1. 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。

    My niece was away from home for a student camp in (prepare) for our country's Republic Day celebration.

     It was the rainy season, brought a lot of infections(感染) and other health problems. Some children suffered from fever due to the cold at night. Some got throat infections one child evenhad an eye infection. She was one of the (roommate) of my niece. All the other children just got into their other friends' room to protect from an eye infection. There were only two of them, my niece and the roommate with the eye infection, (remain) in the room.

camp ended and all returned home. My niece told me the story of her roommate and her sad situation with the eye infection. I asked her, “Weren't you afraid? And really the eye infection is a (danger) one, isn't it?

      She surprised me with her reply, ”So what? People with a kind heart won't(harm) by anything in this world. Moreover, she was a roommate of mine for the past ten days and I didn't have the heart (leave) her alone just forthe infection.

1. 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。

      Many people admit that they aren't prepared financially for life's unexpected challenges and emergencies. If your New Year's decision is to become more financially prepared for a“rainy day”，the following tips are helpful for you to save.

 Start saving now.

      Set specific savings goals and break them down to a set dollar amount to save each paycheck. Save at least a small portion of each paycheck and remain committed to saving, and then look for ways each month to increase the amount.

         One of the simplest ways to find money to put toward your rainy day fund is to keep a close eye on where your money is beingspent. For two or three months, try keeping track of every expense, includingsmall ones. Once you have a better idea of where your money is going, make a budget that includes a spending and savings plan.

 Make saving automatic.

 If your goal is to save $5,000 this year,calculate the amount you'll need to save from each paycheck, then arrange tohave it automatically saved into your savings account each time you get paid.Visit your bank branch and ask a banker if you can set up automatic transfers into your savings account.

 Go on a spending diet.

        Avoid spending any money on non­-essentials for30 days and challenge yourself  to save as much as you can to put toward your rainy clay fund. Then make a list and determine not to spend on these items for one month.

A．Track your spending.

B．Put your savings to work.

C．Do remember: Actions always speak louder than words.

D．The important thing is to start saving now, no matter howlittle.

E．Treat your rainy day account like you'd treat any otherfinancial obligation(债务)．

F．Review your budget at the end of every month and determineif your spending is in line with your plan.

G．Review your budget and identify extra or non­essentialexpenses, such as eating out, shopping, entertainment, etc.

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         Speed­reading is a necessary skill in the Internet age.We skim over articles, e­mails and Wechat to try to grasp key words and the essential meaning of a certain text.Surrounded with information from our electronic devices, it would be impossible to cope if we read word by word, line by line.But a new trend calls on people to unplug and enjoy reading slowly, listing benefits beyond the intelligent stimulation.

         A recent story from The Wall Street Journal reported on a book club in Wellington, New Zealand, where members meet in a cafe and turn off their smart phones.They sink into cozy chairs and read in silence for an hour.Unlike traditional book clubs, the point of the slow reading club isn't exchanging ideas about a certain book, but to get away from electronic devices and read in a quiet, relaxed environment.According to the Journal, the Wellington book club is just one example of a movement started by book lovers who miss the old­fashioned way of reading before the Internet and smart phones.

        Slow readers, such as The Atlantic's Maura Kelly, say a regular reading habit sharpens the mind, improves concentration, reduces stress levels and deepens the ability to sympathize. Another study published last year in Science showed that reading novels helps people understand others' mental states and beliefs, a fundamental skill in building relationships. Yet technology has made us less attentive readers. Screens have changed our reading patterns from the straight and left­to­right sequence to a wild skimming and skipping pattern as we hunt for important words and information. Reading text punctuated with links leads to weaker comprehension than reading plain text. The Internet may have made us stupider, says Patrick Kingsley from The Guardian. Because of the Internet, he says, we have become very good at collecting a wide range of interesting news, but we are also gradually forgetting how to sit back, reflect, and relate all these facts to each other.

          Slow reading means a return to an uninterrupted, straight pattern, in a quiet environment free of distractions. Aim for 30 minutes a day, advises Kelly from The Atlantic.“You can squeeze in that half hour pretty easily if only during your free moments, you pick up a meaningful work of literature，” Kelly said.“Reach for your e­reader, if you like.Kindles make books like War and Peace less heavy, not less substantive, and also ensure you'll never lose your place.”

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        In modern society there is a great deal of argument about competition. Some value it highly, believing that it is responsible for social progress and prosperity (繁荣). Others say that competition is bad; that it sets one person against another; that it leads to unfriendly relationship between people.

       I have taught many children who held the belief that their self­worth relied on how well they performed at tennis and other skills. For them, playing well and winning are often life­and­death affairs. In their single­minded pursuit(追求)of success, the development of many other human qualities is sadly forgotten.

       However, while some seem to be lost in the desire to succeed, others take an opposite attitude. In a culture which only values the winner and pays no attention to the ordinary players, they strongly blame competition. Among those who are against competition are young people who have suffered under competitive pressures from their parents or society. Teaching these young people, I often observe in them a desire to fail. They seem to seek failure by not trying to win or achieve success. By not trying, they always have an excuse: “I may have lost, but it doesn't matter because I really didn't try.” What is not usually admitted by them is the belief that if they had really tried and lost, that would mean a lot.

        Such a loss would be a measure of their worth. Clearly, this belief is the same as that of true competitors who try to prove themselves. Both are based on the mistaken belief that one's self­respect relies on how well one performs in comparison with others. Both are afraid of not being valued. Only as this basic and often troublesome fear begins to disappear can we discover a new meaning in competition. 

1. 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。

            All you will leave behind for the world to remember is your legacy(遗产), but what legacy will you leave? I had a philosophy(哲学)professor, whose untidy appearance was highlighted(突出)by a 1sport coat and poor­fitting thick glasses, which often 2 on the tip of his nose. Every now and then, as most philosophy professors do, he would go off on one of those hard­to­understand “what's the meaning of3” discussions. Many of those discussions went 4 ，  but there were a few that really hit home(切中要害). This was one of them.

        “5 to the following questions by a 6of hands，” my professor instructed.

        “How many of you can tell me something about your parents？” Everyone's hand 7.

        “How many of you can tell me something about your grandparents？” About three­fourths put up their hands.

        “How many of you can tell me something about your great­grandparents？” Two out of sixty students 8 their hands.

       “Look around the room，” he said, “In just two short generations  9 any of us even know 10our own great­grandparents were. Oh sure, maybe we have an old photograph in a musty(发霉的)cigar box.  11maybe we know the classic family12 about how one of them walked five miles to school barefoot. But how many of us13 know who they were, what they thought, what they took pride in, what they were afraid of, or what they dreamed about? Think about that. Within three generations our ancestors are all but forgotten. Will this14 to you？”

        “Here's a better question. Look15 three generations. You are long16. Instead of you sitting in this room, now it's your great­grandchildren. What will they have to say17you? Will they know about you? Or will you be18 ， too？”

       “Is your life going to be a19or an example? What legacy will you leave? The 20is yours. Class dismissed.”

          Nobody rose from their seats for five minutes.

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        Our house was directly across the street from the clinic entrance of John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. We lived downstairs and rented the upstairs rooms to the patients at the clinic.

        One evening as I was fixing supper, there was a knock at the door. I opened it to see a truly awful­looking man. He's hardly taller than my eight­year­old son. “Good evening. I've come to see if you've a room. I came for a treatment this morning from the eastern shore, and there's no bus till morning.” He told me he'd been hunting for a room since noon but with no success. “I guess it's my face...I know it looks terrible, but my doctor says with a few more treatments...” For a moment I hesitated, but his next words convinced me: “I could sleep in this chair on the porch. My bus leaves early in the morning.”

        I told him we would find him a bed. When I had finished the dishes, I talked with him. He told me he fished for a living to support his five children, and his wife, who was hopelessly crippled (残疾的) from a back injury. He didn't tell it by way of complaint. Next morning, just before he left, as if asking a great favor, he said, “Could I come back and stay the next time？” He added, “Your children made me feel at home.”

      On his next trip he arrived a little after seven in the morning. As a gift, he brought a big fish and the largest oysters (牡蛎) I had ever seen. I knew his bus left at 4：00 a．m. and I wondered what time he had to get up in order to do this for us.

      In the years he came to stay overnight with us and there was never a time that he did not bring us vegetables from his garden. I know our family always will be grateful to have known him; from him we learned how to accept the bad without complaint when facing the misfortune.

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        Last month，my younger sister Michelle，four of my friends and I held our first charity art exhibitions.The exhibitions, containing 140 paintings，raised 44,000 yuan，all donated to Stepping Stones，a charity that supports poor children in China.

        Ever since l was a little girl, I have been in love with art.I have always been fascinated with the idea of creating beauty and emotion—how imagination can transform a simple piece of paper into something beyond the possibilities of the real world.I watched others create magic by simply moving their hands，and felt thrilled as I gradually learned to do this myself.

        Passion results in creation.In nine years，I had accumulated more pieces than I could count.My finished paintings were set aside，gathering dust as time passed.So I decided to hold exhibitions to find a home and some appreciation for my artwork.

         Nonetheless，I was extremely nervous.After all，I am only a l5­year­old child who has a passion，but not necessarily one who creates artwork that others want to buy.

       However，the turnout was more than I could ever have imagined，and the amount of money we raised quadrupled(四倍于)our original target.We were very lucky to find a charity，Stepping Stone，that would show us exactly how our money would be used：to teach English to poor children in the country.I was even offered an opportunity to teach the children myself.

        Through this experience，I not only gained more confidence in my art，but also discovered its impact.I realized a paintbrush could paint not only a canvas，but also new opportunities for others who don't have as many choices in who they want to be，or what they want to do.Although this cannot transform the world，this may transform the world for one child，or even more.

1. Is this the way you thought of________ the problem?​

1. He had a bad cold, because he ________ in the rain on his way home after school.

1. In recent years　_______ global warming is becoming ________ concern for people all over the world.