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(一)(2018·浙江海宁新仓中心复习)Charlie was a special boy. When he was little, he had 1. accident, which meant he couldn't walk. But that had never been a problem for him. He had always been happy to be able to grow and become an 2.(old) boy. People called 3. Cheerful Charlie because of his happy nature and kindness to others.A young boy, known as Waterworks, was a real cryboy. No matter4. Charlie said to him, Waterworks would always find some5. (reason) to be sad. But Cheerful Charlie didn't give up. He spent some timewith Waterworks, trying 6. (encourage) him and cheer him up.One day when the two boys 7. (walk) together in the street, someone dropped a cake from a window above, and it 8. (land) right on Charlie's head. The two boys were afraid, and although Waterworks was just to cry, he thought 9. Charlie's happy words and finally said, “Wow, Charlie, what a funny face you have！” With t hese words, Waterworks 10. (feel) so good, and finally understood why Charlie was always so happy and cheerful.(二)Did you watch the TV drama A Smile Is Beautiful in 2016? It was so popular 1. many students fell in love with the main actor，Yang Yang.Yang Yang, 26 years old, plays 2. important role in it. He plays ahandsome and smart college student who is talented 3. playing computer games. Many people think Yang is the right person for the role. First, Yang has good looks and a nice smile. Second, he also likes to swim and play games, just like in the role. But it doesn't mean he is not good at 4. (act)．Yang always says, “I like to compete(竞争) with 5. (I)”. Now, Yang is one of the 6. (creati ve) actors in China. People like to call him “Little Fresh Meat”. At the end of the year 2015，Yang won the Most Influential(有影响力的) TV Actor.He worked with quite a few 7. (star), such as Zheng Shuang, Deng Chao and Liu Yifei. “8.he feels his acting is not good enough, he will ask to try it again. He takes every role 9. (serious). “10.hard-working he is！” Su Youpeng, the director(导演) of movie The Left Ear, said in a talk show.Yang Yang always tries his best in everything and he hopes to be the best actor one day.(三)Each different part of China has its own special forms of traditional art. These usually try to show the things 1. are important in life, such as love, beauty and family. The most common things, from paper to clay to bamboo, are turned into objects of beauty.According to Chinese history, sky lanterns were first used by Zhuge Kongming. He sent them out 2. (ask) for help when in trouble. Today, sky lanterns are used at festivals and other celebrations. They 3. (make) of bamboo and covered with paper. When the lanterns are lit, they slowly rise into the air like smallhot-air balloons for all to see. They are seen as bright symbols of 4. (happy) and good wishes.Paper cutting 5. (be) around for over 1500 years. Paper cutting sounds very easy 6. it can be difficult to do. The paper, usually red, is folded before it is cut with scissors. The most common pictures are flowers, animals, and things about Chinese history. During the Spring Festival, they are put on windows, doors and walls 7. symbols of wishes for good luck and a happy new year.Chinese clay art is famous because the clay pieces are so small but they look very real. The pieces are usually cute children or lively characters from a Chinese fairy tale or historical story. The pieces are 8. (careful) shaped by hand from a very special kind of clay and then allowed to air-dry. After 9. (dry) they are fired at a very high heat. They are then polished and painted. It takes several weeks 10. (complete) everything. These small pieces of clay art show the love that all Chinese people have for life and beauty.(四)I enjoy telling stories.To those parents and teachers who prefer telling children's stories, I have an important 1. (suggest)—to tell your story seriously.No matter 2. silly it is, if it is good enough to tell, you should tell3. seriously.Perhaps I can make it clearer by telling a story.A few students of a class prepared the story of The Fisherman and His Wife.The4. (one) girl felt that it was a silly story.She tried to tell it well, but some parts of it made her feel5. (shy)．When she came to the words, “Oh, man of the sea, come, listen to me. For Alice, my wife...” she said them very quickly.Thenext time she came to the same words, she said them 6. quickly that they couldn't be heard.And when she repeated the words the last time, she could hardly go on.The flavor(特色) of the story 7. (break) and everybody laughed.Then, it was another girl's turn to tell the same story.Each of her rising and falling tones(语调) 8. (show) her serious attitude to the story.When she repeated the words, “Oh, man of the sea, come...”，the whole class could imagine the fisherman's feeling.Those words may sound silly, but they are important 9. expressing the fisherman's feeling.If the person who tells the story thinks they are silly,10. (listen) can see no flavor at all! So please tell your story seriously.(五)(2018·四川成都模拟改编)A：Hey, Mike. What are you playing with?B：A fidget spinner(指尖陀螺), the most popular toy 1. young people around the world these days. It became popular in April last year, although similar toys had been invented as early 2. 1993. It was one of the 3.(cool) inventions of 2017 listed in Time magazine.A: Why is it welcomed by teenagers?B：It's said that it can help people that have trouble 4. (focus) to calm down and relax.A：It's so interesting. Some of the inventions are making our lives a little more fun and helpful, like Mobikes on the streets and C919 in the sky.B: You mean the large passenger plane C919?A: Yes, it was finished in Shanghai of China earlier last year. It's 5.(China) recent engineering achievement. And it's a plane that weighs over 100 tons 6. taking off.B: It's reported that it can hold up to 190 passengers and fly more than 5，000 kilometers at one time. This means that it can fly 7. (direct) from Beijing to Singapore. It's expected to compete 8. planes from huge foreign companies such as Boeing and Airbus.A: The first large passenger plane means a lot to China's development. It's a symbol of power of our science and technology. Designing(设计) and building the plane were not easy. More than 200，000 engineers and 200 plane factories took part 9. make the plane a great success.B: It will soon 10. (find) in the sky in the world, and when you get off from C919 one day at the airport of Frankfurt, you can feel proud that it was the years of hard work by Chinese engineers that got you there safely.(六)Once upon 1. time, a young man came across a spring(泉水) of clear water while crossing the desert. The water was very sweet, and he filled his leather container(皮革容器) so that he could bring some 2. to his teacher.After a four-day journey, he presented the water to his teacher.The old man took a deep drink, smiled warmly and thanked his student very much for the sweet water. The young man returned to his village with a happy heart. After a while, the teacher let a3. (two) student taste the water. He spat(吐) it out, saying it was terrible.4. was clear that the water had become no longer fresh sweet because ofthe old leather container. The student questioned his teacher, “Master, the water tasted strange. Why did you still like it？” The teacher replied, “You simply tasted the water while I tasted the gift.The water was an act of love and kindness and nothing could be 5. (sweet)．”After 6. (read) the story, we can understand that when we receive a chocolate as a gift from a child, we get more than the chocolate itself.7. we should do properly is to express thanks naturally to him or her because we love the idea within the gift.Gratitude doesn't always come naturally.8. (lucky), most children and many grown-ups like only the thing 9. rather than the feelings shown in it.We should remind 10. and teach our children about the beauty of feelings and expression of gratitude. After all, gifts from the heart are really gifts of the heart.(七)“Jamila, I just found one dollar sitting on the coffee tab le，” said Mrs Johnson.“Is that your money？”Jamila looked up from the book she was reading.“Oops, it's 1.(I)．I emptied my jacket pockets before I left for basketball practise yesterday. I was running late, so I didn't have time to take it up to my room.” Jamila placed it 2.(quick) in the back of her book and went back to reading.“Jamila, you just put that money into the back of your book.I'm quite sure that you're not going to be able 3. (find) it when you need it，” her mother said.“You see, some of your money 4.(be) in the pencil case on your desk.Some is in the glove hanging behind the door. I think you might also have a few dollars in your bag.You are 5. (real) a careless girl.”“Mom, I'm too busy to take care 6. my money.”Mrs Johnson smiled, “It looks like it's time for you to get your own bank account.”“My own bank account? Is it necessary? Kids know little about it，” Jamila replied.The next day, Mrs Johnson took Jamila to a bank and opened7. account for her.The banking manger explained 8. the money in the account would increase. “The longer the money stays in the account, the more it will earn，” he added.Jamila was 9. (surprise) to learn that she could earn money just10. keeping her money in a bank account, “I wish I had done this a long time ago.”(八)(2018·广东深圳龙岗模拟)As teenagers, you probably love to listen to music. Some teenagers like to listen to music 1. they are studying. But can music help them think 2. improve their memory?Some scientific studies show that 3. (baby) respond to music even before they're born. Bringing classical music into 4. (children) life at an early age can help their brains develop. And this can also make these children5. (smart) than those who don't listen to music.Scientists 6. (study) it may 7. (part) depend on what you'restudying and what type of music you are listening to. Music can help with reading and speaking skills by 8. (improve) the listener's ability to recognize the different sounds and better understand language. But what should you listen to? Some scientists say classical music might be a good choice, as it can calm down the nerves(神经) and help you focus. While on 9. other hand, listening to loud music may be not good because your mind may 10. (take) away by the music rather than the matter at hand.(九)We finally know who the next president of France is. Emmanuel Macron1. (win) the election on May 7, 2017.The 39-year-old is the2. (young) president of the country, reported Xinhua.Many people voted for him 3. he is inclusive(包容) and open, according to HuffPost. He wants to work 4. Europe in many areas. He said France should welcome refugees(难民) in need of “protection”. He will also focus on France's relationship with other countries, including China.“I will vote for Macron because he wants to do everything for all the5. (France) people, for everybody, for Europe, and for the world，” a voter told ABC before the election.Many people also think Macron has great 6. (person) charm(魅力). Macron enjoys 7. (read) very much, even as a child. He8. (especial) enjoys c lassical books. “At 9.age when most people only watched TV, he just read，” his school friend Antoine Marguet told BBC.Macron loves drama and music, too. At high school, he joined a drama club. He isalso very good at playing the piano. People 10. work with him even call him “Mozart”.(十)Being safe in your everyday life needs knowledge. If you remember the1. (follow) information, your life will be much safer.Always notice the environment 2. you. You'd better not walk alone outside.Make sure 3. the public phones are.If anything dangerous happens, you can find them 4. (easy)．Your bag should be 5. (carry) towards the front of your body instead of putting it on your back. When a bus is full of people, 6. is easy enough for a thief to take away the things in the bag on your back.If you are followed by someone you don't know, 7. (across) the street and go to the other way, let the person understand that you know he or she is after you.Next, don't go home at once.You are 8. (safe) in the street than you are alone in your home or in the lift.If you have to take 9. bus to a place far away, try to get to the stop a few minutes earlier before the bus leaves. On the bus, don't sit alone. Sit behind the 10. (drive) or other people. Don't sleep.(十一)A man had two sons. They were twins. They were born at almost the same time and looked quite alike. But in one important way, they were very different.One of them was an optimist(乐观主义者), while the other was a pessimist(悲观主义者). The man was worried 1. his sons. There are good and bad thingsin one's life. He didn't want his sons to be too pessimistic or too optimistic. He told his friend who 2. (call) Johnson about this problem. Johnson, a wise man, came up with 3. idea. Then he asked, “When is their next birthday？”The father replied, “It's on Wednesday. They will be twelve years old.” “Excellent，” Johnson said. “Here's 4.you should do. Give your pessimistic son a really wonderful present. Give your optimistic son a really poor present. That 5. (work)！”The father did as his friend told him. On Wednesday morning, the two boys got their birthday 6. (present). The pessimist looked at his first. It was a very expensive gold watch, 7. he was not pleased with it. He said, “I8. (not) like this very much. I am sure it won't keep good time. It will always be fast or slow and it will probably break easily. Then I have to spend lots of money 9. (get) it repaired.” Then the optimist looked at his present. He was really pleased. “Look! Dad has given me a pair of socks，” he said. He held up the socks and said, “I can use 10.when I have new shoes.”(十二)When I was 18 years old, one morning, my father told me to drive him into a town, about 40 miles away. I had just learnt to drive, so I agreed with pleasure. When we came to the town, something was wrong with the car. Then I took the car to a nearby garage to have it 1. (repair) and promised to pick Dad up at 4 p．m. Because I had a few hours to spend, I decided to go to the cinema.However, I became 2. interested in the film that I forgot the time. 3. the last film finished, it was 6 o'clock.。