1 . 假设你是晋城一学的高二学生李平。学校英语报向新二学生进行征文，题目为My Dream.李平也想投稿。稿件内容必须包含：
1.近来，我反复地做着相同的梦；我捧着那纸温暖的大学录取通知书……
2.社会教育、学校教育和家庭教育都会给予我力量去实现梦想。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
the college admission notice大学录取通知书
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2 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

When I was very young, Chinese astronaut Yang Liwei     1     (send) into Earth orbit. My mother told me Yang is a national hero. I have been     2     (increasing) interested in space travel ever since. By     3     (read) books about space science, I have learned     4     (much) about space travel such as the space station, space shuttles and moon landing. We Chinese people have the Chinese Dream. As part of it, my dream is     5     (become) an astronaut and to land on     6    moon. When I described my dream to my teacher, he gave me his     7     (advise): I should work hard by spending more time and energy     8    maths and science. And     9    is the most important is that I should develop courage and endurance. Following these instructions, I will redouble my efforts to realize     10     (me) dream.

3 . 学校将要举行演讲比赛，请以My Dream为题写一篇参赛演讲稿。注意：1.文中不能出现真实姓名和学校； 2.词数：80词左右；3. 开头已经给出，不计入总词数。
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4 . Things to do when you aren’t hopeful about anything

You dream. You work hard. But often those expectations are not met. You don’t achieve your goals. Life seems so unfair when you do everything you can and still don’t get the desired results. You don’t want to do anything. You feel hopeless about everything in your life. What’s next?     1     Or should you hold on to hope? Here are several things to do to bring yourself back on track when you aren’t hopeful about anything in your life.

Don’t focus too much on controlling everything. Many external (外部的) factors affect your life and you can’t control everything. Worrying about things you can’t control isn’t going to help. The desire to control every situation only exhausts you completely.     2    

Avoid coming to conclusions too soon. We are sometimes too quick to judge the situation before it even unfolds completely.     3     Things aren’t as bad most of the times. You just need to take a step back and reflect on your thoughts.

    4     Hope is an amazing feeling that lifts your life. Never stop tr find an opportunity to improve your life. There is always an option. You just need to open yourself to it. And for that, you need to have hope. Hope motivates you, fuels you to keep working on your goals no matter what.     5    

A．Should you just drop everything and give up?

B．Allow yourself to open up to endless possibilities.

C．Wait before forming an opinion about a particular situation.

D．Are you upset about a particular situation not going your way?

E．Concentrate on what you can control or improve and forget about the rest.

F．Believing in yourself and hoping for the best makes a huge difference.

G．It makes you believe in yourself and ensures that your hard work will actually pay off.

5 . I have a dream. One day I will be able to pursue my studies outside home country and be able to contribute ________ to the development of the world. My dream ________ was the United States. It is because I had the desire to learn more about American culture and ________ At the same time I admired their hi-tech technology.

It was my summer visit to the Boston University that made me have a true “away from home” feeling and the desire to ________ my engineering degree from the university. The university motto — Learning, Virtue, Piety — ________ me to the campus. It made me feel that I was at the ________ place at the right time to ________ my dream. I hope that by the time I ________ my course, I will not only graduate with top-class ________ in engineering but I will also have grown up both socially and ________ I had a chance to visit the ________ of engineering. After having a ________ discussion with the head of department, I concluded that Boston University has the ________ engineering programme as ________ to other universities that I had visited. Because all their programmes are ________ to meet and address students' ________ needs.

We live in a “digital village” which is ________ by the Internet, science and technology and I am given a chance to pursue my engineering degree at the university. I hope to contribute positively to the ________ and development of the economy of my home country as well as that of the developing nations around the world. I ________ hope that my application will ________ and I will live to fulfill my dream.

1.

A．positively

B．anxiously

C．regretfully

D．successfully

2.

A．nationality

B．destination

C．introduction

D．campus

3.

A．difficulties

B．functions

C．custom

D．government

4.

A．chase after

B．chase away

C．look after

D．take off

5.

A．attracted

B．offered

C．accepted

D．invited

6.

A．awful

B．small

C．inspiring

D．appropriate

7.

A．experience

B．realize

C．discover

D．evaluate

8.

A．complete

B．remove

C．expand

D．double

9.

A．gifts

B．value

C．possibility

D．honors

10.

A．familiarly

B．materially

C．spiritually

D．culturally

11.

A．department

B．project

C．progress

D．subject

12.

A．meaningless

B．long

C．casual

D．tense

13.

A．skin-deep

B．full-time

C．second-hand

D．first-class

14.

A．mentioned

B．explained

C．compared

D．known

15.

A．allowed

B．applied

C．removed

D．tailored

16.

A．rare

B．specific

C．unreasonable

D．normal

17.

A．designed

B．covered

C．connected

D．changed

18.

A．communication

B．growth

C．suggestions

D．dilemma

19.

A．sensitively

B．secretly

C．sincerely

D．originally

20.

A．fade away

B．set out

C．get across

D．go through

6 . We’ve all experienced failure. Whether we like it or not, failure is part of life. How people respond to it is of great importance both to their decisions and achievements. Some are likely to have such expectations: “If I should reach that goal, how happy would I feel?” In a recent study, we wanted to understand how such expectations may change in the face of failure. Are people able to predict their own happiness?

The old saying “the grass is always greener on the other side” suggests that people spend much of their time longing for things they can’t have. In other words, the harder it is to achieve, the higher the valuation. But is this a good model for how ordinary people process failure? According to the story The Fox and the Grapes, failure often leads us to drop our initial (最初的) plan. In the story, the fox jumps with all his strength, yet he fails to reach the grapes. Finally, he walks away, concluding that the grapes were sour (酸的) anyway.

So, which is it: greener grass or sour grapes? We did an experiment to determine how people react to failure.

In the study, about 1,200 participants (参加者) received either good or poor feedback (反馈) on the practice trial of a test. Half of them were told that they had performed in the bottom 20 percent, while the other half, in the top 20 percent. They were then asked to predict how they would feel if they earned a high score on the actual test.

The research results showed that those who received poor feedback on the practice trial predicted that they would feel less happiness and less pride, compared to those who received strong feedback. However, when they received a top score on the actual test later, they were just as happy as the other half, and much happier than they had predicted before. This suggests that the initial failure made people undervalue how good it would feel to succeed in the future.

The question though, is why failure makes us downplay our future happiness. According to Professor Jon Elster, people don’t always know what they want, and often change their wishes to match what appears within reach. When the outcome doesn’t fit the one they have of themselves, they protect themselves by devaluing the goal—rather than devaluing self. In other words, when personal failure happens, one way of protecting our positive (积极的) sense of self is to refuse to accept the emotional importance of future achievements.

Detachment (超脱) from personal goals can be useful, if it helps people redirect their attention from the impossible to better and more achievable goals. However, if the sour-grape effect kicks in too early and people become fearful of failure, they could miss out on the chance to try again and realize that what once seemed impossible is now within reach.

1. What does the story The Fox and the Grapes suggest?

A．The outcome valuation depends on what goal is set.

B．Difficulties result in a higher achievement expectation.

C．Past performance doesn’t help predict future happiness.

D．Initial failure makes future success appear less attractive.

2. The word “downplay” in Paragraph 6 probably means “________”.

A．undervalue

B．better understand

C．destroy

D．discover

3. What do we know from the passage?

A．The participants cared more about strong feedback.

B．The happier people are those who predict less happiness.

C．The participants’ performance failed to match their abilities.

D．People devalue the goal to keep a positive view of themselves.

4. What is the writer trying to tell us?

A．Failure is the mother of success.

B．Detachment stops people from changing wishes.

C．The seemingly impossible is worth trying sometimes.

D．The sour-grape effect pushes us to keep moving forward.

7 . I live near an abandoned (废弃的）house in New Orleans. I always thought about how I could make it a nicer space for my neighborhood.

In 2009, I ______ someone I loved very much. She was a mother to me. Her death was sudden and unexpected. And I thought about ______ a lot, which really made me ______ for the time I’ve had, and brought clarity (清晰）to what are meaningful to my ______ now. But I ______ to maintain this perspective (视角）in my daily life. I feel like it’s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day, and forget what really ______ to me as we grow and change.

With help from old and new friends, I ______ the side of this abandoned house into a giant ______ with a fill-in-the-blank sentence:   “Before I die, I want to ...”Anyone walking by can pick up a piece of chalk, ______ their life, and share their personal ______ in public space.

I didn’t know what to expect from this experiment, but by the next day, the ______ was entirely filled out, and it kept growing. This abandoned space became a ______ one, and people’s hopes and dreams made me ______ out loud, tear up, and they comforted me during my tough times. Later, I started receiving hundreds of ______ from passionate people who wanted to make a wall with their community. So my friends and I helped make walls in countries around the world.

______, we’ve shown how powerful our public spaces can be if we're given the opportunity to have a voice and share more with one another.

1.

A．saved

B．lost

C．met

D．cheated

2.

A．failure

B．death

C．glory

D．belief

3.

A．grateful

B．responsible

C．eager

D．sorry

4.

A．dream

B．idea

C．life

D．ability

5.

A．struggle

B．expect

C．prefer

D．pretend

6.

A．happens

B．shows

C．matters

D．belongs

7.

A．developed

B．drove

C．forced

D．turned

8.

A．poster

B．chalkboard

C．blog

D．screen

9.

A．go through

B．give away

C．reflect on

D．show off

10.

A．opinions

B．problems

C．experiences

D．desires

11.

A．house

B．wall

C．neighborhood

D．community

12.

A．positive

B．romantic

C．single

D．familiar

13.

A．shout

B．cry

C．burst

D．laugh

14.

A．promises

B．stories

C．messages

D．comments

15.

A．Together

B．Instead

C．Rather

D．Again