1 . Some years ago when I 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 ____ 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 ____ 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 me…” 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 ____ draft(草稿) after draft. Finally I put my manuscript (手稿) 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 ____ 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 ____ .
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 greatly. 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 ____ , I learned a very important lesson: You can’t ____ to doubt yourself.1.

A．joy

B．voice

C．speech

D．smile

2.

A．proud

B．active

C．satisfied

D．moved

3.

A．visited

B．emailed

C．phoned

D．interviewed

4.

A．agreed

B．refused

C．hesitated

D．paused

5.

A．replied

B．discovered

C．explained

D．knew

6.

A．seriously

B．patiently

C．nervously

D．quietly

7.

A．blaming

B．fooling

C．inviting

D．urging

8.

A．hardship

B．failure

C．comment

D．pressure

9.

A．with

B．by

C．on

D．in

10.

A．disappeared

B．returned

C．spread

D．improved

11.

A．compare

B．struggle

C．live

D．compete

12.

A．ignore

B．deliver

C．face

D．receive

13.

A．decorating

B．repairing

C．cleaning

D．leaving

14.

A．disbelief

B．anxiety

C．horror

D．trouble

15.

A．subjective

B．relevant

C．private

D．reliable

16.

A．broadcast

B．create

C．publish

D．assess

17.

A．recover

B．prepare

C．escape

D．concentrate

18.

A．energetic

B．endless

C．typical

D．enjoyable

19.

A．experience

B．success

C．benefit

D．accident

20.

A．attempt

B．afford

C．expect

D．pretend

2 . When I was a small boy my family was very poor. My father always used his savings to _______ my mother to visit her parents who lived far away. There was just my younger brother and myself in the house. One evening Dad came home from _______ and there was no food in the house, not _______ a piece of bread. Although we were _______, my brother and I went to bed without eating anything.

My father had no money, but I knew from the _______ on his face that he could not let us have an empty stomach. He _______ the house and about two hours later returned and quickly _______ us up. He had in his hand two small potato pies, which he gave us to eat. I don’t know where he got the _______ but somehow he _______ to get us something to eat.

My father had not eaten and had worked all day ________ he sat there with great satisfaction watching us eat. This has ________ stayed in my mind and left more of an impression than any amount of ________ he may ever have given me.

At that moment, I felt happy knowing that he was there and would not let us ________.

I guess the ________ I am trying to make is that in difficult times it is ________ not to show weakness but strength and character. If a ________ is the cement(粘合剂) that holds a family together, then the father is ________ that strengthens that cement.

It is his values and ________ and memories that have carried me forward and helped me to ________ my own problems in life. In my own ________ I have learned that it is the valuable time you spend with your children and the values you give to them that will remain with them always.

1.

A．force

B．remind

C．send

D．teach

2.

A．hospital

B．work

C．school

D．shop

3.

A．quite

B．just

C．only

D．even

4.

A．nervous

B．hungry

C．sleepy

D．busy

5.

A．worry

B．pleasure

C．disappointment

D．surprise

6.

A．cleaned

B．observed

C．left

D．searched

7.

A．brought

B．put

C．called

D．woke

8.

A．chance

B．food

C．support

D．recipe

9.

A．managed

B．decided

C．agreed

D．waited

10.

A．so

B．or

C．but

D．and

11.

A．normally

B．always

C．shortly

D．softly

12.

A．cost

B．time

C．salary

D．money

13.

A．suffer

B．know

C．leave

D．cry

14.

A．decision

B．promise

C．point

D．apology

15.

A．strange

B．important

C．difficult

D．common

16.

A．father

B．brother

C．sister

D．mother

17.

A．something

B．anything

C．everything

D．nothing

18.

A．words

B．records

C．actions

D．failures

19.

A．work out

B．carry out

C．run into

D．look into

20.

A．opinion

B．home

C．order

D．turn

3 . Once a man and his wife worked for a businessman. There was a big box in the businessman’s living room. The businessman pointed at the box and said, “There’s only one thing you mustn’t do. Don’t open the box.” After saying this, he ____the living room.
The woman said to her husband, “There must be something expensive in the box. Let’s ____ it, shall we?” Her husband said no to her.
The woman didn’t give up her ____ One day, she decided to find out what was in it. Her husband didn’t stop her. She opened the box and looked ____She found nothing in the box and tried hard to close it, ____ she failed.
That evening the businessman came home and found the box was ____He was very angry and asked the woman and her husband to leave his home．
“But there was nothing in the box,” the woman said. “We haven’t taken anything ____” The businessman shouted at them, “The box is not important. I cannot believe you. That’s important!”1.

A．left

B．entered

C．went to

2.

A．open

B．close

C．clean

3.

A．work

B．advice

C．idea

4.

A．inside

B．outside

C．down

5.

A．so

B．and

C．but

6.

A．lost

B．open

C．empty

7.

A．at once

B．at last

C．at all

4 . At the edge of a forest, stood a big tree. Its branches spread out majestically (庄严地) and so did its roots. It ____ people from the sun under its shady leaves, and provided ____to countless birds and other small creatures in its branches. It was very excited with activity all the time.
At the foot of the tree grew a little plant. The plant was tall, thin, graceful and easily ____, and tended to fall over at the____of the slightest wind.
One day, the two neighbours were having a little chat.
“ Well, little one, ” said the tree to the plant, “ Why do you not plant your feet deeply in the ground, and raise your head ____in the air as I do?”
“ I see no need to do so,”____ the plant with a smile. “____ , I think I may be safer this way.”
“ Safer!” sneered (讥讽) the tree. “ Are you____that you’re safer than I am? Do you know how deep my roots are____, how thick and strong my trunk is?____ two men hold hands they would not be able to surround my trunk. Who could possibly pull me out by the roots or ____my head to the ground?”
And the tree turned away from the plant in ____
But the tree was to ____its words very soon. One evening a great hurricane____in the region. It threw the trees off their roots and almost completely destroyed the forest. It uprooted the tree and ____it away with great force.
When the storm had passed, the villagers living nearby____the damage. Strong trees that had once almost touched the sky, were now reduced to stumps (残根）or____ The dead animals were found everywhere in the____
But there was one____ The little plant. The plant had been moved from side to side under the hurricane, and bent completely. But when the hurricane ended, it sighed and stood upright again.
No trace remained of its powerful neighbour ____1.

A．hide

B．protect

C．prevent

D．defend

2.

A．shade

B．food

C．shelter

D．space

3.

A．broken

B．destroyed

C．grown

D．planted

4.

A．reach

B．blow

C．touch

D．knock

5.

A．bravely

B．straightly

C．gratefully

D．delightedly

6.

A．explained

B．shouted

C．said

D．whispered

7.

A．Gradually

B．Actually

C．Generally

D．Finally

8.

A．concluding

B．finding

C．guessing

D．suggesting

9.

A．placed

B．hidden

C．buried

D．planted

10.

A．Even if

B．Although

C．Because

D．When

11.

A．put

B．bow

C．lead

D．get

12.

A．anger

B．surprise

C．belief

D．relief

13.

A．keep

B．regret

C．break

D．follow

14.

A．blew

B．arrived

C．arose

D．appeared

15.

A．turned

B．pushed

C．threw

D．blew

16.

A．counted

B．saw

C．observed

D．surveyed

17.

A．worse

B．more

C．less

D．better

18.

A．tree

B．forest

C．plant

D．plain

19.

A．plant

B．example

C．exception

D．tree

20.

A．then

B．finally

C．gradually

D．Though

5 . You may be surprised to see “making sure children never suffer” as a mistake. The following ____ may help you understand how rescuing children from all suffering ____ weakness.
A little boy felt sorry for a butterfly struggling to emerge from its chrysalis(蛹). He decided to ____ the butterfly. So he peeled(剥开) the chrysalis open for the butterfly. The little boy was so ___ to watch the butterfly spread its ____ and fly off into the sky. Then he was horrified ____ he watched the butterfly fall to the ground and die because it did not have the muscle ___ to keep flying. In fact, the butterfly’s struggle to ____ the chrysalis helps the butterfly become stronger.
Like the little boy, ____ too often want to protect their children from struggle in the ____ of love. They don’t realize that their children need to struggle, to experience ____, to deal with disappointment, and to solve their own problems. Only in this way can children ____ their emotional strength, become ____ and develop the skills necessary for the even bigger struggles they will meet throughout their lives. Children experiencing sufferings can ____ the ups and downs of life.
However, it isn’t helpful either in this case when parents ____ blame and shame to what the child is experiencing. Mothers ____ to say, “Stop crying and acting like a spoiled boy. You can’t always get what you want.” These ____ words should be avoided.
Instead, parents can offer loving support. You can say, “Don’t lose ____. Be brave! You will succeed if you try again.” Then comes the tough part — no ____ and no lectures. Simply allow him to discover that he can ____his disappointment and carry out what he can do to get what he wants in the future.1.

A．saying

B．proverb

C．story

D．experiment

2.

A．appears

B．creates

C．burns

D．works

3.

A．kill

B．feed

C．rescue

D．help

4.

A．excited

B．moved

C．puzzled

D．depressed

5.

A．body

B．feet

C．wings

D．feather

6.

A．since

B．as

C．before

D．until

7.

A．power

B．energy

C．force

D．strength

8.

A．come up with

B．break away from

C．get along with

D．do away with

9.

A．teachers

B．relatives

C．parents

D．friends

10.

A．name

B．charge

C．case

D．course

11.

A．hardships

B．friendships

C．relationships

D．scholarships

12.

A．require

B．lose

C．strengthen

D．fail

13.

A．warm-hearted

B．strong-willed

C．absent-minded

D．cold-blooded

14.

A．survive

B．predict

C．expect

D．avoid

15.

A．reduce

B．adapt

C．devote

D．add

16.

A．pretend

B．happen

C．seem

D．tend

17.

A．interesting

B．inspiring

C．discouraging

D．touching

18.

A．sight

B．face

C．heart

D．weight

19.

A．parking

B．rescuing

C．drinking

D．smoking

20.

A．turn over

B．get over

C．come over

D．take over

6 . A man was bitterly envious of his neighbour．He spent long hours in prayer，wanting to be ____to his neighbour in every aspect of life．
One night，God appeared before him in a dream and said，“I am pleased with your____．Ask for a gift．____your neighbour will get the same gift in double amount．”
He was glad but sad that his enemy would get a greater gift．He requested，“God，____the sight in one of my eyes．”
With his single eye，he peeped at his neighbour but was ____to see his neighbour's sight was not lost! Confused，he ____to God，“Why don’t you keep your word?”
God said，“Son，I always keep my word．____ is not a gift，but a curse．You have the gift of sight in only one eye now，as asked by you．But your neighbour has sight in both of his eyes．I ____the gift．”
He suddenly ____from his dream and was sure that it was a message from God．Englightened by the dream，he went to his neighbour and begged his pardon for thinking and acting ____him．They embraced each other and were good friends thereafter．1.

A．cleverer

B．previous

C．stronger

D．superior

2.

A．prayer

B．envy

C．sorrow

D．pity

3.

A．Otherwiee

B．But

C．Therefore

D．Besides

4.

A．finish

B．cut

C．move

D．destroy

5.

A．delighted

B．terrified

C．surprised

D．worried

6.

A．blamed

B．complained

C．yelled

D．hurried

7.

A．Blindness

B．Envy

C．Disability

D．Promise

8.

A．relieved

B．awarded

C．kept

D．doubled

9.

A．awoke

B．burst

C．cried

D．frightened

10.

A．towards

B．for

C．against

D．on

7 . The family had just moved．The young woman was feeling a little ____ ．It was Mother's Day—and 800 miles separated her from her parents．
She had called them that morning，and her mother had ____ how colorful their backyard was ____ spring had arrived． Later，she told her husband how she ____ those lilacs(丁香)in her parents’yard．“I know where we can find some，”he said．“Get the ____ and come on．”So off they went．
Some time later，they stopped at a hill and there were lilacs all round．The young woman rushed up to the nearest ____ and buried her face in the flowers．Carefully，she ____some．Finally，they returned to their car for the ____ home．The woman sat smiling，surrounded by her ____．
When they were near home，she shouted“stop”，got off quickly and ____ to a nearby nursing home．She went to the end of the porch(门廊)，where a(n) ____ patient was sitting in her wheelchair，and put the flowers into her lap．The two ____ ，bursting into laughter now and then．Later the young woman turned and ran back to her ____ ．As the car pulled away，the woman in the wheelchair ____ with a smile，and held the lilacs ____ ．
“Mom，”the kids asked，“ ____ did you give her our flowers?”“It is Mother's Day，and she seems so ____ while I have all of you．And anyone would be ____ by flowers．”
This satisfied the kids，but not the husband．The next day he ____ some young lilacs around their yard．
I was the husband．Now，every May，our yard is full of lilacs．Every Mother’s Day our kids ____ purple lilacs．And every year I remember that smile of the lonely old woman．1.

A．moved

B．worried

C．angry

D．depressed

2.

A．1earned

B．imagined

C．mentioned

D．realized

3.

A．now that

B．so that

C．as if

D．even if

4.

A．missed

B．grew

C．watered

D．showed

5.

A．cars

B．kids

C．clothes

D．1ilacs．

6.

A．bush

B．hill

C．yard

D．door

7.

A．bought

B．picked

C．set

D．raised

8.

A．break

B．holiday

C．trip

D．dinner

9.

A．friends

B．memory

C．flowers

D．honor

10.

A．responded

B．pointed

C．drove

D．hurried

11.

A．1oving

B．elderly

C．serious

D．sensitive

12.

A．hesitated

B．waited

C．sat

D．chatted

13.

A．family

B．mother

C．path

D．home

14.

A．nodded

B．waved

C．1eft

D．continued

15.

A．sadly

B．politely

C．quickly

D．tightly

16.

A．why

B．when

C．how

D．where

17.

A．quiet

B．confused

C．alone

D．patient

18.

A．calmed

B．persuaded

C．disappointed

D．cheered

19.

A．arranged

B．dried

C．planted

D．hid

20.

A．find

B．gather

C．receive

D．buy

8 . Have you ever not wanted to do something so badly? Well，that’s how I__________about joining Madcaps，a mothers and daughters’club assisting charity. __________，my feeling changed finally. Now I believe if you adopt an__________attitude, you might just__________enjoying it.

Six months ago，my mom told me the club asked us to work as__________ at Saint Vincent de Paul Homeless shelter．That meant I had to__________in the dirty homeless shelter for at least  20  hours.

The first time we went there，a lady led us to the kitchen where we__________my five fellow Madcaps classmates- they also wore the same mark .Since I′m usually__________awkward， I had never talked with any of them .Worse still，my mom was asked to help outside the kitchen，leaving me totally__________to serve food with them. Soon large numbers of homeless families__________in like rushing river．A little girl，around 5 years old，walked up to me I__________her a sandwich. She took it and joined her family quickly．As she walked away, I__________she was wearing a coat．Clearly too big for her, hanging__________on her thin body, and couldn’t help thinking how much I had__________with her．It suddenly struck me that how__________I am.

After that moment I had a__________of heart. Now I love Madcaps and don’t miss one meeting. I have__________awkwardness when communicating and have many friends. And this year I am sure I will do more than the__________20 hours of charity.

So that is how I have made a__________by doing one thing I do not want to do .If you have an open  __________​about things you can accomplish more and become a well-rounded（全面的）person.

1.

A．heard

B．worried

C．felt

D．brought

2.

A．otherwise

B．However

C．Therefore

D．Besides

3.

A．optimistic

B．accurate

C．aggressive

D．passive

4.

A．keep up

B．give up

C．end up

D．take up

5.

A．members

B．volunteers

C．friends

D．clerks

6.

A．wander

B．stay

C．teach

D．serve

7.

A．ran into

B．cared about

C．looked for

D．passed by

8.

A．painfully

B．socially

C．naturally

D．hopelessly

9.

A．afraid

B．doubtful

C．alone

D．patient

10.

A．joined

B．broke

C．dropped

D．poured

11.

A．awarded

B．showed

C．handed

D．bought

12.

A．discovered

B．guessed

C．suspected

D．concluded

13.

A．neatly

B．broadly

C．tightly

D．loosely

14.

A．compared

B．connected

C．covered

D．competed

15.

A．eager

B．lucky

C．calm

D．miserable

16.

A．relief

B．loss

C．surprise

D．change

17.

A．remembered

B．realized

C．overcome

D．ignored

18.

A．allowed

B．required

C．included

D．finished

19.

A．difference

B．promise

C．sacrifice

D．conclusion

20.

A．study

B．plan

C．mind

D．question

9 . Xinxin, a 12-year-old student from Beijing, enjoyed his winter vacation with his father in Singapore. During their visit, he even had the chance to ____ some of Singapore's sights by himself ____ his father was busy with other things.
Xinxin’s first adventure ____ in Singapore was at a water park near their hotel. He enjoyed swimming and ____ into the water by himself, and then returned to the hotel before a time in the evening that was ____ by his father.
The boy also made a trip to Universal Studios Singapore ____ a guardian. He had already been to the park with his father two times during the trip. Xinxin volunteered to make his ____ trip by himself. His father gave him some pocket money to buy lunch, and then Xinxin rode the shuttle from their hotel to the studios. He spent a whole day there and had a ____ time.
In an interview with Beijing Evening News, Xinxin’s father said that ____ he was too busy to spend all his time with his son, he decided to give him the opportunity to develop a sense of ____ Had Xinxin’s mother been there, she would not have let Xinxin out of her sight, the father commented.1.

A．study

B．explore

C．test

D．measure

2.

A．while

B．until

C．before

D．unless

3.

A．along

B．alive

C．alone

D．lonely

4.

A．floating

B．surfing

C．driving

D．diving

5.

A．made

B．set

C．decided

D．asked

6.

A．under

B．behind

C．with

D．without

7.

A．first

B．second

C．third

D．fourth

8.

A．terrible

B．miserable

C．fantastic

D．flexible

9.

A．though

B．since

C．if

D．when

10.

A．independence

B．daring

C．pride

D．diligence

10 . 阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上涂黑。
RESOURCES BELONG TO THE SOCIETY
When I arrived in Hamburg Germany, my colleague who worked there arranged a welcome party for me in a____ We noticed a few customers including several old ladies, were having their meal. When a dish is____, the waiter would distribute the food for them, and they would____every bit of the food on their plates.
As I was hungry, my local colleague____much food for me. Since there were other things to do, we did not____much time dining. When we planned to leave, there was still about one third of____food left. When we were leaving the restaurant, we____someone calling us. When the old ladies spoke to us in English, we understood that they were____about us wasting so much food.
“We____for our food; it is none of your____how much food we left behind”, my colleague told the old ladies. They got angry, and one of them____made a call to someone. After a while, an officer in____arrived. Upon knowing what had happened, he issued us a 50-euro____ The officer told us in a stern（严厉的）voice: “order____you can consume. Money is yours, ____the resources belong to the society. You have no____for wasting them.” Our face turned red. We all agreed with him in our____ My colleague took out a 50-euro note and repeatedly____to the officer.
My colleague copied the fine ticket and gave a copy to each of us as a souvenir. We all____it to remind us that we should never be____1.

A．restaurant

B．company

C．family

D．bank

2.

A．cooked

B．served

C．gathered

D．missed

3.

A．desert

B．refuse

C．oppose

D．finish

4.

A．kept

B．sold

C．ordered

D．made

5.

A．save

B．spend

C．divide

D．find

6.

A．undiscovered

B．undeveloped

C．unconsumed

D．undetermined

7.

A．appointed

B．knew

C．realized

D．heard

8.

A．curious

B．unhappy

C．nervous

D．optimistic

9.

A．paid

B．asked

C．applied

D．accounted

10.

A．matter

B．mind

C．question

D．business

11.

A．immediately

B．passively

C．excitedly

D．regularly

12.

A．rags

B．uniform

C．fashion

D．dream

13.

A．award

B．food

C．fine

D．souvenir

14.

A．how

B．it

C．that

D．what

15.

A．but

B．and

C．or

D．so

16.

A．ability

B．problem

C．reason

D．power

17.

A．words

B．hearts

C．faces

D．ears

18.

A．apologized

B．accused

C．admitted

D．approved

19.

A．stuck

B．broke

C．kept

D．threw

20.

A．hopeful

B．grateful

C．merciful

D．wasteful