1 . 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。

Once upon a time, there was a poor fisherman     1     always dreamed of becoming rich. He wished to become     2     millionaire, and so did his wife. He heard     3     some old men before, that several ships     4     (load) with diamonds and gold had sunk in the nearby seashore. Because of this, for a long time he kept searching that whole area for this treasure.

One day, while he was sitting on the boat daydreaming, he suddenly felt that the fishing rod     5     (weigh) down by a heavy object. He     6     (excite) pulled hard at it, and     7     he saw made him shout, “Wow! A big, shiny gold chain!” He pulled hard at the gold chain to get it into the boat, but     8     seemed to be no end to it. His boat started to get overload and the sea water filled his boat.     9    , he had begun dreaming of a big house, a big piece of land and     10     (buy) horses and cows... He kept pulling at the chain while the boat kept sinking. The boat was finally submerged and he struggled to stay afloat. Unfortunately, his feet were caught in the gold chain and he drowned.

2 . 语法填空

If my husband and I hadn't gone to the funeral， we would never have known how our small acts of    1    （kind） may influence someone．

We    2     （attend） a funeral yesterday， for an acquaintance we knew from our local park． My husband used to walk around the park with him    3     they would talk on the phone once in    4     while． When we went up to his wife    5     （express） our sadness and introduced    6     （we） to her as her husband's park friends， what she said amazed us．

She said her husband always spoke about my husband with great fondness and had posted a picture with an inspiring quote on it    7     （give） to him by my husband on their fridge． He wouldn't let anyone remove it． Besides， he was always sharing    8    （thing） my husband had said to him． We were blown away， as we didn't know any of this． I almost cried and I could see my husband was    9     （great） moved， too．

So， never doubt the power of your "small" acts of goodness， because they can have a huge effect    10     people．

3 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

To any soldier

I served as a second lieutenant (少尉) in a war thirty years ago. Married for only a year and a half, I missed my wife and baby daughter a lot. In the years before cell phones and Wi-Fi, we had limited opportunities     1     (communicate) with loved ones.

One night while sitting by myself, I investigated the “Any Soldier” mailbox, a cardboard box with letters and packages from Americans. I chose one shoebox-size package. Inside I found about 20 greeting cards     2     children. At the bottom was a letter written by their teacher       3     (explain) how her kids had put the box together and how they supported our efforts in the war. Truly touched at that very moment by this gesture, I decided to write a letter of gratitude. I thanked the teacher for       4     her children had done—its impact on my patriotism, my morale, and,     5     (significantly), my uplifted faith. For security reasons, I was able to sign only my name.

Around 2013, I received a Facebook friend request from a woman with       6     I shared no contacts. I replied that       7     we were friends, I could not accept her request. She responded with one question: “Are you Second Lieutenant Bartholomew?” I replied that I had been at one time.

“Dear sir,” she wrote. “We have never met, but thirty years ago I was a second-grade teacher at a school in Ohio and our classroom sent a care package       8     (address) to ‘Any Service Member.’ The thank-you letter you composed was framed and it       9     (post) on the wall of the school for more than 20 years. I wanted to again thank you for your service to our country.”

We never spoke again, but this gracious teacher strengthened my belief in doing what my mother always taught me: Write thank-you notes—       10     never know how many people your kindness can touch.

4 . 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 today’s world many people seem to be     1     (hunger) for money. Money does have its most useful effects on the poor.     2     even if a person has already got plenty of money,     3     (happy) can’t be bought by money.

If money were beginning, all millionaires     4     have real love, true friendship, good health and a long life. However, this is not always correct.

Since     5     beginning of time no three words have ever invited more     6     (pleased) than “I love you”. But can love be bought? I’m afraid not Love     7     (mean) to give, not to take. To every person, health and a long life are bought with money? The answer is “No”.

Of all the longest     8     (life) people in the world, few of them are millionaires. True friendship can’t be bought, either in a world, where money is     9     (dream) too much, it can cause brothers to quarrel, marriage to end, lovers to hate, and     10     (strange) to fight. No matter how much money you have, it is still not enough to make a happy person if you have no one to laugh with, no one to cry for.

5 . 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。

From the first day I arrived in Kunming, I had my understanding of China     1    (change). Far from being narrow-minded and hostile to     2    (foreign) ，people came up to talk to me the first time I went out on the street. It happened to be all in Chinese, so I didn’t understand much,     3    it did cause me to rethink my assumptions.

As my Chinese improved, this continued throughout my stay, from my landlord introducing me to people who could help us learn Chinese to     4    (get) to know the couple who ran a noodle restaurant nearby.

If you’re interested in other people, their culture, and their language, they’ll be    5    (friend) to you. China isn’t     6    exception.

Don’t judge a country by its media coverage,     7    (especial) some Western media, which have much prejudice.

I saw a very different kind of China with my own eyes. Kunming,     8     I lived for most of my stay, wasn’t much polluted. I had frank conversations with Chinese people about almost everything.

Still China     9    (develop) ，but the economic growth means that most people     10     (see) their living standards improve rapidly in the last 20 years. People I spoke with were generally optimistic about the future.

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。

The game of Go (围棋) is an important board game with origins in China from more than 4,000 years ago. In China, Go     1     (recognize) as “hand conversations” as well, through which players communicate with each other.     2       other words, they “talk” through the placing of pieces on the board. The metaphor (比喻) first     3     (use) by Zhi Daolin, a Buddhist master of the Jin Dynasty, reflects the nature of the game. While scholars of his time often lost     4    (they) in philosophical (哲学的) debates on life and universe, he preferred to play Go     5     he believed was full of hows and whys of life.

Master Go players often feel as if they were playing a real-life game: sometimes one can move forward, while at other times, one must slow down: sometimes one can     6     (direct) face the challenger, at other times one must take an indirect approach. Appropriate placement of each tiny Go piece is similar to     7     one might solve a difficult problem of life. The purpose of     8     (play) Go is not just to win but also, more importantly, to seek     9     (wise) through the process. The players unite with each other on the board. Instead of fighting as     10     (enemy), they cooperate to play a good game. One thoughtless move could ruin the enjoyment.

7 . 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.

8 . 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。

We need to face a lot of pains as we grow up. But these pains eventually bring     1    (we) gains. As for me, I remember that my parents made me learn to play     2    violin during my childhood, so I had little time to play with my friends, which     3    (annoy) me quite a lot. I hated violin at that time, just     4    it was what they forced me to do.

Now     5    (look) back, I appreciate what my parents did for me. In fact, music has enriched my life. It     6    (give) me comfort, relief and joy, especially when I am    7    pressure. I have come     8    (understand) why my parents were always pushing me along.

Everybody will experience pains. A little hard work and sweat will never hurt us. If we realize these pains are just small bumps on our road to     9    (succeed), we will understand they are     10    (actual) gains.

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。

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).

10 . 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。

10% of life is made up of what happens to you and 90% of life is decided by how you react.

What does this mean? Let us use    1    example.

You are having breakfast with your family. Your daughter knocks over a cup of coffee onto your business shirt. What happens next     2    (determine)by how you react.

You harshly scold your daughter for knocking the cup over. She breaks     3     in tears. You storm upstairs and change your shirt. Back downstairs you find your daughter has been too busy     4    (cry)to finish her breakfast and get ready to go to school. She misses the bus. You have to drive your daughter to school    5    (you). After a 15-minute delay you arrive at school, And you arrive at the office 20    6    (minute)late. Your day has started terrible, As it continues, it seems to get worse and worse Why?   Because of how you reacted in the morning.

Here is     7    could have and should have happened. Coffee splashes over you. Your daughter is about to cry. You     8    (gentle)say, "It’ s okay, honey, you just need to be more careful next time "Grabbing a towel you go upstairs and get your shirt    9    (change) And you come back down in time to see your child getting on the bus. Everything goes well. Two different scenarios. Both started the same     10     ended different. Why? Because of how you reacted.