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。
He Had a Go
It was a cool spring evening in Melbourne, Australia．I drove to my boxing gym for a Friday night training session．After up, I started training．Then I noticed a tall and slim young man walking through the doors．There was something about him that caught my .
Before long, I realized that he might have a mental illness．Having volunteered for mental illness support groups, I really his problems when I looked at him.
He paid for the session, put on a pair of gloves and then started hitting the punching bags．I watched him from a and wanted to help him to punch straighter and better．Then I felt it was best to leave that up to the trainer who was watching him.
After a few seconds of punching the bag, he stopped and started staring at the ．The trainer went up to him and to help him．It was almost like he woke up from a dream．He eye contact with the ceiling at once.
Then the bell rang and it was the end of the round． rounds we are required to do five push-ups(俯卧撑), all the boys that were training that night did five push-ups．He to complete his five push-ups．The bell sounded again and the next round began．He punched the bags for a few seconds and then he ．This time he was staring at the walls which were decorated with boxing posters.
It was clear to me that he could not for long.
When I finished training, I decided to go up to him and offer him my help．I held the bag for him and asked him to punch．He the bag a few times and then stopped again.
I smiled at him and asked, “Do you like boxing?”
He replied with a very shy on his face, “Yes, boxing is alright.”
What else could I do than this man and his willingness to give it a go? Most people put self-imposed(自我强加的) on their lives and stop themselves from having a go．I kept thinking about this man while admiring him for even turning up to a boxing gym, let alone training at what appeared to be his .
There are many lessons to learn from this man．What I admired about this man was that he had a go! That is what ordinariness from greatness.
So what will you have a go at?
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In the United States there was an unusual story telling of the daughter of a mechanic（技工）．One day while walking along the bank of a lake, the girl 16 to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose．After some time the girl 17 the mother would not return to her eggs and she 18 to take them home．There she carefully 19 the eggs in the heat of a lamp．Several days 20 the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the 21 ．
Geese are known to take the first living thing they see as their mother． 22 , to these young geese, the girl was their mother．
As they 23 , the girl was able to 24 her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach them to 25 ．The girl became increasingly worried about this, both when 26 and in her dreams．Later, she had an 27 : She would pilot a plane to guide them in 28 ．She asked her father for a plane and he assembled （组装） a small aircraft for her．
Caring about 29 safety, the father decided to pilot the plane himself．However, the birds did not __30__ or follow him, and 31 slept in the grass．
One day, the girl 32 into the plane, started it and soon left the 33 ．Seeing their mother take to the air, the birds 34 flapped（拍打） their wings and 35 ．She flew the plane freely in the sky, her young birds following．
A．managed B．attempted C．happened D．supposed
A．realized B．expected C．imagined D．admitted
A．helped B．decided C．afforded D．meant
A．placed B．protected C．treated D．examined
A．ago B．out C．later D．long
A．family B．lake C．home D．world
A．But B．Also C．Thus D．Still
A．increased B．improved C．rose D．grew
A．ask B．lead C．want D．allow
A．fly B．race C．swim D．sing
A．asleep B．away C．around D．awake
A．idea B．opinion C．explanation D．excuse
A．sky B．space C．flight D．plane
A．his B．her C．their D．its
A．respect B．remember C．recognize D．receive
A．so B．instead C．hardly D．too
A．climbed B．looked C．reached D．fell
A．house B．floor C．water D．ground
A．secretly B．disappointedly C．patiently D．eagerly
Jody was ten years old when he decided he needed a job. He thought it might be 36 to raise worms. He could sell them to farmers and people who fished. So in 37 , he bought many worms. But that winter the cold weather killed all the worms because he had not 38 them in a warm place.
The next spring Jody 39 again. He bought more worms, which he took good care of. When winter came, he took them inside 40 they would stay warm. Many people bought his worms.
One day when Jody was twelve, he got a letter. It was from state of New York. The letter said, “Everyone who 41 things has to pay taxes!” Jody made only one dollar selling worms. But he still 42 to pay part of that money to the state. He told many people in his town what had ___43 . Soon some people from a television station 44 with Jody. Many people saw it and they began to write letters to the state. The letters now said that the law was 45 . Finally the law was changed. Children like Jody can now sell things without paying money to the state.
A．boring B．lucky C．fun D．impossible
A．autumn B．spring C．winter D．summer
A．caught B．found C．hidden D．put
A．tried B．waited C．failed D．practised
A．before B．until C．though D．so
A．buys B．sells C．keeps D．presents
A．hoped B．wanted C．had D．remembered
A．followed B．appeared C．happened D．continued
A．talked B．visited C．quarreled D．worked
A．common B．unfair C．different D．useless
One day a stranger came to the nearest village and asked where he could find wild pigs. Somebody told him, and he went off. He had no 36 with him, and the village people 37 what he was going to 38 with the pigs.
When he came back a few months later and said that he had 39 all the pigs, the villagers were still more surprised, but some of them agreed to go with him 40 he asked for help in bringing the pigs out. They wanted to see whether he was telling 41 .
They soon discovered 42 he was. All the pigs were inside the enclosure(围栏) which had a fence round it and a 43 in one of its sides.
“44 did you do it?” they asked the stranger.
“ well, it was quite easy really,” he answered. “ I began by 45 some Indian corn. 46, they would not touch it, but after a few weeks, some of the younger pigs 47 to run out of the bushes, take some of the corn quickly, and then run back. Soon all the pigs were eating the corn I 48 out there. Then I began to build a fence round the corn. At first it was very 49, but little by little I built it higher and higher without 50 the pigs away. When I saw that they were 51 me to bring the corn each day 52 going and searching for their own food 53 they had done in the past, I can 54 one day while they were all eating inside the enclosure. I can catch any animal in the world in the same way if I can get it into the habit of 55 me for its food.
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The school was across the street from our home and I would often watch the kids as they played on the playground. She seemed so small as she pushed her way 36 the crowd of boys on the playground. She 37 from them all. I began to notice her at other times, basketball in hand, playing 38 . She would practice dribbling（运球）and shooting over and over again, sometimes until 39 . One day I asked her 40 she practiced so much. She looked 41 in my eyes and without a moment of hesitation she said, “ I want to go to college. The only way I can 42 is to get a scholarship. I am going to play college basketball. I want to be the best. My daddy told me if the dream is 43 enough, the facts don’t count.”
Well, I had to give in to her—she was 44 . One day, I saw her sitting in the grass, head 45 in her arms. I walked toward her and 46 asked what was the matter. “Oh, nothing,” came a soft reply, “ I am just too short.” The coach told her that at her height she would probably 47 get to play for a top ranked team, 48 offered a scholarship. So she 49 stop dreaming about college.
She was 50 and I sensed her disappointment. I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She told me that her father said those coaches were wrong. They just did not 51 the power of the dream. He told her 52 she really wanted to pay for a good college, if she truly wanted a scholarship, 53 could stop her except one thing---her own attitude. He told her again, “If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.”
The next year, as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was 54 by a college recruiter(招聘人员). She was indeed offered a scholarship. She was going to get the college education that she had 55 and worked for all those years.
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意。然后从36-55各题所给的选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Mark was seven when he joined his father and two other elder brothers at sunrise in the fields. __36__ the time he was eight he was helping Dad fix up old furniture. He was given a cent for every nail he __37__ out of old boards.
He got his first __38__ job at BT’s Restaurant in town, when he reached twelve. His main tasks were__39__tables and washing dishes, __40__sometimes he helped cook.
Every day after school he would __41__ to BT’s and work till ten. Even on Saturdays he __42__ from two till eleven. At that age it was difficult going to work and __43__ his friends run off to swim or play. He didn’t necessarily like work, but he loved what working __44__ him to have. Because of his __45__ he was always the one buying when his friends and he went to the local shop. That made him __46__.
Word that he was trustworthy and hard-working __47__ around the town. A local clothing shop offered him credit（赊帐）__48__ he was only in Grade 7. He immediately __49__ a $ 68 sports coats and a $ 22 pair of shoes. He was__50__ only 65 cents an hour, and he already owed the shopkeeper $ 90! So he learned __51__ the danger of easy credit. He paid it __52__ as soon as he could.
The first job taught him self-control, responsibility and brought him a __53__of personal satisfaction few of his friends had experienced. As his father, __54__worked three jobs, once told him, “If you__55__sacrifice and responsibility, there are not many things in life you cannot have.” How right he was!
A．Before B．Within C．From D．By
A．pulled B．put C．picked D．pressed
A．usual B．real C．main D．participate
A．sweeping B．packing C．clearing D．empting
A．or B．so C．but D．even
A．head B．turn C．change D．move
A．studied B．worked C．played D．slept
A．helping B．having C．watching D．letting
A．asked B．told C．promised D．allowed
A．study B．power C．age D．job
A．proud B．friendly C．lucky D．hopeful
A．ran B．got C．flew D．carried
A．although B．while C．if D．since
A．sold B．borrowed C．charged D．wore
A．keeping B．making C．paying D．taking
A．gradually B．greatly C．hardly D．early
A．out B．over C．away D．off
A．point B．level C．part D．sign
A．he B．that C．who D．whoever
A．understand B．demand C．offer D．fear
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