1 . “How dare you? I’m fed up with you doing this!” My anger finally _______ when my son refused to go to the painting classes for the third time that day. After I believe that I had _______ him out of his unwillingness earlier, he responded with _______ but an attitude of rolling his eyes at me. And it was this unexplained, unexpected _______ that fueled with my anger. To restore my _______, I played bitter sarcasm (讽刺), “OK, if you wanna be a good-for-nothing,then move back to bed for that _______ sleep.” It turned out that my strategy was a total _______ Seemingly, he took it willingly. I lost complete control of my temper .

“You are such a disgrace. Bad boy!” I was doing another bombard of curses when my sister came visiting us to check if we were _______. At the sight of the tension between us,my sister _______ him a trip to her place. He took it with a __________ heart and relief.

They left __________ me in absolute loneliness. Into this darkness I sank, pulling my mind down to a state of   __________. Did such anger come only from his misbehavior? Negative.Had I given it a chance to listen to and understand him? Negative. My __________ work, boring house chores, my kid’s hope for my __________ and my guilt of sacrificing the time with him for the completion of work all led to the __________ of my anger.

I didn’t have the __________ to admit my fault before a kid. When I saw him avoiding my presence the moment I stepped into his shelter, I felt __________ and frustrated. So I __________ and was about to leave when my son dashed to grab my leg, begging wildly for my mercy. My tears coursed down my face.

For those who believe “Sticks and stones may break the bone, but words can never hurt Anyone”, I have a piece of heartfelt advice. Don’t __________ try this weapon against the people you love. It is sharp enough to cut the deepest into a soul, leaving a(n)   __________ in heart.

1.

A．gave out

B．burst out

C．made out

D．went out

2.

A．ordered

B．told

C．talked

D．asked

3.

A．anything

B．nothing

C．something

D．everything

4.

A．rebellion

B．compromise

C．impression

D．innocence

5.

A．reason

B．identity

C．reputation

D．authority

6.

A．useless

B．short

C．restless

D．light

7.

A．survival

B．success

C．change

D．disaster

8.

A．free

B．okay

C．available

D．quarrelsome

9.

A．awarded

B．promised

C．offered

D．organized

10.

A．light

B．soft

C．broken

D．sinking

11.

A．abolishing

B．settling

C．involving

D．abandoning

12.

A．shock

B．despair

C．activity

D．blankness

13.

A．demanding

B．fascinating

C．outstanding

D．rewarding

14.

A．forgiveness

B．companionship

C．assistance

D．sympathy

15.

A．explosion

B．control

C．disappearance

D．reflection

16.

A．confidence

B．opportunity

C．courage

D．intention

17.

A．angry

B．lonely

C．calm

D．hurt

18.

A．went over

B．showed up

C．walked around

D．turned back

19.

A．just

B．even

C．ever

D．yet

20.

A．space

B．scar

C．impression

D．footprint

2 . A loving person lives in a loving world while a hostile person lives in a hostile world, Everyone you meet is your mirror.

Mirrors reflecting the___ have a very particular function. Just as a physical mirror serves as the tool of __ , so do all of the people in our lives.

When we see something __, such as a flower garden, green grass, a clear river etc, they serve as a reflection. In order to see the beauty in front of us, we must be able to see the beauty___ of ourselves. When we love someone, it’s a reflection of loving ourselves. Often, when we meet someone___，we feel as though we've known each other for a long time because of sharing __ .

Just as the "mirror" or other person can be a(an)____ reflection, it is more likely that we'll notice it when it has a negative connotation(含义).For example, it’s easy to___ times when we have met someone we don’t like. We may have some___ in our mind about the person. This is especially true when we get to know someone hateful, with whom we would rather____less time. Ironically, when we __ qualities in other people, ifs usually the mirror that’s speaking to us. I began___ myself further each time I met someone that I didn't particularly like. Each time, I asked myself "What is it about that person that I don't like?'' and ___"Is there something similar in me?". In every case, I could see a piece of that___ in me, and sometimes I had to think it over. So what did that mean?

It means that just as I can get___ or disturbed when 1 notice that aspect in someone else, I better reexamine my qualities and consider making some___. Even if I'm not willing to make an extreme change, at least I consider how I might ___some of the things that I'm doing.

Sometimes we meet someone strange and feel distant, disconnected, or disgusted. ___we don't want to believe it. and it’s not easy or desirable to look further, it can be a great learning lesson to___ out what part of the person is being reflected in you. It’s simply just another way to create more __.

1.

A．image

B．picture

C．version

D．figure

2.

A．Calculation

B．reaction

C．reflection

D．comprehension

3.

A．ridiculous

B．unbelievable

C．concrete

D．beautiful

4.

A．beside

B．inside

C．alongside

D．behind

5.

A．familiar

B．former

C．stranger

D．ordinary

6.

A．opinions

B．similarities

C．virtues.

D．characteristics

7.

A．positive

B．objective

C．abstract

D．psychological

8.

A．remember

B．assess

C．regret

D．accept

9.

A．recognition

B．affection

C．suspicion

D．criticism

10.

A．spend

B．value

C．reserve

D．spare

11.

A．Treasure

B．admire

C．envy

D．dislike

12.

A．distinguishing

B．questioning

C．trusting

D．suspecting

13.

A．still

B．yet

C．so

D．then

14.

A．quality

B．progress

C．information

D．improvement

15.

A．excited

B．satisfied

C．annoyed

D．puzzled

16.

A．choices

B．decisions

C．plans

D．changes

17.

A．adapt

B．transform

C．modify

D．swap

18.

A．Because

B．When

C．Although

D．However

19.

A．Pick

B．find

C．hold

D．bring

20.

A．self-awareness

B．self-esteem

C．self-confidence

D．self-satisfaction

3 . 请阅读下面文字，并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。

Once a traveler came to a village, hungry. The villagers tried to stop the traveler from staying, fearing he wanted them to give him food. They told him there was no food anywhere to be found. The traveler explained he didn't need any food and that in fact, he was planning to make a soup to share with all of them. The villagers watched strangely as he built a fire and filled a large pot with water. Then he pulled a stone from a bag, dropping the stone into the pot. He tasted the soup and said how delicious the stone soup was. As the villagers began to show interest, he said how good the soup would be with just a little cabbage in it. A villager brought out a cabbage to share. This event repeated itself until the soup had cabbage, carrots and onions indeed, a large soup that fed everyone in the village.

Are you like one of the villagers, holding back? If you come forward and share your gifts, you will encourage others to do the same. The reward is a gift that can benefit many.

【写作内容】
1. 用约30个单词概述上述故事的主要内容；
2. 简要阐述上述故事给你的启示；
3. 结合自身实际，谈如何做到“共享、互利”(不少两点)。
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4 . I wrote my first poem at the age of seven and showed it to my mother. She read and cried, “Buddy, you really wrote a beautiful poem!”

Shyly but_______, I said yes. She poured out her praise. “It was _______ short of talent!”

“What time will Father be home?” I asked. I could hardly wait to_______my work to him. I spent quite some time_________for his arrival. I wrote the poem out in my finest handwriting, drew a fancy border around it and_______I placed it right on my father’s plate on the dining table. My father had begun his motion-picture career as a writer. I was sure he would be able to_______my poem.

At almost 7 o'clock my father burst in. He seemed upset. He circled the dining-room table, complaining about his employees.

Suddenly he paused and _______his plate. “What is this?” He was reaching for my poem.

“Ben, Buddy has written his first poem!” my mother began. “And it’s beautiful, absolutely amaz…”

“If you don’t mind, I’d like to decide for myself.” Father said.

I_______my head as he read that poem. It was only ten lines. But it seemed to take hours. Then I heard him dropping the poem back on the table. Now came the moment of_______.“I think it’s terrible,” he said. I couldn’t look up. My eyes were getting________.“Ben, these are the first lines of poetry he’s ever written,” my mother was saying. “He needs encouragement.”

“I don’t know why.” My father held his________. “Isn’t there enough awful poetry in the world already?”

I couldn’t________it another second. I ran from the dining room crying. Up in my room I________myself on the bed and cried the worst of the________out of me.

That may have been the end of the story, but not of its________for me. I realized how fortunate I had been. I had a mother who said, “I think it’s wonderful!” and a father who drove me to hear with “I think it’s________.”

Every one of us needs that mother force, from which all________flows; and yet the mother force alone is incomplete. It needs the balance of the force that ________, “Watch. Listen. Review. Improve.”

Those________voices of my childhood ring in my ears through the years, like two opposing winds blowing me. Between the two poles of ________and doubt, both in the name of love, I try to follow my true course.

1.

A．typically

B．proudly

C．anxiously

D．honestly

2.

A．something

B．obviously

C．definitely

D．nothing

3.

A．demonstrate

B．describe

C．recite

D．illustrate

4.

A．waiting

B．praying

C．preparing

D．planning

5.

A．gradually

B．confidently

C．desperately

D．casually

6.

A．appreciate

B．revise

C．read

D．polish

7.

A．stared at

B．glanced at

C．glared at

D．looked at

8.

A．shook

B．lowered

C．raised

D．turned

9.

A．decision

B．excitement

C．meditation

D．devotion

10.

A．dark

B．wide

C．wet

D．bright

11.

A．tongue

B．position

C．interest

D．ground

12.

A．tolerate

B．contain

C．control

D．approve

13.

A．placed

B．threw

C．spread

D．kept

14.

A．confusion

B．pressure

C．disappointment

D．tiredness

15.

A．challenge

B．development

C．difficulty

D．significance

16.

A．elegant

B．awful

C．brilliant

D．controversial

17.

A．failure

B．limit

C．creation

D．improvement

18.

A．cautions

B．misleads

C．orders

D．foresees

19.

A．inspiring

B．warning

C．discouraging

D．conflicting

20.

A．confirmation

B．restriction

C．distrust

D．disapproval

5 . When I was a teenager, my dad did everything he could to discourage me from becoming a brewer. He’d spent his life in local breweries, ______ making a living, as had his father and grandfather before him.

So I did as he asked. I went to business school and got a highly paid job at a business-consulting firm. ______, after working there five years, I was obsessed by ______. Is this what I want to be doing when I’m 50?

I remembered that some time before, my dad had been cleaning out the attic and ______     some old beer ______. “Today’s beer is ______ water that can hold a head,” he’d told me.

I agreed. Americans pay good money for ______ beer, I thought. Why not make good beer for Americans using my family way?

I decided to quit my job to become a brewer. When I told Dad, I was hoping he’d put his arm around me and get ______ about continuing tradition. Instead he said, “Jim, that is the     ______ thing I’ve ever heard!”

____ Dad objected, in the end he became my new company’s first ______, coughing up $40,000 when I opened the Boston Beer Company in 1984. Going from my fancy office to being a brewer was like mountain climbing: exciting, liberating but ______. All my safety nets were gone.

Once the beer was made, I faced my biggest ______ yet: no one had ever heard of it. I needed a name that was ______ and elegant, so I called my beer Samuel Adams, ______ the brewer and patriot who helped to found the Boston Tea Party.

The only way to get the word out, I realized, was to sell direct. I filled my briefcase with beer and ____ every bar in Boston. Six weeks later, at the Great American Beer Festival, Sam Adams Boston Lager won the top prize for American beer. The rest is history. It wasn’t supposed to ______ this way - what ever does? - but in the end I was ______ to be a brewer.

My advice to all young enterprisers is simple: life is very long, so don’t ______ to make decisions. Life doesn’t let you ______.

1.

A．easily

B．barely

C．readily

D．adequately

2.

A．Still

B．Otherwise

C．Though

D．Anyhow

3.

A．fear

B．desire

C．regret

D．doubt

4.

A．brought about

B．picked out

C．put down

D．came across

5.

A．receipts

B．cans

C．recipes

D．labels

6.

A．basically

B．particularly

C．roughly

D．exactly

7.

A．inferior

B．superb

C．fake

D．sour

8.

A．miserable

B．amused

C．thrilled

D．concerned

9.

A．smartest

B．stupidest

C．toughest

D．rudest

10.

A．As soon as

B．As much as

C．As far as

D．As long as

11.

A．employer

B．customer

C．salesman

D．investor

12.

A．inspiring

B．relaxing

C．frightening

D．pushing

13.

A．opportunity

B．decision

C．obstacle

D．defeat

14.

A．understandable

B．recognizable

C．honorable

D．respectable

15.

A．after

B．by

C．as

D．for

16.

A．hit

B．got

C．called

D．promoted

17.

A．make out

B．reach out

C．work out

D．set out

18.

A．appointed

B．considered

C．destined

D．intended

19.

A．hesitate

B．need

C．wait

D．rush

20.

A．delay

B．plan

C．dream

D．prepare

6 . Rainbow comes after a storm. For instance, here are things you've probably celebrated: an excellent grade, a team win, an _______ goal. Did you know that a past failure can _______ be a good thing too? The problem is that, according to a research, big embarrassing times can be _______ hard for girls. ''Many girls see _______ as something that can't be changed and something that will forever _______ them, '' says Rachel Simmons, a cofounder of the nonprofit Girls Leadership. Simmons _______ that by middle school, and continuing through _______ school and college, girls' confidence levels _______ while boys' stay the same or go _______. That confidence gap makes ________ an error much harder.

How can you change all this? You can ________ one fact: ''Failing is a huge part of ________, '' says Michael A. Freeman, M.D., a clinical ________ of psychiatry at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine who has held workshops on failure. ''________ you're making mistakes, you're learning and getting ________. The people who know how to learn from failure are most ________ to succeed in the future. '' Plenty of research shows that failing actually helps you to grow as a person, ________ your boundaries, and build flexibility. (Some big companies even look for ________ employees who have experienced failures without allowing the failures to discourage them!) So it's time to get loud and ________ about your mistakes. They happen. Read on for all the tips, advice, and information you need to go forth and ________!

1.

A．applied

B．appealed

C．accomplished

D．abolished

2.

A．aggressively

B．abundantly

C．accordingly

D．actually

3.

A．extra

B．equally

C．eagerly

D．enough

4.

A．struggle

B．failure

C．destiny

D．experience

5.

A．distract

B．defend

C．define

D．direct

6.

A．requires

B．recommends

C．asks

D．adds

7.

A．high

B．primary

C．nursery

D．kindergarten

8.

A．increase

B．decline

C．remain

D．boom

9.

A．along

B．on

C．up

D．down

10.

A．reconstructing

B．reshaping

C．weighing

D．weathering

11.

A．accept

B．adjust

C．block

D．boycott

12.

A．silence

B．succeeding

C．mother

D．father

13.

A．passenger

B．patient

C．professor

D．player

14.

A．Why

B．Which

C．How

D．When

15.

A．better

B．worse

C．excited

D．depressed

16.

A．about

B．likely

C．unlikely

D．possible

17.

A．stress

B．shut

C．stretch

D．set

18.

A．passive

B．peaceful

C．political

D．potential

19.

A．proud

B．punished

C．stuck

D．trapped

20.

A．object

B．fail

C．recall

D．suspect

7 . Give yourself a test. Which way is the wind blowing? How many kinds of wildflowers can be seen from your front door? If your awareness is as sharp as it could be, you”ll have no trouble answering these questions.

Most of us observed much more as children than we do as adults. A child’s day is filled with fascination, newness and wonder. Curiosity gave us all a natural awareness, but distinctions that were sharp to us as children become unclear, we are numb (麻木的) to new stimulation (刺激), new ideas. Relearning the art of seeing the world around us is quite simple, although it takes practice and requires breaking some bad habits.

The first step in awakening senses is to stop predicting what we are going to see and feel before it occurs. This blocks awareness. One chilly night when I was hiking in the Rocky Mountains with some students, I mentioned that we were going to cross a stream. The students began complaining about how cold it would be. We reached the stream and they unwillingly walked ahead. They were almost knee-deep when they realized it was a hot spring. Later they all admitted they'd felt cold water at first.

Another block to awareness is the obsession (痴迷) many of us have with naming things. I saw bird watchers who spotted a bird, immediately looked it up in field guides , and said, a “ruby-crowned kinglet” and checked it off. They no longer paid attention to the bird and never learned what it was doing.

The pressures of “time” and “destination” are further blocks to awareness. I encountered many hikers who were headed to a distant camp-ground with just enough time to get there before dark. It seldom occurred to them to wander a bit, to take a moment to see what’s around them. I asked them what they’d seen. “Oh, a few birds,” they said. They seemed bent on their destinations.

Nature seems to unfold to people who watch and wait next time you take a walk, no matter where it is, take in all the sights, sounds and sensations. Wander in this frame of mind and you will open a new dimension to your life.

1. According to Paragraph 2, compared with adults, children are more ______.

A．anxious to do wonders	B．sensitive to others’ feelings
C．likely to develop unpleasant habits	D．eager to explore the world around them

2. Why do the hikers take no notice of the surroundings during the journey?

A．They are keen to see rare birds at the destination.

B．They focus on arriving at the camp in time.

C．The natural beauty isn’t attractive to them.

D．The forest in the dark is dangerous for them.

3. In the passage, the author intends to tell us we should ______.

A．fill our senses to feel the wonders of the world

B．get rid of some bad habits in our daily life

C．open our mind to new things and ideas

D．try our best to protect nature

8 . When I was just out of college, I managed to get my dream job as a trader in New York City on the floor of the American Stock (股票) Exchange. Though it was a proud________, the job was simply too physically________. I must stand in a crowd every day, which often________me in a mindset (心态) that held me back.

Manhattan is a walking town and it’s difficult to________when you have a disability. Taxis are expensive and riding the subway________dozens of steep steps to get below________. This left me only one________— the bus.

One night, after the________for my job, I was aching with my self-pity________it started to rain on my walk to the bus stop. I became more and more________without an umbrella, thinking I’d never________it in this city and telling myself, “this city is just too hard” and “maybe it is just not possible for a guy like me”.

And then, I________the most beautiful, short moment. A couple came rolling by on roller skates, hand________hand as they skated what seemed like the tango (探戈). They were all wet but they saw the________as an opportunity and romance.

I suddenly became________for waiting in the rain because I would have missed this beauty________if I had been in a taxi or on the subway. This, although________, was an important moment on my journey to discovering the________of achieving health and happiness. When I change my mindset,________for a moment, to what is possible and work to get rid of the self-limiting beliefs that________my daily actions, I will be on the road to a healthier, happier life.

1.

A．adjustment

B．achievement

C．agreement

D．treatment

2.

A．tiring

B．disappointing

C．relaxing

D．boring

3.

A．reminded

B．expected

C．took

D．left

4.

A．go up

B．get around

C．set off

D．show up

5.

A．acquires

B．supports

C．requires

D．surrounds

6.

A．ground

B．street

C．town

D．city

7.

A．change

B．chance

C．idea

D．choice

8.

A．struggle

B．work

C．experience

D．influence

9.

A．before

B．while

C．when

D．after

10.

A．nervous

B．curious

C．scared

D．upset

11.

A．get

B．make

C．put

D．watch

12.

A．recalled

B．intended

C．witnessed

D．realized

13.

A．on

B．by

C．to

D．in

14.

A．rain

B．tree

C．wind

D．cloud

15.

A．astonished

B．grateful

C．anxious

D．relaxed

16.

A．exactly

B．instantly

C．entirely

D．suddenly

17.

A．strange

B．small

C．normal

D．different

18.

A．humor

B．honesty

C．power

D．process

19.

A．still

B．yet

C．also

D．even

20.

A．affect

B．follow

C．forbid

D．harm

9 . It took about three weeks for me to become mute. In 2007, I visited a client as a financial adviser and _____ a virus. I had a sore throat. My doctor _____ me it would soon return to normal.

________ , it got worse, I could no longer make phone calls and started carrying a little whiteboard to write everything down； I tried to work with people I already knew, who were likely to be more ________ with me； but explaining financial details to _______ investors with marker pen was a big challenge.

At home? my wife and teenage sons _______ as best they could. Soon I was using a computer that read out phrases typed into it

My situation ______ when I was offered a tuition-assisted place at Iowa State University. I _______ myself by accepting a job in the student services office. Forced to _______ with people face to face, I started to have fun with computer voices.

In 2010, I read a news story about a waitress who'd had her voice _____ with the help of a doctor in Cleveland. It had to be worth a ______. Dr Milstein ______ me to do some vocal exercises to stretch the muscles in my neck and to my astonishment I started to make __________.It was the first time I'd heard my voice in three and a half years.

Then I did more exercises, my voice becoming more ______ ； Milstein asked me to go over to the window and ______ the friends across the street. I was afraid at first, ___I damaged my voice, but he kept _____ me. Friends at university heard my voice for the first time and even when I was alone, I talked to myself.

I don't regret those years of _______. I spent more time with my boys and had time to ______ where I'd gone wrong as a husband and parent. That time _____ my rough edges. I prefer who I am now.

1.

A．picked up

B．touched on

C．went about

D．brought in

2.

A．shocked

B．bothered

C．convinced

D．condemned

3.

A．Therefore

B．Moreover

C．Eventually

D．Instead

4.

A．casual

B．patient

C．cautious

D．satisfied

5.

A．shallow

B．potential

C．explicit

D．stubborn

6.

A．withdrew

B．resisted

C．declined

D．adjusted

7.

A．worsened

B．softened

C．brightened

D．ripened

8.

A．challenged

B．applauded

C．abandoned

D．sacrificed

9.

A．correspond

B．compete

C．compare

D．communicate

10.

A．regained

B．controlled

C．registered

D．modified

11.

A．praise

B．try

C．bonus

D．reward

12.

A．instructed

B．appointed

C．allowed

D．enabled

13.

A．comments

B．chokes

C．sounds

D．rhythms

14.

A．aggressive

B．offensive

C．confident

D．unique

15.

A．head for

B．yell at

C．glance down

D．shrink from

16.

A．even if

B．as though

C．now that

D．in case

17.

A．dragging

B．pulling

C．pushing

D．kicking

18.

A．silence

B．enquiry

C．twist

D．reform

19.

A．reveal

B．reflect

C．classify

D．confirm

20.

A．sharpened

B．maintained

C．accumulated

D．smoothed

10 . You are about to hear a strange but true story. Legend has it that, Harry Houdini, the master magician, once claimed that he could break out of any jail cell in the world. All he had to do was walk into that jail cell with his street clothes on. 'I will be out of there in one hour. No problem!' He said. A very old jail down South heard about Houdini's claims and they accepted the challenge. On the day of the event, many people gathered outside. Very confidently, Houdini walked into the jail and into the cell and they shut the metal door behind him.

The first thing Houdini did was to take off his coat. Then, very strangely, he took off his belt. Secretly hidden in Houdini's belt, was a ten-inch piece of steel; very tough and very flexible and Houdini started working.

In about 30 minutes, that confident expression Houdini had when he walked in disappeared. In one hour, he was bathed in sweat. And at the end of two hours, Houdini in defeat, collapsed against the door, which then opened. It opened because you see, that door had never been locked. But that's not entirely true is it? That door was locked. It was firmly and thoroughly locked in Houdini's mind, which meant it was locked as if the best locksmith in the world had put his lock on it.

The mind is powerful. How many doors in your life do you think are locked but aren't? how many times have you been stuck in the mental prison of over thinking something that really had a simple solution. There is an ancient African proverb that says when there is no enemy within, the enemy outside can do us no harm.

Your mind is the most powerful force you will ever face. It will tell you lies. It will tell you can't do that. You're not meant for that. You're not good enough for that. You can't go on anymore. You don't have the energy. You must thank it for its opinion and carry on. Because as Houdini showed us the only locked doors that exist are in your own mind. The doors in reality are open and all you have to do is walk through.

1. Why couldn't Harry Houdini open the door within two hours?

A．Because he didn't open the door with his mind.

B．Because the door was locked by the best locksmith.

C．Because he had thought the door was locked.

D．Because he overestimated his own ability to open the door.

2. Which of the following story shows the "locked door^," in our mind?

A．Bring the painted dragon to life by putting in the pupils of its eyes.

B．One tends to stand still and refuse to make progress.

C．The donkey has exhausted its skills against the tiger.

D．Lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen.

3. We can conclude from the passage EXCEPT ?

A．The biggest enemy in your life is in fact the enemy in your mind.

B．If you walk through the door in mind, your potential will be unlimited.

C．Unless you defeat the enemy outside, you will not defeat your enemy inside.

D．Life is really simple, but we insist on making it rigid and complicated.