I used to hate being called upon in class mainly because I didn’t like attention drawn to myself. And 36 assigned（指定）a seat by the teacher, I always 37 to sit at the back of the classroom.
All this 38 after I joined a sports team. It began when a teacher suggested I try out for the basketball team. At first I thought it was a crazy 39 because I didn’t have a good sense of balance, nor did I have the 40 to keep pace with the others on the team and they would tease me. But for the teacher who kept insisting on my “ 41 for it”, I wouldn’t have decided to give a try.
Getting up the courage to go to the tryouts was only the 42 of it! When I first started 43 the practice sessions（练习赛）, I didn’t even know the rules of the game, much 44 what I was doing. Sometimes I’d get 45 and take a shot at the wrong direction—which made me feel really stupid. 46 , I wasn’t the only one “new” at the game, so I decided to 47 on learning the game, do my best at each practice session, and not be too hard on myself for the things I didn’t 48 “just yet”.
I practiced and practiced. Soon I knew the 49 and the “moves”. Being part of a team was fun and motivating. Very soon the competitive 50 in me was winning over my lack of confidence. With time, I learned how to play and made friends in the 51 — friends who respected my efforts to work hard and be a team player. I never had so much fun!
With my 52 self-confidence comes more praise from teachers and classmates. I have gone from “53” in the back of the classroom and not wanting to call attention to myself, 54 raising my hand— even when I sometimes wasn’t and not 100 percent 55 I had the right answer. Now I have more self-confidence in myself.
A．as B．until C．though D．unless
A．hoped B．agreed C．chose D．meant
A．continued B．changed C．settled D．started
A．idea B．plan C．belief D．saying
A．right B．chance C．patience D．ability
A．going B．looking C．cheering D．applying
A．point B．half C．rest D．basis
A．enjoying B．preparing C．attending D．watching
A．further B．later C．worse D．less
A．confused B．motivated C．embarrassed D．committed
A．Interestingly B．Fortunately C．Obviously D．hopefully
A．try B．act C．focus D．rely
A．want B．do C．support D．know
A．rules B．orders C．steps D．games
A．roles B．part C．mind D．value
A．movement B．operation C．process D．situation
A．expressed B．improved C．preserved D．recognized
A．dreaming B．playing C．relaxing D．hiding
A．to B．for C．with D．by
A．lucky B．happy C．sure D．satisfied
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。
Sandy Greenberg came from a poor family. He went to Columbia University on a scholarship and there he met his roommate who also was receiving financial .
Unfortunately, Sandy had a(n) disease during his second year at Columbia University, and finally he became blind. But for Sandy, something else also happened to him — his roommate would his textbooks to him, every night after he lost his sight.
As a result, Sandy went on to with honors. He went off to study at Oxford. He was still quite poor, but he had managed to about five hundred dollars as he went along.
His roommate went on to graduate school. One day, Sandy got a from him at Oxford. His former roommate said, "Sandy, I'm really . I really don't like being in graduate school, and I don't want to do this."
"Well, what do you want to do? " Sandy .
His roommate told him, "Sandy, I really love to . I have a high school friend who plays the guitar. And we would really like to our hands in the music business. But we need to make a promo record, and in order to that I need $500."
Sandy took all his life savings without and sent it to his roommate. Well, his roommate was the famous singer, Art Garfunkel, and he up with another musician, Paul Simon. That $500 them make a record that finally became The Sound of Silence.
How we are able to deal with in our lives will be influenced by how we deal with others the way. What we get will depend a lot on what we . And that's the end of the story of doing well by doing good.
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It was Saturday morning，when there was no school ．But Tom had to which was painting the fence，a fence around the garden of Aunt Polly's house．"I want to go swimming．I want to go fishing．I want to play with my friends，”said Tom to ．“I want to do anything but paint the fence·When my friends see
me，they'll me.， But Tom had no An hour later when Tom felt and looked sadly at the big bucket of and the brush with the long handle，he came up with a good idea and ．
He started to paint the fence again.
Soon he saw one of his friends，Ben Rogers，who was holding a big red and who was walking towards him．“Ping-a-ling！”he said，making the noise of the on the steamboat．“Sssh！Sssh！”he said，making the noise of the steam in the engine of the steamboat．
“I’m going swimming，”Ben said．“What a thing you have to work！”
"Do you think it，s work?” asked Tom．
"Do you like painting the fence?”asked Ben，
“Can’t you see howes it is?”
Tom started to paint again．Sometimes he would stop and look at the fence and then with a ，he painted again·
Ben watched at him．“Let me paint the fence，”he said·
"No，”said Tom．“It's not as as you think·”
Ben was not happy，whereas Tom really seemed to painting the fence·
“If you let me paint it，”he said．“I’11 give you some of my apple·”
After thinking f or a minute，Tom and with a smile，he started to paint again·
“I'll give you of my apple，”said Ben·
Tom thought for another minute and agreed ．
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The day for the great balloon competition finally arrived. Every insect in the garden had been hard, and now they were preparing to begin their routines. The balloon competitions were always something really special.
Each time, the flying insects were favourite to win, because they could seize the balloon strings and fly off in all directions, creating all sorts of in the air. , on this occasion there were some rather unusual insects taking part: a group of ants. Of course, expected that they could do anything special. They were so light that no ant had ever to take part, but it was quite impressive to see all the ants all organized and prepared.
So the competition began, and the insects took their turns, performing beautiful movements with the balloons. As always the butterflies left everyone with their twist and turns, and their wonderful colours. When it was time for the ants to perform, it seemed like the competition had already been decided.
For the time in living memory, the ants shared just one balloon between them, and one by one they climbed up the balloon string, a thin black thread of ants. When all the string was covered, the last ant climbed his teammates to reach the balloon. he got there, he climbed onto the top of the balloon.
This strange attracted everyone's curiosity, and they were just about to witness the most important : the ant opened his jaws as wide as he could. . . and then he made a violent movement at the balloon with all his strength!
The result was powerful! The balloon began blowing out its air, flying about, here and there, doing a thousand turns and spins, while the ants made all kinds of beautiful shapes out of the string.
Of course, that acrobatic(杂技般的) flight with quite a hard landing, but it didn't . The creativity and teamwork of the ant performance was so that the crowd didn't even have to vote for there to be a winner.
From then on, in that garden, everyone understood how much could be achieved by working . In the years to come, the balloon competitions were full of displays carried out by teams, and they put on some wonderful routines; something those individual insects could never have achieved on their own.
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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。
From time to time, life can be impossibly hard, and it can be difficult to keep going. But you always have a choice.
2012 was the year of my life. My father died only six months he was diagnosed with cancer. He was always so that, for a minute after he drew his last breath, I honestly he would come back to life. I couldn’t believe I would never again cuddle (拥抱) into his big warm chest. Shortly after that, my oldest sister was to the hospital. They discovered that she had highly advanced cancer in her bones and that there was that they could do. She died a month later. She was my person in the whole world. I never thought I would have to live her. The and extreme heartbreak brought me to my knees, and I in the hospital myself. I remember lying in the hospital bed, looking at the ceiling and seeing my sister’s beautiful face. I realized that night that I had a(n) . I could end my life or I could continue to . I looked in my sister’s eyes and not to go with her just yet. I was determined to stay and my journey.
I now live with my husband and I spend quality time with my family and value every I have with them. I connect with my heart often to that I am following my joy. I love myself more deeply every day. Not a day goes by when I don’t my father’s huge character or my beloved sister’s gentle eyes, but I know that I will be with them one day. What I have now is so precious and so fleeting (短暂的) that I must grasp the in every moment I can.
You choose life every day. But do you choose the life that you every day?
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完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
Like any good mother, when Karen found out that another baby was on the way, she did what she could to help her three-year-old son, Michael, prepare for a new baby. They found out that it was going to be a girl, and day after day, night after night, Michael to his sister in Mommy’s tummy(肚子). He was building a bond of love with his little sister before he even met her.
The pregnancy progressed for Karen until the labor pains came. Soon it was every five minutes ... every minute. But something serious during delivery. Finally, Michael’s little sister was born. But she was in serious . With siren(警报) howling in the night, the ambulance the infant(婴儿) to the Intensive Care unit at St. Mary’s Hospital in Knoxville, Tennessee.
The days passed by. The little girl got . The doctors told the parents, "There is very little hope."Karen and her husband contacted a local cemetery (墓地) about a burial plot. They had a special room in their home for the new baby — now they planned a funeral(葬礼).
After two weeks in Intensive Care, it looked as if a funeral would come the week was over. Michael, kept begging his parents to let him see his sister, “I want to sing to her,” he said. Kids were never in Intensive Care. But Karen made up her mind to take Michael they liked it or not. If he didn’t see his sister now, he may never see her alive.
She him in an oversized suit and him into ICU. He looked like a walking laundry basket, but the head nurse him as a child, “Get that kid out of here now!” The mother rose up strong in Karen, and the usually lady glared steel-eyed right into the head nurse’s face, saying in a tone of voice, “He is not leaving until he sings to his sister!” Karen towed Michael to his sister’s bedside. He gazed at the tiny baby the battle to live. And he began to sing. the pure hearted voice of a 3-year-old, Michael sang:
“You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are gray…”
the baby girl responded. The pulse rate began to down and became steady.
“Keep on singing, Michael.” encouraged Karen. “You never know, dear, how much I love you. Please don’t take my sunshine away…”As Michael sang to his sister, the baby's breath became as smooth as a kitten’s purr.
“Keep on singing, Michael.” “The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping…” Michael’s little sister relaxed as rest, healing rest, seemed to sweep over her.
Funeral plans were . The next day — the very next day — the little girl was well enough to go home!
The medical staff just called it a miracle. Karen called it a miracle of God’s love!
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