A. Come on B. Don’t worry C. Take it easy D. Take your time
2. At ______ present time, lower prices and great convenience are making shopping online ______ big attraction.
A. 不填; a B. 不填; the C. the; a D. the; 不填
3. ? There’s nothing serious with your son. He has just caught the flu.
? What ______!
A. a pity B. a relief C. a regret D. a shame
4. Tom is a smart boy. He can ______ any opportunity that can help him succeed.
A. miss B. grasp C. ignore D. analyze
5. The approach he took ______ the problem is contrary ______ our expectation.
A. for; to B. to; to C. to; on D. for; on
6. ______ the Shanghai Disneyland will make money depends on how it will be promoted.
A. If B. That C. 不填 D. Whether
7. Henan highway police were reported ______ a new method, micro-blogs (微博), in their fight against crime.
A. to have employed B. having employed
C. to have dismissed D. having dismissed
8. ? Glad to see you back! How long ______ you ______ in Britain?
? Two months. I’m off to France next week.
A. will; stay B. had; stayed C. did; stay D. have; stayed
9. It makes many foreigners ______ why Chinese acupuncture (針灸) has magical power.
A. puzzle B. puzzling C. puzzled D. being puzzled
10. As I penned the article, news came ______ Mr. Jobs, CEO of Apple, had passed away because of cancer.
A. if B. that C. 不填 D. whether
11. I think this policy to deal with traffic jams to be better than nothing ______ the effect is not so satisfactory.
A. even if B. now that C. in case D. as long as
12. The fever to learn Chinese in the U.S. shows the importance that Ameri
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icans ______ Chinese culture, and their desire for cooperation and exchange with China.
A. refer to B. attach to C. apply to D. devote to
13. We believe ______ true that the world will be better if we insist on communication.
A. one B. this C. that D. it
14. ? I’m very tired. When on earth could we get to that city?
? Hang on! We’ll ______ arrive before dark.
A. finally B. gradually C. hopefully D. generally
15. My daughter has been interested in music since she was a little girl. So ______ there was a chance, I would take her to concert halls and theatres.
A. whatever B. wherever C. however D. whenever
二、完形填空(共20小題;每小題1分，滿分20分)
It was July 4, 1986, three months after our baby, Jared, joined Jesus. My husband, Chris, and I were 16 for the ten-and-a-half months we shared with our son.
We decided to go to Laguna Beach, California, for the Independence Day Celebrations. After 17 the sparkles and rainbows of colors from the fireworks 18 , we walked arm in arm down Pacific Coast Highway. We 19 a gift shop window and decided to go in. I noticed a little T-shirt about the 20 of a man’s wallet, and on it was “World’s Greatest Son”.
It looked like it would 21 Jared’s little teddy bear that rested on our headboard. Jared would 22 his tiny teddy bear for 23 in the crook of his arm. Sometimes he’d grab at the pink nose, almost 24 .
After buying the 25 , we walked out onto the busy sidewalk and clung (緊挨) to each other, trying to 26 the void (空間) where our son used to be. I was feeling 27 like someone had attached a steel anchor (錨) to my chest. 28 we turned toward the street, I saw a silver heart-shaped balloon 29 in front of us. Chris grabbed at the ribbon (帶子) dangling (搖擺) 30 the balloon but it twisted away just
out of his 31 as if it were
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teasing him. I grabbed Chris’s arm, pulling him back from the street, as he 32 to reach for the balloon. The balloon seemed to 33 for minutes just outside of his grasp, in the flow of traffic.
Then the balloon slowly turned its face towards us, 34 as it did so, we were able to read the message. Still 35 each other, we stared incredulously as we read the message out loud, “I Love Mom.”
As soon as the words were out of our mouths, the balloon began to rise silently into the heavens.
16. A. thankful B. helpful C. regretful D. careful
17. A. making B. watching C. noticing D. lighting
18. A. factory B. display C. trucks D. places
19. A. looked into B. looked out of C. took notice of D. passed by
20. A. shape B. color C. size D. style
21. A. cover B. feed C. clean D. fit
22. A. hold B. move C. play D. throw
23. A. days B. weeks C. hours D. minutes
24. A. picking it up B. carrying it away C. taking it out D. pulling it off
25. A. toy B. T-shirt C. bear D. fireworks
26. A. find B. fill C. spare D. observe
27. A. light-hearted B. warm-heated C. heavy-hearted D. kind-hearted
28. A. As B. Although C. Since D. Unless
29. A. floating B. rising C. falling D. appearing
30. A. over B. by C. beneath D. in
31. A. control B. reach C. sense D. sight
32. A. stopped B. ran C. forgot D. continued
33. A. go up B. hang C. swing D. move
34. A. but B. so C. or D. and
35. A. holding onto B. caring about C. looking at D. believing in
三、閱讀理解(共15小題;每小題2分，滿分30分)
A
I lifted the pencil. It was time to copy down notes.
“No,” the pencil be
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gged, “don’t dig your finger-nails (手指甲) into my wood. It hurts!”
“I’m sorry, pencil. I’ll try to be gentle. I promise. So just relax,” I said.
“How can I relax with you pressing me in my side?” The pencil moved from side to side in my fingertips.
“Please, just relax!” I struggled to take it with both hands, but just couldn’t. Oh, what a fuss we were making! The whole class was glancing (瞥一眼) over their shoulders to watch me.
“Shh, pencil!” I struggled with it as it tried hard to slip out of my finger. But I wouldn’t let go. “Just…just stop it!”
“I’ll never stay!” The pencil wailed (號(hào)哭) so loudly that every student turned their heads.
My cheeks burned bright red. “Um… sorry. I was j-just trying t-to t-to…” What could I say? My pencil was escaping my hands. I would never say that!
“Please, I just want to get out of this place! If you want, get another pencil. Just leave me alone!” the pencil said.
I would do anything to get rid of it. I let the pencil drop hard onto the desk.
“I’m free!” It screamed. Then it dropped onto the floor and rolled out of the classroom. I frowned at the door as I watched my pencil escape. Then I looked up.
“Uh-oh.” My face grew white. The whole class was looking at me with their eyes as big as saucers. And then I saw her?Mrs. Peppel!
She glared at me.
I tried to smile and said, “I’m sorry.”
Mrs. Peppel, without changing her expression, put the chalk down and went out of the room. After a minute or so, Mrs. Peppel returned, holding my pencil in her hand. She put the pencil on my desk and then asked me with a twinkle in her eyes, “We’re not going to have any more trouble, are we?”
“No, ma’am,” the pencil and I said shyly.
36. We can infer that the passage is a ______.
A. fable B. diary C. humorous story D. joke
37. It can be inferred that ______.
A. the pencil had a desire for freedom
B. the writer was a clever student
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C. the writer was playing with a pencil
D. the pencil didn’t write well
38. Why didn’t the writer want to tell others about the truth?
A. Because he feared to be blamed for making noise.
B. Because he was afraid of being laughed at.
C. Because he didn’t want others to help him.
D. Because he could deal with the pencil himself.
39. What did Mrs. Peppel do?
A. She punished the writer by making him stand all day.
B. She lent her own pencil to the writer.
C. She went out and picked up the pencil.
D. She refused to continue the lesson.
40. Which of the following words can best describe Mrs. Peppel?
A. Careless. B. Generous. C. Strict. D. Gentle.B
Nick Vujicic was born without arms and legs. He overcame (克服) his disability and now he is a speaker. He speaks to millions of people, both in person and through his books. His latest book, Life Without Limits, has a powerful message of building a life of success and happiness.
Vujicic always has a smile on his face. But when he was a kid, he struggled with self-esteem (自尊心) problems. He wondered why he was different from other kids. His family and friends encouraged him and helped him overcome his problems.
“If it wasn’t for my family and friends, I would not have been here,” Vujicic said. “They were the ones who believed in me and loved me.”
Even so, Vujicic still had to deal with depression (抑郁) and loneliness. People laughed at him for being different.
Vujicic knows the harm bullying (恃強(qiáng)欺弱) can do. Bullying was the main reason why Vujicic tried to kill himself when he was ten by drowning himself in a river.
“A lot of people don’t understand that bullying is a major problem,” Vujicic said. “Many bullies hurt others,” he said, “because they have low self-esteem and are insecure. Like the people they bully, they don’t know who they’re supposed to be, either. The only thing that makes them feel like
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they have self-esteem is pushing other people around.”
“It’s very cowardly to make fun of others,” continued Vujicic. “It’s scary. It’s hard to stop.”
But it’s not impossible.
Facing bullying can be a difficult and scary thing. But Vujicic said that taking life one day at a time is the best path forward. It’s going to get better.
He won his battles by coming back to the truth of who he is. “I know that my value is not determined by what I look, what I can’t do, or how many friends I have,” he said. “I’m Nick Vujicic and there’s not another Nick Vujicic out there.”
41. It can be inferred that now Nick ______.
A. makes a speech on happiness
B. makes a living by writing
C. doesn’t know what his future life is
D. leads a positive life
42. It is implied in the third paragraph that ______.
A. Nick owes his success to his family and friends
B. Nick can come to speak with the help of his family
C. Nick needs support from his family and friends
D. Nick is glad that his friends believe what he says
43. In the opinion of Nick, bullies are those who ______.
A. know what they should do
B. aren’t confident about themselves
C. give orders to others in a rude way
D. have a strong sense of safety
44. To fight against bullying, Nick advised kids to ______.
A. try killing themselves one day
B. make more friends for help
C. find their own personal truth
D. scare bullies by turning to parents
45. What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. Nick sets a good example to students.
B. Nick is brave enough to fight against bullies.
C. Nick turns from a bully to a speaker.
D. Nick has his advice for dealing with bullying.
C
Bob Holmes’s volleyball career began when he visited his doctor because of back pain. His doctor told him that he needed to exercise more, so Bob took up volleyball. He hadn’t played the sport i
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n high school or college but took an immediate liking to the game.
Several years ago, Bob was considered as the athlete who has played the most games in any sport. He’s played some 17,000 games of volley-ball in over 5,500 gymnasiums. And he’s a one-man team.
In match-ups against athletes from other sports, he’s beaten 6-man teams. As if playing against 6 players isn’t hard enough, he’ll sometimes take on 100 people at a time, and beat them.
“My most memorable game was against the Baltimore Orioles,” said Holmes. “A lot of their players play a lot of volleyball, and so they were really good. We were tied 24 ? 24 in the final game before I won by 2 points.”
Encouraged by his job to rescue lives by trying to put an end to suicide (自殺), Bob began putting on one-man vs. entire team volleyball exhibitions as a way of generating interest for his message. A typical exhibition for him is at a high school assembly where he’ll play 3 games: one against a team of students, one against teachers and one against a combined teacher/student team. The games take about 45 minutes to an hour to play and in his remaining time, Bob spreads his message about the importance of standing up for yourself and making good decisions.
Recalling a letter he received from a boy who felt depressed about himself but changed his mind after hearing his words, Holmes knows that the volleyball games are just the attention getter (廣告妙語(yǔ)) for a more important message. Holmes said, “I just wanted to rescue lives and that is what encouraged me to play so many games.”
46. The first paragraph tells us that ______.
A. Bob didn’t get much exercise before
B. Bob was interested in playing volleyball
C. Bob felt back pain after playing volleyball
D. Bob took his doctor’s advice to play volleyball
47. It can be inferred from the second paragraph that ______.
A. Bob had a strong interest in any ball game
B. Bob played against others in voll
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eyball games alone
C. Bob played with about 17,000 volleyballs himself
D. Bob couldn’t find another player to organize a team
48. By playing 3 games at a school, Bob wanted to ______.
A. show his skills at playing volleyball
B. prove he was the best volleyball player
C. encourage kids to depend on themselves
D. teach students how to make good friends
49. To Bob, playing volleyball games is a way to ______.
Do you want to get someone to trust you or trust you again? If yes, firstly, you must be sincere from the start. For this, don’t hold anything back that he or she should know，because this will affect your relationship. Act the same way alone as you do when in the presence of others. Do things out of the goodness (好意) of your heart and do not seek a reward or do things to acquire things from people. Don’t do it or say it, unless you believe it from your heart.
Secondly, you can tell a third party something nice about the person. When we praise or say something nice to someone, the person may feel we have a hidden purpose. So you can tell his or her friend or relative something great about him or her. When you don’t say it directly to your target person, and he or she gets to know your praise from someone else, it greatly increases your trustworthiness (可靠) in their eyes.
Thirdly, don’t overpromise (承諾過(guò)多). If you have already broken somebody’s trust, then you need to earn it back by keeping your word. Stop promising too
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many things just because you are eager to get someone to trust you again. Breaking another promise will only make things worse. So be honest and tell the other person exactly what is going on in your life and learn to say no sometimes.
Trust is not something you can get in a hurry. If you want to get someone to trust you or trust you again, you need to give that person time and space. Therefore, don’t be in their face all the time and don’t ask that person directly whether he or she trusts you or not. Let things fall into place in their own time. Being trusted can be easily achieved at first, but a person still needs time to process everything.
Now that you know how to get someone to trust you, I hope that you will put it to good use. Once trust has been gained, you must not do anything to damage it. Once you do, however, you will have to work twice as hard to earn it back again.
How to get someone to trust you
Paragraph outlines Supporting details
Keep (51) _______ from the start. ●Communicate honestly.
●Act the same way alone as you do when other people are (52)_______.
●Do good deeds without seeking to be (53)_______.
●Don’t say or do things that you (54)_______.
Say something nice about the person behind him or her. ●(55)_______ something nice about the person with his or her friend or relative.
●Don’t (56)_______ someone too much in his or her face.
Don’t overpromise. ●Never (57)_______ your promise.
●Tell him what’s happening in your life，and learn to (58)_______ sometimes.
Be (59) _______. ●Give the person time and space to trust you.
● (60)_______ asking the person directly whether he or she trusts you or not.
It is generally thought that disabled people are those who need care and help from our society. But it is not always true, and some are exceptions to the rule. Though they are physically disabled, they are self-reliant and even do their best to help others. Wang Hanlu is a good example. He was born in 1962, Yancheng, Jiangsu Province. An illness left his right leg lame at the age of three, but he never lost his hope for life.
Wang Hanlu helped many people in his life. In 1992, he began to support three orphans to finish their education. In 2006, he applied for donating his organs to Nanjing Red Cross upon his death. Shortly after the earthquake in Wenchuan happened in 2008, he went there alone and acted as a volunteer
It’s a pity that Wang Hanlu lost his life in a car accident in 2011. His life was short, but he really made a difference to our society. All of us should look up to him as a moral model.
