1 . Life is filled with challenges. As we get older we come to realize that those challenges are the very things that ________ us and make us who we are, it is the same with the challenges that come with ________.

When we are faced with a challenge, we usually have two ________ to beat it off or to call it quits. Although there are certainly ________ when calling it quits is the right thing, in most ________ all that is needed is ________ and communication.

When we are committed to something, it means that no matter how ________ or how uncomfortable something is, we will always choose to ________ it instead of running away. Communication is making a(n) ________ for discussion and talking about how you feel as opposed to just saying what the other person did wrong. ________ you can say to a friend, “I got my feelings hurt,” ________ “You hurt my feelings,” you are going to be able to solve the problem much faster.

In dealing with many challenges that friendship will bring to you, try to see them for ________ they are: small hurdles you need to jump or ________ on your way through life. Nothing is so big that it is ________ to get over, and hurt only ________ to make us stronger. It’s all part of growing up, it happens to everyone, and some day you will look back all of this and say, “Hard as it was, it made me who I am today. And that is a good thing.”

1.

A．design

B．promote

C．direct

D．shape

2.

A．confidence

B．pressure

C．friendship

D．difficulty

3.

A．opportunities

B．expectations

C．choices

D．aspects

4.

A．spans

B．times

C．dates

D．ages

5.

A．cases

B．fields

C．parts

D．occasions

6.

A．assessment

B．commitment

C．encouragement

D．adjustment

7.

A．doubtful

B．shameful

C．harmful

D．painful

8.

A．keep

B．control

C．face

D．catch

9.

A．space

B．plan

C．topic

D．effort

10.

A．If

B．As

C．While

D．Unless

11.

A．other than

B．rather than

C．or rather

D．or else

12.

A．what

B．who

C．where

D．which

13.

A．pass by

B．come across

C．get through

D．run over

14.

A．unnecessary

B．necessary

C．impossible

D．possible

15.

A．serves

B．means

C．aims

D．attempts

2 . 短文改错

One Saturday morning, I suddenly noticed my room was a completely mess, what really annoyed me. I realized too many useful things took up a lot of space. So I decided to throw it away and do some cleaning. It took me a whole day get all the works done. Finally the room was tidy again and everything was in the order.

This was also true for life: we add more and more to our life, hoped to get a better life. But sometimes the more we add, the bad our life becomes. After all, sometimes less is more.

3 . Running for a Dream

I will never forget that November day. It was hotter than normal. This was the _______ my father and I had waited so long for, because we had been working towards this race for three years. Dozens of familiar faces from church and school flashed across my view. They had come for me. I saw worry and excitement on my father’s face. Then the race began!

For the first two and a half miles， I felt _______ . I had never before been so ready for something. The weeks leading up to the race were filled with controlled _______and a strict diet. My friends hadn’t seen me in weeks, but they understood the _______ required to make my dream a reality. As in all of my races, I didn’t _______ out in the front, I loved the pleasure of passing people as my strength overtook their premature speed.

Then without warning, my strength began to decrease. Neck and neck with one of my greatest competitors, I could see the finish line. I had begun the final dash into _______ when my knees became weak and my legs gave way. Nothing I could do would make them _______ weight.

I watched as runners rushed by me. Although I knew my dreams of victory were destroyed, I had to finish the race. However, my legs hurt badly. With all of the _______ left in me, I got on my hands and knees and crawled(爬), inch by inch，across the finish line. Voices, both _______ and familiar, cheered me on. They gave me the courage to keep __________ until the very end.

The doctors were there in seconds, but my eyes searched the crowd for him. There was only one person I wanted to __________ to. I whispered, “I’m so sorry, Dad, I’m so sorry I __________ you.” He looked at me, saying, “You could never disappoint me. Sometimes these things just happen . All that matters is that you did your best.”

“But we worked so __________ . What about our dream?” He reached over for my hand and said, “Don’t you know that you are my dream and it has come true?”

It wasn’t long before my running shoes were back on, marking a __________ path for my journey, I learned that all of the miles, the tears, the sweat, and the pain my dad and I experienced together were not for a __________ . What I realized, though, was that to him, I was the greatest prize he had ever won.

1.

A．dream

B．weather

C．result

D．day

2.

A．proud

B．great

C．nervous

D．afraid

3.

A．programs

B．studies

C．instructions

D．practices

4.

A．sacrifice

B．potential

C．patience

D．attention

5.

A．look

B．move

C．start

D．come

6.

A．relief

B．spirit

C．pleasure

D．glory

7.

A．give

B．feel

C．hold

D．add

8.

A．trust

B．emotion

C．strength

D．confidence

9.

A．loud

B．foreign

C．soft

D．firm

10.

A．going

B．running

C．fighting

D．training

11.

A．refer

B．talk

C．listen

D．agree

12.

A．frightened

B．disturbed

C．disappointed

D．bored

13.

A．late

B．hard

C．closely

D．quickly

14.

A．new

B．near

C．rough

D．narrow

15.

A．wish

B．duty

C．rank

D．race

4 . 语法填词

When an important holiday comes, I usually think of what gifts to buy or prepare for my family members. It is the act itself rather than the thing you buy that     1    (matter). Either a small present, a text message or a phone call can mean a lot to the receivers.     2    , I had never got anything from my son, who is a university student. Parents never forget to celebrate their children’s birthday, but their children seem to be very     3     (forget). They seldom do something in return.

Life is unpredictable, and you never know what will happen tomorrow. When my son came back during the summer vacation, my wife and I, as usual,     4     (meet) him at the station. On arriving home, much     5     my surprise, my son took out a wrist watch and gave it to me,     6     (say) it was a birthday gift for me. It is a very fashionable watch,     7     shows not only hours, minutes and seconds but days as well. You can imagine how surprised and excited I was at that moment.

Some people say children get too much care and love from their parents and just take them for granted. It is natural for people to have such concerns and     8    (worry), but things may not turn out as badly as    9     (expect). We need to look more at the positive side of life, as a famous writer once said, “Life is     10    best classroom one can never get.”

5 . Everybody who has dealt with any minor amount of stress has had the fantasy of packing up and running away from all of their problems, disappearing from the modern world almost entirely.

    1     But he has done much further than that—and much more selfish. He has created what he calls “The Blockade”, a nearly total media blackout(封锁) that has allowed him to stay 100 percent ignorant of the day’s news outside of the weather, local real estate listings, and how the Cleveland Cavaliers are doing.

He doesn’t know about the chaos of Trump’s White House. He doesn’t know about the white supremacists(至上主义者) and neo-Nazis that marched in Charlottesville.    2     He doesn’t know who won out at the Oscars. Not only does he not look at newspapers and listen to white noise when he hangs out at a local café, but he also asks his mom not to talk about current events when they chat on the phone.

Hagerman’s Blockade means he doesn’t have to worry about the problems of his fellow citizens, his neighbors, or even some of his family members.     3     Of course not, because he can afford to have a financial adviser managing all of his investments. As a white male who has the opportunity to make (and save) a lot of money, he isn’t directly affected by many of the things that happen inside his country and to his fellow citizens.

It’s OK to tune out every once in a while and unplug or maybe take a break from Twitter for a week.     4     If everyone did what Hagerman did, there would be no United States. There would be no democracy. There would be no forward progress or people helping others in times of need.     5     “The first several months of this thing, I didn’t feel all that great about it,” said he.

A．Erik Hagerman has just done that.

B．Erik Hagerman is really selfish.

C．In fact, Hagerman also feels guilty sometimes.

D．However, opting out of the larger world completely does more harm than good.

E．Doesn’t he have any friends?

F．He doesn’t know about a school shooting.

G．Is he worried about his own money?

6 . Some years ago on a hot summer day in south Florida a little boy decided to go for a swim in the old swimming lake behind his house.

In a hurry to____into the cool water, he ran out the back door, ____ behind his shoes, socks, and shirt as he went. He flew into the water, not realizing that as he swam toward the middle of the lake, an alligator (鳄鱼) was swimming toward the ______.

His mother in the house was looking out the _____ and saw the two as they got closer and closer. In _____ fear, she ran toward the water, ______ to her son as loudly as she could. Hearing her voice, the little boy became _____ and made a U-turn to swim to his mother. It was too ______. Just as he reached her, the alligator reached him.

From the dock (码头)，the mother grabbed her little boy by the _____ just as the alligator snatched (夺取) his legs. That began an incredible tug-of-water (拔河). The alligator was much stronger ____ the mother, but the mother was much too ______. A farmer happened to drive by, took aim and shot the alligator.

After weeks and weeks in the hospital, the little boy ______. The newspaper reporter asked if he would show him his scars. The boy ______ his legs, then, with obvious pride, he said to the reporter, “but look at my arms. I have great ________on my arms, too. I have them ______ my mum wouldn’t let go. ”

Some scars have caused us deep regret, but some scars are because of love.

1.

A．brought

B．dive

C．made

D．grew

2.

A．leaving

B．patting

C．touching

D．striking

3.

A．counter

B．shelf

C．door

D．shore

4.

A．wall

B．door

C．window

D．sea

5.

A．curious

B．anxious

C．friendly

D．extreme

6.

A．yelling

B．talking

C．calling

D．crying

7.

A．surprised

B．shocked

C．alarmed

D．confused

8.

A．late

B．similar

C．grateful

D．familiar

9.

A．legs

B．fingers

C．arms

D．shoulders

10.

A．while

B．when

C．than

D．because

11.

A．hardworking

B．passionate

C．painful

D．strict

12.

A．suffered

B．lived

C．attacked

D．survived

13.

A．lifted

B．felt

C．returned

D．turned

14.

A．scars

B．holes

C．note

D．letter

15.

A．once

B．because

C．if

D．unless

7 . Time spent in a bookshop can be most enjoyable, whether you are a book-lover or merely go there to buy a book as a present. You may even have entered the shop just to find ______from a sudden shower.

Whatever the ______, you can soon become totally unaware of your surroundings. The desire to ______ a book with an attractive cover is irresistible but you might end up with a rather ______ book. A book-lover ______ adopts this method of selection. All too often you soon become ______ in some book or other, and usually it is too ______when you realize you have spent far too much time there and must ______ to keep some forgotten appointment — without buying a book, of course.

This opportunity to escape the reality of everyday life is, I think, the main ______ of a bookshop. There are not many places where it is ______ to do this. A music shop is very much like a bookshop. You can wander round such places to your heart’s content. If it is a good shop, no assistant will ______you with the unavoidable greeting: “Can I help you, sir?” You needn’t buy anything you don’t want. In a bookshop an assistant should remain in the ______ until you have finished browsing. Then, and only then, are his services _______ Of course, you may want to find out where a particular section is, but when he has ______you there, the assistant should retire considerately and look as if he is not interested in ______ a single book.

1.

A．direction

B．shelter

C．way

D．comfort

2.

A．weather

B．place

C．reason

D．time

3.

A．pick up

B．pass on

C．write

D．buy

4.

A．special

B．creative

C．surprising

D．dull

5.

A．often

B．nearly

C．rarely

D．easily

6.

A．absorbed

B．bored

C．tired

D．forgotten

7.

A．easy

B．late

C．lucky

D．happy

8.

A．take away

B．rush off

C．put off

D．make up

9.

A．function

B．value

C．attraction

D．purpose

10.

A．important

B．popular

C．friendly

D．possible

11.

A．approach

B．help

C．warn

D．support

12.

A．office

B．distance

C．way

D．shop

13.

A．obvious

B．necessary

C．refused

D．realized

14.

A．gave

B．made

C．put

D．led

15.

A．finding

B．showing

C．reading

D．selling

8 . 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。

When Jack was a small boy, he was once asked to give a speech about “A Big Challenge in My Life”. To talk before the whole class, he was     1     (terrible) shy the moment he thought of so many eyes     2    (stare) at him. He had no other     3    (choose), though. First Jack was to draft the speech, which was just a piece of cake for him because he was a good writer. But the hard part     4    (lie) in his oral presentation, for it was not allowed to read from the paper. He had to give the speech     5     his memory and in front of such a big audience!

A real trial began when Jack stood on the platform with his legs trembling and his mind blank. How much time had passed by, he didn't know. His listeners were still waiting patiently and without any signs of laughing. Gradually he found himself back,     6    (give) out his speech   without much difficulty. After what seemed to be a hundred years, he found the audience applauding. He made     7    ! From then on, his fear of talking before an audience disappeared. Actually with his confidence     8    (build) up, Jack now turns out to be a great speaker. As we   know, the greater difficulty we meet on our way to     9    (success), the     10     likely we will be to achieve our goals.

9 . 阅读下面短文，用英语简要回答文后所给的五个问题，并将答案写在答题卡对应位置。（注意：每题答语不超过15个单词）

Mr. Black was spending his holiday in Africa. One day he watched some elephants passing by. Each of them was tied to his front legs only by a small rope. To his great surprise, these large strong animals could easily run away, but they did not.

So Mr. Black asked the owner why not a single elephant made an attempt to break free. The owner said, ''When the elephants were very young, the same size ropes were used to tie them, and at that time the ropes were strong enough to hold them. Now they have grown big and strong, but they believe that the ropes still hold them and it is impossible to escape, so they never try to get away. ''

Sometimes people act like these elephants. They often give up after the first failures. In fact, the failures are part of learning. If we want to succeed, we should never give up, but try and try again.

1. Where was Mr. Black spending his holiday?
2. What was each of the elephants tied by?
3. How did Mr. Black feel when he saw the elephants did not try to get away?
4. Why do the elephants never try to break free?
5. According to the text, what should we do if we want to succeed?

10 . By the time I reached junior high, I was sure I wanted to be a nurse. If you didn’t study Latin, you couldn’t be a nurse, so I enrolled. Many Latin words were familiar to me. The hard part turned out to be the usage and creating sentences with the words that seemed so easy to pronounce. Several weeks into the course my teacher came to me, saying, “I think you should withdraw from this course. It seems to be too hard for you.”

That was the day I learned I wasn’t smart enough to become a nurse. With shame, I handed in my Latin textbook.

After high school, the years raced by. I married and had children. Then one day my husband John came home. “Carol, Max died this afternoon.” I looked at my husband with disbelief.

John was touched by this tragedy. Finally one evening he said, “Carol, Jackie has never worked and now she’s alone with four children. I've been thinking - if anything happens to me. I want you to be able to take care of yourself and the children. Why don’t you think about what you’d like to do and get the training you’ll need to do it?”

I signed up for the entrance exam for nursing programs. One day I received a letter from the schoo1. I wanted so badly to open it, but with my lack of confidence, I laid it on the kitchen counter saying, “I'm not in the mood for a rejection letter today.”

Finally I forced myself to open it. “Dear Carol,”I read. “We are pleased to inform you that you successfully passed the entrance exam.”

An insensitive teacher once stole my dream. If you have a dream, exhaust every effort to reach it. I’ve worked thirty years now as a nurse and I’ve never been more certain that this is what I was meant to be.

1. Why did John advise Carol to find a job?

A．To support the family	B．To provide more money for her kids
C．To live a more colorful life	D．To be able to live independently

2. From the text, we know what the teacher said____________.

A．destroyed Carol’s dream to be a nurse.

B．helped Carol find her true interest

C．saved Carol from wasting her time

D．encouraged Carol to be careful in learning

3. After receiving the letter from the schoo1, Caro1____________.

A．was uncertain about the result	B．had no mood to read it then
C．didn’t take it seriously at all	D．couldn’t wait to open it

4. What may be the best title for the text？

A．A dream too high to achieve.	B．Too stupid to be a nurse?
C．Never too late to 1earn.	D．A chance too important to miss