1 . 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。

My name is Wil Wheaton—and I am a nerd (怪人). It’s awesome to be     1     nerd. When I was a little boy, people really teased me about that and     2     (make) me feel like there was something wrong with me for loving strange things. Now that I’m an adult, I’m a     3     (profession) nerd, and the world has changed. I think we     4     (realize) that being a nerd is not about what you love     5     about how you love.

So there’s going to be a thing in your life that you love. I don’t know what it’s going to be. It might be sports or science or reading or     6     (tell) stories — it doesn’t matter what it is. Some of us love Game of Thrones, while others love Star Wars. But we all love those things so much that we travel     7     (thousand) of miles — which is     8     (probable) easy for you, but we’re still using fossil fuels, so it’s difficult — to be around people who love the things that we love the way that we love them. That’s     9     being a nerd is awesome.

I want you to work hard because everything worth     10     (do) is hard. I want you to be awesome, and I will do my very best to leave you a planet that you can still live on.

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。

Three years ago, Brian Palmer, a 43-year-old native of Beaumont, California, was a homeless man struggling     1    (overcome) alcohol addiction. All he owned was a bag     2    (contain) some clothes, a blanket, and a pillow. He     3    (seek) assistance at a recovery center, the very large tent city in downtown LA. One activity that helped him through those days was singing. In 2015, he encountered the Urban Voices Project, a choir           4    (make) up of the local people. This led him           5    Street Symphony, a group of professional musicians mostly from the LA Philharmonic(交响乐团),     6    works with homeless, mentally ill and disabled populations. In February, Palmer began taking voice     7    (lesson) from Scott Graff, a member of the Street Symphony. Scott said, “I gave Palmer some tips on vocal technique,       8     he taught me life lessons. I got the         9    (good) end of the deal.”

“That was     10    (real) empowering,” Palmer told the audience afterward. Palmer explained what had been going through his mind as he sang. “An act of love,” he said, looking out at familiar faces in front of him. “One act of love, I know for sure, is listening.”

3 . Once a couple lived in a village and loved their baby son very much. “We must have a pet," the farmer said one day. “When our son grows up, he will need a          ______." His wife liked the idea.

One evening, the farmer brought back a tiny mongoose(猫鼬). In several        ________the mongoose had grown to its full size          ______the baby was still in the cradle,          _____and crying alternately(交替地).

One day, the wife fed the baby and   _____him to sleep in his little cradle. Picking up the basket, she said to her husband, “I‟m off to the   _____. The baby is sleeping. Keep an eye on him.     _____, I don‟t like to leave him alone with the mongoose."

“Don‟t worry”, said the farmer. “It is a        _____animal and as sweet as our baby.”

The wife went away, and the farmer       ______to take a look at his fields. He        ______some friends on the way back and chatted for a while.

When the wife came back home with a ___of groceries, she saw the mongoose sitting outside. On seeing her it ran to     _____her. She took one look at the mongoose and       ______. “Blood!" she cried. The face and paws of the mongoose were with blood.

“You wicked animal have killed my baby!" she screamed hysterically(歇斯底里). She was blind with _____and with all her strength        _____the heavy basket on the animal and ran inside to the baby‟s cradle.

The baby was fast   ___. But on the floor lay a black snake   _____. In a flash she     _____what had happened. She ran out looking for the mongoose. “What have I done?" she cried touching the mongoose, who lay          ______, unaware of her sobbing，and          ______long at the dead mongoose.

1.

A．instructor

B．companion

C．adviser

D．conductor

2.

A．months

B．days

C．years

D．weeks

3.

A．as

B．however

C．while

D．although

4.

A．playing

B．singing

C．drinking

D．sleeping

5.

A．rolled

B．pulled

C．rocked

D．dragged

6.

A．factory

B．field

C．market

D．street

7.

A．Consequently

B．Frankly

C．Generally

D．Basically

8.

A．friendly

B．flexible

C．responsible

D．relaxing

9.

A．decided

B．forced

C．managed

D．encouraged

10.

A．broke into

B．hanged out with

C．got away with

D．ran into

11.

A．bagful

B．basketful

C．boxful

D．bottleful

12.

A．cheer

B．welcome

C．hug

D．kiss

13.

A．explained

B．checked

C．implied

D．screamed

14.

A．fear

B．worry

C．pain

D．anger

15.

A．picked up

B．put aside

C．brought down

D．pulled down

16.

A．dead

B．asleep

C．awake

D．alive

17.

A．bleeding

B．dancing

C．shaking

D．crawling

18.

A．wondered

B．admitted

C．realized

D．denied

19.

A．quiet

B．peaceful

C．silently

D．motionless

20.

A．reflected

B．stared

C．recalled

D．observed

4 . Please excuse me if I’m a little sad today. Mark is leaving, and I’m feeling kind of sad. He’s been the heart and soul of the office for a couple of years, _______ professional skills with a sweet nature.

And now he’s moving on to an exciting new _______ opportunity. It sounds like it could be the chance of a lifetime, and we’re sincerely _______ for him. But that doesn’t make it any _______ to say goodbye to a dear friend and trusted colleague.

Our ability to cope with _______ determines happiness in life. But how do we do that? Philosophers’ responses have been _______. According to the author of the Biblical book of Ecclesiastes, comfort can be found in _______ that “to everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.” Kahlil Gibran urged his listeners to “let today embrace the _______ with remembrance, and the future with longing.”

A friend of mine reminds his fellow that “survivability depends upon _______.” And a surfer summed up ________ problems in four words: “Go with the flow.”

I think life is a series of __________—both good and bad. No matter how excellent your organizational skills, there will always be life-influencing factors over which you have no ________. The truly successful person is ________ to make adjustments should the need arise.

That means when things ________ that aren’t exactly in your plan, you work around them—and then you move on. Of course, some ________ along the road of life are easier to take than others. A rained-out picnic, for example, is easier to ________ than the sudden death of a loved one. But the ________ is the same.

Change, indeed, is painful, yet ever ________. And if memory has its force and worth, so has ________. We’re going to miss Mark, but rather than be lost in the sadness of our parting, we’ll focus on our hopes for a brighter future－for him, and for us. And then we’ll go out and do everything we can to make that future happen. ________ our plans change again.

1.

A．toying

B．combining

C．supplying

D．refreshing

2.

A．educational

B．commercial

C．medical

D．professional

3.

A．pleased

B．pity

C．anxious

D．numb

4.

A．odder

B．easier

C．ruder

D．fairer

5.

A．change

B．challenge

C．choice

D．chance

6.

A．varied

B．evaluated

C．discussed

D．spread

7.

A．explaining

B．recommending

C．remembering

D．anticipating

8.

A．tomorrow

B．then

C．now

D．past

9.

A．competence

B．confidence

C．blessings

D．adaptability

10.

A．attitude

B．health

C．life

D．security

11.

A．stories

B．events

C．questions

D．memories

12.

A．right

B．control

C．advantage

D．priority

13.

A．forced

B．prepared

C．allowed

D．encouraged

14.

A．come up

B．put out

C．pull up

D．take out

15.

A．stops

B．crossings

C．bumps

D．alternatives

16.

A．prevent

B．predict

C．handle

D．imagine

17.

A．principle

B．conclusion

C．consequence

D．problem

18.

A．obvious

B．needful

C．wonderful

D．ambiguous

19.

A．future

B．parting

C．attempt

D．hope

20.

A．Until

B．Before

C．If

D．After

5 . I owe a young lady a letter. She wrote to me last week asking how I was, saying she was fine and that she was _______ the dress we sent for her birthday. She even drew a picture of herself wearing the dress. Then she wrote, “Please _______.”

I can’t _______ the last time someone asked me to write back. We don’t write letters anymore. The _______ is gone; there’s never anything good in the mail. We know what’s in the mail – advertisements and circulars (印刷信函).

When I was the same age as the young lady writing to me, my father took a new job. We only moved 200 miles, but it felt like we had been _______ from friends, extended family and all things familiar by two continents and an ocean. Long distance phone calls were _______ and expensive then, most often _______ for emergencies or bad news.

But people wrote. Both of my grandmothers, and two of my great-aunts wrote to me. It was special that someone took an interest in a _______ kid. That someone would take the time to put pen to _______ and share their lives and ________ about mine meant a lot. It would mean a lot to anybody, ________.

I spent many a Sunday evening straining (竭力) to ________ thoughtful and well-written letters. “Dear Aunt Mary, How are you? I am fine. I hope you are the same.”

My mother was a great letter writer. I looked forward to her letters when I left home, went to college and then traveled across the country working newspaper jobs. When I married, had children and moved again, still far from home, she wrote ________. Letters were a way of ________ the distance.

She was a natural storyteller. She could make a story about a ________ gathering where everyone sat on metal folding chairs and had nothing but water to drink sound like a wonderful party. Back then, letter writers were storytellers because they were ________ of the world around them.

As phone calls became affordable, then cheap, the flow of letters ________ and eventually stopped.But it is different for me today. What a ________ to get a letter! There were ________ circulars and advertisements in the mailbox. There was something truly special, which takes me to my most delightful task ________, “Dear Audrey .”

By Lori Borgman

1.

A．comparing

B．taking

C．enjoying

D．considering

2.

A．respond

B．react

C．relax

D．recommend

3.

A．forget

B．remember

C．regret

D．resist

4.

A．surprise

B．thrill

C．terror

D．disappointment

5.

A．prevented

B．divided

C．deserted

D．separated

6.

A．convenient

B．sensible

C．rare

D．common

7.

A．reserved

B．prepared

C．provided

D．sacrificed

8.

A．boring

B．homesick

C．troublesome

D．homeless

9.

A．desk

B．envelope

C．paper

D．mail

10.

A．doubt

B．talk

C．think

D．enquire

11.

A．though

B．really

C．anyway

D．regardless

12.

A．compose

B．compile

C．compromise

D．compensate

13.

A．carefully

B．thankfully

C．faithfully

D．anxiously

14.

A．keeping

B．putting

C．closing

D．finding

15.

A．sad

B．dull

C．exciting

D．happy

16.

A．creators

B．discoverers

C．admirers

D．observers

17.

A．broke down

B．slowed down

C．settled down

D．fell down

18.

A．coincidence

B．genius

C．pity

D．treat

19.

A．more than

B．no more than

C．other than

D．rather than

20.

A．by hand

B．at hand

C．on hand

D．in hand

6 . No one likes to make mistakes. But a new study says organizations learn more from their failures than from their successes, and keep that knowledge longer.

One of the researchers was Vinit Desai, an assistant professor at the University of Colorado Denver Business School. He worked with Peter Madsen from the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University in Utah.

They did not find much long-term "organizational learning" from success. It is possible, they say. But Professor Desai says they found that knowledge gained from failure lasts for years. He says organizations should treat failures as a learning opportunity and not try to ignore them.

The study looked at companies and organizations that launch satellites and other space vehicles. Professor Desai compared two shuttle flights. In two thousand two, a piece of insulating (隔热的) material broke off during launch and damaged a rocket on the Atlantis. Still the flight was considered a success. Then in early two thousand three, a piece of insulation struck the Columbia during launch. This time, the shuttle broke apart on re-entry and the seven crew members died. NASA officials suspended all flights and an investigation led to suggested changes.

Professor Desai says the search for solutions after a failure can make leaders more open-minded. He points to air-lines as an example of an industry that has learned from failures in the past. He advises organizations to look for useful information in small failures and failures they avoided. He also urges leaders to encourage the open sharing of information. The study appeared in the Academy of management Journal.

The mistakes we learn from do not have to be our own. We recently asked people on our Facebook page to tell us a time they had done something really silly. Fabricio Cmino wrote: Not long ago I wanted to watch TV, but it wouldn't turn on, so I did everything I could to start it. Thirty minutes later my mum showed up and, passing by, said to me "Did you try plugging it?" "I'm just dusting, Mum!" So she wouldn’t notice how dumb I am sometimes!

Bruno Kanieski da Silva told about a time he looked everywhere for his key. It was in his pocket. He wrote: I always promise I will never do it again, but after a few weeks, where is my wallet? For sure it will be in a very logical place.

1. What we get from failure differs from that from success is that ________.

A．what we learn from failure is more powerful

B．what we learn from success does no good to us

C．the knowledge gained from failure is important

D．the knowledge gained from failure lasts longer

2. From the passage, we can infer that ________.

A．the insulating material problem in 2002 didn't arouse enough attention

B．there were no astronauts on Columbia

C．in spite of the problem, Atlantis was considered a success

D．Columbia exploded during its launch time

3. The writer gives the last two paragraphs to show that ________.

A．many people make mistakes in the world

B．mistakes were a very embarrassing thing when found by others

C．we can also draw a lesson from others’ mistakes

D．making mistakes was a necessity

4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Only organizations can learn from mistakes.

B．Failure may result from faults that have been ignored.

C．Lessons from the shuttle flights are more important.

D．Leaders often lack an open mind and seldom share information.

7 . Music has always been my hobby.     1     It helped me in every perspective when I wanted to relax, when I wanted to get motivated to practice harder. I felt that I really love music, and I was just telling myself at that point this is something that I want to do forever.    2     They were really shocked when they first heard me saying about this audition(试镜). They didn’t know what JYP is. They didn’t know anything about K-pop. I was in a position where every parent would let their sons or daughters to be in good education and good at sports.

So after making this decision, everyone was just telling me like, “Why are you so stupid? Why are you so dumb to make this decision? You have a bright future right in front of you.    3     It’s a high risk that you’re going to fail. You’re going to fail, Jackson.” I came from having everything to having nothing. I just thought to myself like I knew what I wanted and I got it all planned out in my mind. Other people around me telling me stuff are my good friends, but at the end of the day,     4    

I just believed in what I believed in and just carried on doing my own stuff because I believed in it. I just want to ask if you are happy. I mean like, are you happy because of your salary? Or are you happy because of the job that you are doing? If you think you’re doing something that you love, then go on, this is your dream. Always be hungry in what you want to do.     5    

A．they are not responsible for my life.

B．Luckily my parents always stand by my side.

C．Why are you trying to risk yourself?

D．My parents thought I was crazy.

E．Take risk, work hard and have no regrets.

F．It gave me motivation to everything.

G．they won’t think about things from my perspective.

8 . Famous Irish poet Oscar Wilde(1854-1900) once wrote: “Ah! Realize your youth while you have it.” He pointed out the important truth about how precious youth is in one’s journey through life.

However, the popular internet slang word foxi or “Buddhist” is challenging this norm by encouraging young people to remain calm and peaceful and avoid conflict as much as possible.

The phrase was reportedly created in Japan in 2014 to describe young men who no longer bother to start relationships with women or follow someone else’s life path. They prefer to stay in their own peaceful world without being disturbed and care little about passion and success.

Now, Chinese internet users are pairing the phrase with other words to describe a similar mindset. For example, “Buddhist students” are those who study just the right amount—they don’t cut class, but they don’t burn the midnight oil, either. There are also “Buddhist parents”, who interfere little with their children’s lives and let them develop however they like—the opposite of “helicopter parents”.

In this fast-changing and competitive world, it’s only natural that people are seeking a spiritual anchor(支柱).

However, some would compare foxi with “demotivation culture”—a phrase that describes young people who feel aimless and powerless. They say that foxi actually reflects the reality that young people are losing their will to fight. They are pretending to keep a healthy and wise attitude toward failure simply because they’re incapable of succeeding.

But no matter what, there is one thing that “Buddhist youngsters” should keep in mind: You may want to keep a calm mindset regarding failure, but you should also be passionate and positive about school, work and life.

After all, Wilde also wrote: “Live the wonderful life that is in you! Let nothing be lost upon you. Be always searching for new excitements. Be afraid of nothing.

1. The author begins with the poet Oscar’s words to ______.

A．bring in the main topic

B．stress the importance of youth

C．advise readers to enjoy youth

D．introduce a famous poet to readers

2. What may be the behavior of “helicopter parents”?

A．They give few suggestions to their children.

B．They interfere their children’s life as they like.

C．They hope their children can do what they are into.

D．They don’t push their children to burn the midnight oil.

3. Why does the author refer to “demotivation culture” in the sixth paragraph?

A．He simply wants to compare it with Buddhist.

B．He likes foxi better than demotivation culture.

C．He wishes young people to know more about it.

D．He indicates the negative effect of foxi on young people.

4. What advice does the author give to “Buddhist youngsters”?

A．They should confront life positively.

B．They should be a true Buddhist person.

C．They should keep calm in face of failure.

D．They should be full of passion about everything.

9 . One day many years ago, a friend surprised me by using Spanish—“Como estas” — instead of the English “How are you?” She told me _______ that she was learning Spanish at University of Hawaii. It was the first time I had _______ the Senior Citizen Visitor Program(SCVP), which was free to those _______.

Immediately, I rushed back home and found out everything about the SCVP online. The next day, I _______ the SCVP office at UH. My _______ course was the Life-long Study for Hawaii Senior Residents. However, he _______ me: I had to be at least 60 years old to _______. At that moment, I really hated to be so _______! But no choice — so I started _______ to get older.

At the end of 2017, after my 60^th birthday, I called the SCVP office again. In the spring ________ of 2018, I became the ________ student appearing in these two classes: Ballroom Dance and Introduction to Interpretation.

No matter how old I was, once both my body and spirit ________ in the classroom, sitting among young people, listening to and writing down what the________ taught made me forget my age.

Of course, I used them to ________ that the moving of the brain may get ________ but it’s still enough to learn ________. Second, for aged people, returning to school helps them to seemingly ________ their real age, especially when they get the same ________ as younger classmates do. And third, we aged people are useful ones who have rich ________, including knowing why, what and how to keep ________

1.

A．satisfiedly

B．excitedly

C．worriedly

D．astonishedly

2.

A．read about

B．entered for

C．heard about

D．taken up

3.

A．suitable

B．regular

C．available

D．ready

4.

A．thanked

B．located

C．informed

D．telephoned

5.

A．reasonable

B．ambitious

C．favorite

D．curious

6.

A．persuaded

B．reminded

C．encouraged

D．requested

7.

A．take part

B．go on

C．give up

D．break up

8.

A．weak

B．lazy

C．sick

D．young

9.

A．demanding

B．struggling

C．waiting

D．preparing

10.

A．vacation

B．term

C．season

D．months

11.

A．strangest

B．busiest

C．hardest

D．oldest

12.

A．recovered

B．separated

C．settled

D．talked

13.

A．reporters

B．professors

C．colleagues

D．translators

14.

A．prove

B．decide

C．defend

D．repeat

15.

A．practical

B．calm

C．slow

D．quick

16.

A．specially

B．instantly

C．patiently

D．normally

17.

A．reduce

B．approach

C．memorize

D．doubt

18.

A．respect

B．grades

C．attention

D．supports

19.

A．imagination

B．knowledge

C．fortunes

D．experiences

20.

A．learning

B．fighting

C．thinking

D．suffering

10 . Give yourself a test. Which way is the wind blowing? How many kinds of wildflowers can be seen from your front door? If your awareness is as sharp as it could be, you’ll have no trouble answering these questions.

Most of us observed much more as children than we do as adults. A child’s day is filled with fascination, newness and wonder. Curiosity gave us all a natural awareness. But distinctions that were sharp to us as children become unclear; we are numb(麻木的) to new stimulation(刺激), new ideas. Relearning the art of seeing the world around us is quite simple, although it takes practice and requires breaking some bad habits.

The first step in awakening senses is to stop predicting what we are going to see and feel before it occurs. This blocks awareness. One chilly night when I was hiking in the Rocky Mountains with some students, I mentioned that we were going to cross a mountain stream. The students began complaining about how cold it would be. We reached the stream, and they unwillingly walked ahead. They were almost knee-deep when they realized it was a hot spring. Later they all admitted they’d felt cold water at first.

Another block to awareness is the obsession(痴迷) many of us have with naming things. I saw bird watchers who spotted a bird, immediately looked it up in field guides, and said, a "ruby-crowned kinglet" and checked it off. They no longer paid attention to the bird and never learned what it was doing.

The pressures of "time" and "destination" are further blocks to awareness. I encountered many hikers who were headed to a distant camp-ground with just enough time to get there before dark. It seldom occurred to them to wander a bit, to take a moment to see what’s around them. I asked them what they’d seen. "Oh, a few birds," they said. They seemed bent on their destinations.

Nature seems to unfold to people who watch and wait. Next time you take a walk, no matter where it is, take in all the sights, sounds and sensations. Wander in this frame of mind and you will open a new dimension to your life.

1. According to Paragraph 2, compared with adults, children are more ________.

A．anxious to do wonders

B．sensitive to others’ feelings

C．likely to develop unpleasant habits

D．eager to explore the world around them

2. What idea does the author convey in Paragraph 3?

A．To avoid jumping to conclusions.

B．To stop complaining all the time.

C．To follow the teacher’s advice.

D．To admit mistakes honestly.

3. The bird watchers’ behavior shows that they ________.

A．are very patient in their observation

B．are really fascinated by nature

C．care only about the names of birds

D．question the accuracy of the field guides

4. In the passage, the author intends to tell us we should ________.

A．fill our senses to feel the wonders of the world

B．get rid of some bad habits in our daily life

C．open our mind to new things and ideas

D．try our best to protect nature