1 . I love and enjoy playing the piano. So when the recital (音乐演奏会) was ______, I was disappointed. I had expected it for long and already ______ my best songs.

However, Mom turned this ______ into something worthwhile. “You should ______ at Carriage House Manor. I’m sure the ______ there would really appreciate the music.” To me, this was a win-win situation because not only would I play more songs, but I have the chance to ______ the residents, some of whom tragically didn’t have families.

The much-anticipated day ______ arrived. Stepping into the dining area, I saw several gray-haired people seemingly enjoying a dinner and the ______. Despite on-going conversations at tables, ______ still hung like a dark cloud in the room. After introductions, I sat down in front of the piano, butterflies in my stomach. But my ______ melted away as I played on.

The dinner hour flew by. One woman got up and began to cheerfully ______ about the room to the beat of the ______ while others snapped their fingers (打响指). I was ______ to see how music brought big smiles to their faces.

Calling off the recital was a blessing because it led to us ______ the gift of music with those who needed it most. Go spread ______ whenever possible.

1.

A．cancelled

B．sponsored

C．organized

D．postponed

2.

A．recorded

B．prepared

C．composed

D．sung

3.

A．burnout

B．letdown

C．getaway

D．turnaround

4.

A．relax

B．investigate

C．perform

D．wait

5.

A．seniors

B．nurses

C．guards

D．musicians

6.

A．cheer up

B．settle down

C．comment on

D．hunt for

7.

A．simply

B．accidentally

C．finally

D．nearly

8.

A．freedom

B．vacation

C．company

D．privilege

9.

A．silence

B．horror

C．confusion

D．loneliness

10.

A．desperation

B．nervousness

C．frustration

D．embarrassment

11.

A．spin

B．wander

C．dance

D．glance

12.

A．drums

B．heart

C．words

D．music

13.

A．determined

B．upset

C．curious

D．amazed

14.

A．carrying

B．exchanging

C．discussing

D．sharing

15.

A．faith

B．kindness

C．message

D．awareness

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。

A funny thing happened to Arthur when he was on the way to work one day. As he walked along Park Avenue near the First National Bank, he heard the sound of someone trying to start a car. He tried again and again but couldn’t get the car moving. Arthur turned and looked inside at the face of a young man who looked worried.

Arthur stopped and said, “It looks like you’ve got a problem.”

“I’m afraid so. I’m in a big hurry but I can’t start my car.”

“Is there something I can do to help?” Arthur asked. The young man looked at the two suitcases in the back seat and then said, “Thanks. If you’re sure it wouldn’t be too much trouble, you could help me get these suitcases into a taxi.”

“No trouble at all. I’d be glad to help.”

The young man got out and took one of the suitcases from the back seat. After placing it on the ground, he turned to get the other one. Just as Arthur picked up the first suitcase and started walking, he heard the long loud noise of an alarm.

It was from the bank. There had been a robbery (抢劫)!

Park Avenue had been quiet a moment before. Now the air was filled with the sound of the alarm and the shouts of people running from all directions. Cars stopped and the passengers joined the crowd in front of the bank. People asked each other, “What happened?” But everyone had a different answer.

Arthur still carrying the suitcase, turned to look at the bank and walked right into a young woman in front of him.

She looked at the suitcase and then at him. Arthur was surprised. “Why is she looking at me like that?” he thought. “The suitcase! She thinks I’m the bank thief!”

Arthur looked around at the crowd of people. He became frightened, and without another thought, he started to run.

注意：续写的词数应为150左右。
Paragraph 1:

As he was running, Arthur heard the young man shouting behind, “Stop! Stop!” _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Paragraph 2:

The taxi stopped in front of the police station. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3 . Once upon a time, a daughter complained to her father that her senior high school life was unhappy and that she was tired of struggling with homework all the time.

Her father, a chef, took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Once the three pots began to boil, h placed potatoes, eggs and coffee beans in them. After 20 minutes, he took them out, putting the potatoes and eggs in a bowl and the coffee in a cup.

Turning to his daughter, he said, “Look closer, and touch the potatoes.” She did and noted that they were soft. He then asked her to take an egg and break it. After puling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, he asked her to taste the coffee. Its good smell brought a smile to her face.

“Father, what does this mean?” she asked. He then explained that the potatoes, the eggs and the coffee beans were in the same adversity (逆境)—the boiling water. However, each one reacted differently.

The strong and hard potato became soft and weak in boiling water. The egg was fragile, with the thin outer shell protecting its liquid until it was put in the boiling water. Then the inside of the egg became hard. However, the coffee beans were unique. After they were exposed to the boiling water, they changed the water and created something new. “Which one do you want to be like,” he asked. “When adversity knocks on your door, how will you respond?”

In life, challenges happen to us all, but the only thing that truly matters is what happens within us.

1. Why did the girl complain to her father?

A．Because of her tiring job.	B．Because of her hard school life.
C．Because of her father’ s busy work.	D．Because of the food her father cooked.

2. What can we infer from this story?

A．The girl liked the coffee best.

B．The father was good at cooking.

C．Different people have different reactions to adversity.

D．The girl didn’t like the potatoes and eggs.

3. What does the underlined word “fragile” mean in the 5th paragraph?

A．thick

B．hard

C．strong

D．easily-broken

4. What would be the best title for the passage?

A．Challenges and responses.	B．Adversities and a chef.
C．A chef and coffee beans.	D．Father and daughter.

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，续写的词数应为150左右。

It was somewhere between spring and summer my mom and I were driving through the countryside Back then I was 13 years old and always felt unhappy with Mom. But little did I know that this trip was going to be a special one．

A pot of flowers sat in the back seat, whose heavenly scent filled the car．Suddenly, in the middle of nowhere, my mom pulled over．“What are you doing?” I cried, fearing that the car had broken down and we’d be stuck there, so far from home. But that wasn’t the case. My mom hopped out of the car, grabbing the flowers from the back seat．“It’ll just be a minute，”she called back through the open windows．

My eyes impatiently skimmed the edge of the road before settling on a little sign showing that it was a nursing home. I looked back to the building, somewhat annoyed, as my mom reappeared—empty-handed．

Before she started the car, curiosity drove me to ask，“Do you know someone there?” She shook her head．“Then what did you do with the flowers?” She smiled slightly，“I gave them to the receptionist(前台接待员).”“What?” She laughed at my confusion．“I told the receptionist to give the flowers to whoever needed them, especially who hasn’t gotten any in a while．”

I kept silent for a moment. Not long after we continued our driving, I spoke again，“Did you leave your name?” To this she answered instantly，“No. Leaving flowers there for someone who will appreciate them makes me feel good, which is enough of a thank for me.”

Suddenly, still thinking about Mom’s deeds, I heard something burst loudly. It was our car that broke down! Nothing could be worse, because neither my mom nor I understood how to repair it, and we didn’t know where the garage was. It also seemed impossible to wait for any passer-by, since we had seen so few along the way．

注意：
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。
Paragraph 1

We were worrying about what could be done.

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Paragraph 2

As we drove along, a flower shop came into sight on the road.

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5 . It was the first night of a tiring seven-day 250km race across the Gobi Desert a year ago. Mr. Leonard___________a little dog going around his camp trying to ___________herself.

“Cute, but I’m not giving you any,” Leonard thought. Like all ___________, he had packed just enough for the whole ___________. He’d been running competitively for three years, and he had a___________ to win.

The next day, at the starting line, the dog ___________ him again. He waved her away, worried that she might be stepped on by the runners. ___________, the dog followed him all the way until the day’s race ___________. That night the dog snuggled (偎依) up to Leonard and even___________ to get a little food from him. By then, he was determined to name her Gobi.

The pair went on to finish the seven-day race, with Gobi____________ a distance of 125km on her own, and winning Leonard over, enough for him to make a____________ — he would take her home to Edinburgh. “Seeing Gobi on the race ____________my attitude to things. It made me think more about stopping and helping her, rather than just focusing on winning, ” said Leonard, who finished second. “It also made my running more enjoyable , giving me a lot of pleasure.”

As Leonard was preparing to get Gobi home, she was missing. With a group of 20 local volunteers coming to his ____________ , he finally found her. After that, Leonard never let Gobi out of his____________. Now Gobi’s favorite activity is still running, and she__________ does at least 8km a day with Leonard up the hills.

1.

A．treated

B．spotted

C．adopted

D．recognized

2.

A．feed

B．water

C．entertain

D．accommodate

3.

A．hikers

B．climbers

C．explorers

D．competitors

4.

A．night

B．course

C．day

D．camp

5.

A．desire

B．chance

C．right

D．tendency

6.

A．bothered

B．stopped

C．approached

D．welcomed

7.

A．Nevertheless

B．Meanwhile

C．Therefore

D．Otherwise

8.

A．set out

B．break down

C．straighten up

D．wound up

9.

A．expected

B．managed

C．afforded

D．begged

10.

A．keeping

B．setting

C．covering

D．extending

11.

A．decision

B．choice

C．comment

D．difference

12.

A．advocated

B．acknowledged

C．challenged

D．changed

13.

A．rescue

B．mind

C．assistance

D．defense

14.

A．reach

B．way

C．hand

D．sight

15.

A．gradually

B．routinely

C．eventually

D．occasionally

6 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Everyone has a childhood. And childhood     1     (memory) are often very funny. It’s    2     (extreme) true that children brighten up a home.

I often recall my childhood, the years    3    many interesting things happened. When I was a two-year-old child, both my parents were always very busy    4    their work. My mother worked as a sales manager in    5     company while my father was in the army, so I lived with my grandma in a village. Every now    6    then I was waiting for my parents to see me at the front door. Once my father    7     (send) us a photo of his in a soldier’s uniform. Then one day, my mother finally came    8     (see) me and we went shopping together. On the way we saw a group of soldiers. And when I caught sight of    9     (they), I became very excited. I said in a ringing voice pointing to them, “This is my father, and this is my father, and that is my father, too!”

My mother said she would remember that     10     (embarrass) moment all her life.

7 . It was a very foggy day in London. The fog was so thick that it was impossible to see more than a foot or so. Buses, cars and taxis were not able to________ and were standing by the side of the road. People were trying to________their way about on foot, but they were still________their way in the fog.

Mr. Smith had a very important meeting to attend at the House of Commons. He had to get there before 9 o'clock, but________could take him there. He tried to________, but soon found that he was quite________. Suddenly he knocked into a stranger. The stranger asked if he could help him. Mr. Smith said he________ to go to the Houses of Parliament. The stranger offered to________him there.

Mr. Smith________him and they started to walk. The fog was getting________every minute but the stranger had no ________ in finding the way. He went along one street, turned down another, crossed a square, and after about half an hour's walk, they arrived at the Houses of Parliament.

Mr. Smith couldn't ________how the stranger found his way. “How do you find the way in this ________?” he asked.

“It is no________ to me,” said the stranger. “I am________.”

1.

A．run

B．come

C．stop

D．start

2.

A．cut

B．find

C．give

D．change

3.

A．making

B．losing

C．getting

D．keeping

4.

A．something

B．anything

C．nobody

D．somebody

5.

A．improve

B．walk

C．shout

D．follow

6.

A．lost

B．silly

C．awkward

D．sorry

7.

A．pretended

B．preferred

C．happened

D．wanted

8.

A．schedule

B．track

C．take

D．advance

9.

A．recognized

B．impressed

C．thanked

D．cheated

10.

A．longer

B．quieter

C．thinner

D．thicker

11.

A．difficulty

B．strategy

C．solution

D．style

12.

A．admire

B．believe

C．realize

D．explain

13.

A．fog

B．street

C．path

D．dark

14.

A．failure

B．event

C．sweat

D．legend

15.

A．amazing

B．deaf

C．injured

D．blind

8 . 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。

Last Saturday David was taking a walk in the park near his home when he noticed a woman with a boy of about eight years old. When David passed them, he heard the woman yelling: “How stupid you are! You’re good at nothing.” David stopped and looked at the little boy. The boy said nothing. He just stood there, looking upset.

David was reminded of his English teacher Mrs. Brown in middle school. After he entered middle school, David lacked self-confidence because he was often made fun of by others. He was often told that he was good at nothing, which David believed.

But one day it all changed. That day, in an English writing class, Mrs. Brown asked them to read a novel. They were asked to write a new chapter of the novel after they finished reading it. A few days later, David handed in his story. He didn’t give it much thought. But the next day to his surprise, the comment “well done” from Brown came into view the moment he turned to the page where the story was written. When David read that, he almost burst into tears. He had never expected to be praised. He suddenly gained some self-confidence.

That day after he returned home, he wrote another short story and gave it to Mrs. Brown the next morning. And again he was praised. David became very interested in writing. He often wrote short dories and asked Mrs. Brown to read them and correct them for him. Mrs. Brown always gave him good advice to improve them. One year later, David joined the school newspaper and became an editor of it. He gained his confidence and was hopeful about his future.

He succeeded in entering college and kept writing. Several years after graduating from college, he had his first book published, becoming famous as a writer in his country. And he owed his success to Mrs. Brown’s encouragement. Without her encouragement, his life might be very different now.

注意：1. 续写的词数应为150左右。
2. 请按照如下格式在答题卡相应位置作答。

Inspired by his own life story, David decided to do something for that boy.

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The mother was ashamed when she heard that.

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10 . 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。

Nowadays, more and more people enjoy watching plays in the theater, so do my wife and I. We’ll go to the theater whenever we have time. But before we buy tickets, we would like to know whether the play is good or bad. In other    1    (word), when a new play comes, we usually decide whether to watch it or not according    2    the information about it on the newspaper. Last week a new play was put on in the theater. The newspaper said it was very    3    (interest), so we planned to go on Saturday night. It took my wife a long time    4    (make)her decision about what to wear and we left our house a little late. By the time we got to the theater, the first act    5    (start). To our relief, we    6    (allow)to enter the theater. When we found our seats, we were recognized by an old friend,     7    seat was next to mine. Shorty after the play was over, we went dancing. It was about two o’clock in the morning when we got home. I’m not used to staying out so late and I was    8    (extreme)tired.

I didn’t have the money to go out for an evening like this     9    I was younger. Now I can afford it, but I don’t have the energy to enjoy    10    (I).