In modern society there is a great deal of argument about competition. Some 36 it highly, believing that it is 37 for social progress and prosperity. Others say that 38 is bad, that it sets one person against another; that it 39 unfriendly relationship between people.
I have taught many children who held the 40 that their self-worth relied on how well they 41 at tennis and other skills. For them, playing well and winning are often life-and –death affairs. In their single-minded 42 of success, the development of many other human qualities is 43 forgotten.
44 , while some seem to be lost in the desire to succeed, others take a(n) 45 attitude. In a culture valuing only the winner and 46 to the ordinary players, they strongly 47 competition. They seem to seek failure by not trying to win or 48 success. By not trying, they always have a(n) 49 ：“I may have lost, but it doesn’t matter 50 I really didn’t try.” 51 , this belief is the same as 52 of the true competitors trying to prove themselves. Both are based on the 53 belief that one’s self-respect relies on how well one performs in 54 with others. Both are afraid of not being valued. Only as this basic and often troublesome fear begins to dissolve（缓解） 55 a new meaning in competition.
36．A．benefit B．influences C．value D．impress
37．A．cheerful B．meaningful C．comfortable D．responsible
38．A．competition B．ability C．knowledge D．challenge
39．A．runs into B．leads to C．comes from D．begins with
40．A．promise B．belief C．dream D．task
41．A．planned B．performed C．delivered D．practiced
42．A．pursuit B．memory C．behalf D．search
43．A．shyly B．cheerfully C．sadly D．faithfully
44．A．Therefore B．Meanwhile C．However D．Afterwards
45．A．proper B．suitable C．confident D．opposite
46．A．paying no attention B．pays less attention C．paid more attention D．pays no attention
47．A．excuse B．blame C．charge D．trust
48．A．enjoy B．apply C．receive D．achieve
49．A．opinion B．explanation C．excuse D．reason
50．A．unless B．so C．while D．because
51．A．Firmly B．Naturally C．Unfortunately D．Clearly
52．A．that B．one C．it D．this
53．A．mistaken B．different C．single D．common
54．A．consequence B．comparison C．connection D．common
55．A．we can discover B．can we discover C．can discover D．we discover
完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
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。
When 1 was twelve years old，my family were the first black people to move into an
a11-white part of Grand Rapids，Michigan．Many of our new36_weren’t very welcoming. Some of the adults said 37 that we should return where we came from．The 38sometimes threw stones at me or 39me home from school．
Most of my teachers 40ignored me，but not Dorothy Bean，my history teacher．Miss Bean was angry at how badly 1 was being 41，but she didn’t say this to me．Miss Bean showed her 42for me by teaching me just like anyone else．43being unnoticed，1 was given a 44to show that 1 was smart．Miss Bean was the first teacher who ever made me 45for myself． She insisted on knowing what I thought about difficult 46 ．Was Thomas Jefferson right to buy Louisiana from France?
Why? She 47 me to have an opinion and to be able to 48it up．Miss Bean was teaching me that thinking for oneself was the real 49to Success in learning.
One day，when 1 was not 50in class，Miss Bean suddenly threw an eraser at
me．Unbelievably，the eraser hit me right on the hand and 51my pencil flying．The
whole class was 52at first，then started laughing．This incident became famous in the school and， 53it happened to me，the students wanted to get to 54，So that’s the story of how Dorothy Bean made me her target，and how I became just another 55in school．
36．A．friends B．relatives C．fellows D．neighbors
37．A．kindly B．pitifully C．angrily D．anxiously
38．A．seniors B．children C．enemies D．elders
39．A．drove B．took C．helped D．carried
40．A．hardly B．simply C．suddenly D．widely
41．A．taught B．fooled C．picked D．treated
42．A．dislike B．thanks C. respect D．gifts
43．A．Instead of B．In memory of C．In case of D．In spite of
44．A．question B．chance C．test D．place
45．A．careB．100k C．work D．think
46．A．exams B．history C．questions D．books
47．A．persuaded B．forced C．allowed D．expected
48．A．back B．set C．shut D．give
49．A．notice B．key C．attention D．attitude
50．A．looking up B．paying attention C．reading aloud D．getting along
51．A．sent B．found C. saw D．kept
52．A．moved B．calmedC．worried D．shocked
53．A．when B．once C．because D．whether
54．A．ask B．know C．punish D．admire
55．A．kid B．problem C. teacher D．example
第二节：完形填空 (共20小题：每小题1.5分, 满分30 分)
阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从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。
One afternoon, many years ago, I went to pick up my mother from work. I got there a little early so I 16 the car by the roadside, across the street from where she worked, and 17 her.
As I looked outside the car window 18 my right, there was a small park 19 I saw a little boy around two years old, 20 freely on the grass as his mother watched him from a short distance. The boy had a big smile on his face 21 he had just been set free from some sort of prison. The boy would then fall to the grass, get up and without 22 run as fast as he could again, still with a smile on his face, as if 23 had happened.
However, with kids (especially at the early age)，when they fall down, they don’t perceive their falling down as a 24 , but instead, they treat it as a learning experience, as just another 25 . They feel compelled to try and try again 26 they succeed. The answer must be that they have not 27 “falling down” with the word “failure” yet. Thus they don’t know how to feel the state which 28 failure. What’s more, they probably think that it is perfectly Okay to fall down, and that it’s not 29 to do so. In other words, they give themselves 30 to make mistakes subconsciously. Thus they remain 31 .
While I was touched by the boy’s persistence, I was 32 touched by the manner in which he ran. With each 33 , he looked so confident and so natural. No 34 of fear, nervousness, or being discouraged — as if he didn’t 35 the world around him. His only aim was to run freely and to do it as effectively as he could. I learned a lot from that observation and experience, and have successfully brought that lesson with me in my many pursuits in life.
16. A. packed B. parked C. refueled D. cleaned
17. A. called for B. looked for C. waited for D. searched for
18. A. to B. in C. at D. for
19. A. where B. which C. what D. that
20. A. walking B. running C. smiling D. playing
21. A. as if B. even if C. only if D. what if
22. A. doubt B. hesitation C. mercy D. effect
23. A. something B. nothing C. everything D. anything
24. A. catastrophe B. difficulty C. success D. failure
25. A. outcome B. outline C. output D. outbreak
26. A. unless B. after C. until D. before
27. A. communicated B. associated C. accommodated D. contrasted
28. A. acquires B. accumulates C. accomplishes D. accompanies
29. A. good B. interesting C. right D. wrong
30. A. permission B. admission C. comprehension D. impression
31. A. discouraged B. encouraged C. regretful D. happy
32. A. simply B. extremely C. equally D. especially
33. A. run B. success C. attempt D. smile
34. A. scenes B. marks C. signals D. signs
35. A. care about B. look about C. care for D. think about
For some time I’ve had a church member provide me with a rose to pin on my suit every Sunday. __1__ I always got a flower on Sunday morning, I really did not__2__ much of it. It was a nice gesture that became__3__. One Sunday, however, what I considered__4__ became very special.
As I was leaving the Sunday service, a little boy__5__ and said, “Sir, what are you going to do with your flower?” “Do you__6__ this?” I said, pointing to the rose pinned to my coat.
He said, “Yes sir. I would like it if you are__7__ going to throw it away.” The little boy said, “Sir, I’m going to give it to my granny. My mother and father got_8__ last year. I was living with my mother, but I could not__9__, so she sent me to live with my grandmother. She has been so good to me that I want to give that pretty flower to her for__10__ me.”
When the little boy finished I could hardly__11__. My eyes filled with tears and I knew I had been touched in the__12__ of my soul. I reached up and__13__ my flower. With the flower in my hand, I looked at the boy and said, “Son, that is the__14__ thing I have ever heard, but you can’t have this flower because it’s not__15__. If you’ll look in front of the platform, you’ll see a big__16__ of flowers. Different families buy them for the__17__ each week. Please take those flowers to your granny because she__18__ the very best.”
If I hadn’t been__19__ enough already, he made one last statement and I will always treasure it. He said, “What a__20__ day! I asked for one flower but got a beautiful bouquet.”
1. A. Because B. Although C. If D. Once
2. A. speak B. think C. remind D. care
3. A. rule B. practice C. custom D. routine
4. A. valuable B. useless C. ordinary D. normal
5. A. approached B. stopped C. interrupted D. followed
6. A. notice B. see C. like D. mean
7. A. always B. just C. ever D. already
8. A. divorced B. lost C. disturbed D. troubled
9. A. stand B. understand C. stay D. help
10. A. comforting B. adopting C. supporting D. loving
11. A. move B. speak C. breathe D. refuse
12. A. depths B. back C. bottom D. corner
13. A. uncovered B. unloaded C. unpinned D. unwrapped
14. A. sweetest B. nicest C. saddest D. strangest
15. A. real B. fresh C. expensive D. enough
16. A. pile B. bouquest C. collection D. chain
17. A. relatives B. old C. poor D. church
18. A. deserves B. proves C. sounds D. matches
19. A. challenged B. surprised C. touched D. taught
20. A. sunny B. special C. lucky D. wonderful
It was a bright Saturday morning in the late fall. I had stopped at a café to enjoy a cup of coffee and__1__ the morning newspaper. Suddenly, I__2__ a hand on the back of my jacket and heard someone say, “Hey Steve! How ya doin’?”
__3__ up, I saw a boy wearing a mechanic’s uniform worn by employees of the gasoline station next to the café. He looked__4__, but, at first, I was unable to__5__ where we had met.
He also held a cup of coffee, so I asked him to join me. Very soon, his__6__ and probably my coffee began to thaw(解冻) out my__7__.
Five years earlier, he had been traveling home late on a February night. A fierce__8___ had arrived that afternoon, and by midnight, the snowdrifts were getting__9___. He recalled__10__ a drift just down the road from my house.
He had walked to my house for__11__. I had taken my pickup and a tow-rope and__12__ his car out of the snowdrift and up to the highway where maintenance(维护) trucks had__13___ away the snow.
This has been a__14__ occurrence here during the winter. I cannot__15__ the times someone has also pulled my car from a snowdrift.
___16__, it was an unforgettable experience for him, and his memory of our unexpected meeting in a snowstorm__17__ my entire day.
Leo Buscaglia wrote, “Too often we underestimate(低估) the__18_ of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment(赞扬), or the smallest act of__19__, all of which have the potential to turn a__20__ around.”
1. A. preview B. scan C. order D. buy
2. A. noticed B. got C. caught D. felt
3. A. Looking B. Standing C. Rising D. Glaring
4. A. sensitive B. friendly C. familiar D. grateful
5. A. reflect B. determine C. regain D. recall
6. A. story B. experience C. appearance D. greetings
7. A. heart B. feeling C. memory D. wonder
8. A. sandstorm B. snowstorm C. hurricane D. rainfall
9. A. high B. slippery C. thin D. deep
10. A. blocking B. hitting C. knocking D. crashing
11. A. help B. advice C. emergency D. shelter
12. A. pulled B. dragged C. pushed D. dug
13. A. collected B. cleared C. threw D. melted
14. A. basic B. common C. forgettable D. practical
15. A. count B. keep C. master D. predict
16. A. Besides B. Therefore C. However D. Otherwise
17. A. covered B. influenced C. brightened D. filled
18. A. meaning B. relation C. value D. power
19. A. caring B. offering C. sharing D. forgiving
20. A. course B. fate C. truth D. life
第三节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1. 5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的四个选项(A、B、C和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。
I have a love-hate relationship with 8 o’clock classes. I like to get 21 that early; most students don’t . They drag in late and look sleepy and 22 at that early hour.
One day I got really angry with it. I was 23 about the topic (history of Indians),but no one else seemed to be. I moved 24 the classroom. I told stories and tries 25 . I got theatrical(表演似的). It was useless. Students’blank looks didn’t seem to 26 . I was about to start a major topic when I 27 down at my watch. It was already past the scheduled end of class. So I just ended 28 .
Watching the students running out of the door, I 29 my books, notes and papers and stepped out into the hall. I was tired and a bit 30 . I had put everything I knew into that classroom 31 but it had seemed good for nothing. Then 32 I started across the hall, a student coming out of the back door of the classroom 33 me . It was Randy. I thought he wanted to ask 34 I didn’t have those test papers 35 or maybe he wanted 36 to hand in a late paper or …However , It was 37 of that. With his eyes sparking(闪亮). Randy said “This is the first time I’ve not 38 a college class to end. ”
The tiredness lifted. I had done 39 than I thought. I don't know if Randy will ever40 how much he did for me that day.
21. A. changed B. started C. caught D. asked
22. A. dull B. lazy C. dirty D. strange
23. A. sure B. curious C. excited D. worried
24. A. into B. from C. forward D. about
25. A. luck B. humor C. experiment D. success
26. A. change B. loose C. appear D. think
27. A. broke B. put C. took D. glanced
28. A. carelessly B. hurriedly C. suddenly D. naturally
29. A. got through B. took away C. picked up D. went over
30. A. anxious B. delight C. sick D. discouraged
31. A. lesson B. discussion C. performance D. content
32. A. as B. because C. if D. till
33. A. ran after B. shouted at C. got along with D.caught up with
34. A. when B. why C. whether D. who
35. A. taken B. passed C. graded D. checked
36. A. excuse B. information C. promise D. permission
37. A. none B. nothing C. all D. anything
38. A. attended B. asked C. wanted D. chosen
39. A. better B. worse C. more D. less
40. A. care B. understand C. think D. forget