1 . 课文语法填空

Waiting for the airplane to take off, I was happy to get a seat by myself. Just then,     1    air hostess approached me and asked, “Would you mind    2     (change) your seat? A couple would like to sit together.” The only possible seat was next to a girl with her arms in casts(石膏）, a black-and-blue face, and a sad    3     (express).“No way am I going to sit there,” I thought    4     (immediate). But a soft voice spoke, “She needs help.” Finally, I decided to move to that seat.

The girl was named Kathy. She    5     (hurt) in a car accident and now was on her way for treatment .

When the snacks and juice arrived, it did not take me long to realise that Kathy would not be able to feed    6     (her). I considered offering    7     (feed) her but hesitated , as it seemed too impolite to offer a service to a stranger. But then I realised that Kathy’s need was more important    8    my discomfort. I helped her eat, and although she was uncomfortable, she accepted. We became closer and closer in a short period of time. By the end of the five-hour trip, my heart had warmed, and the time was really better spent than if I had just sat by myself.

Love sometimes flows beyond human borders and removes the fears    9    keep us separate. When we offer to serve another, we grow to live in a    10     (large) and more rewarding world.

2 . 语法填空

It is true that to be kind to difficulties is     1     (be) cruel to yourself. I don’t remember who said that. When we are faced with difficulties, our major task is     2     (find) out the root of the problem. Then figure out how     3    (solve) it. We are not     4     (fear) difficulties in the face of them. Being afraid of trouble only makes it harder for us     5     (move) forward. We can take a variety of approaches to settling it. One way is     6     (turn) to someone for help. Secondly, what we also can do is     7     (look) for experienced people to ask for advice. In addition, the most effective and direct way is     8     (take) immediate action. Whatever the difficulty is, a solution is     9     (find) through our joint efforts and our goals are     10     (achieve) successfully one day.

3 . 语法填空

In 1981, in San Francisco, Chris Gardner, a salesman, invests his family’s savings in a medical instrument, but     1     it proves to be, the investment becomes a white elephant, financially breaking the family and his wife leaves him and    2    (them)son. He tries his hardest, though running into troubles,     3     (land) a six-month no-salary job at a stock firm and battles to build a future.     4    (face)with many problems while chasing his dream, he often sleeps in homeless shelters and even a public bathroom.     5    , he never backs off and his struggle pays off when the position     6    (offer)to him. The Pursuit of Happiness is a very moving and inspiring American movie, with Will Smith and his real life son     7    (play) the leading characters. At times I can not help looking at my own life and thinking of the     8     (impress) scenes in the movie.     9    most memorable words are    10    Chris says to his son “If you’ve got a dream, you’ve got to protect it. ”

6 . 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。

My husband Andrew, a wise father, teaches our kids how to balance risk with freedom.

We have four chickens: Pecky, Buckbeak, Mayonnaise and Cornflake. My husband made their coop (笼子). It’s beautifully made.

Actually he made it with our sons and daughter. The kids and their father spent several weekends in the garage. He gave them tools because he believed it was important that they could actually make something. He slowly helped them and together, they made the coop. They also made the mistakes of learning — a board cut too short, nails smashed by hammers — but in the end, Andrew did some tricks and the coop looked perfect.

The chickens loved their perfectly imperfect home and we also gave them free range in the yard. Andrew encouraged our kids to provide the chickens with quite a big area and explained that to take risks was part of life, and that by giving chickens the freedom to wander around and dig for bugs, it was a better experience for them than the confines (范围) of the coop.

Yesterday, they ran around the lawn (草地). We needed to go downtown, knowing that chickens wouldn’t go very far. When we got back, my son, Gordon, ran to check on them. There were Mayonnaise, Cornflake and Buckbeak, looking a mess but still alive. Yet Pecky was nowhere to be seen.

With Andrew, we searched the yard and found some feathers by the trees. Then, we saw more feathers littering the yard. By this time, Gordon started to worry; Pecky was his favorite chicken and his eyes got watery.

Andrew picked Gordon up and held him. As we stood there, beginning to accept that we were now a three-chicken family, we heard it — a soft clucking (咯咯叫的) sound under a bush.

注意:续写词数应为150左右。
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Andrew put Gordon down and they looked under the bush.

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The next day Andrew had a discussion with the kids about what to do with the chickens.

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7 . When is that magical day going to come when everything is perfect and we can finally be happy? Well, we may sometimes _______ a day like that. But for most of the time there is always something that upsets us. And that is _______. Life is a mixture of happy, neutral, and not-so-happy _______.

The _______ is in what you concentrate on, which determines your mood. I love the saying “Seize the day.” To me it means that we should not just look forward, _______ the happiness to come from the future. Happiness is right here and right now. It is in the little moments, and you’ll _______ have to understand that good things are _______ around you. The other day I did have a try. That day I paid attention to everything I _______ in my day. I liked the sunshine, birdsong, and morning coffee. I liked the purr of a cat, and my _______ jeans. I liked the roads that were in good ________ I liked the leaves of spring. I liked the chat with my coworkers... You can do this with your phone too. Take a picture of everything that you like during the day. At the end of it, ________ your pictures, and maybe write a page about these good things into your diary. If you use a computer, paste the ________ into your electronic diary.

Another thing I did is see the good things even in a bad situation. Here’s how it works: You suffer a terrible thing, but you tell yourself the good aspects of it. You really ________ the day when you are able to concentrate on it. One day it was raining. People were not ________ about it—it was dark, gloomy and wet. But you tell yourself that the climate here is not ________, which explains the attitude.

1.

A．admire

B．achieve

C．earn

D．experience

2.

A．normal

B．perfect

C．suitable

D．right

3.

A．activities

B．moments

C．situations

D．accidents

4.

A．result

B．mystery

C．magic

D．ability

5.

A．accounting for

B．thinking about

C．referring to

D．waiting for

6.

A．hardly

B．simply

C．nearly

D．instantly

7.

A．nowhere

B．somewhere

C．everywhere

D．anywhere

8.

A．faced

B．liked

C．missed

D．wished

9.

A．shabby

B．poor

C．expensive

D．comfortable

10.

A．condition

B．time

C．fit

D．mood

11.

A．get through

B．go through

C．pull over

D．come across

12.

A．sayings

B．words

C．pictures

D．works

13.

A．get

B．remember

C．seize

D．forget

14.

A．happy

B．curious

C．clear

D．upset

15.

A．snowy

B．rainy

C．windy

D．dry

8 . 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。

The best and most amazing thing about life is that no matter what happens or how hard it may get, or how     1    (disappoint) you feel, stay patient. 

All you need to focus     2     is doing good, even if it may be the smallest thing,like     3    (greet) someone with a smile.It can brighten up someone’s day, and you will have made the smallest yet biggest difference to their life. It all starts with your small     4     sincere smile! 

I learned     5    (patient) the hard way. I had been trying to rush through life rapidly, always     6    (compare) myself to my friends and family and wondering when my life would change. I was too busy     7    (try) to speed things up, but things just weren’t moving, so I finally gave up. However, when I continued to help people and do little things I could every day     8    (make) a difference, life pays me back. Therefore, I believe you will be successful, because everything has its own special time     9     everything goes well, and yours is     10    (absolute) coming.You just need to wait a little longer. It’s not easy, but it will.

10 . When I was only 3 years old, my mother taught me to memorise and recite poems. She was my first teacher of the arts, and my father was the first to appreciate my performance. Even at that young age, I had a simple understanding of how art and culture affect us as human beings and how we can connect to each other through the arts, which shapes my life to this day.

When I was growing up, my parents supported my interest in taking acting classes and doing community theatre. Their faith in me and the professional training I was getting from my theatre teachers gave me a sense of purpose and a sense of self-confidence. I learned what artistic achievement actually was and what hard work the business was. While many people see the rosy picture to our business, I was really learning what it would require for me to become a professional.

I became an actress, but arts education isn’t just about preparing our young people for a job in the arts. I recently talked to some of the kids attending theatre education. Some of them want to work in theatre, and some don’t. They are learning not only theatre skills, but also about the world around them. They learn about discipline and hard work and what’s required and what they have to do to bring themselves to the work. They learn how they can be of service in the world through the arts. They learn how to work with a team. By studying the arts, these students are open to worlds and lives that they might not have any other way of knowing about or any other way to connect with in their lives the way they are right now.

These young people are our future. We are passing the torch to them. And I think that’s one of the most important reasons why we need to foster(培养) the arts.

1. When the writer was 3 years old, she 　　　.

A．learned many kinds of arts

B．did well in communication

C．recited poems to her father

D．had a deep understanding of the arts

2. What does the underlined word “rosy” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．Bright.	B．Funny.
C．Terrible.	D．Hopeless.

3. What can be inferred from the second paragraph?

A．It was hard for the writer to start business.

B．It is not easy for one to succeed in arts field.

C．Parents’ faith is a must for one to be professional.

D．The writer’s self-confidence led to her artistic achievement.

4. According to Paragraph 3, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．Attending theatre education does the kids much good.

B．Students studying the arts should travel around the world.

C．Discipline and hard work are not included in arts education.

D．Arts education can only prepare the youth for jobs in the arts.