1 . 假如你是李津。你校最近要为高三毕业生举行成人典礼，你作为学生代表，被要求在典礼上发言。请根据下列要点，写一个发言稿。
1、感谢父母的养育之恩、感谢老师的培养之情；
2、表达努力学习，争取好成绩的决心；
3、表达为社会、为国家承担责任的意志。
注意：1，词数不少于100；

2、可适当加入细节，以使内容充实、行文连贯；

3、信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen,

I am greatly honored to speak on behalf of my schoolmates at this coming-of-age ceremony.

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Thank you.

2 . On November 18, 1995, Itzhak Perlman, the violinist came on stage to give a concert. Getting on stage is ______ small achievement for him. He was ______ with polio (小儿麻痹症) as a child,   so he walked with the ______ of two crutches (拐杖).

The ______ sat quietly while he ______ his way across the stage to his chair and began his play. But this time, something went wrong. Just as he finished the first few bars, one of the strings on his violin ______ . We thought he would have to stop the ______. But he didn’t. ______, he waited a moment, closed his eyes and then ______ the conductor to begin again.

The orchestra began and he played with such passion ______ they had never heard before.

Of course, anyone knows that it is ______ to play a harmonious work with just three strings. But that night, he ______ to know that. When he finished, there was an awesome ______ in the room. And then people rose and ______. There was an extraordinary outburst of ______ from every corner of the hall. He smiled and then said, “You know, sometimes it is the artist’s task to find out how much ______ you can still make with what you have left.”

This powerful line has ______ in my mind ever since. Perhaps this is the ______ of life—not just for       artists but for all of us. So our task in this fast-changing world is to make music, ______ with all that we have, and then ______ there is no longer possible, to make music with what we have left.

1.

A．almost

B．much

C．no

D．too

2.

A．shocked

B．struggled

C．suffered

D．hit

3.

A．aid

B．direction

C．guide

D．instruction

4.

A．team

B．conductor

C．parent

D．audience

5.

A．made

B．worked

C．lost

D．found

6.

A．twisted

B．broke

C．bent

D．lost

7.

A．piece

B．career

C．tour

D．concert

8.

A．Therefore

B．Anyhow

C．Instead

D．Moreover

9.

A．ordered

B．signaled

C．waved

D．told

10.

A．as

B．that

C．which

D．what

11.

A．impossible

B．probable

C．hopeless

D．improper

12.

A．tried

B．agreed

C．decided

D．refused

13.

A．sound

B．horror

C．silence

D．interest

14.

A．cried

B．shouted

C．jumped

D．cheered

15.

A．laughter

B．applause

C．tears

D．scream

16.

A．money

B．difference

C．music

D．fame

17.

A．stayed

B．kept

C．planted

D．wondered

18.

A．secret

B．definition

C．sense

D．purpose

19.

A．above all

B．at length

C．at last

D．at first

20.

A．while

B．where

C．when

D．whether

3 . Running late after several wrong turns, I made a final, desperate attempt to locate Elliott's home. Down a dirt path, past a group of geese, there it was: the two-acre property, on which Elliott grows nearly all the food she feeds her family. The Elliotts' three-bedrooms house was among a chicken cage, a pigpen, a rabbit hutch, and three gardens, the sum total of which Elliott refers to as her “homestead(农)”— a nod to the back-to-basics movement that inspired her lifestyle.

Elliott "homesteads" because modern technology “has rid people of their purpose”. In hopes of   “drawing on and learning things of the past,” she has for eight years rejects an increasing number of modern conveniences. She lives a life like the 19th-century homesteaders. Unlike the pioneers, however, she enthusiastically broadcasts her life to an audience of Instagram followers, book buyers, and 100,000 monthly readers of her blog. Elliott belongs to a growing network of   bloggers who have fueled the growing homesteading movement, which encourages self-reliance through the employment of traditional skills. Broadcasting on the net while trying to escape technology’s uncontrolled pace may seem incongruous, but Elliott insists that social media provide advice and moral support, which are lacking in the remote areas where many homesteaders settle.

Elliott’s day passes in a series of chores: weeding, cleaning up after the chickens, feeding the pigs, weeding again... She rejects the idea that success should involve anything more that maintaining a home. “We live in a culture where everything needs to be epic (宏大的) and awesome... Living a very average life? That’s seen as you not living up to your potential. And I really fight against that. I think the everyday is the point of our life,” she said. “It’s okay to be in the kitchen working with a baby on your back. That isn’t a step backward; it is an intentional thing”.

1. What do we know about Elliott’s “homestead”?

A．Noisy.

B．Dirty.

C．Difficult to find.

D．Hard to maintain.

2. What influence does the Internet have on homesteading?

A．It reduces homesteaders’ everything.

B．It connects homesteading farms.

C．It helps promote homesteading.

D．It disturbs homesteader’s life.

3. What does the underlined word “incongruous” in paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．Strange

B．Ambitious

C．Natural

D．Impossible

4. What will Elliott probably agree with?

A．Keep off the outside world	B．Stay with your family
C．Wish for something epic	D．Lead your own life

4 . 你校美国交换生 Clement很喜欢中华成语故事，看到下面的图片，想了解关于此图片的具体信息，请你用英语给他写一篇短文。内容包括：

1. 描述画面；
2. 概述其含义；
3. 谈谈个人感想。
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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5 . 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。

Why do so many people reach success and then fail? One of the big reasons is that we think success is a one -way street. When we succeed, we stop doing everything that made us successful,     1     (sit) back in our comfortable zone. So it doesn’t take long to go downhill.

I     2     (work) hard before reaching success. Once I was good at coming up     3     creative ideas, and did what I loved. But then I stopped, because I thought, “I made it and I can relax.” I thought I was     4     able guy and I shouldn’t have to work at ideas and got into the things that I didn’t love, like     5     (manage). I was the world’s     6     (bad) manager, but I must do it, because I was the president of the company.

I seemed very successful, but actually very     7     (depress). It didn’t take long for business to drop like a rock.     8     (save) money, I had to let all my employees go. I did     9     took me back to success. Finally, business grew bigger than ever.

Success isn’t a one -way street but a     10     (continue) journey. Once we are successful, we should still move on, because that is not only how we achieve success, but it’s how we keep it.

6 . I attended a party one night. During the dinner a man told a humorous story based on the quotation: "There's a divinity that shapes our ends, rough-hew them how we will.”

The storyteller mentioned that the quotation was from the Bible. I knew he was wrong. There couldn't be the slightest doubt about it. To get a feeling of importance and display my superiority, I appointed myself as an unwelcome committee member to correct him. He stuck to his guns. "What? From Shakespeare? Impossible! Absurd! That quotation was from the Bible.” And he knew it.

The storyteller was sitting on my right; and Frank Gammond, an old friend of mine, was seated on my left. Mr. Gammond had devoted years to the study of Shakespeare. So the storyteller and I agreed to submit the question to Mr. Gammond. Mr. Gammond listened, kicked me under the table, and then said,"Dale, you are wrong. The gentleman is right. It is from the Bible."

On our way home that night, I said to Mr. Gammond, “Frank, you knew that quotation was from Shakespeare. "Yes, of course," he replied, “Hamlet，Act Five, Scene Two. But we were guests at a happy time, my dear Dale. Why argue with the storyteller? Why prove to him he is wrong? Why not let him save his face? Always avoid your sharp angle." I learned a lesson I'll   never forget. I not only had made the storyteller uncomfortable, but also had put my friend in an embarrassing situation. How much better it would have been had I not become argumentative.

Nine times out of ten, an argument ends with each of the contestants more firmly convinced than ever that he is absolutely right. You can't win an argument. You can't because if you lose it, you lose it; and if you win it, you lose it

1. What did the author do to get a feeling of importance at the party?

A．Tell a humorous story.	B．Show off his rich knowledge.
C．Teach the storyteller a lesson.	D．Correct the storyteller's mistake.

2. . Why did Frank Gammond kick the author under the table?

A．Because he didn't know much about the Bible.

B．Because he thought the author was really wrong.

C．Because he was thoughtful and wanted to stop the author.

D．Because he was humorous and played tricks on the author .

3. How did the author feel about the event that happened at the party?

A．Thankful.	B．Regretful.
C．Satisfied,	D．Confused.

4. What can be the suitable title for the passage?

A．You Can't Win an Argument	B．You Can't Make Mistakes in Public
C．Do Have an Open Mind	D．Mind Your Manners at a Party

7 . Some people think that success is only for those with talent or those who grow up in the right family, and others believe that success mostly comes down to luck. I’m not going to say luck, talent, and circumstances don’t come into play because they do. Some people are born into the right family while others are born with great intelligence, and that’s just the reality of how life is.

However, to succeed in life, one first needs to set a goal and then gradually make it more practical. And, in addition to that, in order to get really good at something, one needs to spend at least 10,000 hours studying and practicing. To become great at certain things, it’ll require even more time, time that most people won’t put in.

This is a big reason why many successful people advise you to do something you love. If you don’t enjoy what you do, it is going to feel like unbearable pain and will likely make you give up well before you ever become good at it.

When you see people exhibiting some great skills or having achieved great success, you know that they have put in a huge part of their life to get there at a huge cost. It’s sometimes easy to think they got lucky or they were born with some rare talent, but thinking that way does you no good, and there’s a huge chance that you’re wrong anyway.

Whatever you do, if you want to become great at it, you need to work day in and day out, almost to the point of addiction, and over a long period of time. If you’re not willing to put in the time and work, don’t expect to receive any prize. Consistent, hard work won’t guarantee you the level of success you may want, but it will guarantee that you will become really good at whatever it is you put all that work into.

1. Paragraph 1 mainly talks about ________.

A．the reasons for success	B．the standards of success
C．the importance of success	D．what people think success is

2. Successful people suggest doing what one loves because ________.

A．work makes one feel pain	B．one tends to enjoy his work
C．it takes a lot of time to succeed	D．one gives up his work easily

3. What can we infer from Paragraph 4?

A．Successful people like to show their great skills.

B．People need to achieve success at the cost of life.

C．People sometimes succeed without luck or talent.

D．It helps to think that luck or talent leads to success.

4. What is the main theme of the passage?

A．Luck, talent and family help to achieve success.

B．One cannot succeed without time and practice.

C．Having a goal is very important to success.

D．Being good is different from being great.

8 . From a young age, I was taught to be kind to people around. My parents _________ explained to me the importance of giving help generously to the less _________. So out of habit, whenever there is something I can _________, I give it to someone on the streets.

Last week, as I left the house for work, I carried with me some _________ clothes, a handbag and some food to hand over to someone _________.

As the car _________ at a traffic red light, I saw a girl of five or six asking for money. I _________ her to come to me and quickly _________ all the stuff I had and put them into the handbag. As I started handing it over, she seemed _________. She looked up at me with a sweet smile on her face and asked what was in the __________. I told her there were some clothes and food for her.

Once again she __________ me, “Can you give me some water?” It was then that I __________ her dry lips. It seemed that she had not had a __________ of water all day. I __________ the water bottle that I always carry with me and helped her to drink from it. She finished it quickly and gave me a heartwarming smile of __________.

I was thankful that I could __________ what she really wished and realized once again that day that you don’t necessarily have to make big __________ to help someone. And this incident, as well as a lot that followed, ________ my belief in the simple acts of kindness and how they can make someone’s day.

Next time you want to do something nice for someone, don’t __________, seizing the right __________, or it would be late. Go ahead and do it!

1.

A．cheerfully

B．confidently

C．particularly

D．smoothly

2.

A．difficult

B．rich

C．comfortable

D．fortunate

3.

A．find

B．exchange

C．spare

D．abandon

4.

A．casual

B．worn

C．old

D．fashionable

5.

A．needy

B．clumsy

C．lucky

D．lonely

6.

A．pulled

B．stopped

C．approached

D．drew

7.

A．wanted

B．ordered

C．touched

D．signaled

8.

A．threw

B．collected

C．dragged

D．dropped

9.

A．surprised

B．embarrassed

C．panicked

D．worried

10.

A．bag

B．pocket

C．car

D．hand

11.

A．waved at

B．looked up at

C．shook hands with

D．nodded at

12.

A．realized

B．watched

C．recognized

D．noticed

13.

A．bottle

B．drop

C．lot

D．cup

14.

A．pointed out

B．gave out

C．picked out

D．took out

15.

A．satisfaction

B．communication

C．appreciation

D．expectation

16.

A．afford

B．offer

C．understand

D．remember

17.

A．donations

B．differences

C．senses

D．kindness

18.

A．strengthened

B．changed

C．shook

D．destroyed

19.

A．hold out

B．hold on

C．hold back

D．hold down

20.

A．idea

B．power

C．position

D．opportunity

9 . I stood on my grandmother's front porch with my son. He had a bottle of bubbles. You know the __: it’s basically soapy water with a plastic loop on each end. You dip the loop in the bottle, pull it out, and blow it to make bubbles. My son understood the principle but was __ trying to blow bubbles. He __ dip and dip and blow and blow, but alas, no bubbles. He __ me the bottle and loop and asked me, “Daddy, can you make bubbles?”

I hadn’t blown bubbles in years. I am a __ by education, fairly well-trained in surfactant(活性剂) technology. I have __ several shampoos, so I understand surface tension and related foaming(发泡沫)characteristics of surfactants. All that knowledge is __ useless when trying to blow bubbles from a loop __ with soapy water. I was having no __ success than my son. I dipped and puffed, still no bubbles; the soapy film on the loop would just pop without __ any bubbles.

After several fruitless __,1 changed strategies. __ puffing on the loop of soapy water, I gently __ on it. My son screamed with delight as a big beautiful bubble formed and __ away. He grabbed the loop, dipped and blew. No bubbles. I __ to him, “Son, you can’t blow hard. You must ever so gently breathe on the loop to make bubbles.” He contained his urgent __ to make big bubbles by blowing hard and __ my advice. Big bubbles.

There are some things that you can get with __ force, but other things like love or respect only __ the gentleness of a soft breath. The __ something is to higher spirit, the more it is like bubbles; it can't be forced. Blow beautiful bubbles; breathe easy.

1.

A．type

B．color

C．size

D．liquid

2.

A．excitedly

B．willingly

C．quickly

D．vainly

3.

A．could .

B．would

C．might

D．should

4.

A．handed

B．lent

C．sent

D．brought

5.

A．teacher

B．doctor

C．chemist

D．physicist

6.

A．bought

B．designed

C．developed

D．used

7.

A．nearly

B．hardly

C．partly

D．completely

8.

A．filled

B．loaded

C．dotted

D．crowded

9.

A．less

B．much

C．more

D．little

10.

A．flying

B．forming

C．keeping

D．taking

11.

A．attempts

B．performances

C．experiments

D．adventures

12.

A．In addition to

B．Other than

C．Instead of

D．In spite of

13.

A．touched

B．breathed

C．felt

D．tapped

14.

A．rushed

B．jumped

C．dropped

D．floated

15.

A．explained

B．whispered

C．complained

D．shouted

16.

A．anger

B．desire

C．manners

D．dream

17.

A．heard

B．followed

C．shared

D．refused

18.

A．mild

B．weak

C．powerful

D．flexible

19.

A．result in

B．come to

C．consist of

D．arise from

20.

A．dearer

B．farther

C．smaller

D．closer

10 . On my first day of high school, going into math class, I was pointed and laughed at by two of my classmates. I initially thought my fly was open, or that something was stuck in my teeth. But as I took my seat, I heard one student whisper, “Why is a black boy taking Honors?” So, my fly wasn’t open. An honors level class had simply been taken by a student whose skin was brown.

Many people think my clothes should be big enough for me to live in, or expect me to listen to only “black music.” In seventh grade, a group of my classmates fixed their cold stares on my clothes. They called out to me, “Go get your gangsta clothes.” In one of my Spanish classes, the teacher asked me, “Do you like rap music or rock music more?” I replied, “Rock.” The look of shock on my classmates’ faces made me uncomfortable.

Now I still take all Honors courses. I still wear clothes that fit me. My music library covers from rock to pop to techno, and almost everything in between. When it comes to choosing my friends, I am still colorblind. I continue to do my best to work in school in order to reach my goals; and yet, when I look in the mirror, I still see skin of that same brown.

I believe in being myself. I believe that I myself should decide who I am and what actions I take in life. In high school, popularity often depends on your willingness to follow trends. And I’ve been told that it doesn’t get much easier going into adulthood. But the only other option is to sacrifice my personality for the satisfaction and approval of others. This can be appealing, but I’m not going to do that.

1. Why did his classmates laugh at him?

A．His fly was open.

B．Something was stuck in his teeth.

C．He went into the wrong classroom.

D．They had prejudice against him.

2. What are black people usually believed to do?

A．Listen to rap music.	B．Wear small clothes.
C．Take Honors courses.	D．Attend Spanish classes.

3. What does the underlined word “colorblind” probably mean?

A．Making friends of the same skin color.

B．Having no idea what friends to make.

C．Treating people equally and fairly.

D．Feeling hurt and offended inside.

4. What can be a suitable title for the text?

A．Following Popular Trends	B．Being Content with Myself
C．Having Faith in Skin Color	D．Changing My Personality