1 . 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

You are never too old to go after your dreams. Many people don’t let age stop them. If they want to do something, they just do it. For example, Gladys Burrill ran her first marathon at 86. She became famous when she     1     (finish) the Honolulu Marathon (檀香山马拉松). She was 92 then. Life is about change, so don’t be afraid to take your     2     (one) step. It is easy after you do that. So, stop     3     (think) about your dreams, and start doing something about them.

2 . Directions: Read the following two passages. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks, fill in each blank with one proper word. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct.

As a student, I get so many assignments every day. I have to stay up late in order to finish all my homework. I used to complain about all this pressure       1     school with my classmates. We did not appreciate our teachers for their hard work. We only knew that we got a lot of homework.

After a few months, we did not complain about homework anymore because we knew that our teachers worked     2     (hard) than we did. We had no right to complain. Sometimes, we said, “I didn’t go to bed until 12:00 o'clock last night. Now I just want to sleep.” Our teacher would answer us, “I go to bed at 1:00 a.m. every day.” Since we knew how hard teachers work, we started to appreciate them. To give our thanks, we wrote a big card to the teachers       3    it was teachers’ day. When they got our card, they       4     (touch) because their students finally knew the teachers’ effort.

After giving the card, I realized       5     powerful the sentence “thank you” is. When we give our thanks to somebody, the world is full of love. I say “thank you” to my friends, family, classmates, teachers, and even strangers. I like to see the smiles on their faces, so saying “thank you” every day is the way I make the world a better place.

3 . 语法填空

An old carpenter was ready to retire.

His boss was sorry     1    （see）the good worker go. He asked the carpenter     2     he could build one more house. The carpenter said yes，but his mind wasn't on his work any more.

    3     （use）poor materials，he worked on the house carelessly. When the house     4    （complete），the boss handed him the front-door key.“This house is now yours，”he said，“as a reward for your     5    （devote）over the years.”

What a surprise！What a shame！    6     he known he was building his own house，he would have done it differently. Now he had to live in the house poorly     7    （build）by himself.

So it is with us. Sometimes we build our lives carelessly. At important points we don't try our best. Then with a shame we find     8    （we）living in the house we have poorly built. But we don't have a chance to make it all over again.

Think of yourself as the carpenter. Build your life     9    （wise）. Your life today is     10     result of your attitudes and choices you made in the past. Your life tomorrow will be that of your attitudes and choices you make today.

4 . 语法填空

Once a farmer lost his watch in his barn，in which lots of grain was kept. The watch，    1     was a gift from his father，was very important to him and he was determined to find it.

After searching the barn for a long time，however，he gave up and asked for help from a group of children who were playing nearby. He promised     2    （give）a great reward to whoever found the watch.

    3     （hear）this，the children hurried inside the barn immediately. They     4    （search）everywhere but still could not find the watch buried in the grain. The farmer was about to give up     5     a little boy went up to him and asked to be given     6     second chance.

The farmer looked at him and thought，“Why not？After all，this kid looks honest.”

So the farmer sent the little boy back into the barn. After a while the little boy came out     7     the watch in his hand！The farmer，    8    （surprise）but happy，asked the boy how he succeeded in finding the watch.

The boy replied，“I did nothing but sit     9    （quiet）and listen for the sound of the watch.”

This shows us that sometimes a peaceful mind can think     10    （well）than an excited one.

5 . Old Tom had four sons. He wanted them     1     (learn) not to judge things too quickly. So he sent them to look at an apple tree in different seasons. The first son went in winter, the second in spring, the third in summer, and the youngest in autumn. When they all came back, he called them together to describe     2     they had seen. The sons had different     3     (opinion). Tom then told them that they shouldn’t judge a tree, or a person, by only one season.

6 . 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。

Childhood is a time    1    there are few responsibilities to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved, whatever he may do.    2    is impossible that he will ever again in his life    3    (give) so much without having to do anything in return. But a child has his pains; he is not so free to do    4    he wishes to; he is continually being told not to do something, or being punished    5    what he has done wrong.

When the child has become a young man and this young man starts to earn his own living, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes, and his room, but has to work on his own if he wants to live    6    (comfort). If he spends most of his time    7     (play) about in the way that he used to as a child, he will go    8    (hunger). If, however, he works hard,    9     ( keep) out of trouble and has good health, he can have the great happiness of building up for himself his own position in    10    (social).