1 . It was a cold and rainy day. I had no _________ to drive up the winding mountain road to my daughter Carolyn’s house. But she had insisted that I come to see something at the top.

So here I was, _________ made the two-hour journey _________ fog that hung like veils (面纱). By the time I saw how _________ it was near the summit, I had gone too far to _________. Nothing could be worth this, I thought as I _________ along the dangerous highway.

“I’ll stay for lunch, _________ I’m heading back down immediately the fog _________.” I announced when I arrived. At my words, Carolyn asked me to walk along a quite path thick with old pine needles. Gradually the _________ of the place began to fill my mind.

I stopped at a corner, __________. Rivers of flowers in bloom! Varieties of __________ from the palest ivory to the deepest lemon to the __________ vivid orange-pink—shined brightly like a carpet before us. It looked as though the sun had tipped over and __________ gold down the mountainside.

________ occupied my mind. Who created such beauty? Why? How?

As we drove home, we saw a __________ that read: “One Woman—Two Hands, Two Feet, and Very Little Brain.” “One at a Time.” “Started in 1958.” She __________ the world. Forty years had passed but she still __________ it.

The wonder of it would not let me go. I said: “Imagine,” I said, “if I’d had a __________ and worked on it, just a little bit every day, what might I have __________?

Carolyn smiled. “Start tomorrow,” she said. “__________ yet, start today.”

1.

A．reason

B．desire

C．chance

D．courage

2.

A．excitedly

B．hurriedly

C．unconsciously

D．unwillingly

3.

A．under

B．towards

C．through

D．above

4.

A．thick

B．high

C．far

D．fresh

5.

A．turn back

B．hold out

C．give in

D．look forward

6.

A．marched

B．inched

C．walked

D．dashed

7.

A．but

B．or

C．so

D．while

8.

A．falls

B．flows

C．lifts

D．moves

9.

A．loneliness

B．peace

C．atmosphere

D．imagination

10.

A．disappointed

B．puzzled

C．pleased

D．amazed

11.

A．fruits

B．colors

C．hills

D．trees

12.

A．most

B．more

C．least

D．less

13.

A．poured

B．exposed

C．spread

D．threw

14.

A．Questions

B．Doubts

C．Worries

D．Hopes

15.

A．notice

B．sign

C．advertisement

D．motto

16.

A．changed

B．controlled

C．beat

D．challenged

17.

A．defended

B．prepared

C．kept at

D．searched for

18.

A．method

B．rule

C．job

D．dream

19.

A．promoted

B．accomplished

C．appreciated

D．promised

20.

A．And

B．Sooner

C．Not

D．Better

2 . I love the feeling of exchanging goods with my parents. When we visit them, we often end up___________home more things than we brought with us.

After packing up at the end of our most recent visit, and after the last _________ and sounding of the car horn(喇叭),I took a quick look at the back___________of our car. At the top of the pile, folded ___________ and smartly, were a 50-year-old baby blanket, several doilies(小型装饰桌巾)_______ from generations of women in my family, and two small quilts.

These creative quilts, looking_________but quite lovingly worn, remind me of my great-grandmothers who were always_______hard. I think of their _________hands and the regular sound from their sewing machines. I think of their smiles and the wisdom found in the corners of their eyes.

I wish I could go back in time and watch them _________ these quilts. I cherish the quilts my great-grandmothers____________. I love knowing that the women who ____________the way for my own path through life have left behind touchable expressions of themselves. ____________I touch the worn cloth of each creation, I will always remember the women who brought them into existence. I will be ever __________ for the strong women in my family who have lived __________ me and with me, who have left behind unbelievable examples to ____________ and lovely quilts to pass on.

1.

A．leaving

B．buying

C．taking

D．returning

2.

A．hugs

B．handshakes

C．nods

D．greetings

3.

A．door

B．window

C．wheel

D．seat

4.

A．neatly

B．closely

C．loosely

D．quickly

5.

A．taken down

B．given away

C．passed down

D．put away

6.

A．shabby

B．delicate

C．ugly

D．old

7.

A．learning

B．working

C．playing

D．feeling

8.

A．warm

B．wrinkled

C．smooth

D．soft

9.

A．make

B．invent

C．clean

D．check

10.

A．brought

B．sent away

C．delivered

D．left behind

11.

A．pushed

B．felt

C．paved

D．changed

12.

A．When

B．If

C．Once

D．Though

13.

A．regretful

B．convinced

C．thankful

D．respected

14.

A．through

B．before

C．by

D．for

15.

A．replace

B．build

C．set

D．follow

3 . When you try too hard but you don’t succeed; when despite all your efforts you don’t get the results you need, give up and move. __________ it like it’s hot, and run in the __________ direction as fast as you can.

Yes, we all have been trained to work hard to achieve our dreams, and that’s a good thing. The ________ arises when all these ________ quotes start confusing us. These _________ tell you not to give up, but they don’t tell you that it should only _________ your true dreams. They tell you to “ try and try again” until you succeed, but that amount of _________ should only be put toward what you really want in life. People should never _________ when it comes to what they think to be their life’s purpose. The rest are all just there to _________ you, distract(使分心) you and depress you, so don’t __________ to do them any longer.

If you are poor at playing the piano and you know it’s because you don’t like the __________, give it up. If however hard you study you can _________ score an above average grade, don’t worry. Your _________ lies somewhere else. Not everyone is an A-student.

Try to find out what you are good at, what makes you happy and then ___________ on it. If you do, __________ would have to tell or inspire you not to give up because when you ___________ something, you keep trying until you get it right and the enthusiasm flows from ___________.

Don’t worry about what people will say or think; it’s your life. If at the end of the day, you have a sense of __________ and can sleep well at night, you can be sure you have made the right decisions, ___________ some of them are deciding to give up __________ certain things in life.

1.

A．Try

B．Drop

C．Blame

D．Value

2.

A．same

B．original

C．common

D．opposite

3.

A．hope

B．problem

C．need

D．importance

4.

A．accurate

B．complicated

C．disappointing

D．inspirational

5.

A．books

B．movies

C．messages

D．reports

6.

A．focus on

B．apply to

C．consist of

D．result in

7.

A．effort

B．interest

C．money

D．intelligence

8.

A．care

B．rest

C．quit

D．laugh

9.

A．guide

B．prepare

C．confuse

D．watch

10.

A．bother

B．afford

C．hesitate

D．pretend

11.

A．toy

B．furniture

C．tool

D．instrument

12.

A．hardly

B．easily

C．always

D．simply

13.

A．duty

B．luck

C．talent

D．wealth

14.

A．rely

B．work

C．comment

D．pass

15.

A．everybody

B．somebody

C．anybody

D．nobody

16.

A．love

B．possess

C．fear

D．lack

17.

A．within

B．above

C．underground

D．outside

18.

A．loss

B．humor

C．justice

D．fulfillment

19.

A．as though

B．now that

C．even if

D．so that

20.

A．to

B．on

C．like

D．except

4 . Ernest Hemingway,like all writers,means different things to different people.To some,he represents a hunting,drinking,smoking,and aggressive male.To my high school mind,he was just some old white guy going on about a fisherman desperate to catch a large sea fish—though Ms.Frederieks,my English teacher,had forced us to read The Old Man and the Sea,I didn't come to appreciate it,nor any of Hemingway's books,until much later.But in my early 20s,someone mailed me a dusty copy of Hemingway's first novel,The Sun Also Rises.I'd never read anything quite like it—and haven't since.

Today marks the 90th anniversary of the publication of that book,A masterpiece of the form,The Sun Also Rises is a rare achievement in its power.Its brief yet evocative(引起共鸣的)sentences made a strong impression as I was beginning to develop my own love of words;“Don't you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you're not taking advantage of it?”one character asks narrator Jake,an American newspaper                    reporter.“Do you realize you've lived nearly half the time you have to live already?”

None of Hemingway's other works,though some were good and even great,quite expressed the idea of desire and longing that his first novel does.But there's also an obvious sadness that affects the entire novel,which,in truth,is what attracted me more than anything.How could these depressed and often insufferable characters be drawn so beautifully?And how on earth could such simple,undecorated writing carry this kind of emotional weight?Nathaniel Hawthorne says it best:"Easy reading is extremely hard writing."

But for me,it's much more than that.When I read?The Sun Also Rises-and I go back to it every few yeas-I'm instantly transported to Pamplona,where Hemingway's characters go to watch the bullfights.I visited Pamplona as a kid with my family,and I too watched the bullfights with my father—who randomly sent me this wonderful book.

1. What did the author think of Hemingway when he way in high school?

A．A puzzle

B．A specialist.

C．A legend.

D．A passer-by.

2. What do we know about The Sun Also Rises?

A．It is a best seller.	B．It was published a century ago.
C．Its simple words are appealing.	D．It's Hemingway's most popular novel.

3. What can we infer about the author from the text?

A．He is crazy about travelling.	B．He was greatly affected by the book
C．He attached importance to reading.	D．He enjoyed looking back on old days.

4. Which column is the passage possibly from?

A．Review.

B．News.

C．Anecdote.

D．History.

5 . After years of observing human nature, I have decided that two qualities make the difference between men of great achievement and men of average performance: curiosity and discontent. I have never known an outstanding man who lacked either. And I have never known an average man who had both. The two belong together.

Together, these deep human urges (驱策力) count for much more than ambition. Galileo was not merely ambitious when he dropped objects of varying weights from the Leaning Tower at Pisa and timed their fall to the ground. Like Galileo, all the great names in history were curious and asked in discontent, "Why? Why? Why? "

Fortunately, curiosity and discontent don't have to be learned. We are born with them and need only recapture them.

＂The great man, "said Mencius (孟子)，is he who does not lose his child's heart. "Yet most of us do lose it. We stop asking questions. We stop challenging custom. We just follow the crowd.   And the crowd desires only the calm and restful average. It encourages us to occupy our own little corner, to avoid foolish leaps into the dark, to be satisfied.

Most of us meet new people, and new ideas, with hesitation. But once having met and liked them, we think how terrible it would have been, had we missed the chance. We will probably have to force ourselves to waken our curiosity and discontent and keep them awake.

How should you start so as not to become discouraged? I think of one friend who couldn't arrange flowers to satisfy herself. She was curious about how the experts did it. Now she is one of the experts, writing books on flower arrangement.

One way to begin is to answer your own excuses. You haven't any special ability? Most people don't; there are only a few geniuses. You haven't any time? That's good, because it's always the people with no time who get things done. Harriet Stowe, mother of six, wrote parts of Uncle Tom's Cabin while cooking. You're too old? Remember that Thomas Costain was 57 when he published his first novel, and that Grandma Moses showed her first pictures when she was 78.

However you start, remember there is no better time to start than right now, for you'll never be more alive than you are at this moment.

1. In writing Paragraph 1, the author aims to

A．propose a definition

B．make a comparison

C．reach a conclusion

D．present an argument

2. What does the example of Galileo tell us?

A．Trial and error leads to the finding of truth.

B．Scientists tend to be curious and ambitious.

C．Creativity results from challenging authority.

D．Greatness comes from a lasting desire to explore.

3. What can we learn from Paragraphs 6 and 7?

A．Gaining success helps you become an expert.

B．The genius tends to get things done creatively.

C．Lack of talent and time is no reason for taking no action.

D．You should remain modest when approaching perfection.

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

A．Curious Minds Never Feel Contented.

B．Reflections on Human Nature.

C．The keys to Achievement.

D．Never too Late to Learn.

6 . Here’s an awkward confession(承认): I’ve cried at every job I’ve had. I always find it difficult to _______ my emotions. And each time I’ve _______ exactly why these emotional moments are considered so taboo (忌讳的). Is it a universal truth that you just can’t cry   _______   ?

As someone put it on the internet, as professional women, we’re dealing with the great expectation to “be _______   in the pursuit(追求) of what sets your goal on fire” while also making enough money to pay rent.     _______ , my eyes get a little watery just thinking about it. So if crying at work is unavoidable- yet taboo – what is an ambitious young woman to do to   _______   after one of these embarrassing incidents?

My usual routine after an in-office _______   is to remove my contact lenses（隐形眼镜）, have a massive iced-coffee, and _______ it never happened (until it happens again). Clearly, I’m no expert on the _______ professional response. So I spoke with my personal finance coach, Ashley Feinstein Gerstley, to see if she had any   ________     for reducing the humiliation (丢脸).

“It’s so ________, but telling yourself not to cry usually ________   making you cry more,” she says. “You’re using all your energy to hold it together, trying to   ________   an awkward situation, but there’s so much pressure that the   ________     will almost unavoidably come.   ________   tend to over-apologize, especially at work. If you do end up getting upset, it can be helpful to ________ yourself from the situation. Take a minute to get it together, and come back ready to have a more composed (镇静的)exchange.”

Maybe there’s some   ________   in crying. I’ve definitely found that __________the taboo can lead to greater relationships with ________. I’ve noticed how tears have helped solve a disconnection or problem that might________have gone unsolved. To be honest, I’m hoping to recognize, if not celebrate, the rare office cry as a hidden skill for greater future.

1.

A．describe

B．contain

C．maintain

D．distinguish

2.

A．understood

B．remembered

C．wondered

D．explained

3.

A．alone

B．around

C．at home

D．at work

4.

A．fearless

B．curious

C．cautious

D．flexible

5.

A．Thankfully

B．Finally

C．Gradually

D．Frankly

6.

A．compete

B．communicate

C．recover

D．celebrate

7.

A．training

B．practice

C．discussion

D．disaster

8.

A．prove

B．pretend

C．believe

D．expect

9.

A．correct

B．interesting

C．necessary

D．possible

10.

A．tips

B．plans

C．choices

D．answers

11.

A．boring

B．complicated

C．different

D．embarrassing

12.

A．turns to

B．comes to

C．ends up

D．leads up

13.

A．change

B．experience

C．remember

D．imagine

14.

A．progress

B．tears

C．illness

D．surprise

15.

A．I

B．Workers

C．Women

D．Bosses

16.

A．protect

B．ban

C．separate

D．excuse

17.

A．benefit

B．purpose

C．lessons

D．interest

18.

A．respecting

B．breaking

C．following

D．improving

19.

A．friends

B．relatives

C．colleagues

D．neighbours

20.

A．still

B．otherwise

C．similarly

D．therefore

7 . I was on jury (陪审团) duty in downtown Pittsburgh and decided to take a walk during our one-hour lunch break. As I was walking, I noticed an elderly lady holding up a(n)_________, which said: “Will work for $, trying to get home.” I_________putting several dollars in her box, but all I had was a twenty-dollar bill I_________to use for groceries on my way home._________, I didn’t want to part with it. So I started to walk away, but eventually I_________.

I started a_______with her. Her name was Katie, and she was_________. She’d been a dishwasher, but lost her job and_________on the street. She wanted to go to Colorado Springs where she had relatives. She wasn’t having much_________with her sign and donations. I really wanted to__________her, but I had only about forty-five minutes to return to the courtroom.

Then I made up my mind. I told her I’d__________her to the Greyhound station, even though it was a fifteen-minute walk. I looked again in my__________, and the twenty-dollar bill stared at me. Then I noticed an old credit card I hadn’t________for over a year. I didn’t think it would work. But I decided to give it a(n)__________when we passed an ATM。To my great__________, the money came out.

On reaching the Greyhound station, I bought Katie a__________and gave her the rest of the money for food. She was so__________that she hugged me tightly before I waved goodbye.

I ran back to the courtroom and felt great__________that I made it just in time. What made me more__________was that the rest of the day went smoothly. Just as a saying goes, “Helping others is__________helping ourselves”.

1.

A．letter

B．sign

C．article

D．invitation

2.

A．gave up

B．set about

C．insisted on

D．thought of

3.

A．intended

B．offered

C．promised

D．remembered

4.

A．Strangely

B．Unwillingly

C．Selfishly

D．Ridiculously

5.

A．kept on

B．turned back

C．looked up

D．got through

6.

A．conversation

B．discussion

C．negotiation

D．compromise

7.

A．hopeless

B．fearless

C．speechless

D．homeless

8.

A．fell over

B．broke down

C．ended up

D．settled down

9.

A．luck

B．patience

C．courage

D．experience

10.

A．save

B．help

C．believe.

D．please

11.

A．attract

B．drive

C．recommend

D．accompany

12.

A．car

B．wallet

C．suitcase

D．parcel

13.

A．seen

B．charged

C．used

D．repaid

14.

A．try

B．name

C．honor

D．award

15.

A．pride

B．credit

C．puzzle

D．surprise

16.

A．ticket

B．lunch

C．souvenir

D．drink

17.

A．generous

B．friendly

C．grateful

D．outgoing

18.

A．duty

B．relief

C．challenge

D．reward

19.

A．energetic

B．optimistic

C．touched

D．delighted

20.

A．properly

B．personally

C．actually

D．especially

8 . Some years ago when 1 was in my first year in college, I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time. The moment was exciting. Salome's_______filled the room and brought the theater to life. I was so moved that I decided to write an article about her.I_______Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine, and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career. She agreed and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday. When I hung up, I was scared out of my mind.I_______I was lying I was not a writer at all and hadn't even written a grocery list.

I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday. I sat there_______taking notes and asking questions that all began with, "Can you tell m...?"I soon realized that_______Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The_______was almost unbearable. I struggled for days and finally I put my manuscript into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.

It didn't take long. My manuscript_______.How stupid of me! I thought. How could I compete in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn't_______the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.Five years later, I was moving to California While_______my apartment I came across the unopened envelope.This time I opened it and read the editor's letter in________:

Dear Ms Profit,

Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet we need some________materials,. Please add those and return the article immediately. We would like to________your story soon.Shocked, it took me a long time to________.Fear of rejection cost me dearly. I lost at least five hundred dollars and having my article appear in a major magazine. More importantly, I lost years of________writing. Today, I have become a full-time writer.Looking back on this experience, I learned very important lesson: You can't________to doubt yourself.

1.

A．joy

B．voice

C．speech

D．smile.

2.

A．visited

B．emailed

C．phoned

D．interviewed

3.

A．hoped

B．discovered

C．explained

D．knew

4.

A．seriously

B．patiently

C．nervously

D．quietly

5.

A．blaming

B．fooling

C．inviting

D．challenging

6.

A．suffering

B．failure

C．comment

D．pressure

7.

A．disappeared

B．returned

C．spread

D．improved

8.

A．ignore

B．deliver

C．organize

D．face

9.

A．decorating

B．repairing

C．cleaning

D．transporting.

10.

A．disbelief

B．embarrassment

C．delight

D．anger

11.

A．strict

B．extra

C．private

D．sincere

12.

A．broadcast

B．introduce

C．publish

D．announce

13.

A．recover

B．prepare

C．escape

D．survive

14.

A．native

B．endless

C．frequent

D．enjoyable

15.

A．refuse

B．afford

C．fail

D．pretend

9 . I have the bad habit of skipping to the last pages of a book to see how it ends while I’m still in the middle of it. This habit _______ people around me. Often my _______ wouldn’t be confined (局限) just to the books I read but also to what others were _______ as well. Finally, one day my daughter told me with a little _______. “Dad, please just read a book one page at a time like everyone else!”

At times I didn’t _______ this bad habit to just reading books either. I also tried to skip ahead in my life and _______ what to do months and even years from now instead of _______ each day as it is intended. I knew that the book of my life wasn’t done yet and that I had many _______ left to go. _______, that didn’t stop me from trying to write the __________ half-way through. Time and again, I would __________ jump ahead and try to solve every potential problem before it __________. Life, however, doesn’t __________ like that. It loves to __________ us, and you never know what new problem or opportunity each new day will bring.

Life has often had to __________ me to slow down. Recently, when I found myself __________ to that bad habit of rushing ahead and living in the __________ again, I felt a voice that gently told me I needed to “live one day at a time”. When I heard those words, I __________, turned the book of my life back to the __________ page, and thanked God for today.

Each of us has to __________ the book of life line by line, moment by moment and trust that our story will be brought to its perfect end.

1.

A．concerned

B．annoyed

C．frightened

D．embarrassed

2.

A．impatience

B．difficulty

C．influence

D．effort

3.

A．demanding

B．carrying

C．writing

D．reading

4.

A．interest

B．excitement

C．anger

D．sadness

5.

A．extend

B．spread

C．limit

D．devote

6.

A．bring out

B．let out

C．try out

D．figure out

7.

A．fearing

B．enjoying

C．doubting

D．imagining

8.

A．pages

B．things

C．reports

D．novels

9.

A．Indeed

B．Still

C．Surely

D．Finally

10.

A．ending

B．plot

C．outline

D．passage

11.

A．happily

B．carefully

C．unwillingly

D．foolishly

12.

A．counted

B．left

C．happened

D．backed

13.

A．start

B．finish

C．work

D．change

14.

A．touch

B．amuse

C．worry

D．surprise

15.

A．allow

B．force

C．remind

D．encourage

16.

A．admitting

B．returning

C．responding

D．referring

17.

A．present

B．memory

C．dream

D．future

18.

A．cheered

B．cried

C．lost

D．smiled

19.

A．exciting

B．hopeful

C．favorite

D．right

20.

A．write

B．review

C．explain

D．translate

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。

It was a cool evening in spring. I was just finishing the dinner dishes when the phone rang. It was unusual because our landline seldom rang. Nearly everyone we knew contacted us on our cell phones.

“This is Janet Rhodes.” said a familiar voice that I struggled to place. That name seemed familiar, too. I knew a lot of people, having lived on two coasts and in most major cities in California for the past thirty years.

“I am calling because I need to apologize to you,” Janet stated. That’s when I suddenly realized who she was.

“That day when I came into your classroom and chewed you out for disciplining my daughter, I was way out of line. I know now that you were doing what was best for her. You were right.”

Twenty years earlier, it was only my second year of teaching. Janet’s daughter, Stephanie, had acted out toward some of the other girls in the classroom, and I had made her stay in from breaks between classes. I was kind and fair when I punished her. The truth is that I really liked Stephanie, but she clearly didn’t like being disciplined. She told her mother, and Janet felt the need to defend her child.

After school, she flew into my classroom and accused me of everything from being unfair to playing favorites to not caring about my students. She was yelling so loudly that every teacher in the building heard her accusations, including my principal.

Her words shocked me because none of her criticisms was true. I managed to keep from crying while she stood in front of me, but as soon as she left the room, I broke down. I cried all evening on and off through that sleepless night. I had once felt such joy teaching my kids, but now I felt like I was under a microscope in my classroom. For the next few weeks, her words caused me to second-guess everything I did with my students. I doubted my ability and even my own heart. Despite how her mother had treated me, I knew I would discipline Stephanie again if she acted out. It was the right thing to do.

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。

And now, two decades later, the angry mother was apologizing to me.

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“Can you find it in your heart to forgive me?” Janet asked finally.

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