1 . The new, “used” car that I bought just three months ago wouldn't start the other day. The factory battery that ________ along with it decided that it had worked long enough and ________ to take an early, permanent retirement. My ________ neighbor gave me a jump but the battery stubbornly wouldn't ________ the charge. After getting one more jump, I ________ to the local auto parts store to buy a new one. Installing (安装) it was much more ________ than we thought, however, so I took it to a local mechanic who finally got the new battery in and the car ________ once again.

Driving it this morning, though, I ________ that the time and date on the screen in the dashboard (仪表盘) had ________ gone back to nine years ago, resetting to the ________ date of the first time it was started. While my son smartly figured out how to ________ it back to today I thought about all the times I had wished I could go back in time and undo some of the ________ and missteps I had taken in my own life.

Yes, many of my choices brought me ________ in the past, but they have also brought me wisdom for the present. When you ________ your own life, don't regret the roads not taken Instead, be ________ with the path you are on, the things you have learned, and the love you have shared.

1.

A．came

B．waited

C．left

D．raced

2.

A．planned

B．refused

C．chose

D．managed

3.

A．easy-going

B．kind-hearted

C．hard-working

D．good-tempered

4.

A．lead

B．take

C．offer

D．hold

5.

A．welcomed

B．headed

C．returned

D．got

6.

A．complex

B．vital

C．efficient

D．accurate

7.

A．switching

B．jumping

C．running

D．shaking

8.

A．guessed

B．remembered

C．expected

D．noticed

9.

A．suddenly

B．slightly

C．casually

D．secretly

10.

A．final

B．original

C．special

D．temporary

11.

A．bring

B．program

C．call

D．drive

12.

A．attempts

B．effects

C．mistakes

D．changes

13.

A．damage

B．pain

C．peace

D．convenience

14.

A．look at

B．come out of

C．focus on

D．take control of

15.

A．faced

B．patient

C．strict

D．pleased

2 . Lara Harrison has always had a complicated relationship with her father.

Several times, Harrison felt she'd reached her breaking point and________ her dad for months. Still, she couldn't_________ him. Small actions showed he cared ________ he remained difficult to get close to: he went out of his way to ________ with tasks such as repairing her office. Harrison wanted the relationship to improve.

As her father reached his 70s, she realized that if they were going to re-establish ________, they could not waste time. She made a conscious decision to change her________ to him. If he was being moody during their time together, she'd end their interaction by thanking him for the visit and giving him a hug-something that wasn't typical for them. The small interventions(干预）________;he became kinder each visit,and his moods became ________.Eventually he began reaching out to her,texting to ask, “How are you?” or saying he was proud of her, something she'd always longed to hear.

Rebuilding trust with her father ultimately helped her to engage in ________,She realized she could also be stubborn when she felt ________, and that her negative connection to her father made her less trusting of other people in her life. “I never allowed myself to dive deeply into relationships. At the first sight of a challenge, I would blame others, get angry or leave. The effort it takes to be constantly ________ is exhausting,” she says. “It _________ you of life's   happy moments. ” Today, she's thankful to be able to approach others more ________ and with   an open heart.

Trust is one of the most important elements of a safe, fulfilling and well-functioning relationship. ________, it often isn't until something hurtful happens-a spouse cheats on you; a boss makes fun of you in front of colleagues-- ________ we think about trust; we don't notice it until it's broken.

1.

A．offended

B．abused

C．avoided

D．approached

2.

A．abandon

B．find

C．help

D．please

3.

A．because

B．so

C．but

D．though

4.

A．help out

B．set out

C．make out

D．work out

5.

A．connection

B．trust

C．contact

D．love

6.

A．solutions

B．responses

C．attitudes

D．secrets

7.

A．ran

B．worked

C．performed

D．operated

8.

A．violent

B．calm

C．stable

D．rough

9.

A．self-confidence

B．self-respect

C．self-reliance

D．self-reflection

10.

A．threatened

B．disturbed

C．suspected

D．disagreed

11.

A．on duty

B．on business

C．on guard

D．on display

12.

A．rids

B．robs

C．reminds

D．recharges

13.

A．determinedly

B．enthusiastically

C．lovingly

D．amusedly

14.

A．Furthermore

B．Therefore

C．Though

D．However

15.

A．which

B．what

C．how

D．that

3 . 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。

The Summer I Learned to Really See

It was a muggy(闷热)end-of-summer dog day in Missouri. I was preparing to go after the mail—about a mile's distance, through fields and forests, across a river, from our farmhouse, in which three generations of my family lived.

“Take the bucket with you,” my grandmother said, handing me the very familiar bucket.

“What for?” I asked, petulantly(使小性子). The berries had been picked, and it was too early for wild grapes, too late for roasting ears(穗).

“You'll find something to fill it with,” she said, her blue eyes sparkling with anticipation.

I didn't want to take the bucket. It would be a burden to me. Twice a day I'd carried a bucket for milking. With it I'd carried feed to the chickens, salt to the cows, sugar to the neighbors. I'd had enough with carrying with the bucket!

Nevertheless, I took the bucket. Halfway to the mailbox, I set it down beneath a pokeberry bush(胡桃树). I needn't carry it the whole way, I reasoned. There was no mail. When I got back to the bucket, I saw that a few ripe pokeberries had fallen into it. With childish ill humor, I picked off enough clusters(花串) to fill the bucket, even though I thought they were good for nothing.

“Aren't they just lovely!” Grandma exclaimed admiringly when I set them on the kitchen table. She squeezed out the juice of the berries and we used the lovely red ink to paint rings on our fingers and pen letters to distant cousins.

When I went to mail the letters the next day, Grandma again told me to take the bucket along. This time I carried the bucket a little farther than the previous day before setting it down. There was only a sale catalogue in the mail. When I got back to the bucket, I dropped it in. But I felt vaguely uncomfortable, remembering the pokeberries. I caught sight of a bunch of peppermint(薄荷) growing close to the path. Funny, I had passed it every day and never noticed it before. Peppermint just doesn't spring up overnight. I picked a bucketful, its fragrance seeming to cool the day. Grandma was pleased with the peppermint. She liked to chew it and make tea with it.

注意：
1. 续写词数应为150 左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡上的相应位置作答。
The daily routine to take the bucket along was repeated for weeks, and I began to see more.
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One day when I went home, I didn't have anything in the bucket.
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4 . Nowadays, more people feel depressed because they do not see themselves as happy. Instead, they feel guilty that they aren't as happy as everyone says they should be.     1     .

The books, blogs, You Tube videos and advice columns will tell you if you imagine, exercise write journals, stay busy, help others, eat healthy, read every day, then you too can be happy.

The simple truth is that no one can be happy all the time.     2     . This middle ground is a good place mentally and emotionally，and spending time there is a healthy choice.

    3    . When you are in that place, the stuff of life can be going on around you ,but you don't need to allow it to bother you.

I find contentment in walks, writing and talking with my partner and reminding each other that our life is good, despite difficult or scary moment. I can soften my reactions and respond differently.     4     .

Even though things around me now are a little out of control, I understand such is life.     5     because I'm actively living my purpose. I am now content and that feeling will last the whole day through. You can do the same.

A．I still carry on no matter what

B．Thus I'm still feeling pretty good

C．They are easily found in low spirits

D．This is really a sad state of emotional affairs

E．But you can find a middle ground called contentment

F．Contentment is some place between satisfied and peaceful

G．Doing this takes away stress and will keep my state of contentment

5 . People will spend a large amount of time to save a few dollars. There’s often a lightbulb moment that happens when you ask them to calculate their time-dollar value, because it reveals that they’re spending more in soft costs than they’re accounting for.

Take a second to think about it. If you spend 3 hours avoiding paying $12 for something, you’ve saved money, but you’ve also been working at $4 per hour. If you’re an entrepreneur（企业家）, your time is worth more than $4 per hour, and while your choice has saved a “hard” cost, you’ve spent more in your time. Energy and attention are two other soft resources we need to be thinking about, too. Soft costs are just as real as hard                    costs. In that 3 hours, you could have been doing $300 worth of income-generating, high-value activities.

It’s a bit different when you’re employed by someone else, as you’ll make the same whether you spend 3 hours or 30 minutes to get something done. However, the people who actively add more value to their organization before being paid to do so are the ones most likely to get a promotion or advancement that honors their contributions.

The next time you’re thinking of making a decision that involves hard costs, also consider the soft opportunity costs of what you’ re currently doing.

Outside of “work” situations, think about how much time you spend doing things you’d rather not do, say, cleaning your house. Is it worth $100 to not have to spend your weekend cleaning your house? Why should you clean your house any more than you should spend time with your kids?

Keeping costs down is always a great thing to focus on. Just make sure that your focus on keeping costs down isn’t also keeping your income or earning potential down.

1. According to Paragraph 2, which of the following belongs to a “hard” cost?

A．Money.

B．Time.

C．Energy.

D．Attention.

2. The employee who is most likely to get promoted ________.

A．shows up early every day	B．works efficiently when paid
C．spends more time than needed	D．actively makes profit for the company

3. What’s the author’s attitude towards spending weekends cleaning the house in Paragraph 5?

A．Supportive.

B．Disapproving.

C．Sympathetic.

D．Uncertain.

4. How is the text organized?

A．Opinion—Argument—Explanation.	B．Opinion—Description—Conclusion.
C．Introduction—Analysis—Conclusion.	D．Introduction—Comparison—Examples.

6 . I want to tell you three stories from my life. The first story is about connecting the _________. When I was at Reed College, it offered perhaps the best calligraphy _________ in the country. I decided to take a calligraphy class. At that time _________ of what I learned about calligraphy seemed to have even a(n) _________ of any practical application. But later when we were _________ the first Macintosh computer, it all _________ to me. And we put it all into the Mac. _________ you can only connect the dots looking backwards. But you have to trust that the dots will _________ connect in your future.

My second story is about love. I _________ Apple at twenty. And then at thirty, I got fired. __________ something slowly began to strike me - I still loved what I did. And so I __________ to start over. In a wonderful turn of __________, I returned to Apple. The only thing that kept me going was that I __________ what I did. So, if you haven't found what your interest, keep looking. Don't __________.

My third story is about death. About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs __________, which is doctors' code for “prepare to __________.” Later it turned out to be curable (可治愈的) with surgery. I had the surgery and, __________, I am fine now. This was the __________ I've been to facing death. Having __________ it, I can now say this to you: Your time is limited, so don't __________ it living someone else's life.

1.

A．signals

B．skills

C．dots

D．elements

2.

A．instruction

B．indication

C．exploration

D．operation

3.

A．each

B．some

C．much

D．none

4.

A．hope

B．lack

C．intention

D．idea

5.

A．offering

B．designing

C．selecting

D．pursuing

6.

A．came back

B．handed over

C．led up

D．threw forward

7.

A．By accident

B．Of course

C．In that case

D．As a result

8.

A．instead

B．otherwise

C．somehow

D．thus

9.

A．imagined

B．desired

C．admitted

D．started

10.

A．But

B．So

C．Or

D．Even

11.

A．refused

B．decided

C．tended

D．promised

12.

A．dilemma

B．atmosphere

C．events

D．procedures

13.

A．suited

B．loved

C．entrusted

D．featured

14.

A．escape

B．fade

C．ignore

D．settle

15.

A．in return

B．in despair

C．in case

D．in order

16.

A．fight

B．set off

C．die

D．figure out

17.

A．thankfully

B．significantly

C．oddly

D．definitely

18.

A．most scared

B．dearest

C．most unwilling

D．closest

19.

A．carried on

B．lived through

C．headed to

D．passed away

20.

A．intend

B．permit

C．waste

D．lose

7 . Fatima grew up in rural Gohr Province, where there was no schooling available to girls. But she insisted on listening to BBC radio, which she could ________ when high enough in the hills.

“My sisters were forced to get married. I decided that I would not continue in their ________. That was why I decided to ________,” Fatima says.

She joined Facebook groups for history fans. ________ of people who only related Afghanistan to conflicts, Fatima started writing ________ about places that foreigners might not know about. Fatima started getting ________ from online friends. A man reached out to her saying he was going to be________ in Afghanistan and asking whether she was interested in showing him around in Herat. She said yes. Later, he recommended her to someone else and ________ Fatima came to the attention of a travel agency. The company ________ her in late 2020, and she became her country’s first female ________ tour guide.

Of course, being a ________ is never easy. Fatima says many people have told her that it’s too dangerous for a woman to work, especially if it means ________ with men one-on-one. Fatima says that the ________ of her employers and the people she has met through giving tours is what keeps her ________. There’s also the implication（暗示）of what could happen if she does________:“If I give up, then other women will never start.”

1.

A．take up

B．pick up

C．turn up

D．build up

2.

A．life

B．choice

C．tradition

D．business

3.

A．work

B．live

C．study

D．travel

4.

A．Afraid

B．Convinced

C．Certain

D．Tired

5.

A．posts

B．letters

C．novels

D．speeches

6.

A．responses

B．donation

C．lessons

D．guidance

7.

A．teaching

B．settling

C．travelling

D．serving

8.

A．similarly

B．obviously

C．hopefully

D．eventually

9.

A．promoted

B．instructed

C．hired

D．trained

10.

A．intelligent

B．devoted

C．efficient

D．professional

11.

A．researcher

B．pioneer

C．specialist

D．celebrity

12.

A．playing

B．interacting

C．exploring

D．cooperating

13.

A．support

B．patience

C．protection

D．contribution

14.

A．refreshed

B．recognized

C．informed

D．motivated

15.

A．relax

B．skip

C．quit

D．insist

8 . I recently gave my adult class homework. The assignment was to "go to someone you love and tell them you love them. It has to be someone you have never said those words to before or haven't shared those words with for a longtime".

That doesn't sound like a tough assignment, but most of the men in that group were over 35 and were taught that expressing emotions is not “manly".

At the beginning of our next class, I asked if someone wanted to share what happened when they told someone they loved them. One of the men raised his hand. He appeared quite moved and a bit shaken.

He began by saying, "I didn't feel that I had anyone to say those words to. But as I began driving home, I knew exactly who I needed to say 'I love you' to. Five years ago, my father and I had a disagreement and never resolved it. We hardly spoke to each other."

"The next morning, I called my dad. When he answered the phone, I said, 'Dad, can I come over tonight? I have something to tell you.' I ensured him it wouldn't take long, so he finally agreed."

"At 5:30, I was at my parents' house ringing the doorbell. As luck would have it, Dad answered the door."

"I took one step in the door and said, 'Dad, I just came over to tell you that I love you.'"

"His face softened, his wrinkles（皱纹）disappeared and he began to cry. He reached out and hugged me and said, 'I love you too, son, but I've never been able to say it."

"Dad and I hugged for a moment longer. I hadn't felt that great in a long time."

"Two days after that visit, my dad had a heart attack and ended up unconscious in the hospital. I don't know if he'll make it."

"My message to all of you is this: Don't wait to do the things that need to be done. Take the time to do what you need to do and do it now!"

1. Why might the assignment challenge the students?

A．They are middle-aged and not manly enough.

B．They were taught to hide their emotions.

C．They might have nobody to turn to.

D．They didn't know how to show their feelings.

2. How was the relationship between the author's student and his father before?

A．They were close to each other.	B．They didn't trust each other.
C．They were distant from each other.	D．They quarreled a lot.

3. Why did the student's father cry?

A．He hadn't seen his son for five years.

B．He was aware of his poor physical condition.

C．He regretted arguing with his son.

D．He was touched by his son's words.

4. What is the author's purpose in writing this text?

A．To teach others to apologize.

B．To encourage us to express our love without hesitation.

C．To show the close relationship between fathers and sons.

D．To teach us how to repair a broken relationship.

9 . 语法填空

It seems inhuman to care more about a building than about people. That the sight of the Notre Dame's     1    (go)up in flames has attracted more attention than floods in southern Africa which killed over 1,000 has aroused understandable feelings of guilt. Yet the widespread sorrow is     2    (definite)human—and in a particularly 21st-century way.

It is not just the economy that is       3    (globe)today, it is culture too. People wander the world in search not just of jobs and       4    (secure)but also of beauty and history. Familiarity breeds affection. A building     5     whose sunny steps you have rested or in front of which you       6    (take)a selfie with your loved one, becomes a warm part of your memory. That helps explain why the whole world is in deep sorrow.

However, the emotions are less about the building itself than about     7     losing it might mean. Notre Dame is an expression of humanity, having experienced 850 years of political turbulence(动荡)—through war, revolution and Nazi occupation.

And it will be rebuilt. It will never be the same, but that is as it should be.     8     Victor Hugo wrote in The Hunchback of Notre Dame,     9     three-volume love-letter to the cathedral: “Great buildings are the work of centuries. Art     10    (transform)as it is being made. Time is the architect; the nation is the builder.”