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。

Moving In

My eighty-five-year-old mother offered that familiar tilt (歪头) of the head, the one that told me something was up. I tensed my shoulders and bit my lip, waiting for whatever was coming next.

I could handle it. She was predictable, though dramatic. I expected her to express her thoughts on the latest news or share the senior community news.

Instead, she calmly said, as though she were sharing her dinner menu, “I’m going to downsize and sell my house and nearly everything I own.” The breaking news was followed by a matter of fact stare.

“Do what?” I asked. “I’ll be a floater,” she said.

“I’ll stay with you, then with my brothers in Maine, and then with some of my friends. I’ll just float around and enjoy myself.” She laughed as though she’d just discovered the perfect lifestyle. “I’ll take my cat everywhere with me. I can’t bear to leave him behind or give him away. What do you think?”

“No one will want you to show up with your cat.” My answer seemed a shock to her. After only seconds, she added, “Well, I just won’t tell them he’s coming. We’ll just show up. What can they do?”

Shocked, I took a deep breath and forced myself to respond by explaining all the reasons why selling, moving in with me, and fearlessly dragging the cat across the country in secret were terrible ideas.

Unbothered, she simply said, “You’re so dramatic. It’ll be fine.”

I didn’t take her announcement seriously. A few days after her announcement,my brother and I enjoyed a few laughs over her idea. After all, our mother was too independent to be placed in a place long-term with any of her children. She had made this clear on many occasions when I’d begged to live next door to her. I’d wanted to be close enough to watch over her but not too close, but she’d always refused.

I enjoyed living alone, hearing the quiet, writing and reading. I hated noise. My mother loved radio, television, and phone calls, endless phone calls. We would not make good housemates.

注意：
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2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
I really panicked when she started having yard sales.
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I took her to my home from the hospital happily, no longer bothered by her moving in.
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2 . 阅读下列文本，在空白处填入1个适当的单词(部分空有首字母或中文提示)。

Failures result in mental and emotional g    1    (成长). Curiosity drives us to    2    (探索), do more, solve problems and find solutions in our lives. Our thoughts and understanding of failures and successes s    3    (增强) in this growing period.

3 . Sending handwritten letters may have fallen out of fashion, but I’m a great believer in the power of letters. There’s something unique and special about handwritten things. You write a letter not because there’s something you need to know, but there’s something you want to say.     1    

The letter is a powerful and memorable way to touch the ones you care about. When my granny died and I cleared her house, I found hundreds of letters she had kept.     2     There were letters from her mother, who died long before: I was born, but sitting reading them one rainy afternoon, her words stretched out across time and I felt I knew her.

    3     It can enrich a relationship and allow it to grow. When I was 12, I faked a letter from a parent to the pet shop for a pet mouse. My mum punished me and made me write letters to some relatives. One of them was my uncle who I’d only met a few times before. I wrote a long letter detailing my life and listing my interests. My punishment-complete, I forgot about this until I suddenly got a reply from him. “How lovely to hear from you,” he said, and went on to tell me all about his life. He’d love to hear about what subjects at school I enjoyed.     4     I have grown close to him since then.

I often think about how that one naughty childhood behavior led to such an enriching communication that stretched on for many years. It encouraged me to write to lots of other people in fact.     5     So, I’d encourage you to put pen to paper and see where it leads. What have you got to lose?

A．That is the point of the letter.

B．They told the story of her relationships.

C．Receiving a letter is such a lovely surprise.

D．It’s also a way to make you more thoughtful.

E．And it’s something I keep up with to this day.

F．Then we started a communication that went on for years.

G．That’s why we would prefer handwritten letters to emails.

4 . I had never been more anxious in my life. I had just arrived at the airport to travel home. As I watched the bus driver set my luggage on the airport sidewalk, I realized my _________ had just begun.

This was my first visit alone to the international terminal (航站楼) of the airport, and nothing was _________. I couldn’t make sense of any of the _________. Where was the check-in counter? I felt as if I were deaf and blind and stupid. I began to _________. I had to find help!

I tried to ask a passing businessman for help, but my _________ came out wrong. He frowned and walked away. I had been in this country for a semester, but could not even remember how to ask for directions. Awful! Another _________ arrived at the terminal, and the passengers came out carrying lots of luggage. Right! I could _________ them to the right place.

I dragged my enormous suitcase, went after them and reached the elevators. Oh, no! They all fit in it, but not enough room for me. I watched _________ as the elevator doors closed. I was abandoned again! I got on the elevator when it returned and _________ all the buttons. Which one could it be? I pressed button 3 because I thought I saw those passengers pressed 3, though only a quick glance. The elevator climbed up to the third floor and stopped. A high, unpleasant noise __________ the opening of the doors, and I looked around __________.

Tears formed as I saw the empty hall and realized I would __________ my plane. Just then an elderly airport employee walked towards me. He guessed I was __________ and offered to help. He patted my shoulder to ease my anxiety. We walked up some stairs, turned a corner, and reached the check-in counter!

When I turned to thank him, he was gone. I never got an opportunity to know that man’s name, but I would always remember his unexpected __________. Without his timely help, I would have missed my plane. I hope I will be able to do the same for another traveler experiencing a(n) __________ journey.

1.

A．anxiety

B．excitement

C．curiosity

D．liberty

2.

A．special

B．wrong

C．familiar

D．perfect

3.

A．counters

B．destinations

C．regulations

D．signs

4.

A．doubt

B．panic

C．weep

D．inquire

5.

A．manners

B．instructions

C．words

D．tones

6.

A．bus

B．plane

C．businessman

D．employee

7.

A．lead

B．follow

C．guide

D．direct

8.

A．in surprise

B．in relief

C．in delight

D．in despair

9.

A．tried out

B．clicked on

C．stared at

D．sorted out

10.

A．announced

B．stressed

C．suggested

D．promised

11.

A．joyfully

B．firmly

C．calmly

D．cautiously

12.

A．aboard

B．miss

C．catch

D．abandon

13.

A．lost

B．upset

C．disturbed

D．embarrassed

14.

A．encounter

B．disappearance

C．kindness

D．guidance

15.

A．awesome

B．unforgettable

C．tiring

D．terrible

5 . I’m a mother of three and a psychologist. Recently, I come to understand what makes childhood valuable in its own right.

One day, when I went to get my 7-year-old son from soccer ________, the kid ________ me with a downcast face. The coach had ________ him for not focusing on his soccer drills. He walked out of the school with his head and shoulders ________ down. He seemed wrapped in ________. But just before he reached the car door, he suddenly stopped, crouching (蹲伏) down to ________ something on the sidewalk. His ________ went down lower and lower, and then, with complete joy he called out, “Mum. Come here. This is the ________ bug (虫子) I’ve ever seen. It has, like a million ________. It’s amazing.” He looked up at me, his features overflowing with energy and ________. “Can’t we ________ here for just a minute? I want to find out what he does with all those legs.”

The traditional view of such a moment is that it is ________, or a waste of valuable time. Yet at that moment it suddenly dawned on me that what sets children apart from adults is not their ignorance (无知) but their ________ for joy. Children’s ability to become deeply ________ in something and get great pleasure is what adults spend the rest of their lives ________.

1.

A．appointment

B．display

C．practice

D．experience

2.

A．served

B．greeted

C．witnessed

D．treated

3.

A．envied

B．criticized

C．promoted

D．forgiven

4.

A．hanging

B．settling

C．putting

D．turning

5.

A．shyness

B．weakness

C．loneliness

D．sadness

6.

A．pick up

B．look for

C．stare at

D．bring out

7.

A．ears

B．hands

C．mouth

D．face

8.

A．biggest

B．simplest

C．strangest

D．dullest

9.

A．eyes

B．arms

C．legs

D．feet

10.

A．entertainment

B．delight

C．satisfaction

D．confusion

11.

A．gather

B．play

C．sit

D．stay

12.

A．practical

B．impossible

C．accessible

D．unnecessary

13.

A．capacity

B．respect

C．effort

D．responsibility

14.

A．experienced

B．absorbed

C．rich

D．skillful

15.

A．seeking

B．studying

C．missing

D．denying

6 . Traveling itself is an experience hard to be described in words.     1     Especially the solo (独自) traveling experience is so transforming that it lives with you forever. Here I am sharing some lessons.

    2     Thinking how I would manage my entire day among strangers on campus, I pretended to be sick. Then I had the same feeling when I was planning to travel alone. Exploring a city on my own was a big fear for me but I successfully managed it all and now, I seek out new opportunities and experiences. I love to push myself.    3    

Having grown up and lived all my life in a single place, I had a small set of friends since my school days which continued till my college days.    4     I met a few very interesting people with whom I could feel an instant connect and got some new friends for life.

I totally agree that traveling with family and friends is fun and enjoying. But traveling alone is satisfying too. It’s among those few things that you do for yourself and nobody else.    5     During my solo travels I have explored my inner self and have expanded my boundaries which people around me have acknowledged at times.

A．I want to experience more.

B．But all this changed with my first solo trip.

C．I never thought I would travel alone in my life.

D．I was so scared when I went to school first time.

E．Every journey prepares you for the journey of life.

F．The farther you travel, the more independent you become.

G．After all you need to take care of yourself a bit too at times.

7 . It wasn’t easy to practice gratitude (感激) every day. After I _________ Cushing’s disease and had an operation a few years ago, my _________ was that everything would be OK. However, I was wrong. I had ongoing aches and pains, and _________ myself to a new life was difficult for me. I began to notice that I’d become a _________ person.

One day, I heard a discussion about gratitude by Dr Tony Evans. It _________ me and forced me to take a long, hard, honest look at myself. I have a (n) _________ spouse (配偶) and parents. I’d heard the stories of other people’s struggles with Cushing’s disease. Their spouses had left them and they didn’t have family to _________. I didn’t face any of these problems, yet I didn’t realize that.

I made a decision to start practicing gratitude daily. Once I decided that, my _________ improved, and I began to approach situations _________. Instead of viewing situations negatively, I started to see them as __________.

This led me to practice the concept of sowing and reaping (收获), which I learned from my parents. They didn’t just talk the talk, but rather they __________ this concept to us. __________, it wasn’t until I had my own experiences that I understood what it meant.

Let me explain. When I was __________ by my own pity, my harvest in life was ruined, because everything I was __________ was negative. Since I started practicing gratitude, so many different doors of opportunity have opened up for me.

My advice is starting practicing gratitude until it becomes a part of your daily __________. Take note of the difference it will make in your life.

1.

A．caught

B．treated

C．studied

D．spread

2.

A．suggestion

B．assumption

C．description

D．solution

3.

A．referring

B．abandoning

C．releasing

D．adjusting

4.

A．reasonable

B．considerate

C．generous

D．hateful

5.

A．annoyed

B．challenged

C．fooled

D．ignored

6.

A．supportive

B．creative

C．sensitive

D．active

7.

A．turn up

B．turn in

C．turn to

D．turn down

8.

A．image

B．taste

C．mood

D．character

9.

A．obviously

B．differently

C．greedily

D．frequently

10.

A．opportunities

B．responsibilities

C．abilities

D．difficulties

11.

A．reported

B．explained

C．performed

D．demonstrated

12.

A．Instead

B．Besides

C．However

D．Therefore

13.

A．consumed

B．surprised

C．protected

D．judged

14.

A．raising

B．sowing

C．meeting

D．learning

15.

A．burden

B．supply

C．routine

D．struggle

8 . It was well after midnight, I stood silently staring out of the ninth floor window of the New York hospital. At 9 a.m., I was_________into an operating room. After an eleven-hour_______,I was put into a recovery room. It was then that I first saw him. He was so_________and stood in the doorway of the recovery room. He sent out sympathy and _______to me.

The man would be standing in the doorway, smiling and nodding as I would pass with one or more members of my family. On the fourth week I was allowed to walk up the corridor(走廊) _______. As I passed his room, I stopped a minute to_______. He introduced me to his wife and his son who was_________in a hospital bed. He explained that he and his wife had brought their boy to this hospital of hope from Iran. They were still_________but things were not going well. For three more weeks we_________ our conversations, each giving the other the gift of caring and friendship.

There did come a day when the doctor told me I could________ the hospital the following morning. The next morning he came to my room. I told him I would pray for his son. He ________ me but shrugged (耸肩) indicating the hopelessness. This man in his sorrow was so________ for me. I could feel his love. As I turned to walk down the corridor to the elevator, he was ________ and stood in the doorway, smiling, nodding and giving his blessing.

Fifteen years have passed and I think of him ________and he is always in my heart as I feel I am in his. I think it is because when we face the________ , our hearts and souls are open to those around us and we are able to accept the love and kindness of others, almost freely and thankfully as children accept love.

1.

A．dragged

B．attracted

C．wheeled

D．pulled

2.

A．argument

B．experiment

C．practice

D．operation

3.

A．curious

B．worried

C．funny

D．confident

4.

A．encouragement

B．order

C．confusion

D．sorrow

5.

A．carefully

B．independently

C．bravely

D．patiently

6.

A．think

B．breathe

C．recover

D．chat

7.

A．playing

B．studying

C．lying

D．jumping

8.

A．dreaming

B．working

C．changing

D．hoping

9.

A．continued

B．guided

C．stopped

D．started

10.

A．repair

B．leave

C．visit

D．rebuild

11.

A．thanked

B．understood

C．comforted

D．amused

12.

A．strange

B．special

C．happy

D．important

13.

A．impressed

B．annoyed

C．amazed

D．delighted

14.

A．finally

B．immediately

C．occasionally

D．frequently

15.

A．anxiety

B．disaster

C．responsibility

D．failure

9 . The plants my mother tended were hearty and had been there for many years. But after my mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease (阿尔茨海默症) and was sent in hospital, the plants in our house began to die and the leaves were _________ . During that time, I had been so focused on the increasing demands of her own _________ that her beloved plants had _________ my notice.

Later, I _________ her job and poured water into the thirsty soil every day. Gradually I understood her sacred job. Unlike children or pets, house plants _________ nothing. They wait quietly, no matter how _________ for attention. To undertake the care of a plant during a long period of time requires _________ for a living thing. Actually it _________ entirely on you for survival, but can’t even ask for help.

Even as Alzheimer’s disease _________ so much of her moment-to-moment memory, the inborn act of caring lasts. After she left hospital and went back home, sometimes I would guide her down the steps to __________ the plants herself. Each time, she smiled up at me with __________, because being able to care for something is still what brings her the greatest joy. Whatever she may __________ moments later, while she is with them, she is fully __________ . Her devotion to the plants has no limit and no end.

I look at plants differently these days. I see them as my mother does: quiet reminders of the need for deep __________and love for every living thing. It is clear to me that the things we spend a lifetime cultivating are never truly __________; the kindness she has planted in me still blooms.

1.

A．blooming

B．swinging

C．growing

D．dropping

2.

A．care

B．health

C．business

D．condition

3.

A．got

B．escaped

C．deserved

D．changed

4.

A．took over

B．applied for

C．participated in

D．kept on

5.

A．promise

B．prove

C．demand

D．complain

6.

A．ready

B．eager

C．necessary

D．grateful

7.

A．wisdom

B．courage

C．diligence

D．patience

8.

A．focuses

B．decides

C．insists

D．depends

9.

A．reflects

B．improves

C．steals

D．refreshes

10.

A．sell

B．water

C．admire

D．observe

11.

A．satisfaction

B．gratitude

C．praise

D．curiosity

12.

A．mention

B．regret

C．share

D．forget

13.

A．popular

B．involved

C．concerned

D．active

14.

A．consideration

B．caution

C．affection

D．conservation

15.

A．lost

B．developed

C．found

D．gained

10 . Ben was bothered every time he went through the kitchen. It was that little metal contain on the shelf above his wife Martha’s cook stove, which he had been repeatedly _________ never to touch. The reason, she said, was that it contained a “secret _________” from her late mother, and since she had no way of ever _________ the container, she was _________ that if Ben picked it up and looked inside, he might accidentally drop it and spill its _________ contents.

Ben never saw Martha cook a dish without taking the container of the shelf and sprinkling (洒) _________ a little of the contents over the ingredients. Whatever was in that container, it surely _________ Anyone who ever ate at their house felt Martha was the best _________ in the world. Looking into that container became increasingly _________ for Ben, but he never allowed himself to do so.

Then one day Martha became ill and was kept overnight in the hospital. Feeling lonely and bored in the house after returning home, Ben __________ the kitchen, and then the container on the shelf immediately came into view. It __________ his eyes like a magnet, and he quickly looked away, yet his curiosity brought him back again. He carefully took the container off the shelf, and opened it. Ben became __________ when what was inside came to I his sight. The container was empty, except for a little folded slip of paper at the bottom. He carefully picked it up and slowly __________ it under the kitchen light. Ben immediately __________ the handwriting as that of Martha’s mother. Very __________ it said: “Martha to everything you make, add a dash of love.”

1.

A．forbidden

B．told

C．inspired

D．threatened

2.

A．recipe

B．menu

C．herb

D．tobacco

3.

A．refilling

B．restoring

C．emptying

D．decorating

4.

A．pleased

B．concerned

C．puzzled

D．relieved

5.

A．valuable

B．previous

C．tasteless

D．messy

6.

A．yet

B．even

C．still

D．just

7.

A．failed

B．hurt

C．worked

D．changed

8.

A．wife

B．host

C．housekeeper

D．cook

9.

A．delightful

B．comforting

C．annoying

D．irresistible

10.

A．broke into

B．wandered into

C．ran out of

D．went back to

11.

A．opened

B．wetted

C．blinded

D．drew

12.

A．satisfied

B．calm

C．astonished

D．angry

13.

A．wrapped

B．unfolded

C．tore

D．wrinkled

14.

A．recognized

B．mentioned

C．treated

D．received

15.

A．stupidly

B．simply

C．cautiously

D．safely