2 . My mother often asked me what the most important part of the body is. When I was young, I thought_______was very important, so I said, “My ears, Mommy.” She said, “No. Think about it and I will_______you again.”

Several years passed before she asked me again. After carefully thinking, I thought I got the　_______answer. So this time I told her, “Mommy, seeing is very important, so it must be our_______”.She looked at me and told me, “You are learning fast, but the answer is not correct_______.” Wrong again! Mother asked me a few more times and_______her answer was, “No. But you are getting cleverer every year.”

Then last year, my grandpa_______. Everybody was sad and crying. My Mom looked at me when it was our turn to say our last goodbye to grandpa. She asked me, “Do you know the most important body part yet, my dear?” I was surprised when she asked me this now. I always thought this was a　_______between her and me. She saw the confusion (迷惑) on my face and told me, “This　_______is very important. For each answer you gave me in the past, I have told you that it was wrong and I have given you an example why.” She looked down at me as only a mother could. I saw her eyes filled with tears. She said, “My dear, the most important part is your__________　.”

I asked, “Is it because it can__________　my head?” She replied, “No, it is because it__________hold the head of a friend or a loved one　__________they cry. Everybody needs a shoulder肩膀 to cry__________　sometimes in life. I only　__________that you have enough love and friends so that you will always have a shoulder to cry on when you need it.”

1.

A．sound

B．taste

C．noise

D．voice

2.

A．tell

B．answer

C．ask

D．advise

3.

A．good

B．right

C．bad

D．wrong

4.

A．hands

B．shoulders

C．eyes

D．mouth

5.

A．too

B．either

C．also

D．as well

6.

A．never

B．Just

C．always

D．sometimes

7.

A．died

B．cried

C．played

D．changed

8.

A．sense

B．game

C．secret

D．feeling

9.

A．trouble

B．matter

C．problem

D．question

10.

A．shoulder

B．back

C．head

D．arm

11.

A．set up

B．lift up

C．hold up

D．put up

12.

A．must

B．may

C．need

D．can

13.

A．how

B．what

C．where

D．when

14.

A．on

B．under

C．above

D．over

15.

A．believe

B．hope

C．want

D．wish

3 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

If you ask me what are the things that people should not do no matter how, the first thing that     1    (come) to my mind will be to postpone today's business to tomorrow. Nothing should be postponed and nothing can be         2     (actual) postponed. If you feel the urge     3    (do) a thing, that means there is       4    certain reason for you to do it today, though maybe you still don't know what the reason is. Every now and then you may get     5     (motivate) by some inspirational stories. But       6    (chance) are high that you haven't really accomplished much although you once felt filled with so much energy to do them, because you didn't take any action. What you really need is not any motivation or energy. What you do need is the     7       (devote) to take action. When you postpone it, you get old. There will not always be a tomorrow     8     (wait) for you there. Your time is limited. If you don't take the chance to settle what should be settled today while there is still time, sooner       9     later you will find there will be no time for you to settle       10    you really want to settle. Time is precious. Don't waste it.

4 . One day, a professor entered the classroom and asked his students to prepare for a surprise test. They waited worriedly at their desks for the test to begin. The professor _________________ the question papers, with the paper facing down as usual. After he gave them all out, he asked his students to _________________ the paper and begin. To everyone's surprise, there were no _________________, just a black dot in the center of the page. The professor, seeing the _________________ on everyone's face, told them the following:

"I want you to write what you _________________ there."

The students got started on the inexplicable (费解的) task.

At the end of the class, the professor _________________ all the answer papers and started reading each one of them aloud in front of all the students. All of them, with no _________________, described the black dot, trying to explain its _________________ in the middle of the sheet, etc. After all had been _________________, the classroom was silent, and the professor began to __________________:

"I' m not going to grade this __________________wanted to give you something to think about. No one wrote about the __________________ part of the paper. Everyone focused on the black dot, and the same happens in our __________________. We have a white paper to observe, but we always focus on the dark spots. Our life is a __________________ given to us with love and care, and we always have__________________ to celebrate: nature renewing itself every day, our friends around us, the job that __________________ our livelihood and the miracles (奇迹) we see every day.

__________, we insist on focusing only on the dark spots: the health problems that worry us, the lack of money, the __________________ relationship with workmates, the __________________ with a friend, etc.

The dark spots are very __________________ compared to everything we have in our daily life, but they are the ones that pollute our minds.

1.

A．handed out

B．put down

C．took back

D．pointed at

2.

A．appreciate

B．turn

C．open

D．use

3.

A．exercises

B．vocabularies

C．questions

D．scores

4.

A．surprise

B．sadness

C．fear

D．excitement

5.

A．remember

B．imagine

C．avoid

D．see

6.

A．collected

B．exchanged

C．marked

D．selected

7.

A．excuse

B．doubt

C．exception

D．wonder

8.

A．direction

B．position

C．size

D．colour

9.

A．revised

B．answered

C．returned

D．read

10.

A．recite

B．draw

C．explain

D．write

11.

A．also

B．just

C．even

D．never

12.

A．big

B．black

C．unique

D．white

13.

A．lives

B．classrooms

C．colleges

D．studies

14.

A．symbol

B．gift

C．journey

D．lesson

15.

A．reasons

B．festivals

C．freedom

D．time

16.

A．earns

B．develops

C．provides

D．changes

17.

A．However

B．Therefore

C．Besides

D．Somehow

18.

A．specific

B．unfriendly

C．equal

D．special

19.

A．stay

B．contact

C．satisfaction

D．disappointment

20.

A．dark

B．round

C．small

D．dirty

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。续写的词数应为150左右。

At noon that day, I drove back to my house after the performance. Just as I entered the living room, I heard a gentle sound coming from the bedroom upstairs—it was the sound of my favorite violin.

“Thief!”

I dashed upstairs. Sure enough, as expected, a boy of about 12 years old was petting my violin. The boy had messy hair and a thin face, his oversized coat seemingly filled with something. At first glance, I found a new pair of shoes missing. It seemed that he was surely a thief.

Then, I saw his eyes full of fear and despair. My anger was immediately replaced by a smile, I asked, “Are you Mr. Ram’s nephew, Michael? I’m his housekeeper. Two days ago, I heard his nephew living in the countryside will come. It must be you. You’re really like him!”

On hearing my words, the boy was first astonished, but then quickly said, “Has my uncle gone out? I think I’d better first go out for a walk and visit him again in a while.”

I nodded and asked the boy who was preparing to put down the violin, “Do you like to play the violin so much?”

“Yes, but I’m so poor that I can’t afford it,” the boy replied.

“Then, I give this violin to you.” The boy looked at me questioningly, but he picked up the violin. Going out to the living room, he suddenly saw on the wall my huge color photo I performed in the Sydney Opera House. He involuntarily trembled for a moment and ran out without looking back.

I was sure that the boy had understood what happened because no one would decorate the living room with the housekeeper’s photo.

Paragraph 1:

A few years later, I was invited to be a judge at a music competition of senior high school students.

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paragraph 2:

After the competition, “Michael” ran to me, holding a violin box.

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6 . I have dreamt of taking a trip to Hawaii since I graduated but the best thing always needs waiting. I took a trip with my friends to Haleakala National Park which lies in Hawaii.

When we arrived at Haleakala National Park we were suggested to watch the early morning sunrise. I was lost in the sightseeing that afternoon so I could hardly wait to meet the sunrise. In the next morning we all jumped out of the bed very early at 3 o'clock and walked to the rocks by the seaside. In the first half an hour we imagined how wonderful it would be when the first light came out through the thick clouds and how soft it would be when the light touched our skin so we waited and waited. However another half an hour later I gradually lost my patience since there was nothing but the chilly darkness and I felt that I was frozen to death. But my friends were still extremely cheerful.

Nearly another one hour later “Amazing!” a word burst out from Judy and we all shouted to welcome the light orange greatness which is really unbelievable. Until today I dare say that it is the most impressive（印象深刻的）sunrise in my life. However waiting in the morning darkness is also the one I can not wipe out forever.

Waiting sometimes is really a hard thing for most of us as it needs patience and strong-willed determination but what about the result after that? It might turn out to be pleasingly unbelievable and satisfied. So it is really worthwhile to wait for the best.

1. When did they see the first light of the sunrise?

A．About 3 o'clock.	B．About 4 o'clock.
C．Nearly 5 o'clock.	D．Nearly 6 o'clock.

2. What’s the meaning of the underlined word “chilly” in paragraph two?

A．Total.	B．Cold.
C．Terrible.	D．Interesting.

3. What’s the author’s attitude towards waiting for the sunrise?

A．Excited all the time.	B．Afraid all the time.
C．Firstly excited then afraid.	D．Firstly excited then impatient.

4. What does the author want to tell us by this passage?

A．Sometimes it is worthwhile to wait for the best.

B．Hawaii is a good place to enjoy the sunrise.

C．I enjoyed the most flaming sunrise in my life.

D．My friends and I took a trip to Hawaii.

7 . You may have come across the picture that has a number drawn on the floor with two people standing on either side of the number. One person sees a 6, and the other sees a 9.    1    

They could either stay there arguing and holding on to their ideas, or they could move around and see the difference in their thoughts. This is perspective （视角）.

    2    The world would be a better place if people understood this. But before you start thinking of how you can start seeing things from the perspective of another person, you need to first know what a life perspective is.

Just like the example, life perspective is the way we see life, including the way we approach life and all that are in our personal experience.     3     What we usually have are two different perspectives on one thing. We have a person saying something is bad and should not be done, and then we have another person saying that “bad” is a strong word to use for the same thing.

    4    And everyone sees things a lot differently compared to the next person. This makes life more complex because, instead of seeing the similarities we share, we often focus on what is different, which leads to disagreements and fights.    5    It's likely that these problems no longer annoy you.

A．There are more than 7 billion people in the world.

B．In our life, few things are absolutely right or wrong.

C．It seems difficult to decide which perspective is wrong.

D．Simply make a switch and see from a different perspective.

E．A perspective on life can be shaped, changed, or explained.

F．They are both right, yet they are wrong in the eyes of the other person.

G．And they usually make us believe that we are the one who s holding the truth.

8 . 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：在错的词下面一横线，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。.

“Who would like this $20 bill!?" a well-known speaker asked, held up a $20 bill. Hand started going up. He said, "I am going to give them to one of you and first, let me do this." He left it on the ground and deliberate stepped on it with his shoe again and again. He picked it up, now covering with dirt. Still the hands were up in air. Because it did not decrease in value and was still worth of $20.

Many times in your lives, dropped and thrown into the dirt by the decisions you make and the circumstances and the difficulties that comes your way, you may feel as though you are worthless. But you are still priceless to your family members, that love you and depend on you.

9 . We have all heard how time is more valuable than money, but is it possible to have too much time?

I _______ back in high school I spent most of my day at school since I also played a team sport. By the time I got home, I only had a few hours to do my homework, and I had to do it _______.

When I got into college, things   changed . I suddenly found myself out of class before noon time. Because of all this _______ time, there was no sense of urgency to do my school work immediately. I was performing this action of waiting until it later became a _______. Once that happened, I just kept push my studying further and further back in my day. Then I got to the point where I was _______ really late at night to get my work done.

One day I met a former classmate of mine who was _________ a lot of money running a sideline (副业). Since his regular job was_______ , I asked him why he just didn't do his sideline full-time. He said without the job, he would simply have too much time and would just do what I did back in college. He said that if he _______ the job, he would lose his chance to work and succeed.

So, try _________ your time with other work. This is why there is a __________ that if you want something done, ask a busy person to do it.

1.

A．remember

B．admit

C．understand

D．expect

2.

A．at last

B．right away

C．of course

D．as usual

3.

A．extra

B．difficult

C．valuable

D．limited

4.

A．burden

B．relief

C．risk

D．habit

5.

A．hanging out

B．staying up

C．jogging round

D．showing off

6.

A．raising

B．wasting

C．demanding

D．making

7.

A．safe

B．important

C．boring

D．rewarding

8.

A．quit

B．found

C．accepted

D．kept

9.

A．saving

B．filling up

C．giving up

D．trading

10.

A．message

B．story

C．saying

D．fact

10 . My First Marathon（马拉松）

A month before my first marathon, one of my ankles was injured and this meant not running for two weeks, leaving me only two weeks to train. Yet, I was determined to go ahead.

I remember back to my 7th year in school. In my first P. E. class, the teacher required us to run laps and then hit a softball. I didn't do either well. He later informed me that I was “not athletic".

The idea that I was “not athletic" stuck with me for years. When I started running in my 30s, I realized running was a battle against myself, not about competition or whether or not I was athletic. It was all about the battle against my own body and mind. A test of wills!

The night before my marathon, I dreamt that I couldn't even find the finish line. I woke up sweating and nervous, but ready to prove something to myself.

Shortly after crossing the start line, my shoe laces（鞋带）became untied. So I stopped to readjust. Not the start I wanted!

At mile 3, I passed a sign： "GO FOR IT, RUNNERS!”

By mile 17, I became out of breath and the once injured ankle hurt badly. Despite the pain, I stayed the course walking a bit and then running again.

By mile 21, I was starving!

As I approached mile 23, I could see my wife waving a sign. She is my biggest fan. She never minded the alarm clock sounding at 4 a. m. or questioned my expenses on running.

I was one of the final runners to finish. But I finished! And I got a medal. In fact, I got the same medal as the one that the guy who came in first place had.

Determined to be myself, move forward, free of shame and worldly labels（世俗标签），I can now call myself a “marathon winner".

1. A month before the marathon, the author .

A．was well trained	B．felt scared
C．made up his mind to run	D．lost hope

2. Why did the author mention the P. E.class in his 7th year?

A．To acknowledge the support of his teacher.

B．To amuse the readers with a funny story.

C．To show he was not talented in sports.

D．To share a precious memory.

3. What does the story mainly tell us?

A．A man owes his success to his family support.

B．A winner is one with a great effort of will.

C．Failure is the mother of success.

D．One is never too old to learn.