1 . Last month, Koch went to make breakfast and found a(n) ________ guest using his pool. A large moose (驼鹿) was swimming in the deep end, ________ in the solar cover (太阳能覆盖膜).

“I looked out in the backyard and there’s the moose absolutely panicked and ________,” Koch told The Dodo. “She stepped on the solar cover and put her ________ through it and she was ________ trying to get free.”

Koch has noticed more wildlife around his home in Ottawa, ________ he had never seen an animal________impressive before. He rushed outside and pulled the solar cover off the ________ moose, who continued paddling ________ the pool, proving to be a surprisingly skilled swimmer.

The wild moose seemed to be having trouble finding her way out of the pool, so Koch called the police and wildlife services to see if they could ________ a hand. “She looked so pitifully sad out there that my wife said, ‘I want to give her a ________.’”

Workers from wildlife services intended that they would get her to a safer spot, but they couldn’t ________ it until she was out of the water. “The best thing that happened was that after 3.5 hours she climbed out of the shallow end and ________ the fence,” Koch said.

The moose ________ unscratched, but the same can’t be said for Koch’s pool — which now has two hoof-sized ________in the bottom.

1.

A．informal

B．ordinary

C．usual

D．uninvited

2.

A．abandoned

B．wrapped

C．removed

D．forbidden

3.

A．struggling

B．shaking

C．shouting

D．searching

4.

A．shoulder

B．foot

C．face

D．back

5.

A．narrowly

B．likely

C．desperately

D．unwillingly

6.

A．for

B．so

C．but

D．or

7.

A．so

B．well

C．almost

D．rather

8.

A．relaxed

B．happy

C．tired

D．poor

9.

A．around

B．beneath

C．outside

D．beyond

10.

A．donate

B．hurt

C．lend

D．cure

11.

A．lift

B．hug

C．smile

D．credit

12.

A．update

B．witness

C．cancel

D．manage

13.

A．watched out

B．cut down

C．jumped over

D．dived into

14.

A．escaped

B．participated

C．hesitated

D．insisted

15.

A．feet

B．holes

C．walls

D．covers

2 . After I made it to the city center, I started to feel it might be easy for a foreigner to deal with the great size of Beijing. With growing confidence, I decided to take the subway to the hotel, not realizing that the network didn’t go that far. Impressed with the cleanliness of the station, I bought a ticket and boarded the first subway that came along.

After a few minutes I asked in English a young man seated next to me where I should get off closest to the Friendship Hotel. Wearing a smart business suit and tie, he would surely speak English, wouldn’t he? Unfortunately, he couldn’t understand me but seemed very friendly. I showed him the room card with all the information of the Friendship Hotel in Chinese characters. He looked at it, and then his eyes moved quickly to the carriage (车厢) subway map. Next, he raised three fingers of his right hand.

In Australia, raising fingers at someone is not usually nice, but this man wasn’t smiling. At the next station he showed me two fingers. Now in Australia, that’s really rude, but I got the message. When we stopped at the third station, he didn’t just point to the door, but got up, took me out of the train, and led me to the top of the stairs, and out onto the street. Then he stopped a taxi and told the driver where to take me.

All this came from a man who couldn’t speak my language, and I couldn’t speak his. I was now speechless, especially when he refused my offer of money. I felt a little embarrassed having even thought he would accept a tip.

This experience made it clear I had to learn some Chinese quickly or my adventures might start turning into misadventures.

1. Why does the author decided to take the subway?

A．Because he believed in his ability to deal with the trip

B．Because the network covered most of the stops

C．Because he lived near the city center

D．Because he had a good impression of its cleanliness

2. Having been shown the room card, the young man        .

A．still remained puzzled	B．understood the author well
C．answered the author directly	D．pointed at the subway map

3. Which of the following can’t be used to describe the young man?

A．helpful.

B．impolite.

C．warm-hearted.

D．responsible.

4. What’s the author’s purpose of writing this passage ?

A．To prove the importance of being careful

B．To introduce a young man who didn’t know English

C．To complain some cultural misunderstanding

D．To describe one of his adventurous experiences

3 . 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。

Ada looked through the observation window at the kids below, all waiting in line to get into the pool. She turned to her mother with an angry expression on her face. “Mom, they’re all little kids! I’m 15 already! This is ridiculous, isn’t ?”

“I know, Ada,” replied her mother, “but you’re a beginner, too, and you have to start somewhere!”

Ada had never been to a swimming lesson in her life. Between schoolwork and helping on her grandfather’s farm, she hadn’t had time for lessons. The closest swimming pool Ada had been to was the inflatable (充气的) alligator pool her mother bought her when she was five. Now that Ada was older, her mother had found a new job in the city, and Ada faced a new challenge — school field trips to the local pool.

The first day that Ada went with her class to the pool, she had no idea what she was in for. What could be so difficult about swimming? Ada confidently slipped(溜) into the water and held onto the side of the pool, expecting to be able to touch the bottom with her feet. But when Ada let go of the side of the pool, she slipped under the water—the whole pool was one big deep end! Ada threw her arm toward the side of the pool and grabbed (抓住) the ledge (池壁), out of breath. “I really can’t swim! Everyone’s going to laugh at me!” she thought to herself in a panic.

On the next field trip to the pool, Ada sat on the side of a bench, frozen with fear. She huddled (蜷缩) with a towel over her shoulders, too embarrassed to try again. When she came home, her mother noticed right away that Ada was upset. “Honey, I want you to take Bella’s swimming lessons at the local pool. Soon you’ll learn how to swim just like everyone else,” she convinced Ada, showing photos of Bella with her prize-winning students. Ada felt doubtful whether the lessons would help, but she had to overcome her fear.

注意：

1. 续写词数应为150左右；

2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Then came the time for Ada to take her first lesson.

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Soon Bella came over to where Ada sat and introduced herself.

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5 . I was a happy kid with a supportive family and a lot of friends. But frankly speaking, growing up was really _________ and even painful. During my childhood, I spent much time trying to achieve perfection in every aspect of my life, which made me extremely tired and anxious. I wanted everyone’s compliments and hugely feared criticism. But I didn’t realize that I was the one who _________ myself in the toughest way.

After I graduated from high school, my desire to be “thin” began to trouble me. I went on a diet. In the beginning I dieted by controlling food and gradually I started _________ meals. I lost weight day by day and felt super good. What I didn’t see was that I was slowly _________ myself.

People around me began to _________ my weight loss. They said with concern, “You’re losing too much weight.” “Elisa, you’re so skinny.” All their words only suggested that I was getting closer to “_________”.

Sadly, I took my physical _________ the first important in my life, believing that it was the way to become attractive and accepted. Then I cut down my food more and more, until a _________ day including half a teaspoon of nonfat yoghurt and black coffee in the morning, and a cup of grapes at night.

But my poor nutrition began to cause me to lose _________. Then one night, like many nights before, I couldn’t sleep, and my heart felt as though it might beat out of my chest. I tried to __________, but I couldn’t. The beating became so rapid and so strong that I could no longer __________. What I had done to diet nearly caused me to have a heart attack. I stood up, and immediately fell down. I was really __________, and I knew I needed help. My roommate rushed me to the hospital, beginning the long road to my __________. It took a lot—doctors, nurses, nutritionists, and food supplements.

And more importantly, a sense of what was true about myself got back on track with reality. I realized that, with my __________ of trying to be “perfect” on the __________, I had sacrificed who I was inside my body. Now what I know is, we are—every one of us—already perfect enough.

1.

A．natural

B．easy

C．hard

D．possible

2.

A．commented

B．preferred

C．praised

D．criticized

3.

A．collecting

B．checking

C．skipping

D．balancing

4.

A．killing

B．forgetting

C．asking

D．questioning

5.

A．refuse

B．accept

C．stare

D．notice

6.

A．perfection

B．devotion

C．destination

D．attention

7.

A．strength

B．appearance

C．exercise

D．expression

8.

A．pleasant

B．difficult

C．typical

D．different

9.

A．weight

B．hope

C．sleep

D．job

10.

A．relax

B．wake

C．eat

D．talk

11.

A．resist

B．breathe

C．focus

D．remember

12.

A．scared

B．annoyed

C．discouraged

D．disappointed

13.

A．glory

B．discovery

C．victory

D．recovery

14.

A．skill

B．decision

C．experience

D．deal

15.

A．whole

B．face

C．mind

D．outside

6 . 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。

A Son’s Love

Our church congregation in Toronto has a way of assisting those who have financial difficulties without making the recipient feel shame or guilt. Money is dropped into an offering box with only the name of the recipient on the envelope. The envelopes are then distributed to those members without them knowing the name of the giver.

There came a time when my husband and I were among those in need. We did not talk about our financial difficulty with anyone. The only reason our children knew was because we had to cut back on many things. Still, we hoped they were not aware of the extent of our need, nor of how much their father and I were suffering because of it. We did not want to burden them with a problem they could do nothing to solve.

Our situation wasn’t improving, and my husband and I knew that we would have to look for outside help. Just as we reached the point of despair, our church gave us a gift envelope that had been left in the offering box. We were overjoyed to receive a very substantial amount of money, enough to bring us through that desperate time. We couldn’t help but wonder who had given such a generous gift. We were extremely relieved and enormously grateful.

A year later, our seventeen-year-old son was applying for a student loan so he could attend university. It was then we discovered that his savings account was almost empty. His father and I were very disturbed by this. We had trusted him to put part of his wages from his part-time job into the bank towards his education. From the time he was nine years old he had been a paper carrier for The Toronto Star, and he had worked very hard for his small earnings.

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1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式作答。

Anxious, I asked him repeatedly to tell me where the money had gone.

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Finally, in tears, and with great reluctance, my son told us the truth.

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7 . 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。

It was the last game of the season. Cali had been playing soccer all summer. She really enjoyed running around with the other players. As much as she tried, though, Cali still had not scored one single goal.

“Don’t give up, “said her coach. He showed Cali and her team how to pass the ball to each other and take shots at the goal. Cali was pretty good at passing the ball, but even during practices, she couldn’t kick the ball past the goalkeeper. She wondered if she should quit soccer for good.

“Don’t give up, “said Uncle George and Aunt Lisa. But it was half-time, and Cali was feeling upset. She was trying! Every time she got a chance to kick the ball, it would go in the wrong direction or a player from the other team would take control of it. Maybe she would try a different sport next summer.

The break was over and the referee (裁判) blew her whistle to start the game again. The two teams walked back onto the field, both determined to win. Cali heard her aunt whisper in her ear. “Look for an opportunity to get the ball. You can do it. “Cali took a deep breath. Even if she didn’t get one goal all summer, she knew that she had tried her best. That was something to be proud of.

The yellow team was pretty good, but Cali’s blue team was fast. Cali was off to the side when the ball headed her way. She ran over to it and kicked it. She watched it land right in front of a girl on the yellow team who expertly stopped it and sent it back in the other direction. Cali sighed (叹气) .

Cali decided she’d wait until the game was over and then she was going to hang up her soccer shoes for good. Cali started daydreaming about becoming a hip-hop dancer instead. She was woken from her daydream by some music that was definitely not hip-hop. It was the sweet, happy jingle of the ice cream truck.

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1.续写词数应为150左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

It was right beside the soccer field, playing its music loudly to attract customers and players as well.

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She ran fast to the ball.

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8 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Tom brought a box of biscuits to a summer camp, he ate a few and placed the rest under his bed. After lunch, he found the box was     1     (go). He went to tell his camp coach about it.

The next day, the coach saw a boy     2     (eat) Tom’s biscuit behind a tree. He came up with an idea     3     (solve) the problem. He found Tom and said to him, “I know who took away your biscuits. Will you help me to teach him     4     lesson?” “Well, yes,...are you going to punish him, sir?” Tom asked. “No, I am not.” The coach explained     5     (patient). That would only make him hate you. I want you to write to your mother and ask for more     6     (biscuit).

Tom received another box of biscuits by mail from his mother a few days later. “Now” said the coach. “Go and share them with the boy who stole your biscuit.”. Tom didn’t understand that the coach’s intention,     7     he still followed his    8     (advise). Half an hour later the coach saw the two boys come up the hill, arm in arm. The boy was trying to ask Tom to accept his toy robot in payment for the     9     (steal) biscuits. And Tom was refusing the gift from his new friend, he said that a few biscuits were not so     10     (importance).

In some situations. Forgiveness is better than punishment.

9 . It was 2002. It was suggested that I should learn to drive, so my father decided to teach me. Easier said than done. The driving plan was quietly ________ after I almost crashed his car into a stone wall. My next ________ was in 2006. This time, the ________ was a very nice friend. But after three sessions, he ________. “I can’t teach you,” he said. “You have no ________ at all.” To be honest, that was ________ to me. Actually, I thought I was afraid of many things—thunderstorms, forest fires, bears, but these were not the ________ kind for driving.

Nine years later, I had a life partner — Graeme Gibson — and a baby. One day, Graeme got his ________ seriously bitten when he helped ________ a dog trapped in the wire fence. Even so, he had to drive himself to the hospital ________ thanks to my inability to drive.

This accident ________ me and awoke my desire for learning. “That’s it,” I said, “I’m learning to drive.” I must qualify myself to ________ and protect my family. This time, I ________ a professional instructor. Despite various   ________, I got my license finally. I was pleased with myself: it seemed I now had the appropriate kind of fears. Learning to drive makes me a more grown-up and ________ adult.

1.

A．dropped

B．focused

C．advanced

D．acquired

2.

A．memory

B．move

C．goal

D．try

3.

A．instructor

B．partner

C．adviser

D．designer

4.

A．went down

B．gave up

C．turned off

D．calmed down

5.

A．potential

B．desire

C．fears

D．skills

6.

A．humor

B．truth

C．news

D．disaster

7.

A．rough

B．tough

C．wrong

D．right

8.

A．arm

B．leg

C．head

D．foot

9.

A．cure

B．find

C．free

D．check

10.

A．red-eyed

B．one-handed

C．warm-blooded

D．cold-hearted

11.

A．motivated

B．alarmed

C．improved

D．stopped

12.

A．balance

B．press

C．comfort

D．support

13.

A．spotted

B．recognized

C．invited

D．hired

14.

A．regrets

B．arguments

C．challenges

D．exams

15.

A．curious

B．responsible

C．concerned

D．normal