1 . Emily Bhatnagar is a shy girl who has always loved reading. She says, “The books sort of became my best friends when I didn’t have one.”

When Bhatnagar was 16, her father was diagnosed (诊断) with cancer. The news was________for the family. Books became an even bigger ________, and she started thinking about families in similar situations. When her father recovered, she ________a plan to help others. “The idea came from not just great thanks that the doctors were able to ________such a miracle (奇迹),”she said, “but also a little of ________ that there were kids who were ________ the same battle.”

Bhatnagar started a ________ in her hometown. The goal was to collect books and give them to kids being ________ for cancer in local hospitals. Since the start of the book drive, which she called For Love & Buttercup, Bhatnagar has ________ more than 10,000 books.

Bhatnagar had no idea how much ________ her work would get. She started by posting on social media, asking people in her area to donate. “I was expecting maybe two or three ________ from neighbors,” she said. But it ended up blowing up, ________ when news stations began reporting it. “The public response has been super great,” her father said.

Bhatnagar continues to run the book drive, with a little help from her parents. She hopes to expand the project to ________ more kids one day. The memory of the first time she visited those children who’d ________ her books sticks with her. “It was the best ________ of my life,” she said. “I realized I wanted to do this type of work forever.”

1.

A．shameful

B．exciting

C．difficult

D．disappointing

2.

A．tendency

B．proof

C．market

D．comfort

3.

A．caught up with

B．came up with

C．got in touch with

D．joined in

4.

A．create

B．gain

C．expose

D．support

5.

A．sadness

B．shock

C．expectation

D．surprise

6.

A．celebrating

B．fighting

C．enjoying

D．cheering

7.

A．community hospital

B．family party

C．public library

D．book drive

8.

A．rewarded

B．taught

C．treated

D．kept

9.

A．sold

B．written

C．bought

D．collected

10.

A．attention

B．money

C．cooperation

D．blame

11.

A．questions

B．responses

C．conclusions

D．highlights

12.

A．obviously

B．surely

C．usually

D．especially

13.

A．move

B．reach

C．challenge

D．protect

14.

A．shared

B．opened

C．received

D．examined

15.

A．day

B．book

C．chance

D．business

2 . When I was young, I was a terrible student. I didn’t ________ talking with my grandmother on the phone, because she would ask me about school and about what I was reading.

Each Christmas, I would get a package from Grandmother. “Another ________. Just like every year!” I would think and then put it aside. I would ________all my latest toys on Christmas morning and for days and even weeks after.________, I would open Grandmother’s gift. I would read the book and sometimes ________ the text, but I didn’t find this interesting.

Although I was not interested in ________, I had great patience with younger children. Seeing how I ________her kid with homework, my neighbor said I should become a teacher when I grew up.

During my second term in college, I ________ in my Children’s Literature class. Our teacher________ a list of classic children’s books. It was then that I wanted to ________. I raced home and ran to the basement (地下室). There on the dusty shelf sat the most amazing collection of children’s books any teacher could ________ to have. My grandmother didn’t ________ me what my little girl mind wanted, but what she knew I ________ — a gift for the soul that would last a lifetime.

I ________ to water the seed my grandmother planted so long ago. I graduated from college, received my master’s degree and became a ________ , trying my best to plant those tiny seeds in all my students.

1.

A．like

B．avoid

C．stop

D．suggest

2.

A．phone

B．bag

C．book

D．toy

3.

A．look for

B．break down

C．play with

D．clean up

4.

A．Suddenly

B．Gradually

C．Curiously

D．Finally

5.

A．memorize

B．sell

C．improve

D．publish

6.

A．children

B．Christmas

C．school

D．gifts

7.

A．provided

B．filled

C．left

D．helped

8.

A．slept

B．sat

C．waited

D．spoke

9.

A．received

B．asked

C．showed

D．wanted

10.

A．rest

B．explain

C．cry

D．travel

11.

A．agree

B．hope

C．afford

D．happen

12.

A．tell

B．give

C．read

D．lend

13.

A．forgot

B．needed

C．repeated

D．doubted

14.

A．hurried

B．pretended

C．continued

D．refused

15.

A．teacher

B．writer

C．manager

D．doctor

5 . Literature was something I was interested in. At school I was that kid who stuck his hand up to _________ aloud from the Shakespeare play. Over the holidays I would visit the _________ and read literatures. While my generation was playing after school, I was in a ghetto(贫民区) learning to _________.

I lived then in Lagos. The ghetto landlords had unlimited _________. They could throw others with all their possessions out into the street. Annoyed, I wrote about _________. Those pieces were not published. Then it occurred to me to write a story about them. This began my long _________ in the rigorous craft(严谨构思) of the short story.

However, after finishing my A-levels, I had a job working for a paint company. _________ in Lagos was so terrible that it took three hours to get to work. I would wake up at 4 a.m. and write for an hour before _________ work. When I _________ I would sleep and then write till one o’clock.

The first __________ took a year. I got myself __________ from work and bought a typewriter with the severance pay(解雇金). I began __________ for many __________, who all turned it down.

Then, one morning, a letter came from Longmans’ African Writers’ series. I remember giving a cry of __________. That moment changed everything. I was 19. With the publication of Flowers and Shadows, the life I was meant to live __________.

1.

A．read

B．think

C．cry

D．speak

2.

A．charities

B．libraries

C．exhibitions

D．attractions

3.

A．act

B．hunt

C．write

D．defend

4.

A．talents

B．powers

C．wealth

D．freedom

5.

A．friendship

B．possibilities

C．injustices

D．welfare

6.

A．memory

B．suffering

C．service

D．adventure

7.

A．Security

B．Climate

C．Accommodation

D．Traffic

8.

A．making up for

B．getting down to

C．setting out for

D．boiling down to

9.

A．resigned

B．returned

C．retired

D．resolved

10.

A．option

B．draft

C．visit

D．picture

11.

A．fired

B．motivated

C．freed

D．distracted

12.

A．re-writing

B．withdrawing

C．job-hunting

D．exploring

13.

A．colleagues

B．employees

C．publishers

D．writers

14.

A．fear

B．sorrow

C．pain

D．joy

15.

A．ended

B．began

C．changed

D．improved

7 . Like many parents, I enjoyed reading a bedtime story to my two sons each night before they went to bed. After the story was over, we would turn off the lights, and talked until they fell _________

One night after the lights were off, my 3-year-old son, Will, _________ me to tell them a story_________ by myself, not one from a book. So I _________ told him a story about the first thing that came into my _________. But to my surprise, he _________ it so much that he asked me to do that the next night.

Thus a story-telling tradition was _________ in our family. Ever since that night, they seemed not to be able to sleep without hearing one of my _________ stories. Of all the things I do for my _________ ,my storytelling is what they love most. It has created a special __________ between us. And they find that their day isn’t __________ without one of my stories, and so do I.

When I see how __________ my storytelling is in their lives, I come to realize how much our television and video-oriented (以视频为导向的) society has __________in terms of the personal connections that storytelling brings. Before the __________ of television, computers and smartphones, a family’s __________was built around storytelling. This oral (口述的) tradition was __________ from generation to generation, and many of the stories we have today originated from this tradition until someone finally __________them down.

Storytelling is used as a creative way to __________ for me. During the storytelling, I forget about the pressure of the day and enjoy the __________ time I can spend with my children. I hope that other parents can gain __________ from storytelling, too.

1.

A．asleep

B．short

C．ill

D．silent

2.

A．warned

B．forced

C．begged

D．allowed

3.

A．made up

B．chosen

C．picked up

D．copied

4.

A．frequently

B．casually(随便地)

C．secretly

D．carefully

5.

A．sight

B．heart

C．mouth

D．mind

6.

A．unbelieved

B．doubted

C．loved

D．knew

7.

A．ended

B．followed

C．born

D．destroyed

8.

A．crazy

B．fine

C．strange

D．original

9.

A．parents

B．children

C．students

D．relatives

10.

A．bond

B．argument

C．distrust

D．difference

11.

A．cruel

B．bad

C．sad

D．complete

12.

A．valueless

B．important

C．helpless

D．common

13.

A．earned

B．progressed

C．contributed

D．lost

14.

A．familiarity

B．introduction

C．invention

D．discussion

15.

A．evening

B．arrival

C．morning

D．picnic

16.

A．dying away

B．passed down

C．passed through

D．dying out

17.

A．set

B．cut

C．slowed

D．take

18.

A．struggle

B．relax

C．fight

D．escape

19.

A．unusual

B．boring

C．happy

D．difficult

20.

A．confidence

B．courage

C．experience

D．happiness

8 . The books in David’s schoolbag felt like bricks as he ran down the street. What he wanted to do was play basketball with Eric,_________ his mother told him he would have to return his sister’s books to the library first.

He went into the building; only a few minutes _________ closing time. He put the books into the return box. And after a brief _________ in the toilet, he would be on his way to the playground to _________ Eric.

David stepped out of the toilet and stopped in _________ — the library lights were off. The place was _________. The doors had been shut. They _________ be opened from the inside: he was trapped — in a library!

He tried to _________ a telephone call but was unable to _________. As the sun began to set, he searched for a light and found it.

__________ he could see. David wrote on a piece of paper: “__________! I’m TRAPPED inside!” and stuck it to the glass door. Surely, someone passing by would see it.

He was surprised to discover that this place was not so unpleasant, __________. Rows and rows of shelves held books, videos and music. He saw a book about Michael Jordan and took it off the shelf. He settled into a chair and started to __________.

He knew he had to__________, but now, that didn’t seem to be such a __________ thing.

1.

A．or

B．because

C．but

D．since

2.

A．before

B．after

C．over

D．during

3.

A．rest

B．walk

C．stop

D．break

4.

A．visit

B．greet

C．catch

D．meet

5.

A．delight

B．surprise

C．anger

D．eagerness

6.

A．lonely

B．crowded

C．noisy

D．empty

7.

A．wouldn’t

B．shouldn’t

C．couldn’t

D．needn’t

8.

A．fix

B．make

C．use

D．pick

9.

A．get through

B．get up

C．get on

D．get in

10.

A．On time

B．At last

C．By the way

D．Now and then

11.

A．Come

B．Sorry

C．Hello

D．Help

12.

A．after all

B．at most

C．in short

D．as usual

13.

A．watch

B．play

C．write

D．read

14.

A．sleep

B．shout

C．wait

D．work

15.

A．bad

B．cool

C．strange

D．nice

9 . A few weeks ago, I surfed the Internet and came across a book called The Debt to pleasure. At first sight, I_________, immediately, to own it. Its structure was novel and it had won wide _________among readers.

But before I could_________ the Buy Now button, a tiny inner voice _________the library, the library, which was simply three blocks from my apartment. I searched the catalog （目录）of the library and sure enough, " _________" now. However, by the time the book was borrowed, I couldn't say with _________that I would love it. This worn, yellow-papered object was just so _________. However promising our first _________was, my initial desire _________sank. When the book was __________, I walked to the library and __________it into the Returns box. Once reshelved, it would __________for others. I sighed and walked off. It had never __________me from the very beginning.

One thing I should mention：I did end up loving The Debt to Pleasure, I loved it so much that I finally ordered a copy of my own. The library book does __________me the cost of a paperback, but it just delivers a __________satisfaction, one that can't promise permanent ownership. Live your life fully, for our lives are only lent to us and can't be owned forever.

1.

A．attempted

B．decided

C．arranged

D．ceased

2.

A．sympathy

B．judgment

C．adaptation

D．recognition

3.

A．click

B．spot

C．untie

D．strike

4.

A．defended

B．insisted

C．confirmed

D．conveyed

5.

A．accessible

B．affordable

C．available

D．dynamic

6.

A．patience

B．relief

C．certainty

D．honesty

7.

A．plain

B．vivid

C．unique

D．attractive

8.

A．response

B．adventure

C．interaction

D．encounter

9.

A．frequently

B．gradually

C．consequently

D．normally

10.

A．due

B．extra

C．missing

D．out

11.

A．submitted

B．donated

C．dropped

D．distributed

12.

A．apply

B．exchange

C．cheer

D．head

13.

A．belonged to

B．appealed to

C．turned to

D．depended on

14.

A．paid

B．offer

C．save

D．prepare

15.

A．material

B．temporary

C．complete

D．sustainable

10 . Childhood curiosity can last a lifetime and I learned this from my son, Bill. When he was very young, I often took him to the ____ He loved to read and often needed to ____ the books he’d read in order to borrow more books.One unintended _____ of his nonstop reading habits was that he even ____ at the dinner table. His mother, Mary, and I did our best to ____ him that, on certain social _____ , reading while dining with others was not a good thing.
Every summer the teachers at his school ____ give the students a reading list, and there was a contest to see who could read the most books. He was so ____ , and he always wanted to win. And he often ____ .But the main reason why he read so obsessively (着迷地) was that he was so ____ . He didn’t just want to learn about ____ things. He wanted to learn about everything.
We helped ____ his curiosity in every way. ____ an unfamiliar word came up in conversation, we’d turn to the ____ , looking up the word, and reading the definition aloud. Thus my son came to realize that if you have a question, the ____ exists somewhere. All you have to do is ____ it.
Bill remains as much of a ____ today as when he was a child, and he seems to _____ everything he reads. He’s often ____ to share what he’s learned with the next person he meets. He ____ reads at the dinner table, though — which is a good thing because the books he’s attracted to now are increasingly unappetizing (引不起食欲的): The Eradication of Infectious Diseases, Mosquitoes, Malaria & Man, and Rats, Lice, and History.1.

A．school

B．office

C．library

D．museum

2.

A．return

B．store

C．talk

D．pick

3.

A．advantage

B．discovery

C．explanation

D．consequence

4.

A．play

B．read

C．study

D．laugh

5.

A．convince

B．promise

C．inform

D．advise

6.

A．issues

B．services

C．occasions

D．duties

7.

A．could

B．would

C．should

D．might

8.

A．sincere

B．crazy

C．positive

D．competitive

9.

A．went

B．failed

C．did

D．proved

10.

A．curious

B．confident

C．diligent

D．excellent

11.

A．simple

B．past

C．any

D．some

12.

A．protect

B．develop

C．examine

D．follow

13.

A．Until

B．If

C．Though

D．Because

14.

A．teacher

B．newspaper

C．partner

D．dictionary

15.

A．person

B．book

C．answer

D．matter

16.

A．find

B．use

C．tell

D．ask

17.

A．speaker

B．reader

C．maker

D．user

18.

A．imagine

B．believe

C．create

D．remember

19.

A．eager

B．afraid

C．careful

D．sure

20.

A．now and again

B．at all time

C．no longer

D．just now