陈洁莹+彭雪秋+彭仕华

閱读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

（一）

Mildred Webinga Freeman was an English teacher at the new middle school I attended in the ninth grade. I loved being around her and enjoyed her sense of 1 and kind personality. She was also a good 2 .

At the end of the year， she 3 that she was moving to Florida， and I was shocked. We 4 addresses and became pen pals. I could tell her 5 ， and she treated me with respect 6 I was a teenager.

In Florida， Mrs. Freeman 7 to find time to write letters. She wrote 8 stories and always took my 9 seriously.

She had given me an open 10 to visit， and I missed her so much. When I wrote to her， she answered， “Get your shoes on and your bags 11 ！ You are welcome anytime！”

Two years later she surprised me by attending my high school 12 . Later that year， my family decided to spend Christmas in Florida and I couldnt wait to 13 my friend again. When I arrived at her house I had hoped to talk to her about school， but 14 she was in a hospital bed in the guest room. She had cancer of the liver（肝）， and her family members were 15 her. I was in 16 .

A month after we got back home， we 17 a call that Mrs. Freeman had died.

To this day， more than 50 years 18 ， I still see her smile and 19 the advice she gave me. Now and then I reread her letters， and I remember the importance of her 20 and her friendship.

（广东省清远市第三中学 陈洁莹）

（二）

Every Sunday morning I take a jog around a park. Each time I jog by this lake， I see the same elderly woman sitting at the waters 1 with a small metal cage sitting beside her.

This time my 2 got the best of me， so I 3 jogging and walked over to her. As I got 4 ， I realized that the metal cage was a small trap. There were three turtles（海龟）， slowly walking around the 5 of the trap. And she was carefully 6 the fourth one.

“Hello，” I said. “If you dont 7 my nosiness（爱管闲事）， Id love to know what youre doing with these turtles.” She smiled， “Im 8 their shells（壳）. Anything on a turtles 9 ， like algae （水藻） or scum （浮渣）， reduces the turtles ability to 10 heat and 11 its ability from swimming.” She went on， “I spend a couple of hours each Sunday morning 12 these little guys out. Its my own way of making a difference.”

“ 13 dont most freshwater turtles live their whole lives with algae and scum 14 from their shells？” I asked.

“Yes， 15 ， they do，” she replied.

“Well， dont you think your time could be 16 spent？ And 99% of these turtles dont have 17 people like you to help them clean off their shells. So， no offense（冒犯）... but how do you know that you are 18 making a difference？”

She then 19 at the turtle in her lap（膝部）， cleaned off the last piece of algae from its shell， and said， “Sweetie， if this little guy could 20 ， hed tell you I just made all the difference in the world.”

（广西来宾高级中学 彭雪秋）

（三）

My dad and step-mum have been pressuring me a lot lately in regards to school. Im 14 and halfway through year 8. My grades have been gradually 1 ，though I believe I have tried my best. Last term， I 2 a report with mainly As， one or two Bs and a Cs. They were very angry because to them I had lost 3 to do any work at all. The truth is that while I try to attempt at school， Im also juggling a social and 4 life， as I play sport both in and out of school 5 . My best friend took home a similar 6 and both of her parents were happy； while mine 7 as though they had just 8 me smoking. Im 9 a lot of sleep due to the 10 they are now putting on me and always feel 11 ， sore（酸痛）or tired. I feel like I make everyone around me very unhappy 12 when I complain（抱怨） a bit. I know my parents are 13 trying to help， but I 14 have any time for a rest and find myself 15 that they would ease up（缓解）. I believe that they both think that they are helping， 16 ， they are stressing me out more than I can 17 and its making my grades drop further. I also have to choose my electives（选修课）soon and they are pushing for 18 like finance and computers. While I want to 19 cooking or sewing， which I enjoy. I dont know what to do as I dont want to 20 them but also dont want to suffer because of them.

（廣东省东莞高级中学 彭仕华）

（四）

I dont know why I came to the decision to become a loser， but I know I made the choice at a young age. Sometime in the middle of fourth grade， I stopped 1 . By the time I was in seventh grade， I was 2 ， difficult and disrespectful.

It wasnt long after I 3 out of school. Hard physical labor was the consequence for the choices I made as an 4 . At the age of twenty-one， I was hopelessly 5 ， and using drugs as a way to deal with the fact that I had no 6 .

But now I believe in do-overs， in the chance to do it all 7 . And I believe that do-overs can be made at any 8 in your life. Mine came from a surprising 9 .

It was September 21， 2002， when my son Blake was born. Its funny that after a life of avoiding 10 ， now I was in charge of something so fragile. Over the years， as I grew into the title of 11 ，I began to learn something about myself. 12 ， Blake and I were both learning to walk， talk， work， and play for the first time. I began my do-over.

It took me almost three years to learn how to 13 . I started with my sons books. Over and over， I 14 reading books to him until I remembered all the 15 in every one of them. I began to wonder if it was possible for me to go back to 16 . I knew I wanted to be a good 17 ， so after a year and a half and a lot of hard work， I 18 my GED test on my sons fourth birthday. All things considered， it was one of the best days in my life. Today， Im a full-time college student， 19 to become a sociologist.

Now I believe its a 20 anyone can make： to do it all over again.

（华南师范大学附属中学南海实验高级中学 谢期繁）

（五）

A technology company is developing a lie detector app for smartphones that could be used by parents， teachers and Internet 1 .

The app measures blood 2 in the face to 3 whether or not you are telling the truth. Its developers say that it could be 4 by daters wanting to see if somebody really is 5 in them. Parents could use it on their children to see if they are lying and teachers could 6 which of their 7 are trustful.

The app is being developed by Toronto startup NuraLogix and the 8 is called Transdermal Optical Imaging（透皮光學成像）. The idea is that different human emotions（情绪） create 9 blood flow patterns that we have no control over. These patterns change 10 we are telling the truth 11 telling a lie. Using footage（镜头） from the 12 camera， the software will see the 13 in skin colour and 14 them with standardized results.

A study from last year found that anger was 15 to more blood flow and redness while sadness was associated with

16 of both. The lie detector test will let you 17 the truth remotely and secretly， 18 the technique wont be able to achieve an extremely high accuracy level like 19

used in a court of law. Besides， it will be a few years before the app is 20 to consumers.

（广东省普宁市华美实验学校高中部 陈碎仍）

（六）

Are you a loser if you were raised in an ordinary family？ Should you feel 1 that you sleep eight hours a day because successful people sleep five？ If you 2 want to keep a stable nine-to-five job， does it mean you are not 3 ？

There is a 4 in media nowadays to encourage elitism （精英主义）. They are trying to brainwash young people into thinking that they should invest （投入） a large amount of time and 5 in bodybuilding and appearance improvement They encourage lifestyle makeovers： wine tasting classes and expensive 6 overseas. They make you believe that if you do 7 they say， you can improve the 8 of your life and join the elites. But do you really need to go to the gym five days a week 9 you are a gym maniac （狂魔）Do you need to 10 hundreds of selfies （自拍照） and Photoshop the 11 ones to post on WeChat？ Do you really need to 12 your neck and sacrifice to earn your first pot of gold only to 13 constantly about how to blend into （融入） 14 society later？

Dont let the idea of elitism 15 you. Everybody has a right to the 16 they want. Human beings should not be judged as a success or failure based on 17 they are a part of the elite or not. As long as you lead a happy and 18 life， why bother to seek 19 peoples shadows Choose your own life path and 20 it.

（广东省深圳市布吉高级中学 廖仕欢 江文锋）

（七）

A lot of you have asked what were doing about misinformation， so I wanted to give an update.

The bottom line is： we take 1 seriously. Our goal is to connect people with the stories they find most meaningful， and we know people want 2 information. Weve been working on this 3 for a long time and weve made significant progress， 4 there is more work to be done.

Historically， we have 5 community（社区） to help understand what is fake（不真实的） and what is not. Anyone on Facebook can report any link as 6 ，and we use signals from those reports to understand which stories we can confidently 7 as misinformation.

The problems here are 8 ，both technically and philosophically. We believe in giving people a 9 ， which means erring （犯错）on the side of letting people share what they want 10 possible. We need to be careful not to 11 sharing of opinions or to mistakenly restrict accurate 12 . We do not want to be arbiters（裁决者 ）of truth ourselves， but 13 rely on our community and 14 third parties.

While the 15 of misinformation is relatively small， we have much more work ahead on our roadmap. 16 we wouldnt share specifics about our work in 17 ， but given the importance of these issues and the amount of 18 in this topic， I want to outline some of the projects we already have been underway.

Some of these ideas will 19 well， and some will not. We understand how important the issue is for our community and we are 20 to getting this right.

（廣东省阳江市阳东区第一中学 张顺均）

答案与解析

（一）作者十分尊敬及喜爱他中学时期的英语老师。在该老师搬去佛罗里达州后，作者与她进行了多年的书信往来，向老师倾诉烦恼。不久后老师患肝癌去世，但作者直到今天依然怀念这段师生情谊。

1. D 从动词enjoy（享受）和下文的amusing stories可以推测出答案为“幽默感”。

2. B 从下文得知书信往来主要是作者向老师倾诉烦心事。

3. A 老师首次提出搬到佛罗里达州，所以答案为“宣布”。

4. C 交笔友需“交换”通讯地址。

5. D 由情态动词could可知作者可以向老师倾诉“任何”事情，体现出师生间无隔阂。

6. C 根据文意可知，“尽管”作者还是个中学生，老师还是很尊重他，表“尽管”使用even though。

7. B 老师有自己的事务要处理，但还是“设法”挤出时间写信，体现对作者的关心。A选项decide与前文老师出发前早已有意开始与作者做笔友的实际情况不符，不是现在才决定写信的。……