完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
I could have easily gone through life without getting to know one of the most romantic feelings---love for a dog.
For at least ten years my __36 _ had been suggesting that we get a dog. There were several reasons why the idea _37_ . We had noticed that, on our block, couples with no children as a rule 38_ one large or two small dogs. So we got one puppy 39_ we too had no children.
He flew into the house with the 40 of a Formula 1 (一级方程式赛车). In several minutes he ran over all the house, 41 from my shoulder onto the bed, and ended up in the 42 , where my wife washed him with motherly 43 . From that day on, the invisible（看不见的） _44 for the love of the new member of our household began at my home.
He seemed to 45 that at once. Most of the meals that my wife had _ 46 for him with greater care than those for me---he didn’t 47 look at.
Every evening I went out walking with him. I could not know who was walking whom _ 48_ one evening, when, tired from work, I 49 the walk. The dog was very angry and dragged me out.
Last night our dog pulled me by the ear with his teeth, 50 me up in my dream, and dragged me into the kitchen to make me turn off the 51 which had disturbed（干扰）his sleep. I meekly（乖乖地） 52 that I had forgotten to switch off the light, but that was not 53 . He looked at me like a teacher at a pupil who repeatedly makes _ 54 .
Now we finally know who’s the_ 55 at home, and for twenty years we had seriously argued whether it was my wife or I.
A．wife B．son C．husband D．daughter
A．came up with B．came out C．came up D．came on
A．kept B．rose C．carried D．invited
A．if B．unless C．since D．before
A．speed B．shape C．cost D．race
A．climbed B．covered C．jumped D．stopped
A．yard B．street C．bathroom D．kitchen
A．worry B．care C．identity D．power
A．signal B．war C．work D．truth
A．doubt B．dislike C．wonder D．understand
A．reached B．searched C．looked D．prepared
A．even B．still C．ever D．yet
A．while B．because C．until D．as
A．gave in B．gave up C．gave away D．gave out
A．broke B．woke C．picked D．packed
A．water B．heater C．cooker D．light
A．hoped B．considered C．admitted D．decided
A．enough B．good C．bad D．true
A．plans B．mistakes C．decisions D．faces
A．boss B．member C．adult D．child
I believe that everyone has a dream. A dream can be great or petty, or ordinary, good or bad. In my opinion, the real problem is not whether you have a dream, but whether you have enough
to admit that you have a dream.
Of course there are so many people who can't be . The fact is that the No. 1 winner is just one and others are losers. The fact is that everyone
the position but only one can get it.
, we don't have enough resources which can be given to
. So, how can we do? Maybe if we hide the dreams, life can be
. Maybe we had better not
the competition,
it's so easy to fail and so hard to be a
. Maybe we should give up the dreams because it's really
to bear all the jeerers (嘲笑者) and blamers. In a word, we are often afraid of
.
But a man won't his dream because of the fear of failure. Benjamin Franklin, we all remember him as Doctor Franklin, philosopher, patriot, scientist, philanthropist and statesman. But the most valuable things we should
is that how he peddle (叫卖) ballads (歌谣) in Boston, and how he walked the streets of Philadelphia, homeless and unknown, with three penny rolls for his breakfast. But he also had dinner at the tables of princesses, and
his friends in a palace. This poor Boston boy, with hardly a day's schooling, became master of six languages and
gave up his dream for studying. No matter
a prospect (前途) he had, he didn't fear it and still
his dream.
Every failure can make us gain new and make us strange! Only when we beat the fear, can we really make our dreams
! As we all know, what we fear is fear itself.
A. common B. similar C. small D. unusual
A. chance B. time C. courage D. need
A. successful B. careful C. clever D. strange
A. leaves B. wants C. refuses D. serves
A. In all B. First of all C. Above all D. After all
A. everyone B. somebody C. nobody D. no one
A. easier B. more tiring C. harder D. more serious
A. get rid of B. go against C. take care of D. take part in
A. if B. until C. because D. while
A. writer B. runner C. jumper D. winner
A. comfortable B. normal C. unpleasant D. natural
A. failure B. death C. accident D. trouble
A. go on with B. carry on C. give up D. get back
A. forget B. doubt C. expect D. remember
A. punished B. received C. guided D. defended
A. always B. never C. ever D. usually
A. how B. which C. when D. what
A. stuck to B. broke down C. turned to D. got away from
A. room B. relation C. experience D. pity
A. come along B. come true C. come on D. come back
Thomas Edison tried two thousand different materials in search of a filament (灯丝) for the light bulb. When worked satisfactorily, his assistant
, "All our work is in
. We have learned nothing."
Thomas Edison replied very , "Oh, we have come a long way and we have
a lot. We know that there are two thousand materials which we can't
to make a good light bulb."
"If you learn from your , then you are intelligent. But
you learn from someone's mistakes, then you are a genius." "Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines
daily and failure is nothing more than a small few
repeated daily."
How the above lines are! Success or failure takes root in our
. When we don't practise disciplines in life, we don't
enough confidence to attempt new and challenging tasks which are important and
in life. Our confidence
what we think of ourselves and whether we believe in ourselves. We are all born with exceptional
but only a few really realize their true potentials and forge (继续) ahead in life and the others just lead a (n)
life. Do you want to be exceptional?
is a fruit that everyone wants to eat but it is not found everywhere and no one can achieve it
serious efforts. Those who want to succeed will find a way, those who don't will find a (n)
!
A. neither B. none C. either D. any
A. screamed B. added C. complained D. argued
A. vain B. doubt C. wonder D. use
A. unsatisfactorily B. unhappily
C. confidently D. surprisingly
A. suffered B. learned C. earned D. paid
A. use B. produce C. search D. afford
A.experiences B.experiments C.failures D.mistakes
A. if B. unless C. though D. until
A. provided B. required C. accepted D. practised
A. disciplines B. errors C. tasks D. lines
A. true B. possible C. proper D. perfect
A. lines B. materials C. minds D. lives
A. lack B. lose C. build D. share
A. matter B. fail C. function D. stress
A. results in B. depends on C. leaves out D. takes up
A. figures B. appearances C. characters D. qualities
A. bitter B. easy C. hard D. average
A. Confidence B. Intelligence C. Success D. Failure
A. through B. for C. to D. without
A. opportunity B. way C. excuse D. explanation
Dorothy Brown was very happy as she sat in the theatre listening to the music. Today her little daughter Lauren was giving her concert. She had been waiting for this for years and years. "Now it is here at last," she thought. "How beautiful her is."
The song made her to the days when she was Lauren's . As a young , Dorothy wanted to be a concert singer. She studied in France, Italy and in the United States. "You can become a fin in the future, " her teachers told her. "But you must be to study hard and work for many years. There will be time for anything but music in your life." Dorothy was at that time and she was that music was all she wanted or needed to her life. For almost a year Dorothy of nothing else. Then she David, a young engineer travelling Europe. They soon fell in . David asked her to be his Dorothy also wanted to marry David. But she loved , too. She didn't know what to do. David was against her being a singer. He said, "If you want to be a singer, you must forget about getting married. You can't do both." Thus her days were gone and would never return. Now Lauren became a singer instead of her, which was her .
A．sorry B．successful C．first D．wonderful
A．dance B．moment C．show D．party
A．voice B．face C．dress D．life
A．think of B．bring back C．go back D．come back
A．age B．friend C．mother D．teacher
A．musician B．pop star C．lady D．girl
A．French B．music C．piano D．dance
A．actress B．student C．singer D．dancer
A．prepared B．learning C．driven D．waiting
A．some B．any C．no D．enough
A．eight B．eighteen C．eighty D．eighty-eight
A．lucky B．sure C．afraid D．fond
A．fill B．live C．lead D．take
A．heard B．knew C．talked D．thought
A．saw off B．learned from C．heard of D．met with
A．love B．feeling C．music D．touch
A．assistant B．teacher C．wife D．student
A．him B．engineering C．herself D．music
A．certainly B．possibly C．only D．mainly
A．thought B．hope C．purpose D．will
Childish Voice
When I was a young child, my parents often told me that it was time to teach a man everything. I didn't understand and wondered why had such a big influence
a person. I thought I could grow up quickly to find it out as an adult. But now,
I come to knock at the door of adulthood, I feel
to express my own
on this saying. I know that I'm just a high school student with very
experiences. There are still many things
me in the future, yet I would like to express myself in a childish voice.
I once read this sentence: "To make this world a happy place to live, you'd better yourself and your heart, instead of the whole world." I was shocked. It made me think about life
. There are so many things around us that
our will. We can't force life
our wishes. The earth won't stop turning no matter whether we
it or not. What we can do is just to make ourselves
the world. I think we should learn to accept
life gives us, no matter whether it's the spring sunlight or the winter snowfall, and try to be happy.
Deeply moved by the pop song Grandmother (by Jay Chou), I always try to every pleasant thing in my life, but now I see I don't catch most of the pleasant moments. It is more
that they slip by and leave you feeling
. I realize that I'm not just living
myself and that there are the others around me I should think of. They all pay attention to my growing up, even if it's just a little progress.
Everyone has his or her own attitude towards life, be it positive or . It doesn't matter, I think. There is one
that should be obeyed and that's to make this world better.
A. man B. time C. thing D. parent
A. about B. with C. on D. in
A. before B. after C. as D. when
A. anxious B. worried C. tired D. glad
A. beliefs B. opinions C. confidences D. expressions
A. a few B. little C. few D. a little
A. waiting for B. sticking with
C. dealing with D. doing with
A. ask B. change C. exchange D. force
A. myself B. itself C. oneself D. themselves
A. go with B. go along C. go ahead D. go against
A. being followed B. to be followed
C. to be following D. to follow
A. receive B. accept C. refuse D. approve
A. fit B. suit C. beat D. match
A. what B. whatever C. which D. why
A. miss B. catch C. escape D. lose
A. probably B. likely C. possibly D. unlikely
A. regretful B. awful C. successful D. terrible
A. for B. by C. on D. with
A. wrong B. false C. negative D. true
A. point B. rule C. thing D. word
Take a Slow Walk
By Zero Wu
As an Indian saying goes, he who walks too fast needs to take a , waiting for his soul to catch up.
I am the one who walk too fast. Lost in life, with a fast-paced lifestyle, I hurried on with my journey until some day I began to learn to take a （3） walk.
I sometimes doubt myself what I insist on and give upon is totally different from of other people and whether I have no sense of fear about it. In my prelife, I must be a riding a horse galloping (驰骋) freely all over the world. in present life, I am a woman of iron will a man. With prelife's blood flowing inside, I can at any time carry my bag to take on my long-time adventure.
As a child, I always myself buried in books and naively (天真烂漫地) thought, cup of tea and book in hand, I was in a paradise, for I always bore in mind that " tea can intoxicate (使陶醉) me, why need I drink wine? Now that books can make the room sweet, why are flowers ?"
I am a person who has just begun to take a slow walk, my own stories as "fables" of a person who has the courage to take my free-willed journey （14） the massive land; who has been from any intense feelings along with worries; who has learnt to take a after getting deeply drunk; who will let go if the "bird" in heart has to fly away; who wishes to live in the afterlife as a tree described by Chen Danyan thoughts or pains; who long keeps smiles and inner peace, although crowded on the subway train.
I leave behind the speech that I have for lives around the lips at which overgrows wild grass. I might as well bury it in a small garden, or my emotion to it, dismissing the sweet of life to my ever-lastingly meaningful written words.
A．rest B．walk C．look D．seat
A．would B．used to C．ought to D．seemed to
A．fast B．quick C．slow D．obtuse
A．what B．which C．whether D．who
A．that B．it C．one D．other
A．traveler B．reporter C．worker D．warrior
A．Still B．Even C．So D．Though
A．more than B．not more than C．not worse than D．no worse than
A．sent B．drove C．kept D．made
A．Since B．When C．Before D．Until
A．planted B．needed C．managed D．grown
A．interpreting B．forming C．changing D．recording
A．took up B．held up C．picked up D．set up
A．across B．over C．inside D．through
A．lucky B．busy C．far D．free
A．walk B．step C．suck D．break
A．with B．without C．for D．along
A．collected B．gathered C．accumulated D．planed
A．give B．attach C．approach D．bring
A．decorate B．picture C．explain D．introduce
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