1 . 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 sat in the breakfast corner with my four-year-old son, Matthew, trying to ignore the ache in my stomach. I was still recovering from a surgery. I hoped for strength and happiness. But the future seemed so hopeless.

Matthew jumped up from his spot on the kitchen floor. “Bird!” he shouted, rushing to the sliding door. Sure enough, there was a white dove seated on a rubber tree. It sat there a few moments, and then flew away. I’d never seen one in our neighborhood before.

When I dragged myself to the kitchen the next morning, the dove was back. This time it was with a mate carrying twigs (嫩枝), “Look, Matthew,” I said, pointing to the tree. “They’re going to make a nest.” The doves flew in and out of the courtyard all week, building on the top of the rubber tree. Matthew could hardly contain his excitement. Every morning, he’d run into the kitchen and take his spot by the sliding glass door, talking to the birds while they worked. As much as I was grieving (感到悲伤), I couldn’t help but look forward to the doves’ visits too. We watched their progress as if it were a real-life soap opera unfolding before us. Gradually, my pain disappeared, replaced by joy.

Then it all went wrong. The courtyard was a safe enough spot for a nest, but the rubber tree’s broad, thin leaves were far from stable. One night, a strong wind blew through, throwing the doves’ nest to the ground. I heard the twigs break apart. Nothing good ever lasts. I wouldn’t blame the doves if they never came back. But they returned. And they paid no attention to the pi le of sticks that had once been their nest. They started again from scratch, though the wind destroyed all their hard work. The next day, and the next, they renewed their efforts, as if nothing had happened.

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Paragraph 1: I knew I had to do something for the poor creatures.

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Paragraph 2:“The birds were back!” Matthew announced.

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2 . My wife and I moved into our home two years ago. We had a yard with a lot of ________. Very often when we have flowers, Denise or I would plant some between the rocks, just to add some ________ to the area.

Last summer, I found a tiny little plant in the yard that I could not immediately identify. I knew I didn’t plant it and Denise said she didn’t either.

We decided to let it ________ growing until we could find out what it was.

Weeks passed and as I made my way back to the ________ plant, it appeared to be a sunflower. I decided to ________ the weeds (杂草) around it. As I pulled rocks from the area to get to the weeds, I noticed something ________.The sunflower had not ________ where I saw it begin. It actually had begun under a big rock and grown under and around it to reach the ________.

That’s when I ________ that if a tiny little sunflower didn’t let a big rock stand in its way of developing, we too have the ability of doing the same thing. If we ________ ourselves like that little sunflower, we can reach where we ________ to go and get what we need for growth.

We need to believe in ourselves knowing we have the ________ to achieve our goals. Like the sunflower, it knew it had the ability to get over the rocks because it had ________ in itself that it would succeed. Stand tall like the sunflower and be ________ of who and what we are, and then the environment will begin to ________ us. We will find a way to go under or around any “rocks” in order to reach our goals.

1.

A．flower

B．insects

C．vegetables

D．rocks

2.

A．water

B．fertilizer

C．color

D．shape

3.

A．stop

B．continue

C．improve

D．escape

4.

A．weak

B．strange

C．lonely

D．pretty

5.

A．collect

B．tend

C．remove

D．watch

6.

A．unusual

B．wonderful

C．terrible

D．valuable

7.

A．passed

B．started

C．left

D．died

8.

A．air

B．top

C．sun

D．house

9.

A．hoped

B．realized

C．doubted

D．regretted

10.

A．fill in

B．put in

C．worry about

D．believe in

11.

A．forget

B．hate

C．aim

D．wait

12.

A．wish

B．plan

C．ability

D．idea

13.

A．faith

B．energy

C．virtue

D．courage

14.

A．aware

B．afraid

C．proud

D．tired

15.

A．forgive

B．support

C．upset

D．affect

3 . When my son Gene was about 12 years old, I started helping him learn to ______. I bought twenty chickens and asked him to ______ them. I told him that they would be his own chickens and we would ______ the eggs from him. However, he would have to buy chicken ______ with the money he made from the eggs. Whatever money was ______ would be his to keep. Gene was ______, thinking he would make his first ______.

After several weeks’ successful work, I began to ______ that egg production was going down. I ______nothing about it. Then one night, Gene told me he didn’t have ______ money to buy the feed. He said the chickens had never ______ a meal and he could not figure out why some of them had stopped ______ eggs.

Then I asked him if he had ______ the amount of feed he had given the chickens, he was ______. It was like he did not think anyone would ever ______ what he had done. After a long ______, he said yes. He thought he would make more money if he gave them ______ food. I asked him, “Did you fool the chickens?”

I was just astonished at the question in my own ______. I was dumbfounded (惊呆) at the ______of it. Yes, you can fool everyone else, but you cannot “fool the chickens,” because ______, you will find out, as the saying goes, “What goes around comes around.”

1.

A．work

B．cook

C．count

D．share

2.

A．play

B．raise

C．train

D．observe

3.

A．save

B．keep

C．buy

D．borrow

4.

A．nest

B．feed

C．meat

D．soup

5.

A．given back

B．brought in

C．picked up

D．left over

6.

A．satisfied

B．cautious

C．excited

D．worried

7.

A．fortune

B．choice

C．deal

D．contribution

8.

A．hear

B．affect

C．predict

D．notice

9.

A．said

B．reminded

C．thought

D．criticized

10.

A．private

B．enough

C．pocket

D．much

11.

A．missed

B．finished

C．enjoyed

D．wasted

12.

A．appreciating

B．bearing

C．gathering

D．laying

13.

A．balanced

B．measured

C．reduced

D．increased

14.

A．delighted

B．shocked

C．confused

D．disappointed

15.

A．forgive

B．accept

C．research

D．know

16.

A．silence

B．discussion

C．negotiation

D．absence

17.

A．fewer

B．less

C．more

D．fresher

18.

A．life

B．case

C．mind

D．job

19.

A．explanation

B．example

C．significance

D．trick

20.

A．actually

B．instead

C．rather

D．finally

4 . I was born legally blind. Of all the stories of my early childhood, the one about a ________ is my mother’s favorite. I was only two when the ________ occurred.We had just arrived home from a trip. Mom lifted me out of the car and ________to speak to the driver. I took advantage of my brief ________to dash across the lawn (草坪) and hit a large maple tree! I was running so fast that I bounced off the trunk and landed on my backside. Mom ________me to start crying, but I just sat there for a minute. Then I ________myself up and kept right on going.

Mom loves to use this story as an ________. It reminds her that children don’t enter life ________to take risks or unwilling to ________ again when they fall down. She never wanted me to lose that toughness as I grew older. When I ________ my major life decisions, I was still that little girl tearing full-speed across the lawn. I studied abroad and later moved away from my parents’ home to look for a ________. Through years of ________, I have become a respected teacher in a school serving high-need students.

We are almost certain to get ________ at some point during the process of achieving our goal. When that happens, don’t sit in the grass and ________. Just get up and keep on going. It will all be worth it ________.

1.

A．trip

B．race

C．tree

D．driver

2.

A．incident

B．change

C．illness

D．problem

3.

A．feared

B．refused

C．forgot

D．turned

4.

A．delay

B．absence

C．freedom

D．rest

5.

A．promised

B．encouraged

C．allowed

D．expected

6.

A．woke

B．picked

C．warmed

D．gave

7.

A．answer

B．example

C．excuse

D．order

8.

A．afraid

B．ashamed

C．able

D．anxious

9.

A．ask

B．share

C．fear

D．try

10.

A．regretted

B．reviewed

C．made

D．explained

11.

A．job

B．friend

C．fortune

D．house

12.

A．memories

B．efforts

C．research

D．experience

13.

A．mixed up

B．fed up

C．knocked down

D．settled down

14.

A．play

B．relax

C．dream

D．cry

15.

A．all at once

B．in the end

C．in either case

D．as a result

6 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

In the English Reading Week, one of my classmates recommended a quote to us,    1     goes like this, “Your future     2    (depend) on many things, but mostly on you.” I can’t agree     3    (much) with this view. It’s true that our future     4    (determine) by many things, such as opportunities and help from others, but our own attitude, determination,     5     hard work play a more important role. In     6     words, we are the master of our own future.

Take Abraham Lincoln for example. He was born in a poor family, and only received a     7    (limit) education in his childhood. Yet through his painstaking efforts, he     8    (change) not only his own fate but also the history of America. Even to this day, Lincoln     9    (regard) as one of the most inspiring figures in the world.

Therefore, I     10    (firm) believe that our future is in our own hands.

9 . Three years ago, I took part in Model United Nations(MUN)held by the Education Department, which was a mock (模拟的) UN activity. During the two days, students were divided into different groups which _________ different countries to debate and try to solve problems. MUN has various _________: best delegates (代表), honorable mentions and verbal mentions.

Each time I took part in MUN, I made good _________ and undoubtedly got a few awards. But I often felt as if I'd been _________ because I had never won the best delegate award. I _________ those who I thought didn't deserve the award but won it various times, and I was just filled with _________ at their success. But later I realized that it was also _________ not to get the award because I could actually _________ something, and that I couldn't _________ the best delegate award until I was the best delegate I could be.

Failures are completely subjective (主观的) — we can look on a result as a failure or a(n) __________. Any failure can be regarded as a(n) __________ because you can always learn something from it and do __________ next time. This is supported by John Locke's theory that we are born with a blank mind: knowledge and ability are learned from our __________. That's true. If I make a mistake in life, then I probably won't __________ that next time. I believe this is __________ the best way to become better.

1.

A．exchanged

B．assumed

C．attracted

D．represented

2.

A．members

B．departments

C．awards

D．hosts

3.

A．preparations

B．predictions

C．reactions

D．explanations

4.

A．ignored

B．defeated

C．impressed

D．punished

5.

A．refused

B．trained

C．expected

D．noticed

6.

A．relief

B．envy

C．satisfaction

D．sorrow

7.

A．amazing

B．usual

C．good

D．terrible

8.

A．desert

B．learn

C．try

D．display

9.

A．win

B．miss

C．deliver

D．value

10.

A．bond

B．impact

C．victory

D．loss

11.

A．aim

B．benefit

C．burden

D．limit

12.

A．faster

B．worse

C．better

D．slower

13.

A．decisions

B．attitudes

C．positions

D．experiences

14.

A．repeat

B．admit

C．accept

D．believe

15.

A．wrongly

B．directly

C．truly

D．narrowly