GOOD AT IT. So she wrote his advice on her arm and went back into the recording studio. _37_ And she was. She re-recorded the first chapter with her new words singing through her head.
_38_ Of course I was happy it worked for my friend Jenny, but other than that, I didn’t think much about ii. But slowly, gradually, “Pretend you’re good at if has worked its magic on me. I have long suffered from a serious mental disease. I needed something to help me get past my fears and head out into the world. _39_ And it worked.
Having a hard time getting up in the morning? Tell yourself that you are the best at getting up early. _40_ Pretend you’re good at it, and you’ll surprise yourself with how good you really are. However, “Pretend you’re good at if” is not a substitute for actual training or an excuse to behave in a proud and unpleasant way, either.
A. What would that look like? B I asked her how it was going. C I pretended, and my anxiety eased. D. So I turned to “pretend you’re good at it”.
E. She took a deep breath and pretended she was good at it. F. “Pretend you’re good at it,” on the other hand, is more playful. G. This didn’t strike me as particularly world-changing advice, honestly. 第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分） 第一节（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
One summer’s day. I drove along our main street as a horrible and sudden shower threatened. The sky _41_ and the wind swept along warningly. I _42_ to the side of the street. A pick-up truck parked ahead of me. _43_ to the weather in its body were the family’s entire _44_: mattresses (床垫), baskets, boxes of clothing, and other household goods.
“Oh my, those poor people,” I thought, _45_ children in the seat of the truck. They were obviously _46_ from one home to another and their belongings, shabby though they were, were going to get completely _47_!
Just then a little old lady ran by me and into a variety store before which we all parked to wail out the _48_. In minutes, she was out, _49_ a package containing a huge sheet of plastic. She _50_
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tapped on the window of the truck and gestured the _51_ driver out. Between them, they spread the _52_ over the entire load in the body of the truck!
The wind blew in a _53_ fashion and rain came pouring down. _54_ the heavy wind, the two women managed to weigh down its comers and edges, thereby providing _55_ for the family’s belongings.
Everyone back inside their _56_we sat out the brief storm The sun broke out in all its glory. I _57_ my window as the old lady and the young mother _58_ at the back of the pick-up. And I heard the little old lady say. “Don’t _59_ me, just pass it on when you have the _60_ to lend a hand.” 41. A. cleared 42. A. pointed 43. A. Open 44. A. furniture 45. A. leaving 46. A. moving 47. A. dirty 48. A danger 49. A. destroying 50. A. elegantly 51. A. exhausted 52. A clothing 54. A. Fighting 55. A. storage 56. A. vehicles 57. A. broke through 58. A. whispered 59. A. praise 60. A. chance qualification
第二节 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
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。
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B. lightened B. kept B. Accustomed B. belongings B. observing B. waking B. burned B. night B. rearing B. randomly B. woman B. blanket B. Using B. protection B. stores B. looked in B. stayed B. follow B. responsibility
C. paled C. marched C. Subject C. fortune C. ignoring C. switching C. wet C. storm C. sending C. impatiently C. man C. towel C. Expecting C. insurance C. cafes C. rolled down C. argued C. thank C. patience
D. darkened D. pulled D. Due D. collections D. amusing D. dragging D. stolen D fog D waving D. busily D. sleepy D. covering D. Following D. transport D. offices D. wound up D. met D. help D.
“Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small.” “Nothing is softer and _61_ (flexible) than water, yet nothing can resist it.”
These are the food for thought _62_ (serve) to Tube passengers at Oval station in south London. It’s been 14 years since customer services manager Anthony Gentles _63_ (inspire) to brighten up the “blank faces” of travelers with daily _64_ (wise) from his favorite book, Tao Te Ching. Every day he wrote one quote on the hoard _65_ (him). Mr. Gentles said offering quotes from ancient China was his way of _66_ (try) to make people feel more welcome as they braved the Underground.
Thousands of quotes later, Mr Gentles’ favorite message remains the first one he wrote: “A journey of a thousand miles begins _67_ a single step”. “Because it’s _68_ (fundamental) true,” he said. “No matter _69_ you live your life, regardless of your situation, you have to take the first step.”
Since 2007. the baton(接力棒) has been taken on by his colleague Glen Sutherland, _70_ posts on the station information board have set off a wave of enthusiasm to copy the practice across the capital.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
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。
People celebrate the Lantern Festival across China every year. About two weeks before, I went to Yuyuan Garden Lantern Fair, one of busiest and grandest lantern fairs in China. I enjoyed locally snacks and traditional performances. Craftsmen at different stand sold their delicate handicrafts in reasonable prices. That impressed me most was various types of lanterns. I also learn to make a paper lantern. Although it wasn’t very beautiful, but it brought back my childhood memories. Today, many lantern fairs are still well preserving. It is a good way for us Chinese to know about my traditional culture.
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
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假定你是李华，近期你校举办了主题为“美丽中国”的现场国画（traditional Chinese painting）比赛。请为校报英文专栏写一篇活动报道。内容包括：
1. 活动时间、地点： 2. 活动概况： 3. 活动意义。 注意：
1. 词数100左右：
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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