I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was 1 and when I was 14 he said, “You’re never going to be 2 but a failure.”
After five years of 3 jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the best 4 that could have happened to me. I 5 I wanted to do something positive(积极地) with my life because I wanted to prove to 6 that what people said about me was 7 . Especially her mother, who had said to me, “Let’s face it, you’ve failed at everything you’ve ever done.” So I tried hard with my 8 and went to college. My first novel 9 while I was at college.
After college I taught during the 10 in high schools and attended evening classes at London University, where I got a degree in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of 11 that job to write full time 12 I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself. —Here was a working-class boy who’d 13 school early, now teaching at the university.
My writing career took off when I discovered my own style. Now I’m rich and famous, have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. But what does it mean? I 14 wish all the people that have put me down had 15 “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”
A．bright B．useless C．simple D．hopeful
A．anything B．something C．everything D．nothing
A．low B．poor C．good D．useful
A．support B．happiness C．surprise D．thing
A．agreed B．decided C．planned D．told
A．me B．them C．her D．it
A．wrong B．right C．stupid D．faulty
A．experiment B．practice C．writing D．composition
A．came on B．came in C．came out D．came back
A．day B．night C．month D．year
A．giving in B．giving back C．giving out D．giving up
A．while B．if C．when D．Or
A．left B．attended C．changed D．graduated
A．just B．exactly C．so D．very
A．praised B．said C．answered D．advised
完形填空（共15小题，计15分）
Jason and Harry joined a wholesale company together just after graduation. They both worked very hard.
After several years, the boss made Harry sales manager but Jason a salesman. One day Jason could not stand it anymore. He handed in his resignation letter (辞职信) to the boss and complained that the boss did not hard-working employees, but only raised those tried to please him. He thought that it was really .
In order to help Jason to realize the between him and Harry, the boss asked Jason to do the --- "Go and find out if there is anyone selling watermelons in the market." Charlie went, returned and only said, "Yes." The boss asked, "How much per kg?" Charlie went back to the market to ask and returned to , "$ 12 per kg."
The boss told Jason that he would ask Harry the question. Harry went, returned and said, "Boss, only one person is selling watermelons. $12 per kg, $ 100 for 10 kg. He has a total of 340 melons. On the table are 58 melons, and every melon weighs about 15 kg, from the South two days ago. They are fresh, red, and of good ."
Jason was and he realized the difference between himself and Harry. He decided not to leave but to learn from Harry.
My dear friends, you know, a more person is more observant(观察力敏锐的), thinks more and understands in . For the same matter, he sees several years ahead, you see only tomorrow. The difference between a year and a day is 365 times, so how could you ?
Think: How far have you seen ahead in your life? How thoughtful are you?
A．made B．became C．remained D．kept
A．enjoy B．meet C．treat D．value
A．which B．that C．who D．whom
A．unusual B．unfair C．careless D．meaningless
A．competition B．relationship C．difference D．distance
A．following B．finding C．shopping D．searching
A．offer B．answer C．retell D．repeat
A．familiar B．difficult C．same D．simple
A．taken B．come C．bought D．heard
A．look B．quality C．condition D．shape
A．moved B．surprised C．puzzled D．encouraged
A．important B．intelligent C．successful D．hardworking
A．time B．depth C．need D．common
A．while B．though C．unless D．since
A．see B．think C．know D．win
完形填空，选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。（共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
At 9:00 a.m. yesterday, bus No. 26 was going along Zhonghua Road when the driver saw an old man on the side of the road. A woman was him, shouting for help.
The bus driver, 24-year-old Wang Ping, the bus without twice. He got off and asked the woman what happened. She said that the man had a heart problem and should go to the hospital. Mr. Wang knew he had to act . He told the passengers that he must take the man to the hospital. He expected most or all of the passengers to and wait for the next bus.
But to his , they all agreed to go with him. Some passengers helped Mr. Wang to move the man on the bus.
Mr. Wang and the passengers, the doctors saved the man in time. "It's sad that many people don't want to help others because they don’t want any trouble," says one passenger. "But the driver didn't think about . He only thought about a life."
A．lying B．lied C．lie D．to lie
A．between B．next to C．across from D．among
A．stop B．stopping C．stopped D．to stop
A．thinks B．thought C．to think D．thinking
A．quietly B．quitely C．really D．quickly
A．get up B．get to C．get off D．get on
A．surprise B．surprised C．surprising D．to surprising
A．Thanks for B．Thanks to C．Thanks D．to thank
A．myself B．herself C．himself D．yourself
A．save B．saves C．saving D．saved
Jim, a successful businessman, told the experience of his childhood.
When he was 12, his parents . He was alone and didn’t get on well with others. People always laughed him. No one showed kindness (友善) to him. His only friend was a dog named Tige.
One day as he walked down the street, a young lady was walking in front of him. Suddenly one of her bags dropped from her arms. As she stopped , she dropped other bags. He came to help her.“Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!”She said kindly, smiling.
A special feeling came to him. These were kind words he had ever heard. He watched her she went far away, and he whistled（吹口哨）to his dog and went directly to the river nearby.
“Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!”he repeated the woman’s words. Then in a low he said to his dog,“You are a nice little dog!”Tige raised ears as if（似乎）it understood.
“Uhum! Even a dog likes it!”he said,“Well, Tige, I won’t say unkind words to you any more.”Tige waved its tail happily.
The boy thought and thought. Finally he looked at himself in the river. He saw but a dirty boy. He washed his face . Again he looked. He saw a clean nice boy. He was amazed (震惊). From then on, he had a new life.
After telling this, the businessman stopped for a while, and then he said,“Ladies and gentlemen, this is the very place where that kind woman planted in me the first seed (种子) of kindness. All of us should learn about kindness. a great power it has!” If you show kindness to others, you will be an able man.
A．dead B．dying C．died D．die
A．at B．to C．/ D．of
A．picking it up B．picking up it C．to pick up it D．to pick it up
A．the first B．first C．the last D．the first time
A．until B．before C．when D．while
A．sound B．noise C．noisy D．voice
A．it B．it’s C．one’s D．its
A．something B．nothing C．anything D．somebody
A．carefully B．careful C．careless D．carelessly
A．What B．How C．It D．It seemed
完形填空(每小题1分，共10分)
Mr Oliver was the richest man in town. He didn’t have to . All day long the only thing he did was to sit at his window and watch everyone else work hard for a living.
Every Mr Oliver sat at his window and waited for people to come home from work. after a busy day, they rested and looked out at the stars and the moon at night. But soon all went to bed, fell asleep and dreamed. After a while, Mr Oliver went to bed, too, he didn’t fall fast asleep.
One night, Mr Oliver heard a at his window. He found a little injured bird on his windowsill (窗台).
“Poor little thing,” Mr Oliver said . “The city is no place for birds.”
He carried the little bird inside and took care of its injured wing (翅膀).
Mr Oliver worked and worked. , he fell asleep with the little bird in his hands. And then he dreamed about a for birds.
The next morning, Mr Oliver hurried outdoors and to work. He wanted to build a beautiful park for birds with trees and beautiful flowers in it.
From that day on, Mr Oliver never had difficulty falling asleep and he became a happy and busy man.
A．wait B．worry C．work D．drive
A．morning B．noon C．evening D．night
A．Hungry B．Tired C．Happy D．Excited
A．you B．he C．we D．they
A．because B．but C．so D．if
A．voice B．knock C．song D．noise
A．angrily B．sadly C．proudly D．nervously
A．At last B．First of all C．In fact D．Above all
A．park B．hospital C．home D．square
A．forgot B．offered C．began D．agreed
An old man lived with his son, daughter-in-law and 4-year-old grandson. There was something wrong the old man’s hands, eyes and feet. The family ate together at the dinner table.
But it was rather for the old man to eat successfully. The son and daughter-in-law became with the old man. So they set a small table in the corner and let him eat while they were enjoying dinner at the dinner table. After the old man a dish or two, they put his food in a wooden(木头的)bowl.
The son and daughter-in-law even shouted at him when he a spoon or turned over the bowl. Sometimes the old man’s eyes filled with tears as he ate. The grandson watched it all in .
One evening before supper, the father found his son with a piece of wood on the floor. “ are you making?” he asked. The boy answered, “Oh, I am making a little bowl for you and Mom to eat your food from when I ”. The boy smiled and went back to work.
The parents were so surprised that they could speak . Then tears ran down their faces. Both of them knew what should be done no word was spoken. That evening the husband took his father’s hand and gently took him back to the family table.
Later the old man ate every meal with the family. of the boy’s parents seemed to be angry when the old man made some trouble.
Children are good at learning from adults. Parents are their . Clever parents know what they say and what they do have a great on their children. Let us all take care of ourselves and those we love today and every day!
A．on B．with C．for D．at
A．difficult B．natural C．easy D．possible
A．friendly B．upset C．stressed D．angry
A．together B．luckily C．alone D．seriously
A．cooked B．broke C．made D．sold
A．dropped B．left C．picked D．bought
A．danger B．style C．health D．silence
A．plays B．to play C．playing D．played
A．When B．What C．How D．Where
A．grow up B．open up C．wake up D．mix up
A．everything B．anything C．something D．nothing
A．because B．or C．though D．unless
A．Both B．Neither C．All D．Either
A．examples B．banks C．hope D．homes
A．time B．chance C．comment D．influence
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