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。
Zhang Jie was a 13-year-old student. He was on his way home last Monday evening. When he was in the lift, it suddenly stopped. Zhang decided to help himself out. Although he felt a little , he still tried to open the lift door. But soon he gave up the and stood against the wall because he thought the lift might fall down suddenly. He then pressed all the buttons(按钮), hoping it would make the lift again, but it didn't. Zhang then pressed the “stop” button to lock the lift to it would not fall. Without a phone, Zhang tried shouting loudly to get the attention of people outside, but , nobody answered.
However, the young boy didn't give up. He passed a through the gap in the lift door to ask for help and hoped someone would pick it up and help him out. He it might take a long time before someone found the note. Therefore, he decided to do his homework doing all these. When he almost finished his homework, he was saved at last. On social media, many people the boy. They said he was such a and brave boy that they should learn from him.
No matter how hard the situation is, we should face it and try to solve the problem.
()1. A. boring B. alone C. scared D. friendly
()2. A. idea B. panic C. aid D. pain
()3. A. stop B. work C. arrive D. appear
()4. A. make sure B. think about C. point to D. depend on
()5. A. quickly B. unfortunately C. luckily D. happily
()6. A. note B. book C. coin D. message
()7. A. hoped B. knew C. learned D. wondered
()8. A. before B. after C. when D. as
()9. A. praised B. hurt C. caught D. left
()10. A. shy B. helpful C. calm D. careless

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

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 felt butterflies in my stomach(忐忑不安) when I started calligraphy class ten years ago.
I had never touched a writing brush before, 11. I was quite excited. At that time, I didn't know that I had just made one of the 12. (good) choices in my life.
I went into the classroom, 13. (sit) down and listened to the teacher introducing the skills of the calligraphy. The teacher's 14. (word) were slow and clear. I listened carefully and learned 15. great interest. Then it was time for me 16. (try). I took up the brush, using the correct way to write "one" 17. (careful) in Chinese. All of a sudden, calligraphy 18. (become) so fascinating that I began to accept calligraphy as a part of my life.
After nearly five years of practising, I started to write some well-known 19. (poem). Calligraphy seemed like 20. bridge. It connected me with 21. (writer) from old times. Stroke by stroke, word by word, I could sense 22. (they) feelings and learned to enjoy my daily life.
Now, calligraphy is not only a hobby, 23. also a way to take me out of the worries of life. It 24. (make) me calm and peaceful in heart. Holding the pen, I can write for a whole day. Calligraphy is so 25. (help) that it can balance my busy school life successfully. How amazing!

11.so 12.best 13.sat 14.words 15.with 16.to try 17.carefully 18.became 19.poems 20.a 21.writers 22.their 23.but 24.makes 25.helpful