1 . A star athlete at the college where I work recently stopped by my office. After committing a few unforced errors during a weekend match, she suffered severely by self-criticism.

This student, like many I teach, strongly believes she should be able to control the outcomes of her life by virtue of her hard work. In her mind, “Nothing can stop me but myself”. So when these students fall short of what they imagine they should accomplish, they are filled with self-blame, reasoning, “If my accomplishments are mine to control, my failures must be entirely my faults, too”, which makes it extremely difficult for them to move on.

We often owe young adults struggling with failure to their parents’ over protection of them from discomfort. But there is another factor at play—a message transmitted by indulging (纵容的) parents who have falsely promised them that they can achieve anything if they are willing to work for it. However, the cruel reality of life is that you can do everything in your power—and still fail. _______

Psychologists Luthar and Kumar urge parents and teachers to spend time helping students find purpose, or goals they genuinely love to pursue and that make an impact on the world, which may help them gain greater life satisfaction and become more psychologically mature. Besides, instead of allowing our kids to beat themselves up when things don’t go their way, we might all question a culture where one is considered lazy without full devotion. The point is to remind them that life has a way of sucker-punching (出其不意) us when we least expect it. It’s often the people who learn to say “stuff happens” who get up the fastest.

1. What does the underlined phrase “by virtue of” in paragraph 2 mean?

A．in addition to	B．in spite of
C．by means of	D．for fear of

2. The author believes that young adults find it hard to struggle with failure because ______.

A．they are not taught how to deal with difficulties

B．they are short of the ability to handle failure

C．they are under the protection of their parents

D．they are misled by their parents’ false message

3. Which of the following sentences can go into the blank in Paragraph 3?

A．But what is the reason for that?

B．Actually there are some findings.

C．Then what should be done to help?

D．So experts have their own concerns.

4. What did psychologists Luthar and Kumar urge parents and teachers to do?

A．To teach students how to avoid faults.

B．To lead students to set their truly loved goals.

C．To help students to discover a path to success.

D．To allow kids to blame themselves.

5. What can be inferred from the passage?

A．Students don’t care about failure at all.

B．Students are sure to succeed if they try their best.

C．Students should bear all the failures on their own.

D．Students with positive attitudes can move on more easily.

2 . Ten years ago, I went on a vacation in Italy. After climbing up a hill for a panoramic (全景的) view of the blue sea, white buildings and green olive trees, I paused to catch my breath and then positioned myself to take the best photo of this panorama.

Unfortunately, just as I took out my camera, a woman approached from behind, and planted herself right in front of my view. Like me, this woman was here to stop, sigh and appreciate the view.

Patient as I was, after about 15 minutes, I grew frustrated. Was it too much to ask her to move so I could take just one picture of the landscape? Sure, I could have asked her, but something prevented me from doing so. She seemed so content in her observation. I didn't want to mess with that. Another 15 minutes passed and I grew bored. The woman was still there. I decided to take the photo anyway.

Now when I look at the photo, I think her presence in the photo is what makes the image interesting. The landscape, beautiful on its own, somehow comes to life and breathes because this woman is engaging with it.

This photo, with the unique beauty that unfolded before me and that woman who "ruined" it, now hangs on a wall in my bedroom. What would she think if she knew that her figure is captured and frozen on some strangers bedroom wall? A bedroom, after all, is a very private space, in which some woman I don't even know has been immortalized (使永存). In some ways, she lives in my house.

Perhaps we all live in each other's spaces. Perhaps this is what photos are for: to remind us that we all appreciate beauty, that we all share a common desire for pleasure, for connection, for something that is greater than us. That photo is a reminder, a captured moment, an unspoken conversation between two women, separated only by a thin square of glass.

1. What happened when the author was about to take a photo?

A．Her camera stopped working.	B．A friend approached from behind.
C．Someone asked her to leave.	D．A woman blocked her view.

2. According to the author, the woman was probably ________.

A．losing her patience	B．enjoying herself
C．waiting for the sunset	D．thinking about her past

3. In the author's opinion, what makes the photo so alive?

A．The woman's existence in the photo.	B．The perfect positioning of the camera.
C．The rich color of the landscape.	D．The soft sunlight that summer day.

4. The photo on the bedroom wall enables the author to better understand ________.

A．the need to be close to nature	B．the importance of private space
C．the shared passion for beauty	D．the joy of the vacation in Italy

3 . 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。

I grew up in a small town where elementary school was a ten-minute walk from my house and in an age, not so long ago, when we children could go home for lunch and find our mothers waiting.

Our lunchtime when I was in the third grade will stay with me always. I had been picked to be the princess in the school play, and for weeks my mother had painstakingly practiced my lines（台词）with me. But no matter how easily I delivered them at home, as soon as I stepped on stage, every word disappeared from my head. Finally, my teacher took me aside. She explained patiently that she needed a narrator (叙述者，旁白员) and had written a narrator’s part to the play, and asked me to play the role of the narrator. Her words, kindly delivered, still hurt me especially when I saw my part go to another girl.

I didn’t tell mother what had happened when I went home for lunch that day. But she sensed my upset, and instead of suggesting we practice my lines, she asked if I wanted to walk in the yard. It was a lovely spring day and the rose vine（ 藤 ）was turning green. Under the huge trees, we could see yellow dandelions（ 蒲 公 英 ） appearing unexpectedly through the grass in bunches (簇，串）, as if a painter had touched our landscape with small amounts of gold. I watched my mother casually bend down by one of the bushes. “I think I’m going to dig up all these weeds,” she said, pulling a blossom up by all its roots. “From now on, we’ll only have roses in this garden.” I immediately argued, “But I like dandelions. All flowers are beautiful — even dandelions.”

注意：
1. 续写词数应为 150 左右：
2. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已经为你写好。
Paragraph 1：

“Do you mean that every flower has its own beauty?”asked my mother thoughtfully.

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Paragraph 2：

Having learned what had happened, Mom patted me on the back gently and said,“But you will be a beautiful narrator.”

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5 . Everybody has had at least one experience from which he knows the meaning of life. This time took place several years ago, but seems as if it just happened.

On an afternoon several years ago, my brother-in-law opened the bottom drawer of my sister's dress and picked out a beautiful skirt. “Jane bought this the first lime we went to New York, at least 8 or 9 years ago. She never wore it. She was saving it for a special occasion.” He said. I guess this was the occasion: it was the funeral of my sister, after her unexpected death.

He took the skirl and put it on bed, with the other clothes we were taking to the funeral. Then he closed the drawer and turned to me, “Don't ever save anything for a special occasion. Every day you are alive is a special occasion.”

I am thinking about his words, and they've changed the way I live my life. I'm spending more time with my family and friends and less lime in committee meetings. Whenever possible, life should be a kind of experience to enjoy, not to suffer. “Someday” and “One of these days” are losing their importance on my vocabulary. If it's worth seeing or hearing or doing, I want to see and hear and do it now.

Ever since that day, I have been trying very hard not to put off, hold back or save anything that, would add laughter and color to our lives. Every morning when I open my eyes, I tell myself that every day, every minute, every breath, truly is a gift. So cherish every day and find the true meaning of your life.

1. Why did Jane buy the beautiful skirt but didn't wear it?

A．She waited for a special occasion to wear it on.	B．She wanted to keep it for someone else.
C．She saved it until she grew up.	D．She would give it to herself as a gift someday.

2. What does the underlined word “cherish” mean?

A．Save

B．Waste

C．Own

D．Treasure

3. From his experience, the author learns that ______.

A．everybody can have a happy life through efforts

B．every day in our lives is worth cherishing

C．enjoying ourselves is the most important thing

D．everybody will have something left to do after death

4. What does the author write this passage for?

A．To show how to make good use of every clay in life.

B．To explain the true meaning of his brother-in-taw's words.

C．To tell people to find the meaning of life and cherish every day.

D．To encourage people to waste time and enjoy themselves.

5. What's the best title for this passage?

A．Every Day Is a Gift	B．My Sister Jane
C．What Is the Meaningful Life Like	D．The Most Important Time in Your life

6 . It is dark now when I begin my early morning walk in the woods. And now that autumn has marched into winter, darkness persists well beyond my 6 a. m. start time.

Paths have become familiar after years of hiking. But rocks and tree roots have magically appeared from previously ________ ground.

Certainly I hit my toe against or ________ on some unseen barriers. Fallen branches from last night’s storm ________ in wait. Layers of autumn leaves create a false floor through which my trusting footsteps ________. Sometimes a piece of moon donates some ________ to the mystery path. But when skies are dark, there are no ________ clues for where I step.

My very first night hike was during summer camp on a warm August night in the woods. Our leader ________ bright flashlights so we would not scare away the night creatures we hoped to find.

“See with your ________，” the leader told us over and over again.

________， that advice took effect. With ________ and courage, it didn’t take long before our feet became ________ to the ground’s textures(质地) and irregularities. Toes learned to ________ for barriers before trusting full weight on feet. Holes and dips in the ground were detected in ________ of possible fall…

But mistakes ________ happened. My foot got caught on a trip and I fell. Since the pace was ________， there was little damage except to pride. Once ________， I paused to feel the firmness of earth beneath me.

On my way home, as dawn ________ day, I thought about how similar night hikes were to journeys through life.

The same rules often ________ for both: slow down, concentration, “see” with new senses —and don’t be ________. Although the path is full of ________— hidden barriers, false surface, wet floor — the earth is solid and firm beneath. It is the nature of night ground. It is the nature of life.

1.

A．wet

B．soft

C．level

D．hard

2.

A．step

B．tour

C．go

D．trip

3.

A．stand

B．lie

C．stain

D．hang

4.

A．sink

B．break

C．walk

D．remove

5.

A．coldness

B．courage

C．loneliness

D．light

6.

A．vague

B．typical

C．visual

D．conscious

7.

A．shone

B．forbade

C．removed

D．collected

8.

A．eyes

B．toes

C．hands

D．feet

9.

A．Amazingly

B．Directly

C．Possibly

D．Luckily

10.

A．contribution

B．appreciation

C．concentration

D．expectation

11.

A．suspicious

B．cautious

C．sensitive

D．tentative

12.

A．head

B．explore

C．clarify

D．assess

13.

A．advance

B．search

C．need

D．spite

14.

A．also

B．even

C．still

D．ever

15.

A．rapid

B．mild

C．gentle

D．slow

16.

A．up

B．out

C．down

D．away

17.

A．made up for

B．made way for

C．made use of

D．made sense of

18.

A．suit

B．work

C．answer

D．apply

19.

A．scared

B．confused

C．disappointed

D．annoyed

20.

A．darkness

B．hopelessness

C．anxieties

D．uncertainties

7 . Fifteen years ago, I took a summer vacation in Lecce in southern Italy. After climbing up a hill for a panoramic (全景的) view of the blue sea, white building and green olive trees, I paused to ach my breath and then positioned myself to take the best photo of this panorama.

Unfortunately, just as I took out my camera, a woman approached from behind, and planted herself right in front of my view. Like me, this woman was here to stop, sigh and appreciate the view. Patient as I was, after about 15 minutes, my camera scanning the sun and reviewing the shot I would eventually take, I grew frustrated. Was it too much to ask her to move so I could take just one picture of the landscape? Sure, I could have asked her, but something prevented me from doing so. She seemed so content in her observation. I didn’t want to mess with that.

Another 15 minutes passed and I grew bored. The woman was still there. I decided to take the photo anyway.   And now when I look at it, I think her presence in the photo is what makes the image interesting. The landscape, beautiful on its own, somehow comes to life and breathes because this woman is engaging with it.

This photo, with the unique beauty that unfolded before me and that woman who “ruined” it, now hangs on a wall in my bedroom. What would she think if she knew that her figure is captured (捕捉) and frozen on some stranger’s bedroom wall? A bedroom, after all, is a very private space, in which some woman I don’t even know has been immortalized (使永存). In some ways, she lives in my house.

Perhaps we all live in each other’s space. Perhaps this is what photos are for: to remind us that we all appreciate beauty, that we all share a common desire for pleasure, for connection, for something that is greater than us.

That photo is a reminder, a captured moment, an unspoken conversation between two women, separated only by a thin square of glass.

1. What happened when the author was about to take a photo?

A．Her camera stopped working.	B．A woman blocked her view.
C．Someone asked her to leave.	D．A friend approached from behind.

2. In the author’s opinion, what makes the photo so alive?

A．The rich color of the landscape.	B．The perfect positioning of the camera.
C．The woman’s existence in the photo.	D．The soft sunlight that summer day.

3. The photo on the bedroom wall enables the author to better understand ________.

A．the need to be close to nature	B．the importance of private space
C．the joy of the vacation in Italy	D．the shared passion for beauty

4. The passage can be seen as the author’s reflections upon ________.

A．a particular life experience	B．the pleasure of traveling
C．the art of photography	D．a lost friendship

8 . My daughter is only two years old and, like most girls, already has a nurturing（培育）spirit growing inside her. She tries to ________ everything that she has. She already has favorite suits, favorite toys, and even a favorite blanket.

This blanket is a pink one that was purchased for her before she was born. It seems to be the one she ________ the closest. I always see her dragging that blanket around from upstairs to downstairs, downstairs to upstairs. She sits and eats with it, tries to brush her teeth with it, and ________ jumps right out of the bath to run to it. Although it gets ________ many times in the course of a week, it is almost always ________.

Normally I just laugh at the thing but recently my daughter has had a cold. Any parent will tell you that germs（细菌）can get into the things the child has ________ with and cause them to stay sick

________ getting better. So，unwillingly, we ________ the blanket out of my daughter’s daily life. Of course, she wasn’t ________. It was something that she loved and had established familiarity with and that she ________ was hers. However, ________ the blanket is gone, she has a better ________ of getting over her cold faster and not getting sick again.

She doesn’t know it but the blanket is part of what was keeping her ________ in a state of sickness. We，as ________，know a lot of things that are keeping us from our true purpose，or even，true happiness. But we won’t let them ________.

We have friends, habits, and guilty pleasures that keep us caught in a state of sickness, disappointment, suffering or ________. We’d rather keep them________ because they are familiar.

________ sometimes change is beautiful.________ our security blankets is a tough choice but a ________step for us to grow.

1.

A．protect

B．collect

C．love

D．study

2.

A．watches

B．keeps

C．follows

D．touches

3.

A．still

B．yet

C．just

D．even

4.

A．washed

B．repaired

C．broken

D．changed

5.

A．clean

B．dirty

C．good

D．bad

6.

A．fun

B．patience

C．trouble

D．contact

7.

A．instead of

B．in favor of

C．in spite of

D．regardless of

8.

A．went

B．led

C．forced

D．sent

9.

A．excited

B．pleased

C．confused

D．ashamed

10.

A．guessed

B．proved

C．knew

D．hoped

11.

A．since

B．if

C．until

D．unless

12.

A．idea

B．sense

C．habit

D．chance

13.

A．related

B．trapped

C．disappointed

D．inspired

14.

A．researchers

B．doctors

C．adults

D．friends

15.

A．go

B．hide

C．happen

D．develop

16.

A．pity

B．pain

C．curiosity

D．excitement

17.

A．complete

B．safe

C．close

D．open

18.

A．But

B．And

C．So

D．Or

19.

A．Observing

B．Keeping

C．Repairing

D．Dropping

20.

A．possible

B．perfect

C．unique

D．necessary

9 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改一下你同桌写的作文。 文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在此处加一个漏字符号（∧），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：在错的词下划一个横线，并在其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11处起）不计分。

Last Sunday morning, I planned to have a long sleep, but my mother woke me up in a loud voice, “Time to get up, sweetheart.” It is just 8:30 in the morning, but I replied, “It’s still early, Mum; I want to sleep again.” However, no sooner have I continued my sleep than my mother pulled me out of bed. When my parents and I started out for our home in the countryside, the weather was fine and I was cheerfully. Upon arriving at their farmland, we began to work in the field. In the beginning, my mother taught me how to grow vegetables and it took me some minute to learn to take the care of them. After that, I was asked to turn over the soil with a digger and I soon ran out my energy. Although doing farm work was tired, I had a really great day. Now I realize it is of great important to do farm work even for us Senior 3 students, because we should have some labor education.