2 . When it comes to my fathering lessons, few adventures compare to the motorcycle trips I’ve shared with my daughter, Ewa.

Our first_______, in August 2017, was a winding (蜿蜒的) ride around the Catskills and Finger Lake districts of New York state. We _______ big highways and spent the week on_______ scenic back roads. At one point, I found myself _______along a Catskills meadow (草地) not far from Woodstock, keeping pace with a deer and shouting, “Go Bambi, go!”

On our second day, we _______ in a small town for ice cream. I asked the woman at the picnic table next to us: “What’s the_______ of this town?” “Interlaken,” she answered.“Where are you trying to get to?”

Me: “We don’t know. ”

It _______ to me then that I’d always wanted to do this no-schedule kind of trip, when you ride just for riding. Ask any middle-aged _______: We’ve all dreamed about doing the Easy Rider (逍遥骑士) thing, throwing our wristwatches into the ditch and heading toward the horizon without a_______. Now, travelling with no plan became a________ of my rides with Ewa.

Since we almost ________ knew where we were going, we were almost never ________ when we arrived, pulling ________ the road at the end of each day with satisfaction. The reason to celebrate? We________! The truth is that life on a motorbike is one close call (死里逃生) after another. On the way, riders must stay ________ 100 percent of the time. A tiny stone can be deadly. I used to be nervous, but Ewa had a different take: “To me, motorcycling is like meditation(冥想). ”

1.

A．sail

B．flight

C．goal

D．journey

2.

A．avoided

B．chose

C．built

D．promoted

3.

A．straight

B．twisty

C．main

D．broad

4.

A．walking

B．running

C．riding

D．laughing

5.

A．settled

B．stopped

C．landed

D．moved

6.

A．population

B．rule

C．name

D．position

7.

A．occurred

B．happened

C．mattered

D．referred

8.

A．engineer

B．bicyclist

C．chemist

D．motorcyclist

9.

A．destination

B．reaction

C．exploration

D．explanation

10.

A．course

B．benefit

C．feature

D．present

11.

A．never

B．always

C．completely

D．absolutely

12.

A．satisfied

B．disappointed

C．surprised

D．frightened

13.

A．out

B．in

C．off

D．down

14.

A．grew

B．failed

C．waited

D．survived

15.

A．silent

B．smooth

C．careful

D．energetic

3 . The wonderful multiple-award winning producer, writer, and director Norman Lear, who is 100, was recently interviewed by a TV host, who asked him what advice he would give to younger people as a successful man. Without missing a beat, Lear said, “Learn to let things that bother you go.”

Those few words are some of the most powerful in the world. I know that if people could just learn to do it, murder and divorce rates would fall dramatically, and I would be out of a job.

Learning to let go of what bothers you is a dream for many people, each of us has our own personal demons (魔鬼) to fight. The big question is: how do you let go of them? There is no one solution that works for everyone, because we’re all different. Psychotherapy(心理疗法) may help some people who hold on to negative thoughts, while others don’t respond to such treatments.

Even after you’ve worked on this, you may have to deal with the after-effects of a traumatic experience. It’s hard to forget, for example, that someone held a gun to your head or broke your heart. Truly letting go means not forgetting what happened but rather leading to live with it, because no one can completely forget their past and it’s no use avoiding the unfortunate past. But each day is a chance to start anew.

Elvira, an actress, was disturbed by PTSD, a mental disorder. Medication didn’t help. She got counseling from some good people and did her own work, but she would still wake up in a state of anxiety every morning. When we started working together, I asked her to imagine, as often as she could, that the discomfort she was feeling was the negativity leaving her body. Whenever a negative thought entered her mind, she would repeat this visualization exercise and would soon begin to feel okay again.

Learning to let go of things that bother you frees you from the feeling that you don’t deserve good things coming your way. It takes effort, but it’s worthwhile.

1. What advice did Norman Lear share with younger people?

A．Being professional in multiple fields.	B．Being enthusiastic about one’s career.
C．Having an optimistic attitude to bad things.	D．Showing great love and caring for the young.

2. What message is conveyed in Paragraph 3?

A．Annoying dreams share certain similarities.	B．Strategies for letting go vary between individuals.
C．It’s necessary for us to let go of negative thoughts.	D．It’s normal for us to receive psychological treatments.

3. What may the author encourage those bothered by traumatic experiences to do?

A．Move forward with bad memories.	B．Avoid things related to past traumas
C．Try hard to forget unpleasant experiences.	D．Mark the boundary between the present and the past.

4. What does the author mainly want to show by the example of Elvira?

A．An effective technique for battling against anxiety.

B．The way how mental disorders affect people’s life.

C．The process of treating mental disorders is painful.

D．Actresses are more likely to suffer mental disorders.

5 . 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。

You Are a Time Traveler

Time travel has long fascinated people. Traveling to the past or future would allow you to live in exciting periods of history or get a glimpse (一瞥) of     1     the future holds. Think about it. If you could travel in time, where would you go? Perhaps you would voyage far ahead of the present day     2    (meet) your future self! What about watching an original performance of     3     Shakespeare play in Elizabethan England? Or maybe you would pay a visit to     4    (you) as a baby.

Since these ideas are universally appealing to everyone, it is     5    (nature) that time travel interests so many writers, filmmakers, and scientists. It has been depicted in a     6    (various) of media, such as literature, film, and science reports. But you might be surprised to realize that     7     the smallest sense of the term, we are all time travelers. Even as you sit here     8    (read) this article, time is racing forward. The future becomes the past as soon as it happens. The present is so fleeting (稍纵即逝)! Everything you do quickly     9    (become) part of the past, and so it is that we move through time. The famous scientist Albert Einstein, assigned a mathematical formula to this idea,     10     is called The Theory of Relativity.

7 . It was time that Donovan started his first grade. He was somewhat_______. So was I. Well, actually, we were both at the same time excited. His teacher is young and energetic and I _______that they will get along very, very well. When I _______him up from school, though, what the first reality of school is actually like was _______. He made it to the car_______, without saying much. Then, as we got in and I asked how his _______was and who his new classmates were, he _______and cried. He said at breaks all of his friends from kindergarten went to play with their new classmates, which did _______him deeply.

When I asked him who it was that he played with, he said, “Nobody. I sat by myself _______they all had new friends. ” That is the point when I could no longer ________myself.

However, I did all the ________things a parent should do. I told him that the first days are really a(n) ________for anyone and that he will make his own new friends in his class but that his kindergarten friends are________his friends. In fact my initial________was to go to the playground and find the little stupid guys who left ________out at breaks and sit in judgement on (评判)them, but I gradually overcame my ________and settled for(勉强接受)the confidence speech and the hopeful ________of “tomorrow”.

There is nothing like watching your kid deal with ________problems——partly because as a parent, you ________ realize how torturous(折磨人的)and unnecessary it is and partly because you know how painful it is. He will ________it just as we all did.

1.

A．disappointed

B．enthusiastic

C．nervous

D．stubborn

2.

A．complain

B．claim

C．insist

D．predict

3.

A．picked

B．brought

C．called

D．turned

4.

A．learned

B．appreciated

C．reserved

D．fastened

5.

A．in peace

B．in silence

C．in time

D．in advance

6.

A．plan

B．sport

C．day

D．routine

7.

A．broke away

B．broke down

C．broke in

D．broke off

8.

A．describe

B．guide

C．sadden

D．inspire

9.

A．because

B．until

C．unless

D．though

10.

A．forgive

B．contain

C．behave

D．train

11.

A．easy

B．tough

C．complex

D．standard

12.

A．situation

B．investment

C．challenge

D．treasure

13.

A．still

B．only

C．even

D．rather

14.

A．experience

B．reaction

C．impression

D．prejudice

15.

A．them

B．it

C．her

D．him

16.

A．annoyance

B．shyness

C．thrill

D．fright

17.

A．safety

B．discovery

C．harmony

D．promise

18.

A．academic

B．social

C．physical

D．mental

19.

A．occasionally

B．blindly

C．eventually

D．cautiously

20.

A．seek for

B．come across

C．get through

D．look into

8 . 阅读下列短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

While a new haircut, a little powder, and knowing what others find attractive might help you put on a good face, there are inner factors (因素) at play. It would be better     1     (build) up one’s confidence in order to become more positive, and     2     (involve) in life. Feeling good about who you are will change the way you feel, move your body, and relate to others.

It is often said that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. What     3     (regard) attractive to one person may not be so for another. However, a conventional face is     4     (general) considered appealing. Also, people are often drawn to what is familiar. For example, people who grow up in     5     same neighborhood are often attracted to each other.

Most people are always finding fault with their own physical appearance, especially those     6     become used to putting themselves down or unpleasant self-talk, which can and should be avoided.     7     may be more worthwhile to pay attention to depth of character, instead of     8     (focus) on attractiveness and beauty. Intelligence, creativity, courage, and     9     (imagine) can be developed. Attention to these characteristics can help girls and young women feel good about themselves and will have a     10     (deep) effect on life than just being pretty.

9 . Someone on Facebook had shared pictures of her vacation in Europe. Our kids came home from school talking about the new video game their friends had just gotten. Meanwhile, we were living in a house furnished mostly with free services and dressing our kids in secondhand clothes. And even when we and the kids had to go in three different directions at night, we didn’t eat out.

As my poor mother-in-law was in town for a visit, I told her about those while clearing the table after dinner. “There are so many things I’d like to have, so many things I’d like to do, but we just can’t. ”

“You know, ” she said, “when you compare yourself to others, it’s easy to focus on what you don’t have. But there’s one thing you two should realize, that is, what other married couples don’t have but you have. You two make a priority of going out together and taking time to focus on your marriage. And that’s a very important thing. You two have such a great marriage. ”

I stopped wiping the table and pondered what she said for a minute. I thought of the movie my husband and I had seen a week earlier. I remembered the bike rides and the concerts, the hikes and the picnics. Most of all, I thought of how happy we were together, even after twenty years.

I looked around my home with new eyes. Our refrigerator is almost too small for a family of six, but it’s always filled with food that is both nourishing and delicious. Our kitchen is old and shabby, but it comes to us from our grandmothers’ homes after they passed away.

Even without the big TV and the European vacations and the new wardrobe every season, we are. . . well. . . happy.

And you know what? That’s enough.

1. What did the author think of her life according to Paragraph 1?

A．Dull.	B．Colorful.
C．Miserable.	D．Unsatisfying.

2. What can we learn from what the mother-in-law said in Paragraph 3?

A．Enough is as good as a feast.	B．Bad time makes a good man.
C．A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	D．Don’t compare two things that cannot be compared.

3. What does the underlined word “pondered” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A．Focused on.

B．Reflected on.

C．Set up.

D．Appealed to.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．A “Short” Misunderstanding	B．All the Right Things
C．Being Happy Is Enough	D．Seeing with Your Heart