一、完形填空
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。
One Monday afternoon, Jenny sat alone on the school bus. She felt blue because she shouted at her best friend Lucy on purpose during the basketball . “We lost the game because of my fault,” Jenny thought. Tears ran down her face as she looked out of the window. The usual songs on her phone could not drive away her negative feelings.
When she got home, Jenny shut herself away in her room. Her mother knocked(敲) at the door and quietly. “Honey, why are you in such low ?” she asked. Jenny told her everything. Instead of being on her, mum advised her to put herself in Lucy’s shoes.
“Try to take a deep breath and then call her,” mum said.
Jenny her phone. “I’m ringing to apologize,” she said clearly. “I was under great pressure and I let the whole team down.” There was a moment of silence(沉默). Then Lucy answered, “I was upset too, I forgive you. Let’s clear the air tomorrow.” Jenny felt a wave of relief(宽慰).
The next day, the two girls each other on the playground.
“Even though we lost one match, we haven’t lost our ,” said Lucy. Jenny nodded, smiling happily. From then on, Jenny learned that saying sorry is too late.
()1. A. deal B. award C. match D. fear
()2. A. joyful B. natural C. standard D. curious
()3. A. kicked B. refused C. based D. entered
()4. A. spirits B. troubles C. wonders D. patients
()5. A. busy B. hard C. false D. proud
()6. A. locked up B. heard from C. picked up D. took back
()7. A. so B. and C. or D. but
()8. A. pulled B. reduced C. hugged D. pushed
()9. A. medicine B. friendship C. tradition D. illness
()10. A. seldom B. always C. often D. never

1. C 2. A 3. D 4. A 5. B 6. C 7. D 8. C 9. B 10. D

二、短文填空
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或填入括号内单词的正确形式。
I'm a middle school student. I just couldn't bear waiting. For example, when waiting for my turn in a school game, it was 11. (easy) for me than others to get impatient(不耐烦的). When taking an exam, I handed in the paper as soon as I 12. (finish) it.
13. I was in Grade Eight, grandpa took me to a park. Some 14. (work) were building a small house there. Grandpa pointed to 15. man and said, “Watch carefully how he builds the wall. He puts one block on top of another, and sometimes stops 16. (examine) if he places the blocks in a perfectly(非常) straight line. He even cleans off any extra cement(多余的水泥) and pays attention 17. each block.” But I felt it was boring and 18. (think) it was a waste of time to repeat unnecessary(不必要的) work.
After a while, grandpa said, “A strong wall 19. (need) every block to stay in the right place. It's the same way that we deal with something in 20. (we) daily lives. We have to be patient. Rushing often leads to bad 21. (result).”
Hearing 22. (grandpa) words, I nodded my head and realized that I used to be impatient with everything. I decided 23. (make) a change. Since then, I have kept this lesson 24. mind. When learning to paint, I patiently practised each movement(移动) until I could do it perfectly. And I 25. (final) understood that every step leaves its print.

11. easier 12. finished 13. When 14. workers 15. a 16. to examine 17. to 18. thought 19. needs 20. our 21. results 22. grandpa's 23. to make 24. in 25. finally