When I was fourteen I was hit by a car and I felt almost senseless from the waist down．I spent the next four years 36 a back support．I began running seven days a week to 37 my muscles （肌肉）．It was exhausting but I 38 before I graduated from high school．
When I was thirty-one, I was in 39 car accident in which my legs were seriously injured．The 40 told me that their goal was to get me to walk "__41 " but that I would never run again．Stubborn and _42_ , however, I set out to rebuild my leg muscles to support my knees through my own personalized 43 program． The fact was that it took me two years to learn how to walk and nine and a half years to run again．
While on one of my runs, a 44 thought entered my mind: what 45 I could run the LA Marathon? I wanted to know what it felt like to _46 the prized finish line, even if it 47 I had to crawl（爬） across it．I had only four months to get ready．I spent almost all my time training as if my very 48 depended on it——actually, it did．I 49 that if I didn’t train to my fullest, my body would 50 and the doctors’ diagnosis （诊断） would win．I wasn’t about to let that happen．I had a dream: I would run the LA Marathon to achieve one of my life’s greatest 51 ．I trained eight times a week, seven days a week —twice on Wednesdays．
Finally, my hard efforts 52 ．I crossed the finish line of the LA Marathon, strong and solid．
I’m often asked why I run, to which I always 53 ,"I run because I can．" I 54 myself that the aches and pains I experience while training and racing are 55 , compared to the suffering those whom I admire must bear．This is why I run．
A, dressing B．wearing C．designing D．decorating
A．relax B．comfort C．protect D．strengthen
A．recovered B．cured C．quitted D．shook
A．other B．one C．another D．some
A．doctors B．patients C．coaches D．pioneers
A．frequently B．normally C．attractively D．carefully
A．determined B．excited C．unsatisfied D．disappointed
A．working B．sharing C．training D．walking
A．if B．whether C．unless D．once
A．skip B．slip C．complete D．cross
A．meant B．proved C．agreed D．explained
A．patience B．existence C．appearance D．absence
A．suggested B．knew C．noticed D．declared
A．look out B．come out C．break down D．fall down
A．promises B．reputations C．goals D．levels
A．worked out B．turned out C．paid back D．paid off
A．react B．reply C．relate D．refer
A．show B．ask C．remind D．teach
A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing
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。
Tong Shiqiang rushed into a kindergarten behind his primary school several times, carrying a __36__ of kids each time he rushed out of their classroom on that fateful（灾难的）day. Only 14 years old and 1.5m tall, Tong can now __37__ a national bravery award for saving seven children.
The grade-6 student was __38__ a Chinese language class in Zhongwang Primary School in Qishan village of Longnan city, one of the worst-hit areas in Gansu province, __39__ the deadly quake struck on May 12,2008. There were 49 __40__ students in his class at the time.
"Windows began rattling(嘎嘎响）and it __41__ as if lots of bees were singing underground," __42__ Tong Shuangxi, Tong Shiqiang's teacher and uncle. "The sound grew __43__ ... and then I __44__ it was an earthquake.”
The teacher cried: " __45__ out!" All the students ran out of the room immediately.
__46__ outside, Tong Shuangxi rushed toward the kindergarten where the children __47__ a nap (午睡). Tong Shiqiang ran with him.
Only three of the kids had __48__ to run out of their room when they __49__ the building. The rest were crying, too __50__ to move. It __51__ less than three minutes for them to carry out all the five- and six-year-olds to __52__.
__53__ whether all the kids had been saved, Tong and his nephew had __54__ begun checking the name list when the classroom's walls fell down. "That's the only time I was scared," said Tong Shiqiang.
The 14-year-old is __55__ to be nominated (提名) for the child hero award, to be given by the Ministry of Education and the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Youth League.
A．score B．dozen C．couple D．number
A．beat B．win C．show D．give
A．listening B．hearing C．giving D．attending
A．when B．while C．where D．which
A．another B．other C．others D．the other
A．looked B．turned C．appeared D．seemed
A．reminds B．remains C．recalls D．remarks
A．alouder B．weaker C．clearer D．louder
A．realized B．found C．thought D．recognized
A．Nobody B．Everybody C．Somebody D．Anybody
A．once B．Before C．Since D．After
A．were having B．have C．had D．having had
A．tried B．wanted C．managed D．attempted
A．arrived B．reached C．got D．escaped
A．surprised B．moved C．frightened D．excited
A．paid B．spent C．cost D．took
B．classroom C．yard D．hospital
A．No problem B．No wonder C．Not sure D．Not know
A．ever B．just C．never D．even
A．possible B．probable C．likely D．maybe
完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
请阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。
I believe in my mother. My belief began when I was just a kid, 36 I dreamed of becoming a doctor.
My m
other was a 37__. Through her work, she observed that 38 _ people spent a lot more time 39 __than they did watch television. She 40 ___ that my brother and I could only watch two to three pre-selected TV programs during the week. With our free time, we had to read two books each from the Detroit Public Library and41__ written book reports to her. She would mark them up with check marks and under-line the 
important 42 . Years later we realized her marks were only a 43 My mother was a illiterate (文盲). Although we had no money, between the covers of those books, I could go anywhere, do anything and be 44__.
When I entered high school I was an A-student, 45 not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to hang a
bout with the guys. I went from being an A—student then to a B--student then to a C-student, but I didn't 46 . I was cool.
One night my mother came home from working her multiple jobs and I 47 about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, "Okay, I will give you all the money I make this week by scrubbing floors and 48 _bathrooms, and yo
u can buy the family food and pay the bills. With everything left over, you can have all that you want." I was very 49 with that arrangement but 50 I got through allocating (分配) money, there was nothing left. I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to keep a 51 _over our heads and any kin
d of food on the table, much less to buy clothes. I also52 ___ that immediate satisfaction wasn't going to get me anywhere. Success 53 intellectual preparation. I went back to my studies and became an A—student 54__, and eventually I fulfilled my dream and I became a 55___
A．where B．which C．when D．who
A．woman servant B．teacher C．worker D．nurse
A．healthy B．successful C．powerful D．clever
A．searching B．reading C．working D．training
A．titles B．ideas C．books D．parts
A．game B．trick C．pleasure D．task
A．anybody B．nobody C．somebody D．everybody
A．and B．so C．but D．or
A．know B．care C．face D．stop
A．thought B．chatted C．complained D．worried
A．repairing B．cleaning C．rubbing D．watching
A．encouraged B．puzzled C．moved D．pleased
A．as soon as B．if C．once D．since
A．wall B．house C．window D．roof
A．realized B．imagined C．believed D．noticed
A．suited B．required C．made D．matched
A．even B．forever C．before D．again
A．professor B．expert C．doctor D．boss
Directions: For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
The universities are schools of education and research but the main reason for their existence is not in the knowledge taught to the students or in the opportunities for the economic or social ___50___ resulting from the research findings.
The true function of a university is that it keeps the ___51___ between knowledge and the real life. It unites the students with ordinary life in a ___52___ way. The university passes on information, but it ___53___ the information imaginatively. Imagination is the driving force for the society’s future development. Students’ imagination is the very ___54___ every university should protect and encourage. A university which ___55___ to do so has no reason for existence. With imagination, knowledge is not only knowledge: it includes all possibilities. It’s no longer a ___56___ on students’ memory. It’s food for thought and ___57___ for creative inventions.
Imagination is not ___58___ knowledge. Instead, it is a way leading to more knowledge. It works by thoroughly studying the current knowledge and then exploring every possibility about the knowledge. In the exploration, new knowledge ___59___. Imagination enables men to construct a new vision of the world and it adds ___60___ to life through endless possibilities. Imaginative people are r
estless all along.
Youth is imaginative and if the university can help preserve this precious wealth, the power of imagination can ___61___ change the world. Besides, it should also be made clear that imagination won’t be most effective without necessary experience. The problem of the current world is that those who are imaginative have only little experience ___62___ those who are experienced have weak imaginations. The ___63___ left for the universities is to hold together these two factors for the whole human race to ___64___ greater development and happiness.
A．problem B．development C．life D．inquiry
A．connection B．attraction C．difference D．tradition
A．technical B．difficult C．creative D．basic
A．supposes B．conveys C．expects D．weighs
A．spirit B．goods C．message D．theory
A．tries B．pretends C．fails D．means
A．burden B．treasure C．schedule D．science
A．result B．material C．cost D．figure
A．superior to B．familiar with C．separate from D．strict with
A．takes shape B．steps in C．sets off D．speeds up
A．proof B．excitement C．greed D．seed
A．temporarily B．carefully C．reluctantly D．finally
A．because B．unless C．while D．until
A．sympathy B．solution C．condition D．purpose
A．require B．fix C．imagine D．achieve
完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分30分 ）
The car， running along the well-lit road， now sank in darkness. I broke the _____36_____ on purpose， ______37_____ that the driver was too tired to drive. ’’When do you go back home in the evening？“9 o’clock after this _____38_____.”Then when do you come out in the morning？“I _____39______ another question.”9 o’clock， too——just as if I worked at an office.” His ____40____ surprised me， because every time I ride a taxi， what I _____41____ from the driver are only complaints that they have to work from morning till night， it’s hard to earn money， they’re often _____42____ by the police， or that their leaders are seated lazy， ____43____ the fruits. But this driver told me，”I find it ____44____ to be a section chief as I was before. I like driving just for _____45_____. Its fortunate that I hardly drive ____46____ a passenger. So I earn two or three thousand Yuan a month with ease. Yes， I never _____47_____ an empty taxi. If it goes southward， I go northward. If it goes along a _____48_____， I turn into a narrow street…”
His words showed his ______49_____ with his life and the pride he _____50_____ in his job. Such feelings are so rare among people nowadays as oxygen in high _____51_____. As an ancient saying goes，”Neither joy in material _____52_____ nor grieve over personal setbacks.” How many people nowadays can show high ideals by _____53_____ living and go far with a calm mind？ I couldn’t help feeling _____54_____ when finding such a state of mind in a stranger on a cold _____55_____.
A．window B．stillness C．silence D．quietness
A．on condition B．for fear C．in belief D．in order
A．night B．trip C．cycle D．process
A．threw out B．gave away C．made up D．led to
A．character B．confidence C．explanation D．easiness
A．suffer B．request C．benefit D．hear
A．detected B．ordered C．fined D．seized
A．keeping B．tasting C．enjoying D．choosing
A．exciting B．disappointing C．tiring D．amazing
A．freedom B．pleasure C．hobby D．company
A．without B．with C．behind D．beside
A．follow B．admire C．envy D．meet
A．route B．path C．railway D．highway
A．intelligence B．satisfaction C．competition D．honesty
A．made B．held C．caught D．took
A．buildings B．mountains C．standard D．heaven
A．gains B．concerns C．supports D．loss
A．special B．happy C．simple D．original
A．angry B．content C．dangerous D．curious
A．morning B．night C．moment D．season
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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I teach biology at UNLV three times per week . Last Monday , at the beginning of class , I cheerfully asked my 21 how their weekend had been . One young man said that his weekend had not been so 22 . He had his wisdom teeth removed . Then he went on to ask me why I always seemed to be so 23 .
His question 24 me of something I’d read somewhere before : “Every morning when you get up , you have a 25 about how you want to deal with life that day .” I said . “I choose to be cheerful .”
“Let me give you an example ,” I continued , 26 all sixty students in the class . “In 27 to teaching here at UNLY , I also teach out at a 28 in Henderson , 17 miles down the highway from where I live . One day a few weeks ago I drove those 17 miles to Henderson . I 29 the highway and turned onto College Drive . I only had to drive another quarter mile down the road to the college . But just then my car 30 .I tried to start it again , but the 31 wouldn’t work . 32 I turned my flashers on , took my books , and 33 down the road to the college .”
“As soon as I got there , I called and 34 for a tow truck to meet me at my car after 35 . The secretary there asked me what had happened . ” This is my 36 day .” I replied , smiling .
She was 37 . “What do you mean ?”
“My car could have broken down anywhere along the highway . It didn’t .” I relied . “ 38 , it broke down in the perfect place : off the highway , 39 walking distance of here . I’m still able to teach my class , and I’ve been able to get the tow truck to meet me after class . If my car was meant to break down today , it couldn’t have been arranged in a more convenient 40 .”
I ended my story . In spite of the early hour , no one in my class seemed to be asleep . Somehow , my story had touched them .
A．students B．schoolmates C．children D．teachers
A．bad B．sad C．good D．free
A．reminded B．informed C．told D．warned
A．decision B．preference C．judgment D．choic
A．showing B．demanding C．commanding D．addressing
A．contribution B．addition C．devotion D．application
A．college B．school C．university D．institute
A．found B．exited C．crossed D．entered
A．broke B．ended C．died D．finished
A．instrument B．engine C．wheel D．light
A．drove B．marched C．rode D．followed
A．prepared B．looked C．arranged D．waited
A．work B．study C．lunch D．class
A．usual B．lucky C．unusual D．unlucky
A．astonished B．excited C．pleased D．puzzled
A．Anyway B．Also C．Instead D．Still
A．beyond B．without C．within D．along
A．order B．way C．need D．situation
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