阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并填写在答题卡上。
After years of searching，a truth seeker was told to go to a cave，in which he would find a well．“Ask the well what is 36 ”，he was advised．‘'and the well will reveal it to you’． Having found the well，the seeker asked that most basic and important 37 ．And from the depths came the answer：“Go to the village crossroad，and there you shall find what you are seeking．”
Full of 38 the man ran to the crossroad to find only three rather _____39____ shops．One shop was selling pieces of metal，another sold 40 ，and thin wires were for sale in the third．Nothing and no one there seemed to 41 much to do with the revelation of truth．
Disappointed，the seeker returned to the well to demand an 42 ，but he was told only：“You will 43 in the future．”
As years went by, the 44 of his experience at the well gradually 45 until one night，while he was walking，the sound of sitar(一种弦乐器)music 46 his attention．It was wonderful and it was 47 with great skill and inspiration．
Deeply 48 ，the truth seeker felt drawn towards the 49 ．He looked at the fingers dancing over the strings．And then suddenly he let out a cry of joyful 51 ：the sitar was made out of wires and pieces of metal and wood just like 51 he had once seen in the three stores．
At last he understood the 52 of the well：we have already been given everything we
need：our 53 is to assemble and use them in the proper way．Nothing is 54 so long as we recognize only fragments(碎片)．But as soon as the pieces arc put together, something new appears．whose nature we could not have 55 by considering the fragments alone．
A．truth B．hope C．future D．music
A．fact B．reason C．question D．well
A．energy B．hope C．mystery D．surprise
A．interesting B．small C．uninteresting D．family-run
A．instruments B．clothing C．food D．wood
A．connect B．have C．prepare D．offer
A．explanation B．advice C．excuse D．opportunity
A．succeed B．discover C．pay D．understand
A．bitterness B．failure C．memory D．secret
A．doubled B．forgot C．faded D．recovered
A．paid B．lost C．split D．caught
A．played B．broadcast C．enjoyed D．conducted
A．annoyed B．moved C．confused D．frightened
A．adviser B．director C．composer D．player
A．admiration B．distinction C．recognition D．imagination
A．what B．that C．it D．which
A．secret B．message C．theory D．benefit
A．target B．difficulty C．task D．shortcoming
A．interesting B．meaningful C．accessible D．successful
A．foreseen B．decided C．judged D．formed
Everyone in business has been told that success is all about attracting and retaining (留住) customers. It sounds simple and achievable. But,1, words of wisdom are soon forgotten. Once companies have attracted customers they often2the second half of the story. In the excitement of beating off the competition, negotiating prices, securing orders, and delivering the product, managers tend to become carried away. They forget what they regard as the boring side of business-3that the customer remains a customer.
4to concentrate on retaining as well as attracting customers costs business huge amounts of money annually. It has been estimated that the average company loses between 10 and 30 per cent of its customers every years. In constantly changing5, this is not surprising. What is surprising is the fact that few companies have any idea how many customers they have lost.
Only now are organizations beginning to wake up to those lost opportunities and calculate the6implications. Cutting down the number of customers a company loses can make a big7in its performance. Research in the US found that a five per cent decrease in the number of defecting (流失的) customers led to8increases of between 25 and 85 per cent.
In the US, Domino's Pizza estimates that a regular customer is worth more than $5,000 over ten years. A customer who receives a poor quality product or service on their first visit and9never returns, is losing the company thousands of dollars in10profits (more if you consider how many people they are likely to tell about their bad experience).
The logic behind cultivating customer11is impossible to deny. "In practice most companies' marketing effort is focused on getting customers, with little attention paid to12them", says Adrian Payne of Cornfield University' School of Management. "Research suggests that there is a close relationship between retaining customers and making profits.13customers tend to buy more, are predictable and usually cost less to service than new customers. Furthermore, they tend to be less price14, and may provide free word-of-mouth advertising. Retaining customers also makes it15for competitors to enter a market or increase their share of a market.
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Do you still remember your dreams from childhood? They’re like flowers that never fade, “23-year-old Liu Wei told a happy audience during a broadcast of the nationwide talent competition China’s Got Talent. Liu, an ___16____ pianist from Beijing, was named one of the show’s finalists.
Liu once had arms. At the age of 10 he accidentally grabbed a high-voltage wire and lost his arms. “My family and I were so ___17____ then,” Liu recalled. He credits a disable boy he met at the hospital who gives him the __18_____ to cheer him up.
He was forced to __19_____ playing soccer (his favorite sport) but bounced back and ___20____himself to learn swimming. After two years, Liu had won two gold medals and one silver at the National Swimming Championship for the disabled in 2002.
By the age of 19, Liu had taught himself __21_____ to play the piano with his feet, fulfilling a childhood ___22____ of composing and producing music, he said ___23____ a big smile. “__24_____ enough time, I could be just as same as anyone.”
“I can read music and have __25_____ the ‘toeing’ by myself,” he told. According to Liu, the big toe is the most __26_____ digit when “toeing,” but that he can only reach five keys at the same time. “It means I
have to train my toes to move more ___27____,” he said.
One of the show’s hosts, Cao Kefan, told press. “He was __28_____ so hard his feet were constantly cramping,” Cao said.
“ We’ve all __29_____ our dreams when we were young, but no one has fought as hard as you,” commented Gao Xiaosong. Gao is one of the show’s judges and one of most ___30____ music producers in China.
“You tell us that to __31_____ our dream, we need to s
pare no pains,” said Yi Nengjing, a show judge and Taiwanese pop star.
“I’ve received a lot of letters of support, all ___32____ me to focus on my music,” Liu said. When asked what he would do when the show was ___33____, he revealed several music companies had asked to __34_____ him. But whatever happened, he added he is sure he would keep __35_____ his dream.
“Music is like water an
d air to me,” he said. “I can’t live with out it.”
A．aimless B．legless C．armless D．forceless
A．desperate B．happy C．angry D．nervous
A．power B．strength C．energy D．enthusiasm
A．give away B．give in C．give up D．give off
A．let B．devoted C．abandoned D．challenged
A．what B．how C．whether D．which
A．idea B．purpose C．dream D．thought
A．at B．to C．in D．with
A．given B．if C．when D．only if
A．carried out B．figured out C．worked out D．gave out
A．flexible B．available C．sensible D．advisble
A．heavily B．rapidly C．slowly D．slightly
A．looking B．working C．exercising D．practicing
A．looked for B．fought for C．make for D．took for
A．influential B．beneficial C．potential D．official
A．make B．gain C．get D．realize
A．letting B．discouraging C．inspiring D．encouraging
A．by B．out C．over D．off
A．offer B．sign C．answer D．find
A．pursuing B．looking C．thinking D．promising
From the time each of my children started school, I packed their lunches. And in each lunch ,I___26_____ a note. Often written on a napkin (餐巾)， it might be thank you for a ____27____ moment ,a reminder of something we were happily expecting,or a bit of __28_______ for the coming test orsporting event.
In the early grade school they __29____ their notes. But as children grow older they become self-conacious(有自我意识的),and _30_______ he reached high
School,my older son ,Marc, informed me he no longer_31________ my daily notes.Telling him that he no longer needed to _32______them but I still needed write them, I___33_____ untill the day he gratuated
Six years after high school graduation, Marc called asked if he could move__34_____for a couple of months.I had spent those years well,graduating from college,__35______two internships()in Washington,DC,and __36_____,becoming a technical assistant in Sacramento.____37______ short vacation visits,hower,he had lived away from home .With his younger sister leaving for college, I was ___38____ happy to have Marc back.Since Iwas __39____ making lunch for his younger brother, I _40______ one for Marc,too.Imagine my __41______ when Igot a call from my 24-year-old son,__42___ his lunch.
Did I do something __43_____? Don’t you love me _44_____,Mom ? werejust a few of the questions he threw at me as I _45_____asked him what was wrong.
My note,Mom, he answered,Where is my note?
A．carried B．found C．included D．held
A．difficult B．special C．comfortable D．separate
A．congratulation B．improvement C．explanation D．encouragament
A．loved B．answered C．wrote D．examined
A．lately B．by the way C．by the time D．gradually
A．received B．understood C．enjoyed D．collected
A．copy B．read C．take D．send
A．held up B．gave up C．followed D．continued
A．out B．home C．to D．to Sacramento
A．organizing B．planning C．comparing D．completing
A．hopefully B．forfinally C．particularly D．certainly
A．Because of B．Instead of C．Except for D．As for
A．especially B．immediately C．equally D．generally
A．once B．again C．still D．even
A．packed B．fetched C．bought D．filled
A．fear B．surprise C．. anger D．disappointment
A．waiting for B．worrying about C．caring for D．asking about
A．wrong B．funny C．strange D．smart
A．any more B．enough C．once more D．better
One day, I was working alone on the roof of a new six-story building. When I completed my work, I discovered that I had about 500 pounds of bircks left over! 36 carry the bricks down by hand I decided to lower them by a pulley（滑车）, which fortunately was _37 to the side of the building on the sixth floor.
Fastening the rope at the ground level, I went up to the roof and _38 the bricks into a barrel (桶). Then I went back to the _39 and untied the rope, 40 it tightly to insure a __41__ fall of the 500 punds of bricks. You know, I only weighed 135 pounds. Due to my __42 _ at being pulled off the ground so suddenly, I lost my presence of mind and _43 to let go of the rope. Needless to say, I went on at a rather _44 _ rate up the building.
Near the third floor, I met the barrel __45 , which made my collarbone（锁骨）broken, __46 _ only slightly, I didn’t stop. At approximately（大约）the same time, the barrel _47__ the ground, and the bottom fell out of the barrel. 48 the bricks, the barrel now weighed about 50 pounds. I refer you again to my weight of 135 pounds. _49 you might imagine, I began a rapid down.
Also near the _50 _ floor, I met the barrel coming up, which made my legs broken. The encounter（相遇）with the _ 51 _ slowed me enough to reduce my _52 when I fell onto the pile of bricks, and 53 , only three vertebrae（椎骨）were broken. However, as I __54__there on the bricks in pain, unable to move, and _55 the barrel six stories above, I again lost my presence of mind. I let go of the rope!
A．Rather than B．Other than C．Better than D．Instead of
A．connected B．attached C．added D．joined
A．brought B．carried C．loaded D．took
A．ceiling B．floor C．roof D．ground
A．grabbing B．pulling C．fastening D．holding
A．sudden B．quick C．slow D．peaceful
A．carelessness B．surprise C．excitement D．joy
A．forgot B．had C．took D．began
A．slow B．rapid C．strange D．special
A．coming down B．going up C．going down D．coming up
A．Slowed B．Calmed C．Relaxed D．Cooled
A．fell B．beat C．hit D．knocked
A．Besides B．Without C．With D．Beyond
A．As B．When C．While D．Which
A．first B．ground C．second D．third
A．bricks B．barrel C．pulley D．rope
A．pain B．weight C．injuries D．speed
A．unluckily B．surely C．undoubtedly D．fortunately
A．sat B．lay C．stood D．bent
A．noticed B．remembered C．watched D．saw
In order to separate loving parents from their freshman sons, Morehouse College in Atlant
a has held a/an __36___"Parting Ceremony."
When University of Minnesota freshmen __37___ at the end of this month, parental separation will be a little trickier: mothers and fathers will be ___38__ to a reception elsewhere ___39__ students can meet their roommates and talk about dorm room space -- __40__ adult breaking in.
In the latest wave in which superinvolved parents __41___ their children to college, universities are __42__ activities ___43__ to speed the separation. In the age of MSN and twice-daily texts home, ___44__ colleges are urging "sticky parents" to leave sooner so students can __45__ independence.
Grinnell College here, like others, has found it __46__ to make it clear when parents __47__ say goodbye. After computer printers and bags had been carried to dorm rooms, everyone gathered in the gymnasium, students on one side, __48__ on the other.
Shortly __49__, mothers and fathers were urged to leave campus.
Moving their students in usually takes a few hours. Moving on? Most deans can tell __50__ of parents who hang around campus for days. At Colgate Univ
ersity in Hamilton, N.Y. "We recognize it's a __51__ day for families," Beverly Low, t
he dean (院长) of first-year students said. Still, during various parent meetings on Colgate's move-in day, Ms. Low and other officials __52__ tell the parents __53__ that "activities for the class of freshmen begin at 4 on time, so parents should leave before 4." she said.
Formal departure ceremonies are unusual __54__ growing in popularity, said Joyce Holl, head of the National Orientation Directors Association. A more common method is for colleges to limit the hour for last hugs.__55___, the parents of Princeton freshmen learn from the move-in schedule, "the rest events a
re intended for students only."A formal B informal C casual D grand
A move out B move in C move around D graduat
eA sent B driven C invited D called on
A so B but C still D yet
A with B as C where D without
A rescue B deliver C travel D release
A running out B taking out C carrying out D picking out
A wanted B meant C devoted D prepared
A in which B which C how D where
A form B create C increase D develop
A necessary B unimportant C useless D difficult
A will B need C must D would
A teachers B police C professors D parents
A before B after C later D passed
A news B comments C stories D shadows
A little B huge C long D large
A plan to B take to C ask to D carry to
A rudely B directly C conveniently D hardly
A and B but C however D so
A For the time being B For a long time C For example D For a change
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