1 . Lara Harrison has always had a complicated relationship with her father.

Several times, Harrison felt she'd reached her breaking point and________ her dad for months. Still, she couldn't_________ him. Small actions showed he cared ________ he remained difficult to get close to: he went out of his way to ________ with tasks such as repairing her office. Harrison wanted the relationship to improve.

As her father reached his 70s, she realized that if they were going to re-establish ________, they could not waste time. She made a conscious decision to change her________ to him. If he was being moody during their time together, she'd end their interaction by thanking him for the visit and giving him a hug-something that wasn't typical for them. The small interventions(干预）________;he became kinder each visit,and his moods became ________.Eventually he began reaching out to her,texting to ask, “How are you?” or saying he was proud of her, something she'd always longed to hear.

Rebuilding trust with her father ultimately helped her to engage in ________,She realized she could also be stubborn when she felt ________, and that her negative connection to her father made her less trusting of other people in her life. “I never allowed myself to dive deeply into relationships. At the first sight of a challenge, I would blame others, get angry or leave. The effort it takes to be constantly ________ is exhausting,” she says. “It _________ you of life's   happy moments. ” Today, she's thankful to be able to approach others more ________ and with   an open heart.

Trust is one of the most important elements of a safe, fulfilling and well-functioning relationship. ________, it often isn't until something hurtful happens-a spouse cheats on you; a boss makes fun of you in front of colleagues-- ________ we think about trust; we don't notice it until it's broken.

1.

A．offended

B．abused

C．avoided

D．approached

2.

A．abandon

B．find

C．help

D．please

3.

A．because

B．so

C．but

D．though

4.

A．help out

B．set out

C．make out

D．work out

5.

A．connection

B．trust

C．contact

D．love

6.

A．solutions

B．responses

C．attitudes

D．secrets

7.

A．ran

B．worked

C．performed

D．operated

8.

A．violent

B．calm

C．stable

D．rough

9.

A．self-confidence

B．self-respect

C．self-reliance

D．self-reflection

10.

A．threatened

B．disturbed

C．suspected

D．disagreed

11.

A．on duty

B．on business

C．on guard

D．on display

12.

A．rids

B．robs

C．reminds

D．recharges

13.

A．determinedly

B．enthusiastically

C．lovingly

D．amusedly

14.

A．Furthermore

B．Therefore

C．Though

D．However

15.

A．which

B．what

C．how

D．that

2 . Every summer, my swim team has a picnic. Mom used to make potato salad for me. This year, _________, I wanted to try making something on my own.

I spent hours looking through recipe (菜谱) books and finally _________ to make apple pie. But then I met a(n) _________: the recipe needed six apples, and I had just three. _________, I found strawberries in the fridge. “That’s it! I’ll make strawberry-apple pie.” Two hours later, my pie was ready, not _________ nice, but it smelled so good that I couldn’t wait to _________ it.

At the picnic, when I was just _________ to show my pie, Maddie put down a very nice box. She said, “_________ the box is the most beautiful pie you can ever imagine. I bought it from the best pastry (糕点) shop in the town.” While everybody’s eyes were on it, I quietly _________ my bag of pie under the table.

I was feeling so __________ about my pie that I just sat on the grass alone. Suddenly, John cried out loud, “Come on, guys, here I found the most __________ pie under the table! Someone must have forgotten it.” Everyone went up and tried some. The pie was __________ in no time.

Seeing it was __________ strawberry-apple pie, I laughed __________.

From this __________, I knew I shouldn’t compare and worry about what everyone might think and we shouldn’t judge (判断) a pie by its look, either.

1.

A．again

B．gradually

C．however

D．besides

2.

A．decided

B．asked

C．promised

D．agreed

3.

A．answer

B．problem

C．chance

D．message

4.

A．Naturally

B．Carefully

C．Especially

D．Luckily

5.

A．looking

B．tasting

C．sounding

D．feeling

6.

A．sell

B．share

C．protect

D．refuse

7.

A．shy

B．scared

C．sorry

D．ready

8.

A．Nearby

B．Outside

C．Inside

D．Below

9.

A．hid

B．showed

C．lost

D．broke

10.

A．excited

B．disappointed

C．encouraged

D．relaxed

11.

A．terrible

B．delicious

C．interesting

D．expensive

12.

A．put down

B．taken out

C．eaten up

D．cut down

13.

A．your

B．his

C．her

D．my

14.

A．coldly

B．sadly

C．happily

D．politely

15.

A．picnic

B．tour

C．holiday

D．game

3 . Several years ago, Cindy and her kids noticed that two robins (知更鸟) had built a nest in one of their trees. As they paid attention to the robins’ _________ they realized there were eggs in the nest.

Soon four baby birds hatched. Cindy and her kids took _________ of the baby birds. They loved to watch them and would check on their condition _________.

Then one day as Cindy was _________ clothes in one of the kids’ rooms—she saw something she’d never seen before or since. More than a dozen birds were flying around the tree with the robins’ nest. Cindy _________ out to see what the trouble was and saw all different types of birds were _________ the tree. Instinctively, Cindy ran to _________ the baby birds and what she found was _________.

The birds were dive-bombing (俯冲攻击) the tree because a snake had _________ itself around the tree and was trying to get to the baby robins. The birds were doing everything they could to __________ the baby birds.

Cindy thought quickly and took a __________ and used it to pull the snake off the tree. It slid away and when Cindy eventually __________, all of the birds were sitting on the branches of the tree looking at her as if to say thank you. Then they flew away.

There is something remarkable that happens when we have a __________ cause. When we have a common __________, just like the birds, we forget our __________. We begin to work together and focus on common objectives and we fight for our cause.

1.

A．weight

B．cage

C．color

D．activity

2.

A．ownership

B．advantage

C．place

D．hold

3.

A．anxiously

B．casually

C．regularly

D．quickly

4.

A．washing

B．folding

C．buying

D．renting

5.

A．rushed

B．looked

C．worked

D．stood

6.

A．attacking

B．waving

C．ruining

D．observing

7.

A．catch

B．protect

C．comfort

D．serve

8.

A．interesting

B．rewarding

C．amazing

D．inspiring

9.

A．defended

B．enjoyed

C．resigned

D．wrapped

10.

A．save

B．satisfy

C．support

D．carry

11.

A．stick

B．gun

C．net

D．rope

12.

A．settled down

B．gave in

C．turned around

D．cheered up

13.

A．common

B．final

C．public

D．personal

14.

A．problem

B．enemy

C．idea

D．sense

15.

A．dangers

B．friends

C．differences

D．promises

4 . 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。

The Summer I Learned to Really See

It was a muggy(闷热)end-of-summer dog day in Missouri. I was preparing to go after the mail—about a mile's distance, through fields and forests, across a river, from our farmhouse, in which three generations of my family lived.

“Take the bucket with you,” my grandmother said, handing me the very familiar bucket.

“What for?” I asked, petulantly(使小性子). The berries had been picked, and it was too early for wild grapes, too late for roasting ears(穗).

“You'll find something to fill it with,” she said, her blue eyes sparkling with anticipation.

I didn't want to take the bucket. It would be a burden to me. Twice a day I'd carried a bucket for milking. With it I'd carried feed to the chickens, salt to the cows, sugar to the neighbors. I'd had enough with carrying with the bucket!

Nevertheless, I took the bucket. Halfway to the mailbox, I set it down beneath a pokeberry bush(胡桃树). I needn't carry it the whole way, I reasoned. There was no mail. When I got back to the bucket, I saw that a few ripe pokeberries had fallen into it. With childish ill humor, I picked off enough clusters(花串) to fill the bucket, even though I thought they were good for nothing.

“Aren't they just lovely!” Grandma exclaimed admiringly when I set them on the kitchen table. She squeezed out the juice of the berries and we used the lovely red ink to paint rings on our fingers and pen letters to distant cousins.

When I went to mail the letters the next day, Grandma again told me to take the bucket along. This time I carried the bucket a little farther than the previous day before setting it down. There was only a sale catalogue in the mail. When I got back to the bucket, I dropped it in. But I felt vaguely uncomfortable, remembering the pokeberries. I caught sight of a bunch of peppermint(薄荷) growing close to the path. Funny, I had passed it every day and never noticed it before. Peppermint just doesn't spring up overnight. I picked a bucketful, its fragrance seeming to cool the day. Grandma was pleased with the peppermint. She liked to chew it and make tea with it.

注意：
1. 续写词数应为150 左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡上的相应位置作答。
The daily routine to take the bucket along was repeated for weeks, and I began to see more.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
One day when I went home, I didn't have anything in the bucket.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5 . My family is still recovering from the rainy season of the past few years. It began with the untimely death of a friend, ________ by some major family changes. What’s worse, my teenaged stepson became seriously ill.

As anyone who has ________ a chronically（慢性的）sick child knows, the stress doesn’t go away. My husband and I were ________. Every day the air carried the ________ of an approaching storm.

One day, my stepson and I were discussing Valentine’s gifts—a kazoo（卡祖笛）. My first ________ to this gift was puzzlement, which quickly turned to ________ when, I, a pianist, couldn’t make a sound.

My stepson was ________. It turned out that someone on his school bus had been playing around with a kazoo that day. He wanted to see it.

“You couldn’t get a sound?” he asked. “What’s so ________ about it?”

I shrugged(耸肩). “ I don’t know. It ________ never worked.”

“It’s easy,” said my husband. He grabbed（抓住）it and blew. Nothing happened. ________, he tried again. No sound. His crazy ________ produced only a loud noise.

My stepson burst into laughter. His face ________ like that the first time in almost a year. Soon we were all laughing to the point of tears. It was the ________ 10 minutes in the past couple of years. This experience gave us a moment of ________. It showed us there’re still things to laugh at and enjoy, and that we can still ________ as a family.

1.

A．bothered

B．replaced

C．reflected

D．followed

2.

A．cared about

B．cheered on

C．approved of

D．attended to

3.

A．positive

B．guilty

C．exhausted

D．hesitant

4.

A．calmness

B．sweetness

C．heaviness

D．coolness

5.

A．imagination

B．attitude

C．assumption

D．reaction

6.

A．comfort

B．embarrassment

C．complaint

D．enjoyment

7.

A．interested

B．helpful

C．mild

D．allergic

8.

A．strange

B．challenging

C．different

D．flexible

9.

A．just

B．even

C．also

D．still

10.

A．Surprisedly

B．Anxiously

C．Upsettingly

D．Committedly

11.

A．experiment

B．attempt

C．experience

D．research

12.

A．turned up

B．came up

C．lit up

D．kept up

13.

A．saddest

B．best

C．freest

D．worst

14.

A．panic

B．adventure

C．relief

D．kindness

15.

A．operate

B．communicate

C．exist

D．connect

6 . Nowadays, more people feel depressed because they do not see themselves as happy. Instead, they feel guilty that they aren't as happy as everyone says they should be.     1     .

The books, blogs, You Tube videos and advice columns will tell you if you imagine, exercise write journals, stay busy, help others, eat healthy, read every day, then you too can be happy.

The simple truth is that no one can be happy all the time.     2     . This middle ground is a good place mentally and emotionally，and spending time there is a healthy choice.

    3    . When you are in that place, the stuff of life can be going on around you ,but you don't need to allow it to bother you.

I find contentment in walks, writing and talking with my partner and reminding each other that our life is good, despite difficult or scary moment. I can soften my reactions and respond differently.     4     .

Even though things around me now are a little out of control, I understand such is life.     5     because I'm actively living my purpose. I am now content and that feeling will last the whole day through. You can do the same.

A．I still carry on no matter what

B．Thus I'm still feeling pretty good

C．They are easily found in low spirits

D．This is really a sad state of emotional affairs

E．But you can find a middle ground called contentment

F．Contentment is some place between satisfied and peaceful

G．Doing this takes away stress and will keep my state of contentment

7 . I was excited for being invited to my friend Tom's birthday party. But two days later, my best friend called and invited me to go to Disneyland with her family. I loved Disneyland so I was ________ to go. So I ran to ask my mom. That's when my mom ________ me that Tom's party was on the same day. She said I couldn't change my ________ just because of something better.

I was mad. My ________ about going to the birthday party was gone. Tom's party would be ________ but not as fun as a whole day at Disneyland. I cried and ________ my mom. She said no. I tried every ________ I could think of. But my mom asked me to think about how I would feel if someone did that to me. Although I didn't want to ________ it, my mom was right. It would ________ my feelings if someone did that to me.

So on Tom's birthday, my mom ________ me off at Tom's home. I went inside ________. But something ________ happened after I got there. ________ the fact that I hadn't wanted to go, I had a great time!

On my way home, I told my mom all about the fun things. She was glad that I'd had a good time and told me that she was ________ of me for understanding the importance of ________ promises. Not only did I have a great time, but I learned an important lesson.

1.

A．ready

B．sure

C．eager

D．hesitant

2.

A．warned

B．informed

C．convinced

D．reminded

3.

A．mind

B．attitude

C．identity

D．habit

4.

A．concern

B．excitement

C．doubt

D．fear

5.

A．annoying

B．boring

C．acceptable

D．adjustable

6.

A．followed

B．persuaded

C．blamed

D．begged

7.

A．place

B．excuse

C．option

D．result

8.

A．change

B．realize

C．admit

D．imagine

9.

A．hurt

B．inspire

C．show

D．hide

10.

A．took

B．put

C．turned

D．dropped

11.

A．hurriedly

B．unwillingly

C．calmly

D．cheerfully

12.

A．interesting

B．terrible

C．awkward

D．unusual

13.

A．Despite

B．Through

C．Without

D．Against

14.

A．afraid

B．confident

C．proud

D．ashamed

15.

A．making

B．breaking

C．showing

D．keeping

8 . People will spend a large amount of time to save a few dollars. There’s often a lightbulb moment that happens when you ask them to calculate their time-dollar value, because it reveals that they’re spending more in soft costs than they’re accounting for.

Take a second to think about it. If you spend 3 hours avoiding paying $12 for something, you’ve saved money, but you’ve also been working at $4 per hour. If you’re an entrepreneur（企业家）, your time is worth more than $4 per hour, and while your choice has saved a “hard” cost, you’ve spent more in your time. Energy and attention are two other soft resources we need to be thinking about, too. Soft costs are just as real as hard                    costs. In that 3 hours, you could have been doing $300 worth of income-generating, high-value activities.

It’s a bit different when you’re employed by someone else, as you’ll make the same whether you spend 3 hours or 30 minutes to get something done. However, the people who actively add more value to their organization before being paid to do so are the ones most likely to get a promotion or advancement that honors their contributions.

The next time you’re thinking of making a decision that involves hard costs, also consider the soft opportunity costs of what you’ re currently doing.

Outside of “work” situations, think about how much time you spend doing things you’d rather not do, say, cleaning your house. Is it worth $100 to not have to spend your weekend cleaning your house? Why should you clean your house any more than you should spend time with your kids?

Keeping costs down is always a great thing to focus on. Just make sure that your focus on keeping costs down isn’t also keeping your income or earning potential down.

1. According to Paragraph 2, which of the following belongs to a “hard” cost?

A．Money.

B．Time.

C．Energy.

D．Attention.

2. The employee who is most likely to get promoted ________.

A．shows up early every day	B．works efficiently when paid
C．spends more time than needed	D．actively makes profit for the company

3. What’s the author’s attitude towards spending weekends cleaning the house in Paragraph 5?

A．Supportive.

B．Disapproving.

C．Sympathetic.

D．Uncertain.

4. How is the text organized?

A．Opinion—Argument—Explanation.	B．Opinion—Description—Conclusion.
C．Introduction—Analysis—Conclusion.	D．Introduction—Comparison—Examples.

9 . I'd spent decades telling my girls that their bodies were a means to a long and satisfactory life, not objects to be admired because of how they look. I told them that good health and the energy to enjoy life should be their ultimate goals, not fitting into society's preconceived ideas of what is beautiful.

This year I'm sixty years old. I appear much older than before. This aging body of mine is not the one I expected to have. Looking at the old, fat, wrinkled woman in the mirror, I begin to complain about it. I've actually spent a lifetime focusing on my flaws, constantly complaining about my less-than-perfect self. As I was complaining yet again, my younger daughter told me, “Mom, stop. Stop putting yourself down. This is the body you live in now. It's beautiful because it's yours.” If I'm unwilling to accept my aging self with grace and dignity, how can I possibly expect my girls to do the same when they face these same physical changes?

And then, I learned that a friend of mine, the same age as me, died. At her funeral, her three heartbroken daughters spoke of their mother's devotion, wisdom, and compassion. They never said a single word about her appearance though her body had melted away during her last months. It didn't matter. I left that funeral desperate to hold my own girls in my arms, to kiss them and tell them how much they mean to me , and to promise that I will do better, be better—for them as well as for myself.

And so, to honour the memory of my dear friend and to set a good example to my beloved girls, I promise to love my aging body, and celebrate the gift of being alive.

1. What can we learn about the author from the first two paragraphs?

A．She forgot to listen to her own advice.	B．She was more of a talker than a doer.
C．She was unaware of her words’ effects.	D．She was unwilling to accept others’ advice.

2. What does the underlined word “flaws” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．Advantages.

B．Imperfections.

C．Appearances.

D．Treasures.

3. What did the death of the author's friend make her aware of?

A．Action speaks louder than words.	B．Lies can never change facts.
C．Beauty comes from the depths of the soul.	D．Whatever is worth doing is worth doing well.

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

A．Running through Life	B．Rebuilding Your Life
C．Remembering to Respect Others	D．Finding Beauty in Ourselves

10 . I want to tell you three stories from my life. The first story is about connecting the _________. When I was at Reed College, it offered perhaps the best calligraphy _________ in the country. I decided to take a calligraphy class. At that time _________ of what I learned about calligraphy seemed to have even a(n) _________ of any practical application. But later when we were _________ the first Macintosh computer, it all _________ to me. And we put it all into the Mac. _________ you can only connect the dots looking backwards. But you have to trust that the dots will _________ connect in your future.

My second story is about love. I _________ Apple at twenty. And then at thirty, I got fired. __________ something slowly began to strike me - I still loved what I did. And so I __________ to start over. In a wonderful turn of __________, I returned to Apple. The only thing that kept me going was that I __________ what I did. So, if you haven't found what your interest, keep looking. Don't __________.

My third story is about death. About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs __________, which is doctors' code for “prepare to __________.” Later it turned out to be curable (可治愈的) with surgery. I had the surgery and, __________, I am fine now. This was the __________ I've been to facing death. Having __________ it, I can now say this to you: Your time is limited, so don't __________ it living someone else's life.

1.

A．signals

B．skills

C．dots

D．elements

2.

A．instruction

B．indication

C．exploration

D．operation

3.

A．each

B．some

C．much

D．none

4.

A．hope

B．lack

C．intention

D．idea

5.

A．offering

B．designing

C．selecting

D．pursuing

6.

A．came back

B．handed over

C．led up

D．threw forward

7.

A．By accident

B．Of course

C．In that case

D．As a result

8.

A．instead

B．otherwise

C．somehow

D．thus

9.

A．imagined

B．desired

C．admitted

D．started

10.

A．But

B．So

C．Or

D．Even

11.

A．refused

B．decided

C．tended

D．promised

12.

A．dilemma

B．atmosphere

C．events

D．procedures

13.

A．suited

B．loved

C．entrusted

D．featured

14.

A．escape

B．fade

C．ignore

D．settle

15.

A．in return

B．in despair

C．in case

D．in order

16.

A．fight

B．set off

C．die

D．figure out

17.

A．thankfully

B．significantly

C．oddly

D．definitely

18.

A．most scared

B．dearest

C．most unwilling

D．closest

19.

A．carried on

B．lived through

C．headed to

D．passed away

20.

A．intend

B．permit

C．waste

D．lose