1 . 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。

Ritch Addison was ashy kid. In elementary school, he didn’t speak up for himself, and he    1    (worry) a lot. But once he went to high school, he made up his mind    2    (develop) a sense of humor to make more friends. His new approach worked and he started to become known for his jokes—like the time he made fun     3    a classmate’s poor score on a math test.

“It turned out that I had gotten a hundred on the test and he didn’t do so well,” Addison recalled. “And I joked heartlessly about it.”

Then one day, his good friend, Holly, pulled him aside and said, “Ritch, sometimes you really hurt     4    (people) feeling.”

Addison    5    (shock). He had always seen himself as the one who made his friends laugh. He couldn’t imagine that he might be hurting them.

“But I kept thinking about what Holly said. Finally, I realized that she was     6    (absolute) right. I started paying attention to     7    other people was reacting to my humor,” he said.

It couldn’t happen overnight,    8    . “Over the years, I worked on    9    (be) more compassionate(同理心的) toward the people around me since I wanted to have    10    different kind of relationship with them,” he said.

2 . I believe almost everyone would like two things from their jobs and careers: success and happiness. They want to do relatively well financially, receive fair recognition for their accomplishments, enjoy their work as much as one can, and become happier as a person as a result. So many people, especially ambitious, hard-working people, simplify them in a logical way: They first seek success and then assume that success will lead to happiness.     1    . Chasing success has costs that can end up lowering happiness.

This is not to say that you have to choose between success and happiness.     2    . But you have to reverse (颠倒) the order of operations: Instead of trying first to get success and hoping it leads to happiness, start by working on your happiness, which will enhance your success.

Whether you are an employee or employer, it is a better investment to increase happiness at work and in life, rather than simply trying to increase measures of success.

    3    . No matter how much you enjoy your work, overwork will become an obstruction (阻碍) to well-being.

Once work quantity is under control, happiness at work requires a sense of meaning and purpose.     4    . Earned success implies a sense of accomplishment and recognition for a job well done, while service to others requires knowledge of the real people who benefit from your work.

Ultimately, although success and happiness are linked, the magic mostly works one-way — and not in the way that most people think.     5    , and may lead you to unhappiness. But working on your happiness. gives you the best chance at getting both.

A．You can obtain both

B．But this reasoning is faulty

C．It’s fairly reasonable to think this way, though

D．Working on your success to get happier is inefficient at best (充其量)

E．The first thing to remember is that happiness requires balance

F．It’s dangerous to pursue success instead of happiness

G．The two key aspects of meaningful work are earned success and service to others

3 . Whenever you see a tiny, uninhabited (无人居住的) tropical island, you will see a coconut (椰子) tree there, standing tall. How did it get there? It made an unlikely journey through a truly tough environment. It doesn’t have a map or a GPS, nor does it have a sail or an engine, but that little coconut contains within it everything it needs to make its journey.

Water is required to sprout (发芽) when the coconut gets to the new shore. On its journey it will be surrounded by water, but it can’t use that salt water, so the coconut packs its own sweet water. The coconut’s husk (外壳) provides flotation and protection through the journey and it sticks out of the water just enough to catch the wind and act like a sail.

With great courage the coconut sets off for an unknown destination. Falling from the tree, it gets bounced around in the surf. Again and again it tries to get out into the open ocean, and once it does, it starts catching the wind, catching the ocean currents and it is on its way.

In the middle of this vast ocean, with huge waves, the little coconut shows no fear. We build huge ships, but when a storm comes, those ships head to the nearest port until the storm passes. Not the small coconut. With each wave it goes up and with each wave it will tumble down. That storm has been harnessed to help it on its way. Then one day with a high tide it gets washed up onto a new shore. Quietly it puts down its roots and grows strong and tall.

The coconut makes the most of what it has. It grasps each opportunity without hesitation and finds its niche, the place where it can be. We also have the essentials we need to find our niche. We just need to make use of our courage and find a place within us where we can be at ease with ourselves.

1. What is unusual about the coconut according to paragraph 1?

A．Why it jumps into the ocean.	B．How it reaches a desert island.
C．How it offers guidance to sailors.	D．Why it grows in an extreme environment.

2. Why is sweet water contained in the coconut?

A．To feed the new coconut tree.	B．To keep it balanced on the ocean.
C．To attract seed-spreading animals.	D．To protect its husk from salt water.

3. What does the underlined word “harnessed” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A．Employed.	B．Overcome.
C．Ignored.	D．Identified.

4. What does the text intend to communicate?

A．Life is not all roses.	B．No way is blocked to courage.
C．Opportunity seldom knocks twice.	D．The longest journey begins with the first step.

4 . It is strange how a small moment can change a person’s life. My son walked into the kitchen this morning and opened his_________to me. I opened my arms too and gave him a big hug just like I do every morning. And this time a beautiful_________came back to me.

My Italian grandma had been a big hugger when I was a boy, but my mum and dad didn’t hug me much as I got_________. By the time I was a teenager then, except for my grandma, I didn’t hug anyone.

When I was sixteen, I_________on a trip with a group of boys to tour a college. And on our way there, we also_________an old temple. As we entered we were_________there by the largest monk I had ever seen. He was over six and a half feet tall with_________arms. And as he welcomed us, he gave each one of us a huge hug. When my own_________came, I felt scared but_________in and hugged him back. I felt__________in my heart as he shared his loving-kindness. I felt peace and joy in my__________as well. It was amazing. Later that day I began to__________why I had ever stopped giving and__________hugs when they brought so much__________.

When my own children were born then I__________to never stop hugging them and telling them I loved them, no matter how big they grew or how old they got.

1.

A．arms

B．hands

C．mouth

D．eyes

2.

A．flash

B．style

C．topic

D．memory

3.

A．older

B．stronger

C．quicker

D．slower

4.

A．looked

B．opened

C．left

D．put

5.

A．thought of

B．stopped by

C．asked for

D．burned down

6.

A．greeted

B．annoyed

C．checked

D．cheated

7.

A．suitable

B．thin

C．small

D．huge

8.

A．challenge

B．confidence

C．turn

D．impression

9.

A．jumped

B．broke

C．packed

D．stepped

10.

A．warmth

B．anxiety

C．curiosity

D．horror

11.

A．personality

B．adventure

C．spirit

D．stomach

12.

A．realize

B．wonder

C．understand

D．notice

13.

A．exploring

B．designing

C．refusing

D．receiving

14.

A．advice

B．joy

C．blood

D．knowledge

15.

A．decided

B．forgot

C．changed

D．returned

5 . 请阅读下面一则寓言故事，并完成一篇读后感。内容包括：
1. 寓言故事的概要； 2. 你的观点及例证； 3. 得出的结论。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，是行文连贯。

The Animal School Adapted from a work by George H. Reavis Once upon a time, the animals decided to organize a school. They adopted a curriculum consisting of running, climbing, swimming and flying. To make it easier to administer(管理), all the animals took all the subjects. The duck was excellent in swimming, but he made only passing grades in flying and was very poor in running. So, he had to stay after school and also drop swimming in order to practice running. This was kept up until his webbed feet were badly hurt and he was only average in swimming. The squirrel was excellent in climbing until he developed disappointment in the flying class where his teacher made him start from the ground up instead of from the treetop down. He also got a D in running. The eagle was a problem child. In the climbing class he beat all the others to the top of the tree, but insisted on using his own way to get there…

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6 . 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。

There’re many life lessons that are presented to us every day. If we take the time to learn from them, they can chart a positive course for us. Here are three of the lessons I     1    (learn) so far in my life.

Live in the present. Focusing too much on the harm     2     (do) to us in the past, or trying to plan for too many     3     (possibility) in the future, can cause us to miss out on the present. Missing what is going on right in front of us can prevent us from the happiness or     4     (satisfy) the present can offer us.

Overcome any obstacles (障碍) in the way. When facing obstacles, we have to decide whether we let them stop us completely     5     we create a new course. Obstacles can easily become new opportunities. We just have to make small adjustments, and sometimes     6     (slight) change our goals.

Get up when we fail. Thomas Edison once said, “Many of life’s failures are people who don’t realize how close they were     7     success when they gave up.” Sometimes it’s the act of getting up when we fall that     8     (help) us cross the finish line. It can be rethinking a piece of the puzzle or simply     9     (continue) on when the end feels so far away. Pushing through it to the end might be     10     makes a difference.

7 . I am writing this the day before the mail containing the result of the university entrance exam reaches me. I am writing this with a determination that I will _________ and not let life pass me by. I am sure that I will become something, even if the envelope brings me _________ news.

The envelope will reach my _________ tomorrow and I am ready to bear with _________ and self-respect. I will not _________, unless they are tears of joy for saying good-bye to my childhood and welcoming in a _________ life-one that is mysterious（神秘的）and _________. It will teach me to grow and _________ why things are the way they are. It will filter out（过滤掉）all my regrets（遗憾）and let my self-worth _________.

I will be __________ in my battle and not let the bad news bring me down. I will tell myself that I am a talented person and that being __________ doesn’t necessarily mean that I have to be accepted into __________.

I will not listen to those who __________ that a university degree is the only way I will find as a means of __________ these days. I will tell myself that even if that envelope is small and includes a rejection, the person that they have __________ will carry on, because I must __________ to live my life the way I know how to.

I know who I am. I __________ who I am. And whether or not I am accepted into college, I will be true to myself and to __________ around me. I will not __________. I will only look forward and greet each day with a __________ anyway.

1.

A．lie down

B．shout out

C．break in

D．carry on

2.

A．great

B．bad

C．interesting

D．funny

3.

A．mailbox

B．bed

C．heart

D．father

4.

A．shame

B．amusement

C．courage

D．happiness

5.

A．cry

B．talk

C．move

D．work

6.

A．comfortable

B．new

C．hard

D．long

7.

A．worthless

B．expensive

C．unknown

D．brief

8.

A．question

B．wonder

C．doubt

D．understand

9.

A．decrease

B．increase

C．reduce

D．lower

10.

A．strong

B．lost

C．energetic

D．stubborn

11.

A．humorous

B．weak

C．rich

D．smart

12.

A．hospital

B．prison

C．college

D．heaven

13.

A．disagree

B．hope

C．claim

D．reply

14.

A．living

B．escaping

C．exploring

D．entertaining

15.

A．angered

B．rejected

C．greeted

D．inspired

16.

A．stop

B．decline

C．pretend

D．continue

17.

A．hate

B．accept

C．forget

D．forgive

18.

A．others

B．them

C．schools

D．mistakes

19.

A．get up

B．grow up

C．look back

D．come back

20.

A．dream

B．wish

C．struggle

D．smile

8 . Rosie Dutton teaches a weekly class for 10- and 11-year-olds. During a recent class, Dutton used apples to brilliantly explain the effects of bullying.

Rosie Dutton started out by showing the class two perfect-looking apples. But unknown to the students, she had dropped one of the apples repeatedly on the floor. She picked up the dropped apple and began insulting (侮辱；损害) it.

“I started to tell the children how I disliked this apple, that I thought it was ugly and it was a horrible color,” Dutton wrote. “I told them that because I didn't like it, I didn't want them to like it either.”

They passed that apple around in a circle and the kids joined in on the insults. Then, Dutton took a completely different approach with the other apple.

“We then passed another apple around and started to say kind words to it,” the 31-year-old wrote.

She eventually cut both of them open to reveal that the apple that had been insulted was bruised (青肿的) inside. The apple that received praise wasn't.

“When people are bullied, especially children, they feel horrible inside and sometimes don't show or tell others how they are feeling,” Dutton wrote in her post. “If we hadn't cut that apple   open, we would never have known how much pain we had caused it.”

“Unlike an apple, we have the ability to stop this from happening. We can teach children that it's not OK to say unkind things to each other,” the 31-year-old explained in her post. She later added, “More and more hurt and damage happens inside if nobody does anything to stop the bullying. Let's create a generation of kind, caring children.”

1. What didn't the students know in advance?

A．She had dropped one apple repeatedly on the floor.

B．She had dropped two apples repeatedly on the floor.

C．The two apples were perfect-looking in appearance.

D．She had picked the two apples from the same tree.

2. How did Rosie Dutton teach students bad effects of bullying?

A．By reading famous sayings.	B．By listing the numbers.
C．By making comparisons.	D．By quoting some examples.

3. At the end of the passage, Rosie Dutton calls on students to be ________.

A．brave	B．considerate
C．active	D．honest

4. What does the passage mainly talk about?

A．One woman found an incredible way to teach a history lesson.

B．People have the ability to stop bullying from happening again.

C．A teacher encourages students to put what they learned to use.

D．A teacher uses a bruised apple to show bad effects of bullying.