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     Although I’m still young to be thinking about college,I 1. (have) my eye on the University of Washington — Seattle for a while now. Since I am a competitive gymnast,my college search began at the end of eighth grade,in hopes 2.earning a scholarship. Seattle is 3 ,000 miles from New Jersey and my parents originally laughed at the idea of me 3. (go) to school so far away. I eventually convinced them 4. (take) me for a visit.

     Ranked 14th 5. (global) by U.S. News & World Report,the University of Washington is a public institution. 6. is clear that students there take academics and athletics very seriously — exactly 7. I was looking for.All of the facilities(设备） are state-of-the-art,and the dorms are super clean. I completely fell in love with the school; even hearing about the 8. (rain) weather in Seattle couldn’t make me love it less.

     A few weeks after my visit,my dream came closer to 9. (real) when I received a verbal(口头的) commitment to the University of Washington. College is still a few years away,but I can't wait to be a part of such 10. amazing place.

1. have had。考査现在完成时。由for a while now可知，have所表示的动 作开始于过去且对现在有影响，故填 have had。

2. of。考查介词。in hopes of意为“希望”。

3. going。考查动词-ing形式作宾语的 用法。设空处与me构成复合结构作 of的宾语，且me与go之间是逻辑上 的主谓关系，故填going。

4. to take。考查不定式作宾语补足语的用法。convince sb. to do sth.意为 “说服某人做某事”。

5. globally。考查副词。设空处修饰非 谓语动词Ranked ,故填globally。

6. It。考查it的用法。设空处作形式主 语，that引导的从句作真实主语，故 填It。

7. what。考查连接词。设空处引导表 语从句且在从句中作looking for的 宾语，故填what。exactly前省略了 that is。

8. rainy。考查形容词作定语的用法。 设全处_饰名词Weather ,故填rainy。

9. reality。考查名词。设空处作介词的 宾语，且意为“现实”，故填reality 。

10. an。考查不定冠词。such后的可数 名词前需加不定冠词，故填an。

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     Nick turned up late for work on Monday because he got stuck in a traffic jam on the ring road. Luckily Nick has a mobile phone so he was able to phone his boss and warn her that he would be late. She was furious(暴怒的) but managed to reschedule an important meeting for the afternoon.

1. Nick was late because he overslept,wasn't he?

No,it that he was late.

2. How on earth did Nick let the boss know he'd be late?

Well,what he call her from his mobile phone.

3. Was Nick late on Wednesday?

No,that he was late.

4. Nick's boss had to start the meeting without him,didn’t she?

No,what she the afternoon.

5. Did Nick get stuck in a traffic jam in the town centre?

No,not in the town centre; it got stuck.

6. 1 heard the boss was a little annoyed with Nick for being late.

No,she wasn’t “a little annoyed”. What she was!

   It has been with me every place V ve lived since I left home at 18 in 1977.

   Dad made it: Carved out of several pieces of wood glued together,shaped and sanded so smooth,it looked as if it had always been a single,solid piece. It was eventually to be a music box; the top flips (翻) up and the inside is hollow(空的). Dad could — and

over the years did — make just about everything anyone can make out of wood.

   He gave me the little man in the bathtub a few weeks after he told me in a letter that he and my mother were divorcing. He apologized for cruel words of days past and said he would understand if I never wanted to see him again. I cried while reading that. I was much closer to my mother,but how could Dad even think that? It never occurred to me to cut my father out of my life.

   Dad was an intelligent,creative and talented man,but he was also deeply insecure,something I didn't fully appreciate until years later. We both matured,and our relationship as adults was far better than when I was younger.

   And he was a fun,loving grandfather whom my sons adored. Dad died in 2013 of cancer. While I will forever treasure it,the little man in the bathtub will never be finished; it was supposed to play “I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles."

1. What does the underlined word “It” in Paragraph 1 refer to?

   A. A present bought by the author.

   B. A present from the author's son.

   C. A present from the author's mother.

   D. A present made by the author's father.

2. The little man in the bathtub.

   A. looked fragile

   B. was very expensive

   C. was skillfully made

   D. looked quite ordinary

3. When the author read the letter from his father,he.

   A. was very angry

   B. felt sad and surprised

   C. was proud of his father

   D. felt happy and thankful

4. As time went by,the relationship between the author and his father .

   A. worsened   B. had failed

   C. had improved   D. remained the same

5. What is the author regretful for?

   A. What he has done.

   B. Cruel words he said.

   C. His parents getting divorced.

   D. The music box not being finished.

                        How to overcome shyness 

   Does the thought of talking in front of people make you embarrassed? 1 Many people in the world suffer from mild to extreme shyness and are struggling to overcome it. Remember that breaking out from that shell doesn’t magically happen overnight. It takes time,effort,and of course,the desire to change. You' re on the right track by just reading this article 一 now let's keep going.

   Figure out your triggers (诱因) . Do you become shy in front of new audiences? Or when surrounded by people you know and admire? Try to find out the thoughts that go through your head right before the shyness hits. 2 You’ re okay being around your family,right? Are they different from the strangers around you? Of course not 一 you just know them better and what's more,they know you.

   Place your attention on others. For 99% of us,we become shy when we think if we speak up or stand out,we’ 11 embarrass ourselves. 3 When we stop focusing on ourselves,we stop worrying about our performance.

   4 You have gotten used to hearing your own voice!Record yourself pretending to have conversations. Sounds ridiculous,sure,but you’ 11 notice patterns,when and why you drop off,etc. At the beginning you’ 11 feel like an actor,but it will become an old habit. Practice makes habits,you know!

   Don’t compare yourself to others. The more you compare yourself to others,the more you will feel that you are not able to measure up. There is no use comparing yourself to anybody else. 5 Everyone else has his own confidence problems,too!

   A. If so,you are far from alone.

   B. Even if you do,do it realistically.

   C. Practice speaking clearly to yourself.

   D. Chances are not all situations make you shy.

   E. That's why it's important to focus on others.

   F. Practice placing yourself in not-so-comfortable situations. 

   G. After all,you may never see them again,so who cares what they think about you? 

   The ice roads of Canada's far north are only made of ice that spreads for many miles across nothing but open,frozen lakes. The 1 that truckers bring to these barely-accessible areas are always extremely important to the mines there. If an important piece of machinery does not get 2 , the company will have to 3 eight months for the next delivery to be sent,because the ice roads are only 4 for 3-4 months of the year. After that,they become 5 as the ice thickness feegins to thin in places.

   Driving on the ice roads isn’t a(n) 6 that every truck driver can do,though. Most drivers who try this sort of work 7 at the first sound of the ice cracking under the great 8 of their trucks. Others make it across the frozen ice to their destination but decide the 9 for them isn't worth the money,10 even the slightest mistake or fault in the road could cost a driver his / her life.

   The trucks all travel in groups at a slow and 11 pace,and keep the same distance from each other to reduce the chance of a(n) 12,but if a truck has to 13 for any length of time a major disaster could occur. The 14 is not able to bear the pressure of a constant weight in one spot,and if a truck breaks down,it is a race against 15 to get it moving again. If a truck does break through the ice and 16 ,a trucker has less than a minute to get out of the icy water before he 17 .

   Dianne Rowland,18 of an ice road trucker,said she would not let her husband go again 19 she saw a television series that told the story of ice road truckers. Their three daughters 20 their mother.

1. A. workers   B. materials   C. foods   D. drinks

2. A. finished   B. made   C. designed   D. delivered

3. A. spend   B. save   C. wait   D. kill

4. A. usable   B. valuable   C. acceptable   D. suitable

5. A. disappointing   B. different   C. disturbing   D. dangerous

6. A. job   B. offer   C. interest   D. journey

7. A. stay around   B. stay up   C. turn around   D. turn up

8. A. height   B. weight   C. speed   D. size

9. A. pain   B. trouble   C. distance   D. stress

10. A. because   B. when   C. until   D. but

11. A. relaxed   B. steady   C. gentle   D. careful

12. A. event   B. mistake   C. accident   D. change

13. A. repair   B. move   C. continue   D. stop

14. A. ice   B. truck   C. space   D. destination

15. A. money   B. energy   C. time   D. courage

16. A. disappear   B. sink   C. tremble   D. crash

17. A. dies   B. returns   C. tries   D. drives

18. A. friend   B. daughter   C. mother   D. wife

19. A. before   B. although   C. after   D. while

20. A. listened to   B. agreed with   C. pointed to   D. talked with

    If you’ve always felt that you look 1.(attractive) in videos than you do in photographs,you,re not alone. A recent study 2. (do) by researchers at UC Davis and Harvard has found this to be true. It turns out that looking attractive in photos isn’t easy due to 3. the researchers are calling the “frozen face effect."

    In the study,university 4. (volunteer) were asked to watch 20 videos of various faces,after 5. they were given 20 stills pulled from the videos they had just watched. When they were then asked to rank the imagery based 6.attractiveness,the videos consistently ranked higher than the corresponding stills. The researchers even

7. (try) giving the subjects a series of photos shown as a group,but regardless,the video ranked higher — 8. (apparent) we humans like moving faces.

    Maybe a portrait(人像) photographer's most prized skill has to do with bringing out 9.best in people or Photoshop; but in reality it may just be the ability 10.(overcome) the “frozen face effect." 

   Manhattan is a small island that is one part of New York City. New York City is actually made up of five sections 1. (call) boroughs(区) .These boroughs are Manhattan,Queens,Brooklyn,Staten Island,and the Bronx. Manhattan has the most people of all the boroughs,about 1. 5 million,even though it is the 2. (small) borough by size.If you send a letter to someone who lives on Manhattan,don't write Manhattan 3. the envelope. You should write “New York,New York”.

   The island is so small 4. most people live and work in tall buildings. Some of these buildings are called skyscrapers because it looks like they are touching the sky. Manhattan 5.(connect) to the other boroughs by 6.series of bridges and tunnels The most famous bridge may be the Brooklyn Bridge because of 7. (it) brick arches. The New York City subway,a massive mass transit system that 8. (most) runs underground,also connects the island to the rest of the boroughs.

   Manhattan,like the other boroughs,has many different neighborhoods,many of 9. are named for the communities that first 10.(live) there. Some of these neighborhoods include Little Italy,Little Germany,Little Brazil,Chinatown,and Koreatown.

   Two or three times a week,Miss Martha had a customer in 1. she began to take an interest.He was a middle-aged man 2. glasses and a brown beard. He spoke English with a strong German accent. His clothes were worn,but he looked neat and had very good manners. He always 3.(buy) two loaves of stale bread. He never asked for anything but stale bread; it cost a lot 4.(little) than fresh bread. Once Miss Martha noticed a red and brown stain on 5. (he) finger. She was sure that he was an artist and very poor.

   Often when having her evening meal,Miss Martha would sigh and wish the artist might share her food instead of 6. (eat) his dry bread. One day the customer came in as usual and asked for his stale bread. As a sudden noise made him hurry to the door,Miss Martha inserted 7. generous quantity of butter into the loaves and put them into a paper bag.

   It turned out 8. the stale bread was used to rub out the pencil 9. (line) in the man's drawing of a new city hall. And Miss Martha’s kindness 10. (complete) ruined the artist's work.

   假定你是学校英语报的兼职编辑李华。最近 校报开设了 Your Feelings专栏(column) 。请用英语 写一篇短文介绍开设该专栏的目的(交流情感) 、专栏内容(有关心理健康的文章及解答心理问题) 并号召同学们投稿。

注意：1. 词数100左右；

    2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

                                                                                                                                                                                           

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