阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C、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。
There was a very special teacher who made a far -reaching difference in my life
Fall ,1959,the first day of class at Bethesda Chevy Chase High School was about begin ."Who"，I asked a senior , "is Mrs McNamara,my 10th grade English teacher?"He just1and said something about my being in2Soon ,I understood what he meant. Mrs. McNamara had a pattern of3that she repeated again and again. We would have a literature reading task for4. The next day ,when we came to class, there would be two or three topics on the blackboard5to the homework reading. We were6to write an in -class essay about one of the topics. The following day ,she would7thd corrected and graded essays and each person would be called8to stand in front of the class and to9his\her essay. The class were required to criticize(评论)that essay,10the grade of everyone in class would be reduced
The first time that I11her read-write-criticize method, I had not12to do the homework and had written something without knowing what it meant.13the extreme embarrassment I suffered, standing before my classmates,14myself. No one laughed at me, no one would be15enough ,or foolish enough, to do that in Mrs. McNamara's class. The embarrassment came from16and along with it came a strong17not to let it happen again
Mrs. McNamara kept all of our written work in files, it was easy to see the18in writing that had occurred. What was not so easy to see was the inner transformation that had taken place, at least for me. What Mrs. McNamar19me to do was to see myself as others see me and, having done that, I could improve myself. And I20. Thank you, Mrs. McNamara.
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Self-confidence does not necessarily imply a belief in one's ability to succeed. For instance, one may be at a particular sport or activity, but remain "confident", simply because one does not a great deal of emphasis on the result of the activity. When one does not always think of negative results, one can be more "self-confident" because one is far less about failure or the of others following potential failure. One is then more likely to focus on the actual situation, which means that enjoyment and success in that situation is also more probable. Belief in one's abilities to perform an activity comes successful experience and may add to a general sense of self-confidence. Studies have also found a between high levels of confidence and wages. , those who self-report they were confident earlier in schooling earned better wages and were promoted more quickly over the life course.
A．good B．experienced C．poor D．surprised
A．make B．lay C．play D．take
A．talking B．asking C．worrying D．learning
A．respect B．disapproval C．envy D．dishonesty
A．through B．to C．towards D．before
A．difference B．link C．similarity D．distance
A．Alternatively B．Immediately C．Sharply D．Seemingly
When we’re young, we dream of love and fulfillment. We perhaps think of nights in the moon or walks along the beach at sunset.
No one tells us that the moments of a lifetime are flashing by, unplanned and nearly always catch us off guard.
Not long ago, as I was reading a bedtime story to my seven-year-old daughter, Annie, I became aware of her look. She was staring at me with a charmed expression. , completing The Tale of Samuel Whiskers was not as as we first thought. I asked what she was thinking about.
"Mommy," she , "I just can't stop looking at your pretty face."I almost dissolved on the spot.
Not long after, I took my four-year-old son to an elegant department store, where the sweet notes of a classic love song us toward a musician playing a grand piano. Sam and I sat down on a marble bench nearby, and he seemed as absorbed in the pleasant as I was.
I didn't realize that Sam had next to me until he turned, took my face in his little hands and said, " with me."
those women walking under the Paris moon knew the of such an invitation made by a round-cheeked boy with baby teeth! Although openly laughed and pointed at us as we glided and whirled around the open atrium(中庭), I would not have a dance with such a charming young gentleman if I'd been offered the universe.
A．saddest B．greatest C．shortest D．longest
A．focused B．scared C．surprising D．worried
A．Strangely B．Patiently C．Naturally D．Apparently
A．easy B．delicate C．important D．suitable
A．shouted B．whispered C．cried D．screamed
A．drew B．beat C．fed D．cut
A．title B．subject C．topic D．theme
A．looked up B．stood up C．taken up D．come up
A．Sing B．Play C．Dance D．Go
A．As if B．Even if C．Only if D．If only
A．shame B．joy C．pity D．chance
A．shoppers B．teachers C．workers D．managers
A．expected B．accepted C．traded D．caught
One effective way of destroying happiness is to look at something and focus on even the smallest fault.It's like looking at the tiled (铺瓦的) ceiling and concentrating on the space where one tile is____.
Once I heard a bald man said, "Whenever I enter a room, all I see is hair." Once you've ____what your missing tile is, explore whether acquiring it will completely make you happy. Then do one of the three things: get it, replace it with a different ____,or forget about it and ____the tiles in your life that are not missing.
We all know people who have had a relatively ___ life, yet are essentially unhappy while people who have suffered a great deal but generally remain happy.
The first secret is gratitude. All happy people are ____. Ungrateful people cannot be happy.The second is ____that happiness is a byproduct of something else. The more passions we have, the more happiness we are likely to experience.Finally,if you choose to find the _ __in every situation, you will be blessed, and if you choose to find the awful, you will be cursed. As for happiness itself, this largely depends on your decision to make.
A．different B．missing C．short D．broken
A．determined B．predicted C．assumed D．imagined
A．tile B．brick C．ceiling D．house
A．look on B．focus on C．count on D．rely on
A．peaceful B．difficult C．easy D．ordinary
A．wealthy B．grateful C．proud D．generous
A．admitting B．dividing C．proving D．realizing
A．worst B．best C．positive D．negative
完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面两篇短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、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。
About ten years ago when I was an undergraduate in college, I was working as an intern（实习生） at my University’s Museum of Natural History. One day while working at the cash register in the gift shop, I saw an old couple come in with a little girl a wheelchair.
As I looked closer at this girl, I saw that she was almost on her chair. I then she had no arms or legs, just a head, neck and body. She was wearing a little white dress with red dots. As the couple her up to me I was looking down at the register. I turned my head toward the girl and gave her a wink（眨眼）. As I took the money from her grandparents, I looked back at the girl, who was giving me the cutest, largest smile I have ever seen.
All of a sudden her was gone and all I saw was this beautiful girl, whose smile just me and almost instantly gave me a completely new of what life is all about. She took me from a poor, unhappy college student and brought me into her world: a world of , love and .
That was ten years ago. I’m a successful business person now and I get down and think about the troubles of the world, I think about that little girl and the remarkable（非凡的）lesson about life that she me.
A．in B．on C．up D．over
A．lain B．remained C．set D．thrown
A．struck B．hit C．realized D．understood
A．top B．upper C．bottom D．lower
A．dragged B．headed C．wheeled D．approached
A．strength B．advantage C．disability D．happiness
A．affected B．infected C．melted D．frightened
A．command B．sense C．understand D．control
A．smiles B．laughters C．tears D．sweat
A．sorrow B．excitement C．warmth D．indifference
A．whenever B．whatever C．however D．whichever
A．offered B．taught C．gained D．drew
The little stream in the green forest flowed past and the beautiful wild flowers surrounded the small house there. All of a sudden, a deer raced into the yard, where a little boy was . The deer caught the boy’s with its antlers (鹿角). This scared the little boy so much that he a loud cry which brought his mother out to see what was the matter. She came out just in time to the deer running off towards the mountains with her little boy.
The boy’s mother was greatly ! She ran after the deer as fast as she could, and not too far away, she found her little boy sitting on the grass. When he saw his mother, the little boy laughed and reached out his arms to her. His mother lifted him up and him tightly. She was so happy that she . She hurried back to their home with her precious son. When she got there, she stopped dead in her tracks, at what she saw. The huge tree behind their house had fallen over she was out running after the deer to save her son. The whole house was destroyed under its great .
Then the little boy’s mother the day about a year before when a deer from a hunter had run into her house. She felt sorry for the frightened deer, so she covered it with some clothes, it with some fresh grass and let it return to the forest later. The deer seemed to that she had saved its life, because as it left, it kept bending its head to her, as if thanking her for her . She never imagined that the deer remember her kindness. The deer knew the tree was going to fall and hurt her, so it came back to show its . When the boy’s mother thought of all this, she said, “Saving the life of another is the same as saving your own life.”
A．sleeping B．crying C．playing D．working
A．head B．clothing C．hands D．body
A．let out B．brought out C．made out D．put out
A．walking B．moving C．jumping D．running
A．know B．recognize C．realize D．see
A．surprised B．frightened C．excited D．touched
A．safely B．painfully C．alone D．freely
A．kissed B．kept C．held D．took
A．laughed B．waited C．left D．cried
A．sorry B．interested C．amazed D．amused
A．while B．before C．after D．because
A．power B．shape C．height D．weight
A．missed B．remembered C．mentioned D．learnt
A．suffering B．dying C．escaping D．running
A．fed B．sent C．helped D．left
A．remember B．recognize C．notice D．understand
A．clothes B．grass C．mercy D．entertainment
A．might B．could C．will D．must
A．somehow B．hopefully C．suddenly D．anyway
A．wisdom B．thankfulness C．kindness D．love