Everything about moving day was a puzzle. I didn't know anything about our new building on a new street. Our old life was broken into pieces and packed up in piled boxes. I wondered if it would ever fit back together again.
Mom introduced me to our new neighbours, the Chens. Mrs Chen worked with Mom at the job she'd just started. Mr Chen was a famous craftsman(匠人) from China.
Mom said it was a fresh start, but it felt broken to me. I just wanted things to go back to how they had been before.
After the first day at my new school, I walked home alone. Mom had told me she had to work. I was still hoping she'd meet me after the bell. I had to open the door myself with the new key. I felt a bit hungry and went straight into the kitchen, ripping tape from the packed boxes while I searched for a clean plate. My fingers slipped, and something went crashing to the ground.
“Benjamin” cried Mom from the doorway. I didn't hear her come in. “What just broke?” she asked, kneeling to pick up the pieces. In her hands, I recognized the shattered pieces. It was Grandma's bowl. “I can't believe you broke this,” she said.
“Well, I can't believe we have to live here now! I can't believe I have to switch schools, and I can't believe you didn't even meet me after my first day” I ran into my room, slamming the door behind me.
The broom swept across the kitchen floor. Then the click of Mom's bedroom door closed behind her. I sneaked out into the kitchen and found the fragments in the dustbin. There were so many pieces in here, but maybe I could put them back together. Turning the pieces, I tried to match them,but this bowl would never look the same again.
“I'm sorry I yelled,” said Mom, as she opened her door. “Please just throw out the pieces. We can't make a fresh start with broken things.”
As I wandered down the hall, Mr Chen was emptying his garbage.
注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 续写部分分为两段,每段的开头语已为你写好。
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“Are you sure you want to throw that out?” he asked.
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I brought the repaired bowl into her room.
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2 . Accompanied by her father, using a combination of aid and free climbing and taking advantage of some special equipment and ropes for protection, 10-year-old Selah made it to the top of El Capitan on June 12 after five days of big wall climbing.
Climbing the challenging and adventurous Nose route of El Capitan was a labor of love for Selah in more than one way. Her parents , Mike and Joy Schneiter, fell in love on this 3,000- plus-foot huge rock and she has always wanted to feel the way that her parents felt when they were up there together. Selah showed great interest in rock climbing at an early age. She wore her first rock-climbing equipment shortly after she learned to walk. She first dreamed of climbing El Capitan when she was 6 or 7.
El Capitan is a famous mountain-sized rock in Yosemite National Park. Getting to its top is no easy task. It's taller, as reported, than the tallest building in the world-Dubai’s Buri Khalifa. El Capitan and its difficult Nose route, which runs more than 3,000 feet high up the center of the rock's face, is considered one of the world's hardest big wall climbs and has attracted the best climbers over time. But never before had a youngster accomplished it.
Selah's achievement caught national attention. Outside Magazine called her the youngest documented person to climb the Nose. Ken Yager, president of the Yosemite Climbing Association, said he also couldn't think of anyone younger who has done it.
Selah is humble about her El Capitan accomplishment. "I'm not necessarily a special kid or anything like that, she said. "There were a few times when I would be so worn that it would kind of discourage me from holding on. But overall, it was just great to keep plugging away.”
Selah shared this advice for other young climbers dreaming of big walls, "It doesn't take necessarily a super special person to do something like that. You just have to put your mind to it.”
1. What do we learn about Selah climbing El Capitan?| A．She began her climbing on June 5. |
| B．She got inspired by her family history. |
| C．She managed without any external help. |
| D．She was the first female to reach the top. |
| A．To state El Capitan's height. |
| B．To prove El Capitan's popularity. |
| C．To introduce El Capitan's location. |
| D．To stress the challenge of climbing El Capitan. |
| A．Determined. | B．Generous. |
| C．Warm-hearted. | D．Fortunate. |
| A．Dream big and aim high. |
| B．Be committed to your ambition. |
| C．Chance favors the prepared mind. |
| D．Nothing is impossible for a genius. |
My mother made me what I am. She gave me the greatest gift a mother can give — the desire to excel (超越). She taught me to read before I was four. She also encouraged me to write. When I was 10, I wrote a story and she sent it to a children’s magazine. They accepted it and paid me some money. So I started earning money by writing at a young age.
I also learned a lot from my father. He’d say, “Stand tall, be independent and keep your eyes open.” For what, I don’t know! He was quite good at telling stories, and I think I inherited my gift for storytelling from him. But he could be pretty strict. If I went out with a boy, he had to pick me up from home so my father could question him inside out.
My father was 6 feet tall and good-looking, with great charm. He lost a leg m the war while serving in the Royal Navy, but never let it hold him back. When he was in hospital, ready to have his leg amputated, he said, not depressed, “Well, half a loaf is better than none.” After his death, I returned his artificial leg to the hospital, but walked away in tears. It felt as if I was giving part of him away.
My parents had a son, Vivian, who died before I was born, so my mother put all her love into me. She also gave me an. education I couldn’t get at school. She took me to the pictures every week, to the theatre to see the Russian ballet whenever it came to Leeds, where we lived.
At 20, I moved to London to become fashion editor of Woman’s Own and later a columnist on the London Evening News. The day I left home, my mother wrote in her diary that all the sunshine had gone out of her life when her daughter left home.
根据短文内容完成下列小题。
1. Why does the author mention her parents?(no more than 10 words)
2. What is the author good at according to the second paragraph?(no more than 5 words)
3. What does the underlined word “amputated” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?(no more than 5 words)
4. What was the author’s childhood like according to the last two paragraphs?(no more than 10 words)
5. What can you learn from the author’s father?(no more than 25 words)
4 . Once a father and son went to the Kite Flying Festival. The young son became very
The son
The father
Sometimes we all have the same feelings like that child. We
| A．sensitive | B．happy | C．satisfied | D．inspired |
| A．told | B．advised | C．reminded  | D．persuaded |
| A．Instead | B．Besides | C．However | D．Therefore |
| A．designed | B．borrowed | C．bought | D．gathered |
| A．started | B．agreed | C．promised | D．prepared |
| A．park | B．crowd | C．shop | D．sky |
| A．thread | B．air | C．pressure | D．gravity |
| A．light | B．normal | C．free | D．smooth |
| A．hid | B．broke | C．put away | D．threw away |
| A．Strangely | B．Immediately | C．Obviously | D．Finally |
| A．surprised | B．frightened | C．curious | D．unwilling |
| A．argued | B．defended | C．explained | D．suggested |
| A．kite | B．wind | C．speed | D．flier |
| A．different | B．wrong | C．regular | D．proper |
| A．permission | B．dependence | C．support | D．encouragement |
| A．choice | B．mistake | C．shortcoming | D．purpose |
| A．feel | B．request | C．intend | D．confirm |
| A．refuse | B．fail | C．mean | D．manage |
| A．avoid | B．accept | C．experience | D．survive |
| A．organizing | B．influencing | C．holding | D．representing |
5 . Relationships between parents and their kids can be incredibly meaningful when worked on intentionally.
First, take responsibility. Both parents and children are responsible for shaping, maintaining and managing the relationship.
Then set boundaries.
As is often the case, it is much easier to keep the situation as it is, even if it leads to frustration. Change is always the harder choice.
| A．Handling conflicts wisely also matters. |
| B．Be the change you want to see in this world. |
| C．Nobody likes it when they feel their boundaries are violated. |
| D．However, it is the quickest way to greater relationship satisfaction. |
| E．But all too often, old habits of speaking and interacting stand in the way. |
| F．Parents and kids risk falling into age-inappropriate communication patterns. |
| G．That includes negotiating, compromising, and finding enjoyable ways for both sides to connect. |
6 . My grandfather was rich but had no sense of responsibility. Three of his four
My resources (time, pens, school uniform etc.) were short, which influenced my study. Bad neighborhood also affected my
Though the poverty made me
| A．grandsons | B．daughters | C．brothers | D．sons |
| A．humor | B．pride | C．direction | D．smell |
| A．new | B．happy | C．small | D．formal |
| A．extremely | B．gradually | C．suddenly | D．hardly |
| A．study | B．family | C．career | D．life |
| A．harmful | B．helpless | C．impossible | D．meaningless |
| A．taught | B．changed | C．mattered | D．suffered |
| A．difficult | B．boring | C．exciting | D．sweet |
| A．draw | B．write | C．live | D．love |
| A．cheat on | B．talk with | C．apologize to | D．hear from |
| A．pain | B．trouble | C．courage | D．pleasure |
| A．begged | B．cared | C．thought | D．expected |
| A．difference | B．sense | C．service | D．waste |
| A．money | B．time | C．food | D．knowledge |
| A．empty | B．peaceful | C．expensive | D．noisy |
Dad and Mom had got to go on a four-day business trip. They taught their elder son Daniel and younger daughter Jane how to feed and look after their dog, Spot, how to take good care of themselves—learning to cook if they could, or ordering pizza—with money left on the table—if they were busy, and told them to keep their rooms clean and tidy. They asked Daniel to be in charge.
On the very morning when the parents left, Mom kissed them and said to Daniel gently, “Young man, do take care of Spot and Jane.” Daniel promised, “I will, Mom.”
Too excited to fall asleep again, Daniel and Jane jumped out of bed, calling out each other to get up. Their pet dog, Spot, heard the similar voice and rushed in, with a ball in its mouth. Jane stuck(伸) her head into Daniel’s room,“Spot got up an hour earlier. Let’s walk it.” Daniel said excitedly, “I’m coming, but, Jane, don’t forget to keep your room clean and tidy.” “I will.”
They ran with the dog in the yard and threw the ball away for Spot to bring it back. They had fun playing with Spot the whole morning. Washing Spot was slow and tiring as it was the first time they had done it. Then Daniel settled down to his homework while Jane did her reading with interest.
The following day, Jane begged her brother to order pizza for lunch. Daniel agreed excitedly, “We haven’t tasted that for long and we behave ourselves, right?”After a while, he added, “We should save money, too.” Within half an hour, they treated themselves to a big pizza. However, in the afternoon, Spot looked sick, lying lazily and unwilling to move. Daniel was concerned about the dog and took it to the pet clinic immediately with Jane as their parents had done.
注意：(1)续写词数应为150左右；(2)请在答题卡的相应位置作答。
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When Dad and Mom arrived a day earlier, they were amazed to find everything in a mess.
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Daniel ran into his room, with tears in his eyes,“ Jane, there is no need to explain and Mom won’t trust me any longer.”
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