1 . Six years ago, Libby and Joseph Lombardo gave birth to their first daughter Isabella. To the new parents, Isabella was surely perfect and they went home _______ to start their new life. Over time, however, the couple started to notice that Isabella seemed to have trouble _______ certain muscles easily. As the months passed by, the situation became more and more serious. Therefore, the couple decided to bring Isabella to the hospital as they _______ something was wrong with their baby girl. Unfortunately, the doctors were _______ at the baby girl’ s condition. Then the couple searched for answers in the hope that they could find out a(n) _______. Two years later, doctors finally _______ what was causing Isabella to struggle with her movement. But Isabella’s doctors told her parents that, _______, there was nothing they could do to help the little girl. Doctors _______ that Isabella would never _______ on her own in the future. There was a(n) ________ that she needed to get around by wheel-chair for the rest of her life. At that time, the couple was greatly shocked. However, they didn’t choose to give up. Instead, they began a long search to find a treatment that could give their daughter ________. After reading many medical papers, Joseph found out a surgery(手术)called SDR. The couple went straight to their doctors to ________ Isabella’s case and the surgery but every doctor they spoke to was not positive about the surgery. They ________ that the surgery could cause more harm to Isabella. Libby and Joseph thought hard about their choice. Finally, they decided to go to the hospital for the risky but ________ surgery. Isabella spent three months recovering from the surgery but they noticed ________ almost immediately. After three months, Isabella was able to walk and even run with a walker (助行架).

1.

A．secretly

B．excitedly

C．worriedly

D．hurriedly

2.

A．checking

B．moving

C．touching

D．training

3.

A．misunderstood

B．expected

C．feared

D．dreamed

4.

A．puzzled

B．amazed

C．angry

D．glad

5.

A．exit

B．solution

C．suggestion

D．aim

6.

A．remembered

B．realized

C．ignored

D．believed

7.

A．unfortunately

B．luckily

C．similarly

D．unexpectedly

8.

A．heard

B．predicted

C．promised

D．discovered

9.

A．live

B．walk

C．speak

D．sleep

10.

A．opportunity

B．point

C．possibility

D．rule

11.

A．strength

B．independence

C．responsibility

D．confidence

12.

A．discuss

B．report

C．observe

D．compare

13.

A．admitted

B．requested

C．complained

D．warned

14.

A．traditional

B．hopeful

C．popular

D．normal

15.

A．results

B．problems

C．disappointment

D．failure

2 . I love cooking. Food has always been a love language in my family, and I seem to speak it well-both in consumption and preparation.

I love cooking food, whether it’s a holiday feast or a quickly imagined meal.    1    : grilling and smoking, recipes for slow cookers and Dutch ovens, and simmering (煨) soups and pasta sauces all day on the stovetop.

    2     It makes me feel like I’m being better for them, showing love and gratitude. And since cooking is an art that takes practice to get better, I enjoy the feeling of making a meal that earns a bit of praise. I think I inherited (继承) this relationship with cooking from my mother.

My memory of her food probably goes back to a day when my mother was making Bolognese-style spaghetti sauce (意大利面酱). The kitchen was small, but the centerpiece was a stove. That’s where my mother showed her art of cooking with love.     3    

One of my first memories of cooking for my family was making my mom’s spaghetti sauce for my wife when we began to live together. I left work early to prepare dinner, before heading back out to pick her up.     4     I knew the sauce wasn’t as good as my mom’s, but it was good enough.

Cooking for my family is a way of connecting with my mother, even though she’s no longer physically with us.     5     I feel happy in the kitchen, and I try to put my heart into the food-when my family loves it, it feels like a hug.

A．Cooking food is not difficult.

B．My family loved cooking together.

C．My wife seemed to enjoy the meal.

D．I enjoy a variety of cooking techniques.

E．I love to feed my family with something I prepare.

F．Then I was inspired to learn to cook with love from her.

G．It’s also a way to show my love to my wife and my children.

3 . 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。

Jackson’s parents died, and his neighbor Mrs Herring adopted him. The Herrings was a large, happy family.

One day, Jackson had a big argument with Mrs Herring and he packed up and left the Herrings’ house in anger. With no place to go, Jackson spent the night on the street. The next morning. Jackson was standing outside the Herrings’ home, regretting what he had done the previous night. However, he was still hesitant to enter until he heard a voice behind him say. “Where were you last night?We all were worried about you.”

After they entered the house, Mr Herring told Jackson Mrs Herring suffered a heart attack and was rushed to hospital the night after Jackson left.

Jackson felt terrible about what he had done. But he felt worse when Mr Herring told him how much Mrs Herring loved him.

“She had helped your mother during her delivery, and she was there for you when you were a baby!After you live with us, she always tries her best to make you feel at home. She really hopes you can call her Mom.”

“I was really horrible, wasn’t I?” asked Jackson. “I need to apologize to Mrs Herring. She’s done a lot for me.”

“Well, then, I have an idea,” Mr Herring said.

A few days after this, Mrs Herring returned home from the hospital to find her house decorated with balloons. And there were also flowers on the living room table, where a beautiful cake awaited her. “Happy birthday, honey, and welcome back home,” Mr Herring, said as he led her inside. On her 60th birthday, all the family members wished Mrs Herring, but her sad eyes were searching for Jackson everywhere.

“He isn’t here?” she asked sadly. “I’m sorry, honey,” said Mr Herring. “How about putting everything aside and just cutting the cake?” Mrs Herring sighed. She sat at the table and was about to blow out the candles when the doorbell rang.

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2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

On the doorstep stood Jackson with a huge bouquet (花束) of red roses in his hands.

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Then Mrs Herring asked Jackson to blow out the candles together.

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4 . It was his father’s dream to see one of his kids grow up to be a doctor. When he was in grade 12, his father told the youngest son that he wanted him to study biology and pass medical exams. His sister, who_______in biology, had earlier tried for Medical Degrees but failed even though she was very_______. In August, he asked his sister to teach him biology. The_______started to give lessons but soon she realized that the guy was not_______for it. She tried to tell the father that the son was no good at biology and that he should_______his dream of making one of his kids a doctor. The father called the guy and in a_______way, he told him to try up to his capacity. The guy_______his father and gave it his best shot. The result was_______in June the next year but he didn’t pass it in that_______.

Just 20 days later the family faced a serious________when the father died suddenly due to a heart attack. The guy was not even 18 and those were________hard times.

He remembered his father’s dream and decided to work on that. For a(n)________guy, medicine isn’t a child’s play. With great________, he studied day and night to fulfill his father’s dream which became his own dream, too.

He________for the medical exam again and this time, he made it. He finally________the top medical college in the state.

1.

A．majored

B．participated

C．involved

D．brought

2.

A．brave

B．sharp

C．attentive

D．considerate

3.

A．director

B．applier

C．expert

D．tutor

4.

A．grateful

B．concerned

C．suitable

D．responsible

5.

A．put off

B．account for

C．give up

D．carry on

6.

A．gentle

B．rude

C．sorrowful

D．honest

7.

A．declined

B．understood

C．hated

D．acknowledged

8.

A．inspired

B．judged

C．declared

D．discovered

9.

A．attempt

B．field

C．schedule

D．adventure

10.

A．threat

B．shock

C．infection

D．misunderstanding

11.

A．mentally

B．accidentally

C．constantly

D．extremely

12.

A．average

B．frustrated

C．committed

D．awesome

13.

A．talent

B．satisfaction

C．enthusiasm

D．pleasure

14.

A．prepared

B．sat

C．ran

D．answered

15.

A．touched

B．promoted

C．finished

D．entered

5 . 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。

Like the Christmas before, we didn’t send Christmas cards; we called my family in Canada. Ginny and I talked to my mom. We spoke to my uncles and aunts. I hadn’t seen any of them in seven years and Ginny hadn’t met them yet, but she hoped to one day.

Those calls were completed, but I couldn’t relax. I still had one more call to make, and I was afraid. I paced up and down inside the room. I wasted time at my computer. I needed to call but I couldn’t.

Five years ago, I received an e-mail from my brother. At that time, I had been out of work for several months. My life was very stressful. My brother’s e-mail was nothing terrible but it made me angry.

I wrote back. As I typed, my anger grew. Months of frustration (沮丧) flowed into my unkind response. I said things that were not nice, but I sent the e-mail without hesitation. More thoughts occurred to me. I wrote a second e-mail.

I screamed abuse at my brother in the emails. I didn’t care if I ever heard from him again.

The next day I received another e-mail from him. I didn’t read it. I just deleted it, and then I blocked his e-mail address.

For five years, he tried to get through to me but I ignored him. I had lived with this terrible guilt. I thought about contacting him, but was ashamed of myself for what I’d said.

It was time to fix it. I picked up the phone and stepped outside. I wanted privacy. Ginny didn’t know I was calling my brother. I took a deep breath, blew out a cloud of my breath into the cold December air, and dialed (拨号) his number. Even after five years, I still knew it by heart. A phone rang 3,700 miles away in Nova Scotia.

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2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

There was no answer, so I left a voice message.

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Then a week after I called, I received an e-mail.

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6 . When I began to let my boys, Jason and Justin, stay alone after school, I told them to call my office and tell me when they arrived home from school. After that, they were _________   to call in an emergency. I explained to them that I was   _________   work and could not be   _________ phone calls every few minutes. Yet over and over the   _________ would ring with both of them trying to explain to me at the same time what the other had done wrong. We would go over the   _________ again, and the calls might   _________ for a while.

The real topper came the day I was called out of a meeting with the   _________ that my son was on the telephone with an emergency. Of course, my heart raced, and I   _________ for my phone. I answered, only to have Jason tell me that we had no   _________ in the house. As my heart stopped racing, I   __________ that there was plenty of food in the house. “But we have no chips,” he responded. __________   in the eyes of a boy, when you have no potato chips, you have no food. At the time I was not very   __________ him, and by the time I hung up, he was aware of my displeasure.

Over the years, as my sons have grown up, the __________ of that phone call brings laughter to my heart. I guess it is __________ for us moms to remember that adults and children may have very different __________ on what makes an emergency.

1.

A．also

B．seldom

C．only

D．even

2.

A．interested in

B．worried about

C．happy with

D．busy at

3.

A．taking

B．controlling

C．reminding

D．recording

4.

A．door

B．alarm

C．phone

D．radio

5.

A．trips

B．rules

C．changes

D．numbers

6.

A．stop

B．continue

C．repeat

D．shake

7.

A．hope

B．story

C．plan

D．message

8.

A．looked

B．paid

C．hurried

D．asked

9.

A．money

B．power

C．water

D．food

10.

A．explained

B．agreed

C．wished

D．imagined

11.

A．Suddenly

B．Obviously

C．Quickly

D．Luckily

12.

A．afraid of

B．bored with

C．proud of

D．pleased with

13.

A．activity

B．thought

C．game

D．news

14.

A．impossible

B．safe

C．important

D．difficult

15.

A．experiences

B．habits

C．views

D．examples

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。

The 16th of September was my cousin’s birthday, He is 4 years younger than me and his birthday is just seven days before mine. Those seven days were the worst days of my life. I thought “Isn’t seven supposed to be a lucky number?” and wondered who came up with that idea.

That evening my mother sent him and me to get some stuff from the store so she could make him a cake. On every other Sunday at this time of the day I’d be on the soccer field kicking the ball around with my older friends, but instead this Sunday found me walking to the shop with my cousin.

On the way to the store my cousin spotted an apricot(杏) at the edge of a branch, It was as large as an apple and as yellow as a new crayon fresh from the box. The rule was whoever spotted it first owned it. Even if you climbed the tree to get it, it still did not belong to you. I decided to go to get the beautiful, delicious-looking fruit for my cousin, seeing that it was his birthday.

I started to map out my course of action as to how I was going to get this fruit. I could have hit it with rocks until it fell, but no, it was too beautiful to be bruised(碰伤) by the force of a stone thrown at it. I continued to climb on to a fence which was directly parallel to the apricot tree. At the top of the fence I paused a while to take a look around. “Wow! Cool view from 12 feet off the ground.” My cousin laughed and told me to hurry up and get it so we could go home. My next step was to jump from the fence, catch the main branch, and then climb to victory. Come on! I’d done this tons of times, and I didn’t even hesitate.

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2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

As I grabbed the branch, that juicy apricot met me eye to eye.

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As we entered the house, my mother noticed I was covered in dirt.

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8 . 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。

Jessica and Cayla were two sisters, who loved each other very much. They were not only sisters, but they were best friends, too. They liked to eat, play, go to school and do everything together. Nothing could break them apart!

One day, there was a running race competition at school. Both Jessica and Cayla were very fast runners and they were sure they would win if they signed up for it. They were very excited to participate together. And there were other friends too, who were all going to run.

The judge blew the whistle… toooot!! Everyone started running. Jessica and Cayla were running as fast as they could. They were running so fast that they passed everyone in a very short time. The audience was cheering, “Look at the sisters. They are so fast, like lightening!” Hearing the cheers, they ran even faster. They barely looked at each other.

Suddenly Cayla hit a stone on the race track. She got hurt and fell down, with her leg bleeding. She called Jessica to stop and give her a hand. She groaned (呻吟) with pain. But Jessica wouldn’t stop or look. She guessed that Cayla just had a slight fall. She had only one thought on her mind. She had to win this race!

Jessica reached the finish line first. The judge announced, “You are the first, Jessica!” But, there was no applause from the crowd. Jessica was surprised. She had won but no one was clapping for her. She turned back to see if her sister Cayla was close behind her. But she was not there! Jessica was worried that something bad had happened.

Jessica started running back. Soon she reached the spot where Cayla was lying injured. Jessica felt awful. She was not there for her sister when she needed her the most.

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1.续写词数应为150词左右;
2.请按下面格式在答题卡相应位置作答。

Feeling guilty for her behavior, Jessica sat down to check Cayla’s injury.

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When both the sisters reached the finish line, they hugged.

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9 . Last December,I was invited to a party in a company that provides roofing services. I’d never been there before, and I had it in my head that I’d walk in and see men with a smell of metal, asphalt shingles(沥青瓦) and truck oil in the air.But the image I created in my head was far from the truth.

As I walked up to the main entrance of Universal Roofing in Indianapolis,I was greeted by a lovely lady.We didn’t know each other,but she was so welcoming and led me straight to the Grilliant Foods barbeque buffet.

I soon filled my plate and headed for a table populated with people I didn’t know.After several bites, I started meeting my fellow table mates: a mix of a retired employee, a customer, and a partner,all of whom were talking about how long they had known Rob,who was the owner of the company, and the pleasant experiences of working with him. I personally was most impressed with the retired employee at the table.He was back and enjoying himself simply because he missed the people.

After lunch I started to walk through the hall.I was impressed with how nicely decorated everything was.From the choice of colors on the walls,the furniture ,and flooring,there was love put into the decoration.

On my walk,I was soon stopped, hugged and thanked for coming by Rob, and his son, Sam. In reality, they hadn’t known me all that long,but there was an unspoken feeling I had—I felt at home.

Later, I visited their website. “Rob treats everyone who works for him like family,” reads the website. Actually, he treats everyone like family,and because of that,everyone around him treats the people they encounter like family.It’s what has made him so successful in business and in life.

1. What did the lovely lady do for the author?

A．She warmly led him to enjoy food.

B．She prepared a special table for him.

C．She cooked him some delicious food.

D．She filled his plate with food in person.

2. What is the author’s table mate’s attitude towards Rob?

A．Envious.	B．Uncaring.
C．Doubtful.	D．Favorable.

3. What impressed the author on his walk through the hall after lunch?

A．Sam’s calmness.	B．The activities.
C．The decoration.	D．Rob’s quietness.

4. What contributes most to Rob’s success in the author’s opinion?

A．How he treats others.	B．His family’s support.
C．His great imagination.	D．Online advertisements.