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。

Old Tom sent his four sons to look at an apple tree in different seasons,     1     he wanted them to learn not to judge things too quickly. 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 asked for the     2     (describe) about what they had seen. The sons had different opinions. Tom then told them     3     they shouldn’t judge a tree, or a person, by only one season.

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。

The important thing in life is to have a great goal and the determination to attain it. Living without a goal is like     1     (sail) without a compass. Lack of purposes is the cause of most of    2    (failure). When a great aim has been decided on, determination and persistence are most important.

What separates the successful from the unsuccessful is persistence. The persistence is    3     (necessity). If you are persistent, you will succeed. When Ludwig van Beethoven     4     (reach) his peak, he was totally deaf. If you study his biography, and become familiar     5     his trails, his hardships, and battles, you can learn     6    to defeat fate. Many organizational analysts and career consultants consider persistence     7    (be) the ultimate (首要的) key to success at both the organizational and personal level. Successful people also fail    8    (occasional), but they do not let it defeat     9     spirit. Learning from defeats , they revise strategy as it is needed and try again, and again and again,    10     they succeed.

3 . 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。

One day, Nick invited his friends to supper. He was cooking some delicious food in the kitchen. Suddenly, he    1    (find)that he had run out of salt. So Nick called to his son, "Go to the village and buy some salt, but pay a fair price for it: neither too much    2    too little. "

His son looked surprised. "I can understand why I shouldn't pay too much, Father, but if I can pay less,     3    not save a bit of money? "

"That would be a very    4    (reason)thing to do in a big city, but it could destroy a small village like ours," Nick said.

Nick's guests,     5    had heard their conversation, asked why they should not buy sale more cheaply if they could. Nick replied, "The only reason a man would sell sale    6    a lower price would be because he was desperate for money. And anyone who took advantage of that situation would be showing a lack of respect    7    the sweat and struggle of the man who worked very hard to produce it."

"But such a small thing couldn't    8    (possible)destroy a village."

"In the beginning, there was only    9    very small amount of unfairness in the world, but everyone added a little, always    10    (think)that it was only small and not very important, and look where we have ended up today. "

4 . 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。

A sense of humor is a social skill to help you build good relationships with others. It can also help you go through difficult situations.     1     (actual), you don't have to be funny to have a sense of humor, you just need to see the bright side of things.

Find humor in everyday situations. As laughter is a key     2     a sense of humor, you'd better try to smile as often as possible and enjoy small     3    (thing) in the daily life. You will feel joyful if you make laugh often. When you find yourself in     4     tense situation, step back and laugh. Doing these     5     (save) you some stress and headache. Besides, people are likely     6     (feel) more comfortable if a joke can take their     7     (anxious) away.

Give others a break. Nobody is perfect. Try to focus on positives of others and forgive their mistakes. Also, you should cheerfully laugh off their mistakes,     8     not only makes you feel good, but makes others feel     9    (accept). That can better your relationships. If you have a sense of humor, you will make more friends and lead a     10     (happy) life.

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。

We face many difficulties day to day and when we get caught up in the storm of our emotions, we end up saying and doing things     1     we regret later. Neither at school     2     at home have we been shown how to deal with anger, sorrow or any negative emotion.

The knowledge of the breath     3     (teach) in the Art of Living course plays     4     important role. When you cannot handle your mind     5     (direct), through the breath you can handle it. When we understand the power of the breath, we can have a say over our thoughts and our     6     (feel). We can let go of anger and negative moods whenever we want to.

Practicing the power of breathing skills     7     (help) you get rid of negative emotions naturally. In fact, the frequency of anger and stress reduces hugely. Your ability     8     (accept) situations increases. Instead of     9     (react) hurriedly, you get the quality to respond to the situations and take     10     (reason) action. No matter what emotions come and go, learn to enjoy your life with your loved ones.

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。

While the story of The Farmer and The Mule(骡子)makes us smile，it does have wisdom in it. It reminded me about defeating adversity(逆境).

    1    we handle adversity determines our success in life. One of my     2    (thought) on adversity is，“Adversity is a fact of life. It can’t     3    (contro1). What we can control is how we react to it. ”

When     4    (face)with adversity，we can give up the negative attitude. Or we can look on adversity     5    an opportunity to find other ways to do things. We should be     6     (determine)and persistent. It all comes down to your choice and it is a choice of attitude!

You see，the farmer thought the mule was not worth     7    (save)when it fell into a well accidentally，    8    he just put it out of its misery by burying it. Despite the farmer’s best efforts to bury it，the mule     9    (resist)until it was able to climb out of the well on top of all the dirt that was thrown in after it.

The mule，despite the fact that it was     10    (constant)in a deep well，would not give up. The mule simply shook the dirt off little by little，never giving up the will to live by climbing out of the well.

7 . 语法填空

A young man, while    1    ( travel) through a desert, came across a spring of clear water. The water was sweet. He filled his leather container so that he could bring some back to an elder    2    had been his teacher. After a four–day journey, the young man presented the water to the old man. His teacher took a deep drink, smiled warmly, and thanked his student very much    3    the sweet water. The young man went home with a happy heart.

After the student     4    (leave), the teacher let another student taste the water. He spit it out,    5    (say) it was awful. Obviously, it was no longer fresh because of the old leather container. He asked his teacher, “Sir, the water was awful. Why did you pretend     6    (like) it” The teacher replied, “You taste the water. I tasted the gift. The water was     7    (simple) the container for an act of kindness and love. Nothing could be     8    (sweet).

We understand this lesson best when we receive gifts of love from children. Whether     9    is a cheap pipe or a diamond neck lace, the proper response is     10    (appreciate). We love the idea within the gift rather than the thing.

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。将答案填写在答题卡的相应位置。

One place that has left a lasting     1     (impress) on me is the island of Lesvos in Greece, I went there for     2     holiday with some of my friends. We felt that we deserved a bit of sun and a chance     3     (relax) after having studied so hard.

Strangely enough, even though I went there for a well-earned rest. I     4     (actual) worked harder than I had ever done before. Instead of spending my days on the beach sunbathing and swimming in the sea, I ended up     5     (help) the locals deal with the endless arrival of refugees (难民), many of     6     were struggling to get to the beach after their boats had turned over.

Anyway, this holiday turned out to be one of the most     7     (forget) of my life, but for all the wrong reasons. Often, when I’m alone these days, I     8     (disturb) by the memories of the faces of parents who couldn’t find their children, and the sound of people screaming     9     help.     10     the people of Lesvos did to help these people, opening their homes to them and sharing the few possessions they themselves owned, was absolutely amazing. I was completely touched by the generosity of the people of Lesvos.

9 . 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.

I was eighteen, summer fading, when my parents drove me to my university apartment. It was my first apartment.     1     (walk) my parents solemnly back to their car, I noticed that my mother had tears in her eyes. I     2     (struggle) to hold back my own. Such a strong woman was she     3     it was rare to see such a show of emotion. At the time, I was rather surprised. Being the youngest of five children, I thought that my parents were accustomed to     4     (let) go. But maybe it’s something that never gets any easier,     5     many practice swings you get. As my parents drove off, I realized that they would return to an empty home,     6     all of their children leaving to pursue dreams and lives of their own. Their nest, full of love and joy for so long, was now empty. Relishing (憧憬) my new-found freedom, I concentrated on my college life. My parents did their best to give me space to learn and grow, even if I neglected to call or visit. It was a time of “firsts,” and a taste of first “lasts.”

I have recently been playing Travel Frog, a mobile game that has me emotionally     7     (influence). In the game you gather resources, send your frog on his adventures and your payoff is, *drum roll please* ... postcards. That’s right, postcards. I thought it was a silly, overly-simplistic game at first, but then it started to bring back memories from long ago.

While the game lacks the narrative detail or the interactivity of other games, you have a lesson     8     (learn) from your itinerant (四处奔波的) “Frog Son”. You do not control when he sets off on his adventures,     9     can you be sure that your hard work will land you a coveted (梦寐以求的) postcard. This game, however, has emotionally affected many players. They     10     (remind) of their parents who restlessly await their return home, their familiar voices, their love. Parents sacrifice a large part of themselves for their children. It is a sacrifice that can only be paid back with love.

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

Honesty, my mum always used to tell me, is the best policy. But when it comes to medicine, I had assumed it was important to always be honest with my patients. After all, the doctor-patient relationship is based on trust, and therefore honesty is essential, or so I thought.

I had just started working in geriatrics(老年病科). Mr. McMahon     1    （bring） in when his body was found very swollen（浮肿的）. I took a medical history     2    his daughter who had accompanied him in the ambulance. She'd been his main care for years. I stood     3     (look) at him as she gave a detailed history. "Has he lost any weight recently?" I asked, "Well, it's funny you should mention that, but yes." She said slowly. There was silence for a few moments. "Why? What are you worried about?" she asked. She was obviously very involved in his care and it was only fair that I told     4     the truth. "Well, we need to prove it's not cancer." I said and talked briefly about some of the tests I was going to order.

Half an hour later, a nurse called me: "Mr. McMahon's daughter broke down－she said you told her he had cancer." My heart sank. By the time I arrived at the ward, my consultant was already there, explaining that we still had to run lots of tests and that it was by no means confirmed     5     he had cancer. I stood silently at the end of the bed. My consultant was obviously angry with me and as we left Mr. McMahon, she turned to me. "Why on earth did you do that?" she asked in disbelief. I looked at her and bit my lip. "She asked me what I was worried about and I told her." I said, hanging my head. "And give her more     6     (worry) about?" replied my consultant. "You don't say the word 'cancer' until it's confirmed.     7     you suspect it, think very carefully before you tell people."

    8     it turned out, it wasn't cancer. But I did learn that when someone is stressed and worried about their loved one they're sometimes selective in     9     they hear－and as a doctor it's important to be mindful of this. In being truthful, I'd made the situation     10     (bad).