1 . My daughter was being thrown out of the sixth grade. The teacher said, “She may not be up to what we’re trying to accomplish.” He was really saying she didn’t have the intelligence. I got mad because I knew she was smart, just as my father had known I was smart when I was failing in school. We had her tested. I decided to get myself tested as well, and found that the troubles she was having were exactly what I had had — dyslexia. By then I was a successful television writer, and had won an Emmy Award for “The Rockford Files.”

If I had known earlier that something beyond my control could explain why I was a low achiever, I may not have worked so hard in my late 20s and early 30s. I was writing and writing. I was working for no other reason than to hear people praise me, because I did badly in all my courses.

I once asked a friend who had always gotten an A, “How long did you study for this?” He said, “I didn’t. I just glanced at it.” So he must be smarter. I began to ask, “What will happen to me when I’m not good at anything?” Despite my doubts, I did become successful, and people now say to me, “So you’ve overcome dyslexia.”

No. You don’t overcome it, you learn to compensate for it. Some easy things are very hard for me. Most people who go through college read twice as fast as I do. I avoid dialing a phone if I can, because I sometimes have to try three times to get the number right.

Despite my weaknesses I view dyslexia as a gift, not a curse (诅咒). Many dyslexics are good at right-brain, abstract thought, and that’s what my kind of creative writing is. And I can write quickly, and can get up to 15 pages a day. Writing is my strength.

The real fear I have for dyslexic children is not they have to struggle in school, but that they will quit on themselves before they get out of school. Parents have to create victories for them, whether it’s music, sports or art. You can make your dyslexic child able to say, “Yeah, reading is hard. But I have other things I can do.”

1. The writer decided to get himself tested as well because he________.

A．wanted to know if they had the same problem

B．didn’t believe his daughter had the problem

C．had to take a regular medical examination

D．accepted that his daughter was not smart

2. We can learn from the second paragraph that the writer________.

A．struggled and got better grades

B．didn’t work hard when he was young

C．was praised for overcoming dyslexia

D．was thankful not knowing of dyslexia earlier

3. According to the passage, a dyslexic person________.

A．is less intelligent	B．always fails in school
C．reads more slowly than normal people	D．performs worse in left-brain activities

4. What can we learn from the story?

A．Clumsy birds have to start flying early.	B．God shuts one door but opens another.
C．Never judge a person by his appearance.	D．No one can make a good coat with bad cloth.

2 . Two of the saddest words in the English language are “if only”. I live my life with the goal of never having to say those words, because they express regret, lost opportunities, mistakes, and disappointment.

My father is famous in our family for saying, “Take the extra minute to do it right.” I always try to live by the “extra minute” rule. When my children were young and likely to cause accidents, I always thought about what I could do to avoid an “if only” moment, whether it was something minor 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 sharp comers of a glass coffee table.

I don’t only avoid (避免) those “if only” moments when it comes to safety. it’s equally important to avoid “if only” in our personal relationships. We all know people who lost a loved one and regretted that they had foregone an opportunity to say, “I love you” or “I forgive you.” When my father announced he was going to the eye doctor across from my office on Good Friday, I told him that it was a holiday for my company and I wouldn’t be here. But then I thought about the fact that he’s 84 years old and I realized that I shouldn’t give up an opportunity to see him. I called him and told him I had decided to go to work on my day off after all.

I know there will still be occasions when I have to say “if only” about something, but my life is definitely better because of my policy of doing everything possible to avoid that eventuality (可能发生的事). 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 make a personal connection, I know that I’m doing the right thing. I’m buying myself peace of mind and that’s the best kind of insurance (保障) for my emotional well-being.

1. Which of the following is an example of the “extra minute” rule?

A．Start the car the moment everyone is seated.

B．Leave the room for a minute with the iron working.

C．Wait for an extra minute so that the steak tastes better.

D．Move an object out of the way before it trips (绊倒) someone.

2. Why did the author decide to go to her office on Good Friday?

A．To keep her appointment with the eye doctor.

B．To meet her father who was already an old man.

C．To join in the holiday celebration of the company.

D．To finish her work before the deadline approached.

3. Which word(s) can best replace the underlined word “foregone” in Paragraph 3?

A．given up.

B．Lacked.

C．Avoided.

D．Wasted.

4. What is the best title for the passage?

A．The Emotional Well-being	B．The Two Saddest Words
C．The Most Useful Rule	D．The Peace of Mind

3 . Life will be peaceful if you always do kind things. I teach my daughters to develop a habit of ______ others. The little acts of ______ give you chances to provide service for others. They can make you feel how ______ it is to be kind and helpful.

We ______ in a rural (乡村的) area. Most of what we ______ is beautiful nature. One of the exceptions to the ______ is the rubbish that some people throw out of their car windows as they drive along the rural roads. One of the few ______ of living here is short of ______ public services, such as rubbish collection, which is common in the ______.

A helping behavior that I practice regularly with my daughters is driving around to pick up rubbish in our neighborhood. My daughters often have a ______ to see who can collect the most rubbish. They will often say to me in a(n) ______ voice, “There’s some rubbish, Daddy－ ______ the car!” And if we have time, we will often get out of our car and pick it up. ______ it may seem strange, we do it. In fact, we ______ it. We pick up rubbish in parks, on sidewalks, almost anywhere. One day, seeing a stranger picking up rubbish or the road, I stopped. He ______ his head and smiled, “I saw you doing this with your family. It’s a good ______ to protect our environment.”

There are many other ways to ______ kindness for others. You may share a dinner with a beggar, visit ______ old people in the nursing home, or help the blind ______ the street. You can think of something that can be finished ______ but helpful. It is fun, self-satisfying, and what’s more, it can set a good example. Helping others is helping yourself.

1.

A．watching

B．helping

C．welcoming

D．teaching

2.

A．carefulness

B．peace

C．kindness

D．interest

3.

A．great

B．unusual

C．easy

D．sad

4.

A．work

B．travel

C．live

D．stay

5.

A．dream

B．see

C．need

D．develop

6.

A．environment

B．weather

C．stair

D．beauty

7.

A．disadvantages

B．favorites

C．wishes

D．answers

8.

A．sensitive

B．necessary

C．energetic

D．accurate

9.

A．sky

B．village

C．city

D．street

10.

A．match

B．chance

C．meeting

D．lesson

11.

A．surprised

B．tired

C．excited

D．frightened

12.

A．speed

B．start

C．move

D．stop

13.

A．Although

B．But

C．And

D．Since

14.

A．understand

B．experience

C．forget

D．enjoy

15.

A．covered

B．lowered

C．shook

D．raised

16.

A．sport

B．idea

C．result

D．question

17.

A．describe

B．buy

C．provide

D．make

18.

A．puzzled

B．successful

C．healthy

D．lonely

19.

A．clean

B．cross

C．repair

D．draw

20.

A．suddenly

B．impossibly

C．easily

D．gradually

4 . When you try too hard but you don’t succeed; when despite all your efforts you don’t get the results you need, give up and move. __________ it like it’s hot, and run in the __________ direction as fast as you can.

Yes, we all have been trained to work hard to achieve our dreams, and that’s a good thing. The ________ arises when all these ________ quotes start confusing us. These _________ tell you not to give up, but they don’t tell you that it should only _________ your true dreams. They tell you to “ try and try again” until you succeed, but that amount of _________ should only be put toward what you really want in life. People should never _________ when it comes to what they think to be their life’s purpose. The rest are all just there to _________ you, distract(使分心) you and depress you, so don’t __________ to do them any longer.

If you are poor at playing the piano and you know it’s because you don’t like the __________, give it up. If however hard you study you can _________ score an above average grade, don’t worry. Your _________ lies somewhere else. Not everyone is an A-student.

Try to find out what you are good at, what makes you happy and then ___________ on it. If you do, __________ would have to tell or inspire you not to give up because when you ___________ something, you keep trying until you get it right and the enthusiasm flows from ___________.

Don’t worry about what people will say or think; it’s your life. If at the end of the day, you have a sense of __________ and can sleep well at night, you can be sure you have made the right decisions, ___________ some of them are deciding to give up __________ certain things in life.

1.

A．Try

B．Drop

C．Blame

D．Value

2.

A．same

B．original

C．common

D．opposite

3.

A．hope

B．problem

C．need

D．importance

4.

A．accurate

B．complicated

C．disappointing

D．inspirational

5.

A．books

B．movies

C．messages

D．reports

6.

A．focus on

B．apply to

C．consist of

D．result in

7.

A．effort

B．interest

C．money

D．intelligence

8.

A．care

B．rest

C．quit

D．laugh

9.

A．guide

B．prepare

C．confuse

D．watch

10.

A．bother

B．afford

C．hesitate

D．pretend

11.

A．toy

B．furniture

C．tool

D．instrument

12.

A．hardly

B．easily

C．always

D．simply

13.

A．duty

B．luck

C．talent

D．wealth

14.

A．rely

B．work

C．comment

D．pass

15.

A．everybody

B．somebody

C．anybody

D．nobody

16.

A．love

B．possess

C．fear

D．lack

17.

A．within

B．above

C．underground

D．outside

18.

A．loss

B．humor

C．justice

D．fulfillment

19.

A．as though

B．now that

C．even if

D．so that

20.

A．to

B．on

C．like

D．except

5 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

My father asked me to chat with him for a while. Actually, I was unwilling to listen to his talking endlessly as he always did. My father was a lawyer, but I never wanted to go to law school or follow his path through life.

As was expected, he cleared his throat and started to say, “Er... What... What do you really want to do in the gorgeous(灿烂的) future?”

I was silent for a moment playing with the cell phone. I kept thinking, “Should I tell him my true thoughts? What if he gets angry? What if I let him down?” later I replied, “Well, I want to be a writer.”

I guessed this may be not the answer he would expect. But surprisingly, “Interesting idea!” he answered. I was shocked, speaking in a low voice with hesitation.

“Are you serious, dad?”

“Well, you need confidence and good preparations, and you still have plenty of time. You need to find out what you really enjoy now. Look, it’s late. Let’s take the boat out tomorrow morning, just you and me. Maybe we can catch some crabs (螃蟹) for dinner, and we can talk more.”

Early next morning we packed up the equipment and set off for the coast. We didn’t talk much, but enjoyed the sound of the seabirds and the sight of the coastline.

There were no big waves and blinding sunlight at that time. “Let’s see if we are lucky,” he said, picked up a web basket with a rope tied and threw it into the sea. We waited a while, then my father stood up and said, “Give me a hand with this,” and we pulled up the crab cage onto the deck.

To our joy, the cage was filled with dozens of soft shell crabs. Squatting (蹲) down, we watched them for a moment. At first they fought against each other to climb out hard, trying to escape. Many were pulled back into the cage. Later, some gave up, but there were still some crabs trying to escape again and again.

注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
At that moment, my father pointed to the cage, “Look at that crab, there!”
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
From that day on, I was determined to make my dream come true
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6 . I have the bad habit of skipping to the last pages of a book to see how it ends while I’m still in the middle of it. This habit ______ people around me. Often my ______ wouldn’t be confined(局限) just to the books I read but also to what others were ______ as well. Finally, one day my daughter told me with a little _______. “Dad, please just read a book one page at a time like everyone else!”

At times I didn’t ______ this bad habit to just reading books either. I also tried to skip ahead in my life and _____ what to do months and even years from now instead of ______ each day as it is intended. I knew that the book of my life wasn’t done yet and that I had many ______ left to go.________, that didn’t stop me from trying to write the ______ half-way through. Time and again, I would ______ jump ahead and try to solve every potential problem before it ______ so I could reach that storybook happily ever after ending. Life, however, doesn’t ______   like that. It loves to ______ us, and you never know what new problem or opportunity each new day will bring.

Life has often had to ______ me to slow down. Recently, when I found myself ______ to that bad habit of rushing ahead and living in the ______ again, I felt a special voice gently telling me, “ Live one day at a time.” Then I smiled, and turned the book of my life back to the ____ page. Each of us has to live the book of life one page and one day at a time. Each of us has to write it ______ and moment by moment. We have to trust that it will bring our ______ to its perfect end.

1.

A．concerned

B．annoyed

C．frightened

D．embarrassed

2.

A．impatience

B．difficulty

C．influence

D．effort

3.

A．demanding

B．carrying

C．writing

D．reading

4.

A．interest

B．excitement

C．anger

D．sadness

5.

A．extend

B．spread

C．limit

D．devote

6.

A．bring out

B．let out

C．try out

D．figure out

7.

A．fearing

B．enjoying

C．doubting

D．imagining

8.

A．pages

B．things

C．reports

D．novels

9.

A．Indeed

B．Still

C．Surely

D．Finally

10.

A．ending

B．plot

C．outline

D．passage

11.

A．happily

B．carefully

C．unwillingly

D．foolishly

12.

A．counted

B．left

C．happened

D．backed

13.

A．start

B．finish

C．work

D．change

14.

A．touch

B．amuse

C．worry

D．surprise

15.

A．allow

B．force

C．remind

D．encourage

16.

A．admitting

B．returning

C．responding

D．referring

17.

A．present

B．memory

C．dream

D．future

18.

A．right

B．first

C．new

D．blank

19.

A．more or less

B．line by line

C．one by one

D．now and then

20.

A．story

B．job

C．plan

D．hope

7 . 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

8 . I have dreamed of taking a trip to Hawaii since I graduated, but the best thing always needs waiting.

I took a trip with my friends to Haleakala National Park, which lies in Hawaii.

When we arrived at Haleakala National Park, we were advised to watch the early morning sunrise. I was lost in the sightseeing (观光) that afternoon, so I could hardly wait to see the sunrise. The next morning, we all got out of bed very early and got to the seaside at 3 o’clock. In the first half an hour, we imagined how wonderful it would be when the first light came out through the thick clouds and how soft it would be when the light touched our skin, so we waited and waited. However, another half an hour later, I gradually lost my patience since there was nothing but the chilly darkness, and I felt that I was frozen to death. (冻死) But my friends were still extremely cheerful.

Nearly another one hour later, “Amazing!” Judy burst out and we all shouted to welcome the light, which was really unbelievable. Until today, I dare say that it is the most impressive sunrise in my life. However, waiting in the morning darkness is also one memory I can’t forget forever.

Waiting sometimes is really a hard thing for most of us as it needs patience and strong-willed determination (决心) , but what about the result after that? It might turn out to be pleasing and unbelievable. So, it is really worth (值得的) waiting for the best.

1. What can we learn from the passage?

A．he author’s friends and the author took a trip to China.

B．Hawaii is a good place to enjoy the sunrise.

C．Sometimes, it is worth waiting for the best.

D．The author enjoyed the worst sunrise in his life.

2. When did they see the first light of the sunrise?

A．About 3 o’clock.	B．About 4 o’clock.
C．About 5 o’clock.	D．About 6 o’clock.

3. What’s the meaning of the underlined word in Paragraph 2?

A．Total.

B．Cold.

C．Terrible.

D．Interesting.

4. How did the author feel when waiting for the sunrise?

A．Excited all the time.	B．Afraid all the time.
C．Firstly excited then afraid.	D．Firstly excited then impatient.

9 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。

At noon that day, I drove back to my house after the performance. Just as I entered the living room, I heard a gentle sound coming from the bedroom upstairs—it was the sound of my favorite violin.

“Thief!”

I dashed upstairs. Sure enough, as expected, a boy of about 12 years old was petting my violin. The boy had messy hair and a thin face, his oversized coat seemingly filled with something. At first glance, I found a new pair of shoes missing. It seemed that he was surely a thief.

Then, I saw his eyes full of fear and despair. My anger was immediately replaced by a smile, I asked, “Are you Mr. Ram’s nephew, Michael? I’m his housekeeper. Two days ago, I heard his nephew living in the countryside will come. It must be you. You’re really like him!”

On hearing my words, the boy was first astonished, but then quickly said, “Has my uncle gone out? I think I’d better first go out for a walk and visit him again in a while.”

I nodded and asked the boy who was preparing to put down the violin, “Do you like to play the violin so much?”

“Yes, but I’m so poor that I can’t afford it,” the boy replied.

“Then, I give this violin to you.” The boy looked at me questioningly, but he picked up the violin. Going out to the living room, he suddenly saw on the wall my huge color photo I performed in the Sydney Opera House. He involuntarily trembled for a moment and ran out without looking back.

I was sure that the boy had understood what happened because no one would decorate the living room with the housekeeper’s photo.

Paragraph 1:

A few years later, I was invited to be a judge at a music competition of senior high school students.

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Paragraph 2:

After the competition, “Michael” ran to me, holding a violin box.

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

10 . From now on, never spend your precious time thinking of reasons for your failures and shortcomings. Instead, realize that the seeds of success were planted within you when you were born. Only you have the power to make those seeds grow.

The seeds, and the power to grow them, are contained in the most awesome (令人惊叹的) machine ever created: the human mind. Success is a choice and not a chance. You were born a winner. You were born rich. You can be a success if only you make the right choice.

You cannot be successful without first developing your self-esteem (自尊). Your level of self-esteem is always based on the degree of control that you are able to exercise over yourself, and thus over your life. People with low self-esteem are people who do not believe that they have any power, or responsibility for their lives. They are leaves tossed(摇摆)by the winds of chance blown about with any sudden change in the weather.

You can exercise control over your life only to the degree that you believe that you are responsible for everything that happens in your life. Failures think that everything happens by accident and chance. Successful people realize that they are responsible.

Everything happens as a result of something. If we can identify the cause, we can control the effect. We are responsible for what we choose to think and believe. One generally rises to the level that one expects. We are responsible for setting our expectations. Our success is dependent upon our level of confidence.

If you associate with positive-thinking people, you are definitely going to achieve success. On the contrary, the opposite happens. We are responsible for finding, planting, and nurturing (养育) the seeds that contain future victory, born from setbacks (挫折).

In short, in all areas of your life, whether they be financial, physical, emotional, or spiritual, you are responsible. Once you recognize this, accept it, and firmly believe it, you are on the road to success.

1. People with low self-esteem are compared to leaves because they ______.

A．are ready to change their minds

B．don’t have the ability to control themselves

C．can’t be successful with self-control

D．are easily affected by windy weather

2. Losers would think that ______.

A．their failure is accidental

B．working hard will lead to success

C．they are responsible for success

D．they should make efforts to succeed

3. It can be inferred from paragraph 5 that ______.

A．our success results from our attitudes

B．one can rise to the level that one expects

C．we should be responsible for our thoughts and beliefs

D．setting our expectations is essential before taking action

4. The last paragraph serves as ______.

A．the proof of the author’s points

B．an introduction to another topic

C．the conclusion of the argument

D．a comparison between two views

5. Which is the best title for the text?

A．The secrets of success.

B．How to achieve success.

C．Develop our confidence.

D．Success depends on you.