1 . Most of the time, we human beings are so unwilling to change that we completely ignore its beauty. I don’t get it, why?    1    I believe change is the most beautiful thing an individual can seek after.

As people connect changes with something beneficial, we all claim to believe in change being good, yet so many of us aggressively oppose it. And why? Because of familiarity.    2    

Even for those of us who say we love change, it’s hard to accept and adapt. However, sometimes change can be a frightening thing. There’s no denying that life is unpredictable and more often than not, we’re forced to make a change we didn’t really prepare for or expect. We lose jobs, we lose people, we move to another country or we find ourselves in unfavorable circumstances that we weren’t taught how to handle.    3    

Life is full of unavoidable changes. How can you develop personally and expect to stay in the same place?    4    When you start growing, you’ll notice changes in your surroundings. You’ll notice changes in your friends’ group. You’ll notice changes even in your preferences. Nothing stays the same if you want to grow as an individual.

Even though change may be painful and so hard sometimes, it’s still better than the pain of feeling powerless as you watch your dreams pass you by. Don’t be afraid of change. Embrace (拥抱) it with open arms.    5    I genuinely believe that life is too short to stay in the same place or in the same rigid mindset!

A．Not everyone can accompany you.

B．Where there’s growth, there’s change

C．Change can be scary but it can also be beautiful.

D．That’s not the only reasons you embrace changes.

E．Look forward to new experiences and learn from those new stories.

F．These things force you to change what you weren’t ready to change.

G．Sometimes we’re convinced that knowing something well means it’s right.

2 . Smith Justice and his son were coming back from the dentist, when they saw a homeless man in the road. Smith _________ to give the man some money, but didn’t have any cash. His son suggested giving the man the 30 cents he had. But Smith was _________. He didn’t want to give this man just 30 cents since the man _________ needed all the help he could get. Moreover, his own pride and thoughts of the homeless man’s unknown _________ to receiving just thirty cents was standing _________.

Smith told his son what people saw as a good thing was not good enough to make a _________ in someone’s life. But his son insisted. Smith _________ the window and said to the man, “I’m sorry, man. I don’t have any _________ on me but my son wants to give you everything he has right now.” The homeless man smiled, “God bless you, little man!” At that moment, the only thing _________ the brightness of the man’s smile was the bigger smile on the little boy’s face.

A chain reaction of kindness __________ behind them that day in Nashville, Tennessee, as other people rolled down their windows to __________, too. Smith suddenly __________ that he was the only problem in this situation. He said, “My little boy __________ me by his actions that it’s always about the heart. It doesn’t __________ how much you have or how little. __________ love and sincerity will often bless others more than we think. ”

1.

A．managed

B．promised

C．intended

D．agreed

2.

A．confused

B．doubtful

C．tense

D．hesitant

3.

A．normally

B．clearly

C．secretly

D．formally

4.

A．reaction

B．devotion

C．objection

D．solution

5.

A．out of sight

B．out of control

C．in the way

D．in the charge

6.

A．fortune

B．difference

C．name

D．commitment

7.

A．rolled down

B．reached for

C．looked through

D．lifted up

8.

A．check

B．card

C．cash

D．food

9.

A．matching

B．replacing

C．reflecting

D．showing

10.

A．changed

B．stopped

C．remained

D．started

11.

A．greet

B．smile

C．chat

D．donate

12.

A．remembered

B．realized

C．accepted

D．regretted

13.

A．reminded

B．comforted

C．praised

D．warned

14.

A．help

B．work

C．mean

D．matter

15.

A．Returning

B．Accepting

C．Spreading

D．Seeking

3 . Once there was a little girl who had many misfortunes in life and was struggling with problems. One day she felt so upset that she couldn’t help ________ to her father why her life was so ________.

Sensing her ________, her father, a chef, took her to their ________. He asked her to just ________ till he finished everything. He filled three small pots with water and placed each on a burner. Once the water began to ________, he placed a potato, an egg, and some ground coffee beans in each pot. Curious, though, she kept ________ as her father instructed her to do so.

About twenty minutes later, he turned off the ________. The chef turned towards his daughter and said, “See, the potato went in strong and hard but in boiling water, it became soft and weak. The egg was ________, but now the egg became hard. ________, the ground coffee beans were unique. After being ________ the boiling water, they changed the water and created something new.”

Seeing the little girl was still confused, he then ________, “The potato, the egg and coffee beans had each faced the same ________-the boiling water. However, each reacted ________. When hardships come your way, how do you respond? Are you a potato, an egg, or a coffee bean?” Hearing these words, the girl made her choice inside-she would be the ________, which could not only change the whole situation but also change in its own way. After all, life is 10% what happens to you and 90%how you react to it.

1.

A．explaining

B．complaining

C．requesting

D．obtaining

2.

A．fortunate

B．permanent

C．memorial

D．miserable

3.

A．depression

B．desire

C．enthusiasm

D．curiosity

4.

A．study

B．kitchen

C．bedroom

D．cupboard

5.

A．absorb

B．listen

C．observe

D．seize

6.

A．cool

B．freeze

C．melt

D．boil

7.

A．cruel

B．silent

C．noble

D．modest

8.

A．lights

B．microwaves

C．burners

D．taps

9.

A．rough

B．plain

C．precious

D．fragile

10.

A．Therefore

B．Moreover

C．However

D．Otherwise

11.

A．exposed to

B．connected with

C．committed to

D．motivated by

12.

A．revolved

B．proceeded

C．teased

D．responded

13.

A．emergency

B．dilemma

C．choice

D．adversity

14.

A．sufficiently

B．generously

C．differently

D．primitively

15.

A．coffee beans

B．potato

C．egg

D．chef

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。

Zu Ti of the Jin Dynasty was a man who had with great ambition. When he was young, he had a good friend     1     (name) Liu Kun. They had such a deep friendship     2     they stayed together every day and got up at the same time every morning.

One day, when they were sleeping. Zu Ti heard the rooster crowing (鸡鸣) . He woke up Liu Kun and said, “How about     3     (get) up to play swords (剑) as soon as we heard the rooster crowing from now on?” Liu Kun was still     4     (sleep) . But he agreed with him     5     (joyful) . From then on, they got up and played swords once the rooster began crowing. They kept their word and never gave up no matter     6     cold in winter or hot in summer. Hard work     7     (pay) off. After a long period of hard study and training, they finally became the all-rounder. And they both did excellent jobs to their country.

The idiom “to rise with the rooster” teaches us that with ambition and hard work,     8     (succeed) is possible. When we can discover our shortcomings     9     time, it is not too late to try. But if you are not willing     10     (work) hard, you will not be able to achieve a career after all.

5 . Many of us have stories about that one person who, along the way, chose to believe in or help us.

When I was a first-semester college junior, my GPA(Grade-Point Average)was in the 2.9 range—too ______ for the honors program that I was trying to get into because the GPA ______ was 3.0 at least. My advisor, Gwen Gustafson, chose to believe in me and she made a(n)______ for me, allowing me to get into the honors program at the University of Connecticut.

After I got into the honors program, I needed to have a faculty member who ______ to oversee my honors thesis (论文). Faculty members (全系教师) really get no extra ______ for overseeing students’ honors theses, and saying “no” is both ______ and easy; however, professor Amerigo Farina told me “yes” when I asked him to serve as my thesis advisor, which made my entire academic career take a big ______.

Life junctures (特定时刻) where someone in a position of ______ chooses to be ______ as opposed to (而非) negative can make all the difference in someone’s life. If you’re like me, you can point to a small set of special people who used their powerful roles to help ______ your life in a positive way.

If you find yourself in a position of power, ______ the requests of others is easy. It requires little ______ and costs you less time. ______ , saying “yes” to requests from subordinates (下级) can be costly, but it can help people develop in all kinds of positive ways. Such an ______ is most likely to come from a leader or an authority figure who can bring you a bright _______ rather than a dark one.

1.

A．difficult

B．ridiculous

C．low

D．sensitive

2.

A．assessment

B．information

C．standard

D．requirement

3.

A．exception

B．excuse

C．decision

D．reservation

4.

A．expected

B．agreed

C．prepared

D．promised

5.

A．award

B．qualification

C．compliment

D．compensation

6.

A．random

B．common

C．challenging

D．free

7.

A．surprise

B．chance

C．jump

D．hit

8.

A．power

B．trust

C．doubt

D．advantage

9.

A．determined

B．optimistic

C．responsible

D．supportive

10.

A．plan

B．analyse

C．control

D．advance

11.

A．adopting

B．changing

C．rejecting

D．raising

12.

A．effort

B．attention

C．equipment

D．knowledge

13.

A．Therefore

B．However

C．Besides

D．Otherwise

14.

A．attempt

B．opportunity

C．approach

D．accident

15.

A．future

B．impression

C．idea

D．experience

6 . A few years back a group of young teachers from another school was spending a day in my class. They were energetic, bright and _______. However, I noticed a key _______in their approach to teaching. Their desire to help kids was so strong that they never allowed the students to get the wrong answer or take a _______.

We were building _______that week. My students were working in groups of four. Each group was _______a small Viking model rocket, instructions, and the materials with which to put it _______. The challenge for each team was to precisely measure, _______, and assemble their project. One group was trying hard but making mistakes in the placement of missile sections. Several of the teachers _______going over to the kids to show them how to build the rocket _______. On a number of occasions I had to politely but firmly ask them to leave the kids alone.

It’s important to remember that we ________individually define the word failure. In my class, a rocket that doesn’t fly is not a failure. Failure ________only when students stop trying to solve a problem. It may he solved in five minutes, or it may take two months, as was the case where my students built an enormous roller coaster and could not create a loop with enough centripetal force to allow the cars to move along the track safely. ________those two months of failed trials were some of the most fascinating and exciting times the kids had in science that year. And when the roller coaster finally ________, the kids could say they did it themselves. They ________the physics of the roller coaster. I did the best teaching during those two months when I decided to ________and leave the kids alone.

1.

A．curious

B．cute

C．caring

D．encouraging

2.

A．role

B．reason

C．goal

D．mistake

3.

A．fall

B．break

C．guess

D．tour

4.

A．cars

B．roller coasters

C．rockets

D．tracks

5.

A．showed

B．given

C．called

D．awarded

6.

A．together

B．down

C．back

D．aside

7.

A．present

B．plan

C．buy

D．read

8.

A．avoided

B．forbade

C．suggested

D．kept

9.

A．quickly

B．firmly

C．correctly

D．politely

10.

A．students

B．parents

C．friends

D．teachers

11.

A．continues

B．happens

C．stops

D．matters

12.

A．Thus

B．Now

C．Then

D．But

13.

A．broke

B．appeared

C．worked

D．opened

14.

A．taught

B．understood

C．created

D．changed

15.

A．shut up

B．come up

C．get up

D．keep up

7 . One day, I logged on to Facebook and realized that I was very close to having 700 online “friends”. Not bad, I thought to myself,_______of how many online pals, acquaintances and even _______ I had managed to sign up.

But I had _______ with some of them, for the usual reasons—jobs in other cities, family life, limiting social time, etc. I had fewer friends to hang out with than I’d ever had before.

So I decided to have a Facebook party at my neighborhood bar. I used Facebook to invite my _______ friends. After a week the _______ stopped coming in. I figured that about 20 people would show up. That sounded pretty good to me—twenty _______ new friends.

On the evening of the party, filled with_______ I headed to the bar and waited. And waited. And waited. _______ , one person showed up.

I _______ with my new potential friend, Paula, doing my best to ________ that I wasn’t frustrated (沮丧的) and embarrassed. We made small talk, but eventually we ________ things to say. When I watched her stride out into the night, I wasn’t sure if our friendship would ________.

After she left, I stayed and waited for someone else to show up. It was nearing midnight and my ________ were disappearing. I finally realized that no one else was coming. I ________ myself and promised that I would spend less time online. Then I took a gulp of the beer. It was delicious but ________ —seven hundred friends, and I was drinking alone.

1.

A．aware

B．scared

C．thoughtful

D．proud

2.

A．enemies

B．strangers

C．employers

D．friends

3.

A．made friends

B．teamed up

C．lost contact

D．held conversations

4.

A．real-life

B．imaginary

C．ambitious

D．digital

5.

A．invitations

B．responses

C．callings

D．beliefs

6.

A．close

B．honest

C．potential

D．available

7.

A．confidence

B．doubt

C．carelessness

D．impression

8.

A．Unfortunately

B．Eventually

C．Unsurprisingly

D．Actually

9.

A．danced

B．reasoned

C．chatted

D．argued

10.

A．pretend

B．deny

C．explain

D．grasp

11.

A．found out

B．turn out

C．ran out of

D．got rid of

12.

A．fade

B．decline

C．wind

D．grow

13.

A．dreams

B．hopes

C．invitations

D．appointments

14.

A．toasted

B．perceived

C．believed

D．predicted

15.

A．precise

B．bittersweet

C．curious

D．apparent

8 . Nearly five years ago, I booked a retreat (僻静处) to work on my book, Tracking Wonder. I knew I worked best with limited distraction, but when I finally was able to carve time away from the world to do this creative work, I found it very difficult to focus.     1     Now I know that we need to work on something counter-intuitive (违反直觉的): our ability to be bored.

    2    

Ⅰ. Reboot(重启) your mental health.

Just as our muscles need rest days between workouts to grow stronger, our minds need periods of idleness to process the world around us.

Innovators in times of crisis and adversity actually grant themselves space to be bored and daydream deliberately. This kind of daydreaming can lead to positive mental feelings of hope, renewal, and forward motion, but it requires boredom and space.

Ⅱ.     3    

The capacity to be bored and the capacity to be creative go hand in hand. Want to increase your creativity?     4     Embrace those periods of boredom that are built into your commute, break time, or meals. Turn off the podcast, stop scrolling through the news feeds, and let your mind lie fallow (休耕的) so that the seeds of your next idea have space to grow.

Ⅲ. Reconnect with what matters to you.

These days, current events—and the resulting analysis, opinions, and Twitter hot takes—come at us so quickly that it’s difficult to process one issue before the next takes its place.     5     Rather than reaching for stimulation (刺激) by searching for the next event to be entertained or enraged (激怒) by, boredom gives you space to think through the information you’re gathering and begin to challenge ideas. The next time you find yourself compelled to reach for your phone, I challenge you to try sitting with what matters to you, and letting your idle mind discover surprising connections.

A．Become more creative.

B．I completely lacked creativity.

C．Here are three ways to release your creativity.

D．The answer may not be more stimulation, but less.

E．Reach for our phones to check a fact during a conversation.

F．Learning to let yourself be bored can have three surprising benefits.

G．But to truly be an informed citizen, you need to allow time for idleness.

9 . A calligrapher (书法家) said to a man who was practicing calligraphy (书法) with waste newspapers, “If you write with the best paper, you may do it better.”

The man asked why. The calligrapher smiled without_________, only writing one word “Compel (强迫)”. He suddenly realized that this was compelling him to cherish (珍惜) his own paper to write it better._________ a boy, when I practiced calligraphy, I would hear the teacher _________ it, but I felt it boring and couldn’t understand. Looking back suddenly, I came to know its _________ .

I remember there is_________a proverb, “If you want to climb over a wall, please throw your hat _________” Because your hat is on the other side of the wall, you have already had no choice but to find ways to climb over it. It is with such a pressure that you will make every effort to exert (发挥)_________. Many times, we always put our _________ in the future, feeling that our life has many drafts (草稿). In fact, the drafts of life that _________ us are extremely limited.

For life, the most important is ____________to write the best words on the limited paper rather than how much paper you used.

1.

A．reply

B．sound

C．tears

D．attention

2.

A．Like

B．As

C．With

D．Towards

3.

A．regard

B．realize

C．repeat

D．report

4.

A．meaning

B．style

C．price

D．manner

5.

A．so

B．very

C．such

D．too

6.

A．last

B．first

C．then

D．second

7.

A．itself

B．himself

C．herself

D．yourself

8.

A．hopes

B．money

C．pressure

D．time

9.

A．care about

B．put off

C．think up

D．belong to

10.

A．whether

B．where

C．how

D．when

10 . 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。

In common with many other women, I was crazy about shopping. Whenever I came across something I liked, I had a strong desire to take it home. As a result, I spent a lot of money buying piles of things that I didn’t really need. My husband sometimes tried to persuade me to buy less and live a simpler life, but I wouldn’t listen. To me, shopping was more than a hobby. It made me delighted and relaxed.

However, one day when I stayed at home looking around my house, I realized that my own cherished knickknacks (小摆件) had become dust collectors. My treasures had overtaken my home, the furniture was closing in on me, and I had piles of clothing. Some of them had never been worn before. My home had become a prison instead of a heaven. It was then that I realized my hobby had become a sweet burden for me. It’s high time that I should make a change!

At first, making the decision proved easier than carrying it out. I’d come home from work, stand in the doorway, and gaze at my paintings, favorite chair, and dolls. I would delicately hold and admire a fine tea set that, until now, I had long stopped noticing on the shelf. My doll collection was the biggest trouble. Getting rid of these toy babies I had purposely chosen and lovingly displayed on shelves for so many years felt like a family betrayal (背叛) Even though the dolls had “certificates of authenticity (防伪证明), and some were signed by the artists, it didn’t feel right to sell them. Having no idea what to do with these dolls, I turned to my husband for help.

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。
Paragraph1：After talking with my husband I made a decision that something special needed to be done.
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Paragraph2：After that experience, I couldn’t wait to get rid of the rest of my belongings.
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