1 . If there is one trait (特点) I have taken from my mother, it is her _________. Like most mothers, my mom wants the best for me. She encourages me to seize every opportunity and use it to its fullest _________. She has encouraged me to _________ those opportunities that may even seem impossible. After all, she does this every day.

When friends met my mom for the first time, they were often taken aback, and _________ they didn’t want this emotion to show on their faces when they shook her hand and said hello. When they got me alone for a second, they _________ me for not telling them my mom was in a wheelchair. It shocked them.

In my _________, I never think to mention that my mom is in a wheelchair. She has been paralyzed from the waist down for most of her life. To me, though, she is just a/an _________ mom. Like many of my friends’ moms, she has always been there for me. When there were those _________ as a child when I just needed to be held, I knew I could crawl onto my mother’s lap and find _________ in her safe arms. When I needed a __________ on the sideline of my soccer games, she was always there. Mother, friend, teacher, nutritionist, chef, caregiver, banker, and advisor---my mom has always been __________ for me.

On family vacations, my mother never sits out on a/an __________. She couldn’t hike the volcano in Hawaii with the rest of the family or go cliff-jumping in Mexico. But she always __________. She goes as far as she can.

I have learned from watching my mom that if I don’t have the courage to try, even if the chances of failure are slim, I will never __________. The opportunities I have are without bounds because my mother showed me how to live __________ limits.

1.

A．kindness

B．honesty

C．courage

D．generosity

2.

A．preparation

B．potential

C．plan

D．preference

3.

A．drop by

B．make up

C．work out

D．reach for

4.

A．initially

B．finally

C．constantly

D．fortunately

5.

A．punished

B．respected

C．scolded

D．thanked

6.

A．defense

B．way

C．power

D．dream

7.

A．intelligent

B．demanding

C．regular

D．unlucky

8.

A．questions

B．moments

C．challenges

D．plans

9.

A．awareness

B．money

C．comfort

D．rewards

10.

A．doctor

B．cheerleader

C．coach

D．tutor

11.

A．there

B．here

C．home

D．somewhere

12.

A．activity

B．party

C．record

D．program

13.

A．waits

B．helps

C．laughs

D．tries

14.

A．recover

B．profit

C．succeed

D．insist

15.

A．beyond

B．within

C．on

D．off

2 .     1     We need them to be our guides on the twisting, sometimes difficult road we call life to shows just how far we can go, to help us know just how high we can climb.

And we need heroes today more than ever. Our modern society is terribly confused about the difference between a hero and a celebrity (名人). And the difference is significant. A celebrity is all about fame-temporary, superficial fame, usually for qualities that are easy to see: a pretty face, a great dance move.     2     —qualities beneath the surface that aren’t visible until they prompt action. Qualities like courage, hope, compassion (同情), and perseverance (毅力).

Heroes, real heroes, are all around us. They truly hold our world together, through their unselfish devotion to helping others, supporting families, teaching children, protecting the environment.     3     They just want to help. In so many ways, these unsung heroes steer the boat in which all of us sail.

Yet, young people hear a lot more about celebrities than about heroes.     4     The underlying message they get from all this is that their self-worth comes from what they buy-which drink, which shoes, which cell phone-not who they are down inside. Young people’s sense of their own potential for heroic qualities-their own power to make a positive difference in the world is lost.

Truth is, there is a potential hero, a future difference maker, in every young person. Each of them, from whatever background, is a large amount of untapped (未开发的) energy-a positive force who can do something to steer that communal boat that carries us all.     5    

A．A hero, by contrast, is about character

B．They don’t want fame, or glory, or even credit

C．All of us-especially young people-need heroes

D．All of us need to believe in our own abilities to help people in need

E．Worse yet, young people are treated too often as just another target market by advertisers

F．They have discovered that they can build on their own energy and ideals to do something truly great

G．If young people believe in their own power and use it, they will discover that any person can make a genuine, lasting impact

3 . I have been engaging in a spot of emotional therapy (治疗) over the last 2 weeks. I make an effort to try to _________ difficulties in life so that I can feel good within myself and find more _________ for my steps ahead.

The first day here I just couldn’t stop _________ at the breakfast table and another woman was very kind to me. Most people _________ to be there for each other when needed, which is highly _________.

Today one of the older women had a bit of a _________ during lunch and rushed out of the room with her plate in hand. I asked her if she was OK as she went past me but she could not answer. So, I _________ to a young girl to go after her to check and see if she was fine. Glad she did and I really hope it _________. I can only imagine it is really hard for all of us in one way or another as we all have our own _________ and do not know each other properly.

Whether we do or don’t get to know each other is another matter and at the end of the day, it really does not __________. For now we are all ships in a __________ and are getting our torn sails repaired before we are able to __________ to more restless waters. Although some days are easier than others, it takes time, a lot of patience and the right expert __________.

Please say a little prayer today for those with mental health __________. Oh yes… during my first week here, I bought a nice __________ plant at the local market for the TV room. Today it is in full bloom (开花)! I have learnt so far that every today has special little moments.

1.

A．catch up

B．get over

C．get down

D．catch on

2.

A．visions

B．directions

C．recovery

D．strength

3.

A．crying

B．laughing

C．shouting

D．complaining

4.

A．demand

B．tend

C．anticipate

D．guarantee

5.

A．reliable

B．unforgettable

C．admirable

D．abstract

6.

A．breakdown

B．takeout

C．outbreak

D．breakthrough

7.

A．appealed

B．applied

C．switched

D．signalled

8.

A．rewarded

B．recovered

C．helped

D．impacted

9.

A．stories

B．examples

C．manners

D．conflicts

10.

A．care

B．matter

C．need

D．exist

11.

A．river

B．lake

C．port

D．factory

12.

A．take off

B．go on

C．settle down

D．sail off

13.

A．performance

B．survey

C．guidance

D．regulation

14.

A．issues

B．activities

C．concerns

D．doubts

15.

A．man-made

B．potted

C．garden

D．plastic

4 . What a comedian can teach you about managing stress

We often accept stress as part of the cost of modern life, but it really doesn’t have to be. We all know that laughter is the best medicine.     1     People who can laugh at their own misfortunes bounce back faster and stronger. Here is what a comedian says about coping with stress.

You can try to find a different perspective.     2     Once a friend of mine fell asleep in the middle of a class. His teacher decided to make fun of him by inviting students to applaud, wondering whether my friend would applaud along when he woke up. He did and the whole class burst outlaughing. After learning everything, he was both embarrassed and ashamed of course but after a while, my friend laughed. “If this had happened to someone else, it would have been amusing. So it’s no less funny, just because it happened to me. “

    3     There’s no doubt that we all experience great stress now and then. We’ve all been personally affected, in some way. You might not have felt like laughing at the time But now, looking back, you could consider all of the strange aspects of the experience and all of the things you did to keep active or simply stay sane (神志正常的) .

When you share stories with your friends, you can choose to share stories of trauma (创伤) and pain, or you can choose to lift their spirits with stories of hope and growth.     4     Take the exact same story and change the focus from “feel sorry for me” to “laugh with me”. Keep in mind that we’re all in this together, that we all share the same ridiculous experiences, and that we can laugh together at whatever life throws at us.     5    

A．Always share a good story.

B．Why not do what comedians do?

C．You can also look again and laugh.

D．But laughter does more than cheer you up.

E．Then you are able to make a simple choice.

F．In this way. you will say goodbye to stress forever.

G．If you have trouble seeing the funny side, you may find the following inspiring.

5 . There are days when I find it necessary to step outside my classroom and check to be sure that my name is still in the TEACHER space over my door. Sometimes I feel that I am a student in my classroom rather than the teacher.

Seated in the classroom, my sixth grade students each held a different tool in the hand. The students discussed how words are like tools-they have the ability to build or to destroy, and they discovered how the right tool used at the right time for the right job can produce great results. I watched and listened with a sense of satisfaction. They got it!

A. few days later, one of my students, Laura, had an unexpected outburst in class. She refused to work with her group. I asked her to excuse herself and to go to our next door team center. She marched from the back of the room to our classroom door-shooting me an angry look, and then proceeded to slam the door as she left for the team meeting room.

Minutes later, I stood over her. Being extremely angry about her disrespectful behavior, I was sharp in my tone and harsh with my words. When I paused for her response, she stated, “You’re using your tool against me.” I was speechless.

There are times when you are at a critical crossroads with a student and the road you choose will make all the difference. I knew at that moment the right thing to do was to kneel down next to her chair, and softly say, “You’re right, Laura. I have used my words unwisely and unkindly. Will you forgive me?” She looked me in the eye and simply said, “Yes, I forgive you, Mrs. Ekre. I’m sorry, too.”

At the end of the year, she wrote me a beautiful letter, attached to which was a small key-a tool, she said, for a language arts teacher who taught her how important words can be. It serves as my reminder of a lesson I taught as a teacher but one I really learned from my student.

1. Why does the writer feel she is a student?

A．Her students often challenge her.	B．Her name is not in the TEACHER space.
C．Her students transform her ideas.	D．She abuses her power as a teacher.

2. What made the writer speechless when dealing with Laura?

A．Laura’s angry look.	B．Laura’s abrupt explosion.
C．Laura’s slamming the door.	D．Laura’s accusation against her.

3. Which words can best describe the writer?

A．Caring but stubborn.	B．Tolerant and open-minded.
C．Strict and changeable.	D．Sincere and flexible.

4. What is the passage mainly about?

A．The power of words.	B．The importance of teaching.
C．The value of forgiveness.	D．The beauty of understanding.

6 . 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。

It was the middle of winter some 30 years ago. I was a young father with three little children depending on me. My college education, however, wasn’t helping me to find a good job in our depressed area. My work as a teacher had dried up and now I was working in a saw mill (锯木厂) for just above the minimum wage.

As I got ready to go to work I wrapped band-aids (创可贴) around my fingers and put more in my pockets. Cutting and piling wood for 8 hours a day had caused my fingers to split and bleed at their tips in the cold, dry, winter air. Then I walked down to my car in the snow and hoped it would start.

That day at work was harder than normal. The machines kept breaking down. And we had to rush to catch back up as the wood piled up. On top of it all the heaters in the building weren’t working and we could see our breath as we spent hours chopping, piling, carrying, and packaging the hard wood flooring to be shipped out.

When the work day finally ended, I walked tiredly toward the time clock, took off my work gloves and inspected my aching fingers. The splits were worse than ever and I had bled through the band-aids again. I tried to straighten out but my bad back cramped (绞痛) up as I did. I started my car and drove back home. I looked at the snow and blinked back tears. I wondered how long I could keep doing this, if things would ever get any better, and why life was so hard.

I tried to put a smile on my face as I opened my front door, but instead one appeared naturally. My daughter ran up to me, yelling “Daddy”, and wrapped her little arms around my neck. I lifted her up and my heart exploded with love.

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。
My tired body didn’t feel so tired any more.
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“Happy birthday!” my wife greeted me warmly.
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7 . 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。

Willard P. Franklin was a skinny and short boy. From the first day he entered my junior-high classroom, he existed in his own world, shutting out his classmates and me, his teacher.

My attempts to develop a friendly relationship with him were always met with no reaction. Even a “Good Morning, Willard” received no reply. Willard was strictly a loner who seemed to have no desire or need to break his silence.

Shortly after the Thanksgiving holiday, we received word that we would collect money on Christmas for the less fortunate people in our school district. After collection, the school headteacher would show us a list of the poor families in our school and send the money to those who most needed help through the Christmas collection.

“Christmas is a season of giving,” I told my students. “There are a few students in the school who might not have a happy holiday season. By contributing to our Christmas collection, you will help to buy food, clothing and toys for these people in need. We’ll start the collection tomorrow. ”

When I called for the contributions the next day, I discovered that most of the students had forgotten except a few including Willard P. Franklin. Willard dug deep into his pants pockets as he walked up to my desk.

注意：
1.续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。
Paragraph 1:

Carefully, he dropped two quarters into the small container.

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Paragraph 2:

When the headteacher passed me the list, I discovered Willard’s family was on the top.

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8 . Smith Justice and his son were coming back from the dentist, when they saw a homeless man in the road. Smith _________ to give the man some money, but didn’t have any cash. His son suggested giving the man the 30 cents he had. But Smith was _________. He didn’t want to give this man just 30 cents since the man _________ needed all the help he could get. Moreover, his own pride and thoughts of the homeless man’s unknown _________ to receiving just thirty cents was standing _________.

Smith told his son what people saw as a good thing was not good enough to make a _________ in someone’s life. But his son insisted. Smith _________ the window and said to the man, “I’m sorry, man. I don’t have any _________ on me but my son wants to give you everything he has right now.” The homeless man smiled, “God bless you, little man!” At that moment, the only thing _________ the brightness of the man’s smile was the bigger smile on the little boy’s face.

A chain reaction of kindness __________ behind them that day in Nashville, Tennessee, as other people rolled down their windows to __________, too. Smith suddenly __________ that he was the only problem in this situation. He said, “My little boy __________ me by his actions that it’s always about the heart. It doesn’t __________ how much you have or how little. __________ love and sincerity will often bless others more than we think. ”

1.

A．managed

B．promised

C．intended

D．agreed

2.

A．confused

B．doubtful

C．tense

D．hesitant

3.

A．normally

B．clearly

C．secretly

D．formally

4.

A．reaction

B．devotion

C．objection

D．solution

5.

A．out of sight

B．out of control

C．in the way

D．in the charge

6.

A．fortune

B．difference

C．name

D．commitment

7.

A．rolled down

B．reached for

C．looked through

D．lifted up

8.

A．check

B．card

C．cash

D．food

9.

A．matching

B．replacing

C．reflecting

D．showing

10.

A．changed

B．stopped

C．remained

D．started

11.

A．greet

B．smile

C．chat

D．donate

12.

A．remembered

B．realized

C．accepted

D．regretted

13.

A．reminded

B．comforted

C．praised

D．warned

14.

A．help

B．work

C．mean

D．matter

15.

A．Returning

B．Accepting

C．Spreading

D．Seeking

9 . Wasted-time worry

The idea that time is our most precious resource can bring with it a sense of time-pressure. We are always told “Time is money and time is running out”, so we must manage it well. We take time-management courses, download the latest productivity app and divide our day into blocks, so our time is never wasted.

    1     . It tells us we should be doing more with our time or doing something else. We can spend an afternoon regretting for the time we wasted that morning, spoiling hours that would otherwise have been available to us. Sometimes it’s not just the hours we worry about wasting,     2     —the countless minutes spent on tiny chores, answering emails, replying to texts, waiting for other people. Often, when we worry about wasting time, we are comparing ourselves to how productive we assume other people are. It makes us feel that everyone is using their time well except ourselves.

We need to shift away from trying to maximize our time and reduce our worry about wasting it. We don’t have to view every moment we don’t spend the way we expected to as a waste. There may be value in those moments too.     3     . In a society that emphasizes the productive use of time, we can easily forget that time we enjoyed wasting is not wasted time.

Then how much should we be working? Researchers say on most days, three to four hours of high-quality, focused mental work is about our maximum.     4     .

We often encounter empty time, throwing us into boredom, panic or anxiety, or add to our wasted-time worry.     5     . For example, we can become more comfortable with empty moments rather than rushing to make the best of every second. We can allow us to pause and think. We can see our commuting time as a chance to let our mind wander rather than checking social media.

A．Working beyond that can be a waste

B．Working to maximum is the secret to success

C．but the scraps of time that get lost in between

D．We can simply appreciate the part they played in our life

E．However, we need some hours in the day to waste as we wish

F．We can simply set aside more moments for the work of the day

G．Yet in our crazy attempts to account for every hour, we fall into wasted-time worry

10 . A few weeks ago, my teenage daughter Lisa failed a test. The grade might stop her from qualifying for the next class she wants to take. There were tears and some complaints for a few minutes. Then I saw something interesting. She made a joke, expressed gratitude that she didn’t have bigger problems, and finally made a plan on how to make improvements.

She was never the same as she was one year ago. That one was unwilling to take responsibility. That one stayed in anger and blamed others. We expect our kids to learn and grow. We hope for it. However, most of us grow through adversity (逆境), even trauma (精神创伤). It happened to Lisa last year repeatedly. She searched for ways to get her bearings and equip herself when everything around her was changing by the day. Psychologists call it post-traumatic growth.

Trauma refers to an emotional response to a terrible event like an accident, attack, natural disaster, or other life-changing happenings. The growth after trauma doesn’t mean we get through challenges uninjured. It’s been a scary and painful time, for everyone, in one way or another. We may experience disbelief, depression, and even denial. As time moves on, people who have experienced trauma may have headaches or other physical symptoms, emotional ups and downs, and even relationship problems. Trauma does leave its irremovable marks.

However, in one study, researchers surveyed nearly 385 people who experienced financial difficulty during the pandemic. 88 percent of the people surveyed say they also have experienced some positive outcomes—They now have stronger family relationships and a greater appreciation of life.

1. What is Lisa like now when she fails?

A．She tries to cover it.

B．She is positive and adult.

C．She acts unconcerned.

D．She wants to make excuses.

2. What does the author intend to tell us through Lisa’s experience?

A．There is no sweet without sweat.

B．Experience is the father of wisdom.

C．Difficult situations are likely to make one stronger.

D．Responsibility is often more important than ability.

3. How does the author prove his view?

A．By analyzing existing data.

B．By quoting a psychologist.

C．By contrasting a person’s constant changes.

D．By giving examples together with study results.

4. Which of the following may the author agree with about post-traumatic growth?

A．It usually comes at a high price.

B．It produces little negative feelings.

C．It is one of the fastest ways to make improvements.

D．It is growth that does both good and harm.