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。

Cassie lived a lonely life. She would wander through the forest, eating     1     ( fall) fruits while other birds flew among the trees.

" Why cannot you fly?” they would ask. “Your weak little     2     ( wing) cannot even lift you off the ground!” they would tease her. "You’re     3     shame to birds, "they would offend her.

Cassie was feeling     4     (increase) frustrated and useless, so she made up her mind to leave the forest for good. Just as she walked free from trees, she heard a deep voice     5    (call) from behind. Cassie turned around.     6     was a large tree that signaled to her to come back into the forest" We need you badly here," said the tree. "We rely on you     7    (eat)our fruits and spread our seeds. The other birds may think you are worthless, but you are actually     8    (much)useful bird in the forest. Please don’t go, you are irreplaceable. " Cassie beamed for the first time in many weeks and     9    (return)to the forest. The fruits had never tasted so good.

It's easy to compare your skills to the abilities of others and feel inadequate. It's easy to listen to the negative voices of others and believe them. But bear     10     mind that you are essential, you are remarkable, and you are irreplaceable!

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。

The day when Nelson Mandela helped me was one of my    1    (happy). He told me how to get the correct papers so I could stay in Johannesburg. I became more    2    (hope)about my future. I never forgot    3    kind Mandela was. When he organized the ANC Youth League, I    4    (join) it as soon as I could. He said, "The last thirty years have seen the greatest number of laws    5    (stop) our rights and progress, until today we have reached a stage    6    we have almost no rights at all." It was the    7    (true). Black people could not vote or choose their    8    (lead). In fact as Nelson Mandela said, "…we were put into a position    9    which we had either to accept we were less important    10    fight the government. We chose to attack the laws. We first broke the law in a way which was peaceful; when this was not allowed... only then did we decide to answer violence with violence."

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。

It’s not easy to grow up. In fact, it’s far from easy.     1     (grow) up can be a real “pain” for some of us. We are always doing things that someone else     2     (make) us do and aren’t allowed to do all the things     3     we like. Sometimes we feel     4     (trap), sometimes we are fearful, and sometimes we just don’t understand why we can’t stay young forever. When we look back on all the     5     (hardship) in life with a positive attitude, we realize that all of our growing pains     6     (actual) turn into growing gains!

As a young girl, my parents forced my sisters and me     7     (do) so many things that I never liked. They made me learn to play the violin and then the piano. At that time I hated music, just    8     it was what they wanted me to do. But looking back now, I am so glad that my parents encouraged me to take music lessons. Music has enriched my life     9     so many ways. I realize that they’ve always wanted me to have     10     better life than they did themselves.

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。

One's attitude towards life     1    (have) a great impact on his or her life quality. Therefore, if you want to live a better life, a positive attitude is     2    must. It is the single biggest thing     3    can make a difference in many aspects. It brings optimism into your life, and makes it easier to avoid worries and negative thinking. If you adopt it as a way of life, it would bring constructive     4    (change) into your life, and make you happier, brighter and more successful. With a positive attitude you see the bright side of life,become optimistic, and expect the best     5    (happen). It is     6    (certain) a state of mind that is well worth developing. A positive mind can help you in many ways. It leads to    7    (happy) and success and can change your whole life. If you look at the bright side of life, your whole life becomes    8    (fill) with light. This light affects not only you and the way you look at the world,    9    affects your environment and the people around you. So, always keep this     10    mind:Life is very much like a mirror, if you smile upon it, it smiles back upon to you, if you frown and look doubtful on it, you will get a similar look in return.

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。

Tim and I talked a lot about his problems today.   It left me thinking about what it really     1    (mean) to be a “good friend”.   In my opinion, the following qualities form the basis of a friendship.

A good friend needs to be       2    (support). I can see that Tim is having trouble     3    (balance) his project and his schoolwork, and I can see that both are of importance to him. I must respect and support the     4    (choose) he makes.

A good friend also needs to be selfless.   Tim is someone     5     I should try my best to help, even if it means more work for me.   When he's struggling with his schoolwork, I should do all I can       6    (help) him become a more efficient learner.   It'll take up some of my spare time, but this friendship is worth my extra time and effort.   I'm sure that Tim would do     7     same for me.

To me, a good friend brings     8     the best in a person.   Through our conversation today, we know that our friendship will grow     9    (strong) than ever.

I'll always value these qualities of a good friend and try to measure     10    (I) by these standards as our friendship develops.

6 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Once upon a time，there was an island.All the feelings lived in the island：Happiness，Sadness，Richness，Knowledge, and all of the others,    1    (include) Love.One day it was announced to the feelings that the island would sink，so they constructed boats    2    left，except for Love.

Love was the only one who stayed.Love wanted to hold out    3    the last possible moment.When the island had almost sunk，Love decided to ask for help.Richness was passing    4    Love in a grand boat.Love said，“Richness，can you take me with you？”

Richness answered，“No，I can’t.    5    is a lot of gold and silver in my boat.There is no place here for you.”Suddenly，there was a voice，“Come，Love，I will take you.”It was an elder.So blessed and overjoyed，Love even forgot    6    (ask) the elder where they were going.    7    they arrived at dry land，the elder went her own way.    8    (realize) how much she owed the elder，Love asked Knowledge, another elder，“Who helped me？”“    9    was Time，”Knowledge answered.“Time？”asked Love.“But why did Time help me？”Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered，“Because only Time is capable of understanding how    10    (value) Love is.”

7 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Do you know that the eagle knows when a storm     1    (approach) long before it breaks? It will fly to some high spot     2     it waits for the winds to come. When the storm hits,it spreads its wings so that the wind will pick it up and lift     3     above the storm. While the storm rages below, the eagle is soaring above it.

The eagle does not escape the storm. Rather, it simply uses the storm to lift it much     4    (high). It rises on     5     the storm brings.

When the storms of life come upon us-and all of us will experience them-we can rise above them by     6    (set) our belief that we can make it. The storms do not have to overcome us. We can allow our inner power to lift us above them. We can enable ourselves to ride the winds of the storm that bring sickness, tragedy,     7     (fail) and disappointment in our lives. We can soar above the storm.

Remember, it is not the burdens of life     8     how we handle them that weigh us down.

To some people, the storm in life is       9    disaster that leaves nothing but ruins: While others see the storm as a     10    (turn) point in life. Sometimes it is not the hopeless situation that destroys you; it is the rain that has fallen into your heart that ruins you.

When hardship knocks on your door, how will you greet it?

8 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入一个适当的词或括号内单词的正确形式。

In the distant past, friends relied on each other for their survival. They hunted together and defended each other against     1    (danger) animals and enemies. In those days, if you didn’t have a friend, you would either starve,     2    (eat) or killed. Nowadays, friendship isn’t     3    (exact) a matter of life and death. However, friendship is still of great importance and not having a friend is something to be     4    (concern) about. Most people look upon a friend as someone they can depend on when they are going     5     times of trouble. In such times, friends provide them with emotional support and sometimes financial help. It is in these troubled times     6    they find out who their true friends are. As an old saying     7    (go), in times of success, friends will be plenty; in times of     8    (suffer), not one in twenty. And there is another saying     9    says you can hardly make a friend in a year, but you can easily upset one in an hour. So do your best to get along with and be grateful to all those     10    are willing to side with you even when you are in the wrong as they are true friends.

9 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填人1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

One evening I was going back from a supermarket. As I approached my car, I noticed one person     1     (stand) beside me. He was a person who     2     (consider) as a bum(流浪汉).It seemed     3     he had no car, no home and no job. I expected that he would ask me     4     money, but he didn't. He only said, "Your car is very nice. ”

After several moments of     5     (silent), I asked him if he needed help and his response was astonishing. I will never forget those simple three words that I heard from him, "Don't we all?” It was a true discovery to me. I needed help. Although I had money and a place     6    (sleep), but I recognized that I needed help too. Then I opened my wallet and gave him enough money to get a meal and room to stay in for a day.     7     (sudden), I understood that no matter how much money, achievements, luxury goods(奢侈品)we have, we all need help. And on     8     other hand, no matter how poor you are, how many material     9    (problem) you have, you still might offer your help to others. You still might be giving. Even it's just a nice word, you can give that and it can be     10     (value) to other persons.

10 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages 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.

A few months ago as I wandered through my parents’ house, the same house I grew up in, I had a sudden, scary realization. When my parents bought the house, in 1982, they were only two years older than I am now. I tried to imagine     1     in two years, ready to settle down and buy the house I’d still be living in almost 30 years later.

It seemed ridiculous. On a practical level, there’s no way I could afford to buy a house anytime soon. More importantly, I wouldn’t want to. I’m not sure     2     I’ll be living in two years, or what kind of job I’ll have. And I don’t think I’ll be ready to settle down and stay in one place.

So this is probably the generation gap     3     (divide) friends and me from our parents. When our parents were our age, they     4     (get) their education, chosen a career and were starting to settle into responsible adult lives.

My friends and I--“Generation Y”--still aren’t sure what we want to do with our lives.     5     we end up doing, we want to make sure we’re happy doing it. We’d rather take risks first, try out different jobs, and move from one city to another     6     we find our favorite place. We’d rather spend our money on travel than put it in a savings account.

This casual attitude toward responsibility has caused some critics to call my generation “arrogant”, “impatient”, and “overprotected”. Some of these complaints have a point. As children, we     7     (encourage) to succeed in school, but also to have fun. We grew up in a world full of technological innovation: cell phones, the Internet, instant messaging, and video games.

Our parents looked to rise vertically--starting at the bottom of the ladder and slowly making their way to the top, on the same track, often for the same company. That doesn’t apply     8     my generation.

Because of that, it     9     take us longer than our parents to arrive at responsible, stable adulthood. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing. In our desire     10     (find) satisfaction, we will work harder, strive for ways to keep life interesting, and gain a broader set of experiences and knowledge than our parent’s generation did.