1 . 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。

People use the proverb “seeing is believing” to describe situations where it’s hard to believe something is possible if you haven’t seen it happen. I am here today to tell you that the proverb is true and to share with you how a girl and her grandmother made a positive transformation in a community.

It was a year ago when I was studying life cycles in my science class. I wrote a paper about the life cycle of the monarch butterfly (帝王蝶) and received a perfect score. I was so thrilled; I called my grandmother Nana and told her the exciting news. My talk recalled memories from Nana’s childhood. “I remember when I was a girl,” she said, “those orange and black butterflies were a common sight. Come late summer, there would suddenly be hundreds of them, and before long there were so many it felt like you were standing in an orange cloud.”

“It sounds like you witnessed a migration (迁徙), but what happened to them?” I asked. “To be honest, I’ve never known,” Nana admitted. “But there do seem to be fewer monarchs around the neighborhood.” Nana and I decided to investigate.

That weekend, we met at the public library. Our research produced plenty of information: some fascinating and some concerning. Apparently, the number of monarchs has been in decline for the last several decades. Housing developments have destroyed much of their habitat (栖息地). Some information was hopeful, though, like how conservationists are working to save them.

The best was this — it doesn’t take lots of money or equipment to do so. It takes only a little bit of land, some seeds, and dedicated people to create what’s called a Monarch Waystation (驿站).

“What if we set up our own Monarch Waystation?” I suggested. “We’ll need people to help.” Nana responded immediately and didn’t waste time to get started.

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The next day, Nana presented the idea to her garden club and I talked to my friends.

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Nana and I created a blog and frequently updated about the community’s efforts.

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2 . 阅读下面短文，根据所给情节和给定段落开头语进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

When I was six years old, I visited my grandfather’s farm in Kansas and he sent me into the woods to gather pecans (胡桃) for us to enjoy later. The pecans were about the size of a man’s thumbnail and just about the tastiest snack I’d ever had.

However, pecan picking was really tiring and my little bucket was only half full after working hard for a long time. I thought I wouldn’t let Grandpa down. Just then something caught my eye. A large brown squirrel was a few feet away. I watched as he picked up a pecan, hurried to a tree, jumped up to the trunk and disappeared in a large hole. A moment later the squirrel popped back out and climbed down to the ground to pick up another nut. Once again, he took the pecan back to his hiding place inside the hollow of the tree.

Not so secret anymore, I thought. I dashed over to the tree and looked into the hole. It was filled with pecans! Golden pecans were right there for taking. This was my chance. Handful by handful, I scooped all of those pecans into my bucket. Now it was almost full! I was so proud of myself that I couldn’t wait to show Grandpa all the pecans.

I ran back and shouted, “Look at all the pecans!” He looked into the bucket and asked, “Well, well, how did you find so many?” I told him how I’d followed the squirrel and taken the pecans from his hiding place.

Grandpa congratulated me on how smart I’d been in observing the squirrel and his habits. Then he did something that surprised me. He handed the bucket back to me and put his arm gently around my shoulders.

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“That squirrel worked very hard to gather his winter supply of food,” he said.

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I picked up that little bucket full of pecans and carried it back to the tree.

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3 . When you were a kid, did you ever dream about getting locked somewhere overnight? Maybe it was a store dressing room, a train station, or a corner of a museum. When you’re young, there’s something romantic about being alone and awake as the rest of the world sleeps.     1    . I got to spend an entire night by myself at O’Hare International Airport.

On the night of December 4, I missed my 7 pm flight from Chicago to my home in Baltimore.     2    . So I decided to draw on my “extra vacation time” and make my own adventure. I passed through the Rotunda Building, which I had rushed through many times. This time, however, I found myself attracted by the beauty of is lights and ceiling .Carrying on my trip, I was greeted with a full size copy of a dinosaur skeleton housed at Chicago’s Field Museum     3    . But with airport-quality bones, you can get up close and personal.

    4    . I thought little of them when my fight took off at 7 a.m. By the time my plane touched down in Baltimore, they were going viral. When I realized my experience was resonating (产生共鸣) with thousands of people, I actually felt sad. Was it really that unusual for someone to walk around an airport to see the sights?     5    .

There is always magic to be found in the wake of missed flights. The night is still, the crowds are gone and the world belongs to you.

A．At age 41, I finally got to live my childhood dream

B．I waved to security cameras, hoping someone was watching

C．My journey began as the final arrivals of the day touched down

D．The next plane wouldn’t be arriving until early the next morning

E．It seems that everyone has grown blind to the beauty all around us

F．Arriving at my gate, I posted some of my airport adventures online

G．At museums, you are forced to keep your distance from dinosaur bones

4 . During a period of two months, the east coast of Florida was hit by three major hurricanes!

When we ________ on the morning of September 5, my husband and I stood on the balcony (阳台）and watched the still-powerful winds break huge trees. ________, in the midst of these destructive winds, we spotted a flash of color in our ________. No more than ten feet from where we stood, a hummingbird (蜂鸟) ________ and flew in front of us.

This was the first time we had ever ________ a hummingbird in our yard — or in Florida! Because they are rare, the ________ of a hummingbird in Brevard County, Florida, is almost a ________ in itself.

Although I had been trying to plant all the right plants to ________ them, it took a hurricane for me to ________ attract them to my yard and to really observe them closely. Almost every day since the hurricanes, I have had the ________ of observing the visiting hummingbirds. With a feeder right outside my office window, I get a daily bird’s ________.

The hurricane season affected me in a very ________ way. Every time I see the hummingbirds, I am ________ of the many blessings that nature holds for us: messages of beauty, strength, and determination. But perhaps the greatest ________ is that wonders are out there waiting to pay us a visit. We just need to keep ________ seeds of beauty and faith, and we need to keep an eye out for the wonders!

1.

A．woke up

B．stood up

C．looked up

D．turned up

2.

A．Generally

B．Gradually

C．Normally

D．Suddenly

3.

A．garden

B．room

C．balcony

D．office

4.

A．dropped

B．appeared

C．remained

D．landed

5.

A．heard

B．drawn

C．seen

D．caught

6.

A．color

B．name

C．shape

D．sight

7.

A．symbol

B．concept

C．belief

D．wonder

8.

A．attract

B．feed

C．drive

D．impress

9.

A．formally

B．finally

C．regularly

D．constantly

10.

A．task

B．joy

C．hope

D．plan

11.

A．track

B．mind

C．view

D．shadow

12.

A．common

B．casual

C．strange

D．positive

13.

A．informed

B．warned

C．reminded

D．cured

14.

A．message

B．hobby

C．subject

D．chance

15.

A．buying

B．changing

C．receiving

D．planting

5 . We all have things that we want to achieve in our lives-getting into the better shape, building a successful business, raising a wonderful family, and so on.    1    , At least, this is how I approached my life goals until recently.

What I’m starting to realize, however, is that when it comes to actually getting things done and making progress in the areas that are important to you, there is a much better way to do things. It all comes down to the difference between goals and systems.    2     Your system is the writing schedule that you follow each week. Now for the really interesting question: If you completely ignored your goals and focused only on your system,would you still get tcstilts? I think you would.

    3     In the last 12 months, I’ve written over 115, 000 words. The typical book is about 50, 000 to 60, 000 words, so I have written enough to fill two books this year. All of this is such a surprise because I never set a goal for my writing. I didn’t measure my progress in relation to some benchmark.     4     1 never said, “I want to write two books this year.” What I did focus on was writing one article every Monday and Thursday. I focused on my system and the process of doing the work. And after sticking to that schedule for 11 months, the result was 115, 000 words. In the end,I enjoyed the same (or perhaps better) results.

Goals are good for planning your progress and systems are good for actually making progress.Goals can provide direction and even push you forward in the short term, but eventually a well-designed system will always win. Having a system is what matters.     5    

A．None of this is to say that goals are useless.

B．If you’re a writer, your goal is to write a book.

C．Forget about predicting the future and build a system.

D．I never set a word count goal for any particular article.

E．Committing to the process is what makes the difference.

F．And for most of us, the path to those things starts by setting a specific goal.

G．As an example, I just added up the total word count for the articles I’ve written this year.

6 . 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。

As a language arts teacher, I think it my duty to teach my kids how to use our tools of words well. Use your tool right—this is what I always tell them. But I never expected to learn that lesson from them.

I clearly remembered it was my 40^th birthday. On that day, my sixth-grade students were seated in a large circle, each holding a different tool in their hand—a hammer, a flashlight, a screwdriver, etc. The students discussed how words are like tools—they have the ability to build or to destroy, and they discovered how the right tool used at the right time for the right job can bring about great results. They freely shared personal stories of how they had experienced someone’s words used as a tool, to wound or to heal.

I watched and listened with a sense of satisfaction—the students were engaged, attentive, and enjoying the lesson. They got it! It was one of those times when I sat back and enjoyed the magic of being a teacher—to have the opportunity to watch young people discover a greater truth about life about each other, and about themselves. There was no better gift than that.

As we neared the end of that school day, one of my students, Laura, had an unexpected outburst of defiance(违抗) in class. Busy scribbling (涂画) in her exercise book, she refused to work with her group. I was aware from reading Laura's file that she had struggled with defiant behavior in previous years, but we had developed a good relationship and she was always a respectful, thoughtful, and positive contributor to our class. Her behavior caught me off guard. “I'm disappointed in you!" With a sharp tone, I asked her to excuse herself and told her I would visit with her in our next-door meeting room after school. She refused to leave and sat silently, staring at me angrily from the back of the room.

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“This was NOT optional," I firmly told her, sounding unpleasantly bitter.

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But the meeting room rang with her response “You're using your tool against me!”

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7 . Have you noticed that many people can spend a lot of time comparing prices while shopping online, but always make decisions casually in the critical moments of their life?

    1     Many people choose their current major simply because they “liked” it, or because they had heard that it is a promising industry in this era. However, few people consider carefully what they do in college and what they will be doing after graduation.

To explore this issue, we must first understand three concepts: strategy, tactics(技术), and guideline.     2     If you can’t figure out the difference among them, then it’s not surprising that you’ve messed up your life.

Simply put, “strategy” is “what to do”, that is, to choose a direction. The “tactics” have to be lower than strategy, which means that they decide “how to do it” after the strategy has been established.     3     Many people find that they lack the ability to choose. Others tell you how to do it, and you remember it, then you make things happen, nothing more.     4     They are using tactical and guideline diligence to hide their strategic laziness.

Strategy is a ruler’s learning. For each person himself, whether to consider strategic issues determines whether you are the master of your own life. Maybe you can live successfully according to the guide given by others, but is this life really worth it? This is not a life, but a performance, because you actually have no dominance in yourself.     5    

A．We constantly make choices.

B．Take choosing college major for example.

C．These people may be reliable but they can’t create things.

D．Many people seem to focus only on the “guideline” level.

E．The key to strategy is making choices and bearing its consequences.

F．At first glance, they seem to be similar, but in fact they are totally different.

G．“Guideline” is even lower, referring to doing things as others have done them.

8 . 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。

In recent days, I have watched a TV series named The Awakening Age. It narrates the story of how the Communist Party of China    1     (found) in 1921 by the generation of Chen Duxiu. The story is so inspirational and    2     (touch) that I can’t help feeling fired up about it.

This “red” TV drama reminded me    3     all of the things I had seen and experienced regarding the Communist Party. To some extent, I really feel a deep    4     (connect) with the Party. There is no doubt in my mind that the Party has helped to support both an improvement in the quality of my life    5     my educational development. I believe it will continue to provide me with the support in the process of my growing up in the future.

Having visited some of the most sacred places    6     (involve) in China’s revolutionary history, I began to grow much     7     (close) to my country’s political identity. My memories from these unforgettable experiences have become     8     important part of the person I am today.

Now I can proudly say that I have come to understand the whole history and am familiar with almost all of the stories of our Communist Party. To tell the     9     (true), I really admire all of the Party members, each of     10     has made contributions over the years in order to realize the great rejuvenation of our motherland.

9 . Now I live in Paris. Actually, I don’t mind the food or the people, but I do care about the land that is extraordinarily lack of characteristics of hiking. I enjoy being outdoors and hiking, but Paris’s natural resources don’t hold much potential for my bent. So when my dad asked if I wanted to go hiking with him, I was overjoyed.    1    . It turned out that I was too optimistic.

We started our main hike up Flattop Mountain. As we hiked it was much more challenging than I expected.    2    . The path is winding and we saw mountains towering over the green valleys and cliffs that seemed endless. What amazed me most was that thick clouds enveloped the mountainsides.    3    .

I stared up at the top to see how much farther we had to go and I began to worry that I wouldn’t finish it.     4    . It made me doubtful about my persistence (坚持). But when we looked back at the path that faded in the distance, I was filled with fulfillment with seeing how much we had done.

As I was hiking, I started to reflect on how hiking was similar to other aspects of my life.    5    . It reminded me of my struggles in my classes and the difficulties I had to overcome. I spotted that the process of learning isn’t always the most fun, but the fulfillment after seeing how much I had finished just increases the thirst for knowledge, causing me to long for more learning. Looking down at the mountain I was content but never fully satisfied. Having considered a lot, I was determined to pursue the summit (山顶).

A．Hiking could make me fly.

B．Hiking gave time for my mind to wander.

C．I thought I would finish the journey with ease.

D．But I was shocked at the beauty surrounding me.

E．I was satisfied with the landscape along the way.

F．It was unlike anything I had ever witnessed before.

G．A recent ankle injury had left me unsure of my physical capabilities.

10 . Forgiving doesn’t mean saying the pain doesn’t matter or what the other person said or did was OK. It doesn’t mean forgetting what happened. It means letting go of your need for an apology. It means making peace with past hurt and pain. It means choosing to move on. All of this is easy to say, hard to do. But forgiveness can happen in a series of small steps over time.

Take your feelings seriously. Forgiving doesn’t mean shrugging your shoulders and saying “Oh, well.” Cry, feel sad, throw things hard, or write angry passages in your diary to get rid of some of the stress. Talk with trusted friends or family to ask for advice to help find solutions to your problems. You have the right to feel hurt and angry. But suffering these feelings over time does you great harm.

Make a difference in your life. I’ve seen that many miss the opportunity for getting back a good relationship with someone else because they just wait for the apology that may never come. Others stay stuck in anger long after the other person has stopped to be a part of their lives. Make a decision to make a difference for yourself. That may be forgiving or being the first to reach out to the other so that you can move on with your own life.

Forgive yourself and engage in positive self-talk. Although you may mainly blame the other person, it’s important to forgive yourself with positive self-talk. Feel certain that you can learn from this and move on. Tell yourself that you will survive this pain and that life will get better because you can make a choice to let go.

Try understanding the other. This doesn’t reduce your pain but may make what happened more understandable. Understanding doesn’t forgive hurtful behavior, but understanding can help to get rid of your anger and to forgive.

Realize that forgiveness benefits you most of all. The other person may never know about your forgiveness. But forgiving and letting go can lighten the load on your body and on your spirit.

1. What does forgiving mean according to the text?

A．The pain the other person brought you isn’t very serious.

B．What the other person has said or done doesn’t hurt you.

C．You don’t care and have forgotten what happened to you.

D．You needn’t the other person to say sorry to you any more.

2. What is the attitude of the author to getting angry according to paragraph 2?

A．Positive.

B．Negative.

C．Objective.

D．Uncertain.

3. What should you do if you have a quarrel with your close friend according to paragraph 3?

A．Wait for your friend’s apology.

B．Take the initiative (主动性) to say hello to your friend.

C．Try your best to forget your problem.

D．Have positive self-talk.

4. What does the text mainly talk about?

A．How to forgive other people.

B．Forgiveness is helpful for us all.

C．Understanding can help forgive others.

D．Life gets better if you choose to forgive.