1 . It was a beautiful day with the sun shining brightly. _______ to spend some time outdoors, I went up the mountain with Uncle Jimmy. The mountain was not easy to climb and had tough rocks and streams on it. In the end,_______ and hot, I couldn’t go any further._________ , we went back down the mountain in the end. On the way back down, Uncle Jimmy asked me a question, which

_______ me speechless for a second: “What’s your dream, young lady?” I have no idea, I answered after thinking for a while. Then he smiled and told me about his _______. He didn’t _______ well at school when he was a student. Although _______ thought he could succeed, he knew _______ what his dream was to be a _______ “I knew I wasn’t ________ when it came to studying, so I tried to buy snacks from a nearby market and sell them after class,” he told me. After he left school, he started selling different items to ________ which one was most attractive to customers. Of course, he often had no money in his pocket, but however ________ life was, he never gave up.

“There is no doubt that a person who puts in a great deal of ________ to reach his or her goal will have good luck at some point. The meaning of life is to ________ your dream,”   he said in a gentle voice.

That night I could not fall asleep. With my eyes wide open, I lay in bed tossing and turning asking myself, “What’s my motivation?^” I wanted to be a top student, but the hard work________ meant putting everything into following my ________ . If I find myself ________ willpower, what should I do? Leaving home early the next morning, I climbed the mountain again all by myself. It made me think： If we don’t________ the climb, how can we get to enjoy the scenery on the top of the mountain? At last, I reached the top and was________ by the warm breeze and sunshine. Nothing could be more ________ than that.

1.

A．Hesitant

B．Eager

C．Satisfied

D．Unwilling

2.

A．worried

B．anxious

C．scared

D．exhausted

3.

A．Therefore

B．However

C．Meanwhile

D．Furthermore

4.

A．left

B．caused

C．pushed

D．brought

5.

A．career

B．story

C．idea

D．confusion

6.

A．behave

B．respond

C．perform

D．impress

7.

A．somebody

B．everybody

C．nobody

D．anybody

8.

A．clearly

B．directly

C．shortly

D．rapidly

9.

A．chef

B．scholar

C．deliveryman

D．businessman

10.

A．skilled

B．gifted

C．diligent

D．knowledgeable

11.

A．make sure

B．check in

C．figure out

D．count on

12.

A．secure

B．tough

C．reliable

D．boring

13.

A．talent

B．potential

C．effort

D．ambition

14.

A．chase

B．create

C．change

D．promote

15.

A．directed

B．connected

C．pulled

D．involved

16.

A．demand

B．ability

C．strength

D．passion

17.

A．desiring

B．sharing

C．lacking

D．possessing

18.

A．experience

B．achieve

C．grasp

D．recognize

19.

A．shocked

B．amused

C．honored

D．greeted

20.

A．unexpected

B．pleasant

C．relaxing

D．challenging

2 . When my daughter was born, she started screaming and crying as all babies do. But the next thing she did I will never _________ —she squeezed my _________and smiled. It was a _________ that instantly turned me to a one hundred twenty-five pound pile of mush. Babies _________ this world with more to teach us than we can ever teach them. They teach us _________, a new more beautiful kind of love, fear, self-control and happiness. The meaning of _________ is right there, in their smiles. They can’t talk very well. But they can smile, a beautiful _________ smile.

It might seem _________ to carry a smile all the time, but if I take a _________and just think “I’m happy.” Even when I am __________ overwhelmed with my school work, job and my family, __________ that, I can start to feel the corners of my __________ turn upward. Positive thinking can go a long way in helping to __________ my goal in life, so I smile more.

I remind myself of a ________ I was told by my mother. It was about two boys who were __________ put in a barn __________ a shovel (铲子) and told to shovel an enormous pile of horse manure. One boy was disgusted and didn’t want to do it. The other smiled and started shoveling like there was no tomorrow. The disgusted boy asked, “How can you be so __________? Isn’t this horrible?” The boy still smiling __________, “With all this horse poop there has to be a pony somewhere!”

As long as you can find anything __________ to turn something bad into something you can enjoy, you have started to __________ the true meaning of life.

1.

A．remember

B．forgive

C．forget

D．protect

2.

A．ankle

B．finger

C．tongue

D．leg

3.

A．smile

B．look

C．stare

D．cry

4.

A．result from

B．break out

C．bring up

D．come into

5.

A．love

B．patience

C．fear

D．happiness

6.

A．air

B．water

C．life

D．birth

7.

A．toothless

B．helpless

C．meaningful

D．sensitive

8.

A．unnecessary

B．unavailable

C．impossible

D．irresponsible

9.

A．hour

B．second

C．day

D．week

10.

A．actually

B．gratefully

C．gently

D．completely

11.

A．saying

B．thinking

C．recalling

D．reminding

12.

A．mouth

B．eye

C．nose

D．ear

13.

A．receive

B．set

C．achieve

D．follow

14.

A．joke

B．fable

C．story

D．legend

15.

A．both

B．either

C．neither

D．all

16.

A．made

B．designed

C．created

D．given

17.

A．angry

B．happy

C．disappointed

D．peaceful

18.

A．questioned

B．implied

C．replied

D．accused

19.

A．positive

B．useless

C．dear

D．passive

20.

A．prove

B．lose

C．dream

D．realize

3 . Here’s an awkward confession(承认): I’ve cried at every job I’ve had. I always find it difficult to _______ my emotions. And each time I’ve _______ exactly why these emotional moments are considered so taboo (忌讳的). Is it a universal truth that you just can’t cry   _______   ?

As someone put it on the internet, as professional women, we’re dealing with the great expectation to “be _______   in the pursuit(追求) of what sets your goal on fire” while also making enough money to pay rent.     _______ , my eyes get a little watery just thinking about it. So if crying at work is unavoidable- yet taboo – what is an ambitious young woman to do to   _______   after one of these embarrassing incidents?

My usual routine after an in-office _______   is to remove my contact lenses（隐形眼镜）, have a massive iced-coffee, and _______ it never happened (until it happens again). Clearly, I’m no expert on the _______ professional response. So I spoke with my personal finance coach, Ashley Feinstein Gerstley, to see if she had any   ________     for reducing the humiliation (丢脸).

“It’s so ________, but telling yourself not to cry usually ________   making you cry more,” she says. “You’re using all your energy to hold it together, trying to   ________   an awkward situation, but there’s so much pressure that the   ________     will almost unavoidably come.   ________   tend to over-apologize, especially at work. If you do end up getting upset, it can be helpful to ________ yourself from the situation. Take a minute to get it together, and come back ready to have a more composed (镇静的)exchange.”

Maybe there’s some   ________   in crying. I’ve definitely found that __________the taboo can lead to greater relationships with ________. I’ve noticed how tears have helped solve a disconnection or problem that might________have gone unsolved. To be honest, I’m hoping to recognize, if not celebrate, the rare office cry as a hidden skill for greater future.

1.

A．describe

B．contain

C．maintain

D．distinguish

2.

A．understood

B．remembered

C．wondered

D．explained

3.

A．alone

B．around

C．at home

D．at work

4.

A．fearless

B．curious

C．cautious

D．flexible

5.

A．Thankfully

B．Finally

C．Gradually

D．Frankly

6.

A．compete

B．communicate

C．recover

D．celebrate

7.

A．training

B．practice

C．discussion

D．disaster

8.

A．prove

B．pretend

C．believe

D．expect

9.

A．correct

B．interesting

C．necessary

D．possible

10.

A．tips

B．plans

C．choices

D．answers

11.

A．boring

B．complicated

C．different

D．embarrassing

12.

A．turns to

B．comes to

C．ends up

D．leads up

13.

A．change

B．experience

C．remember

D．imagine

14.

A．progress

B．tears

C．illness

D．surprise

15.

A．I

B．Workers

C．Women

D．Bosses

16.

A．protect

B．ban

C．separate

D．excuse

17.

A．benefit

B．purpose

C．lessons

D．interest

18.

A．respecting

B．breaking

C．following

D．improving

19.

A．friends

B．relatives

C．colleagues

D．neighbours

20.

A．still

B．otherwise

C．similarly

D．therefore

4 . 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。每处错误仅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。
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。

A group of British explorer got lost in a desert. The sun was burning hot and everyone quickly ran out water. Later, the group’s leader took out the water bottle and said,”I found a bottle of water in my bag. But until we pass through the desert, anybody is allowed to drink it.” It was passing around the members of the team; it felt heavily. Finally, the explorers made it out of the desert. With tears of joy, they had opened the bottle, but out poured sand. Was it a bottle of sand which really saved them in the desert? The answer is no. Their deep faith in the hope of survive, like a seed, had taken root and grown in their hearts. That is what led us out of the terrible situation in the end.

5 . 你的英国朋友Liza在习近平2019年新年贺词看到“岁月不居，时节如流”的表达，发邮件询问你其含义。请你给他回一封email，内容包括：
1.你对“岁月不居，时节如流”的理解。
2.谈谈你在新年里的打算。
注意： 1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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6 . I recently visited India to meet women with AIDS. Having AIDS is considered as a mark of disgrace and the punishment is abandonment. Most of these women had been _______ by their family.

What I _______ most is how much they wanted to touch me and be touched as if physical _______ somehow proved their _______.

I spent time with the dying and saw rows of cots(帆布床). Every cot was _______except for one in the corner, so I went there, hoping to provide some help. The _______ was a woman in her 30s. She had _______ eyes and was skinny.

_______, I suddenly felt helpless. I had nothing to _______her. I couldn’t save her, either.

I ________ down and reached out to touch her-and when she ________ my hand, she grabbed it and wouldn't let go. We had been there together for a while when she pointed upward. It took me some time to ________ that she wanted to go up to the roof and sit outside. It was getting ________ and the sun was going down, and no one seemed ________ to take her upstairs.

I carried her up. She sat on a chair, facing the west and watching the________ I reminded the workers to ________ her later. Then I had to leave. But she never ________me.

Sometimes it’s the people you can't help who ________ you the most . Optimism isn't a passive expectation that things will get better. It is a(n) ________that we can make things better and we can help people, if we don't lose hope and don't look ________.

1.

A．beaten

B．abandoned

C．scolded

D．cheated

2.

A．value

B．complain

C．remember

D．wonder

3.

A．excitement

B．collision

C．pleasure

D．contact

4.

A．birth

B．failure

C．worth

D．future

5.

A．occupied

B．attended

C．made

D．covered

6.

A．patient

B．witness

C．nurse

D．worker

7.

A．shining

B．beautiful

C．sorrowful

D．greedy

8.

A．Otherwise

B．However

C．Instead

D．Besides

9.

A．entertain

B．protect

C．convince

D．offer

10.

A．knelt

B．calmed

C．went

D．jumped

11.

A．pushed

B．felt

C．shook

D．warmed

12.

A．figure out

B．get across

C．point out

D．put down

13.

A．clear

B．cloudy

C．late

D．windy

14.

A．brave

B．determined

C．confident

D．willing

15.

A．night

B．sunset

C．roof

D．performance

16.

A．treat

B．save

C．comfort

D．fetch

17.

A．left

B．forgot

C．forgave

D．thanked

18.

A．challenge

B．confuse

C．satisfy

D．inspire

19.

A．opportunity

B．promise

C．belief

D．intention

20.

A．away

B．up

C．out

D．back

7 . On Monday, 18-year-old Mauller from Uniontown, Ohio, wrote a message on Twitter. It says, “Yesterday I _______ coffee for the lady behind me at Starbucks. Later in the day I found this in my mailbox.” Small acts can make a big difference and spread some_______.

Mauller also _______ a photo of the handwritten note from the woman, Clawson, which       _______ “Thank you for the coffee. I _______ go to Starbucks and treat myself but the last couple of months have been a bit of a _______.”

Clawson wrote that her family was experiencing lots of _______ : Her father, who had provided daily care for her children, recently passed away, _______, Clawson to take the day off work; and the mom was soon leaving her job to _______ a stay-at-home mother.

“I cried when I found out you were so __________ to buy me coffee,” wrote Clawson, “and I was thrilled to see your car go a couple of houses down from where I live. I felt it __________ for you to know that what you did for me was more than __________ a coffee. It was something that turned my whole day around and I felt so __________.”

That day, Clawson felt guilty while sitting in Starbucks.“I am no longer having __________, but I decided to buy coffee for myself and breakfast for the kids.” When an employee at the order window said her coffee had been paid for, she was __________. On the way home, Clawson found herself trailing(追踪) the car driven by the stranger, who eventually __________ a driveway across the street and a few houses down from Clawso’s __________. So, she and her children wrote a thank-you note and __________ it into Mauller’s mailbox.

Mauller, a student at Kent State University says, “Strangers bought me coffee in the past, and I always __________ I could have thanked them,” adding that she nearly __________ when she read   Clawson’s note.

1.

A．provided

B．bought

C．made

D．prepared

2.

A．fairness

B．willingness

C．kindness

D．happiness

3.

A．posted

B．took

C．found

D．noticed

4.

A．talked

B．wrote

C．read

D．told

5.

A．often

B．frequently

C．always

D．rarely

6.

A．task

B．honor

C．fortune

D．struggle

7.

A．surprises

B．changes

C．confusion

D．improvement

8.

A．forcing

B．allowing

C．persuading

D．helping

9.

A．hire

B．become

C．meet

D．teach

10.

A．honest

B．smart

C．sweet

D．serious

11.

A．unusual

B．shameful

C．necessary

D．possible

12.

A．just

B．even

C．still

D．ever

13.

A．hopeful

B．grateful

C．painful

D．careful

14.

A．assistance

B．profit

C．value

D．income

15.

A．relaxed

B．shocked

C．excited

D．puzzled

16.

A．put up

B．passed by

C．pulled in

D．knocked into

17.

A．shop

B．office

C．home

D．school

18.

A．poured

B．translated

C．turned

D．stuck

19.

A．forgot

B．wished

C．doubted

D．wondered

20.

A．cried

B．stopped

C．regretted

D．recovered

8 . After being closed for a long time due to the epidemic, yesterday the local charity store opened again. I’ve always enjoyed shopping there, not so much for the bargain _______ on used clothes and books as for the _______ to explore.

But one experience always _______ in my mind. That day, I was at the store looking through the _______ for something I hadn’t read before. Suddenly, I _______ a tiny little voice. A small girl, about four years old, was sitting I sitting on the floor, totally _______ in the words she knew or not. It brought back a flood of _______ of me teaching my own daughter to read and I smiled _______ at her. “You read really well,” I said. She looked up at me with a big, _______ smile and then continued to read. I turned back and checked through the bookshelves again, ________ her sweet voice to fill me while I looked. ________ her mother finally told her it was time to go, she put her book back     ________ and smiled up at me again. Then she took a ________ forward, put her arms around my waist, and gave me a     ________ hug. All at once, I felt my heart warm, my eyes ________, and my face smile. I patted her on her back gently and she just ________ away to her Mom. It was just a ________. Yet, it will live in my soul forever.

What ________ things a kind word and a gentle hug can be! They can ________ into a heart and change it forever. They can turn a life around. The power to give and share ________ is the greatest power in the whole world.

1.

A．services

B．licenses

C．agencies

D．prices

2.

A．adventure

B．tension

C．risk

D．patience

3.

A．sets off

B．fades away

C．stands out

D．piles up

4.

A．cases

B．shelves

C．signals

D．posters

5.

A．edited

B．whispered

C．noticed

D．created

6.

A．stuck

B．caught

C．puzzled

D．lost

7.

A．memories

B．complaints

C．remarks

D．valuables

8.

A．up

B．down

C．away

D．back

9.

A．lengthy

B．icy

C．toothy

D．greedy

10.

A．allowing

B．encouraging

C．enabling

D．urging

11.

A．Since

B．Although

C．Because

D．When

12.

A．independently

B．neatly

C．purposely

D．nervously

13.

A．note

B．break

C．seat

D．step

14.

A．well-planned

B．absent-minded

C．sincere

D．practical

15.

A．narrow

B．watery

C．sleepy

D．closed

16.

A．skipped

B．marched

C．gave

D．sailed

17.

A．touch

B．moment

C．lesson

D．story

18.

A．merciful

B．peaceful

C．doubtful

D．powerful

19.

A．develop

B．turn

C．reach

D．fall

20.

A．love

B．hope

C．strength

D．experience

9 . 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，有两项为多余选项。
●Does failure really exist? If you believe you have failed, then you have. If you believe you don’t have the ability to succeed, then you don’t.    1    The moment you decide to give up or stop working toward your goals, failure is born.
●    2    Most people give themselves an out without even realizing it. They are willing to work hard on reaching their goals, but only until the going gets too rough or their energy dies down. Don’t do that!    3    Never quit, never admit failure, and never lose heart.
●Don’t believe in a clear finish line for goals.It’s a good idea to set a general timeline, but remember that something will be beyond your control.    4    If you lock yourself into a given timeline, you might make yourself feel like a failure! Instead, get a general idea of when you’d like your goal to be completed. Then take it one day at a time and focus on making progress instead of reaching the finish line in as little time as possible.
●Be sure that you don’t see difficulties as failures.Difficulties mean only one thing: it’s not time for your goal to be completed yet. That’s it! It doesn’t mean you failed; it doesn’t mean you’re weak; it doesn’t mean you’ll never achieve your goals.    5    You’ve got to keep moving forward and find a way over, around, or through the difficulties.

A．Never give up on yourself.

B．Failure only exists in your own mind!

C．That’s exactly how failure makes us feel.

D．It simply means you have not done enough yet.

E．You can never say exactly when your goal will be reached.

F．Instead, make up your mind to make your goal happen, no matter what!

G．Work hard towards your goal, and you will be likely to get good results.

10 . When Emanuel received an email from Professor Richard English. Queen’s Pro-Vice-Chancellor at the School of History, Anthropology,Philosophy and Politics, encouraging him to apply for a PhD in Politics in Belfast, it was a pinch-me moment Emanual never thought would be possible. After all, just a few short years ago, he was living on the streets couch-surfing at friends’ houses and weeding gardens to make ends meet. Now, one of the world’s leading political academics was preparing to welcome him to Queen’s University over 4,000 miles away.

Emanuel never knew who his father was and his mom was mentally ill when she gave birth to him, so the hospital took him off her and he was unofficially adopted for the first few years of his life. What followed was a childhood with uncertainty as Emanuel was passed between the adoption system and family members.

Through his high school and community college years, he moved from house to house, living with friends at times and living on the streets at others.

Determined to change all that despite his rocky start in life, Emanuel involved himself in school-doing everything he could to earn extra tuition (学费) money in his spare time. But getting accepted into university was scarcely possible because a person like him couldn’t get a regular student loan.

Fortunately, the government backed him, having created a policy allowing disadvantaged persons to access funding for higher education. He graduated from the University of the West Indies with a 1st Class Honors degree and went on to do his Masters.

Emanuel knows that his story could have been very different.

“I discovered Professor Richard English online and sent him an email honestly, not thinking he would reply and to my surprise, he did. I applied for the highly competitive Commonwealth Shared Scholarship Scheme in order to fund my research at Queen’s. When I was told I was successful, my whole world changed.”

1. What does the underlined word “pinch-me” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?

A．Expected.

B．Unbelievable.

C．Awkward.

D．Anxious.

2. What happened to Emanuel in his childhood?

A．His father was mentally ill.

B．He was abandoned by his mother.

C．He was once adopted by his relatives.

D．He lived with his friends now and then.

3. How did Emanuel afford his university education?

A．By receiving a regular student loan.

B．By earning the tuition all by himself.

C．By borrowing the money from friends.

D．By getting support from the government.

4. What can we learn from Emanuel’s story?

A．Well begun is half done.

B．It’s never too old to learn.

C．You are the master of your life.

D．Lost time is never found again.