Ever since I was very young, I have looked to my parents and grandparents, friends and teachers for guidance. I ask them for answersto everything. Afraid to make a , I’ve asked countless times, “What should I do?”
Maybe I was to take my first baby step on my own. I decided I only wanted to do things the “right” way, even if it meant not doing something.
Sometime during my high school years, I . Maybe it was when I decided to try for the lead in “Beauty and the Beast”. Never mind that I would have to memorize lines and movements, I would take the chance that I might fail. The day of tryouts my heart was beating wildly. My hands were badly when I got up to sing.
But something happened. When I opened my mouth to sing, the sound was loud, powerful and sweet. I reached for the high notes that sometimes were beyond my reach. With no break in my voice, I was trying to do my best even though I might . But I didn’t. I realized that if I wanted to live life to the fullest, I had to take chances.
Now, I do take these chances with baby steps every day, my opinions in class discussions or debates, performing in other school plays.
I have finally learned to myself. I’m taking a tough science course right now. Some of my friends are talking about auditing（旁听）the class so a low grade won’t affect their opportunities for college. I’m taking the chance that if I try enough, I’ll get a good grade so that it won’t lower my strong grades in other subjects.
I have come to realize that even though my parents and grandparents, friends and teachers don’t always have the to “What should I do?”, they will be there to support me when I try.
“Life is learning to deal with Plan B,” my mother told me. But I now know that the Plan A I make for my life will become easier with every I take.
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完形填空（共1小题）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—10各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
I sat down to read under an old tree in the park．I felt my life was_______, for my whole world was dark.
A young boy ran up to me, out of breath．He stood right before me with his head down and said_______, “Look what I found!” In his hand was a flower, and what a poor sight! The flower was dry and______．I gave him a small smile and then turned my eyes away so that he could take his dry flower and go off to play.
However, he sat n ext to my side and placed the flower to his_______and said in surprise, “It smells sweet and it’s beautiful, too．That’s_______I picked it．Here, it’s for you.” The flower before me was dead．But I knew I must_______ it, or he might never leave．So I accepted the flower, and replied, “This is just what I want.” Just then, for the first time I noticed that the boy could not see — he was blind.
Tears (眼泪) came down my face as I______him for picking the best one．“You’re welcome,” he smiled, and then ran off to______．I sat there and wondered how he was able to learn about my pain.
Through the eyes of a blind child, at last I could see the problem was not with the world; the problem was me．And for all those years I myself always was ______．I decided to see the beauty in life, and_______every second of my life．And then I held that dry flower up to my nose and breathed in the smell of a beautiful rose.
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One afternoon I took a trip to an art museum while waiting for my husband to finish a business meeting. I was expecting a view of the masterpieces(名作).
A young couple looking at the in front of me chatted non-stop. I watched them for a moment and realized the wife was doing all the talking. I admired(佩服)this man for being so with her. Bored by their noise, I moved on.
I met them several times as I moved those rooms of art. Each time I heard her voice, I moved away quickly.
I was standing at the museum gift shop buying some cards when the couple walked to the exit(出口).
" He's a brave man, " the clerk said. "Most of us would our interests if we were blind at such a young age. But behind his wife he comes in there's a new art show. "
"But he can't see. " I said in surprise.
" His wife each painting so that he can see it in his head. "
I learned about patience, courage and love that day. I saw the patience of a young wife describing paintings to a person withoutsightand the courage of a husband who would not allow blindness to change his . And I saw the love shared by two people as I this couple walk away holding each other's hands.
A．crowded B．quiet C．noisy D．silent
A．gifts B．maps C．books D．Paintings
A．strict B．patient C．careful D．excited
A．through B．across C．into D．out of
A．give up B．give away C．die out D．run away
A．whatever B．wherever C．whenever D．whether
A．talks B．shows C．describes D．tells
A．nothing B．everything C．something D．anything
A．mind B．eyes C．life D．decision
A．met B．knew C．researched D．Watched
完型填空
阅读下面短文，掌握大意，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Mr. Smith was hanging some family pictures on the wall of his new house. While he was using a hammer* to knock nails* into the hard ________ , some of them fell on the floor.
Mr. Smith’s 4-year-old daughter, Kate, was standing nearby. She wanted to ________ with her dad and called out to him. However, Mr. Smith didn’t finish his work then, so he asked her to go outside and play with her ________ . Kate saw the nails lying on the floor. She ________ a nail and went out.
After a while, the son rushed ________ . He told his dad that Kate was scratching* the newly bought ________ with a nail.
Mr. Smith ran outside and became very ________ as soon as he saw it. He took his child’s hand and ________ it. He didn’t realize he was using the hammer that was in his ________ . With blood* all over her hand, Kate was taken to a hospital and had an operation* at once.
________ the operation was done, Kate lay on her bed. Sadly, she said to her father, “Dad, I feel very ________ that I have scratched your car. ”She looked at her hand and asked, “Dad, when will ________ hand get well? I promise that I will never do that again.”
At the doctor’s office, the father was told that his daughter would ________ lose one finger. He was so hurt and speechless that he couldn’t stop crying for hours. ________ his mad action, his daughter might have one finger less.
Mr. Smith went back to the car and kicked it many times. Sitting in front of the car, he ________ the scratches*, to his surprise, he found that his daughter had written： “LOVE YOU DAD”.
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One Sunday afternoon, Marion sat at his desk and looked at his bills when his young son rushed in and said happily, “Happy birthday, Daddy. You’re 40 years old today, I’m going to give you 40 kisses, one for !” When the boy started making good in his words, the father ,“ Michael, don’t do it now, I can’t come up with any ways to solve my . I’m too busy!”
The boy soon fell silent as tears from his big blue eyes slowly. Feeling , the father said, “You can finish later. Daddy is busy with business now. ” He hugged the boy hurriedly as well.
The boy said nothing but quietly walked . That evening the father said: “Michael, Come and your work now!” But the boy didn’t.
Unluckily, a few days later after the father’s birthday, the boy had a terrible and died. His sad father wrote, “If only I could tell him how sorry I am for my thoughtless words, and how much my is hurting.”
Do remember: Love is a two-way street. We must warmly accept any loving act, or others will it take it as a “No” and it can a scar(伤痕). If we don’t receive , our life will lose true meaning. is more important than accepting love from those are near and dear to us.
A．because B．so C．then D．though.
A．each B．every C．other D．anther
A．spoke B．told C．shouted D．said
A．business B．problems C．questions D．things
A．came B．felt C．were D．ran
A．unhappy B．sorry C．tired D．angry
A．off B．away C．down D．in
A．catch B．begin C．finish D．do
A．homework B．father C．luck D．accident
A．heart B．ears C．eyes D．hands
A．have B．cut C．give D．leave
A．present B．love C．money D．kiss
A．it B．itself C．its D．it’s
A．Nothing B．Everything C．Something D．Anything
A．whom B．whose C．what D．who
完形填空（共20小题；计25分。A篇每小题1.5分，计15分；B篇每小题1分，计10分）
A
A teenage girl couldn’t stand her family rules, so she left home.
She wanted to be a star and became famous. But she had a little education and years later, she had to ask for food on the street for a living. Now her father has been dead. Her mother is an old woman. But she is still her daughter. She has been to every corner of the city. Everywhere she goes, she a big photo of her daughter on the wall. At the lower part of the photo she writes, “I still love you. Come back home!”
One day, the daughter saw one of the photos. She was surprised and she couldn’t believe her________ “Is that me?” She moved and read the words, “I still love you.” She cried. She couldn’t wait back home. When she got home, it was early morning. She pushed the door. The door opened itself. She rushed to the bedroom at once. Her mother was sleeping there. She her mother up, “It’s me! Your daughter has come back home!” The mother and her daughter looked at each other in excitement, full of happy tears. The daughter asked, “ ________ is the door unlocked? A thief could get in.” The mother answered softly, “The door has never locked ________ you left. We miss you all the time. We believe that you’ll come back some day.”
As everyone knows, parents love their children forever. Children should also understand their parents and share their happiness, sadness, even everything with their parents. ________ this way, both parents and children can be happy.
A. a little B. a few C. much
A. looking for B. looking after C. looking at
A. sets on B. puts up C. cuts up
A. eyes B. ears C. nose
A. further B. closer C. away
A. go B. to gone C. to go
A. wake B. wakes C. woke
A. Who B. When C. Why
A. since B. for C. before
A. With B. In C. By
Some years ago on a hot summer day in south Florida a little boy decided to go for a swim in the old swimming hole behind his house.
In a ____ to dive into the cool water, he ran out the back door, leaving ____ his shoes, socks, and shirt as he went. He flew into the water, not ____ that as he swam toward the middle of the lake, an alligator(鳄鱼) was swimming ____ him. His mother in the house was looking out of the window. She saw the two as they got closer and closer together. In great fear, she ____ toward the water,____ to her son as loudly as she could.
Hearing her voice, the little boy became alarmed and made a ____ to swim to his mother. It was too ____. Just as he reached her son, the alligator reached him.
From the bank, the mother caught her little boy by the ____ just as the alligator snatched his legs. That began an unbelievable tug-of-war(拔河比赛) between the two. The alligator was much ____ than the mother, but the mother wouldn’t give up.
A farmer ____ to drive by. He heard the cry, raced from his truck, took aim and shot the alligator.
After weeks and weeks in the hospital, the little boy was in good ____ again. But on his legs there were scars(伤疤) ____ by the animal and, on his arms, there were also scars left by his mother in her effort to hold on to the son she loved.
A newspaper reporter asked the boy ____ he would show him his scars. The boy lifted his legs. And then, with clear ____, he said to the reporter:” But look at my arms. I have great scars on my arms, too. I have them because my mother wouldn't let go.”
A．hurry B．dream C．hungry D．time
A．for B．over C．behind D．out
A．hearing B．understanding C．feeling D．realizing
A．backward B．downward C．toward D．upward
A．ran B．walked C．jumped D．moved
A．smiling B．shouting C．talking D．nodding
A．change B．mistake C．face D．return
A．dangerous B．close C．late D．early
A．legs B．arms C．hands D．feet
A．faster B．taller C．bigger D．stronger
A．happened B．came C．noticed D．stopped
A．shape B．health C．look D．build
A．followed B．written C．left D．broken
A．where B．how C．when D．whether
A．sadness B．pride C．purpose D．service
完形填空
An old man lived in a nice house with a large garden. He took care of his flowers all the time, watering and fertilizing(施肥) them.
One day a young man went by the garden. He looked at the beautiful flowers, thinking how happy he could be if he lived in such a beautiful place. Then, suddenly he found the old gardener was blind. He was very _______ about this and asked, “You can’t see these flowers. Why are you busy taking care of them every day?”
The old man smiled and said, “I can tell you four _____. First, I was a gardener when I was young, and I really like this job. Second, ______ I can’t see these flowers, I can touch them. Third, I can ______ the sweetness of them. As to the last one, that’s_____.”
“Me? But you don’t know me,” said the young man.
“Yeah, it’s true that I don’t know you. But I know that flowers are angels(天使) that everybody ______. We enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us.”
The blind man’s work opened our eyes and ______ our hearts, which also made his life ______. It was just like Beethoven, who became deaf in his later life and wrote many great musical works. Beethoven himself couldn’t ______ his wonderful music, but his music has ______millions of people to face their difficulties bravely. Isn’t it one kind of happiness?
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Helen Keller was a very bright， beautiful girl. At the age of six months she could say a few words. But unluckily， before she was two years old， she was badly . After that， she could not see or hear， and soon she could not even talk. Since then Helen had to for what she wanted. When she was six， her parents invited a teacher for her. With the help of the teacher， she began to see and hear the around her through her hands. She learned to the books for the blind. The teacher took Helen for long walks， and her about all the beautiful sights. Helen touched flowers， climbed the trees and even smelled a rain storm it came. She also learned how to swim and a horse. After she grew up， she became a famous in America. Her first and most famous book is The Story of My Life. Her story has brought new to many blind and deaf people. It has given light to those in darkness and encouraged them to live and work.
A．already B．never C．still D．also
A．dead B．ill C．strong D．thin
A．consider B．think C．look D．fight
A．town B．country C．world D．city
A．enjoy B．look C．see D．read
A．told B．spoke C．asked D．said
A．since B．while C．before D．after
A．drive B．serve C．play D．ride
A．doctor B．player C．writer D．singer
A．chance B．hope C．money D．job
Dear Wen Qian,
Today is March 12th. I get up early in the morning. After breakfast my cousin Linda takes me to Mike’s birthday party. Mike is Linda’s good friend, but I don’t know him. Of course I don’t know where his house is. Oh, Linda knows the way to his house. At about eight o’clock we get to Mike’s house. Mike is very friendly, and I like him very much. I have fun at his party. And I know a lot about Mike’s family. His parents are teachers, but they don’t work in the same school. Mike has two sisters, they are Susan and Alice. They both like sports. And they both have pen pals in China. Who do you know is Alice’s pen pal? Her pen pal is Zhang Xuefeng, He’s your cousin. Isn’t it interesting?
Yours.
Helen __________ knows the way to Mike’s house.
| A．Helen | B．Wen Qian |
| C．Linda | D．Mike |
Mike’s__________ is a teacher.
| A．father | B．sister | C．cousin | D．friend |
There are_____________ people in Mike’s family.
| A．four | B．five | C．six | D．seven |
Zhang Xuefeng is Wen Qian’s__________
| A．cousin | B．brother |
| C．friend | D．pen pal |
Which of the following is true about Helen?
| A．Helen takes a taxi to Mike’s house |
| B．Helen doesn’t have pen pals in China |
| C．Helen has fun at mike’s birthday party. |
| D．Helen isn’t happy at the party |
完型填空
根据上下文内容，从所给的四个选项中选择一个合适的选项。
Charlie is twenty-three now. He ________ a university(大学) and found work in a factory last year. It’s ________and there are no more than fifty workers in it. And only he________in a university. So he looks down upon (瞧不起) his ________ . He always thinks he’s right and never agrees with ________. He likes to say, “I’ve never made a mistake!”
But once the young man couldn’t ________ a foreign instructions (说明书). An old worker studied it for two days and ________ Mr. White, the boss of the factory, ________it meant. The boss asked Charlie why. He made a few excuses to say for________ . And he didn’t agree with the old man. The boss became angry and asked, “ Is it ________ that you’ve never made a mistake?”
The young man wouldn’t make Mr. White ________and had to say, “No, it isn’t, sir.”
Having _______ this, the workers were happy. One of them asked, “ It means that you also make some mistakes!”
Charlie ________his mind at once and said, “ I made only one mistake in my ________ !”
“When?” the boss asked in surprise.
“ Just now, sir.” Answered the young man. “When Mr. White ________ me acknowledge (承认)I was wrong!”
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完形填空
Henry was a boy of nine. He was born in a ____ family. His father was often ill and couldn’t go to work. ____ his mother worked in a factory. She worked hard and hoped to give her four children and husband(丈夫) ____ food and clothes. But she failed. Her family were sometimes ____. Of course, she couldn’t send Henry to school. She was ____ it but she didn’t know what to do. The boy was very clever and taught himself to read and write and ____ at home in the evening. And in the daytime he was polishing（擦）shoes in the street, so he could make some ____ for his family.
One afternoon the boy saw a young man’s shoes were ____, so he said to him, “ Let me polish your shoes.”
“No, thank you,” the young man said and walked ____.
“You may pay me only one dollar, sir,” the boy shouted ___ him. But the young man said no again. Then the boy ____ for a while and told him that he would polish his shoes for nothing. The young man ____ to this, and soon one of his shoes was shining brightly. The man ____ the other shoe to the boy, but the boy said no to polish it if he wasn’t paid two dollars for his work. The young man refused（拒绝）to ____ anything on it and went away.
But his shoes were so different that he had to ____. He turned back and gave the boy two dollars. In a very short time the shoe was as bright as the other one.
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完形填空
Sui Lu is now well-known as a Chinese gymnast (体操运动员). She was one of the ‘brightest’________ at the Guangzhou Asian Games. At the Games 18-year-old Sui won ________gold medals in team, all-round, balance beam and floor exercise.
Sui started ________in gymnastics at the age of 3 and joined the national team in 2005. The Hunan girl was first ________when she got two gold medals in the 2008 National Championships (锦标赛) in Tianjin. ________thought Sui would go to the Beijing Olympics. But Sui made a few small ________in the following two World Championships in Russia and France. She wasn’t________to be in the Olympic team. The ________girl cried her heart out.
The failure changed Sui ________a quieter, but more hard-working person. ‘These last two competitions have helped me learn to become more________, especially on the balance beam,’ Sui said.
She proved________again at the 11th Chinese National Games. At the Games she ________ two gold medals.
Now, Sui’s ________is to go to the London 2012 Olympics. ‘I’ve ________been to the Olympics,’ said Sui. ‘I will try my best to get the chance to go to London and I won’t give up ________ the last moment.’
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完形填空,阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从下列各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案,将其序号填入题前括号内。
Saturday, 30 October
Father’s birthday is coming, so I decided to put up a bookself for my father because he loves________and has many books.
I ________ the building materials online. My best friend Daniel came to help me and brought some ________ . We read the instructions first and ________ started to work. Daniel is good at DIY and is really ________ . It took us only an hour to finish the work. I had a little________ using the hammer. Daniel taught me ________ to use it properly and we had fun working together.
We also tried to paint the bookself blue-my father’s favourite ________ . When we finished, it ________ really cool.
I feel happy with my work ________ I believe my father will be proud(自豪)of it as well.
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One day, when your mother gets older and older, will you dislike her more words and her had health? Here is a mother`s letter to her______. Let`s read it and see what`s moving you.
Dear son,
When I grow old one day, please be _______ to me and try to understand me. If I get dirty when eating or if I can`t ____ myself., help me. Remember the hours I spent teaching you . If I say some things again and again when I speak to you, please _____me. When you were_______, I had to read you the same story again and again ________ you went to sleep. When my tired legs do not let me walk, give me your _____. I did the same when you started walking. When I come near to you, you should be next to me, try to understand me and help me _______ I did when you were a baby. When I am ill, you should look ______me well, just like I took good care of you day and night. Please spend more time _____ with me when you are free. I`ll pay you by a smile and love.
I love you, son!
Your mother,
Mary
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