Rediscovery
I used to be a happy child with a loving family and many friends. I had a ______ that could brighten a cold winter day and I had a special love for life.
At twelve, my life had a huge breakdown. It was then that I _____ OCD (强迫症). I started to wash my hands ten times an hour, and I constantly ______ my kitchen oven to make sure that it was off. This way of lifecontinued for four painful years, and by then, my OCD had led to depression (抑郁). I was no longer the ______ little girl I had been.
In the tenth grade I finally ____ to my mother that I was suffering from depression along with my OCD. My mom took me to a doctor and I started taking _____. Over a few months, the medicine did help the OCD, but I still was struggling with depression.
One autumn evening, I hit rock bottom. I thought suicide (自杀) was the only _____to my depression problem, so I decided to write a suicide note. As I was ______ it, my eyes fell on a photo. It was a ______ of an adorable little girl, wearing her red soccer uniform and holding a bike helmet. She had a bright smile that showed she was full of life.
It took me a few minutes to______who the girl in the photo was. The photo had been taken when I was seven years old. I almost couldn’t believe that smiling child was me. I felt a chill go down my spine (脊柱). It was like my younger self had sent me a ______. Right then and there I knew I couldn’t kill myself. Once I had been a strong little girl, and I had to become ____ like that again.
I tore up my suicide note and _____ that I would not rely only on my medicine. I would have to fight the depression with my mind, too. I could make myself happy again.
It has been two years since I _____ myself. The real reason I am healed is that I took action and refused to let depression ______my life. I learned a lifelong _____: Never give up. Everyone has challenges in life, but everyone can _____. I am living proof of that.
Now I am prepared for whatever _____ life may bring. I have a role model to ______up to for strength, and who is guiding me ______ life. My hero is a seven-year-old girl, smiling back at me from a photo on my desk.
1.A. dream B. thought C. hope D. smile
2.A. prevented B. treated C. developed D. discovered
3.A. checked B. fixed C. touched D. tested
4.A. pretty B. happy C. popular D. lovely
5.A. admitted B. suggested C. showed D. replied
6.A. classes B. medicine C. exercise D. notes
7.A. response B. door C. entrance D. solution
8.A. posting B. copying C. finishing D. revising
9.A. picture B. figure C. model D. shadow
10.A. explain B. realize C. question D. describe
11.A. gift B. card C. message D. letter
12.A. open B. strong C. lively D. athletic
13.A. advised B. doubted C. promised D. imagined
14.A. rejected B. replaced C. recalled D. rediscovered
15.A. risk B. abandon C. ruin D. waste
16.A. lesson B. skill C. class D. experience
17.A. escape B. quit C. recover D. survive
18.A. adventures B. benefits C. opportunities D. challenges
19.A. come B. look C. make D. add
20.A. through B. over C. across D. from
在未给提示词的空白处仅填写 1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
Johann Strauss was 1. Austrian composer of light music，particularly dance music and operettas (轻歌剧). He was born in Vienna in 1825. Although his father didn't want him 2. (become) a musician, Strauss studied the violin 3. (secret) when he was a child. When his father discovered his son was practicing on a violin one day, he gave him a beating, 4. (say) that he was going to beat the music out of the boy. But that didn't prevent the boy from becoming one of the greatest 5. (composer) of all time. He wrote his first waltz at six. At the age of 19, he decided to devote himself to 6. (write) music. He formed his own orchestra and made a successful tour to Europe and soon became famous. The emperor of Austria was so 7. (please) with his music that he appointed him the conductor at the court balls of Vienna. It was for these occasions that he wrote some of his most popular waltzes, among 8. was the wellknown favorite TheBlueDanube. In all，the talented Johann Strauss wrote more than 500 masterpieces. In his lifetime, he was known 9. the Waltz King, and was largely responsible for the10. (popular) of the waltz in Vienna during the 19th century.
假定你是李华。上周末学校组织了一次到野生动物园的研学活动（field trip）。请给你的英国朋友Alice写一封信，介绍这次活动，内容包括：
1. 活动目的；
2. 活动内容；
3. 收获与感受。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Alice,
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
When I was in Grade 8, my family move to Seattle, so I had to go to a new school. Being in a unfamiliar place, I felt lonely and frightening. Worse still, some subjects were so difficult to learn from that I had no idea how to adapt to the new environment. My teachers noticed my problems but often encouraged me. With their help, I made some progresses in my lessons. However, it wasn’t easy make friends. My classmates had already known each other. I found it hardly to fit in. My mother suggested that I chatted with them. Following his advice, I soon got a few good friends.
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。
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has been around 1. thousands of years. It is said that there are three emperors 2. played a significant role in the history of TCM.
First, Fu Xi discovered the flow between heaven and earth which he reflected in the principles of Yin and Yang. Yin and Yang theory 3. (be) the concept of two opposite but complementary (互补的) forces that shape all life. He also invented acupuncture (针灸). Second, Shen Nong 4. (regard) as the founder of Chinese herbal medicine even today. In order to determine the nature of different herbs, he tasted various kinds of plants, testing 5. (they) individual effects. Third, Huang Di is associated with Huang Di Nei Jing, which is the 6. (early) and most important written record of TCM. It lays a foundation for the theories of Chinese medicine.
TCM has made a great 7. (contribute) to the health of Chinese people, and it has become an independent medical system in world medical field. Since 8. founding of the People’s Republic of China, the Chinese government has attached great importance to TCM, making policies 9. (promote) its development. TCM is now becoming 10. (wide) accepted in the world.
Soon after Susan settled down on a flight to Illinois this pas May, she glanced over at her seatmate.He was in his 60s, _______ bright yellow sunglasses, and was busy _______ a message. The screen of the phone was big and _______, making it easy for Susan to _______ what he was tapping out: “Hey Babe, I’m setting next to a smell fatty.”
It reminded Susan of the _______ things she thought about herself on a daily basis. _______ tears streamed down her cheeks.
_______ a row behind them was David, a 35-year-old bar manager. He could see the man’s _______ on the phone, too — and he could see Susan. “I _______ her looking at his phone,” David told wsmv. com. “I was sick to my stomach. I could not have this guy sitting next to her this whole flight and have her thinking he’s ________ her.”
In an instant, David ________ his seat belt and stood up. “Hey, I need to talk to you,” David told the man.“ We are ________ seats! Now!” When the man asked ________, David said, “You’re texting about her, and I’m not ________ that.” The man hand to ________ quickly. David took his place next to Susan and was soon cheering up his new ________. “He told me not to let the guy ________ me and that everything was going to be fine,” Susan wrote in a Facebook post after the flight. And he was right. She and David spent the rest of the flight ________ like old friends.
With her ________ in humanity restored (恢复), Susan ________ on Facebook, “The flight attendant told him that he was her hero.He wasn’t her hero—he was mine.”
1.A. wore B. removed C. polished D. adjusted
2.A. whispering B. posting C. sending D. copying
3.A. narrow B. bright C. blank D. flat
4.A. guess B. predict C. recall D. read
5.A. comfortable B. ridiculous C. negative D. positive
6.A. Regularly B. Soon C. Anyway D. Constantly
7.A. Sitting B. Hiding C. Standing D. Lying
8.A. picture B. passage C. message D. game
9.A. heard B. left C. stopped D. noticed
10.A. making fun of B. relying on C. giving up D. looking after
11.A. found B. unfastened C. tightened D. caught
12.A. booking B. choosing C. switching D. taking
13.A. where B. when C. how D. why
14.A. accepting B. doubting C. knowing D. judging
15.A. refuse B. answer C. agree D. explain
16.A. customer B. seatmate C. manager D. employee
17.A. abandon B. control C. cheat D. annoy
18.A. chatting B. working C. cheering D. playing
19.A. worry B. faith C. knowledge D. view
20.A. complained B. wrote C. warned D. sign
