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难度：★★★ 体裁：夹叙夹议 建议时间：16分钟

话题：人与自我（生活态度 ） 文章词数：307 正确率： /20

I was 17 years old. Along with a dozen other boys, I made the long trip to Iowa in order to see a 1 that I was thinking of attending. While the trip had been fun for the most part, now that I was there I was feeling 2 .

I was missing my family and 3 that I wouldn’t be seeing them very much if I went to school here. I was also missing the Appalachian mountains where I grew up. I 4 walking in the forests of maple (枫树) and pine trees. I loved how the 5 turned a thousand shades (树荫) of green in the spring and then became a sea of red, gold, and orange in the fall. I loved the smell of countless wild flowers that grew in our garden. These things were a 6 of me.

Here in Iowa everything was 7 . The grass looked burnt and 8 . All that I could smell was a 9 of corn, mud and pigs. I walked outside the dormitory and sat under a tree. I closed my eyes, 10 being back home again.

When I finally 11 them, however, I saw something that touched my soul (灵魂). It was the 12 . It seemed to 13 the sky. Gold, red, purple and pink clouds flowed together like a picture. It was so huge and I was 14 in the beautiful scenery. It made our mountain sunsets seem 15 by comparison (比较). I was filled with 16 . I realized that I had been 17 and judgmental (妄下结论的). This place had its own special 18 .

Over the years to come I 19 something else. Each of us also has a special beauty. We all have our own unique (独特的) talents and abilities. We all have a beautiful, powerful love that 20 we can share.

1. A. lecture B. meeting C. college D. concert

2. A. excited B. lonely C. shy D. happy

3. A. realized B. decided C. suggested D. hoped

4. A. practiced B. started C. loved D. disliked

5. A. leaves B. campus C. garden D. mountain

6. A. choice B. memory C. story D. part

7. A. dull B. similar C. interesting D. new

8. A. green B. lively C. brown D. strange

9. A. mixture B. dirt C. place D. thing

10. A. enjoying B. regretting

C. avoiding D. imagining

11. A. closed B. opened

C. touched D. turned

12. A. sunset B. flower C. tree D. smell

13. A. reach B. darken C. cross D. fill

14. A. lost B. involved C. caught D. stuck

15. A. far B. huge C. pretty D. tiny

16. A. wonder B. doubt C. pity D. anger

17. A. funny B. proud C. upset D. foolish

18. A. view B. beauty C. traditions D. styles

19. A. learned B. became C. did D. studied

20. A. still B. even C. only D. yet

B

难度：★★★★ 体裁：新闻 建议时间：18分钟

话题：人与社会（善人善举） 文章词数：315 正确率： /20

The most destructive (破坏性的) wildfire in California’s history started on Nov 8, 2018, 1 by bad electrical cables (电缆) in the town of Paradise. It burned for 17 days and caused $16.5 billion in 2 , destroying nearly 19,000 buildings, killing 85 people and leaving 50,000 others homeless. Paradise was 3 a paradise (乐土).

Shane Grammer grew up 15 miles away in Chico, and he 4 the news of the fire’s deadly path from his home in Los Angeles. The 47-year-old father of three works as a creative director for Disney’s theme parks. Grammer still has 5 in the Paradise area. When his childhood buddy, Shane Edwards, posted pictures of his white chimney – the only part of his house to 6 – Grammer felt helpless. And then he had a(n) 7 .

“I’ve got to paint that 8 ,” he told Inside Edition. “It was an opportunity for me to express [myself] and be a(n) 9 .” On Dec 31, Grammer 10 three hours painting a beautifully sad black-and-white image (画像) of a woman on the chimney – a reminder, perhaps, of the 11 of life, or even just of life itself.

Grammer 12 the image on Instagram. The victims (受害者) of the fire, especially, had 13 feelings. “You bring beauty and hope,” one said.

14 , Grammer realized that his artistic expression had 15 into something deeper, the hallmark (特征) of true art. Over a period of three months he returned eight times, 16 17 pictures of victims and mythical (神话里的) heroes on walls, pickup trucks, and ruined buildings. “There is 17 ,” he explains. “There is beauty in the ashes.”

Grammer’s work in Paradise has become a bigger 18 . He has traveled the world painting big pictures in 19 places that needed some light: a home for orphans (孤儿) in Tijuana, Mexico; a youth center in San Francisco. “I want to do something powerful and create art that 20 people,” he says.

1. A. turned down B. put forward C. brought about D. broke out

2. A. damage B. use C. waste D. question

3. A. as usual B. at last C. once again D. no longer

4. A. made B. followed C. ignored D. missed

5. A. students B. co-workers C. friends D. children

6. A. survive B. disappear C. continue D. exist

7. A. dream B. idea C. excuse D. chance

8. A. fire B. wall C. house D. chimney

9. A. artist B. director C. reporter D. tourist

10. A. wasted B. saved C. took D. spent

11. A. purpose B. truth C. beauty D. choice

12. A. sold B. noticed C. discovered D. posted

13. A. angry B. upset C. strong D. strange

14. A. Generally B. Suddenly C. Luckily D. Hopefully

15. A. changed B. divided C. cut D. formed

16. A. printing B. painting C. buying D. collecting

17. A. luck B. doubt C. hope D. happiness

18. A. task B. game C. experiment D. project

19. A. busy B. dark C. lonely D. quiet

20. A. moves B. excites C. warns D. surprises

（参考答案见下期）

参考答案

上期参考答案

IV版:

D1 1-4 DCCB

D2 1. livable 2. education 3. music 4. 18 5. euro-a-day 6. tram

7. Opinions/Comments 8. moved 9. safer 10. culture

D3 1-4 DADB D4 1-3 DCA

D5 1. twelve→twelfth 2. for→from 3. a→the 4. total→totally

5. 删去I后面的was 6. learn→learned/learnt

7. confidence→confident 8. plenty后∧of

9. me→myself 10. after→when/as

本期参考答案

II版:

III. 1. remind 2. cheap 3. reminder 4. value 5. care

IV. 1. souvenirs 2. colors 3. of 4. covered 5. topped

6. used 7. fell off 8. won over 9. worth 10. apart

VI. 1. Here, the author uses this word to show that in order to find souvenirs for her grandkids, she and her husband must go through many different things and that their efforts are a bit disorganized.

3. topped

4. aging; yellowing