1 . “Do you know how hunters of old used to trap monkeys?” A man asked his child.

“Rather than chasing them up a tree or shooting arrows from below, they’d put a heavy glass jar with a_________neck on the floor, which had the monkeys’ favorite_________inside. They’d then step back and_________, waiting for the_________animal. When it did, the monkey would_________inside, grab a fist full of food, and try to_________it out. However, the narrow neck of the jar would_________the poor monkey from getting its hand out! It’d pull and pull but still be_________. There was simply no way to get its_________out of the jar without____________the food. Rather than letting go, though, the monkey would keep pulling,____________to drop its dinner. The hunters would then arrive and____________it to enjoy a meal of their own.”

“Don’t be like that monkey,”____________the man, “In life, to fight another day and grow as person, you must know when to ____________, when to move on, and when to let go of whatever is____________you back.”

1.

A．long

B．narrow

C．thick

D．short

2.

A．candy

B．drink

C．food

D．toy

3.

A．leave

B．search

C．work

D．hide

4.

A．intelligent

B．unsuspecting

C．aggressive

D．cautious

5.

A．reach

B．step

C．look

D．feel

6.

A．give

B．knock

C．pull

D．throw

7.

A．save

B．protect

C．distract

D．stop

8.

A．locked

B．involved

C．stuck

D．hurt

9.

A．head

B．hand

C．leg

D．tail

10.

A．releasing

B．tasting

C．touching

D．moving

11.

A．trying

B．forgetting

C．refusing

D．expecting

12.

A．feed

B．free

C．help

D．catch

13.

A．warned

B．ordered

C．whispered

D．sighed

14.

A．return

B．start

C．change

D．quit

15.

A．calling

B．taking

C．holding

D．pushing

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。

I sit on the edge of my bed, faint smiles sliding across my face, as I sort through old photographs. I hold each memory briefly in my hands before dropping them onto the pile in my lap and searching for the next happy moment to remember. Each picture brings up feelings deep within me.

As I relive the memories, I can't help but notice one photo in particular buried deep in the box. The picture at first glance is lovely. The sun was shining with not a cloud to be seen. I was sting with my arm around a happy-looking girl, her arm rested casually on my shoulders. As I focus on the happy girl, the smile that covers my face becomes a frown. It is Amy Soule, my now ex-best friend. A terrible pang (一阵剧痛) of regret flashes through me, and I feel tightness in my throat.

Our decline in friendship began with different interests. She wanted to go to the mall and shop, while I preferred to watch old movies in my spare time. Soon the only time I saw her was when we exchanged a hurried hello in the busy school halls between classes. No more notes were passed behind the teacher's back, and my parent's phone bill became much cheaper. She found a new group of friends, and so did I. Before I had a chance to repair the friendship, she moved away, causing the crack to become an uncrossable rift.

I made excuses for not keeping in touch. It was too far to visit, too long of a drive. I knew that was not the truth, but I was too nervous to pick up the phone and call. Eventually, the rift grew too large to bridge. Amy had left and she had taken a huge chunk of my heart with her.

I stand up and pull myself back into the now. Glancing up at my calendar, I remember that Amy's birthday is around the corner. In fact, we were born in the same room, two days apart. We started so close and ended up so far. This bittersweet memory causes me to smile despite my feelings of regret.

要求:
1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1:
Suddenly I have an idea.
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Paragraph 2:
I stick the note under the edge of the photo frame and search for Amy's address.
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3 . When our three kids were young, we had days that went on for life times, As I watched my husband Crag leave every morning, I felt _______ to have so much time alone with my babies. When Craig _______ each evening, he would smile and ask, “So! How was your day?”

This question showed the _______ between his experience of a “day” and mine. How was my day? I _______ Craig as the kids screamed loudly around. Then I looked down at my dirty T-shirt and the toys littering the floor.

I wanted to say, “Today has been a _______ There were moments when I was so fed up with the mess that I thought I might _______. I was both lonely and _______ to be alone.” But busy with so much housework, I was too tired to _______. So I just said, “Fine.” But I felt sad because _______ is about being seen and known.

So we decided to ________ help. We learned from the counselor（咨询师） that love is ________ and we shouldn't ask the same empty questions like: “How was your day?” ________ , we can ask questions like: When did you feel loved or lonely today? A ________ question is a key that will unlock a room inside the person you love.

Questions are like gifts. It's the ________ behind them that the receiver feels. The more ________ you give to your questions, the more beautiful the answers become.

1.

A．relaxed

B．scared

C．excited

D．surprised

2.

A．called

B．awoke

C．returned

D．withdrew

3.

A．combination

B．gap

C．wrestle

D．linked

4.

A．stared at

B．broke with

C．lied to

D．drove away

5.

A．miracle

B．flash

C．lifetime

D．discovery

6.

A．jump

B．regret

C．hesitate

D．explode

7.

A．optimistic

B．desperate

C．secure

D．thankful

8.

A．move

B．listen

C．quarrel

D．answer

9.

A．love

B．respect

C．trust

D．help

10.

A．offer

B．receive

C．refuse

D．seek

11.

A．specific

B．precious

C．fundamental

D．plain

12.

A．However

B．Instead

C．Consequently

D．Besides

13.

A．caring

B．curious

C．pointed

D．direct

14.

A．secret

B．response

C．thought

D．inspiration

15.

A．clue

B．explanations

C．support

D．attention

4 . 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 twin sister, Mary, and I lived together for eighteen years before we went to college. We’d known each other so much and always enjoyed shared time. We happily sang and danced together, had dinner and went to bed together, and discussed the maths problems and recited the poems together.

But one small thing couldn’t be shared smoothly and that’s the trouble with toothpaste.

Crest(佳洁士)made us give in and demanded to know what we were made of. You see, Mary likes to carefully fold and roll the toothpaste tube. I like to grab it in the middle and squeeze(挤). I might call her folding a bit too careful. She might consider my squeezing careless and rude. This difference in style may seem mild, but it caused the big trouble in the later days.

At first, it was a little joke. I’d squeeze. She’d roll. Ha, ha. I’d squeeze again. She’d roll again. Annoying. I’d squeeze even when I wasn’t brushing my teeth. She’d slip in to roll, roll, roll.

After slipping and squeezing, tip-toeing and rolling for two weeks, it was unavoidable that we finally met face to face in our tiny pink bathroom with our hands on the toothpaste. We actually yelled at each other. I may have even cried. Why was she so obsessive(过分的)? Why was I so vindictive(报复性的)? Why couldn’t she loosen up? Why couldn’t I calm down? Were we still talking about the toothpaste?

The toothpaste had become more than something to brush our teeth with; it had become a symbol for aspects of our individual personalities that we did not always care to reveal. Maybe I was being a little vindictive. Maybe she was being a bit obsessive. Maybe it really didn’t matter how we dealt with the toothpaste. But maybe it did.

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。

Thankfully, we thought of a solution.

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Years later, I had new roommates in college.

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5 . The way I treat a clove(瓣)of garlic does not just change its size but its chemistry; the decision to slice or crush it will shape the flavour of the meal. Cooking can show us this: our actions matter. Through my work in the kitchen, I thought about what I had learned about time, about people and the world beyond me. Then I asked myself: What would I discover if I treated cooking as thinking?

When I cooked for myself as an 18-year-old, I attempted to improve the flavor of a dish by adding more things to the pot. But frustratingly, these dishes tasted of less. A logic of scale failed here: more was not more.

Then I came across a recipe for tomato sauce, through which I learned how small changes would cause a big difference. The first few times I made it, I was respectful towards the amazing transformation. But once I crushed the garlic instead of carefully slicing it, and the sauce tasted different. Another time I replaced fresh tomatoes with canned, which resulted in a watery mixture.

When I documented all the times I had cooked it, I was suddenly able to answer questions that had escaped me in the library during my studies. I had been studying the broken relationship between language and the lived world for years. Through cooking, I saw how each time a recipe was translated anew in the kitchen. Therefore, life could be returned to language, reinvigorating(使复兴)it.

When I cook, I’m using the knowledge produced through the work of generations of cooks in kitchens all over the world. Unlike the knowledge stored in libraries, this is information that each person who uses it can rewrite in their own image. People who cook become part of a chorus. When I began to pay attention, I could hear their voices in a bubbling pan. Cooking is thinking, and there is knowledge on an epic(史诗般的)scale in a pan of hot red sauce.

1. Why is garlic mentioned in paragraph 1?

A．To explain a rule.	B．To present a story.
C．To introduce a topic.	D．To make a comparison.

2. What did the author learn from the cooking experiences?

A．Crushed garlic tastes better.	B．Fresh tomatoes work better.
C．Sliced garlic ruins the sauce.	D．More ingredients improve flavour.

3. What does paragraph 4 mainly tell us?

A．Life can bring language alive again.

B．A recipe can be renewed by each user.

C．The relationship between language and the world is broken.

D．The inspiration from cooking helps solve academic problems.

4. What might be the best title?

A．Less is more.	B．Our actions matter.
C．Cooking is thinking.	D．Recipes have souls.

6 . I started playing the piano when I was around four years old—that was 15 years ago!—and since then, the longest I haven’t touched piano keys was probably two months. This was an enormous amount of devotion to something that I wasn’t even planning to make money off of—so there must have been something worth holding on to, right?

The easy guess is that I was always so purely in love with music and piano that I couldn’t bear to let them go. However, it’s a bit more complicated than that. I struggled a lot with piano. I felt pressure to improve, innovate, and be the best in order to prove something to others. The seed of my musical interest was grown with competition and doubt.

It’s difficult to learn to love something that you didn’t choose in the first place. But somehow, sometime, love grew. And by high school, it was strong enough that I found the strength to hold on tighter, dig further, and find something of my own to grow. In a way, I had to start over.

And so, I took a pause. I switched teachers, and got incredibly lucky with one who encouraged me and helped me tunnel into what I loved, not what I was told I should learn. Anything I had was good enough to be loved.

This summer, I started learning the guitar. I deliberately wanted to learn on my own—this was just for me, to form a new relationship to music. Even though my guitar skills are miles lower than my piano skills, I feel I can express myself even more wholly through strings than keys. There’s just something about doing it all for myself that has helped me heal the damages to my relationship to music.

The love and hate I’ve had for the piano were both planted and grown. If you too have learned to hate something you once loved—or something you never chose—remember that with dedication, it can be uprooted, and love can make a home in its place. There is always time. There is always room.

1. What can we learn about the author’s experience from Paragraph 1?

A．He probably spent two months in playing the piano.

B．He began to play the piano when he was 15 years old.

C．He thought it necessary to start playing the piano early.

D．He committed himself to the piano not for financial factors.

2. Which of the following words best describes the author’s relationship with the piano?

A．Bittersweet.

B．Harmonious.

C．Painful.

D．Passive.

3. What inspired the author to learn the guitar?

A．His teacher’s constant encouragement.	B．His desire for a new relationship with music.
C．His interest in strings rather than keys.	D．His talent for playing musical instruments.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Practice makes perfect	B．Love cannot be forced
C．Love is a thing that grows	D．There is no end to learning

7 . Charlie Plumb was a Navy jet pilot. On his 75th mission, his fighter was destroyed by a missile and be was forced to ________. The only thing between him and ________ was his parachute (降落伞) that he prayed would open. The parachute did open and Charlie made it down to the ground, but he was ________ and spent 6 years in a prison camp.

One day, 15 years later, Charlie was sitting in a restaurant when he ________ two tables over was this guy who kept looking at him. Charlie looked back but didn’t ________ him. Finally the guy walked over to Charlie’s table and said, “You’re Captain Plumb. You flew jet fighters in the war. You ________ from the aircraft carrier (航母) Kitty Hawk, you parachuted into enemy territory …”

Astonished, Charlie asked, “How did you know?” The man laughed and said, “Because I ________ your parachute.”

Charlie was ________. The man grabbed Charlie’s hand and said, “I guess it worked,” and walked off.

Charlie lay awake that night, thinking about all the times he had walked through the long narrow room of the ________, with the tables where the men packed the parachutes. He wondered how many times he must have walked past this man ________ saying “hi,” or “good job” or “I ________ what you do.”

Think about this for yourself. How many times in life do you ________ the people who help you out the most? The people who come out of the ________ corners of your life just when you need them the most? The people who go the ________ mile, the people who don’t look for the ________ or the achievement medal or even the bonus check — the folks who are just out there packing parachutes?

1.

A．stop

B．escape

C．jump

D．uphold

2.

A．death

B．faith

C．courage

D．confidence

3.

A．protected

B．seized

C．denied

D．admitted

4.

A．noticed

B．faced

C．witnessed

D．accepted

5.

A．appreciate

B．discover

C．acknowledge

D．recognize

6.

A．fell

B．collapsed

C．launched

D．bounded

7.

A．collected

B．packed

C．unlocked

D．shifted

8.

A．embarrassed

B．ashamed

C．motionless

D．speechless

9.

A．prison camp

B．restaurant room

C．aircraft carrier

D．enemy territory

10.

A．while

B．without

C．by

D．before

11.

A．know

B．notice

C．remember

D．appreciate

12.

A．pass

B．save

C．test

D．cheat

13.

A．dark

B．far

C．small

D．secret

14.

A．required

B．mistaken

C．regular

D．extra

15.

A．trouble

B．beauty

C．praise

D．comfort

8 . I spent a few hours diving into the book The Maid by Stephanie Land. The book has been translated into a popular TV series, but I like _________ the book before diving into its TV adaptation.

Even if it seems insignificant, a simple act of kindness can go a long way for someone. Stephanie’s words engulfed (吞没)me as she took me into her story of _________ cleaning jobs and the kindness of strangers. As Stephanie’s storytelling _________ how she was able to raise her beautiful daughter, Mia, on her job as a maid, I _________ how impactful our actions are. A kind word and an act of kindness can go a long way in making people feel seen and _________.

Stephanie’s memoir (自传)details how the _________ of her boss and strangers who trusted her in the cleaning of their houses went a long way in helping her not just survive but keep some _________ in the work. It was these random acts of kindness that _________ her to move forward. Her book reminded me of the importance of taking a moment to step out of our own world to lend a _________ hand.

More often than not, we are engulfed in the story of our own lives, forgetting we live in a(n) __________ where others exist. We __________ that one encountered（遇到)in the grocery store or a kind word can go a long way for someone trying to survive.

As Stephanie __________ told the tales, I felt two things: awe and __________. Awe because of the strength she displayed and gratitude because her story __________ me of the strangers I have encountered who were kind to another. The gestures were not grand but __________.

1.

A．seeing

B．learning

C．reading

D．buying

2.

A．living on

B．concentrating on

C．working on

D．calling on

3.

A．worried

B．wondered

C．settled

D．shared

4.

A．realized

B．desired

C．prepared

D．promised

5.

A．heard

B．cared

C．ignored

D．found

6.

A．kindness

B．curiosity

C．generosity

D．bravery

7.

A．fright

B．confidence

C．pride

D．dignity

8.

A．forced

B．pulled

C．encouraged

D．pushed

9.

A．warm

B．large

C．shaking

D．helping

10.

A．world

B．place

C．house

D．age

11.

A．stopped

B．forget

C．lost

D．assisted

12.

A．eagerly

B．impatiently

C．firmly

D．beautifully

13.

A．respect

B．love

C．gratitude

D．hope

14.

A．persuaded

B．rid

C．reminded

D．informed

15.

A．emergent

B．grateful

C．satisfactory

D．significant

9 . We had just completed a unit on community heroes, and my kindergarten class homework was to draw their favorite hero. Each child was busy _________ colorful drawings. However, one little boy named Cameron was having difficulty with the homework. He was on the autism spectrum (自闭症谱系), but that didn’t _________ to me or his classmates. We all loved him just the way he was.

I sat and watched as Austin, another little boy, _________ Cameron. Austin had a wonderful way of interacting with Cameron, and helped him _________ his hero. Within a few minutes, Cameron began drawing blue lines on his paper.

_________, it was time for everybody to _________ their hero pictures. I listened carefully to each student’s _________ of his or her hero. It was finally Cameron’s _________ to share his hero. Cameron stood up and _________ his drawing in front of his face. He then said it was a picture of me and I helped him learn things.

When Austin shared his picture, I was __________ it would be a policeman, but he __________ me when he held up a picture of Cameron. He said Cameron was his __________ because he had a sickness that made it __________ to learn, but he was like Superman and was really smart. What had started out as a simple __________ on community heroes had turned into a moment that changed my understanding of teachers’ __________. Teachers should lead their children in discovering their own amazing qualities and helping them find their inner superhero.

1.

A．selecting

B．observing

C．creating

D．seeking

2.

A．matter

B．happen

C．belong

D．apply

3.

A．learnt from

B．relied on

C．worked with

D．apologized to

4.

A．draw

B．find

C．visit

D．impress

5.

A．Suddenly

B．Immediately

C．Luckily

D．Finally

6.

A．enjoy

B．examine

C．share

D．revise

7.

A．description

B．expectation

C．adjustment

D．improvement

8.

A．way

B．turn

C．permission

D．ambition

9.

A．hid

B．colored

C．donated

D．placed

10.

A．disappointed

B．afraid

C．curious

D．certain

11.

A．persuaded

B．surprised

C．reminded

D．calmed

12.

A．patient

B．brother

C．hero

D．classmate

13.

A．hard

B．necessary

C．interesting

D．flexible

14.

A．survey

B．decision

C．lesson

D．suggestion

15.

A．responsibilities

B．predictions

C．achievements

D．arrangements

10 . “Man up.” That’s the “advice” that some guys hear from their family and friends when they’re not _________ “manly” enough because they’re showing “too many” emotions.

And, frankly, it’s the kind of advice that ends up doing great _________. Love and support are what strengthen a person; toxic masculinity (有毒的男子气概) is what _________ some problems in the future.

A 16-year-old boy told his _________ about how he cried after not getting into a soccer team. It was a pretty big _________ to him and, naturally, he was upset. And _________ his mom and his sisters comforted him, his dad had a _________ attitude towards the entire situation. A big fight followed full of accusations of the boy not being enough of a man.

The boy’s dad _________ him for “not doing enough” to get into the soccer team. He then went on to give the boy some _________ on how to be more athletic and take care of his diet more.

__________, the dad said that it was stupid to cry over a thing like this, and that it was time that he “manned up”. What followed was a long __________ and afterwards, the boy ignored his dad for a week.

The boy’s behaviour can be __________. Men, just like women, experience depression and anxiety. However, men are __________ told to control their emotions and not to __________ their problems with others, as it’s seen as being weak. Actually, for men, it is good to __________ their emotions properly.

1.

A．appearing

B．acting

C．responding

D．offering

2.

A．harm

B．failure

C．confusion

D．anxiety

3.

A．deals with

B．runs into

C．brings about

D．looks into

4.

A．opinion

B．story

C．secret

D．trip

5.

A．loss

B．change

C．shame

D．blow

6.

A．unless

B．if

C．because

D．while

7.

A．different

B．positive

C．friendly

D．flexible

8.

A．praised

B．thanked

C．forgave

D．blamed

9.

A．information

B．inspiration

C．suggestions

D．demands

10.

A．However

B．Besides

C．Therefore

D．Instead

11.

A．silence

B．separation

C．conversation

D．argument

12.

A．glorious

B．practical

C．understandable

D．impressive

13.

A．traditionally

B．originally

C．immediately

D．simply

14.

A．combine

B．share

C．handle

D．compare

15.

A．hide

B．generate

C．release

D．control