1 . There are two roads that people can take.
My father taught me this important rule. Each week he would lay out the chores (家务) for the next seven days. Many of them could be done any time during the week.
| A．Life will demand a payment. |
| B．Life is not a gift but an investment (投资). |
| C．This lesson has been valuable to me. |
| D．So we can make a decision by ourselves. |
| E．Our goal was to complete them by Saturday noon. |
| F．They can either make excuses or make progress in life. |
| G．They can either play now and pay later or pay now and play later. |
2 . 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。续写的词数应为150左右。
Miguel opened the door to his grandpa’s shoe shop. Grandpa was drawing a customer’s foot onto a piece of paper. He didn’t look up. Miguel sat down. He looked at the cut leather, hammer (锤子) and pliers (钳子).
The tools reminded Miguel of something else he loved. Grandpa always gave him a piece of candy whenever Miguel helped clean up. Miguel knew he wasn’t supposed to take candy without asking. But he was hungry then. It looked like Grandpa would be busy for a while. “Maybe I don’t need to wait,” Miguel thought.
Miguel reached secretly for the candy box. He hurried and put it in his mouth. Pretty soon the customer left. Grandpa was busy picking up a piece of leather and putting it in some water. Miguel ate the rest of the candy as fast as he could. Then he walked over to Grandpa.
Grandpa looked up from his work. “Hello!” he said with a smile. Miguel hugged Grandpa. He hoped Grandpa couldn’t tell he’d eaten a piece of candy. “It looks like you’re busy today,” Miguel said. “Do you need any help?” “Sure! Could you pass me that thread (线)?” Miguel nodded. He pulled it between his hands. “Wow, that’s strong.” Miguel said. Grandpa laughed, “It has to be, to last through the wear and tear of life.” Grandpa pulled the thread through the leather.
“You know, we need to be more like this shoe,” Grandpa said. Miguel looked at the leather, “Um. We do?” “Yes, indeed. We need to stay strong. That way temptations (诱惑) won’t make us fall apart,” Grandpa said with a nod.
Miguel suddenly thought of the candy. He knew he should tell Grandpa about it. Grandpa took an old shoe off the shelf, “See this big hole?” Miguel nodded. “This was once a small hole that could have been fixed easily. But the owner waited, and now it’s going to be much harder to fix. Bad habits and bad choices are like that hole. It is best to fix them early.”
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They kept talking as Grandpa worked.
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3 . Exercise and I had never had a good relationship due to my fear of sports. From a young age, my dad
When I entered the University of Regina, my dad
The spring semester came. A friend of mine
I went, and that was it. Zumba became my
| A．expected | B．allowed | C．forced | D．invited |
| A．therefore | B．though | C．instead | D．besides |
| A．avoided | B．risked | C．regretted | D．kept |
| A．in shape | B．for fun | C．at ease | D．on business |
| A．refused | B．happened | C．bothered | D．decided |
| A．hardly | B．merely | C．constantly | D．gradually |
| A．eager | B．content | C．embarrassed | D．disappointed |
| A．cheated | B．comforted | C．asked | D．annoyed |
| A．happy | B．proud | C．careful | D．sure |
| A．cup | B．part | C．share | D．mouth |
| A．curiosity | B．passion | C．fear | D．confidence |
| A．perfect | B．positive | C．adorable | D．official |
| A．accept | B．feel | C．display | D．compare |
| A．witness | B．separate | C．discourage | D．save |
| A．trouble | B．sense | C．peace | D．contact |
4 . Why are certain people so memorable, while some fade from our memories in time?
Several examples come to mind with my youngest son, Ken. He was always more comfortable around his dad’s friends than his own. He loved to spend time with them, fish with them, listen to their stories and just be with them.
He has experienced the loss of several really meaningful friendships over the past few years, and it has been very painful for him. One, Dr. George, was a neighbour and fishing buddy who would call to see if Ken could go fishing with him. Dr. George always said Ken was the son he never had and that it meant everything to him. He died very suddenly while fishing with all of his best buddies a few years ago. The huge hole that left in so many lives simply cannot be filled—for Ken it was immensely painful.
There was another fishing buddy of his dad’s, Frank, who was always fun to be around. Ken was very young then, but really enjoyed getting along with “the guys” when they were fishing. Frank and his family went to the Kens in the same week we did one year and the memory remains to this day. Cheerful and happy, he was able to laugh at himself and accept everyone’s abilities or lack of them, all qualities that impressed Ken so much.
When he became deadly ill, Ken drove from his home in North Carolina to Florida for an overnight visit with him. He died a short time later. The day after his funeral (葬礼), Frank came to Ken in a dream and asked if he would take care of his wife, Carol. To Ken this was very meaningful, and today they share a special bond that Frank somehow knew would be important for them both.
When you are raising children, you realise that some people become very important to them, draw them in, accept and respect them. It changes them.
1. According to the author, some people are unforgettable to us because of .| A．their great achievements |
| B．their consideration and kindness |
| C．good relationships between them |
| D．successful cooperation between them |
| A．adoptive son |
| B．biological son |
| C．best friend |
| D．hateful enemy |
| A．spent a joyful week with Frank one year |
| B．felt the greatest pain to George’s death |
| C．seemed to get along better with adults |
| D．was glad to get tolerated by Frank |
| A．Frank wanted her to marry Ken |
| B．Ken met Frank in a dream |
| C．Frank regarded Ken as his son |
| D．Ken was a cultured gentleman |
When Ryan first turned up for Ms. Rose’s class, he was kind of nervous because he’d heard Ms. Rose could be a real monster sometimes. But as Ms. Rose started with an overview of what they’d be doing during the year in a pleasant voice, she looked nice enough. Then with a more serious tone, she warned the students that she’d be giving them homework assignments, which were not to be handed in late, and they were to be completed fully. “No excuses! No extensions! ”
That day she assigned the class its first homework. They had to do a sheet of math problems and read a short story. It wasn’t due until Thursday, but she suggested they do it immediately that night. “Homework has a way of piling up,” she said, with her eyes narrowing slightly. But today was only Monday! There was plenty of time, Ryan thought.
So when school was over, Ryan and his friends ran off to play baseball. Exhausted after the game, he entertained himself with his favorite TV show, leaving his homework aside on his desk. Days passed quickly. Ryan was free of worries most of the time, while Ms. Rose just occasionally reminded them of the deadline, and that she wouldn’t tolerate anyone not having done it.
On Wednesday, after dinner, he suddenly realized that his homework was due the next day. He raced to his desk and was greeted with the most curious thing. The pile of homework really had grown taller. Oh no! What was he going to do? It looked as if the papers had towered over him, almost soaring up to the ceiling.
He really needed to get started. He did a little bit here and there, but he kept getting distracted by other work waiting for him. Finally, he couldn’t even locate the homework he’d started with. Frustrated, he gave up and went to bed. Ryan tossed and turned all night and had bad dreams of paper mountains burying him alive.
The next morning, when Ryan entered the classroom, he found Ms. Rose waiting, with her face dark with rage. Obviously, Ryan wasn’t the only one who suffered from the mysteriously growing assignments.
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Failing to meet the deadline, the students had to watch Ms. Rose transform into a real monster.
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With a satisfied smile, Ms. Rose finally released everyone, but assigned the class some extra homework.
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One morning, Ann’s neighbor Tracy found a lost dog wandering around the local elementary school. She asked Ann if she could keep an eye on the dog and she planned to find its owner. Ann agreed, but she said that she could watch it only for the day because she needed to take care of her son. At the time, her son Thomas was 10 years old, who was recovering from a heart operation.
Later, Tracy took photos of the dog, printed off 400 FOUND fliers, put them in mailboxes and began to find the dog’s owner. Meanwhile, Ann bought some pet supplies, warning her son not to fall in love with the dog. However, her son was filled with excitement as he knew that his mother got a dog back home. He planned to provide the dog with some food everyday.
Four days later, Ann and her son were still looking after the dog, whom they had started to call Riley. During the four days, they took care of the dog carefully, provided some food, took a shower and played with it, and they had already become the best friends.
The evening of the fifth day, when Ann arrived home from work, the dog threw itself against the door and barked madly at her. As soon as she opened the door, Riley dashed into the boys’ room where Ann found Thomas suffering from a heart attack. Riley ran over to Thomas, but as soon as Ann bent over to help him, the dog went silent.
The doctor said if it hadn’t come to get his mother in time, Thomas would have died. Luckily, with the doctor’s help, Thomas could go home tomorrow morning.
“Mum, can we keep it if we can’t find its owner? Even we can ask for permission if we find the owner,” Thomas asked his mother when they came back home.
“Well, since no one has called to claim it, we decide to keep it,” his mother replied. Hearing that, Thomas was excited.
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2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
However, the next day, Ann was told a man named Peter recognized his lost dog.
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Peter’s car came and Thomas stood silently beside his car.
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A Gift of Gold
It was the winter of 1937, just after Christmas. The Depression (大萧条时期) was still going on, but I was in good spirits. I was going to graduate from elementary school, but my mother still dressed me in shorts. Most of my classmates had given up wearing shorts. For the graduation ceremony, all the boys were expected to dress white shirts and dark-blue wool pants.
I waited until a week before I told my mother. On a cold Monday afternoon I went home from school.
“Mom,” I said, about graduation…”
“Yes?” she answered.
“They are going to give me the first-prize medal,” I said.
Still working over the stove, she looked over her shoulder at me and smiled broadly. “That’s wonderful, Babe. Dad and I will both be there, and we’ll be the proudest in the place.”
She must have seen by the look on my face that something was wrong. She turned her back and said, “So?”
“So, I have to get long pants,” I said.
“Babe, we don’t have the money for new pants right now,” she said.
“Okay,” I burst out. “Then I won’t go to graduation. Plus, I’m running away from home!”
“If I were you, I wouldn’t pack my bags. We’ll solve the pants problem somehow,” she said.
The following Saturday, when my mother said, “Let’s go shopping,” I knew that she had solved the problem. Then we left home. We took the trolley (有轨电车) and got off at Southern Boulevard, the best shopping street. Our clothing store was just a couple of blocks away.
But first we walked a short way down the Boulevard and stopped at a place I had never noticed before.
“Wait here,” she said. Then she opened the door with the hand with a gold wedding ring on her ring finger and entered a storefront (店面) that looked like a bank.
She went out about ten minutes later with a purse in her left hand, and then we went to the pants store. I chose a pair of pants. After a patient bargain with the seller, my mother bought it at the price of three dollars and fifty cents and handed it to me.
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2. 请按如下格式作答。
I was holding the pants tightly under my arm when my mother went to pay the money.
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We took the trolley back home.
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8 . A few weeks ago I was traveling by train to visit a friend. After a few stations, the food supplier came around to
Something in me, maybe the pleading (恳求的) look on the child’s face, made me
The cashier’s words
I realized that I had received far more than I gave. This little girl taught me that there is more joy when you
| A．handle | B．order | C．treat | D．serve |
| A．prepare for | B．beg for | C．wait for | D．look for |
| A．annoyed | B．anxious | C．ashamed | D．afraid |
| A．suffer | B．escape | C．bargain | D．react |
| A．lend | B．buy | C．order | D．recommend |
| A．puzzled | B．embarrassed | C．enthusiastic | D．bitter |
| A．In a word | B．As a result | C．In the end | D．On the whole |
| A．realizing | B．learning | C．judging | D．wondering |
| A．forced | B．persuaded | C．fooled | D．guided |
| A．applied | B．worked | C．occupied | D．filled |
| A．admitting | B．recalling | C．noticing | D．doubting |
| A．so | B．for | C．but | D．or |
| A．example | B．direction | C．position | D．choice |
| A．room | B．space | C．seat | D．coach |
| A．corner | B．center | C．way | D．front |
| A．coming | B．smiling | C．helping | D．walking |
| A．charge | B．stop | C．remember | D．continue |
| A．believe | B．share | C．struggle | D．express |
| A．express | B．indicate | C．ignore | D．remove |
| A．family | B．culture | C．source | D．soul |
Long long ago, there lived a girl named Eat. She was a good girl, but she never liked her name because all the kids made fun of her name. She ran away from everybody who laughed at her name, so Eat never really had friends. She played alone all the time.
One day, Eat went to her favorite place near the river behind her house, where she always spoke to the river. On that day, when talking to the river, she said, “You are so lucky, as you can travel to different places and always be with your friends — ducks, turtles, fishes, and plants. I wish I had more friends and wouldn’t be alone anymore.”
When she was bored talking to the river, she picked up some stones and tried to skip (打水漂) them across the river. However, she failed most of the time. Finally, she found a perfect stone. She held it tightly (紧紧地) in her fingers, and said to the river, “Oh, dear river, if I could skip this stone all the way across, I would wish for a dear friend just like you.” Saying this, Eat waved her arm back and threw the stone with full strength.
She watched the stone skip once, twice... and to her surprise, the stone went on skipping and finally, on the seventh skip, made it across the river onto the shore of the opposite side. Eat was totally amazed. She could not just believe her eyes.
Her happiness were disturbed (打断) when she heard footsteps coming towards her. Eat looked around and found a little girl was rolling down towards her. Eat hurried to get up to help. However, she lost her balance and fell off, too.
The little girl was crying and holding her knee. Eat pulled herself and went close to the girl, whose knee was bleeding (流血). She said gently to the little girl, “It will be alright. My house is nearby, let me help you. My mother will take care of the wound.”
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。
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Once they arrived at her house, Eat called out, “Mom, help! Someone is injured.”
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The little girl looked at Eat and asked, “What is your name?”
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10 . When Jenny was riding a bike to the local Wildlife Center last December, she was scheduled to go bird-watching. Just a mile into her walk, she saw a female
Jenny put her jacket over the bird’s head to keep it calm,
Her best
Staff members at the rehab center
It’s a(n)
| A．butterfly | B．dolphin | C．frog | D．swan |
| A．knew | B．revealed | C．confirmed | D．admitted |
| A．leave | B．protest | C．move | D．scare |
| A．moral | B．chemical | C．particular | D．medical |
| A．intelligently | B．carefully | C．preciously | D．bravely |
| A．sprang to mind | B．came up with | C．gave rise to | D．put forward to |
| A．strategy | B．solution | C．theory | D．support |
| A．deliver | B．export | C．transport | D．harm |
| A．strangers | B．workers | C．nurses | D．doctors |
| A．access | B．lift | C．favor | D．attempt |
| A．assumed | B．illustrated | C．informed | D．determined |
| A．Accidentally | B．Gradually | C．Sadly | D．Consequently |
| A．rescue | B．habitat | C．help | D．nest |
| A．unexpected | B．natural | C．destructive | D．disappointing |
| A．raise | B．track | C．save | D．damage |
