完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
LAST weekend, I helped my friend Alex get money for poor children at Crossroads Mall He 36 needed volunteers, especially of the female. I decided that this was a pretty good 37 , so the next day I got ready to go.
I arrived at Crossroads about five minutes 38 , and helped Alex and 39 of the volunteers. There were only three 40 at first, and we figured we might as well get started 41 just waiting for more to arrive. I held the 42 , and suddenly felt extremely shy. I did not 43 asking people for donations. In fact, I’m usually one of those people who try to 44 those boring stands and ask you for a little contribution. For heaven’s sake, I can contribute to a few, 45 I cannot alone 46 every single cause in the world!
I really didn’t like the idea of asking anyone for donations to our cause. 47 , I watched my friends speak to the strangers, and noticed that they were extra polite to everyone—no matter whether they 48 . I realized that 49 I wasn’t pushy（强求的）, it would be okay, and my conscience could be 50 .
I pasted on a large smile, and started asking people passing by. My mouth tripped over words, and I continually said “um” while I thought of the correct terms. 51 I talked to more and more people. Not only improved, but also started noticing small 52 . Instead of saying “donate”, which made most people walk away 53 .I started suing the word “contribute”. I added the phrase “every little bit counts”, and people started to donate small amounts in larger quantities. As the day went on, I learned how to pull on the hearts of the 54 , and I became a successful fundraiser.
At the end of the day, we all gathered at Alex’s house and 55 how much money we raised. I was so surprised; We raised over $300! We celebrated, and went home tired, but satisfied that we helped a great cause.
A．every B．much C．desperately D．too
A．cause B．business C．affair D．career
A．earlier B．early C．later D．late
A．the other B．others C．another D．the rest
A．passers—by B．teachers C．volunteers D．people
A．instead of B．but C．in spite of D．in place of
A．signal B．signature C．sing D．symbol
A．appreciate B．like C．want D．need
A．annoy B．flee C．meet D．avoid
A．and B．but C．or D．so
A．do B．support C．make D．create
A．What’s more B．Besides C．Whatever D．However
A．donated B．gave C．came D．passed
A．as soon as B．as far as D．as short as
A．at ease B．with happiness C．in silence D．in surprise
A．As B．Before C．Since D．During
A．actions B．hoopes C．wishes D．trends
A．slow B．fast C．slower D．faster
A．goers B．passers-by C．students D．strangers
A．thought B．looked at C．counted D．decided
完形填空,阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
One weekend, my kids and I were heading into the supermarket. On the way, we ________ a man holding a piece of paper that said, “Lost my job. Family to Feed.”
At this store, a ________ like this is not normal. My 10-year-old noticed him and made a ________ on how bad it must be to have to stand ________ in the cold wind.
In the store, I asked each of my kids to pick something they thought our “friend” there would ________ . They got apples, a sandwich and a bottle of juice. Then my 17-year-old suggested giving him a ________ . I thought about it. We were low on cash ourselves, but… well, sometimes giving from our need ________ our abundance (充裕；丰富) is just what we need to do! All the kids declared something they could do away with for the week.
When we handed him the bag of ________ , he lit up and thanked us with __________ eyes. When I handed him the gift card, saying he could use it for ________ his family might need, he burst into tears.
This has been a wonderful ________ for our family. For days the kids have been looking for others we can ________ ! Things would have played out so ________ if I had simply said, “No, we really don’t have ________ to give more.” Stepping out not only helped a brother in need, it also gave my kids the ________ taste of helping others. It’ll go a long way with them.
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完形填空,阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
People say one man's trash (垃圾) is another man's treasure. That ________ comes to my mind as I looked through the house purchased in 1962 by my parents. My mother ________ in 1996. My father left the house________ my sister and me when he died a few months ago.
After Dad was ________, we looked around the house ________ we grew up and that Dad loved so much. At first we felt so ________all the stuff left. Like so many of their generation, my parents ________ everything. And like many in my generation, we faced anxious ________ about what to abandon and what to keep.
As we started throwing out old phone books and every medical bill from every ________ my parents ever saw, I also ________ many hidden treasures. Mom's pocketbook was in their bedroom closet, which had everything in it, ________her hairbrush with hair, as if she were still here. And Dad, who was a World War II veteran (退伍兵) and a world traveler,________ everything --- from little spoons from all over the world to every letter he wrote to his parents while in the ________. The letters he wrote during the war ________ his thoughts as a young man. Later, in the basement, I ________ our old kitchen table, which brought back ________ of my parents and sister and me having breakfast together.
I'm realizing all these things ________my parents' life journey. Each time I go to the ________ , I find something that reminded me of my childhood or teaches me something about my parents I________ knew. ________ , from the shabby furniture to all the hidden treasures, means more to me than all the money in the world.
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完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
We have been driving in fog all morning, but the fog is lifting now. The little seaside villages are ________ , one by one. “There is my grandmother's house,” I say, ________ across the bay to a shabby old house.
I am in Nova Scotia on a pilgrimage (朝圣) with Lisa, my granddaughter, seeking roots for her, retracing (追溯) ________ memory for me. Lisa was one of the mobile children, ________ from house to house in childhood. She longs for a sense of ________ , and so we have come to Nova Scotia where my husband and I were born and where our ancestors ________ for 200 years.
We soon ________ by the house and I tell her what it was like here, the memories ________ back, swift as the tide (潮水).
Suddenly, I long to walk again in the ________ where I was once so gloriously a child. It still ________ a member of the family, but has not been lived in for a while. We cannot go into the house, but I can still walk ________ the rooms in memory. Here, my mother ________ in her bedroom window and wrote in her diary. I can still see the enthusiastic family ________ into and out of the house. I could never have enough of being ________ them. However, that was long after those childhood days. Lisa ________ attentively as I talk and then says, “So this is where I ________ ; where I belong.”
She has ________ her roots. To know where I come from is one of the great longings of the human ________ . To be rooted is “to have an origin”. We need ________ origin. Looking backward, we discover what is unique in us; learn the ________ of “I”. We must all go home again—in reality or memory.
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完型填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When I was a teenager I volunteered to work at the water station at a 10,000 m race. My ________ was to pass out water to the runners. I remember being so excited to see all the different kinds of ________ who passed by and ________a cup of water. The next year I signed up for the race and gave it a ________.
The first 10,000 m race was quite an experience. I jogged, I walked, I jogged and I walked. At times, I didn’t ________if I could finish.
At one point near the end, a 70-year-old man ran past me very , and I felt embarrassed that I was 50 years younger than him and I couldn’t even keep up with him. I felt ________ for a second.
But then I ________ something. He was running his race and I was running mine. He had ________ capacities, experience, training and goals for himself. I had mine. Remember my ________ was only to finish.
After a minute, it ________me that this was a lesson I could draw from . I learned ________ about myself in that moment. I turned my ________into inspiration.
I decided that I would not ________ running races. In fact, I would run even more races and I would learn how to train and________ properly and one day I would be one of those 70-year-olds who were still running. As I ________the finishing line, I was proud of my ________.
In life we all have those moments when we________ ourselves to others. It’s only________ . Don’t allow those moments to weaken you. Turn them into ________ and let them inspire you. Use them to show you what is possible.
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完形填空
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
If you want to learn a new language, the very first thing to think about is why. Do you need it for a ________reason, such as your job or your studies? ________ perhaps you’re interested in the ________, films or music of a different country and you know it will help a lot to have a ________ of the language.
Most people learn best using a variety of ________, but traditional classes are an ideal (理想的) start for many people. They ________ an environment where you can practice under the ________ of someone who’s good at the language. We all lead ________ lives and learning a language takes ________ . You will have more success if you study regularly, so try to develop a ________ . It doesn’t matter if you haven’t got long. Becoming fluent in a language will take years, but knowing about it takes ________ .
Many people start learning a language and soon give up. “I’m too ________, ” they say. Yes, children do learn languages more ________ than adults，but research has shown that you can learn a language at any ________ . And learning is good for the health of your brain too. I’ve also heard people ________ about the mistakes they make when ________ . Well, relax and laugh about your mistakes ________ you’re much less likely to make them again.
Learning a new language is never ________ . But with some work and devotion, you’ll make progress. And you’ll be ________ by the positive reaction of some people when you say just a few words in ________ own language. Good luck!
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