There are many stories about people who did not let age stop them in the pursuit of their goals. I’m sure you have heard of recent 70-year-old college graduates, or teenagers who are 1 of many useful things or owners of companies. Actually, it can be done; it just 2 your attitude.
Michael had wanted to run his own business from an early age, but he was 3 a big risk taker. After many years of working for others, he put a business plan together and was about to make the 4 , but his friends told him that at 45 he was too 5 to start his own construction business. They thought it was a young man’s business while Michael needed a steady income to support his family. Michael was discouraged. 6 many of his friends worked in the very field that he was considering starting his business in, he 7 that they knew what was best, so he decided to give up his 8 . But his wife told him that he was foolish to do so. They discussed it and Michael 9 that he’d been using his age as a(n) 10 instead of as an advantage.
Have you put off a goal 11 age or another limiting factor? Does the limiting 12really have as much influence as you think? Age is just a number and each challenge is an opportunity. Your attitude 13 . You’re not too old to try something 14 and never too old to give up on your dreams. They may 15 a bit of adjustment, but if you want something enough, believe in yourself and your desires will have no bounds.
A．owners B．discoverers C．inventors D．users
A．depends on B．turns down C．makes up D．leads to
A．never B．hardly C．nearly D．surely
A．decision B．leap C．conclusion D．contribution
A．early B．old C．hard D．wise
A．If B．Before C．Even D．Since
A．hoped B．learnt C．thought D．heard
A．plan B．job C．belief D．method
A．stressed B．decided C．realized D．Dreamed
A．response B．reply C．answer D．excuse
A．instead of B．regardless of C．because of D．in spite of
A．result B．factor C．pressure D．strength
A．changes B．helps C．begins D．matters
A．opposite B．impossible C．strange D．valuable
A．make B．suggest C．require D．follow
第二节完形填空 (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41—50各小题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Lang Lang went to a piano school in Beijing when he was just eight. “ You need ____41____,” his father said. “ But if you don’t work hard, no fortune will come.”
What made him sad was that his piano teacher in Beijing didn’t like him. As a nine-year-old boy Lang Lang was badly _____42_____. He decided that he didn’t want to be a ___43_____ any more. For the next two weeks he didn’t touch the piano. ____44____ his father didn’t push, but waited.
Luckily, the day came when his teacher asked him to play some holiday songs. He didn’t want to , but as he placed his fingers on the piano key, he _____45_____ that he could show others that he had talent after all.
In the 1994 International Young Pianists Competition, when it was ____46_____ that Lang Lang had won, he was too ___47_____ to hold back his tears. Soon it was clear that he couldn’t stay in China forever---he had to play on the world’s big ___48_____. In 1997 Lang Lang ____49 again, this time to Phildelphia, U.S. There he spent two years practicing. After his ____50 performance at Chicago’s Ravinia Festival, gigs (特邀演出) in Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall started pouring in. Lang Lang finally worked to reach the place where fortune spots him, and lets him shine.
41. A. exercise B. fortune C. knowledge D. wealth
42. A. hurt B. weakened C. ruined D. frightened
43. A. singer B. pianist C. conductor D. player
44. A. Hopefully B. Patiently C. Wisely D. Painfully
45. A. seemed B. admitted C. noticed D. realized
46. A. told B. mentioned C. announced D. recognized
47. A. excited B. encouraged C. shocked D. satisfied
48. A. conceits B. tours C. competitions D. stages
49. A. started B. left C. moved D. performed
50. A. successful B. cheerful C .respectful D. meaningful
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Is it difficult for you to get up in the morning? Do you sometimes oversleep? Are you often late for work or school? Yes? The Hiroyuki Sugiyama of Japan has a(n) 36 bed for you. Hiroyuki's bed will 37 you up in the morning! Here is how it 38 .
The bed 39 an alarm Clock. First, the alarm clock rings. You have a few minutes to wake up. Next, a tape recorder in the bed plays 40 music or other pleasant sounds. The tape recorder in Hiroyuki's bed plays a recording of his girlfriend. She whispers in a sweet 41 , "Wake up, darling, please. "A few minutes later, a second recording 42 The sound recording can be loud music or 43 sounds. Hiroyuki hears a recording of his boss. His boss 44 ," Wake up immediately, 45 you'll be late!"
If you don't get up 46 the second recording, you 47 be sonly! A mechanical "foot" is in the bed. The mechanical foot kicks you in the head. Then the bed waits a few 48 minutes. What ! You're 49 in bed! Slowly the 50 of the bed rises higher and higher. The foot of the bed goes lower and lower. 51 , the bed is vertical(垂直的). You slide off the bed and onto the floor. You are out of bed and become 52 .
Hiroyuki made his bed because he wanted to 53 a contest. He works for Honda Motor Company. Every two years Honda has a contest for its 200,000 employees--" All Honda Idea Contest." The employees think of new 54 . If their ideas win, the employees win 55 .
Hiroyuki Sugiyama won one of the top prizes for his bed.
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A．expensive B．special C．valuable D．comfortable
A．get B．catch C．make D．let
A．works B．runs C．happens D．moves
A．is separated from B．is made up of C．is connected to D．is made into
A．loud B．classical C．pop D．soft
A．sound B．voice C．noise D．way
A．sends B．turns C．plays D．appears
A．pleasant B．interesting C．unpleasant D．funny
A．shouts B．calls C．whispers D．persuades
A．and B．but C．so D．or
A．before B．until C．since D．after
A．can B．will C．may D．would
A．other B．another C．more D．one
A．still B．yet C．already D．even
A．end B．middle C．body D．top
A．However B．Finally C．Therefore D．otherwise
A．angry B．asleep C．happy D．awake
A．achieve B．win C．gain D．defeat
A．ideas B．problems C．facts D．ways
A．praises B．positions C．prizes D．medals
第二部分语言知识运用 (共两节, 满分35分)
第一节: 完形填空 (共10小题, 每小题1分, 满分10分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
What is intelligence anyway? When I was in the army I 21 an intelligence test that all soldiers took, and, against an average of 100, scored 160.
I had an auto-repair man once, who, on these intelligence tests, could not possibly have scored more than 80. Yet, when anything went wrong with my car I hurried to him — and he always __22__ it.
Well, then, suppose my auto-repair man designed questions for some intelligence tests. By every one of them I’d prove myself a 23 . In a world where I have to work with my hands， I’d do poorly.
Consider my auto-repair man again. He had a habit of telling 24 . One time he said, “Doc, a deaf-and-dumb man 25 some nails. Having entered a store, he put two fingers together on the counter and made 26 movements with the other hand. The clerk brought him a hammer. He shook his head and pointed to the two fingers he was hammering. The clerk 27 him some nails. He picked out the right size and left. Well, Doc, the next man who came in was blind. He wanted scissors. How do you suppose he asked for them?” I lifted my right hand and made scissoring movements with my first two fingers. He burst out laughing and said, “Why, you fool, he used his 28 and asked for them. I’ve been 29 that on all my customers today, but I knew for sure I’d catch you.” “Why is that?” I asked. “Because you are so god damned educated, Doc. I knew you couldn’t be very 30 .”
And I have an uneasy feeling he had something there.
21. A. failed B. wrote C. received D. chose
22. A. fixed B. checked C. drove D. changed
23. A. teacher B. doctor C. winner D. fool
24. A. lies B. jokes C. news D. tales
25. A. bought B. tested C. found D. needed
26. A. cutting B. hammering C. waving D. circling
27. A. brought B. packed C. sent D. sold
28. A. imagination B. hand C. voice D. information
29. A. trying B. proving C. practising D. examining
30. A. clear B. silly C. slow D. smart
第二部分：语言知识及应用 (共两节，满分45分)
完形填空 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从1~15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 us to get to know a new classmate. I ___1___to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled, little ____2____ lady looking up at me with a smile.
She said, “Hi. My name is Rose. I’m eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?” I laughed and ____3___ responded, “Of course you may!” and she gave me a giant squeeze.
“Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?” I asked. “I always___4__having a college education and now I’m getting___5 ___!” she told me.
Later, we became close friends. Every day we would leave class together and she ____6____ her wisdom and experience with me. Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon（偶像） and she ____7____made friends wherever she went.
At the ____8____of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet（宴会）. I’ll never forget what she taught us. When she was___9____, frustrated and a little embarrassed, she cleared her throat and said, “We do not stop playing because we are old; we___10___old because we stop playing. There are only two secrets to staying ____11____, being happy, and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You’ve got to have a dream. When you ____12____ your dreams, you die.”
One week after graduation Rose died ____13___ in her sleep. Many college students attended her funeral in tribute to（悼念）the wonderful woman who taught by ___14____ that it’s never too _____15_____ to be all you can possibly be.
1. A. lay down B. stood up C. fell off D. went out
2. A. beautiful B. young C. old D. kind-hearted
3. A. sadly B. coldly C. absently D. enthusiastically
4. A. talked about B. tried out C. looked forward D. dreamed of
5. A. those B. one C. that D. them
6. A. learned B. told C. shared D. debated
7. A. easily B. rarely C. unwillingly D. strangely
8. A. middle B. beginning C. end D. top
9. A. taught B. introduced C. reached D. got
10. A. grow B. prove C. look D. stay
11. A. rich B. healthy C. cheerful D. young
12. A. have B. lose C. get D. keep
13. A. bitterly B. fortunately C. peacefully D. hopefully
14. A. learning B. question C. book D. example
15. A. early B. bad C. good D. late
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，从短文后所给的四个选项（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。
Reginald Andrews had been out of work for more than a year．This 36 father of five children had deeply known his 37 of family heartaches．A few years earlier, his sister Kedra had been shot in the 38 by a young man who robbed the place where she was working．The young man was caught, but Kedra 39 her sight．As a result of his sister’s 40 , Mr．Andrews cared about blind people.
On December 20, 2001, Mr．Andrews was waiting for a train in New York City．The train pulled into the station and stopped．Andrews was getting ready to get 41 the train when something 42 happened．An old blind man, who had 43 the space between two carriages for a door while 44 his way with a stick, suddenly fell 45 the train．Seeing this, Andrews quickly jumped down to the tracks and 46 the blind man to safety．He 47 all the people on the spot with his courage．The news rapidly 48 all over the country．Messages began to pour in．Some people 49 sent money and food to Andrews.
Andrews had been at the station 50 he was returning from a job talk．He probably would have been hired, and the public praise made it a 51 thing.
Andrews, however, received 52 attention from the public after about a week of newspaper stories and active 53 to his family．Although most people supposed that the story had come to a happy end, it didn’t quite happen that way．Andrews 54 start his new job, but the factory moved to New Jersey．Andrews didn’t have any way to get to work, so he had to leave．It wasn’t long before he was 55 to job hunting again．Few newspapers, however, would tell their readers what happened to Mr．Andrews after he became a hero.
36．A．homeless B．careless C．friendless D．jobless
37．A．truth B．share C．danger D．delay
38．A．arm B．leg C．face D．stomach
39．A．lost B．hurt C．kept D．destroyed
40．A．age B．death C．problems D．shortcoming
41．A．on B．to C．off D．up
42．A．disappointed B．important C．funny D．unexpected
43．A．chosen B．reached C．mistaken D．forgotten
44．A．forcing B．feeling C．leading D．touching
45．A．into B．from C．under D．off
46．A．threw B．pushed C．drove D．pulled
47．A．shocked B．frightened C．impressed D．left
48．A．grew B．brought C．carried D．spread
49．A．yet B．even C．still D．ever
50．A．though B．before C．because D．till
51．A．sure B．correct C．popular D．necessary
52．A．close B．little C．much D．enough
53．A．help B．ideas C．reading D．reports
54．A．might B．could C．would D．did
55．A．ready B．about C．back D．worried
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