1 . I often imagined discussing school choices with my son. However, I didn’t expect to be having such a ________ with him at his thirteen years of age.

Earlier this year, he ________ his wish to go to one of the biggest public ________ in our small city, because several of his long time friends were ________ going.

I fought back the thought to ________ my eyes. I told him that if he went to this school, he would be going from a class in the ________ of 18 to being one of several hundred in the freshman class. He wouldn’t be able to receive the ________ attention of his teachers any more. He wouldn’t be happy at all. However, he didn’t ________ his mind. So I made a deal with him. He would need to ________ a list of reasons and then we would sit down and have a talk.

Later that night, as ________, we had a discussion. He gave his argument with a list of ________ reasons. First, he explained that he would have more ________ in courses and after-school activities. ________,attending this school would better prepare him for college because he would ________ what it was like on a big campus.

He added that he would learn to ________ his time. He also promised that he would make use of the drop-in tutoring (无需预约的导师) the school ________ if he ran into trouble.

I sat back and listened, ________ by the thought and research he had prepared. ________, I could have put my foot down and said “no”, or “just wait another year”, but I would have been doing that for me, not for him.

At last, we let our son have the ________ say on choosing a high school. I knew if my kid put the same ________ as he did in persuading us, he would be perfectly fine in high school.

1.

A．competition

B．quarrel

C．disagreement

D．conversation

2.

A．realized

B．admitted

C．expressed

D．communicated

3.

A．schools

B．hospitals

C．countries

D．libraries

4.

A．even

B．just

C．also

D．ever

5.

A．roll

B．close

C．raise

D．focus

6.

A．amount

B．size

C．content

D．container

7.

A．extreme

B．regular

C．special

D．ordinary

8.

A．keep

B．change

C．lose

D．slip

9.

A．come up with

B．keep up with

C．put up with

D．end up with

10.

A．imagined

B．expected

C．reminded

D．promised

11.

A．strong

B．surprising

C．active

D．usual

12.

A．interests

B．choices

C．rules

D．preparations

13.

A．Instead

B．Besides

C．Therefore

D．However

14.

A．remember

B．prove

C．decorate

D．learn

15.

A．save

B．spare

C．manage

D．devote

16.

A．afforded

B．demanded

C．explained

D．offered

17.

A．touched

B．disappointed

C．excited

D．confused

18.

A．Luckily

B．Honestly

C．Generally

D．Briefly

19.

A．correct

B．usual

C．common

D．final

20.

A．responsibility

B．reason

C．effort

D．patience

2 . British Cycling had recently hired Dave Brailsford as its new director. At the time, professional cyclists in Great Britain had ________ nearly one hundred years of mediocrity(平庸). In fact, their________   had been so poor that one of the top bike companies in Europe ________ to sell bikes to the team because they were afraid that it would hurt sales if other professionals saw the British people using their bikes.

What made Brailsford different from previous coaches was his________ of searching for a tiny improvement in everything they do. The whole principle came from the idea that if you________   everything you could think of that goes into riding a bike, improve it by 1 percent and you will get a________ increase when you put them all together.

Brailsford and his coaches began by making small________. They redesigned the bike seats to make them more________. They asked riders to wear electrically heated over-shorts to ________ ideal muscle temperature while riding and used biofeedback sensors to ________how each athlete responded to a particular workout.

But they didn’t stop there.They________ to find 1 percent improvements in overlooked areas. They hired a(n)________ to teach each rider the best way to wash their hands to reduce the ________ of catching a cold. They even painted the ________ of the team truck white, which helped them ________little bits of dust that would normally slip by ________ but could affect the performance of the________tuned bikes.

As these and hundreds of other small improvements were ________, the results came faster than anyone could have ________. Just five years after Brailsford took over, they________ the road and track cycling events in all the important Games.

1.

A．lost

B．enjoyed

C．showed

D．suffered

2.

A．score

B．track

C．performance

D．model

3.

A．failed

B．refused

C．expected

D．pretended

4.

A．promise

B．opinion

C．dream

D．philosophy

5.

A．broke down

B．took down

C．put up

D．gave away

6.

A．flexible

B．temporary

C．significant

D．random

7.

A．differences

B．adjustments

C．programs

D．efforts

8.

A．attractive

B．empty

C．soft

D．comfortable

9.

A．maintain

B．raise

C．reduce

D．discover

10.

A．change

B．monitor

C．manage

D．produce

11.

A．continued

B．happened

C．learned

D．bothered

12.

A．coach

B．secretary

C．assistant

D．surgeon

13.

A．sessions

B．chances

C．records

D．reactions

14.

A．tyres

B．roof

C．inside

D．seats

15.

A．gather

B．recognize

C．spot

D．send

16.

A．surrounded

B．unnoticed

C．removed

D．discovered

17.

A．finely

B．initially

C．slightly

D．positively

18.

A．took off

B．picked up

C．built up

D．got off

19.

A．achieved

B．remembered

C．mentioned

D．imagined

20.

A．dominated

B．witnessed

C．celebrated

D．attended

3 . 阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题

Eleven-year-old Ruby Kate has long been close to older folks. Her mother, Amanda Chitsey, works at nursing homes in northwest Arkansas, and Ruby Kate often goes with her in the summer. “I’ve never found them scary at all, so I’m able to just go up to them and ask if they need anything,” she says.

Last May, Ruby Kate noticed a resident named Pearl staring out a window. She seemed sad. “What are you looking at?” Ruby Kate asked. Pearl said she was watching her dog being led away by his new owner after a visit. Pearl didn’t know when she would see her dog again.

Ruby Kate and Amanda asked around and discovered that the nursing home didn’t allow residents to have dogs and Pearl couldn’t afford to pay anyone to look after hers. The Chitseys also learned that many nursing home residents are unable to afford even the smallest luxuries. So Ruby Kate decided to do something about it.

She started by asking residents what three things they wanted most in the world. “That’s a lot simpler than going, ‘Hey, what do you want?’” she explains. “They can understand you better.” Amanda worried that people would ask for cars and other things an 11-year-old   wouldn’t be able to provide. Instead, they asked for chocolate bars, McDonald’s fries, pants that fit properly, and even just a prayer.

“It broke me as a human,” Amanda says. “We left the nursing home that day and went straight to a store and bought as many items as we could.” Using their own money, the Chitseys granted the wishes of about 100 people in three months.

Then they started asking for donations, set up a GoFundMe page, Three Wishes for Ruby’s Residents, and raised more than $250,000 in five months. One of their new goals is to set up a communal laptop in one nursing home in each state.Ruby Kate doesn’t plan to stop there. “I consider kindness to be my hobby,” she says, “and I’m very good at it.”

1. What makes Ruby Kate have a close relationship with older people? (No more than 10 words)
2. Why was Pearl’s dog taken away from her? (No more than 15 words)
3. What are paragraphs 4 and 5 mainly about? (No more than 10 words)
4. How do you understand the underlined sentence in the last paragraph? (No more than 10 words)
5. What do you think of Ruby Kate? Give your reasons. (No more than 20 words)

4 . The moon had gone behind a cloud and there weren’t many stars in the sky. As I took a glance(一瞥)at my neighbor’s house, I saw a flame (火焰)in his ______. I thought he was having a midnight fast food so I went back to my______.

Soon, there was a ______ smell in the air and I guessed something was wrong. ______, I jumped out of bed and went downstairs to ______. I saw fire coming out of my neighbour’s kitchen. Right away, I ______＂Fire! Fire!＂ But there was no one nearby to ______ my shouts for help.

I ______into my house, called the Fire Department and went back to my neighbour’s house. I rang the doorbell, hit on the door and _____ my neighbour’s name but there was no ______. I managed to _____ the house and rescued a cat and a rabbit.

I tried to throw water through the kitchen window ______ it was no use; the fire was too strong. ______, a fire engine arrived and soon the firemen put out the fire. They arrived just ______ as the fire was going to ______ to the other rooms in the house.

When my neighbor came back, he was ______ because his kitchen was burnt down, but he thanked me for calling the Fire Department and for saving his ______. He wanted to give me some money in return but I did not ______ it.

Weeks later, my neighbor repaired and restored his kitchen. He ______ me to see his new kitchen and there he gave me a medal(奖章) that he had ______ ordered from a factory. It made me feel very happy.

1.

A．sitting room

B．bathroom

C．kitchen

D．bedroom

2.

A．chair

B．table

C．bed

D．sofa

3.

A．valuable

B．hot

C．special

D．burning

4.

A．After a while

B．All the time

C．Once in a while

D．At once

5.

A．examine

B．search

C．reserve

D．smell

6.

A．said

B．shouted

C．received

D．whispered

7.

A．hear

B．listen to

C．ask

D．turn to

8.

A．walked

B．rushed

C．jumped

D．stepped

9.

A．called in

B．called up

C．called out

D．called for

10.

A．answer

B．light

C．sound

D．fire

11.

A．take out

B．take up

C．break down

D．break into

12.

A．and

B．but

C．because

D．therefore

13.

A．Luckily

B．Sadly

C．Unfortunately

D．Suddenly

14.

A．in time

B．on time

C．at a time

D．at times

15.

A．run

B．spread

C．flow

D．return

16.

A．amazing

B．sad

C．sick

D．angry

17.

A．children

B．parents

C．life

D．pets

18.

A．expect

B．want

C．accept

D．permit

19.

A．persuaded

B．begged

C．admitted

D．invited

20.

A．gradually

B．particularly

C．specially

D．regularly