Four years ago, I felt lucky after escaping one of those terrible 2-mile runs. I hated running; it was just something that 1 came easily to me. At that time, if you had told me that I would one day run a marathon, I’ d have told you honestly that I had a better 2 of winning the lottery（彩票）.
The turning 3 came when I met Mrs. Green. She was fifty years old, going through chemotherapy（化学疗法）for her cancer, and still managed to run 30 miles a week. I thought that if Mrs. Green could run 6 miles at a time, I could run at least two. In February, in cold weather, I started a 2-mile 4 around my neighborhood. Two months later, I 5 the running for the first time. I felt very tired, but I felt happy.
Over the next several years, I continued to push each run for a few 6 minutes, slowly building my endurance（耐力）. I didn’t need to 7 against other runners, for my most important competitor was myself.
After continuing to 8 myself, I knew it was time to step my training up. I 9 I would train for the Detroit Free Press/Flagstar Marathon.
The race day 10 came, and I was filled with excitement and worry. It was final time to see what I was made of. The 11 ended up surprisingly. I did 12 through the last few miles, but after my running, there was no doubt in my mind that I’d finished. As I 13 the finish line, I experienced the strongest sense of 14 and happiness I had ever had in my life. I am now a marathoner.
As John Bingham once said, “The miracle（奇迹）isn’t that I finished. The miracle is that I had the 15 to start.”
A．never B．always C．usually D．often
A．belief B．suggestion C．chance D．hope
A．situation B．stage C．case D．point
A．race B．walk C．hike D．ride
A．closed B．changed C．finished D．considered
A．perfect B．extra C．actual D．basic
A．compete B．go C．speak D．argue
A．treat B．interest C．challenge D．enjoy
A．forced B．decided C．doubted D．seemed
A．certainly B．immediately C．frequently D．finally
A．experience B．moment C．walk D．reward
A．look B．live C．travel D．struggle
A．toured B．moved C．crossed D．stopped
A．touch B．pride C．humor D．belonging
A．courage B．ability C．choice D．thought
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，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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
On a cold November afternoon, my mother and I were walking home from a pizza store. We were dressed warmly and 31 with the rented video we had been dying to watch, I was feeling a little 32 , as I was carrying our shopping bags of snacks and the 33 .They were so heavy that I decided to 34 some things. So I started to walk towards the garbage can 35 I noticed a poor man walking his bike out of the restaurant in front of us. He 36 a paper bag with his dirty hand. He headed over to another nearby garbage can and started _37 it.
I suddenly felt very 38 because I was about to do away with a new drink just 39 it was heavy. I knew this man would take all he could 40 , so I walked up to him and 41 the drink and some snacks to him. The man looked up 42 and took what I gave him. A huge smile spread 43 his face and this caused me to feel quite 44 . I felt like I 45 be happier with myself, but then he said, “This is my son’s lucky day!”
With that, he 46 me happily and started off on his bike. I even heard him 47 a song as he rode away. I got a warm feeling inside and I knew I had done something good, for the man and his family. I now understand what is 48 by the saying “Giving is getting”.
Since then, every time I have the 49 to do something nice, the image of the man’s happiness caused by my small gift appears in my mind. This is the 50 of charity.
31. A. equipped B. covered C. done D. offered
32. A. upset B. happy C. tired D. excited
33. A. video B. books C. pizza D. clothes
34. A. send off B. throw away C. put away D send out
35. A. after B. when C. before D. while
36. A. owned B. presented C. held D. sought
37. A. going into B. finding out C. looking through D. working out
38. A. stupid B. guilty C. disappointed D. happy
39. A. since B. until C. because D. when
40. A. get B. search C. hear D. see
41. A. dropped B. kept C. turned D. handed
42. A. sadly B. coldly C. thankfully D. patiently
43. A. in B. across C. by D. through
44. A. regretful B. satisfied C. puzzled D. curious
45. A. couldn’t B. shouldn’t C. needn’t D. mustn’t
46. A. smiled B. told C. saw D. thanked
47. A. whistling B. whispering C. listening D. making
48. A. referred B. said C. meant D. spoken
49. A. time B. chance C. idea D. effort
50. A. power B. effect C. result D. mystery
第二节完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-50各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A boy came to a wise man living in a beautiful palace to learn about the secret of happiness. The wise man 36 with everyone in his palace, and the boy had to wait long before his 37 . But the wise man told him he had no time to explain the secret of happiness then. He handed the boy a teaspoon that held 38 drops of oil and said, “Please 39 the palace and return in two hours, but carry this spoon 40 allowing the oil to spill(洒出).”
The boy wandered around, keeping his eyes 41 on the spoon. After two hours, he returned.
“Well,” said the wise man, “Did you see the wonderful works of art hanging in my dining hall? Did you see the garden which it 42 the gardener ten years to create?” The boy’s face turned red. He said his only 43 was not to spill the oil.
“Then go back and 44 my palace”, said the wise man, “You cannot trust a man if you don’t know his house.”
Relieved, the boy 45 up the spoon and returned to his exploration of the palace; this time observing all of the works of art and all the 46 in the garden. Upon returning to the wise man, he described in 47 everything he had seen.
“But where are the drops of oil I gave to you?” asked the wise man. Looking 48 at the spoon he held, the boy saw the oil was 49 .
“Well, this is the only 50 I can give you”, said the wise man. “The secret of happiness is to see all the wonders of the world and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon.”
36. A. argued B. talked C. fought D. played
37. A. duty B. place C. turn D. distance
38. A. some B. any C. other D. little
39. A. get out B. look around C. drop out D. build up
40. A. with B. for C. without D. instead
41. A. covered B. stared C. absorbed D. fixed
42. A. took B. spent C. used D. made
43. A. business B. interest C. concern D. regret
44. A. find B. reach C. observe D. protect
45. A. put B. stood C. brought D. picked
46. A. stones B. signs C. mystery D. beauty
47. A. trouble B. detail C. order D. return
48. A. down B. up C. over D. out
49. A. gone B. removed C. cold D. frozen
50. A. gift B. news C. advice D. reward
B) 阅读下面的短文，根据首字母的提示在空白处填上适当的单词，使短文意义完整。(For questions 71—80, read the passage below. Complete it by filling in each blank one word. The first letter of each word is provided.)
The Home of the Future
When Dan Green comes home from work, he doesn't need a key to open his front door. As he walks up to the front of his house, the (71)d________ opens. The lights turn on inside. His favorite music starts to play. His dinner is (72)r________ in the oven. (73)B________ no one is home. What's happening? This is the home of the future! Right now, Dan Green is the only person (74)w________ has a home like this. He is a scientist. But in about 25 years, many people (75)w________ have homes like Dan's. His home does not look different on the (76)o________. But inside it is very different.
Computers control this house of the future. For (77)e________, Dan is watching television (78)w the doorbell rings. The TV is a computer. When Dan presses a button on the TV remote control, he can see a picture of his (79)v________ on the screen. He can also use the remote control to open or close the door. Dan can watch TV and answer the door at the same (80)t________.
III. 完形填空（Cloze）（共15小题；每小题1分，计15分）
A) 阅读下面的短文，结合文意用右边所给单词的适当形式填空。(For questions 66—70, read the passage below. Use the word given in bold at the end of the line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line.)
Sharon Sexton
She throws Sean Penn over her shoulder and she asked Andrew Ridgeley to be quiet. She's slim, (66) ________ 【attract】and 1.75 meters tall. Sharon Sexton is not what most of us (67) ________ 【image】a bouncer (保镖) to look like but that's just what she is at the London club, Xenon.
Sharon says: “The aim is not to be noticed. I have to move around and mix in with the crowds. I'm here to make sure no trouble starts. If anyone looks (68) ________ 【anger】I just go and ask them to keep calm. Most men are so surprised at being spoken to by a woman bouncer that they don't argue. I only very (69) ________ 【occasion】have to use force.”
Sharon has also worked as a (70) “________”【mind】 for Madonna and for Al Pacino. She spends a lot time practicing Wing Chun, a method of self-defense designed for women.
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的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Around the end of my stay in Yellowknife, I had a chance to ride in a dogsled (狗拉雪橇). I went to 36 a man who had 37 dogsled tournaments more than four times. In his house, there were lots of awards on the shelves. I had a girl take my picture in 38 of the awards.
Finally, the time came to take a 39 in a dogsled. The instructor asked me time and time again if the clothes I was 40 were warm enough. Because it wasn’t so 41 outside, I thought I was wearing 42 .
However, my thinking 43 right after the 12 dogs started to 44 the sled on the frozen lake. It was freezing! I don’t know how fast they were running, but I lost all 45 in my hands and feet. Sometimes the snow which the dogs 46 up hit me.
After my ride in the dogsled, I went to see an igloo (圆顶建筑),which is a house 47 snow. There I had a 48 to hear the stories about Eskimos(爱斯基摩人).
Of course, as a person from Japan, I couldn’t 49 what they were talking about. 50 , there was a(n) 51 beside me, so he translated everything the Eskimo was saying. Then the Eskimo kindly 52 me some of the tools that they used. I had 53 seen such strange things before.
He talked about the 54 he needed to learn while traveling in the Arctic, such as how to make an igloo, how to make water from ice, and how to hunt using their inventions. I 55 that I didn’t take pictures of their tools because I didn’t have my camera at that time.
36. A. instruct B. invite C. take D. visit
37. A. beaten B. won C. received D. defeated
38. A. front B. need C. honor D. celebration
39. A. drive B. look C. ride D. tour
40. A. buying B. wearing C. choosing D. borrowing
41. A. cool B. warm C. cold D. hot
42. A. enough B. obviously C. comfortably D. fully
43. A. gathered B. reminded C. remained D. changed
44. A. push B. pull C. drive D. carry
45. A. blood B. temperature C. feeling D. movement
46. A. kicked B. picked C. turned D. made
47. A. covered with B. decorated with C. made of D. filled with
48. A. chance B. time C. moment D. message
49. A. hear B. understand C. realize D. admire
50. A. Therefore B. Otherwise C. However D. Besides
51. A. villager B. teacher C. instructor D. translator
52. A. lent B. showed C. sold D. gave
53. A. ever B. also C. usually D. never
54. A. skills B. materials C. experiments D. conditions
55. A. think B. consider C. regret D. infer
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