6. A. helping B. wheeling C. hugging D. dragging

7. A. Sadly B. Eventually C. Surprisingly D. Slowly

8. A. disappeared B. retired C. fell to sleep D. passed away

9. A. unhappily B. uneasily C. occasionally D. gently

10. A. visits B. movements C. activities D. affairs

11. A. gathered B. returned C. received D. ended

12. A. reports B. says C. arranges D. knows

13. A. praises B. misses C. welcomes D. loves

14. A. lack B. need C. list D. most

15. A. Therefore B. Thus C. But D. Yet

16. A. enjoyable B. satisfied C. lovable D. beautiful

17. A. Since B. As C. Although D. Because

18. A. calm B. friendly C. strange D. safe

19. A. in death B. in need C. firmly D. secretly

20. A. everything B. anything C. nothing D. something

第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（ 1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

　　A 14-year-old Chinese boy overcame two of humankind's most dreaded fears-getting stuck in an elevator and getting homework 1________(do), in a single night 2________(owe) to his calm-witted character.

Sun Yixiao was on his way up on Tuesday evening after school 3________ the lift suddenly came to a stop. A moment of panic followed before the 4________(teenage) could find a way out.

Sun said he tried to open the elevator door, 5________(press) all the buttons in the hope to get the elevator to work again, but it didn't work.

Without a cell phone at hand, Sun tried yelling to get attention of people outside, but no one responded as time passed by. He slipped a note through the door 6________the message "people stuck inside, please ask the property management for help," and hoped someone 7________(pick) it up and act on it.

After exhausting all his options without knowing how long it would take before someone found him, he took out his textbooks and started to do his homework 8________(patient).