1 . Hundreds of people have formed impressions of you through that little device (装置) on your desk. And they’ve never actually ____ you. Everything they know about you ____ through this device, sometimes from hundreds of miles away. ____ they feel they can know you ____ from the sound of your voice. That’s how powerful the ____ is.

Powerful, yes, but not always ____. For years I dealt with my travel agent only by phone. Rani, my faceless agent whom I’d never met ____, got me rock-bottom prices on airfares, cars, and hotels. But her cold voice really ____ me. I sometimes wished to ____ another agent.

One morning, I had to ____ an immediate flight home for a family emergency. I ran into Rani’s office ____. The woman sitting at the desk, ____ my madness, sympathetically jumped up. She gave me a ____ smile, nodded while listening patiently, and then printed out the ____ immediately. ＂What a wonderful lady! ＂ I thought.

Rushing out ____ I called out over my shoulder, ＂By the way, what’s your name?＂ ＂I’m Rani,＂ she said.   I turned around and saw a ____ woman with a big smile on her face waving to wish me a safe trip. I was ____! Why had I thought she was cold? Rani was, well, so ____.

Sitting back in the car on the way to the airport, I figured it all out. Rani’s ____ — her warm smile, her nods, her ‘I’m here for you’ ____ — were all silent signals that didn’t travel through wires.

1.

A．accepted

B．noticed

C．heard

D．met

2.

A．came

B．moved

C．ran

D．developed

3.

A．Thus

B．Yet

C．Then

D．Indeed

4.

A．rather

B．also

C．just

D．already

5.

A．telephone

B．voice

C．connection

D．impression

6.

A．direct

B．useful

C．easy

D．accurate

7.

A．in person

B．by myself

C．in public

D．on purpose

8.

A．annoyed

B．interested

C．discouraged

D．confused

9.

A．promote

B．train

C．find

D．know

10.

A．arrange

B．postpone

C．confirm

D．book

11.

A．for the first time

B．at any time

C．from time to time

D．in good time

12.

A．expecting

B．seeing

C．testing

D．avoiding

13.

A．shy

B．comforting

C．familiar

D．forced

14.

A．bill

B．form

C．ticket

D．list

15.

A．hopefully

B．disappointedly

C．gratefully

D．regretfully

16.

A．careful

B．serious

C．nervous

D．pleasant

17.

A．amused

B．worried

C．helpless

D．speechless

18.

A．calm

B．nice

C．proud

D．clever

19.

A．forgiveness

B．eagerness

C．friendliness

D．skillfulness

20.

A．explanation

B．attitude

C．concept

D．behavior

2 . The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out. —— Thomas Macaulay

About thirty years ago, I was studying in a public school in New York. One day, Mrs. Nanette O’Neill gave a math ____ to our class. When the papers were ____ , she discovered that twelve boys had made exactly the _____ mistakes throughout the test.

There is nothing really new about ______ in exams. Perhaps that was ____ Mrs. O’Neill didn’t even say a word about it. She only asked the twelve boys to _____ after class. I was one of the twelve.

Mrs. O’Neill asked ______ questions, and she didn’t _____ us, either. Instead, she wrote on the blackboard the _____ words by Thomas Macaulay. She then ordered us to copy these words into our exercise-books one hundred times.

I don’t know about the other eleven boys. Speaking for _____ I can say: it was the most important single ____ of my life. Thirty years after being introduced to Macaulay’s words, they ____ seem to me the best yardstick (准绳) now because they give us a way to _____ ourselves rather than others.

____ of us are asked to make ______ decisions about nations going to war or armies going to battle. But all of us are called _____ daily to make a great many personal decisions. Should the wallet, _____ in the street, be put into a pocket or _____ to the policeman? Should the _____ change received at the store be forgotten or _____ ? Nobody will know except you. But you have to live with yourself, and it is alwaysbetter to live with someone you respect.

1.

A．paper

B．question

C．test

D．problem

2.

A．marked

B．completed

C．examined

D．answered

3.

A．easy

B．same

C．funny

D．serious

4.

A．lying

B．discussing

C．guessing

D．cheating

5.

A．because

B．when

C．why

D．how

6.

A．remain

B．apologize

C．leave

D．come

7.

A．many

B．certain

C．no

D．more

8.

A．excuse

B．reject

C．help

D．scold

9.

A．above

B．common

C．following

D．unusual

10.

A．herself

B．ourselves

C．themselves

D．myself

11.

A．chance

B．incident

C．lesson

D．memory

12.

A．still

B．even

C．always

D．almost

13.

A．adjust

B．control

C．help

D．measure

14.

A．All

B．Few

C．Some

D．None

15.

A．quick

B．wise

C．great

D．personal

16.

A．upon

B．out

C．for

D．up

17.

A．finding

B．found

C．find

D．founded

18.

A．turned up

B．turned on

C．turned over

D．turned back

19.

A．small

B．extra

C．some

D．necessary

20.

A．paid

B．remembered

C．shared

D．returned

3 . A young school teacher had a dream that an angel appeared to him and said, “You will be given a child who will grow up to become a world _______. How will you prepare her so that she will realize her intelligence, develop both her confidence and sensitivity, be open-minded, yet _______ in character? In short, what kind of education will you _______ so that she can become one of the world's truly great leaders?”

The young teacher _______ in a cold sweat. It had never occurred to him before ---any one of his present or future students could be the person _______in his dream. Was he preparing them to rise to any position which they may _______? He thought, “How might my _______ change if I knew that one of my students were this person?” He _______began to formulate (规划;想出)a plan in his mind.

This student would _______experience as well as instruction. She would need to know how to solve problems of various kinds. She would need to know the value of lifelong learning in order to keep a curious and ________ mind.

His teaching   ________. Every young person who walked through his________became, for him, a future world leader. He saw each one, not ________ they were, but as they could be. He ________ the best from his students, yet tempered（使缓和）it with pity. He taught each one as if the future of the ____________ depended on his instruction.

After many years, a woman he knew ________ to a position of world fame. He realized that she must ________ have been the girl described in his dream. Only she was not one of his ________, but rather his daughter. For of all the ________ teachers in her life, her father was the best.

Where and how you will ________ this child is a mystery. But believe that one child's future may depend upon the influence only you can provide, and something remarkable will happen.

1.

A．leader

B．destroyer

C．rescuer

D．protector

2.

A．bad

B．weak

C．special

D．strong

3.

A．afford

B．provide

C．receive

D．have

4.

A．shook

B．feared

C．awoke

D．stood

5.

A．described

B．appeared

C．imagined

D．lived

6.

A．buy

B．send

C．make

D．desire

7.

A．performance

B．teaching

C．acting

D．learning

8.

A．gradually

B．gladly

C．suddenly

D．finally

9.

A．like

B．have

C．need

D．mean

10.

A．actual

B．dependent

C．absent

D．active

11.

A．worked

B．changed

C．developed

D．finished

12.

A．classroom

B．office

C．house

D．mind

13.

A．like

B．unlike

C．likely

D．as

14.

A．begged

B．expected

C．forced

D．learned

15.

A．world

B．school

C．class

D．family

16.

A．appeared

B．stood

C．rose

D．raised

17.

A．completely

B．nearly

C．hardly

D．surely

18.

A．children

B．students

C．friends

D．followers

19.

A．male

B．wise

C．various

D．language

20.

A．raise

B．help

C．love

D．meet

4 . 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。
For many, just taking part in a single marathon is the achievement of a lifetime. But for Julie Weiss, it has become a _______ routine. She has run 12 marathons once a week—for the past year in memory of her dad who _______ just 35 days after he was _______ with pancreatic cancer(胰腺癌). When Julie Weiss lost her father in 2010, she was _______ to find the research for pancreatic cancer is so short of fund. “It made me feel _______” she said, “I knew I had to do something.”
So this marathon queen, _______ she calls herself, did what she did best; she went running. Having completed 25 marathons during the _______ two years, Julie now vowed(发誓) to run 12 marathons in 12 weeks in _______ of her father. After asking people to _______ money for each marathon, she ________ a website, marathon goddess, com, to collect money for the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network(PANCAN), a nonprofit organization. Julie began her incredible ________ with a marathon in Rome and then entered a race every ________ in some city across North America. ________ leaving work at 5 p.m.on Friday she would be ready to begin the next race, before she ________ home to California on Sunday. Julie finished her 1,362.4-mile journey in March 2013, ________ more than $ 200,000 in the process for PANCAN.
While running, she stuck to a strict training schedule. “My body’s getting used to this. I’m changing my diet, becoming more healthy and learning to run more ________” she said. When her muscles began to ________, she kept her ________ in mind. “When you do what you love, for those you love, that is where the ________ happen. Together we can make a(n) ________, and pave the way for a happy, healthy, cancer free life.” she said.1.

A．weekly

B．monthly

C．daily

D．yearly

2.

A．passed by

B．passed away

C．died off

D．died out

3.

A．connected

B．diagnosed

C．treated

D．dealt

4.

A．inspired

B．exhausted

C．interested

D．shocked

5.

A．desirable

B．helpless

C．hopeful

D．wishful

6.

A．while

B．what

C．as

D．since

7.

A．previous

B．precious

C．present

D．precise

8.

A．search

B．need

C．honor

D．place

9.

A．pay

B．donate

C．make

D．earn

10.

A．set up

B．made up

C．held up

D．broke up

11.

A．experiment

B．stage

C．road

D．challenge

12.

A．day

B．morning

C．weekend

D．weekday

13.

A．At

B．By

C．With

D．On

14.

A．parted

B．left

C．headed

D．missed

15.

A．raising

B．earning

C．spending

D．wasting

16.

A．merrily

B．efficiently

C．specifically

D．casually

17.

A．swell

B．stress

C．burn

D．ache

18.

A．strength

B．relief

C．motivation

D．interest

19.

A．miracles

B．accidents

C．stories

D．events

20.

A．offer

B．sacrifice

C．promise

D．difference

5 . 语法填空。
I seldom thought I had a passion. I would sit before the TV all day, thinking nothing but the next shadow. It was not long ago that I first learned how important having a passion is to life.
One day I went with Mum to drop my sister off at the gym. Then, Mum stopped at a red light, someone on the roadside caught my eyes. It was a man (dress) in rags, homeless. That didn’t interest me, for I (see) many like him before.
But he man wasn’t sitting down with a sad (express). He had a radio in his hand and was dancing (merry) to the music. The radio seemed to be the most precious thing he had.
“Mum, why does that man have a radio even though he’s homeless?” I asked.
“He bought,” she replied.
“But if he’s homeless, why doesn’t he use the money to buy food or clothes? He wasted it on something he doesn’t need.”
“Well, Sarah, sometimes food and clothes aren’t only important things. We need happiness, too.”
“I see.” The man must care too much about music, so he bought a radio instead of food and clothes. I realized that happiness is the key to life. it, there’s nothing to look forward to. A passion gives a person the happiness they need to keep going!

6 . Mr. Jackson was blind from birth. He owned a fruit _____ on a very busy street. ______ he was visually disabled, he ran his business pretty handsomely. He could see nothing and he could only ______ the things within his reach. ______， he was able to handle it and was content with everything he had.

One day his son came to him. He told Mr. Jackson in _____ that he read in the newspaper of a ______ who could operate on his eyes and allow him to see. The father and son traveled to the doctor and paid for the ______.

After the operation, the doctor asked Mr. Jackson，“What is the first thing you are ______ to see when I take the bandages off？”He replied, “I really want to see my beautiful ______ on my stand！”

The doctor and the son ______ Mr. Jackson down to the busy street where his fruit stand had been located for so many years. The doctor ______ unwrapped the bandages ______ he could lay his eyes on the beautiful fruit! Mr. Jackson was so full of ______ that he could finally see his life's work—taking care of his fruit! After a few hours of ______ his beautiful fruit stand, he looked down the street both ways and saw there were quite a few fruit stands in both directions. He looked ______ the street and saw many other fruit stands. He spent so much time looking at other people's fruit stands and ______ the competition that soon his own business ______.

From Mr. Jackson's failure, we should know that everyone is a ______ individual with different fingerprints, DNA and thinking. What we need to do is just be ourselves and ______ everyone else to be who they are. Mind our own business and we should never be afraid of   the ______.

1.

A．stand

B．company

C．store

D．center

2.

A．Because

B．As

C．Although

D．When

3.

A．remember

B．describe

C．imagine

D．feel

4.

A．Therefore

B．However

C．Otherwise

D．Besides

5.

A．pride

B．doubt

C．excitement

D．surprise

6.

A．doctor

B．nurse

C．chemist

D．volunteer

7.

A．information

B．medicine

C．service

D．operation

8.

A．nervous

B．lucky

C．eager

D．afraid

9.

A．flowers

B．vegetables

C．fruit

D．clothing

10.

A．sent

B．accompanied

C．followed

D．invited

11.

A．suddenly

B．curiously

C．carefully

D．firmly

12.

A．so that

B．in case

C．even if

D．if only

13.

A．regret

B．joy

C．courage

D．relief

14.

A．enjoying

B．checking

C．judging

D．making

15.

A．above

B．within

C．through

D．across

16.

A．preparing for

B．focusing on

C．worrying about

D．taking up

17.

A．improved

B．failed

C．appeared

D．expanded

18.

A．simple

B．reliable

C．unique

D．perfect

19.

A．force

B．require

C．persuade

D．allow

20.

A．competition

B．change

C．difference

D．disability

7 .

On Punctuality

A punctual man is in the habit of doing everything at the proper time and is never late in keeping an appointment.The unpunctual man, on the other hand, never does what he has to do at the proper time.    1    There is a proverb that says, “Time flies never to be recalled.” This is very true.    2    Time is more valuable than material things. In fact, time is life itself, and the unpunctual man is forever wasting and mismanaging his own valuable assets as well as others’. The unpunctual man is always complaining that he finds no time to answer letters, or to return calls, or to keep appointments promptly.    3    He knows that he can’t get through his immense amount of work unless he faithfully keeps every appointment promptly and deals with every piece of work when it has to be attended to.    4     If a person is invited to a dinner and arrives later than expected, he keeps all the other guests and the host waiting him alone. This is great disrespect.    5    Imagine how it would be if those who are entrusted with important tasks failed to be at their proper place at the appointed time. A man who is known to be habitually unpunctual is never trusted by his friends or his fellow men. And the unpunctual man is a source of annoyance both to others and to himself.

A．Failure to be punctual is a sign of disrespect towards others.

B．A lost thing may be found again, but lost time can never be regained.

C．He is always in a hurry and in the end loses both his time and his good name.

D．Unpunctuality is very harmful when it comes to doing one’s duty.

E．Of these the former are the majority.

F．But the man who really has a great deal to do is very careful of his time and seldom complains of want of it.

G．Broadly speaking, humans can be divided into two classes.

8 . 完形填空。
Every Wednesday, I go to Cantata Adult Life Services, a local retirement community, with my classmates to do community service.

Our visits last about an hour, playing board games and cards with the residents ____________ we’re there.
You can watch all the movies and TV shows you want about “life back then”， but nothing ____________ with talking to the people who were actually there. Just hearing their stories has ____________ me in a way I never thought possible.
Whether it was talking to 98­year­old “Hurricane Hilda” about her glory days ____________ a roller skater or chatting with Lou about the times she danced with a famous actor, I was completely impressed by every single ____________ the residents wanted to share with me.
Even the residents who don’t have _____________ memories make the experience fulfilling. I remember visiting Mrs. Robinson. She couldn't _____________ much about her past, but she told me she’d ____________ forget how kind I was just to listen to her “rambling (漫谈)”. It made me realize that it’s the ____________ things that make life worth living. That's something I won’t _____________ anytime.
If there’s one thing I’ve realized in my three years of visiting Cantata, it’s ______________ — just being there — that means more than anything to many of the residents. And despite how ______________ our lives are, there’s always time to make them happy.
For me, it feels great to be a ______________ of happiness, a smile on a bad day or a(n) _____________ for old memories. And at the end of the day, that’s all that ______________.
It’s easy to feel like you don’t have much in common with the _____________ — especially when you’re a(n) ______________. But that's not true at all.
I hate to make much comment here, but age really is just a(n) _______________. As young adults, it's important for us to realize this sooner _____________ later. We can learn a lot from the elderly, and they can often _______________ from teenagers, too.1.

A．until

B．unless

C．while

D．before

2.

A．compares

B．competes

C．combines

D．connects

3.

A．touched

B．reached

C．captured

D．disgusted

4.

A．like

B．as

C．about

D．towards

5.

A．imagination

B．truth

C．picture

D．memory

6.

A．boring

B．depressing

C．amazing

D．longing

7.

A．concern

B．grasp

C．recall

D．mention

8.

A．ever

B．always

C．even

D．never

9.

A．important

B．little

C．major

D．sweet

10.

A．care

B．skip

C．believe

D．forget

11.

A．presence

B．appearance

C．understanding

D．protection

12.

A．messy

B．happy

C．easy

D．busy

13.

A．trend

B．chance

C．source

D．cause

14.

A．mind

B．ear

C．tongue

D．heart

15.

A．matters

B．favors

C．differs

D．exists

16.

A．friendly

B．lively

C．lonely

D．elderly

17.

A．adult

B．teenager

C．resident

D．child

18.

A．amount

B．difference

C．advantage

D．number

19.

A．or else

B．rather than

C．other than

D．except for

20.

A．hear

B．differ

C．judge

D．benefit

9 . I regularly train at a local boxing gym and I’m lucky enough to meet an amazing man, Adrian Charter. Adrian comes to the gym to train, just like me. The difference is, I’m 31 years old, and Adrian is 72!

I watched Adrian as he was training, early on a Sunday morning, and he was hitting the punching bag harder and quicker than most men in their twenties would. Adrian was a former boxer whose last professional fight was in 1972. Even though he has stopped competing as a boxer, his discipline(纪律) still makes him stick to a training rule.

It simply amazed me as to how a 72-year-old man could train so hard. Believe me, boxing is one of the most difficult sports on the earth, needing much patience,skill, and effort.

What surprised me even more was that a few days earlier he did some running. He ran 9 kilometers. He does this on a regular basis. For me, I can run 5 kilometers at most.

When I questioned him about how he kept such discipline, he calmly replied, “It is all in my mind.”

I thought about it for a moment. If discipline can push a 72-year-old man to train so hard and enjoy it, could I imagine how discipline could serve every single human being on the earth? Right at this point, as you read this story, please pause and ask yourself, “What is my level of discipline?”

Adrian’s example told me that the power of discipline will get us to the finishing line!The bigger the challenge is, the more our discipline can serve us and the sweeter the taste of success will be!

1. The author noticed Adrian Charter mostly because Adrian Charter _______ .

A．was a famous former boxer

B．was the oldest in the boxing gym

C．acted faster even than young people

D．didn’t want to compete any longer

2. What does the author think of boxing?

A．It has high requirements.

B．It has strict training rules.

C．It has a limit to people’s age.

D．It makes people become quick and strong.

3. The underlined sentence in the last paragraph probably means “______ ”.

A．Rome was not built in a day

B．no pains, no gains

C．failure is the mother of success

D．early birds can catch worms

4. What can be the best title for the text?

A．Grasp every chance to keep fit

B．An unforgotten experience

C．The power of discipline

D．An amazing boxer

10 . I have been teaching animal behavior at the Boulder County Prison in Colorado for 10 years. The course is one of the most popular in the prison. Prisoners have to earn the right to attend the course and they work hard to get in.

One reason why the course is so popular is that many prisoners find it easier to connect with animals than with people, because animals don’t judge them. They trust animals in ways they don’t with humans.

Yet, they hold a misunderstanding of how animals treat one another. Many admit that their own “animal behavior” is what got them into trouble in the first place. I teach that though there is competition and aggression in the animal kingdom, there is also a lot of cooperation (合作) and sympathy.

Many of the students want to build healthy relationships, and they find that the class helps them. I use examples of the social behavior of group-living animals such as wolves as a model for developing and maintaining (维持) friendships among people who must work together for their own good and also for the good of the group.

It’s clear that science inspires the students here and it also gives them hope. I know some students have gone back into education after their being set free while others have gone to work for humane (人道) societies or contributed time and money to conservation organizations. One went on to receive a master’s degree in nature writing.

Science and humane education help the prisoners connect with values that they otherwise would not have done. It opens the door to understanding, trust, cooperation and hope. There’s a large population of people to whom science could mean a lot, if only they could have access to it. The class helps me, too. I get as much out of it as the students and it has made me a better teacher.

1. The author’s course is welcomed by the prisoners because ______.

A．they consider animals their best friends

B．they are curious about animal kingdom

C．they feel it easier to get along with animals

D．they are more familiar with animal behavior

2. The author used wolves as an example to ______.

A．provide the prisoners with more knowledge

B．explain the cruel side of group-living animals

C．help the prisoners realize the importance of teamwork

D．inform the prisoners that animals get people into trouble

3. We can infer from the text that some prisoners ______.

A．have turned over a new leaf

B．are required to attend the course

C．are willing to learn working skills

D．prefer humane education to science