B卷 (满分50分)
第一部分完型填空阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个最适合上下文的单词并注意单词形式。(共8小题;每小题1.5分,满分12分)
Why is setting goals so important? 1. __________ goals can help you do, be, and experience everything you want in life. Instead 2._________ just letting life happen to you, goals allow 3.______ to make your life happen.
4. _________ people set lots of goals. By setting goals you are taking control of you. It’s like having a map to show you where you want to go. Winners decide what they want in life and then get it by 5.________ plans and setting goals.
Unsuccessful people have 6._______ different story. They just let life happen by accident. Goals aren’t difficult to set and reach. 7.________ is up to you to find out what your goals really are. You are the one 8._______ must decide what to do and in what direction to aim your life.
There was once a group of young people searching everywhere for happiness but what they got was only annoyance, grief and misery.
So they Socrates for advice on where happiness . But giving any answers, Socrates asked them to help with building a first. The group of guys had to the task, laying aside their own business of seeking happiness. It took them a long time to cut down a tall tree, gouging out (挖空) the center. Through painstaking effort, they made a canoe out of the tree. They launched the canoe into a river, and then together in it, singing with .
Socrates asked, “My children, do you have happiness now?” They answered in chorus: “We be happier!” Socrates , “That’s it! you are too busy pursuing something to notice anything bitter, happiness will occur.”
From the story I got to know that happiness hides behind every tiny thing that you are involved in, and that you may only get pleasure through work and creativity.
We may have to pain in our daily life and in the process of happiness. Sometimes we tend to look for happiness in things, like a new car, clothes, etc. True long term happiness, however, comes from within our and spirit. So why not turn suffering into life, and tears into the light in your heart? Only in this way can we make it through and find true happiness.
So my dear friends, just remember happiness is a state of mind and a matter of , and I you all a life of happiness.
A.pointed to B.referred to C.turned to D.kept to
A.lay B.belonged C.stood D.laid
A.apart from B.instead of C.other than D.for fear of
A.house B.boat C.bridge D.school
A.set about B.set down C.set out D.set up
A.sat B.stood C.got D.rowed
A.joy B.sorrow C.curiosity D.hope
A.mustn’t B.shouldn’t C.couldn’t D.needn’t
A.declared B.thought C.added D.assumed
A.Unless B.Whenever C.Until D.However
A.never B.always C.ever D.seldom
A.cautious B.endless C.hard D.effective
A.experience B.avoid C.enjoy D.deny
A.searching B.seeking C.hoping D.improving
A.spiritual B.nice C.new D.material
A.body B.part C.soul D.head
A.blaming B.praising C.ending D.cursing
A.turn B.put C.divide D.draw
A.time B.energy C.fact D.choice
A.wish B.promise C.bring D.require
Have you ever been sad because of failure? Please remember, for often. achieving what you set out to do is not the most important thing.
A boy decided to dig a hole behind his house. As he was ,a couple of old boys stopped by to give a/an . “What are you doing?” asked one of the .“ I want to dig a hole all the way through the earth!” the boy excitedly. The older boys began to ,telling him that digging a hole all the way through the earth was . After a while,the boy picked up a jar(罐子). He it to the visitors. It was full of all kinds of stones and insects. Then he said calmly and ,“Maybe I can’t finish digging all the way through the earth, look at what I’ve found during this period! ”
The boy’s goal was far too ,but it did cause his to go on. And that is what a goal is --to cause us to move in the we have chosen, in other words, to cause us to keep working!
Not goal will be fully achieved. Not every job will up with a success. Not every dream will come true. But when you short of your aim, maybe you can say, “Yes, but look at I’ve found along the way! So many wonderful things have my life because I tried to do something!” is in the digging that life is lived. It is a joy on the that really makes sense.
A.small B.big C.deep D.wide
A.working B.playing C.moving D.wondering
A.hand B.look C.tool D.order
A.visitors B.girls C.friends D.neighbors
A.dug B.answered C.admitted D.debated
A.laugh B.shout C.attack D.explain
A.dangerous B.illegal C.impossible D.unnecessary
A.took B.gave C.passed D.showed
A.excitedly B.happily C.confidently D.successfully
A.but B.or C.so D.and
A.good B.difficult C.clear D.common
A.with B.on C.for D.in.
A.road B.way C.path D.direction
A.every B.each C.all D.both
A.begin B.end C.start D.finish
A.reach B.fall C.find D.set
A.whether B.when C.where D.what
A.come into B.got into C.devoted to D.turned to
A.That B.This C.It D.There
A.life B.goal C.failure D.journey
Many winters ago I was working at a college when a homeless woman came in wearing only thin clothes. She started as she sat down on a sofa in the student public room . Clearly, she wasn't well. Without too much about it, I went to the Student Affairs office where I knew I could find. in the "Lost and Found" box. I gathered her up all clothes and made my way . A co-worker told me I should not help this person. it would only lead to her wanting help. I ignored(忽视) her and carried on, the warnings.
Two weeks later a lovely elderly man came to my and asked to speak with me in private. , I gave him my full attention. He went on to tell me that he had overheard (无意听到) the with the co-worker about helping the woman. He wanted me to know that it was always okay to help people, and that was he wanted to give me a check for $1000! I tears, because I really needed the money at the time, but also because I had been recognized in such a way helping someone! We became good friends and, twenty years later, he called me up and told me he wanted to help me my first home! He gave me$ 120,000 to buy my dream house in my home town.
I asked him why he wanted to give me such a large . and he said it was because I was a "giver" and that I deserved(应得) it. I was able to the perfect little home for me, all because one day I a homeless woman without besitation .
A.crying B.coughing C.drinking D.working
A.worrying B.joking C.talking D.thinking
A.clothes B.keys C.bags D.coins
A.out B.forward C.back D.through
A.if B.as C.though D.when
A.little B.less C.much D.more
A.in spite of B.in face of C.in charge of D.in place of
A.home B.bank C.office D.classroom
A.Curious B.Worrying C.Dangerous D.Puzzling
A.quarrel B.discussion C.agreement D.conversation
A.hungry B.sick C.kind D.boring
A.how B.what C.why D.where
A.burst into B.held back C.broke out D.rolled down
A.yet B.still C.already D.never
A.to B.for C.with D.under
A.hopelessly B.carelessly C.unexpectedly D.unwillingly
A.build B.move C.plan D.buy
A.gift B.effort C.home D.friendship
A.live B.stay C.have D.go
A.found B.helped C.adopted D.raised
Once upon a time, a Japanese man wanted to rebuild his house. First he had to tear the walls open. Japanese houses have empty spaces between the wooden walls. As he was tearing them down, he found a lizard(蜥蜴) there because a nail(钉子) from the outside had been into one of its feet. Seeing this, he felt for it, and at the same time wanted to know more about it.
He knew very well that the had been knocked into the wall ten years before when the house was first . What had happened since then? The lizard had for ten years! To be trapped in a dark wall for ten years without ---it hardly seems possible, and is hard to . Then he wondered how the lizard could have lived for ten years without moving a single step since its was nailed! So he stopped his work and began to the lizard. He wanted to know what it had been doing, and it had survived.
A short time later another lizard with food in its mouth. He was shocked, and at the same time deeply .Another lizard had been the trapped one for the past ten years.
“What love exists(存在) in this animal! What can love do? It can do ! Just think, one lizard has been taking care of for ten long years, without hope that its partner would be saved,” the man said to himself.
If a small animal like a lizard can like this , just imagine how we could if we tried.
A.finally B.normally C.hardly D.actually
A.left B.packed C.buried D.trapped
A.brought B.added C.knocked D.allowed
A.unfair B.free C.loose D.sorry
A.nail B.case C.door D.food
A.sold B.bought C.built D.ruined
A.slept B.survived C.escaped D.developed
A.bending B.climbing C.moving D.eating
A.accept B.feel C.imagine D.stay
A.head B.leg C.tail D.foot
A.inspect B.charge C.appreciate D.catch
A.why B.which C.when D.how
A.appeared B.prepared C.waited D.answered
A.frightened B.affected C.educated D.worried
A.setting down B.suffering from C.joining in D.looking after
A.weak B.tiny C.wild D.ugly
A.troubles B.wonders C.concerns D.receptions
A.another B.others C.itself D.all
A.looking for B.dealing with C.giving up D.watching over
A.love B.live C.fight D.think
The moon had gone behind a cloud and there weren’t many stars in the sky. I saw a flame (火焰) in my neighbour’s . I thought he was having a midnight fast food so I went back to my .
Soon, there was a smell in the air and I guessed something was wrong. , I jumped out of bed and went downstairs to . I saw fire coming out of my neighbour’s kitchen. Right away, I “Fire! Fire!” But there was no one nearby to my shouts for help.
I into my house, called the Fire Department and went back to my neighbour’s house. I rang the doorbell, hit on the door and my neighbour’s name but there was no . I managed to the house and rescued a cat and a rabbit.
I tried to throw water through the kitchen window it was no use; the fire was too strong. , a fire engine arrived and soon the firemen put out the fire. They arrived just as the fire was going to to the other rooms in the house.
When my neighbour came back, he was because his kitchen was burnt down, but he thanked me for calling the Fire Department and for saving his . He wanted to give me some money in return but I did not it.
Weeks later, my neighbour repaired and restored his kitchen. He me to his new kitchen and there he gave me a medal that he had ordered from a factory. It made me very happy.
A.sitting room B.bathroom C.kitchen D.bedroom
A.chair B.table C.bed D.sofa
A.big B.hot C.special D.burning
A.After a while B.All the time C.Once in a while D.At once
A.examine B.search C.listen D.smell
A.said B.shouted C.received D.smiled
A.hear B.listen to C.ask D.turn to
A.walked B.rushed C.came D.stepped
A.called in B.called up C.called out D.called for
A.answer B.light C.sound D.fire
A.break down B.break out C.break up D.break into
A.and B.but C.because D.so
A.Luckily B.Sadly C.Unfortunately D.Suddenly
A.in time B.on time C.at a time D.at times
A.reach B.spread C.go D.cover
A.glad B.sad C.lucky D.angry
A.children B.parents C.life D.pets
A.expect B.want C.accept D.get
A.ordered B.begged C.suggested D.invited
A.mainly B.particularly C.specially D.Naturally