1 . Long ago, people happily lived under the rule of a king. The people of the kingdom were very _________, as they were wealthy and had no problems.

The king decided to travel and visit faraway places of great historical importance. He chose to travel by foot _________ he could talk to his people. People from these areas were very happy to have a _________ with their king.

After several weeks, he _________ to the palace. He was quite happy to have visited many places and seen his people. _________, he felt a lot of pain in his _________ because it was his first long-distance trip on foot. He _________ to his ministers that the roads were covered in stones and weren’t _________. He said he was very _________ about the people who walked along them.

He made an order to __________ the roads of the whole country with __________ so that people would feel happier and more comfortable. His ministers were very __________ to hear his order as , thousands of cows would have to be __________ for leather and it would also cost a lot of money.

A wise man from the ministry came to the king and said he had another __________. The minister asked the king:“Why do you want to kill so many cows to cover the road with leather? Why not cut a piece of leather in the right __________ to cover your feet?”

The king was __________ by this idea and praised the minister. He ordered that a pair of leather shoes were to be made for himself and for each of his countrymen.

Many of us __________ our surroundings and never understand that we can make a __________ourselves. Changes are unavoidable, and they should __________ us. We cannot or should not __________ others to make them.

1.

A．close

B．polite

C．happy

D．smart

2.

A．as if

B．so that

C．while

D．before

3.

A．meeting

B．trip

C．discussion

D．conversation

4.

A．came

B．returned

C．hurried

D．headed

5.

A．Besides

B．Meanwhile

C．However

D．Instead

6.

A．heart

B．feet

C．toes

D．back

7.

A．shouted

B．apologized

C．explained

D．complained

8.

A．safe

B．comfortable

C．straight

D．convenient

9.

A．worried

B．doubtful

C．curious

D．certain

10.

A．cover

B．replace

C．build

D．repair

11.

A．stones

B．sand

C．wood

D．leather

12.

A．angry

B．surprised

C．nervous

D．sad

13.

A．killed

B．sold

C．raised

D．exchanged

14.

A．reason

B．task

C．idea .

D．result

15.

A．place

B．position

C．shape

D．order

16.

A．confused

B．disappointed

C．shocked

D．amazed

17.

A．criticize

B．love

C．harm

D．protect

18.

A．chance

B．purpose

C．rule

D．change

19.

A．benefit from

B．come from

C．relate to

D．go with

20.

A．depend on

B．work with

C．turn to

D．believe in

2 . My dad passed away in November last year. And it took me several months to feel “_________” in the world again. I didn’t realize it at the time, but in retrospect(回想), the_________described in this piece was an _________part of that process.

I was on a two-week tour of northern Italy, during which I visited the violin_________in the city hall of Cremona, where priceless old violins are_________. Each day, some of these violins are_________and played as a way of keeping them in their finest condition. I was_________to hear the fantastic violin “Il Cremonese”_________by Antonio Stradivari, a master of instrument making. As I sat in that simple hall, surrounded by the ancient paintings and stones, I_________myself to the strains(旋律)of the violin.

My dad also__________music and he had served in Italy during World War II. So I felt he had been with me during my whole Italian journey-and from Venice to Verona, I would catch myself wondering if he had looked at the__________beautiful hills or squares sixty-five years before.

But it was at that moment in Cremona that I__________his presence most powerfully, and that his__________and mine were intertwined(交织在一起)in the__________of the violin. And I__________that people, from newly-made__________to life-long family, __________come and go in the composition of our lives, but that once they have appeared, they never really__________. They are just like those__________. Every day, in one form or another, we take them out and play them, if just for a while. We honor them and keep them__________-as they do us, intertwined.

1.

A．amazed

B．anxious

C．normal

D．sad

2.

A．journey

B．adventure

C．accident

D．concert

3.

A．unusual

B．small

C．positive

D．important

4.

A．shop

B．warehouse

C．museum

D．square

5.

A．sold

B．produced

C．housed

D．repaired

6.

A．put away

B．taken out

C．set aside

D．handed in

7.

A．afraid

B．disappointed

C．relaxed

D．fortunate

8.

A．bought

B．built

C．found

D．introduced

9.

A．devoted

B．lost

C．adapted

D．helped

10.

A．loved

B．composed

C．played

D．ignored

11.

A．remote

B．familiar

C．same

D．remaining

12.

A．felt

B．saw

C．forgot

D．recognized

13.

A．words

B．tears

C．spirit

D．image

14.

A．shape

B．sound

C．color

D．design

15.

A．meant

B．imagined

C．hoped

D．realized

16.

A．friends

B．strangers

C．masters

D．musicians

17.

A．suddenly

B．finally

C．unwillingly

D．unavoidably

18.

A．leave

B．stay

C．rest

D．stop

19.

A．stones

B．violins

C．paintings

D．hills

20.

A．happy

B．young

C．priceless

D．alive

3 . I understand why people say experience counts. However, when it comes to finding new solutions to problems, _______ can be an advantage. Not being _______ by conventional thinking frees me up to think differently.

I became an engineer _______. Despite completing a college course to teach nursery school, I soon _______ to focus on math. It was a _______ decision to leave teaching and pursue my fast-growing _______ for math. But with some guidance from a university professor, my education took another _______ and I graduated with a degree in engineering.

I realized my early lack of experience could be a(n) _______. Being a newcomer left me _______ to ask “stupid” questions. The answer was ________ to more experienced members of the team. The people surrounding me were happy—once I had ________ the courage—to let me ________ them and learn from them.

The team spirit was infectious (有感染力的). My questions were not ________ as stupid by colleagues; ________ they helped me look at problems from a different ________ and consider new approaches.

Most inventions begin with a(n) ________. When our team sets out to invent something new, we discuss the problem and the possible ways to ________ it. It’s a team effort and this is ________ in patent applications-they represent the team’s ideas, regardless of who ________ suggested them. Asking unusual questions helped me develop an inventor’s mind, one that is unconstrained (不受限制的) by standard ways of ________ problems.

1.

A．inflexibility

B．inexperience

C．inability

D．inaccuracy

2.

A．stimulated

B．persuaded

C．reserved

D．limited

3.

A．on purpose

B．on occasion

C．by accident

D．by order

4.

A．submitted

B．switched

C．failed

D．forgot

5.

A．tough

B．stupid

C．collective

D．necessary

6.

A．hate

B．panic

C．passion

D．confidence

7.

A．credit

B．beating

C．risk

D．turn

8.

A．trouble

B．plus

C．weakness

D．exception

9.

A．free

B．discouraged

C．bored

D．frank

10.

A．deaf

B．wrong

C．obvious

D．traditional

11.

A．taken up

B．torn up

C．used up

D．built up

12.

A．encourage

B．clarify

C．question

D．suspect

13.

A．perceived

B．appointed

C．learned

D．used

14.

A．instead

B．moreover

C．therefore

D．otherwise

15.

A．document

B．angle

C．introduction

D．country

16.

A．discussion

B．argument

C．assumption

D．problem

17.

A．hide

B．handle

C．admire

D．discover

18.

A．hatched

B．engaged

C．lost

D．reflected

19.

A．originally

B．accidentally

C．hopefully

D．politely

20.

A．creating

B．developing

C．approaching

D．experiencing

4 . 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。

Out of a 13-year-old girl’s summer boredom, I put up a tent in our yard and intended to sleep in it. It was midnight and my dad had been asleep upstairs. A girl knocked on the front door, asking if she could use our phone to call her parents.

I watched her struggle to dial the numbers. After she dialed the wrong numbers several times, I offered to do that for her. But after I dialed several times, there still no people answered the phone. Looking at the girl, I said, “Want to sleep in my tent?” She hesitated for a while and agreed.

I accompanied her into the darkness of the yard, entered the tent, and turned my lantern on. She told me how she got here. She and her parents had a nice dinner. After dinner, she expressed she wanted a beautiful dress in a special style, but it was too expressive for her parents. They argued fiercely（激烈地）and she left in anger. She wandered alone aimlessly（漫无目的地）until she found herself on an unfamiliar road. Her cellphone was in her parent’s bag and she seemed to have got lost. She wiped her eyes with my pillow, looked at me sadly, and then said, “Why didn’t my parents buy that dress for me?”

I knew just nodding obviously couldn’t solve the problem. “Do you think your parents love you?” I asked. Hearing my questions, she nodded and said regretfully, “My parents always meet my request as far as possible. This is my fault to ask them to buy that dress which they can’t afford. ” At the time, my phone rang. It turned out her parents’ call. Her parents sounded very worried and said they would come very soon. Then, my dad walked down the stairs.

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 explained what had happened and he asked the girl, “Do you want that dress?”

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At that time, her parents came.

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5 . A teacher gave his students a test. Most of the students finished all the questions without much effort _______they all read the last one which was “What is the first name of the woman who _______ the school? ”

All of the students thought that this question was some kind of _______. They had all seen the cleaning woman many times during each day at school. It was _______ that she was tall and old, but how would they know her _______?

So they all _______ their test paper, leaving the last question _______. Just before the class ended, one of the students asked if the last question would count toward the results of the _______.

“_______”said the teacher.

He went on to say, “In your lives and careers, you will ________ many people and they are ________individual, so they each are worth your ________ and care, even if all you do is ________and say “Hello”.

Over the following days each of the students ________ the importance of finding out the name of the cleaner and introduced themselves. They all learned that cleaner’s name was Dorothy and they never forgot the ________ that everyone is important.

1.

A．while

B．until

C．since

D．after

2.

A．cleans

B．manages

C．supports

D．guards

3.

A．pity

B．risk

C．story

D．joke

4.

A．natural

B．clear

C．possible

D．unusual

5.

A．address

B．family

C．name

D．age

6.

A．left behind

B．lifted up

C．put away

D．handed in

7.

A．unanswered

B．open

C．out

D．unprepared

8.

A．exercise

B．experiment

C．test

D．match

9.

A．Possibly

B．No

C．Sure

D．Never

10.

A．love

B．help

C．respect

D．meet

11.

A．important

B．unique

C．intelligent

D．honest

12.

A．consideration

B．attention

C．discussion

D．protection

13.

A．look

B．smile

C．listen

D．play

14.

A．remembered

B．proved

C．explained

D．realized

15.

A．lesson

B．opinion

C．premise

D．argument

6 . “Katy, please come to the front desk. You have a ________ here.” Immediately my sensors were on. Why? Could it be...? Is it...?

As I ________ the front desk, Sabrina sat comfortably in front of her computer. Nothing was ________. She was ________ her task at hand and hardly noticed me approaching.

“You called me?” I said, somewhat ________. For a while I became unsure that there even was a package there waiting for me. I was ________.

Sabrina looked up. “Oh yeah, the doorman brought this up and told me to give it to you.” As she ________ a brown paper bag from under her desk, ________ it over her desk from her sitting position.

“What is it?” Sabrina asked.

Once glance inside, my doubt was confirmed. ________ inside were 2 containers. could not see their ________ from my bird’s eye view but a pleasant smell had already spread the front office area.

“Someone has tagged me.” I ________ with a smile and a shake of my head I rounded the corner and ________ into the bag. I lifted a round container full of fried potatoes, finding below a larger container filled with rice and yogurt. I set the bag down and saw a(n) ________ among the containers. Inside was a beautiful card that read, “They say the world is ________. What we send out eventually finds its way back home.

I had to ________ about three times as I stared at this card. My heart was ________ fast and my body was electric with the shower of ________. I could do nothing but shake my head and smile, trying not to cry.

As I sat eating this amazingly delicious food, a ________ realization came over me. The joy and ________ that I was feeling must have been the same feeling that ________ the people to whom we gave away food on Saturday’s event! It was the exact same thing.

1.

A．call

B．visitor

C．bill

D．package

2.

A．telephoned

B．approached

C．left

D．checked

3.

A．important

B．ordinary

C．unusual

D．impossible

4.

A．focused on

B．tired of

C．satisfied with

D．used to

5.

A．excitedly

B．curiously

C．hurriedly

D．doubtfully

6.

A．stressed

B．addicted

C．confused

D．thrilled

7.

A．emptied

B．filled

C．pushed

D．pulled

8.

A．opening

B．passing

C．throwing

D．dropping

9.

A．Lying

B．Laying

C．Hiding

D．Loading

10.

A．styles

B．shapes

C．contents

D．patterns

11.

A．replied

B．requested

C．sighed

D．shouted

12.

A．reached

B．put

C．took

D．got

13.

A．photo

B．envelope

C．card

D．drawing

14.

A．big

B．flat

C．wide

D．round

15.

A．swallow

B．count

C．try

D．pray

16.

A．hurting

B．beating

C．moving

D．breaking

17.

A．sweat

B．rain

C．warmth

D．pain

18.

A．strange

B．painful

C．strong

D．different

19.

A．confusion

B．peace

C．magic

D．gratitude

20.

A．went through

B．looked through

C．lived with

D．dealt with

7 . 阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

I was walking along the road to school one day and I met my friend Raine. He suggested that we skip school and go to the movies. I refused as my dad was very fierce and strict. After much persuasion, I gave in. There was a Will Smith movie on and I was a fan.

So we set off to the movies together, bought our tickets, popcorn and drinks and settled down comfortably. As we were early, the lights were still on. We watched people come in groups, families and there were couples too. Some of them looked like school students playing truant（逃学）like us. As I turned around, I caught a glimpse of my uncle Andy and Aunt Jane walking in. They were kind and cared about me very much. I sank into my seat quickly to avoid being spotted. I signaled to Raine that there was someone I didn’t want to see and Raine made it more obvious by turning around and asking “Who? And where?” loudly. It made me sit even lower in my seat.

To make things worse, they came and sat in the row behind us and were saying to each other how I would have loved to come to this movie as I adored Will Smith. They were even commenting about the students playing truant. Soon the movie began and I was glad when the lights were turned off but I didn’t enjoy the movie at all for fear of being spotted. So, I sat there like an astronaut, peering over the front seat.

Every now and then I would secretly take a quick look at my aunt and uncle. I was sure they were also looking at me. Feeling nervous and anxious, I kept wondering how I could leave the cinema without being noticed.

注意：
1.所续写短文词数应为150左右；
2.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。

When the movie ended and the lights came on, I remained seated.

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In front of us were my aunt and uncle, waiting at the gate.

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8 . A passenger started a conversation with a sniffling (吸鼻子) stranger, apparently due to the recent cold. “Look at me!” the healthy one said _______ , "Never a day's _______ in my life, and it owes to the simple food. Why? Because from the age of twenty, I lived an absolutely simple, regular life—no _______ nights, no extravagance (奢侈). Every day,   _______ , I went to bed regularly at nine o'clock at night and _______ at five in the next morning. I ate a _______ meal at noon and, after that,   _______ in the tennis club for an hour…”

“Excuse me,” _______ the sniffling stranger, “but what is the point?”

That kind of life _______ too much like being under a sentence. Some people can go overboard for a rigid routine. I once went on a near-starvation ________ just to drop a few pounds. In two weeks I ________ five pounds and the will to ________ . Self-discipline is important to be happy, but a rigid routine may not be the ________ .

Mark Twain gave some ________ about discipline. "Do one thing every day you don't want to do,” he advised. I think I can do that. One thing I've always ________ . One thing I always said I ought to do, but never made the ________ . We believe doing something that is important but we don't want to do is a price we pay for ________ . Call it a duty, or call it paying the price,   ________ that may be what it really is. And the other part is: leave some ________ to do something you want to do, too. Paying the price gets you where you want to go. Then having ________ along the way makes the journey worthwhile.

1.

A．seriously

B．anxiously

C．proudly

D．politely

2.

A．sickness

B．sadness

C．health

D．hunger

3.

A．late

B．exact

C．spare

D．perfect

4.

A．by chance

B．in fact

C．at once

D．on purpose

5.

A．got up

B．got back

C．got off

D．got out

6.

A．plain

B．regular

C．good

D．fast

7.

A．put out

B．headed towards

C．worked out

D．picked up

8.

A．announced

B．shouted

C．apologized

D．interrupted

9.

A．acts

B．looks

C．sounds

D．shows

10.

A．journey

B．diet

C．schedule

D．duty

11.

A．lost

B．stored

C．wasted

D．stole

12.

A．play

B．study

C．weep

D．live

13.

A．problem

B．mistake

C．answer

D．evidence

14.

A．examples

B．suggestions

C．arrangements

D．orders

15.

A．passed on

B．broken up

C．put off

D．taken back

16.

A．choice

B．space

C．conversation

D．effort

17.

A．success

B．health

C．power

D．hope

18.

A．but

B．for

C．though

D．if

19.

A．messages

B．room

C．time

D．debts

20.

A．fun

B．patience

C．interest

D．friendship

9 . Have you ever felt like others don’t understand your pain when they seem to be living a happy life? You’re not alone in feeling this way, but the truth is that happiness takes work.    1    

Live in the present moment

Your past is important to learn from.    2     At the end of the day, though, the only thing that exists outside of your head is the present. In order to ground yourself in the now, you can practise noticing what’s around you, how you’re feeling, why you’re feeling that way, etc.

Be kind to others

    3     While you may not be at a place to help them financially (经济上), offering a smile or a kind word can help them feel better about where they’re in life. When others see you show kindness, they’ll also be more likely to do so.

Keep your mind open

Having an open mind is important for your growth. You may be right about something, but it doesn’t mean there aren’t other ways to look at it.    4     You are sure to learn something as long as you stay open to difficult conversations.

    5    

You’ll hear people say “I had that idea” every time you see someone create something great. Everyone had the idea for Facebook first. The reason Mark Zuckerberg got rich off it is that he went out and did it, while everyone else was talking about it. Ideas are useless if you don’t act on them. Less thinking, more doing.

A．Decide what’s important to you.

B．Here are several ways you can try.

C．Take action for what matters to you.

D．Your future is important to work towards.

E．Every day you see someone who needs help.

F．Listening to ideas you don’t agree with keeps your mind open.

G．So find something new and set goals beyond what you believe possible.

10 . Ask yourself, “Why do you work so hard？What motivates you to do so?” Most of you may say a single word to answer both the questions: Family.

All of us inherit our physical features from our parents. However, when you start interacting with the outside world, you realize that they are not enough to ensure your success, not even your survival. It is the values passed on to you by your family such as patience, care, understanding and commitment that make your survival and growth possible.

You may or may not be aware, but your family was the first school you entered. “Survival of the fittest” is the golden rule in this world. In other words, “Let the unfit perish” is the motto. When you stepped into this world, you were unfit to survive on your own. From the first day you came into the world, you started learning about love, care and family relationships at home. For example, by observing your family members, you learned how family relationships work. As time went on, you matured and started taking note of other people outside your family and how your family members interacted with them. You also noticed how your family dealt with the ups and downs of life.

What you learned from your family becomes your value system and forms your perceptions and basis of actions. A person is known by his actions. It is your family that gave you an identity. Whenever you move from one place to another, you carry your family history with you. Have you ever noticed that your opinions always confirmed to the values you acquired from your family?

Every person’s relation to his family is similar to the earth’s relation to its environment, which acts as a protective layer. For a person, the importance of family is beyond calculation. The saying goes that you can choose your friends but you can’t choose your family. Spend your life showing those you love that they will always be family no matter what happens.

1. Your family can help you survive by________.

A．providing more love for you

B．shaping your personality

C．introducing you to the outside world

D．improving your school education

2. According to the passage, a person represents________.

A．the unity of his family

B．his family benefits

C．the behavior pattern of his family

D．his family relationships with others

3. Like the environment to the earth, a family________.

A．is an interactive system

B．encourages its members to work hard

C．is full of challenges

D．provides security for its members

4. What is the passage mainly about?

A．The development of a person.

B．The importance of family.

C．How to survive the hardship?

D．What’s a family?