As she waited at the edge of the ice for her music to start, Peggy took a quick look at her father standing nearby with a group of parents and teachers. He smiled at her. Then she ___1___ out at the audience, ___2___ to see her mother. These two, Alvert and Doris Fleming, had ___3___ all the way from California more than 2,000 miles away, to see their ___4___ compete in this sports meet in Cleveland, Ohio.
The music ___5___ and Peggy moved onto the ice, letting the music ___6___ her along into her turns, and she began skating with much ___7___ in herself. The cold fear she always had in the ___8___ seconds before skating onto the ice was ___9___. She was feeling the movement of the ___10___ and letting it carry her. She skated easily, ___11___ did some jumps, a final turn and her performance was ___12___.
The crowd loved it and cheered ___13___ she skated off the ice. “Nice job,” said one of the other ___14___. It was the remark that ___15___ came after a free-skating performance. But what would the ___16___ say? Standing beside her father, Peggy ___17___ for the scoring to be finished. On all sides were other young skaters, some waiting ___18___ alone, others with a parent. Shortly before 10 o’clock the results were ___19___. The new United States Women’s Skating Champion was Peggy forming of Padena, ___20___!
1. A. looked B. watched C. found D. stepped
2. A. tried B. hoped C. hoping D. looking forward
3. A. flown B. driven C. hoped D. prepared
4. A. friend B. children C. son D. daughter
5. A. started B. played C. develop D. sang
6. A. allow B. set out C. carry D. support
7. A. thought B. belief C. success D. design
8. A. last B. following C. recent D. past
9. A. lost B. present C. string D. gone
10. A. ice B. fear C. music D. audience
11. A. so B. or C. before D. then
12. A. satisfied B. finished C. unsatisfactory D. welcome
13. A. because B. until C. as D. before
14. A. skaters B. parents C. judges D. audiences
15. A. seldom B. always C. again D. hardly
16. A. players B. audience C. parents D. judges
17. A. looked B. wished C. waited D. asked
18. A. comfortably B. anxiously C. hurriedly D. happily
19. A. cried out B. let out C. declared D. announced
20. A. California B. Cleveland C. Ohio D. England
I found out one time that doing a __36____for someone could get you into a lot of trouble.I was in the eighth grade at the time, and we were having a final test.During the test, the girl sitting next to me ___37____ something, but I didn’t understand.So I __38______ her way and found out that she was trying to ask me if I had an extra pen.She showed me that hers was ____39_____ and would not write.I happened to have an extra one, so I took it out of my pocket and ____40_____ it on her desk.
Later, after the test papers had been turned in, the teacher asked me to stay in the room when all the other students were____41_____.As soon as we were alone she began to talk to me about ____42____ it meant to grow up; she talked about how important it was to____43____ your own two feet and be responsible for your own ____44____.For a long time, she talked about honesty and emphasized the fact ____45____ when people do something____46____, they are really cheating themselves.She made me ____47____ that I would think seriously about all the things she had said, and then she told me I could leave.I walked out of the room ____48____ why she had chosen to talk to me about all those things.
____49____, I found out that she thought I had cheated on the test.When she saw me lean over to talk to the girl next to me, it looked as if I was copying answers ____50____ the girl’s test paper.I ___51____ to explain about the pen, but all she____52____ say was that it seemed very strange to her that I hadn’t talked of anything about the pen the day she talked to me ____53____ after the test.____54____ I tried to explain that I was just doing the girl a favor by letting her use my pen, I was sure she ____55____ to believe that I had cheated on the test.
A.help B.hand C.favor D.fever
A.whispered B.talked C.told D.spoke
A.turned over B.came over C.leaned over D.looked over
A.out of sight B.out of work C.out of place D.out of ink
A.place B.put C.gave D.lent
B.dismissed C.praised D.parted
A.what B.that C.which D.how
A.stand up B.stand on C.stand for D.stand by
A.attitude B.activity C.action D.behavior
A.what B.if C.that D.where
A.honest B.dishonest C.modest D.disappointed
A.promise B.permit C.recognize D.prove
A.wandering B.reflecting C.understanding D.wondering
A.Long before B.Therefore C.Ever before D.Later on
A.of B.in C.from D.on
A.managed B.planned C.tried D.promoted
A.could B.would C.can D.will
B.only C.slight D.once
A.After B.Until C.As if D.Even if
A.remained B.continued C.kept D.wanted
In 1971, readers around the world were astonished by some photographs which appeared in newspapers. Hidden deep in the rainforests of an island in the Philippines, was an ethnic (种族的) ___16___ called the Tasaday. Not until that moment did anyone have any ___17___ of these people. They didn’t have an agricultural economy; they hunted animals and __18___ fruit from the plants in the rainforest. They carried tools made of stone, lived in ___19__ and wore clothes made of leaves. Unknown until 1971, they 20 became world famous. After that, there were TV 21 and books about them; people said their simple lives showed that human beings could be good and kind if they were not 22 by modern life. Then after 1974 the region was closed by the government and the world 23 about them.
In 1986, a Swiss journalist, Oswald Iten, decided to visit the Tasaday. The journey __24____ thick rainforests and across rivers was hard and dangerous. Mr. Iten was 25 killed by the soldiers, villagers and businessmen who wanted to take the wood from the rainforest. Finally, Mr. Iten 26 and found the caves of the Tasaday 27 . The people were living in nearby huts and they were all 28 jeans and T-shirts, not leaves. He thought that perhaps they were not an ethnic minority 29 .
When he 30 to Switzerland, Mr. Iten wrote about the Tasaday people in the newspapers. He said he thought that they were just ordinary farmers, poor, but not 31 from anyone else. He believed that in 1971, the government told “the Tasaday” to 32 they were native people from thousands of years ago, so that tourists---and money---would start ___33 into the region.
One group of experts said that they really were people who had no 34 with modern life before 1971; another group said they were just 35 the part. So who are these people, really? Perhaps we’ll never really be sure.
A.man B.group C.chief D.tradition
A.knowledge B.impression C.doubt D.fear
A.grew B.enjoyed C.collected D.stored
A.huts B.houses C.apartments D.caves
A.certainly B.suddenly C.absolutely D.privately
A.advertisements B.services C.stations D.programs
A.refused B.separated C.spoilt D.conquered
A.forgot B.knew C.talked D.thought
A.around B.through C.over D.along
A.once B.almost C.often D.even
A.arrived B.left C.hid D.began
A.dirty B.valueless C.accessible D.empty
A.making B.selling C.wearing D.designing
A.in all B.at all D.above all
A.returned B.went C.traveled D.drove
A.absent B.secure C.different D.free
A.agree B.pretend C.admit D.consider
A.looking B.falling C.turning D.pouring
A.contact B.competition C.agreement D.patience
A.learning B.forming C.acting D.missing
One of the most common social fears is that we are not good enough. Perhaps you feel you won’t 21 others because they are more confident, successful, intelligent or attractive than you. Such thinking is misguided. The 22 of doing well is accepting yourself as you are.
When I was a student, I kept a diary filled with 23 memories. Some were painful memories from 24 when I felt hurt, confused, lonely and insecure. I 25 pieces of dreams and personal feelings of anger and hatred, 26 things I enjoyed such as magic shops and coin dealers.
Then a terrible thing happened. 27 dinner one night I realized I had left my diary in the cloakroom(衣帽间)outside the campus dining hall. 28 that somebody might read it and find out the truth about me, I 29 back, but it was gone.
Weeks passed, and eventually I gave up hope of ever finding it 30 . A month later, I was 31 up my jacket in the same place when I saw my brown 32 diary, just where I’d left it.
33 I read through the pages and found that a 34 had written the following, “God bless you. I’m 35 like you, only I 36 keep a diary, and I’m 37 to know there are others like me. I hope things turn out well for you.”
Tears came to my eyes. It had never dawned(开始为人所明白)on me that any one could know my inner feelings and also 38 things just like the way I did.
No matter what you are like, whether you’re rich or poor, brilliant or average, attractive or 39 , there are people like you. Discard(抛弃)your fears of not measuring up(符合期望), and 40 yourself as you are.
A.like B.impress C.consult D.admire
A.idea B.success C.secret D.purpose
A.private B.painful C.wonderful D.simple
A.works B.friends C.neighbors D.childhood
A.described B.hid C.showed D.noticed
A.instead of B.as well as C.in case of D.because of
A.Until B.When C.After D.Since
A.Excited B.Puzzled C.Surprised
A.walked B.searched C.turned D.ran
A.hardly B.soon C.again D.seldom
A.hanging B.looking C.turning D.breaking
A.new B.worn C.broken
A.Nervously B.Happily C.Sadly D.Excitedly
A.friend B.policeman C.stranger D.classmate
A.a lot B.a little C.nearly D.slightly
A.mustn’t B.don’t C.won’t D.can’t
A.sorry B.thankful C.curious D.anxious
A.feel B.enjoy C.remember D.hate
A.strong C.clear D.plain
A.insist B.accept C.help D.balance
What kind of person becomes an addict? Someone 21 , with a lot of friends; or someone who is 22 from the rest, with only a few friends, or none at all? The 23 I am trying to make is that anyone can become an addict.
The only way that I 24 this out was by becoming an addict myself. I used to be a guy who was 25 in the popular crowd. Right before high school began, I started being 26 by most of my friends. I had never lived with the 27 that I had no friends, so I did almost anything to 28 the two good friends I still had. One of the things I did was 29 drugs for the first time. This was a big 30 from the way I lived when I was younger. I was a(n) 31 , and the last thing I thought I would get into was drugs. Drugs 32 me from being the best sports player I could be.
I 33 to smoke drugs after I entered high school because that was what my new "cool" friends were 34 . The next three years were filled with many 35 , I was arrested twice, and lost my license for two years. This made me sad and 36 .
I realized I could not live this way; I must stop the 37 of using drugs.
Since then, my 38 and actions have changed and so has my direction in life. I do see a future in water skiing. 39, I haven’t killed my chance in 40 . I know that I must keep a clear head first. Keep Coming Back. It works if you work it.
A.interesting B.anxious C.popular D.eager
A.free B.safe C.absent D.different
A.point B.sense C.subject D.promise
A.brought B.figured C.held D.kept
A.always B.seldom C.almost D.already
A.known B.attracted C.preferred D.rejected
A.doubt B.hope C.fear D.danger
A.meet B.keep C.leave D.move
A.collect B.buy C.try
A.chance B.change C.decision D.advance
A.doctor B.teenager C.amateur D.athlete
A.prevented B.protected C.discouraged D.sheltered
A.decided B.intended C.continued D.pretended
A.highs and lows B.pros and cons C.causes and effects D.days and nights
A.lonely B.afraid C.confused D.depressed
A.manner B.habit C.spread D.approach
A.position B.heart C.attitude D.speech
A.Virtually B.Hopefully C.Similarly D.Luckily
A. athletics B.acting C.academics D.promotion
It is interesting how NASA(美国航天航空局) chose their astronauts for landing them on the moon. They chose men 36 the ages of twenty and thirty-five. There were about fifty of them. Some were 37 air pilots, and 38 were scientists with two or three degrees. NASA telephoned each man they were going to choose, told him the plans and the 39 they might get into. They then asked him if he was willing to be trained as an astronaut, “How could any man 40 such an exciting job?” One of them said, “Dangerous? Of course. It’s dangerous 41 most exciting.”
The health and physical condition of the people was, 42 , very necessary. Only those in very good health and physical condition were 43 .
While being trained to be astronauts, they went through many 44 . They studied the star and the moon, and they also studied geology, the science of rocks. This was necessary 45 astronauts would have to look for rocks on the moon. They would try to find rocks which might help to tell the 46 of the moon. They were all 47 to fly in helicopters. There helicopters landed straight down to give them some 48 of the way the spaceship would actually land on the 49 . They were also taught the known facts about the 50 in space. They learnt about all the scientists and engineers who 51 spaceships. They visited the 52 where spaceships were repaired. They learnt how every 53 of a spaceship and its instruments work. They also learnt every detail of ground-control 54 .
In a word, to be chosen as astronaut, one must be in good 55 , well-informed in science and good at piloting.
A.at B.between C.of D.on
A.experienced B.old C.handsome D.retired
A.none B.few C.others D.both
A.dangers B.sadness C.reality D.protection
A.share B.treat C.offer D.refuse
A.but B.if C.though D.when
A.in all B.of course C.so far D.at last
A.noticed B.chosen C.praised D.examined
A.jobs B.places C.courses D.ways
A.so B.because C.as if D.even though
A.size B.scene C.age D.name
A.shown B.trained C.told D.allowed
A.advice B.experience C.surprise D.thought
A.water B.rock C.moon D.earth
A.secrets B.traditions C.theories D.conditions
A.drew B.developed C.designed D.discovered
A.offices B.shops C.colleges D.factories
A.part B.movement C.step D.body
A.method B.difficulty C.system D.trick
A.shape B.position C.order D.health