1 . 假设你是李华，你的好友Peter今天上午来你家找你陪他练习汉语口语。你因临时有急事外出，让他扑空。请根据以上情景，给他写封信。内容如下：
1.表示歉意；
2.解释具体原因，并希望他能谅解；
3.告诉他下次练习的时间、地点及话题。
注意：1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
3.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
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2 . Christopher Garrett was an engineer with the U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain Division. While serving in Afghanistan, Christopher was shot and ______. He was hospitalized and then medically ______.

Christopher was ______ to be returning home to his wife, Brittany, and was looking forward to getting back to normal life. Soon, ______, it became clear that “normal” was going to have a new ______.

Christopher’s ______ made things difficult. Things that had once come ______ to him-like mowing the lawn (修剪草坪) — now seemed almost impossible. Even still, Christopher was ______ not to let his injuries get the best of him. Even though he only had an old-fashioned, non-motorized push mower, he ______ to go out and mow the yard, working through the ______ until the job was done.

It was ______ for Brittany to watch her husband go through this pain. When she saw Christopher threw himself down on the ground in tears one day, she ran to him, thinking he was ______ an emotional breakdown. When she got out to the yard, however, she saw the ______ of Christopher’s tears Sitting in the yard was a(n) ______ riding lawn mower. Attached was a note: “I hope this ______ time for the things that matter most in your life. Thank you for your ______ and for my freedom. A grateful American.”

Though the Garretts have no ______ who left the mower in their yard, it is clear a neighbor had seen Christopher ______ and wanted to help. That person may never know just how much the ______ meant to the Garretts, but for this couple it was life-changing.

Christopher still has a long ______ ahead of him in the recovery process, but thanks to this generous stranger, the journey is now a little easier.

1.

A．caught

B．wounded

C．trapped

D．killed

2.

A．recovered

B．refused

C．retired

D．removed

3.

A．fortunate

B．disappointed

C．happy

D．unwilling

4.

A．though

B．therefore

C．meanwhile

D．instead

5.

A．story

B．direction

C．result

D．meaning

6.

A．disability

B．strength

C．fear

D．appearance

7.

A．steadily

B．quickly

C．naturally

D．easily

8.

A．forced

B．determined

C．astonished

D．persuade

9.

A．continued

B．preferred

C．promised

D．intended

10.

A．hunger

B．sorrow

C．pain

D．anger

11.

A．embarrassing

B．unusual

C．annoying

D．difficult

12.

A．suffering

B．imagining

C．overcoming

D．performing

13.

A．source

B．outcome

C．purpose

D．power

14.

A．special

B．ordinary

C．strange

D．new

15.

A．takes

B．saves

C．occupies

D．leaves

16.

A．honesty

B．service

C．kindness

D．attention

17.

A．doubt

B．question

C．idea

D．way

18.

A．searching

B．complaining

C．struggling

D．crying

19.

A．note

B．gift

C．reward

D．solution

20.

A．life

B．experience

C．wait

D．road

3 . Last week, I went shopping for the items I needed     1    my voluntary work of cooking breakfast on Saturday at a shelter for the    2     (home) in San Jose, California. I went to a store     3     (buy) some tofu and vegetables. As I　    4      (wait) in line to finish the shopping, the lady next to me approached (走近) me to find out     5     I was going to consume (吃)such  a big box of tofu I was buying. I told her that I was buying food to cook breakfast for those people in the shelter. While I was getting ready to pay the bill, to my    6     (amaze), she offered to pay for everything without saying    7     name. She said that she felt good because I was doing the kind of community work from which her parents once received help      8     they came to this country as refugees (难民). So she wanted to take this opportunity to show her gratitude.

It was the    9     (good) reward I had ever received for my voluntary work,     10    began three years ago. In a strange way we are all connected and we feel grateful for each other.

4 . A few years ago, I took a sightseeing trip to Washington D.C. I saw many of our

nation’s treasures, and I also saw a lot of unfortunate people like beggars and homeless folks(人们)in the streets.

Standing outside the Ronald Reagan Center, I heard a voice say,“Can you help me?”When I turned around, I saw an elderly blind woman with her hand extended(伸出). In a natural reaction, I reached into my pocket, pulled out all of my loose change and placed it in her hand. I didn’t even look at her. I was annoyed(生气) at being bothered(烦) by a beggar.

But the blind woman smiled and said, “I don’t want your money. I just need help finding the post office.”

Immediately, I realized what I had done. I acted with prejudice(偏见)—I judged another person simply for what I thought she was.

The thing I had forgotten about myself is that I am an immigrant. I left Honduras and arrived in America at the age of 15. Through the years, I have been a dishwasher, cashier, mechanic and pizza delivery driver among many other jobs, and finally I became a network engineer.

In my own life, I have experienced many open acts of prejudice. I remember a time, at age 17— I was a busboy, and I heard a father tell his little boy that if he did not do well at school, he would end up like me.

But now, living in my American middle-class lifestyle, it is too easy to forget my past, to forget who I am and where I have been, and to lose sight of where I want to be going. That blind woman on the street of Washington D.C. cured(治愈) me of my blindness. She reminded me to always keep my eyes and heart open.

1. When the author came to America at first ______.

A．he usually did some work with a little payment.

B．he used to beg for some money on the street.

C．he lived a comfortable life as a network engineer.

D．he was respected by others all the time.

2. According to the passage, what did the author regret(后悔)?

A．That he gave all his change to the blind woman.

B．The way he treated the blind woman.

C．That he came to Washington

D．C. for a visit.

3. We can infer all of the following statements from the passage EXCEPT ____.

A．He disliked being bothered by beggars.

B．He was delighted to give away his money to beggars.

C．He once suffered a lot.

D．The blind woman didn’t beg for money at that time.

4. What does the author want to tell us through this story?

A．Don’t dream up ways to get what you want.

B．Money is the root of all evils.

C．An easy life makes a person forgetful.

D．Be good to others all the time.

5 . Women are friendly．But men are more competitive．Why? Researchers have found it's all down to the hormone oxytocin （荷尔蒙催生素）．Although known as the love hormone, it affects the sexes differently．
"Women tend to be social in their behavior．They often share with others．But men lend to be competitive．They are trying to improve their social status," said Professor Ryan．
Generally, people believe that the hormone oxytocin is let out in our body in various social situations and our body creates a large amount of it during positive social interactions （互动） such as falling in love or giving birth．
But in a previous experiment Professor Ryan found that the hormone is also let out in our body during negative social interactions such as envy．
Further researches showed that in men the hormone oxytocin improves the ability to recognize competitive relationships, but in women it raises the ability to recognize friendship．
Professor Ryan's recent experiment used 62 men and women aged 20 to 37．Half of the participants（参与者）received oxytocin．The other half received placebo （安慰剂）．
After a week, the two groups switched with participants．They went through the same procedure with the other material．
Following each treatment, they were shown some video pictures with different social interactions．Then they were asked to analyze the relationships by answering some questions．The questions were about telling friendship from competition．And their answers should be based on gestures, body language and facial expressions．
The results indicated that, after treatment with oxytocin, men's ability to correctly recognize competitive relationships improved, but in women it was the ability to correctly recognize friendship that got better．
Professor Ryan thus concluded: "Our experiment proves that the hormone oxytocin can raise people's abilities to better distinguish different social interactions．And the behavior differences between men and women are caused by biological factors （因素） that are mainly hormonal．"
1. What causes men and women to behave differently according to the text?

A．Placebo．	B．Oxytocin．
C．The gesture．	D．The social status．

2. What can we learn from Professor Ryan's previous experiment?

A．Oxytocin affects our behavior in a different way．

B．Our body lets out oxytocin when we are deep in love．

C．Our body produces oxytocin when we feel unhappy about others' success．

D．Oxytocin improves our abilities to understand people's behavior differences．

3. Why did Professor Ryan conduct the recent experiment?

A．To test the effect of oxytocin on the ability to recognize social interactions．

B．To know the differences between friendship and competition．

C．To know people's different abilities to answer questions．

D．To test people's understanding of body language．

4. The author develops the text by______．

A．explaining people's behaviors

B．describing his own experiences

C．distinguishing sexual differences

D．discussing research experiments