1 . I have a lot of Mom’s recipe (秘诀;食谱) in a blue box. Even so, the recipe I treasure most is not there. Actually, Mom followed it all of her life but I was too blind to see and _________ it until her final years.

My mom grew up in a small town in Iowa. She _________ everyone as her friend. She had a cheerful greeting for everyone she meet with. She often asked them questions of some sort that set off an answer and more _________. As a teen, I was embarrassed (尴尬的) every time my mom dealt with strangers.

What impressed me most was Mom’s _________ on the senior bus. The first time she _________ this low-cost bus to a supermarket, there were thirteen old ladies and one old man but not one _________ was spoken. During her following trips, she said, something _________.

“Oh, are you _________ with them now?” I asked. “Of course,” she said, “One day I climbed up the steps of the bus and before I looked for a seat, I gave them a big smile. I said, ‘Isn’t it a wonderful day?’ Then I _________ a few shy smiles.”

Mom didn’t give up. She smiled or said “hello” to them all each time she got on the bus and before long, the whole group was laughing and talking to one another. The bus became more than just __________.

Frequently, I observed as she smiled and chatted with __________. Some of them seemed bad-tempered but once Mom smiled at them and started the conversation, most __________ favorably. My mom didn’t embarrass me any longer. I found myself __________ her.

Mom has been gone for ten years, but she’s given me a recipe for life: It was I who had done the smiling __________ and all those people had replied. My mom didn’t lecture but __________ me the lesson by example.

1.

A．admit

B．approach

C．appreciate

D．address

2.

A．look

B．regarded

C．think

D．refer

3.

A．continuation

B．contribution

C．conversation

D．concentration

4.

A．event

B．experience

C．challenge

D．role

5.

A．offered

B．adapted

C．ignored

D．used

6.

A．letter

B．person

C．word

D．focus

7.

A．was happened

B．changed

C．remained

D．continued

8.

A．battling

B．arguing

C．talking

D．quarreling

9.

A．adopted

B．described

C．noticed

D．ensured

10.

A．communication

B．transportation

C．addition

D．relation

11.

A．neighbors

B．strangers

C．relatives

D．friends

12.

A．agreed

B．approved

C．responded

D．promised

13.

A．admitting

B．admiring

C．awarding

D．adapting

14.

A．first

B．personally

C．actually

D．quickly

15.

A．aided

B．created

C．taught

D．supported

2 . A few weeks ago, my husband and I picked tomatoes growing in my father-in-law’s orderly garden. He had stuck to planting tomatoes for more than 40 years. I have been _________ by his determination, not to mention the considerable _________, as he would prepare for yet another growing season. After placing seeds into soil, he would water, weed, and talk to them every day, waiting with _________ for their progress. To him, the garden is everything.

But this past summer, my father-in-law had to _________the garden. He had become _________, and is now resting at home with serious heart failure. His garden is now _________ and full of weeds. We picked the best tomatoes in August, but now the garden seems to have been _________

A few weeks ago, my husband took the biggest tomato he could find from his father’s garden, squirted (挤出) it free of its seeds and laid them out to dry. His father used to make this _________at the end of each season. The seeds, a way of _________ the healthiest tomato growth, would promise a successful harvest.

My husband paid no attention to the garden before. I know why, after all these years, he keeps these __________. Will his father __________Christmas? Will anyone plant that garden in the spring when he is __________ not here? How much time do we really have with him?

We do not know the __________ but I do know what the seeds will __________. There will be more than just tomatoes. Anything that comes from them — any sauce, any meal, any memory — will always be __________.

1.

A．influenced

B．offered

C．impressed

D．comforted

2.

A．effort

B．attitude

C．money

D．concept

3.

A．anxiety

B．curiosity

C．doubt

D．patience

4.

A．take over

B．give up

C．give away

D．pull down

5.

A．tired

B．slow

C．weak

D．lazy

6.

A．empty

B．small

C．old

D．disorderly

7.

A．disliked

B．forgotten

C．attacked

D．judged

8.

A．selection

B．attempt

C．achievement

D．success

9.

A．estimating

B．emphasizing

C．ensuring

D．advising

10.

A．flowers

B．gardens

C．meals

D．seeds

11.

A．miss

B．survive

C．expect

D．enjoy

12.

A．probably

B．frequently

C．particularly

D．officially

13.

A．reasons

B．questions

C．answers

D．consequences

14.

A．apply

B．make

C．require

D．promise

15.

A．noticed

B．appreciated

C．recognized

D．linked

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。

Ali heard her sing when she played the piano. And he saw his grandmother diagnosed with disability was singing together with him. He was absolutely shocked. The disease took her legs away as long as he could remember. His grandmother even danced to the music, totally attracted by the piece of music. Out of curiosity, he asked his grandmother what had happened on earth. She giggled and began her story.

Oh, dear, let me share a story with you. When your grandfather went fishing on the boat, I was so afraid of losing him, and I was so afraid that he would never come back. The only way I could stay calm was to dance. I pretended to feel good. However, from my bottom of my heart, I experienced the pain of not knowing whether my love would come back safely. Every day I went home, excited but frightened to read his letters. He always ended his letters with “I love you with my life and God blesses you good health.” And then one day came a letter only with three sentences, “I have lost my arms. I give you back your freedom and you deserve a better one.” Thinking for a long time, I made a decision that I would pretend I was disabled too. I bought a stick and a wheelchair myself. I told my friends and families as well as him that I got a car accident, losing both of my legs, unable to dance anymore. Then I went to see your grandfather. I told him “you are the better one I should deserve; and we are the same, without feeling sorry for ourselves.” I leaned forward and showed him a wedding dress. “Now show me you are still a man,” I said, “I won’t ask again.” He finally smiled and managed it on me, walking towards me and giving a big hug.

Looking at grandmother for a while, Ali was deeply inspired by her. “You are an angel and I will love you forever.” Ali murmured quietly.

注意：1．开头已给出；
2．所写词数应为150左右。
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Grandmother smiled at Ali and asked him to make a promise not to tell his grandpa till the end of her life.

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A few years went by and six months after grandmother’s funeral, Ali found grandpa sitting in grandma’s usual chair by accident and sobbing sadly.

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4 . Macie Semrau, a 6-year-old girl from Eliot, Maine, seldom missed school. So, when she refused to even get dressed one day, her mother decided to allow her to stay home with her father Kyle and her 4-year-old brother Caleb. The family would later be extremely thankful that the little girl refused to leave after she found her father passed out in the basement.

After returning from his night work, Kyle was feeling light-headed. He told his wife Kate that he would be laying low for the day with their children. He finally made his way to the basement. Macie paid attention to her father’s condition when she heard him shouting, and she and Caleb went to have a look. Macie found her 37-year-old father was about to lose awareness (意识). She asked him for his phone’s passcode (密码) so she could unlock it. After successfully opening his phone, she found the local police department’s number and called the police.

Smith was floored by Macie’s decision-making and her ability to stay calm. The little girl listed the family’s Goodwin Road address while explaining that her father was in trouble. In the meantime, Caleb comforted his father. Thanks to Macie and Caleb, he was sent to Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, where he required four liters of oxygen (氧气) and spent three days recovering.

“I’m very lucky, obviously because of my daughter and son and the police’s response” said Kate. “It was quick,” he added, mentioning that the police arrived just in two minutes thanks to Macie’s call. “It was unbelievable. I was in tears myself,” he said.   

The Eliot Police Department also praised the young girl for her quick thinking and strong awareness. Eliot Police Chief Elliot Moya praised the Semraus for teaching their children about awareness of their surroundings (环境) as well as communication skills. Can your child open your phone and call the police? If not, now’s the time for them to learn.

1. What do we know about Macie from paragraph 1?

A．She was late for class regularly.	B．She went off to school almost every day.
C．She enjoyed staying home with her father.	D．She liked to play with her brother at home.

2. What did Macie think of first to help her father?

A．How to call for help with her father’s phone.

B．How to give emergency treatment to her father.

C．How to send her father to hospital with her brother.

D．How to get her father’s phone to connect to the Internet.

3. Why did Kyle say he was lucky?

A．His daughter was wise to skip school that day.

B．His kids and the police’s response was immediate.

C．A policeman happened to be there to come to his help.

D．The police department’s phone was not busy that day.

4. We can infer that parents had better teach their kids to ________.

A．fit into their new surroundings	B．show off their communication skills
C．remember the police’s phone number	D．learn some practical life skills earlier

5 . I spent this summer with my sister.

I really valued this _________. I left home for college about the time my sister turned nine, so the last time we _________ together was when she was still a kid. In the past years, we’ve only had vacations with kids following closely behind. This was the first time that we had days together with none of our _________ around.

What did I learn about my sister from this vacation?

She likes to _________. My sister took up running many years ago. My last experience running was in the summer of 1977. But she has _________ it for years and even ran during our vacation.

She is an excellent planner. The ability to plan is one trait (品质) we share. We are both able to _________ an outing. We are _________ and can read maps and schedules. Also, we are each pretty _________ to either leading or following. So travelling _________ seems to work out well.

She is more __________ than I am, particularly (尤其是) in the evenings. I __________ early, but she stayed up for many of the night-time entertainment (娱乐) programs. That’s how she made friends with other __________ and arranged for us to have a nice dinner with them. That day, I was glad she was the leader and I was the __________.

Sisters can be different and still enjoy each other’s __________. I enjoyed hers this summer, and hope we can __________ the experience sometime.

1.

A．luck

B．choice

C．information

D．chance

2.

A．lived

B．rested

C．shared

D．met

3.

A．students

B．friends

C．kids

D．sisters

4.

A．climb

B．run

C．compete

D．play

5.

A．kept up with

B．come up with

C．put up with

D．caught up with

6.

A．introduce

B．attend

C．enjoy

D．organize

7.

A．thankful

B．hopeful

C．thoughtful

D．successful

8.

A．agreeable

B．new

C．close

D．important

9.

A．abroad

B．together

C．online

D．alone

10.

A．creative

B．honest

C．popular

D．active

11.

A．finished

B．slept

C．arrived

D．left

12.

A．neighbors

B．users

C．visitors

D．hosts

13.

A．follower

B．guide

C．partner

D．guest

14.

A．confidence

B．life

C．change

D．company

15.

A．report

B．repeat

C．remember

D．discover

6 . My dad is easy-going and has a gift for chatting. He ________ a fast food restaurant called Queenie’s Weenies, which is specialized in hot dogs. I work with my dad at the ________ on weekends.

One Saturday, we went ________. As we got into the checkout line, I ________ something: our cashier (收银员) was very ________! She ________ no smiles, no greetings and no small talk. Her “anger aura (光环)” was obvious and kind of ________ to me. When we ________ to check out, I was thinking that we should just pay for our things and leave quickly. My dad had a different ________. When it was our turn, he started ________ her.

Dad said, “Hi, how are you today? This is my son. I have a restaurant, and we ________ together. It’s called Queenie’s Weenies. Drop by my restaurant sometime and I will ________ you to my hot dogs. I’m good at cooking them.” By the time we ________ checking out, the cashier was smiling. She said, “Thanks, umm… I hope you and your son have a very nice day.”

Back in the car, Dad said to me, “The cashier was obviously ________ today. It happens to everyone. Smile ________ or give a few kind words, which is all it takes to make one a little more delighted.”

1.

A．owns

B．describes

C．visits

D．recommends

2.

A．supermarket

B．hospital

C．restaurant

D．company

3.

A．hiking

B．camping

C．exploring

D．shopping

4.

A．imagined

B．believed

C．noticed

D．remembered

5.

A．beautiful

B．unhappy

C．professional

D．polite

6.

A．received

B．needed

C．avoided

D．offered

7.

A．suitable

B．frightening

C．special

D．friendly

8.

A．helped

B．refused

C．waited

D．forgot

9.

A．problem

B．idea

C．hope

D．experience

10.

A．talking to

B．looking after

C．going after

D．laughing at

11.

A．work

B．play

C．tour

D．exercise

12.

A．drive

B．tie

C．treat

D．lead

13.

A．quitted

B．finished

C．missed

D．regretted

14.

A．in peace

B．in danger

C．in a hurry

D．in low spirits

15.

A．warmly

B．immediately

C．secretly

D．comfortably

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。

It was a hot day in Florida. The school year had just ended and it was time for summer vacation. We had just gotten a little black dog who we named One-Eyed. We chose that name because he could only see out of one eye.

Everybody wanted to do something for the dog: feed him, teach him tricks and take long walks with him.   Everybody was so happy to have this active, playful and shaggy new addition to our family. Everybody, that is, except my mom and me.

All my mom saw when she looked at the dog was someone else to clean up after. Shedding, messy, muddy, he pounced all over the house. All Mom seemed to care about was getting the house cleaned. My mom began to put Clorox (高乐氏漂白水) in the bathtub. There was no messing with Mom when she started cleaning, so I decided to move out of the way. Actually, getting out of the way is a move I’d been practicing for a long time.

Being the youngest in my family has had its advantages, of course. More than a few times I was spoiled or everyone said I was the cutest. But being the youngest also came with its fair share of troubles. “You’re too young!” “You’ll mess this up!” they’d often say. I knew that my family loved me but I couldn’t wait to show them I could do things by myself.

Every time I asked my brother or my sister if I could pet One-Eyed, they would shout, “No!” or tell me that I had germs and if I touched One-Eyed he would die!I really believed them. Once I even confessed to my mom that I touched the dog when no one noticed. At first,my mom seemed very confused about what I was telling her, but then she realized. My mom scolded my brother and sister, “You better stop teasing your little brother!” Little brother! That’s exactly what I was. That really got my blood boiling! Secretly, I decided, “Ill show them what a little kid can do!”

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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。

Paragraph1:That afternoon, I took the dog and sneaked into the bathroom.   

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Paragraph 2:I thought my mom would punish me, but she was just standing there and laughing.   

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8 . My father never kept anything for nostalgia (怀旧)—except once.

As the only sports fan in our family, I usually listened to Yankee games on the radio, dreaming of watching my heroes in person at Yankee Stadium (体育馆).

One winter, my father surprised me by suggesting we save up to go to Yankee Stadium.

I immediately washed out a jar (罐子) and stuck a label: YANKEE STADIUM FUND, 1960.

We contributed to the jar weekly, and by midsummer it was filled with money. By the end of August, however, we still hadn’t gone to a game because my father had had to work every Saturday and even some Sundays.

With only two weekends left in the season, I began to lose hope. He comforted me, “Well, don’t worry, Edwin. Things are sure to slow down and we’ll have a free Saturday.”

On the morning of the last game, I sat waiting hopelessly with no sign of my father when the door crashed open and my father yelled, “I’ve got tickets. We’re going!”

I could hardly breathe when we finally sat together, father and son, watching my New York Yankees. I sat cheering, but for my father it must have been a long afternoon trying to follow a game he didn’t understand. Several times I turned to look at him, All I could see was a face lined with tiredness from working all Saturday morning after working all week.

After the game, we kept saving money and went to two more games together.

On the second day of 1963, my father died suddenly while working. I threw away the jar.

After the funeral (葬礼), our house was filled with neighbours and relatives, but I didn’t want to talk to anybody. I walked upstairs to my parents’ bedroom, hoping, I suppose, to find some comfort from seeing what was his. As I looked through my father’s prayer (祈祷) book, something fell out. I picked it up. It was a yellowed ticket, which read, October 1, 1960, YANKEE STADIUM. My father, who saved nothing for nostalgia (怀旧) reasons, had decided to keep this, a memory of our afternoon at the ballpark. Carefully, I placed the ticket back into his prayer book, and slowly walked downstairs to begin the rest of my life without him.

1. The writer’s father kept the ticket to ________.

A．remind his son of his love after his death

B．use it just as a bookmark in his prayer book

C．keep a memory of the special moment with his son

D．show off to his friends that he went to a baseball game

2. How did the writer feel before and after he saw the yellowed ticket?

A．Empty→Encouraged.	B．Sad→Serious.
C．Scared→Calm.	D．Lonely→Excited.

3. What can we infer from the passage about the father?

A．He was excited every time at the stadium.

B．He began to keep old things after the game.

C．He didn’t have enough money until the last game.

D．He worked long hours to support his family.

4. What does the underlined word “yelled” mean in Paragraph 7?

A．Worried.

B．Shouted.

C．Slept.

D．Sang.

9 . It might sound a bit old-fashioned, but there’s something unique about handwritten things. And I’m a real believer in the_______of letters.

When I was about 12 years old, my friends and I wanted a pet mouse. The pet shop wouldn’t_______us one until we had a letter from a parent, so, having the tidiest_______, I faked(伪)one.

My trick was quickly_______. My mum felt that the punishment should fit the crime, so she made me write letters to a few randomly selected_______.

One of them was my uncle who I’d only_______a few times. I wrote along letter_______my life and listing my interests.

My punishment_______, I forgot about this until I suddenly got a reply from him. He told me all about his life and would love to_______about what school subjects I enjoyed. And so started a correspondence(通信)that________for several years.

Then out of the blue, he passed away. My mum was________as they had not really spoken for years. I went upstairs and presented a box of________from him. She comforted herself reading them and knowing that ________she hadn’t been in touch, I had grown close to him by writing to him.

I often think about how that one________childhood behavior led to such an enriching correspondence. It________me-to write to lots of other people, and it’s something I keep up with to this day.

1.

A．content

B．advance

C．order

D．power

2.

A．sell

B．pay

C．give

D．offer

3.

A．handwriting

B．room

C．hand

D．habit

4.

A．admired

B．exchanged

C．discovered

D．solved

5.

A．strangers

B．neighbors

C．relatives

D．friends

6.

A．ignored

B．met

C．recognized

D．thanked

7.

A．detailing

B．organizing

C．improving

D．wasting

8.

A．reasonable

B．complete

C．serious

D．efficient

9.

A．think

B．care

C．hear

D．argue

10.

A．went on

B．ended up

C．got over

D．turned up

11.

A．concerned

B．upset

C．angry

D．calm

12.

A．chocolates

B．books

C．puddings

D．letters

13.

A．after

B．although

C．because

D．if

14.

A．meaningful

B．frank

C．unique

D．improper

15.

A．advised

B．required

C．encouraged

D．warned

10 . It was two weeks before the holidays, and I decided to have the family picture taken by a ________ photographer. I called the local photographer and made the ________ . The photographer told me since there wasn’t much time before the holidays, he would come first thing Sunday morning and told me to have the whole family in ________ shirts. It sounded perfect.

Now, not only did I have my usual five million things to do — carpooling, buying last-minute presents, grocery shopping, cooking and ________ my family was happy — but I also had to find ________ whites tops for my entire family.

I was not sure where the rest of the hours ________ , but when I went to tuck in my younger son on Saturday night, I ________ his hair was a complete mess. OMG! He needed a ________ . With all my running around, I hadn’t noticed how ________ he needed one. It was 8:00 at night, and the barber’s was closed. The ________ was coming the next morning.

I got out the ________ . My younger son is very easygoing and cooperative. I wet his hair, ________ it and started cutting. When I was done, we looked at each other and both knew that the haircut was a ________ !

When he saw my son, my shocked husband told me to go downstairs and have a cup of tea while he ________ the situation. Ten minutes later, my son with his older brother and their dad, all came downstairs with buzz cuts(寸头)! My beautiful family picture was ________ on time — just with a little less hair!

1.

A．messy

B．professional

C．international

D．romantic

2.

A．appointment

B．excuse

C．complaint

D．apology

3.

A．red

B．purple

C．yellow

D．white

4.

A．taking out

B．getting through

C．wiping out

D．making sure

5.

A．suiting

B．fitting

C．matching

D．applying

6.

A．dragged

B．flowed

C．went

D．wasted

7.

A．suspected

B．noticed

C．detected

D．accused

8.

A．haircut

B．wash

C．style

D．checkup

9.

A．badly

B．gradually

C．extremely

D．anxiously

10.

A．barber

B．Santa

C．photographer

D．neighbor

11.

A．apron

B．scissors

C．mirror

D．skills

12.

A．observed

B．studied

C．designed

D．combed

13.

A．fun

B．disaster

C．entertainment

D．joke

14.

A．handled

B．dealt

C．cleaned

D．adjusted

15.

A．painted

B．created

C．shot

D．shown