1 . It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80s came to the hospital. I heard him saying to the nurse that he was in a hurry for all appointment(约会)at 9:30. The nurse had him take a _______ in the waiting area,_______ him it would be at least 40 minutes_________someone would be able to see him. I saw him_______his watch and decided, since I was_______busy—my patient didn’t_______ at the appointed hour, I would examine his wound. While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor’s appointment. The gentleman said no and told me that he_______to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his_________. He told me that she had been_________for a while and that she had a special disease. I asked if she would be____________if he was a bit late. He replied that she __________ knew who he was, that she had not been able to __________ him for five years now. I was____________, and asked him, “And you__________go every morning, even though she doesn’t know who you are?” He smiled and said. “She doesn’t know me but I know who she is”. I had to hold back __________ as he left.            

Now I __________ that in marriages, true love is____________of all that is. The happiest people don’t__________have the best of everything, they just__________the best of everything they have. ____________isn’t about how to live through the storm, but how to dance in the rain.

1.

A．breath

B．test

C．seat

D．break

2.

A．persuading

B．promising

C．understanding

D．telling

3.

A．if

B．before

C．since

D．after

4.

A．taking off

B．fixing

C．looking at

D．winding

5.

A．very

B．also

C．seldom

D．not

6.

A．turn up

B．show off

C．come on

D．go away

7.

A．needed

B．forgot

C．agreed

D．happened

8.

A．daughter

B．wife

C．mother

D．sister

9.

A．late

B．well

C．around

D．there

10.

A．lonely

B．worried

C．doubtful

D．hungry

11.

A．so far

B．neither

C．no longer

D．already

12.

A．recognize

B．answer

C．believe

D．expect

13.

A．moved

B．disappointed

C．surprised

D．satisfied

14.

A．only

B．then

C．thus

D．still

15.

A．curiosity

B．tears

C．words

D．judgment

16.

A．realize

B．suggest

C．hope

D．prove

17.

A．agreement

B．expression

C．acceptance

D．exhibition

18.

A．necessarily

B．completely

C．naturally

D．frequently

19.

A．learn

B．make

C．favor

D．try

20.

A．Adventure

B．Beauty

C．Trust

D．Life

2 . In October, I told the eight-year-olds in the religion class I teach in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, about my plan. “I’d like all of you to do extra jobs around the house to earn some money,” I said. “Then we’ll buy food for a Thanksgiving dinner for someone who might not have a nice dinner otherwise.” I hoped they could experience a sense of their own power to effect change.

Early in Thanksgiving week, they arrived in class with their hand-earned money. And now they couldn’t wait to go shopping. At last we headed toward the checkout, pushing a cart filled with turkey and all the decorations. Then someone spotted a“necessity” that sent them racing a pot of chrysanthemums(菊花).

It was more reasonable to use any extra money to buy food. After all, I pronounced, “You can’t eat flowers”. But the children insisted and placed the purple plant into the cart.

An agency had given us the name and address of a needy grandmother who had lived alone for years. Soon we were arriving at her house. Between the laughing and those purple flowers, I wasn’t sure that any lesson about giving and receiving was getting through.

We finally pulled up in front of a small house in the woods. A woman with a tired face came to the door to welcome us. As my little group carried the boxes of food in, she oohed and aahed - much to her visitors’ pleasure. When Amy put the plant on the counter, the woman seemed surprised. She was wishing it was a bag of flour, I thought. The woman told the children about the animals that lived close by. “I share my food with the birds, ”she said.

We returned to the car. As we fastened our seat belts, we could see the kitchen window The woman inside waved goodbye, then turned and walked across the room, past the turkey, straight to the chrysanthemums. She put her face in the plant. When she raised her head, there was a smile on her lips.The children were quiet. In that one brief moment, they had seen for themselves the power they possessed to make another’s life better.

1. The author gave the students the task in order to _________.

A．help them focus on their family happiness.

B．let them experience their ability to help others

C．teach them the necessity of doing housework

D．get them to know how to be financially independent

2. What’s he author’s attitude to buying some flowers at first?

A．Positive

B．Negative

C．Cautious

D．Enthusiastic.

3. What did the children realize at the end of the visit?

A．They could help improve others’ life.

B．They could make a living by working.

C．It was necessary to do voluntary work.

D．Plants and birds could help lonely people.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．My Teaching Career	B．How to Help Poor People
C．The Importance of Giving	D．A Happy Shopping Experience

3 . It was our last class before summer break. I was finishing up the first year of an MFA program in poetry. I was tired and puzzled. "Was I good enough to be in the program?" When a professor asked about our summer plans, I panicked. I didn't want to appear idle(闲散的). "Gardening," I responded immediately. Actually I knew nothing about plants! My professor nodded, saying, "What a good idea, Mari! Emily Dickinson loved gardening." Emily Dickinson had lived in the countryside, studying plants as a child. I was in my late twenties, living in the city without gardening experience.

A few days later, I bought a jalapeño seedling(青辣椒秧苗). At least I could say I'd tried gardening. I watered and changed the dirt for my little plant. I even talked to it. And over the summer, it grew bigger and bigger. I was proud. Maybe I didn't have a black thumb after all.

I started the second year of my MFA, and then it was almost December and my jalapeño was suffering. It was brown in some places; many of its leaves had fallen off. Would my little guy make it? I prayed, "Please be okay." As if its survival were closely linked to mine.

I worked hard in school. Spring came. My jalapeño plant came back to life. It grew bigger, with new leaves. And then it flowered. I handed in my graduate paper--a book of poems--in May. "Your poems are strong," my professor said.

A huge weight lifted. I'd done it! At that time, I found the flowers on my jalapeño plant were gone. I watched closer. Where a flower had been, a tiny green fruit pushed through. I smiled. I had succeeded in my MFA program, and my jalapeño plant had grown right beside me, and I successfully did things I hadn't thought possible.

1. Why did the author begin gardening?

A．Just by accident.

B．For the love for gardening.

C．To express fancy for Emily Dickinson.

D．Because of the reminding of a professor.

2. When did the author begin her first gardening?

A．In her childhood.	B．In one of her summer breaks.
C．In her teens.	D．In her first year of MFA program.

3. What does the underlined phrase "a black thumb" in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．A talent to grow plants.	B．A dirty finger to touch plants.
C．A good fortune to do everything.	D．An inability to do gardening.

4. Which proverb can best describe the story above?

A．Nothing is impossible to a willing mind.

B．Easier said than done.

C．It's never too old to learn.

D．Do not teach fish to swim.

4 . 阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

When I was ten, I was suddenly faced with the suffering of moving from the only home I had ever known. My whole life, brief as it was, had been spent in that big old house, gracefully touched with the laughter and tears of four generations.

When the final day came, I ran to the small backyard and sat alone, with tears welling up from my heart.Suddenly I felt a hand rest on my shoulder.I looked up to see my grandfather. “It isn't easy, is it, Billy？” he said softly, sitting down on the steps beside me.

“Grandpa，” I replied through my tears, “how can I ever say goodbye to you and all my friends？”

For a moment he just stared off into the apple trees.   “Goodbye is such a sad word，” he said.“It seems too final, too cold, for friends to use.We seem to have so many ways of saying goodbye and they all have one thing in common: sadness.When you and your friends must part, I want you to reach deep within you and bring back that first hello.Come with me, my friend，” he whispered.

We walked, hand in hand, to his favorite place in the front yard, where a huge red rosebush sat noticeably alone.Kneeling, he pulled me close.“It isn't just the roses that are beautiful, Billy. It's that special place in your heart that makes them so.”

His eyes met mine again.“Billy, I planted these roses a long time ago—before your mother came to the world. I put them into the soil the day my first son was born. It was my way of saying ‘thank you’   to God. That boy's name was Billy, just like yours.I used to watch him pick roses for his mother.” I saw my grandfather's tears.I had never seen him cry before.His voice became hoarse.

注意：
1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2.至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
3.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
4.续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
Paragraph 1：

One day a terrible war came, and my son, like so many sons, said goodbye to fight a great evil.

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paragraph 2：

A year and a half later, my grandfather became seriously ill. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5 . 文中共有10处语言错误。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。

It was Monday yesterday. My friend Li Hua went to school with his homework unfinishing. He played online games all through the weekend. It was too late when he founded he had homework to do. To avoid punished, he told his teacher that a dog eats his homework. Obviously, it was just an excuse he made to cover the fact which he hadn’t done his homework. The teacher certainly knew about that and made them stay after school. Sometimes we think we can avoid trouble by making excuse when we do something wrongly. Therefore, we are really making problems worse instead of.

6 . Why Gratitude Is Significant

As far as I'm concerned, no matter what you’re going through, there is always a reason to be thankful. But not only that — being thankful might just be exactly what you need to do if you’re going through a tough time.     1    

Researchers found that having a grateful attitude helps strengthen one’s immune system, lower blood pressure, improve sleep and motivate people to exercise regularly.     2     Practicing gratitude also has been associated with better quality of life for individuals who struggle with stress, anxiety and depression.

Having gone through a period of depression myself after cancer surgery 10 years ago, I can tell you this illness can be severe.     3     I knew I was in trouble when I couldn’t eat or sleep. It took me well over a year to come out of that dark valley.

During that time I sought forms of treatment for depression, including professional counseling and exercise. One thing recommended to me by a counselor was keeping a gratitude journal.     4     This simple exercise lifts my sight out of the darkness and helps me see the truth around: there are people who love and care for you, there’s purpose in life.

    5     In reality, there is no single cure for it. If suffering, you may prefer to seek professional counseling and care. Still, I would encourage you to practice gratitude. Think of a few things you can thank life for. You might be surprised by how significant an effect it can have.

A．Every day, I would set down three things I was thankful for in life.

B．Now I realize depression does not go away by practicing a single exercise.

C．It itself carries a host of health benefits.

D．Being grateful accounts for your recovery.

E．Gratitude is good for your mind, body and soul.

F．Depression makes you feel as if you are dead inside.

G．For example, I would sincerely convey my gratitude loudly.

7 . Have you ever wondered why the world is full of so many people who are incredibly incompetent at the very thing they are paid to do? If so, an educationalist called Laurence J. Peter may have the answer.

In Peter’s view, most people were promoted based on their current performance, with no real consideration of their ability to take on greater responsibility. Eventually, “every employee tends to rise to his or her level of incompetence”, as he wrote. This is the law he termed the“Peter Principle”.

The strongest evidence for the theory comes from a recent study of 131 companies that all used the same performance management software. As you might expect, the team found that the best salesmen or saleswomen were the ones who tended to be promoted. And the study found that managers who used to be very high-performing sales workers tended not to bring significant assistance to their colleagues.

There are lots of potential reasons why this might occur. The personal drive-even aggression-that is needed to promote your own individual sales doesn’t necessarily transform into the interpersonal skills necessary to motivate others, for instance.

In the meantime, knowledge of the “Peter Principle” might be useful for each of us personally. If you frequently find yourself disappointed with your own boss or with your subordinates (下属), it’s worth considering the possibility that you’ve already reached your “level of incompetence”.

That’s not always easy to recognize. As Peter put it, “competence, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder”, but a modest awareness may just encourage you to correct your weaknesses, or to find a new position where your unique talents are of greater value.

1. Which of the following may Peter be in favour of?

A．An able employee may not be in the right place.

B．Employees with higher pay tend to perform better.

C．Whoever performs well in a firm deserves to be promoted.

D．There is no fixed criterion for assessing an employee’s ability.

2. What is the result of the study?

A．The “Peter Principle” makes sense both in companies and schools.

B．The best sales workers have got promoted due to their teamwork spirit.

C．The companies are in need of employees with good communicative skills.

D．Managers, once with good sales performance, may contribute little to others’progress.

3. How does the “Peter Principle” benefit each of us personally?

A．It makes us qualified for a higher position.

B．It reminds us of the importance of learning from others.

C．It inspires us to fulfill ourselves in a suitable position.

D．It provides guidance on how to improve our competence.

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

A．General Rules in a Company	B．Reasons for Getting Promoted
C．Knowledge of the “Peter Principle”	D．The Development of a Famous Theory

8 . Two of the saddest words in the English language are "if only". I live my life with the _______ of never having to say those words. The two words _______regret, lost opportunities, mistakes, and _______     . And sometimes the words "if only" go with _______disasters. Think about how many times you have heard about something awful happening, _______ by "if only he had called her back to make sure she was okay.” or “if only I had _______ that noise..." or “if only they had made sure the gate to the pool clicked behind them…"

My father-in-law is       _______in our family for saying, “_______ an extra minute to do it right. ” He must be doing something       _______, since he's 91 years old and still making sense.

I always ________to live by the "extra minute'' rule. Sometimes it only takes seconds to make sure I write the words down ________, or check some information on the Internet, or move an object ________ before it trips someone.

And of course when my children were young and ________     to cause all kinds of troubles, I lived and breathed the "extra minute" ________ . I always thought about what I could do to __________an "if only” moment, whether it was something simple like moving a cup full of hot coffee away from the edge of a counter, or something that required a little more work such as taping padding （衬垫）onto the ________corners of a glass coffee table.

I know there will still be ________ when I have to say "if only” about something, but my life is surely more peaceful because of my policy of doing everything possible to avoid that ________. And even though it takes an extra minute to do something right, or it occasionally takes an hour or two in my busy schedule to ________ a personal connection, I know that Pm doing the right thing. I'm buying myself peace of mind and that's the best kind of ________ for my emotional well-being.

1.

A．result

B．luck

C．goal

D．role

2.

A．convey

B．handle

C．experience

D．raise

3.

A．preparation

B．disappointment

C．aggression

D．amazement

4.

A．harmful

B．shameful

C．accessible

D．terrible

5.

A．accompanied

B．accused

C．contributed

D．motivated

6.

A．heard

B．ignored

C．examined

D．shut

7.

A．respectful

B．respectable

C．sensitive

D．senseless

8.

A．Propose

B．Demand

C．Charge

D．Apply

9.

A．wise

B．familiar

C．rare

D．active

10.

A．promise

B．attempt

C．afford

D．hesitate

11.

A．frequently

B．normally

C．accurately

D．casually

12.

A．across the way

B．by the way

C．on the way

D．in the way

13.

A．probable

B．likely

C．average

D．ordinary

14.

A．signal

B．theory

C．notice

D．principle

15.

A．prevent

B．reflect

C．admit

D．regret

16.

A．narrow

B．plain

C．sharp

D．flexible

17.

A．locations

B．cases

C．occasions

D．events

18.

A．record

B．ending

C．plot

D．memory

19.

A．keep

B．remind

C．transform

D．deliver

20.

A．program

B．bargain

C．purchase

D．insurance

9 . Everyone should go to his or her 50th high school reunion. There was a time I thought I’d never go even if the opportunity _______. But now I feel _______for people who don’t go.

I went to the _______of my high school on a Saturday evening, and I am glad I did. It was a   gift to recognize some _______classmates right away — and to be recognized. _______, we had name tags and our _______photos on our clothing to help identify us. I recognized one woman immediately!

The most memorable and moving experience of the night was _______by a schoolmate and neighbor to whom I was once close. Unfortunately, we had a falling out in the high school. I never saw her after _______, but this time, I saw her name on a place setting. At first, I feared that I would _______her. But my better self won over, and I __________ her out. I kept looking until I got a(n) __________on my shoulder. There she was __________. We hugged as if nothing had ever __________and exchanged affectionate words. When the party __________, my old-new friend walked towards me, __________me again and wished me well. I returned her good wishes. All the bad __________melted into thin air.

I am grateful I had this __________to reunite with old classmates. After all, we are almost __________the final lap of our lifelong journeys. Some classmates had already left this __________, and their names were deleted from the list. Sometimes we have to walk back into the past because time does heal old wounds. We’re not the __________people. We are better people.

1.

A．came down

B．came up

C．came through

D．came off

2.

A．sorry

B．happy

C．excited

D．moved

3.

A．competition

B．reunion

C．exhibition

D．concert

4.

A．latter

B．former

C．present

D．future

5.

A．Unluckily

B．Unwillingly

C．Normally

D．Thankfully

6.

A．old

B．recent

C．modern

D．new

7.

A．described

B．provided

C．promised

D．ordered

8.

A．graduation

B．invitation

C．retirement

D．punishment

9.

A．stare at

B．turn to

C．run into

D．rely on

10.

A．let

B．drove

C．sought

D．pushed

11.

A．instruction

B．blow

C．kiss

D．tap

12.

A．reading

B．singing

C．smiling

D．dancing

13.

A．happened

B．changed

C．disappeared

D．mentioned

14.

A．began

B．ended

C．continued

D．lasted

15.

A．encouraged

B．praised

C．hugged

D．judged

16.

A．news

B．scores

C．excuses

D．memories

17.

A．qualification

B．situation

C．talent

D．chance

18.

A．missing

B．destroying

C．nearing

D．wasting

19.

A．world

B．city

C．school

D．class

20.

A．important

B．serious

C．successful

D．same

10 . Two of the saddest words in the English language are “if only”. I live my life with the _______ of never having to say those words. The two words _______ regret, lost opportunities, mistakes, and _______. And sometimes the words “if only” go with _______ disasters. Think about how many times you have heard about something awful happening, _______ by "if only he had called her back to make sure she was okay.” or“if only I had _______ that noise...”

My father-in-law is _______ in our family for saying, “_______ an extra minute to do it right. ” He must be doing something _______, since he is 91 years old and still doing things right.

I always ________ to live by the “extra minute” rule. Sometimes it only takes seconds to make sure I write the words down ________, or check some information on the Internet, or move an object ________ before it trips（绊倒） someone.

And of course when my children were young and ________ to cause all kinds of troubles, I lived and stuck to the “extra minute” ________. I always thought about what I could do to ________ an“if only” moment, whether it was something simple like moving a cup full of hot coffee away from the edge of a counter, or something that required a little more work such as taping padding(衬垫) onto the ________ corners of a glass table.

I know there will still be ________ when I have to say “if only” about something, but my life is surely more peaceful because of my principle of doing everything possible to avoid that ________. And even though it takes an extra minute to do something right, or it occasionally takes an hour or two in my busy schedule to________ a personal connection, I know that by doing the right thing, I'm buying myself peace of mind and that's the best kind of ________ for my emotional health.

1.

A．result

B．luck

C．goal

D．role

2.

A．convey

B．handle

C．experience

D．raise

3.

A．preparation

B．disappointment

C．adaptation

D．amazement

4.

A．harmful

B．shameful

C．handful

D．terrible

5.

A．followed

B．treated

C．contributed

D．inspired

6.

A．heard

B．ignored

C．examined

D．shut

7.

A．acceptable

B．respectable

C．sensitive

D．negative

8.

A．Require

B．Demand

C．Charge

D．Spend

9.

A．wise

B．familiar

C．rare

D．passive

10.

A．promise

B．attempt

C．afford

D．hesitate

11.

A．frequently

B．normally

C．accurately

D．fluently

12.

A．in a way

B．by the way

C．on the way

D．in the way

13.

A．probable

B．likely

C．average

D．ordinary

14.

A．signal

B．theory

C．notice

D．principle

15.

A．prevent

B．reflect

C．admit

D．regret

16.

A．narrow

B．dusty

C．sharp

D．wide

17.

A．locations

B．conditions

C．occasions

D．events

18.

A．record

B．ending

C．plot

D．memory

19.

A．keep

B．remind

C．transform

D．deliver

20.

A．program

B．bargain

C．purpose

D．insurance