1 . I was born legally blind. Of all the stories of my early childhood, the one about a ________ is my mother’s favorite. I was only two when the ________ occurred.We had just arrived home from a trip. Mom lifted me out of the car and ________to speak to the driver. I took advantage of my brief ________to dash across the lawn (草坪) and hit a large maple tree! I was running so fast that I bounced off the trunk and landed on my backside. Mom ________me to start crying, but I just sat there for a minute. Then I ________myself up and kept right on going.

Mom loves to use this story as an ________. It reminds her that children don’t enter life ________to take risks or unwilling to ________ again when they fall down. She never wanted me to lose that toughness as I grew older. When I ________ my major life decisions, I was still that little girl tearing full-speed across the lawn. I studied abroad and later moved away from my parents’ home to look for a ________. Through years of ________, I have become a respected teacher in a school serving high-need students.

We are almost certain to get ________ at some point during the process of achieving our goal. When that happens, don’t sit in the grass and ________. Just get up and keep on going. It will all be worth it ________.

1.

A．trip

B．race

C．tree

D．driver

2.

A．incident

B．change

C．illness

D．problem

3.

A．feared

B．refused

C．forgot

D．turned

4.

A．delay

B．absence

C．freedom

D．rest

5.

A．promised

B．encouraged

C．allowed

D．expected

6.

A．woke

B．picked

C．warmed

D．gave

7.

A．answer

B．example

C．excuse

D．order

8.

A．afraid

B．ashamed

C．able

D．anxious

9.

A．ask

B．share

C．fear

D．try

10.

A．regretted

B．reviewed

C．made

D．explained

11.

A．job

B．friend

C．fortune

D．house

12.

A．memories

B．efforts

C．research

D．experience

13.

A．mixed up

B．fed up

C．knocked down

D．settled down

14.

A．play

B．relax

C．dream

D．cry

15.

A．all at once

B．in the end

C．in either case

D．as a result

2 . Ten years ago, I went on a vacation in Italy. After climbing up a hill for a panoramic (全景的) view of the blue sea, white buildings and green olive trees, I paused to catch my breath and then positioned myself to take the best photo of this panorama.

Unfortunately, just as I took out my camera, a woman approached from behind, and planted herself right in front of my view. Like me, this woman was here to stop, sigh and appreciate the view.

Patient as I was, after about 15 minutes, I grew frustrated. Was it too much to ask her to move so I could take just one picture of the landscape? Sure, I could have asked her, but something prevented me from doing so. She seemed so content in her observation. I didn't want to mess with that. Another 15 minutes passed and I grew bored. The woman was still there. I decided to take the photo anyway.

Now when I look at the photo, I think her presence in the photo is what makes the image interesting. The landscape, beautiful on its own, somehow comes to life and breathes because this woman is engaging with it.

This photo, with the unique beauty that unfolded before me and that woman who "ruined" it, now hangs on a wall in my bedroom. What would she think if she knew that her figure is captured and frozen on some strangers bedroom wall? A bedroom, after all, is a very private space, in which some woman I don't even know has been immortalized (使永存). In some ways, she lives in my house.

Perhaps we all live in each other's spaces. Perhaps this is what photos are for: to remind us that we all appreciate beauty, that we all share a common desire for pleasure, for connection, for something that is greater than us. That photo is a reminder, a captured moment, an unspoken conversation between two women, separated only by a thin square of glass.

1. What happened when the author was about to take a photo?

A．Her camera stopped working.	B．A friend approached from behind.
C．Someone asked her to leave.	D．A woman blocked her view.

2. According to the author, the woman was probably ________.

A．losing her patience	B．enjoying herself
C．waiting for the sunset	D．thinking about her past

3. In the author's opinion, what makes the photo so alive?

A．The woman's existence in the photo.	B．The perfect positioning of the camera.
C．The rich color of the landscape.	D．The soft sunlight that summer day.

4. The photo on the bedroom wall enables the author to better understand ________.

A．the need to be close to nature	B．the importance of private space
C．the shared passion for beauty	D．the joy of the vacation in Italy

3 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

My father asked me to chat with him for a while. Actually, I was unwilling to listen to his talking endlessly as he always did. My father was a lawyer, but I never wanted to go to law school or follow his path through life.

As was expected, he cleared his throat and started to say, “Er... What... What do you really want to do in the gorgeous(灿烂的) future?”

I was silent for a moment playing with the cell phone. I kept thinking, “Should I tell him my true thoughts? What if he gets angry? What if I let him down?” later I replied, “Well, I want to be a writer.”

I guessed this may be not the answer he would expect. But surprisingly, “Interesting idea!” he answered. I was shocked, speaking in a low voice with hesitation.

“Are you serious, dad?”

“Well, you need confidence and good preparations, and you still have plenty of time. You need to find out what you really enjoy now. Look, it’s late. Let’s take the boat out tomorrow morning, just you and me. Maybe we can catch some crabs (螃蟹) for dinner, and we can talk more.”

Early next morning we packed up the equipment and set off for the coast. We didn’t talk much, but enjoyed the sound of the seabirds and the sight of the coastline.

There were no big waves and blinding sunlight at that time. “Let’s see if we are lucky,” he said, picked up a web basket with a rope tied and threw it into the sea. We waited a while, then my father stood up and said, “Give me a hand with this,” and we pulled up the crab cage onto the deck.

To our joy, the cage was filled with dozens of soft shell crabs. Squatting (蹲) down, we watched them for a moment. At first they fought against each other to climb out hard, trying to escape. Many were pulled back into the cage. Later, some gave up, but there were still some crabs trying to escape again and again.

注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
At that moment, my father pointed to the cage, “Look at that crab, there!”
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From that day on, I was determined to make my dream come true
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4 . During my school days, I was a shy kid who would just sit in a corner for an entire day. For me, my books were my only world. Even during breaks, I used to just sit in a corner of the _______ and see others play games. It was not as if I wasn’t interested in _______ others or making new friends, but I always felt lacking in _______ when compared with my peers. I always had an opinion that my advances towards new friendships would be limited.

And I just didn’t want to_______a rejection (拒绝).

Once during my English class, my teacher shared a(n) _______ with us. It was about King Bruce and a spider. It focused on a lost battle and talked about how King Bruce, despite losing the battle, won in the end. He was _______ by a little spider. The little movements of the spider and the way it was taking rejections _______ me a lot. I was so surprised that I myself started _______ the movements of spiders at home. Once, a spider took around an hour to reach the top of a wall and I cruelly _______ it down. To my ________, within seconds it started making its ________up again.

For me, this event was a game changer. I ________ that rejections are never a failure. The world may mistreat (虐待) me, but I can ________ and start working again. There would be time when people would like and accept me. At present, I ________ communicating with people, learning new things and making new friends. I think, there are just no such things as rejections or

________ as everything can change at any moment.1.

A．office

B．station

C．playground

D．street

2.

A．beating

B．playing

C．filming

D．joining

3.

A．money

B．energy

C．time

D．knowledge

4.

A．avoid

B．suffer

C．cause

D．ignore

5.

A．story

B．task

C．experience

D．song

6.

A．confused

B．hurt

C．damaged

D．inspired

7.

A．allowed

B．suited

C．impressed

D．reminded

8.

A．adapting

B．watching

C．showing

D．guiding

9.

A．knocked

B．handed

C．turned

D．poured

10.

A．delight

B．surprise

C．annoyance

D．disappointment

11.

A．progress

B．way

C．web

D．mistake

12.

A．realized

B．achieved

C．recommended

D．advised

13.

A．feel free

B．be aware

C．stand up

D．give up

14.

A．enjoy

B．refuse

C．imagine

D．risk

15.

A．means

B．values

C．failures

D．reasons

5 . My mother often asked me what the most important part of the body is. When I was young, I thought_______was very important, so I said, “My ears, Mommy.” She said, “No. Think about it and I will_______you again.”

Several years passed before she asked me again. After carefully thinking, I thought I got the　_______answer. So this time I told her, “Mommy, seeing is very important, so it must be our_______”.She looked at me and told me, “You are learning fast, but the answer is not correct_______.” Wrong again! Mother asked me a few more times and_______her answer was, “No. But you are getting cleverer every year.”

Then last year, my grandpa_______. Everybody was sad and crying. My Mom looked at me when it was our turn to say our last goodbye to grandpa. She asked me, “Do you know the most important body part yet, my dear?” I was surprised when she asked me this now. I always thought this was a　_______between her and me. She saw the confusion (迷惑) on my face and told me, “This　_______is very important. For each answer you gave me in the past, I have told you that it was wrong and I have given you an example why.” She looked down at me as only a mother could. I saw her eyes filled with tears. She said, “My dear, the most important part is your__________　.”

I asked, “Is it because it can__________　my head?” She replied, “No, it is because it__________hold the head of a friend or a loved one　__________they cry. Everybody needs a shoulder肩膀 to cry__________　sometimes in life. I only　__________that you have enough love and friends so that you will always have a shoulder to cry on when you need it.”

1.

A．sound

B．taste

C．noise

D．voice

2.

A．tell

B．answer

C．ask

D．advise

3.

A．good

B．right

C．bad

D．wrong

4.

A．hands

B．shoulders

C．eyes

D．mouth

5.

A．too

B．either

C．also

D．as well

6.

A．never

B．Just

C．always

D．sometimes

7.

A．died

B．cried

C．played

D．changed

8.

A．sense

B．game

C．secret

D．feeling

9.

A．trouble

B．matter

C．problem

D．question

10.

A．shoulder

B．back

C．head

D．arm

11.

A．set up

B．lift up

C．hold up

D．put up

12.

A．must

B．may

C．need

D．can

13.

A．how

B．what

C．where

D．when

14.

A．on

B．under

C．above

D．over

15.

A．believe

B．hope

C．want

D．wish

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。

If you ask me what are the things that people should not do no matter how, the first thing that     1    (come) to my mind will be to postpone today's business to tomorrow. Nothing should be postponed and nothing can be         2     (actual) postponed. If you feel the urge     3    (do) a thing, that means there is       4    certain reason for you to do it today, though maybe you still don't know what the reason is. Every now and then you may get     5     (motivate) by some inspirational stories. But       6    (chance) are high that you haven't really accomplished much although you once felt filled with so much energy to do them, because you didn't take any action. What you really need is not any motivation or energy. What you do need is the     7       (devote) to take action. When you postpone it, you get old. There will not always be a tomorrow     8     (wait) for you there. Your time is limited. If you don't take the chance to settle what should be settled today while there is still time, sooner       9     later you will find there will be no time for you to settle       10    you really want to settle. Time is precious. Don't waste it.

7 . One day, a professor entered the classroom and asked his students to prepare for a surprise test. They waited worriedly at their desks for the test to begin. The professor _________________ the question papers, with the paper facing down as usual. After he gave them all out, he asked his students to _________________ the paper and begin. To everyone's surprise, there were no _________________, just a black dot in the center of the page. The professor, seeing the _________________ on everyone's face, told them the following:

"I want you to write what you _________________ there."

The students got started on the inexplicable (费解的) task.

At the end of the class, the professor _________________ all the answer papers and started reading each one of them aloud in front of all the students. All of them, with no _________________, described the black dot, trying to explain its _________________ in the middle of the sheet, etc. After all had been _________________, the classroom was silent, and the professor began to __________________:

"I' m not going to grade this __________________wanted to give you something to think about. No one wrote about the __________________ part of the paper. Everyone focused on the black dot, and the same happens in our __________________. We have a white paper to observe, but we always focus on the dark spots. Our life is a __________________ given to us with love and care, and we always have__________________ to celebrate: nature renewing itself every day, our friends around us, the job that __________________ our livelihood and the miracles (奇迹) we see every day.

__________, we insist on focusing only on the dark spots: the health problems that worry us, the lack of money, the __________________ relationship with workmates, the __________________ with a friend, etc.

The dark spots are very __________________ compared to everything we have in our daily life, but they are the ones that pollute our minds.

1.

A．handed out

B．put down

C．took back

D．pointed at

2.

A．appreciate

B．turn

C．open

D．use

3.

A．exercises

B．vocabularies

C．questions

D．scores

4.

A．surprise

B．sadness

C．fear

D．excitement

5.

A．remember

B．imagine

C．avoid

D．see

6.

A．collected

B．exchanged

C．marked

D．selected

7.

A．excuse

B．doubt

C．exception

D．wonder

8.

A．direction

B．position

C．size

D．colour

9.

A．revised

B．answered

C．returned

D．read

10.

A．recite

B．draw

C．explain

D．write

11.

A．also

B．just

C．even

D．never

12.

A．big

B．black

C．unique

D．white

13.

A．lives

B．classrooms

C．colleges

D．studies

14.

A．symbol

B．gift

C．journey

D．lesson

15.

A．reasons

B．festivals

C．freedom

D．time

16.

A．earns

B．develops

C．provides

D．changes

17.

A．However

B．Therefore

C．Besides

D．Somehow

18.

A．specific

B．unfriendly

C．equal

D．special

19.

A．stay

B．contact

C．satisfaction

D．disappointment

20.

A．dark

B．round

C．small

D．dirty

8 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。

At noon that day, I drove back to my house after the performance. Just as I entered the living room, I heard a gentle sound coming from the bedroom upstairs—it was the sound of my favorite violin.

“Thief!”

I dashed upstairs. Sure enough, as expected, a boy of about 12 years old was petting my violin. The boy had messy hair and a thin face, his oversized coat seemingly filled with something. At first glance, I found a new pair of shoes missing. It seemed that he was surely a thief.

Then, I saw his eyes full of fear and despair. My anger was immediately replaced by a smile, I asked, “Are you Mr. Ram’s nephew, Michael? I’m his housekeeper. Two days ago, I heard his nephew living in the countryside will come. It must be you. You’re really like him!”

On hearing my words, the boy was first astonished, but then quickly said, “Has my uncle gone out? I think I’d better first go out for a walk and visit him again in a while.”

I nodded and asked the boy who was preparing to put down the violin, “Do you like to play the violin so much?”

“Yes, but I’m so poor that I can’t afford it,” the boy replied.

“Then, I give this violin to you.” The boy looked at me questioningly, but he picked up the violin. Going out to the living room, he suddenly saw on the wall my huge color photo I performed in the Sydney Opera House. He involuntarily trembled for a moment and ran out without looking back.

I was sure that the boy had understood what happened because no one would decorate the living room with the housekeeper’s photo.

Paragraph 1:

A few years later, I was invited to be a judge at a music competition of senior high school students.

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Paragraph 2:

After the competition, “Michael” ran to me, holding a violin box.

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9 . I have dreamt of taking a trip to Hawaii since I graduated but the best thing always needs waiting. I took a trip with my friends to Haleakala National Park which lies in Hawaii.

When we arrived at Haleakala National Park we were suggested to watch the early morning sunrise. I was lost in the sightseeing that afternoon so I could hardly wait to meet the sunrise. In the next morning we all jumped out of the bed very early at 3 o'clock and walked to the rocks by the seaside. In the first half an hour we imagined how wonderful it would be when the first light came out through the thick clouds and how soft it would be when the light touched our skin so we waited and waited. However another half an hour later I gradually lost my patience since there was nothing but the chilly darkness and I felt that I was frozen to death. But my friends were still extremely cheerful.

Nearly another one hour later “Amazing!” a word burst out from Judy and we all shouted to welcome the light orange greatness which is really unbelievable. Until today I dare say that it is the most impressive（印象深刻的）sunrise in my life. However waiting in the morning darkness is also the one I can not wipe out forever.

Waiting sometimes is really a hard thing for most of us as it needs patience and strong-willed determination but what about the result after that? It might turn out to be pleasingly unbelievable and satisfied. So it is really worthwhile to wait for the best.

1. When did they see the first light of the sunrise?

A．About 3 o'clock.	B．About 4 o'clock.
C．Nearly 5 o'clock.	D．Nearly 6 o'clock.

2. What’s the meaning of the underlined word “chilly” in paragraph two?

A．Total.	B．Cold.
C．Terrible.	D．Interesting.

3. What’s the author’s attitude towards waiting for the sunrise?

A．Excited all the time.	B．Afraid all the time.
C．Firstly excited then afraid.	D．Firstly excited then impatient.

4. What does the author want to tell us by this passage?

A．Sometimes it is worthwhile to wait for the best.

B．Hawaii is a good place to enjoy the sunrise.

C．I enjoyed the most flaming sunrise in my life.

D．My friends and I took a trip to Hawaii.

10 . You may have come across the picture that has a number drawn on the floor with two people standing on either side of the number. One person sees a 6, and the other sees a 9.    1    

They could either stay there arguing and holding on to their ideas, or they could move around and see the difference in their thoughts. This is perspective （视角）.

    2    The world would be a better place if people understood this. But before you start thinking of how you can start seeing things from the perspective of another person, you need to first know what a life perspective is.

Just like the example, life perspective is the way we see life, including the way we approach life and all that are in our personal experience.     3     What we usually have are two different perspectives on one thing. We have a person saying something is bad and should not be done, and then we have another person saying that “bad” is a strong word to use for the same thing.

    4    And everyone sees things a lot differently compared to the next person. This makes life more complex because, instead of seeing the similarities we share, we often focus on what is different, which leads to disagreements and fights.    5    It's likely that these problems no longer annoy you.

A．There are more than 7 billion people in the world.

B．In our life, few things are absolutely right or wrong.

C．It seems difficult to decide which perspective is wrong.

D．Simply make a switch and see from a different perspective.

E．A perspective on life can be shaped, changed, or explained.

F．They are both right, yet they are wrong in the eyes of the other person.

G．And they usually make us believe that we are the one who s holding the truth.