1 . 诗歌语言凝练，情感丰富，启迪思想，浸润人心。请以“If winter comes, can spring be far behind?”为题写一篇短文。
内容包括：
1. 你对这句诗的理解；
2. 结合你自己或他人的生活经历，举例说明；
3. 你的感悟或遐想。
注意：1.写作词数应为100左右；
2. 请在答题卡的相应位置作答。

If winter comes, can spring be far behind?

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2 . “Only if you have experienced it can you believe it.” I didn’t believe such thing until it _________ happened to me. For years my wife and I had had an idea for a(n)   _________ but we weren’t sure how to start. All we knew was that we had a personal _________ that we thought could succeed commercially.

We decided to write a film script (剧本) first. But we had never written a script before and needed professional _________. So we wrote a 10-page outline of the story and made a pitch (推销宣传) for the concept both online and offline to see what kind of _________ it would get. We also _________ a quick market test to get the attention of producers who might happen to see the _________ for our script.

It was a month or so before it _________ people’s interest. We then contacted _________ production companies and producers until we __________ cooperating with a producer with an all-star cast, who promised to help us with the script.

Eight months later, our film script was __________ at a very high level of the industry. Whether the film is shot and released or not, my wife and I made it. Once __________, we then tried our best to write the best script we could.

That’s what happens when you have the courage to __________. The opposite of success isn’t failure but a __________ of the courage to try. The universe rewards courage.   __________, the cave you fear to enter contains the treasure you seek!

1.

A．randomly

B．actually

C．suddenly

D．willingly

2.

A．film

B．visit

C．exhibition

D．business

3.

A．opinion

B．message

C．story

D．goal

4.

A．degree

B．fame

C．effort

D．guidance

5.

A．benefit

B．response

C．threat

D．experience

6.

A．ignored

B．missed

C．assembled

D．conducted

7.

A．potential

B．shortcoming

C．basis

D．search

8.

A．showed

B．stimulated

C．mentioned

D．maintained

9.

A．common

B．special

C．multiple

D．quick

10.

A．took in

B．set about

C．gave up

D．ended up

11.

A．earned

B．rated

C．sold

D．guaranteed

12.

A．determined

B．frightened

C．entertained

D．inspired

13.

A．refuse

B．advance

C．attempt

D．deny

14.

A．way

B．kind

C．pack

D．lack

15.

A．In detail

B．In contrast

C．After all

D．Above all

3 . When I was about six years old, I overheard my mother’s friend describe me as a “dark horse”. She’d come over to our house with her daughter and, as she watched us play, she must have found my quietness uncomfortable. Rather than accept this as part of my personality, she regarded it as a negative.

A “dark horse” is someone “of whom nothing is generally known”, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. So to describe a shy child in this way feels rather unfair. It felt as if that woman was suggesting I’d never be fully accepted or understood, because of my shyness.

There were many occasions through early adulthood — when people made incorrect assumptions about me. In my 20s, I moved to live with my sister. We had three flat mates. One evening, I was out and they told my sister that they felt intimidated by me. I’d spent most of my time with them listening, observing and not sharing much about myself. Rather amusingly, they had interpreted this as an inner confidence. Actually, I was just shy.

Today, in an age of understanding various differences, shyness is still hugely misunderstood. Children are told to cheer themselves up; “don’t be shy,” grown-ups say. But why not? And why, indeed, can’t an adult be shy? Well, it’s because society favours outgoing behaviours and extroversion (外向). When someone speaks less, we assume there is something wrong with them. We don’t create space for people to think before they speak, and we don’t allow people to observe before joining in, while everyone is expected to participate immediately, with no time to warm up.

The more I talk to shy people, the more confident I become that shyness can be a rather beautiful full personality feature. So my mother’s friend was wrong, shyness doesn’t turn you into a dark horse. It might make you quieter, but push beyond the shy outside and you’ll see the beauty that lies beneath.

1. What is the cause for the author’s being described as a “dark horse” at six?

A．Her special physical fitness.

B．Jokes of the friend of Mom.

C．Her inborn quiet personality.

D．Praise from friends and relatives.

2. What does the underlined word “intimidated” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．Scared.

B．Cheated.

C．Attacked.

D．Betrayed.

3. What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?

A．Influences posed by being shy.

B．Practical need of being shy.

C．Causes for being unable to be shy.

D．Ways of avoiding being shy.

4. What is the purpose of this text?

A．To discuss about ways to be more sociable.

B．To tell a story about being misunderstood.

C．To introduce hardships of quiet persons.

D．To argue for the excellence of being shy.

4 . I’ve never considered myself a brave person. When I was younger, if it was dark and I had to go outside alone to fetch something from the yard, I would run back inside like the hounds of hell were on my heels. Then before entering, I would act like nothing had happened.

    1    For you see, I pretty much lived in fear. I was afraid of public speaking, afraid to sleep alone or to even be alone in a room by myself. And I would judge myself for being afraid.

What I didn’t realize at the time is that even though I was afraid, I would never let anyone know it.     2     I’d fetch the ball from the yard, even though I was afraid of the dark.

You see, I was more afraid of being viewed as a coward than of the fear itself. And so, I ended up doing those scary things without realizing that I was, in fact, being courageous for acting despite the fear. And now, I realize that by consistently choosing to face the fear and acting anyway,     3    For example, when I used to talk in public, my legs would literally shiver.     4    But when I got up to speak, I would do my best to hide my fear. Over time,I became known as a public speaker in my life.

And so, this habit of doing what scared me despite the fear was one of the best habits I could have possibly formed, unconscious as it was. For you see, courage is not the absence of fear. It is not even the ability to overcome fear. It goes deeper than that.    5    

A．And that’s just the start of it.

B．My heartbeat would accelerate.

C．I would do the things that scared me.

D．To be courageous, one needs to be afraid.

E．So courage and fear are similar to some extent.

F．I became less and less afraid of doing those things over time.

G．I would talk to people about my fear and seek their help.

5 . As a child, I was proud of my southern origin. My own voice reflected my family’s past and present-part northern Mississippi, part Tennessee, all southern. There was no sound I loved more than my grandmother’s accent: thick, sweet, warm.

While growing up, I began to realize outside of our region, southerners were often dismissed as uncultured and ignorant. I was ready to leave behind my tiny town in West Tennessee, starting a new life and jumping at big chances in some far-off cities. In that embarrassing space between “teen” and “adult”, my accent was a symbol of everything I thought I hated about my life in the rural South. I feared it would disqualify me from being a noted magazine writer. I would have to talk less “country”. So I killed a piece of myself. I’m ashamed of it, but I’m more ashamed that I tried to kill that part of someone else-change Emily’s accent.

I met Emily in college. She was determined to work for the student newspaper, which was where I spent most of my waking hours, and we became friends. She, unlike me, accepted her roots. Early in our friendship, her mother asked where I was from, assuming it was somewhere up north. Then I felt my efforts paid off and even wanted to ignore the mistake.

Emily is two years younger and she cared about my opinion. I advised her to be more like me and hide her signature Manchester accent. I stressed that throughout our college years, often by making fun of her vowel (元音) sounds. I told myself I was helping her achieve her dream of working as a reporter. Now, I see that it was actually about justifying my hiding part of myself.

Grandma Carolyn used to tell me, “Girl, don’t forget where you come from.” Now I truly understand that. Many things have faded from memory, but this sticks in my mind with uncomfortable clarity. Now that I am grown and have left the South, it’s important to me.

1. What made the author want to leave her hometown?

A．Appeal of convenience in cities.

B．Her dream of becoming a writer.

C．Outside prejudice against southerners.

D．Her desire for the northern accent.

2. How did the author feel about the mistake of Emily’s mother?

A．Upset.

B．Pleased.

C．Ashamed.

D．Surprised.

3. Why on earth did the author try to change Emily’s accent?

A．To prove herself right.	B．To help Emily be a reporter.
C．To make herself influential.	D．To protect Emily’s self-dignity.

4. What message does the text want to convey?

A．Stay true to your roots.	B．Never do things by halves.
C．Hold on to your dreams.	D．Never judge a person by his accent.

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。

Moving In

My eighty-five-year-old mother offered that familiar tilt (歪头) of the head, the one that told me something was up. I tensed my shoulders and bit my lip, waiting for whatever was coming next.

I could handle it. She was predictable, though dramatic. I expected her to express her thoughts on the latest news or share the senior community news.

Instead, she calmly said, as though she were sharing her dinner menu, “I’m going to downsize and sell my house and nearly everything I own.” The breaking news was followed by a matter of fact stare.

“Do what?” I asked. “I’ll be a floater,” she said.

“I’ll stay with you, then with my brothers in Maine, and then with some of my friends. I’ll just float around and enjoy myself.” She laughed as though she’d just discovered the perfect lifestyle. “I’ll take my cat everywhere with me. I can’t bear to leave him behind or give him away. What do you think?”

“No one will want you to show up with your cat.” My answer seemed a shock to her. After only seconds, she added, “Well, I just won’t tell them he’s coming. We’ll just show up. What can they do?”

Shocked, I took a deep breath and forced myself to respond by explaining all the reasons why selling, moving in with me, and fearlessly dragging the cat across the country in secret were terrible ideas.

Unbothered, she simply said, “You’re so dramatic. It’ll be fine.”

I didn’t take her announcement seriously. A few days after her announcement,my brother and I enjoyed a few laughs over her idea. After all, our mother was too independent to be placed in a place long-term with any of her children. She had made this clear on many occasions when I’d begged to live next door to her. I’d wanted to be close enough to watch over her but not too close, but she’d always refused.

I enjoyed living alone, hearing the quiet, writing and reading. I hated noise. My mother loved radio, television, and phone calls, endless phone calls. We would not make good housemates.

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。
I really panicked when she started having yard sales.
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I took her to my home from the hospital happily, no longer bothered by her moving in.
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7 . 阅读下列文本，在空白处填入1个适当的单词(部分空有首字母或中文提示)。

Failures result in mental and emotional g    1    (成长). Curiosity drives us to    2    (探索), do more, solve problems and find solutions in our lives. Our thoughts and understanding of failures and successes s    3    (增强) in this growing period.

8 . Sending handwritten letters may have fallen out of fashion, but I’m a great believer in the power of letters. There’s something unique and special about handwritten things. You write a letter not because there’s something you need to know, but there’s something you want to say.     1    

The letter is a powerful and memorable way to touch the ones you care about. When my granny died and I cleared her house, I found hundreds of letters she had kept.     2     There were letters from her mother, who died long before: I was born, but sitting reading them one rainy afternoon, her words stretched out across time and I felt I knew her.

    3     It can enrich a relationship and allow it to grow. When I was 12, I faked a letter from a parent to the pet shop for a pet mouse. My mum punished me and made me write letters to some relatives. One of them was my uncle who I’d only met a few times before. I wrote a long letter detailing my life and listing my interests. My punishment-complete, I forgot about this until I suddenly got a reply from him. “How lovely to hear from you,” he said, and went on to tell me all about his life. He’d love to hear about what subjects at school I enjoyed.     4     I have grown close to him since then.

I often think about how that one naughty childhood behavior led to such an enriching communication that stretched on for many years. It encouraged me to write to lots of other people in fact.     5     So, I’d encourage you to put pen to paper and see where it leads. What have you got to lose?

A．That is the point of the letter.

B．They told the story of her relationships.

C．Receiving a letter is such a lovely surprise.

D．It’s also a way to make you more thoughtful.

E．And it’s something I keep up with to this day.

F．Then we started a communication that went on for years.

G．That’s why we would prefer handwritten letters to emails.

9 . I had never been more anxious in my life. I had just arrived at the airport to travel home. As I watched the bus driver set my luggage on the airport sidewalk, I realized my _________ had just begun.

This was my first visit alone to the international terminal (航站楼) of the airport, and nothing was _________. I couldn’t make sense of any of the _________. Where was the check-in counter? I felt as if I were deaf and blind and stupid. I began to _________. I had to find help!

I tried to ask a passing businessman for help, but my _________ came out wrong. He frowned and walked away. I had been in this country for a semester, but could not even remember how to ask for directions. Awful! Another _________ arrived at the terminal, and the passengers came out carrying lots of luggage. Right! I could _________ them to the right place.

I dragged my enormous suitcase, went after them and reached the elevators. Oh, no! They all fit in it, but not enough room for me. I watched _________ as the elevator doors closed. I was abandoned again! I got on the elevator when it returned and _________ all the buttons. Which one could it be? I pressed button 3 because I thought I saw those passengers pressed 3, though only a quick glance. The elevator climbed up to the third floor and stopped. A high, unpleasant noise __________ the opening of the doors, and I looked around __________.

Tears formed as I saw the empty hall and realized I would __________ my plane. Just then an elderly airport employee walked towards me. He guessed I was __________ and offered to help. He patted my shoulder to ease my anxiety. We walked up some stairs, turned a corner, and reached the check-in counter!

When I turned to thank him, he was gone. I never got an opportunity to know that man’s name, but I would always remember his unexpected __________. Without his timely help, I would have missed my plane. I hope I will be able to do the same for another traveler experiencing a(n) __________ journey.

1.

A．anxiety

B．excitement

C．curiosity

D．liberty

2.

A．special

B．wrong

C．familiar

D．perfect

3.

A．counters

B．destinations

C．regulations

D．signs

4.

A．doubt

B．panic

C．weep

D．inquire

5.

A．manners

B．instructions

C．words

D．tones

6.

A．bus

B．plane

C．businessman

D．employee

7.

A．lead

B．follow

C．guide

D．direct

8.

A．in surprise

B．in relief

C．in delight

D．in despair

9.

A．tried out

B．clicked on

C．stared at

D．sorted out

10.

A．announced

B．stressed

C．suggested

D．promised

11.

A．joyfully

B．firmly

C．calmly

D．cautiously

12.

A．aboard

B．miss

C．catch

D．abandon

13.

A．lost

B．upset

C．disturbed

D．embarrassed

14.

A．encounter

B．disappearance

C．kindness

D．guidance

15.

A．awesome

B．unforgettable

C．tiring

D．terrible

10 . I’m a mother of three and a psychologist. Recently, I come to understand what makes childhood valuable in its own right.

One day, when I went to get my 7-year-old son from soccer ________, the kid ________ me with a downcast face. The coach had ________ him for not focusing on his soccer drills. He walked out of the school with his head and shoulders ________ down. He seemed wrapped in ________. But just before he reached the car door, he suddenly stopped, crouching (蹲伏) down to ________ something on the sidewalk. His ________ went down lower and lower, and then, with complete joy he called out, “Mum. Come here. This is the ________ bug (虫子) I’ve ever seen. It has, like a million ________. It’s amazing.” He looked up at me, his features overflowing with energy and ________. “Can’t we ________ here for just a minute? I want to find out what he does with all those legs.”

The traditional view of such a moment is that it is ________, or a waste of valuable time. Yet at that moment it suddenly dawned on me that what sets children apart from adults is not their ignorance (无知) but their ________ for joy. Children’s ability to become deeply ________ in something and get great pleasure is what adults spend the rest of their lives ________.

1.

A．appointment

B．display

C．practice

D．experience

2.

A．served

B．greeted

C．witnessed

D．treated

3.

A．envied

B．criticized

C．promoted

D．forgiven

4.

A．hanging

B．settling

C．putting

D．turning

5.

A．shyness

B．weakness

C．loneliness

D．sadness

6.

A．pick up

B．look for

C．stare at

D．bring out

7.

A．ears

B．hands

C．mouth

D．face

8.

A．biggest

B．simplest

C．strangest

D．dullest

9.

A．eyes

B．arms

C．legs

D．feet

10.

A．entertainment

B．delight

C．satisfaction

D．confusion

11.

A．gather

B．play

C．sit

D．stay

12.

A．practical

B．impossible

C．accessible

D．unnecessary

13.

A．capacity

B．respect

C．effort

D．responsibility

14.

A．experienced

B．absorbed

C．rich

D．skillful

15.

A．seeking

B．studying

C．missing

D．denying