1 . 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。

In his book, Intentional Living, author John Maxwell shares that back in 1976, he received a gift from one of his     1     (assist). As he unwrapped the gift, he saw that it was a book     2     (name) The Greatest Story Ever Told. He couldn’t wait     3     (read) it.

But when he opened the book, he was     4     (astonish) to see that the pages were blank. Inside the book was     5     note that said, “John, your life is before you. Fill these pages with kind acts and good thoughts of your heart. Write a great story about your life.” The intention of writing the story of his life excited him. Then, he     6     (begin) to write his book.

Every day we live out our story through our words, actions and decisions. But we must remember to live with intention to focus on what     7     (matter) most in life and to regain that focus when we get changed. Without intention, we can become unfocused in things     8     needn’t add to a life of significance and difference in our world.

Life isn’t perfect and it’s always hard,     9     we need reminders in our life from a friend, author, blogger, pastor or our inner spirit to re-focus us on the things that matter and make us live     10     (positive).

2 . 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(不超过三个词)。

Yesterday was a crazy day. I felt very tired    1    I had a lot of work stuff going. Then I got     2     message from one of my teammates. It said, “ We want to let you know that there are people who see and     3    (true)appreciate all your hard work.” This meant more to     4    (I)than anything else . And it made me think that maybe I need to set time aside    5    (tell)the people in my life how much I appreciate what they did. Say “Thank you”     6     the delivery guy, telling him that you appreciate how hard he     7    (work); tell your daughter that you are proud of her     8     (perform)at school; tell your mom that you notice how much she does for the family.

Sometimes when a long time goes by without    9    (recognize)for the good we do, we start to get upset, but a simple statement of appreciation could make us become    10    (energy)again for a good long time.

3 . 第二节语法填空(共10小题；
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为1—10的相应位置上。 In Africa, when the antelope wakes up every morning, the first thing    1    comes into his mind is, “I must be able to run    2    (fast) than the fastest lion,    3    I will be killed by a lion.” And at just the same time, the lion    4    (wake) out of his dream, and the first thing    5    (flash) into his mind is: “I must be able to catch up with the slowest antelope, otherwise I will starve to    6    (dead).” So almost at the same moment    7    the antelope and the lion jump to their feet, and start    8    (run) toward the rising sun.
Such is life —    9    you are an antelope or a lion, you ought to dash forward without    10    (hesitate) when the sun rises.

4 . 短文填空

Two traveling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude and refused    1     (let) the angels stay in the guest room. Instead the angels    2    (give) a space in the cold basement.    3    midnight the older angel saw a hole in the wall and repaired it. When the younger angel asked why, the older angel replied: Things aren’t always what they seem.

    4     next night the two angels came to rest at the house of a very poor, but very hospitable(好客的)farmer and his wife. After sharing their food ,the couple let the angels sleep in their only bed .As     5    (usually), the angels found the farmer and his wife in    6    ( tear). Their only cow died.The younger angel was very angry and asked the older angel, “Why did you not care about the poor family? The first man had everything, yet you watched over his house.The second family had little but was willing to share everything, but you did not help.”

    7    (final)the older angel replied. “When we stayed in the basement，I noticed there was gold kept    8     the hole . Since the owner was so greedy and unwilling to share his good fortune，I asked God if I could seal(封口) the wall so he wouldn’t find it. Then last night as we slept in the farmer’s bed，the angel of death(死神) came for his wife..I made up     9    mind to help them,so I gave him the cow instead of the farmer’s wife.Just remember that things aren’t always    10    they seem.”

5 . 语法填空

A boy went to a shop with his mother one day.     1     (look) at the small cute child, the shop assistant showed him a bottle     2     contained lots of delicious sweets and said, “Dear child, you can take the sweets.” Instead of obeying, the boy stood there     3     his hand in his pockets and smiled at the shop assistant. The shop assistant was surprised. He     4     (expect) that the boy would gladly take the sweets from the bottle. Full of     5     (curious), he said again, “Take the sweets.” Now the mother also heard that and said, “Take the sweets, dear.” Yet the boy didn’t take. The shop assistant took the sweets and gave     6     to the child. The child was happy     7     (get) two hands full of sweets. After returning home, the mother asked the boy, “Could you tell me     8     you didn’t take the sweets when the shop assistant told you to?” The boy replied, “Simple! My hands are very small and     9     I take the sweets, I can only take a few. But now you see when uncle gave me sweets with his big hand, I got a lot     10     (many)!”

Sometimes your kids are much cleverer than you might think.

6 . 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。

This is a meaningful and impressive story. A man came to the USA. After settling down at     1     island, he went into a cafeteria to get something     2     (eat). He sat down at an empty table     3     (silent) and waited for someone to take his order,     4     nobody did. Finally, a woman with a plate full of food     5     (sit) opposite him and informed him     6     the cafeteria worked. “Start out at that end,” she said. “Just go along the line and pick out what you want. At the other end, they’ll tell you how much you have to pay.”

“I soon learned how everything worked in the USA,” the man told a     7     (rely) friend. He said, “Life’s a cafeteria here. You can get anything as long as you are     8     (will) to pay the price.”

You can even get success, but you’ll never get it if you wait for someone to bring it to you. You have to get up and get it     9     (you). You can’t change the things that you can’t avoid or prevent. The only thing you can do is control your attitude. Once you reach that point in life,     10     (achieve) won’t be too far away.

7 . Recently, an Internet slang word Foxi or “Buddhist” is becoming     1    (increase) popular as it encourages people, especially     2       young to remain calm and peaceful and avoid conflicts as much as possible, in other words, to live like a Buddha.

The phrase     3    (create) for the first time in 2014 in Japan to describe young men who no longer bother to start relationships with women or follow someone else’s life path. They prefer to stay in their own peaceful world without being disturbed and care little about passion and success.

In this fast-changing and competitive world, many people are     4     heavy pressure. It’s only natural that people are seeking for a spiritual bay. However, some would compare “foxi” with “demotivational（无动力的）culture”, a phrase     5     describes young people who feel aimless and powerless. They say that foxi actually     6     (reflect) the reality that young people are losing their will to fight. They are pretending     7     (keep) a healthy and wise attitude towards     8    (fail) simply because they are incapable（无能的）of succeeding.

All in all, there is one thing that “Buddhist Youngsters” should basically keep in mind: You may want to keep a calm mindset,     9     you should never stop     10     (fight) for yourselves！

8 . What might life be like if you looked very different from others? Most of us are lucky to be born with “normal” faces.     1    , the movie Wonder shows us that there is no such thing as being normal and that beauty is more than skin-deep.

    2     (base) on a bestselling novel, the movie is about a boy named Auggie. He has a facial deformity (畸形) and has spent most of his life being home schooled. But as he enters middle school, his parents decide to send him to a private school. There, Auggie must deal with judgmental classmates and learn to accept     3    (he) as he is.

In the US, most kids     4     (teach) that it is OK to be different. Most people in the US celebrate being unique.

But some kids have difficulty     5    (accept) uniqueness. It’s easy to pick on someone who’s different,     6    (especial) if you have your own problems to deal with. This is another     7     (center) theme from the movie—even the kids     8     pick on Auggie have their own personal struggles.

As Auggie’s classmates get to know him better, they come to find that he’s a nice kid     9     a great sense of humor. They start to change their attitude toward him. In real life, it may take longer to see such changes happen. But if we give people    10    chance, their hearts and minds may change in the end.

9 . 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。

When I was a kid, Mom used to cook food for us. One night after     1     (spend) a long hard day at work, Mom placed a plate of bread jam and     2     (extreme) burnt toast（烤面包） in front of my dad, I was waiting     3     (see) if he noticed it. However, while eating his toast. Dad just asked me     4     my day was at school. I don’t remember what I told him that night,    5     I do remember I heard Mom apologizing to Dad for burning the toast. I’ll never forget what Dad said, “Honey, I love burnt toast.”

Later that night, I     6     (go) to kiss Daddy good night and asked him if he really liked his toast burned. He gave me     7     big hug and said, “Your mamma put in a long hard day at work today, really     8     (tire). Besides, a burnt toast never hurts but cold words do!”

What I’ve learned over the years     9     (be) that learning to accept each other’s faults is one of the most important     10     (key) to creating a healthy, growing and lasting relationship.

10 . Youth is a kind of wealth. It will gradually disappear     1     time going by. What can we do to fulfill our youth?

For one thing, it is to realize our value, and our dreams     2     matters a lot.     3     our dreams are, we must try hard to achieve them. When we are young, we are full of energy, and we have many    4    opportunity). We have good conditions in our lives, good memories, good understanding and so on. We should make the most of them to learn more.

For     5    , we should do as many things as possible. Of course, they must     6     (rich) our lives, which can make it possible for us to gain many different experiences that are worth     7     (remember) when we are old.

Then when we are really old, and when we cannot move any     8     (much), we can be proud of something     9     (achieve), for we have lived our life to     10     fullest.