阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-20各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I consider myself something of an expert on apologies. A quick temper has me with plenty of opportunities to make them. In one of my earliest , my mother is telling me, “Don’t watch the when you say ‘I’m sorry’. Hold your head up and look the person in the , so he’ll know you it.”
My mother thus made the key point of a(n) apology: it must be direct. You must never to be doing something else. You do not a pile of letters while apologizing to a person in position after blaming（责备） him or her for a mistake that turned out to be your . You do not apologize to a hostess(女主人), whose guest of honor you treat , by sending flowers the next day without mentioning your bad .
One of the important things you should do for an apology is readiness to the responsibility(责任) for our careless mistakes. We are used to making excuses, which leaves no for the other person to us. Since most people are open-hearted, the no-excuse apology leaves both parties feeling about themselves. That, after all, is the of every apology. It little whether the apologizer is wholly or only partly at fault: answering for(对……负责) one’s encourages others to take their share of the blame.
1.A．provided B．mixed C．compared D．treated
2.A．dreams B．courses C．memories D．ideas
3.A．side B．ground C．wall D．bottom
4.A．mind B．soul C．face D．eye
5.A．imagine B．enjoy C．mean D．regret
6.A．useful B．successful C．equal D．basic
7.A．pretend B．forget C．refuse D．expect
8.A．hold on B．put away C．look through D．pick up
9.A．poorer B．weaker C．worse D．lower
10.A．fault B．reason C．result D．duty
11.A．cruelly B．freely C．roughly D．foolishly
12.A．manners B．excuses C．efforts D．roles
13.A．active B．effective C．extra D．easy
14.A．raise B．perform C．admit D．bear
15.A．situation B．need C．sign D．room
16.A．advise B．forgive C．warn D．blame
17.A．wiser B．warmer C．better D．cleverer
18.A．purpose B．method C．end D．advantage
19.A．cares B．matters C．depends D．remains
20.A．facts B．states C．rights D．actions
假如你已在新南威尔士大学留学一年多，现在写一篇五句话作文描述这一年多以来在悉尼的生活。
开头已写好。不计入总句数。
【写作内容】
吃 | 上课期间：拥挤的学生餐厅；周末：中餐馆 |
住 | 开始：寄宿家庭，有些规则让人不舒服；后来：学生宿舍，更多自由 |
学 | 学术要求与国内不同；自己的观点很重要； 比高三更努力；从缺乏自信到自主学习 |
玩 | 周末和朋友（多数为中国学生）外出，欣赏风景，拍照 |
【写作要求】
1. 只能使用5个句子表达全部内容；
2. 适当添加细节以使文章连贯。
3. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
【评分标准】
句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。
After learning at The University of New South Wales for more than one year，I would like to describe my life in Sydney as “work hard, play hard”.
1.他们请他走人,也就是说他被解雇了。
They asked him to leave. ________ ________ ________, he was fired.
2.希望我的建议能得到你的赞同。
I hope that my suggestions will ________ ________ your approval.
3.她不该把孩子单独留在那儿。
She was wrong to ________ her child ________.
4.患难朋友才是真朋友。
A friend ________ ________ is a friend indeed.
5.这位严厉的父亲不能容忍孩子们闲坐着。
The strict father cannot have his children ________ ________.
6.你可以用每天抽点时间练笔的方式方法来提高你的写作。
You can improve your writing by ________ ________ some time each day to write.
7.我已经意识到这一事实: 我可爱的宝贝如今已是比爸爸还高大的少年。
I have ________ ________ ________ the fact that my lovely baby is now a teenager taller and stronger than his father.
8.如果你照这样吃下去, 减肥是根本不可能的。
If you keep on eating like this, losing weight is ________ ________ ________ ________.
1.It can be _______________（benefit） to share your feelings with someone you trust.
2.Now his _______________（抱负；志向） is to become an actor, so he takes singing and dancing lessons after school.
3.He was going to take part in the race, and was to be _______________（陪伴） by his best friend.
4.More and more wealthy people are thinking of making a _______________（donate） to charity.
5.When you are upset, what you need is a _______________（sympathy） ear.
6.The Red May activities are held in our school _______________（annual）.
7.The parents were so cruel that they _______________（抛弃；遗弃） their disabled baby.
8.It was when Asimov was eleven years old that his _______________（天才；天赋） for writing became obvious.
9.He bought a lot of books on the _______________（recommend） of his tutor.
10.When children are faced with _______________（contradict） advice, they may be at a loss.
Are you a happy person or an unhappy person？
If you're an unhappy person, please remember that happiness is a choice. 1. What you need to do is to make some changes.
Unhappy people are more likely to believe that life is hard. They see themselves as victims of life when something bad happens to them. Yes, as is known to all, life can be hard. 2.
Unhappy people are more likely to believe that most people can't be trusted. They don’t think strangers can be trusted. Unfortunately this thought slowly starts to prevent them from meeting new people. 3. In this way, you can make more friends, who can increase your happiness.
Unhappy people like comparing themselves with others and feel jealous. 4. This is wrong. Instead you should get inspired and try to achieve more. Learn to believe in unlimited possibilities. Don't get upset and think that somebody's luck limits your possible outcome in life.
Unhappy people consider their future with worry and fear. 5. Unhappy people fill the head space with worry and fear. How can you be happy if you are always in worry or fear? When fear or worry crosses your mind, ask yourself if there is an action you can take to prevent your fear or worry from happening. If there isn't, just lay it down because worry or fear does you no good at all.
Everyone will probably swim in negative waters once in a while, but what matters is how long you stay there. Follow the ways mentioned above and then you will be much happier.
A. Instead, you should believe in the good in people and stay open and friendly towards people you meet.
B. You can choose to be happy.
C. Unhappiness is also a choice.
D. There is only so much space between your ears.
E. You should try to be kind to others in order to make more friends.
F. But you should have a positive attitude towards life instead of complaining all the time.
G. They believe that someone else's luck is stolen from their own.
Sometimes your biggest weakness can become your biggest strength. Take, for example, the story of one 10-year-old boy who decided to study judo despite the fact that he had lost his left arm in a devastating car accident.
The boy began lessons with an old Japanese judo master. The boy was doing well, so he couldn't understand why, after three months of training, the master had taught him only one move.“Sensei,” the boy finally said, “shouldn't I be learning more moves?”“This is the only move you know, but this is the only move you'll ever need to know,” the sensei replied.
Not quite understanding, but believing in his teacher, the boy kept training.
Several months later, the sensei took the boy to his first tournament. Surprising himself, the boy easily won his first two matches. The third match proved to be more difficult, but after some time, his opponent became impatient and charged; the boy skillfully used his one move to win the match. Still amazed by his success, the boy was now in the finals. This time, his opponent was bigger, stronger, and more experienced. For a while, the boy appeared to be overmatched. Concerned that the boy might get hurt, the referee called a time-out. He was about to stop the match when the sensei intervened.
“No,” the sensei insisted, “Let him continue.” Soon after the match resumed, his opponent made a critical mistake: he dropped his guard. Instantly, the boy used his move to pin him. The boy had won the match and the tournament. He was the champion.
On the way home, the boy and sensei reviewed every move in each and every match. Then the boy summoned the courage to ask what was really on his mind. “Sensei, how did I win the tournament with only one move?” “You won for two reasons,” the sensei answered. “First, you've almost mastered one of the most difficult throws in all of judo. Second, the only known defense for that move is for your opponent to grab your left arm.”
The boy's biggest weakness had become his biggest strength.
1.we can infer from Paragraph 2 that the teacher__________.
A. was unwilling to teach the boy
B. regarded mastering one move as extremely important.
C. worried about the boys ability
D. trained the boy to win judo tournaments
2.After the boy came in the finals, __________.
A. he feared to get hurt.
B. the teacher felt satisfied
C. he thought of giving up.
D. the judge stopped the game.
3.The underlined expression “be overmatched” in Paragraph 3 is closed in meaning to__________.
A. lose heart
B. lose patience
C. be defeated
D. be monitored
4.How did the boy’s teacher explain his success of the tournament?
A. His opponent was too confident and careless.
B. The boy was experienced in playing the games.
C. His opponent didn't notice the boys left hand.
D. The boy made use of his judo skill and weakness.
5.What is the purpose of the passage?
A. To suggest we turn weakness into strength.
B. To encourage us to insist in a match.
C. To show us how to win a match luckily.
D. To tell us to choose an experienced teacher.
