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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。

I was in my third year of teaching creative writing at a high school in New York, when one of my students, 15-year-old Micky, gave me a note from his mother. It ______ his absence from class the day before.

I had seen Micky himself writing the note at his desk. Most parental-excuse notes I received were penned by my ______. The forged(伪造的) excuse notes made a large pile, with writing that ranged from imaginative to crazy. The ______ of those notes didn’t realize that honest excuse notes were usually ______: “Peter was late because the alarm clock didn’t go off.”

The students always said that it was hard putting 200 words together on any subject, but when they ______ excuse notes, they were brilliant.

So one day I gave the excuse notes to my classes, saying, “They’re ______ to be written by parents, but actually they are not. True, Micky ? ” The students looked at me ______.

“Now, this will be the first class to study the ______ of the excuse notes --- the first class, ever, to practice writing them. You’re so______ to have a teacher like me who has taken your best writing and turned it into a ______ worthy of study. ”

Everyone smiled as I went on, “You used your ______. So try more now. Today I’d like you to write ‘An Excuse Note from Adam/Eve to God’.” ______ went down. Pens raced ______ paper. For the first time ever I saw students so ______ in their writing that they had to be asked to go to lunch by their friends.

The next day everyone had excuse notes. ______ discussions followed. The headmaster entered the classroom and walked ______, looking at papers, and then said, “I’d like you to see me in my office.” My heart ______.

When I stepped into his office, he came to ______ my hand and said, “I just want to tell you that that lesson, that task, whatever the hell you were doing, was ______. Those kids were writing on the college ______. Thank you. ”

1.A. explained B. described C. introduced D. announced

2.A. parents B. students C. teachers D. partners

3.A. editors B. readers C. writers D. speakers

4.A. true B. false C. easy D. dull

5.A. produced B. considered C. imagined D. delivered

6.A. designed B. collected C. supposed D. improved

7.A. eagerly B. nervously C. excitedly D. coldly

8.A. form B. difficulty C. meaning D. art

9.A. lucky B. helpful C. lovely D. active

10.A. talent B. habit C. product D. subject

11.A. devotion B. imagination C. Concentration D. information

12.A. hands B. eyes C. heads D. ears

13.A. across B. with C. against D. behind

14.A. curious B. careful C. casual D. calm

15.A. Separated B. Surprising C. Heated D. Lasting

16.A. day and night B. in and out C. now and then D. up and down

17.A. sank B. rose C. flew D. hurt

18.A. watch B. touch C. shake D. catch

19.A. sure B. dim C. tough D. great

20.A. base B. level C. paper D. theme

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China is a country with the largest population in the world, we all know it.

A. and B. which

C. that D. as

The financial damage is nothing compared to what _______ if there had been children in the classroom in time of the fire.

A. would happen B. happened

C. would have happened D. should have happened

—Can’t you stay a little longer?

—It’s getting late. I really _____go now, My daughter is home alone.

A. may B. can

C. must D. dare

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Our most commonly held code for success is broken. Conventional wisdom holds that if we work hard we will be more successful, and if we are more successful, then we’ll be happy. If we can just find that great job, win that next promotion, lose those five pounds, happiness will follow. But recent discoveries in the field of positive psychology have shown that this code is actually backward: Happiness fuels success, not the other way around. When we are positive, our brains become more engaged, creative, motivated, energetic, and productive at work. This discovery has been repeatedly borne out by rigid research in psychology and neuroscience(神经学), management studies, and the bottom lines of organizations around the globe.

In The Happiness Advantage, Shawn Achor, who spent over a decade living, researching, and lecturing at Harvard University, draws on his own research—including one of the largest studies of happiness and potential at Harvard and others at companies like UBS to fix this broken code. Using stories and case studies from his work with CEOs of Fortune 500 in 42 countries, Achor explains how we can reprogram our brains to become more positive in order to gain a competitive ability at work.

Based on seven practical, actionable principles that have been tried and tested everywhere from classrooms to boardrooms, stretching from Argentina to Zimbabwe, he shows us how we can capitalize on the Happiness Advantage to improve our performance and maximize our potential.

A must-read for everyone trying to stand out in a world of increasing workloads and stress, The Happiness Advantage isn’t only about how to become happier at work. It’s about how to acquire the benefits of a happier and more positive mode of thinking to achieve the extraordinary in our work and in our lives.

1. What do we know about the new discovery in paragraph 1?

A. Conventional code for success is totally useless.

B. The more we are successful, the happier we are.

C. Positive psychology is really backward.

D. Happiness contributes greatly to success.

2. Why did the writer write the book The Happiness Advantages?

A. To reprogram one’ s brain to be healthier.

B. To make people more positive and competitive.

C. To study stories and cases of CEOs.

D. To make a lecture at Harvard University.

3. The underlined phrase “capitalize on” in paragraph 3 is closes in meaning to ____

A. provide fund for

B. make full use of

C. write big letters for

D. stand out in

4. What is the purpose of the writer in writing the passage?

A. To help people stand out in the world.

B. To arouse people’s sense of happiness.

C. To help people decrease the work stress.

D. To strongly recommend the book.

By the time I left the concert，my ears_________，with complex feelings filling my heart．

A．had rung B．were ringing

C．were to ring D．rang

阅读理解。

The computer keyboard helped kill shorthand—a system of rapid handwriting, and now it’s threatening to finish off handwriting as a whole. When handwritten essays were introduced on the SAT exams for the class of 2012, just 15% of the most 1.5 million students wrote their answers in cursive(草写字母). The rest? Block letters.

And those college hopefuls are just the first edge of a wave of US students who no longer get much handwriting instructions in the primary grades, frequently 10 minutes a day or less. As a result, more and more students struggle to read and write cursive.

At Keene Mill Elementary School in Springfield, all their poems and stories are typed. Children in Fairfax County schools are taught keyboarding beginning in kindergarten. Ol der students who never mastered handwriting say it doesn’t affect their grades.

There are those who say the culture is at a crossing, turning from the written word to the typed one. If handwriting becomes a lost form of communication, does it matter?

It was at University Virginia that researchers recently discovered a previously unknown poem by Robert, written in his unique script. Handwritten documents are more valuable to researchers, historians say, because their authenticity(真实性) can be confirmed. Students also find them more fascinating.

The loss of handwriting also may be a cognitive(认知的) opportunity missed. Several academic studies have found that good handwriting skills at a young age can help children express their thoughts better—a lifelong benefit.

It doesn’t take much to teach better handwriting skills. At some schools in Prince George’s County, elementary school students use a program called Handwriting Without Tears for 15 minutes a day. They learn the correct formation of manuscript letters through second grade, and cursive letters in third grade.

There are always going to be some kids who struggle with handwriting because of their particular neurological(神经系统的) writing, learning issues or poor motor skills. Educators often point to this factor in support of keyboarding.

1. What is the author concerned about after 2012 Sat exams?

A. Keyboarding. B. Shorthand.

C. Handwriting. D. Block letters.

2. A poem by Robert mentioned in the passage is used to ____________.

A. prove how valuable handwriting is

B. explain what a famous poet he is

C. show how unique his poem is

D. stress how fascinating the documents are

3. The example of Handwriting Without Tears helps to argue that _____________.

A. the schools are responsible for the loss of handwriting

B. the loss of handwriting is a cognitive opport unity missed

C. it doesn’t take much to teach better handwriting skills

D. the culture is turning from the written word to the typed one

4. According to the author, when is a perfect time to learn handwriting?

A. Kindergarten. B. Primary school.

C. High school. D. College.

5. What is the author’s attitude towards this debate?

A. Devotion. B. Encouragement.

C. Critical. D. Objective.

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

In the late 19th century, Europe changed a great deal from a mostly agricultural society to a mostly1. one. Many people moved from the countryside to the new cities. There were many new inventions and 2._(society) changes. Naturally, these changes also 3.(lead) to new painting styles. Among the painters 4.(break )away from the traditional style of painting5. the Impressionists, who lived and worked in Paris.

The Impressionists were the first painters to work outdoors. They were eager to show how light and shadow fell6. objects at different times of day. 7., because natural light changes so quickly, the Impressionists had to paint quickly. Their paintings were not as8. (detail)as those of earlier painters. At first, many people disliked this style of painting and became very 9.(anger) about it. They said that the painters were_10.(care) and their paintings were ridiculous.

The movie Jurassic Park was a big hit, with its novel idea ___________ a mixture of fear and excitement into people’s hearts.

A. strikes B. struck

C. to strike D. striking

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