1 . Just several days ago, a violent storm hit our community. I looked out of the window and witnessed a tree being ____ by the fierce winds. The branches bent, and swayed back and forth, thanks to their ____ to avoid breaking. The leaves desperately stuck to the branches because their life ____ the tree. The powerful trunk that ____ the tree upright bent slightly backwards from the force in a battle to ____ its position.

After the storm had passed, the tree gracefully returned to its ____ position standing tall among the chaos. It managed to ____ the storm. It didn’t look the same as leaves had shed from its branches and the soil had loosened a bit, but what ____ is that the tree won the fight for its life.

For a long time I couldn’t understand why this tree ____ my attention the way it did. As time passed, it became ____ that it wasn’t just about the tree but about the roots, which, although unseen, dig deep into the soil providing ____ and nutrition. The roots allow the tree to be able to take a ____ because they are there to support them.

I couldn’t but ask myself how deep the roots are in my life. ____, the next time you catch your kids ___, when the job is driving you crazy, when you are underpaid and the ____ is tight, and when the storms of life are raging, go back to your roots. Life is full of ____. They will make you sway, make you ___, make you lose some leaves but the deeper your roots the stronger you stand.

Faced with ____ you might bend but don’t break. No matter how hard the wind blows don’t let life ___ you into an uncomfortable position. Your ____ lies in your roots.

1.

A．crushed

B．abused

C．broken

D．removed

2.

A．height

B．thickness

C．flexibility

D．outline

3.

A．answered for

B．depended on

C．catered for

D．touched on

4.

A．held

B．tied

C．pulled

D．raised

5.

A．achieve

B．reach

C．establish

D．maintain

6.

A．current

B．final

C．original

D．comfortable

7.

A．explore

B．avoid

C．chase

D．survive

8.

A．counts

B．differs

C．concerns

D．reveals

9.

A．fixed

B．transferred

C．escaped

D．caught

10.

A．strange

B．obvious

C．possible

D．reasonable

11.

A．surroundings

B．resources

C．probability

D．stability

12.

A．beating

B．stand

C．chance

D．turning

13.

A．However

B．Therefore

C．Nevertheless

D．Besides

14.

A．misbehaving

B．struggling

C．withdrawing

D．misunderstanding

15.

A．security

B．deadline

C．money

D．community

16.

A．surprises

B．choices

C．storms

D．changes

17.

A．smile

B．bend

C．hesitate

D．advance

18.

A．opportunities

B．challenges

C．tasks

D．differences

19.

A．trick

B．argue

C．force

D．admit

20.

A．courage

B．ambition

C．value

D．strength

2 . Three Feet From Gold

Darby’s uncle was caught by the “gold fever” in the gold-rush days, and went west to dig and grow rich. After months of labor, he was rewarded by the discovery of the shining ore (矿石). He needed machinery to bring the ore to the surface. So, with the “strike”, he returned home. And with the help of Darby, he borrowed a lot of money. After buying the machinery and having it shipped, Uncle and Darby went back to work the mine.

The first car of ore was mined. And the returns proved they had one of the richest mines in Colorado! Down went the drills! Up went the hopes of Uncle and Darby!

Then something happened! The vein (矿脉) of gold ore disappeared! They drilled on, but all in vain. Finally, they decided to quit and sold the machinery to a junk man for a few hundred dollars. The junk man called in a mining engineer to look at the mine and do a little calculating. The engineer’s calculations showed that the vein would be found just three feet from where the Darbys had stopped drilling! The junk man took millions of dollars in the vein, because he knew enough to seek expert’s advice before giving up.

Most of the money which went into the machinery was borrowed through the efforts of Darby, who was then a very young man. The money came from his relatives because of their faith in him. He paid back every dollar of it, although he was years in doing so.

Long afterward, Mr. Darby made another discovery that desire can be changed into gold. This discovery came after he went into the business of selling life insurance. Remembering that he lost a huge fortune, for he stopped three feet from gold, Darby profited by the experience in his chosen work, saying to himself, “I stopped three feet from gold, but I will never stop because men say ‘no’ when I ask them to buy insurance.”

Darby sold more than a million dollars in life insurance annually. He owes his “stickability” to the lesson he learned from his “quitability” in the gold mining business.

1. Darby’s uncle went back home to ________.

A．receive his reward

B．seek financial support

C．look for more helpers

D．consult an engineer

2. The Darbys failed in mining business because of ________.

A．quitting drilling on

B．the disappearance of the vein

C．the shortage of the machinery

D．competing against the junk man

3. From the passage, we can know Darby ________.

A．was unable to pay off the debts

B．mined his gold from the failure

C．learned a lesson from selling insurance

D．devoted himself to making new discoveries

4. The author intends to tell us that ________.

A．hopes and difficulties exist side by side

B．correct decisions stems from correct judgement

C．we should catch it when an opportunity comes

D．we won’t reach our goal unless we persist

3 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
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修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

I was often troubled by lack of confidences. So I applied for a job at an exhibition as reporter last term. The exhibition was held annual to display the latest products in the field of education. At that time, I was responsible for interview parents who bought the learning tools. While talking with him, I found it was not so hard as I think. One lady even praised me but asked her son to learn from me. I realized the experience was in great value and nothing was more excited than communicating with people.

From this experience, I am fully aware that we should take real action if our personality that needs improving.

4 . Shutting the door heavily, seven-year-old Vito stormed into the room after school. He _______ himself into the sofa and cried loudly, “Dad, I am very _______.”

Vito’s father was quietly listening while working. Vito said, “Joaquin made me lose _______ in front of my friends. I hope he _______ a few particularly bad luck things.”

His father went to a comer,_______ a bag of coal and said to Vito, “Son,_______ that white shirt as Joaquin, and the bag of coal as some bad luck things. Use coal to hit the white shirt._______ that every time you hit one on the shirt, Joaquin met with a bad luck thing. When you finish hitting all the coal, see what will _______.”

Vito thought the game _______. He picked up coal to throw into the shirt. However, the shirt was hung in the ________ rope. He tried again and again. He ________ throwing all the coal, but only a few on the shirt.

Father asked Vito, “How do you feel now?”

“It ________ me, but I am happy now.”

Father saw his son did not understand his ________, so he let Vito look in a large ________. What he could only see from his face was white ________.

Then the father said, “You see, the white shirt did not become particularly dirty, but you have become a ________ person. You want a lot of bad luck things on others; the ________ is that the most unfortunate thing ________ on ourselves. There, our bad ________ may cause others to suffer bad luck, but the stains left to us is difficult to ________.”

1.

A．threw

B．enjoyed

C．sent

D．helped

2.

A．cool

B．anxious

C．excited

D．angry

3.

A．heart

B．interest

C．face

D．hope

4.

A．runs over

B．comes across

C．takes up

D．makes out

5.

A．found

B．supplied

C．spotted

D．placed

6.

A．view

B．paint

C．wear

D．design

7.

A．Sense

B．Imagine

C．Mind

D．Believe

8.

A．appear

B．settle

C．happen

D．form

9.

A．fun

B．silly

C．dull

D．violent

10.

A．tight

B．long

C．strong

D．distant

11.

A．risked

B．regretted

C．considered

D．finished

12.

A．bothered

B．puzzled

C．tired

D．relaxed

13.

A．intention

B．lesson

C．worry

D．solution

14.

A．box

B．mirror

C．closet

D．fence

15.

A．mouth

B．eyes

C．teeth

D．nose

16.

A．stubborn

B．black

C．stupid

D．greedy

17.

A．wonder

B．secret

C．plan

D．result

18.

A．relies

B．passes

C．tries

D．falls

19.

A．habits

B．manners

C．thoughts

D．words

20.

A．accept

B．remove

C．repair

D．perform

5 . When I left my job in my late twenties to write a novel, I thought I’d hit the jackpot (中头彩). No more forcing myself ______at the early hours of the morning and worrying what to ______. I could stay in my pajamas (睡衣)until late afternoon and enjoy my coffee as I worked.

But 20 novels later, I began to feel ______. It was just me, my work, and the ______. I spent hours looking ______social media, wasting time instead of writing. I thought I was still ______to everyone around me, but in fact I was more isolated (孤独的) than ever. As a result, I became ______of going out in the world.

To change this situation, I wanted to ______from the life I had created for myself and have a ______again. I briefly considered ______an office, but I realized I would still be lonely. What I had in ______was something I’d had all those years ago—big tables ______with people I really liked.

I phoned a friend who worked ______too and asked if she would be ______in renting an office together. She’d been ______just the same as I had, so she ______at the chance. Others soon ______our office and asked if they could ______.

Now, there are nine of us here. Each of us has found that we are ______than before and we’re needed by other people too. The loneliness has gone—I finally feel like I ______again.

1.

A．alive

B．awake

C．afraid

D．apart

2.

A．eat

B．take

C．wear

D．write

3.

A．guilty

B．worried

C．excited

D．lonely

4.

A．newspaper

B．Internet

C．television

D．magazine

5.

A．through

B．for

C．up

D．into

6.

A．connected

B．reached

C．addicted

D．contacted

7.

A．tired

B．proud

C．fearful

D．fond

8.

A．put away

B．step away

C．give away

D．take away

9.

A．schedule

B．rule

C．routine

D．company

10.

A．running

B．ordering

C．opening

D．renting

11.

A．hand

B．mind

C．trouble

D．common

12.

A．laid

B．cleared

C．booked

D．shared

13.

A．devotedly

B．regularly

C．at home

D．in group

14.

A．absorbed

B．stuck

C．occupied

D．interested

15.

A．feeling

B．working

C．enjoying

D．learning

16.

A．jumped

B．wondered

C．started

D．laughed

17.

A．dreamed of

B．passed by

C．heard about

D．called for

18.

A．attend

B．join

C．add

D．admit

19.

A．happier

B．kinder

C．healthier

D．nicer

20.

A．suit

B．smile

C．relax

D．belong

6 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及- 一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号(/\)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\) 划掉。
修改： 在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;

2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起) 不计分。

As the saying goes, many little drop of water make an ocean. A small action may lead to major changes took place in society. My friends and I had participated in a voluntary activity at a nursing home last week. We first did some cleaning or washing. After that we spent half an hour chatted with the old people living there. Though it was a tired day, we were happy with that we did. I felt a sense of responsibility by visiting the old. If all of us lend a helping hand to the people in need, they can live in harmony with each other. A society is just as a family. If we are willing to help others, our small actions can make big difference.

7 . Once, Buddha was walking from one town to another with some of his followers. This was in the initial days. While they were traveling, they happened to pass a lake. They stopped there and Buddha told one of his followers, “I am thirsty. Please get me some water from that lake there”.

The follower walked up to the lake. When he reached it, he noticed that some people were washing clothes in the water and, right at that moment, a bullock cart started crossing the lake right at the edge of it. As a result, the water became very muddy, very dirty. The follower thought, “How can I give this muddy water to Buddha to drink?!” So he came back and told the Buddha, “The water in there is very muddy. I don’t think it is fit to drink.”

So, the Buddha said, let us take a little rest here by the tree. After about half an hour, again Buddha asked the same follower to go back to the lake and get him some water to drink. The follower obediently (顺从地) went back to the lake. This time he found that the lake had absolutely clear water in it. The mud had settled down and the water above it looked fit to be had. So he collected some water in a pot and brought it to the Buddha.

The Buddha looked at the water, and then he looked up at the follower and said, “See, you let the water be and the mud settled down on its own. You got clear water. It didn’t require any effort”.

Our mind is also like that. When it is disturbed, just let it be. Give it a little time and it will settle down on its own. You don’t have to put in any effort to calm it down. We can judge and best decisions of our life when we stay calm.

1. Why did Buddha asked his follower to collect water?

A．Because they were travelling.

B．Because they were passing a river.

C．Because Buddha was too tired to go on.

D．Because Buddha wanted a drink.

2. What does the underlined word “it” in the third paragraph refer to?

A．The tree.	B．The lake.
C．The mud.	D．The pot.

3. What can you infer about the follower?

A．He is reliable and thoughtful.	B．He is humorous and intelligent.
C．He is hesitant and dependent.	D．He is picky and impatient.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Trial and Error.	B．Sometimes Just Let it Be.
C．Buddha and His Follower.	D．Efforts will Pay Off.

8 . Facing the Enemies Within

We are not born with courage, but neither are we born with fear. Fears, even the most basic ones, can totally ruin our ambitions (雄心壮志). Fear can ruin fortunes. Fear can ruin relationships. Fear, if left unchecked, can ruin our lives. Fear is one of the many enemies living inside us.

    1    .

The first enemy we face is indecision. Indecision is the thief of opportunity,    2    . Take a sword to this enemy.

The second enemy inside is doubt.    3    , But you also can’t let doubt take over. Many people doubt the past, doubt the future, doubt each other, doubt the government, doubt the possibilities and doubt the opportunities. Worse of all, they doubt themselves. I’m telling you, doubt will ruin your life and your chances of success. It will empty both your bank account and your heart.    4    

Do battle with the enemy. Do battle with your fears.    5    . Be courageous in your life and in your pursuit of the things you want and the person you want to become.

A．Sure, there’s room for healthy doubt. You can’t believe everything.

B．Build your courage to fight what’s holding you back, what’s keeping you from your goals and dreams.

C．Let me tell you about two of the other enemies we face from within.

D．Below are the ways which might be useful for us to overcome our fears.

E．Doubt is an enemy. Go after it. Get rid of it.

F．It will steal your chances for a better future.

G．Some people doubt everything.

9 . Youth is a kind of wealth. It will gradually disappear     1     time going by. What can we do to fulfill our youth?

For one thing, it is to realize our value, and our dreams     2     matters a lot.     3     our dreams are, we must try hard to achieve them. When we are young, we are full of energy, and we have many    4    opportunity). We have good conditions in our lives, good memories, good understanding and so on. We should make the most of them to learn more.

For     5    , we should do as many things as possible. Of course, they must     6     (rich) our lives, which can make it possible for us to gain many different experiences that are worth     7     (remember) when we are old.

Then when we are really old, and when we cannot move any     8     (much), we can be proud of something     9     (achieve), for we have lived our life to     10     fullest.

10 . I always hold the view that every act of kindness can eventually change the world as generosity, gratitude and trust.

I was parking at a hiking road when a man in the car next to mine looked out and started to ask me for help.“No _______ .” I told him, as I was willing to help anyone in   _______ . It turned out that his battery was   _______ and no one would help jump to start his car!

I_______him if he had cables (缆绳), which he did, and in less than five_________I gave him a jump start and his car     _______   at the drop of a hat. He thanked me and asked “How much do I _______you?” and I looked at him in _______ and said “Not a thing!”

He said “You won’t believe it _______   I’ve been sitting here for so long and I asked at least three people to   ________ me and no one would do it”. That made me really     ________. I was thinking that perhaps because of how he ________   , his background, or whatever,     ________ might think he was going to ask them for   ________     or something and just automatically said “no” without even ________   that they could help him so________ . He also told me that one man     ________ him “My battery is old so it can’t help you”.

I was   ________ that the battery is like the love in our hearts. We get   ________   more if we give it away to others! And it doesn’t     ________ our hearts to give. I’m happy that I charged his battery and he charged my “battery” with love. I got much more than he offered to me.

1.

A．hurry

B．problem

C．fun

D．way

2.

A．common

B．command

C．particular

D．need

3.

A．low

B．lost

C．broken

D．strong

4.

A．said

B．taught

C．asked

D．comforted

5.

A．minutes

B．months

C．days

D．hours

6.

A．started

B．ran

C．returned

D．died

7.

A．thank

B．know

C．lend

D．owe

8.

A．detail

B．time

C．disbelief

D．pride

9.

A．so

B．but

C．and

D．for

10.

A．notice

B．help

C．encouraged

D．impress

11.

A．curious

B．sad

C．grateful

D．reliable

12.

A．works

B．sleeps

C．looks

D．stresses

13.

A．passengers

B．visitors

C．reporters

D．passers-by

14.

A．sympathy

B．support

C．money

D．trouble

15.

A．realizing

B．permitting

C．memorizing

D．regretting

16.

A．selflessly

B．exactly

C．properly

D．easily

17.

A．warned

B．told

C．reminded

D．blamed

18.

A．fearing

B．observing

C．thinking

D．ignoring

19.

A．charged

B．surprised

C．lost

D．frightened

20.

A．go through

B．cut across

C．add up

D．use up