1 . 阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入1个恰当的单词或者括号内单词的正确形式。

When we’re young, we fearlessly dream about what our lives might be like. Since I was very young, I have dreamed of working for the United Nations in some of the most troubled     1     (country) in the world. And thanks to a lot of courage, that dream finally came true.

But here's the thing about courage: It doesn’t just appear whenever we need it. It’s the result of tough     2     (consider) and real work, involving the balance     3     fear and bravery. Without fear, we’ll do foolish things. And without courage, we’ll never step into     4     unknown. The balance of the two is where the magic lies, and it’s a balance we all deal with every day...

I     5     (diagnose) with a disease called HIBM three years ago, which affects all my muscles from head to toe. It was frightening news, because I had no idea how the disease might progress. But what was     6     (extreme) disheartening was listening to other people advise me     7     (limit) my ambitions and dreams. So, I ignored them and continued to pursue my dream of working all over the world.

Life is already    8     (scare), so to make our dreams come true, we need to be brave. In facing my fears and     9     (find) the courage to push through them, I swear my life has been extraordinary. So live big and try to let your courage outweigh your fear. You never know     10     it might lead you in the life journey.

2 . Veteran (老兵) Willenbring has always been a fighter. She grew up with her parents on the West Coast during an adolescence she describes as sometimes _______. But the military struck Willenbring as a way to _______ the aggression she says built up during an unstable upbringing. In 1998, she joined the army and was _______ to a foreign country.

“We were actually part of the initial _______to go into the country,” she says. “And I can’t even describe the _______.” In the scenes of destruction, Willenbring recalled some ordinary sights that briefly woke her from the stress of the war every night. As her mission came to an end, her luck ran out. She ended up severely _______ and had to be taken away in an air ambulance.

She _______ returned to her home country, and spent three years living in her hometown, a city called Salem. She _______ to adjust to civilian life. Fireworks would _______ particularly difficult episodes. “I had PTSD (创伤后应激障碍) so badly that I could not ________ living in a city anymore,” she says.

Instead, in 2010 Willenbring ________ on a plot with sheep in rural Oregon. The sheep, she says, have helped her manage her trauma symptoms. She’s surrounded by animals that ________ her emotions and can tell her own mood.

The ________ rural life is an apparent contrast to the chaos of battle. Willenbring hasn’t had a major ________related to her PTSD for eight years. Farming has its dramas, she says, “but it is also something that is about creation, about ________ over death rather than death over life.”

1.

A．violent

B．graceful

C．cheerful

D．sad

2.

A．encourage

B．channel

C．resist

D．ignore

3.

A．sent

B．delivered

C．brought

D．led

4.

A．government

B．police

C．force

D．organization

5.

A．situation

B．scenery

C．background

D．chaos

6.

A．punished

B．neglected

C．embarrassed

D．injured

7.

A．hardly

B．temporarily

C．immediately

D．cautiously

8.

A．struggled

B．managed

C．hesitated

D．pretended

9.

A．extend

B．trigger

C．pause

D．shrink

10.

A．go with

B．begin with

C．deal with

D．negotiate with

11.

A．settled

B．went

C．relied

D．lay

12.

A．control

B．mirror

C．express

D．hide

13.

A．tough

B．uneasy

C．peaceful

D．challenging

14.

A．element

B．reason

C．method

D．episode

15.

A．kindness

B．gratitude

C．victory

D．life

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。

Like every boy there ever was, what Kyle Hrenwood most wanted in this world was a dog. Unfortunately for Kyle, his mom didn’t think he was responsible enough.

The day before Kyle’s thirteenth birthday, he went to the park and found a woman sobbing. He was immediately worried. Was the woman hurt?

He bent over and said “Miss, Are you OK? Do you want me to call anyone?” The woman shook her head and said, “My husband died two weeks ago, and I feel alone. We’d been together for thirty years. I can’t stand the silence inside that house. I’m Deidre. What’s your name?”

Kyle introduced himself and they talked for a long time. Kyle’s encounter with Deidre left him very sad, and he decided to go home. “Mom,” he said. “I don’t want to get married.” “Why not?” asked Kyle’s mom. “What if you spend thirty or forty years with someone,” Kyle said. “And then he is dead, and you’re alone?” Mom said, “Then you’ll miss out on love. You see, if you protect yourself from feeling pain, you’re cutting yourself off from happiness. You may discover those thirty years alone are not worth living.”

The next day, he had one of the biggest surprises and greatest joys of his life—a puppy! That was when he remembered Deidre was alone in her huge house.

A few hours later, Kyle knocked on Deidre’s door holding the puppy. He said, “Today is my birthday, and my parents gave me this puppy. You need this puppy more than I do.” “Give my heart to an animal just so it can die in a few years’ time?” Deidre asked bitterly. “I don’t think so. I don’t need any more pain in my life!”

“My mom said that if you protect yourself from feeling pain, you’re cutting yourself off from happiness. too,” Kyle said.

“You’re right, Kyle!” Deidre said. “I do need this puppy. Maybe you can visit us both; I’ve never had a dog before and may need some advice!”

Over the next few years, Kyle and Deidre, and Max (that was the dog’s name) became great friends. Then Kyle’s dad was offered a job in another state, and the family moved away.

注意：
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。

Kyle grew up and fell in love, and his wedding was drawing near.

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“This is Gemma, Max’s daughter,” Deidre said.

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4 . Why You Should Stop Complaining

When living out our daily lives, it’s often easy to blame the world for our problems.     1     But the biggest difference is simply our reactions to them. Here are three reasons why you should change your reaction to a situation and stop complaining.

The world owes you nothing.

The world really does have nothing to do with you or anyone else. The planet will continue to exist without you on it.     2     However, it really isn’t the case once we’re an adult. The world doesn’t provide us with the same blanket of comfort as our carers once did, which only means one thing: It’s up to us to provide that blanket for ourselves and no one else.

    3    

If you look back at your own life, you’ll begin to realize that everything you have ever done was all a result of the decisions you’ve made sure there may have been people around you who have convinced you to do something. But it all ultimately depends on your decisions.     4     Your life is just like a blank canvas, and you are the painter. Start to think about what your hopes and dreams might be and remind yourself daily that it’s all up to you to make things happen.

You can’t be a leader if you behave like a victim.

It’s really easy to put blame on things that are external to you.     5     So what can you change? Being a leader in your life takes courage and requires the willingness to face your fears, experience failure, and take complete personal responsibility of everything that happens to you.

A．What are you worrying about?

B．So who’s really to blame?

C．You are in charge of your own life.

D．You are helped by people around you.

E．We were nurtured and looked after as kids.

F．It’s true that there are things in the world we can’t control.

G．As it avoids personal responsibility and allows you to refuse the possibility that you may have things that can be changed.

5 . I take cold showers. Several years back, the water heater in my house broke, and for weeks, bathing in freezing water was my ________. Although it took some getting used to, I discovered that there was something ________ and energizing. Moreover, the cold shower has changed the way I ________ life.

The worst part about showering in cold water is the moment right before ________ into the water. As soon as you hop in, though, your body quickly ________ to the temperature, and it’s not so bad the rest of the way. For me, stepping into the cold water means ________; it’s getting over the hesitation that comes from knowing I’m about to do something ________.

One of my first “cold shower'” moments came one day in my high school, when I ________ an internship after a career day presentation. One of the speakers was a manager at a large Silicon Valley venture capital firm. The more she talked about her job, the more I became ________. Since I had an interest in economics as well as technology, working at a venture capital firm seemed like the ________ place for me. So, I decided that I was going to ask the speaker if her company hired interns.

As I approached her, however, I was a bit upset. After all, why would a successful business woman offer a job to an ________ high schooler? Still, gathering up my ________, I walked up to her, and introduced myself. We ended up having a wonderful conversation, and even better, she ________ to interview me for an internship. That summer, I ended up having the ________ to work for her firm. My “cold shower” experiences these years have ________ me that good things happen to those who are willing to step out of the comfort zone and challenge themselves for more possibilities.

1.

A．desire

B．reality

C．loss

D．target

2.

A．demanding

B．amusing

C．refreshing

D．discouraging

3.

A．approach

B．start

C．ruin

D．praise

4.

A．wandering

B．falling

C．jumping

D．sitting

5.

A．adjusts

B．contributes

C．sticks

D．objects

6.

A．appreciation

B．creation

C．inspiration

D．determination

7.

A．shameful

B．fortunate

C．delightful

D．uncomfortable

8.

A．argued about

B．turned down

C．asked for

D．joined in

9.

A．confused

B．fascinated

C．concerned

D．annoyed

10.

A．dangerous

B．realistic

C．hopeless

D．perfect

11.

A．independent

B．inexperienced

C．incomparable

D．inconsiderate

12.

A．courage

B．uncertainty

C．concern

D．practice

13.

A．hesitated

B．begged

C．refused

D．agreed

14.

A．duty

B．opportunity

C．adventure

D．failure

15.

A．taught

B．owed

C．warned

D．ordered

6 . Is it possible to learn too much? With so much information that’s available and accessible with just a click of a button, it’s impossible for any person to know everything there is to know. While this is true, there is still such a thing as learning too much, to the point where you get paralyzed in terms of taking action.

Have you ever wanted to achieve a goal and ended up doing tons of research on how to achieve the goal? As you learned more and more, it felt like you knew less and less because when you learned a new concept or strategy, you found that there was a lot more to know about those things.

Often times, people will get stuck in this trap of needing to gather more and more information. There’s nothing wrong with learning a lot, but when you let learning get in the way of doing, you will never get going. When you never get going, you still never start having the things you want in life.

A better way to go about achieving a goal is to gather some information and immediately start taking action on what information you have gathered. I realize that many times you will feel unprepared, and that’s okay. The best way to learn besides having someone who’s done what you want to do show you how to do it is to take action and learn from the results you get from those actions.

If a baby wanted to learn how to walk, it will never be able to do it by sitting there and analyzing how to walk. The best way for a baby to walk is to actually get up off its behind and start walking. Sure it may fall, but with every fall, it will learn what is working and what is not and adjust to it. By doing this over and over, it will eventually learn to walk. This is the approach you want to take when you want to achieve your goals as well. It works.

1. The underlined word “paralyzed” in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ________.

A．unable to do anything	B．unhappy about the situation
C．satisfied with what you have	D．discouraged with what you face

2. What stops people from achieving the goal?

A．The confusion caused by the information.	B．The new concept or strategy.
C．The desire to learn more.	D．The trap of research.

3. The author compares ________ to “analyzing how to walk”.

A．the failure before achieving the goal

B．the awareness of challenges

C．gathering information

D．taking actions

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

A．Analyze Before Learning to Walk

B．Action Speaks Louder Than Information

C．Problems in Information Age

D．Approaches to Learning to Walk

7 . When I first heard from my doctor that I was allergic to hay (干草), it weighed pretty heavily on my mind.

I grew up _________ around big open fields and playing with the animals on my friend’s farm. There were no limits set on me as a child.

After I _________ about my allergy, I felt that a kind of _________ had been placed on me. I could never get a rabbit or a pig, since hay is the main component of their diets. I remember that _________ feeling in my stomach when I realized I was so seriously allergic to something that I’d always need to keep the pill within _________.

Disappointment at this _________ was the first feeling that sunk in. With time, _________, I began to see my allergies as a gift.

I was the kid that tried never to _________. I was okay with enduring a six-hour drive in a(n) _________ car with my knees to my chest. I was okay with eating burnt or under cooked food. But this allergy finally let me feel __________ saying “no”. I finally felt free to refuse to go places or do things where my allergies would act up. I didn’t have to apologize for or explain my __________ at the smell of grass clippings. I didn’t have to __________ myself for not wanting to sit on the grass with my friends on summer days while I got bitten.

Yes, my hay allergy __________ some activities, but it’s also given me a broader appreciation for experiences I actually like and want more of. I’m __________ to be getting a dog instead of a bunny. Let’s be honest, a bunny brings you more trouble.

I ought to thank this allergy for giving me the space to be __________.

1.

A．meeting

B．running

C．looking

D．shopping

2.

A．asked

B．got

C．learned

D．cared

3.

A．misfortune

B．mistake

C．disbelief

D．dishonesty

4.

A．confused

B．excited

C．funny

D．sinking

5.

A．reach

B．control

C．space

D．memory

6.

A．risk

B．secret

C．reason

D．burden

7.

A．therefore

B．again

C．however

D．besides

8.

A．cry

B．complain

C．notice

D．care

9.

A．dirty

B．small

C．cheap

D．ugly

10.

A．comfortable

B．proud

C．awkward

D．ashamed

11.

A．sorrow

B．eagerness

C．sickness

D．satisfaction

12.

A．forgive

B．excuse

C．push

D．dress

13.

A．ignores

B．offers

C．covers

D．limits

14.

A．powerful

B．helpful

C．grateful

D．meaningful

15.

A．different

B．free

C．gifted

D．brave

8 . 假如你是李华，寒假期间你到外婆家探望，游览了附近的一个不知名的小古镇，古镇虽小却给你留下了深刻印象。这里山清水秀，风景优美，民风淳朴，你迫不及待想给同学们分享。请你就此写一篇题为My Winter Vacation的短文，记录下你的游览经历。
内容包括：
1.古镇情况
2.游览经历
3.个人感受
注意：1.文章要求词数为80左右；
2.文章题目已为你写好。

My Winter Vacation

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9 . Society looks down on people who collect the wastes of others, but what they don’t realize is that they could get more money in one day than what they get in one week working at their daily job from selling other people’s unwanted goods.

I am no “make-money-quick guru” but I have made a couple thousand dollars from selling what others throw out to the garbage. As the saying goes: “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.”

You don’t have to start a business. You could simply sell second-hand things people give away and profit from it. In my high school days, I had my first experience selling an old pre-loved Logitech keyboard to a buyer on Gumtree.com.au for $50. I remember how exciting it was for me to make money from something I no longer needed. I technically made a $50 profit in less than an hour.

How to make $1,000 with $0 in a day?

Go on platforms such as Facebook market or Gumtree and find things people are giving away for free in your local area, then sell them. I found an abundance of household items like cupboards, shelves, mirror cabinet, and chairs that sell very well. Don’t worry what people think of you, remember that you could get a few hundred for those.

Reinvest your money and buy something with a higher value that someone might be happy to get rid of, and sell that for a profit of $600, etc. Your action is not just about making money, but also seeing it as using the earth’s resources efficiently and not wasting them in the trash.

If there is one thing I learned from this practice, it is that: there is always someone out there who considers one man’s trash as treasure, no matter what the item is.

1. What may a “make-money-quick guru” do in paragraph 2?

A．A person who works in a company.

B．A person who throws unwanted things.

C．A person who teaches people how to make great profit.

D．A person who makes money by selling second-hand things.

2. How did the writer start his business?

A．By collecting others’ trash.	B．By selling his old things.
C．By buying valuable things.	D．By giving away useless things.

3. Why did the writer suggest others buy more valuable things?

A．To collect them for later use.	B．To sell them and get a higher profit.
C．To learn from the practice.	D．To get rid of the unwanted things.

4. Which of the following could be the best title for the text?

A．Sell Unwanted Things

B．Make Money in a New Business

C．Live an Environmentally Friendly Life

D．One Person’s Trash, Another Person’s Cash

10 . Driving on the mountain road where I live can be both a delight and an adventure. Yet, you should also watch for deer and squirrels _______ the road as well as fallen trees and rocks that may break loose from and _______down the side of the hill.

I _______ upon one big rock just the other day. I saw a car just ahead of me narrowly turn around it. But the stone was _______ there, which might cause traffic accidents. I turned round and then _______ over to a wide spot. I knew a rock of this _______ would break parts of a low riding car like mine if the driver didn’t see it _______. So I walked over and moved the huge stone. It must have weighed 50 pounds, but with all my strength, I removed it. I felt relieved and walked back to my car.

The happening reminded me too of an old _______ I had read once: In a faraway land, a king had placed a huge rock on the way to his palace. Many nobles walked by and surrounded it, complaining that the king didn’t keep the road up better. Finally, a _______ farmer pulling a cart (马车) of vegetables arrived. He ________ and pushed the rock off the road. Then he saw under it was a bag of gold coins that the king had left for the one who ________the path for those who came after. Later, he was not as badly off as before.

Now while there wasn’t any ________ under the rock I moved, my heart did feel more ________as I was driving back home. Maybe the real ________ is the joy we spread, and the ________ we share.

1.

A．destroying

B．beatifying

C．crossing

D．transforming

2.

A．set

B．fall

C．tear

D．burn

3.

A．came

B．stepped

C．beat

D．looked

4.

A．seldom

B．ever

C．already

D．still

5.

A．watched

B．pulled

C．knocked

D．handed

6.

A．size

B．quantity

C．length

D．smoothness

7.

A．in turn

B．in time

C．at least

D．at break

8.

A．story

B．hole

C．noble

D．saying

9.

A．greedy

B．poor

C．frank

D．lazy

10.

A．wandered

B．hesitated

C．stopped

D．continued

11.

A．reached

B．followed

C．designed

D．cleared

12.

A．treasure

B．joy

C．barriers

D．vegetables

13.

A．anxious

B．outgoing

C．awkward

D．golden

14.

A．trial

B．source

C．reward

D．tool

15.

A．vision

B．kindness

C．honesty

D．wealth