Ⅰ.完形填空(建议用时17′)
[2016·山东实验中学模拟]If there is one thing I have learned over the years, it is that life in this world is bittersweet. It has been and it __1__ will be.I realized this early and every day I see further __2__ of it.It is something that we all just have to __3__.
When I was a boy, I cherished my books and toys, but then I __4__ them all when our house was __5__ in the middle of one night. When growing up, I loved the isolated (孤立的) woodlands and meadows that were my __6__， but often I found myself playing __7__. At school, I found learning fun and __8__， but I was never as popular as I wanted to be. In college, I enjoyed the excitement of being out on my own, yet I still missed the love and __9__ of home.
As I grew into adulthood I fell in love and had my heart __10__. I graduated from college, but I never __11__ the success I thought I would get. I had three beautiful __12__ that taught me so much about love, yet I watched my two sons __13__ daily with Autism (孤独症). I cherished the love that my Mom and Dad gave me, and then I __14__ them die before I was 50.
Life is bittersweet which is full of ups and downs, twists and turns, successes and
__15__. Whether life makes us bitter or sweet, __16__， is up to us. Anyhow, we could __17__ something from it. It is during the __18__ times that we grow the strongest and our goodness is most __19__. Stay strong. Love much. Live well. Please __20__ your goodness and make this world a sweeter place for all.
本文是一篇议论文，人生喜忧参半，作者利用酸甜苦辣尽有的自己的经历来证实这一点。
1．A.rarely
B.forever
C.almost
D.always
答案：D 根据下文作者讲述的自己的经历，可知人生的状况是酸甜都有，不仅现在如此，将来亦是如此。
2．A.information
B.action
C.experience
D.evidence
答案：D 通过下文可知，这样的生活“证据”很多，每天皆是。
3．A.respect
B.accept
C.decline
D.fight
答案：B 根据语义可知，“这是我们所有人都必须接受的事情”，故填accept.
4．A.borrowed
B.picked
C.lost
D.destroyed
答案：C 根据上文中“...cherished my books and toys, but...”可知。
5．A.burned down
B.built up
C. let out
D.torn apart
答案：A 根据下文“in the middle of one night”以及上文中的讲述可知，“在火灾中，东西都失去了”。
6．A.laboratory
B.library
C.study
D.playground
答案：D 根据7题前found myself playing可知答案。
7．A.fairly
B.badly
C.alone
D.well
答案：C 根据上下文对应的关系，可知作者“独自”一人。
8．A.easy
B.rapid
C．formal D.boring
答案：A 根据上文found learning fun可知，此处填与fun性质相同的答案。
9．A.conditions
B.comforts
C.reliefs
D．aids
答案：B 根据上文“I enjoyed the excitement of being out on my own.”对应下文中失去的东西。
10．A.won
B.stolen
C.broken
D.failed
答案：C 作者成人后恋爱了，心被“打动”了。
11．A.judged
B.enjoyed
C.gained
D.proved
答案：C 根据but I never以及下文中“I thought I would get”可知。
12．A.children
B.teachers
C.relatives
D.friends
答案：A 根据下文中watched my two sons可知，答案是three beautiful“children”。
13．A.commit
B.undertake
C.operate D.struggle
答案：D 考查固定短语。struggle“努力，抗争”，struggle with“与……抗争”，此处指儿子与孤独症抗争。
14．A.watched
B.sensed
C．heard
D.noticed
答案：A 考查动词用法。根据语境可知，此处表示“目睹”着父母去世。
15．A.difficulties
B.failures
C.hardships
D.diseases
答案：B 根据上文“ups and downs, twists and turns.”可知该空填failures对应successes.
16．A.however
B.therefore
C.though
D.otherwise
答案：A 根据上下文的语义可知，此处与上文表示转折关系。
17．A.conclude
B.benefit
C.realize D.learn
答案：D 根据首段内容可知，我们应从这些经历中“学会”一些东西而不单单是“benefit”。
18．A.perfect
B.sweet
C.tough
D.suitable
答案：C 根据下文中的grow the strongest可知，我们在“困境”中会变得更强大。
19．A.needed
B.showed
C.found
D.kept
答案：A 根据语义可知答案。
20．A.divide
B.repay
C.receive
D.share
答案：D 根据下文“make this world a sweeter place for all.”可知应“分享”你的善良。
Ⅱ.阅读理解(建议用时16′)
A
[2016·嘉峪关一中月考]
Camp Jano India
Celebrate Indian culture, languages, arts, festivals and literature. Weekly themes are brought to life through related arts, games, projects, stories and theatre in a very unique， exciting, creative, interactive (互动的) and structured style. A very unique and memorable (难忘的) experience that kids will want to repeat! Mornings are spent with the Hindi language at the child's level. Afternoons provide the cultural elements taught in an interactive style with special emphasis (重点) on drama.
Bay Language Academy
We invite campers (4—12 years old) to travel and open up doors to explore past and recent civilizations through daily field trips. Cultures will be shown through customs and cooking. Lectures (6/10—8/30) will introduce/reinforce French, Spanish or Chinese and the cultures they convey. Our language summercamp is infused (灌输) with cultural activities and taught by a team of bilingual (通晓双语的) instructors.
Petits Confettis
Want your 3to 5yearold kids to experience a French camp? Come and join us for 6 weeks of French camps!
Kids will be totally happy to learn French and French culture while they
take part in team projects like building a tipi or making French bread. Weekly themes include cooking, arts, drama, outdoor activities, board games, music, yoga, rhymes and story time.
Chinese Immersion Summer Camp
This is our 11th Chinese language and culture summer camp.
We take children from 6th grade. This year we continue the weekly fun themes like art, science, cooking and sports in the morning. In the afternoon, we have abacus, reading and Chinese culture lessons taught in Chinese. Our teachers are all native speakers with a lot of experience. Our weekly field trips go to different places like SF zoo, tech museums, fire stations etc.
本文是一则广告，介绍的是四个不同的夏令营组织的活动情况。
1．Camp Jano India can give children a memorable experience probably because ________.
A．it has quite experienced teachers
B．it teaches Indian languages at different levels
C．the activities are arranged for the whole day
D．the activities are carried on in an interesting style
答案：D 细节理解题。根据第一段中“...in a very unique, exciting, creative, interactive and structured style.”可知。
2．Bay Language Academy and Chinese Immersion Summer Camp are similar in that ________.
A．they both provide field trips
B．they both have bilingual teachers
C．they both provide sports programs in the morning
D．they are both intended for kids of 4－12 years old
答案：A 细节理解题。根据第二和第四个夏令营活动的内容介绍，找到两者的共同之处，daily field trips均在这两则信息中。
3．A girl who likes yoga will go to ________.
A．Camp Jano India
B.Bay Language Academy
C．Petits Confettis
D.Chinese Immersion Summer Camp
答案：C 细节理解题。根据题干中的yoga可知答案。
4．What is the common theme of the four camps?
A．Fun and sports.
B.Travel and adventure.
C．Language and culture.
D.Art and music.
答案：C 主旨大意题。根据每一段夏令营主题的介绍，找到他们之间的共同主题，均与文化和语言相关。故答案是C。
1．unique adj. 独特的；唯一的
2.convey vt. 传输；表达
3．include vt. 包含；包括
4.theme n. 主题
5．native adj./n. 本地人；本地的
1．bring...to life 使苏醒；使活跃
2．take part in 参加；加入(活动)
原文：In the afternoon, we have abacus, reading and Chinese culture lessons taught in Chinese.(过去分词短语作定语)
译文：在下午；我们上算术，阅读以及汉语文化课程，这些课程用汉语授课。
仿写：The producer comes regularly to collect the cameras returned_to_our_shop for quality problems.
这个生产商定期来收集由于质量问题被退回我们店内的相机。
B
[2016·河南八市联考]In the United States, a group called Thread has been helping young people in the community meet their goals for more than 10 years through its volunteers. Thread is based in the eastern city of Baltimore, Maryland. Its volunteers help high school students with almost anything, like learning how to wash their clothes and how to get a job.
Thread, a nonprofit organization, was launched 11 years ago. It was the idea of Sara Hemminger, who was a student at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The school and the hospital are in a poor neighborhood in Baltimore. Ms Hemminger wanted to do something to help young people from poor neighborhoods. She wanted to give poor students in the community the advice and support they needed to succeed in school and in life.
Thread helps connect students who are having difficulty in high school with people who can help them change their lives. Thread says it stays with the students no matter what happens. It never gives up on them.
The relationships between the students and volunteers are planned to last for 10 years. The volunteers give the young people whatever kind of help they need. The group also helps students meet with experts to learn the skills they need to get a summer job or a permanent one.
Kiss was 15 years old when she joined the program three years ago. “When I moved up here. I didn't know a lot of people because I don't have family here. And so when they came into my life, it helped me with everything.”
Kiss must complete one more year of high school before she can go to college. She already knows what she wants to do with her life with their help. She says she wants to be a dentist, and she wants to volunteer at Thread too.
She has been helped by Jesse Cohen, a medical student at Johns Hopkins. He says, “Kiss has taught me a lot about perseverance. She has overcome numerous obstacles to get where she is today, which is really inspiring.”
本文主要介绍了志愿者机构Thread的成立、目标和具体所做的事情。
5．Which of the following about Thread is TRUE according to the text?
A．It was launched by Thread.
B．It was created for teachers.
C．It helped young people find jobs and meet their goals.
D．It helped volunteers change lives and build community.
答案：C 细节理解题。根据文章第一段可知Thread通过其志愿者来帮助那些孩子们来实现自己的目标。
6．What does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 5 refer to?
A．Teachers at school.
B．Volunteers from Thread.
C．Problems of Kiss.
D．Parents of Kiss.
答案：B 推理判断题。通过第五段“Kiss was 15 years old when she joined the program three years ago.”可知，Kiss也参加了Thread，下面介绍了她的经历，因此当文章介绍“And so when they came into my life, it helped me with everything.”可知，此处的they是指那些能够帮助她的志愿者们。
7．According to the text, Kiss ________.
A．has become a good dentist
B．helps create the group Thread
C．feels lonely because of her study
D．benefits from the group Thread
答案：D 推理判断题。根据文章倒数第三段“When I moved up here. I didn't know a lot of people because I don't have family here.”可知，开始来到一个陌生的地方感到人生地不熟，再结合倒数第二段“She already knows what she wants to do with her life with their help.”可知，Kiss曾经从这个项目获益，因此本题答案为D项。
8．What can we know from what Jesse Cohen says in the last paragraph?
A．He benefited a lot from volunteering.
B．He has overcome many difficulties.
C．He got whatever help he needed badly.
D．Saying is one thing but doing is another.
答案：A 推理判断题。根据最后一段“Kiss has taught me a lot about perseverance. She has overcome numerous obstacles to get where she is today, which is really inspiring.”可知，Jesse Cohen说，在他帮助Kiss的过程中，学到了什么是坚韧，Kiss克服困难的过程也激励了他。
1．goal n. 目标
2.launch vt. 发射；发起
3．permanent adj. 持久的；永恒的
4．complete vt. 完成
5.obstacle n. 障碍
1．meet with 会晤；偶遇
2．with one's help 在……的帮助下
原文：In the United States, a group called Thread has been helping young people in the community meet their goals for more than 10 years through its volunteers.(现在完成进行时态)
译文：在美国，一个被称为Thread的组织十年来通过志愿者一直在帮助在社区的年青人实现他们的目标。
仿写：I_have_been_calling_him several times this morning, but there is no answer.
今天上午我一直给他打了几次电话，但没有人接。
Ⅲ.短文改错(建议用时8′)
[2016·衡水中学调研]In modern society, competition is everywhere. No wonder a English philosopher considers competition the source of a series of problem such as frustration and anxiety. Therefore, if we stress cooperation too much, there would be no progress. In my opinion, all are important and necessary.
Let's take the competition at school for example. Even a gifted student won't make a remarkable progress if he is in a class without competition. That's because competition, and rather, challenge is a driving force made him go forward. On the other hand, if we don't cooperate with each other, it's impossible for us learn from each other. And that's why most of the great discoveries or inventions in the modern world are the result of cooperation.
To conclude, those who laugh last are the people who can successful cope with the relationship between competition and cooperation.
答案：
In modern society, competition is everywhere. No wonder
English philosopher considers competition the source of a series of
such as frustration and anxiety. ， if we
cooperation too much, there
be no progress. In my opinion,
are important and necessary.
Let's take the competition at school for example. Even a gifted student won't make
remarkable progress if he is in a class without competition. That's because competition,
rather, challenge is a driving force
him go forward. On the other hand, if we don't cooperate with each other, it's impossible for us
learn from each other. And that's why most of the great discoveries or inventions in the modern world are the result of cooperation.
To conclude, those who laugh last are the people who can
cope with the relationship between competition and cooperation.