When an NBA player is young, he thinks he can win the championship by himself. It is only later ______ he has aged and been through many battles that he learns an important lesson: there is no “I” in “team”.

There is no better example of the value of ______ than the Boston Celtics. Paul Pierce, Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett were all superstars on three different teams. ______, none of them had any titles（头衔） to show for it. Then, last season, they decided to play together, caring little ______ money and fame. Garnett and Allen ______ Pierce on the Celtics and changed the NBA in the process.

It started in simple ways. Garnett and Allen are two of the best athletes in the world. They treat every second of every ______ as it is the NBA championship. If you want to play alongside them then you will have to do the same. Therefore, the young guys on the Celtics started giving their ______ effort too.

Pierce had been the star of the Celtics for many years. He used to shoot the ball many times a game. But with the addition of Allen and Garnett he shot less and ______ defense（防卫）. His selflessness showed the young players that doing what made the team better was the only thing that _______. When the Celtics were winning and the game was almost ______, Garnett, Pierce and Allen would come out of the game. But they wouldn’t just sit on the bench. ______, they stood and cheered and screamed for their teammates. They wanted to ______ their friends and teammates.

Now, the guys who don’t play know they can still affect the game by cheering, so they scream and cheer when Garnett, Allen and Pierce are playing. The Celtics have ______ a strong relationship. They are ______ just teammates. They are brothers.

The result: the Boston Celtics won the 2008 NBA championship and are considered the favorites to win the Eastern Conference championship again this year. There is a saying that goes, “A successful team beats with one ______.” If that is the case, the Celtics may have the biggest heart in the NBA.

1.A. which               B. that         C. when          D. where

2.A. determination  B. chance C. teamwork      D. advantage

3.A. Or               B. Though  C. And           D. Yet

4.A. of                B. for              C. to           D. about

5.A. joined              B. noticed         C. persuaded    D. encouraged

6.A. detail      B. practice        C. partner    D. request

7.A. full              B. proud    C. happy       D. confident

8.A. gave in            B. waited for     C. ended up      D. centered on

9.A. helped            B. decided        C. cared        D. mattered

10.A. on             B. over           C. off     D. in

11.A. Instead          B. Finally  C. Then         D. Besides

12.A. calm              B. support         C. organize        D. advise

13.A. understood      B. accepted     C. enjoyed         D. developed

14.A. rather than       B. other than   C. less than        D. more than

15.A. heart             B. person C. attitude          D. tip

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。错误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（Ù），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：在错的词下面划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：

1. 每处错误及修改均限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从11处起）不计分。        

The winter holiday are coming, that makes me excited. I have been looking forward at relaxing myself. I'd like to go skating, climb mountains and see several movie. I think I can play the basketball with my classmates. How a wonderful time I'll have during the winter holiday! However, my parents think different. They don't want me go out. They are afraid I'll be knock down by a truck or fight with others. Besides, they are afraid I will lose my way. I hate being treated like a bird in a cage. To get more freedom, I will try to persuade him.

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。（共5小题：每小题2分，满分10分）
Empathy （共鸣）
Last year, researchers from the University of Michigan reported that empathy, the ability to understand other people, among college students had dropped sharply over the past 10 years. __【小题1】__ Today, people spend more time alone and are less likely to join groups and clubs.
Jennifer Freed, a co-director of a teen program, has another explanation. Turn on the TV, and you’re showered with news and reality shows full of people fighting, competing, and generally treating one another with no respect. __【小题2】__
There are good reasons not to follow those bad examples. Humans are socially related by nature. __【小题3】__ Researchers have also found that empathetic teenagers are more likely to have high self-respect. Besides, empathy can be a cure for loneliness, sadness, anxiety, and fear.
Empathy is also an indication of a good leader. In fact, Freed says, many top companies report that empathy is one of the most important things they look for in new managers. __【小题4】__ “Academics are important. But if you don’t have emotional (情感的) intelligence, you won’t be as successful in work or in your love life,” she says.
What’s the best way to up your EQ (情商）? For starters, let down your guard and really listen to others. __【小题5】__
To really develop empathy, you’d better volunteer at a nursing home or a hospital, join a club or a team that has a diverse membership, have a “sharing circle” with your family, or spend time caring for pets at an animal shelter.
Everyone is different, and levels of empathy differ from person to person.
That could be because so many people have replaced face time with screen time, the researchers said.
“One doesn’t develop empathy by having a lot of opinions and doing a lot of  talking,” Freed says.
Humans learn by example—and most of the examples on it are anything but empathetic.
Empathy is a matter of learning how to understand someone else—both what they think and how they feel.
Good social skills—including empathy—are a kind of “emotional intelligence” that will help you succeed in many areas of life.
G．Having relationships with other people is an important part of being human—and having empathy is decisive to those relationships.

I know I should have told the headmaster at the time. That was my real     .

He had gone out of the study for some     , leaving me alone. In his absence I looked to see     was on his desk. In the      was a small piece of paper on which were written the      “English Writing Prize 1949. History Is a Serious of Biographies (人物传记)”.

A(n)      boy would have avoided looking at the title as soon as he saw the _ _ _. I did not. The subject of the English Writing Prize was kept a      until the start of the exam so I could not      reading it.

When the headmaster     , I was looking out of the window.

I should have told him what had      then. It would have been so      to say: “I’m sorry, but I      the title for the English Writing Prize on your desk. You’ll have to      it.”

The chance passed and I did not      it. I sat the exam the next day and I won. I didn’t __   to cheat, but it was still cheating anyhow.

That was thirty-eight years      when I was fifteen. I have never told anyone about it before,      have I tried to explain to myself why not.

The obvious explanation is that I could not admit I had seen the title   __ admitting that I had been looking at the things on his desk.      there must have been more behind it. Whatever it was, it has become a good example of how a little mistake can trap (使陷入) you in a more serious moral corner (道德困境).

1.A. plan   B. fault      C. grade    D. luck

2.A. reason        B. course  C. example        D. vacation

3.A. this    B. which    C. that       D. what

4.A. drawer       B. corner  C. middle  D. box

5.A. names        B. words   C. ideas     D. messages

6.A. honest        B. handsome     C. friendly          D. active

7.A. desk  B. paper    C. book     D. drawer

8.A. question    B. key        C. note      D. secret

9.A. help   B. consider        C. practise         D. forget

10.A. disappeared     B. stayed   C. returned       D. went

11.A. existed     B. remained      C. happened     D. continued

12.A. tiring        B. easy      C. important      D. difficult

13.A. saw  B. gave      C. set         D. made

14.A. repeat      B. defend C. correct D. change

15.A. take B. have      C. lose       D. find

16.A. remember        B. learn     C. mean    D. pretend

17.A. past B. ago        C. then      D. before

18.A. either       B. never    C. nor        D. so

19.A. by    B. besides C. through         D. without

20.A. But  B. Though C. Otherwise     D. Therefore

根据对话情景和内容， 从对话后所给的选项中选出能填入每一空白处的最佳选项。

Jerry: Hi, Mike. Look like you’ve got some sun.

Mike: I guess so. I spent the weekend on the beach.

Jerry: Really? That sounds exciting.      1.    

Mike: At my friend’s house. He invited me to stay there for as long as I wanted.

Jerry:       2.       

Mike: Oh, I have a paper to work on.

Jerry:       3.      I mean besides lying out in the sun.

Mike: I played some volleyball. I never realized how hard it is to run on sand.

Jerry:       4.       Did you go swimming?

Mike: I intended to.       5.       So I just went fishing.

Jerry: All sounds so relaxing.

A.What a pity!

B.It must be cool.

C.Where did you stay?

D.But how did you get there?

E.So what else did you do out there?

F.But the water wasn’t warm enough.

G.Then why not stay there for a longer time?