1 . 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；

Connect Online to meet Offline

In our information technology society, we often have     1    (many) communications online than offline. For example, just compare the number of people to    2    you have sent online messages with that of the people you     3     (meet) in the past two weeks.

However, there are now mobile apps which allow you     4    (connect) with strangers online and then meet in person, and I'm not talking about dating apps! Rather, I'm referring to apps, which help to connect people with similar     5     (interest) who live in the same city. To begin with, get online and find a group that interests you. Then, simply join     6     group. As long as you’re in a group with like-minded people, you will be able to enjoy     7     (do) the same activities together. You can do this    8     free, although some apps will ask you to pay if you want to create an interest group.

There is a wide     9     (vary) of interest groups out there, such as those for hiking, football, photography, board games, poetry, or dog owners. You name it, they've got it! This is     10     (real)a great way to network, meet people if you' re new to a city, or simply to make new friends.

2 . Your success as a manager can be determined by how you interact with people. The role of a manager as a leader is an important part of these interactions. Leadership involves influencing colleagues so that they follow a given direction or goal.    1    

The first is the “people function”. Here leadership helps to hold a group together and maintain the motivation of the group.    2    In this role the leader will ensure the group has sufficient funds to carry out its tasks. So a leader should be seen to have influence both outside the group and within the group.

Next comes the “task function”. Here leadership involves deciding what the tasks of the group of employees are and then making sure that they are carried out successfully.

The third is the “strategic function.”     3    A group of workers that knows what they are trying to achieve will be more efficient and better motivated than a group that doesn’t know what it’s supposed to be doing.

    4    For example, how much power the manager has over the group, how well the manager knows the systems present in an organization and how many personal contacts the manager has within the organization.

Good communication is another crucial element to successful leadership. A good leader is aware both of the message to be communicated and of the importance of effective communication to influence members of the group.     5    It is essential to be a role model for the policies you advocate. And remember, always accept responsibility for your mistakes and don’t blame colleagues for things that you do badly. No one is perfect. Just remember this when you interact with colleagues.

A．A leader should act as an ambassador for the group.

B．Leadership here helps with the development of a sense of purpose and direction for the group.

C．It is often stated that leadership has three main functions within groups.

D．A manager’s ability to influence people depends on a range of factors.

E．Networking includes the ability to make and maintain useful contacts.

F．This shows that you are aware of the effort colleagues are putting into their work.

G．A manager’s behavior is a vital component of the message they communicate to colleagues.

3 . If you’re a procrastinator(拖延的人), you’re familiar with the pain and stress that goes hand in hand with leaving things to the last minute. Even if you want to accomplish or finish a task, you’re likely having trouble getting started in the first place!    1    

Change your mind. Stop punishing yourself for procrastinating. The more stressed out you are, the harder it’ll be to get your work done. Don’t be angry with yourself. Just move on and focus on what you’ve got to do instead.    2    Wasting time yelling at yourself for not starting that 2, 000-word essay two weeks ago will only make you extra tired and frustrated. It will also stress you out, likely making it impossible for you to finish your assignment at that time.

Avoid a long disorganized to-do list. This is just setting yourself up for failure. Instead, create subcategories like “Home”, “Work”, “Family”, and “Fun” and just try to cross off a few entries from each list every day.

Do most important task for 15 minutes. Instead of thinking about the total number of hours you’re about to work for, just start. Tell yourself you’ve only got to do it for 15 minutes.    3    Once you come up for air, take a two-minute break. Then start up on another set of 15 minutes of work.

    4    It can be scary to think about finishing a whole essay or getting through an entire week’s worth of tasks. Instead of thinking about everything you have to do like one big obstacle, break it all down into tiny pieces.    5    

A．Break tasks down into small pieces.

B．Never think about the past experiences.

C．Guilt and regret are negative emotions.

D．However, there is always some time when you can’t pull through.

E．If 15 minutes still sounds too frightening, do something for just 3 minutes.

F．Thus, you’ll be able to get started on the smallest piece and go forward from there.

G．Hopefully, there are several strategies that can help you stop procrastinating right now.

4 . How to Keep a Relationship Healthy and Strong

Are you new to experiencing relationships? Well, let me give you advice on having a healthy and possibly long­term relationship.

    1     Don’t hide things from them; don’t lie. Getting them to trust you is the most important element in any relationship. So please be honest and they’ll learn to open up to you.

Make sure you give them respect. Now respect isn’t just simply treating her or him nicely. There’s a lot more to it. You have to learn to adjust to their liking.    2     Don’t just think about yourself; think about what your partner needs out of it as well.

    3     Always be willing to help them and give them honesty and positiveness at the same time. Make them feel you are someone they can really count on and build a future with. This is an important step in a relationship. Your partner has to be able to count on you when needed.

Make sure you have a good sense of humor with them. Laughter is the key to happiness. Laugh a lot with them, joke with them. Laughter may seem silly, but it’s the secret to a lot in life. It will keep the sparks alive.    4    

Make sure the communication is good. This goes along with trust, but always communicate how you feel, even if it’s something that upsets you. Instead of screaming, talk to them.    5     It’s important to communicate this to them, not keep it bottled up.

A．Show them your personality.

B．Be an honest person with them.

C．Make sure you are encouraging to your partners.

D．Laughter keeps the relationship strong and lasting.

E．Don’t start to neglect them and make them feel unwanted.

F．Basically, learn to study your partners’ moods, wants and needs.

G．If they did something that made you unhappy, tell them about it in a respectful manner.

5 . Most heroes are not super. They don’t appear in comic books, on television, or in movies. They just do what they believe needs to be done to make their world a better place. Bike Batman is one of them.

Bike Batman is a 30-year-old married engineer who lives in Seattle, Washington. He’s a cyclist who also buys and sells bikes as a hobby.

About three years ago, he was looking for a bike for his wife. He found one on Craigslist, a website where people list things they want to sell. As he often does, he also looked at Bike Index, a popular website that allows users to register their bikes and post reports when they’re taken. The bike, which he was considering purchasing, clearly matched one reported stolen on Bike Index. Then he called the person who claimed to be the bike’s owner and arranged to meet him— supposedly to complete the sale. When the two men met, Bike Batman told the thief, “You’ve got two options. You can wait until a police officer gets here, or you can just get out of here.” You can imagine what the thief did.

After that first success, Bike Batman developed a safer routine. When he sees questionable bike ads on Craigslist, he cross-references the image with bikes reported on Bike Index. Once he has confirmed it with the owner, he arranges a meet-up with the thief and will call the Seattle police department so that officers can participate in the action. In more than half of the 22 cases in which he has got back and returned bikes, the thieves have been arrested. In one case, Bike Batman even helped a family recover a wide range of prized possessions that suspects had stolen during a home burglary.

His nickname came from a discussion with a police officer who suggested he be called “Robin Hood”. Since he wasn’t exactly stealing from the rich and giving to the poor, “Batman” seemed a better fit. The idea of a superhero punishing criminals feels pretty silly to him, but the main reason he continues his work is to keep up Seattle’s reputation as a friendly city.

1. What is Bike Batman?

A．A superhero.	B．A website manager.
C．A Seattle citizen.	D．A police officer.

2. What will Bike Batman first do when he discovers a questionable bike?

A．Arrange to meet the thief.

B．Call the police department.

C．Contact the owner of the stolen bike.

D．Look up the bike’s information on Bike Index.

3. Why does Bike Batman help find the lost bikes?

A．To become famous.	B．To help poor people.
C．To punish bike thieves.	D．To build a friendly city.

4. What can we learn from the passage?

A．the thieves refused to return the bikes.

B．the police failed to perform their duties.

C．Bike Batman began his good deeds by accident.

D．Bike Batman felt relieved to see the thieves arrested.

6 . To forgive is a virtue, but no one has ever said it is easy. When someone has deeply hurt you, it can be extremely difficult to let go of your hate.     1    . And it can be

surprisingly beneficial to your physical and mental health. People who forgive show less sadness, anger, and stress, and more hopefulness, according to a recent research.

How should you start to forgive? Try the following steps:

Calm yourself.     2    . You can take couple of breaths, and think of something that gives you pleasure: a beautiful scene in nature, or someone you love.

Don’t wait for an apology.     3     They may have wanted to hurt you or they just don’t see things the same way. If you wait for people to apologize, you could be waiting an awfully long time. Keep in mind that forgiveness does not necessarily mean becoming friends again with the person who upset you.

Take the control away from your offender(冒犯者). Rethinking about your hurt gives power to the person who caused your pain. Instead of focusing on your wounded feelings, learn to look for the love, beauty and kindness around you.

    4     . If you understand your offender, you may realize that he or she was acting out or unawareness, fear; and even love. You may want to write a letter to yourself from your offender’s point of view.

Don’t forget to forgive yourself.     5    . But it can rob you of your self-confidence if you don’t do it.

A．Why should you forgive?

B．However. forgiveness is possible

C．Recognize the benefits of forgiveness

D．Try to see things from your offender’s angle

E．For some people, forgiving themselves is the biggest challenge

F．To make your anger die away, try a simple stress-management technique

G．Many times. the person who hurt you does not intend to apologize

7 . There are many principles and values all people live by. The _______ that I live by is honesty. I have always been taught that lying will just get me into more trouble than I might already be _______. Being honest is a _______ all people need to have and use to go _______ in life.

Ever since I was a little kid, my parents have _______ me to be honest _______ it is the right thing to do. As I got _______, I realized something very important that could _______ the way people take me to be a person. If just once you stop being honest and tell a lie it will _______ change people’s opinion of you and their whole way of acting ________ you. When you tell a lie you lose that person’s ________ forever or have to work your whole life to get it back.

It is my personal ________ to achieve great things in life and honesty will sure help me get there. For me right now losing somebody’s trust would be a truly ________ thing. Whatever you do for a living or ________ you live, honesty is something important for all of us.

Honesty gets you much higher in life than getting into more ________ like lying would. Lying can ________ get you into trouble dealing with the government. Honesty is just as important to me as my family. Already, I know it is something that will ________ my future and my relationship with all people. It is something about myself that I hope to never ________ no matter what happens. Most of all honesty will help me no matter whether I’m at school, home or just ________ with friends. It is something ________ I hope my children will also have and appreciate.

1.

A．profession

B．law

C．career

D．contract

2.

A．in

B．into

C．on

D．onto

3.

A．character

B．quality

C．personality

D．speciality

4.

A．slowly

B．down

C．fast

D．far

5.

A．advised

B．made

C．taught

D．ordered

6.

A．in case

B．so that

C．although

D．because

7.

A．older

B．elder

C．stronger

D．taller

8.

A．accept

B．ensure

C．change

D．exchange

9.

A．possibly

B．totally

C．hardly

D．nearly

10.

A．like

B．toward

C．against

D．forward

11.

A．confidence

B．hope

C．interest

D．trust

12.

A．arrangement

B．intention

C．goal

D．purpose

13.

A．horrible

B．fascinating

C．unacceptable

D．surprising

14.

A．wherever

B．whenever

C．whichever

D．whomever

15.

A．questions

B．problems

C．accidents

D．incidents

16.

A．surely

B．easily

C．even

D．still

17.

A．break

B．improve

C．destroy

D．strengthen

18.

A．lose

B．meet

C．own

D．miss

19.

A．hanging over

B．hanging on

C．hanging up

D．hanging out

20.

A．who

B．what

C．which

D．that

8 . 生活在社区里的孩子们生活单调：几乎不认识周围的邻居，没有兄弟姐妹。 社区负责人黄叔叔注意到这个问题，于是向大家征集解决问题的建设性意见。假如你是Li Ping, 请你写一篇100词左右的邮件向他提出你自己的建议。
内容包括：
1.吸引孩子们参加社区青年俱乐部并参加其组织的活动。
2.给孩子们提供一个娱乐交流的地方。
3.组织社区里的孩子参加清洁本小区的公益劳动
注意：1.词数100左右；     2. 开头和结尾已给出（不计入总词数）。
Dear Uncle Huang,

Thank you for reading my email. I am living in this community_________________________

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Best wishes!

Yours truly,

Li Ping

9 . When Paula Grzelak-Schultz spotted a piece of paper tucked under windshield (挡风玻璃) wipers, she thought she was getting fined for leaving her car in a bar parking lot overnight. With a heavy sigh, Grzelak-Schultz removed the paper and unlocked her car.

Hardly had she unfolded the paper when she got shocked. It was a letter from the manager of Original Joe’s Restaurant & Bar in Sherwood Park, Canada.

“Just wanted to thank you for leaving your car parked overnight,” Jay McLean, managing partner at Original Joe’s, wrote. “I’m not sure if you had consumed alcohol at our restaurant or not, but we wanted to thank you for not drinking and driving.”

Inside it,, Grzelak-Schultz also found a voucher (代金券) for 1 pound of chicken wings.

“Please accept this as a thank you for being responsible,” McLean wrote. “Life is valuable, have a great weekend.”

Grzelak-Schultz was touched.

“I was sure it was going to be a ticket or a scolding from someone for leaving my vehicle there for so long,” Grzelak-Schultz told CBS News. “I was truly surprised and so pleased that the manager took the time to acknowledge my good judgment.”

She decided to share the man’s good deed on Facebook.

“Wow! I’m so impressed. Definitely going back,” Grzelak-Schultz wrote in a Facebook post on Tuesday that has since gone widespread with nearly 8,500 shares. “Not just because of the voucher, but also because of how well this guy treats his regular customers.”

Exactly a week later, Grzelak-Schultz returned to the restaurant to thank McLean for his kindness and discovered that she’s not the only customer to receive this letter.

“He’s been doing it for over a year, with no expectations.” She explained. “Just being a good guy.”

1. At first sight of the paper, Paul thought it was       .

A．a ticket

B．a voucher

C．a letter

D．a thank-you card

2. What truly surprised Grzelak-Schultz?

A．She was not fined by the police.	B．She was not scolded for parking.
C．She was considered as responsible.	D．She got a voucher for chicken wings.

3. What can we learn about Jay Mclean?

A．He simply meant to be good.	B．He hoped to attract more customers.
C．He wanted to be popular on the Internet.	D．He intended to please regular customers.

4. 24 .Which can best describe the change of the author’s feelings?

A．sad—excited—surprise—relieved	B．sad—surprised—pleased—impressed
C．surprised—sad—disappointed—pleased	D．disappointed—surprised—excited—delighted

10 . 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

It is necessary to be reasonable and flexible enough to avoid conflicts as much as possible and live in peace with others.     1     If you have done all your best to avoid conflicts and you are still arguing, then read these effective tips on how to avoid conflicts.

● Don’t get in the center of the conflict.

Sometimes people can get in the center of conflicts due to their enthusiasm for offering help. Frankly speaking, it is very unwise, because it can make you the main figure of the conflict.     2     You should focus on your own life issues.

● Be kind.

    3     Life is full of conflicts and disagreements, that’s why you should find more conservative ways of dealing with them. For example, kindness can lessen the conflict.

● Try to be a peacekeeper.

Peacekeepers tend to cooperate with people without bad emotions which usually lead to arguments and even conflicts. “    4    ” This saying is the life motto of a natural-born peacekeeper. Don’t worry if you are not a natural-born peacekeeper; you can gain this skill during life.

● Walk off.

When the conflict is gathering pace and you can’t manage to control yourself, you should choose to handle the situation in another way. By all means, try to keep yourself away from stress.     5     You should get away from the situation for a while.

A．The greatest victory is a battle not fought.

B．Conflicts are unavoidable, so try to accept them.

C．Weak people usually desire others to offer help and support.

D．Let other people solve their problems without your presence.

E．It is helpful to put some distance between yourself and the opponent.

F．When someone pushes you to the limit, try to act kindly towards this person.

G．Arguing can either break your friendship or affect your relationship to some degree.