When I was a young teenager, about 14, I was already ready to work. My father was a dairy man and he had been working his entire life. For him, getting up at 5 a.m. and working a couple of hours before I went to school, and then more after school until there was not enough to see, were normal.
My father considered putting good work ethics in me to be very . He began to show me these, not through , but through his actions. He would not a job until it was done. He put his all into everything he did. However, he showed me this not just in working, but in everything. Like when I was in soccer, I wanted to a game once, and he explained to me that I had made a and that even if I just skipped one game, then I did not to play the rest of the games.
So the day I started my first job at the age of 14, I was to show my father that I could do it well, and that I was not going to . My entire was to make my father proud of me. I knew that I did, he would not say it in words, but he would show it. My first job was doing for a company. As most of you know, construction is not an easy job, especially being so . When someone as young as I started working, they would either or get stronger. I got stronger. I worked the I had been taught and I gave that day everything I had. In the end, my boss was . He even called to tell my parents what a good worker I was, and my parents’ eyes . From that day on I have worked every job to my full , because that day defined(界定) my life. It defined how I was going to work, and I will always stick to it in the rest of my life.
A．going B．working C．learning D．playing
A．time B．chance C．light D．strength
A．ridiculous B．easy C．absolute D．important
A．facts B．words C．practice D．assessment
A．quit B．find C．do D．finish
A．might B．would C．could D．should
A．enjoy B．defeat C．skip D．take
A．commitment B．improvement C．devotion D．compromise
A．decide B．submit C．resist D．deserve
A．prepared B．shocked C．delighted D．interested
A．stick B．leave C．fail D．play
A．problem B．world C．trick D．goal
A．in case B．now that C．even if D．as though
A．regulation B．construction C．communication D．reception
A．weak B．poor C．delicate D．young
A．break B．struggle C．pause D．object
A．manner B．moment C．way D．method
A．impressed B．surprised C．inspired D．excited
A．stared B．shone C．lifted D．opened
A．occupation B．potential C．spirit D．skill
完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-10各题所给的A.B.C.和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
We all know that some things are obviously right. For example, it is right to be 1 to other people. It is also right to look after the environment. Some things are 2 wrong, too. For instance, we should not hurt or bully（欺负）others, nor should we litter. Rules often tell us what is right or wrong.
Rules can help the public make the right 3 , and remain safe. Car drivers have to obey traffic regulations that tell them the right things to do on the road to avoid crashes. Cyclists who give signals before turning or stopping help prevent 4 .
If people follow rules without taking other matters into consideration, it will be 5 for them to form what is sometimes called a “black and white” view (黑白分明的观点). For example, they may believe that people should always tell the truth, and that lying is 6 acceptable. Such people always stick to their views, even if it means that they may get into 7 .
Sometimes it may not be so easy to know 8 what is right or wrong. Some people choose not to eat meat because they believe that it is 9 to eat animals, but others argue that they can eat meat and 10 be kind to animals; some insist that stealing is always wrong, but others think that one does not need to feel so guilty (有罪的) when stealing some food to eat, if he lives in a really poor area and he is starving.
Rules help us live together in harmony, because they show us the right way to treat others. However, some people argue that rules may be confusing, having observed that rules change all the time, and that some schools have some regulations and others have different ones---so who is to decide what is right?
A．kind B．sensitive C．fair D．generous
A．equally B．slightly C．clearly D．increasingly
A．suggestions B．conclusion C．turns D．choices
A．accidents B．mistakes C．falls D．deaths
A．interesting B．vital (重要的) C．easy D．valuable
A．seldom B．rarely C．merely (仅仅) D．never
A．trouble B．power C．prison D．control
A．roughly B．eventually C．deliberately (故意地) D．exactly
A．awful (可怕的) B．cruel C．unhealthy D．unnecessary
A．still B．even C．later D．somehow
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I was on a bus one March evening. The driver didn’t 36 to start the bus soon because it was not yet 37 . A middle-aged woman got on. Tired and sad, she told her story 38 , not to anyone in particular. On her way to the station, half of her 39 was stolen. The other half was hidden under her blouse, so she 40 still had some left. A few minutes later, she stopped crying, but still looked 41 .
When all the seats were taken, the driver started the engine. The conductor began to collect fares. When she came to an old man in worn-out clothes, he 42 that he had spent all his money when he had accidentally got on a wrong bus and now he was trying to go home. On hearing this, she ordered the old man to 43 the bus. The old man was almost in tears as he 44 her to let him take the bus home. The driver took the conductor’s side and repeated the conductor’s 45 .
The woman was watching the incident. 46 the driver and the conductor raised their voices at the old man, she interfered (干预).
“Stop 47 him! Can’t you see he’s only trying to get home?”
“He doesn’t have any money!” the driver 48 .
“Well, that’s no 49 to throw him off the bus,” she insisted.
Then she reached inside her blouse, took out her 50 money, and handed it to the conductor. “Here’s his fare and mine. Just stop giving him a 51 time.”
All heads turned to the woman. “It’s only money,” she shrugged（耸肩）. She rode the rest of the way home 52 a happy smile, with the money she’d lost earlier 53 .
On the road of life, the help of strangers can 54 our loads and lift our spirits. How much sweeter the 55 will be when we make it a little smoother for others!
A．try B．care C．decide D．want
A．empty B．full C．crowded D．ready
A．tearfully B．seriously C．carefully D．calmly
A．fare B．possession C．money D．wealth
A．strangely B．happily C．secretly D．luckily
A．unsatisfied B．weak C．unhappy D．excited
A．explained B．announced C．admitted D．found
A．get off B．start C．get on D．stop
A．begged B．scolded C．praised D．thanked
A．request B．action C．suggestion D．command
A．Unless B．Although C．Until D．When
A．attacking B．bothering C．complaining D．wronging
A．warned B．whispered C．shouted D．repeated
A．problem B．need C．matter D．reason
A．spending B．collected C．remaining D．borrowed
A．busy B．cold C．hard D．fearful
A．giving B．wearing C．taking D．forcing
A．forgotten B．used C．earned D．returned
A．move B．increase C．lighten D．carry
A．world B．journey C．smile D．friendship
完形填空（共20小题 ;每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项
In a land far away, once upon a time there was great poverty （贫困）,and only the rich could manage without great 36 . Three of those rich men and their servants were 37 together on a road when they came to a very 38 village.
The first could not stand seeing the poverty, 39 he took all the gold and jewels from his wagons (四轮载重马车) and shared 40 out among the villagers. He wished them all the best of luck, and he left.
The second rich man ,seeing the 41 situation, stopped for a short time and gave 42 all his food and drink, since he 43 see that money would be of little 44 to them. He made sure that they each 45 their fair share and would have enough food to 46 for some time . Then, he left.
The third rich man, on seeing such poverty, 47 and went straight through the 48 without stopping. The two other rich men saw this from a distance and commented with each other 49 indifferent(冷漠的)the third rich man was. It was 50 that they themselves had been there to offer help.
However, three days later, they 51 the third rich man ,who was coming in the opposite direction . He was 52 travelling quickly, but his wagons, 53 the gold and valuables they had been 54 ,were now full of farming tools and bags of 55 . He was rushing back to help them out of poverty.
A．loss B．expectations C．success D．problems
A．standing B．travelling C．gathering D．running
A．faraway B．poor C．different D．ancient
A．unless B．because C．so D．if
A．them B．anything C．nothing D．those
A．curious B．worrying C．dangerous D．puzzling
A．the villagers B．his servants C．the others D．the rest
A．could B．might C．should D．must
A．interest B．concern C．use D．attraction
A．returned B．accepted C．offered D．received
A．remain B．last C．supply D．share
A．stopped B．settled down C．showed off D．speeded
A．village B．land C．field D．road
A．whether B．how C．where D．when
A．good B．certain C．true D．strange
A．welcomed B．met C．accepted D．persuaded
A．still B．already C．always D．indeed
A．except B．instead of C．apart from D．along with
A．selling B．treasuring C．carrying D．earning
A．food B．jewels C．money D．seeds
完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
I moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. In the house with a large 1 across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-aged children. At the end of the day, he would 2 his taxi on the road. I 3 why he did not park it in the garage.
Then one day I learnt that he had another car in his garage. In the afternoon he would come home 4 work, leave his taxi and go out for his 5 affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was 6 .
I was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until I 7 to be outside one evening two weeks 8 , when the garage door was 9 and he drove out in his “own” car: a Rolls-Royce（劳斯莱斯）! It shook me completely 10 I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But 11 inside, he saw himself as something else: a Rolls-Royce owner and a（n） 12 . He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. The world looked at his taxi and 13 him a taxi driver. But for him, a taxi was just something he drove for a living. Rolls-Royce was something he drove for a (n）14.
We go to bed every night and 15 every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a 16 as close friends or go for a vacation as a 17 . We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how high we 18 the social ladder—how much bigger and better a 19 we have. And we ignore our Rolls-Royce, by keeping it dusty in our garage. We should focus more on 20 we are than what we do!
A．window B．garage C．door D．yard
A．park B．stop C．check D．repair
A．knew B．understood C．asked D．wondered
A．for B．out of C．without D．from
A．business B．national C．personal D．public
A．wasteful B．useful C．wonderful D．plentiful
A．appeared B．intended C．expected D．happened
A．later B．more C．ago D．before
A．broken B．fine C．shut D．open
A．once B．before C．when D．until
A．far B．deep C．long D．little
A．driver B．engineer C．father D．son
A．called B．made C．elected D．turned
A．experience B．earning C．life D．position
A．stay up B．wake up C．stay home D．go home
A．competition B．performance C．debate D．party
A．family B．company C．team D．whole
A．build B．climb C．stand D．lay
A．garden B．garage C．car D．taxi
A．who B．what C．which D．where
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项
Would you agree with the statement that a wish is born from an idea, a simple idea imagined in the mind? Back in the 19th century two men had an idea which in the end became their great 36 . The efforts they had made were rewarded(奖赏) with their success that 37 world travel.
In 1903, the Wright Brothers (Wilbur and Orville) achieved their dream. They flew the world’s first power-driven, heavier-than-air machine by which they made free, controlled and sustained(持久的) 38 . Kitty Hawk, North Carolina(美国地名) 39 this important and memorable moment.
The dream started with an idea that was planted in their minds by a 40 given to them by their father. In the words of the boys, “Our father came into the house one evening with some object in his hands, and 41 we could see what it was, he threw it into the air. Instead of falling to the floor, the toy flew across the room 42 it hit the ceiling(天花板), where it finally sank to the 43 .” This simple toy attracted the Wright Brothers and started their lifelong 44 in human flight.
The Wright Brothers 45 learning new things. 46 they opened their own printing office and then in 1893 they opened a company where they repaired bicycles. But Wilbur had his mind set on something more 47 . He decided to pursue(致力于) 48 .
The brothers spent many hours researching, 49 their machines and making improvements. What started out as a 50 soon became a career. With determination and 51 they realized their dream in 1903.
The next time you hear or see an airplane or travel on one, 52 where it all started. A simple idea was developed in the minds of the two young men who didn’t have a university degree. They were not scientists in the 53 sense of the world.
What idea are you working on? Have you limited yourself by saying you are not a scientist or not 54 enough? Whatever the mind can think and believe, it can be 55 .
A．time B．dream C．pressure D．fortune
A．combined B．replaced C．explored D．changed
A．flight B．ride C．contribution D．achievement
A．wanted B．witnessed C．proved D．needed
A．bicycle B．airplane C．document D．toy
A．before B．when C．after D．while
A．until B．since C．if D．but
A．desk B．floor C．street D．road
A．discovery B．trip C．interest D．devotion
A．considered B．enjoyed C．admitted D．imagined
A．Actually B．Finally C．Usually D．Firstly
A．average B．powerful C．exciting D．fortunate
A．dancing B．singing C．flying D．writing
A．testing B．watching C．designing D．examining
A．hobby B．gift C．trouble D．trick
A．distinction B．explanation C．expression D．patience
A．forget B．ask C．remember D．expect
A．hopeful B．true C．wealthy D．energetic
A．funny B．polite C．outgoing D．clever
A．defeated B．achieved C．recognized D．organized
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