10. Looking at old photographs of yourself on social websites can improve your mood, and this finding _______ previous researches, which suggested otherwise.

　A. conducts B. contradicts C. confuses D. condemn 11. The international situation is quite _______ at present. Any move towards a country's own interest may cause immediate conflicts.

　A. stable B. violent C. delicate D. sharp 12. They have _______ a few newspapers to keep themselves informed of the hot issues of the changing time.

　A. subscribed to B. corresponded to C. responded to D. contributed to 13. Never for a second in our life _______ the importance of keeping our family company.

　A. had we forgotten B. we have forgotten 　C. we should forget D. should we forget 14. Just make sure you are _______ your inner voice while making these decisions.

　A. in tune with B. in parallel with 　C. in connection with D. in comparison with 15. In her talk, Lee focused on joy and _______ we can all find - and create - more of it in life.

　A. what B. where C. when D. how 二、完形填空（共20 小题；每小题1.5 分，满分30 分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

　　From that day on, when eight-year-old Jack with gray eyes began riding my school bus, he was a troublemaker. His father passed away and he did not live with his mother. If a fight 16__ , it must have Jack. If a girl was crying, __17___ were that Jack had pulled her hair. I practiced every bit of ___18___ , talking to him again and again, but no use. No matter how I spoke to him, __19__ or strictly, he would stare at me with those big gray eyes __20__ a word.

Towards the end of the year, I received many small gifts from kids on my bus. A little girl sent me a star key chain. She had written, "I love Polly and Polly loves me." On the last day of school I was 21 because of talking to the headmaster. When I got on the bus I 22 that the star key chain was gone. "Jack was the first one to get on the bus. Check his 23," insisted the girl who had given me the gift.