2 . Have you seen people who take pictures of food for more than 10 minutes before eating? My friend Stella is such an example. Every time we went to a restaurant she would not take a bite until all the dishes we ________ were on the table. Then she would spend five minutes in ________ the dishes in a seemingly random but in fact ________ order. Then the most important part: taking pictures. After that, she would choose one of the ________ and click in the filter app. The food eventually looked 10 times more delicious than it really was, but we had no ________ to really enjoy it—it all went cold, actually Stella’s real life is much less elegant. For example, she hates to wash the dishes, so she leaves them in the sink for days.

Many people care too much about others’ opinions and try too hard to ________ others. They find it hard to be ________ and to accept themselves, and thus they are afraid to show their ________ life on social media. What they are trying to prove is ________ what they lack in reality. But this will not bring any ________ to reality, as they still ________ the same old pattern of life.

If they really want an elegant life, they should put more ________ into achieving it ________ fabricating it. Being more confident, ________ themselves and trying their best to be better are much more meaningful than ________ their life on social media.

1.

A．ordered

B．served

C．offered

D．prepared

2.

A．cooking

B．washing

C．setting

D．collecting

3.

A．messy

B．arranged

C．casual

D．missed

4.

A．dishes

B．restaurants

C．tables

D．pictures

5.

A．chance

B．choice

C．excuse

D．reason

6.

A．comfort

B．please

C．inspire

D．discourage

7.

A．independent

B．generous

C．responsible

D．confident

8.

A．real

B．secret

C．peaceful

D．healthy

9.

A．rarely

B．hardly

C．exactly

D．nearly

10.

A．difficulty

B．change

C．guidance

D．harm

11.

A．question

B．dislike

C．doubt

D．follow

12.

A．effort

B．ambitions

C．feeling

D．money

13.

A．other than

B．more than

C．rather than

D．less than

14.

A．identifying

B．accepting

C．persuading

D．amusing

15.

A．simplifying

B．ruining

C．beautifying

D．worsening

3 . On the day I was leaving for my holiday when I heard a familiar sound of the ferry men urging people to hurry and be on board. As it always was, I was among the late ones(I am still struggling to be on time). In the end, I_________to get on board the boat and the journey began. After a few days, I was from_________heading back to work on a small beautiful island. While I was on my holidays, things weren't going as well as I had_________. I didn't feel excited and was in_________spirits. I sat in a corner of the boat and cuddled up(依偎)with my_________close to me. In my mind I just wanted to be_________and I didn't want anyone to talk to me because I never wanted to take it out on anyone.

_______in thought, I stared up at the sky and the scene I saw caught my attention. I looked with great care and noticed how a certain part of clouds_________a thumb (拇指)up pattern. It was laid so_________that I couldn't help but smile. Seeing that thumb up pattern was like a breath of fresh air. It reminded me that everything was going to be ________, and that I had to breathe it in and take one day at a time.

So, life isn't always perfect. Things happen__________. At times it gets all messy__________at times it feels like you have it all. We should learn to take it all in, stop for a while and__________what we have regardless of how small or big it may seem. Remember to smile and__________at the sky, or you will never know what cloud pattern may__________your day!

1.

A．managed

B．agreed

C．intended

D．appeared

2.

A．office

B．market

C．hospital

D．holiday

3.

A．rejected

B．recorded

C．explained

D．thought

4.

A．low

B．high

C．short

D．wide

5.

A．relative

B．backpack

C．colleague

D．friend

6.

A．satisfied

B．thrilled

C．alone

D．awake

7.

A．Lost

B．Dropped

C．Kept

D．Exposed

8.

A．blew

B．withdrew

C．formed

D．transformed

9.

A．uglily

B．heavily

C．freely

D．perfectly

10.

A．exciting

B．alright

C．familiar

D．flexible

11.

A．successfully

B．eventually

C．unexpectedly

D．quickly

12.

A．while

B．unless

C．since

D．before

13.

A．research

B．challenge

C．appreciate

D．match

14.

A．turn up

B．look up

C．make up

D．cheer up

15.

A．ruin

B．spend

C．brighten

D．seize

4 . It is closing in on my 54th birthday as I write this and I am reminded of a wonderful quote(语录), “What a wonderful life I've had. I only wish I'd realized it sooner. ” I was so blessed to grow up the way I did. I was_______by a loving family. I seemed to have all of_______as my playground: I took walks in the woods and went swimming in the lake every day during the summer. I did well in school and_______ friendships that I still have to this day. I was fortunate enough to go to college and learned so much there.

My life had its share of _______ too. I married young and struggled financially for years to support my family. Two of my three children were severely sick. And I realized that they would need to be _______ for the rest of their lives here. However, raising them brought so much learning, laughter and_______ into my soul. In the end they became the greatest _______ in my life.

Still, it took me a long time to realize this. I spent years making the _______ so many of us here make. I constantly_______what my life would be like if only my life's circumstances were ________.In the end I wasted so many days looking for a ________that never came and not enjoying the “present” I had ________ me. It took me years to see that where you are is not as important as who you are and that ________ living with love can bring you more joy than anything else in this life.

It is never too ________ to realize how wonderful your life is. Always remember this ________ is God's gift to you. And how you live it is your gift to God.

1.

A．observed

B．changed

C．assessed

D．surrounded

2.

A．atmosphere

B．air

C．nature

D．equipment

3.

A．studied

B．formed

C．lost

D．doubted

4.

A．memories

B．discoveries

C．discussions

D．problems

5.

A．picked out

B．looked after

C．learned from

D．given up

6.

A．care

B．honesty

C．respect

D．love

7.

A．symbols

B．hobbies

C．blessings

D．challenges

8.

A．mistake

B．record

C．story

D．plan

9.

A．wrote

B．showed

C．announced

D．imagined

10.

A．different

B．controversial

C．annoying

D．complex

11.

A．history

B．past

C．future

D．present

12.

A．in front of

B．apart from

C．far from

D．other than

13.

A．rarely

B．immediately

C．eventually

D．simply

14.

A．simple

B．late

C．strange

D．bad

15.

A．life

B．experience

C．choice

D．schedule

5 . Once I started working after graduating from Wilfrid Laurier University, I decided to stay in the workforce and go to school part-time. I began my journey as an adult _______ in the Business Administration program at Wilfrid Laurier University. When I _______ from Laurier, a colleague introduced me to the Certified Employee Benefit Specialist （CEBS） program, which offered a professional credential（凭证）related to my field of _______

These days, I keep my industry knowledge _______ through reading industry publications, _______   relative conferences and taking an annual Continuing Education course. From a_______interest perspective, I've taken music lessons and _______ in first aid, gardening and website development.

Some might call me a learning _______. I honestly can't imagine a time when I want to stop learning. Sometimes people ask me why I _______ to take courses when I am getting close to “retirement’’. When I look to the ________, 30 years of sitting on the couch watching Netflix isn't the kind of life I want to live. I need a reason to get out of bed in the morning, and something to keep me ________ active.

I am looking at the Plain Language program as an opportunity to learn a new skill that will not only make me ________ at my current job, but also will ________ some extra income once I leave my full-time career behind.

The days of being able to ________ education after university are long gone. So, continuous learning will be necessary to keep up with the pace of ________

1.

A．designer

B．teacher

C．reporter

D．learner

2.

A．heard

B．inferred

C．graduated

D．suffered

3.

A．work

B．training

C．research

D．education

4.

A．current

B．known

C．useful

D．remarkable

5.

A．organizing

B．attending

C．recording

D．confirming

6.

A．secret

B．personal

C．unique

D．common

7.

A．choices

B．measures

C．courses

D．responsibilities

8.

A．celebrity

B．master

C．consultant

D．addict

9.

A．need

B．agree

C．continue

D．refuse

10.

A．truth

B．demand

C．effect

D．future

11.

A．financially

B．physically

C．mentally

D．socially.

12.

A．better

B．stronger

C．braver

D．firmer

13.

A．reduce

B．generate

C．reserve

D．negotiate

14.

A．care about

B．leave behind

C．insist on

D．show off

15.

A．comment

B．purchase

C．production

D．change

6 . Start Today

＂What can you do when you have done nothing but mess up(把……搞糟)your whole life long?" These were the ____________ I heard when I turned on the TV the other day. They came from one of the talk shows that are so   ____________ on TV these days. I started to turn the channel but the words I heard made me ____________looked at the speaker. He couldn't have been more than 18 years old,   ____________ already thought of his life as a useless waste.

I wanted to ____________ at him,"You are not dead yet!”

It is so ____________ that so many people can't get rid of the past or live in the present. There are people in their twenties who already think they have ___________ the boat to success and happiness.There are people in their thirties and forties who sit around ____________ that life has passed them by. I want to shout at them all, “____________!You are still young! Chances are everywhere!”

If you want a happy life,you   ____________ just think about your past mistakes. If you want joy and love in your life, you must ____________ them today.Never put off what should be chosen until tomorrow!

A new chance in life   ____________ before us every morning. We can live with hope starting at this moment. It doesn't matter how hard our   ____________has been.Our present can be full of joy and our future can be full of happiness. It doesn't matter ___________ we are eight or eighty-we can still make our lives wonderful. Life isn't over   ___________ your last heartbeat. Start today,then,to make your heart beat with joy and love.

1.

A．news

B．words

C．messages

D．instructions

2.

A．popular

B．boring

C．exciting

D．pleasant

3.

A．know

B．cry

C．stop

D．smile

4.

A．and

B．so

C．or

D．but

5.

A．shout

B．look

C．laugh

D．stare

6.

A．lucky

B．hard

C．sad

D．afraid

7.

A．found

B．made

C．missed

D．taken

8.

A．expecting

B．arguing

C．imagining

D．regretting

9.

A．Give up

B．Wake up

C．Look out

D．Watch out

10.

A．daren't

B．can't

C．mightn't

D．wouldn't

11.

A．choose

B．buy

C．forget

D．offer

12.

A．appears

B．changes

C．leaves

D．opens

13.

A．past

B．work

C．decision

D．present

14.

A．what

B．where

C．whether

D．how

15.

A．after

B．until

C．through

D．beyond

7 . When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor named Doctor Gibbs. He didn’t look like any doctor I’d ever known. He never yelled at us for playing in his yard, but was always very kind.

When Doctor Gibbs wasn’t saving lives, he was planting trees. He had some interesting theories about planting trees. He hardly watered his new trees, an attitude which flew in the face of conventional wisdom.

Once I asked why and he told me that watering plants spoiled them because it made them grow weaker. He said he had to make things tough for the trees so that only the strongest could survive. He talked about how watering trees made them develop shallow roots and how, if they were not watered, trees would grow deep roots in search of water.

So, instead of watering his trees every morning, he’d beat them with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the trees’ attention.

Doctor Gibbs died a couple of years after I left home. Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I'd watched him plant some 25 years ago. They were tall and strong.

Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. I often pray that their lives will be easy. But lately I’ve been thinking that it’s time to change my prayer. I know my children are going to encounter hardship. There’s always a cold wind blowing somewhere. What we need to do is to pray for deep roots, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we won’t be torn apart.

1. What did the author think of Doctor Gibbs’s planting trees at first?

A．Perfect .	B．Puzzled.
C．Amused.	D．Impractical .

2. What did Doctor Gibbs do to the trees he planted?

A．He let them grow quickly.

B．He beat them to get their attention.

C．He helped them search for water.

D．He read a newspaper near them.

3. Which of the following can best describe Doctor Gibbs?

A．Kind and wise.	B．Calm and brave.
C．Careful and ambitious	D．Strict and devoted.

4. What does the author learn from Doctor Gibbs?

A．Elders are treasures.

B．Two heads are better than one.

C．A man without distant care must have near sorrow.

D．Only those who bear the most become the highest.

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.

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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 . 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。

Sophia frowned as she helped her mother and father set out the cooking supplies in the shiny steel kitchen. Her family had just moved here from San Francisco,having bought a small restaurant, which was set to open in the next few days.

“Moving here was a dumb idea," Sophia grumbled,mostly to herself. The girl had been joyless about the move, but her parents had made the decision and were now too busy getting ready for the grand opening to listen to her complaints.

The first few days at her new school hadn't been easy,either. She found it hard to talk to people she didn't know, and it seemed like the students hadn't even noticed her. Sophia sighed and got back to washing dishes.

On the day of the grand opening,Sophia' s parents were all smiling,welcoming customers into the restaurant, brightly decorated in gold and red. Even Sophia was in a good mood as she rushed around,seating guests,handing out menus,and pouring tall glasses of water. This was a big day for her family.

At one of the tables sat a family with two daughters who were about Sophia' s age. As she filled their glasses,Sophia realized the twins were in her class,Emily and Jenny. Sophia ducked her head down so her long hair covered her face,and she turned away from the table.

Sophia' s mother found her soon after, in the kitchen loading the dishwasher.

“Honey, what are you doing back here? We need you out front with the customers. ”

“Mom, I don't want to be out there. There are kids from school!”

“So?” her mother asked.“That's good! Go take them some fortune cookies and say hello!”She clucked her tongue disapprovingly at Sophia and disappeared out of the kitchen.

Sophia frowned. She grabbed a handful of fortune cookies that they gave out after every meal,but first she tore open a wrapper and cracked a cookie open for herself. She popped a sweet, crunchy piece in her mouth, and absently read the fortune paper it held.

“Many friends are found with a single smile,” it read.

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。

Sophia sighed. She put a handful of cookies into a small tray and left the kitchen.

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Sophia blushed and nodded. This girl knew her name?

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10 . 阅读下面短文,根据所给情节进行续写,使之构成一个完整的故事。

I went up to the roof for a break after studying for an hour and watched the 50 or so people swimming in the natural rock pool below our house. It was a sunny day--a blue, cloudless sky over a calm sea. But then, as I looked in the distance, I discovered three or four big waves heading towards the shore. I'd seen these mini-tsunamis(海啸) many times before. They were heading at speed in the direction of the pool. Most people knew how to look out for them, but from the screams that started coming from the beach, I could tell someone was in trouble.

Without thinking, I ran down into the street, holding my body board(俯伏冲浪板) on the way and shouted at a stranger to go inside my house and call the coastguard. My neighbor Moises had heard the screaming as well and was also outside with his body board, so together we rushed to the steps that led down to the sea.

Once we got closer, we discovered the waves had pulled a boy and a girl from the pool and into the open sea. I knew that the nearest boat would take at least 30 minutes to reach us. Waiting for help wasn't a choice. I wasn't used to this sort of emergency--I’d never been trained as a lifeguard-but I didn't think twice about trying to save them. I supposed in a way I wanted to impress everyone: at 19, a deal like that can seem like a good opportunity to show off.

Moises and I dived into the water and it took us 10 minutes to get to them. When we finally reached them, they were almost lifeless with only their heads coming in and out of the water. We could tell they were still alive from their small breaths but it was clear they wouldn't have been able to stay there much longer. I held the boy and pulled him over my board. Moises moved the girl onto his board. We discussed pushing them back to the shore, but we were too far out.

注意：
1.所续写的短文词数应为150左右；
2.续写部分分为两段,每段的开头语已为你写好；
Paragraph 1:

We had to wait.

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Paragraph 2:

That night, word came from the hospital that the two people were in good condition.

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