阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was coaching girls’ track in Iowa and there was a young discus(铁饼)thrower on the team with 36 potential(潜力). Here goes her story.
At the end of our training 37 the district track meet, this discus thrower, Lucy, asked me if she 38 come to the school on Sunday for a little 39 training. I agreed. The year before, she had placed second at the district meet and 40 missed going to the state meet. She had won every discus event, 41 that district meet! And, her throws in the competitions had 42 been between 106’1” and 110’10”.
Something began to 43 me. Why couldn't Lucy 44 to get the discus to 111 feet? I wondered if it was more a psychological barrier(心理的障碍) 45 a physical one. I decided to try something 46 . I made up my mind to 47 to Lucy.
On Sunday, after her drills, I said, “Why don’t you throw five or six good ones for me to 48 ?” She began to throw again, but 49 were farther than what she had already thrown. But, I didn’t tell Lucy. As I was measuring the 50 one, I pulled out some more tape (量尺) and yelled out to her, “ Come to see this! This one is 51 ! ” It wasn’t. Lucy, thinking that this was a personal best, jumped wildly into the air in 52 .
The next afternoon, at the district meet, Lucy 53 with a personal best throw of 114’10”! Just 24 hours after I had lied to her. However, this time she had 54 thrown the discus four feet further than she had ever thrown it before.
Sometimes we 55 our own barriers in our mind. So learn to take control of your mind.
21.A. little B. great C. no D. limited
22.A. after B. during C. since D. before
23.A. could B. must C. should D. would
24.A. helpful B. extra C. real D. regular
25.A. luckily B. completely C. narrowly D. probably
26.A. except B. including C. despite D. with
27.A sometimes B. always C. never D. seldom
28.A. frighten B. please C. shock D. bother
29.A. seem B. pretend C. need D. ask
30.A. apart from B. rather than C. because of D. according to
31.A. impossible B. familiar C. new D. easy
32.A. lie B. turn C. reply D. call
33.A. look B. measure C. match D. take
34.A. many B. all C. some D. none
35.A. worst B. closest C. first D. final
36.A. higher B. farther C. bigger D. longer
37.A. excitement B. anxiety C. puzzlement D. anger
38.A. disappeared B. lost C. won D. arrived
39.A. actually B. hardly C. nearly D. only
40.A. break B. remove C. take D. set
Jame’s New Bicycle
James shook his money box again.Nothing! He carefully __36__ the coins that lay on the bed.
$24.52 was all that he had.The bicycle he wanted was at least $90!_37____ on earth was he going to get the ___38___ of the money?
He knew that his friends all had bicycle.It was __39___ to hang around with people when you were the only one without wheels.He thought about what he could do.There was no ___40__ asking his parents, for he knew they had no money to _41____.
There was only one way to get money, and that was to __42_ it .He would have to find a job .__43____ who would hire him and what could he do? He decided to ask Mr.Clay for advice who usually had__44_ on most things.
“Well, you can start right here,”said Mr.Clay.“My windows need cleaning and my car needs washing.”
That was the __45__ of James’s odd-job(零工)business.For three months he worked every day after finishing his homework.He took dogs and babies for walks, cleared out cupboards and mended books.He lost count of the _46____ of jobs that people found for him to do.He took dogs and babies for walks, cleared out cupboards, and mended books.He lost count of the 47 of cars he washed and windows he cleaned, but the __48___ increased and he knew that he would soon have __49____ for the bicycle he longed for.
The day __50_ came when James counted his money and found $ 94.32.He _51___ no time and went down to the shop to pick up the bicycle he wanted.He rode __52__ home, looking forward to showing his new bicycle to his friends.It had been hard _53__ for the money, but James knew that he valued his bicycle far more _54__ he had bought it with his own money.He had _55__ what he thought was impossible, and that was worth even than the bicycle.
A.cleaned B.covered C.counted D.checked
A.How B.Why C.Who D.What
A.amount B.part C.sum D.rest
A.brave B.hard C.smart D.unfair
A.point B.reason C.result D.right
A.split B.spend C.spare D.save
A.borrow B.earn C.raise D.collect
A.Or B.So C.For D.But
A.decisions B.experience C.opinions D.knowledge
A.beginning B.introduction C.requirement D.opening
A.similarity B.quality C.suitability D.variety
A.brand B.number C.size D.type
A.effort B.pressure C.money D.trouble
A.all B.enough C.much D.some
A.finally B.instantly C.normally D.regularly
A.gave B.left C.took D.wasted
A.patiently B.proudly C.silently D.tiredly
A.applying B.asking C.looking D.working
A.since B.if C.than D.though
A.deserved B.benefited C.achieved D.learned
It was always thought that Treasure Island was the product of Robert Louis Stevenson's imagination. 16___ , recent research has found the true story of this exciting work.
Stevenson, a Scotsman, had lived 17 for many years. In 1881 he returned to Scotland for a 18 , with him were his American wife Fanny and his son 19 .
Each morning Stevenson would take them out for a long 20 over the hills. They had been 21 this for several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse.Kept indoors by the heavy rain Lloyd felt the days 22 . To keep the boy happy, Robert asked the boy to do some 23 .
One morning, the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island. Robert 24 that the boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of 25 . "What's that ?" he asked. "That's the 26 treasure." said the boy. Robert suddenly 27 something of an adventure story in the boy's 28 . While the rain was pouring, Robert sat down by the fire to write a story. He would make the29 a twelve-year-old boy just like Lloyd. But who would be the pirate?
Robert had a good friend named Henley, who walked around with the 30 of a wooden leg. Robert had always wanted to31 such a man in a story. 32 Long John Silver, the pirate with a wooden leg, was 33 .
So thanks to a 34 September in Scotland, a friend with a wooden leg, and the imagination of a twelve-year-old boy, we have one of the greatest35 stories in the English language.
A.However B. Therefore C.Besides D.Finally
A.alone B.next door C.at home D.abroad
A.meeting B.story C.holiday D.job
A.Lloyd B.Robert C.Henley D.John
A.talk B.rest C.walk D.game
A.attempting B.missing C.planning D.enjoying
A.quiet B.dull C.busy D.cold
A.cleaning B.writing C.drawing D.exercising
A.doubted B.noticed C.decided D.recognized
A.the sea B.the house C.Scotland D.the island
A.forgotten B.buried C.discovered D.unexpected
A.saw B.drew C.made D.learned
A.book B.reply C.picture D.mind
A.star B.hero C.writer D.child
A.help B.problem C.use D.bottom
A.praise B.produce C.include D.accept
A.Yet B.Also C.But D.Thus
A.read B.born C.hired D.written
A.rainy B.sunny C.cool D.windy
A.news B.love C.real-life D.adventure
John Snow was born and worked as a __36__ in Great Britain.Exactly, he was an anaesthetist,37 means that he put people to sleep during operation.He also began to experiment using the same drugs to help women when they had 38 .That is why he became the doctor who 39 Queen victoria to give the birth of her babies.
At the time he lived,cholera was the most 40 disease.Neither its cause,nor its 41 was understood.So many thousands of people died 42 there was an outbreak.John Snow was 43 to help ordinary people 44 from cholera.He 45 the disease began in the stomach and the patients died quickly after severe vomiting(呕吐)and diarrhea (腹泄).46 ,he believed cholera resulted from water.When another 47 hit London in 1854,John Snow set to work.
John Snow approached the problem in a systematic way.He marked on a map 48 all the dead people had lived and found many of the 49 were near a water pump.It seemed the water was the50 .So he collected information about the 51 habits of the dead people and used them eventually to prove his theory.With the information 52 ,John Snow was sure that 53 water was the cause.
Then people were required to 54 the water company to supply them with clean water.Thanks __55___ John Snow there was no more outbreaks of cholera.
A.scientist B.an official C.an officer D.doctor
A.pain B.ache C.difficulties D.babies
A.assisted with B.took care C.look after D.joined
A.surprising B.interesting C.interested D.frightening
A.cure B.method C.result D.threat
A.each time B.at one time C.in no time D.the first time
A.delighted B.devoted C.absorbed D.determined
A.suffered B.having suffered C.suffering D.being suffered
A.noticed B.was noticing C.has noticed D.had noticed
A.Therefore B.As a result of C.So D.According to
A.disease B.disaster C.outbreak D.case
A.how B.where C.what D.in which
A.women B.men C.death D.injuries
A.result B.cause C.origin D.case
A.drinking B.1iving C.working D.housing
A.having collected B.being collected C.collected D.collecting
A.being polluted B.polluted C.polluting D.having polluted
A.take on B.call on C.depend on D.carry on
A.to B./ C.for D.on
During a recent vacation I visited Dusseldorf,a city in the dormer West Germany.The nine-day trip left a deep impression on me.I arrived at Dusseldorf airport at six.It was already dark outside.The first thing I needed to do was to find a place to 36 .I decided to telephone the youth hotel.But to use the 37 I needed some coins. I asked a lady for help.To my 38,she 39 me five coins to use!But all the phones in the 40 needed phone cards.And phone cards could only be 41 at post office during the daytime.I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to call the 42 .An old gentleman helped me.He couldn’t speak English but 43 that I needed to make a phone call.He showed me where the 44 was and inserted(插入) his phone card.I called the youth hotel and found a place to stay that night.The kindness of the German people made me feel 45 and it seemed that I was not far from 46 .And my first day in Germany wasn’t as 47 as I expected previously.
Whenever I went,I asked people for 48 .What surprised me most was that almost every young German could tell me the way in 49 English.Older Germans couldn’t speak English so well, 50 ,they would try to help me whenever they could. One middle-aged man I asked for directions even 51 me to the place I was looking for.My experience in Germany completely changed my 52 of Germans.Before,I thought they were unfriendly to foreigners. In the World War II in the 1940s,Germans were always 53 .But things have 54 since then.And Germans today couldn’t be more 55 ,in my opinion.
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Learning to Accept
I learned how to accept life as it is from my father. However, he did not teach me acceptance(接受) when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was 1 and ill.
My father was once a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness 2 all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is 3 One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started talking about life, and I told them about one of my 4 . I said that we must very often give things up as we grow—our youth, our beauty, our friends—but it always 5 that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father 6 up. He said, “But, Peter. I gave up 7 ! What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I could not think of anything to say. 8 , he answered his own question.
“I 9 the love of my family.” I looked at my sisters, and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness. I was also 10 by his words. After that, when I began to feel irritated(激动的) at someone, I would remember his words and become 11 . He could replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be 12 to give up my small irritations. In this 13 , I learned the power of acceptance from my father.
Sometimes I 14 what other things I cold learn from him if I had listened more carefully when I was a boy. For now, though, I am grateful(感谢的)for this15 .
A.tired B.weak C.poor D.slow
A.took B.threw C.sent D.put
A.impossible B.difficult C.helpless D.hopeless
A.decisions B.experience C.dreams D.beliefs
A.suggests B.promises C.seems D.requires
A.spoke B.turned C.got D.opened
A.something B.anything C.nothing D.everything
A.had B.accepted C.gained D.enjoyed
A.touched B.surprised C.attracted D.warned
A.quiet B.calm C.relaxed D.happy
A.ready B.likely C.free D.able
A.case B.form C.method D.way
A.doubt B.wonder C.know D.guess
A.award B.lesson C.gift D.word