阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was very disappointed not to be able to go to the jazz concert last Friday. The advertisement in the paper said that you could buy tickets at the theatre box in Richland Hills any day between 10:00 and 4:00. Since I work from 9:00 to 5:30, the only time I could go to the theatre was during my 45-minute lunch break.
Unfortunately, the theatre is on the other side of the town, and the bus service between my office and Richland Hills is not very good. But if you are lucky, you can make the round trip in 45 minutes. Last Monday. I stood at the bus stop for 15 minutes waiting for the bus, By the time I saw one come around the corner, there was not enough time left to make the trip.
So I gave up and went back to the office. The same thing happened on Tuesday, and again next day. On Thursday, my luck changed. I got on a bus right away and arrived at the theatre in exactly 20 minutes. When I got there, however, I found a long line of people at the box office, I heard one man say he had been waiting in line for over an hour. Realizing I would not have enough time to wait in line. I caught the next bus and headed back across the town.
By Friday I realized my only hope was to make the trip by taxi, it was expensive, but I felt it would be worth it to hear the concert. The trip by taxi only took 10 minutes, but felt like an hour to me. When I got to the theatre, I was relieved to see that nobody was waiting in line. The reason, however, I quickly discovered, was that they had already sold all the tickets.
1.The man learned that there would be a concert last Friday.
A. from the newspaper B. from his friends
C. from one of his work-mates D. over the radio
2.He tried to go to the theatre every day but managed to get there only _______.
A. once B. three times
C. twice D. four times
3.One day the man took _______ to get to the theatre by bus.
A. forty-five minutes B. fifteen minutes
C. over an hour D. just twenty minutes
4.The underlined word “relieved” may best be replaced by ___________.
A. surprised B. puzzled
C. pleased D. sorry
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。
There was a boy who was sent to a boarding school. He used to be 1. brightest student in his class. He was at the top in every 2. (compete). But things 3. (change) when he came to the new school. His grades started dropping and he was lonely all the time. He felt he was worthless and4. no one loved him.
His parents began to worry, 5. they did not know what was wrong. So his dad decided to visit the school and have a talk 6. him.
They sat on the bank of the lake near the school. The father started asking 7. some questions about his classes, teachers and sports. Then he asked, “Do you know, son, why I am here today?”
The boy said, “8. (check) my grades?”
“No, no,” his dad replied, “I am here to tell you that you are important for me. I want to see you happy. Nothing could be 9. (value) than your happiness. You are my life”
The boy felt confident in his study again. He knew there was someone on the earth 10._cared for him deeply. He meant the world to someone.
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阅读下面短文，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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Lose-Win is weak. It’s easy to get stepped on. It’s easy to be the nice guy. It’s easy to give in, all in the name of being a peacemaker.
A girl named Jenny once told me about her ______ in the world of Lose-Win during her eighth-grade year before she finally broke ______:
My ______ with my mom all started one day ______ she said to me sarcastically (讽刺地) “Wow, you’re surely lively today.” I ______ it so literally (字面地) that then and there I decided to close off from her and never ______ back to her. So every time she would say something ______ I disagreed with her I would just say. “Okay, ______ you want, Mom.” But it really got cold quickly. And my ______ began to build. One night I talked to my mom about the school homework and she said, “Oh, that’s ______” and then went back to mop the floor.
“Don’t you ever ______?” I thought. But I didn’t say anything and stormed off. She had no idea I was ______ upset. She would have been willing to talk to me had I ______ her how important it was to me.
At last I just blew up. “Mom, this has got to ______. You tell me everything you want me to do and I just do it because it’s ______ than if fighting. Well, I’m sick of it.” This all came as a ______ to her.
After my blow up, we felt like we were ______ all over in our relationship. But it’s getting better all the time. We discuss things now and I always ______ my feelings with her.
If you adopt Lose-Win as your basic ______ toward life, then people will wipe their dirty feet on you. You’ll also be ______ your true feelings deep inside. And that’s not healthy.
1.A. disappointment B. wanderings C. lessons D. helplessness
2.A. out B. down C. free D. up
3.A. problems B. relationship C. quarrels D. improvement
4.A. as B. since C. when D. before
5.A. treated B. took C. received D. regarded
6.A. fight B. struggle C. turn D. talk
7.A. as though B. only if C. which D. even if
8.A. however B. too much C. so much D. whatever
9.A. coldness B. hope C. disagreement D. anger
10.A. true B. impossible C. nice D. important
11.A. see B. care C. say D. listen
12.A. also B. still C. already D. even
13.A. warned B. told C. asked D. shown
14.A. end B. change C. last D. stop
15.A. worse B. more C. easier D. less
16.A. gift B. surprise C. pleasure D. harm
17.A. going B. thinking C. starting D. reviewing
18.A. improve B. have C. discuss D. share
19.A. attitude B. method C. way D. theory
20.A. hiding B. waking C. storing D. Hurting
写作。
一封写给父母的感谢信
假设你是李华,现在你正在高考考场上,场下你的父母正殷切期待着你。中学生活即将结束,在这个特殊时刻,请你按以下内容要点给自己的父母写一封感谢信（词数100左右）。内容要点：
1、感谢父母多年来,特别是高三这一年来无微不至的关怀。
2、自己近期学习一直十分刻苦,进步不小。这次高考考试也都很顺利,发挥出了自己的水平,希望父母放心。
3、高考之后一定多帮父母做些家务,还要让父母品尝一下自己亲手做的菜。
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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。
Kids' health: Four steps for fighting stress
Everybody gets stressed from time to time. 1. Some ways of dealing with stress-like screaming or hitting someone - don't solve much. But other ways, like talking to someone you trust, can lead you to solving your problem or at least feeling better. Try taking these four steps the next time you are stressed:
(1) Get support. When you need help, reach out to the people who care about you. Talk to a trusted adult, such as a parent or other relatives. 2. They might have had similar problems, such as dealing with a test, or the death of a beloved pet.
(2) Don't take it out on yourself. Sometimes when kids are stressed and upset they take it out on themselves. Oh, dear, that's not a good idea. Remember that there are always people to help you. Don't take it out on yourself. 3.
(3) Try to solve the problem. After you're calm and you have support from adults and friends, it's time to get down to business. 4. Even if you can't solve it all, you can solve a piece of it.
(4) Be positive. Most stress is temporary. Remember stress does go away, especially when you figure out the problem and start working on solving it. These steps aren't magic, but they do work. And if you can stay positive as you make your way through a tough time, you'll help yourself feel better even faster. 5.
A. Ask for a helping hand to get you through the tough situation.
B. Notice your friends' feelings and find a way to help them.
C. And don't forget about your friends.
D. You need to figure out what the problem is.
E. Ah, it feels so good when the stress is gone.
F. Different people feel stress in different ways.
G. Then, find a way to calm down.
阅读理解。
Our most commonly held code for success is broken. Conventional wisdom holds that if we work hard we will be more successful, and if we are more successful, then we’ll be happy. If we can just find that great job, win that next promotion, lose those five pounds, happiness will follow. But recent discoveries in the field of positive psychology have shown that this code is actually backward: Happiness fuels success, not the other way around. When we are positive, our brains become more engaged, creative, motivated, energetic, and productive at work. This discovery has been repeatedly borne out by rigid research in psychology and neuroscience(神经学), management studies, and the bottom lines of organizations around the globe.
In The Happiness Advantage, Shawn Achor, who spent over a decade living, researching, and lecturing at Harvard University, draws on his own research—including one of the largest studies of happiness and potential at Harvard and others at companies like UBS to fix this broken code. Using stories and case studies from his work with CEOs of Fortune 500 in 42 countries, Achor explains how we can reprogram our brains to become more positive in order to gain a competitive ability at work.
Based on seven practical, actionable principles that have been tried and tested everywhere from classrooms to boardrooms, stretching from Argentina to Zimbabwe, he shows us how we can capitalize on the Happiness Advantage to improve our performance and maximize our potential.
A must-read for everyone trying to stand out in a world of increasing workloads and stress, The Happiness Advantage isn’t only about how to become happier at work. It’s about how to acquire the benefits of a happier and more positive mode of thinking to achieve the extraordinary in our work and in our lives.
1. What do we know about the new discovery in paragraph 1?
A. Conventional code for success is totally useless.
B. The more we are successful, the happier we are.
C. Positive psychology is really backward.
D. Happiness contributes greatly to success.
2. Why did the writer write the book The Happiness Advantages?
A. To reprogram one’ s brain to be healthier.
B. To make people more positive and competitive.
C. To study stories and cases of CEOs.
D. To make a lecture at Harvard University.
3. The underlined phrase “capitalize on” in paragraph 3 is closes in meaning to ____
A. provide fund for
B. make full use of
C. write big letters for
D. stand out in
4. What is the purpose of the writer in writing the passage?
A. To help people stand out in the world.
B. To arouse people’s sense of happiness.
C. To help people decrease the work stress.
D. To strongly recommend the book.
