1 . 假定你校英语社团准备以“我的强大抗挫能力（ability of anti-frustration）”为主题举办演讲比赛，请就此写一篇英语演讲稿，内容包括：
1. 你对挫折的认识；
2. 举例说明你的抗挫能力。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；开头和结尾已写出；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Good morning, everybody! I’m happy to share with you my understanding of frustration.

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Thank you very much.

2 . It was Christmas Day. For Antony, this was another day spent in a white-walled ______. His wife and son were enjoying chicken and soup at home. But for Antony, he couldn’t enjoy the Christmas ______ with them. Instead, he was surrounded by flashes of red from arriving ambulances. He was _______ lives.

About fifty years ago, Antony was born in a little ______ in Northern Greece, where religious festivities were upheld with the highest honor. However, he was a boy who _____ Santa. When asked the reason, he laughed out and said, “He was always there, but he never _______ me Christmas presents.” His laugh then turned into a(n) ______ yell, trying to get emotional resonance (共鸣). He continued, “All the other children in the village got Christmas _______ except me.”

When he was a boy, his parents struggled hard to make ends meet and couldn’t ______ to buy him gifts. He was left to think Santa was an ________ magical man who always forgot him. Santa brought the other children presents, but ignored him. People could never imagine what it was like for him to watch all the other _______ open their Christmas presents.

______, when other children in the village played with new toys, Antony passed the time by reading his older brother’s ______ textbooks. His appetite for reading and the example his older brother set _______ him to study hard and become a _____. Antony is now a senior cardiologist. He works ______ at the hospital, close to the village where he grew up.

Doctors are especially needed, and Antony is not relying on Santa to deliver. He is at the hospital, like Santa, faithfully ________ the greatest gift of all. Antony teaches us that we can rise from _______ beginnings. His story shows us that though we may not grow up having what others do, with the right _______ and hard work, we can do something _______.

1.

A．restaurant

B．hospital

C．supermarket

D．cinema

2.

A．appointment

B．performance

C．delight

D．blessing

3.

A．improving

B．wasting

C．enjoying

D．saving

4.

A．farm

B．village

C．shop

D．school

5.

A．hated

B．followed

C．admired

D．trusted

6.

A．bought

B．taught

C．brought

D．lent

7.

A．forgettable

B．considerate

C．impolite

D．infectious

8.

A．records

B．presents

C．information

D．knowledge

9.

A．afford

B．reject

C．claim

D．arrange

10.

A．attractive

B．aggressive

C．awful

D．ambitious

11.

A．patients

B．parents

C．doctors

D．kids

12.

A．In the past

B．In the distance

C．In the end

D．In the meantime

13.

A．musical

B．physical

C．medical

D．natural

14.

A．required

B．inspired

C．forced

D．persuaded

15.

A．salesman

B．consultant

C．manager

D．doctor

16.

A．tirelessly

B．regularly

C．exactly

D．reasonably

17.

A．trying out

B．drawing out

C．giving out

D．selling out

18.

A．smooth

B．promising

C．complex

D．humble

19.

A．opinion

B．motive

C．comment

D．privilege

20.

A．extraordinary

B．familiar

C．practical

D．traditional

3 . Tia and Susan worked in the same company.   One day, Susan’s manager informed her that Tia and Susan shared a(n) _________struggle: Both women’s husbands _________from kidney(肾脏)failure and had been put on the transplant _________ . When Tia and Susan told each other about their husbands’ kidney disease, that _________ conversation incidentally led to the lifesaving kidney surgery both of their husbands _________needed.

Tia and Susan’s life-changing _________all started over a small talk in their office restroom. During the _________encounter, the two women discussed their husbands’ _________through the transplant evaluation process.   The conversation led to the _________of their blood types.   Susan mentioned that her __________,Lance, was blood type O, while she was type A—meaning she couldn’t __________a kidney to her husband.   That was when Tia got a brainwave: Tia was type O,and her husband, Rodney, was type A.   By a(n) __________coincidence,each woman was a blood type __________for the other woman’s husband.   This __________ they could become one another’s exchange donor.

Tia immediately went back to her desk and __________called her husband’s doctor with the news.   Tests __________that Tia and Susan were indeed matches, and the two couples received donor approval.   Seven months later, Tia, Rodney, Susan and Lance __________a paired kidney exchange transplant on the same day.   Susan’s kidney was __________to Rodney, and later that day, Tia’s kidney was given to Lance.   The __________were successful.

The two families were so lucky.   Had it not been for that friendly office __________,Susan said, things might not have progressed, and their husbands would still be on the transplant list.

1.

A．wrong

B．common

C．ordinary

D．exceptional

2.

A．escaped

B．hung

C．resulted

D．suffered

3.

A．list

B．operation

C．form

D．receipt

4.

A．formal

B．intentional

C．brief

D．representative

5.

A．desperately

B．ultimately

C．sincerely

D．eventually

6.

A．convention

B．expectation

C．connection

D．inspection

7.

A．peaceful

B．random

C．temporary

D．domestic

8.

A．advice

B．treatment

C．welfare.

D．progress

9.

A．choice

B．topic

C．dream

D．chance

10.

A．husband

B．neighbor

C．friend

D．son

11.

A．find

B．purchase

C．borrow

D．donate

12.

A．usual

B．typical

C．incredible

D．elegant

13.

A．match

B．course

C．condition

D．case

14.

A．proved

B．stressed

C．meant

D．caused

15.

A．constantly

B．confusedly

C．secretly

D．excitedly

16.

A．concluded

B．confirmed

C．calculated

D．compared

17.

A．went through

B．got away with

C．came across

D．took apart in

18.

A．purchased

B．delivered

C．attached

D．transplanted

19.

A．activities

B．surgeries

C．experiments

D．companies

20.

A．conference

B．debate

C．chat

D．speech

4 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

We have a problem that is deeply rooted in our world today. When it     1     (come) to the holidays, people tend to forget that it’s the season of giving rather than receiving. We tend to be more     2     (interest) in what we’ll receive on Christmas morning instead of looking at the holidays as an opportunity     3     (help) out those who don’t have it as good as we do. So how can we change the culture around the holidays and make sure that people are emphasizing the time to give as much     4     they are looking forward to opening up their stockings? This is a question worth     5     (think) about. Giving     6     (selfless) is the right thing to do, though many of us     7     (challenge) by the task. Whether or not we have much money to spare, it isn’t always easy to give away     8     we have worked so hard for, especially when we have set financial goals — saving for retirement, a vacation or a     9     (rain) day. Even with so many reasons to be unwilling, the advantages of giving outweigh them all. When we give to those in need, we make a positive difference     10     the lives of others and our own.

5 . I was teaching in a primary school. In October, I told the class about my ______. “I’d like you to do extra (额外的) jobs around the house to make some money,” I said. “Then we’ll ______ food for a needy grandmother.”

A month later, the children arrived early in class bringing their ______. They had set tables and washed dishes. And now they couldn’t ______ to go shopping.

I watched while they were choosing meat and other food in the supermarket. ______ we headed toward the checkout. Then someone ______ a “necessity” that sent them racing back.

“Flowers!” Kristine cried. The group ran toward the holiday plants.

I advised being practical (务实的). It was ______ to buy things that could be made into meals.”

“But Mrs. Sherlock,” came the loud cry, “we ______ flowers.”

I finally ______ and the children chose some purple chrysanthemums (菊花).

We ______ in front of a small house. A woman with a tired face came to ______ us. The children hurried to get the food. When Kristine put the plant on the table, the woman seemed ______. She’s wishing it was a bag of flour (面粉), I thought.

As we were leaving, we could ______ the kitchen window. The woman inside walked past the meat, straight to the flowers. She smiled as she touched the flowers.

The children were quiet. At that moment, they had seen they could ______ another’s life. And I had sensed that sometimes a person ______ flowers on a dark November day.

1.

A．rule

B．hobby

C．plan

D．choice

2.

A．buy

B．make

C．find

D．store

3.

A．homework

B．money

C．flowers

D．dishes

4.

A．afford

B．refuse

C．stop

D．wait

5.

A．At last

B．For example

C．Once more

D．In fact

6.

A．noticed

B．provided

C．showed

D．considered

7.

A．funny

B．unusual

C．easier

D．wiser

8.

A．allow

B．know

C．offer

D．want

9.

A．stood up

B．agreed

C．went away

D．forgot

10.

A．met

B．stayed

C．disappeared

D．arrived

11.

A．visit

B．help

C．welcome

D．accept

12.

A．surprised

B．worried

C．nervous

D．ashamed

13.

A．open

B．see

C．use

D．feel

14.

A．take advantage of

B．put up with

C．have a say in

D．make a difference to

15.

A．brings

B．needs

C．adds

D．receives

6 . Wishing to encourage her young son’s progress on the piano, a mother took her boy to a pianist’s concert on a summer holiday evening. After they found their _______, the mother saw two friends in the hall and walked to _______ them.

It was the boy’s first time to come to the hall. He thought it was a good _______ for him to explore the wonders of the concert hall. He _______ and walked around. He walked _______ a door marked “NO ADMITTANCE” (禁止入内).

When the hall lights dimmed (变暗), the _______ would begin. The mother returned to her seat and discovered that her son was _______.   The mother was _______ worried at the moment that tears were in her eyes.

The concert began and the lights focused on (聚焦于) the wonderful piano on stage. The mother was _______ to see her little boy sitting at the keyboard, playing the song Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star __________ he did at home.

At that moment the great pianist came, quickly moved to the piano and __________ in the boy’s ear, “Don’t stop. Keep playing.” He leaned over (俯身) and began filling in a bass part (低音) with his left __________, then added a running obbligato (伴奏) with his right hand. They played the piano together ______________. The old pianist and the young boy changed a frightening situation into a wonderful creative experience. The audience (观众) stood up and __________ them.

An artist’s achievements and charm depend on not only his perfect skills __________ his good qualities.

1.

A．desks

B．stage

C．seats

D．piano

2.

A．greet

B．feed

C．notice

D．search

3.

A．use

B．chance

C．season

D．culture

4.

A．flew

B．sat

C．fell

D．rose

5.

A．through

B．across

C．above

D．over

6.

A．film

B．concert

C．conversation

D．meeting

7.

A．sleepy

B．missing

C．tired

D．excited

8.

A．so

B．very

C．much

D．such

9.

A．serious

B．sad

C．patient

D．surprised

10.

A．when

B．if

C．as

D．before

11.

A．called

B．shouted

C．whispered

D．cried

12.

A．hand

B．shoulder

C．foot

D．leg

13.

A．badly

B．carelessly

C．terribly

D．happily

14.

A．fought with

B．laughed at

C．shouted at

D．cheered for

15.

A．or

B．but

C．and

D．so

7 . Every summer, during my grandparents’ annual visit to our home in Connecticut, my grandfather would spend mornings and afternoons playing solitaire(纸牌)at a table in the living room. My brother and I took turns sitting across from him with our own cards playing our own game. Every time we beat him—matching more cards to our top row than he did to his—he gave us a nickel(镍币). Getting nickels was a big deal, and so, in pursuit of them, I occasionally cheated. So did my brother. But Grandfather didn’t care. Playing the game was his quiet way of connecting with his grandchildren.

When I was in junior high, my mother taught me her version of double solitaire where you lay out most of the cards in two rows then try to move them up onto eight piles. I enjoyed playing the game sitting next to her in the evenings, one of the few moments in her day when I had my mother’s full attention. When I was married and the mother of two teenage sons, solitaire became a stress-reliever. If I needed a break, I switched my attention from the noisy life to the silent game with my kids. During my retirement, many of the activities I most enjoy are solitary ones—reading, exploring different neighborhoods on foot, doing puzzles, planting a garden, writing a novel for middle-school kids, and of course solitaire.

The word “solitaire” originally meant someone who is isolated or alone. Solitaire plays well in silence, but the experience of it can be shared as well. My most vivid memories of solitaire are connected to people I have loved: a grandparent, a parent, a child. Perhaps solitaire will not only become a simple pastime but also a belief in the power of one centuries-old game to teach some simple truths about our lives: Happiness will always be within reach.

1. How did the author’s grandfather bond with her?

A．By playing games with her.	B．By giving her pocket money.
C．By visiting her family frequently.	D．By chatting with her face to face.

2. Why did the author enjoy playing solitaire in junior high?

A．Her stress could be reduced.	B．She could gain inner peace.
C．She considered it fun.	D．Her mother would connect to her.

3. What did the author like doing after her retirement?

A．Solving problems.	B．Writing a book for adults.
C．Having some time alone.	D．Walking in the garden.

4. What message does the author learn from solitaire?

A．Happiness can be easy to gain.

B．It is a good habit to stay alone.

C．Full attention is needed for playing.

D．People should find ways to relieve their stress.