1 . Rejection doesn’t always hurt. Sometimes rejection may _________ a more certain path to our final goals.

This year football fans have been watching to see how Joe would _________ in the playoffs(季后赛) this season. Joe dreamed to play in the National Football League (NFL), but his journey wasn’t a(n) _________ one. He applied to several colleges, but none _________ him. Later, he got into Ohio State, but he sat on the _________ for three years. Ohio State had a great football program and coaches, who didn’t think Joe had _________. But Joe thought differently. He _________ Nebraska and got rejected once again, but he didn’t quit. Then he applied to Louisiana State University, which accepted him. The rest is history.

Joe became the Heisman Trophy _________ during his senior year, then he was admitted to the NFL, and later, his team participated in the World Championship.

Joe’s story reminds us that there are _________ paths to our final goals and that it __________ strong endurance and determination to reach them. No single __________ is going to prevent you from __________ your long-term goals. Be sure to__________ the pain that comes from disappointment and face it bravely. Try to focus on goals rather than the __________ outcome of being rejected and remember that the hurt of rejection comes from how we __________ it.

1.

A．follow

B．lead

C．create

D．clear

2.

A．study

B．perform

C．train

D．join

3.

A．tough

B．fun

C．attractive

D．easy

4.

A．accepted

B．remembered

C．rejected

D．ignored

5.

A．bench

B．stand

C．team

D．stage

6.

A．chance

B．resource

C．potential

D．enthusiasm

7.

A．signed up for

B．applied to

C．attended to

D．searched for

8.

A．fan

B．adviser

C．learner

D．winner

9.

A．similar

B．smooth

C．multiple

D．flat

10.

A．costs

B．takes

C．makes

D．offers

11.

A．theory

B．training

C．rejection

D．excuse

12.

A．achieving

B．planning

C．announcing

D．explaining

13.

A．affect

B．emphasize

C．estimate

D．acknowledge

14.

A．active

B．negative

C．possible

D．predictable

15.

A．interpret

B．imagine

C．explore

D．escape

2 . I was born in a small town in Montana, from the ages of four to fourteen, my years were spent hiking the beautiful Glacier National Park on weekends, and _______ the deer that would visit my backyard from time to time.

Though I loved my hometown, I wanted to _______ other places and experience what it’s like to live somewhere other than Montana. Usually people in a small town don’t want to _______, but not me. Therefore, the idea of moving away didn’t _______ me as it did others. It would be part of my “growing up” process. I was okay with it. _______ I thought I was.

I just had no idea it would be so soon. I would _______ moving nearly 2000 miles south to Texas to attend a new high school, where everything was _______ At the time, it felt like the   _______ thing I had ever done. I remembered sobbing to my parents that I didn’t want to leave Montana. I spent my whole life building up _______ but now I had to say goodbye. I had no idea how to ________ again. Finally came the day. It felt like we packed our entire life into our car,   ________ all the luggage into the car. We ________ our cat on our knees all the way ________ we reached Texas. ________ to this new environment was just as hard as I had imagined. I missed the quiet nights of my small town during many ________ nights. Montana occupied a ________ position in my heart for a long time. But ________, I loosened my tight grip (牵绊) on the place I used to call home. I realized that I needed to ________ in order to love and accept the new city I lived in.

The hard ________ has taught me that the pain of missing home will go away one day. We learn to meet different people and make different memories. To all those adjusting to a ________ environment, my message is-it will be okay.

1.

A．hunting

B．watching

C．raising

D．training

2.

A．explore

B．develop

C．find

D．search

3.

A．wait

B．travel

C．leave

D．struggle

4.

A．puzzle

B．frighten

C．excite

D．impress

5.

A．At last

B．At present

C．At times

D．At least

6.

A．hurry up

B．come up

C．end up

D．grow up

7.

A．different

B．interesting

C．attractive

D．special

8.

A．best

B．hardest

C．coolest

D．strangest

9.

A．strength

B．knowledge

C．friendships

D．habits

10.

A．play

B．work

C．learn

D．start

11.

A．forcing

B．dropping

C．adding

D．throwing

12.

A．protected

B．held

C．pressed

D．fed

13.

A．after

B．when

C．until

D．since

14.

A．Turning

B．Belonging

C．Contributing

D．Adapting

15.

A．lonely

B．curious

C．ashamed

D．stressed

16.

A．central

B．tiny

C．good

D．comfortable

17.

A．certainly

B．importantly

C．eventually

D．generally

18.

A．get around

B．let it go

C．live it up

D．calm down

19.

A．work

B．life

C．test

D．experience

20.

A．new

B．pleasant

C．safe

D．familiar

3 . Making a difference in someone’s life is a rewarding experience. During my time in college, I landed my first real _________ at a cafe. Out of all the _________ I served, an elderly gentleman named Jeff left a lasting impression on me. Every Saturday afternoon, he would drop in and _________ a medium coffee. Whenever I had a moment, I would _________ a conversation with him and over time, we got to know each other well.

After a year of working every weekend, I decided to leave and _________ my two-week notice. The most _________ part of quitting was not informing my boss, but _________ the news to Jeff. I felt quite _________, as if I was abandoning him. When I finally brought it up, he replied in a _________ voice, “Oh, that’s too bad. I’m sure that the staff will miss you.” I began to think that our visits held no real __________ to him, and that he would be just as content enjoying his food alone. __________, on my last day, Jeff came in with a card that simply read, “Your __________ during our time together is heartwarming. Few things have brought me more __________ than our weekly visits. Thank you.”

The sincere __________ I received for my small gestures was truly astonishing. Giving up my weekends for a year was a small price to __________ the remarkable impact of kindness.

1.

A．job

B．dream

C．goal

D．chance

2.

A．managers

B．employees

C．passengers

D．customers

3.

A．judged

B．ordered

C．admired

D．promoted

4.

A．end up

B．strike up

C．turn up

D．make up

5.

A．presented

B．rejected

C．received

D．ignored

6.

A．satisfying

B．surprising

C．challenging

D．encouraging

7.

A．hiding

B．making

C．breaking

D．accepting

8.

A．amused

B．shocked

C．disappointed

D．guilty

9.

A．delighted

B．bitter

C．calm

D．sad

10.

A．importance

B．hope

C．future

D．mistake

11.

A．Meanwhile

B．However

C．Moreover

D．Therefore

12.

A．talent

B．kindness

C．courage

D．creativity

13.

A．confusion

B．trouble

C．pleasure

D．fortune

14.

A．appreciation

B．devotion

C．education

D．inspiration

15.

A．admit

B．bear

C．expect

D．witness

4 . Christmastime is generally thought of as joyful. But 40 years ago, it was a ______ time for my wife, Geri, and me. Both of us were about to lose our ______. I was an educator and Geri was a psychologist. To make matters ______, we had loans (贷款) on two houses-at a time when interest rates hovered (徘徊) at 16%. We wanted to ______ one of our houses, but the sale ______ at the last minute.

A place to call ______ looked extremely hopeless for us. Yet we ______ to celebrate Christmas in our new house before we faced the terrible ______ of becoming homeless. So we did something crazy: We ______ a Christmas tree.

It was an artificial tree—the ______ we could find at the local store. I ______ we spent just $11 or $12 on it. It looked ______ with nothing on it, which is only what you would expect from such an inexpensive ______. But it didn’t look half bad when it was fully ______.

Perhaps it gave us good ______. Our job situation turned around, making it ______ for us to keep our new house after all. We ______ put up the tree every year. Friends have advised us to ______ it. But our daughters, who know its ______, insist that we keep it.

Today, the tree is a reminder of our ______ beginnings in our present home-the same one where it first stood up 40 years ago.

1.

A．confusing

B．difficult

C．embarrassing

D．annoying

2.

A．chances

B．hopes

C．jobs

D．lives

3.

A．easier

B．further

C．less

D．worse

4.

A．rent

B．sell

C．build

D．donate

5.

A．fell through

B．went through

C．fell behind

D．went down

6.

A．home

B．heaven

C．office

D．palace

7.

A．refused

B．hesitated

C．decided

D．supposed

8.

A．process

B．progress

C．result

D．practice

9.

A．bought

B．planted

C．found

D．borrowed

10.

A．biggest

B．heaviest

C．prettiest

D．cheapest

11.

A．realize

B．remember

C．wonder

D．imagine

12.

A．pitiful

B．grateful

C．joyful

D．powerful

13.

A．gift

B．theme

C．topic

D．object

14.

A．equipped

B．polished

C．decorated

D．deserted

15.

A．choice

B．luck

C．support

D．reward

16.

A．hard

B．necessary

C．urgent

D．possible

17.

A．still

B．again

C．also

D．even

18.

A．hide

B．remove

C．repair

D．improve

19.

A．record

B．quality

C．history

D．function

20.

A．potential

B．guilt

C．illegal

D．hard

5 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

On a sunny summer weekend, little Sam, accompanied by his parents, left the noisy city for the peaceful countryside. They drove through green meadows and clear streams. In the afternoon, their journey brought them to a charming lake where they encountered a weathered man who introduced himself as Ben, Ben sat calmly by the water with his fishing rod(鱼竿) leaning on a nearby rock.

Sam’s eyes had been fixed on the bobber(浮漂) floating on the water’s surface since their arrival. His fascination with nature had always driven him to ask questions and seek out new adventures.“Uncle Ben, are you fishing? Have you caught a fish?” he asked, his curiosity bubbling over.

A warm smile spread Ben’s face as he regarded the young boy’s eager expression. “ Indeed, I am, young man, “he replied, “but as for catching a fish, well, that’s a story yet to be told.”

Observing their son express his curiosity and effortlessly strike up a conversation with Ben, Sam’s parents exchanged warm, knowing smiles. They realized that this chance encounter with Ben could lead to some valuable lessons.

“Can you teach me how to fish?” asked Sam, his voice filled with enthusiasm. “Well, young man,” Ben replied, “fishing is more than just catching fish. It’s about patience and embracing the wait. If you’re willing to learn, I’d be happy to teach you.”

With that, Ben reached for another fishing rod and invited Sam to join him. He demonstrated how to cast the line into the lake, hold the fishing rod steady, and patiently await a curious fish to take the bait. He then showed Sam how to respond when the bobber moved. Charmed by the graceful art of fishing, Sam couldn’t wait to give it a try. As he sat down beside Uncle Ben, he appeared as calm and relaxed as the skilled fisherman. Sam’s parents watched with keen interest.

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。

Time went by, but Sam’s bobber stayed still.

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Just then, Sam’s bobber suddenly dipped below the surface.

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6 . If you attempt hard things again and again and eventually succeed, you will be certain about your capabilities. ________, if you fail repeatedly, you come to ________ that you can’t succeed. Even if you try a third time, you might also end up ________. My daughter Amanda had such a(n) ________.

When Amanda was in seventh grade, she attended an advanced math class. That fall, our little house shook with her weeping as she was ________ to keep up. I, like Amanda, began to ________ that this math class was just too difficult for her.

But my husband didn’t think so. He would sit next to Amanda and take out the piles of papers to ________ her. They would start with the easiest problems, then the more difficult ones, and finally — the most ________ math problems. They would work late into night to solve a problem. ________, Amanda caught up with her classmates. With each milestone, her ________ grew. By her second year of high school, she became interested in math and even started to do math problems with her friends for ________.

Do let your children ________ their confidence and let them understand that there is no shortcut to the journey of learning, and that they have to be ________. As the psychologist Albert Bandura puts it, “If people only experience successes without effort, they come to ________ quick results and are ________ discouraged by failure.”

1.

A．In detail

B．In contrast

C．In return

D．In total

2.

A．argue

B．believe

C．object

D．forget

3.

A．losing heart

B．making mistakes

C．breaking out

D．cheering up

4.

A．opinion

B．accident

C．confusion

D．experience

5.

A．considering

B．pretending

C．struggling

D．preparing

6.

A．hope

B．regret

C．assume

D．ignore

7.

A．interact

B．blame

C．change

D．help

8.

A．interesting

B．complex

C．common

D．specific

9.

A．Gradually

B．Carefully

C．Unfortunately

D．Generally

10.

A．confusion

B．anxiety

C．thought

D．confidence

11.

A．health

B．sale

C．fun

D．interest

12.

A．share

B．earn

C．control

D．express

13.

A．kindhearted

B．helpful

C．hardworking

D．careful

14.

A．expect

B．promise

C．receive

D．produce

15.

A．hardly

B．obviously

C．suddenly

D．easily

7 . Where to put your trust “Why did she spill the beans (泄露秘密)?” I thought regretfully. I’ll always remember that day, when I was so surprised by all the strange looks everyone was giving me. Those thoughts will always stay with me. And I couldn’t believe I would lose the friendship of the person I trusted the most.

Five years back, Sally was the new kid in class. I don’t know what it was, but something unique about her drew me to her. She was the friendliest person I knew. We started as classmates, but after a few months, we were like best friends. So, I never expected her to hurt me in such a big way.

I don’t know what made me tell Sally about my personal life. She made the matter bigger than it was, adding her own spin (倾向性描述) on it and telling everyone at school. It was like someone had stabbed (刺) me in the back. After she gave away my secrets, everyone at school started laughing at me, looking at me and giggling (咯咯地笑) whenever I passed by. After this terrible situation, I changed schools. Sally called me many times, but I didn’t answer. My heart was broken.

I tried hard to heal (治愈) from the scars she left on my heart. I started a new life. After five years, my life went back to the way it was, with new friends. But one day, I met Anna at the market. She was my classmate from 3rd grade. She told me that Sally wasn’t the one who brought my secrets to light. Mary was. Mary was our school’s big mouth who always wanted to stick her nose into other people’s business.

I was at a loss. I wished I could have asked Sally about this. I wished I could go back in time and fix my mistakes. From that, I learned a life lesson that we should trust those we love because one little mistake could really damage our lives.

1. 根据文本内容从方框中选择恰当的词并用其正确形式填入文本图示中,每词限用一次,有两词为多余选项

laugh       sad       secret       break       happy       heal amuse       fix       regretful       bring       unique       change

Where to put your trust I told Sally, my best friend, about my personal ______ . I felt ______ to have a best friend. Other students ______ at me and giggled whenever I passed by. I ______ school and cut off contact with Sally. I was surprised and disappointed. My heart felt ______ and I was hurt. I tried to ______ from the scars left by Sally and started a new life. I moved on from the ______ of the past I met my classmate from 3rd grade. She told me that it was actually Mary, not Sally, who had ______ my secrets to light. I realized I had misunderstood Sally. I wished I could go back in time and ______ my mistakes. I felt ______ . I learned the importance of trust and realized that one mistake can have a big influence on our lives and relationship.

2. Why did the author make friends with Sally?
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
3. What did the author do after her secrets were given away?
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
4. What will the author do after knowing about the truth?
_______________________________________________________________________________________________

8 . Years ago, just as I do every winter, I was bagging up the clothing my sons had outgrown. It is always my _________ to re-purpose those things that do nothing more than _________ space.

I found an ugly pair of hand-knitted socks. I had to _________ — garbage or donation? Not being unusable, they were simply _________ to look at. I put them in the garbage, but minutes later, I took them back.

Later that afternoon, _________ up the car with clothes, I drove to a local shelter. As I distributed them, I _________ into the bag and pulled out the last of the donations — the ugly socks. _________, I held them in my hand as the crowd of the homeless went away, each with a _________ smile. Just as I was about to drop the socks back into the empty bag, _________myself for even bringing them along for the __________, a teenage boy walked up to me. “Can I have these socks?” he asked. A little __________ that I hadn’t anything left to give him except for these socks, I replied, “Of course.” “Thank you!” he said__________. “These socks remind me of my grandmother. She used to knit stuff like this for me!”

Not only were his feet __________ that day but so was his heart — and mine. To this day, the socks continue to bring me __________. It’s a proof that there is happiness in life’s simplest things, and we’ll never know how much we get until we’ve __________ those things with others.

1.

A．worry

B．beauty

C．hope

D．secret

2.

A．take up

B．leave

C．make

D．free up

3.

A．compare

B．decide

C．record

D．explore

4.

A．wonderful

B．clean

C．uncommon

D．unpleasant

5.

A．painting

B．washing

C．loading

D．lifting

6.

A．turned

B．ran

C．put

D．reached

7.

A．Secretly

B．Fortunately

C．Generally

D．Sincerely

8.

A．tight

B．strange

C．grateful

D．winning

9.

A．caring for

B．living up to

C．putting up with

D．laughing at

10.

A．show

B．ride

C．sale

D．space

11.

A．frightened

B．satisfied

C．disappointed

D．surprised

12.

A．bravely

B．happily

C．anxiously

D．angrily

13.

A．warmed

B．hurt

C．fixed

D．whitened

14.

A．money

B．peace

C．luck

D．joy

15.

A．shared

B．divided

C．supported

D．collected

9 . Instead of being a pacing-up time, winter is a locking-down time. Winter frees us in all sorts of ways.

I once had a neighbor named Earl. An old-timer and a self-made man, he _________ told me stories about Maine winters in the past. He suggested he had _________ the ice age. He backed up his old stories with _________ of old black-and-white photographs of heavy snowstorms that piled up to second-floor windows and completely _________ cars.

And I’ll never _________ what he said as an end to one of his stories, “A man couldn’t get much done once the snow came.” So what did he do once the snow came? He spent a great deal of time _________ to home and hearth, where he _________ the wood stove, sat with his wife, made pots of coffee, and read by the fire.

As I write these words I occasionally raise my head to _________ the window at the woodpile stacked (堆), the garden harvested, the apple tree _________, the lawn mowed, and the bicycle shed newly roofed.

As I tended to all those things, when did I have time to __________?

Some years ago a friend sent me a quote by Socrates that I try to be mindful of: Beware the fruitlessness of a __________ life.

The advice __________ me to look forward to the coming of winter, because I’ve finally learned that it is a slowing-down time, a gift of rest, a (n) __________ to acknowledge that most of the outdoor work that could be done has been done.

A friend of mine who lives in the Southeast recently called. In the course of our __________ he celebrated the climate where he lives, which __________ him to work outside year-round. “I’m always on the go.” he told me.

But I think I need a good time of winter.

1.

A．gradually

B．excitedly

C．angrily

D．unwillingly

2.

A．struggled

B．explored

C．survived

D．celebrated

3.

A．laughter

B．evidence

C．expectation

D．patience

4.

A．buried

B．struck

C．destroyed

D．supported

5.

A．realize

B．forget

C．recall

D．learn

6.

A．designing

B．improving

C．fixing

D．tending

7.

A．bought

B．controlled

C．built

D．filled

8.

A．look at

B．watch over

C．glance out

D．glare at

9.

A．picked

B．cut

C．planted

D．fell

10.

A．settle

B．arrange

C．work

D．breathe

11.

A．busy

B．happy

C．creative

D．special

12.

A．demanded

B．taught

C．appointed

D．assisted

13.

A．amazement

B．surroundings

C．opportunity

D．ability

14.

A．convenience

B．appearance

C．contribution

D．conversation

15.

A．employs

B．forces

C．enables

D．saves

10 . I love running but I’ve never been great at the fast stuff. When I was in high school, I was unable to earn a spot on the track team, but our coach handed me the 1,500m, the race that nobody wanted to do; I finished last. At university, a friend tried to persuade me again and again to run the cross-country with her, but memories of being the slowest on the track troubled me.

I was happy to run on the roads at my speed. If I wanted to do a speedier workout, I just ran faster. And I continued to run and train like that for years until I started to run with Toronto Olympic Club. It wasn’t long before speed, interval (间歇) training, and broken miles all became a part of my weekly vocabulary. But I was still slower than everybody else. Speedwork scared me.

Last week, Coach sent me my first workout of this year. I had weeks to mentally prepare for this week, but I was still far from prepared. How much would I be able to push myself? I worried about what the numbers on my watch would show. How slow am I?

On Tuesday night, I parked my emotions and headed to the track. On Friday afternoon, I headed out the door for my second workout of the week, pushing myself up hills and into the wind for some quick intervals. I finished two workouts in Week 1. And I surprised myself; I wasn’t as slow as I had expected.

When you do something that scares you, something that is going to make you better, you’re growing. Take the addition of a few work- outs to my running as an example. Not only did it help me get faster, but also it forced me to come out of my comfort zone and helped me grow.

1. What caused the author’s unwillingness to run the cross-country with her friend?

A．Her busy study.

B．Her shy character.

C．Her early experiences.

D．Her poor condition.

2. What happened after the author joined Toronto Olympic Club?

A．She received harder training in running.	B．She became competitive in races.
C．She kept her happy running speed.	D．She took running as her career.

3. How did the author feel about her first workout of this year at first?

A．Confident.

B．Nervous.

C．Excited.

D．Bored.

4. What lesson can we learn from the author’s story?

A．Practice makes perfect.	B．One is never too old to learn.
C．Keeping is harder than winning.	D．One needs to rise to the challenges.