1 . Directions: Read the following passage. 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.

Love from the Apple Tree

Once upon a time, there used to be a tall and big apple tree. A little boy, every day to the tree down, climbed up     1     (pick) apples to eat, and slept in the shade of the tree. He loved the apple tree, and it loved to play with him. The little boy gradually grew up and stopped     2     (come) to play every day. One day he came to the tree, picked all the apples and left happily. Another day, the boy came again, and cut off all the branches, happily away to build a house himself. One summer, the boy came back, cut down her tree trunk, built a boat,     3     (sail) away, and did not come back for a long time. After years, the boy returned at last. He was old and wanted     4     more than a place to rest. “Old root is     5     (suitable) to sit down and rest, come on, sit down and rest with me!” The boy sat down, and the apple tree was so happy that it shed tears.

This is a story of everyone. The tree is like our parent.     6     we are young, we love to play with Mom and Dad. Having grown up, we leave them, and only come to them when we need something or when we are in trouble. No matter what, parents will always be there and give everything they     7     to make you happy.

    8     your parents can give you is not necessarily the best in the world, but they will try their best to give you all, and they are afraid that it is not enough; maybe they never said “I love you”, but love you in their own way for a lifetime,     9     is how most parents around the world show their love. For example, a tired father was watching his two daughters eat fried chicken, but he didn’t order anything, telling his daughters that he was not hungry,     10     more money in his pocket. We grow up to know that the world’s most affectionate lie is what the father and mother said: I do not love to cat it and I am not hungry.

2 . 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。

Victor Hugo said: “The most important quality for a man is kindness.” Why is kindness important?

Kindness is     1    type of behavior marked by acts of generosity, consideration, or concern for others, without     2     (expect) praise or reward.

Aristotle defined kindness     3     “helpfulness towards someone in need, not in return for anything, nor for the advantage of the helper himself,     4     for that of the person helped”.

    5    (base) on experiments at Yale University using games with babies, some studies concluded     6     kindness is native to human beings. Researchers also carried out some other similar     7    (study) about the root of empathy (同理心) developing in the early months of life     8    (find) out the easy concern shown by children for their peers in distress.

Recently, Barbara Taylor and Adam Phillips     9    (stress) the element of necessary realism in adult kindness, as well as the way “real kindness changes people in the doing of it, often in unpredictable ways”.

Kindness is important because if everyone is kind, the whole world will be harmonious and     10    (benefit) to everyone.

3 . 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 Chinese tradition, the autumn season is associated with the color white, the sound of weeping, the emotions of both courage and sadness. Autumn, however, for westerners, is considered to be the direction of dreams and visions.

What does all this mean? It’s the very system     1     describes how nature works. To the Chinese, nature means more than just the cycling of the seasons. Nature is within and around us, in all things. The basic cycles of nature, as understood by the ancient Chinese,     2     (be) easily comprehensible by Western students of nature. They ring true. After all, Chinese civilization flourished for many centuries before the Roman Empire     3     (come) to be. Today we know it’s part of Chinese culture to maintain and add to ancient     4     (wise).     5     contrast, the Western world tend     6     (replace) old ideas with new ideas.

Here is     7     simple example. While summer is associated with the emotion of joy, autumn is associated with both courage and sadness. You can     8     (probable) feel the truth of that association for yourself, because, in autumn, things are dying. The light is dying, as Earth’s orbit around the sun and tilt(倾斜) on its axis(轴) combine to carry us in this hemisphere further away from     9     (receive) the sun’s rays most directly. The days are getting     10     (short). Plants and trees are winding down their cycle of growth. Sadness and courage are natural emotions as these changes are taking place.

4 . 阅读下面短文，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。

While Lobby Boy takes its name from a character in the film, the band doesn’t want to be known as anything reductive. But one of the film’s ideas that everyone in your life has the incredible power to tell their own story is     1    (amaze). “In my personal life, I try to remember that even if I’m struggling or having a conflict     2     someone, no matter what the interaction is, no matter how small or large it is, this is a story     3     is unfolding in front of me,” he says.

5 . 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 recent days, I have watched a TV series named The Awakening Age. It narrates the story of how the Communist Party of China    1     (found) in 1921 by the generation of Chen Duxiu. The story is so inspirational and    2     (touch) that I can’t help feeling fired up about it.

This “red” TV drama reminded me    3     all of the things I had seen and experienced regarding the Communist Party. To some extent, I really feel a deep    4     (connect) with the Party. There is no doubt in my mind that the Party has helped to support both an improvement in the quality of my life    5     my educational development. I believe it will continue to provide me with the support in the process of my growing up in the future.

Having visited some of the most sacred places    6     (involve) in China’s revolutionary history, I began to grow much     7     (close) to my country’s political identity. My memories from these unforgettable experiences have become     8     important part of the person I am today.

Now I can proudly say that I have come to understand the whole history and am familiar with almost all of the stories of our Communist Party. To tell the     9     (true), I really admire all of the Party members, each of     10     has made contributions over the years in order to realize the great rejuvenation of our motherland.

6 . 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。

My father always tells me not to gossip (八卦) about others behind their backs. When in middle school, I once     1     (compete) with another classmate, Amy, for the monitor. To gain an advantage, I invited some classmates to my home and gossiped a lot about Amy.    2     (hear) what I said, my father told me, “When your forefinger     3     (point) at others’ back, you have other three fingers pointing at     4     (you) and fighting back with triple power.”

7 . 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。

Self-reliance is a significant element in being an independent person. When you can make decisions for yourself     1     relying on others to approve your choice, you are acting independently. A person     2     is self-reliant and makes decisions with confidence is going to find themselves being relied on. This can make them feel more valuable. However, people relying heavily on others for support     3     (see) as needy and demanding. These are not attractive features in someone's personality and might lend to losing friends.