1 . In the dining room of my grandfather’s house stood a large clock. When I was a child, the old clock_________me very much. I was surprised at how the clock would chime (敲) three times, six times or more, with a wonderful clear_________. I often paid attention to it instead of the foods when I had_________. And always the clock stood like an old family friend,_________the family. I found the clock comforting and familiar. Year after year, the clock became a part of my memories.

It was even more_________to me when my grandfather carefully wound up (上发条) that clock with a special_________each day. The key was_________to me. It kept the clock_________. It kept the clock chiming. How did it do that? I watched as my grandfather took the key from his pocket and_________the door in the old clock and used the key to wind it up. He never let that clock wind down and__________. When I got a little older, he taught me how to open the door, __________let me wind up the clock myself. I remember the__________time I did, I felt so excited…

After my grandfather__________, every time I saw the clock, I couldn’t help crying. Never could I see him again. The__________ on the clock were frozen. It stopped. I took the key with my__________hand and opened the door. All of a __________, I was a child again, watching my grandfather. He was there, smiling at me. I stood there,__________in the memories. Then slowly and__________, I wound up the clock. Tick-tock, tick-tock…The dining room and the house seemed to be filled with__________. In the image of the clock, my grandfather also__________again.

1.

A．disappointed

B．encouraged

C．interested

D．confused

2.

A．picture

B．sound

C．noise

D．time

3.

A．meals

B．homework

C．dreams

D．trouble

4.

A．beating

B．testing

C．heating

D．watching

5.

A．wonderful

B．strange

C．different

D．fearful

6.

A．pen

B．ring

C．clock

D．key

7.

A．small

B．colorful

C．beautiful

D．magic

8.

A．running

B．standing

C．speaking

D．laughing

9.

A．painted

B．opened

C．locked

D．repaired

10.

A．go

B．play

C．stop

D．leave

11.

A．and

B．but

C．or

D．so

12.

A．first

B．last

C．next

D．second

13.

A．gave in

B．passed away

C．turned over

D．took off

14.

A．face

B．door

C．hands

D．eyes

15.

A．wet

B．broken

C．dirty

D．shaking

16.

A．while

B．sudden

C．way

D．step

17.

A．closed

B．lost

C．waited

D．turned

18.

A．quickly

B．wrongly

C．carefully

D．angrily

19.

A．joy

B．excitement

C．fun

D．life

20.

A．cried

B．walked

C．lived

D．listened

2 . 用正确的形式完成短文填空。

My graduation from senior high school is     1     (接近，靠近). In the future, I want to f    2     on my band and have a     3     (事业) in music. But my father assumes that I should be a lawyer, as a lawyer can be r    4     by people. I want to work in a studio as a professional singer, not a court, but my father just     5     (忽视) my dream, saying I am daydreaming. How I want to sigh! There is always a generation g    6     between father and son!

So I want to have a     7     (交谈) with my father. I hope that my father will know that my career should suit my     8     (天赋). And I will be     9     (负责) for my own o    10     (选择).

3 . Perhaps the most quarrelsome issue between fathers and sons is the question of work and how to be successful in the real world. Right from the beginning, I thought I should start at the top. I was a talented young man and I thought everyone around me should realize this. With growing pride, I did not believe that I should have to pay my dues like other people. As a result, I constantly tried to find a short cut to the big time.

My father is a good example of the American dream coming to life, a self-made man who achieved success through hard work. Focusing on the promise of college, Dad won a scholarship to Brown University. Digging into his studies while forming a group of close friends, he achieved a lot at Brown. As the years passed and children were born, Dad worked with an unchanging dream, becoming a respected partner of the firm and the head of the sales team. He worked hard, but was also creative, and eventually became a famous expert in raising capital when others failed.

In contrast to my father’s hard-earned success, I grew up as a privileged Upper East Side New Yorker who expected everything to be handed to him. I went to Brown where I majored in literary theory, and partied until the morning. After college, I headed out to Los Angeles where I fed into the dream of selling a big screenplay (剧本). Although my partying became habitual and out of control, I always thought the next big script sale would change everything.

Seeing my attitude, my father told me that there were no short cuts. I never listened. Eventually, I lost my house and my marriage. Never listening to the sound advice of my father and insisting on following my own path toward self-destruction, I ended up in a terrible place.

My father, however, never gave up on me and has been remarkably supportive to me. With the faith of my family and the support of my father, I have been able to pay my dues and launch my career as a technical writer. Like my father tried to teach me, there are no short cuts.

No matter how talented or fortunate you may be, success is the product of sweat in the form of hard work—showing up each day and doing your job to the best of your abilities.

1. At first, the author and his father disagreed about ________.

A．the appreciation for being helped	B．the approach to success
C．the spirit of game winning	D．the quality of being an expert

2. What do we know about the author’s father from Paragraph 2?

A．He studied hard but had few friends at college.	B．He achieved success with the help of his parents.
C．He was a top student when he was at college.	D．He went to America as a foreigner and realized his dream.

3. The author’s father can be best described as ________.

A．kind-hearted

B．considerate

C．imaginative

D．determined

4. What can be inferred about the author from the passage?

A．He bought a new house with the help of his father.

B．He became a renowned expert in his field.

C．He put his heart into his work after losing everything.

D．He learned a lot from his father but still disagreed with him.

5. Which of the following proverbs can we get from the passage?

A．You harvest what you sow.	B．All roads lead to Rome.
C．He who has health has hope.	D．Two heads are better than one.

4 . After he retired, Chan Jae Lee, who lives in Brazil, decided to spend his days taking care of his two young grandchildren, driving them back and forth to school and taking the opportunity to spend some quality time with them. But when Lee’s daughter moved her family to Korea, he was left with a gaping hole in his life. “All of a sudden, I had nothing to do and I missed them terribly,” Lee said.

In 2015, Lee’s third grandchildren was born to his son Ji. He traveled to New York to meet the baby and it was there that Ji suggested his dad begin drawing pictures for his grandkids and posting them on Instagram as a way to keep in touch. “I liked the idea and found a purpose to draw and I learned how to stay in touch with my grandkids around the world,” Lee said.

Lee shares new pictures daily, which are watercolors of toys, vivid landscapes and imaginative animals— all of them are full of Lee’s imagination. And he draws birthday messages and his favourite places in Korea, and uses his paintings to teach the kids about important Korean traditions. Right now, Lee is able to use his art project to create a bond with the youngest members of his family.

Lee has no formal training in art and he teaches himself how to use different techniques to draw, but fans have fallen in love with his pictures. “The reaction was amazing. I couldn’t have imagined it in my wildest dreams,” Lee said. “What started as a small family project has drawn great attention.” He is called Grandpa Chan by his followers and achieve fame.

Lee has even been able to sell some drawings online to help fund more trips to see his grandchildren, but the biggest reward for his Instagram influence has been the reaction he’s gotten from his followers. “Seeing what I’ve done, many people start to reconnect to their own passion for drawing and painting and many people share their stories about their grandparents and parents,” Lee said.

1. What do we know about Grandpa Chan?

A．He moved to Korea after his retirement.

B．He was unable to go back to his hometown.

C．He came up with an idea to become famous.

D．He was lonely after his grandchildren left Brazil.

2. Why did Lee start to post pictures on Instagram?

A．To teach his grandchildren art on line.

B．To make new friends on Instagram.

C．To stay connected with his family.

D．To introduce important Korean traditions.

3. Which of the following can best describe Chan Jae Lee?

A．Humorous and smart.	B．Talented and creative.
C．Sociable and reliable.	D．Helpful and hard-working.

4. What do Lee’s words in Paragraph 4 show?

A．His art project becomes very popular.

B．His family supports him in achieving fame.

C．His painting style has changed a lot.

D．His fans admire him for his sticking to his dream.

5. What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A．People feel very inspired by Lee’s works.

B．Lee makes a fortune by selling his paintings.

C．Lee gives the young advice about realizing dreams.

D．People have improved their skills after seeing Lee’s works.

5 . It started with a dogwood (山茱英) tree.

I was in Ohio when my mother died on a cold day in February, and everything was ______.A few weeks into my grief (悲痛), my uncle suggested planting a tree in her______. He had visited my parents decades before during a California spring. They drove down a neighborhood street______blooming (盛开的) dogwood trees and ever since, the______of a dogwood reminded him of my mom.

We planted the dogwood in May. Its gray trunk was as thin as my mother's arms. It lay in the______much like her ashes (骨灰) would settle on the rocky soil of the Rocky Mountains five years later.

Planting a living thing to______her hard life that ended too soon soothed (抚慰) my heart. This tree would be a symbol of her, something I could _______despite all I’d lost.

My mother could make anything_______.She possessed not just green thumbs but green hands and a nature that could raise anything but_______

As a young adult, I was never good at cultivation (培养)— opportunities, relationships, flowers._______distance and poor health, my relationship with my mom never got the_______to blossom like I'd hoped.

But my mom’s dogwood grew. Its ______pushed into the hard soil; its white blossoms________like stars every June. This tree gave me hope that life goes on ______the past.

Soon I began buying other plants. Without explanations, these plants______ thrived (旺盛) under my care. And I grew, too, learning how to ______them. So many lessons that nature already knew, that my mother must have known but didn’t have time to ______, I applied to my own life.

A part of me believes this is my mother's ______she gave to me after death — the ability to encourage and celebrate______where there was none, to make flowers appear out of dirt. It is her reminder to find the good in whatever I’m_____ , and a promise that wherever she is, it is beautiful.

Though she has been gone for more than 14 years, I can still find her in my garden.

1.

A．cold

B．colorless

C．false

D．delicate

2.

A．company

B．favor

C．memory

D．place

3.

A．lined with

B．made of

C．flooded with

D．loaded with

4.

A．existence

B．sight

C．height

D．wonder

5.

A．air

B．heaven

C．water

D．ground

6.

A．honor

B．protect

C．value

D．claim

7.

A．live up to

B．adapt to

C．hold on to

D．catch up to

8.

A．appear

B．rise

C．applaud

D．grow

9.

A．herself

B．itself

C．themselves

D．myself

10.

A．Far from

B．Because of

C．In face of

D．Apart from

11.

A．season

B．chance

C．situation

D．moment

12.

A．branches

B．seeds

C．roots

D．leaves

13.

A．failed

B．smelt

C．remained

D．exploded

14.

A．in spite of

B．in case of

C．in regard to

D．in addition to

15.

A．properly

B．slightly

C．frequently

D．suddenly

16.

A．tend

B．protect

C．water

D．appreciate

17.

A．learn

B．share

C．draw

D．apply

18.

A．lesson

B．secret

C．gift

D．letter

19.

A．tradition

B．holidays

C．victory

D．life

20.

A．Taken

B．handed

C．reminded

D．convinced

6 . Before I was born, my mom had worked as a nurse. However, she resigned (辞职) shortly after my birth to ________ me. After I turned 12, she ________ to work.

She left at 5:45 am, which left me ________ for waking myself up, preparing breakfast and walking to take the 7:30 am bus. I ________ being left home alone in the mornings. On days when she didn't go to the ________, she drove me both ways. Those were the ________ days.

One day, as we walked down the sidewalk, I saw an elderly man ________ us. He broke into a wide smile, but I didn't ________ him. “Leigh! Leigh!” he called my mother's name. I looked at him and smiled, unsure of my role.

“I hope you know how ________ you are!” he said after some small talk with Mom. I looked at him ________ since I had no idea what he was talking about.

“You have the most wonderful, ________ and lovely mother,” he said. “When I was in hospital last month, she took good care of me. Actually, young lady, I shall never ________ her.” Right then, I ________ what it meant for my mom to be a ________. She was caring for, serving and loving total ________, often during the darkest times in their lives. She cared for them and me, too.

1.

A．send for

B．wait for

C．care for

D．seek for

2.

A．refused

B．returned

C．planned

D．agreed

3.

A．ready

B．anxious

C．eager

D．responsible

4.

A．hated

B．regretted

C．enjoyed

D．practiced

5.

A．hospital

B．school

C．company

D．bank

6.

A．busiest

B．longest

C．happiest

D．loneliest

7.

A．judging

B．approaching

C．comforting

D．dragging

8.

A．reject

B．spot

C．admire

D．recognize

9.

A．lucky

B．cute

C．pretty

D．sweet

10.

A．calmly

B．excitedly

C．confusedly

D．disappointedly

11.

A．intelligent

B．caring

C．attractive

D．outgoing

12.

A．forgive

B．leave

C．cheat

D．forget

13.

A．doubted

B．understood

C．ignored

D．wondered

14.

A．doctor

B．lady

C．nurse

D．helper

15.

A．strangers

B．friends

C．colleagues

D．adults