1 . I don’t know when I became so focused on ensuring equality in all areas,including personal relationships.I was afraid of the sort of ______ where you give and give with nothing in return,and the other person feels much bigger than you are.I constantly worry that I ______ my friends more than they do.When the scale ______ to one side in my relationships,I feel like falling over too,like a branch ______ the edge of a cliff.

But when I entered high school,I began to make friends who gave ______ :advice,knowledge,help,and ______.______ they gave more than they received,they did so with a smile.My friend Alicia always ______ to help others with their work and assignments,which made me and all the other ______ of her kindness willing to help her if she ever ______ anything in the future.It wasn’t an exactly equal way of paying her back,but it was our own small way of saying thank you.I slowly came to understand that some people were worth the ______ ,and some things could be paid back in other ways or paid back later.

Today,I still ______ with ensuring equality in my life.However,I have learned that it’s okay to give more than you receive,if you are giving to the right person.It’s okay to let some debts exist ______ ,and to let some things go.Equality is a construct that requires two parties to build,______ but surely,each person ______ a little bit at a time.

1.

A．people

B．friendship

C．payment

D．assignment

2.

A．value

B．attract

C．disturb

D．embarrass

3.

A．runs

B．goes

C．stops

D．tips

4.

A．going to

B．putting aside

C．trying out

D．hanging on

5.

A．mentally

B．unexpectedly

C．freely

D．differently

6.

A．money

B．kindness

C．time

D．appreciation

7.

A．Unless

B．Whether

C．In case

D．Even if

8.

A．refused

B．offered

C．failed

D．agreed

9.

A．victims

B．helpers

C．receivers

D．contributors

10.

A．missed

B．presented

C．needed

D．benefited

11.

A．effort

B．inequality

C．pain

D．responsibility

12.

A．struggle

B．come up

C．meet

D．get along

13.

A．finished

B．unpaid

C．increased

D．settled

14.

A．quickly

B．generously

C．rarely

D．slowly

15.

A．giving

B．talking

C．passing

D．taking

2 . When evaluating people on various psychological tests, psychologists often distinguish between markers of absolute performance and relative performance. Absolute performance reflects the raw measurement of something, like the time it takes to run a mile. Relative performance is how a person rates in relation to their peers, as in what place a runner gets in a race.

The standards we use to evaluate ourselves are almost always relative, as we compare ourselves to our peers and the standards that are most familiar to us. For instance, in my private practice, I have one patient I will call “Omar” who is dependent on social services and makes less than $30,000 per year at his job. While this level of poverty would lead most people to wake up depressed each day, Omar is one of the most optimistic and appreciative individuals I know. Why? Because most of his closest peers — his siblings and friends from childhood — have lives far worse than his.

In contrast to Omar, I have another patient, an adolescent I’ll call “Lena”, whose family has property over $5 million. Lena, however, lives in an upper-class neighborhood where her family is at the lower end of the income level. Though Lena's family allows her to enjoy possessions and experiences that less than I percent of her peers across the world can share, she consistently feels “less than”. Why? Because Lena doesn't compare herself to the rest of the world; This is too abstract an exercise for her, as it would be for most of us.

Accordingly, whether a psychologist is psychodynamic or cognitive-behavioral, therapy (疗法) with individuals struggling with situational or psychological depression aims to solve the problems associated with basing one's self-worth on comparisons with others. Psychologists try to help people focus on personal growth around the achievement of concrete goals in line with their values. independent of the achievement of others. For all of us, defining these goals, especially during Periods of emotional calm, can go a long way in helping us to avoid the trap of relativity that often leads to situational and psychological depression.

1. What is the function of Paragraph 1?

A．To show the significance of evaluating people.

B．To motivate readers to study psychological tests.

C．To help people perform well in psychological tests.

D．To provide some background information on evaluating people.

2. Why does the author mention his two patients?

A．To measure different achievement.

B．To introduce the standards to evaluate people.

C．To explain relative performance with examples.

D．To contrast relative performance and absolute performance.

3. What does the last paragraph mainly talk about?

A．Setting goals in life is essential for everyone.

B．It's important to avoid unhealthy comparisons.

C．A sense of achievement can affect one's happiness,

D．Improving self-worth can help get rid of depression.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Happiness: Is it all relative?

B．Self-worth: Is it measurable?

C．Self-worth: Is it based on efforts?

D．Happiness: Is it associated with achievement?

3 . It’s no secret that college is expensive. I received financial aid, and I was able to cover the cost of enrollment, books, supplies, course materials, and additional school-related fees. But I could not afford housing, transportation, food, healthcare, or other basic necessities. The longer each semester went on, the harder the choices became.

When spring semester ended that first year at college, I had good grades, but I did not have two quarters to my name. I decided that if I could afford to be a full-time student, I would need to work a full-time job. Soon, I started working at the airport as a cleaner of aircraft cabins. My first shift at the airport was a graveyard shift, where I detailed aircraft of varying sizes. During this total night shift, I have to do “deep cleaning”, which meant cleaning everything and even I had to check every safety compartment and replace any missing items. This could be disgusting work.

Another fact upset me a lot that working at the airport and going to school did not fit easily together. Some days 1 was too exhausted after a night shift to get to class. Other days I didn’t have time to complete school assignments owing to a busy workday. At the end of the fall semester, I received a final warning for my attendance at my job. Once again, I was between a rock and a hard place and had to make a decision. I wanted to go to school and excel, but I also had grown accustomed to financially supporting myself.

Ultimately, I chose to temporarily stop going to school and to continue working, a decision. I would later regret. The airline closed for various reasons. I felt stupid. I had put a lot into this job, even sacrificing my education, and now I would have neither job nor education. I’d finally learned what my grandmother meant when she once said that your job is temporary, and your education is forever.

1. What can we infer about the author from paragraph 1?

A．He met with a long boring semester.	B．Food accounted for his biggest expense.
C．He left himself financially embarrassed.	D．His financial aid could cover his necessities.

2. What does the underlined word “detailed” in paragraph 2 most probably mean?

A．Cleaned.

B．Listed.

C．Repaired.

D．Replaced.

3. Which of the following best describes the author in paragraph 3?

A．Confused.

B．Critical.

C．Decisive.

D．Diligent.

4. What is conveyed in the text?

A．He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.

B．Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.

C．One should be financially supported by himself.

D．The significance of schooling should be recognized.

4 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

When I was seven, I found a watch while walking down the hallway of my school. The watch was expensive-looking, set with gold. As I picked it up, greedy (贪欲) suddenly came over me, and instead of turning it into the office like I should have, I became the owner of the watch.

When I got home from school, I found Mom cooking dinner in the kitchen. Thinking that she would be impressed, I held out my prize for her to see with a feeling of excitement and pride. Mom, however, was far from impressed. Instead, she was angry at her son keeping the watch instead of turning it in. Mom then ordered me to go straight back to school and take the watch to someone at the office. I started to argue, but after taking a good look at the expression on Mom’s face, I realized that would get me nowhere. There was nothing left for me to do but obey (服从).

I have to admit, I was rather angry with Mom for making me give up the watch. I felt that it was justly mine since I was the one who had found it. Yes, I knew she was right, but greed had forced me to keep the watch, and now pride wouldn’t allow me to admit that I had done something wrong. But time passed, and I forgot all about the lesson that I learned from the watch until fourteen years later.

While I was attending college, I had managed to get a job at a Walmart pushing carts off the parking lot. One morning, I found a checkbook (支票簿) that had been left in a shopping cart. Quickly, I took it to the customers service desk and gave it to the employee there so that the customer who had lost it could pick it up.

注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
3.请按格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1:

Later, as I was outside pushing carts, a man came up to me.

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Paragraph 2:

Then my thoughts went back to the day when Mom had made me return the watch.

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5 . One day, Aristotle was walking on beach, a beautiful sunset was happening. But he didn't have time to_________that as he was busy thinking seriously about some great problems of life.

_________thinking, he walked up and down the beach. There on beach he saw another man doing something very absorbed—So absorbed that Aristotle couldn't_________him. Aristotle went _________and observed what that man was doing and saw he was walking_________between the beach and ocean.                                                       

Aristotle stopped the man and asked, "Hey, what are you up to?" The man said. "Don't_________me; I am doing something very important." and then went on with his work. Aristotle became even more_________and asked, "What is this important thing?" The man with a table spoon in hand showed him a little_________he had dug in sand and said, "I am_________the ocean into this hole."       

Aristotle looked at this and laughed, "This is crazy. You must be mad. Do you know how__________this ocean is? How can you ever empty this ocean into this little hole with a table spoon? There is no__________."

The man looked at Aristotle, then__________the spoon down and said, "My job is already done."Aristotle said, "What do you mean? Not to mention ocean being empty, even the hole is not __________. How can you say your job is done?" He__________and said: "I am trying to empty the ocean into this hole with a table spoon. You are telling me it is crazy, so I should give up."

The story tells us that compared to working hard,__________goals are more important.

1.

A．analyze

B．appeal

C．accompany

D．appreciate

2.

A．Before

B．While

C．Since

D．Though

3.

A．impress

B．imply

C．ignore

D．identify

4.

A．close

B．mysteriously

C．aside

D．gently

5.

A．right and left

B．back and forth

C．again and again

D．now and then

6.

A．oppose

B．monitor

C．disturb

D．reject

7.

A．capable

B．eager

C．anxious

D．curious

8.

A．hole

B．bowl

C．fish

D．stone

9.

A．employing

B．clarifying

C．emptying

D．switching

10.

A．deep

B．broad

C．splendid

D．vast

11.

A．good

B．chance

C．result

D．sense

12.

A．threw

B．broke

C．bent

D．made

13.

A．accurate

B．available

C．full

D．efficient

14.

A．summed up

B．stood up

C．straightened up

D．took up

15.

A．practical

B．reliable

C．visible

D．flexible

6 . 阅读下面材料,在空白处填人1个适当单词或括号内单司的正确形式。

One summer afternoon, a group of recent college graduates decided to visit their favorite professor at his home. The grads    1    (be) out of school for about a year and they were each making their attempt into the so-called “real world” and dealing with all of the frustrations and    2    (confuse) that come with it.

Over the course of the afternoon, the grads complained    3     their professor about how difficult life was after school. They complained about the long hours, the    4    (demand) bosses, the competitive job market, and    5    all of them seemed to talk about or care about was money, money, money.

After a while, the professor got up and made some coffee. He got out six cups, one for each student. Three of them were cheap disposable cups and the other three    6    (make) of his nicest porcelain. He then invited everyone to get up and help    7    (they).

Within seconds the    8    (argue) had already begun. “Wait, why do you get that cup?” “No. let me have it. I drove here “No way, I got here first, go get your own.” The students laughed and    9    (gentle) chided each other over who got to drink what out of what. A silent competition among friends.

When the kids finally sat back down the professor smiled and said, “You see? This is your problem. You are all arguing over who gets    10    (drink) out of the nice cups when all you really wanted was the coffee.”

7 . Parking at the Alzheimer’s center where my mother-in-law lived, we were ready to visit her. I glanced at my 11-year-old son, Joel, who was totally _______ in the photo album he had insisted on bringing along.

Joel has autism (自闭症), and although I had _______ him that his grandma couldn’t remember things the way she used to and might not be as interested in the _______ as he was, I couldn’t be sure if he completely understood my words.

“See Grandma!” he shouted at the top of his voice. _______ the album, he jumped out of the car and up to the building entrance. We finally got to grandma’s room. She was _______ with the door open. “Grandma Barb,” he said _______. “Pictures.” She awoke, and I saw _______ in her eyes. “Who is this little boy?” They seemed to ask. However, not _______, Joel climbed into her lap and opened up his photo album. A sign of a _______ appeared on her face. He pointed to pictures of his father and me, identifying us. He ________ to his brother. “Poco!” he exclaimed. Now the smile became laughter. Mom’s laughter didn’t bother Joel. He knew his grandmother was happy, and that was ________ for him.

I’d been worried about Joel understanding what was ________ his grandmother when really I was the one who needed to understand. I feel ________ for the mother-in-law I had known. He loved the grandma who was here now.

I thanked God for the ________ of this moment. Then I pulled up a chair next to them and ________ in the joy of it with them — Let’s seize the present and live it to the fullest.

1.

A．absorbed

B．adopted

C．mixed

D．worried

2.

A．ordered

B．taught

C．reminded

D．recommended

3.

A．dolls

B．family

C．hospital

D．photographs

4.

A．Dropping

B．Holding

C．Fetching

D．Bringing

5.

A．staring

B．chatting

C．reading

D．napping

6.

A．softly

B．desperately

C．surprisedly

D．sadly

7.

A．delight

B．confusion

C．hope

D．anger

8.

A．encouraged

B．pleased

C．shocked

D．discouraged

9.

A．smile

B．tears

C．depression

D．embarrassment

10.

A．called on

B．fixed on

C．went on

D．insisted on

11.

A．funny

B．easy

C．rare

D．enough

12.

A．happening to

B．sticking to

C．adjusting to

D．responding to

13.

A．shameful

B．sorrowful

C．cheerful

D．awful

14.

A．belief

B．failure

C．gift

D．success

15.

A．blocked

B．bathed

C．stuck

D．motivated