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    When I was in my first year of high school, I had a terrible time when every area of my life was a disaster. I felt so hopeless and alone that I thought everything was impossible.

On one such day, I was walking from class across the school to catch the school bus home, with my head down, fighting tears of total hopelessness, when a young man came down the sidewalk toward me. Though I had never seen him before, I did not want him to see that I was in such low spirits, so I turned my head away and hoped to hurry past. I thought he'd walk on by, but he moved until he was directly in front of me, waited until I looked up, and then smiled.

Looking into my eyes, this stranger spoke in a quiet voice："Whatever is wrong will pass. You're going to be OK, just hang on." He then smiled again and walked away.

I can't explain the effect of that man's unexpected kindness and caring! He gave me the one thing that I'd lost completely—hope. I looked for him in our school to thank him, but never saw him again.

That was thirty years ago. And I've never forgotten that moment. Over the years, whenever I see someone who is in trouble, I will always think of that young man and try to give a flash of hope in the dark wherever I can. I carry things for people when they are too heavy for them, sit with naughty babies in the waiting room while their mothers are busy, or talk to tired couples at the checkout line or it could be anything.

If you keep your head up, your heart will show you the place that needs hope.

1.Where did the writer meet with the young man？

A.In the school. B.In the school bus. C.In the classroom. D.In the library.

2.From the passage we may infer that the author ________．

A.had known the young man for a long time

B.made friends with the young man afterwards

C.was grateful to that young man very much

D.avoided meeting the young man since then

3.The author has given a lot of help to others in order to ________．

A.show his sympathy to those who are badly ill

B.give others hope of life when they are in trouble

C.realize his promise made to the young man

D.get respect from those who were helped by him

4.It can be known from the passage that ________．

A.the young man always tried his best to help those who were in trouble

B.it was the young man's smile and words that made the author feel hopeful

C.the author had never been praised by others before he met with the young man

D.the author traveled to a lot of places to look for the young man but failed

1.The 22nd Winter Olympic Games was held in _______.

A.Beijing B.Sochi C.Rome D.London

2.If five students want to watch the football match, the tickets will cost______ yuan.

A.500 B.450 C.350 D.250

3.It takes you about _________ hours to travel from Beijing to Guilin on the high speed train.

A.19 B.11 C.22 D.6

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Christine closed the door to Anna’s room. Inside, her classmate and friend had fallen asleep.

Downstairs, Christine’s mom, Donna, was grasping Anna’s mother Sheila around the shoulders.

“We should go,” she said. “Get some rest, huh?” Sheila nodded, blew her nose, and then waved them goodbye.

On the car ride home, Christine worked up the courage to ask the question on her mind. “Mom? Why was Sheila weeping?” She thought she knew the answer, of course: Anna’s cancer. In the past, Anna had been the neighborhood do-gooder, always going door to door for various causes: the local animal shelter, suffering children in Africa, or the families who’d lost their homes to fire. Now Anna could barely feed or dress herself. Christine thought it so unfair when bad things like this happened to good people.

“Well, it’s complex, but I guess you’re old enough to understand.”

“Understand what?”

“Understand that Anna is sick, yes, but Anna actually gets a lot of help. The government helps pay for a lot of her medicine. She gets meals delivered to her by a nonprofit. She even gets massages from local volunteers.”

“Wow!”

“Her life’s still very hard, of course, and no one would trade places with her, but when you have cancer, everyone can see that you need help, “continued Donna.” They don’t always see that the people around you are suffering.”

“People like Sheila?”

“Yes, did you know that Sheila took a break from her job to stay home with Anna?”

“No!” Christine was surprised. She had never thought about who took Anna to her appointments, or fed her when she was too weak to lift a spoon. Of course it was her family.

“Yes. So that means that many of the things they used to do with that extra money are all out the window now. They’re even worried now about keeping the house.”

“Their house? So Anna might have to move, while she’s sick?”

“If she doesn’t get better soon, and the bills keep piling up...” Donna pulled into the driveway, and just in time. Her cheeks were shining with tears.

注意:

1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；

2. 至少使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；

3. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；

4. 续写完成后，使用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

Paragraph 1.

“There has to be something done for them,” Christine said firmly to their classmates and friends.

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Paragraph 2.

But the best part of the party was when Anna came through the door with her family, attracted with promises of a chocolate cake and live music.

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Festivals and celebrations of all kinds have been held everywhere since 1. times. Most ancient festivals would celebrate the end of cold weather, planting in spring and 2.in autumn. Sometimes celebrations would be held after hunters had caught animals. At that time people would 3. if food was difficult to find, especially during the cold winter months. Today’s festivals have many 4., some religious, some seasonal, and some for special people or events.

The most 5. and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring. 6.the Spring Festival in China, people eat dumplings, fish and meat and may give children lucky money in red paper. There are dragon dances and carnivals, and 7.celebrate the Lunar New Year together. Some Western countries have very exciting carnivals, 8.take place forty days before Easter, usually in February. These carnivals might 9. parades, dancing in the streets day and night, loud music and colorful clothing of all kinds. Easter is an important 10. and social festival for Christians around the world.

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Scientists have found a reliable way to lengthen life in lab animals:Reduce the amount of calories(卡路里)they eat.

This method,1.(know)as caloric restriction, has been shown to lengthen life of organisms ( 有 机体 )and reduce some age-related2.(disease).Whether it can do the same in people has been an open question. 3.  ,a new study suggests that in adults, long-term restriction of calorie intake can have an effect on their health.

The researchers looked at a group of 143 healthy adults who ranged in age4.21 to 50. They were instructed5.(practice)caloric restriction for two years.They could eat the foods they wanted so long as they cut back on the foods they ate,with the aim of6.(cut)the calories they consumed by 25 percent.

Many did not achieve that goal.On average,the dieters managed to cut down about 12 percent of their total calories, or7.(rough)300 calories a day. But the group saw many of their health markers improve. They8.(lose)body fat, their blood pressure fell slightly, and they had better blood sugar control. Meanwhile, another 75 healthy adults 9.  did not practice caloric restriction saw no 10.  (improve)in these markers.