Jean's father was a farm plane pilot in the little farming community in Northern California where she was raised, and _36_Jean was totallyattracted by airplanes and flying.
In her senior year of high school, her English teacher was Mrs. Dorothy Slaton. Mrs. Slaton was a _37_, demanding teacher with high standards and a low _38_ for excuses. She refused to treat her students like _39_, instead expecting them to behave like the _40_ adults they would have to be to succeed in the real world after graduation. Jean was _41_ of her at first but grew to respect her firmness and fairness gradually.
One day Mrs. Slaton gave the class a written _42_. "What do you think you’ll be doing 10 years from now?” Jean’s dream was to be a pilot like her father, but as the years went by, she had been beaten down by the _43_ and negative words she got whenever she talked about her career, so she unwillingly gave it up and wrote something else. Mrs. Slaton collected the papers and nothing more was said. Two weekslater, the teacher handed back the assignments, _44_ the students to face it down on the desk, and asked this question: "If you had enough finances and unlimited _45_, what would you do? Please write it on the _46_ of your previous assignment paper.”
When the students stopped writing, the teacher asked, "How many of you wrote the same thing on _47_ sides of the paper?" Not one hand went up.
The next thing that Mrs. Slaton said changed the course of Jean’s life. The teacher leaned forward _48_ her desk and said, "I have a little secret for you all. You do have _49_ abilities and talents. You do have access to the finest schools, and you can arrange plenty of finances if you want something _50_ enough. This is it! When you leave school, _51_ you don’t go for your dreams, no one will do it for you. You can have _52_ you want if you want it enough.”
What her teacher said touched Jean so much! In the following years, she tried her best to realize her dream of becoming a pilot. Although it didn’t happen _53_, she finally became one of the first three female pilot trainees ever _54_ by United Airlines. Today, Jean Harper is a Boeing 737 captain.
It was the power of one well-placed _55_ word that gave that uncertain young girl the strength and faith to pursue her dream.
A．so B．therefore C．besides D．otherwise
A．hard-working B．kind C．strict D．lazy
A．interest B．tolerance C．courage D．help
A．children B．boys C．girls D．students
A．responsible B．notable C．knowledgeable D．capable
A．bored B．frustrated C．tired D．scared
A．homework B．assignment C．paper D．lecture
A．approving B．inspiring C．indifferent D．discouraging
A．requiring B．suggesting C．demanding D．hoping
A．work B．chances C．money D．problems
A．title B．back C．right D．front
A．same B．different C．neither D．both
A．in B．on C．over D．under
A．limited B．unlimited C．countable D．reasonable
A．hardly B．badly C．impossibly D．likely
A．if B．unless C．whether D．until
A．that B．what C．which D．when
A．overnight B．some day C．the other day D．fortnight
A．realized B．received C．accepted D．accomplished
A．encouraged B．sensitive C．meaning D．positive
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。
On Sunday morning, January 29, the call woke me up. It was the president of ABC News. “Lee, Bob has been __41__ in Iraq,” he said, choosing his words __42__. “He’s alive but he may have taken shrapnel (炮弹碎片) to the brain.”
When I saw Bob in the hospital, nothing could have __43__ me. He was unconscious. His __44__ was swollen to the size of a rugby ball and a piece of his skull was missing. All sorts of __45__ were coming out of his body. His left eye looked like a dead fish. I tried to __46__ myself that he didn’t look that bad, that this was the __47__ and that he’d only get better from here.
There were many months of treatment __48__. Every morning I would head over to the hospital and check on Bob. In the __49__ that a mother uses with her baby I would __50__ to him. I let him know about the kids. I told him stories about us and some of our best __51__ together. I brought music and had home movies for Bob to hear.
One day when I pushed open the door as usual, I __52__. Bob was sitting up in bed, a huge smile on his face. He saw me and __53__ his hands in the air. “Hey, sweetie,” he said, “where have you been?” I tried to speak but no words came out. This was so much more than I’d wanted and prayed for, __54__ I couldn’t really believe it. My husband was __55__ and he was calling me. Half of me wanted to shout in __56__ and gratitude and half of me wanted to __57__ everything, how I’d been there day after day for months. I __58__ to him.
Bob was __59__. He had the best medical treatment possible and the finest doctors. But the most important thing __60__ to be the love that held us close.
A．hidden B．caught C．disturbed D．wounded
A．seriously B．carefully C．actively D．freely
A．pleased B．damaged C．prepared D．choked
A．arm B．head C．leg D．hand
A．tools B．clothes C．weapons D．tubes
A．convince B．accept C．suggest D．imagine
A．best B．worst C．least D．most
A．then B．ever C．before D．ahead
A．name B．sound C．voice D．air
A．talk B．shout C．point D．refer
A．dreams B．memories C．thoughts D．secrets
A．froze B．cried C．failed D．left
A．held B．found C．lifted D．seized
A．that B．but C．which D．and
A．off B．up C．down D．back
A．anger B．relief C．faith D．detail
A．forget B．follow C．explain D．check
A．waved B．walked C．moved D．ran
A．fortunate B．patient C．generous D．powerful
A．turned up B．turned out C．took up D．took out
I heard the bees long before I saw them.
It was a very hot afternoon, and we decided to 21 in the river near my home. As we climbed down a small rocky hill toward the water, my boyfriend John 22 started to shout and then jumped into the water below. Peter and Mary quickly 23 but I was too far away to jump. I was 24 .
I heard a low hum, which was growing louder. From a 25 , the group of bees looked almost like a cloud of smoke. As it got closer, I realized it was actually thousands of bees flying towards me.
All I could do was 26 my face with my hands. 27 , I thought that if I sat very 28 , the bees would think I was just another rock.
After a few seconds, I knew my 29 had failed. The bees were attacking me. I could hear my friends shouting at me to get down.
But it wasn’t so easy. The only way I could 30 was to use my hands to climb down the rocks. However, I was afraid to do that at first because my face would be 31 .
The noise the bees made was so loud and 32 , and I had no choice.
I rushed down the rocks and jumped into the pool. I was just so happy to be free from the pain and the water felt so 33 .
But we still weren’t out of 34 . Every time we tried to climb out, the bees flew back over our heads. We spent the next three hours in the water until the bees finally lost 35 .
A．call off B．get off C．cool off D．turn off
A．eventually B．suddenly C．happily D．hurriedly
A．climbed B．followed C．dashed D．helped
A．lost B．forgotten C．trapped D．fooled
A．hill B．rock C．river D．distance
A．cover B．hide C．find D．lose
A．Finally B．Joyfully C．Crazily D．Immediately
A．quietly B．still C．relaxed D．gracefully
A．face B．friends C．plan D．shout
A．pass away B．get away C．look away D．take away
A．exposed B．unwanted C．lost D．protected
A．annoying B．frightening C．amazing D．boring
A．wonderful B．painful C．hot D．strange
A．breath B．control C．danger D．doubt
A．hope B．interest C．time D．control
完形填空（每小题1.5分，共20小题）
You are near the front line of a battle. Around you shells are exploding; people are shooting from a house behind you. What are you doing there? You aren’t a soldier. You aren’t 1 carrying a gun. You’re standing in front of a 2 and you’re telling the TV 3 what is happening.
It’s all in a day’s work for a war reporter, and it can be very 4 . In the first two years of the 5 in former Yugoslavia（前南斯拉夫), 28 reporters and photographers were killed. Hundreds more were 6 .
What kind of people put themselves in danger to 7 pictures to our TV screens and 48 to our newspapers? Why do they do it ?
“I think it’s every young journalist’s 9 to be a foreign reporter,” says Michael Nicholson, “that’s 10 you find the excitement. So when the first opportunity comes, you take it 11 it is a war.”
But there are moments of 12 . Jeremy Bowen says, “Yes, when you’re lying on the ground and bullets（子弹）are flying 13 your ears, you think: ‘What am I doing here? I’m not going to do this again.’ But that feeling 14 after a while and when the next war starts, you’ll be 15 .”
“None of us believes that we’re going to 16 ” adds Michael. But he always 17 a lucky charm（护身符）with him. It was given to him by his wife for his first war. It’s a card which says “Take care of yourself.” Does he ever think about dying? “Oh, 18 , and every time it happens you look to the sky and say to God, ‘If you get me out of this, I 19 I’ll never do it again.’ You can almost hear God 20 , because you know he doesn’t believe you .”
A．really B．simply C．even D．merely
A．battlefield B．camera C．crowd D．house
A．directors B．producers C．viewers D．actors
A．depressing B．disappointing C．dangerous D．endangered
A．life B．stay C．fight D．war
A．buried B．defeated C．wounded D．beaten
A．take B．make C．bring D．show
A．stories B．scenes C．passages D．contents
A．faith B．nightmare C．dream D．duty
A．how B．where C．why D．because
A．as if B．even if C．even so D．ever since
A．surprise B．fear C．sadness D．shame
A．past B．into C．through D．around
A．occurs B．returns C．goes D．continues
A．away B．out C．there D．home
A．die B．leave C．remain D．escape
A．wears B．carries C．hangs D．holds
A．seldom B．never C．many times D．some time
A．promise B．consider C．guess D．accept
A．laughing B．screaming C．crying D．whispering
完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
A little boy invited his mother to attend his school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s 1 ,she said she would go. This 2 be the first time that his classmates and teacher 3 his mother and he felt 4 of her appearance. Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar(疤痕)that 5 nearly the entire right side of her face. The boy never wanted to 6 why or how she got the scar.
At the meeting, the people were 7 by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother 8 the car, but the little boy was still embarrassed(尴尬)and 9 himself from everyone. He did, however, get within 10 of a conversation between his mother and his teacher.
The teacher asked 11 ,“How did you get the scar on your face?”
The mother replied,“ 12 my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. Everyone was 13 afraid to go in because the fire was 14 ，so I went in. As I was running toward his bed, I saw a long piece of wood coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked 15 but fortunately, a fireman came in and saved both of us.” She 16 the burned side of her face. “This scar will be 17 ,but to this day, I have never 18 what I did.”
At this point, the little boy came out running toward his mother with tears in his eyes. He held her in his arms and felt a great 19 of the sacrifice(牺牲)that his mother had made for him. He held her hand 20 for the rest of the day.
A．enjoyment B．disappointment C．surprise D．excitement
A．would B．could C．should D．must
A．noticed B．greeted C．accepted D．met
A．sick B．ashamed C．afraid D．tired
A．included B．passed C．covered D．shaded
A．talk about B．think about C．care about D．hear about
A．impressed B．surprised C．excited D．comforted
A．in sight of B．by means of C．by way of D．in spite of
A．hid B．protected C．separated D．escaped
A．understanding B．reminding C．hearing D．learning
A．carefully B．seriously C．nervously D．anxiously
A．As B．When C．Since D．While
A．so B．much C．quite D．too
A．out of control B．under control C．in control D．over control
A．helpless B．hopeless C．senseless D．useless
A．pointed B．showed C．wiped D．touched
A．ugly B．lasting C．serious D．frightening
A．forgot B．recognized C．considered D．regretted
A．honor B．sense C．happiness D．pride
A．quietly B．slightly C．tightly D．suddenly
My father was raised in a fatherless home at a time when the family of five struggled to survive, which caused my father to be extremely tightfisted(吝啬) with money.
When we children became 16 that other children got pocket money from their parents, we made a(n) 17 to ask our father from some. Immediately his face turned stone-cold, and he said, “If you’re old enough to ask, you’re old enough to 18 .” And we had to seek odd jobs about the neighborhood.
He didn’t 19 his attitude as we grew into adulthood. There was a time when 20 of us had a car, so we had to ride a 21 whenever we came home. Though the bus stopped about two miles from home, Dad never met us, 22 in bad weather. If someone 23 (and my brothers did a lot), he’d say in his 24 father-voice. “That’s what your legs are 25 !”
One spring morning I was on the bus home from 26 . Tests and long hours in labs had 27 me exhausted. As other students were 28 at their stops. I looked silently out of the window. Finally, the bus came to a 29 at my destination, and I 30 , carrying my suitcase to begin the long journey home.
The row of privet hedge(树篱) came into 31 , which lined the driveway that climbed the hill to our house. I stopped to put a book in the suitcase. When I stood up, I saw something gray 32 along the top of the hedge toward the house.
It was the top of my father’s head. I 33 then, each time I came home, he would stand behind the hedge, watching, 34 he knew I had arrived safely. I held back my tears. He did care, 35 .
Upon reaching home, I found my father innocently in his chair. “So! It’s you!” he said, his face lengthening into surprise.
A．aware B．certain C．surprised D．excited
A．attempt B．suggestion C．trouble D．plan
A．spend B．earn C．survive D．raise
A．strengthen B．soften C．take D．show
A．neither B．each C．all D．none
A．bicycle B．car C．train D．bus
A．especially B．only C．even D．once
A．refused B．complained C．cried D．intended
A．strangest B．lowest C．softest D．scariest
A．on B．in C．by D．for
A．work B．home C．town D．college
A．led B．made C．found D．proved
A．treated B．received C．met D．greeted
A．stop B．house C．street D．corner
A．stepped off B．went off C．jumped on D．climbed on
A．mind B．view C．flower D．leaf
A．shining B．flying C．failing D．moving
A．understood B．thought C．imagined D．realized
A．since B．after C．until D．though
A．after all B．above all C．in advance D．in total
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