Carolyn Stradley is the founder of C&S Paving Ine.(铺路公司)in Atlanta, USA.In the following account, she recalls the job that challenged her and skill but left her flying high.
“When the Atlanta Airport was under in 1979,we were a new company struggling to make it.National Car Rental wanted to have 2500 square meters of dirt paved the cars could be on site the airport opened,and the official opening was only ten days away! other local paving company wanted to do the job, it couldn’t be done in such a short time.”
“Because we were new and really needed the work,we were to try harder.We gave National Car Rental our offer and our best effort to get the job finished within ten days.We also them that if we failed,they would be no worse off, they had plenty to gain if we succeeded.”
“We got the job and immediately went into .Working at night needed lights,so I rented a machine to produce electricity for the site. Our challenge was to keep the rock mixture enough. All the available water wagons(洒水车)were rented out for the airport construction, and we certainly couldn’t afford to buy a new one. ,I got a special to rent fire engine hoses(消防水龙带)and connect them to nearby hydrants(消防);then I held one of those hoses to down the rock.”
“Those ten days were filled with challenges that one creative idea after another.Nine days later,the night before the airport opened,National Car Rental was the company that had cars on the parking lot.”
“The key to our success was having the to take on any job and then being creative in our approach to getting it done.”
A．kindness B．patience C．imagination D．experience
A．construction B．repair C．control D．development
A．after B．as C．for D．so
A．while B．since C．where D．when
A．Some B．Any C．No D．Every
A．stating B．reporting C．telling D．warning
A．able B．nervous C．afraid D．willing
A．supported B．promised C．continued D．improved
A．asked B．surprised C．reminded D．demanded
A．though B．but C．as D．unless
A．discussion B．action C．practice D．production
A．next B．first C．past D．previous
A．cold B．wet C．loose D．clean
A．Naturally B．Obviously C．Meanwhile D．Instead
A．excuse B．order C．permit D．reason
A．exactly B．personally C．angrily D．hardly
A．pull B．knock C．hit D．water
A．required B．mixed C．followed D．formed
A．best B．last C．second D．only
A．courage B．interest C．hope D．chance
III. 完形填空（Cloze）(共15小题，计15分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从方框内选择适当的单词或短语填空。方框内有多余的词或短语，每个词或短语限用一次。（答案写在答题纸上）
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Many tourists nowadays walk around carrying plastic bottles of water, even in cities. The bottles seem to have become an (71)________ fashion accessory（配件）, and not only for tourists. (72)________, nowadays everyone seems to carry a bottle of water with them (73)________ they go. This fashion for being seen with bottled water, (74)________ called “designer water”, has (75)________ a massive（大量的） increase in sales over the past few years. There are now so many (76)________ brand names available in the shops that it is hard to choose. |
But why do some people prefer their water from a bottle (77)________ a tap? To start with, water forms a very important (78)________ of a healthy lifestyle. We are now advised to (79)________ two litres of water daily, (80)________ eating large quantities of fruit and vegetables. Besides this, designer water offers the promise (81)________ purity.
It is advertised as clean and (82)________, while tap water (83)________ be viewed with suspicion （怀疑）.
But is there really any difference between bottled and tap (84)________? Surprisingly, in the USA it was (85)________ that bottled water was not always as pure as most ordinary tap water.
第一部分完形填空（共两节, 20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
完形填空（1）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项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。
Mary Kimble Smith was an ordinary 12-year-old girl; ordinary, that is, in every way 1 one. She suddenly started to walk in her sleep. No one knew why this happened. The best guess seems to be that it represents 2 : the sleep-walker is worried. This feeling normally remains under control during 3 hours, but at night, when the mind is in a more passive mode, it 4 to the surface and shows itself in the form of physical movement.
At first, her family 5 help from just about every doctor they could find. But none of them were able to suggest a means by which she could be 6 . Then her parents were frightened, and they tried to wake her up. In fact, the general advice is that we should not wake a sleep-walker. To wake a person and bring them to a sudden 7 that they are not where they thought they were could 8 the feelings of anxiety and perhaps even reinforce (强化) the habit.
Most sleep-walkers at last stop without any warning — they just 9 do it again. In Mary’s case though, she started sleep-walking soon after her twelfth birthday and was still doing it the day 10 she died in 1989, at the age of 93.
1. A. beside B. except C. besides D. including
2. A. anxiety B. excitement C. anger D. fear
3. A. daytime B. night C. sleeping D. waking
4. A. rises B. falls C. reduces D. raises
5. A. looked B. searched C. obtained D. sought
6. A. helped B. saved C. cured D. improved
7. A. recognition B. realization C. knowledge D. impression
8. A. develop B. increase C. form D. produce
9. A. sometimes B. often C. never D. usually
10. A. before B. after C. when D. since
完形填空（2）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从11~20各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。
Dance can be art, ritual, or recreation. It goes __11____________ the functional purposes of the movements used in work or athletics in order to express emotions, moods, or ideas; tell a story; __12____________ religious, political, economic, or social needs; or simply be an __13___________ that is pleasurable, exciting, or aesthetically (审美的) valuable.
Besides giving __14____________ pleasure, dancing can have psychological effects. Feelings and ideas can be expressed and communicated; __15____________ rhythms and movements can make a group feel unitied. In some societies, dancing often __16____________ trance(心醉神迷的状态)or other changed states of consciousness. These states can be __17____________ as signaling possession by spirits, or they may be sought as a means to emotional __18____________. A state of trance may enable people to perform remarkable feats of strength, endurance, or __19____________, such as dancing through hot coals. In some societies shamans (道士) dance in trance in order to heal others physically or emotionally. The modern field of dance __20 ___________ developed as a means to help people express themselves and relate to others.
11. A. behind B. after C. beyond D. forward
12. A. do B. have C. perform D. serve
13. A. experience B. emotion C. feeling D. experiment
14. A. mental B. physical C. emotional D. spiritual
15. A. hearing B. practicing C. sharing D. enjoying
16. A. refers to B. leads to C. turns up D. makes up
17. A. interpreted B. interrupted C. preferred D. stressed
18. A. pressure B. strain C. recognition D. release
19. A. danger B. pleasure C. delight D. sadness
20. A. medicine B. operation C. therapy D. cure
第一部分 完形填空（共两节, 20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
完形填空（1） 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项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。
If you wear socks on your ears, you won’t be punished. Crossing a street against a red light is another matter — it’s against the law. Laws are __1___________ rules made by governments. They keep peace and create order. __2___________ people break laws, their governments punish them. Long ago, people lived only in small tribal groups. They lived together, followed the same __3_____________, and worshipped the same gods. There were no formal laws. __4_____________, people were guided by their customs, morals, and religion.
Over time, cities began to form. Laws became more formal and were written down in legal codes. In about 1750 BC, the king of Babylon __5_____________ one of the first legal codes, the Code of Hammurabi. It listed certain crimes and told how they should be punished. The ancient Romans helped shape our modern view of law. In the 600s BC, citizens of Rome wrote down all of their basic laws on twelve bronze tablets. The Romans declared that no citizen, __6_____________ the ruler, was above the law. Modern law codes are rooted in the Roman system. Such law codes are statutory, meaning they are created and changed by legislatures, not by courts.
Another system of law __7_____________ later in England. Before the 12th century AD., each part of England had its own rules and customs. From the 12th century onward, England became a single nation. The courts of the land made sure people __8_____________ a common set of customs — the English common law.
Unlike the Roman system of law, the common law was never written down in one place. Instead, the courts made decisions about the law __9__________ earlier court decisions. Those decisions are called examples. Each case must be decided in the same way as earlier cases. But if a case has some new aspects, the decision made will set a new example. That way, courts gradually change the law __10____________ society changes.
1. A. police B. political C. official D. officer
2. A. Unless B. Until C. Though D. When
3. A. laws B. traditions C. action D. principles
4. A. Instead B. Including C. Besides D. Moreover
5. A. imagined B. assumed C. created D. supposed
6. A. except for B. not even C. in addition to D. besides
7. A. took effect B. made up C. got over D. picked up
8. A. formed B. provided C. presented D. followed
9. A. set about B. based on C. came to D. taken over
10. A. before B. after C. despite D. as
第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从第21—40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。
A group of class friends, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon 41 into complaints about pressure in work and life.
While the guests were talking, the professor went to the 42 and prepared coffee. Then he 43 with a large pot of coffee and a variety of cups — porcelain (瓷) , plastic, glass, crystal, some 44 looking, some expensive, some delicate (精致) — telling them to 45 themselves to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee 46 hand, the professor said, “If you noticed, all the nice-looking, expensive cups were taken up, 47 behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is 48 for you to choose the best for yourselves, that is the 49 of your problems and pressure. Be assured that the cup itself 50 no quality to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. Though 51 all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, you 52 the best cups directly. And then you began 53 each other’s cups.”
The professor paused and then went on, “Now consider this: Life is the coffee and the jobs, money and 54 in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and 55 life and they do not change the 56 of life. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we 57 to enjoy the coffee God has 58 for us. God brews the coffee, not the cup…Enjoy your coffee!
The happiest people don’t have the best of everything. They just 59 the best use of everything.
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the 60 to God.
41. A. stopped B. looked C. became D. turned
42. A. kitchen B. bedroom C. study D. living-room
43. A. went B. got C. returned D. turned
44. A. plain B. clean C. ugly D. fine
45. A. enjoy B. help C. offer D. devote
46. A. for B. by C. in D. with
47. A. falling B. leaving C. hiding D. keeping
48. A. natural B. formal C. necessary D. important
49. A. answer B. cause C. result D. reason
50. A. adapts B. puts C. applies D. adds
51. A. as B. that C. what D. which
52. A. cared for B. called for C. looked for D. went for
53. A. facing B. eyeing C. smelling D. tasting
54. A. condition B. attitude C. position D. situation
55. A. contain B. include C. control D. experience
56. A. quality B. color C. cost D. style
57. A. manage B. start C. hope D. fail
58. A. shown B. taken C. sent D. provided
59. A. keep B. make C. take D. hold
60. A. complex B. remains C. rest D. complaints
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