1 . Last summer, Steller pulled off the freeway on her way to work. She ______ at a traffic light, where a man was sitting with a ______ asking for help. She rolled down her ______. “Hey!” she shouted. “I’m driving around giving ______ haircuts. Do you want one right now?”

The man looked to be in his 60s. He was strongly built, and missing a few ______. “Actually,” he said, “I have a funeral to go to this week. I was really hoping to get a ______.”

Steller unloaded a red chair from her car. The man took the ______, and she ______ his curly graying hair. He ______ her about growing up in Mississippi about moving to Minnesota to be closer to his adult children, and how he still talks to his mom every day.

After Steller was ______, Edward looked in a ______. “ I look good!” he said. “I’ll have to remember to put my teeth in next time.”

Steller knows that a haircut can ______ a life. One changed hers: As a teen, she suffered from a severe ______, and her hair thinned too much. Seeing this, her mother arranged for Steller’s first professional haircut.

“To sit down and have somebody ______ me and talk to me like a ______ and not just an illness, it helped me feel ______ about.” She says. After that, Steller knew she wanted to have her own salon (美发厅) so she could help people ______ the way she’d felt that day.

“It’s more than a free haircut.” Steller says. “I listen to people’s stories of loss, addiction, and ______ to get back on their feet. I can’t ______ their problems, but maybe I can help them feel less ______ for a moment.”

1.

A．settled

B．stood

C．stopped

D．met

2.

A．sign

B．video

C．book

D．friend

3.

A．door

B．window

C．chair

D．lamp

4.

A．regular

B．fancy

C．latest

D．free

5.

A．years

B．teeth

C．things

D．meals

6.

A．pound

B．job

C．haircut

D．response

7.

A．seat

B．risk

C．advice

D．chance

8.

A．brushed

B．colored

C．pulled

D．cut

9.

A．asked

B．told

C．informed

D．consulted

10.

A．done

B．paid

C．left

D．gone

11.

A．box

B．direction

C．spot

D．mirror

12.

A．start

B．save

C．change

D．escape

13.

A．condition

B．loss

C．failure

D．disease

14.

A．look at

B．believe

C．call on

D．judge

15.

A．servant

B．person

C．poet

D．fool

16.

A．sorry

B．proud

C．bitter

D．cared

17.

A．clear

B．lead

C．feel

D．smooth

18.

A．ability

B．struggle

C．permission

D．decision

19.

A．fix

B．cause

C．ignore

D．recognize

20.

A．guilty

B．ashamed

C．alone

D．connected

2 . One day I was sleeping in my chair when I woke up to the sound of a car crash. I sat up and looked _______ out my window. Across the street, a car had just backed into a chain-link fence. The car must have been moving fast, _______it was in bad shape. The fence was bent out exactly the _______of the car’s back end.

I watched the driver get out of the car. After a few seconds of _______the damage, the man tried to put the fence back into the place. His first attempt failed and he tried a little harder. He grabbed its vertical support pole and pulled against it with his full _______. The pole suddenly _______ and the man fell hard onto the ground. The entire fence fell on top of him, and one of his shoes _______ and landed 10 feet away on the sidewalk.

I laughed out loud. The man's failure was _______my whole day. He climbed out from under the_______fence and went back to the apartment building.

That, I thought, would be the ________of it. The man was going to leave all the chaos behind for someone else to ________. However, the man__________a few minutes later with some tools. For the next hour, I ________out my window as he doggedly fixed the fence and even improved it. Now the fence would be extra secure, stronger than before.

This man was actually a hero and I was embarrassed by my ________judgments. Years later, I still look out my window at that fence almost every day. It makes me ________what else that man has improved, and how I can make myself more like him.

1.

A．gradually

B．especially

C．immediately

D．generally

2.

A．until

B．because

C．if

D．although

3.

A．beginning

B．direction

C．center

D．shape

4.

A．assessing

B．mentioning

C．limiting

D．avoiding

5.

A．equipment

B．sight

C．wisdom

D．weight

6.

A．broke

B．burnt

C．lightened

D．rose

7.

A．moved on

B．passed by

C．flew off

D．turned up

8.

A．wasting

B．brightening

C．completing

D．controlling

9.

A．fallen

B．hidden

C．locked

D．related

10.

A．plan

B．form

C．cause

D．end

11.

A．give away

B．clean up

C．learn from

D．refer to

12.

A．quit

B．hesitated

C．approved

D．appeared

13.

A．worked

B．counted

C．watched

D．guessed

14.

A．unbalanced

B．uncertain

C．unfair

D．unhurried

15.

A．wonder

B．observe

C．explain

D．challenge

3 . It had long been troubling a little boy that his desk mate could rank 1st in the class every time while he failed to: he only ranked 21st.

At home, he asked his Mom, “Mom, am I more stupid than others? I feel I am as hardworking as him, but how come I always fall behind?”     1    

In another test, the son ranked 15th, and his desk mate remained 1st. Back home, he raised the same question.     2     However, was this answer in her son’s best interest? Thank goodness she did not open her mouth.

There were times she wanted to tell him, “Your father and I used to be outstanding. Why aren’t you just as clever?” But she stopped because she felt it was cruel to blame him and that she needed a better answer.

    3     To reduce the burden on her son who was suffering from the pains of unsatisfied grades and rankings, Mom decided to take him to the sea. During the trip, she managed to give out an answer.

Now, the son no longer worries about his rankings, because, with the 1st ranking, he is admitted to a top university.     4     In the lecture, he mentioned a valuable experience, “…When my mother and I was lying on the beach, she pointed to the front and said, ‘Do you see the seabirds over there? When the waves come near, little birds can rise quickly while it would take longer for clumsy sea-gulls to complete the process. However, have you noticed birds that finally fly across the endless ocean are none other than clumsy sea-gulls?’     5    ” The moving speech affected many mothers present into tears, including his mother.

A．Feeling sad for her son’s failure, mom scolded him.

B．Mom really wanted to tell her son that intelligence differs.

C．Hearing the words, she went wordless, not knowing how to explain.

D．You might be a bit slower, but you will be the one who will make it!

E．Mom was so proud of her son’s success as to often share her experience.

F．Back to his high school, he was invited to give a speech to the students and parents.

G．Time flying swiftly, despite great efforts, he was still unable to keep up with his desk mate.

4 . I was born into a family of educators. Growing up, I___________ stories about my grandfather, a headmaster in Guyana. His wife was a teacher. My father and mother continued the _________, teaching at the secondary school levels. As we _________ National Teacher Appreciation Week, I was ___________ by Charles Blow’s Op-Ed column in The New York Times to _________ two teachers who had never failed me: my parents.

I hardly remember a period when my parents were not engaged in the act of ___________ and teaching. When I was born in 1991, my dad, William Panaram, was trying to___________a doctor’s degree in plant science in North Dakota. After we ___________ to the Bronx, New York, my mom, Dhanwanti Panaram, started night ___________ to get a master’s degree in nutrition.   ____________   my mom studied, she also managed a full-time job, raised me, and learned a new city.

As I watched their schooling ____________, I learned that receiving an ____________ meant much more than getting high grades. In fact, a true education has meaning when its learners ____________.

Both my parents show me daily how to live as a good ____________. Both teach me how to love. My parents—my educators for life—make it ____________ that a teacher’s job is ____________ the classroom. A meaningful teacher stays with students ____________ , in mind or in person. I am determined to be a teacher myself, helping young students think freely and ____________ their own ideas, which is a __________   of living, learning, and loving with my first teachers.

National Teacher Appreciation Week might come around once a year, but the reality is that every single day we need to thank those who__________more about others than they do about themselves. Who will you thank today?

1.

A．told

B．heard

C．made

D．wrote

2.

A．culture

B．custom

C．tradition

D．job

3.

A．celebrated

B．shared

C．congratulated

D．reported

4.

A．beaten

B．praised

C．read

D．inspired

5.

A．treat

B．entertain

C．recognize

D．thank

6.

A．acting

B．learning

C．feeding

D．supporting

7.

A．consult

B．abandon

C．admire

D．acquire

8.

A．turned

B．referred

C．moved

D．settled

9.

A．clubs

B．classes

C．bands

D．films

10.

A．But

B．Because

C．While

D．Although

11.

A．experiences

B．movements

C．positions

D．benefits

12.

A．instruction

B．examination

C．education

D．award

13.

A．take back

B．give back

C．look back

D．call back

14.

A．learner

B．believer

C．conductor

D．performer

15.

A．independent

B．important

C．necessary

D．clear

16.

A．beyond

B．across

C．inside

D．to

17.

A．even

B．forever

C．before

D．once

18.

A．stop

B．accept

C．receive

D．develop

19.

A．purpose

B．decision

C．result

D．chance

20.

A．care

B．wait

C．account

D．look

5 . Years ago, my grandmother was in a nursing home. She was a retired university professor, which brought her an ocean of _______ she had taught before.

In sharp _______ with my grandmother, almost no one came to see the old man next door. He was _______ most of the time.

Once I_______ him, “How are you doing recently?” He gave me a look, saying nothing. Thinking he was _______ of hearing, I raised my voice and asked again. He just shook his head slightly. After a long while, finding I was _______ there, he just said, “Fine.” Then he looked away. I had to shut up, feeling rather _______.

Later, I learned that the old man had got quite a few companies from his family. Since he was not a good _______, he annoyed many people and even made his family and friends _______. And ________, his companies all failed.

So what is the most important ________ a person can have? Perhaps you think making money is the answer. No! But the ability to ________ your thoughts is. It’s extremely important for a person to learn to put what he thinks into ________. It makes a relationship ________ and a career flourish (繁荣). I’m afraid this is something many of us ________. Just think: How many of us have ever hurt those who love us just because we are not good at speaking? So, more often than not, it is not what we think but how we speak that determines how far we can go in life.

1.

A．neighbors

B．friends

C．relatives

D．visitors

2.

A．agreement

B．contrast

C．conflict

D．company

3.

A．alone

B．calm

C．high-spirited

D．impatient

4.

A．questioned

B．greeted

C．encountered

D．encouraged

5.

A．tired

B．ashamed

C．hard

D．short

6.

A．always

B．already

C．also

D．still

7.

A．uncomfortable

B．concerned

C．helpless

D．innocent

8.

A．expert

B．competitor

C．speaker

D．partner

9.

A．break down

B．pull away

C．fall behind

D．drop out

10.

A．typically

B．obviously

C．unexpectedly

D．consequently

11.

A．skill

B．challenge

C．principle

D．qualification

12.

A．update

B．develop

C．express

D．dominate

13.

A．action

B．words

C．plans

D．consideration

14.

A．appear

B．worsen

C．collapse

D．last

15.

A．lack

B．possess

C．oppose

D．defense

6 . Advice for Graduates

Thank you for letting me share this wonderful day with you. The next part of my speech consists of some advice, which is rarely valued, seldom remembered, never followed. As Oscar Wilde said,     1     So, here comes the advice.

First, every time you celebrate an achievement,     2     Thank your parents and friends who supported you, thank your professors who were inspirational, and especially thank the other professors whose less-than brilliant lectures forced you to teach yourself. To your fellow students who have added immeasurably to your education during those late night discussions, hug them.

Second, in your future life, cultivate a generous spirit.     3     Leave the change on the table. In a successful cooperation, everybody gets 90 percent of the profit.

My third piece of advice is as follows: As you begin this new stage of your lives, follow your passion. If you don’t have a passion，don’t be satisfied until you find one.     4     When I was your age, I was incredibly single-minded in my goal to be a physicist. After college, I spent eight years as a graduate student and postdoc at Berkeley, and then nine years at Bell Labs. During that my time, my central focus and professional joy was physics.

Here is my final advice. Pursuing a personal passion is important, but it should not be your only goal. When you are old and gray, and look back on your life, you will want to be proud of what you have done. The source of that pride won’t be the things you have acquired or the recognition you have received.     5    

A．It will be the lives you have touched and the difference you have made.

B．In all negotiations, don’t bargain for the last, little advantage.

C．“I like to do all the talking myself. It saves time, and prevents arguments.”

D．“The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.”

E．Life is too short to go through it without caring deeply about something.

F．be thankful to those who made it possible.

G．Change your manners when you are dealing with others.

7 . 请阅读下面材料，并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。

D-daughter                              M-mommy
D:"Mommy,are you leaving home again?"
M:"Yes,honey.Mommy is going to fight a monster!"
D:"A monster?Is it scarier than a big roaring tiger?Oh my!”
M:"Well...yes!A lot scarier!It's called Virus.Many people are working hard to defeat the monster."
D:"Who are they?”
M:"They're the scientists who are working on new medicines to cure the ill and the construction workers who are building new hospitals for patients as fast as possible.They are the delivery people who are delivering masks to everyone in need,risking being caught by the virus monsters,too...They are all ordinary people,including volunteers,but now they are also powerful soldiers;they are the bravest fighters and they are heroes!"
D:"They are so brave!But mommy,are you scared?"
M: Yes,everyone is scared.Mommy's too.But if no one goes to fight the monster,there will be more monsters,and the monsters will be even more aggressive,and they may defeat us all.”
D:"But mommy...I don't want you to leave me.”
M:"Baby,mommy doesn't want to leave you either.Sweetie,do you know what"to be brave" means?To be brave is to do the right thing even if you are really scared.?
D:"Mommy,I'll be brave,too.I want to be a doctor when I grow up,and I will fight the monsters together with you.”
【写作内容】
1.用约30个单词概述上述对话内容；
2.谈谈你对“勇士”的理解；
3.写出谁是你心目中的“勇士”，并简要陈述理由（至少两点）。
【写作要求】
1.表明个人观点，同时提供理由或论据；
2.阐述观点或提供论据时，不得直接引用原文中的句子；
3. 文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；
4.不必写标题。
【评分标准】
内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。
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8 . My family and I belonged to a country club located across the street from the Long Island Sound. Each summer, the big _______ for us was the pool. I learned how to swim and _______the swimming team. However, swimming in my _______ days was a way to keep cool, and swimming on a team gave me identity and a sense of _______. It also became _______ many years later.

Fast-forward (快进) to 1973 — I was _______, pregnant and had a home. What made our little home even more _______ was that I discovered that four _______ away was Rath Park Pool! For the next 30 years, most of our summer days were _______ around that pool. Each of my five kids took swimming lessons and learned all the __________ swimming strokes (姿势).

As much as I would have liked to have life stand __________, it doesn’t. My children outgrew their pool days and moved on with their own life. But the pool was still four blocks from my home, so I began to __________ swimming again. I got so much out of it that I joined the local pool, so I could swim year-round. Whenever I swam, I would __________ come out feeling physically and mentally__________. I often felt that if I looked hard enough, I would be able to see all of the __________and problems I’ve had in life, sitting at the bottom of the pool!

What has swimming __________ me? I’ve learned that __________ is the key to being a good__________. If you are balanced in the water, you have no resistance. Working on staying balanced made me realize the __________ between life in and out of the swim lane. If you work on keeping yourself balanced, you will be able to swim right __________ the stress and problems life throws at you.

1.

A．attraction

B．activity

C．holiday

D．building

2.

A．refused

B．managed

C．founded

D．joined

3.

A．busier

B．younger

C．tiring

D．exciting

4.

A．belonging

B．duty

C．beauty

D．loss

5.

A．impressive

B．difficult

C．invaluable

D．boring

6.

A．employed

B．worn

C．dismissed

D．married

7.

A．disappointing

B．encouraging

C．wonderful

D．hopeful

8.

A．blocks

B．miles

C．hours

D．meters

9.

A．wasted

B．spent

C．stopped

D．remembered

10.

A．clumsy

B．strange

C．funny

D．different

11.

A．straight

B．still

C．away

D．high

12.

A．take up

B．give up

C．learn from

D．worry about

13.

A．yet

B．never

C．always

D．sometimes

14.

A．sensitive

B．refreshed

C．nervous

D．weakened

15.

A．days

B．children

C．worries

D．dreams

16.

A．helped

B．taught

C．encouraged

D．made

17.

A．experience

B．challenge

C．training

D．balance

18.

A．family

B．mother

C．kid

D．swimmer

19.

A．similarities

B．activities

C．exercises

D．skills

20.

A．with

B．over

C．through

D．to

9 . Wheeling her red chair and scissors around the city, Katie gives out-of-luck strangers the _____of visibility.

Last summer, Katie saw a man sitting with a _____asking for help. She asked, “Hey! I’m driving around giving _____haircuts. If I go and grab my chair, do you want one?”

The man was in his 60s. “______,” he said, “I have a funeral to go. I was really _____to get a haircut.”

She came back with her _____red chair loaded into her car. The man, named Edward, _____a seat. After Katie was done, Edward looked in a mirror. “I look _____!”

“It’s more than a haircut. I want it to _____value and respect.” Katie knows that a haircut can _____a life. As a teen, she _____a disease that was so severe that her hair thinned seriously. Seeing this, her mother _____for Katie’s first haircut. “To sit down and have somebody look at me and talk to me like a person and not just an _____helped me feel cared about and less _____.” she says.

Katie wanted to help people _____the same way. In 2009, she began her Red Chair Project, _____to people on the streets. Katie listens to people’s stories of loss, addiction, and _____to get back on their feet. The attention _____works.

It all began with a belief in simple acts of _____, such as a free haircut. “The way you show up in the world _____,” says Katie. “You have no idea what people will do with the kindness that you give them.”

1.

A．tool

B．gift

C．course

D．challenge

2.

A．mask

B．chair

C．sign

D．mirror

3.

A．perfect

B．regular

C．special

D．free

4.

A．Naturally

B．Luckily

C．Actually

D．Eventually

5.

A．exploring

B．hoping

C．begging

D．moving

6.

A．usual

B．formal

C．smooth

D．loose

7.

A．demanded

B．kept

C．reserved

D．took

8.

A．good

B．brave

C．healthy

D．satisfied

9.

A．prove

B．show

C．appreciate

D．combine

10.

A．establish

B．complete

C．change

D．reflect

11.

A．suffered from

B．got through

C．put up with

D．adapted to

12.

A．charged

B．applied

C．sought

D．arranged

13.

A．experiment

B．illness

C．operation

D．emotion

14.

A．worthwhile

B．serious

C．alone

D．innocent

15.

A．feel

B．follow

C．accomplish

D．select

16.

A．coming over

B．turning around

C．reaching out

D．looking up

17.

A．struggle

B．escape

C．relief

D．performance

18.

A．extremely

B．apparently

C．merely

D．hardly

19.

A．joy

B．honesty

C．pride

D．kindness

20.

A．occurs

B．continues

C．remains

D．matters

10 . Last week, my grandfather was explaining his favorite words, “Nothing is ever easy.” Yesterday, I happened to_______ a bee in the living room. I thought_______the bee would take no more than five minutes. But an hour _______, the bee remained there. All that had_______was that the living room was in a mess and that I felt_______ and had to lie on the sofa to take a breath.I did not expect to_______an hour on such a tiny _______,but suddenly I understood what my grandfather meant.

It is not only _______that we tend to underestimate (低估) — we have to bear other unexpected _______.We often imagine everything can work in our __________, but we seldom think of all the__________things that could affect us. However, it is important to remember that your day or week or year might not__________as planned, and that is completely __________. It is absolutely acceptable to feel challenged —__________at a task you thought was __________— because that is part of life.

If you can accept that nothing will ever be easy, then life might seem slightly more__________. In middle school, I thought high school might be easier since I could choose the __________ I wanted to take. In high school, I thought college might be easier because I could have a schedule best suited for myself.__________each time, I was both wrong and __________. After accepting that school wouldn’t (and shouldn’t) be easy, I found myself with a more positive attitude and improved my __________.

1.

A．get

B．notice

C．carry

D．collect

2.

A．removing

B．observing

C．keeping

D．chasing

3.

A．ago

B．away

C．later

D．earlier

4.

A．changed

B．happened

C．existed

D．compensated

5.

A．unsafe

B．uneasy

C．dull

D．dizzy

6.

A．pass

B．waste

C．spare

D．last

7.

A．space

B．room

C．insect

D．pet

8.

A．importance

B．effort

C．power

D．time

9.

A．costs

B．causes

C．pressure

D．burden

10.

A．mind

B．turn

C．view

D．favor

11.

A．strange

B．unpleasant

C．natural

D．funny

12.

A．continue

B．fly

C．go

D．come

13.

A．dangerous

B．normal

C．different

D．unfair

14.

A．usually

B．even

C．therefore

D．instead

15.

A．simple

B．complex

C．important

D．impossible

16.

A．valuable

B．changeable

C．manageable

D．stable

17.

A．jobs

B．steps

C．classes

D．seats

18.

A．Yet

B．So

C．Again

D．Also

19.

A．selfish

B．uncertain

C．tired

D．disappointed

20.

A．appearance

B．responsibility

C．reputation

D．performance