1 . You are given many opportunities in life to choose to be a victim or creator. When you choose to be a victim, the world is a cold and difficult place. “They” did things to you which caused all of your pain and suffering. “They” are wrong and bad, and life is terrible as long as “they” are around. Or you may blame yourself for all your problems, thus internalizing (内化) your victimization. The truth is, your life is likely to stay that way as long as you feel a need to blame yourself or others.

Those who choose to be creators look at life quite differently. They know there are individuals who might like to control their lives, but they don’t let this get in the way. They know they have their weaknesses, yet they don’t blame themselves when they fail. Whatever happens, they have choice in the matter. They believe their dance with each sacred (神圣的) moment of life is a gift and that storms are a natural part of life which can bring the rain needed for emotional and spiritual growth.

Victims and creators live in the same physical world and deal with many of the same physical realities, yet their experience of life is worlds apart. Victims relish (沉溺) in anger, guilt, and other emotions that cause others- -and even themselves--to feel like victims, too. Creators consciously choose love, inspiration, and other qualities which inspire not only themselves, but all around them. Both victims and creators always have choice to determine the direction of their lives.

In reality, all of us play the victim or the creator at various points in our lives. One person, on losing a job or a special relationship, may feel as if it is the end of the world and sink into terrible suffering for months, years, or even a lifetime. Another with the same experience may choose to first experience the grief, then accept the loss and soon move on to be a powerful creative force in his life.

In every moment and every circumstance, you can choose to have filler, richer life by setting a clear intention to transform the victim within, and by inviting into your life the powerful creator that you are.

1. What does the word “They” in paragraph 1 probably refer to?

A．People and things around you.	B．Opportunities and problems.
C．Creators and their choices.	D．Victims and their sufferings.

2. According to Paragraph 2, creators ________.

A．seem willing to experience failures in life	B．possess the ability to predict future life
C．handle ups and downs of life wisely	D．have potential to create something new

3. The examples mentioned in Paragraph 4 show that ________.

A．different reactions to sufferings lead to different life paths.

B．people need family support to deal with challengers in life.

C．it takes creators quite a long time to get rid of their pains.

D．one’s experiences determine his attitude toward life.

4. What is the author’s purpose in writing this passage?

A．To define victims and creators.

B．To evaluate victims against creators.

C．To explain the relationship between victims and creators.

D．To suggest the transformation from victims to creators.

2 . 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。

Long ago, there was a big apple tree. A little boy loved to come and play around it every day. He climbed to the top of the tree, ate the apples, and took a nap under the shadow. He loved the tree and the tree also enjoyed playing with him.

As time went by, the little boy grew up and he no longer played around the tree.

One day, the boy came back to the tree, appearing sad. “Come and play with me,” the tree asked the boy gently.

“I am no longer a kid; I won’t play around trees any more,” the boy replied. “I want toys. I need money to buy them.”

“Sorry, but I don’t have money. However, you can pick all my apples and sell them. Then, you will have money.” The boy was so excited that he picked all the apples on the tree and left happily. The boy didn’t come back after that.

The tree was upset.

One day, the boy returned and the tree was so joyful. “Come and play with me,” the tree said.

“I don’t have time to play. I have to work for my family. We need a house for shelter. Can you help me?” “Sorry, I don’t have a house. But you can cut off my branches to build your house.” So the boy cut all the branches of the tree and left with delight.

The tree was glad to see him happy but the boy didn’t appear since then. The tree was again lonely and sad.

One hot summer day, the boy returned and the tree was delighted. “Come and play with me!” the tree requested.

“I am sad and becoming old. I want to go sailing to relax myself. Can you give me a boat?”“Use my trunk to build the boat. You can sail and be happy.” So the boy cut the tree trunk to make a boat. He went sailing and did not show up for a long time.

注意：续写词数应为150左右。

Many years later, the boy finally returned.

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The apple tree is our mother.

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3 . Have you seen people who take pictures of food for more than 10 minutes before eating? My friend Stella is such an example. Every time we went to a restaurant she would not take a bite until all the dishes we ________ were on the table. Then she would spend five minutes in ________ the dishes in a seemingly random but in fact ________ order. Then the most important part: taking pictures. After that, she would choose one of the ________ and click in the filter app. The food eventually looked 10 times more delicious than it really was, but we had no ________ to really enjoy it—it all went cold, actually Stella’s real life is much less elegant. For example, she hates to wash the dishes, so she leaves them in the sink for days.

Many people care too much about others’ opinions and try too hard to ________ others. They find it hard to be ________ and to accept themselves, and thus they are afraid to show their ________ life on social media. What they are trying to prove is ________ what they lack in reality. But this will not bring any ________ to reality, as they still ________ the same old pattern of life.

If they really want an elegant life, they should put more ________ into achieving it ________ fabricating it. Being more confident, ________ themselves and trying their best to be better are much more meaningful than ________ their life on social media.

1.

A．ordered

B．served

C．offered

D．prepared

2.

A．cooking

B．washing

C．setting

D．collecting

3.

A．messy

B．arranged

C．casual

D．missed

4.

A．dishes

B．restaurants

C．tables

D．pictures

5.

A．chance

B．choice

C．excuse

D．reason

6.

A．comfort

B．please

C．inspire

D．discourage

7.

A．independent

B．generous

C．responsible

D．confident

8.

A．real

B．secret

C．peaceful

D．healthy

9.

A．rarely

B．hardly

C．exactly

D．nearly

10.

A．difficulty

B．change

C．guidance

D．harm

11.

A．question

B．dislike

C．doubt

D．follow

12.

A．effort

B．ambitions

C．feeling

D．money

13.

A．other than

B．more than

C．rather than

D．less than

14.

A．identifying

B．accepting

C．persuading

D．amusing

15.

A．simplifying

B．ruining

C．beautifying

D．worsening

4 . I come from one of those families where you have to yell at the dinner table to get in a word. Everyone has a strong __________, and talks at the same time, and no one has a __________ leading to heated arguments. We often talk or even debate with each other on different topics. __________ a family like mine has made me more __________ about the world around me, making me tend to question anything anyone tells me. But it has also made me realize that I’m not a good listener. And when I say “listening”, I’m not __________ to the nodding-your-head-and-__________-answering-Uh-huh-or-Ooh-I-see variety. I mean the kind of listening where you find yourself deeply __________ with the person you’re speaking with, when his story becomes so __________ that your world becomes less about you and more about him. No, I was never very good at that.

I spent summer in South Africa two years ago. I worked for a good non-profit __________ called Noah, which works __________ on behalf of children affected by AIDS. But __________ you asked me what I really did in South Africa, I’d tell you one thing: I listened, and I listened. Sometimes I __________, but mostly listened.

And had I not spent two months __________, I might have missed the __________ moment when a quiet little girl at one of Noah’s community centers, orphaned（孤儿）at the age of three, whispered after a long __________, “I love you.”

________ that summer, I knew how to hear. I could sit down with anyone and hear their __________ and nod and respond at the __________ time—but most of the time I was __________ about the next words out of my own mouth. Ever since my summer in South Africa, I have noticed that it’s in those moments when my mouth is closed and my __________ is wide open that I’ve learned the most about other people, and perhaps about myself.

1.

A．qualification

B．influence

C．opinion

D．assumption

2.

A．commitment

B．problem

C．schedule

D．request

3.

A．Belonging to

B．Believing in

C．Bringing up

D．Struggling for

4.

A．anxious

B．curious

C．nervous

D．adventurous

5.

A．objecting

B．appealing

C．turning

D．referring

6.

A．rudely

B．loudly

C．politely

D．gratefully

7.

A．identifying

B．quarreling

C．debating

D．competing

8.

A．vivid

B．magical

C．mind-numbing

D．time-consuming

9.

A．school

B．organization

C．factory

D．church

10.

A．effortlessly

B．timelessly

C．aimlessly

D．tirelessly

11.

A．unless

B．because

C．although

D．if

12.

A．applauded

B．spoke

C．wept

D．complained

13.

A．studying

B．traveling

C．listening

D．working

14.

A．touching

B．frustrating

C．astonishing

D．fascinating

15.

A．delay

B．course

C．journey

D．silence

16.

A．Before

B．After

C．Except

D．Since

17.

A．needs

B．stories

C．comments

D．cases

18.

A．valuable

B．free

C．right

D．same

19.

A．talking

B．arguing

C．learning

D．thinking

20.

A．sympathy

B．spirit

C．mind

D．family

5 . Since finishing my studies at Harvard and Oxford, I’ve watched one friend after another land high-ranking, high-paying Wall Street jobs. As executives (高级管理人员) with banks, consulting firms, established law firms, and major corporations, many are now ____ on their way to impressive careers. By society’s ____, they seem to have it made.

On the surface, these people seem to be very lucky in life. As they left student life behind, many had a ____ drink at their cheap but friendly local bar, shook hands with longtime roommates, and ____ out of small apartments into high buildings. They made reservations at restaurants where the cost of a bottle of wine ____ a college year’s monthly rent. They replaced their beloved old cars with expensive new sports cars.

The thing is, a number of them have ____ that despite their success, they aren’t happy. Some ____ of unfriendly coworkers and feel sad for eight-hour workweeks devoted to tasks they ____. Some do not respect the companies they work for and talk of feeling tired and ____. However, instead of devoting themselves to their work, they find themselves working to support the ____ to which they have so quickly become ____.

People often speak of trying a more satisfying path, and ____ in the end the idea of leaving their jobs to work for something they ____ or finding a position that would give them more time with their families almost always leads them to the same conclusion: it’s ____. They have loans, bills, a mortgage (抵押贷款) to ____, retirement to save for. They recognize there’s something ____ in their lives, but it’s ____ to step off the track.

In a society that tends to ____ everything in terms of dollars and cents, we learn from a young age to consider the costs of our ____ in financial terms. But what about the personal and social costs ____ in pursuing money over meaning? These are exactly the kinds of costs many of us tend to ignore — and the very ones we need to consider most.

1.

A．much

B．never

C．seldom

D．well

2.

A．policies

B．standards

C．experiments

D．regulations

3.

A．last

B．least

C．second

D．best

4.

A．cycled

B．moved

C．slid

D．looked

5.

A．shared

B．paid

C．equaled

D．collected

6.

A．advertised

B．witnessed

C．admitted

D．demanded

7.

A．complain

B．dream

C．hear

D．approve

8.

A．distribute

B．hate

C．applaud

D．neglect

9.

A．calm

B．guilty

C．warm

D．empty

10.

A．family

B．government

C．lifestyle

D．project

11.

A．accustomed

B．appointed

C．unique

D．available

12.

A．yet

B．also

C．instead

D．rather

13.

A．let out

B．turn in

C．give up

D．believe in

14.

A．fundamental

B．practical

C．impossible

D．unforgettable

15.

A．take off

B．drop off

C．put off

D．pay off

16.

A．missing

B．inspiring

C．sinking

D．shining

17.

A．harmful

B．hard

C．useful

D．normal

18.

A．measure

B．suffer

C．digest

D．deliver

19.

A．disasters

B．motivations

C．campaigns

D．decisions

20.

A．assessed

B．involved

C．covered

D．reduced

6 . 短文改错
When I was a child, I hoped to live in the city. I think I would be happy there.
Now I am living in a city, but I miss my home in countryside. There the air is clean or the mountains are green. Unfortunately, on the development of industrialization, the environment has been polluted. Lots of studies have been shown that global warming has already become a very seriously problem. The airs we breathe in is getting dirtier and dirtier. Much rare animals are dying out. We must found ways to protect your environment. If we fail to do so, we’ll live to regret it.

7 . During my second year at the city college, I was told that the education department   was offering a “free” course, called Thinking Chess, for three credits. I__________the idea of taking the class because, after all, who doesn’t want to __________a few dollars? More than that, I’d always Wanted to learn chess. And, even if I weren’t__________enough about free credits, news about our__________was appealing (有吸引力的) enough to me. He was an international grandmaster, which__________I would be learning from one of the game’s __________. I could hardly wait to__________him.

Maurice Ashley was kind and smart, a former graduate returning to teach, and this__________was no game for him: he meant business. In his introduction, he made it __________that our credits would be hard-earned.

In order to______the class, among other criteria (标准), we had to write a paper on how we plan to__________what we would learn in class to our future professions and, __________ , to our lives. I managed to get an A in that__________and learned life lessons that have served me well beyond the__________.

Ten years after my chess class with Ashley, I’m still putting to use what he__________me: “The most important__________that you learn when you play chess is how to make good__________. On every single__________you have   to analyze (分析) a situation, process what your opponent (对手) is doing and evaluate (评估) the best move from among all you__________.” These words still ring true today in my__________as a journalist.

1.

A．put forward

B．jumped at

C．tried out

D．turned down

2.

A．waste

B．make

C．save

D．pay

3.

A．excited

B．worried

C．moved

D．tired

4.

A．title

B．competitor

C．textbook

D．teacher

5.

A．explained

B．required

C．held

D．meant

6.

A．fastest

B．easiest

C．best

D．rarest

7.

A．introduce

B．meet

C．challenge

D．beat

8.

A．chance

B．college

C．credit

D．job

9.

A．real

B．perfect

C．clear

D．possible

10.

A．attend

B．pass

C．start

D．join

11.

A．add

B．tie

C．apply

D．compare

12.

A．finally

B．naturally

C．directly

D．exactly

13.

A．game

B．presentation

C．course

D．experiment

14.

A．criterion

B．classroom

C．department

D．situation

15.

A．taught

B．wrote

C．question

D．promised

16.

A．business

B．fact

C．discovery

D．skill

17.

A．impressions

B．decisions

C．suggestions

D．friends

18.

A．move

B．step

C．game

D．moment

19.

A．challenges

B．abilities

C．advantages

D．options

20.

A．role

B．report

C．service

D．responsibility

9 . When my children were teenagers, I ___________ a fridge magnet with what was said to be a First Nation or Native American prayer. I ___________ it on the door of our refrigerator in full view. I found the words to be thought ___________ and hoped they would teach my children to have more patience and be more ___________ of others.

Although my children are ___________ now, with homes of their own, I’ve kept the magnet on our_______ door for the past twenty-five years. During that time, I’ve often found that the _______ has helped me see situations from a different perspective.

For example, a number of years ago, I was on my way to a farewell function with several colleagues. As we were leaving the office, we _______ our other colleague, Wendy, who had previously planned to attend the event with us. I asked Wendy if she wanted us to wait for her, and she responded in a fairly rude manner,_______ our invitation. One of my other colleagues was quite ________ and clearly angry over Wendy’s behavior.“I don’t know why you even bothered to ________ her,” she said. ________on how tired Wendy appeared as she rushed away from us, I commented that perhaps we should just give Wendy a________ and forgive her for being rude at the last minute. She was ________ having a bad day, and it wasn’t worth holding a grudge (怨恨) against her if we weren’t aware of what ________her unusual behavior.

A week later, I learned that when we came across Wendy, she was returning to the office from a medical appointment ________ she was told she had pancreatic cancer. She died a year later. Wendy wasn’t being rude to us; she had just received a very ________ diagnosis.

Whether it’s a family member who let me down, a friend who __________ a confidence, or a difficult colleague, the quote on my fridge ________ me. Although it’s not always easy to forgive, I’ve been able to ________ a lot of grudge over the years by focusing on my mantra.

1.

A．missed

B．lost

C．purchased

D．sold

2.

A．spotted

B．carried

C．dropped

D．placed

3.

A．meaningful

B．interesting

C．familiar

D．unexpected

4.

A．aware

B．forgiving

C．ashamed

D．confident

5.

A．workers

B．parents

C．seniors

D．adults

6.

A．kitchen

B．fridge

C．bedroom

D．bathroom

7.

A．dream

B．message

C．target

D．relief

8.

A．bumped into

B．saw off

C．knocked down

D．dealt with

9.

A．demanding

B．accepting

C．declining

D．delaying

10.

A．curious

B．amazed

C．anxious

D．annoyed

11.

A．convince

B．promise

C．ignore

D．invite

12.

A．Reflecting

B．Counting

C．Looking

D．Concentrating

13.

A．break

B．party

C．dance

D．lesson

14.

A．suddenly

B．obviously

C．passively

D．naturally

15.

A．discovered

B．avoided

C．caused

D．created

16.

A．where

B．that

C．which

D．what

17.

A．confusing

B．shocking

C．unusual

D．casual

18.

A．built

B．lost

C．betrayed

D．possessed

19.

A．doubted

B．evaluated

C．guided

D．ordered

20.

A．take down

B．break through

C．come about

D．get rid of