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。

My dad doesn’t write me letters. And he doesn’t always remember my birthday or wedding anniversary -- or even how old I am sometimes.

But I only need to look around me to be reminded of his love. He restored a 100-year-old rocking chair after I told him how much I wanted one. When I moved into my first apartment, he spent his weekends in a small space replacing pipes. And when I lost a blue stone from a favorite necklace, he worked his magic with common stuff

The four greatest words I know are “Dad will build it”.

I could never forget when I was seven, one day we walked by a toy store window. There in the corner was the most unusual doll house had ever seen. It was shaped like an upturned log. Little oval windows were cut into it decorated with white curtains and framed by tiny balconies.

“Oh, Daddy,” I said, “isn’t it beautiful? Do you think Santa Clause will bring it to me?”

Dad looked at the $100 price tag -- too high a figure in those days. “I think even Santa couldn't afford this house,” he joked, hiking up his belt, as he often does when he’s nervous. “Maybe one day, sweetheart, ”Dad probably hoped I’d forget about the doll house, but I kept talking about it.

On Christmas morning, I awoke early and raced downstairs. In the faint light, I made out some wrapped boxes under the tree-- but none large enough to contain my doll house.

Dad could see my disappointment.

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Four months later, a beautiful doll house was in front of me.

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2 . When I was an adolescent girl, my whole family-mother, father, brother and I lived in a(n) ________ two-bedroom rowhouse. My parents often worked ________ for our well-beings, particularly at night when my brother and I fell ________. I thought it was the same thing as everybody's parents did, I found it interesting the moment I first realized that other families lived ________.

Based on American ________, what we had at the time was small. However, that never ________ me, not then, and not now.

One of my most ________ memories happened at nighttime. We piled into the car to look at the lights in the neighbourhood and then came home. At the top of our steps, there was a little table. The table was in the ________ of a triangle, which had lights ________ the sides. At night I would go and sit before it. I would ________ it on and the one little light bulb ________ it up. It looked magnificent to me.

Somehow I could feel a kind of warmth there. I could feel what it was like to be doing the best you can with what you've got. I could feel the ________ of my parents trying to do the best they could for each other and for their little ones. I could feel how ________ what they shared was-no matter how small our ________ or lack of material things, none of that mattered. What mattered is that we were all there. That created a priceless contentment of which I think even the Angels would ________ .

1.

A．dirty

B．dark

C．crowded

D．amazing

2.

A．terribly

B．hard

C．rapidly

D．safely

3.

A．awful

B．aware

C．awake

D．asleep

4.

A．poorly

B．differently

C．familiarly

D．peacefully

5.

A．standards

B．cultures

C．speeds

D．laws

6.

A．bothered

B．assisted

C．blessed

D．shocked

7.

A．practical

B．valuable

C．painful

D．unfortunate

8.

A．surface

B．angle

C．thread

D．shape

9.

A．got through

B．turned back

C．fixed on

D．sent up

10.

A．give

B．take

C．get

D．power

11.

A．went

B．broke

C．kept

D．lit

12.

A．appearance

B．helplessness

C．determination

D．celebration

13.

A．normal

B．special

C．endless

D．boring

14.

A．findings

B．funds

C．situations

D．accommodations

15.

A．think

B．know

C．approve

D．complain

3 . What Does Food Mean to you?

My whole relationship with food has become consumed by the after-effects of my illness and dealing with them. As a result, I’ve forgotten that there’s more to food than this. And I don’t think I’m the only one.     1     While it is fantastic that there are so many inspiring books that encourage healthy eating this simply can’t be the extent of our relationship with food. What about our experiences with food? Putting aside the other stuff, what does food mean to you?

When I think about my experience with food, my thoughts immediately go to my family. For me, food is family. Every evening, my dad would make it home by 6pm so that we could all sit down and have dinner together. We would share the highs and lows of our days and on a Sunday we would chat about our plans for the week. We never ate dinner in front of the television and very rarely was it ever just my brother and me.     2     Now, despite the fact my brother and I have long since left home, whenever we return, it’s always about the food. Our parents plan the meals, sharing new recipes and dishing out family favourites, so that ultimately the food enhances our trip and creates new memories. Food truly is family.

    3    . Children who eat regularly with their families are at a lower risk of developing poor eating habits, weight problems or substance addictions. It also gives families a chance to reflect on their days together and forges stronger bonds between parents and children.

Everyone has a different attitude to food, and it will mean different things to different people. For me, though, good quality, healthy food is important, but without the socio-familial aspect, there is something sorely lacking from my relationship with food.     4    . So while I will continue watching what I eat (because I have to), I’ll remember this is not food’s main attraction, but only a part of what food really means to me.

A．Studies have shown the importance of eating together.

B．This is certainly not true for me, and the relationships that were built over the kitchen table with my family are very important to me.

C．The social importance of food, and eating together, should not be downplayed or replaced by a focus on purely what we are eating.

D．Many recipe books on sale have got caught up in an obsession with ‘clean eating’, dieting, watching what we eat and generally eating healthily.

E．It’s common knowledge that you are what you eat and this reflected in the ideas behind eating healthy, clean and unprocessed food.

F．Food and meal times were, and still are, the glue that brought us together and keeps us together.

4 . The other day a big, ugly, black bat found its way to my bathroom. I am what is known as “the man of the house”, so it was my_________, in fact my manly duty, to rid the house of the_________creature.

Being a man does not_________the fact that I am extremely_________of bats. All men, I think, sometimes have had that feeling of being_________in some male role. Sometimes it is something as simple as having to_________that you know something about car engines when the car won’t start. But sometimes the trap is a (n)_________one. Many men prefer to be something different from what society_________men should be. What these men want is the_________to be what they want to be.

As I came towards the frightening bat, I__________what would happen if I had simply told my wife that I wouldn’t do it. But I couldn’t do that! I__________opened the window, carefully lifted a broom and swept the bat out of the__________.

My wife was__________and my son thought I was a__________. They asked me how I had got rid of the bat, I started to tell them—but then__________. A man doesn’t talk of such things.

1.

A．action

B．job

C．character

D．decision

2.

A．awful

B．lovely

C．magical

D．intelligent

3.

A．determine

B．prove

C．explain

D．change

4.

A．afraid

B．fond

C．tired

D．ashamed

5.

A．interested

B．trapped

C．involved

D．absorbed

6.

A．admit

B．expect

C．pretend

D．confirm

7.

A．difficult

B．accessible

C．small

D．visible

8.

A．forbids

B．thinks

C．predicts

D．refuses

9.

A．anxiety

B．promise

C．freedom

D．talent

10.

A．concluded

B．revealed

C．doubted

D．wondered

11.

A．eagerly

B．accidentally

C．slowly

D．violently

12.

A．car

B．engine

C．door

D．window

13.

A．pleased

B．shocked

C．embarrassed

D．amused

14.

A．friend

B．master

C．champion

D．hero

15.

A．escaped

B．stopped

C．continued

D．forgot

5 . Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than our need.

A. flexible B. function C. self-image D. fairly E. initiative   F. valued G. capable H. pattern   I.short-lived J. accomplished   K. remarkably

Family problems come in all shapes and sizes; some are     1     and easily managed, while others are more chronic and difficult to handle. Stress points include events such as illness and injury, changing jobs, changing schools, moving and financial difficulties. Each family develops its own ways of coping with these stresses, some of which work better than others. Unsuccessful coping can be recognized by a number of characteristics, including the following:

This usually occurs because family members avoid discussing problems or even avoid admitting that problems exist. Some families just have not learned the skills of negotiating or, for some other reason, cannot let go of bad or hurt feelings. Children are likely to     2     their behaviour after their parents’ behaviour and may learn to refuse to talk about feelings and problems.

Families often have not decided how family responsibilities will be divided among family members. When that happens, family life can become chaotic, and many things do not get     3    . At the other extreme, some families are not     4     at all, and family members do not help one another out or     5     reassign responsibilities as family circumstances change.

Families are, especially for children, the most important source of emotional support. During the middle years, children find it hard to obtain this emotional support outside the family. Children do not perform or develop well without this support.

Families     6     best when the individuality of each family member is acknowledged and appreciated. At the least, even if someone else’s personal traits or characteristics are not highly     7    , each family member needs to tolerate these traits and respect that individual. Otherwise children are likely to have a difficult time developing a healthy     8    , and they will have low self-esteem(自尊) and poor social skills.

Children need to succeed in order to feel     9     of successfully managing life’s stresses and challenges. If they are taught or encouraged to rely on others (within the family or outside it) to solve their problems, they will have low self-esteem and lack     10     and will have trouble succeeding in the world.

6 . “Mommy, will you play this with me?” My two-year-old daughter sat next to a mountain of laundry baskets. She held a toy in her hand. I looked at her, and then I stared down a pile of dirty clothes - enough, already. I thought of some popular phrases among moms I had read countless times on the Internet. “Days are long but the years fly by.” “A messy house is a happy house.” “Hard work pays off.” I become energetic every time the phrases pass through my mind.

Sometimes, the laundry just needed to get done. I stared straight into my daughter’s pleading eyes.

“I’m sorry, sweetheart, but I cannot play right now. Mom is really busy.” Suddenly, an idea passed through my brain. I must do the housework! And that would not make me a bad mom!

Quite the opposite, I thought.

It’s okay to clean, to cook, or to spend a morning paying bills, making phone calls and folding towels. That’s what grown-ups do. And how else will our kids learn unless we demonstrate? Recently, I read an article about a local family. It was a diary of their typical week, written by the father of six children. Each day consisted of cooking and family devotions. The grandkids ran in the barn while the older children milked cows, and everyone helped make pies for the family bakery business. They were all faithfully devoted to one another as they worked side by side from dawn to dusk.

Could it be that the real call on a family is not for the parents to serve the children, but for everyone to serve each other for a greater purpose? Sometimes we work, and sometimes we play. Strong families are built with both.

“Sweetie, I have a great idea.” I set my daughter’s game on the table and held her hands. “You can help me put these clothes in the wash. Doesn’t that sound fun?” Her face lit up. “Can I push the buttons, too?” “Absolutely, you are a good button pusher.” “Yeah,” she said as if I had just asked her to play.

1. According to the writer, the popular phrases.

A．persuade the moms to enjoy their lives.

B．encourage and comfort the exhausted moms.

C．tell the moms the real meaning of life.

D．make the moms become more knowledgeable.

2. What did the writer learn from the diary?

A．Interest should be developed at a young age.

B．It is really hard to take good care of children.

C．Children should be taught to contribute to families.

D．Parents are responsible for keeping family in harmony.

3. How did the daughter feel when she was asked to do some housework?

A．Worried and scared.

B．Thankful and touched.

C．Excited and interested.

D．Disappointed and upset.

4. What might be the best title for the passage?

A．Enjoying a messy house.

B．Playing toys with my kid.

C．Making dreams come true.

D．Doing the laundry together.

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。

Wonderful Christmas Gift

Ann and her mother had lived in a small unattractive cottage as long as Ann could remember.

Christmas was so close, and so was her birthday. Ann wished she could get a new dress as a Christmas gift. All her friends would be getting new dresses. But Ann did not want to ask her Mom for a new dress. She knew how hard her mom worked to make both ends meet. Maybe she could make a wish — maybe Santa Claus would come. Ann couldn’t help dreaming about the new dress even though she knew that Santa Claus was just an imaginary character. Her classmates were talking only of Christmas celebrations which were nearing. “My rich aunt is surely going to give me a pretty branded doll again,” said Ria. “I have been hinting about that costly watch to my parents. They are bound to gift that to me”, told Tessi. Ann felt left out in those conversations. She neither had rich parents nor rich aunt or uncle to give her expensive gifts. It was not just gift that worried Ann. It was her mother. Nowadays she was working overtime and looked pale and worn out.

The days passed and soon it was Christmas Eve. In everyone’s, except Ann’s house, a Christmas tree decorated the living room. Every child went to bed eagerly waiting for the lovely gifts that he or she would receive the next day. Ann went to bed with a heavy heart. She knew that there would be no gifts for her. Ann wished with her whole heart that at least this time she would get a gift from Santa Claus. Ann slowly drifted off to sleep. She dreamt of Santa riding in the snow on his reindeers (驯鹿).

注意：1.续写词数应为150词左右；
2.续写部分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。

Ring ... Ring ... Ann jumped, hearing alarm.

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Suddenly a small piece of paper fell out from the inner layer of the new dress in the gift packet.

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8 . 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.

9 . Yunqing was 27 when he took the first photo while his daughter Hua Hua was just a one-year-old. At first, he didn't have any plans to make this into a tradition. But all of that changed when he actually saw the first photo and absolutely loved it.

“I didn't have any thought of doing the same thing again but when I got the photo back, I liked it so much that when we went back the next year I repeated it.”he explained.

“After that, it became sort of the family tradition and we did it every year for 40 years with only one break in 1998 when my daughter did not join us for the family holiday and was abroad,” Yunqing pointed out that there was a small gap in the photos.

Things changed quite a lot over the years. His daughter grew up into a beautiful woman and started a family of her own and that meant Yunqing became a grandpa. Hua Hua's first daughter was born in 2008 while her second daughter came into this world in 2012.

“When I started, I never guessed that I'd still be doing this when I was in my 60s and my daughter is now no longer alone, she is a mother-of-two,” he said, adding that he was pleasantly surprised by the positive reactions to the family photos online, even though he didn't expect to continue the tradition forever.

According to Lenore, an expert, traditions help families understand who they are. “We are the family that always sings this particular song, makes this particular food, gathers for this particular event, or even honors our elders－dead or alive－in this particular way. Just as religions have special holidays, activities, do’s and don'ts, so do families and they serve a similar purpose: defining and binding a group by what they share.”

1. How many photos did Yunqing take with his daughter?

A．40.

B．39.

C．60.

D．21.

2. What did Yunqing think of the tradition?

A．He would go on taking photos.

B．He would teach others to go on it.

C．He would never put the photos online.

D．He didn’t expect to take photos with his daughter for so many years.

3. What is Lenore's attitude to the action?

A．Opposed.

B．Doubtful.

C．Supportive.

D．Disappointed.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Yunqing's Story

B．Why Family Tradition is So Important

C．How to Keep a Tradition for Forty Years

D．Dad and Daughter: The Same Photo Location, Different Years

10 . 请找出下列短文中的错误，并直接在短文中改正。
改错格式（要求）：
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从11处起）不计分。

My school schedule is tight than ever because I’m in the final year of high school. Therefore, I still manage to do what I can help with the housework. I’ve gotten into the habit of cleaning up after dinner when I turned nine. I also do thing like sweeping and washing clothes. I even begin to cook for my family last month. Doing the housework makes I learn to take responsibility at home, and in a long term, in society. For another, I find the time spend doing the housework with my parents really fun and rewarding. We chat with and sometimes even sing together!