1 . A woman professor was giving a lesson to her students on ________ management. As she raised a glass of water, everyone in the class _______ they would be asked the “half-empty or half-full” question.________, that was not the case. With a smile on her face, she asked the students, “How much do you think this glass of water weighs?”

Answers called out _______ from eight to twenty ounces (盎司).

She quieted the students down and then replied, “The absolute weight doesn’t ________. But it counts how long you hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it is OK. If I hold it for an hour, I will have an ache in my ________. If I hold it for a day, my arm will feel numb. In each case, the ________ of the glass of water doesn’t change, but the ________ I hold it, the heavier it becomes. Why?”

Lost in ______, all the students kept silent and listened to the professor carefully.

“Our stresses and ________ in life are like that glass of water. If we ________ our burdens all the time, sooner or later, we will feel exhausted, even unable to ________.”

________ you have to do is put all your burdens down, as _______ in the evening as possible. Don’t carry them through the evening into the night; by doing this, we can get ________ next morning and are ________ to move forward. More often than not, life gets terrible when we ________ too much. And the moment you ________ your burdens, you’ll find yourself feeling so much more relaxed.

So rather than being upset and feeling ________ for yourself, start doing something about it. After all, life is too short to ________ yourself to anything that is not making you happy.

1.

A．class

B．emotion

C．time

D．stress

2.

A．wondered

B．expected

C．agreed

D．argued

3.

A．However

B．Meanwhile

C．Anyhow

D．Therefore

4.

A．replied

B．ranged

C．read

D．exchanged

5.

A．exist

B．change

C．matter

D．increase

6.

A．head

B．leg

C．arm

D．stomach

7.

A．weight

B．position

C．shape

D．size

8.

A．better

B．longer

C．further

D．deeper

9.

A．fantasy

B．dreams

C．thought

D．discussion

10.

A．doubts

B．joys

C．surprises

D．worries

11.

A．carry

B．show

C．hide

D．cover

12.

A．break off

B．work out

C．pick up

D．carry on

13.

A．Something

B．Nothing

C．All

D．Anything

14.

A．eagerly

B．early

C．quickly

D．naturally

15.

A．depressed

B．entertained

C．refreshed

D．amazed

16.

A．ambitious

B．able

C．passive

D．anxious

17.

A．think

B．fear

C．rest

D．get

18.

A．catch up with

B．look down on

C．1et go of

D．put up with

19.

A．sorry

B．happy

C．disappointed

D．greedy

20.

A．help

B．treat

C．drive

D．abandon

2 . 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。错误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（∧），并在其下面写该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在其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。

Once a woman came to Mahatma Gandhi, known for the father of the Indian Independence Movement. She asked Gandhi to persuade her son give up eating sugar, that she thought was bad for his body. Gandhi asked the woman to bring a boy back in a week. Exactly one week late the woman returned, and Gandhi said to the boy, “Please give up eating sugar.” The boy agreed willingly.

The woman thanked Gandhi and as she turned to go, she asking him, “Why didn’t you say those word a week ago?” “Because of a week ago, I myself have not given up eating sugar.” Gandhi replied in a calmly voice.

3 . My First Marathon（马拉松）

A month before my first marathon, one of my ankles was injured and this meant not running for two weeks, leaving me only two weeks to train. Yet, I was determined to go ahead.

I remember back to my 7th year in school. In my first P.E. class, the teacher required us to run laps and then hit a softball. I didn’t do either well. He later informed me that I was ＂not athletic＂.

The idea that I was ＂not athletic＂ stuck with me for years. When I started running in my 30s, I realized running was a battle against myself, not about competition or whether or not I was athletic. It was all about the battle against my own body and mind. A test of wills!

The night before my marathon, I dreamt that I couldn’t even find the finish line. I woke up sweating and nervous, but ready to prove something to myself.

Shortly after crossing the start line, my shoe laces(鞋带) became untied. So I stopped to readjust. Not the start I wanted!

At mile 3, I passed a sign: ＂GO FOR IT, RUNNERS!＂

By mile 17, I became out of breath and the once injured ankle hurt badly. Despite the pain, I stayed the course walking a bit and then running again.

By mile 21, I was starving!

As I approached mile 23, I could see my wife waving a sign. She is my biggest fan. She never minded the alarm clock sounding at 4 a.m. or questioned my expenses on running.

I was one of the final runners to finish. But I finished! And I got a medal. In fact, I got the same medal as the one that the guy who came in first place had.

Determined to be myself, move forward, free of shame and worldly labels(世俗标签), I can now call myself a ＂marathon winner＂.

1. A month before the marathon, the author ____________.

A．was well trained	B．felt scared
C．made up his mind to run	D．lost hope

2. Why did the author mention the P.E. class in his 7th year?

A．To acknowledge the support of his teacher.

B．To amuse the readers with a funny story.

C．To show he was not talented in sports.

D．To share a precious memory.

3. How was the author’s first marathon?

A．He made it.	B．He quit halfway.
C．He got the first prize.	D．He walked to the end.

4. What does the story mainly tell us?

A．A man owes his success to his family support.

B．A winner is one with a great effort of will.

C．Failure is the mother of success.

D．One is never too old to learn.

4 . We have all heard how time is more valuable than money, but is it ________ to have too much?

I________back in high school I spent most of my day at school since I also ________a team sport. By the time I got home, I only had a few hours to do my homework, and I had to do it __________

When I got into college, things ________ I suddenly found myself out of class before noon time. Because of all this __________ there was no sense of __________ to do my school work immediately. I was performing this action of waiting until it later became ________. Once that happened, I just kept________my studying further and further back in my day. Then I got to the point where I was__________really late at night to get my work alone.

One day I __________a former classmate of mine who was __________ a lot of money running a sideline(副业).Since his regular job was __________, I asked him why he just didn't do his sideline full-time. He said without the job, he would __________ have too much time and would just do what I did back in__________.He said that if he __________the job, he would lose his __________ to work and succeed.

So, try __________ your time with other work. This is why there is a __________ that if you want something done, ask a __________person to do it.

1.

A．true

B．fair

C．strange

D．possible

2.

A．remember

B．admit

C．understand

D．expect

3.

A．watched

B．loved.

C．Coached

D．played

4.

A．at last

B．right away

C．of course

D．mattered

5.

A．happened

B．repeated

C．changed

D．mattered

6.

A．extra

B．difficult.

C．valuable

D．limited

7.

A．duty

B．achievement

C．urgency

D．direction

8.

A．burden

B．relief

C．risk

D．habit

9.

A．pushing

B．taking

C．setting

D．calling

10.

A．hanging out

B．staying up

C．jogging round

D．showing off

11.

A．met

B．helped

C．treated

D．hired

12.

A．raising

B．wasting

C．demanding

D．making

13.

A．safe

B．important

C．boring

D．rewarding

14.

A．luckily

B．hardly

C．hopefully

D．simply

15.

A．childhood

B．college

C．town

D．business

16.

A．quit

B．found

C．accepted

D．kept

17.

A．heart

B．chance

C．drive

D．way

18.

A．saving

B．filling up

C．giving up

D．trading

19.

A．message

B．story

C．saying

D．fact

20.

A．careful

B．busy

C．reliable

D．kind

5 . According to a Chinese saying, he who doesn’t reach the Great Wall of China is never a great man.

Growing up in Beijing I _______ historical sites and natural attractions perfectly well. However, I’d _____climbed the Great Wall before until recently. I, along with my friends, ________ for the top. We soon discovered that the hike was much more _______ than we had imagined. But we didn’t _______. It took us about two hours to finally _________ where we had wanted to get to.

As I ________ at the top of the Great Wall, I looked back at the waves of _______ walking to the top. At that moment, I saw an amazing ________ that would forever change my opinion on humans’ limits. I saw young couples carrying their children, walking __________ but surely towards the top. They would stop once in a while to take a ______ under the hot sun.

As I stood there, I began to _________ words that can describe us humans. If one would like to describe Giraffes (长颈鹿), he/she would use words such as ________ and long-necked -But what about us? I took another look down below and my _________ began to gather, persevering (坚持不懈的), determined, and ________...As these words came into my mind, I ________ that it was not appearance or physical characteristics that should define (定义) us humans, but the _________ that we share.

I don’t know if I became a _________ man after returning from this _________ according to the Chinese saying, __________ I surely returned as a more thoughtful person.

1.

A．show

B．know

C．imagine

D．accept

2.

A．still

B．also

C．never

D．already

3.

A．waited

B．allowed

C．searched

D．aimed

4.

A．expensive

B．interesting

C．difficult

D．important

5.

A．break up

B．give up

C．keep up

D．look up

6.

A．reach

B．understand

C．clean

D．cover

7.

A．shook

B．stood

C．walked

D．lay

8.

A．children

B．sights

C．people

D．foreigners

9.

A．book

B．photo

C．future

D．view

10.

A．dangerously

B．slowly

C．worriedly

D．strangely

11.

A．break

B．tip

C．step

D．note

12.

A．care about

B．make up

C．tell about

D．think of

13.

A．healthy

B．tall

C．fat

D．scary

14.

A．thoughts

B．emotions

C．rules

D．plans

15.

A．funny

B．normal

C．strong

D．lazy

16.

A．worried

B．argued

C．feared

D．realized

17.

A．dreams

B．qualities

C．concerns

D．experiences

18.

A．boring

B．humorous

C．great

D．serious

19.

A．trip

B．country

C．vacation

D．risk

20.

A．but

B．as

C．unless

D．so

6 . Mirai Nagasu had already lived at least two lifetimes in the sport of figure skating(花样滑冰) when she showed up in Colorado Springs in March 2014. After _______ her only national title at 14 in 2008 and finishing a _______ fourth at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, Nagasu’s _______ turned, dramatically. A couple of rough _______followed, then she came back to finish third at the 2014 U.S. nationals before the Sochi Olympics, only to be _______from the U.S. team by a committee in favor of fourth-place finisher Ashley Wagner.

Nagasu was _______. “It was awful,” she said. “I was very close to _______. ”She trained hard every day in Southern California _______she was needed as the first alternate. She was not. Looking for a change of scenery, she _______to go to Colorado to visit her friend Agnes and try to ________what to do with the rest of her life. It was there that Nagasu ________ the Olympic coach Tom Zakrajsek, who she asked if he would ________her. It turned out that the ________to what Nagasu wanted to do with the rest of her life, couldn’t have been ________. She kept on skating. “The new environment really ________. ”At their ________ first lesson together, Zakrajsek told her, “You can do triple axel(三圈半跳跃). ”“I ________，”Nagasu said, “and I want to. ”Undoubtedly, she mastered it.

Nagasu, now 24, an age by which young ________have often left the sport. ________, she continued. She was headed to Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic to perform in the women’s free skate. Her efforts finally ________.

1.

A．writing

B．breaking

C．losing

D．winning

2.

A．tiring

B．boring

C．surprising

D．terrifying

3.

A．fortunes

B．interest

C．career

D．temper

4.

A．months

B．decades

C．weeks

D．years

5.

A．dropped

B．escaped

C．absent

D．forbidden

6.

A．impressed

B．inspired

C．desperate

D．fascinated

7.

A．fighting

B．falling

C．drowning

D．quitting

8.

A．now that

B．in case

C．for fear that

D．on condition that

9.

A．decided

B．refused

C．regretted

D．demanded

10.

A．let out

B．figure out

C．look for

D．put forward

11.

A．searched

B．met

C．changed

D．attracted

12.

A．marry

B．blame

C．save

D．coach

13.

A．key

B．approach

C．answer

D．entrance

14.

A．simpler

B．harder

C．worse

D．higher

15.

A．adapted

B．helped

C．mattered

D．benefited

16.

A．very

B．just

C．already

D．ever

17.

A．must

B．can

C．should

D．may

18.

A．alternates

B．teenagers

C．women

D．coaches

19.

A．Therefore

B．Besides

C．Otherwise

D．Instead

20.

A．came true

B．counted on

C．paid off

D．picked up

7 . The past ages of man have all been carefully labeled by anthropologists (人类学家). Descriptions like “Paleolithic (旧石器时代) Man”, “Neolithic (新石器时代) Man”, etc., neatly sum up whole periods. When the time comes for anthropologists to turn their attention to the twenty-first century, they will surely choose the label “Legless Man”. Histories of the time will go something like this: “In the twenty-first century, people forgot how to use their legs. Men and women moved about in cars, buses and trains from a very early age. There were lifts in all large buildings to prevent people from walking. And the surprising thing is that they didn’t use their legs even when they went on holiday. They built cable railways, ski-lifts and roads to the top of every huge mountain. All the beauty spots on earth were mined by the presence of large car parks.”

The future history books might also record that we lost the right of using our eyes. In our hurry to get from one place to another, we failed to see anything on the way. Air travel gives you a bird’s-eye view of the world or even less if the wing of the aircraft happens to get in your way. When you travel by car or train, the unclear picture of the countryside constantly slides over the window. When you mention the most impressive place-names in the world, the typical 21st century traveler always says “I’ve been there.” - meaning “I drove through it at 100 miles an hour on the way to somewhere else.”

When you travel at high speeds, the present means nothing: you live mainly in the future because you spend most of your time looking forward to arriving at some other place. But actual arrival, when it is achieved, is meaningless. You want to move on again. By traveling like this, you skip all experience. The traveler on foot, on the other hand, lives in the present. For him traveling and arriving are one and the same thing: he arrives somewhere with every step he makes. He experiences the present moment with his eyes, his ears and the whole of his body. At the end of his journey he feels a delicious physical tiredness. Satisfying sleep will be his: the just reward of all true travelers.

1. Anthropologists name man nowadays “Legless Man” because__________.

A．people prefer using modern traffic	B．lifts prevent people from walking
C．people use their legs less and less	D．people travel without using legs

2. According to the passage, what might make people lose the right of using their eyes?

A．The modern means of transportation.	B．A bird’s-eye view of the world.
C．The unclear sight from the vehicles.	D．The fast-paced life style.

3. From the passage, we know traveling at high speeds means__________.

A．appreciating beautiful scenery	B．focusing on the next destination
C．experiencing skilled adventures	D．feeling physical tiredness

4. What does the author intend to tell us?

A．Human’s history develops very fast.

B．Traveling makes the world small.

C．Modem transportation devices have replaced legs.

D．The best way to travel is on foot.

8 . 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：在错的词下划一横线，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。

There was a farmer who sell a pound of butter to a baker. One day the baker decided to weigh the butter to see that he was getting a pound and he was found that he was not. This angered him and he took the farmer from court. The judge asked farmer if he was using any measure. The fanner replied, “Your Honor, I am innocently. I don’t have a proper measure, and I do have a scale (天平).” The judge asked, “Then how do you weigh the butter?” The farmer replied “Your Honor, long before the baker started buying butter from me, I have been buying a pound of breads from him. Every day when the baker brings the bread, I put it on the scale and give her the same weight in butter. If anyone was to blame, it is the baker.’’

9 . There was a little, but always strange girl. Everything was bad for her. She wished to meet an enchantress (女巫) that would turn her life a _______ tale.

One day an enchantress came and said that one of her wishes would _______. The girl became very happy at first, but then she started to think that she had a lot of wishes and all of them were _______ for her. She could not _______ just one. Then the _______ enchantress said that she would help her realize one wish every day. The girl became _______—now all her dreams will become realities.

From that day on, she was waiting every morning with joy and _______. Then as days passed, the dreams became real ones... But soon the little girl realized that _______ of the wishes didn’t give her joy and happiness which she _______ for. Many wishes brought her disappointment, and some __________ a pain. Almost every dream was an empty little girl’s caprice (任性). Though being __________, she suddenly found that she did not __________ this. Soon she started to __________ dreams. She was afraid to __________ every day, waiting for the realization of another wish. Crying, she asked the enchantress to __________ only one her dream-to live as she lived __________ and enjoy life.

The good enchantress had __________ upon the little girl. She waved her magic wand and disappeared. The girl was happy __________ she knew that now she would carefully seek for her one big __________ dream, not wasting time with short-term, __________, quite unnecessary wishes.

1.

A．funny

B．outstanding

C．fairy

D．extraordinary

2.

A．give out

B．come true

C．come out

D．give off

3.

A．mysterious

B．humorous

C．important

D．private

4.

A．remind

B．choose

C．change

D．guess

5.

A．kind

B．strict

C．magical

D．optimistic

6.

A．weaker

B．prouder

C．luckier

D．happier

7.

A．enthusiasm

B．sorrow

C．surprise

D．doubt

8.

A．doubt

B．wonder

C．achievement

D．requirement

9.

A．hoped

B．took

C．thanked

D．waited

10.

A．still

B．ever

C．indeed

D．even

11.

A．annoyed

B．satisfied

C．confused

D．excited

12.

A．want

B．do

C．get

D．decide

13.

A．suspect

B．hate

C．fear

D．enjoy

14.

A．stand up

B．wake up

C．go to sleep

D．dress up

15.

A．understand

B．remember

C．accept

D．realize

16.

A．before

B．alone

C．later

D．now

17.

A．effect

B．envy

C．mercy

D．punishment

18.

A．so

B．because

C．as if

D．even though

19.

A．apparent

B．delicate

C．typical

D．valuable

20.

A．by all means

B．by coincidence

C．as a result

D．in fact

10 . Nov. 21 is World Hello Day. It began back in the 1970s as part of an effort to make the world more peaceful. It was created by the United Nations just after the war between Israel and Egypt in 1973. The philosophy (理念) behind it is: Say “Hello” and stop war.

It sounds like a fine idea, but most of us know that simply saying “Hello” won’t bring about world peace. Still, on a smaller range, the simple act of saying hello to someone can make a lot of difference.

This might not be obvious. After all, it’s such a casual thing and requires so little effort. You raise your head to someone as you pass by them in the school corridor (走廊), say “Hello’ then it’s over.

Although we might not realize it, a small thing like a greeting can mean a lot to a person. Many people are lonely because they’re shy. They find it difficult to communicate with people, even though they want lo. It leads to them feeling cut off.

On this basis, maybe it’s a good idea, not just on Nov. 21, but every day, to remember to say “Hello” to as many people as we can. The stranger who hears your greeting may secretly smile in their heart. You might even make their day.

Greeting other people is the easiest way to be polite. Politeness is the way we individual humans link up with the rest of the human world outside of our circles of family and friends. Politeness is one of the aspects of culture that make us a society rather than just many individuals living in the same space.

No one said it better than the French author Joseph Joubert: “Politeness is the flower of humanity’’. A “Hello” to a stranger is a small thing, and often neglected (忽视), but through it we can make the world better for another person.

1. What is World Hello Day intended for?

A．Philosophy.	B．Peace.
C．Politeness.	D．War.

2. What has an effect on people most?

A．Raising heads to others.

B．Doing something casually.

C．Meeting in the school corridor,

D．The simple act of saying hello.

3. Why does someone feel lonely?

A．They are unwilling to communicate with others.

B．They are too shy to communicate with others.

C．They are very fond of living alone.

D．They don’t like doing things as others do.

4. What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A．We should neglect a small thing.

B．Saying hello lo others is powerful.

C．The flowers make the world better.

D．No one is better than Joseph Joubert.