1 . My father brought home a sailboat when I was ten, and almost each Sunday in summers we would go sailing. Dad was quite skilled in sailing, but not good at ________. As for me, I ________ both before twelve because of living close to Lake Ontario.

The last time Dad and I set sail together was really unforgettable. It was a perfect weekend after I graduated from university. I came home and ________ Dad to go sailing. Out we set soon on the ________ lake. Dad hadn’t sailed for years, but everything went well with the tiller（舵柄）in his hands. When we were in the middle of the lake, a strong wind came all of a sudden. The boat was hit ________. Dad was always at his best in any ________, but at this moment he ________.

“John! ________!” he shouted in a trembling voice, with the tiller still in his hands.

In my memory he could fix any ________. He was the one I always ________ for strength and security.

Before I could respond, a wave of water got into the boat. I rushed to the tiller ________ it was too late. Another huge wall of water ________ the boat in a minute. We were thrown into the water, and Dad was struggling aimlessly. At that moment, I felt fiercely ________ of him.

I swam to Dad quickly and assisted him in climbing onto the hull（船壳）of the boat. Upon sitting on the hull, Dad was a little awkward about his flash of ________. “It’s all right, Dad. We are safe now,” I comforted him.

That was the first time Dad had counted on me in a moment of emergency. More importantly, I found it was my turn to start ________ for my father.

1.

A．boating

B．running

C．swimming

D．teaching

2.

A．enjoyed

B．desired

C．hated

D．learned

3.

A．sent

B．ordered

C．invited

D．allowed

4.

A．calm

B．icy

C．stormy

D．thundery

5.

A．repeatedly

B．lightly

C．hardly

D．violently

6.

A．danger

B．place

C．sport

D．job

7.

A．suffered

B．fell

C．froze

D．quit

8.

A．Look

B．Help

C．Run

D．Jump

9.

A．problem

B．relationship

C．machine

D．boat

10.

A．turned to

B．lived with

C．argued with

D．objected to

11.

A．if

B．for

C．after

D．but

12.

A．got through

B．poured into

C．turned over

D．lifted up

13.

A．ashamed

B．protective

C．tired

D．afraid

14.

A．pain

B．anger

C．fear

D．shame

15.

A．making up

B．getting ready

C．paying off

D．looking out

2 . Germany is a highly developed country. Many people think its people lead a luxurious (奢侈的) life.

One day, my friend and I ________ a restaurant. We noticed that a young couple were having their meal. There were only two dishes and two cans of beer on their table. I wondered if such a(n)________ meal could be fine and whether the girl would leave that ________ man.

As we were hungry, my friend ordered more food for us. When we left, there was still about one third of the food we had ordered on the table.

When we were leaving, the young man spoke to us in English. We ________ that he was unhappy about us ________ so much food. “We paid for our food. It is none of your ________ ,” my friend told him. The young man was so angry that he ________ took his phone out and made a call to someone.

After a while, an office r from the Social Security Organization (社会保障组织) arrived. Upon knowing what had happened, he gave us a 50 fine (罚款), which ________ us.

The officer told us in a ________ voice,“ ________ is yours but resources (资源) belong to society. There are many poor people in the world who are ________ hunger (饥饿). We have no reason to waste resources.”

Their attitude to eating put both of us to ________ . We need to correct our wrong ________ . We are from a country which is not very rich. To save face, we often think we should order more than we can eat, which ________ our friends our generosity (慷慨). We should realize that resources don’t belong to a(n) ________ person but they belong to everyone. We can’t afford to waste them.

1.

A．entered

B．opened

C．left

D．called

2.

A．cheap

B．simple

C．expensive

D．common

3.

A．gentle

B．rich

C．mean

D．friendly

4.

A．disagreed

B．ignored

C．understood

D．doubted

5.

A．ordering

B．eating

C．serving

D．wasting

6.

A．business

B．power

C．action

D．concern

7.

A．slowly

B．calmly

C．exactly

D．immediately

8.

A．surprised

B．upset

C．worried

D．satisfied

9.

A．relaxing

B．serious

C．grateful

D．boring

10.

A．Money

B．Decision

C．Right

D．Freedom

11.

A．thinking about

B．suffering from

C．bringing in

D．getting along with

12.

A．interest

B．trouble

C．shame

D．joy

13.

A．purpose

B．method

C．education

D．opinion

14.

A．returns

B．shows

C．lends

D．passes

15.

A．single

B．wealthy

C．important

D．special

3 . Adam found a baby squirrel (松鼠) in his yard. He decided to ________ him in and named him Joey. In just a few months, he ________ a family member.

“He’d let anybody ________ him,” says Adam, “Right up until the kid broke in.”

That was the day Adam came home to obvious signs of a(n) ________. Strange, snowy footprints tracked around the ________. His safe was scratched up (刮擦). A few items of value were ________. He alerted the police about the break in, and officer Ashley came to the house to make a ________.

“Joey had run in the bedroom...and kind of ________ her,” says Adam.

Ashley asked if Joey bites. “Not usually,” Adam explained, “but he is, after all, a ________ animal. You never know.”

Hours later, Ashley returned with a remarkable story: She’d ________ a suspect, based in part on the cuts all over his hands.

“She asked him, ‘Did you get that from a ________ ?’ and he said, ‘Yeah, it kept ________ me and wouldn’t stop until I left.’” says Adam.

“The attack scared him, obviously, because he wasn’t ________ to have a squirrel come flying out of nowhere at him,” says Ashley. “So basically he said he took what he could and ________ as fast as he could.”

Adam’s family got their stuff back, and Joey got his favorite ________: nuts.

1.

A．catch

B．take

C．throw

D．follow

2.

A．helped

B．found

C．became

D．hurt

3.

A．reward

B．comfort

C．challenge

D．pet

4.

A．robbery

B．mistake

C．murder

D．accident

5.

A．street

B．yard

C．office

D．bathroom

6.

A．missing

B．shining

C．stored

D．abandoned

7.

A．deal

B．request

C．decision

D．report

8.

A．delighted

B．scared

C．annoyed

D．surprised

9.

A．small

B．unique

C．strange

D．wild

10.

A．questioned

B．charged

C．identified

D．recognized

11.

A．kid

B．squirrel

C．police

D．dog

12.

A．pulling

B．chasing

C．approaching

D．attacking

13.

A．expecting

B．noticing

C．pretending

D．promising

14.

A．checked

B．hid

C．cleaned

D．left

15.

A．toy

B．target

C．treat

D．taste

4 . Sarah, a Girl Guide (女童子军) from Wagga Wagga, dreams of being a medical scientist, inspired by Florence Nightingale’s ________ work in the field of nursing. “I want to make a positive ________ on the world by learning first aid to help people ________,” explains Sarah, who has a vision of seeing more girls in science.

Meanwhile, Olivia, from Coogee, has taken ________ from a famed Australian obstetrician (产科医师). “I want to be a biomedical engineer or something else in the medical field, to make money from some great inventions and then use that money to ________ houses to the homeless,” she says. “This is just like Catherine Hamlin, a gynaecologist, who used her wealth to ________ to the women of Ethiopia by providing them with more healthcare.”

Girl Guides Australia promotes the ________ of girls, whether they dream of working in forensic science or engineering, or ________ want to learn first aid. It also ________ a conference about what they could achieve, where some schoolmates who have gone on to success in STEM ________ a vital experience as members of Girl Guides.

Natasha Hendrick is principal geophysicist at Santos Ltd and a Rhodes Scholar. She said that her time as a Guide showed girls could do anything. She ________ for the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts and donates her time to Women Who Code, ________ young women who want to succeed in the tech industry. “A great many activities I was ________ in as a Guide provided a safe, supportive space in which I learned to try new things, like effective communication skills, be brave, and grow,” says Natasha. “I became a young woman who ________ to be different through my choice of career. And today I can look back and say my Guiding experiences made me one of those sought-after scientists who are also skilled managers, ________ communicators and good leaders.”

1.

A．pioneering

B．tiring

C．demanding

D．exciting

2.

A．fortune

B．arrangement

C．effort

D．impact

3.

A．in debt

B．in total

C．in need

D．in brief

4.

A．appreciation

B．inspiration

C．construction

D．description

5.

A．mail

B．deliver

C．sell

D．offer

6.

A．look up

B．give back

C．give in

D．date back

7.

A．attitudes

B．jokes

C．wills

D．doubts

8.

A．simply

B．finally

C．extremely

D．initially

9.

A．canceled

B．organized

C．postponed

D．addressed

10.

A．released

B．argued

C．communicated

D．shared

11.

A．volunteers

B．signs

C．desires

D．competes

12.

A．stopping

B．entertaining

C．saving

D．directing

13.

A．uninterested

B．involved

C．limited

D．embarrassed

14.

A．planned

B．hated

C．dared

D．pretended

15.

A．effective

B．proud

C．common

D．sensitive

5 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写一段话，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Holidays are not necessarily for fun or rest. Doing something meaningful can also gain special pleasure. When the final bell rang, the students were reminded that there was no school on Monday—the Labor Day. “Enjoy your extra day off” said the teacher to her class.

An extra day off unsuited Kayla just fine. She loved breaks. She wanted to go out to play with her friends. When the school bus dropped Kayla off, she ran into the house happily.

“How was school, Kayla?” asked her mom.

“It was great, Mom. I am excited about no school on Monday.”

“You just started back to school two weeks ago. Already in need of a break, huh?” asked Kayla’s mom with a laugh.

Kayla slept in the next morning. Saturday was her favorite day of the week. I trained most of the day, so Kayla enjoyed playing videogames inside. On Sunday, her friends came over and they played basketball for several hours.

Then it was Labor Day, you know, the extra day off that Kayla was so looking forward to. But Kayla was awakened early that morning by her dad. He told Kayla that in honor of Labor Day, the family would be cleaning both inside and outside the house. Kayla couldn’t believe it. This was a holiday. A day when she was supposed to be enjoying freshly squeezed lemonade while playing in her tree house. As Kayla wiped here yes, she began to wonder if this was just a bad dream.

“Kayla, your breakfast is ready. We have a lot of work to do today. Let’s get a move on,” said Kayla’s mom. As she sat down at the kitchen table, Kayla asked her parents，

“Are you serious about working today? Isn’t Labor Day a holiday?”

“Yes, Kayla. It is,” replied her dad. “But your mom and I thought working hard today would make you appreciate why Labor Day was observed in the first place.”

注意：1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

At first Kayla felt disappointed at her parents’ plan for the holiday.

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But things began to change as she was doing the chores.

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7 . “A bird with a broken wing will never fly high.” I’m sure that John would agree with this saying, as he felt this way almost every day in school.

By high school, John was the most famous _________ in his town. He was always absent, didn’t answer questions and got into_________. He had failed almost every exam by the time he entered high school, yet was_________a higher grade level each year. Teachers didn’t want to_________him again the following year. John was moving on, but definitely not moving up.

I met John for the first time at a weekend leadership training program since John was one of the 405 students who_________. At the start of the training, John was just standing outside the circle of students, against the back wall. He didn’t _________join the discussion groups. But slowly, the interactive games_________him in.

The ice really melted when the groups started building a list of_________ and negative things that had occurred at school that year. John_________some constructive ideas on those situations. The other students in John’s group __________his comments. All of a sudden John felt like a__________of the group, and before long he was treated like a leader. By the end of the training, he had joined the Homeless Project team. The other students on the team were__________with his passionate concern and ideas. They even elected John co-chairman of the team.

John started__________at school every day and answered questions from teachers for the first time. He led a second project,__________300 blankets and 1,000 pairs of shoes for the homeless shelter from house to house.

        A bird with a broken wing only needs mending. Once healed, it can fly __________than the rest.1.

A．storyteller

B．troublemaker

C．dream-seeker

D．peacemaker

2.

A．work

B．debt

C．difficulties

D．fights

3.

A．driven away

B．left out

C．turned to

D．sent to

4.

A．have

B．accompany

C．love

D．chase

5.

A．signed up

B．took over

C．fell down

D．went by

6.

A．hurriedly

B．easily

C．readily

D．warm

7.

A．drew

B．led

C．sent

D．reminded

8.

A．useless

B．meaning

C．strange

D．positive

9.

A．changed

B．noticed

C．expressed

D．reserved

10.

A．refused

B．welcomed

C．ignored

D．gathered

11.

A．founder

B．part

C．leader

D．heart

12.

A．impressed

B．anxious

C．disappointed

D．familiar

13.

A．walking away

B．dropping out

C．going down

D．showing up

14.

A．buying

B．collecting

C．donating

D．making

15.

A．longer

B．farther

C．higher

D．happier

8 . One day we were on our way to a family event. As we pulled into the local gas station I noticed a woman sitting ______ at a picnic table. It was around 30℃ and she was dressed in a ______ coat and long pants.

As we left the gas station, I told my husband I needed to go home and take care of something first. As we returned to our home, I went and ______ some items. I had just bought a new backpack and I knew it was ______ for her because it ______ her coat.

As I was back into the gas station, I got out of the car with the new backpack full of goodies. I walked up to the woman, ______ myself and asked if it was okay that I sat down with her. I offered her the ______ and she accepted it. She then asked me if I would like to ______ a snack with her, as she had not had anything to ______ today. I agreed and for over an hour and a half I ______ there with her, a proud mother and wife who lost her entire family a few years ago.

She was once a school teacher, but she was unable to mentally return to work after the accident. She told me the reason why she wore that ______ coat-it was the last thing she bought with her daughter. She explained that she sat with her family at that very ______. We shared smiles and ______. This woman helped me to realize that every moment is such a ______ gift and in the blink of an eye, everything can ______. Make sure that you hug your loved ones extra tight today.

1.

A．alone

B．happily

C．still

D．nervously

2.

A．winter

B．thin

C．cool

D．fashionable

3.

A．stored

B．gathered

C．hid

D．provided

4.

A．heavy

B．cheap

C．wrong

D．perfect

5.

A．dirtied

B．matched

C．represented

D．contained

6.

A．introduced

B．protected

C．enjoyed

D．seated

7.

A．book

B．meal

C．advice

D．backpack

8.

A．discuss

B．prepare

C．share

D．order

9.

A．show

B．tell

C．care

D．eat

10.

A．sat

B．waited

C．worked

D．lay

11.

A．wonderful

B．foreign

C．particular

D．black

12.

A．tent

B．window

C．counter

D．table

13.

A．tears

B．stories

C．experiences

D．opinions

14.

A．common

B．reasonable

C．handsome

D．precious

15.

A．repeat

B．grow

C．change

D．exist

9 . In 1990, Hal Donaldson was 23 years old, fresh out of college and found himself in Calcutta, India, where he was asked to interview Mother Teresa.

Donaldson says about the great woman famed for feeding the hungry, “She wasn’t wearing shoes and her ankles were swollen. She sat down with me and was very polite.” After the interview, Mother Teresa asked him, “What are you doing to help the poor?” Donaldson admitted that he was young and wasn’t focused on helping others. With a smile on her face, Mother Teresa said, “Everyone can do something.”

Those words deeply struck Donaldson and forced him to face hard truths about himself.

Hal Donaldson grew up in the San Francisco Bay area. When he was 12 years old, his parents were hit by a drunk driver; his father died, and his mother was seriously injured. To make ends meet, they went on welfare. Donaldson says, “I had holes in my shoes and clothes. When you’re teased at school for that, you just want to escape.”

He managed to do just that. Donaldson got into college and turned his focus to making money for himself. He says, “I was just trying to find my way out of insignificance.” However, it’s easy to overlook others along the way. I was the guy that would see a homeless person and cross the street, so I didn’t have to confront (面对) him. My focus was on climbing to the top instead of helping those trying to climb with me.

Donaldson returned home from India with a different thought. He traveled to eight cities in America and stayed on the streets and listened to stories of the homeless. “My heart broke,” he says. “I knew I could no longer just live for myself.”

Inspired by Mother Teresa’s words and the stories he’d heard across America, Donaldson loaded a pick up truck with $300 worth of groceries and handed them out to anyone who needed help. In 1994, Donaldson created the nonprofit organization, Convoy for Hope, which works with communities across America and around the world. Their work focuses on feeding children, women’s empowerment, helping farmers and disaster services.

1. What did 23-year-old Hal Donaldson do in India?

A．He interviewed Mother Teresa.

B．He fed the hungry with Mother Teresa.

C．He attended an job-interview for a college.

D．He did something to help the poor.

2. What can we learn about Hal Donaldson from paragraph 4?

A．He was born with disability.	B．He led a hard life as a child.
C．He was well treated at school.	D．He survived as an orphan.

3. How does Hal Donaldson describe himself in college?

A．Self-centered

B．Sympathetic

C．Popular

D．Generous

4. How did Hal Donaldson change after he returned home from India?

A．He preferred traveling to volunteering.

B．He suddenly fell in love with journalism.

C．He turned his focus to living for himself.

D．He gradually devoted himself to helping others.

10 . When Ariel Cordova-Rojas rode her bike to Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens, New York, last November, she planned to go hiking and bird-watching. A mile into her walk, she ________ a gorgeous female mute swan near the water’s edge. Cordova-Rojas, 30, who had worked at the Wild Bird Fund rehabilitation (康复) center in Manhattan, knew that mute swans can be ________. But as she approached this one, it didn’t move.

She was certain that the bird needed medical attention. Cordova-Rojas put her jacket over the bird’s head to keep it calm, ________ picked it up, and held it in her arms. And then a thought ________ her: What do I do now?

Her best bet was the rehab center, but that was across the East River and clear on the other side of town. How was she going to ________ a 17-pound swan on her bike all that way? ________, some puzzled strangers driving by offered her, her bike, and the swan a ________ to a nearby subway station.

On the subway, no one seemed particularly annoyed by the ________ passenger. Cordova-Rojas says: “One guy was sitting right in front of me on his phone. I don’t know if he ________ there was a swan in front of him”.

Cordova-Rojas called the rehab center on the way, and Tristan Higgin, an/a ________ manager, picked her up at the subway station and drove the bird, bike, and ________ to the facility. There, staff members determined that the swan might have lead poisoning, caused by swallowing ________ used on fishing lines.

The staff got the swan back up on her webbed feet. She even made a ________ at the center—another injured swan. Sadly, even with all that TLC, the swan was diagnosed with a bacterial infection. Two months after Cordova-Rojas came to her rescue, she ________.

It’s a disappointing ending, but the real story is just how far some people are willing to go to save a swan in the big city. ________, Cordova-Rojas traveled two hours by foot, car, and subway (while dragging her bike). “That’s the perfect summary of who she is.” says Higginbotham.

1.

A．inspect

B．spotted

C．observed

D．witnessed

2.

A．aggressive

B．cautious

C．ambitious

D．abnormal

3.

A．skillfully

B．willingly

C．carefully

D．sadly

4.

A．occurred

B．informed

C．reminded

D．struck

5.

A．transport

B．conduct

C．preserve

D．put

6.

A．Suddenly

B．Immediately

C．Fortunately

D．Normally

7.

A．lift

B．chance

C．treat

D．habitat

8.

A．scared

B．hungry

C．injured

D．feathered

9.

A．doubted

B．minded

C．noticed

D．preferred

10.

A．fire-controlling

B．animal-caring

C．forest-protecting

D．nature-loving

11.

A．rescuer

B．survivor

C．partner

D．director

12.

A．goods

B．weights

C．contents

D．facilities

13.

A．fortune

B．difference

C．promise

D．boyfriend

14.

A．passed away

B．die away

C．broke away

D．faded away

15.

A．At all

B．Above all

C．Best of all

D．In all