I am Ali. I have always believed in myself. My parents taught me to be 41 and that I could be the best at anything. I 42 challenging my neighbourhood boys to see who could jump the highest and run the fastest. Of course I knew when I made the challenge, I would win. I never even 43 losing.
I started my boxing 44 when I was 12. In high school I boasted (自夸) that one day I was 45 to be the champion of the world. As part of my training, I would run down the street. I would rush in and out of shops to 46 them I was training for the Olympics and I was going to 47 a gold medal. I never thought of failing but only glory(光荣) I was going to 48 when I won. When I said I was going to be the "Greatest of All Time", I 49 myself. And I still do.
But I didn’t know that my will would be 50 when I retired. In 1996, I was asked to 51 the cauldron(圣火) at the summer Olympic Games in Atlanta.
When the 52 came for me to set fire to the cauldron, I realized I had the eyes of the world on me. Then I heard an extremely loud 53 . I was reminded of my 1960 Olympic 54 in Rome, when I won the gold medal. I remembered those 36 years between Rome and Atlanta and 55 that I had come full circle. Nothing in life has defeated me. I am still "The Greatest."
A．brave B．confident C．honest D．polite
A．excuse B．avoid C．remember D．suggest
A．gave up B．went on C．heard of D．thought of
A．breaking B．matching C．training D．watching
A．willing B．sure C．hopeful D．active
A．tell B．ask C．wish D．take
A．win B．lose C．find D．buy
A．need B．get C．decide D．make
A．believed in B．cared about C．turned to D．went through
A．forced B．increased C．damaged D．tested
A．protect B．carry C．light D．touch
A．challenge B．chance C．choice D．moment
A．cheer B．laugh C．noise D．shout
A．history B．experience C．devotion D．stage
A．expected B．supposed C．proved D．realized
A famous actor in a successful play once took a part of a noble who had been in prison for 20 years. In the last act, a jailor(狱吏)would come on the stage with a____which he would hand to the____. Even though the noble was expected to____the letter at each performance, he always insisted that it be____out in full.
One night, the jailor decided to play a____on his fellow-actor to find out____after so many performances, he had____to learn the contents of the letter by heart. The____went up on the final act of the play and revealed(展现)the noble sitting alone in his dark cell(牢房). Just then, the jailor appeared with the letter in his hands. He entered the ____and handed the letter to the noble.____the copy he gave him was____a blank sheet of paper. The jailor looked on，____to see if his fellow-actor had learned his lines. The noble____the blank sheet of paper for a few seconds. Then he said，“The light is dim(暗). Read the letter to me.” And he immediately handed the paper to the jailor.____that he could not____a word of the letter, the jailor replied，“The light is____dim, sir. I must get my____”．____this, he hurried off the stage. Much to the noble's____， the jailor returned a few seconds later with a pair of glasses and the____copy of the letter which he started to read to the prisoner.
A．letter B．book C．light D．note
A．actor B．prisoner C．other D．police
A．write B．receive C．read D．spell
A．written B．sent C．handed D．taken
A．game B．joke C．fun D．part
A．how B．when C．if D．what
A．tried B．managed C．failed D．pretended
A．tailor B．prisoner C．curtain D．light
A．stage B．play C．theatre D．cell
A．But B．So C．As D．Because
A．hardly B．really C．simply D．finally
A．worried B．eager C．afraid D．surprised
A．stared at B．tore C．folded up D．corrected
A．Finding B．Hoping C．Watching D．Checking
A．understand B．read C．remember D．see
A．not B．indeed C．little D．slightly
A．light B．glasses C．letter D．help
A．With B．By C．For D．Without
A．joy B．excitement C．amusement D．delight
A．clean B．usual C．new D．special
Ever since sixth grade, I have gotten along with pretty much everyone at our middlesize school. It's no____that those who were thought to be popular____me. One friend in partciular, a tall blonde by name of Christina, was, in____， one of my cloest friends. We would hang out a lot, ____in the summer. She isn't one of those friends that you can____all your feeling to. Actually our only concern was being active, and____fun, not worrying about boys and things like that.
When we got to high school, things____. The popular crowd was no longer a distinct group. They were, ____， the daring, “sexy”individuals that everyone still wanted to be liked. They would____together every weekend, making out with guys and girls years older than they were. Spring break would be____with friends, not family, and their friends would always have the best cars and equipment. It figures that I would____Christina to be like this as well. I found out how____I was one Saturday night.
I, Christina and____“popular”freind were hanging out talking. “Should we tell her our____？” they questioned. I urged them to tell me, baffled that they would have a secret that no one____in the school would know about. “We've never made out with a guy. Actually, to be honest, we've____really had a first kiss, well, at____one that I would want to count be a first kiss.”I was____！ These are two of the most pretty, popular girls in school!
I guess the moral of the story is that everyone____the“popular”to have that sort of image, but it's not all____. See them in a different light, and they could turn out to be the best friends you've ever had.
A．wounded B．surprise C．doubt D．need
A．receive B．inspire C．examine D．accepted
A．fact B．need C．return D．turn
A．specially B．immediately C．especially D．suddenly
A．express B．impress C．explain D．declare
A．taking B．having C．playing D．making
A．improved B．exchanged C．changed D．proved
A．therefore B．otherwise C．besides D．however
A．put B．hold C．collect D．get
A．took B．paid C．spent D．cost
A．hope B．believe C．suggest D．enjoy
A．wrong B．lucky C．right D．sorry
A．another B．other C．others D．the other
A．score B．secret C．tale D．decision
A．more B．even C．else D．yet
A．often B．ever C．seldom D．never
A．least B．end C．home D．beginning
A．excited B．astonished C．satisfied D．disappointed
A．insists B．inspects C．respect D．expects
A．actual B．practical C．true D．exact
Henry Wadworth Longfellow was born on February 27, 1807 in Portland, Maine. His father, Stephen, was a lawyer, so Henry was born to a rich family. Henry began____at age three. By the time he was the smartest boy in the school. He was very____at spelling and airthmetic. ____Henry loved to write and____became very good at it. Henry's father wanted him to become a lawyer but after Henry____from Bowdoin College in Maine at the age of 19 he dreamed of becoming a____. But Henry wanted to travel to Europe to study. He followed that____， but later returned to Bowdoin to become a professor at age 22.
In 1831 Henry____Mary Storer Potter, a former schoolmate. He settled____and started the New England Magazine. He and his wife traveled to Europe, ____he studied Swedish, Danish, Finnish, and the Dutch language and literature.
The next year Henry began____in Harvard. He moved into a room of the famous Craigie House in Cambridge. In the Craigie House, Henry____to write poems and books.
In 1812 Longfellow's poem Evangeline was____. Many people say Evangeline was his best poem. In 1819 he resigned from Harvard to____his time to his writing. Song of Hiavatha, written in 1820, was also very____， as it was one of the first poems to____the Native American Indian culture. When The Courtship of Miles Standish ____out in 1857 it sold 25,000 copies on the first day of publication.
The next few years were____with honors and rewards. He was___to the House of Windsor by Queen Victoria by____of the Prince of Wales. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow died on March 24, 1882.
A．work B．life C．writing D．school
A．fine B．good C．well D．interested
A．But B．So C．Otherwise D．Since
A．suddenly B．immediately C．eventually D．luckily
A．graduated B．left C．escaped D．finished
A．lawyer B．professor C．tourist D．scientist
A．route B．promise C．dream D．permission
A．met B．engaged C．welcomed D．married
A．away B．out C．up D．down
A．there B．where C．which D．what
A．teaching B．studying C．founding D．charging
A．kept B．remained C．continued D．lasted
A．published B．printed C．writing D．selling
A．referred B．devote C．preferred D．spent
A．long B．necessary C．popular D．satisfied
A．infect B．affect C．inspect D．reflect
A．took B．put C．brought D．came
A．presented B．hidden C．filled D．covered
A．forced B．invited C．taken D．carried
A．request B．offer C．order D．rule
The famous scientist Albert Einstein died in 1995. His____now is in the central state of Kansas of the U．S. It belongs to a retired(退休的)____doctor, Thomas Harvey.____did this happen? And why?
In the 1950s, Albert Einstein and Thomas Harvey____each other when they both lived in Princeton, New Jersey. Einstein was working at Princeton University____Doctor Harvey was working at Princeton Hospital. When Einstein died, Doctor Harvey was____to examine his body. It was then that he started to study____has become a long time examination of Einstein's brain. His goal was to____some physical evidence(证据)of the scientist's genius(才华)．
Doctor Harvey，____did not tell Eintein's family that he____the great man's brain. It was only later____the family learned of Doctor Harvey's work. They did not____the idea at first. After Doctor Harvey explained his idea to them, they agreed to____him to study the brain. Doctor Harvey then asked___scientists to help. They cut the brain____three pieces. They marked each piece before placing it in containers____chemical formaldehyde(甲醛)to protect it. Doctor Harvey has been____Einstein's brain since then. He has carried it with him as he moved from place to place. He has also lent parts of the brain to other scientists____study.
Only one researcher has found something____. A doctor at the University of California found that the left part of Einstein's brain has more certain cells(细胞)than____. Such cells are known to feed brain. This may mean that the cells could affect intelligence.
A．body B．heart C．brain D．head
A．actual B．chemical C．natural D．medical
A．What B．How C．Who D．Which
A．realized B．recognized C．learned D．knew
A．as B．because C．while D．since
A．called on B．called out C．sent up D．sent off
A．which B．how C．that D．what
A．invent B．discover C．prove D．examine
A．perhaps B．therefore C．thus D．however
A．bought B．sold C．kept D．made
A．that B．when C．before D．after
A．hear of B．like C．suggest D．offer
A．promise B．let C．have D．permit
A．other two B．two other C．more two D．two another
A．off B．by C．into D．about
A．for B．about C．of D．with
A．learning B．studying C．searching D．selling
A．for B．on C．into D．about
A．easy B．difficult C．particular D．common
A．ever B．enough C．usual D．normal
阅读下面短文，理解大意，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
When I was fifteen years old, I made my first visit to the United States. It wasn't the first time I had been____. Like most English children I learned____at school I had often been to France, so I____speaking a foreign language to people who didn't understand English. ___when I went to America I was really looking forward to____a nice easy holiday without any____problems.
____wrong I was! The misunderstanding began at the airport. I was looking for a___telephone to give my American friend Danny a____and tell her I had arrived. A friendly old man saw me looking lost and asked____he could help me. “Yes”， I said, “I want to give my friend a ring.”“Well, that's____，”he exclaimed. “Are you getting____？ But aren't you a bit____？” “Who is talking about marriage？”I replied. “I____want to give my friend a ring to tell her I've arrived. Can you tell me____there's a phone box？“Oh！”he said, “There's a phone downstairs.”
When at last we____meet each other, Danny explained the misunderstanding to me. “Don't worry，”she said to me. “I had so many____at first. There are lots of words which are Amercians____differently in meaning from us British. You'll soon get used to all the____thing they say. Most of the____British and American people understand each other！”
A．out B．away C．outside D．abroad
A．Chinese B．Japanese C．French D．Italian
A．get used to B．was used to C．used to D．was able to
A．Once B．But C．So D．Then
A．having B．buying C．giving D．receiving
A．time B．human C．language D．money
A．Too B．Quite C．What D．How
A．cheap B．popular C．public D．good
A．letter B．ring C．news D．information
A．if B．that C．where D．when
A．well B．over C．nice D．ring
A．changed B．expected C．planned D．married
A．small B．little C．old D．young
A．ever B．just C．never D．always
A．where B．how C．why D．what
A．did B．do C．could D．had
A．wishes B．difficulties C．things D．ideas
A．write B．speak C．use D．read
A．terrible B．necessary C．useful D．funny
A．chance B．situation C．condition D．time
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