2 . The LEGO story started in a Danish woodworking shop. At the time, Ole Kirk Christiansen was just a(n)_________carpenter in the village Billund but with ambition. As a young man, Christiansen turned his love of playing with wood into_________ and, in 1916, he opened his own shop.

At first, his shop produced furniture like ladders, stools and ironing boards. But in 1924, just as he was looking to expand his business, his sons_________set a pile of wood chips in the shop on fire,_________the entire building and the family’s home.

Despite a total_________, Christiansen saw the fire as an excuse to simply_________a larger workshop. _________, tragedy continued to strike. In 1929, the great Depression hit the world, and his wife died in 1932. Affected by financial and_________ disaster, Christiansen laid off many of his workers and _________ to make ends meet. Little did he know that those tragedies would be of importance to his business to__________.

Since times were so hard, Christiansen made the difficult decision to use his wood to create__________ goods that might actually sell. The decision didn’t__________ at first. But his love of toys pushed the company ahead, even when it was__________ the toughest times.

It __________he was a brilliant toymaker. Soon, his wonderful models of cars and animals and his adorable pull toys gained national popularity. His bestseller, a wooden duck whose mouth opens and closes when pulled, is now still a hot__________. In 1949, his company created its plastic bricks called the Automatic Binding Bricks. And the toy became more and more popular as the years passed.

1.

A．ordinary

B．different

C．sensitive

D．skillful

2.

A．preference

B．gratitude

C．fortune

D．business

3.

A．anxiously

B．nervously

C．blindly

D．accidentally

4.

A．protecting

B．abandoning

C．destroying

D．repeating

5.

A．success

B．loss

C．pain

D．failure

6.

A．design

B．draw

C．remove

D．build

7.

A．However

B．Thus

C．Besides

D．Anyway

8.

A．natural

B．historical

C．personal

D．artificial

9.

A．planned

B．struggled

C．happened

D．promised

10.

A．quit

B．recover

C．fail

D．advertise

11.

A．inconvenient

B．unpopular

C．priceless

D．inexpensive

12.

A．show off

B．give off

C．pay off

D．take off

13.

A．going through

B．going into

C．getting through

D．getting over

14.

A．broke out

B．carried out

C．turned out

D．figured out

15.

A．choice

B．finding

C．hit

D．property

3 . To Huang Qin, a caregiver for the elderly, having a mastery of skills is not enough to become a good caregiver—one also needs to have a passion for the job and the ability to _________.

Huang started her_________as a caregiver at the No. 2 Shanghai Social Welfare House in 1992. She _________her second day at work: a resident _________ seizures (癫痫) and hit his head against the corner of a table. “I was so _________that I just froze,” she says. “Our team leader later told me about some of the early warning_________ that led to the occurrence of the seizure. At that moment I understood being a caregiver is also about having _________ skills.”

Her _________ soon led her to invent care­giving _________ that have made the lives of the elderly in her care better. One of the first people she__________was an 89-­year-­old resident. Because of a stroke, she was never able to __________her fingers by herself and therefore, was __________ getting skin infections on her hand whenever the weather was wet.

Inspired by a claw­like weapon she__________ while watching a film, Huang used elastic (有弹性的) cotton cloth to __________a tool, allowing the patient to keep her hands unclenched (松开). These innovations greatly improve the __________ of life for the seniors.

1.

A．change

B．innovate

C．introduce

D．influence

2.

A．dream

B．career

C．volunteer

D．study

3.

A．reflected

B．recognised

C．recalled

D．memorised

4.

A．suffered from

B．went through

C．died of

D．ran across

5.

A．worried

B．frightened

C．concerned

D．depressed

6.

A．signals

B．gestures

C．signs

D．evidence

7.

A．management

B．social

C．professional

D．communication

8.

A．personality

B．creativity

C．profession

D．attention

9.

A．treatment

B．medicine

C．machines

D．tools

10.

A．helped

B．saved

C．cured

D．rescued

11.

A．open

B．expand

C．extend

D．fold

12.

A．frequently

B．suddenly

C．gradually

D．generally

13.

A．searched for

B．met with

C．came across

D．found out

14.

A．carry

B．create

C．control

D．work

15.

A．meaning

B．class

C．value

D．quality

4 . 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。

As a teacher, my daily routine includes driving to a new school almost every day so I’m usually unable to predict the day’s events, good or bad!

On one particular day, I was teaching in a very difficult class. Some of the schoolboys didn’t finish their homework on time and that really annoyed me. I was managing behaviour all morning and by lunchtime I knew I needed coffee to even consider surviving the afternoon. So on my lunchtime, I drove to a nearby plaza to get a cup of coffee. There I had a wonderful time and forgot the unpleasant experience in the morning. Upon returning to the car, I realized I had locked my keys and my phone inside! I had about 15 minutes to get back to the school which was a good 4-or-5-minute drive away. I considered rushing back, but it was winter, and I thought a dirty fall on ice would only make the situation much worse.

So I ran into a Mcdonald’s which was in the same plaza and asked the man at the counter to call me a cab. The man happened to be the manager of the restaurant. I briefly explained my situation to him, and I could tell by the look, that he empathized. He hurried to the back to use the phone while I paced in the restaurant. I had less than 10 minutes to get back to my school at this point.

The manager returned, only to tell me that the cab company had put him on hold and then the line got disconnected, and that he was now on hold again, but had not yet been able to request the cab yet. My expression, I am sure, began to resemble some combination of hopelessness and fear.

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Without a thought, the manager grabbed his coat and offered to drive me to the school.

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The manager’s calm behaviour and kind nature made me think

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5 . Sylvia is a woman with big scars(伤痕) on her body. The incident happened during a childhood game of hide-and-seek with her sister. Due to frequent power cuts (停电), her mom used to ____ pots of water and put them on the bathroom floor. Her mother had told her not to enter the room, but Sylvia ____ in the room. When her sister pushed the ____, she fell backwards into the____ water.

With scars over her body, a life of hiding from ____ followed until the____ point came in July last year. Sylvia was on holiday with her mother when she ____ a man’s camera phone following her. Then she was____ by the effect the experience had on her mother—she could see Mom staring at her scars, looking ____. Seeing this, Sylvia ____ to pose to make her mom____.

Sylvia felt like she had____ her family’s lives and thought. She realized it was the time to ____ not just to make a change herself, but to help others with disfigurements(缺陷).

Sylvia pointed out “Every person is____. We should accept our bodies the way they look.” She also organized a swimwear show featuring models with different disfigurements and wanted people to see what it truly ____ to be inclusive(包容性强的).

1.

A．drink

B．boil

C．take

D．store

2.

A．washed

B．remained

C．hid

D．jumped

3.

A．barrier

B．curtain

C．window

D．door

4.

A．cold

B．warm

C．hot

D．clean

5.

A．attention

B．attraction

C．discussion

D．relation

6.

A．showing

B．turning

C．breaking

D．meeting

7.

A．stopped

B．spotted

C．allowed

D．prevented

8.

A．silenced

B．disappointed

C．touched

D．annoyed

9.

A．quiet

B．beautiful

C．angry

D．sad

10.

A．happened

B．started

C．pretended

D．agreed

11.

A．return

B．move

C．smile

D．improve

12.

A．rebuilt

B．destroyed

C．ended

D．saved

13.

A．think

B．learn

C．decide

D．change

14.

A．unique

B．uneasy

C．hopeful

D．equal

15.

A．benefits

B．requires

C．means

D．matters

6 . It was about seven years ago. I just picked up my three-year-old daughter from the nursery. I was weighed down with shopping bags,and with my daughter’s things. We arrived at a pedestrian crossing and she pressed the button. In the distance, I heard alarms, told my daughter to wait and watched a police car approaching.

Little did I know,as the green man flashed, that my daughter had begun to run into the road. I watched the police car speed toward us — that was when you sounded your horn and waved wildly to me. My daughter was about a meter from the path of the police car, hidden from their view by your car. 

I screamed her name and ran toward her. She stopped and was shocked by the rush of the police car as it sped past. She wondered why you had blown your horn, asking, “Mom, why was that woman so rude?” not realizing you had saved her life.

She wondered why I picked her up and burst into tears. My legs gave way as I reached the other side of the road. I should have followed my “wait” with a hand on her shoulder, or an explanation of why we were ignoring the green man this time, especially as I had in effect taught her to cross the road at the sight of the green flash.

I beat myself up for months, and still do, with flashbacks and horrible assumptions about what might have been. But for your sounding your horn, seeing what I hadn’t seen, I would have been left a mother on the other side of the road, totally broken. I apologize for putting you in that position — I can imagine that it upset you, too. You saved her life and I am so grateful.

1. What can we infer from the incident?

A．The mother didn’t regret what had happened.

B．The daughter didn’t follow the traffic rules.

C．The woman responded quickly and properly.

D．The police drove beyond the speed limit.

2. Why did the woman sound her horn?

A．To stop the police car.

B．To show her impatience.

C．To greet passing pedestrians.

D．To draw the mother’s attention.

3. What does the underlined part “the green man” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A．A pedestrian.	B．A policeman.
C．A traffic sign.	D．A button.

4. How did the mother feel when taking hold of her daughter?

A．Angry and shocked.

B．Scared but relieved.

C．Guilty and confused.

D．Grateful but sad.

7 . An executive was driving his new car on a street. He was _______for kids rushing out from between parked cars.

_______his car passed, a brick hit the car’s side door. He pressed hard the brake and drove the car back to the_______ from where the brick had been thrown.

He jumped out of the car,_______ a kid and pushed him up against a parked car,shouting,“What was that all about and who are you?Just what the hell are you doing?”_______more and more angry, he went on “That brick you threw will_______much money. Why did it?” “Please, mister, please, I’m sorry. I didn’t know what else to do!”_______the youngster.“My brother fell out of the wheelchair and I can’t_______him up.”Sobbing,the boy asked, “Could you help me? He’s hurt and he’s too heavy.” 

_______beyond words, the driver tried to__________the rapidly swelling lump(块)in his throat. He helped the young man back into the wheelchair and used a __________ to wipe the scrapes(擦伤)and cuts,__________ everything would be okay. 

“Thank you,” the little boy__________his brother to the sidewalk toward their home. 

After that, he never did__________the side door in order to remind him not to go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your__________.

1.

A．looking

B．watching

C．caring

D．waiting

2.

A．Before

B．Although

C．As

D．While

3.

A．spot

B．situation

C．surface

D．lounge

4.

A．saw

B．found

C．stuck

D．grabbed

5.

A．Remaining

B．Growing

C．Building

D．Making

6.

A．cost

B．spend

C．use

D．cause

7.

A．begged

B．required

C．asked

D．wondered

8.

A．get

B．light

C．lift

D．put

9.

A．Worried

B．Depressed

C．Moved

D．Surprised

10.

A．chew

B．melt

C．spit

D．swallow

11.

A．medicine

B．handkerchief

C．belt

D．money

12.

A．demanding

B．expecting

C．checking

D．wanting

13.

A．pushed

B．brought

C．handed

D．raised

14.

A．recover

B．repair

C．reform

D．record

15.

A．information

B．hope

C．attention

D．noise

8 . In 2020, Jamie Whitmore was considered one of the most successful athletes in America.She was a six-time USA champion for XTERRA racing, a two-time European tour champion, and held a world title.

Everything changed during a triathlon that seemed like so many others she had conquered. As a professional athlete, Jamie Whitmore was used to suffering, but she never imagined the pain in her leg could be a deadly cancer.

After a friend recommended she go to the University of California, San Francisco, Whitmore took his advice and was quickly admitted. What doctors found during surgery shocked them all: Whitmore had spindle cell sarcoma, a soft tissue tumor that can start in the bone, and the tumor was wrapped around her sciatic nerve and touching several vital organs. They couldn’t cut it out for fear of bursting the tumor.

When she heard the diagnosis for the first time, Whitmore said time stood still. “I couldn’t breathe. They were talking about treatment and I just started crying and saying ‘I don’t want to die.’” Finally, the doctors enlisted the help of several specialists to remove the tumor. Whitmore developed sepsis(败血症) from the surgery and endured a grueling two-month recovery. When she began to feel sick again, Whitmore was certain her cancer was back. Instead, doctors gave her unexpected news: She was pregnant—with twins. “That was a whole other freak-out,” Whitmore recalls.

Jamie Whitmore isn’t used to slowing down. She has never met a challenge she couldn’t overcome, whether it was an XTERRA mountain bike race—or cancer. Today, Whitmore is a mother of two sons and cancer-free. She’s competing again, and has won a gold medal in the Paralympics, nine world titles, and has set two world records. She travels as a motivational speaker when she’s not spending time with her sons. Whitmore has some words of advice for others with limitations: “Never let anyone tell you what you can and cannot do. Some doctors told me I would never ride anything more than a stationary bike. And yet I rode my mountain bike 104 miles climbing from 9,000 feet to 14,000 feet. People with two good legs have fallen short of that task! You just can’t give up.”

1. Why couldn’t the doctors cut out the tumor at first?

A．Because Jamie was against the plan.

B．Because Jamie was pregnant with twins.

C．Because it was developing too quickly.

D．Because it was near several important organs.

2. When learning about her cancer, what did Jamie feel?

A．Sad and scared.

B．Ashamed and regretful.

C．Annoyed and frightened.

D．Astonished and inspired.

3. The underlined word “freak-out” refers to 　　　.

A．something demanding

B．something rewarding

C．something unusual

D．something meaningful

4. What is the purpose of Jamie’s traveling as a motivational speaker?

A．To build up her character.

B．To inspire those with limitations.

C．To spend more time with her children.

D．To earn more money in her spare time.

9 . 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 few years ago, I worked in an international company that sold computer devices. I had to travel a lot all over the country as a part of my work. I remember that I was at a stage of my life where I only cared about how to make more money.

On one of my trips, I came out of the airport to take a bus to downtown as usual. It was the same routine: get into the city, take the bus to the hotel, visit the customer, work late, take the bus back to the airport and fly back…

That day, for some reasons, I decided to take the stairs down to a different exit, where I came across a beautiful garden I had never seen before. I waited there, enjoying the scenery. Finally the bus came.

Usually I always took the seat behind the driver. That day I sat down somewhere in the middle. A boy was seated next to me, carrying a lot of suitcases. Suddenly, he turned to me and gave me one of the most sincere smiles I had ever seen from a stranger. Warmly, he said, “Hi, the perfect day in the perfect place, huh?”

I remember thinking to myself — this must be one of those typical people who is young and naive and just thinks everything is beautiful and easy.Why was he annoying me when I just wanted to enjoy the bus ride? But out of politeness, I replied, “Perfect! Did your parents pay for you to have some vacations on the beach?” “No, I’m not here for vacation, and I don’t have parents,” he shook his head. “I’m here because I want to achieve my biggest dream. I’m on the way to the army school where my grandfather studied a long time ago.”

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“I lost my dad 10 years ago then my mom married again. My stepfather…
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He smiled and told me that for 10 years, he had only one thing on his mind to…
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10 . What do you do with a withered orchid (兰花)?____ you’re an expert, you may find that they never ____ for you again.

Everything has a life cycle and orchids don’t ____ forever. I can’t ____ throwing out orchids. I have tried my best, but in ____. After so much ____ and error, I was almost ____ that they have died.____, my wife had other ideas.

Some of the plants were moved to a table in the living room, and others were ____ on the kitchen window.

Actually, everything has its own life cycle. Sure, you can ____ hope. It was easy to believe that those orchids would never flower again—that is, until my wife decided to come to their ____.

My wife kept moving the plants around the house looking for the right light.____, the orchids stayed alive. Tiny new stems (茎) grew from the old ones a year later. And now, nearly all of them are flowering.

Yes, you can ____everything you think is important—your beauty, your wealth, even your family — but as long as you are alive, you can find new life within something you thought was never going to bloom (开花) again. Never lose ____ on finding new life, even if the chance is ____.

1.

A．Because

B．Although

C．Unless

D．If

2.

A．bloom

B．struggle

C．live

D．care

3.

A．continue

B．last

C．manage

D．go

4.

A．help

B．stop

C．keep

D．stand

5.

A．ruins

B．vain

C．need

D．trouble

6.

A．effort

B．attempt

C．research

D．trial

7.

A．reminded

B．informed

C．convinced

D．warned

8.

A．However

B．Therefore

C．Also

D．Otherwise

9.

A．removed

B．ignored

C．placed

D．sold

10.

A．stick to

B．believe in

C．build up

D．give up

11.

A．rescue

B．mind

C．notice

D．way

12.

A．Generally

B．Normally

C．Surprisingly

D．Sadly

13.

A．lose

B．miss

C．gain

D．keep

14.

A．trust

B．confidence

C．hope

D．dream

15.

A．great

B．big

C．hard

D．slim