1 . 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。

Long ago, there was a big apple tree. A little boy loved to come and play around it every day. He climbed to the top of the tree, ate the apples, and took a nap under the shadow. He loved the tree and the tree also enjoyed playing with him.

As time went by, the little boy grew up and he no longer played around the tree.

One day, the boy came back to the tree, appearing sad. “Come and play with me,” the tree asked the boy gently.

“I am no longer a kid; I won’t play around trees any more,” the boy replied. “I want toys. I need money to buy them.”

“Sorry, but I don’t have money. However, you can pick all my apples and sell them. Then, you will have money.” The boy was so excited that he picked all the apples on the tree and left happily. The boy didn’t come back after that.

The tree was upset.

One day, the boy returned and the tree was so joyful. “Come and play with me,” the tree said.

“I don’t have time to play. I have to work for my family. We need a house for shelter. Can you help me?” “Sorry, I don’t have a house. But you can cut off my branches to build your house.” So the boy cut all the branches of the tree and left with delight.

The tree was glad to see him happy but the boy didn’t appear since then. The tree was again lonely and sad.

One hot summer day, the boy returned and the tree was delighted. “Come and play with me!” the tree requested.

“I am sad and becoming old. I want to go sailing to relax myself. Can you give me a boat?”“Use my trunk to build the boat. You can sail and be happy.” So the boy cut the tree trunk to make a boat. He went sailing and did not show up for a long time.

注意：续写词数应为150左右。

Many years later, the boy finally returned.

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The apple tree is our mother.

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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。

I can well remember that I was once asked to deliver a speech titled “A Real Test in My Life” before the whole class at the age of 9! You can imagine how     1     (terrible) shy I was with so many eyes       2       (fix) upon me. I had no     3     (choose) but to prepare for it, though. First of all, I was to draft the speech, which was just a piece of cake for me, a good writer. But the hardest part     4     (lie) in my oral presentation from my memory— for to read from the paper was not allowed. The real moment began     5         I stood on the platform with my legs trembling and my mind blank. But my listeners were waiting patiently without any signs of rushing me. Gradually I found myself back,     6     (deliver) my speech with difficulty. After what seemed to be a hundred years, I found my audience applauding— I made     7    ! From then on, my fear of talking before an audience disappeared. Actually with my     8     (confident) building up, I now turn out to be a great speaker. Looking back, I know the greatest difficulty on our way         9     success is our fear. Overcome it     10     we will be able to achieve our goals.

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。

In all one’s lifetime it is oneself that one spends the most time being with or dealing with. But it is exactly oneself that one has the     1    (little) understanding of.

To get a thorough understanding of oneself is to gain a correct view of oneself — aware of both one’s strengths and weaknesses. You may look forward hopefully     2     the future but be sure not to expect too much, for ideals can never be     3     (full) realized. You may be courageous to meet     4     (challenge) but it should be clear to you where to direct your efforts. That’s to say there won’t be difficulties you can’t overcome     5     you have a perfect knowledge of yourself.

To get a thorough understanding of oneself also     6     (require) doing oneself a favor when it’s needed. In time of sadness, do yourself a favor by    7     (share) it with your friends so as to change a gloomy mood into a     8     (cheer) one; in time of tiredness, do yourself a favor by getting a good sleep.

In     9     word, to get a thorough understanding of oneself is to get one’s life entirely     10     (control). Then one will find one’s life full of color and flavor.

5 . Sitting at a table in my school canteen, I looked around, slowly taking in everything. For the first time in my life, I realized I had been seeing without really seeing for the past two years.

Students after students ________ my table carrying a tray with that day's lunch special, but if you looked deeper, there was more to ________. There was more than just the ________ they were wearing, or the way they had ________ their hair. It suddenly hit me that I simply had no ________ about what was hidden under the ________.

Catching the eye of a girl sitting at a nearby ________, I waved politely. She smiled ________ and then continued to pick at the pasta. If I hadn't heard recently that her mother was ________ of leukemia, I wouldn't have ________ anything was wrong. I may not have been so ________ either, had I not known. And I suddenly realized everyone may have something ________ they are facing. Why do we often make it harder for each other? Why don't we ________ one another and create one less burden?

Before that day when I decided to ________ the world with a new perspective, I ________ myself almost every day because of the lung disease. I thought only about myself and my heavy ________. But I've now realized that I am not the only one ________: everyone has their own mountain to face.

So, what if that girl or boy, you ________ yesterday was secretly battling a disease or ________ someone they loved? Just ________ a moment to see others and the world around you each day. No one is perfect—we just need to accept each other the way we are.

1.

A．set

B．passed

C．served

D．cleaned

2.

A．appreciate

B．stare at

C．glance at

D．observe

3.

A．makeup

B．beard

C．uniform

D．dress

4.

A．styled

B．combed

C．washed

D．conditioned

5.

A．idea

B．curiosity

C．choice

D．collection

6.

A．skin

B．surface

C．clothing

D．mask

7.

A．classroom

B．hall

C．cafeteria

D．table

8.

A．broadly

B．secretly

C．weakly

D．shyly

9.

A．reminded

B．afraid

C．dying

D．rid

10.

A．stated

B．suspected

C．argued

D．declared

11.

A．understanding

B．envious

C．depressed

D．embarrassed

12.

A．fantastic

B．impressive

C．controversial

D．tough

13.

A．expose

B．sacrifice

C．support

D．compare

14.

A．look at

B．travel across

C．get rid of

D．take control of

15.

A．accused

B．pitied

C．comforted

D．informed

16.

A．breathing

B．sigh

C．weight

D．burden

17.

A．starving

B．suffering

C．surviving

D．remaining

18.

A．made friends with

B．played with

C．made fun of

D．broke up with

19.

A．losing

B．missing

C．writing

D．visiting

20.

A．wait

B．waste

C．save

D．take

7 . Do you think you have what it takes to be a successful scientist? A successful scientist is generally a good observer. He makes full _____of the facts he observes. He doesn't accept ideas which are not___on obvious facts, and therefore__ to accept authority as the only truth. He always checks ideas__ and makes experiments to prove them.

The rise of modern science may perhaps be considered to__ as far back as the time of Roger Bacon, the wonderful philosopher of Oxford, who lived between the years 1214 and 1292. He was probably the first in the Middle Ages to __that we should learn science___observing and experimenting on the things around us, and he himself __many important truths.

Galileo (1564－1642),___，who lived more than 300 years later, was the greatest of several great men in Italy, France, Germany, and England, who began to show how many important ___could be discovered by observation by degrees. Before Galileo, learned men believed that large bodies ___more rapidly towards the earth than small ones, __ Aristotle said so. But Galileo, going to the ___of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, let fall two __ stones and proved Aristotle was wrong. It is Galileo's __ of going direct to nature, and proving our __ and theories by experiment, that has____all the discoveries of modern science.

What __ those people good scientists? From the example of Galileo, we know clearly that ___scientists are those whose observations have___ better results.

1.

A．use

B．sense

C．speed

D．trust

2.

A．relied

B．based

C．insisted

D．centered

3.

A．refuses

B．desires

C．intends

D．regrets

4.

A．casually

B．carefully

C．quickly

D．privately

5.

A．date

B．keep

C．look

D．come

6.

A．command

B．suspect

C．suggest

D．conclude

7.

A．in

B．with

C．on

D．by

8.

A．brought

B．discovered

C．handled

D．announced

9.

A．however

B．therefore

C．seldom

D．never

10.

A．truths

B．problems

C．investigations

D．subjects

11.

A．threw

B．fell

C．ran

D．rolled

12.

A．although

B．because

C．when

D．if

13.

A．place

B．foot

C．top

D．ceiling

14.

A．big

B．small

C．similar

D．unequal

15.

A．spirit

B．skill

C．theory

D．wish

16.

A．plans

B．opinions

C．world

D．ability

17.

A．led to

B．turned to

C．set up

D．put forward

18.

A．makes

B．prevents

C．considers

D．promises

19.

A．reasonable

B．successful

C．expert

D．sensitive

20.

A．foreseen

B．rejected

C．produced

D．challenged

8 . It was the start of the winter track season. I stood with my friends, carefully _________ new teammates. There was something about a girl with green suede（绒面革的）_________, as my friends gossiped about her. “Does the girl over there honestly think the shoes look good?” I heard someone say, pointing in her _________. Noticeably different, she trembled in the wind as we began our _________. Following us to the starting line, the girl looked _________, “What is a 400-meter repeat?” she asked with a slight accent _________ to me. I thought about her _________ for a moment, but then I quickly forgot about it as one of my teammates sarcastically（讽刺的）yelled the _________.

Quickly, though, I remembered that just last year I would have asked the same _________ . I wondered if they had been that sarcastic with me. No, that was __________. I looked like a runner. So I __________, showing off my speed as the girl with the green suede shoes fell farther behind. Moments later, I heard the loud sound of tired feet __________ me. Thinking it was one of my friends, I __________, only to see the girl with green sneakers looking confused again.

“What is ‘cool down’?” she asked, her __________ more obvious this time. __________ about her accent, I asked, “Are you from this country?” “No, I am from __________.” For the next lap, I found myself asking her about everything: her favorite foods, how she liked America and how to say different words in German. I was enjoying our __________ till we finished our run.

Disappointed in myself, I realized how __________ I had been. Her personality was not __________ by the shoes she wore. How could I have been so wrapped up in __________?

1.

A．training

B．describing

C．introducing

D．surveying

2.

A．trousers

B．sneakers

C．gloves

D．socks

3.

A．spirit

B．attitude

C．direction

D．manner

4.

A．competition

B．practice

C．challenge

D．experiment

5.

A．confused

B．shocked

C．terrified

D．disappointed

6.

A．strange

B．suitable

C．similar

D．rude

7.

A．belief

B．identity

C．rank

D．origin

8.

A．news

B．answer

C．detail

D．notice

9.

A．demand

B．order

C．question

D．situation

10.

A．abnormal

B．unreasonable

C．impossible

D．unnecessary

11.

A．responded

B．changed

C．continued

D．behaved

12.

A．fading away

B．coming close to

C．ringing around

D．bouncing back to

13.

A．hung out

B．gave in

C．hurried up

D．turned around

14.

A．accent

B．voice

C．posture

D．personality

15.

A．Mad

B．Serious

C．Careful

D．Curious

16.

A．Germany

B．America

C．England

D．France

17.

A．conversation

B．presentation

C．arrangement

D．appointment

18.

A．aggressive

B．judgmental

C．stubborn

D．selfish

19.

A．hidden

B．controlled

C．represented

D．limited

20.

A．character

B．nationality

C．performance

D．appearance

9 . 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。

A CCTV journalist succeeded in arousing a heated discussion among netizens by asking people whether they were happy. The responses to the question were various, even some quite funny ones     1     (include). Although people played jokes     2     the answers, it did not take long     3     they began to figure out the true meanings of happiness.

It is certain that people’s views on happiness     4     (affect) greatly by their own life experience. Unfortunately, too many people refer to being rich as happiness and there is no sign of     5     decrease in the number of those who are voluntarily at the mercy of wealth. Some people whose     6     (intend) is to make big money appreciate     7     (be) given any chance to multiply their income, believing that is     8     their happiness lies. Some are eager to inherit their parents’ property, especially those who are known as silver-spoon kids. Even worse, some would rather break the law to satisfy their financial desire or seek their fortune     9     (legal).

In my opinion, happiness is not about pursuing wealth merely but about admiring the beautiful things in life. Therefore, live your life     10     the fullest and be happy.

10 . “Dad,” I say one day, “let's take a trip. Why don't you fly out and meet me?”

My father had just retired after 27 years as a manager for IBM. His job filled his day, his thought, and his life. While he woke up and took a warm shower, I screamed under a freezing waterfall in Peru. While he tied a tie and put on the same Swiss watch, I rowed a boat across Lake of the Ozarks.

My father sees me drifting aimlessly, nothing to show for my 33 years but a passport full of funny stamps. He wants me to settle down, but now I want him to find an adventure.

He agrees to travel with me through the national parks. We meet four weeks later in Rapid City.

“What is our first stop?” asks my father.

“What time is it?”

“Still don't have a watch?”

Less than an hour away is Mount Rushmore. As he stares up at the four Presidents carved in granite (花岗岩),his mouth and eyes open slowly, like those of a little boy.

“Unbelievable.” he says, “How was this done?”

A film in the information center shows sculptor Gutzon Borglum devoted 14 years to the sculpture and then left the final touches to his son.

We stare up and I ask myself, “Would I ever devote my life to anything?”

“No directions, no goals.” I always used to hear those words in my father's voice. Now I hear them in my own.

The next day we're at Yellowstone National Park, where we have a picnic.

“Did you ever travel with your dad?” I ask.

“Only once,” he says, “I never spoke much with my father. We loved each other—but never said it. Whatever he could give me, he gave.”

The last sentence—it's probably the same thing I'd say about my father. And what I'd want my child to say about me.

In Glacier National Park, my father says, “I've never seen water so blue.” I have, in several places of the world. I can keep travelling. I realize—and maybe a regular job won't be as dull as I feared.

Weekes after our trip, I call my father. “The photos from the trip are wonderful.” he says. “We heve got to take another trip like that sometime.”

I tell him I've decide to settle down, and I'm wearing a watch.

1. We can learn from Paragraph 2 and Paragraph 3 that the father ________.

A．followed the fashion	B．got bored with his job
C．liked the author's collection of stamps	D．was unhappy with the author's lifestyle

2. From the underlined paragraph, we can see that the author ________.

A．hopes to give whatever he can to his father	B．learns how to communicate with his father
C．comes to understand what parental love means	D．wants his children to learn from their grandfather

3. What could be the best title for the passage?

A．A Journey with Dad	B．Reflections on Nature
C．Benefits from Travelling	D．Deep Love from a Father