1 . Lectures. Exams. Grades. Pressure was everywhere at college. I felt like a heavy _______ on my shoulders. I _______ whether I would find time even for sports on Sunday.

I drove my _______ route to my parents, hoping the familiar sights would reduce the _______.

Up ahead was the old house that always stuck in my _______. The old man who lived there was sitting out front. His black dog was _______ in the tall grass at his feet as usual.

He was holding his book again. Once I had even heard him _______ stories to his black dog! “How _______ can a person get?” I said to myself.

“Come and sit a while,” he said, moving over to _______ me.

“You live alone?” I asked.

“My wife and most of my friends are __________ from this world, ”said the old man. “But I’ m never alone because I have my __________.”

“Do you believe in New Year?” he asked. “No matter what maybe happening in our __________, happy or sad, New Year is coming. You can __________ that.”

The next day when returning to school, I saw the old man reading again. This time, however, at his feet were some kids from the neighborhood. His faith had __________ rid him of loneliness.

I now have belief that the __________ days at college would pass. After all, New Year was at hand.

1.

A．blow

B．weight

C．storm

D．heart

2.

A．wished

B．believed

C．imagined

D．wondered

3.

A．new

B．wrong

C．usual

D．different

4.

A．pressure

B．costs

C．expectation

D．speed

5.

A．mind

B．arm

C．eyes

D．hands

6.

A．struggling

B．lying

C．dying

D．hiding

7.

A．inventing

B．selling

C．teaching

D．reading

8.

A．stupid

B．brave

C．lonely

D．outgoing

9.

A．make preparations for

B．make sacrifices for

C．make room for

D．make up for

10.

A．gone

B．separated

C．tired

D．saved

11.

A．money

B．belief

C．friends

D．families

12.

A．mind

B．house

C．dreams

D．lives

13.

A．doubt

B．trust

C．gain

D．defeat

14.

A．quickly

B．quietly

C．suddenly

D．finally

15.

A．happy

B．rough

C．easy

D．amazing

3 . When a famous commentator (评论员) advised gentlemen over fifty get a PSA test, I called my doctor’s office and made a(n) _________ to have it done.

Ten days later, I got the bad results: my prostate (前列腺) cancer was _________. My doctor explained to me the various treatment _________. I decided to have the prostate removed and get rid of the cancer _________, as it had not spread outside the prostate yet.

My surgery was successful and all the cancer had been _________. The next day, I was _________ from the hospital with post-operative instructions and directions. I soon learned that all the body functions were working _________ and my PSA level was zero.

One morning shortly thereafter, my wife and I _________ a sign by the road requesting _________ for Suncoast Hospice of Florida. We decided it was time to give back for our good ____________. After six informative classes, we became volunteers for Suncoast Hospice. After saving myself, it was now time to help others by regularly visiting nursing-home ____________.

Now, years later, I am still cancer-free, and we are still hospice volunteers. Our days volunteering for Suncoast Hospice have been very ____________ for us. Our first few visits with a nursing-home resident are to give him/her a(n) ____________ to get to know us. Sometimes, our visits with the resident are very short, but sometimes they are quite ____________.

The license plate on the front of my car is from Suncoast Hospice, which reads, “Every Day’s a ____________.”

1.

A．appointment

B．response

C．decision

D．order

2.

A．planned

B．announced

C．treated

D．decided

3.

A．purposes

B．instruments

C．options

D．outcomes

4.

A．entirely

B．gradually

C．partly

D．properly

5.

A．treated

B．developed

C．removed

D．controlled

6.

A．driven

B．separated

C．prevented

D．released

7.

A．terribly

B．smoothly

C．quickly

D．carefully

8.

A．designed

B．inspected

C．painted

D．spotted

9.

A．volunteers

B．doctors

C．nurses

D．directors

10.

A．fortune

B．cure

C．medicine

D．care

11.

A．applicants

B．guards

C．patients

D．surgeons

12.

A．comfortable

B．rewarding

C．efficient

D．generous

13.

A．address

B．method

C．example

D．opportunity

14.

A．remarkable

B．limited

C．long

D．endless

15.

A．Dream

B．Routine

C．Holiday

D．Gift

4 . Wilson, 55, of Westchester County, New York, donated one of his kidneys (肾) two years ago. As a cyclist, Wilson was determined to _________ that the operation didn’t change his lifestyle. _________, earlier this year, he climbed to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro.

He was _________ to sign up to become a non-directed (非定向) kidney donor after seeing a friend’s post on Facebook. The friend had written that his teenage daughter had recently received a life-saving kidney donation from a _________.

When he got home, he started _________ kidney donations on the Internet. He didn’t know anyone who needed a _________, but he did find out about non-directed transplants (移植). _________, Wilson told his wife about his idea to become a non-directed donor, and she was totally supportive.

Wilson began taking the _________ to become a kidney donor, including numerous tests and _________ physical and psychological evaluations.

Wilson’s __________ was an even more advanced, minimally invasive (微创) one called a single-port surgery. Doctors __________ Wilson’s kidney using an incision (切口) made in his bellybutton. After about two weeks, he was back on his indoor bike, training __________.

As a __________ of a living thing, Wilson said the most important thing he wants people to know is that when someone donates a kidney, life really doesn’t __________ at all.

“If you can make an impact during your time there, it’s a wonderful thing,” Wilson said. “But the planet is a __________ place, so it was a way for a small individual to make an impact on just one person.”

1.

A．predict

B．possess

C．prove

D．pray

2.

A．However

B．So

C．But

D．Or

3.

A．adopted

B．persuaded

C．exposed

D．inspired

4.

A．stranger

B．doctor

C．nurse

D．relative

5.

A．giving

B．researching

C．calculating

D．evaluating

6.

A．mission

B．sample

C．kidney

D．computer

7.

A．Eventually

B．Extensively

C．Gradually

D．Constantly

8.

A．liberty

B．chances

C．lead

D．steps

9.

A．splendid

B．thorough

C．unique

D．permanent

10.

A．operation

B．donation

C．test

D．transplant

11.

A．repaired

B．protected

C．removed

D．checked

12.

A．violently

B．hardly

C．lightly

D．professionally

13.

A．donor

B．seeker

C．researcher

D．seller

14.

A．ease

B．change

C．exist

D．disappear

15.

A．beautiful

B．mysterious

C．competitive

D．big

6 . My name is Alice. Early last year, I was troubled by an anxiety that crippled ( 削弱 ) my ability to do anything. I felt like a storm cloud hung over me. For almost a year I struggled on, constantly staring at this wall that faced me. My perfectionist tendencies were the main root of this: I wanted to be perfect at whatever I did, which obviously in life is not possible, but it consumed me.

One day, I attended a presentation by wildlife conservationist Grant Brown at my high school. His presentation not only awed and inspired me, but also helped emerge an inner desire to make a difference in the world. I joined a pre-presentation dinner with him and that smaller setting allowed me to slowly build up my courage to speak one-on-one with him—an idea that had seemed completely impossible. This first contact was where my story began.

A month later, Brown invited me to attend the World Youth Wildlife Conference. Looking back, I now see that this would be the first in a series of timely opportunities that my old self would have let pass, but that this new and more confident Alice enthusiastically seized. Shortly after I received his invitation, applications to join the Youth for Nature and the Youth for Planet groups were sent around through my high school. I decided to commit to completing the applications, and soon I was a part of a growing global team of young people working to protect nature. Each of these new steps continued to grow my confidence.

I am writing this just six months since my journey began and I’ve realised that my biggest obstacle ( 障碍 ) this whole time was myself. It was that voice in the back of my head telling me that one phrase that has stopped so many people from reaching their potential: I can’t. They say good things come to those who wait; I say: grab every opportunity with everything you have and be impatient. After all, nature does not require our patience, but our action.

1. What was the main cause for Alice’s anxiety?

A．Her inability to act her age.	B．Her habit of consumption.
C．Her desire to be perfect.	D．Her lack of inspiration.

2. How did Grant Brown’s presentation influence Alice?

A．She decided to do something for nature.	B．She tasted the sweetness of friendship.
C．She learned about the harm of desire.	D．She built up her courage to speak up.

3. The activities Alice joined in helped her to become more ________.

A．intelligent

B．confident

C．innovative

D．critical

4. What can we learn from this passage?

A．Practice makes perfect.	B．Patience is a cure of anxiety.
C．Action is worry’s worst enemy.	D．Everything comes to those who wait.

7 . I knew Ernie, son of Al. He is one of the kindest men I have ever known. I saw the _________ between Ernie and his children, thinking that kindness and caring had to come from somewhere, _________Ernie never talked much about his father.

One day, I worked up my _________ to ask him what on earth his father had done so that he became such a special person. Ernie told me the _________.

As a young man, Al was a skilled artist, with a wife and two fine sons. One night, his older son _________ a severe stomachache. Thinking it was only some common intestinal (肠的) disorder, neither Al nor his wife took the condition very _________. But the boy died suddenly that night.

Knowing the death could have been _________ if he had only realized the seriousness of the situation, he always felt _________. Worse still, his wife left him a short time later, leaving him alone with his six-year-old younger son. The hurt and pain of the two situations were more than Al could _________, and he __________ alcohol for help. In time Al became an alcoholic (酒鬼).

As the alcoholism progressed, Al began to lose __________ he possessed—his land, house, etc. Finally Al died alone in a small bar. Hearing this, I thought, “What a totally wasted life! What a complete __________”

However, Ernie said __________, “As a child until I left home at 18, Al came into my room every night, gave me a kiss and said, ‘Love you, son.’

Tears came to my eyes as I realized what a __________ I had been to judge Al __________ a failure. He had not left any material possessions behind. But he had been a kind loving father, and left behind his best love.

1.

A．quarrel

B．love

C．communication

D．misunderstanding

2.

A．though

B．so

C．or

D．but

3.

A．anxiety

B．courage

C．interest

D．worry

4.

A．experiment

B．fiction

C．story

D．idea

5.

A．developed

B．found

C．attracted

D．cured

6.

A．lightly

B．strangely

C．sincerely

D．seriously

7.

A．ignored

B．removed

C．avoided

D．killed

8.

A．fortunate

B．satisfied

C．innocent

D．guilty

9.

A．realize

B．stand

C．explain

D．believe

10.

A．applied for

B．held on

C．turned to

D．came across

11.

A．everything

B．nothing

C．life

D．time

12.

A．success

B．loser

C．amazement

D．player

13.

A．angrily

B．happily

C．quietly

D．excitedly

14.

A．beggar

B．fool

C．cheater

D．troublemaker

15.

A．as

B．for

C．by

D．through

8 . 阅读下面的材料，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。

I had a dream from primary school: to work in television. My parents owned a little grocery store, so we were definitely not fancy people. Thankfully, my dad had raised me to have a lot of confidence. He often said, “You can do anything you want to do.” My dad was particularly supportive. He was my steady rock — always there for me.

With his help and encouragement, I was admitted to the radio and television arts program at Ryerson in Toronto. I really loved the program and worked hard and I was named the most outstanding graduate. I felt like I was already living my dream. I began to think that maybe I could apply for an internship in CBC or CTV.

Luckily, Global Television had just started broadcasting in Canada that year. I thought to myself: I’m new and they're new, so if Fm going to get to know one person at Global, it might as well be the president. I was scared, but I knew deep down inside that this was what I wanted. When I called my dad and told him my plan, he said, “Good, Faye. That’s exactly what you should do.”

With my heart just about pounding out of my body, I called up the president of Global Television. Suddenly Mr. Slaight was on the phone. “I’ve heard that your studio facilities are amazing. I could come at eleven o’clock on Monday or eleven o’clock on Sunday for a tour. What would suit you better?” I caught him totally off guard. He stuttered a bit, and then picked a day. When I hung up, I was scared but excited.

I arrived at the studio on the appointed day. When Mr. Slaight took me around, he looked at me and said， “What do you want?” He sounded furious but curious. “All I want is a chance to audition. I just want you to know my face. That’s all I’m asking.”

I didn’t know whether I’d ever hear from him again, but two weeks later, his secretary called, “Mr. Slaight wants to know if you’d like to come and audition for a new school life show.” I immediately answered，“Sure!”

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When I arrived at the station, I went direct into the audition and began my short performance.

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Finally came the day of my first public appearance on live TV with my parents at home watching.

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10 . Akondi was trapped by the travel ban because of the lock down. She longed to ______ in her own way during a national emergency.

On the evening of May all, she ______ a group of migrants (移民) being stopped by the police. Akondi learnt that they were ______ their way to their distant home. Akondi ______ thought of helping them, ______ there were 10 children and a pregnant lady.

Her first ______ was to help them get movement passes within the state. Then, Akondi arranged for food and ______ the railway authorities to let them stay at the station.

Akondi next turned her attention to the women, ______ for vitamins and medication for them. Alongside the arrangements, she also made frequent posts to the social media, ______ attention and help for the migrants. There was no ______ for days, but she didn't give up.

Her steady efforts finally ______ On May 19, the happy group were waving a ______ goodbye to Akondi. “Some of them still send me ______ of themselves,” she tells us.

Afterwards, Akondi ______ to help other migrants — around 3,000, in fact — reach their homes. ______ the world came to a standstill, this woman became the ant that moved mountains.

1.

A．intensify

B．challenge

C．contribute

D．balance

2.

A．ran across

B．ran after

C．looked into

D．looked after

3.

A．giving

B．making

C．losing

D．feeling

4.

A．casually

B．cautiously

C．frequently

D．instantly

5.

A．suspecting

B．anticipating

C．inquiring

D．noticing

6.

A．task

B．choice

C．theme

D．danger

7.

A．allowed

B．helped

C．expected

D．convinced

8.

A．asking

B．arranging

C．waiting

D．preparing

9.

A．turning

B．paying

C．seeking

D．offering

10.

A．advice

B．information

C．agreement

D．response

11.

A．took off

B．turned off

C．paid off

D．put off

12.

A．tearful

B．regretful

C．fearful

D．hopeful

13.

A．presents

B．pictures

C．vitamins

D．parcels

14.

A．learnt

B．longed

C．continued

D．remembered

15.

A．As if

B．Even as

C．In case

D．Now that