（2017全国一卷）

While high school does not generally encourage students to explore new aspects of life,college sets the stage for that exploration. I myself went through this 41 process and found something that has changed my 42 at college for the better:I discovered ASL-American Sign Language(美式手语).

I never felt an urge to 43 any sign language before.My entire family is hearing,and so are all my friends.The 44 language were enough in all my interactions(交往).Little did I know that I would discover my 45 for ASL.

The 46 began during my first week at college. I watched as the ASL Club 47 their translation of a song. Both the hand movements and the very 48 of communicating without speaking 49 me. What I saw was completely unlike anything I had experienced in the 50 .This newness just left me 51 more.

After that, feeling the need to 52 further, I decided to drop in on one of ASL club`s meetings. I only learned how to 53 the alphabet that day. Yet instead of being discouraged by my 54 progress,I was excited. I then made it a point to 55 those meetings and learn all I could.

The following term, I 56 an ASL class. The professor was deaf and any talking was 57 . I soon realized that the silence was not unpleasant. 58 , if there had been any talking, it would have 59 us to learn less. Now, I appreciate the silence and the 60 way of communication it opens.

41. A. searching B. planning 42. A. progress 43. A. choose 44. A. official 45. A. love

46. A. meeting 47. A. recorded 48. A. idea 50. A. end

49. A. disturbed 51. A. showing 52. A. exercise 53. A. print 54. A. slow 55. A. chair

B. experience B. read

B. foreign B. concern B. trip

B. performed B. amount B. supported B. past B. acting B. write B. steady B. passed

C.natural C. major C. learn C. body C. goal C. story C. recited C. dream C. course C. saying C. sign C. normal C. attend

D. formal D. opinion D. create D. spoken D. request D. task D. discussed D. reason D. attracted D. distance D. wanting D. explain D. count D. obvious D. organize D. registered for D. repeated D. However D. new

C. embarrassed

B. explore C. express

B. sponsor B. welcomed

56. A. missed 57. A. prohibited 58. A. Lastly 59. A. required 60. A. easy

C. gave up C. ignored C. Instead

C. quick

B. Thus B. caused

C. allowed D. expected

B. popular

（2017全国二卷）

In 1973, I was teaching elementary school. Each day, 27 kids 41 “The Thinking Laboratory.” That was the 42 students voted for after deciding that “Room 104” was too 43 .

Freddy was an average 44 ,but not an average person. He had the rare balance of fun and compassion（同情）.He would 45 the loudest over fun and be the saddest over anyone’s 46 . Before the school year 47 ,I gave the kids a special 48 , T-shirts with the words “Verbs Are Your 49 ” on them. I had advised the kids that while verbs（动词）may seem dull ,most of the 50 things they do throughout their lives will be verbs.

Through the years, I’d run into former students who would provide 51 on old classmates. I learned that Freddy did several jobs after his 52 from high school and remained the same 53 person I met forty years before .Once, while working overnight at a store, he let a homeless man 54 in his truck . Another time , he 55 a friend money to buy a house . Just last year, I was 56 a workshop when someone knocked at the classroom door. A woman 57 the interruption and handed me an envelope. I stopped teaching and 58 it up. Inside were the “Verbs” shirt and a 59 from Freddy’s mother. “Freddy passed away on Thanksgiving. He wanted you to have this.”

I told the story to the class. As sad as it was, I couldn’t help smiling. Although Freddy was taken from us, we all 60 something from Freddy

41 A. built 42 A. name 43 A. small 44 A. scholar 45 A. speak 46 A. misfortune 47 A. changed 48 A. lesson 49 A. friends 50 A. simple 51 A. assessments 52 A. graduation 53 A. daring 54 A. wait 55 A. paid 56 A. observing 57 A. regretted 58 A. opened 59 A. picture 60 A.chose

B. entered B. rule B. dark B. student B. sing B. disbelief B. approached B. gift B. Awards B. unique B. comments B. retirement B. modest B. sleep B. charged B. preparing B. avoided B. packed B. bill B.took

C. decorated C. brand C. strange C. citizen C. question C. dishonesty C. returned C. report C. Masters C. fun C. instructions C. separation C. caring C. study C. lent C. designing C. excused C. gave C. note C.expected

D. ran D. plan D. dull D. worker D. laugh D. mistake D. ended D. message D. Tasks D. clever D. updates D. resignation D. smart D. live D. owed D. conducting D. ignored D. held D. diary D.borrowed

（2017全国三卷）

A Toronto man is offering a free round-the-world air ticket to the right woman. But 41 apply. You must be named Elizabeth Gallahgher and have a Canadian 42 .

Jordan Axani, 28, said he and his then girlfriend, Elizabeth Gallagher, booked heavily discounted round-the-world air tickets in May, but their 43 ended and he did not want her ticket to 44 . The ticket had a strict no-transfer（不可转让）45 , but since passport information was not required when 46 , any Canadian Elizabeth Gallagher can 47 it.

“I just want to see the ticket go to good use and for someone to 48 a lot of joy,” said Axani. He posted his 49 on a social networking website, and received thousands of e-mails, including thirty from actual Elizabeth Gallagbers with the 50 passports, “More 51 , there are hundreds of Canadians who are interested in 52 their name to Elizabeth Gallagher,” Axani said. “It was absolutely out of 53 , thousands of e-mails, people around the world 54 their stories of travel.”

Axani wrote in his post that he is not 55 anything in return and that the woman who uses the 56 ticket can choose to either travel with him or 57 the ticket and travel on her own.

The 58 is scheduled to start on December 21 in New York City and continue on to Milan, Prague, Paris, Bangkok and New Delhi before 59 in Toronto on January 8. He said the 60 woman will be announced on the website and the trip will be shared online.

41. A. benefits 42. A. origin 43. A. holiday 45. A. policy 46. A. applying 47. A. use

48. A. sacrifice 49. A. answer 50. A. same 52. A. writing 53. A. touch 55. A. leaving 56. A. single 57. A. return 59. A. ending 60. A. honored

B. deposits B. passport B. marriage

C. restrictions C. accent C. dream

D. examinations D. friend D. relationship D. come into effect D. schedule D. bargaining D. buy D. provide D. comment D. real D. convincing D. changing D. control D. doubting D. dealing with D. extra D. hide D. meeting D. staying D. lucky

44. A. go to waste B. come to mind B. booking B. borrow B. express B. advice B. right B. giving

C. go no sale C. payment C. checking C. choose C. offer C. new

C. experience

B. order

51. A. interesting B. annoying B. question B. advertising B. looking for B. strange B. take B. calling B. lovely

B. program

C. satisfying C. lending C. date C. losing C. regular C. trip

C. sharing

54. A. admiring

C. reserve C. repeating C. intelligent

58. A. interview