2 . My 7-year-old daughter Leeny always has her nose in a book. She even took to reading in the car on the long drive to summer camp, which was where she lost the book. This is the first lost library book in my life. My family has always been over-educated, but we were poor. I didn’t own books. I borrowed books. However, my daughters have more books now than I owned my whole childhood, and I knowingly contribute to it by adding to the stacks (堆). So it’s probably my fault that when Leeny realized she had lost the book, she shrugged. “Sorry. I can’t find it,” she said. “It’s only $20, right? What’s the big deal?”

I felt the need to make her feel responsible for the book. She agreed to help me clean the chicken coop (笼子) in trade for my paying the library fine. I thought this idea was very clever because cleaning the coop is some work I had been avoiding for months. It was summertime and dust floated in the air. But my girl, my animal-loving mini-me, thought shoveling chicken poop (铲鸡粪) was the most fun she’d had on a Saturday morning in a long time. She didn’t feel any of the emotions that punishment is supposed to introduce. In fact, she looked as if she might lose another on purpose in order to clean the coop again. I stood, somewhat dumbfounded (目瞪口呆的), watching her.

It took me a while to realize what had happened, why my punishment had failed so completely and why I didn’t care. The fact is that I had Leeny help me clean the chicken coop. I was there, too, shoveling chicken poop, fetching the clean straw and feed. Leen’s little sister, Vicki, was inside watching a cartoon while my husband paid bills. Only Leeny and I were outside. She had me all to herself for the first time since Vicki was born, and she was enjoying all the attention for once. I don’t know what she learned about responsibility, but I found that I didn’t care about the book any more. We bonded over that unpleasant job and spent quality time together: mother, daughter, and chicken poop.

1. How did Leeny find reading?

A．It was very challenging.	B．It was of great value.
C．It was full of enjoyment.	D．It cost a large fortune.

2. What fact does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 1 refer to?

A．The author didn’t own many books.

B．Leeny feel irresponsible for the lost book.

C．The author’s daughters own too many books.

D．The author could never have enough books to read.

3. How did the author feel after she saw Leeny’s cleaning work?

A．Ashamed.

B．Astonished.

C．Embarrassed.

D．Upset.

4. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．What I owe to Leeny is more attention.

B．My punishment failed, but I didn’t care.

C．My daughter drove me crazy, but I felt grateful.

D．What my daughter loves is cleaning chicken coops.

3 . While I was riding bike, I noticed a man about a half mile in front of me. He was traveling at a lower speed. I decided to _________ him. I had about one mile to go on the road before turning around.

I started to ride faster, and every block, I _________ closed the distance. Finally, I _________ him and passed him. He was not even _________ that we were in a race, but I felt like a _________.

After 1 made it, I _________ that I had been so focused on competing against him that 1 had _________ my turn, and that I had gone nearly six blocks past it and had to turn around.

Isn’t that what _________ in life? We spend most of our time competing with neighbors, friends and family, trying to beat them or trying to be more _________ than them—while in fact there was __________ a competition.

We spend most of our time and energy competing with others instead of reaching our __________, and we miss out on our own paths to our destinies(命运) as a result.

__________ competition is a continuous process, a never-ending cycle a race of life. No matter what you do, someone will always be __________ you: someone with a better job. a nicer car and more money.

Feel __________ for what life has offered you. Stay focused on your __________ and live a healthy life. There is no competition in destiny. Run your own race of life and wish others well!

1.

A．stop

B．approach

C．pass

D．follow

2.

A．immediately

B．gradually

C．slowly

D．quickly

3.

A．gave way to

B．took control of

C．made fun of

D．caught up with

4.

A．anxious

B．positive

C．aware

D．doubtful

5.

A．professional

B．champion

C．loser

D．fighter

6.

A．identified

B．expected

C．realized

D．observed

7.

A．missed

B．reached

C．taken

D．made

8.

A．hides

B．matters

C．impresses

D．exists

9.

A．concentrated

B．successful

C．careful

D．concerned

10.

A．never

B．likely

C．still

D．hardly

11.

A．neighbourhood

B．destination

C．power

D．turn

12.

A．Illegal

B．Equal

C．Unhealthy

D．Fair

13.

A．ahead of

B．next to

C．together with

D．far behind

14.

A．responsible

B．confident

C．graceful

D．grateful

15.

A．challenge

B．determination

C．path

D．wisdom

5 . 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。

I live in a small but lovely neighborhood. Our house is neither large nor luxurious (奢华的), but it has a fairly big garden. My father loves his garden. He planted some seeds in it and took good care of the plants, watering them, applying fertilizer (肥料), weeding and getting rid of bugs. He was never tired of doing all that stuff. But at that time, I didn’t understand why working in the dirt excited him so much.

Unfortunately, in early May, my father was seriously injured in an accident. He had to stay in bed for a while. My mother had several business trips, so she couldn’t take care of the garden. I didn’t want my father to worry, so I said that I would take care of his garden until he recovered. I assumed that the little plants would continue to grow as long as they had water, and luckily it rained fairly often, so I didn’t think much about the garden.

One Saturday morning, my father said to me, “Christine, the vegetables should be about ready to be picked. Let’s have a salad today!” I went out to the garden and was upset to see that many of the lettuce (生菜) leaves and carrots had been half eaten by bugs. There were hundreds of bugs all over them!

I panicked for a moment but then I quietly went to the nearest supermarket to buy some vegetables. When I gave the salad to him, he said, “Oh, Christine, what a beautiful salad! I can’t believe the carrots are this big already. You must be taking very good care of my garden.” I felt a little bit guilty.

注意：1. 续写词数应为150左右。
2. 请按如下格式作答。

When my mum came home, she saw the bag from the supermarket in the kitchen.

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I carefully made a salad and look it to my father.

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6 . Like everybody else, I was addicted to my devices (电子设备). When realizing its ________, I decided to make “I’m doing Tech-Free Sundays (无科技周日) now!” I ________ my mother the night before my no-tech ________ started. She said, “So are you ________ all devices?” I explained carefully. “No: computer, phone, iPad. No: email, Twitter, Instagram.”

But the next morning, I failed. The problem was my work: I needed to meet a(n) ________. I thought I could only use the computer for work, and wouldn’t check Twitter. I didn’t check at first, but then I did. Although I only checked briefly, just to ________ I didn’t miss the important information, the spell (咒语) was broken.

But the ________ thing about Sundays is that we can always have another one. The next week, I changed my ________ : no tech at all. This time, I made a ________ of everything I needed to finish over the weekend, and finished all the parts that require technology. And then I put my phone down, and when I woke up on Tech-Free Sunday, I did not ________ it up again.

That day, I finished a book—one with paper! Do you know how great it is to read a paper book? It is a(n) ________, like petting a literary (文学的) cat. ________, the trouble came when I went to meet a friend. I was late, but had no way to tell her ________ my phone was at home.

Was I relaxed on such a Sunday? Yes, I was. I felt a sense of ________ over my life. But because life is a learning process, the next weekend, I told everyone who might need to ________ with me that I would not be reachable (可联系到的) on Sunday.

1.

A．harm

B．freedom

C．information

D．benefit

2.

A．spoke

B．told

C．checked

D．yelled

3.

A．book

B．rest

C．work

D．journey

4.

A．bringing up

B．giving up

C．picking up

D．cheering up

5.

A．deadline

B．boss

C．employer

D．interview

6.

A．make money

B．make use

C．make efforts

D．make sure

7.

A．skillful

B．beautiful

C．sorrowful

D．stressful

8.

A．ability

B．work

C．approach

D．job

9.

A．living

B．list

C．fortune

D．difference

10.

A．pick

B．fly

C．give

D．try

11.

A．honesty

B．sadness

C．task

D．delight

12.

A．Therefore

B．Besides

C．However

D．Thus

13.

A．because

B．if

C．where

D．why

14.

A．shame

B．pity

C．humor

D．control

15.

A．fall in love

B．catch up

C．get in touch

D．end up

7 . My dad is a construction worker. He doesn’t seem like the kind of guy who would _________ great bread, but he is and he does.

I’ve been feeling _________ since I knew I didn’t qualify for the swim team. Now I’ll have to wait a whole year to _________ again; that might as well be a million years.

Dad knew I was feeling down. Last Sunday he said it was time for me to help in the _________. I couldn’t imagine what help I could offer. _________, I followed right behind him. Dad got out the flour and milk and taught me how to make the dough (面团), which took ten minutes and _________ a great amount of energy.

Next came the most difficult but _________ part — doing nothing. We waited for an hour for the dough to _________ swell (膨胀) and double in size. Then we beat the risen dough down to let the air out, divided it into two and waited for another _______ . “Take your time. Don’t rush to put the dough directly into the oven (烤箱), but if you do, the bread will be hard. So learn to be __________,” Dad explained. As the flour dust in the kitchen quietly settled, __________ didn’t seem to matter. The dough was going to __________ at its own pace.

As I __________ what Dad said, I stopped walking around and watching the __________. With a peaceful mind, I started __________ the quiet time with Dad. My father taught me how to bake bread, but I think I learned something more.

1.

A．purchase

B．deliver

C．bake

D．earn

2.

A．heart-broken

B．tongue-tied

C．cold-blooded

D．narrow-minded

3.

A．settle down

B．cheer up

C．show off

D．try out

4.

A．kitchen

B．school

C．market

D．factory

5.

A．Even

B．Still

C．Besides

D．Often

6.

A．demanded

B．wasted

C．preserved

D．weakened

7.

A．amusing

B．annoying

C．moving

D．surprising

8.

A．urgently

B．casually

C．slowly

D．temporarily

9.

A．minute

B．hour

C．day

D．week

10.

A．ambitious

B．passionate

C．patient

D．conventional

11.

A．fortune

B．family

C．life

D．time

12.

A．rise

B．bend

C．explode

D．roll

13.

A．predicted

B．accepted

C．doubted

D．investigated

14.

A．flour

B．milk

C．clock

D．bread

15.

A．memorizing

B．enjoying

C．marking

D．evaluating

9 . It was hard not to notice the 8-year-old boy across the street who stormed in and out of his own house. He did it often enough that a neighbor, William Dunn,_____ what was going on in his life. So Dunn asked him. “He told me that he didn’t have a father,” says Dunn, now 58, “and I____ there might be something I could do for him.” That something was fishing, a hobby Dunn’s father had_____ him. “Fishing always brought me peace and it taught me how to be____. When you’re on the ____, you can forget about your_____just appreciate the moment.” Dunn got permission from the boy’s mother to take him______.

One Saturday afternoon on the water led to another, and soon he was_____other kids in their Lakeland, Florida, neighborhood how to fish. Most didn’t have______ figures in their lives and had never fished before. Some were foster_____who had moved from one home to the next. They had been through a lot and their lives were______. But when they were fishing, all unhappiness_____. Out on the boat, they’d be_____and making new friends.

“I’ m able to forget about the past when I’ m fishing and concentrate on something fun and _____,” says Smith, a foster kid. “I’ve learned that I deserve a better life than what I had______ fishing. Whenever I feel down, I know it’s time to go fishing.”

1.

A．interrupted

B．wondered

C．knew

D．discovered

2.

A．realized

B．memorized

C．doubted

D．wished

3.

A．agreed with

B．dealt with

C．shared with

D．went with

4.

A．crazy

B．fortunate

C．comfortable

D．patient

5.

A．water

B．street

C．neighborhood

D．playground

6.

A．likes

B．tasks

C．problems

D．solutions

7.

A．fishing

B．working

C．risking

D．experimenting

8.

A．questioning

B．teaching

C．asking

D．observing

9.

A．mother

B．grandfather

C．teacher

D．father

10.

A．boys

B．friends

C．children

D．families

11.

A．joyful

B．ordinary

C．serious

D．difficult

12.

A．swung

B．disappeared

C．came

D．stayed

13.

A．struggling

B．preparing

C．laughing

D．thinking

14.

A．puzzling

B．clean

C．tiring

D．positive

15.

A．instead of

B．because of

C．according to

D．as for