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。

It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80s came to the hospital. I heard him saying to the nurse that he was in a hurry for an appointment(约会) at 9:30.

The nurse had him take a ________ in the waiting area, ________ him it would be at least 40 minutes ________ someone would be able to see him. I saw him ________ his watch and decided，since I was ________ busy—my patient didn’t ________ at the appointed hour, I would examine his wound. While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor’s appointment. The gentleman said no and told me that he ________ to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his ________. He told me that she had been ________ for a while and that she had a special disease. I asked if she would be ________ if he was a bit late. He replied that she ________ knew who he was, that she had not been able to ________ him for five years now. I was ________, and asked him，“And you ________ go every morning, even though she doesn’t know who you are?” He smiled and said. “She doesn’t know me but I know who she is” I had to hold back ________ as he left.

Now I ________ that in marriages, true love is ________ of all that is. The happiest people don’t ________ have the best of everything；they just ________ the best of everything they have. ________ isn’t about how to live through the storm, but how to dance in the rain.

1.A. breathB. testC. seatD. break

2.A. persuadingB. promisingC. understandingD. telling

3.A. ifB. beforeC. sinceD. after

4.A. taking offB. fixingC. looking atD. winding

5.A. veryB. alsoC. seldomD. not

6.A. turn upB. show offC. come onD. go away

7.A. neededB. forgotC. agreedD. happened

8.A. daughterB. wifeC. motherD. sister

9.A. lateB. wellC. aroundD. there

10.A. lonelyB. worriedC. doubtfulD. hungry

11.A. so farB. neitherC. no longerD. already

12.A. recognizeB. answerC. believeD. expect

13.A. movedB. disappointedC. surprisedD. satisfied

14.A. onlyB. thenC. thusD. still

15.A. curiosityB. tearsC. wordsD. judgment

16.A. realizeB. suggestC. hopeD. prove

17.A. agreementB. expressionC. acceptanceD. exhibition

18.A. necessarilyB. completely

C. naturallyD. frequently

19.A. learnB. makeC. favorD. try

20.A. AdventureB. BeautyC. TrustD. Life

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。

One day when I was five years old, my mother took me to a swimming pool. She wanted to teach me how to swim. 1. (sad), I was almost drowned(淹死，溺死). 2. I was rescued by a man, my mother was so 3. (frighten) that she decided never to let me get close to a swimming pool again. 4. , I thought quite differently. Instead of letting that horrible incident create more fear around water for me, I decided to become a good 5. (swim). After I told my mother about that, she thought I was right and 6. (agree). So I started to learn how to swim again. My mother became more careful and I was not in danger again. Later I became 7. interested in swimming that I decided to compete in swimming events. After years of efforts, my dream came true. I was the first African American 8. (win) an Olympic Gold Medal in swimming. I did so at both 2008 and 2012 Olympics.

Now I spend much of my time 9. (help) children learn how to swim. Hundreds of children each year drown in the United States. 10. (learn) how to swim can prevent 80% of these tragedies.

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线( \ )划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

I’d like to give you some advices on how to learn Chinese well.

First, it was important to take a Chinese course, as you’ll be able to learn from the teacher and practicing with your classmates. Then, it also help to watch TV or read books, newspapers and magazines in the Chinese whenever possible. It will make you familiar to Chinese characters and enlarge your vocabulary even before you notice it.

Besides, it is a good idea learn and sing Chinese songs, because by doing so you’ll learn and remember Chinese words more easy. You can also make more Chinese friends, they will tell you a lot about China and help you learn Chinese. Try to speak Chinese as many as possible.

假如你是心理医生DR CLARK，你收到学生LUCK的来信。她在信中说，自己很喜欢看电视，但父母担心影响她的学习不让看，她有时和父母争吵，很烦恼，却不知道要怎么办。请你给LUCK回个信给出解决办法。70词左右，信件首尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Luck,

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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel By Jeff Kinney

A dance at Greg Heffley's middle school is going to be held, but he can't find someone to go with him. Finally he finds a girl from his class to go with him. That is when The Third Wheel story begins.

The Third Wheel is full of jokes and interesting drawings.

Ivy and Bean Make the Rules By Annie Barrows

Bean's older sister Jessie goes to a summer camp called Girl Power 4-Ever, but Bean can't join her because she is too young. So Bean and her best friend, Ivy, decide to create their own camp. At Camp Flaming Arrow, Ivy and Bean come up with all the activities and, of course, they make the rules. Their happiness and kindness will make you want to keep reading.

Stick Dog By Tom Watson

Stick Dog is a dog that lives in an empty pipe. He has four dog friends named Poo-Poo, Stripes, Karen and Mutt. When Stick Dog smells some delicious hamburgers, he and his friends decide to steal the food from a human family that is having a picnic in Picas-so Park. Along the way, they face a lot of funny challenges.

White Fur Flying By Patricia Maclachlan

Zoo and Alice's mother might just have the coolest job ever. She rescues Great Pyrenees dogs! But dogs aren't the only things that need to be saved. The family's new neighbour, Philfip, doesn't speak, and no one knows why.

White Fur Flying is all about understanding that love can come from both inside and outside. Although it is a little sad, the book is good to read. Kids who love animals and a good story will really like it, too.

1.There are interesting drawings in ________.

A. Stick Dog

B. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel

C. Ivy and Bean Make the Rules

D. White Fun Flying

2.Who wants to start a camp?

A. Jessie.B. Greg.C. Bean.D. Alice.

3.What's the main idea of the book Stick Dog?

A. The dogs' experience of stealing food.

B. The dogs' picnic in a park.

C. How five dogs are saved from danger.

D. How to get along with dogs.

4.In which section of a newspaper can we see the text?

A. Literature.B. Lifestyles.C. Hobbies.D. Travel.

To support his sick wife and earn a paycheck, a 61-year-old Iowa man named Steve Simon sometimes walks 35 miles to his job as an overnight gatekeeper. Simon said that he leaves his basement apartment in a small town at about 3:30 p.m. to get to the Lakesside hotel and Casino in Osceola where he begins to work at 11:00 p.m. for $9.07 per hour. His wife suffered a stoke nine years ago and some days there just isn’t enough money to put gas in the couple’s 2002 car. Moving closer to his job would likely mean paying more than he now does in monthly rent—$400.

Family and a job are “the two most important things I can think of,” Simon said, explaining why he walks to his job. He and his wife, Renee, adopted their now 22-year-grandson, Steven, who has been unemployed since January.

Although some people along the route do stop to offer him a lift, they often drop him off about 8 miles from home. But Simon doesn’t seem to mind. He describes the walking route as “picturesque（风景如画的）” and sounds like he enjoy passing the cows and fields along the way. He’s done the walk in all kinds of weather, including snow. It’s a little dangerous because trucks frequent Interstate highway 35, whizzing （飞驰） past him at 70 miles per hour.

Simon story has a familiar ring. Last month there were storied written about a Detroit man named James Robertson who for years has been walking 21 miles roundtrip through city streets to and from his factory job. The media attention got Robertson $350,000 from a GoFundMe campaign and a new car. We wonder what the Internet holds for Simon.

1.Simon walks 35 miles to his job mainly ________.

A. to attract others’ attention

B. to keep healthy and strong

C. to accompany his sick wife

D. to save money for his family

2.What do we know about Simon’s walking route?

A. It is pretty boring.

B. There are high buildings.

C. It is full of fun and danger.

D. There are only a few regulars.

3.James Robertson is mentioned because ________.

A. his story inspired Simon

B. he donated money to Simon

C. he is quite familiar with Simon

D. his experience is similar to Simon’s

While the presence of rats in homes may cause anxiety and annoyance，they rarely result in driving out the residents.But that is exactly what happened to the inhabitants of the 10-square-mile Hawadax Island off the coast of Alaska，almost 230 years ago.Now thanks to a five-year effort by scientists，the terribly silent “Rat Island” as it had been called for many years has been returned to its rightful owners—birds!

Hawadax Island is part of a chain of volcanic islands in the Bering Sea called the Aleutian Islands.The rats that arrived there in 1780，when a Japanese ship carrying them broke down nearby，completely destroyed the native population because the environment of the island was not built to defend its animals from these predators.There isn't any tree on the island，which meant that the birds were accustomed to building their nests low in the ground，giving the rodents(啮齿动物) easy access to both eggs and baby chicks.As years passed，the birds that had called the island home for thousands of years became endangered and eventually，disappeared completely.

In 2007，the US FWS(Fish and Wildlife Service) started a serious plan to rid the island of the rats and try bringing back the beautiful birds that had once called it home.Given that there were an estimated 10，000 rodents inhabiting “Rat Island” and the fact that they reproduce rapidly，it was not an easy task.But by 2009，the island was officially declared rat free!

Then slowly but surely，the birds began to return. Unfortunately，some of the pioneers were unintentionally killed from the leavings of the raticide，a poison that had been used to wipe out the rodents.But now it seems things are becoming more stable and the island is starting to increasingly look like its former self.Before the transformation，“Hawadax”，also known as “Rat Island”，was a silent and ghostly place with bird bones，snail remains and rocks covered in rat feces(粪便)．

Today，birds' singing and flying in and out is a common sight.Tufted puffins and song sparrows，which had long disappeared，are gradually making their way back.Scientists have also been observing an increase in ground nesting and shore birds.Though the island is still not back to its full glory，the signs are encouraging and things can only get better，as time passes.

1.The underlined word “that” in Paragraph 1 probably refers to ________.

A．birds' being driven out

B．the presence of rats

C．birds' returning to the island

D．residents' worrying about rats

2.Birds on Hawadax Island became an easy target because ________.

A．their chicks were extremely weak

B．they nested randomly

C．they reproduced too rapidly

D．this island was treeless

3.From the passage，we can know the plan of US FWS ________.

A．has helped the island fully recovered

B．cost little but benefited greatly

C．involved poisoning the rats on a large scale

D．accomplished its goal after exactly 24 months

4.Which would be the best title for the passage?

A．FWS help get rare birds back to alaska island

B．Japanese changed a bird paradise into rat island

C．Alaska's rat island returns to a bird paradise

D．FWS plan to drive rats out of rat Island

When it comes to preschool education, there are two lines of thought. One says that preschoolers need to be taught early academic skills in order to get a leg up on future school achievement. Another says the focus should be on social and emotional development. But, new research from Penn State University says a high quality preschool program should do both.

Karen Bierman, Penn State Professor of Psychology, and her team studied 350 preschoolers. Half were taught the traditional curriculum(课程）. The other half were given the basic curriculum as well as social and emotional teaching.

The results show that the half students taught with a curriculum that includes social lesson, such as sharing, listening and self-control, score higher in both the social and academic areas of school readiness than the other half students.

The other finding is that when you work on both academic and social-emotional skills, you get stronger gains in both areas. “You get the combined power when you put both together, so neither area is weakened.” she says.

Clearly, knowing how to share, develop healthy friendships, and learn side-by-side with others is important to a child’s academic achievement in the classroom. But, Bierman says the importance of social and emotional education goes beyond that. Preschool is prime time for the development of self-regulation, which not only tells a child not to hit another child, but also tells a child how to set personal goals and focus himself enough to follow through with those goals. And the ability to regulate behavior is what helps children get motivated at school. “When they get upset, bored, or frustrated, it doesn’t defeat them.” she says.

Goal-oriented (面向目标的) and motivated learning is best taught in preschool, Biernam says, when the prefrontal part of the brain, which controls decision-making, is at the height of development. “First grade teachers can teach letter names, but preschool is when that behavior is peaking and language is just beginning to develop,” she says.

1.Karen Bierman and her team carried out the research by ________.

A. tracking 350 preschoolers for years

B. separating children into two equal groups

C. working out a high quality preschool program

D. analyzing the importance of social and emotional teaching

2.The underlined words “prime time” in the text probably refer to ________.

A．the best timeB．the only time

C．the earliest timeD．the suitable time

3.According to the text, self-regulation can help children ________.

A．be willing to studyB．become emotionless

C．memorize letter namesD．learn language quickly

4.What’s the best title for the text?

A. Preschool learning: more than ABCs and 123s

B. Karen Bierman: freeing kids from boring learning.

C. Learning self-regulation in preschool: why it matters?

D. Academic and social-emotional skills: which is more important?

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

There is no better feeling than walking away from your desk in the evening with a sense of deep satisfaction for a job well done. 1. Here are five ways to help you do just that：

·Empty your inbox(收件箱)．

__2._ You will find that an empty inbox late in the day will give you a strong sense of accomplishment and order in your life.If you want an empty inbox，it means everything is in a particular spot：either in the trash，or sent to someone else.

· 3.

If you leave a tiring and undesirable task until the next day，you will walk away from your desk with a dark cloud hanging over you and a sense of fear. On the other hand, try to complete the task before you leave the office, and you will walk away with a feeling of freedom and victory.

·Do something nice for someone else.

The key here is intentionality．Plan to end your day by doing something specific and beneficial for someone in your life—a partner，friend，family member，customer，etc._ 4.__ It is impossible to do something nice for someone without feeling better yourself.

·Say thank you.

Take a moment before you shut things down for the day to be thankful for your life. 5. When you feel grateful to people around you，you will get a new idea on the difficulties of any given day.

A．Determine what will make tomorrow special.

B．Regardless of what else has happened in a day，ending it with thanks is a rewarding approach．

C．Finish the task as far as possible before you leave.

D．Keeping your inbox empty makes you more effective.

E．In fact a whole unproductive day can end with just 15 hyper-productive(高效的) minutes.

F．Nothing else throughout your day could possibly be so bad.

G．You will feel better when doing a good deed to others.

阅读下面的短文，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。

On Tuesday, September 16th, I’m proud to join fathers across New York State for “Dads Take Your Child To School Day.”

________ giving my son Felix a ________ at the door before he heads off to school with his mom, I’ll take his hand and walk him there myself. Then I’ll ________ for a bit in the classroom to participate in the morning activities. I’m more than ________ to do this, because it’s the ________ thing to do.

The U.S Department of Education has collected the results of numerous studies pointing to how ________ it is for dads to be involved in their children’s ________. Here are just a few:

Dads model how grown men behave in life. When talking to my son about his ________, I often point to how I and my male friends conduct ourselves illustrating how we use our words instead of our hands to ________, and treat other people with respect and kindness. This has come to make a big impresion on him. It’s important for kids to see grown men behaving ________ and carrying themselves with dignity, because they ________ our every move.

Also, dads encourage kids to take ________ and explore. Kids with active fathers tend to be highly ________ about the world. A dad’s involvement seems to give kids more confidence in exploring the world around them.

Besides, kids learn about how men and ________ interact with one another by watching their dads. It makes a great impact on kids when dads ________ help around the house and treat the child’s mother with love and ________. This helps break down rigid, ________ gender stereotypes （性别刻板印象）.

Whether you’re a ________ in New York State or not, any day is a good day to take your child to ________. Beyond that, ask your child about what they’re learning in school. Get involved! Your child will ________ it, and really, so will you.

1.A. Because ofB. In spite ofC. Instead ofD. In case of

2.A. hugB. giftC. lessonD. bag

3.A. stayB. lookC. liveD. hide

4.A. strangeB. happyC. confidentD. polite

5.A. sameB. simpleC. hardD. right

6.A. interestingB. important

C. surprisingD. normal

7.A. exerciseB. entertainmentC. careerD. education

8.A. appearanceB. hobbyC. behaviorD. future

9.A. celebrateB. communicateC. competeD. compromise

10.A. properlyB. bravelyC. quicklyD. perfectly

11.A. imitateB. changeC. rememberD. influence

12.A. controlB. stepsC. chargeD. risks

13.A. confusedB. curiousC. worriedD. careful

14.A. friendsB. relativesC. womenD. children

15.A. regularlyB. hardlyC. slowlyD. finally

16.A. prideB. honesty

C. confidenceD. consideration

17.A. modernB. unnecessaryC. friendlyD. unhealthy

18.A. motherB. workerC. fatherD. boss

19.A. parkB. schoolC. libraryD. museum

20.A. think ofB. benefit fromC. get used toD. know about