1 . 短文改错

Before the holiday, I thought about doing something meaningfully. Suddenly, I remembered that there was a lot of primary school students putting up small shops and sell red bags on the street last Spring Festival. Wanting to have a try, so I begged my father to support him. He bought some lovely red bags and small toy. For the first time in my life I begin to sell things at the gate of the park. This experience of selling taught me the secret of communicating strangers, and I understood what hard it is for my parents to make money.

2 . 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。

Be yourself and always follow your heart. Never let anyone change who you are. This is the lesson I have learned from my childhood experience when I figured out I wasn’t invited to the party, Bridget’s party.

One morning, I got off the bus and saw my friends except me hugging under the tree where we used to stand. The circle seemed tighter as I approached；the white invitation cards being hastily stuffed into backpacks gave it away. I knew as well as the entire universe that Bridget’s party was this weekend. Bridget was the most popular girl in our class. She was thin and beautiful, always wearing fabulous clothes and fine makeup.

Why hadn’t she invited me? My feet were too big? No. Maybe. My face was broken out? Why did she invite every person in my group except me? I tried to think of any interactions I’d had with Bridget recently. A few days earlier, we’d been partners during a sixth period project. I was determined to get the project done and she was absorbed in looking at fashion magazines. She barely spoke to me except to say, “You’re so serious. You know, you should smile more."

Soon, I had overheard all the details about the party. They were going swimming. It was a sleepover. They were renting scary movies and were going to stay up all night. Each time someone mentioned the party, I smiled weakly and nodded, with my stomach in knots.

When having my favorite English class, I found myself just unable to concentrate on the short stories we were supposed to be reading in class. Maybe she didn’t invite me because of my coat. It is pretty ugly compared to some of the other girls’ coats. I should have bought another color. Maybe I should smile more but I just can’t get into smiling at people unless I know them really well. But I just couldn’t pretend to be the person I wasn’t. I felt sick.

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。

At lunch, my friend Kate who had been invited came over to me, trying to show off.

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I was about to let it go when Bridget invited me as a substitute for a girl who couldn’t come.

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3 . One of the most beneficial skills you can learn in life is how to consistently put yourself in a good position. But not everyone knows how we can create that foundation. The position you find yourself in today is the accumulation of the small choices that you’ve been making for years.

The ordinary choices that guarantee a strong future go unnoticed. There is no pat on the back for doing the right thing just as there is no slap on the wrist for doing the wrong thing. Reading a chapter of a great book today won’t solve your problems just as not reading it won’t make them worse. Not doing the obvious thing that positions you for future success — rarely hurts you right away. But as the days turn to weeks, weeks into years, and years into decades do the small choices create massively different results.

Whenever this idea is brought up, people are quick to interject. “I do these things and I don’t get the results.” Most of us make the right choices most of the time. But most of the time isn’t the same as all of the time.

For your choices to compound, you need to be consistent. A lack of consistency keeps ordinary people from extraordinary results. It’s like we’re Sisyphus rolling a boulder halfway up the hill, only to throw our hands in the air and go home. When we show up the next day, we see the boulder at the bottom of the hill. Not only did this undermine our progress but it makes getting started even harder.

Excelling at the small choices that compound over time perpetually (不断地) leaves you in favorable circumstances. If you want results you need to pay the price. The price is knowing that time is working on your side even when the results don’t show it yet.

When you look below the surface, giant leaps aren’t really giant leaps at all. If you look for the magic moment, you’ll miss how ordinary becomes extraordinary.

1. According to the passage, what causes most people to fail?

A．Selection difficulties.	B．Lack of perseverance.
C．Insufficient exterior support.	D．Shortage of social resources.

2. Sisyphus’s story is used to _____.

A．exhibit the way to get compound choices

B．prove that a good beginning is half success

C．emphasize the importance of being consistent

D．explain the difficulty of achieving extraordinary results

3. What’s the genre of the passage?

A．Narration.

B．Argumentation.

C．Practical writing.

D．Expository writing.

4. Which is the best title of this passage?

A．No Pains, No Gains.	B．Time Heals Everything.
C．Never Too Late to Mend.	D．Small Steps make Giant Leaps.

4 . I’m an American-born Chinese. I wouldn’t say I’m more American than Chinese or vice versa. My character was equally molded by both cultures. For a long time, I was comfortable with being from two cultures. I was fluent in “Chinglish”.

However, as I grew up, something unexpected rose, causing a parallel tension between the two corresponding cultures. During Chinese events when I was in China, the host would sometimes make fun of America. My relatives would look at me and laugh, asking me how I felt. But how could I respond to a question like that? If I said I was uncomfortable, it would just make me seem even more American in their eyes. But I couldn’t pretend to laugh either. So, I often just stayed quiet and smiled.

Sometimes, I’d leave China feeling less Chinese than when I went in.

This past summer, on my way back to Rochester, a man at the airport kept asking my father and I where we were from. When I told him I was from the United States, he didn’t seem to believe me.

He then went on to ask the terrible question, “But like where are you really from, like, where were you born?” And no matter how specific our answers were, the man still seemed a little doubtful. He then went on to ask us if we knew where Tampa, Florida was and if we knew anything about it. It’s moments like these when I realize that sometimes my appearance makes it hard for me to seem fully American.

These experiences made me question if I was more Chinese or American.

I felt like I was neither. So, if I wasn’t completely one culture or the other, what was I? In China, I would feel more American, while in America, I would feel more Chinese. There was no balance between my two cultures.

But this doesn’t mean that I don’t embrace (拥抱) both my identities. I love both my Chinese cultural identity and my American one. I just need to learn to love them together.

1. How did the author feel about his identity at the very beginning?

A．Special.

B．Confident.

C．Confused.

D．Ridiculous.

2. Why did the author feel less Chinese when he left China?

A．Because he found it hard to remain quiet and have a big smile.

B．Because he was unable to speak fluent Chinese at his hometown.

C．Because he had lost face in front of his relatives and friends.

D．Because he was treated as an American by his Chinese relatives.

3. What made the man at the airport keep questioning where the author was from?

A．His cultures.

B．His experience.

C．His look.

D．His air tickets.

4. What could be the best title of the passage?

A．Being Culturally Homeless	B．A Boy with Two Identities
C．A Chinese Boy Born in American	D．Better Chinese than American

5 . 语法填空

It seems inhuman to care more about a building than about people. That the sight of the Notre Dame's     1    (go)up in flames has attracted more attention than floods in southern Africa which killed over 1,000 has aroused understandable feelings of guilt. Yet the widespread sorrow is     2    (definite)human—and in a particularly 21st-century way.

It is not just the economy that is       3    (globe)today, it is culture too. People wander the world in search not just of jobs and       4    (secure)but also of beauty and history. Familiarity breeds affection. A building     5     whose sunny steps you have rested or in front of which you       6    (take)a selfie with your loved one, becomes a warm part of your memory. That helps explain why the whole world is in deep sorrow.

However, the emotions are less about the building itself than about     7     losing it might mean. Notre Dame is an expression of humanity, having experienced 850 years of political turbulence(动荡)—through war, revolution and Nazi occupation.

And it will be rebuilt. It will never be the same, but that is as it should be.     8     Victor Hugo wrote in The Hunchback of Notre Dame,     9     three-volume love-letter to the cathedral: “Great buildings are the work of centuries. Art     10    (transform)as it is being made. Time is the architect; the nation is the builder.”

6 . 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 tend to think about success in terms of wealth and accomplishments. That’s a fair measurement, but the problem is that when we addict into the     1     (victory), we tend to overlook the sacrifices required in order to get there. In fact,     2     (neglect) to account for the existing sacrifices is one reason why so many of us have a hard time sticking to     3     (health) habits and following up on goals.

Time is a factor when it comes to making sacrifices. As Warren Buffett famously     4     (say), “It’s the only thing you can’t buy. I mean, I can buy anything I want, basically, but I can’t buy time.” He’s     5     (absolute) right. Should you watch another section of your favorite Netflix show     6     give up TV for two months so you can plant that garden you always dreamed about?

Making the decision isn’t easy, but the good news is     7     we already do this naturally. A 2009 study found that people are “far    8     (little) willing to keep many choices open” when some have bigger rewards than others. If the payoffs are unknown, however, we have a harder time giving them up. That’s why doing an activity check is so important. You have to actually take the time     9     (figure) out the opportunity costs, gains of each and what to pursue over the     10    .

7 . 阅读下面材料, 在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式（可能多于1个单词）。

A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy came and     1     (lie) under it every day. He     2       to the tree top, eat the apples, and take a nap under the shade. He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him.

In the     3     (follow)years, the boy came and cut the branches to build a house, used the trunk on     4     he used to climb to make a boat and then never showed up for a long time.

Finally, the boy returned. "Sorry, my boy,     5     I don't have anything for you any more. No     6     apples for you. "The tree said. "I don't have teeth     7    (bite), " the boy replied. "no more trunk for you to climb on. ""I am     8     old for that now, "the boy said. "I really can't give you anything. The only thing     9     (leave) is my dying roots, "the tree said with tears. "I don't need much now, just     10     place to rest. I'm tired after all these years, " the boy replied. "Good! Old tree roots are the best place to lean on and rest. Come, come, sit down with me and rest. "The boy sat down and the tree was glad, smiling with tears.

8 . 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。

Grandfather was a wise and honorable man. His house was not far from ours, and I would visit him often going home after school.

No matter how rotten I had been, 1 could tell Grandpa anything. My secrets were safe. He always understood. He loved me.

I remember a time when a bunch of us were playing baseball in the field behind Mrs. Ferguson's house. I hit one pitch (投) just right and . . . slam! It was a home run that soared (急升) high and away, and ended up breaking Old Lady Ferguson's kitchen window! We all ran!

Walking home, my best friend, Tom, asked, “How will she ever know who did it? She's blinder than a bat!” I decided to stop by Grandpa's. He must have known something was up by the expression on my face. I felt ashamed. I wanted to hide. I wanted to bang my head against a tree a thousand times and make the world just go away- as if punishing myself could undo things. I told him about it.

He knew we had been warned many times about the dangers of playing where we shouldn't. But he just listened.

“I was wrong,   I told him, with my head down. “I hate myself for what I did. I really blew it. Is there a way out? Will she call the police?”

“Well,” he said, “she has a problem, just like you. I'll bet if she knew you cared, she would be sad to know that you're afraid of her. I'll bet she wishes you would give her a chance... a chance to be understanding, It's your decision, ” he said, shrugging his shoulders. “Just so I don't say the wrong thing, is the plan to pretend nothing happened? Just keep quiet and carry your little secret around . . . hide what you're not proud of?”

“I don't know, ” I sighed. “Things might get worse. . . . ”

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。

Grandpa asked, “If you were Mrs. Ferguson, what would you do?”

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“Doing what's right is not always easy, ” Grandpa said, handing me the phone.

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9 . “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

10 . In 2016, I was 25, jobless, just graduating with a degree. I hated to ________ my mother and live with my parents after a breakup in debt. It wasn’t looking ________ .

So I decided to get a part-time job since no full-time ________ came in. Soon, I ________ a part-time job for a textbook publisher. I worked 5 days a week and was thought ________ by my mom. I used skills I learned to reward the community and felt good. Months later, I ________ the first part-time job.

Then I was ________ by a non-profit organization to run finances. I realized I could ________ the job of the coordinator（协调人）by trying my best and not complaining. I now run the finance department and I am very ________ for where I am. Although at first when I graduated, I was physically ________ with the thought of getting a desk job until the day I retired. I’m now at ________ and doing good things daily. Now I have a ________ . I’m free to make choices that serve my good.

Do your best. Take ________ that you actually know is good for you. Don’t focus on the outcomes because we can’t see them until they ________ . Just concentrate on what you can do in the ________ .

1.

A．please

B．support

C．leave

D．prove

2.

A．tough

B．popular

C．smooth

D．good

3.

A．study

B．offers

C．courses

D．training

4.

A．expected

B．recommended

C．got

D．ignored

5.

A．smart

B．considerate

C．competitive

D．worthy

6.

A．quit

B．created

C．preferred

D．remembered

7.

A．paid

B．hired

C．taught

D．served

8.

A．do

B．find

C．forget

D．change

9.

A．sorry

B．regretful

C．grateful

D．famous

10.

A．ill

B．brave

C．strong

D．energetic

11.

A．home

B．peace

C．random

D．fault

12.

A．task

B．problem

C．choice

D．surprise

13.

A．care

B．charge

C．effect

D．action

14.

A．come back

B．come in

C．come down

D．come up

15.

A．hospital

B．end

C．process

D．school