. He had never been on a farm before, but he took the job.

From the beginning Stanley was treated horribly by the whole family. They made fun of the way he dressed and talked. The humourless farmer frequently lost his temper, criticizing Stanley for the slightest mistake. The oldest son, 13-year-old Armand, constantly played nasty tricks on him. But the kind-hearted Stanley never responded.

Stanley never became part of the Lapine family. After work, they ignored him. He spent his nights alone in a tiny bedroom. However, each evening before retiring, he lovingly cared for the farmer’s horses, eagerly awaiting him at the field gate. He called them his gentle giants.

Early one November morning Alphonse Lapine discovered that Stanley had disappeared, after only six months at his farmhand. In fact no one in the community ever heard of him again. That is, until one evening, almost 20 years later, when Armand, opened an American sports magazine and came across a shocking headline, “Millionaire jockey, Stanley Vine, ex-British soldier and 5-time horse riding champion, began life in North America as a farmhand in Canada.”

1. Stanley Vine decided to go to Canada because _____.

A．he wanted to escape from war-torn France

B．he wanted to serve in the Canadian army

C．he couldn’t find a job in England

D．he loved working as a farmhand

2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Stanley joined the French army when he was 18 years old.

B．On the farm Stanley had to milk the cows 14 times a week.

C．The Lapine family were rich but cruel to Stanley.

D．Stanley read about the job offer in a newspaper.

3. What can we infer from the passage?

A．When Stanley first met his employer, he tried to impress him but failed.

B．Stanley had never worked on a farm, so he made a lot of mistakes.

C．Stanley’s weekly salary was not enough for him to live on.

D．Stanley left the farm by train, without telling anyone why he did so.

4. Why was Armand so astonished when he read about Stanley in the magazine?

A．He didn’t know Stanley had been a British soldier.

B．He had no idea Stanley had always been a wealthy man.

C．He didn’t know his father paid Stanley so little money.

D．He didn’t expect Stanley to become such a success.

3 . I can still remember when I met my best friend. She had just moved into the neighborhood and her grandmother brought her down to ___me. I hid behind my mother and she hid behind her grandmother,____to look at each other. Soon we lost the____and started playing with each other.

In the 7^th grade, I first lost touch with her. She was___ family problems and I deserted her to be with the____people. None of my new friends liked her as much as I did because they knew she had____. However, every summer we____always sit at each other’s house, watch soap operas, and talk about all the boys we liked.

It was last year when I noticed the problem. I guess I was____devoted in high school to ___she needed someone there. Anyway, she made a new best friend and so did I. Then I didn’t know why, ___she started cutting herself!

She then was diagnosed with clinical depression(抑郁症). At first, I was very ___, but we still stayed in_____I wanted to be there with her since her new best friend basically ___her and people were calling her_____

Yesterday she came to me and said, “I never knew what a best friend was ___you, the only person, would stop me cutting. I ___your help so much, and you didn’t even know you were ___me.”

We both cried. And I guess a kind of____from my life is never to give up on your friends. Even if they aren’t as cool as others, or people think they are crazy, they need____there. ___you desert them, you will only be guilty yourself.

1.

A．follow

B．meet

C．join

D．support

2.

A．scared

B．annoyed

C．worried

D．excited

3.

A．temper

B．trait

C．confidence

D．shyness

4.

A．taking up

B．getting through

C．going through

D．making up

5.

A．happier

B．cooler

C．individual

D．cleverer

6.

A．problems

B．shortcomings

C．partners

D．disabilities

7.

A．should

B．could

C．would

D．might

8.

A．much

B．too

C．only

D．just

9.

A．admit

B．rebel

C．consider

D．realize

10.

A．but

B．for

C．or

D．so

11.

A．calm

B．considerate

C．upset

D．helpful

12.

A．place

B．touch

C．control

D．mood

13.

A．confused

B．bothered

C．reminded

D．deserted

14.

A．crazy

B．bitter

C．amazing

D．sincere

15.

A．unless

B．as

C．until

D．that

16.

A．grieve

B．appreciate

C．influence

D．demand

17.

A．urging

B．blaming

C．helping

D．hurting

18.

A．honor

B．favor

C．submission

D．lesson

19.

A．someone

B．something

C．anyone

D．everything

20.

A．As if

B．Although

C．If

D．Unless

4 . It was December 2018.UPS driver Ryan Arens was making his rounds near a pond in Bozeman, Montana, when he heard a strange sound. It came from a brown-and-white hound(猎犬）,struggling to hold on tightly to a thin layer of ice.

How it got there no one knows,but an elderly man was already on the scene.He'd entered the pond in a rowboat,breaking the ice with a rock to create a path to the dog.It was going slowly,and Arens,44, thought he stood a better chance.

“Animals are my weakness,” he told the Great Falls Tribune, explaining why he took off his clothes and asked the elderly man to use his rowboat.

Arens slid closer to the dog and used the other man's rock to smash at the ice.He lifted the stone too high and slipped off the boat,crashing into 16-foot deep cold water.He resurfaced in time to see the dog going under.Using nervous energy to keep warm,he swam about five feet toward it.He grabbed hold of its collar,and pulled it to the ice.He then lifted the dog into the boat and slid back to the shore,where anxious bystanders carried the dog to the home of a retired veterinarian (兽医）.

The next day, Arens was back working the same neighborhood when the dog's owner came over to thank him for saving it."Would you like to meet it?"he asked.He opened the door to his pickup,and it sprang out.It leapt on Arens and bathed him in wet kisses.

“That special delivery,” says Arens, “was the highlight of my UPS career.”

1. What do we know from the incident?

A．The dog was hunting before struggling in the pond.

B．Arens hated it when seeing any animal suffering.

C．The elderly man had a better way to save the dog.

D．Swimming to save the dog was Arens's intention.

2. What kind of person is Arens?

A．Manful and helpful.

B．Devoted and aggressive.

C．Responsible and ambitious.

D．Decisive and stubborn.

3. What is the best title of the passage?

A．A dying dog rescued with joint efforts.

B．A pond frozen with a thin layer of ice.

C．A UPS driver saved by a veterinarian.

D．A kind deed done in a special delivery.

5 . When he was 15,Owen Lima got behind the wheel of a car. Soon after, he rolled the car and ___.a serious head injury.When he finally woke,he discovered that the injury had brought __ to his brain,which he has continued to __ for the past 40 years.

Lima's condition has made it difficult for him to ___others,especially when they speak quickly,and makes him____ likely to be affected by anxiety attacks.Therefore, Lima is __ by Blue,a service dog that helps keep him __

One of the biggest problems Lima has faced is finding___.For years,he has __ to find a steady job.He has gone to find jobs with his dog but has always been treated____or given unfair wages,making him feel like a(n) __ citizen.

Lima's __ finally turned when he and Blue __ a job at a Lowe's home improvement store in Regina.When __ what the dog was for,Lima talked about the whole story.The store manager __ to give him a chance of success.

Now,Lima and Blue both___ in the store.During the store's grand opening,the pair was there to ___new.customers when the doors opened.Blue has even been dressed in his own custom-made vest to ___the other employees' uniforms.Lima says he is____to his new employer,both for the chance to work and for letting Blue __.

1.

A．witnessed

B．risked

C．suffered

D．escaped

2.

A．damage

B．inconvenience

C．benefit

D．comfort

3.

A．compete against

B．live on

C．look after

D．deal with

4.

A．understand

B．remember

C．serve

D．notice

5.

A．hardly

B．equally

C．only

D．highly

6.

A．inspired

B．accompanied

C．observed

D．trained

7.

A．calm

B．proud

C．quiet

D．clever

8.

A．shelter

B．treatment

C．friendship

D．employment

9.

A．struggled

B．prepared

C．waited

D．promised

10.

A．seriously

B．poorly

C．kindly

D．normally

11.

A．ill-educated

B．strange-looking

C．second-class

D．middle-status

12.

A．attitude

B．dream

C．nature

D．luck

13.

A．depended on

B．applied for

C．stuck to

D．thought of

14.

A．told

B．taught

C．asked

D．shown

15.

A．decided

B．pretended

C．continued

D．failed

16.

A．rest

B．work

C．explore

D．wander

17.

A．praise

B．invite

C．greet

D．interview

18.

A．replace

B．challenge

C．change

D．match

19.

A．generous

B．helpful

C．grateful

D．accessible

20.

A．break in

B．come along

C．turn up

D．move off

6 . 阅读表达

A funny thing happened about a month ago when I opened the double doors of a small storage area in the back of my house where I kept my garden supplies during the long winter.

There, on top of a tower of dirt-filled pots, was a flash of green, topped with two of the most unlikely pink flowers you’ve ever seen. A quick examination showed that, in fact, this was a living, growing plant.

How was this possible? I was lost in thought. I couldn’t figure out how the plant survived under such environment. The unheated space had been sealed up (被密封) by us all winter, except for the times when we opened the doors to take the tools. It was still cold outside. Could this be one of those garden miracles I’d read about?

I wondered what helped the plant exist. I looked around and discovered something approaching an explanation. There are small glasses along the top of the double doors. And it’s possible that a ray of sun beams (照射) directly on that pot, giving it just enough light and warmth to let it to live in its own personal greenhouse.

I learned some lessons from this wonderful plant.

For one thing, I am moved by the accident of the whole thing. Had I started to put my pot six inches to the left or right of that spot, the plant might not have derived a little warmth from the sunshine. Had I pulled out the roots of the plant instead of cutting back the greenery in late fall, there would have been nothing but dirt in that pot.

But there’s something else that inspires me about this. Just how little light and warmth it took for this plant to move forward, grow and flower. It is wonderful to consider that just a drop of sunshine can awaken a day, a place and a life. When it comes to positivity, a little goes a long way.

1. How did the plant look like?(no more than 10 words)
________________________________________________________________________________________
2. In what environment did the plant grow?(no more than 10 words)
________________________________________________________________________________________
3. What helped the plant exist?(no more than 10 words)
________________________________________________________________________________________
4. What does the underlined word in Paragraph 6 mean?(1 word)
________________________________________________________________________________________
5. What do you learn from the story? Please explain in your own words.(no more than 20 words)
________________________________________________________________________________________

7 . Standing nervously behind the red curtain, I glanced out across the stage. A girl about my age sat at a piano; I could see her fingertips moving over the black and white keys in front of her. The beautiful melody (旋律) was so relaxing, ________ my body tensed with anxiety.

My body ________ when the girl stood up from the bench. It was finally my turn. A part of me wanted to run home and ________ under my bed, but I knew I had chosen to ________. When the girl onstage walked toward me, I could hear my heart beating ________. The girl had a proud smile on her face and when she passed me, I heard her say “Good________”!

“Well, here goes nothing.” I said to myself.

I stepped onto the ________ and walked slowly toward the piano. The bright lights nearly ________ me, making it difficult to see the audience. When I reached the ________, I automatically slid onto the bench into position. The sounds of whispering and people walking around gave way to complete silence. I stared at my ________ fingers and for a moment my mind went ________. Closing my eyes, I imagined the music sitting in front of me and tried to recall every tiny detail.

Finally, I took a deep breath and began to play Beethoven’s moonlight sonata (协奏曲). The rich tones of the piano rang out. One by one, each muscle in my body loosened and relaxed I sat on the bench and my ________ danced over the row of black and white keys as if they had a mind of their own.

All the practice and ________ I put in for six months showed this was what my teacher was pushing for. I tried to ________ all the things she reminded me to do. “Keep your wrists up, relax your arms, don’t raise your shoulders…” I remembered feeling slightly annoyed hearing these things continuously but I never realized until now how it really ________.

When I reached the end of the piece the audience started ________. I rose from the bench and gave a deep bow. A proud smile ________ up my face. Inside I felt ________ that it was over and that I had done so well. As the applause died down, I turned and walked to the other side of the stage. I saw a young boy standing nervously behind the red curtains staring ________ out at the stage. When I walked by, I passed to him the two words that were given to me for ________: Good luck!

1.

A．and

B．but

C．for

D．so

2.

A．ached

B．bent

C．moved

D．froze

3.

A．hide

B．sleep

C．play

D．drink

4.

A．run

B．escape

C．stand

D．perform

5.

A．happily

B．lightly

C．hardly

D．violently

6.

A．guy

B．luck

C．music

D．performance

7.

A．stage

B．bridge

C．path

D．chair

8.

A．hurt

B．killed

C．blinded

D．frightened

9.

A．piano

B．curtain

C．light

D．entrance

10.

A．waving

B．shaking

C．unfolding

D．crossing

11.

A．wild

B．awake

C．blank

D．wrong

12.

A．fingers

B．feet

C．arms

D．legs

13.

A．excuse

B．support

C．service

D．effort

14.

A．forget

B．recall

C．ignore

D．grasp

15.

A．helped

B．started

C．stopped

D．formed

16.

A．joking

B．blaming

C．leaving

D．clapping

17.

A．burned

B．dried

C．lit

D．lifted

18.

A．relieved

B．worried

C．embarrassed

D．confused

19.

A．confidently

B．fearfully

C．excitedly

D．angrily

20.

A．encouragement

B．sympathy

C．appreciation

D．reward

8 . As I jogged over the bridge and round the corner on my regular early morning run, he was standing opposite the jeweler’s, looking extremely suspicious. But the moment he saw me, instead of trying to avoid me, he came straight across the road as I drew level with the jeweler’s. Halfway across he began addressing me: “I thought you were going to…” — but his voice trailed away as he received no reply and no sign of recognition from me. It was quite obvious that he had mistaken me for someone else. But he started up again as if nothing had happened．“Good morning, ” he said．“Nice to bump into someone so early. Someone to talk to. I’ve taken to talking to myself on this job.”

I hate meeting people when I’m out early, and I was almost out of breath, so I just paused in my stride, nodded in a friendly manner, and went on up the road. The stranger had spoken quietly, and quite slowly. And I had noticed that he was well dressed, too. But if he looked suspicious dressed like that at that time of the morning, what about me? I was in a track suit, with an old sweater round my shoulders and a cap on my head．As to his odd remark about “talking to himself on this job”, I hadn’t paid any attention to it, although now it began to worry me. Was he perhaps a plain clothes policeman? At the time I somehow felt he was.

I had just turned the corner into the High Street when I heard the sound of breaking glass somewhere behind me, and I thought the sound came from the street I had just left. I stopped dead and almost without thinking looked back around the corner. The stranger was not there, but almost immediately an alarm bell in the jeweler’s began ringing furiously.

I found out later that a burglar had broken into the jeweler’s shop and stolen watches and rings worth about   ￡5,000. The police are still looking into the matter, but I’m afraid to go and tell them what I know now because they might even suspect me of committing the crime, and it might be difficult for me to prove my innocence. After all, I haven’t offered my assistance as a witness, and the only other person around that morning was the “stranger” who had spoken to me.

1. From the passage we can infer that the author _____.

A．always goes past the jeweler’s

B．didn’t like talking to the strangers

C．meets a few people every morning

D．saw a plain clothes policeman that morning

2. Why did the stranger talk to the author?

A．Because the stranger took the author as someone else.

B．Because the stranger loved talking to people.

C．Because the stranger recognized the writer.

D．Because the stranger took a job of talking to himself.

3. Why did the stranger seem suspicious?

A．He was about to go into the jeweler’s.

B．He was far too friendly.

C．He was dressed too well for that time.

D．He talked to himself a lot.

4. If the writer had been on the spot, _____.

A．he might have been badly injured

B．he would have seen what happened

C．he wouldn’t have heard the alarm bell

D．the stranger wouldn’t have broken the window

5. What idea does the author convey in the last paragraph?

A．he thinks the stranger is innocent

B．the burglar didn’t steal very much

C．he might commit the crime to the police

D．he hesitates whether to report to the police about what he knew

9 . Kincaid looked at his watch: eight-seventeen. The truck started on the second try, and he backed out, shifted gears, and moved slowly down the alley under hazy sun. Through the streets of Bellingham he went, heading south on Washington 11, running along the coast of Puget Sound for a few miles, then following the highway as it swung east a little before meeting U.S Route 20.

Turning into the sun, he began the long, winding drive through the Cascades. He liked this country and felt impressed，stopping now and then to make notes about interesting possibilities for future expeditions or to shoot what he called “memory snapshots.” The purpose of these causal photographs was to remind him of places he might want to visit again and approach more seriously. In later afternoon he turned north at Spokane, picking up U.S Route 2, which would take him halfway across the northern United States to Duluth, Minnesota.

He wished for the thousandth time in his life that he had a dog, a golden retriever, maybe, for travels like this and to keep him company at home. But he was frequently away; overseas much of the time and it would not be fair to the animal. Still, he thought about it anyway. In a few years he would be getting too old for the hard fieldwork. “I must get a dog then.” He said to himself.

Drives like this always put him into a sentimental mood. The dog was part of it. Robert Kincaid was alone as it’s possible to be – an only child, parents both dead, distant relatives who had lost track of him and he of them, no close friends.

He thought about Marian. She had left him nine years ago after five years of marriage. He was fifty–two now, that would make her just under forty. Marian had dreams of becoming a musician, a folksinger. She knew all of the Weavers’ songs and sang them pretty well in the coffeehouse of Seattle. When he was home in the old days, he drove her to the shows and sat in the audience while she sang.

His long absences – two or three months sometimes – were hard on the marriage. He knew that. She was aware of what he did when they decided to get married, and both of them had a vague (not clear) sense that it could all be handled somehow. It couldn’t when he came from photographing a story in Iceland and, she was gone. The note read, “Robert, it didn’t work out, I left you the Harmony guitar. Stay in touch.”

He didn’t stay in touch. Neither did she. He signed the divorce papers when they arrived a year later and caught a plane for Australia the next day. She had asked for nothing except her freedom.

1. Which statement is true according to the passage?

A．Kincaid’s parents were dead and he only kept in touch with some distant relatives.

B．Kincaid would have had a dog if he hadn’t been away from home too much.

C．Kincaid used to have a golden retriever.

D．Kincaid needed a dog in doing his hard fieldwork.

2. Why did Kincaid stop to take photos while driving?

A．To write “memory snapshots”.

B．To remind himself of places he might want to visit again.

C．To avoid forgetting the way back.

D．To shoot beautiful scenery along the road.

3. What can you know about Marian?

A．She died after five years of marriage.

B．She was older than Kincaid.

C．She could sing very well and earned big money.

D．She was not a professional pop singer.

4. We can draw a conclusion from the passage that

A．Marian knew what would happen before she married Kincaid.

B．Kincaid thought his absence would be a problem when he married Marian.

C．It turned out that Marian could not stand Kincaid’s absence and left him.

D．After Marian left him, they still kept in touch with each other.

10 . I was in my third year of teaching creative writing at a high school in New York, when one of my students, 15-year-old Mikey, gave me a note from his mother. It explained his absence from class the day before.

I had seen Mikey himself writing the note at his desk. Most parental-excuse notes（请假条） I received were penned by my students. If I were to deal with them, I’d be busy 24 hours a day.

The forged excuse notes made a large pile, with writing that ranged from imaginative to crazy. The writers of those notes didn't realize that honest excuse notes were usually dull: “Peter was late because the alarm clock didn’t go off.”

Isn’t it remarkable, I thought, how the students complained and said it was hard putting 200 words together on any subject? But when they produced excuse notes, they were brilliant.

So one day I typed out a dozen excuse notes and gave them to my classes. I said, “They’re supposed to be written by parents, but actually they are not. True, Mikey?” The students looked at me nervously.

“Now, this will be the first class to study the art of the excuse note---the first class, ever, to practice writing them. You’re so lucky to have a teacher like me who has taken your best writing and turned it into a subject worthy of study.”

Everyone smiled as I went on, “You used your imaginations. So try more now. Today I’d like you to write ‘An Excuse Note from Adam to God’ or ‘An Excuse Note from Eve to God’.” Heads went down. Pens raced across paper. For the first time ever I saw students so careful in their writing that they had to be asked to go to lunch by their friends.

The next day everyone had excuse notes. Heated discussions followed. The headmaster entered the classroom and walked up and down, looking at papers, and then said, “I’d like you to see me in my office.”

When I stepped into his office, he came to shake my hand and said, “I just want to tell you that that lesson, that task, whatever the hell you were doing, was great. Those kids were writing on the college level. Thank you.”

1. What did the author do with the students found dishonest?

A．He reported them to the headmaster.

B．He lectured（训诫）them hard on honesty.

C．He had them take notes before lunch.

D．He helped improve their writing skills.

2. The underlined word “forged” in the third paragraph means       .

A．former	B．copied
C．false	D．honest

3. The author found that compared with the true excuse notes, the produced ones by the students were usually       .

A．less imaginative	B．more impressive
C．loss lively	D．more serious

4. The author had the students practice writing excuse notes so that students could learn       .

A．the importance of being honest	B．how to write excuse notes skillfully
C．the value of creative writing	D．how to be creative in writing

5. What did the headmaster think of the author’s way of teaching?

A．Effective.	B．Difficult
C．Misleading.	D．Reasonable.