When I was a teenager I volunteered to work at the water station at a 10,000m race. My job was to 34 water to the runners. I remember being so 35 to see all the different kinds of people who passed by and grabbed a cup of water. Some ran past, some walked past and a few wheeled past. I saw so many types of people doing it. I thought maybe I could do it too! So the next year I 36 up for the race.
That first 10,000m race was quite an experience. I jogged, I walked, I jogged and I walked 37 , I didn’t know if I could finish. Then came a defining (决定性) 38 .
At one point near the end, a 70-year-old man ran past me, very, very fast, and I felt 39 because I was 50 years younger than he but I couldn’t even keep up with him. I felt 40 for a second.
But then I realized something. He was running his race and I was running mine. He had 41 abilities, experience, training and goals for himself. I had mine. Remember my 42 was only to finish.
After a minute, it 43 me that this was a lesson I could draw from. I learned something about myself in that moment. I turned my embarrassment into 44 .
I decided that I would not give up on running races. In fact, I would run even more races and I would learn how to train and prepare 45 and one day I would be one of those 70-year-old persons who were still running. As I crossed the finish line, I was proud of my accomplishment. In life we all have those moments where we 46 ourselves to others. It’s only natural . Don’t allow those moments to 47 you. Turn them into motivation and let them inspire you. With the proper preparation and training, you can improve your result to 48 anything you want in life.
A．bring out B．pass out C．take out D．pick out
A．excited B．worried C．concerned D．anxious
A．gave B．made C．signed D．dressed
A．At times B．In time C．In all D．After all
A．victory B．decision C．moment D．conclusion
A．embarrassed B．annoyed C．moved D．thrilled
A．relaxed B．defeated C．puzzled D．inspired
A．special B．evident C．common D．different
A．motto B．plan C．goal D．direction
A．worried B．hit C．reached D．hurt
A．attraction B．devotion C．inspiration D．expectation
A．slightly B．hardly C．clearly D．properly
A．introduce B．relate C．present D．compare
A．weaken B．wound C．amuse D．cheer
A．reserve B．deliver C．achieve D．abandon
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
After years of searching, a truth seeker was told to go to a cave, in which he would find a well. “Ask the well what is 36 , ” he was advised, “and the well reveal (告诉，揭露) it to you.” Having found the well, the seeker asked that most basic and important 37 . And from the depths came the answer: “Go to the village crossroad, and there you shall find what you are seeking.”
Full of 38 the man ran to the crossroad to 39 only three rather uninteresting shops. One shop was selling pieces of metal, another sold 40 , and thin wires were for sale in the third. Nothing and no one there seemed to 41 much to do with the revelation of truth.
Disappointed, the seeker returned to the well to demand an 42 , but he was told only: “You will 43 in the future.”
As years went by, the 44 of his experience at the well gradually 45 until one night, while he was walking, the sound of sitar (西塔琴) music 46 his attention. It was wonderful and it was 47 with great skill and inspiration.
Deeply 48 , the truth seeker felt drawn towards the 49 . He looked at the fingers dancing over the strings. And then suddenly he let out a cry of joyful 50 : the sitar was made out of wires and pieces of metal and wood just like 51 he had once seen in the three stores.
At last h
e understood the 52 of the well: we have already been given everything we need; our 53 is to assemble (聚集) and use them in the proper way. Nothing is 54 so long as we recognize only fragments (碎片). But as soon as the pieces are put together, something new appears, whose nature we could not have 55 by considering the fragments alone.
A. truth B. hope C. future D. music
A. fact B. reason C. question D. well
A. energy B. hope C. mystery D. surprise
A. get B. count C. find D. open
A. instruments B. clothing C. food D. wood
A. connect B. have C. prepare D. offer
A. explanation B. advice C. excuse D. opportunity
A. succeed B. discover C. pay D. understand
A. bitterness B. failure C. memory D. secret
A. doubled B. forgot C. disappeared D. recovered
A. paid B. lost C. split D. caught
A. played B. broadcast C. enjoyed D. conducted
A. annoyed B. moved C. confused D. frightened
A. adviser B. director C. composer D. player
A. admiration B. distinction C. recognition D. imagination
A. those B. that C. it D. them
A. secret B. message C. theory D. benefit
A. target B. difficulty C. task D. shortcoming
A. interesting B. meaningful C. accessible D. successful
A. f
oreseen(预见) B. decided C. judged D. formed
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、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。
Mitchell once had a very serious car accident. More than 65 percent of his 36 was burnt. He was unable to 37 a knife at dinner, or go to the bathroom without 38 . But Mitchell never believed he was 39 . “I am in charge of my own spaceship,” he said. “It’s my up or my down. I could 40 to see this situation as a defeat 41 a starting point.” Six months later Mitchell bought himself a plane and he was piloting it 42 .
Later he 43 with two friends and founded a food company that 44 to be Vermont’s second largest food company. Then four years 45 the car accident, the plane Mitchell was piloting crashed. The accident made Mitchell unable to walk anymore. “I 46 what was happening to me. What did I do to get this?”
Mitchell worked 47 day and night to regain as much independence as possible. He was elected Mayor of Crested Butte, Colorado. He 48 the town from mineral mining that would 49 its beauty and environment.
Although he had 50 looks and physical difficulties, Mitchell 51 flying and speaking in public. “Before I 52 walk, there were 10,000 things I could do,” Mitchell says, “Now there are 9,000. I can 53 cry for the 1,000 I lost or focus on the 9,000 I have. I tell people that I have had two big bad lucks in my life. 54 you think you also have bad lucks, you can step back, take a 55 view and have a chance to say, ‘Maybe that isn’t such a big deal after all.’ It’s not what happens to you; it’s what you do about it,”
| 36. |
A. car |
B. hand |
C. head |
D. body |
| 37. |
A. put up |
B. take up |
C. pick up |
D. set up |
| 38. |
A. help |
B. strength |
C. spirit |
D. pain |
| 39. |
A. burnt |
B. defeated |
C. touched |
D. hurt |
| 40. |
A. choose |
B. learn |
C. come |
D. manage |
| 41. |
A. and |
B. but |
C. or |
D. so |
| 42. |
A. yet |
B. again |
C. ever |
D. too |
| 43. |
A. appeared |
B. cheered up |
C. practiced |
D. teamed up |
| 44. |
A. seemed |
B. grew |
C. happened |
D. hoped |
| 45. |
A. after |
B. before |
C. till |
D. from |
| 46. |
A. understand |
B. asked |
C. wondered |
D. realized |
| 47. |
A. sadly |
B. bravely |
C. proudly |
D. kindly |
| 48. |
A. took |
B. accepted |
C. changed |
D. saved |
| 49. |
A. ruin |
B. produce |
C. attract |
D. serve |
| 50. |
A. amusing |
B. charming |
C. shocking |
D. moving |
| 51. |
A. stopped |
B. continued |
C. began |
D. tried |
| 52. |
A. could |
B. couldn’t |
C. must |
D. mustn’t |
| 53. |
A. only |
B. still |
C. thus |
D. either |
| 54. |
A. Though |
B. Unless |
C. When |
D. Since |
| 55. |
A. bigger |
B. wider |
C. louder |
D. deeper |
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
In the wake of Chicago’s worst ever winter, when all of the rooftops were loaded, many overloaded with snow…Robert McGrath saw his wife run out to the backyard garage to 1 some boxes．
Seconds later he heard the 2 !
Looking out he saw the 3 of the garage had caved in(下塌). McGrath did not 4 for hat or coat…He ran from the house, 5 a snow shovel, and called out for neighbors to 6 ．
Yelling and 7 , with sweat freezing on his face---throwing snow and pulling away 8 ----he heard her voice and then saw her 9 . He kept digging, throwing and pulling…
And within minutes he had his wife in his arms and was 10 “Are you all right? Are you all right? I thought you were 11 ．Oh baby, I love you so much!” She was 12 ．
What Robert McGrath did not 13 was this: Mrs. McGrath had gone into the garage through one door and 14 through another. She was 15 in the house when she looked out and saw her husband digging and 16 orders and throwing planks of wood，feverishly trying to 17 her. She could not let her gallant(英勇) rescuer 18 . So she put her coat on again and went outside and 19 entered the garage through the 20 door--and allowed her husband to be her hero．
36、 A、fetch B、put C、1ay D、fix
37、 A、overload B、accident C、crash D、falling
38、 A、doors B、roof C、top D、wall
39、 A、search B、look C、hesitate D、stop
40、 A、snatched B、grabbed C、robbed D、carried
41、 A、escape B、run C、help D、move
42、 A、digging B、working C、complaining D、crying
43、 A、bricks B、stones C、grass D、boards
44、 A、hand B、body C、face D、feet
45、 A、sobbing B、questioning C、tired D、happy
46、 A、missing B、hidden C、crazy D、hurt
47、 A、excited B、fine C、surprised D、happy
48、 A、find B、mind C、know D、care
49、 A、away B、up C、off D、out
50、 A、safe B、waiting C、watching D、anxious
51、 A、receiving B、placing C、giving D、shouting
52、 A、pull B、rescue C、uncover D、protect
53、 A、in B、away C、up D、down
54、 A、finally B、unexpectedly C、quietly D、carefully
55、 A、back B、open C、front D、broken
第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每题1分，满分20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。
I got lots of interesting experiences in a free school. At first I couldn’t believe it. There were no 41 in rows or loud-sounding bells, nor did anyone have to go to 42 . Although we lived “in”, 43 made us go to bed at a certain time; there was no “ lights out”.
The 44 thing was that practically all the students went to class, and very few people stayed up late at night. Only the new people stayed up or 45 class. The new ones always went wild 46 , but his wildness never lasted long. The freedom took some getting used to. Our teachers treated us like _47 ; never did we have to 48_ “ stand up”, “ sit down”, “ speak out”. I don’t 49 one student who didn’t try his best.
The subjects were the same as those in the ___50_____ school, but what a difference in the method! For example, in botany (植物学) we had 51__ classes in the spring or fall, but instead we planted two gardens, a vegetable garden and a flower garden. Then in winter we each studied a few 52 things about what we had grown. In math the students built three different sizes of storerooms---small ones 53 , but usable. They did this instead of having lessons in the classroom. They really had a 54 time, too, designing everything, drawing the blueprints(蓝图;设计图), figuring out the angles and so on. I didn’t take 55__ . But I could do the basic things with numbers. That’s 56 .
57_ I think I am a 58 person for having gone to the school. I can read and write as well as anyone else of my age, and I think better. That’s probably a real big ___59 between the free school and the regular school--- the amount of 60 .
41.A.desks B. lights C. books D. windows
42.A. home B. bed C. class D. work
43.A. teachers B. parents C. nobody D. somebody
44.A. sad B. last C. good D. strange
45.A. attended B. took C. missed D. studied
46.A. from then on B. at first C. once more D. just then
47.A. workers B. pupils C. gardeners D. grown- ups
48.A. play B. say C. study D. understand
49.A. hear from B. feel like C. think about D. know of
50.A. night B. regular C. small D. real
51.A. all B. short C. no D. indoor
52.A.wild B. successful C. interested D. particular
53.A. as well B. after a while C. of course D. as a result
54.A. funny B. great C. convenient D. terrible
55.A. math B. angle C. botany D. gardens
56.A. uninteresting B. interesting C. enough D. dangerous
57.A.On the whole B. Once again C. Sooner or later D. After a while
58.A. careful B. better C. busier D. lovely
59.A. problem B. chance C. difference D. change
60.A. reading B. gardening C. teaching D. thinking
第二部分完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）。
阅读下列短文，从短文后所给各题的A，B，C，D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I grew up in a community called Estepona. I was 16 when one morning, Dad told me I could drive him into a 36 village called Mijas, on condition that I took the car in to be 37 nearby garage. I readily accepted. I drove Dad into Mijas, and 38 to pick him up at 4 pm, then dropped off the car at the 39 . With several hours to spare, l went to a theater. 40 , when the last movie finished, it was six. 1 was two hours late!
I knew Dad would be angry if he 41 I’d been watching movies. So I decided not to tell him the truth. When I 42 there I apologized for being late, and told him I’d 43 as quickly as I could, but that the car had needed a major repairs. I’ll never forget the 44 he gave me. “I’m disappointed you 45 you have to lie to me, Jason.” Dad looked at me again. “When you didn’t _46 , I called the garage to ask if there were any 47 , and they told me you hadn’t yet picked up the car.” I felt 48 as I weakly told him the real reason. A 49 passed through Dad as he listened attentively. “I’m angry with 50 . I realize I’ve failed as a father. I’m going to walk home now and think seriously about 51 I’ve gone wrong all these years.” “But Dad, it’s 18 miles!” My protests and apologies were 52 . Dad walked home that day. I drove behind him, 53 him all the way, but he walked silently.
Seeing Dad in so much 54 and emotional pain was my most painful experience. However, it was 55 the most successful lesson. I have never lied since.
36. A. lonely B. small C. distant D. familiar
37. A. kept B. washed C. watched D. serviced
38. A. agreed B. pimped C. determined D. promised
39. A. village B. community C. garage D. theater
40. A. However B. Then C. Therefore D. Still
41. A. realized B. found out C. thought D. figured out
42. A. went B ran C. walked D. hurried
43. A. started B left C. arrived D. come
44. A. word B. face C. look D. appearance
45. A. find B. decide C. believe D feel
46. A. turn up B. drive out C. go away D come out
47. A. questions B. problems C. mistakes D. faults
48. A. ashamed B. frightened C. nervous D. surprised
49. A. nervousness B. sadness C. silence D. thought
50. A. you B. myself C. me D. yourself
51. A. where B. how C. why D. when
52. A. meaningless B. useless C. helpless D. worthless
53. A. asking B. persuading C. begging D. following
54. A. physical B. practical C. personal D. natural
55. A. indeed B. always C. also D. almost
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