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。

As we all know, there is an atmosphere of boredom and tension in hospitals.    1     (much) often than not, I dress up as a clown to help children by entertaining them,    2     will make the hospital a friendlier place to visit. In the middle of this particular scene I spot a small girl     3     (cry) in pain and her ankle is twice its normal size. The on-duty nurse tells me that Lara     4     (fall) off her bicycle the other day. Although it’s the doctors and nurses     5     will treat her injury, it’s my job to make her feel better. While the doctor concentrates     6     examining Lara’s ankle, I get her attention by doing a magic trick.

While she is clearly still in some pain, her     7     (scare) and anxious look has been replaced—first by a small smile, and then by loud    8     (laugh) as I “magically” produced her sock from out of my pocket. Seeing their daughter so much happier, Lara’s parents are feeling in     9     good mood. From this experience, I realize that     10     is true that, “laughter is the best medicine”.

2 . When I first began to learn photography, a photographer offered me a simple ______ for taking a good picture.

Don’t just “point and ______ ”, as one camera used to advertise. After ______ your intended subject through the lens(镜头), pause and think about how you ______ in the moment. Then after deciding the specific part of your subject that ______ that emotion, simply cut away everything else and press the button. ______ : focus on what matters most.

This advice could also be applied to ______ . Focus on what matters most; ______ everything else. When we go about our lives with little ______ or difficulty, we may be tempted to “take it all in” and thus ______ to focus on what matters most and find it ______ to get rid of unnecessary things.

All is too often it is not until our lives are in ______ that we suddenly realize that we’ve ______ our focus. We have ______ paid attention to the important aspects of existence—justice, kindness, and humanity. ______, we actually have a chance to focus again. As we make difficult ______ about what offers meaning and purpose, we may discover that even ______ things have the potential to turn good and ______ . We just need to reframe the ______ before us. Then we can ______ and pay attention to the meaningful things of life.

1.

A．example

B．reward

C．tip

D．course

2.

A．shoot

B．reframe

C．catch

D．focus

3.

A．recognizing

B．considering

C．designing

D．spotting

4.

A．behave

B．feel

C．stand

D．play

5.

A．maintained

B．aroused

C．recalled

D．recovered

6.

A．In other words

B．As a whole

C．In a way

D．On the contrary

7.

A．work

B．photography

C．life

D．study

8.

A．lose track of

B．make use of

C．get hold of

D．let go of

9.

A．surprise

B．challenge

C．happiness

D．regret

10.

A．struggle

B．fail

C．intend

D．expect

11.

A．tough

B．strange

C．helpless

D．aimless

12.

A．surprise

B．doubt

C．crisis

D．pride

13.

A．abandoned

B．cancelled

C．misplaced

D．forget

14.

A．merely

B．rarely

C．always

D．sometimes

15.

A．Thus

B．Moreover

C．Instead

D．However

16.

A．comments

B．requests

C．promises

D．decisions

17.

A．impossible

B．active

C．negative

D．complex

18.

A．beautiful

B．long

C．fresh

D．memorable

19.

A．picture

B．figure

C．memory

D．story

20.

A．react

B．relax

C．reappear

D．refocus

3 . It seems that all kids need to be motivated to learn while some kids have to be tricked into learning.

I have taught students in high school for the last ten years. The first couple of years, I _______ as if I was knocking my head _______ a wall. No one cared about learning and much anger was _________. When I left school, I found my car with flat tires. I was still _______ not to give up. The next week, my car was covered with _______ that would not come off. This kind of behavior was _______ and common.

Then one day, I decided to motivate the kids. I made a _______ with the students that if everyone in the class _______ the semester with an 80 or better, I would _______ them to cover my car with as many eggs as they wanted to one day. If most of the class ________ a 90 or better, they could cut its tires ________ they turned into rubber bands. The students took up the ________ and left my car alone for the whole semester. They studied hard and helped each other to learn. The last day came, and to my excitement, my students ________ above 95 for the semester. Then the kids ________ twelve boxes of extra large eggs. Ten minutes later, the car was ________ trapped in eggs and the tires looked like rubber bands!

I thought it was ________. The kids learned, and I only had my car ________ twice a year. I’ve made this bet for the past ten years with no ________ and 100% success. The moral of the story is that you must find what motivates the students at all ________. I still drive my Camaro, and I’ve been never able to fully clean the eggs off. It’s a ________ of their success.

1.

A．looked

B．felt

C．believed

D．guessed

2.

A．out

B．beyond

C．against

D．on

3.

A．brought up

B．taken up

C．made up

D．built up

4.

A．determined

B．angry

C．excited

D．cautious

5.

A．rubber

B．pictures

C．eggs

D．band

6.

A．funny

B．expected

C．humorous

D．astonished

7.

A．decision

B．suggestion

C．deal

D．plan

8.

A．ended

B．started

C．got

D．achieved

9.

A．allow

B．attempt

C．encourage

D．approve

10.

A．took

B．performed

C．kept

D．scored

11.

A．when

B．until

C．as

D．once

12.

A．challenge

B．difficulty

C．record

D．belief

13.

A．realized

B．dreamed

C．equaled

D．averaged

14.

A．set off

B．got down

C．went away

D．pulled out

15.

A．extremely

B．completely

C．especially

D．largely

16.

A．shameful

B．terrible

C．valuable

D．worthwhile

17.

A．suffered

B．covered

C．cut

D．played

18.

A．troubles

B．regrets

C．wishes

D．ideas

19.

A．means

B．interests

C．costs

D．games

20.

A．signal

B．presentation

C．reminder

D．medal

4 . 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

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。

Probably, most of you had the feeling before, at least once—you had been waiting for a long time, yet being afraid of getting. It was exactly my state of mind before the first day at college. I had been working hard to pass the necessary tests and have my application to the undergraduate programme in management approved. And when the time had come for me to visit the college for the first day of the study,I couldn't sleep all night because of being anxious about how to look good physically in front of the whole new world I was about to enter. However,the positive attitude and readiness to accept support from others helped a lot in a new environment.

It was Monday morning. Being too excited to sleep the night before, I came to the college half an hour earlier for the first lecture and was walking nervously through the hallway. About 15 minutes after I came, the hallway started to be full of students. Professors who walked on their business probably didn't pay attention to me. I knew which hall to go to and had already checked that it was open. However,I was hesitant to enter the hall and sit there alone. People were moving around me as if they hadn't seen me. I felt disappointed with the fact that I had nobody to talk to in the new and seemingly unfriendly place.

Suddenly,a well-dressed man who seemed to be in his late twenties approached me. He introduced himself as Mathews and asked whether I was lost and whether he could help me with anything.In that situation,I realized it was very kind of him and that he was exactly the person I wanted to ask in my thoughts a minute before, but then I was too nervous for a friendly chat. As a result, instead of welcoming the opportunity to make the first acquaintance （相识）, I told the man to mind his business and leave me alone since I was an adult capable of finding my class without anybody's assistance.

注意∶
1.续写词数应为 150左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Luckily,the man didn't seem to be angry.

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Professor Mathews turned out to be an excellent speaker and the lecture went really well.

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6 . 不吃饭则饥，不读书则愚。十余年书海泛舟，哪一本是你的最爱呢？请以My Favorite Book 为题，介绍这本书的大致内容并说明它给你的启示。
注意：1.书名可以用汉语拼音；
2. 词数：120-150。

7 . Once there was a farmer with a wife and two sons. He became quite________through hardworking. He wanted his children to have a(n)________life, so he and his wife did all the work and________made them do anything.

After some time, his wife died and________he didn’t want his children to________, so he did the field labor and all the housework. But as time went on, he became old and________, and started to worry about his________when he died.

So he thought about this for a long time and he________his sons and said, “Look, my inheritance (遗产) to you is a lot of gold. I’ve________all my gold in the fields, so it’s up to you to plough (耕作) them and________the gold.”

And he called his neighbors and said, “I’m going to________and my children don’t know how to________themselves. So please cook for them until they can take care of themselves.”

So the neighbors provided them with________for some time.

Certainly the brothers didn’t want to be robbed of the________so they did the digging themselves. They________one field after another and after they had dug all the fields, they found no gold.

So the brothers sat down and one________the other, “Do you think our father________us?”

But the other brother said, “No, I think our father was saying that the________is a golden profession. And if we dig up all the________we can become rich.”

So like all the other________, they sowed wheat in the fields they had dug and became very rich in the end.

1.

A．rich

B．strong

C．clever

D．busy

2.

A．hard

B．easy

C．different

D．ordinary

3.

A．always

B．often

C．never

D．sometimes

4.

A．also

B．thus

C．ever

D．still

5.

A．work

B．move

C．study

D．play

6.

A．healthy

B．sick

C．foolish

D．wise

7.

A．brothers

B．friends

C．children

D．relatives

8.

A．showed

B．taught

C．visited

D．called

9.

A．lost

B．hidden

C．planted

D．put

10.

A．harvest

B．find

C．buy

D．use

11.

A．leave

B．travel

C．die

D．disappear

12.

A．look at

B．look out

C．look after

D．look for

13.

A．relief

B．money

C．water

D．food

14.

A．gold

B．silver

C．oil

D．coal

15.

A．dug

B．piled

C．operated

D．searched

16.

A．advised

B．asked

C．followed

D．doubted

17.

A．loved

B．cared

C．understood

D．cheated

18.

A．gardening

B．fishing

C．building

D．farming

19.

A．roots

B．stones

C．fields

D．pipes

20.

A．farmers

B．workers

C．fishers

D．builders

8 . Several weeks ago, I pulled an old road map out of the glove box and passed it to my children. They had never seen the province of Ontario laid out like that before. They stared at the map, asking about all the towns, parks, and other landmarks we'd visited, and I pointed them out on the map.

Google Maps and GPS are modern wonders that have gotten me out of many confusing places, but paper maps still have a role to play in our lives. Most of us adults learned to read them out of necessity, but it's up to us to pass on that skill to children whose need may not be so obvious, but who still stand to benefit from it.

As Trevor Muir wrote in an article on this topic, "When kids learn how to create and use paper maps, they are doing more than just learning how to get around. They are actually developing fundamental skills that they will use for the rest of their lives. Map skills still belong in today's classroom. "

As a child I had National Geographic maps taped to my bedroom walls. This aroused my curiosity and imagination about those places and thus made me eager to remember my geography and history lessons because they were tied to places I'd "seen". Even now as a mother of four, I've also spared time to travel to many of the countries whose maps I studied as a child.

Additionally, in this fast-changing world, unexpected events can rapidly influence one's usual way of life. When GPS satellites or Internet connections are affected, this old-fashioned skill can get you out of a mess without requiring a smartphone. Last but not least, paper maps arouse "big picture" thinking, showing kids that there's a much bigger world out there and helping to direct them within it.

So, now is a good time to pull out those dusty old maps and lay them on the kitchen table.

1. How did the children react when they were given the paper map?

A．They showed great curiosity.

B．They seemed totally confused.

C．They considered it old-fashioned.

D．They found it less convenient than GPS.

2. What might be the topic of the article written by Trevor Muir?

A．The teaching focus in today's classroom.

B．The situations where paper maps are used.

C．The necessity of digital maps in the modem world.

D．The benefit of developing paper map skills for kids.

3. Which of the following shows the author's opinion?

A．Internet connections are very reliable today.

B．GPS will sooner or later replace paper maps.

C．Paper maps provide kids with a grand vision.

D．Paper maps make people connected with each other.

4. What would be the best tide for the text?

A．Time to Teach Kids to Read Paper Maps.

B．How to Teach Kids about Different Kinds of Maps.

C．Time to Encourage Kids to Step into a Bigger World.

D．How to Teach Kids Fundamental Skills with Paper Maps.

9 . A study of violinists found that merely good players practised as much as better players, leaving other factors such as quality of education, learning skills and perhaps natural talent to account for the difference.

This finding challenges the 10, 000-hour rule promoted in Malcolm Gladwell’s 1993 study of violinists and pianists. Gladwell states that enough practice will make an expert of anyone. “The idea has been popular and entrenched in our culture for years. It’s not an idiom but an overstatement,” said Brooke Macnamara, the lead author. “When it comes to human skill, a complex combination of environmental factors and genetic factors explains the performance differences across people.”

Macnamara and her colleagues set out to repeat part of the 1993 study to see whether they reached the same conclusion. They interviewed three groups of 13 violinists regarded as best, good, or less accomplished about their practice habits, before having them complete daily diaries of their activities over a week. While the less skillful violinists reached an average of about 6,000 hours of practice by the age of 20, there was little to separate the good from the best, with each reaching an average of about 11,000 hours. In all, the number of hours spent practising accounted for about a quarter of the skill difference across the three groups.

Macnamara believes practice is less of a driver. “Once you get to the highly skilled groups, practice stops accounting for the difference. Everyone has practised a lot and other factors are at play in determining who goes on to a higher level,” she said. “The factors depend on the skill being learned: in chess it could be intelligence or working memory; in sport it may be how efficiently a person uses oxygen. To complicate matters further, one factor can drive another. Children who enjoy playing the violin, for example, may be happy to practise because they do not see it as a trouble.”

The authors of the 1993 study are unimpressed. Macnamara said it was important for people to understand the limits of practice, though. “Practice makes you better than you were yesterday, most of the time,” she said. “But it might not make you better than your neighhour or the other kid in your violin class.”

1. What does the underlined word “entrenched” in paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．Rooted.

B．Advanced.

C．Changed.

D．Unconfirmed.

2. What can we learn about Macnamara’s study?

A．It convinced Malcolm Gladwell.	B．It involved violinists and pianists.
C．Its process was similar to the 1993 study.	D．Its result is consistent with the 1993 study.

3. What does Macnamara find about highly skilled people?

A．Practicing for 11,000 hours is their main driver.

B．They enjoy keeping diaries about their progress.

C．Environmental factors have little relation to their success.

D．More practice makes little difference to their further progress.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．What makes an expert?	B．Does practice make perfect?
C．The early bird catches the worm	D．Enthusiasm is the key to success