1 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

How can people live in a country for years and not learn the language? I’d heard of such people and, if I’m    1    (complete) honest, I judged them. Then, the time came for me to move to China and I decided I wouldn’t waste my opportunity    2    others.

After two years, I’m embarrassed to report that I’ve not made significant progress.    3    I work mostly with Chinese colleagues    4    offer to help me, I simply don’t make the time. Why, though? How is it possible? Well, life is so interesting in Beijing that I get     5     (catch) up in anything and everything else.

One would think that living in a foreign country would practically press you    6     (study) the language, but it’s more complex than that. First, when your job is to use your native language, the majority of your day     7     (spend) in and around native language material. Second, let’s not forget that we live in the     8    (advance) era (时代) of translation apps. Yes, it is easy indeed to go about the majority of your day and not hear or need to use much Chinese at all. Thirdly, it must be recognized that learning    9    new language takes time.

In short, it has taught me how to abandon my opinions about how people “should” interact with the world. It has increased my     10     (able) to empathize(共情).

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。

A freezing downpour washed the street in front of the small-town bar. I sat gazing into the watery darkness, alone as usual. I had been in that old bar for half an hour, quietly drinking, when my thoughtful eyes finally focused on a medium-sized lump (一团) in a puddle (水洼) a hundred feet away. For another ten minutes, I looked out through the window trying to decide if the lump was an animal or just something.

The night before, a German dog named Shep had come into the bar begging for potato chips. He was starving and just the size of the lump in the puddle. Why should a dog lie in a cold puddle in the freezing rain? I asked myself. The answer was simple: Either it wasn’t a dog, or it was, he was too weak to get up.

The wound in my right shoulder ached all the way down my fingers. I didn’t want to go out in the storm. Hey, it wasn’t my dog. It was just a stray on a cold rainy night, a lonely drifter (流浪者). So was I, I thought, as I tossed (扔) down what was left of my drink and headed out the door.

He was lying in the three inches of water. When I touched him, he didn’t move. I thought he was dead. I put my hands around his chest and raised him to his feet. He stood unsteadily, and his head hung like a weight at the end of his neck. His floppy ears were just hairless pieces of flesh dotted with open sores (伤口).

“Come on, Shep,” I said, leading him to a corner next to the bar, where he lay on the cold cement and closed his eyes. A block away I could see the lights of a late-night convenience store. It was still open. I bought three cans of dog food and fed him. He couldn’t swallow but poorly look at me. He was dying!

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。

The local vet (兽医) was still at his office, so I loaded the poor creature into a taxi and headed there.

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Three days later, when I opened the door of the vet’s, Shep welcomed me with wild enthusiasm.

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3 . The new, “used” car that I bought just three months ago wouldn't start the other day. The factory battery that ________ along with it decided that it had worked long enough and ________ to take an early, permanent retirement. My ________ neighbor gave me a jump but the battery stubbornly wouldn't ________ the charge. After getting one more jump, I ________ to the local auto parts store to buy a new one. Installing (安装) it was much more ________ than we thought, however, so I took it to a local mechanic who finally got the new battery in and the car ________ once again.

Driving it this morning, though, I ________ that the time and date on the screen in the dashboard (仪表盘) had ________ gone back to nine years ago, resetting to the ________ date of the first time it was started. While my son smartly figured out how to ________ it back to today I thought about all the times I had wished I could go back in time and undo some of the ________ and missteps I had taken in my own life.

Yes, many of my choices brought me ________ in the past, but they have also brought me wisdom for the present. When you ________ your own life, don't regret the roads not taken Instead, be ________ with the path you are on, the things you have learned, and the love you have shared.

1.

A．came

B．waited

C．left

D．raced

2.

A．planned

B．refused

C．chose

D．managed

3.

A．easy-going

B．kind-hearted

C．hard-working

D．good-tempered

4.

A．lead

B．take

C．offer

D．hold

5.

A．welcomed

B．headed

C．returned

D．got

6.

A．complex

B．vital

C．efficient

D．accurate

7.

A．switching

B．jumping

C．running

D．shaking

8.

A．guessed

B．remembered

C．expected

D．noticed

9.

A．suddenly

B．slightly

C．casually

D．secretly

10.

A．final

B．original

C．special

D．temporary

11.

A．bring

B．program

C．call

D．drive

12.

A．attempts

B．effects

C．mistakes

D．changes

13.

A．damage

B．pain

C．peace

D．convenience

14.

A．look at

B．come out of

C．focus on

D．take control of

15.

A．faced

B．patient

C．strict

D．pleased

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。

One evening a middle-aged lady was walking down the street when she noticed an old beggar sitting on the corner. The man was elderly, unshaven, and ragged. As he sat there, pedestrians walked by him giving him dirty looks. They clearly wanted nothing to do with him because of who he was - a dirty, homeless man. But when she saw him, the woman was moved to sympathy.

It was very cold that day and the man had his torn coat - more like an old suit coat rather than a warm coat - wrapped around him. She stopped and looked down. “Sir?” she asked. “Are you all right?”

The man slowly looked up. This was a woman clearly accustomed to the finer things of life. Her coat was new. She looked like that she had never missed a meal in her life. His first thought was that she wanted to make fun of him, like so many others had done before. “Leave me alone,” he shouted.

To his amazement, the woman continued standing. She was smiling - her even white teeth displayed in extremely bright rows. “Are you hungry?” she asked.

“No,” he answered ironically. “I've just come from dining with the president. Now go away.”

The woman's smile became even broader. Suddenly the man felt a gentle hand under his arm. “What are you doing, lady?” the man asked angrily. “I said to leave me alone.”

Just then a policeman came up. “Is there any problem, ma'am?” he asked.

“No problem here, officer,” the woman answered. “I'm just trying to get this man to his feet. Will you help me?”

The officer scratched his head. “That's old Jack. He's been a fixture around here for a couple of years. What do you want with him?”

“See that cafeteria over there?”she asked. “I'm going to get him something to eat and get him out of the cold for a while.”

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。
“Are you crazy, lady?” the homeless man resisted.
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She stared at him carefully. “Jack, do you remember me?”
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5 . It was the next morning after we arrived in Cambridge. Dr. Kerry appeared and ________ that we'd been invited to take a tour of the church.

When I stepped inside the church, my________ caught in my chest. The room was very large. We were ________ through a small wooden door, then up a narrow staircase. ________ the staircase opened onto the roof. I climbed up and________ along the ridge (屋脊), letting the________ take me as I stared out at the broad streets.

“You're not afraid of________,” a voice said I turned. It was Dr. Kerry. He had________ me.

I ran down the ridge. Still, Dr. Kerry was behind me but his steps were ________. Rather than walk facing forward, he moved________. I offered him an arm for the last few steps and he took it.

“Here you stand, upright, hands in your pockets," he________ toward the other students, “See them?" Everyone else was holding________ to the stone wall, knees bent, backs arched.

“It's as if you've been________ this roof all your life," he said. He stared at me, waiting for a(n) ________.

“I'm just standing," I said. “You are all trying to get your bodies lower because the________ scares you. But if you could just control your panic, this wind would be nothing,"

1.

A．thought

B．suggested

C．promised

D．announced

2.

A．breath

B．feeling

C．mind

D．sight

3.

A．hit

B．led

C．drawn

D．sent

4.

A．Luckily

B．Certainly

C．Entirely

D．Finally

5.

A．rolled

B．jumped

C．walked

D．slid

6.

A．wind

B．anxiety

C．terror

D．sky

7.

A．shaking

B．falling

C．moving

D．failing

8.

A．invited

B．caught

C．watched

D．followed

9.

A．heavy

B．firm

C．strange

D．fast

10.

A．downward

B．sideways

C．backwards

D．upward

11.

A．waved

B．ran

C．pointed

D．headed

12.

A．tightly

B．randomly

C．easily

D．carelessly

13.

A．in

B．on

C．under

D．with

14.

A．instruction

B．reflection

C．solution

D．explanation

15.

A．height

B．length

C．width

D．depth