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。
There Was a Greek shopkeeper in a small corner shop in London．She taught me about the _ of an act of kindness, which has motivated me to give．
On the day I went to that shop．I was _with a very high fever．I had been off work for days and I had _ out of food．Because I had been working so hard since I had _ _ to town, I also had no friends who could help．
So I went out to get some food． _ ,1 would have gone to the supermarket, but on this __, I went into the Greek shop because it was closer．I _ a few things, from the looks of which revealed （透露） the _ that I lived alone．Then I _ them to the shopkeeper, who told me, "You are unwell．" I _ rather shyly．She pointed at the things I was buying and _．"I can make you a sandwich, so you don't have to do it yourself．
So, she made the sandwich and asked me to _ a moment．She went in the back room and reappeared with a container of hot soup．"It will _ you up," she said with a smile．
What really warmed me up, _ ,was not the soup．It was her _ that told me she cared．Her kindness made me feel cared for when I was particularly _ ．
And it _ me．It made me want to be as _ as the shopkeeper．I had been quite shy, but from that day on, I did not let shyness prevent me from _ random acts of kindness．
I was determined to _ the joy ．．．and I haven't felt lonely since!
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My father brought home a sailboat when I was ten, and almost each Sunday in summers we would go sailing. Dad was quite skilled in sailing, but not good at . As for me, I both before twelve because of living close to Lake Ontario.
The last time Dad and I set sail together is really . It was a perfect weekend after I graduated from university. I came home and Dad to go sailing. Out we set soon on the lake. Dad hadn’t sailed for years, but everything well with the tiller（舵柄）in his hands.
When we were in the middle of the lake, a wind came all of a sudden. The boat was hit . Dad was always at his best in any , but at this moment he .
“John! !” he shouted in a trembling voice, with the tiller still in his hands.
In my memory he could fix any . He was the one I always for strength and security. Before I could respond, a of water got into the boat. I rushed to the tiller it was too late. Another huge wall of water the boat in a minute. We were thrown into the water, and Dad was struggling aimlessly. At that moment, I felt fiercely of him.
I swam to Dad and assisted him in climbing onto the hull（船壳）of the boat. Upon sitting on the hull, Dad was a little awkward about his flash of . “It’s all right, Dad. We are safe now,” I comforted him.
That was the first time Dad had counted on me in a moment of emergency. More importantly, I found it was my turn to start for my father.
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完形填空,阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
My parents were a team, as if they were one person. Sure, they ___ __, but undoubtedly any ___ ___ would be solved. They began their married life ___ ___, but they worked hard and, ___ ___ the years built a very successful business .They had strengths and weaknesses, but so ___ ___ as they worked together, you never saw weaknesses, just strengths.
The biggest __ ___about love and marriage my parents taught us kids was how to talk “about” your partner. Have you ever heard husbands and wives make __ ___ remarks(评论) about their partners? It’s one those things people just seem to do. Sure, they are “only kidding” or maybe they are not. But words ___ ___. And words teach, whether positively or negatively. Dad always speaks of mom in positive words, ___ __ does she of him.
One day we were getting carpet fixed. The crew boss said, “Women will really spend your money, won’t they?” Dad __ ___, “Well, they were right there with you before you had any money, it’s a ___ __ to do anything for them you possibly can.” This wasn’t the answer the boss expected to hear. The crew boss __ ___ one more time, “And they’ll take that as far as they can, huh?” Dad responded again, “She’s the best thing that has ever happened to me. I’ll do anything to make her happy.”
I tried not to ___ __. I knew he wanted Dad to ___ __ just a little bit and say, “Yeah, I guess that’s true.” But it wouldn’t happen... not in a million years!
My parents are retired and still enjoying their life together, just __ __ out, reading, shopping. Throughout the years, __ ___ Mom would remind me I should be __ __ for someone to get married to, I’d say, “Ma, I have plenty of time.” She’d ___ ___ reply “I don’t have ‘that’ much time”. Dad would then look at me and say, “Hey, you ___ ___ all the time you need. If you marry someone just __ ___ the woman your mother is, you’ll have a great life.”
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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。
Our family raises sled dogs(雪橇狗). In ________Mom and Dad take people driving in a dog sled, and it’s super fun!
When the dogs were born, I was so ________ .That’s when I saw my favorite—little Jip. Every ________ I had, I put little Jip in my arms. I carried him around and played with him, not just because it’s fun to ________ dogs. Getting them used to human touch makes a ________ sled dog, Dad says.
When Jip was eight weeks old, he got his first ________ .All he had to do was________ wearing a light leash to get used to the ________ of pulling something behind him.
When he was ten weeks old, I started ________ Jip to come when he was called. It was ________ time to try out a harness（挽具）around his body. The harness can be a little heavy, ________ we left it on for just a short time each day.
________ , I put Jip ’s harness on him at mealtime. I ________ him to a heavy chair. And I placed his ________ just far enough away so that when he ate, he had to pull on the line.
The dogs________ fast! When they were four months old, we tied old shoes to their harnesses. ________ wolves, sled dogs like to run after anything that’s moving such as a rabbit. We started teaching the ________ “On by!” That means leave the rabbit alone! A sled dog must stay on the trail(路线).
Jip won’t be fully grown and ready to pull a heavy sled ________ he’s almost two years old. But now that he’s nine months old, he’s ________ enough to go on short runs with the big dogs. Dad says that maybe next winter I can ________ in the sled when Jip goes on practice runs. I can’t wait!
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Make the Most of What You Have Got
For Nick Vujicic, life was going to be difficult from the day he was born. When Nick arrived into this world, he________everyone. He was not like the other babies and it was ________obvious to his parents and to the doctors in the hospital.
There was no ________or answers for his condition. Nick was born without any limbs—that is he was born without any arms or legs. But despite being physically ________, he was mentally________ and the rest of his body was functioning fine.
________he had loving parents, Nick would find school hard as he would often be looked down upon by the other children and at the young age of 10, he considered ________his life by drowning himself in a bathtub. These dark thoughts were ________by his negative attitude to being disabled and at the time, he thought that he would never be able to do________by himself, that he would never have a job and that he would always have to ________on his parents for help.
Nick was wrong.
As an adult, Nick is a successful public speaker and is famous for his motivational ________which focus on life with a disability, hope and finding meaning in life worldwide. He ________so many people with the story of his life, how he has________so many difficulties and most importantly how he is happy every day.
Despite having no arms or legs, Nick lives________, even finding ways to do almost ________things like brushing his teeth on his own and swimming. He has to work harder than a full bodied person and he achieves his goals.
At the first impression, you may look at Nick and feel________. You may feel sad that this man has no arms or legs and you might feel his________ and upset that he could find everyday situations difficult. But we should ________Nick, as he is extremely positive and he gets on with life. He ________ every day and makes the best of what he has: a positive attitude, a creative mind and a powerful ________. He also has a very kind and very beautiful wife and they are truly happy and in love.
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（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。
I dropped my 5-year-old daughter off at the day care center yesterday. There we saw one of her friends sitting at a table ,crying. She sometimes gets when her mom leaves. My daughter with her, and they’re good friends. When we saw the little girl , I asked my daughter if she wanted to go and with her. She said, “Yes, I don’t want her to be .” And then she took her breakfast to sit beside her friend. I watched her her food with the little girl and talk to her.
Walking back to my car I was very to know that my little girl had a kind . When I got home last night, I asked her her day had been. She said that her wasn’t sad any more. She was proud to have shared (分享) her with her and played with her . I praised my daughter for such a caring friend and her that I was very proud of her. She , and told me that she didn’t like to see people being sad.
I hugged her and told her what a/an girl she was. , she said, “I’m Daddy’s little girl”. I couldn’t help but smile, and was proud to be her dad. My little girl has me a lot. Because of her I do my best to make people who be sad smile.
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Asia has long tradition of tea-drinking. And China is no exception.
However, lately more and more Chinese people are turning to a different . Coffee has become a/an popular choice of Chinese people living abroad and in the country's cities. In big cities such as Beijing, coffee shops seem to be on nearly every major street corner. These are not just selling drinks from Starbucks, the world-famous coffee company. Coffee businesses from South Korea and Britain are also in China.
Many young Chinese people drink coffee -- when meeting with friends. Yang Lin lives in the U.S. but comes from an area in China for growing tea. She used to drink tea while in China. But now, she says, she drinks both and for different reasons.
Yang Lin says she was a tea drinker when she was back in China. But she likes coffee and tea now. Drinking coffee for her is a social event. She and her co-workers like to sit in a café and talk over a cup of coffee. Tea, she says, is more about family . She grew up in Fujian province -- an area known for its tea. Ms. Yang says that as a child, her family would together in the evening and talk about the day's events over a steaming pot of tea. So now, the smell of Fujian tea brings back these family memories.
On average a person in China drinks about five cups of coffee a year. This information comes from the China Coffee Association Beijing. That is far below the world average of 240 cups a year. But the association says the amount of coffee that Chinese drink is by about 15 percent every year.
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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。
It was a dark, wet November morning. It seemed like it would take a million years to get to summer again. I thought bears have got it right - what a ________ idea to sleep through the worst part of the year and wake up when spring comes!
“Want some words of encouragement?” a co-worker, seeing my mood, kindly ________ . “You don’t think they would ________ you up?”
“ Today ? No.” I shook my head.
“I used to think so too,” he said, “ ________ I realized the effect my words had on a certain person. Well, it was someone I knew pretty well. I have to say I ________ him rather badly.”
“ You ? ________ you are always so positive! How did you do that?”
“I told him I did not like anything about him, really. I told him I did not ________ like his name. In fact, it wasn’t only what I said. I also did pretty bad things to him. When he was hungry, I did not give him the chance to eat ________ food. When he felt like doing something fun, I said to him that having fun was not worthwhile. And worst of all, when he was sick and needed ________ , I did not care. I told him to get up and get to work. And when he did, I never told him he did good work. I was so ashamed ________ him,” he said. “that I wanted to ________ him, but couldn’t.”
“But that was ________ !”
He nodded. “Then one day it all ________ . I stood there in front of the bathroom mirror in the morning. I saw the dark circles under his eyes. I saw the excess weight. I saw the long hair that needed ________ . And I saw the eyes that once had looked at the world ________ . Now they were so sad and tired. And there and then I realized he ________ better. So I told the man I had disliked for so many years that he was a good person ________ .”
My ________ dropped. I looked at him, full of positive energy, in good shape, always ready to ________ others.
“Wow...”
He looked at me. “So how about having a little ________ conversation with the bathroom mirror? The person in there has the greatest effect on you!”
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第二节 完型填空 （ 共20小题； 每小题1.5分 满分30分）
It was pouring outside. We all stood there , some patiently；others annoyed nature messed up their hurried day. I got lost in the sound and sight of the heavens away the dirt and dust of the world.
“Mom, let’s run through the rain,” a girl’s voice me.
“No, honey. We’ll wait until it down a bit,” Mom replied.
The young girl waited about another minute and : “Mom, let’s run through the rain.”
“We’ll get wet if we do,” Mom said.
“No, we won’t, Mom. That’s not what you said this morning,” the young girl said as she her Mom’s arm.
“This morning? did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?”
“Don’t you remember? When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer, you said, ‘If God can get us through this, he can get us through .’”
The entire crowd turned . Mom paused and thought for a moment about she would say. Now some would laugh it off and scold her for being silly. then, we heard, “Honey, you are . Let’s run through the rain. If we get wet, maybe we just need washing,” Mom said. Then they ran.
We all stood , smiling and laughing as they ran past the cars. Yes, they got wet. But they were by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the to their cars. Circumstances or people can take away your material possessions, and they can even take away your . But no one can take away your precious . So, don’t forget to make time and take the to make memories every day! I hope you still take the time to run through the rain.
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The most important lesson I learned in high school had nothing to do with maths or American history．It came at graduation, several minutes before I left Miramonte High School．
I was rather shy back then, content to around with my few friends and to concentrate on my I was doing so well that by the end of senior year I had perfect scores and enough to go to college．
But my good record soon became a to my well-being．In early June of senior year, the headmaster called me into his office．He asked me to give a leave-taking speech at graduation．I looked at him, my heart fast．This was the for my hard work? I said something, but not very clearly, and hurried away from the office．
I was about the decision, finally agreeing to compromise．I wasn't the only speaker—I would the honor with five other students．Still, it was doubtful whether the task was me．How in the world would I give a speech to hundreds of people?
Graduation day soon arrived and, as ．I was nervous．I'd been practicing my speech for days, and I had it ．But I had never been so in my life．The first half hour of the ceremony passed, and then my came．My name was announced．I managed to reach the platform without falling down．But within minutes, I was , heading back to my seat．
Now I still have the of that speech．My voice trembled a little, but it was clear and strong．I'm proud of that tape．I achieved something I'd never I spoke in front of hundreds of people． I didn't realize it at the time, the successful completion of that speech gave me the to participate in class at college, to give oral reports, and to eventually break free of my .
I never would have chosen to give a speech at graduation．But I'm glad I did．I know it may well turn out to be one of my shining moments．
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When 24-year-old Hannah Brencher moved to New York after college，she was hit by loneliness. One day she felt so that she want to reach out to someone. And so she put pen to paper and started writing letters-letters to complete .
But these weren’t letters about how she was feeling. There were happy letters，all about the other person，not her. She would write messages for people to have a “ day " and tell strangers how brilliant they were， they thought no one else had noticed. Brencher began dropping the all over New York，in cafes，in library books，in parks and on the subway. It made her letter，knowing that she might be making somebody’s through just a few words. It gave her to focus on. And so，The Word Needs More Love Letters was born.
The movement is all about letters—not emails，but handwritten letters. Not love letters，written to a real beloved，but letters for strangers. They don’t necessarily say “I love you”，but they are . kindness—telling people they are remarkable and 15 and all-round amazing. It’s the sort of stuff that most people don’t really say out loud even to the people they ，let alone a total stranger.
Brencher’s initiative(初衷) has now .There are more than 10,000 people who join in all over the world. Last year，she gave a talk. In it，she talked about a university student who dropped letters around her campus，only to suddenly everyone was writing them and there were love letters hanging from the trees.
It’s a very cute idea. I know that if I was on the end of a letter like that，it almost certainly would put a on my face. So I decided to give it a try and see if I could do the same for someone else.
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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。
Annie, a neighbor’s daughter, was away for her first semester （学期）at college this school year. She was a very sweet girl but just a bit shy. When her birthday came around, I found out she was feeling a bit ________ .
Her family was quite poor and ________ were tight, so there wouldn’t be any birthday visitors. I wanted to________ her a card and maybe a small ________ to brighten her day a bit. I got her school ________ from her mom and planned to pick something up. Then I got a (n) ________ !
I ________ perhaps a bit more birthday cheer was needed here. I bought some balloons, birthday hats, and________novelties (新颖小巧而廉价的物品) at a store. I took a small ________and asked three other people in my area at work to ________ Happy Birthday and send some birthday wishes to her. It was such fun making the recording! Other people ________ what we were doing and________their voices, so it really sounded like we had a party going on!
Then I bought her a small present and a card as ________planned. The real fun was packing them to be sent. I ________ everything so it was like opening a mini birthday party! At the last minute I added a pack of cupcakes and a box of birthday candles ________ sending them off. I got a call a few days later. Annie said her roommates and one of their neighbors in the ________ got together with her and held a party for her the moment they arrived. She sounded so________ and I was so glad that she had some friends to ________ her special day with.
It was such an easy and ________thing to do. The people who helped me make the tape still laugh and talk about it. And Annie ________me it was the most fun birthday she would remember!
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
He Had a Go
It was a cool spring evening in Melbourne, Australia．I drove to my boxing gym for a Friday night training session．After up, I started training．Then I noticed a tall and slim young man walking through the doors．There was something about him that caught my .
Before long, I realized that he might have a mental illness．Having volunteered for mental illness support groups, I really his problems when I looked at him.
He paid for the session, put on a pair of gloves and then started hitting the punching bags．I watched him from a and wanted to help him to punch straighter and better．Then I felt it was best to leave that up to the trainer who was watching him.
After a few seconds of punching the bag, he stopped and started staring at the ．The trainer went up to him and to help him．It was almost like he woke up from a dream．He eye contact with the ceiling at once.
Then the bell rang and it was the end of the round． rounds we are required to do five push-ups(俯卧撑), all the boys that were training that night did five push-ups．He to complete his five push-ups．The bell sounded again and the next round began．He punched the bags for a few seconds and then he ．This time he was staring at the walls which were decorated with boxing posters.
It was clear to me that he could not for long.
When I finished training, I decided to go up to him and offer him my help．I held the bag for him and asked him to punch．He the bag a few times and then stopped again.
I smiled at him and asked, “Do you like boxing?”
He replied with a very shy on his face, “Yes, boxing is alright.”
What else could I do than this man and his willingness to give it a go? Most people put self-imposed(自我强加的) on their lives and stop themselves from having a go．I kept thinking about this man while admiring him for even turning up to a boxing gym, let alone training at what appeared to be his .
There are many lessons to learn from this man．What I admired about this man was that he had a go! That is what ordinariness from greatness.
So what will you have a go at?
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第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My class and I visited Chris Care Center in Phoenix, Arizona to comfort the old people who needed a little cheering up during the holiday season.
The first two there were for persons requiring help in taking care of themselves. We sang for them. They loved our sweet songs and the flowers that we left with them. As we were on the third floor for old people with Alzheimer (老年痴呆症), most of them off at the walls or floor. However, one lady my eye. She was sitting by the door, in a wheelchair, singing songs to herself. They weren’the songs that we were singing, at least they didn’t like that. As we got with each festive song, she did as well. The louder we got, the louder she got. she was singing, she was also out to us with her hands and body. I knew that I should have gone over to her, but I thought that my were to my students. People who worked at the care center could to her, I thought. Just when I stopped feeling about not giving her the attention she needed, one of my students, Justin, showed me what the holiday season is really about.
Justin also the same lady. The difference between us is that he on her needs, but I didn’t. During the last song, “Silent Night,” Justin walked over to her and held her hand. He looked this aged lady in her and with his actions said, “You are important, and I will take my to let you know that.” This tired, elderly lady stopped singing and held his hand. Then she touched his cheek with the other hand. Tears began to fall down her face. No can completely describe that touching moment...
It a boy to teach me, a man, about kindness and love. Justin’s example of a complete, selfless attitude toward another was a that I will never forget. He was the teacher that day, and I consider myself to have witnessed his lesson.来
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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。
Once upon a time there was a child ready to be born. One day he asked God, “They tell me you are ________ me to the earth tomorrow but how am I going to live there being so ________ and helpless?”
God replied, “Among many angels（天使）, I ________ one for you. She will be waiting for you and will ________you. What’s more, your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you every day. And you will feel your angel’s love and be ________.But here in heaven,I do nothing else but sing and smile!That’s enough for me.”
“And how am I going to be able to ________ when people talk to me?”the child ________ .“I don’t know the language.”
God answered gently,“Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and sweet ________ , and with much patience and care, your angel will teach you how to ________.”
“I’ve heard that on the earth there are bad men, Who will ________me?”
“Your angel will shelter you even if it ________risking(冒险) her life!”
“But I will always be sad because I will not ________you any more,”the child continued. God smiled at him.“Your angel will always talk to you about me and will teach you the________for you to come back to me, and as a matter of fact I will ________ be next to you.”
At that moment it was ________ in Heaven, but voices from the ________could be heard. The child ________he had to start on his journey very soon. He asked God one more question softly,“Oh God, if I am about to ________ now, please tell me my angel’s ________ .”
God touched the child on the shoulder and answered,“It’s easy to remember. You will simply call her ________ .”
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