Sumo wrestlers (相扑选手) are usually big, heavy men. The biggest sumo wrestler of all the time is Koni-shiki, who now 16 about 230 kg. Born in Hawaii, he was 17 a big boy. When he was a teenager, some people 18 he go to Japan and become a sumo wrestler.
Although he took their advice, at first it was a 19 life. “I had to clean the toilets and 20 the rubbish (垃圾),” Konishiki remembered, “I knew I had to 21 to life in Japan. I said to myself, ‘I 22 learn Japanese.’ Soon I could 23 it quite well.”
Konishiki’s career started 24 , and he was soon upgraded to a higher rank. But despite his 25 he soon had health problems. The doctors told him that he should 26 some weight. “I started dieting. I 27 to do it. But I did it too 28 ,” he said, “I lost some of my strength, too.”
He lost a lot of fights, and then his parents got 29 in a car crash. “I must go and 30 them,” he thought. Though it was only three days 31 a big tournament (锦标赛), he flew back to Hawaii. Despite his 32 , they were not badly injured.
When he returned, he knew that he had to do well. The newspapers said, “Konishiki must win, 33 he will go down in rank.”
Though he had many problems, Konishiki won 14 of his 15 fights, and won the Emperor’s Cup. He was so 34 that he cried. “You ought not to show your feelings,” he said, “but I couldn’t 35 it.”
A．means B．measures C．weighs D．has
A．always B．hardly C．sometimes D．once
A．promised B．allowed C．considered D．suggested
A．real B．hard C．comfortable D．rich
A．sell B．bring C．take D．empty
A．adapt B．respond C．devote D．lead
A．would B．can C．must D．may
A．speak B．say C．learn D．tell
A．bad B．well C．suddenly D．similarly
A．failure B．success C．effort D．fame
A．gain B．lose C．save D．spare
A．failed B．began C．had D．refused
A．stupidly B．carefully C．slowly D．quickly
A．shocked B．destroyed C．ruined D．injured
A．visit B．care C．meet D．serve
A．after B．since C．before D．until
A．joy B．worry C．surprise D．regret
A．because B．but C．or D．and
A．sad B．nervous C．curious D．happy
A．do B．help C．feel D．leave
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20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。
I was in the ninth grade, when I began to suffer from depression. I didn’t have many friends. I could never my problems. Soon I refused to attend classes for days. I became and angry. I would even shut myself in my room for hours. The exams were approaching, but I didn’t care. My parents and teachers were at my bad performance. Constant quarrels made life at home a living hell—all because of me.
One morning, after a hard from Dad, I stood blankly at the school gate. As the other students to their classrooms, our English teacher found me. what I'd done, she led me to her office.
The next 45 minutes were the most moments of my life. She said she had noticed a big in me. She wanted to know why I was so often and unhappy. She took my hand in hers and listened as I spilled out my worries. She then hugged me I sobbed my closed emotions out. I could feel my months of frustration and loneliness melt .
No one had tried to understand what the real problem was, but my teacher had done it with her act of just listening to me with such attention and .
She to be my best friend. From then on, I often went to her office and we discussed my problems, hobbies and everything my mind. I looked forward to school every day.
As the exams again, I studied hard. When the results were declared, everybody was pleased. But happiest of all was my English teacher. With tears of joy, she me with a pen. Today I have become a happy thanks to her.
A．hide B．explore C．share D．keep
A．sensitive B．hopeless C．energetic D．stubborn
A．simply B．gradually C．loosely D．originally
A．terrified B．astonished C．frightened D．pleased
A．comment B．suggestion C．permission D．lecture
A．pulled B．paced C．burst D．marched
A．Realizing B．Expressing C．Wondering D．Ignoring
A．familiar B．precious C．painful D．powerful
A．change B．hurt C．relief D．principle
A．selfish B．absent C．quiet D．desperate
A．pitifully B．hopefully C．madly D．patiently
A．even if B．since C．as D．so
A．away B．out C．off D．aside
A．valuable B．reliable C．simple D．generous
A．invitation B．expression C．responsibility D．care
A．expected B．promised C．requested D．persuaded
A．on B．over C．beneath D．across
A．attacked B．attended C．approached D．arose
A．punished B．presented C．praised D．replaced
A．musician B．reporter C．coach D．writer
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）
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，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
As I left Spacsavers, I walked along the Regent Road, and suddenly the world was closing in around me. I could no longer hear the sound of busy London traffic, the footsteps walking behind me, the buzz of conversation around me. I felt anxious crossing the road. All the I take for granted had gone. I had entered into a world of silence.
This experience occurred a few weeks ago when I agreed to “go deaf for the day” to the work of the charity Hearing Dogs for Deaf People. Now I serve as an ambassador.
That day when I a cab to take me to the office of my manager, Gavin, I couldn’t hear what the taxi driver was saying to me. was impossible. Then, when I reached the office, I had to the interphone (对讲机)five times as I couldn’t hear a(n) .
Everybody said I was shouting at them — I simply wasn’t of the volume of my own voice. Gavin kept telling me my phone was ringing, but I didn’t . I was too busy trying to concentrate on his lips. And when he tried to tell me a code to put into my phone, I had to keep asking him to repeat it more slowly again and again. he lost his patience and shouted at me: “Just give me the phone!” I was shocked.
People couldn’t be to repeat themselves, so they kept trying to do things for me that I was to finish by myself. I lost control, feeling and awkward.
Being deaf for the day was extraordinarily . I had to work so hard to “ ” with my eyes, get people’s attention and use my other to make up for my lack of hearing. It was a huge, exhausting effort. Until that I didn’t realize how much I took my own hearing for granted, or the sorts of emotions and experiences deaf people go .
Therefore, if a deaf person asks you to repeat something, say: “It doesn’t matter.” It does matter. It matters more than you know.
A．friends B．responsibilities C．sounds D．efforts
A．puzzling B．disturbing C．inspiring D．inviting
A．advertise B．support C．check D．improve
A．called for B．waited for C．sent for D．made for
A．Prayer B．Explanation C．Payment D．Conversation
A．argument B．recall C．response D．rhythm
A．aware B．careful C．proud D．ashamed
A．realize B．accept C．agree D．hope
A．kissing B．describing C．drawing D．reading
A．Happily B．Automatically C．Finally D．Curiously
A．required B．bothered C．ordered D．persuaded
A．free B．lucky C．regretful D．able
A．confident B．relaxed C．desperate D．embarrassed
A．amazing B．frightening C．tiring D．convincing
A．listen B．understand C．communicate D．share
A．interests B．senses C．behaviors D．disabilities
A．performance B．lesson C．challenge D．experience
A．after B．into C．through D．for
A．never B．sometimes C．always D．still
Many times we do something positive or say something kind, but we don’t see the influence it has on other people. We may ______ these “random（随意的）acts of kindness”, but we never know what happens next. One time, I was lucky enough to ______.
I was returning from a trip ______ I stopped to refuel and get snack at a gas station. It was late. I was______, and home was still more than two hours away. I was feeling______, and my back hurt from all the ______.
I went _____. The checker smiled at me, and we ______ for a moment. I don’t remember ______ what she said, but I do remember the ______ she showed me. I was______ by her kindness. It kept me going on my journey home.
The next week, I was cleaning my purse, and I ______ the receipt. The receipt（收据） reminded me of the clerk’s ______, and it had the address of the store. I decided to ______ a thank-you note to her manager.
In the letter I told the manager that his employee’s kind words and caring attitude stood out to me, _____ my trip home.
A week ______, that clerk wrote me back. As a result of my note, she got a(n) ______ from her manager and a company award. I was ______. Robin’s kindness inspired me to return her positivity.
Mother Teresa ______ us to “do small things with great love”. Oftentimes, when we do such small things, we don’t get to see the effects of our kind words or deeds, _____ every so often, we’re blessed to discover the positive outcome.
A．imagine B．practice C．devote D．dream
A．work out B．figure out C．make out D．find out
A．when B．why C．whether D．that
A．clever B．tired C．lazy D．poor
A．down B．well C．upset D．disappointed
A．driving B．running C．swimming D．walking
A．outside B．away C．off D．inside
A．believed B．explained C．shouted D．chatted
A．exactly B．surprisingly C．carelessly D．unluckily
A．interest B．kindess C．shame D．pity
A．hungry B．refreshed C．crazy D．angry
A．came across B．dropped off C．called on D．looked for
A．feelings B．warmth C．stedngth D．interests
A．check B．book C．write D．copy
A．designing B．repairing C．taking D．brighttening
A．ago B．later C．since D．lately
A．operation B．suggestion C．employment D．praise
A．successful B．shocked C．satisfied D．convenient
A．advised B．forced C．suggested D．demanded
A．as B．though C．so D．but
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The idea for Father's Day started in 1909. A woman named Dodd about starting a Father's Day holiday listening to a Mother's Day speech at church. Miss Dodd wanted a day to honor her , William Smart, who had fought in the American Civil War. His wife died when birth to their sixth child. Mr. Smart raised the baby and his other children on a farm in Washington State. When Dodd became an adult, she how kind and loving her father had been while raising his six children alone. She believed her father had worked very hard to make sure his children healthy and strong. As Dodd's father was born in , she chose to hold the Father's Day celebration in Spokane, Washington on June nineteenth, 1910. In 1924, President Coolidge gave his to the idea of a national Father's Day. Then, in 1966, President Johnson signed a presidential statement（总统令） the third Sunday in June as Father's Day.
In early times, wearing was a traditional way to celebrate Father's Day. People wore red roses to fathers who were still living. White flowers were worn to remember fathers who had . Today, Americans celebrate Father's Day in many different ways. families take their fathers out to a restaurant for a meal. Others give their fathers with special messages of thanks. Children living far call their fathers on the telephone to them a happy Father's Day. the holiday is celebrated, the idea is for children to let their father know that he is valued and loved. one historian in America has said, "Lucky is the man who hears many small voices call him father."
A．talked B．cared C．thought D．brought
A．while B．before C．if D．but
A．normal B．strange C．common D．special
A．mother B．father C．sister D．brother
A．having B．doing C．giving D．taking
A．six B．five C．four D．three
A．forgot B．remembered C．organized D．recognized
A．grew up B．put up C．stayed up D．looked up
A．spring B．summer C．autumn D．winter
A．last B．first C．shortest D．longest
A．support B．doubt C．chance D．time
A．telling B．speaking C．demanding D．declaring
A．flowers B．glasses C．hats D．watches
A．praise B．send C．blame D．honor
A．disappeared B．passed C．died D．killed
A．Few B．None C．Some D．All
A．ties B．gifts C．wallets D．shirts
A．want B．expect C．hope D．wish
A．However B．Whenever C．Whatever D．Whichever
A．Which B．As C．That D．What
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I lay there buried alive under our house when the bomb hit our city. The great started by the bomb came nearer and nearer to us as workers tried to us. “Hurry! ” they cried to one another as the flames came nearer. At last they reached us and me and my mother out from under everything the flames reached us.
Later, as I thought of the pilot of the plane that the bomb on our city, I cried, “I hate him. I hate him.” The people with marked faces from the of the bomb made me cry, “I hate him.” I saw people suffering a terrible, death. Again and again I cried as I saw these people, “I hate him!”
Some time later, that man appeared in a meeting I . As I looked at him, I him very much. Then I listened to what he told us of his the day when he dropped the bomb on our city. I heard him say, “When I flew over the city we dropped the bomb, I cried, ‘Oh, God , what have I ’.” I could see that he found it to speak of that day.
As this happened I suddenly my hatred (仇恨) of him was . It only made me unhappy also. As I did this, it was as if a heavy load (负担) my shoulders. Then I decided to him. I did so and my life was .
I now help those who suffer from other people. I try to help them to everyone, as I am now able to do.
A．sound B．heat C．fire D．light
A．call B．reach C．find D．help
A．put B．sent C．pulled D．brought
A．after B．as C．when D．before
A．made B．dropped C．attacked D．set
A．noise B．energy C．effect D．power
A．slow B．serious C．sad D．hard
A．joined B．took C．attended D．gave
A．hated B．feared C．honored D．believed
A．activity B．idea C．experience D．opinion
A．when B．after C．as D．before
A．got B．heard C．done D．seen
A．difficult B．easy C．useless D．proud
A．imagined B．realized C．knew D．thought
A．right B．funny C．necessary D．wrong
A．took away B．took off C．fell off D．fell on
A．forgive B．kill C．defeat D．accept
A．balanced B．changed C．continued D．ruined
A．punishing B．hurting C．disliking D．hating
A．respect B．love C．consider D．move
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