1 . One day before the last Christmas, my wife, Charlotte, was busy decorating our Christmas tree. I reached for my _______to capture the tree. After only a couple of minutes, Started complaining, “I can’t make the_______ right. I wish Sophie were here telling me what to do. I miss her.”

Several months before, my daughter, Sophie, bad gone to New York. She was not there to give me_______. Charlotte was working in silence while I clicked and_________. The photos didn’t have___________, so I’d had enough, dropping my camera onto the sofa. Each Christmas light seemed to refuse to_________. Somehow, I found the tree didn’t look_________without much colour.

“I think I did things differently this year.” Charlotte looked at me and added, “I think the tree looks great.” But I didn’t. I wanted a_________tree. More importantly, I wanted Sophie to be_________with us.

The morning after that day, I got up a little earlier. I plugged in the________, and turned towards the tree and stood in silence. In the semidarkness, the Christmas tree was ________like a diamond.

At that time, I realized I was________. My wife had decorated the tree________. It was magical and came__________in the morning light. The tree drew my eyes, reminding me to be grateful to those around me and look for the beauty ________in life.

1.

A．lamp

B．coat

C．document

D．camera

2.

A．potential

B．property

C．settings

D．schedules

3.

A．presents

B．suggestions

C．surprises

D．excuses

4.

A．waited

B．hesitated

C．adjusted

D．laughed

5.

A．highlights

B．platforms

C．exposures

D．standards

6.

A．fall behind

B．stand out

C．give up

D．check in

7.

A．healthy

B．useful

C．attractive

D．fundamental

8.

A．cheerful

B．strange

C．common

D．remaining

9.

A．competed

B．corresponded

C．reunited

D．equipped

10.

A．televisions

B．computers

C．printers

D．lights

11.

A．shining

B．flying

C．growing

D．working

12.

A．proud

B．fortunate

C．wrong

D．different

13.

A．quickly

B．beautifully

C．frequently

D．randomly

14.

A．true

B．prepared

C．alone

D．alive

15.

A．hiding

B．disappearing

C．shaking

D．wondering

4 . Many years ago, there was an island called the Land of the Sun. People of all shapes, sizes and appearances _______ there. Everybody knew everybody and they were like one big happy family.

But slowly, the children grew bigger and had _______ children who grew bigger and had more children. Things reached a _______ where there were so many people on the island that not everybody knew everybody.

People started doing their own things, _______ in their own languages and writing their own scripts.

So the elders of the island came together and decided to open a school where the children could be _______ about the history, geography, rules, and languages of the people of the “Land of the Sun”.

However, when it _______ to deciding on the teacher, the group of elders was _______ divided between two of the candidates (候选人)—Ms Know-it-all and Ms Find-it-out. _______ they couldn’t decide on which candidate to go with, and being a friendly group of people, the elders _______ to have two schools, each being ____________ by the two candidates.

Ms Know-it-all and Ms Find-it-out ran their schools very ____________ from each other. Ms Know-it-all believed that children should be only taught. Unless they were asked a question, they wouldn’t ____________ to it. Her belief was simple. She was there to ask ____________ and the children were there to answer them.

On the other hand, Ms Find-it-out believed that she did not have all the answers. So everybody was allowed to ask questions and everybody tried to find the answers, individually or ____________. Slowly, the islanders became aware of this difference and started taking sides. They ____________ the island into two different zones and built up a wall so that one set of people did not affect the others.

1.

A．stayed

B．lived

C．played

D．worked

2.

A．more

B．fewer

C．prettier

D．cleverer

3.

A．station

B．stop

C．stage

D．style

4.

A．copying

B．talking

C．telling

D．saying

5.

A．taught

B．punished

C．developed

D．trained

6.

A．turned

B．reached

C．came

D．settled

7.

A．angrily

B．equally

C．kindly

D．curiously

8.

A．Once

B．Even if

C．If

D．Since

9.

A．decided

B．refused

C．forgave

D．tried

10.

A．built

B．supported

C．run

D．watched

11.

A．actively

B．differently

C．carefully

D．devotedly

12.

A．answer

B．prefer

C．refer

D．reply

13.

A．demands

B．requests

C．questions

D．help

14.

A．together

B．loudly

C．silently

D．alone

15.

A．broke out

B．broke up

C．turned out

D．turned down

5 . Dr. Smith of New York works at a center for children who can’t learn well. One day a father brought his son to him for________ at his office.

The father told Dr. Smith about his son. “My son has ________ in learning and can’t even play baseball. He isn’t doing well because he doesn’t try. I have done everything for him. I have even shouted at him. But nothing ________. ”

After Dr. Smith tested the boy, he ________ his father. He asked the father to sit in front of a ________ and then gave him a pencil and a piece of paper. There was a ________ on the paper. He asked the father to look only in the mirror and ________ the lines of the star with the pencil. The father made the same ________ anyone makes. Every time he ________ the pencil, it went the wrong way. The father’s face became red.

At this ________ the doctor shouted at him, “Hurry up! Why are you ________ so long? You can’t do such an ________ thing! You don’t know left from right!” These ________ made the father very angry.

“Now you can ________, can’t you?” The doctor said to him. “Your son has felt just like that all the time. You scolded (训斥) him too often, so he didn't try any more. He was afraid of making mistakes. ”

________ the father understood everything. He put his face down. Now he felt so sorry.

1.

A．testing

B．acting

C．teaching

D．playing

2.

A．confidence

B．interest

C．experience

D．difficulty

3.

A．returns

B．helps

C．appears

D．remains

4.

A．waited for

B．searched for

C．believed in

D．called in

5.

A．mirror

B．television

C．painting

D．desk

6.

A．face

B．line

C．number

D．star

7.

A．remove

B．follow

C．cross

D．cut

8.

A．decisions

B．choices

C．mistakes

D．patterns

9.

A．touched

B．dropped

C．moved

D．sharpened

10.

A．speed

B．corner

C．end

D．point

11.

A．staying

B．taking

C．preparing

D．writing

12.

A．easy

B．important

C．obvious

D．exciting

13.

A．ideas

B．words

C．questions

D．instructions

14.

A．relax

B．leave

C．understand

D．promise

15.

A．Interestingly

B．Absolutely

C．Suddenly

D．Unfortunately

6 . Teaching is one of those jobs where people expect you to constantly be “on”. It’s a job that you can never _________ at work: there’s always planning, marking, or thinking about your _________ 一like when it’s 9：00 pm and you’re _________ if the feedback you gave on a class _________ was a little too constructive (有建设性的), and make a mental note to check in with them the next day.

Sometimes, I felt that teaching becomes my _________ life.

In the beginning of my first year teaching in China, I did not have a life outside of work. I was constantly thinking about the next day’s _________ my students are going to take part in, or planning for the _________ lesson. For the entire two months of the first term, I was a living _________: I would wake up, go to work, stay late after school to mark or plan, come home to _________ and then get back to planning until bedtime. I did not ____________ take one day off for the first 5 months.

I knew that I should not let work ____________ my life, but despite how much effort I was putting in, I would sometimes still feel unprepared. The thought of not putting in that effort made me ____________ about going into the classroom the next day.

As the months went on, that gradually ____________ I wouldn’t stay so late after school and I would ____________ more at home. I would take days off for my mental health. Sometimes, I wonder if all that is a( n) ____________ of getting better with experience, or if it’s just laziness . . . I say it’s mostly experience.

1.

A．leave

B．bridge

C．open

D．identify

2.

A．families

B．friends

C．students

D．teachers

3.

A．wondering

B．summarizing

C．appreciating

D．protesting

4.

A．presentation

B．rule

C．decoration

D．system

5.

A．comfortable

B．entire

C．hard

D．meaningful

6.

A．activities

B．lectures

C．meetings

D．subjects

7.

A．first

B．second

C．last

D．next

8.

A．creature

B．organism

C．robot

D．image

9.

A．complain

B．cry

C．sleep

D．eat

10.

A．almost

B．already

C．even

D．still

11.

A．take after

B．take over

C．take apart

D．take up

12.

A．professional

B．nervous

C．alarmed

D．reserved

13.

A．happened

B．changed

C．repeated

D．mattered

14.

A．joke

B．speak

C．relax

D．settle

15.

A．revision

B．impression

C．exchange

D．sign

7 . 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。

It was a bright, sunny day and Amelia was on the way to the grocery store that was not far from her house.

Suddenly, she saw an old man holding a cardboard sign (纸牌) near a street crossing. Although some stores hired (雇佣) people to hold signs around, attracting business, this man was sitting on the ground, so Amelia thought he was homeless and asking for money. Luckily, she had some bills in her wallet and decided to give him some.     

As she got closer, she offered him a $5 bill. To her complete shock, the man refused it. “No, madam. I don’t need money. What I really need is a job,” the old man said.   

Amelia walked a few steps more to get a good look at his cardboard sign. It read: “A shoemaker is looking for work. I can repair any kind of footwear!” She realized the man was actually not a homeless man begging for money. “Oh! You’re a shoemaker. I think many factories out there will offer you some jobs,” she told the man, finally noticing some of his tools around him.

“No, miss. At my age, no one wants to hire me anymore, so I’m trying to find some work this way. If you know someone who needs shoe repair, please let them know about me,” the man said.

Amelia nodded, thinking about a few pairs of shoes at home that needed repairing. Generally, she would donate them and buy new ones, but if this man could repair them, she could keep using them. “What’s your name, sir?” Amelia asked.

“I’m Martin, young lady,” he said and smiled at her. “OK, sir. I have to go shopping now, but I’ll return with a few pairs of shoes that need some fixing,” Amelia told him with a smile and then walked towards the store. After she finished her shopping, she went back home.

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。
Paragraph 1:   Then Amelia returned to Martin and gave him her shoes for repair.
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Paragraph 2:   That night, she posted Martin’s story online along with the picture.
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