1 . During the war, my husband was stationed at an army camp in a desert in California. I went to live there in order to be _______ him. I hated the place. I had never _______ been so unhappy. My husband was ordered out on a long-term duty, and I was left in a tiny shack(棚屋) alone. The heat was _______ — almost 125°F even in the shade of a cactus(仙人掌). _______ a soul to talk to. The wind blew non-stop, and all the food I ate, and the very air I breathed, were _______ with sand, sand, sand!

I was so sorry for myself that I wrote to my parents. I told them I was _______ and coming back home. I said I couldn’t stand it one minute longer. I _______ be in prison! My father answered my _______ with just two lines — two lines that will always sing in my _______— two lines that completely changed my life:

Two men looked out from prison bars,
One saw the mud, the other saw the stars.

I read those two lines ________. I was ashamed of myself. I made up my mind I would find out what was good in my present ________; I would look for the stars.

I made friends with the natives, and their ________ amazed me. They gave me presents of their favorite artworks which they had ________ to sell to tourists. I studied the delightful forms of the cactus. I watched for the desert sunsets, and ________ for seashells that had been left there millions of years ago when the sands of the desert had been an ocean ________.

What brought about this ________ change in me? The desert hadn’t changed, ________ I had. I had changed my ________. And by doing so, I changed an unhappy experience into the most amazing ________ of my life. I was excited by this new world that I had discovered. I had looked out of my self-created prison and ________ the stars.

1.

A．off

B．behind

C．near

D．beyond

2.

A．before

B．already

C．then

D．still

3.

A．inflexible

B．incomprehensible

C．uncontrollable

D．unbearable

4.

A．Only

B．No

C．Many

D．Such

5.

A．covered

B．filled

C．buried

D．charged

6.

A．catching up

B．keeping up

C．giving up

D．getting up

7.

A．ought to

B．might well

C．would rather

D．had better

8.

A．request

B．call

C．question

D．letter

9.

A．comparison

B．imagination

C．consideration

D．memory

10.

A．over and over

B．by and by

C．up and down

D．now and then

11.

A．company

B．occupation

C．situation

D．relationship

12.

A．movement

B．reaction

C．guidance

D．purpose

13.

A．refused

B．failed

C．managed

D．happened

14.

A．asked

B．hunted

C．waited

D．headed

15.

A．floor

B．surface

C．rock

D．level

16.

A．shocking

B．challenging

C．puzzling

D．astonishing

17.

A．as

B．but

C．for

D．or

18.

A．attitude

B．principle

C．identity

D．standard

19.

A．vacation

B．operation

C．affair

D．adventure

20.

A．sought

B．counted

C．found

D．reached

2 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

One day, Nick invited his friends to supper. He was cooking some delicious food in the kitchen. Suddenly, he    1    (find)that he had run out of salt. So Nick called to his son, "Go to the village and buy some salt, but pay a fair price for it: neither too much    2    too little. "

His son looked surprised. "I can understand why I shouldn't pay too much, Father, but if I can pay less,     3    not save a bit of money? "

"That would be a very    4    (reason)thing to do in a big city, but it could destroy a small village like ours," Nick said.

Nick's guests,     5    had heard their conversation, asked why they should not buy sale more cheaply if they could. Nick replied, "The only reason a man would sell sale    6    a lower price would be because he was desperate for money. And anyone who took advantage of that situation would be showing a lack of respect    7    the sweat and struggle of the man who worked very hard to produce it."

"But such a small thing couldn't    8    (possible)destroy a village."

"In the beginning, there was only    9    very small amount of unfairness in the world, but everyone added a little, always    10    (think)that it was only small and not very important, and look where we have ended up today. "

3 . The first time I went hunting wild geese with my father, I couldn't catch them no matter how hard I tried. Every time I tried to approach them, _______ the wild geese started flying away before I could get close. It _______ me a lot and I turned to my father for help.

Hearing my trouble, my father _______ at a wild goose standing at the highest point and said, “That wild goose is a sentry （哨兵）,which we call the wild goose _______     . It will give an alarm to the other wild geese as long as it finds something _______ .

“That's _________it is so hard for you to catch them. Listen, boy! Go and _______ the slave on purpose now, and then hide there motionless."

Not quite understanding why, I _______ to have a try.

I picked up a piece of stone from the ground and threw it at the slave. As _______ , it gave an alarm to its companions __________ . The wild geese resting there fled in all __________ , but they flew back soon when they found nothing happened.

I followed my father's instructions to repeat this __________ for a few times.

____________, a few wild geese thinking they were fooled started __________ the slave. Repeatedly, almost all the wild geese thought the slave gave false __________ and began to attack the slave. The poor slave was pecked （啄）all over with cuts and scratches.

"You can approach the geese now," __________ my father.

So I got close to the wild geese again. The slave saw me, but it took no __________this time. Maybe it was just __________ caring.

__________, I raised my gun and got a good harvest.

The tragedy often occurs in this ____________: the loyal are misunderstood while the misunderstood cannot stick out.

1.

A．somehow

B．anyway

C．somewhat

D．anyhow

2.

A．surprised

B．touched

C．annoyed

D．entertained

3.

A．aimed

B．laughed

C．stared

D．pointed

4.

A．father

B．soldier

C．slave

D．leader

5.

A．unlucky

B．unusual

C．informal

D．incorrect

6.

A．when

B．how

C．why

D．where

7.

A．start

B．beg

C．kill

D．watch

8.

A．refused

B．offered

C．pretended

D．decided

9.

A．suggested

B．expected

C．reported

D．whispered

10.

A．suddenly

B．immediately

C．carefully

D．angrily

11.

A．directions

B．forms

C．methods

D．shapes

12.

A．trick

B．word

C．plan

D．idea

13.

A．Actually

B．Finally

C．Obviously

D．Especially

14.

A．blaming

B．teasing

C．hatting

D．attacking

15.

A．meaning

B．shouting

C．warning

D．feeling

16.

A．answered

B．explained

C．repeated

D．reminded

17.

A．courage

B．notes

C．action

D．pictures

18.

A．busy with

B．tired of

C．angry at

D．used to

19.

A．Hopeless

B．Careless

C．Heartless

D．Speechless

20.

A．way

B．order

C．time

D．situation

4 . Once I started working after graduating from Wilfrid Laurier University, I decided to stay in the workforce and go to school part-time. I began my journey as an adult _______ in the Business Administration program at Wilfrid Laurier University. When I _______ from Laurier, a colleague introduced me to the Certified Employee Benefit Specialist （CEBS） program, which offered a professional credential（凭证）related to my field of _______

These days, I keep my industry knowledge _______ through reading industry publications, _______   relative conferences and taking an annual Continuing Education course. From a_______interest perspective, I've taken music lessons and _______ in first aid, gardening and website development.

Some might call me a learning _______. I honestly can't imagine a time when I want to stop learning. Sometimes people ask me why I _______ to take courses when I am getting close to “retirement’’. When I look to the ________, 30 years of sitting on the couch watching Netflix isn't the kind of life I want to live. I need a reason to get out of bed in the morning, and something to keep me ________ active.

I am looking at the Plain Language program as an opportunity to learn a new skill that will not only make me ________ at my current job, but also will ________ some extra income once I leave my full-time career behind.

The days of being able to ________ education after university are long gone. So, continuous learning will be necessary to keep up with the pace of ________

1.

A．designer

B．teacher

C．reporter

D．learner

2.

A．heard

B．inferred

C．graduated

D．suffered

3.

A．work

B．training

C．research

D．education

4.

A．current

B．known

C．useful

D．remarkable

5.

A．organizing

B．attending

C．recording

D．confirming

6.

A．secret

B．personal

C．unique

D．common

7.

A．choices

B．measures

C．courses

D．responsibilities

8.

A．celebrity

B．master

C．consultant

D．addict

9.

A．need

B．agree

C．continue

D．refuse

10.

A．truth

B．demand

C．effect

D．future

11.

A．financially

B．physically

C．mentally

D．socially.

12.

A．better

B．stronger

C．braver

D．firmer

13.

A．reduce

B．generate

C．reserve

D．negotiate

14.

A．care about

B．leave behind

C．insist on

D．show off

15.

A．comment

B．purchase

C．production

D．change

5 . Are you aware that every single person on this planet who has ever lived, lives now or will live, has a different perception of reality? The way each of us perceives the world is to some degree different than any other person's perception of reality. __①__ What is absolutely real and right for you may be an illusion, or nonexistent, or completely false for another!

It's important to know this. __②__ For example, the news media loves to create drama, and one of their favorite methods is to elicit(引起) fear: fear of other people, fear of the weather, fear of the economy, etc. The news media tells us how to perceive the world—and if a person takes the newscasters at their word, they perceive the world to be very dangerous and hostile. To that person，the mental images and emotions suggested by other people create a version of reality that is completely different from the reality perceived by someone who does not watch the news.

Things are not always what they seem. For most people, seeing is believing, which is why magicians, artists and marketers are so successful. Just like the TV news, they show you only what they want you to see and it is perceived as reality. But how would that reality change if you saw what went on behind the scenes or what was left out?

What's your story?

We all have a story. Over time, your story takes on a life of its own and you become your story. But who's the author and why did him put so much crap in there? All that unnecessary suffering, struggle, heartache, worry and pain... wouldn't it be better to live a story without all that? Who wants to live in a story with that much boredom and unfulfilled longings?

The story got its start when you were born, and was co­authored by you along with the influences in your life. __③__ Anytime you were influenced by someone or something, you unconsciously handed your pen over and said “Here, you write this about me.” So you are not even writing your OWN story! No one does—until they recognize that fact, and make a conscious decision to take control of the pen. You CAN write your story the way you want it to play out.

________________

It is helpful to understand how the brain takes reality and filters it to create your unique perception of reality. It's an automatic unconscious action that is based on：

● Physical experiences (which is why some optical illusions are extremely unsettling)

● Past conditioning (how you are programmed to see the world)

__④__ When you become aware of the fact that you are constructing your own reality, you can take charge and build one that is more pleasing. If you change your mind, your vibration and your intentions, you can change your circumstances! Instead of, “I am a victim of circumstance，” imprint in your mind,   “I am the co­creator of my life”； Instead of, “I am sick and tired of...” imprint in your mind，“I am in control and enthusiastic about what I do”．

Raise your vibration by thinking, talking and acting more positively. As positiveness becomes a mental habit，that change will become your new inner reality, which will soon manifest in your outer reality.

The power of perception is immense. Choose to see more good than bad, more abundance than lack, more love than indifference and more success than struggle.

1. How does the author present his viewpoints in the first three paragraphs?

A．By answering questions.	B．By giving examples.
C．By making comparisons.	D．By drawing conclusions.

2. The sentence “Because if you are not aware, your perception, world view and reality are created by other people.” should be put in ________．

A．①

B．②

C．③

D．④

3. Which of the following subtitles can be filled in the blank?

A．Seeing is not believing

B．Live up to your expectations

C．Change your perception and create a new reality

D．Physical experiences and past conditioning really count

4. What is the tone of the passage?

A．Instructive.	B．Humorous.
C．Critical.	D．Ironic.

6 . 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。

My mother was a supporter of physical punishment, but for all her talking she has never spanked (打屁股) my siblings, and me only once. Instead she found ways of punishment that left a more lasting memory than giving us a spanking. One of the most memorable of these occasions occurred when I was four.

In the early 70’s my mother attended college during the day and I was in day care. One day at day care I watched an extremely tired mother attempt to pick up her daughter. The little girl asked,   “Momma, are we going to McDonald’s for dinner?” The mother replied, “Honey, not tonight. Momma has to run a few errands (差事) and then we have to go home and cook dinner for Daddy.” “But I wanna go.” “Susie, I said not tonight. Maybe, if you are a good girl, we can go tomorrow.” Susie immediately dropped to the floor, kicking and screaming, “I want to go to McDonald’s.”

No amount of pleading (恳求) or scolding her mother tried stopped Susie’s tantrum (发脾气). Finally her mother gave in, “Okay, Susie, let’s go to McDonald’s.” Susie stopped yelling. With a smile on her face she grabbed her mother’s hand and they left. To say I was amazed would be inaccurate (不准确的); I was delighted that anything I wanted could be had by throwing a tantrum.

That day my mother picked me up early from day care because we were going to a store to purchase some Christmas items. I was excited by the lights and decorations, and as we walked through the toy section on the way to the counter, I saw a toy I had to have. It was a white and red telephone whose bells rang as it was pulled along on a string. Looking lovingly up at my mother I asked, “Mama, can I have that telephone? ”

She replied, “Baby, not now, but if you are a good girl, maybe Santa will bring it to you.” “But Mama, I want that telephone right now.” Her eyes narrowed and her hand tightened on mine. “Becky, you can’t have that telephone today, but if you misbehave, you can have a spanking.”

注意：
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 应使用5个以上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 l:

By now we were standing in the long holiday line to pay the bill, and I figured it was a good chance.

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paragraph 2:

“Mama, stop. Mama, get up,” I tearfully pleaded.

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7 . 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C, D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
As a general rule, all forms of activity lead to boredom when they are performed on a routine basis. As a matter of fact, we can see this ________at work in people of all _________. For example, on Christmas morning, children are excited about _______with their new toys. But their ________soon wear off and by January those_________toys can be found put away in the basement. The world is full of_________stamp albums and unfinished models, each standing as a monument to someone’s _________interest. When parents bring home a pet, their child________bathes it and brushes its fur. Within a short time, however, the_______of caring the animal is handed over to the parents. Adolescent enter high school with great_______but soon looking forward to________. The same is true of the young adults going to the college. And then, how many_________, who complain about the long drives to work, _________drove for hours at a time when they first_________   their drivers licenses? Before people retire, they usually   _______to do a lot of_____things, which never had _____while working. But ________after retirement, the golfing, the fishing , the reading and all of the other pastimes become as boring as the jobs they _______. And, like the child in January, they go searching for new_________.1.

A．principle

B．habit

C．way

D．power

2.

A．parties

B．races

C．countries

D．ages

3.

A．working

B．living

C．playing

D．going

4.

A．confidence

B．interest

C．anxiety

D．sorrow

5.

A．same

B．extra

C．funny

D．expensive

6.

A．well-organized

B．colorfully-printed

C．newly-collected

D．half-filled

7.

A．broad

B．passing

C．different

D．main

8.

A．silently

B．impatiently

C．gladly

D．worriedly

9.

A．promise

B．burden

C．right

D．game

10.

A．courage

B．calmness

C．confusion

D．excitement

11.

A．graduation

B．independence

C．responsibility

D．success

12.

A．children

B．students

C．adults

D．retirees

13.

A．carefully

B．eagerly

C．nervously

D．bravely

14.

A．required

B．obtained

C．noticed

D．discovered

15.

A．need

B．learn

C．start

D．plan

16.

A．great

B．strange

C．difficult

D．correct

17.

A．time

B．money

C．skills

D．knowledge

18.

A．only

B．well

C．even

D．soon

19.

A．lost

B．choose

C．left

D．quit

20.

A．pets

B．toys

C．friends

D．colleagues

8 . The world we live in is becoming increasingly complex and uncertain. And with it, the conventional thinking of yesterday is no longer sufficient. Creating real breakthrough opportunities requires a fundamental change in our thinking. As Einstein said, "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.”

There's no better example of this than the myth of the four-minute mile.

For centuries, runners had been attempting to run a mile in under four minutes. In the 1950s, the attempt to break the barrier took on renewed importance, and a number of famous runners publicly and unsuccessfully attempted the challenge. Many of the newspapers of the day began to question whether humans would ever be able to run a sub-four-minute mile. Then, in 1954, a man named Roger Bannister did the unthinkable. He broke through the imaginary barrier, running the mile in 3 minutes and 59.4 seconds. It was an amazing achievement.

But here's what's really interesting: it was only forty-six days later that another runner broke Bannister's record. And the following year, two new runners broke the four-minute mark in the same race. Dozens followed, and as of this writing, more than 1,400 runners have accomplished the goal, including one runner who ran two miles in less than eight minutes.

Did something change with respect to human body, track conditions, weather patterns, running shoes, or the human diet between the start of Bannister's race and the few years that followed? No. So what explains the sudden and dramatic explosion of athletic achievement?

The myth's unimaginable power over runners had lifted. What Bunnister had done was not just break the four — minute — mile barrier; he shattered(粉碎)the myth that created the barrier in the first place. This paradigm (榜样)had offered a set of actions available for runners to take. Runners were really free to run through the invented boundary.

Creating breakthroughs requires shattering the myths that limit our imagination and lock us into conventional thinking. Think about your own situation. What myths are you stuck in? And what would be possible if you had the courage to challenge the myths?

1. What is needed to create breakthroughs?

A．Conventional thinking.	B．Changes in our thinking.
C．Complex situation.	D．Einstein's encouragement.

2. What was the real barrier that kept runners succeeding in the four-minute mile?

A．The belief that it was unachievable.

B．Lack of professional training.

C．The poor track conditions.

D．Lack of sufficient diet.

3. The example of Roger Bannister is used to .

A．list a new record in the race	B．prove newspapers are wrong
C．show barrier can be broken	D．call on us to learn from him

4. What does the writer try to explain in Paragraph 6?

A．The power of the myth.

B．The achievements of Bannister.

C．The importance of running freely.

D．The significance of breaking barriers.

5. What is the best title of the passage?

A．Creating Breakthroughs	B．Accepting the Myths
C．Locking Your Imagination	D．Becoming the Best Athlete

9 . 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。
Dear Sir,

Choose a career is a very important stage in people’s life. Almost everything depend on your choice. I’d like to be a interpreter. It’s a very interesting profession where requires advancing knowledge of the foreign language as well as excellent social skills. In my opinion, English and literature is the most important subjects for my future profession, because of my knowledge of English will help me communicate with foreigners fluently and accurately. Literature will not only help me broaden my horizons, but also give me some background knowledges of different cultures. To sum, I’d like to say that the choice of our future career path is extremely important, so we must think twice after making our choice.

10 . After 20 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to _______. She said, “I love you, but I know this other woman loves you too.”

The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was my mother, who has been a widow (寡妇) for 19 years, but my busy life had made it impossible to visit her _______. That night I called to _______ her out for dinner.

“What’s wrong? are you well?” she asked. My mother is the type of woman who suspects that a late night _______ is a sign of bad news.

“I thought that it would be pleasant to spend some time with you,” I _______.

She thought about it for a moment, and _______. During the dinner, we had an agreeable conversation — _______ extraordinary but recent events of each other’s life.

Before we _______, she said, “I’ll go out with you again, _______ only if you let me invite you.”

A few days ________, my mother died of a heart attack. It ________ so suddenly that I didn’t have a chance to do anything for her. A few days after the funeral, I received an envelope with a receipt (收据) from the same place where mother and I had ________. An attached note ________:

“I paid this bill ________. I wasn’t sure that I could be there; but nevertheless, I paid for two ________ —one for you and the other for your ________. You will never know what that night meant for me. I ________ you, son.”

At that moment, I ________ the importance of saying in time: “I LOVE YOU”. Give your family the ________ they deserve, because sometimes things cannot be ________ till “some other time”.

1.

A．home

B．talk

C．movie

D．dinner

2.

A．directly

B．frequently

C．rarely

D．exactly

3.

A．bring

B．take

C．force

D．invite

4.

A．visit

B．meal

C．ring

D．date

5.

A．argued

B．whispered

C．committed

D．responded

6.

A．agreed

B．refused

C．promised

D．nodded

7.

A．anything

B．nothing

C．something

D．everything

8.

A．met

B．parted

C．left

D．divided

9.

A．but

B．and

C．so

D．or

10.

A．before

B．earlier

C．ago

D．later

11.

A．broke

B．formed

C．fell

D．struck

12.

A．sat

B．waited

C．gathered

D．dined

13.

A．saw

B．read

C．showed

D．wrote

14.

A．in advance

B．on purpose

C．by accident

D．with patience

15.

A．tables

B．dishes

C．seats

D．chances

16.

A．mother

B．family

C．wife

D．child

17.

A．miss

B．admire

C．love

D．hug

18.

A．sensed

B．accepted

C．checked

D．pursued

19.

A．time

B．money

C．comfort

D．calls

20.

A．ensured

B．delayed

C．forgotten

D．forgiven