1 . 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。

One day my grandfather gave me a gift — a piggy bank. It had an opening through which one could put money in, but the opening was not big enough to reach in and get the money out. The only way to get at the money was to break the piggy bank open. My grandfather explained that was the whole idea: the piggy bank would help save my money so that, at the end of the year, I might have enough for that bike I dreamt about. He asked if I would put some of the money he gave me into the piggy bank. I agreed immediately and promised that I wouldn’t break it open until I could afford my dream bike.

Whenever he gave me a little bit of money, he would say, “This is for spending. But you can save some and put it in the piggy bank if you want to save it up.” When he gave me larger amounts, it was clearly for saving in the piggy bank. For some time, this worked fine. I loved shaking the piggy bank and hearing the sound of the coins. As it became heavier, I grew more excited, dreaming about buying my new bike, and all the adventures I could have on it.

Whenever I wanted to take some money from the piggy bank to buy delicious ice-creams or beautiful pens, I would imagine riding my bike on the street, and thinking of that, my thoughts about ice-creams or pens went away. So for almost six months, I only put money into the piggy bank without taking any out. I thought I wouldn’t break my piggy bank for anything. But one day something unexpected happened. I saw a piece of news on the television that a serious earthquake (地震) had happened in a nearby province. As many houses were destroyed, a lot of children became homeless. Seeing their shabby clothes and crying faces, I was sleepless that night.

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: I knew I should do something.__________________________________________________________________________________
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Paragraph 2: My grandfather was surprised by my behavior._____________________________________________________________________
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2 . Rain beat against the window, matching my mood. I should have known that my new job at the hospital was too good to be true. Throughout the day, rumors (传言) warned that the newest employee from each department would be laid off. I was the newest one in the training department.

My boss appeared. “You probably know we’re cutting back,” he said. “Administration wants us to offer outplacement classes to help those employees find other jobs, showing them how to act in an interview, for example.” “Fine,” I answered unwillingly, not knowing what else to say.

I decided to go home early that day. In the hall, I met the lady who brought us cookies every Friday. She was a little woman with gray hair. Only her head and the top of her green apron (围裙) were visible over the cart (小车) loaded with cleaning supplies. At least she had a job!

At the final meeting, laid-off workers formed a line at the door. A colleague whispered, “I can’t believe our Cookie Lady is being laid off. We’ll miss her as much as we’ll miss her cookies.” When the colleague spoke to her in Spanish, I knew my classes would be useless for her and I realized how much better off I was than this poor woman.

I decided to do something for her. I wrote to a newspaper expressing how I felt about the unselfishness of the Cookie Lady who needed a job. A few days later, my article appeared in the newspaper and the Cookie Lady was allowed to stay in her position. On the same day, I received a letter, which seemed so unlikely that I read it twice. “An editor of a local magazine likes your piece and wants you to call her next time you’re looking for work…”

1. How did the author feel on that rainy day?

A．Nervous.

B．Excited.

C．Embarrassed.

D．Proud.

2. What was the author asked to do?

A．Take care of patients.	B．Leave earlier that day.
C．Help the laid-off workers.	D．Give up the job in the hospital.

3. How did the author help the Cookie Lady?

A．He offered her a high-paid job.	B．He gave her advice on job hunting.
C．He made her story known to others.	D．He taught her how to pass an interview.

4. What does the story tell us?

A．Good deeds have their rewards.

B．A friend in need is a friend indeed.

C．Little people can make a big difference.

D．Love brings more joy to people than work does.

3 . There was once a boy called Mario who loved to have lots of friends at school. However, he wasn’t sure whether or not his classmates were his true friends, so he asked his grandpa. The old man answered, “I have just exactly what you need; it’s in the attic (阁楼). Wait here for a minute.”

Grandpa left, soon returning as though carrying something in his hand, but Mario could see nothing there. “Take it. It’s a very special chair. Because it’s invisible (无形的) it’s rather difficult to sit on, but if you take it to school and you manage to sit on it, you’ll be able to tell who your true friends are.”

Mario took the strange invisible chair and went to school. At break time he asked everyone to form a circle, and he put himself in the middle, with his chair. “Nobody move. You’re about to see something amazing,” Mario said.

Then Mario tried sitting on the chair. He missed and fell straight onto his backside. Everyone had a pretty good laugh. Mario wouldn’t be beaten. He kept trying to sit on the magic chair, and kept falling to the ground... until, suddenly, he tried again and didn’t fall. This time he sat, hovering (悬停) in mid-air.

Looking around, Mario saw George, Lucas, and Diana — three of his best friends — holding him up, so he wouldn’t fall. At the same time, many others he had thought of as friends were doing nothing but make fun of him, enjoying each and every fall.

Leaving with his three friends, Mario explained to them how his grandpa had so cleverly thought of such a good idea. Now he knows that those who take joy in our misfortunes (不幸) when we are in difficulty are not our true friends.

1. What did Mario’s grandpa take from the attic?

A．An invisible chair.	B．An old chair.
C．A real chair.	D．Nothing.

2. Why did Mario’s grandpa give him the invisible chair?

A．To see whether Mario could sit on it.

B．To test who were Mario’s true friends.

C．To let Mario have fun with his classmates.

D．To test whether Mario was popular at school.

3. How was Mario able to hover in mid-air?

A．He saw the invisible chair suddenly.

B．He managed to sit on the chair finally.

C．His friends held him up with their hands.

D．His classmates gave him a chair to sit on.

4. What does the story tell us?

A．Never laugh at our friends.

B．True friends can help us do magic.

C．True friends are those who care for us.

D．Having too many good friends isn’t a good thing.

4 . My husband Adlai and I often went camping to celebrate special occasions. In fact, our anniversary (周年纪念日) was coming up. But this time I felt a sense of _________ . I couldn’t help thinking about my journal (日记本).

For birthdays and anniversaries, _________ giving each other cards that we were not interested in, Adlai and I wrote letters. For nine years, I’d written almost all of mine in a journal. For our eighteenth anniversary, we had gone camping. After a hike, we returned to _________ our letters. But the campsite was _________ by a bear. Our tent fell down. Worst of all, my journal was _________. We searched for hours, but it was _________.

I never _________ . I always wanted to have back those nine years of letters! One day, I came home to find a car in our driveway. Two _________ stood in the yard with Adlai. Adlai held up a weather-beaten book. My journal! The woman and her husband had _________ it weeks earlier in the underbrush. She was __________ when reading my love letters. “We only have your first names, so it is a bit __________ to find you. Luckily, we make it,” the woman said.

As a result of their their__________, I could hug my journal again. I just couldn’t thank them more. There are always people in the world who show__________ to others. What the couple did doesn’t __________ change our lives, but it can certainly change the way we __________ about life.

1.

A．duty

B．excitement

C．loss

D．fear

2.

A．except for

B．instead of

C．with regard to

D．as for

3.

A．send

B．discuss

C．spread

D．exchange

4.

A．destroyed

B．watched

C．locked

D．examined

5.

A．waiting

B．missing

C．appearing

D．dropping

6.

A．hopeless

B．successful

C．dangerous

D．safe

7.

A．got away

B．set out

C．gave up

D．came back

8.

A．friends

B．customers

C．relatives

D．strangers

9.

A．discovered

B．hidden

C．returned

D．passed

10.

A．satisfied

B．moved

C．tired

D．frightened

11.

A．easy

B．interesting

C．boring

D．difficult

12.

A．needs

B．experiments

C．projects

D．efforts

13.

A．kindness

B．understanding

C．encouragement

D．protection

14.

A．partly

B．luckily

C．necessarily

D．secretly

15.

A．talk

B．feel

C．plan

D．hate

6 . 根据句子填空或所给词的适当形式填空

Way Bandy has graduated from the University of South Florida St. Petersburg ( USFSP ) nearly 50 years after he was last in school.

The grandfather of 81 years old ,    1    ( earn ) his bachelor’s degree on Dec 15, when he walked across the graduation stage    2    ( receive ) his diploma. His wife Nancy and youngest son Kyle were cheering for him in the audience. The ceremony came after a longtime promise to his mother,    3    died in 2003.“ The thing my mother drilled into me as a child was : The two most important things are your health and your word of honor. I want your word of honor that one day you’ll go back and get your degree ,” Bandy recalled.

Bandy dropped out    4    school to get married and started    5    family. But after his mother ’ s death , Bandy collected his college transcripts(成绩单),    6    ( apply ) to USFSP since he required one course to graduate.    7    ( final ) after studying hard to pass his exam in biology , Bandy , as the class of 2019’s     8    ( old ) graduate, earned a B in the class.

Bandy hopes to inspire other    9    ( student ), of any age and generation, to complete school if they have the opportunity.“ Take your time , stay ahead of your goal and promise    10    ( you ) you’ll finish. Whatever motivates you to do it , do it. If I can do it , anybody can----and I promise that from the bottom of my heart ,” he advised.

9 . Once upon a time a man became a great archer(射手). He asked the king to declare him as the greatest archer of the country. The king was about to do so when an old servant of the king said,“Wait, sir. I know an old man who lives in the forest. He is a much greater archer. Let this young man go to him and learn from him for at least three years.”

The man could not believe that there could be a greater archer than him, but he went and found the old man and he was! For three years he learned from him. Then one day, when he thought he had learned everything, the thought arose in him:“If I kill this old man, then I will be the greatest archer.”

The old man had gone to cut wood and he was coming back carrying wood on his shoulder. The young man hid behind a tree, waiting to kill him. He shot an arrow. The old man took a small piece of wood and threw it. It struck the arrow and the arrow turned back and wounded the young man very deeply. The old man came, took out the arrow and said, “I knew that some day or other you were going to do this. That's why I have not taught you this secret. There is no need to kill me. My Master is still alive, and I'm nothing before him. You must be with him for at least thirty years. And he is very old, so go fast! Find the old man!”

1. The young archer wanted to kill the old man because________.

A．he had nothing more to learn from him

B．he could then become the greatest archer

C．the old man refused to teach him everything

D．the king's old servant ordered him to do so

2. The following sentences show what happened between the young archer and his master.Which is the right order of the events?
a.The old man wounded the young man.
b.The young man learned from the old man.
c.The young man wanted to kill the old man.
d.The young man asked the king to declare him as the greatest archer.

A．abcd

B．dcba

C．dbca

D．dbac

3. What do you think would most probably happen next?

A．The young archer died from the wound soon after.

B．The king declared the young man the greatest archer.

C．The young archer found the old man's master and killed him.

D．The young archer set off to look for the old man's master.

4. What lesson can you learn from the story?

A．There's always someone better than you in this world.

B．You must never try to become better than your teacher.

C．The older a man is, the better archer he usually becomes.

D．Always use a piece of wood to protect yourself from an arrow.