【正文】 down十三、 (2017山東煙臺(tái))It was the last evening of the old year. In the cold and darkness there went__1__the street a poor little girl，with bare feet.She carried a small bundle of matches in her hand，and a lot__2__in her broken apron(圍裙). No one had bought any all day long. Trembling with cold and hunger，the girl walked on and little child!In a corner，she sat down，but she could not warm herself. She was__4__to go home. she had earned(賺) not a coin，and perhaps her father would__5__her，and her home was almost as cold as the street. Her hands were nearly dead with cold. She struck one match against the wall，and held her hands__6__the flame(火焰)．She wanted to warm her small hands. It was quite a magic light. She found herself__7__before a large iron173。stove. How warm it was! As the child wanted to warm her feet，the flame__8__，and the stove disappeared. The little girl sat cold and hungry，with the burnt match in her hand.A second match was lighted. She saw a table__9__delicious food. The roast goose stood at one end，with knife and folk in her breast，jumped down from the dishes，and came to the poor child. The match was burnt out and only the thick，__10__wall was beside her.She struck __11__match，this time，her gentle and loving grandmother came up，bright and happy as she had never looked during her lifetime.“Grandma！”__12__the child，“Oh. take me with you! I know that you will leave me __13__the match goes out.” And she lighted all the matches hurriedly；she would like__14__her old grandmother disappearing. Her kind，old and beautiful grandmother took the little girl in her arms，and they both flew high together，until they were in that place where neither cold，nor hunger，nor__15__is ever known.The next morning，the little girl was found dead in the corner，with a smile on her face.1. A. away B. along C. off D. out2. A. many B. much C. most D. more3. A. What a B. What C. How a D. How4. A. happy B. willing C. afraid D. ready5. A. worry B. beat C. pay D. praise6. A. in B. across C. below D. over7. A. sit B. sitting C. sits D. sat8. A. died down B. put off C. broke away D. turned down9. A. made of B. next to C. full of D. close to10. A. hard B. warm C. deep D. soft11. A. another one B. other C. another D. the other12. A. asked B. talked C. nodded D. cried13. A. as soon as B. as if C. even though D. so that14. A. stopping B. to keep C. to stop D. keep15. A. hope B. pain C. feeling D. anger十四、 (2017北京)A Meaningful GiftEmily was an eight grader. To pass her Civics course(公民課程)，she had to do some volunteer service in a nursing home for a week.One Monday, Emily went to the nursing home after school. When she arrived，she was told she would __1__an hour every weekday with an elderly lady，Mrs. Blair. She was then led into a room，where an old lady in a flowery dress was sitting on a sofa.Emily __2__awkwardly(別扭地) in front of the lady. She cleared her throat and said，“Good afternoon. I39。m Emily.”“Good afternoon，Emily. Take a seat，please.” Mrs. Blair replied.Then __3__ filled the space between them. Emily wondered what to say.“Tell me about yourself，Emily，” Mrs. Blair said suddenly.“Well，” Emily started，“I don39。t have any grandparents，so I can39。t relate to elderly people much. I love the performing arts. I39。m here mainly because I have to __4__ here to get a good grade for my Civics class.”Mrs. Blair didn39。t seem to __5__. “Many people，especially teens，don39。t seem to care about old people like me. Now you39。re here，and I39。m going to change that about you. Ask me anything.”Emily thought for a moment，and finally decided，“What was your job？”“I was a Broadway star in the 1950s.” Mrs. Blair answered.“Cool! Can you tell me about it？” Emily asked，amazed.Mrs. Blair smiled. “Back then，only the lead actress had the honor to wear a __6__bracelet. I was the lead in almost all of the plays，so I always wore the bracelet. Till this way，I still have it.”Emily smiled along with Mrs. Blair and listened to the other stories，attentively. She had bee so interested in Mrs. Blair39。s__7__ that she decided to e earlier the next day.Tuesday，Wednesday，and Thursday passed by quickly. Then came Friday. As she was leaving，Emily was really __8__ to say goodbye.“Don39。t be sad. You can still visit me，” Mrs. Blair forted her. She then handed a small box to Emily，“It39。s my gift to you.”Emily __9__ opened the box and was surprised to see what was inside. “It39。s the bracelet that you wore. Thank you！” Emily said，with tears in her eyes. “I39。m sure to visit you whenever I39。m free.”O(jiān)n her way home，Emily thought of her own love for the performing arts. She touched the bracelet and made a __10__ that she would keep her word to Mrs. Blair.1. A. waste B. spend C. plan D. exercise2. A. asked B. sat C. stood D. danced3. A. warmth B. sadness C. happiness D. silence4. A. study B. live C. volunteer D. play5. A. mind B. fear C. insist D. regret6. A. strange B. special C. mon D. private7. A. dreams B. hobbies C. stories D. jokes8. A. upset B. confused C. surprised D. nervous9. A. proudly B. secretly C. worriedly D. carefully10. A. promise B. change C. judgment D. choice十五、 (2017湖北武漢)On 28 of March Richard Byrd stood outside the small house. He shook hands with the men who were leaving. They were heading back to the main camp on the coast of Antarctica(南極洲). He would __1__ to work at the base camp.“I don39。t like leaving you here alone.” Pete Demas said. “I39。ll be__2__，” Byrd replied. He was looking forward to the challenge of spending the winter at the base camp. He would be recording the weather. There was plenty of food and fuel(燃料) in the tiny house. He felt sure __3__ would go wrong.But something did go wrong. Byrd was burning the fuel for __4__. But the fumes(有毒氣體) were not leaving t