阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It was a dark day, one of depression, sorrow and anger. As I climbed out of the 36 , after witnessing my time in the 100 yard freestyle, I did not feel like speaking to anyone. I saw the bright smiles of swimmers who had just 37 a best time. 38 , I had failed. Or at least that is what I thought at the time.
I was lying on my cool bed when an idea 39 me. Success is the 40 to go from failure to failure without losing your 41 . At practice the next day, I told my swimming teammates about my goal time and they all either laughed or replied with a 42 similar response like, “You can’t do it” or “Probably not”. Believe it or not, these are the responses that make my goal 43 .
Finally came the day when I had to 44 to myself and others that with 45 there is no limit to your achievements.
With the starting gun 46 , I dived with perfect form into the pool. I felt the cool water running 47 my back. I swam like a fish, bouncing off each 48 at the wall as if it was a spring board. On the 49 turn, I came back to the wall with every piece of strength I had. I 50 the final wall with my fingertips and I knew that I had swum the 51 race.
I had done it! I had achieved my best time! Joy filled my 52 like water does a cup. I saw the 53 on all of my friend’s face as I 54 out of the pool; their jaws dropped to the ground. I began to laugh and gave them the thumbs up.
I have 55 in life that having belief in yourself opens all gates. Never forget that anything the mind can conceive and believe it can achieve.
A．pond B．sea C．pool D．river
A．made B．achieved C．reached D．realized
A．Otherwise B．However C．Besides D．Overall
A．occurred B．broke C．came D．hit
A．opportunity B．action C．cause D．ability
A．enthusiasm B．interest C．strength D．friendship
A．somehow B．somewhat C．anyhow D．anywhere
A．available B．reasonable C．reliable D．achievable
A．promise B．provide C．present D．prove
A．consideration B．Impression C．belief D．desire
A．setting out B．going off C．breaking out D．getting off
A．through B．above C．across D．to
A．turn B．jump C．struggle D．shoot
A．next B．previous C．very D．last
A．pushed B．reached C．got D．touched
A．whole B．perfect C．first D．best
A．heart B．head C．mind D．mood
A．expressions B．emotions C．feelings D．responses
A．ran B．climbed C．stood D．jumped
A．acquired B．dreamed C．learned D．Remembered
Brothers Robert and Lemon grew up in a black neighborhood in Richmond, California. Both boys were in school and got mostly A’s on their report cards through primary school. But from a working-class family, the two growing boys often stole to satisfy their when there was not enough food at home.
Time brought about differences between the two brothers. By the end of the freshman year at Kennedy High School, Lemon had received three F’s on his report card. the school only allowed three failures over four years, one more F and Lemon would be kicked out of school. That’s when he made up his mind to . He wanted to be whatever a man could hope to be. His decision to change took him in an entirely different from his brother Robert and became a Deputy District Attorney in Los Angeles.
What became of What became of Robert? He changing his unproductive behavior. He changing his unproductive behavior. After high school he joined the army. Then after his duty he returned to his hometown, he continued his pattern of anti-social behavior --- stealing to himself and forming a growing drug habit. At 42 he died from AIDS.
This story reminds us that what we become is determined by the we make. That’s what the saying “change…or be changed” is all about. Lemon changed from an underachiever to an honor student who took action towards his life and finally his dreams. His brother Robert, , was changed by poverty, illegal drugs and finally a deadly disease. The is, “Either way, you pay!” But the price that Robert paid for refusing to change was much than the price that Lemon paid for seeking to change.
A．ill-mannered B．well-behaved C．warm-hearted D．absent-minded
A．fear B．supply C．hunger D．interest
A．Because B．Unless C．When D．Although
A．entirely B．exactly C．truly D．surely
A．change B．leave C．quarrel D．entertain
A．communication B．expression C．organization D．direction
A．continued B．started C．refused D．represented
A．where B．what C．when D．which
A．devote B．support C．express D．protect
A．chances B．promises C．choices D．achievements
A．cautious B．modest C．energetic D．active
A．followed B．broke C．achieved D．struggled
A．in return B．on the contrary C．in summary D．in charge
A．approach B．fortune C．agreement D．truth
A．higher B．lower C．larger D．smaller
A little boy would come to school early each day to start the fire and warm the classroom with an old-fashioned coal stove before his teacher and his classmates arrived. One morning they to find the schoolhouse in flames. They dragged the boy out of the building and took him to the nearby hospital.
The semi-conscious boy heard the doctor talking to his mother. The doctor told his mother that her son would surely die—which was for the , really—for the terrible fire had the lower half of his body completely.
But the brave boy didn't want to die. He made up his mind that he would survive. , to the amazement of the physician, he did . He again heard the doctor and his mother speaking quietly. The mother was told that he was to be a lifetime cripple (瘸子) with no use at all of his lower limbs. Once more the brave boy made up his mind. He would not be a cripple. He would walk. But from the waist down, he had no motor ability.
Finally he was from the hospital. Every day his mother massage (按摩) his little legs, but there was no feeling. Yet his 41 that he would walk was as as ever. One sunny day his mother him out into the yard to get some fresh air. This day, sitting there, he threw himself from the chair, pulled himself across the grass, his legs behind him. With great , he raised himself up on the fence. Then he began dragging himself along the . He started to do this every day he footed a smooth path all around the yard beside the fence.
At last, he did the ability to stand up, then to walk, and then to run.
This determined young man, who was not to survive, who would surely never walk, who could never hope to run—Dr. Glenn Cunningham, ran the world's fastest mile!
A．rushed B．got C．arrived D．intended
A．scared B．brave C．determined D．unconscious
A．worst B．best C．least D．most
A．damaged B．influenced C．disturbed D．removed
A．Besides B．Somehow C．Though D．However
A．recover B．survive C．insist D．remain
A．sure B．ready C．willing D．upset
A．strangely B．importantly C．gradually D．unfortunately
A．freed B．sent C．protected D．avoided
A．could B．would C．must D．should
A．determination B．confidence C．courage D．attention
A．wonderful B．clear C．strong D．meaningful
A．pushed B．wheeled C．drove D．persuaded
A．instead of B．because of C．despite of D．regardless of
A．raising B．dragging C．holding D．hiding
A．challenge B．strength C．pleasure D．effort
A．yard B．grass C．chair D．fence
A．until B．since C．when D．after
A．prepare B．develop C．discover D．improve
A．encouraged B．required C．expected D．attempted
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A little boy invited his mother to attend his school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s , she said she would go. This would be the time that his classmates and teacher his mother and he felt of her appearance. Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar(疤痕)that nearly the entire right side of her face. The boy never wanted to why or how she got the scar.
At the meeting, the people were by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother the scar, but the little boy was still embarrassed(尴尬)and himself from everyone. He did, however, get within of a conversation between his mother and his teacher.
The teacher asked ,“How did you get the scar on your face?”
The mother replied,“ my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. Everyone was afraid to go in because the fire was ，so I went in. As I was running toward his bed, I saw a long piece of wood coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was __ __ senseless (失去知觉) but fortunately, a fireman came in and saved both of us.” She __ __ the burned side of her face. “This scar will be lasting, but to this day, I have never __ ___ what I did.”
At this point, the little boy came out running toward his with tears in his eyes. He held her in his arms and felt great from his mother. He held her hand for the rest of the day.
A．comfort B．excitement C．joy D．upset
A．last B．first C．second D．third
A．noticed B．greeted C．met D．accepted
A．grateful B．ashamed C．afraid D．tired
A．covered B．passed C．experienced D．flowed
A．talk about B．go through C．set down D．rely on
A．surprised B．impressed C．excited D．judged
A．in sight of B．by means of C．in view of D．in spite of
A．enjoyed B．protected C．hid D．dressed
A．understanding B．hearing C．packing D．learning
A．officially B．happily C．carefully D．coldly
A．Because B．When C．Since D．Although
A．so B．much C．quite D．too
A．out of control B．out of sight C．in ruins D．in power
A．shocked B．ignored C．knocked D．settled
A．washed B．touched C．swapped D．buried
A．regretted B．forecasted C．considered D．organized
A．teacher B．classmate C．desk D．mother
A．help B．love C．gift D．hope
A．loosely B．gradually C．tightly D．suddenly
Sixth-grade schoolteacher Ms．Shelton believed in readiness．Students remembered how she walked in on the first day of class and began writing words of eighth-grade on the ．They quickly protested that the words were not on their and they couldn’t learn them．
Their teacher insisted that the students could and would learn these ．She said that she would teach them something that should be given．Ms．Shelton by saying that one of the students in the classroom could go on to , maybe even be president someday, and she wanted to prepare them for that day．
Ms．Shelton spoke those words many years ago． did she know that someday one of her students—Jesse Jackson—would take them ．She believed that if they were well prepared, they could high goals．
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “People only see what they are to see．” If that’s true, then it is also that they only become what they are prepared to become．And many things in life are just about getting ready．
“I want to be doing something more with my life than what I am doing now,” a young man once said to me．He what he was doing was just not that important．Other people have said things to me such as, “I only I had a meaningful relationship．” And, “I’d really like to get a better job, but I just don’t see ．”
You fill in the blanks．What is it you would like to that isn’t happening? Perhaps the answer is that you are not yet ．Maybe you need more time to prepare before you are truly ready for the things which you ．
Think of today as another chance to yourself for the exciting future you are looking for．Today is not wasted．If you desire more from , then you can use today as training．For you will experience only what you are prepared to ．Something wonderful can happen．And you can use today to get ready for tomorrow．
A．desk B．wall C．door D．chalkboard
A．duty B．desk C．level D．mind
A．grammars B．words C．pronunciations D．sentences
A．started B．ended C．warned D．reminded
A．greatness B．wealth C．honor D．failure
A．Seldom B．Hardly C．Little D．Totally
A．nervously B．seriously C．eagerly D．simply
A．achieve B．have C．set D．keep
A．prepared B．forced C．attracted D．tempted
A．proper B．exact C．legal D．true
A．difficult B．interesting C．pleasant D．significant
A．boasted B．felt C．behaved D．looked
A．hope B．expect C．wish D．imagine
A．what B．when C．how D．why
A．happen B．survive C．gain D．win
A．adventurous B．active C．ready D．intelligent
A．concern B．arrange C．adore D．desire
A．prepare B．enjoy C．imagine D．conduct
A．history B．nature C．marriage D．life
A．suffer B．experience C．struggle D．work
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。
My sister, Cathy, who lives in Vancouver, sent me a package full of Christmas gifts. She told me that she had ______ it in advance to make sure it would arrive at my house weeks before the ______. Christmas was drawing near, but no package arrived. Cathy checked the tracking number every ______ with Canada Post, and every evening she would call me to ______ if there was any sign of it on our end.
The ______ always started with questions about the package, but twenty minutes later we would still be ______. We talked about our family, such as parents, kids, ______ and so on. Of course we also talked about our jobs. We had never made so much ______ for each other! The talk always took us back to the hours we spent together in our childhood.
By Christmas Eve we finally had to ______ the fact that the package was ______ lost. On Christmas morning, Cathy got on the phone with everyone in my ______ and told them what she had sent. Later on, after a big Christmas dinner, I had forgotten all about the ______ package when there was a knock on the door. Who could it be at such a time? As I ______ the door, a man was standing there. “I ______ this is yours.” He said, holding a package. Just then I ______that it had been delivered to the wrong address. “I just got home from vacation,” he explained, “______ I wanted you to have this in time to open for Christmas.” I thanked this ______ stranger for taking so much trouble to _____ this gift to us on Christmas Day, and ______ thanked God that the package had been lost in the first place.
The real gift that holiday season was the new ______ to my sister who lives far away from us. Now there’s one gift I never want to give back!
A．booked B．decorated C．mailed D．listed
A．appointment B．holiday C．deadline D．party
A．year B．month C．week D．morning
A．find out B．take out C．figure out D．pick out
A．complaint B．discussion C．conversation D．quarrel
A．kidding B．arguing C．chatting D．scolding
A．gifts B．husbands C．secrets D．clothing
A．food B．money C．achievement D．time
A．accept B．ignore C．consider D．study
A．entirely B．suddenly C．mostly D．simply
A．restaurant B．house C．office D．class
A．terrible B．missing C．big D．outstanding
A．opened B．locked C．left D．watched
A．understand B．forget C．know D．believe
A．expected B．dreamed C．realized D．remembered
A．because B．but C．or D．so
A．kind B．honest C．polite D．generous
A．show B．present C．return D．offer
A．silently B．carefully C．gently D．actually
A．connection B．guide C．recognition D．closeness
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