1 . Todd was a sadly quiet 11-year-old boy struggling to adjust to the death of his mother. His father had left long ago, and Todd was living with an aunt who made it _______ that she disliked to take responsibility.

On several occasions, his _______ Sheryl heard his aunt tell him, “If it weren’t for my generosity, you’d be a _______ orphan.”

Sheryl took extra pains to make Todd feel _______ in class, and encouraged his interest in making things. Just before Christmas break, Todd shyly _______ her with a small decorated box he’d made.

“It’s beautiful!” Sheryl cried.

Todd replied, “There’s something special _______ that my mom gave me before she died.” She said, “It’s the only thing I can _______you and still have plenty leftover. It helps you feel better when you’re _______ and safe when you’re _______.”

As Sheryl started to open the box,Todd ________ her, “Oh, you can’t see it.”

Sheryl asked ________ , “Well, what is it?”

“It’s ________. You’re the first person since my mom that I love.’

Sheryl hugged Todd tightly and said, “I’ll ________this forever. It’s the best gift I’ve ________ got.”

She kept it on her desk until she ________ , and touched it whenever she was sad or scared. It never ________ to make her heart smile.

Years later, Todd sent her the autograph book (签名簿) he wrote during his graduation from a medical school. It’s been in the ________ ever since.

In truth, love—not diamonds—is the________that keeps on giving. ________ , love generates itself. The more you ________， the more you have left.

1.

A．possible

B．known

C．reasonable

D．secret

2.

A．neighbor

B．grandpa

C．teacher

D．uncle

3.

A．friendless

B．careless

C．hopeless

D．homeless

4.

A．ignored

B．upset

C．separated

D．valued

5.

A．presented

B．awarded

C．traded

D．bothered

6.

A．beyond

B．inside

C．around

D．below

7.

A．give

B．take

C．buy

D．help

8.

A．happy

B．curious

C．sad

D．rich

9.

A．surprised

B．puzzled

C．scared

D．encouraged

10.

A．warned

B．ordered

C．pleased

D．advised

11.

A．nervously

B．favorably

C．differently

D．kindly

12.

A．joy

B．pity

C．love

D．wisdom

13.

A．watch

B．treasure

C．cover

D．hide

14.

A．ever

B．hardly

C．even

D．frequently

15.

A．married

B．graduated

C．deserted

D．retired

16.

A．stopped

B．failed

C．arranged

D．continued

17.

A．desk

B．room

C．heart

D．box

18.

A．gift

B．idea

C．offer

D．sense

19.

A．Therefore

B．However

C．Besides

D．Anyway

20.

A．give away

B．take in

C．set aside

D．pick up

2 . I met a man yesterday but I didn’t get his name. I’m_________ that I’ll probably never see him again. But that’s OK. The _________ of our meeting was fulfilled in 10 minutes.

He was an elderly man. I didn’t see him at first. I had to_________ for him, the owner of a very worn and old wooden walking stick, which was_________ and was half hanging outside of a shopping cart.

After some_________, I finally found the man, who seemed to lose something and was walking very_________. I knew it was his and called out to him. He returned slowly to get it and thanked me. I was in a friendly mood and we chatted with each other. That’s when this man_________ me with his story and he was not a stranger any more.

I stood outside the _________ with him for 10 minutes, just listening. And that’s all he _________. I stood there, listening to this man share his ____________ after losing his wife during childbirth to his only son. And then later he shared his joy of____________ this son on his own. We talked freely, just like____________.

At the end of our____________ this elderly man clasped (紧握) both of my hands, raised them up to his heart, looked ____________ my eyes and thanked me so____________. He thanked me for listening and ____________ him to share his story. And then he turned around and ____________.

He was out of my sight and I thought this dear man had just provided me with such a(n) ____________ gift-trust. Strangers are never strangers if you open your ____________. Often they are angels in disguise (伪装的). ____________ with others. Listen. Share. These are what we are all here for.

1.

A．delighted

B．confident

C．doubtful

D．embarrassed

2.

A．task

B．process

C．hope

D．purpose

3.

A．search

B．wait

C．care

D．pay

4.

A．sold out

B．given up

C．left behind

D．broken down

5.

A．measures

B．researches

C．experiences

D．efforts

6.

A．anxiously

B．powerfully

C．regretfully

D．horribly

7.

A．amused

B．treated

C．impressed

D．comforted

8.

A．cart

B．hospital

C．restaurant

D．supermarket

9.

A．shared

B．desired

C．ordered

D．believed

10.

A．sense

B．attitude

C．anger

D．pain

11.

A．picking up

B．bringing up

C．keeping up

D．taking up

12.

A．elders

B．parents

C．friends

D．children

13.

A．discussion

B．conversation

C．debate

D．argument

14.

A．into

B．through

C．upon

D．over

15.

A．awkwardly

B．peacefully

C．cheerfully

D．sincerely

16.

A．expecting

B．inviting

C．allowing

D．persuading

17.

A．returned

B．disappeared

C．slipped

D．shouted

18.

A．ordinary

B．expensive

C．precious

D．original

19.

A．body

B．heart

C．memory

D．imagination

20.

A．Compete

B．Cope

C．Compare

D．Communicate

3 . Timothy is a 5-year-old boy with autism(自闭症). In October of 2018, doctors told his parents that he suffered   brain tumor(肿瘤).

Two thieves who specialized in stealing packages from people’s front gates had no idea that one of those packages contained a WWE wrestling belt belonging to Timothy. At the time, the belt was on the front gate of Sergio Moriers’s house, whose job was decorating stuff. “Timothy’s father doesn’t make a lot of money. But he wanted to give his son an amazing gift, and I told him I would do everything for free. I said, ‘Just ship it over and I’ll do everything you want on the belt, and he’ll have the belt of a lifetime.’” He said.

When the belt was taken, Sergio was extremely disturbed, “I want them to know they took hope from a 5-year-old boy who is looking forward to that item coming back to him… You stole that from him. You broke a child’s heart.” Timothy’s father shared what that belt meant to his son, “Timothy would not go anywhere without that belt… Most kids have balls, while he had a belt.” All hope was lost.

Then something unexpected happened. “I saw two women appeared at the gate. They put down the bag there. My guard went over and I realized what was happening. That bag contained the stolen wrestling belt,” Sergio said. The two women apologized to Sergio. They said that they were thrown out of a friend’s apartment after the friend saw the news report of the theft on TV. In fact, they were trying to kick a drug habit. They cried with guilt and shame.

Seeing the returned belt, Timothy’s father said, “It’s one of those things you always hear about, those crazy stories about people, but you never think it’ll happen to yourself. I’m still taken aback, to be honest.”

1. What was Sergio’s original intention?

A．To buy the boy a wonderful gift.

B．To beautify the boy’s belt for free.

C．To help the boy win a competition.

D．To earn money from decorating the belt.

2. What can be known about the thieves?

A．They were addicted to drug.

B．They were caught by the police.

C．Their friend reported them on TV.

D．They were punished by the guard.

3. What did Timothy’s father mean at the end of the story?

A．He was annoyed about crazy stories.

B．He felt he was cheated by the thieves.

C．He was astonished at the returned belt.

D．He couldn’t believe his stuff was stolen.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．A Sick Boy Wins a Wrestling Belt

B．Caring People Show Love for a Kid

C．An Immoral Act of Theft Is Revealed

D．Thieves Return Wrestling Belt to the Sick Boy

4 . Dan Price was the CEO of Gravity Payments, a financial services company. One day, he found out a friend was struggling ________. The cost of living in Washington is ________, and she just couldn’t make ends meet(量入为出) on her salary. However, Dan was already earning $1.1 million a year. He realized how ________ it was that he had so much while the people working under him were struggling.

This point was driven home when he ________ a Mc Donald’s handbook on the desk of employee Rosita Barlow. When asked , Rosita burst into tears and ________ that after she left work at Gravity, she went straight to her shifts (轮班)at McDonald’s . Some nights, she even stood ________ at the local food bank.(赈济处）

That’s when Dan decided to do something to stop income ________ in his company. In 2015, he cut his own pay by 90%, mortgaging(抵押）his two houses, and ________ his stocks and savings so that he could ________ every single employee’s pay to $70,000 a year!

More than a third of his employees saw their ________ double. Some feared productivity would decline(下降）if everyone was earning more, but the ________ turned out to be true. Dan’s employees began to truly thrive (奋发）once the stress of making ends meet was ________ from their everyday lives. Employees like Rosita were finally able to quit their second jobs and ________ their work, actually increasing ________.

When COVID-19 hit the U.S, Dan’s company ________ financial difficulties. But what the employees decided ________ Dan! They chose to take a voluntary pay ________ of between 5% and 100% to keep Gravity going ________. The pay cuts worked! Gravity was able to ________ from the economic downturn, and they recently restored all salaries to their pre-pandemic amount.

As the saying goes, a rising tide lifts all boats! Dan treated his employees well. And when it was their turn to________ him, they didn’t let him down!

1.

A．politically

B．financially

C．physically

D．emotionally

2.

A．reasonable

B．predictable

C．high

D．low

3.

A．unfair

B．strange

C．challenging

D．harmful

4.

A．forgot

B．composed

C．discovered

D．reviewed

5.

A．insisted

B．argued

C．suggested

D．admitted

6.

A．in peace

B．in line

C．in demand

D．in relief

7.

A．inequality

B．growth

C．redistribution

D．limit

8.

A．looking into

B．taking over

C．showing off

D．giving up

9.

A．earn

B．raise

C．collect

D．reduce

10.

A．market

B．creativity

C．salaries

D．costs

11.

A．same

B．opposite

C．following

D．first

12.

A．separated

B．returned

C．removed

D．hidden

13.

A．focus on

B．pass down

C．apply for

D．talk about

14.

A．requirement

B．competition

C．risk

D．productivity

15.

A．suffered

B．escaped

C．masked

D．caused

16.

A．disappointed

B．astonished

C．frightened

D．amused

17.

A．service

B．reward

C．check

D．cut

18.

A．public

B．free

C．strong

D．quiet

19.

A．benefit

B．change

C．learn

D．recover

20.

A．repay

B．respect

C．improve

D．invite

5 . A nurse took a tired serviceman to the bedside. “Your son is here,” she said to the old man. She had to ______ the words several times before the patient’s eyes opened. ______ sedated(服镇静剂) because of the pain of his heart attack, he couldn’t see ______ the young uniformed Marine outside the oxygen tent. He ______ his hand. The Marine ______ his toughened fingers around the old man’s ______ ones, squeezing a message of love and encouragement.

All night the young Marine sat in the poorly lighted ward, holding the old man’s hand and ______ him words of love and ______. The nurse suggested·______ that the Marine rest a while but he refused. Whenever the nurse came into the ward, the Marine was ______ of her. Now and then she heard him say a few ______ words. The dying man said nothing, only held ______ to his son all through the night. Along towards ______, the old man died. The Marine ______ the lifeless hand he had been holding and went to tell the nurse.

She started to offer words of ______, but the Marine interrupted her.

“Who was that man?” he asked. The nurse was slightly ______.

“He was your father,” she answered.

“No, he wasn’t,” the Marine replied. “I never saw him before in my life.”

“Then why didn’t you say something when I took you to him?”

“I knew immediately there had been a ______, but I also knew he needed his son, and his son just wasn’t here. When I ______ that he was too sick to tell whether or not I was his son, knowing how much he needed me, I ______.” Indeed, what the Marine did ______ the identity of “son” to some extent.

1.

A．say

B．repeat

C．tell

D．consider

2.

A．Slightly

B．Little

C．Heavily

D．Properly

3.

A．coldly

B．carefully

C．emotionally

D．clearly

4.

A．froze

B．cast

C．waved

D．extended

5.

A．reached

B．held

C．shook

D．wrapped

6.

A．smooth

B．dirty

C．rough

D．weak

7.

A．pouring

B．delivering

C．sending

D．offering

8.

A．strength

B．patience

C．pity

D．passion

9.

A．occasionally

B．regularly

C．secretly

D．happily

10.

A．afraid

B．tired

C．unaware

D．conscious

11.

A．wonderful

B．hard

C．gentle

D．sharp

12.

A．loosely

B．cautiously

C．tightly

D．sadly

13.

A．midnight

B．dawn

C．afternoon

D．dusk

14.

A．escaped

B．released

C．threw

D．put

15.

A．sympathy

B．farewell

C．sadness

D．happiness

16.

A．angry

B．shocked

C．annoyed

D．relieved

17.

A．mistake

B．coincidence

C．mystery

D．death

18.

A．observed

B．realized

C．saw

D．guessed

19.

A．stayed

B．hesitated

C．completed

D．appeared

20.

A．earned

B．missed

C．hated

D．deserved

6 . There was a taxi driver who was angry and wanted to finish his shift as soon as possible. When he arrived to pick up his last passenger of the day, he honked(鸣响)the horn, but no one came out of the apartment. Minutes later, he honked again, but still there was no reaction.

He decided to knock the door. A minute later, when the door finally opened, he saw a woman in her 90s, with a small suitcase, and an apartment with furniture covered in sheets and no decorative items anywhere.

Inside the car the woman gave him an address and asked him to drive through downtown. The taxi driver told her it wasn’t the quickest route, to which she replied she was in no hurry. “I’m on my way to a hospice,” she added. With tears in eyes, she explained she had no family left and, according to the doctors, she didn’t have very long left.

The driver decided to shut off the meter and ask her exactly what route she wanted to take. They drove through town for nearly two hours. The woman showed him every significant place in her life and shared some of her best memories.

When the sun began to set, the woman decided to go to the hospice. When they arrived, the woman asked how much she owed him. “Nothing,” replied the driver. He gave her a hug and she thanked him for giving her a moment of joy.

After leaving the hospice, he drove aimlessly, thinking what would have happened if he had left or if the woman had gotten a driver refusing to drive through downtown. He then realized that this had been the most important thing he had ever done and that the great moments are often the ones that seem small but are actually full of beauty and significance.

1. Which word best describes the driver according to paragraph 1?

A．Strict.

B．Casual.

C．Impatient.

D．Ambitious.

2. What can we infer about the woman passenger?

A．She took a shortcut to the hospice.	B．She was unwilling to take the taxi.
C．Her family refused to give her a ride.	D．She may no longer return to her apartment.

3. What does the underlined word “this” in the last paragraph refer to?

A．Refusing to charge the lady.	B．Driving the lady along her route.
C．Persuading the lady to be optimistic.	D．Helping the lady overcome diseases.

4. What does the author expect us to do in the text?

A．Get rid of our problems.	B．Learn to release our stress.
C．Focus on our own memories.	D．Put ourselves into others’ shoes.

7 . The two separate e-mails bearing good news landed in my inbox within hours of each other: my fifth grader had placed third in a poetry contest while my eighth grader received an honorable mention in a writing contest. Not only was I________of my girls for placing, but for having the confidence to________.

Working at home, I had no one in________life to share the news with. So I went to the Facebook. I wrote a lovely status________starting out with “So proud of these two!” and went on to list their________. Just as I was about to share the post with my 800-plus Facebook friends, I_____. I’m not so sure how my girls would feel about the news going________, even though it’s positive. For________children, having their faces and activities pasted across the Internet mostly happens without their permission, but it’s_________now that my two older daughters are eleven and almost fourteen. They both have a Facebook page and we all________each other. It’s unlikely that a post I make involving them will go________. As they travel through adolescence, I want to make sure I use________ to stay connected to my girls, no alienate (疏远) myself from them. Posting about their victories might be seen as embarrassing rather than cause for________. Or, maybe publicly________my children’s achievements online is just another way to let them know how proud I am of them—________ it’s “just” third place or an honorable mention. In a culture where it seems coming in first is all that________, I want my daughters to realize that their________and commitment are important, wherever they place.

In the end, I waited until my_________came home to ask them what they thought about me making the post. After reapproving the photo and the text, they both agreed it could________. My older one even let me tag her. “Thanks for________that, mom,” she said the next day. “It got 120 likes. You must be pretty proud.”

1.

A．afraid

B．proud

C．careful

D．sure

2.

A．compete

B．respond

C．explore

D．change

3.

A．vivid

B．simple

C．real

D．virtual

4.

A．e-mail

B．story

C．update

D．name

5.

A．hobbies

B．awards

C．strengths

D．courses

6.

A．failed

B．hurried

C．came

D．hesitated

7.

A．wrong

B．silent

C．crazy

D．public

8.

A．younger

B．smarter

C．braver

D．calmer

9.

A．amazing

B．sensible

C．different

D．natural

10.

A．follow

B．believe

C．understand

D．encourage

11.

A．unexpected

B．untouched

C．unpunished

D．unnoticed

12.

A．advice

B．knowledge

C．technology

D．equipment

13.

A．optimism

B．celebration

C．surprise

D．relief

14.

A．gaining

B．measuring

C．comparing

D．announcing

15.

A．even if

B．as though

C．in case

D．now that

16.

A．stays

B．appears

C．counts

D．remains

17.

A．luck

B．effort

C．pride

D．applause

18.

A．friends

B．relatives

C．neighbors

D．angels

19.

A．go live

B．come alive

C．pass down

D．stand out

20.

A．hitting

B．posting

C．repeating

D．examining

8 . 请改正下面短文中的错误。文中共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有三处。每处错误仅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。

The most positive person that I had met is my classmate Xia Tian. One day, in art class, Xia Tian was making a painting when one of the boys were running around with a paintbrush. All of sudden, the boy accidentally drew a line of brown paint in Xia Tian’s painting as he was running past. Instead of get angry she simply smiled but forgave that boy. After that, Xia Tian who started painting around that brown line, and she turned it into a beautiful tree branch in his picture. Xia Tian always thinks about the positive side of thing no matter how badly they seem. Her optimism and big, bright smile make her a role model by everyone.

9 . Niu Yu looked remarkable on the catwalk at the concluded Shanghai Fashion Week. This was not just because of her beauty or the clothes she was wearing. She also seemed to show a (n) _________ strength. She did it with her artificial _________ in full view, and in that single action she _________ beauty with courage.

Thirteen years ago, in the 8. 0-magnitude earthquake that _________ Wenchuan, the then teenaged Niu _________ her right leg as well as her young brother and nine close friends. It was a big _________ to her. However, Niu feels that she is _________. “At least, I _________ and I am surrounded by people who love me.” She says, smiling with tears _________ up in her eyes.

“Losing a leg doesn’t mean losing my ____________ for life.” she says.

In 2018, at the 10th anniversary of the earthquake, she ____________ and finished the 21-kilometer marathon in 3 hours and 53 minutes, ____________ almost walking.

She even went to remote Tibet Autonomous Region for a volunteer ____________ program. Her students surrounded her, looking at her “iron leg” ____________. She knew it was her ____________ to help others and ____________the love and confidence.

Now she works as a photographer in Chengdu. And her one-minute catwalk went viral (风靡) on the Internet. Some social media users nicknamed her as “Iron Man’s sister”.

Her leg doesn’t discourage her. ____________, it serves as a ____________ that it is not what she is missing that defines her, but what she has got. She says, “When you accept your flaws (缺陷), you become free and ____________.”

Everyone has flaws that we want to hide away, whether they are visible or invisible. And we should learn to ____________our “imperfection” and embrace life with passion and confidence.

1.

A．physical

B．outer

C．inner

D．central

2.

A．leg

B．arm

C．head

D．hand

3.

A．compared

B．combined

C．assisted

D．shared

4.

A．seized

B．crashed

C．beat

D．hit

5.

A．lost

B．threw

C．hid

D．damaged

6.

A．option

B．conflict

C．anxiety

D．blow

7.

A．confused

B．unique

C．fortunate

D．lonely

8.

A．suffered

B．survived

C．woke

D．returned

9.

A．welling

B．trembling

C．squeezing

D．rushing

10.

A．struggle

B．pace

C．safety

D．love

11.

A．held

B．left

C．registered

D．organized

12.

A．at present

B．at once

C．at no time

D．at times

13.

A．nurse

B．teacher

C．photographer

D．athlete

14.

A．curiously

B．cautiously

C．regretfully

D．eagerly

15.

A．ambition

B．guidance

C．turn

D．permission

16.

A．work on

B．put on

C．pass on

D．turn on

17.

A．Instead

B．Otherwise

C．Therefore

D．Meanwhile

18.

A．souvenir

B．reminder

C．reward

D．award

19.

A．weak

B．strong       `

C．wild

D．reliable

20.

A．achieve

B．observe

C．evaluate

D．appreciate

10 . 此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处错误；错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一漏写符号（^），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：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下边写出改正后的词。
注意：1、每处错误及其修改只限一词。
2、只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不记分。

I have a photo that is of great important to me. In the photo, I was playing the ping-pong happily with my father. I used to be a ping-pong player. My dad trained him hard, even though he was tiring after a day’s work. Once, I lost a game and I felt such sad that I wanted to give up. My father said nothing, sit quietly with me. The next morning, I find a piece of paper that said, “Never give up, dear. I am pride of you.”

Now I spend less time on ping-pong because my busy studying schedule. But I will never forget which my father told me.