I remember as a small child people would often ask me, "What are you going to be when you grow up?"
Well, it __36__ being a cowboy or some super hero. Later it was a fireman, a policeman, a lawyer... As I grew older my dreams for the future __37__. When, at last, I was in college, I set my __38__ on becoming a preacher (牧师) like my father. __39__ I studied and prepared for that life. I reached the __40__ in the end and I was preaching __41__ full-time for much of my adult life.
However, for many people, there is a "thief" that goes around stealing our __42__. Sometimes, the thief will come as a parent, a relative, or a friend, but the __43__ thief is usually ourselves.
We find __44__ just about reaching the top, and a "small" __45__ inside says, "You’ll never make __46__.""You can’t possibly do this." On and on the "small" voice __47__ our failure. Failure ,__48__ is one of the most important tools we have may teach us valuable (极宝贵的) __49__ . When we learn these lessons well, we are ready __50__ success.
I always tell my children that you __51__ do anything that your heart desires(渴望). Remember the saying, "Nothing is __52__ to a willing heart." There are __53__ "overnight" successes, but with determination, they will come. Imagine __54__ a life you dream of ，Then in your heart, believe it will happen to you. Then work, work, work. You’ll get the picture.
So, be true to your dream, and don’t let anyone __55__ it from you —especially yourself.
A．insisted on B．felt like C．kept on D．started out
A．changed B．failed C．planned D．left
A．eyes B．heart C．brain D．experience
A．But B．So C．Or D．Yet
A．agreement B．decision C．aim D．position
A．hardly B．slightly C．nearly D．extremely
A．money B．plan C．friends D．dreams
A．greatest B．tallest C．poorest D．oldest
A．themselves B．yourselves C．ourselves D．itself
A．sound B．voice C．noise D．speech
A．it B．him C．her D．me
A．expects B．predicts C．answers D．suffers
A．where B．when C．who D．which
A．stages B．suggestions C．lessons D．choices
A．to B．for C．at D．with
A．are able to B．used to C．have to D．get used to
A．interesting B．important C．necessary D．impossible
A．many B．a few C．some D．no
A．spending B．living C．planning D．changing
A．buy B．fool C．steal D．borrow
完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）
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。
When someone says, “Well, I guess I’ll have to go to face the music.” It doesn’t mean he is planning to go to a concert. It is 36 less pleasant, like 37 in by your boss to explain why you did this and did that, and why you did not do this 38 that. Terrible music, indeed, but it has to 39 . At some time or 40 , every one of us has had to “face the music”, especially as children. We can all remember father’s 41 voice, “I want to talk to you!” and only 42 we did not obey him. What an unpleasant business it 43 !
The phrase “to face the music” is known 44 every American, young and old. It is at least 100 years old. Where did the 45 come from?
The first 46 comes from American novelist James Fennimore Cooper. He said, in 1851, 47 the expression was first 48 by actors while waiting in the 49 to go on stage. After they got their clue (暗示) to go on, they often said, “It’s time to go to face the music.” And this is 50 what they did face — the orchestra (管弦乐队) which was just below the stage.
An actor might be frightened or 51 as he moved on to the stage in front of him. The audience might be friendly, or perhaps unfriendly, especially 52 he forgot his lines. But he had to go out. If he did not, there would be no play. So, “to face the music” 53 to mean: having to go 54 something, no matter how unpleasant the 55 might be, because you knew you had no choice.
36. A. anything B. something C. nothing D. everything
37. A. call B. called C. calling D. being called
38. A. or B. and C. but D. with
39. A. face B. facing C. being faced D. be faced
40. A. another B. the other C. an other D. others
41. A. loud B. angry C. calm D. worried
42. A. because B. since C. unless D. in case
43. A. is B. had been C. was D. has been
44. A. by B. for C. to D. of
45. A. question B. proverb C. information D. expression
46. A. saying B. method C. explanation D. point
47. A. when B. why C. whether D. that
48. A. used B. said C. taken D. sent
49. A. clothes B. wings C. masks D. words
50. A. perhaps B. exactly C. mainly D. also
51. A. satisfied B. proud C. nervous D. mysterious
52. A. if B. while C. before D. until
53. A. went B. came C. continued D. got
54. A. through B. by C. on D. into
55. A. problem B. event C. incident D. experience
第一节完形填空(共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21~30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
There is a popular saying, “All of us have a Guardian Angel, guiding us”.
Some of the greatest success stories of history have followed a word of 21 or an act of confidence by a loved one or a 22 friend. Had it not been for a confident wife, Sophia, we might not have listed Nathaniel Hawthorne among the great 23 of literature. When Nathaniel, a 24 man, went home to tell his wife that he was a failure and had been fired from his job in the customs, she surprised him with a cry of joy.
"Now," she said 25 , "you can write your book!"
"Yes," replied the man, with little confidence, "and what shall we 26 while I am writing it?"
To his 27 , she opened a drawer and pulled out a sum of money.
"Where on earth did you get that?" he asked.
"I have always known you were a man of genius," she told him. "I knew that someday you would write a great novel. So every week, out of the money you gave me for housekeeping, I
28 a little bit. So here is enough to 29 us for one whole year."
From her trust and 30 came one of the greatest novels of American literature, The Scarlet Letter.
21. A. enjoyment B. encouragement C. kindness D. delight
22. A. trusting B. merciful C. cautious D. intelligent
23. A. books B. novels C. names D. nicknames
24. A. successful B. courageous C. sorrowful D. heartbroken
25. A. sadly B. willingly C. proudly D. deliberately
26. A. stick to B. try out C. take up D. live on
27. A. amazement B. satisfaction C. expectation D. disappointment
28. A. spent B. saved C. consumed D. contributed
29. A. lead B. hold C. last D. leave
30. A. confidence B. experience C. competence D. guidance
第二部分完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21－30各题所给的A, B, C 和 D 项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑.
Several months ago, I got into a terrible car accident. That moment __21___ my view about life.
All my life I had been waiting until I could __22___ my driver’s license(执照) and my first car. When I __23___ got my license and my dad brought the car to the house, I was __24___. Every time I
got into my car, I felt invincible(不可战胜的), as if nothing could stop me. But one day I was shown that I could be __25___, just like every other person.
One __26___, though it was very dark outside, I was in the car with some of my close friends. While driving down a main street, I felt I was __27__ control of the car. It was flying.
After the accident, I don’t remember much, but I do remember the __28__ I was in, not only physical but also the thought that others’ lives were in my hands for a few seconds and I might have __29___ them.
I learned a lot from that __30____. Not only did I learn that I need to have more appreciation(欣赏,理解) for things, I also learned that material things should never be the most important in our life.
21. A. caught B.changed C. replaced D. destroyed
22. A. borrow B. buy C. get D. see
23. A. fi
nally B. sadly C. unluckily D. suddenly
24 A. angry B. worried C. surprised D. excited
25. A. warned B. beaten C. lost D. disturbed
26. A. morning B. afternoon C. night D. noon
27. A. shaking B. taking C. trying D. losing
28. A. pain B. joy C. disappointment D.happiness
29. A. raised B. killed C. poisoned D. forgotten
30. A. exprience B. story C. vacation D. rescue
第一节 完形填空(共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21~30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
On the first day of school, our professor introduced himself and challenged(挑战,要求) us to get to know someone we didn’t know. I stood 21 to look around when a gentle hand 22 my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled, little 23 lady looking at me with a smile. She was Rose, eighty-seven years old. I was 24 what made her take on this 25 at her age. “I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!”
At the end of the term, we 26 Rose to speak at our football banquet. She cleared her throat and began, “we don’t stop playing 27 we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. There’re only three 28 to staying young, being happy, and achieving success. First, you have to laugh every day. Second, you should have a dream. When you 29 your dreams, you die. Third, have on regrets.”
At the year’s end, Rose finished the college degree. The wonderful woman taught us that it was never too 30 to be all one could possibly be.
21. A. up B. away C. aside D. out
22. A. felt B. touched C. hit D. attacked
23. A.poor B. rich C. young D. old
24. A.sure B. glad C. crazy D. curious
25. A.course B. exam C. challenge D. arrangement
26. A.forced B. helped C. invited D. told
27. A.because B. when C. if D. as if
28. A.keys B. facts C. dreams D. guesses
29. A.think B. hold C. create D. lose
30. A.late B. bad C. early D. good
第一节 完形填空(共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21~30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The latest reform in testing is the computerized test. Test questions and answer choices are presented on the 21 and students can answer with a tap of the keyboard or a click of the mouse. Before the actual test begins, there usually is an instruction showing how to use the computer to 22 the questions. Scores are displayed on the screen at the end of the test so that a student has immediate feedback 23 having to return several days later for results.
Some computerized tests are “adaptive”. This means that a test question is selected from a large pool of items based on how the test taker has responded to the 24 questions. The first question presented is of medium difficulty. If the test taker answers 25 , the next item will be more difficult. If he or she answers incorrectly, the next question will be easier. The computer 26 questions by level of difficulty and many other factors such as sex, race and age references, subject area the question is drawn from, and form of question, before presenting it on the screen. In this way, the questions are “adapted” to find the true skill 27 of the test taker.
Among all the conveniences of computerized testing, there are some 28 . No longer can you have a quick look at the 29 test, answer the easy questions first, and come back later to finish the difficult ones. Test items are presented one at a time, and you must choose an answer in order to move on to the next question. Once you have confirmed your answer, you cannot go back to 30 it if，later on, you realize that your answer was wrong．
21．A．screen B．paper C．board D．surface
22．A．put aside B．concentrate on C．respond to D．apply to
23．A．other than B．rather than C．regardless D．as to
24．A．previous B．basic C．following D．single
25．A．briefly B．smartly C．correctly D．thoughtfully
26．A．classifies B．answers C．considers D．recognizes
27．A．standard B．factor C．pattern D．level
28．A．qualities B．limits C．services D．features
29．A．formal B．objective C．final D．entire
30．A．identify B．exchange C．change D．overlook
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