1 . I was unemployed in 1994. Fortunately, I _________ that it wasn't going to last forever. I returned to my _________ life and got a Master's degree in animal behavior in 1998. For 55-year-old then, it just _________ as if it were something I could and should do.

My wife and I came to Tasmania on holiday in 2000. We went into a wildlife park because I wanted to _________ Tasmanian animals. During that time, a（an）_________ went as we were sitting in the cafe looking outside, "Oh _________ I could spend the rest of my life here." And I went, "Well, I see it's up for sale." My wife looked at me and she knew.

We _________ the park in 2001. When we arrived, we realized it was messier than _________. So immediately we had to get the park _________ out. We were 58 when we ____________, but we were working 16 hours a day, finally building the park up and ____________ the animals' lives. We ____________ the regulations on animal protection in with local authorities, and tried to get other wildlife park ____________ on board.

In 2007, I ran the London marathon to raise funds for the project with my family. I ____________ completed it, with ____________ funds collected till now. As always say, life isn't' rehearsal, but a mission. If you don't do it now, you'll never do it.

1.

A．figured

B．suggested

C．pretended

D．opposed

2.

A．retired

B．normal

C．daily

D．academic

3.

A．felt

B．left

C．happened

D．ended

4.

A．identify

B．study

C．adopt

D．protect

5.

A．imagination

B．conversation

C．solution

D．encouragement

6.

A．what if

B．if only

C．only if

D．even if

7.

A．purchased

B．designed

C．established

D．promoted d

8.

A．witnessed

B．demonstrated

C．anticipated

D．scheduled

9.

A．washed

B．made

C．found

D．sorted

10.

A．dropped in

B．set in

C．turned over

D．took over

11.

A．saving

B．leading

C．improving

D．costing

12.

A．rewrote

B．reminded

C．rearranged

D．removed

13.

A．communities

B．owners

C．species

D．professors

14.

A．substantially

B．gradually

C．instantly

D．successfully

15.

A．admirable

B．energetic

C．sufficient

D．multiple

2 . 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。

Grandfather was a wise and honorable man. His house was not far from ours, and I would visit him often going home after school.

No matter how rotten I had been, 1 could tell Grandpa anything. My secrets were safe. He always understood. He loved me.

I remember a time when a bunch of us were playing baseball in the field behind Mrs. Ferguson's house. I hit one pitch (投) just right and . . . slam! It was a home run that soared (急升) high and away, and ended up breaking Old Lady Ferguson's kitchen window! We all ran!

Walking home, my best friend, Tom, asked, “How will she ever know who did it? She's blinder than a bat!” I decided to stop by Grandpa's. He must have known something was up by the expression on my face. I felt ashamed. I wanted to hide. I wanted to bang my head against a tree a thousand times and make the world just go away- as if punishing myself could undo things. I told him about it.

He knew we had been warned many times about the dangers of playing where we shouldn't. But he just listened.

“I was wrong,   I told him, with my head down. “I hate myself for what I did. I really blew it. Is there a way out? Will she call the police?”

“Well,” he said, “she has a problem, just like you. I'll bet if she knew you cared, she would be sad to know that you're afraid of her. I'll bet she wishes you would give her a chance... a chance to be understanding, It's your decision, ” he said, shrugging his shoulders. “Just so I don't say the wrong thing, is the plan to pretend nothing happened? Just keep quiet and carry your little secret around . . . hide what you're not proud of?”

“I don't know, ” I sighed. “Things might get worse. . . . ”

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1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Grandpa asked, “If you were Mrs. Ferguson, what would you do?”

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“Doing what's right is not always easy, ” Grandpa said, handing me the phone.

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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。

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.
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One day when I went home, I didn't have anything in the bucket.
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4 . I once taught in a small private school. Each morning at nine o'clock all the students, ranging in age from three to seven years old, gathered in the Great Room for a warm-up in preparation for the day.

One morning the headmistress made an announcement to all the children gathered,“Today we begin a great experiment of the mind.” She held up two ivy(常春藤) plants, each potted in an identical container. She continued, “Do they look the same?”

All the children nodded. So did I, for, in this way, I was also a child.

“We will give the plants the same amount of light, the same amount of water, but not the same amount of attention,” She said. “Together we are going to see what will happen when we put one plant in the kitchen away from our attention and the other plant right here in this room. Each day for the next month, we shall sing to our plant in the Great Room and tell it how much we love it, and how beautiful it is. We will use our good minds to think good thoughts about it.”

Four weeks later my eyes were as wide and disbelieving as the children’s. The kitchen plant was leggy and sick-looking, and it hadn’t grown at all. But the Great Room plant, which had been sung to and surrounded by positive thoughts and words, had increased threefold in size with dark leaves that were filled with energy.

In order to prove the experiment, the kitchen ivy was brought to the Great Room to join the other ivy. Within three weeks, the second plant had caught up with the first ivy. Within four weeks, they could not be distinguished, one from the other.

I took this lesson to heart and made it my own.

1. Why did the headmistress do the experiment?

A．She wanted to teach me a lesson.

B．She expected the students to learn to grow plants.

C．She meant to prove the impact of good minds on growth.

D．She intended to show students how to save a sick-looking plant.

2. What happened to the ivy in the kitchen at last?

A．It stopped growing and died.

B．It was leggy and sick with dark leaves.

C．It looked almost the same as the other one.

D．It grew better than the one in the Great Room.

3. What can be a suitable title for the passage?

A．Life Means Growth

B．Things Grow with Love

C．Equality Makes a Difference

D．Positive Thoughts Really Count

5 . When I was just a little boy, my mom and I drove to my grandpa' s sister's house in another town. I went outside to _________ in the yard while they all sat around the _________ table to talk. After over an hour's playing by only myself, I got _________ and walked inside to see what they were doing. _________ on the kitchen table was a large, homemade tapestry (挂毯) that was still being _________ together. Pieces of multicolored fabrics (织物) were put everywhere. I sat on a chair and _________ as my great aunt painstakingly sewed a little piece onto it. I looked over at one edge of the tapestry and saw a piece of thread _________ out. Without thinking I reached over to _________ it.

"No! Stop!" It was my grandpa's sister's _________. I jumped back. Seeing the __________ look on my face she smiled and __________ showed me why she had shouted. That single piece of __________ went in and out of the different pieces of fabric. If I had pulled it, I might have torn (扯破) the entire tapestry and __________ her hours of work.

As I __________ that moment today, I can see that our __________ is a lot like that thread. We are all just a single string (细绳) in the world. We can't always see where we are going or what we are __________ to. However, don't feel __________ in the tapestry of life. Accept your __________ in it willingly. You may only be a single piece of thread but your love and your life help to __________ the whole thing together. You are put here for a purpose. __________ it and live for it each day of your life.

1.

A．sing

B．play

C．study

D．defend

2.

A．homemade

B．bedroom

C．kitchen

D．big

3.

A．amazed

B．embarrassed

C．enthusiastic

D．bored

4.

A．Laid

B．Drawn

C．Hidden

D．Thrown

5.

A．tested

B．sold

C．sewn

D．shown

6.

A．whispered

B．watched

C．protested

D．struggled

7.

A．sticking

B．setting

C．turning

D．picking

8.

A．repair

B．observe

C．pull

D．fold

9.

A．custom

B．voice

C．humor

D．solution

10.

A．angry

B．excited

C．frightened

D．exhausted

11.

A．curiously

B．quietly

C．cautiously

D．gently

12.

A．wood

B．cloth

C．thread

D．paper

13.

A．arranged

B．ruined

C．saved

D．replaced

14.

A．take advantage of

B．look back on

C．look forward to

D．make up for

15.

A．opinion

B．discovery

C．behavior

D．life

16.

A．attached

B．addicted

C．used

D．compared

17.

A．stressful

B．ashamed

C．greedy

D．lost

18.

A．place

B．shape

C．title

D．performance

19.

A．hold

B．challenge

C．reject

D．view

20.

A．Risk

B．Ear

C．Support

D．Find

6 . Everybody has been rejected .Being rejected often makes you disappointed , depressed and angry .     1    

1. Realize it’s inevitable

Let’s face it .Not everyone is going to think you are as indispensable and wonderful as your mom does .The expression , “Get used to rejection “ may be trite and overused , but it certainly is true .

2 See rejection as an opportunity to learn

    2    Even if you were rejected unfairly , there is always something positive you can take away from the experience .

3.If you deserved to be rejected , then own it .

Sometimes , believe it or not , we all deserve to be turned down for something .Take responsibility for any foolish decisions you made , or behavior in which you engaged .     3    

4. Be compassionate toward others who face rejection

Once your heart’s been broken by that rejection email , you can empathize with others who are going through the same thing . Be there for them .And someday you may have to write that rejection email .     4    

5. Take the high road

Avoid the temptation to blast the person or organization that just turned you down ,especially on social media .You can never take that tweet or Face book status down .It’s there forever . If you must speak to the experience of rejection publicly , then let your words reflect grace and dignity .

    5    

If you give up on that book idea ,business venture , grad school idea , or whatever , then your experience of being rejected was a waste . Never let a devastating , cry-your-eyes -out , come -from -nowhere experience of being rejected go to waste .

A．Don’t give up .

B．Actually , we can learn a lot from rejection .

C．Rejection can hurt a person easily .

D．Don’t let yourself move on until you can verbalize to yourself at least three lessons from the experience of rejection .

E．If you are rejected , you should think about the reason why others reject .

F．When you do , remember how it feels to be on the receiving end .

G．Then ,do yourself a favor : don’t repeat the error .

7 . You can learn a lot sitting in a parking lot. One day, I was sitting in my car with my son waiting for my wife who was in the _________. I would look up and _________what was going on outside. Then, I noticed a brand new bright red car park next to my car. A well-dressed woman stepped out of it. She looked _________with a serious look and her eyes were hidden behind sunglasses. I watched her as she headed for the same supermarket and _________what her life was like.

After a while, a truck parked on the other side of the red car. It _________ of burning oil and probably didn’t have many months of life left in its engine. A young mother with four little girls got out. All were dressed in _________ clothes that were most probably _________ at the second-hand store. She gathered them together and headed for the store, laughing and talking all the way.

A while later, I saw the well-dressed lady come out, _________ a shopping cart with several bags of items in it. She put them in the car and drove away quickly. Her eyes were still _________ and there was still a frown (皱眉) on her face. About thirty minutes later, the mother came back with her girls. They had a week’s __________ of groceries in their cart. After putting everything into the truck, the mother took out two __________, broke both in half, and gave each girl a half. They smiled as if the cookies were the most__________ gift in the world.

As they __________, I thought about the two women. I __________ knew who had more money, but I wasn’t sure who really owned more. Actually, there are many kinds of __________, but the most valuable is love. The truth is that one who loves the most, also learns the most, lives the most, gives the most, and grows the most in this life. And the more you share, the more you get.

1.

A．bookstore

B．supermarket

C．hotel

D．library

2.

A．find

B．guess

C．observe

D．judge

3.

A．unhappy

B．shocked

C．proud

D．unsatisfied

4.

A．asked

B．suspected

C．understood

D．wondered

5.

A．tasted

B．smelled

C．looked

D．sounded

6.

A．fashionable

B．ugly

C．new

D．worn

7.

A．made

B．bought

C．designed

D．washed

8.

A．pushing

B．lifting

C．carrying

D．driving

9.

A．hidden

B．affected

C．injured

D．closed

10.

A．bill

B．price

C．cost

D．worth

11.

A．candies

B．cookies

C．chocolates

D．cakes

12.

A．colorful

B．meaningless

C．priceless

D．useful

13.

A．drove away

B．turned up

C．pulled in

D．came over

14.

A．partly

B．gradually

C．temporarily

D．obviously

15.

A．fame

B．power

C．wealth

D．sadness

8 . One day a little boy decided to dig a hole behind his house after watching a science program. As he was working, a group of older boys stopped by to watch. "What are you doing?" asked one of the older boys. "I want to dig a deep hole all the way through the earth!" the boy answered excitedly. The older boys began to laugh at him telling him that it was impossible to do it. After a while, they left without saying any more words.

The little boy kept on digging and digging. Suddenly a few small colorful stones caught his eyes. He picked them up and put them into a glass box patiently. Then he went on digging. The box was full soon. Then he talked to himself quietly and proudly, "Maybe I can't finish digging all the way through the earth, but look at what I have found in the process of digging!"

Not all dreams will come true. Maybe your job will not end up with a success. But maybe you can proudly say, "Yes, but look what I've found along the way! There are so many wonderful things that have come into my life because I tried to do something!" So that's why there is a famous saying that the process is more important than the results.

1. What did the boy do after watching a science program?

A．He bought a glass box.	B．He started to dig a hole.
C．He played with some visitors	D．He went on watching the program.

2. What did the older boys think of the little boy?

A．He was silly.	B．He was strict.
C．He was strong-minded.	D．He was energetic.

3. When did the boy find the stones?

A．Before he met the older boys.

B．When he wanted to give up digging.

C．After the older boys laughed at him.

D．As soon as he began to dig the hole.

4. The boy thought the colorful stones were________.

A．wonderful	B．useless
C．cheap	D．awful

5. Which is the best title for the passage?

A．Enjoying the process	B．How to achieve goals
C．A journey through the earth	D．Digging a hole

9 . I'm an attorney（代理人）, a children's book author, an entrepreneur（企业家）, and a regular volunteer at my church. Having moved to California from New York recently, I often wake up to thousands of_________and emails. Like many of you, I'm a busy person and always on the go.

I started a storytelling_________called the Auditory Museum. We believe in the power of shared experiences. As part of our mission, we are_________to using personal stories as a means for social change. One day, I flew back to the east coast for a friend's wedding. After it, I had a few hours to kill before my red-eye flight back home. Like any other entrepreneurs, I decided to sit in the hotel lobby at_________with my laptop and get some work done.

While writing an email about the importance of storytelling, I was_________by a gentleman who was curious as to what I was working on._________that I had lost my train of thought, I gave him a fake smile._________with my icy response to him the gentleman_________next to me in the hotel lobby. "Why are you working now? What do you do? Where are you from? "Now, at this point, the irony was not lost on me. I was so_________my task that I had prioritized __________a non-pressing email over the opportunity to engage in conversation.

I closed my laptop and smiled. I told the gentleman about my job, my company, my passion for storytelling, and my __________to create social change through the sharing of personal experiences. He began to tell me his life story. One hour later, he thanked me for my time, wished me good luck and__________.

That night I learned a very__________lesson. We live in a generation obsessed with self-improvement, self-help, self__________etc. I don't think there is anything wrong with focusing on ourselves. In fact, it is arguably necessary for personal growth. However, we can often find the answer to life's greatest problems outside of ourselves, in human __________.

1.

A．books

B．texts

C．planes

D．computers

2.

A．house

B．film

C．event

D．company

3.

A．applied

B．committed

C．admitted

D．objected

4.

A．day

B．morning

C．midnight

D．afternoon

5.

A．forgotten

B．blocked

C．interrupted

D．surprised

6.

A．Worried

B．Excited

C．Happy

D．Annoyed

7.

A．Unsatisfied

B．Pleased

C．Angry

D．Careful

8.

A．stood up

B．sat down

C．hung on

D．leaned against

9.

A．equipped with

B．bored with

C．consumed with

D．familiar with

10.

A．copying

B．answering

C．printing

D．sending

11.

A．process

B．dislike

C．desire

D．journey

12.

A．walked away

B．came back

C．ran across

D．got off

13.

A．expensive

B．valuable

C．long

D．short

14.

A．confidence

B．control

C．development

D．awareness

15.

A．dignity

B．ability

C．condition

D．connection

10 . When I was a middle school student, all the cool kids wore the same brand of expensive jeans. I begged my parents for a pair of these highly priced jeans. Instead of _________ my desire, my mother told me that _________ I could save half of the price of the pants, she would pay the other half.

I took part-time jobs. It took months, but I could finally _________ the jeans I desired. As _________, my mother bought me the must-have jeans. Then I learned some lessons: those tight jeans were actually _________, which ended up in the closet; but most importantly, I realized the _________ of hard work.

Now I have _________ of my own and I’m teaching them the value of a dollar in the same way. As parents, we seem to be surrounded by _________ such as “Can I have…” and “I want...”. According to a study, parents are not _________ to talk to their children about finances. But I think talking to teens about money should be as __________ as brushing our teeth.

In our house, the kids do the chores they choose, and ask me or my husband to __________ their work. After that, cards written with corresponding value are given to them. On Fridays, they take out their cards and __________ the value. Even when our youngest earns more than the oldest, the oldest doesn’t __________.

Now when we go to stores, the kids bring their __________ and choose their items more __________ than ever.

1.

A．denying

B．guessing

C．explaining

D．expressing

2.

A．though

B．since

C．in order that

D．as long as

3.

A．ignore

B．afford

C．regret

D．offer

4.

A．witnessed

B．reported

C．promised

D．commented

5.

A．uncomfortable

B．fashionable

C．unpopular

D．exceptional

6.

A．significance

B．celebration

C．representation

D．annoyance

7.

A．students

B．kids

C．parents

D．friends

8.

A．choices

B．mistakes

C．trends

D．requests

9.

A．limited

B．afraid

C．willing

D．advised

10.

A．quick

B．early

C．convenient

D．routine

11.

A．repeat

B．inspect

C．guarantee

D．discover

12.

A．add up

B．clear away

C．go through

D．pack up

13.

A．compromise

B．separate

C．complain

D．hesitate

14.

A．souvenirs

B．cards

C．tickets

D．wallets

15.

A．widely

B．relatively

C．wisely

D．gratefully