请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填人最恰当的单词。

注意：每空格1个单词。

Quality after-school programs are designed to improve academic performance, decrease youth crimes and other high-risk behaviors, and help young people grow into healthy, successful adults.

The effect of quality after-school programs on academic performance is clear. Studies show that students who take part in such programs show better work habits, higher rates of homework completion, improved grades, and higher scores on achievement tests. They also have fewer absences and are less likely to blame. After-school programs also influence high-risk teen behavior. Various studies show decreased rates of crime, drug-taking, and teen sex among youth who join in well-run after-school programs when compared to similar youth who do not. Finally, after-school programs play an important role in supporting different kinds of fields of development: physical development, mental development and social development. Thus, one can safely say that after-school programming is an effective method to help young people become contributing members of society.

Although there is enough proof from both small and large assessments that after-school programs can make a positive difference, it is important to note that not all programs are equal. First, dosage matters -- young people who attend the most hours over the most years benefit more than members who attend less often or over a shorter period of time. Next, after-school programs make a bigger difference for those students who need help most and have the fewest choices. Finally, program qualities matter. After-school programs work best when they create unique opportunities for youth. They should provide opportunities, skill building meaningful involvement, expression, suggestion, service, and work. Staff characteristics make an important difference in the quality of a program. The adults should treat youth as partners, create safe and fair environment, encourage personalized involvement, and actively create learning opportunities. In short, although after-school programs have a promising future, how they are designed and run matters.

Title: Quality After-school Programs

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。

Children find meanings in their old family tales.                     

When Stephen Guyer’s three children were growing up, he told them stories about how his grandfather, a banker,   31   all in the 1930s, but did not lose sight of what he valued most. In one of the darkest times   32   his strong-minded grandfather was nearly   33    , he loaded his family into the car and   34    them to see family members in Canada with a   35   ,“There are more important things in life than money. ”

The  36   took on a new meaning recently when Mr. Guyer downsized to a   37    house from a more expensive and comfortable one. He was _ 38   that his children, a daughter, 15, and twins, 22, would be upset. To his surprise, they weren’t.   39   , their reaction echoed （共鸣） their great-grandfather’s. What they   40   was how warm the people were in the house and how   41    of their heart was accessible.  

Many parents are finding family stories have surprising power to help children   42    hard times. Storytelling experts say the phenomenon reflects a growing  43   in telling tales, evidenced by a rise in a storytelling events and festivals.  

A university  44  of 65 families with children aged from 14 to 16 found kids’ ability to  45_   parents’ stories was linked to a lower rate of anger and anxiety.  

31. A. missed       B. lost          C. forgot       D. ignored

32. A. when         B. while        C. how         D. why

33. A. friendless          B. worthless         C. penniless  D. homeless

34. A fetched       B. allowed   C. expected  D. took

35. A. hope         B. promise          C. suggestion        D. belief

36. A. tale          B. agreement       C. arrangement   D. report

37. A. large         B. small       C. new         D. grand

38. A. surprised    B. annoyed    C. disappointed     D. worried

39. A. Therefore  B. Besides     C. Instead     D. Otherwise

40. A. talked about      B. cared about      C. wrote about      D. heard about

41. A. much         B. many        C. little        D. few

42. A. beyond      B. over        C. behind      D. through

43. A. argument    B. skill         C. interest     D. anxiety

44. A. study         B. design      C. committee      D. staff

45. A. provide     B. retell       C. support     D. refuse

阅读下面两篇短文，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。
I remember the exact moment I learned the principle of preparing for luck.
I was on the wrestling team. Now, if there’s one thing I can tell you about any sport, it is that wrestling is probably the sport that has the least   31  .There are only two people out on the mat, so you cannot   32  it on your teammates or your coach. And guess what? There is no   33    because we do the whole thing indoors, so you can’t say, “It was raining” or “It was snowing.” It makes   34  to say wrestling is the sport with the least luck.
On our team were two world champions; one of them had been a world champion five times. We   35  had five people who were national champions. One of them was a guy   36  the name of John.
John had never been   37  in any high school wrestling competition that I could remember, 38  he was a national champion. There was nobody locally who could touch him.
One day, we   39  a match with our biggest opponent(对手). John went out on the mat, and about a minute and 30 seconds into the match he tried to make a particular   40  He rolled over, and his opponent  41  him halfway through his roll. He waspinned(压住) 42 !
The match was over.
I remember on the way home, one of our teammates tried to  43  John by saying, “Oh, he just got lucky.” John said, “That’s so stupid. The 44  presented itself, and he just took advantage of it.”
We used to have this big   45  in our wrestling room that the coach had put there: “Luck is what happens when opportunity meets   46 .”
John’s opponent was prepared to make use of this opportunity. The possibility of beating John was not   47  and he knew it. But he waited for the  48   opportunity to present itself, and he defeated and pinned a five-time national champion.
In other words, the real  49  is “Be prepared!” It’s not just finding the opportunity; you have to be prepared to   50  it.
【小题1】.  

The suggestion _______ Tom gave me about how to study English at the meeting was that we ______ as much as possible.?

A. which; would read? B. that; would read? C. what; should read?   D.不填; read

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、D) 中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
We were standing at the top of a church tower. My father had __1__ me to this spot in a small  town not far from our home in Rome. I wondered __2__.
“Look __3__, Elsa,” Father said. I gathered all my __4__ and looked down. I saw the square in the centre of the village. And I saw the crisscross(十字形) of twisting, turning streets leading to the __5__. “See, my dear,” Father said gently. “There is more than one way to the square. __6__ is like that. If you can’t get to the place where you want to go __7__ one road, try another.”
Now I understood why I was there. __8__ that day I had begged my mother to do __9__ about the terrible lunches that were served at school. But she __10__ because she could not believe the lunches were as __11__ as I said.
When I __12__ my father for help, he would not help. _13__, he brought me to this high tower to __14__ me a lesson — the value of an open, searching mind. By the time we reached home, I had a __15__.
At school the next day, I _16__ poured my lunch soup into a bottle and brought it home. Then I asked our cook to _17__ it to mother at dinner. The plan __18__ perfectly. She swallowed one spoonful and said, “The cook must have gone mad!” Quickly I told what I had done, and mother said firmly that she would take up the matter of lunches at school the next day.
In the years that followed I often remembered the lesson father taught me. I began to work as a fashion designer two years ago. I wouldn’t stop working __19__ I tried every possible means to my goal. Father’s wise words always __20__ me that there is more than one way to the square.