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Passage 1（2023年武汉中考试题）
Katie said gdbye t her parents at the frnt dr f their candy shp as they drve ff fr a vacatin, and Katie ___1___ she’d be able t run it with Aunt Maria’s help. Aunt Maria didn’t have any experience n business, but she is always called “___2___”.
As Maria blew int the stre, she said, “All right, Katie my lve, let’s get this party started.”
Katie tk her aunt ver t where the family made their wn candy, such as fresh fudge (软糖). Aunt Maria ___3__ a piece f chclate fudge. “Hmm,” she said. “It’s gd, but nt ___4__. We can add smething t make that basic taste exciting.”
Befre Katie culd ___5___ what Maria meant, the wman had gne t the kitchen. Katie heard her walking arund, pening drawers and the fridge. Then she came back with her hands full f things. She __6___ them n the wrk surface with a happy tune(小调).
“Brussels spruts(甘蓝)?” Katie gave her aunt a ___7___ lk. She culdn’t be serius! But she was. The wman’s hands were busy ___8___ the green vegetables and then adding thse small pieces int the fudge. Katie’s eyes grew wide as she watched her aunt mix them tgether.
Katie __10__ as the bell ver the frnt dr rang, annuncing sme ___9____. Three bys came in. “I’ll have strawberry fudge, please,” said the first by.
“Oh, hw ____11____,” laughed Maria. “I must suggest yu try smething new! Try this!” She ffered the bys the Brussels sprut fudge. “It’s free! ____12____!”
Surprised, but t plite t ___13___, the bys left with the fudge.
“There g ur custmers. They will tell everyne hw strange ur candy is, and nbdy will want t shp here!” Katie said t herself. She didn’t knw what t d. Her parents were ging t be ____14____.
The sund f the bell wke her up frm her ____15____. The bys were back! But this time there was a crwd f kids cming int the stre with them.
“Give me tw pieces f Brussels sprut fudge, please.”
1. A. prmisedB. rememberedC. pretendedD. checked
2. A. friendlyB. creativeC. hnestD. lucky
3. A. nticedB. bughtC. madeD. tried
4. A. sftB. sweetC. smthD. special
5. A. believeB. changeC. questinD. explain
6. A. stuckB. leftC. spreadD. swept
7. A. strangeB. freshC. blackD. hungry
8. A. washingB. weighingC. cuttingD. cking
9. A. mved nB. lked upC. brke dwnD. came ver
10. A. clerksB. plicemenC. custmersD. businessmen
11. A. expensiveB. cheapC. funnyD. bring
12. A. StayB. EnjyC. GD. Help
13. A. acceptB. argueC. eatD. rder
14. A. madB. calmC. relaxedD. silent
15. A. mistakesB. memriesC. plansD. thughts
Passage 2（2023年广州中考试题）
Almst everyne has a dream jb, and fr Susan, it is being a whale (鯨) trainer at her city’s aquarium (水族馆). Last year, Susan finally had a (n) ____1____, but it was mre than just signing up. Peple wh wanted this jb had t take part in a cmpetitin. They need t shw hw ____2____ they culd g dwn int the seven-metre-deep pl that hused the whales and hw lng they culd stay there. The ne wh culd reach the deepest and stay the lngest underwater wuld get the jb.
Susan signed up t try ut, and everything went ____3____ at first. But then, as she went dwn t abut five metres under the icy water, her legs stpped ___4____. The cld water caused a huge pain in her legs. She was unable t swim back t the surface. She was in great fear and culdn’t think. This nly caused her t ____5____ farther int the pl. Just as Susan ____6____ hpe, she suddenly felt herself being pushed t the surface.
It was Mila, a whale in the pl. She nticed Susan’s ____7____, held her leg in her muth and pushed Susan up t the surface. Susan was ____8____, thanks t Mila’s quick actin. The aquarium spkespersn said Susan was really ____9____, because Mila had realized Susan needed help befre any f the wrking grup did, which saved valuable time.
“Whales are ____10____ animals—they live and play tgether. In the wild, they shw great interest in humans and ften swim clse t bats and divers.”
1. A. chanceB. jbC. dreamD. idea
2. A. snB. farC. ftenD. hard
3. A. clseB. deepC. lateD. well
4. A. tryingB. hurtingC. wrkingD. resting
5. A. drpB. swimC. jumpD. search
6. A. gave awayB. gave inC. gave utD. gave up
7. A. lkB. trubleC. mveD. place
8. A. changedB. lstC. chsenD. saved
9. A. luckyB. braveC. afraidD. sad
10. A. funnyB. lnelyC. scialD. strng
Passage 3（2023年安徽中考试题）
At the 2023 Shenzhen Marathn（马拉松）, 45-year-ld Lu Shujian crssed the finishing line with his 13-year-ld sn Xiabai, wh was in a special push-chair. They ____1____ the half-marathn race in an hur and 59 minutes.
The sn was brn with cerebral palsy （大脑性瘫痪）. He had t stay indrs, but his father decided t give him a ____2____ and happy life by taking up marathns with him. Hwever, the decisin was challenging （挑战性的） because Lu had n ____3____ experience. He had t ____4____ at 4 a.m. t practice running befre wrk. Whenever he gt chances, he wuld take his sn with him t races, ____5____ half-marathns.
Nw Xiabai likes t watch the wrld frm his push-chair with his father during races. Thugh he cannt express feelings in ____6____, he shws them thrugh expressins and bdy language. He claps his hands and smiles t shw his ____7____. The ther runners are friendly and ____8____ them n as they pass.
Their marathn races have ____9____ them t Chengdu t see pandas, t Beijing t climb the Great Wall, and t Lanzhu t take phts alng the Yellw River.
Lu plans t keep ____10____ with his sn t allw Xiabai t live the best life he can.
1. A. heldB. finishedC. cancelledD. watched
2. A. fullB. silentC. shrtD. bring
3. A. readingB. sprtingC. writingD. acting
4. A. hang utB. break awayC. give inD. get up
5. A. reallyB. luckilyC. especiallyD. strangely
6. A. rderB. wnderC. wrdsD. numbers
7. A. dubtB. pityC. hnestyD. happiness
8. A. putB. cheerC. trainD. invite
9. A. takenB. handedC. avidedD. translated
10. A. drawingB. ringingC. waitingD. running
Passage 4（2023年河南中考试题）
It was a rainy, windy Octber afternn. Garth std utside his huse with a wide smile. This was ____1____ weather fr testing his new inventin—Umbrella Hat. He culd hardly wait t see whether it culd keep the rain ff. He carefully ____2____ the hat n his head and started walking ____3____ alng the street. It wrked!
Suddenly, three bys in his neighbrhd appeared and ____4____ him. Tdd, the biggest ne, pulled his Umbrella Hat ff his head.
“What’s THIS?” he asked.
“It’s an Umbrella Hat. Yu can wear it n rainy days and…” Garth said.
The bys ____5____, “Will anyne wear that stupid thing?” Tdd threw the hat nt the grund and they ran ff.
Garth picked up his Umbrella Hat frm the grund in tears. “Maybe Tdd was ____6____ …in reality, wh wuld ever need his inventin?” He lwered his head and thught t himself.
Suddenly he ____7____ and saw a lady lking at him. “I was just leaving my huse ____8____ I saw yu and thse bys. Are yu kay?”
Then she saw the ____9____ Umbrella Hat and asked, “Er… what’s that?”
“It’s my Umbrella Hat. I thught f it and made it myself…” answered Garth.
“What a creative _____10_____ yu have! Dn’t ever let stupid bys put yu dwn! Keep inventing and ne day yu will _____11_____ smething really great!” said the lady.
“And yu have given me a wnderful ____12_____,” she cntinued, “I have a gadget (小器具) shp—Gadgets4U—and I’d like t hld a _____13_____ t find the best yung gadget inventr in ur twn. I will display (展示) three best inventins in my shp. I’m sure yu will have a(n) ____14_____ f winning a prize.”
Garth was very _____15_____. Gadgets4U was ne f his favrite places and the thught f having his inventin displayed in that wnderful place was t exciting fr wrds. He suddenly felt much better and culd already feel lts f new ideas cming ut, waiting t spring int life!
1. A. cldB. perfectC. strangeD. changeable
2. A. raisedB. placedC. drppedD. repaired
3. A. heavilyB. madlyC. thankfullyD. purpsefully
4. A. guidedB. praisedC. stppedD. refused
5. A. repliedB. laughedC. wnderedD. greeted
6. A. rightB. angryC. pliteD. silly
7. A. came upB. gave upC. lked upD. shwed up
8. A. whenB. untilC. ifD. after
9. A. uglyB. ldC. brkenD. tiny
10. A. mindB. habitC. gameD. tl
11. A. shwB. meetC. planD. create
12. A. skillB. giftC. ideaD. jb
13. A. partyB. meetingC. cnversatinD. cmpetitin
14. A. chiceB. chanceC. excuseD. experience
15. A. surprisedB. bredC. relaxedD. wrried
Passage 5（2023年杭州中考试题）
In February 2007, abut tw hundred paragliders were in Australia t prepare fr the Wrld Champinship. They included Ewa Wisnierska, a German paragliding champin (冠军). One mrning, as the ___1___ were getting ready t take ff, they nticed that a terrible strm was cming. Hwever, they decided t ___2___. After all, these were the best paragliders in the wrld.
Unluckily, as the cmpetitrs tk ff, the weather quickly became ___3___. Ewa tried t get away frm the strm, but tw huge ___4___ came tgether and caught her.
The cluds pulled Ewa up inside the strm like a leaf in the ___5___. She flew higher and higher, with lightning (闪电) and hailstnes (冰雹) all arund her. “I was ___6___,” she tld reprters afterwards. “The last thing I ___7___, it was dark. I culd hear lightning all arund me.” She ___8___ t abut 10,000 meters high and then lst all her senses. At that height, the temperature was abut -40℃.
After frty minutes Ewa wke up. She was still inside the strm. It was dark and hailstnes were ___9___ past. They were as big as tennis balls. Finally, Ewa came ut f the strm clud and ___10___ twards a small farm and landed ___11___. She fell t the grund, t ___12___ t call fr help. When her team ____13____ her, she was 60 km away frm the place where she tk ff. She was cvered in ice—but alive!
Ewa was sent t a (an) ___14___ fr treatment at nce, but a few days later, she cmpeted in the Wrld Champinship. “Flying is t fantastic t stp ___15___ an accident,” she said.
1. A. runnersB. cmpetitrsC. piltsD. winners
2. A. get upB. turn nC. lk upD. carry n
3. A. clderB. clerC. wrseD. wetter
4. A. strmsB. cludsC. birdsD. hands
5. A. windB. rainC. treeD. wrld
6. A. shakingB. pullingC. dreamingD. smiling
7. A. decideB. repeatC. cnsiderD. remember
8. A. guidedB. drveC. returnedD. rse
9. A. flyingB. walkingC. cryingD. pushing
10. A. climbedB. jumpedC. headedD. swam
11. A. cmfrtablyB. safelyC. sadlyD. secretly
12. A. prudB. nervusC. weakD. brave
13. A. servedB. caughtC. visitedD. reached
14 A. hspitalB. schlC. htelD. ffice
15. A. next tB. accrding tC. because fD. instead f
Passage 6（2023年绍兴中考试题）
Samelyn Lafuente, a yung teacher frm a primary schl fr girls in Masbate City, Philippines, spent the last ____1____ years turning a bring classrm int a little girl’s dream wrld, decrated (装饰) in pink and full f Hell Kitty-themed decratins.
Walking int Samelyn Lafuente’s ____2____, yu wuld prbably think that it is a crazy Hell Kitty fan’s wrld. The flr is ____3____ with a Hell Kitty-themed carpet (地毯). The walls are all ____4____, as are the schl desks. And there are Hell Kitty decratins everywhere, hanging frm the ceiling (天花板), stuck n the walls and ____5____ in the windws. It wuld be hard fr parents f little girls in Ms. Lafuente’s class t ____6____ them away frm this amazing wrld in pink every day, which is just what the ____7____ planned all alng t create a place where her students wuld be happy and enjy their time at schl.
Phts f this pink Hell Kitty classrm were ____8____ n the Internet by Glay Franc Bacld, and quickly spread ____9____ several Asian cuntries, including China. Peple are praising Samelyn Lafuente highly ____10____ she tried hard t make sure f the happiness f the yung students, even if it meant ____11____ everything ut f her wn pcket. The teacher said that almst all the decratins in her ____12____ classrm were bught with her wn mney, but seeing the ____13____ in the children’s eyes every day makes it all wrth it.
Lafuente tld GMA News that during the last three years, she ____14____ added mre pink and new decratins t change her classrm.
“I’m ding it fr my students. I lve ____15____,” the teacher said.
1. A. twB. threeC. furD. five
2. A. classrmB. fficeC. gardenD. kitchen
3. A. filledB. packedC. cmparedD. cvered
4. A. blueB. whiteC. pinkD. green
5. A. stillB. evenC. justD. nly
6. A. pullB. mveC. kickD. hide
7. A. driverB. visitrC. nurseD. teacher
8. A. inventedB. sldC. sharedD. taken
9. A. frB. inC. withD. against
10. A. becauseB. untilC. ifD. befre
11. A. lking thrughB. picking upC. turning dwnD. paying fr
12. A. secretB. emptyC. specialD. bring
13. A. happinessB. lnelinessC. shynessD. kindness
14. A. suddenlyB. graduallyC. firstlyD. quickly
15. A. yuB. himC. herD. them
Passage 7（2023年江苏无锡中考试题）
I knew Marty’s magic was fake (假的), but I just culdn’t prve it. One day I caught a lucky break. At lunch, Marty was ging n abut hw he culd make things ___1___. He had a ring in ne hand and a pencil in the ther.
That’s when I ___2__ it: a thin piece f fishing line arund the end f the pencil and attached (连接) t Marty’s shirt! Sure enugh, he made it by sliding (滑动) the ring ver the pencil and hanging it frm the line. N ne else ___3___ the line, and sn the whle dining hall was cheering. When the crwds were gne, I walked ver. It was time t ___4___ the Magic Marty shw.
“I knw hw yu did it,” I said, lking him right in the eye. “___5___,” Marty replied. “But the first law f magic is that…”
“It was the fishing line.”
Marty became __6___. He lked a bit wrried. Withut all his cnfidence, he seemed mre nrmal (平常). I suddenly felt bad.
“S, are yu ging t tell ther peple?” he asked. I thught abut it fr a mment. If I did, I wuld ___7__ be able t prve that Marty’s magic was fake. But wuld that really make me feel happy? What abut Marty? He might ___8___ his new friends. Hw wuld that make him feel?
“Nah,” I said. “It will be a ___9___ between yu and me.”
Marty let ut a relieved sigh, and I turned t walk away.
“Wait!” Marty jumped in frnt f me. “Yu’ve gt a pretty gd eye fr magic. If yu’ re __10___, I have an idea.”
That’s hw the Magic Marty and Mysterius Matt Lunch Shw began.
1. A. disappearB. grwC. flatD. change
2. A. sawB. heardC. feltD. smelt
3. A. cnfirmedB. nticedC. explainedD. supprted
4. A. watchB. praiseC. createD. end
5. A. IndeedB. MaybeC. HweverD. Anyway
6. A. pliteB. crazyC. silentD. curius
7. A. finallyB. prperlyC. easilyD. mainly
8. A. makeB. leaveC. greetD. lse
9. A. trickB. secretC. presentD. reward
10. A. surprisedB. impressedC. satisfiedD. interested
Passage 8（2023年四川重庆中考试题）
Siene is a firefighter in the USA. It isn’t easy t becme a firefighter there. Many peple try, but a lt f them ___1___. Als, in the past firefighting was always a jb fr men. Nw there are wmen firefighters.
When Siene was five years ld, it was her dream t becme a ___2___. Frty years later, she was the ___3___ wman t pass a six-week curse at the WFPA(女子消防预备学院). The WFP A trains wmen in the skills they need t be firefighters. In fact, Siene nw trains firefighters there ___4___.
Starting the curse desn’t mean yu’ll becme a firefighter. The curse is very ___5___, s nt everyne finishes the training. They are trained like being in the army—Can yu hld a heavy piece f wd fr fur minutes? Hw many exercises can yu d? Can yu lift a 12-meter ladder(梯子)?
Yu als need ther ___6___. Can yu lead a team? Are yu a skillful driver? Can yu use technlgy? There are s many mre that are a part f firefighting these days. Of curse, n ne can d them all, but mre skills ___7___ help.
Hwever, yu must wait fr a chance t wrk as a firefighter even ___8___ passing yur curse. It seems that lts f wmen aren’t ready t d that. In ne year, 50 wmen gt trained, ___9___ nly three f them are nw firefighters. Learning the skills is nt enugh t becme a firefighter. Like Siene, yu als need t ____10____ yur dream.
1. A. succeedB. passC. failD. fight
2. A. plicewmanB. firefighterC. scientistD. dctr
3. A. ldestB. tallestC. kindestD. busiest
4. A. myselfB. yurselfC. himselfD. herself
5. A. interestingB. easyC. imprtantD. difficult
6. A. ideasB. methdsC. skillsD. rules
7. A. recentlyB. certainlyC. hardlyD. nearly
8. A. afterB. duringC. befreD. in
9. A. butB. rC. becauseD. thugh
10. A. give upB. stick tC. talk abutD. wrry abut
Passage 9（2023年山东济南中考试题）
The Smiths enjy having dinner ut n the weekends. They always g t a lcal ____1____. Their favrite waiter is Victr. When they walk in, their 8-year-ld sn, Bert, always gets a high-five ____2____ Victr and they jke a lt. The by is s happy when Victr ____3____ his rder, which is the same every ____4____. Victr treats ____5____ with kindness, and he always knws exactly what they want. “I lve wrking here as I have a chance t make peple feel gd every day,” he ften says.
A few mnths ag, Bert learned mre abut Victr. He ____6____ a very pr life and the whle family lived in a small rm. Every day he had t walk several miles t wrk. He wanted t buy a ____7____ car. He’d been having a(an) ____8____ time saving mney fr ne.
Bert tld his mther abut Victr’s ____9____. He kept saying “We have t ask thers t help Victr get a car.” Finally, Mrs. Smith ____10____ t help Bert set up a fundraising (募捐) website. The gal was t ____11____ $5,000. When a lcal news statin fund ut, it spread the ____12____ nline. Many f Victr’s ther custmers jumped in t help. The fund rse ____13____ t mre than $30,000 in tw mnths. That was enugh fr a car and t pay fr an apartment fr Victr’s family.
The 29-year-ld Victr was deeply mved ____14____ he learned what his yung custmer had dne. “I’d kept fighting quietly and didn’t want t ask anybdy fr anything,” he said. Peple were als tuched by Bert’s kindness. Bert said he was ____15____ that s many peple wanted t help. “This is the definitin (定义) f cmmunity,” ne f the custmers wrte nline.
1. A. pst fficeB. bankC. libraryD. restaurant
2. A. frmB. tC. besideD. n
3. A. explainsB. remembersC. brrwsD. misses
4. A. weekendB. dayC. weekdayD. hur
5. A. nbdyB. smeneC. everyneD. nne
6. A. ledB. changedC. lstD. avided
7. A. famusB. cheapC. gdD. cl
8. A. freeB. happyC. easyD. hard
9. A. successB. hbbyC. situatinD. advice
10. A. agreedB. askedC. refusedD. regretted
11. A. lendB. raiseC. spendD. save
12. A. accidentB. lieC. wrdD. culture
13. A. slwlyB. quicklyC. widelyD. heavily
14. A. whereB. thughC. whenD. unless
15. A. embarrassedB. srryC. tiredD. excited
Passage 10（2023年北京中考试题）
Be What’s Missing
Where was that cashier (收银员)? Impatient, I quickly lked at my watch. I hardly had enugh time t eat a sandwich and rush back t wrk.
I lked arund the nearly empty ____1___, but the cashier was nwhere in sight. A wman std wiping (擦) the far end f the cunter. She lked at me cldly with sad, dark eyes.
I ____2___, getting angry. I’d been standing there fr at least three minutes!
Cntrlling my anger, I remembered Mm’s wrds. “Whenever yu find yurself in an unpleasant situatin, just think abut what is missing. If smene is unkind, then kindness is missing. If smene is hateful, then ____3____ is missing. If we will be what’s missing, then we’ll prvide whatever the situatin needs.”
And here I was in an unpleasant situatin. Hw shuld I “be what’s missing”? What was missing was ____4____. Maybe I shuld just jump behind the cunter and take my wn rder.
Just then the wman walked slwly twards me. “May I help yu?” she asked, still ___5___. She lked s tired. N dubt, she was verwrked.
I tk a deep breath. With Mm’s wrds ringing in my head, I gave the wman my rder ... and smiled. “Hw are yu tday?”
My questin seemed t ____6____ her. She eyed me fr a secnd befre answering. “Nt t gd.”
“I’m srry.” I said. “I hpe it gets better starting right nw.”
She almst smiled as she lked at me. “Thanks. I hpe yu’re right.”
I thught t myself as I ate my sandwich. We’re all the same, really. We have prblems and angers, we get tired and we hurt. We need t be ____7____ t each ther.
After eating, I wiped the table cleaner than usual, and put the tray (托盘) back nicely n the stand. The wman was watching me, a big smile n her face.
“Be what’s missing.” It ____8____.
1. A. restaurantB. streetC. schlD. ffice
2. A. agreedB. finishedC. waitedD. left
3. A. trustB. lveC. patienceD. cnfidence
4. A. hpeB. adviceC. mneyD. service
5. A. nervuslyB. carefullyC. cldlyD. kindly
6. A. disappintB. hurtC. trubleD. surprise
7. A. nicerB. clerC. clserD. fairer
8. A. saidB. wrkedC. readD. ended
Passage 11（中国传统文化）
Zu Ti was a great man f Jin Dynasty. He was ____1____ fr his hard wrk and great achievements. But when he was a child, he was a naughty (顽皮的) by wh shwed little ____2____ in reading. As he grew up, Zu Ti ___3____ he didn’t have enugh knwledge. And he deeply felt that he culd nt serve his cuntry well. S he made up his mind t study hard.
Zu Ti had a ___4____ friend named Liu Kun. They had a deep friendship. S they stayed tgether every day. They even slept n ne bed every night and ___5___ at the same time every mrning. One day, when they were ____6____, Zu Ti heard the rster crwing (打鸣). An ____7___ came t him. He wke up Liu Kun and said, “Hw abut getting up t play swrds (剑)?” Thugh he was still sleepy, Liu Kun agreed with Zu Ti gladly. Frm then n, they gt up and played swrds as sn as the rster began crwing. They kept their wrds day after day. They never gave up n matter hw ___8___ in winter r ht in summer. Besides, they began t study histry ____9___ and put all their energy int reading bks. In this way , they learned a great deal f knwledge and made much prgress. A few years later, bth f them grew up with talents and wisdm. At last, their ___10____ came true and they made great cntributins t their cuntry.
This is the Chinese idim stry T Rise with the Rster.
1. A. readyB. famusC. lateD. srry
2. A. prideB. respectC. interestD. kindness
3. A. realizedB. decidedC. imaginedD. prmised
4. A. richB. busyC. sameD. clse
5. A. picked upB. gt upC. gave upD. made up
6. A. fightingB. discussingC. sleepingD. reading
7. A. rderB. ideaC. examD. ability
8. A. lngB. dryC. cldD. quiet
9. A. carefullyB. plitelyC. prbablyD. recently
10. A. mistakesB. dreamsC. hbbiesD. difficulties
Passage 12
It was winter. Everything in Happy Valley was ____1____ with snw. Kids living nearby were making a snwman in the park. Julia brught her dad’s hat fr the snwman. Laura gt tw shiny little stnes fr the eyes. Peter fund tw ____2____ t be the arms. Rbert used a carrt t be the nse. The Smith brthers made tw snwballs t ____3____ the head and bdy. With the teamwrk f all the kids, a cute snwman appeared.
Julia said the snwman shuld be given a name. The kids culdn’t decide n a gd ne, fr everyne wanted t make the decisin. “I must be ____4____ t give him a name. Withut my carrt, the snwman wuldn’t have a nse,” shuted Rbert. “Withut the sticks I picked, the snwman wuld have n arms. In that case, hw ____5____ he wuld lk then,” argued Peter. Sn the arguments turned int a big ____6____. The kids walked away ____7____ with what they had brught. The snwman was nthing but a terrible memry.
Days passed, and laughter was ____8____ heard in the park f Happy Valley. The kids were beginning t get ____9____ and lnely. The parents began wrrying. What culd bring the kids tgether again? Then they met and had a plan. The next day, all the kids gt a ____10____, telling them there was smething special at the park.
They ____11____ t see what it was, but they didn’t talk t each ther n the way because f the ____12____. When they arrived, the kids fund a nte n the snwman which read, “Dear kids, my heart ____13____ when Happy Valley isn’t what it used t be. Althugh I’m sad and have n name, I wuld rather see my happy kids.”
The nte melted（融化）the ice in all kids’ hearts. They felt ____14____ because f what they had dne and began t finish the snwman tgether. Finally, a much cuter snwman ____15____ there. They all agreed t call him “Mr. Warmheart” thugh he was made f snw. Happy Valley gt cheerful laughter back.
1. A. cveredB. crwdedC. filledD. prvided
2. A. bttlesB. pencilsC. brushesD. sticks
3. A. frmB. inventC. mveD. take
4. A. taughtB. allwedC. treatedD. intrduced
5. A. uglyB. strngC. tallD. heavy
6. A. secretB. meetingC. fightD. pleasure
7. A. patientlyB. wiselyC. activelyD. angrily
8. A. alwaysB. ftenC. neverD. smetimes
9. A. relaxedB. bredC. excitedD. surprised
10. A. changeB. messageC. reasnD. questin
11. A. rushedB. refusedC. failedD. frgt
12. A. parentB. villagerC. brtherD. snwman
13. A. hurtsB. cheersC. fliesD. pens
14. A. prudB. warmC. srryD. thankful
15. A. walkedB. stdC. drppedD. travelled
Passage 13
Did yu knw that vcabulary is mre imprtant than grammar? If yu have gd vcabulary, yu can cmmunicate successfully __1___ the grammar is nt cmpletely perfect.
Hwever, ne ___2___ prblem is learning new wrds and then frgetting them. S when yu want t use a new wrd in a cnversatin, yu can’t remember it at that mment. Des this ften happen t yu? The __3___ f this difficulty is that mst students try t learn vcabulary by studying lists and dictinaries and remembering the wrds. But it may nt __4__ if yu dn’t have a very gd memry.
The best way t learn vcabulary and remember the wrds well is t learn new wrds and use them ___5__. Yu can d this with a very simple exercise. Every time yu learn a new wrd, fr example, frm an English lessn r an article, write it dwn in yur vcabulary ntebk. __6__ is mre active than just reading a definitin (定义). Yu shuld write the wrd, the definitin in English r translatin, ne example sentence frm the article r dictinary and ne example sentence that yu ___7___.
Imagine yu just learn the wrd “generus”. Write in yur vcabulary ntebk: generus (adjective), definitin—giving r willing t give freely. Example ne, frm the ___8___: Thanks fr paying fr my dinner; yu’re very generus. Example tw, my example: My brther is generus because he vlunteers at the animal shelter n weekends. It’s best if yur example sentences are ___9___ t yur life, because this creates a persnal cnnectin with the new wrd. The next day, read yur vcabulary ntebk again and try t add ne mre example sentence __10__ the new wrd. It’s helpful fr yu t remember it. These tw simple steps—writing the wrd and using it at nce—help yu remember and use new wrds.
D yu have a vcabulary ntebk? If nt, start nw.
1. A. whenB. thughC. becauseD. until
2. A. cmmnB. newC. strangeD. famus
3. A. situatinB. causeC. cnditinD. result
4. A. frmB. changeC. wrkD. rise
5. A. later nB. n timeC. if pssibleD. at nce
6. A. WritingB. SpeakingC. ListeningD. Watching
7. A. cpyB. writeC. thinkD. create
8. A. ntebkB. blackbardC. articleD. experience
9. A. suitableB. trueC. hnestD. useful
10. A. byB. withC. nD. in
Passage 14（中国传统文化）
During the Tang Dynasty, there lived a man named Zha Gu. He was gd at writing ___1___ and s many peple enjyed reading them.
One day, peple wh liked Zha’s pems gt tgether. They ___2__ abut Zha’s ld wrks happily. But it was such a pity that Zha didn’t write ___3__ pems very ften. S they discussed hw they culd get Zha t write.
After a while, a man said, “Zha will travel t Yuhang in Zhejiang prvince. He will ___4___ visit Lingyan Temple because it is very famus.” He ___5___, “Let’s d smething befre he arrives.”
Finally they came up with a gd ___6___. There was a wall in the temple fr peple t write. S they invited a man t write nly tw lines f pem n the wall.
After several days, Zha went t Lingyan Temple. When he saw the tw lines f pem n the temple wall, he culd nt help adding anther tw lines t make it a ___7___ pem with fur lines.
When Zha’s fans ___8___ it, they were excited. The man was nt as ___9__ as Zha, but the tw lines led t Zha’s wnderful pem. This culd be described as “thrwing a brick t attract jade (碧玉).”
Nw peple ften express in this way when they give an pinin r a speech. It is a plite and mdest way t shw their hpe in seeing ther peple ffer smething ____10____. Have yu learnt it?
1. A. lettersB. pemsC. striesD. articles
2. A. saidB. talkedC. spkeD. wrte
3. A. funnyB. usefulC. greatD. new
4. A. surelyB. crrectlyC. suddenlyD. carefully
5. A. wrteB. finishedC. describedD. cntinued
6. A. ideaB. surveyC. signD. present
7. A. strangeB. simpleC. cmpleteD. difficult
8. A. heard abutB. waited frC. cleaned upD. lked after
9. A. beautifulB. pliteC. talentedD. quiet
10. A. smallerB. wrseC. betterD. bigger
Passage 15（中国传统文化）
Respecting teachers has always been a traditin in China. Yang Shi was a philspher in the Nrthern Sng Dynasty. One day, he and his schlmates had different ideas n a questin. T get a ____1____ answer, he went t visit Cheng Yi, the famus philspher. At Cheng’s huse, hwever, the guarding kid tld him that Mr. Cheng was meditating (冥想) in his ____2____ and asked him t g back. Yang ____3____ t leave, s the kid left him alne and went in.
After a while, it began t snw ___4___. The little by came ut again and reminded Yang that Mr. Cheng might spend the whle afternn meditating. He invited Yang t warm himself in the huse t ____5____ the wind and snw. But Yang kept standing in the snw and waiting utside in rder that he culd ask Cheng’s ____6____ n the questin.
As sn as Cheng finished meditating, the by reprted that Yang was waiting utside. When Cheng ____7____ this, he came ut t see Yang. When the dr was pened, everyne was ___8____. The snw was mre than a ft deep, but Yang std still, withut ___9___ his feet. “Yung man, why are yu s silly? Yu culd have cme again smeday!” Cheng tk Yang t the rm at nce.
Cheng was very happy and accepted Yang as his student because f Yang’s pliteness and effrts. He tld Yang all his philsphical thughts. That made a big ___10___ t Yang’s life. Later, Yang really learned a lt and made great cntributins (贡献) t his cuntry.
1. A. simpleB. crrectC. lngD. ppular
2. A. farmB. carC. htelD. rm
3. A. hpedB. decidedC. refusedD. wanted
4. A. heavilyB. earlyC. deeplyD. carefully
5. A. findB. avidC. catchD. hide
6. A. methdB. ruleC. recrdD. pinin
7. A. heardB. achievedC. frgtD. received
8. A. excitedB. relaxedC. shckedD. bred
9. A. smellingB. washingC. cuttingD. mving
10. A. differenceB. chiceC. decisinD. plan
Passage 16
One day a little by asked his father, “What des the wrd ‘great’ mean? Wh are great peple and hw d they becme great?”
The father asked his sn t bring tw plants and then tld him t plant ne f them inside the huse and the ther utside the huse. The by did as his father said.
The father asked his sn, “Which ne f the tw plants d yu think will be ___1___ and bigger? “The by replied, “The plant inside the huse will be safer, s it will grw bigger, while the plant utside the huse is nt safe at all. N ne will be there t ___2__ it. It may be eaten by animals.” The father smiled and said, “Let’s wait ___3___. We will knw the answer.”
Then the by ___4___ fr study and after fur years he came back t his huse. He said t his father, “Lk, nthing happens t this plant inside the huse and it is safe.”
When the by went utside, he was very ___5___ t see a big tree. The by culdn’t believe his eyes. He culdn’t __6___ hw the plant utside was able t grw much bigger than the plant inside the huse.
“The plant utside the huse faced fur seasns and many difficulties!” the father ___7__ t his sn why the plant utside was bigger. “The plant inside was safe, it didn’t face weather changes, and it didn’t get prper ___8___, s it didn’t becme big.”
Here is the ___9__ t the questin abut being great: __10___ a great persn, ne must have failed many times, experienced many difficulties and vercme thse difficulties. After that, he is able t becme great.
1. A. strngerB. saferC. nicerD. weaker
2. A. lk afterB. cme acrssC. take awayD. cut dwn
3. A. seriuslyB. carefullyC. activelyD. patiently
4. A. waitedB. lkedC. leftD. asked
5. A. excitedB. satisfiedC. pleasedD. surprised
6. A. realizeB. understandC. cnsiderD. accept
7. A. smiledB. aplgizedC. turnedD. explained
8. A. prtectinB. sunlightC. careD. water
9. A. resultB. answerC. wayD. reasn
10. A. T chse B. T save C. T find D. T becme
Passage 17（中国传统文化）
In ancient Chinese stries, Cangjie created characters (文字). Cangjie was ___1___, s the leader Huangdi gave him the jb f recrding things. Hwever, Cangjie fund that the jb became mre ___2___ as the number f the things t recrd grew. He wanted t ___3___ a way t slve the prblem.
One day, Cangjie went hunting with several ther peple. He ___4___ the hunters chse their way by lking at the different ftprints (脚印) f animals. After seeing this, Cangjie thught ___5___ there were different signs fr different things, he culd remember all the imprtant things easily. Thrugh hard wrk, he ___6___ created the signs fr writing. Huangdi was happy with Cangjie’s wrk and asked him t teach the signs t thers. They all ___7___ Cangjie. Over time he gt prud.
Cangjie was teaching a class ne day. An ld man ___8___ t him carefully. After the class, the ld man asked Cangjie, “The signs yu ___9___ fr the hrse and the dg shw they have fur legs. A cw als has fur legs. But why desn’t the sign fr the cw shw that?”
Cangjie fund he mixed the tw signs up when teaching. He felt very ___10___ fr that. Frm then n, Cangjie was mre careful abut his wrk.
1. A. kindB. shyC. smartD. brave
2. A. expensiveB. interestingC. surprisingD. difficult
3. A. find utB. talk abutC. lay utD. take up
4. A. thughtB. nticedC. agreedD. hped
5. A. andB. butC. ifD. because
6. A. quicklyB. clearlyC. finallyD. easily
7. A. missedB. thankedC. tuchedD. helped
8. A. listenedB. talkedC. walkedD. pinted
9. A. createdB. cpiedC. changedD. called
10. A. relaxedB. safeC. excitedD. srry
Passage 18
A man married a very beautiful girl. After marriage, they were living happily tgether. The man really ____1____ her beauty and lved her very much.
But after a few mnths, the wife came t knw that she was suffering（遭受）frm a terrible illness. Because f that, ____2____ she will lse her beauty.
Knwing this, the wife started thinking t herself, “What if I becme ____3____, my husband wuld start hating me. I wn’t be able t stand his hatred（厌恶）.”
One day, her husband had t g ut f twn fr sme wrk. When he was returning hme after finishing his wrk, he met with an accident. He lst bth his ____4____ in that accident.
Hwever, their married life ____5____ t prgress（进展）nrmally. Time passed and the wife cmpletely lst her beauty because f her illness. She turned ugly but her blind husband culdn’t see it. ____6____ it didn’t influence their married life.
He ____7____ lving her like always.
One day the wife died. Nw, the husband was sad and alne. He decided t leave that city.
He ____8____ all funeral rites（葬礼）fr her wife. The next day, when he was abut t leave, his ____9____ saw him and went t him and said, “Hw will yu be able t live ____10____ the supprt f yur wife? Yur wife was ____11____ there fr yu t supprt yu and help yu fr many years. It wuld be ____12____ fr yu t live alne.”
The husband replied, “My friend, I am nt blind. In fact, I was just pretending（假装）t be blind. Because when my pr wife came t knw abut her illness, I realized that she was cmpletely trubled by it and ____13____. If my wife had knwn that I culd see her ugliness, it wuld have hurt her mre than her ____14____. She was a very gd wife and I just wanted t keep her happy. That’s why fr all these ____15____, I pretended t be blind.”
1. A. dislikedB. admiredC. expectedD. missed
2. A. especiallyB. luckilyC. graduallyD. quickly
3. A. beautifulB. lazyC. helpfulD. ugly
4. A. eyesB. handsC. legsD. ears
5. A. stppedB. startedC. cntinuedD. failed
6. A. SB. BecauseC. ThughD. But
7. A. ended upB. started withC. thught abutD. kept n
8. A. canceledB. plannedC. cmpletedD. cnsidered
9. A. friendB. fatherC. mtherD. wife
10. A. byB. withutC. withD. n
11. A. smetimesB. alwaysC. neverD. hardly
12. A. imprtantB. pssibleC. easyD. difficult
13. A. surprisedB. bredC. scaredD. relaxed
14. A. beautyB. illnessC. supprtD. sadness
15. A. yearsB. mnthsC. weeksD. days