1 . My wife and I moved into our home two years ago. We had a yard with a lot of ________. Very often when we have flowers, Denise or I would plant some between the rocks, just to add some ________ to the area.

Last summer, I found a tiny little plant in the yard that I could not immediately identify. I knew I didn’t plant it and Denise said she didn’t either.

We decided to let it ________ growing until we could find out what it was.

Weeks passed and as I made my way back to the ________ plant, it appeared to be a sunflower. I decided to ________ the weeds (杂草) around it. As I pulled rocks from the area to get to the weeds, I noticed something ________.The sunflower had not ________ where I saw it begin. It actually had begun under a big rock and grown under and around it to reach the ________.

That’s when I ________ that if a tiny little sunflower didn’t let a big rock stand in its way of developing, we too have the ability of doing the same thing. If we ________ ourselves like that little sunflower, we can reach where we ________ to go and get what we need for growth.

We need to believe in ourselves knowing we have the ________ to achieve our goals. Like the sunflower, it knew it had the ability to get over the rocks because it had ________ in itself that it would succeed. Stand tall like the sunflower and be ________ of who and what we are, and then the environment will begin to ________ us. We will find a way to go under or around any “rocks” in order to reach our goals.

1.

A．flower

B．insects

C．vegetables

D．rocks

2.

A．water

B．fertilizer

C．color

D．shape

3.

A．stop

B．continue

C．improve

D．escape

4.

A．weak

B．strange

C．lonely

D．pretty

5.

A．collect

B．tend

C．remove

D．watch

6.

A．unusual

B．wonderful

C．terrible

D．valuable

7.

A．passed

B．started

C．left

D．died

8.

A．air

B．top

C．sun

D．house

9.

A．hoped

B．realized

C．doubted

D．regretted

10.

A．fill in

B．put in

C．worry about

D．believe in

11.

A．forget

B．hate

C．aim

D．wait

12.

A．wish

B．plan

C．ability

D．idea

13.

A．faith

B．energy

C．virtue

D．courage

14.

A．aware

B．afraid

C．proud

D．tired

15.

A．forgive

B．support

C．upset

D．affect

2 . Zachariah Fike has an unusual hobby. He finds old military medals _______ in antique shops(古董店)and on the Internet. But unlike most collectors, Zac tracks down the medals’ rightful _______, and returns them.

His effort to _______ families with lost medals began with a Christmas gift from his mother, a Purple Heart with the name Corrado A. G. Piccoli, found in an antique shop. Zac knows the

_______ of a Purple Heart — he _______ one himself in a war as a soldier. So when his mother gave him the _______, he knew right away what he had to do.

Through the Internet, Zac _______ tracked down Corrado’s sister Adeline Rockko. But when he finally _______ her, the woman _______ him with questions: “Who are you? What antique shop?” However, when she hung up, she regretted the way she had ________ the call. So she called Zac back and ________. Soon she drove to meet Zac in Watertown, N.Y. “At that point, I knew she meant ________,” Zac says. “To drive eight hours to come to see me.”

Before hearing from Zac, Adeline hadn’t ________ the medal was missing. Like many military medals, the one Zac’s mother had found was a family ________. “This medal was very precious to my parents. Only on ________ occasions would they take it out and let us hold it in our hands,” Adeline says.

Zac and Adeline got to know each other well after their first meeting. They’ve talked about planning a ________ to Italy, hoping to visit some of the ________ Corrado could have stayed at during the war. Adeline says, “Zac’s ________ of our family now.”

Zac recently returned ________ lost medal to a family in Alabama. Since the first Corrado’s medal, Zac says his ________ is now 5 for 5.

1.

A．for fun

B．in view

C．for sale

D．in store

2.

A．friends

B．sellers

C．collectors

D．owners

3.

A．provide

B．reunite

C．connect

D．share

4.

A．significance

B．standard

C．process

D．cost

5.

A．accepted

B．demanded

C．earned

D．desired

6.

A．heart

B．name

C．antique

D．medal

7.

A．directly

B．naturally

C．previously

D．eventually

8.

A．caught

B．reached

C．discovered

D．guaranteed

9.

A．flooded

B．treated

C．persuaded

D．filled

10.

A．failed

B．refused

C．handled

D．managed

11.

A．prayed

B．argued

C．complained

D．apologized

12.

A．business

B．promise

C．discovery

D．exchange

13.

A．realized

B．believed

C．expected

D．imagined

14.

A．heritage

B．dream

C．treasure

D．pride

15.

A．private

B．common

C．necessary

D．special

16.

A．duty

B．trip

C．campaign

D．task

17.

A．sites

B．cities

C．districts

D．states

18.

A．member

B．part

C．brother

D．son

19.

A．the other

B．more

C．another

D．every

20.

A．criteria

B．record

C．score

D．practice

3 . 改错

This morning, I was jogging in the park while I caught sight of a wallet on a bench. Clear, someone had left it there in accident. I picked up and checked the contents. Inside it, I found some money or a card with a phone number. Believing that the owner would be worried, I immediately try the number. A man answered it in an anxious voice. Hearing that I had his wallet, he sighed with relief and told me he would come right away. Ten minutes late, the man arrived. After confirm he was the owner, I returned the wallet back to him. With his thumb up, he expressed his thanks to me repeatedly. Seen the smile on his face, I felt happy that I was able to help.

4 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

When I offered my next-door neighbor an ice cream, what was difficult to open, she told me to wait the minute. She went in her house and comes out with a rubber band (橡皮筋). She said she could get it open right away by put the rubber band around the top! And she did open it. When she was told to have the ice cream, and she said, “No. You enjoy it!” I noticed her garden gloves were worn as we spoke, so I went in my house and got a new pair for him. The gloves were decorating with ladybugs (瓢虫). She loved them and I was attracted by the legend of the ladybug she shared me! We've been neighbors for 9 year and we have shared so much happy moments.

7 . The sun was rising when Daryl’s delivery truck with goods reached the highway. This was the best time of day to drive, when the roads were wide open and empty. He felt sure he was going to make it to Los Angeles before midnight.

Then he saw it, a large lump in the middle of the road. He stopped and found the lump was a girl. He tried shaking her awake but she couldn’t move, so he carried her to the side of the road. At least she wouldn’t be run over there. Now she was someone else’s problem because he didn’t have time to be a hero. He climbed back into his truck but as he looked in his mirror and saw the girl still lying by the side of the road, he knew he couldn’t leave her alone. So Daryl put her into his truck and drove to the next town.

An hour later he arrived at the police station. After explaining what had happened, he prepared to leave, but the policeman said he needed to make a report. Daryl knew it was impossible for him to get to Los Angeles on time now.

Three hours later the report was done and the girl had recovered somewhat. She explained that she had fallen on the highway, weak from hunger. She also thanked Daryl for saving her life. Daryl told her that he had been happy to help, but as he left the police station he knew his boss wouldn’t be happy.

Just as he was about to start the car, his mother called. “Have you seen?” she said. “A bridge collapsed two hours ago, the one that you drive over on the way to Los Angeles.”

Daryl’s blood ran cold. If he had been on time, he would have been on that fallen bridge. Daryl realized how lucky he was.

1. What did Daryl plan to do?

A．Go on holiday.

B．Visit his mom

C．Deliver some goods.

D．Make a report.

2. Why did Daryl first leave the girl by the side of the road?

A．He thought the girl would make soon.	B．He didn’t want to be late.
C．He was sure that someone else would help.	D．He worried the police would blame him.

3. How did Daryl feel as he left the police station?

A．Worried that his boss would be angry.	B．Angry that he had to make the report.
C．Proud that he had saved the girl’s life.	D．Confident that he would be on time.

4. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A．Daryl was now feeling more relaxed.	B．Daryl thought he would be in trouble.
C．Daryl felt the sudden change in temperature.	D．Daryl was greatly shocked by the news.

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。

Forty-three years seems like a long time to remember the name of someone you don’t know so well. I have forgotten the name of an old lady, who was a customer on the paper route in my home town when I was a twelve-year-old boy. Yet it dwells in my memory that not only she made delicious cookies but also she taught me a lesson in forgiveness that I shall never forget.

On a winter afternoon, a friend and I were throwing stones onto the slanted roof of the old lady’s house from a spot near her backyard. The object of our play was to observe how the stones changed to missiles as they rolled to the roof’s edge and shot out into the yard like comets (彗星) falling from the sky. I found myself a perfectly smooth rock and threw it out. The stone was too smooth, however, so it slipped from my hand as I let it go and headed straight not for the roof but for a small window on the old lady’s back porch. At the sound of fractured (断裂破裂的) glass, we knew we were in trouble. We turned tail and ran faster than any of our missiles flew off her roof.

I was too scared about getting caught that first night to be concerned about the old lady with the broken window in winter. However, a few days later, when I was sure that I hadn’t been discovered, I started to feel guilty for her misfortune. She still greeted me with a smile each day when I gave her the paper, but I was no longer able to act comfortable in her presence.

I made up my mind that I would save my paper delivery money, and in three weeks I had the seven dollars that I calculated would cover the cost of her window. I put the money in an envelope with a note explaining that I was sorry for breaking her window and hoped that the seven dollars would cover the cost for repairing it.

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。

I waited until it was dark, snuck (潜行) up to the old lady’s house, and put the letter I didn’t sign through the letter slot in her door.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The next day, I handed the old lady her paper as usual.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

9 . I couldn’t walk or speak until the age of 6. My brother and sister often made fun of me for being different and slow. My brother found it _________ that I couldn’t remember what the tutor had taught me and would say how _________ I was. Mum had to explain to him that I was different.

She tried to get me enrolled in various _________ Every time, she would explain to my classmates about my _________ so that I wouldn’t be bullied in school. Despite the best _________ of my teachers, I _________ to cope with the pace of the lessons and transferred(转学)from one school to another. I remembered _________ schools at least four times.

My life _________ when I was 10. Mum and I chanced upon a group of _________ with disabilities training in the open field of the nearby university. Mum __________ them and found out they were Special Olympics athletes.

At the time, I was physically __________ I had problems walking and had to hold someone’s hand for __________ . I also had problems with my eyesight. When Mum asked if I could become a Special Olympics athlete, we were __________ surprised that the answer was “yes”. I started simple training every Saturday. Although it was __________ , I never gave up. Neither did my family. Mum had to work on weekends and Grandma helped to ensure I never __________ a single session of training.

After a few months, with the __________ guidance of my coaches, I got stronger. At my regular Special Olympics 25-metre run practice, my grandma __________ me to let go of her hand. When I __________ the finish line, the team went wild. I was so __________ that I gave my grandma a bear hug. I __________ my progress to my coaches, families and friends.

1.

A．exciting

B．new

C．normal

D．strange

2.

A．ambitious

B．modest

C．stupid

D．tense

3.

A．competitions

B．games

C．schools

D．trainings

4.

A．disability

B．fault

C．mistake

D．worry

5.

A．blessings

B．efforts

C．plans

D．wishes

6.

A．began

B．managed

C．refused

D．struggled

7.

A．attending

B．dropping

C．returning

D．switching

8.

A．blew up

B．lifted off

C．turned around

D．went downwards

9.

A．athletes

B．workers

C．students

D．painters

10.

A．approached

B．greeted

C．invited

D．praised

11.

A．addicted

B．ill

C．sensitive

D．weak

12.

A．advice

B．message

C．support

D．warmth

13.

A．barely

B．pleasantly

C．slightly

D．eventually

14.

A．boring

B．difficult

C．timely

D．rewarding

15.

A．designed

B．escaped

C．missed

D．updated

16.

A．detailed

B．general

C．patient

D．practical

17.

A．encouraged

B．allowed

C．requested

D．advised

18.

A．crossed

B．grasped

C．broke

D．touched

19.

A．absorbed

B．delighted

C．relieved

D．tired

20.

A．attach

B．compare

C．devote

D．owe