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。
One of my next-door neighbors is a sweet 92-year-old Polish lady. A few days ago, I came back home from a trip. As I was my clothes in my room, I heard a(n) ,violent knock on the door. It was 10:30 pm, and I wasn’t sure who it could be. I went downstairs and the peephole（猫眼）, and saw that it was our sweet next-door neighbor.
I quickly the door, and she seemed really distressed and kept , “please help me, I need your help. The fire alarm won’t go off. Please help me.” I told her that everything would be okay, and her to her house to see what was going on the fire alarm.
She that the alarm had been going on and off inconsistently for the past two hours, and that her to call her daughter to come and fix it was fruitless. So I took a chair from her dining room table, it, and looked at the fire alarm.
After twisting the fire alarm off, I blew into it, because sometimes causes it to make strange noises. She seemed but was exactly shaking out of fear. I asked her she was okay, and she said she was , so I gave her a hug. I felt her shaking in my embrace, and held her for a few minutes until she stopped shaking and sighed a breath of relief.
We then and talked for ten minutes, until I felt that she was okay, and safe to sleep. She was so generous with for being with her, but I thanked her for me that hugs are indeed good tools! So, sometimes, a(n) hug is a good and powerful way to hold someone going through a difficult period.
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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，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner and a movie.That Friday after work, I drove over to pick her up.
We went to a restaurant that, although not , was very nice and cozy. My mother took my arm she were the First Lady. During the dinner, we had an agreeable conversation – nothing but catching up on recent of each other’s life. We talked so much that we missed the .As we arrived at her house later, she said, “I’ll go out with you again, but only if you let me you.”I agreed.
“How was your ?” asked my wife when I got home. “Very nice. Far my wildest imagination” I answered.
A few days later, my mother died of a heart attack. It happened so that I didn’t have a chance to do anything for her. Some time , I received an envelope with a copy of a restaurant from the same place where mother and I had dined. An note said: “I paid this bill . I wasn’t sure that I be there; but I still paid for two plates – one for you and the other for your .You will never know what that night for me. I love you, son.”
At that moment, I the importance of saying in time: “I LOVE YOU” and to give time to our family. in life is more important than your family. Give them the time they , because these things cannot be till “some other time.”
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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，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
A friend of mine once told me a thing about his neighbor’s bunny（小兔子）: One day he was sitting in the living room when his dragged a little “gift” in its mouth--a animal of some sort. Taking a closer look, he was nervous to the dead animal to be a bunny that belonged to a little girl who lived next door. Her name was Bonny. My friend felt , believing his cat had killed Bonny’s bunny.
My friend came up with a plan. Removing from the cat’s mouth the dead animal, which by now was a dirty mess, he put it in the kitchen sink (水槽). With a little warm water, he tried to up the dead bunny as best as he could. Then he took a hair dryer and blow-dried the bunny it looked pretty good.
Finally, he took the dead bunny out to the neighbor’s bunny box and placed it back in the cage. He fluffed(抖松) him up so that he looked very there in his little box.
The next morning, my friend looked out of the window and noticed a crowd of people around the bunny box. Everyone seemed to be and pointing. My friend decided to go over and act like any normal curious and find out what was going on.
When he got there, Bonny’s mother said to my friend, “You won’t what has happened! It’s a miracle! Bonny’s bunny passed away a few days ago, and we buried that little bunny right over there.”
Have you ever tried to cover up one with another? Covering up only makes matters . Just like Bonny’s bunny, the result is what we expected. We end up looking foolish. We will be better off admitting we were wrong and accepting the consequences.
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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。
In 2012, I had just recovered form a serious illness when I received an invitation to a writer's conference in Orlando, Florida. My family persuaded me that a(n) might be just what the doctor ordered, so off I .
Arriving in the Sunshine State was rather tiring, but I to catch a taxi to my and settle in. Next morning, I took another to the shopping centre to buy a few souvenirs. I went to a cafe to have lunch, but all the tables were . Then I heard a friendly voice saying, "You can my table."
I gratefully sat down with the lady and we had a happy lunch together. As the drew to a close she asked how long I would be in Orlando. I had already told her that I hadn't a car, and hadn't realised how taking taxis would be, After a while she said, "My dear, don't use any more taxis. I'm retired and it would be my pleasure to you wherever you wish." I told her that I couldn't put her to that ,but she brushed aside my protests (反对)。She asked me where I was and next morning she was waiting at my apartment at the time to take me to Disney World. She spent some time with me before leaving me to alone. At the end of the day, she to take me back to my accommodation. I her money but she refused to take any.
I'll never forget that wonderful lady who, through her , filled my brief holiday in Florida with wonderful memories.
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完形填空（共20小题：每小题1.5分，满分30分）
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。
Ricardo Semler became boss of his father's business Semco in Brazil at the age of 21. Ricardo worked like a(an) man, from 7：30 am to midnight every day. One afternoon, while he was visiting a factory in New York, he . The doctor told him if he like that, he would find a new home in hospital. Semler got the . He changed the way he . In fact, he changed the ways his worked, too.
He let his workers take more so that they would be the ones worrying when things went wrong. He them to set their own salaries， their own working hours and he cut all the jobs he thought were , like receptionists and secretaries.
He changed the office： walls, they have plants at Semco, so bosses can't themselves away from everyone else. And the workers are to decorate their work space as they want.
It sounds perfect，but does it ? The answer is in the ：in the last six years, Semco's revenues（收入）have from $35 million to $212 million. The company has gone from eight hundred employees to 3,000. Why?
Semler says it's because of "peer pressure" which makes employees work for everyone else. If someone isn't doing his job , the other workers will not allow the to continue. In other words，Ricardo treats his workers like adults rather than children, and expects them to act like responsible . And they do.
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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。
In the fourth grade, I discovered my one true love—acting. It is not only fun, but it ____ teamwork and empathy, things I think the world should have more of.
However, I never expected that acting would also teach me to !
In the first semester of my freshman year of high school, my school the play Frankenstein. It’s about a scientist named Victor Frankenstein who creates a monster, and __ the monster destroys the scientist’s life.
I got the lead female of Frankenstein’s girlfriend, Elizabeth. I had been in plays before, so I was very to the rehearsal(排练) process of memorizing lines and then a character with help from the director. But this play was different from one I had ever done before, because Frankenstein and Elizabeth had to kiss in the play a lot. The boy who ____ Frankenstein was very cute, I must say. There was a(n) in which our characters shared “15 kisses”. , the director removed it. But there were still some kissing scenes.
Would we to kiss, or would we actually kiss? Our director 53 having us kiss for real, and for the first few times, it was very . My lips barely touched the boy’s. Many of the other actors and actresses laughed at us.
, one thing about stage kissing that you have to understand is that you are not being yourself. That goes for any . After that experience, I feel like I can any role. It was a big event in my toward becoming a better actress. I feel more being onstage and showing my character’s personality to the . And that is important for getting the message of a play across.
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You may have heard of Osceola McCarty, an 88-year-old woman in Mississippi who had worked for over 75 years as a woman.
One day after she retired, she went to the bank and discovered that her small monthly had grown to over＄150,000. Then to everyone’s surprise, she turned around and almost all of the money to the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) for a fund for students with financial needs. Immediately, she made national .
What you have not heard is how Osceola’s gift had my life. I am 19 years old and the first of an Osceola McCarty Scholarship.
I was a student, and I was determined to go to USM. But I being qualified for a regular scholarship by one point on the entrance exams, and a scholarship was the way I could attend.
One Sunday, I came across the story in the paper about Osceola McCarty and her generous . The next day I went to the financial aid office, and they told me there was still no money for me, but if anything came up they’d call.
A few days later, I was going out with my mother the phone rang. I was told I had been chosen to be given the first Osceola McCarty Scholarship. I was !
McCarty worked hard her whole life, washing clothes by hand. Now that she is , she sits most of the day and reads the Bible, that is, when she is not getting rewards. Every time I go to visit her, she has a new . She’s even gone to the White House. She is so happy and proud. We have tried to talk her into getting a VCR (录像机) so she can tape the programs and see on TV—she just smiles.
McCarty gave me much more than a scholarship. She taught me about the gift of . Now I know there are good people in the world who do good things. She worked hard and helped others, and in turn she has inspired me to when I can some day. So I plan to add to her scholarship fund.
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阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
“There’s nothing I can do，theeye doctor told my parents. “Take your baby home. She’s . ” Mom cried. “ I’ll give her a full，happy life，Dad .
As I grew，my parents realized I could see . One day after school，my dad saw me holding Dick and Jane close to my eyes， to read the letters. “Dad，I can’t do this. It’s too . ” I said.
“Honey，you’re not a quitter. I’ll help you. ” He painstakingly drew big enough for me to see and then pronounced them. I learned to read after my father and eventually read Dick and Jane with my classmates. Because of my dad，I had in myself as a reader—until middle school.
One afternoon a student me，“You blind bat. If you get your face any nearer to that page，your eyes will fall out of your head!I ran out of the school in . Dad was home when I burst in. “I thought I was a good ，but the kids are making fun of me.Dad hugged me. “I’m sorry，Pam. But that doesn’t change the . You can read and your classmates can’t take that away from you，right?” to speak， I just nodded. After Dad’s ，the knot (结）in my stomach went away.
Dad taught me to laugh at myself. He reminded me of the time I tried to a sign painted to the floor. Another time，I to eat flowers off an empty plate. When I was ten，I wanted to ride a two-wheeled bike. I heard Dad say to Mom，“I’m not going to hold Pam back from the any kid has. ” On my first attempt，I said，“Dad，what if I fall off?” His was，“You’ll get on and try again. ” ，I learned to skate，climb trees，and so on.
I wouldn’t be who I am today if it weren’t for my dad. He made the for me to be believer in myself.
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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, 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。
My brother and I were born and grew up in a small village in England. Our father was a struggling , but I always knew he was special. He never us, but used praise to our best. He’d say, “If you pour water on flowers, they flourish. If you don’t give them , they die.” I remember as a child I said unkind about somebody, and my father said, “ time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it’s a reflection of you.” He that if I looked for the best in people, I would get the best . From then on I’ve always tried to follow the in my life and later in running my company.
Dad’s always been very understanding. At 15, I started a magazine. It was taking up a great of my time, and the headmaster of my school gave me a choice：stay in school or leave to my magazine.
I decided to leave, and Dad tried to sway（使动摇） me from my decision, any good father would. When he I had made up my mind, he said, “Richard, when I was 23, my dad persuaded me to go into law. And I’ve always it. I wanted to be a biologist, but I didn’t my dream. You know you want. Go fulfill it.”
As it , my little publication went on to become Student, a national magazine for young people in the U.K. My wife and I have two children, and I’d like to think we are bringing them in the same way Dad raise me.
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请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的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。
Teaching second grade is always a challenge.Each student arrives at school with his own needs and difficulties.One year a student called Billy me with his behavior as well as his academic requirements.He struggled daily with his emotions and often became angry or violent.I knew that, to make progress, his emotions needed controlling.
One I tried to help Billy was to have him come directly into the classroom when he arrived at school.Billy’s mom would me to alert (警告) me to a particularly emotional morning at home.Then, I would focus on his anger and calming him down before the other students arrived.
One week our class was studying .I thought one way to bring learning into the classroom was to bring my dog Rocky to school for the day.
That day began as normal.I was preparing activities focused on dog themes I was told that Billy had a morning at home and I might need to get him .As I was talking to his mom, Billy into the classroom.To Billy’s , Rocky immediately ran up to his new , wagging his tail and licking Billy’s face with doggy affection.Billy couldn’t Rocky’s charm (魅力) and began laughing as his anger melted away.
Throughout the day, Billy never left Rocky’s side, feeding him, being gentle with him and even the other students while Rocky was sleeping.
Billy was known for doing anything he could to avoid , but on this day he found a good dog story, “Clifford’s Puppy Days,” and read it to Rocky.How I was at the sight of Billy reading happily！My little dog was able to Billy’s day from one of anger and frustration to one of laughter, gentleness and .
That day Rocky more than helped me with my ; he helped to change the life of a child! After that Billy’s behavior definitely improved.
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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。
Last week I was invited to a doctor’s meeting at the Ruth hospital for incurables.In one of the wards a patient, an old man, got up shakily from his bed and moved towards me.I could see that he hadn’t longed to ____, but he came up to me and placed his right foot close mine on the floor.
“Frank!” I cried in astonishment.He couldn’t _ __, as I knew, but all the time ___ his foot against mine.
My ____ raced back more than thirty years to the ___ days of 1941, when I was a student in London.The ____ was an air-raid shelter, in which I and about hundred other people slept every night.Two of the regulars were Mrs.West and her son Frank.
____ wartime problems, we shelter-dwellers got to____ each other very well.Frank West ____ me because he wasn’t __ _, not even at birth.His mother told me he was 37 then, but he had ____ of a mind than a baby has.His “____” consisted of rough sounds-sounds of pleasure or anger and ____ more.Mrs.West, then about 75, was a strong, capable woman, as she has to be, of course, because Frank ____ on her entirely.He needed all the ____ of a baby.
One night a policeman came and told Mrs.West that her house had been flattened by a 500-pounder.She ____ nearly everything she owned.
When that sort of thing happened, the rest of us helped the ____ ones.So before we____ that morning, I stood beside Frank and _____ my right foot against his.They were about the same size.That night, then, I took a pair of shoes to the shelter for Frank.But as soon as he saw me he came running and placed his right foot against mine.After that, his.____ to me was always the same.
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阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（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。
A little boy almost thought of himself as the most unfortunate child in the world because a disease made his leg lame.He ____ played with his classmates.When the teacher asked him to answer questions, he always ____ his head without a word.
One ___, the boy's father asked for some saplings (树苗) from the neighbor.He wanted the ____ to plant a sapling each person in front of the house.The father said, “Whose sapling grows best, I will buy him or her a favorite ____.”Seeing his brothers and sisters watering the trees, however, the boy had an idea.He hoped that the tree he planted would ____ soon.So, after watering it once or twice，he never ____ it.
A few days later, when the little boy went to see his tree again, he was ____ to find that it didn't fade but grew some fresh leaves.____ the trees of his brothers and sisters, his tree was even greener.His father kept his ____, bought the little boy his favorite gift and said that from the tree he planted, he would become an outstanding ____ when he grew up.
Since then, the little boy slowly became ____.One night, he lay on the bed but could not sleep.Then he got up and came to the ____.To his surprise, his ____ was splashing something onto his tree.__35__，he understood—his father had been ____ fertilizing his small tree! He returned to his room，____ running down.
____ passed.The little boy didn't become a botanist, but he was elected President of the United States.His name was Franklin Roosevelt.
Love is the ___ nourishment (营养) of life.____ it is just a drop of clear water, it can still help the tree of life thrive (茁壮成长)．
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Life is often like a game of cards—you can't help the hand you're dealt，but you can help the way you play it. It's easy for us to do something without careful thinking，but it's hard for us to take back what we have done.
There was once a who repeated a bit rumor(谣言)about a neighbor. Within a few days the whole community the story. The person it concerned，was deeply and annoyed. Later，the woman responsible for the rumor learned that it was completely . She was very sorry and went to a old man to find out what she could do to the damage.
“Go to the marketplace，”he said，“and a chicken，and have it . Then on your way home，pluck its feathers and drop them along the road.” surprised by this advice，the woman did she was told.
The next day the wise man said，“Now，go and collect all those you dropped yesterday and them back to me.”
The woman the same road，but to her disappointment，the wind all the feathers away. After searching for ，she returned with only three in her hand. “You see，” said the old man，“it's easy to drop them， it's impossible to get them back. So it is with rumor. doesn't take much to spread a rumor，but you do，you can never completely make up for the wrong.”
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There was once a farmer who had a fine olive orchard（橄榄园）．He was very hardworking, and the always prospered（繁荣）under his care．But he knew that his three looked down upon the farm work, and were eager to make wealth.
When the farmer was and felt that he would die, he the three sons to him and said, “My sons, there is a pot of gold in the olive orchard. Dig for it, if you wish it.”
The sons tried to him to tell them in what part of the orchard the was hidden, but he would tell them nothing more.
After the farmer was , the sons went to work to find the pot of gold; since they did not where the hiding-place was, they agreed to begin in a line, at one of the orchard, and to dig until one of them should find the money.
They until they had turned up the from one end of the orchard to the other, the tree-roots and between them． no pot of gold was to be found．It seemed as if someone must have stolen it, or as if the farmer had been wandering in his wits．The three sons were bitterly to have all their work for nothing.
The next olive , the olive trees in the orchard bore（结果实）more fruit than they had given; when it was , it gave the sons a whole pot of gold.
And when they saw how much money had the orchard, they suddenly understood what the wise father had when he said, “There is gold hidden in the orchard．Dig for it, if you wish it.”
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Even people who don’t have much talent for acting or singing still dream of being discovered by a talent scout (星探)．It seems just like the lottery(彩票), but better you get fame and money.
For me, the dream seemed likely to stay a dream．But everything last week in Beijing．I was eating dinner with some friends．As I was getting ready to pay, a young Chinese woman came running up to me．I was that I must have done something horrible to offend(冒犯) her without it.
“You are a white man,” she said when she got to our table.
“Yes, I am a white man,” I replied.
“Can you speak ?” she asked.
“Yes.”
“Oh good．Come with me now, please.”
I walked outside and saw that a movie was being shot in front of one of the street’s largest _ _ .
The woman, a talent agent (经纪人), had a foreigner for this movie, but he had forgotten to __．She needed to find a white guy who spoke English, and I was the only one _ ．My part was to walk from one end of the street to the other, and then _ the club．When I got to the club, I was supposed to to my friend and say, “Forget about the girl, man．We are here to party!” It took me three tries to say the line or walk without tripping(绊倒), but I got it right.
The talent scout ran to me afterward．“You are so ．I would like you to join my agency.” I know I am not going to be the next Jay Chou． , it seems that my _ “star” talents are being white and being able to speak English． , next time you are watching a Chinese movie, look in the ．If you see a white guy stumbling (蹒跚) on his way into a nightclub, it might just be me on my way to stardom (星途)!
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