1 . 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。

I live with my grandmother in Bentong, while my parents live and work in Kuala Lumpur. They usually come home to see us once or twice a month. If they manage to get away, it will be on the weekend, usually arriving very late on Friday night. Everyone has a favorite day, and my favorite day happens to be at the end of the week. So, Saturday is my favorite day of the week for that is the day when I get to see my parents.

It is a joyful feeling just to know that my parents are in the house and sleeping in their room. Early in the morning, I wake up cold, feeling my parents warm body across the bed. I know that my father will be very tired, after driving all the way home after a demanding day at work. So, I keep very quiet, allowing them to get all the rest they need. My mother usually wakes up first. “Where is my big girl?” is her usual greeting, followed by warm hugs and kisses. I will make her a cup of black coffee, just the way she likes it, and we will sit on the balcony, sharing our experiences since we last met. This is my favorite part of the day, pouring out my heart to my mum, my closest confidante.

When my father finally wakes up, we go out for breakfast. It is usually dim sum (点心), my father’s favorite breakfast food. This is a joyful family time. My father’s jokes never fail to make us roar with laughter. Sometimes, my grandmother will tell my parents the news concerning our other relatives, including their illnesses or bad behavior. My father will comfort her and try to encourage her to be patient and happy. When my grandmother gets into this mood, I would be upset inside because I wonder whether she will mention my misdeeds. Fortunately, my parents are both understanding, and try to keep our breakfast a light-hearted occasion.

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。

In the afternoon, we often go to the supermarket to buy household necessities.

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Actually, nothing very exciting happens on Saturdays when my parents come home.

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2 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Why does the woman call the man?

A．To seek help from him.

B．To share her love experience with him.

C．To give some advice on a love problem.

2. Where is the woman from?

A．Canada.

B．India.

C．China.

3. When did the woman have her first child after she got married?

A．5 years later.

B．4 years later.

C．3 years later.

4. What is the woman’s parents’ attitude towards her husband now?

A．They are still angry with him.

B．They feel uneasy when they with him.

C．They accepted him completely.

3 . In a recent survey of 2000 Americans, housecleaning was shown to have some mood-boosting effects — but that doesn't mean everybody is willing to do it.

The majority of respondents (受访者) said cleaning gave them a sense of accomplishment (65%) and helped them clear their mind (63%). Half of these adults said they are most often motivated to clean when they're happy. In fact, 63% of those surveyed find the experience of cleaning to be relaxing - even more so than getting fresh air (61%).

But that's not the only reason people clean. A big 70% admitted that tidying their home was a way of putting off having to do other things, with the average procrastinator (拖延者) using that trick four times a week. The survey showed that 86% of respondents do feel on top of their housework, but the last deep clean of their kitchen happened over a week and a half ago. That's no surprise because the kitchen is most terrible of all.

Conducted by OnePoll on behalf of DishFish, the survey investigated people's attitudes toward dirty dishes and how they get through tricky task. More than two-thirds of people (69%) let their dishes pile up between washings with 20% saying “always” letting them be placed in the sink, which left them feeling stressed. More than any other room, the kitchen was rated as “very difficult” to cope with. And most people enjoy cleaning their toilet or taking out the garbage more than washing dishes by hand.

How do they get through it? 66% listen to music while they clean. 72% have a best-loved song that they sounded while tidying up their home, with “Uptown Funk,” “Read All About It” and “Work” being the three favorite tunes on America's cleaning playlist.

1. What is the result of the survey?

A．Housecleaning may contribute to a good mood to some extent.

B．Housecleaning may strengthen people's willingness to volunteer.

C．Housecleaning may cause anxiety and concern for some people.

D．Housecleaning may improve people's motivation to other housework.

2. What is the top reason why people undertake housecleaning?

A．They can entertain themselves.

B．They can take in fresh air.

C．They get a sense of achievement.

D．They can delay other things.

3. What are respondents' attitudes to dirty dishes?

A．Many would rather wash dishes than throw out the rubbish.

B．Half are under pressure with dirty dishes lying in the sink.

C．A quarter will let dirty dishes pile up after their meals.

D．Most prefer cleaning their toilet to washing dishes by hand.

4. What column does the text belong to?

A．Feature Story.

B．Family Life.

C．Scientific Hotspot.

D．Finance Focus.

4 . When I was a boy growing up I can't remember either my mom or my grandmother wasting food. Anything we didn't eat at one meal was ______, stored, and served as leftovers later on. I can ______ my grandmother making a huge pot of brown beans with a large cake of cornbread. We would all eat until we were ______ but there was always about half of the beans ______ A few days later grandmother would take those ______ out of the refrigerator, boil pasta, add parsley and ______ them all together into her delicious Pasta Fasule. And I also remember when I   ______     my mom fry bacon for us in the mornings, she would always take the

extra butter and ______ pour it into a container. Then she later would ______ it to flavor up so many other dishes.

I learned the ______ well and after I grew up I tried to never waste food myself. I always ______ the week's meals ahead of time and only bought what was on my shopping ______ so nothing went to waste. Every ______went into our stomachs and any leftovers were later eaten by either myself, my boys, or my dogs. To me throwing food in the trash was just ______ . All the work it took to grow it, harvest it, and prepare it needed to be ______and not wasted.

1.

A．swallowed

B．abandoned

C．saved

D．poured

2.

A．remember

B．witness

C．imagine

D．assist

3.

A．uncomfortable

B．full

C．unbearable

D．content

4.

A．picked out

B．left over

C．made use of

D．fed up with

5.

A．cakes

B．pots

C．dishes

D．beans

6.

A．roll

B．dip

C．mix

D．fry

7.

A．watched

B．felt

C．heard

D．made

8.

A．frequently

B．carefully

C．curiously

D．suddenly

9.

A．sort

B．remove

C．digest

D．use

10.

A．flavor

B．service

C．lesson

D．task

11.

A．planned

B．cooked

C．distributed

D．collected

12.

A．bill

B．list

C．paper

D．spot

13.

A．vegetable

B．sample

C．material

D．meal

14.

A．wrong

B．common

C．awesome

D．endless

15.

A．confirmed

B．ignored

C．recycled

D．honored

5 . 听下面一段较长对话,回答以下小题.
1. Why is the man surprised about Julie's morning?

A．Julie didn't leave him a note.

B．He thought Julie hated taking the bus.

C．He thought Julie hated getting up early.

2. What instrument does Julie play?

A．The saxophone.

B．The flute.

C．The drums.

3. What does Julie think of the band uniforms?

A．Ugly.

B．Expensive.

C．Hot.

6 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Almost 200 years ago, my great-grandmother’s great-grandmother was trying to survive yet another     1    (freeze) Russian winter when she heard about a new invention     2    (call) a “samovar”,     3    means “self-boiler” in Russian. In her family, they could only boil water on their big stove. The new samovar could make hot water much    4    (easy) and could be transported anywhere, not to mention that it required much less fuel.     5     they were poor, they decided to use their savings     6    (invest) in a samovar. So early one cold winter, she set out to     7     distant town. After four hours of struggling through snow, she found the town and     8    (quick) bundled her new samovar into her sack and     9    (hurry) home. The samovar was then proudly placed in her main room and     10    (be) in use by my family ever since.