SECTION B
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
I remember my dad teaching me the power of language at a very young age. Not only did he understand that specific 36 can affect our mental pictures, but he understood that words are a 37 programming factor in lifelong success.
One particularly unforgettable event occurred when I was eight. As a child, I was always climbing trees, poles and 38 around upside down from the rafters(屋椽) of our lake house. 39 , it came to no surprise for my dad to find me at the top of a 30-foot tree, swinging back and forth. My little eight-year-old 40 didn’t realize that the tree could break or I could get hurt. I just thought it was enjoyable to be up so high. My older cousin, Tammy, was also hanging in the same tree. Her mother also 41 us at exactly the same time as my dad did. About that time, a huge gust(一阵) of wind blew through the tree. I could hear the leaves rustle(嘎嘎地响) and feel the tree begin to sway. I remember my dad’s 42 over the wind, “Bart, Hold on tightly!”So I did.
The next thing I heard was Tammy’s mother yelling, “Tammy, don’t fall!” Tammy did 43 . My dad later explained to me that the mind has a very 44 time processing a negative image. It takes seventeen positive statements to offset(抵消) one negative statement. That means it might 45 seventeen compliments(贺词/道贺) to offset the emotional 46 of one criticism.
These are concepts that are especially useful in developing yourself. How many compliments do you give yourself daily and how often do you criticize yourself? Try to 47 yourself a lifetime of positive programming by complimenting yourself, or at least think about the kind of programming you are doing to yourself on a daily basis. Remember: try to make positive self-talk a daily practice and you will succeed some day.
36. A. reactions B. behaviors C. words D. expressions
37. A. doubtful B. sensible C. strange D. powerful
38. A. sitting B. hanging C. standing D. lying
39. A. However B. Furthermore C. Moreover D. Therefore
40. A. brain B. memory C. experience D. knowledge
41. A. believed B. noticed C. protected D. persuaded
42. A. voice B. figure C. image D. anger
43. A. hold B. think C. fall D. regret
44. A. surprising B. relaxing C. difficult D. short
45. A. offer B. take C. give D. Keep
46. A. damage B. danger C. award D. relief
47. A. stop B. consult C. imagine D. give
Dorothy Brown was very happy as she sat in the theatre listening to the music. Today her little daughter Lauren was giving her concert. She had been waiting for this for years and years. "Now it is here at last," she thought. "How beautiful her is."
The song made her to the days when she was Lauren's . As a young , Dorothy wanted to be a concert singer. She studied in France, Italy and in the United States. "You can become a fin in the future, " her teachers told her. "But you must be to study hard and work for many years. There will be time for anything but music in your life." Dorothy was at that time and she was that music was all she wanted or needed to her life. For almost a year Dorothy of nothing else. Then she David, a young engineer travelling Europe. They soon fell in . David asked her to be his Dorothy also wanted to marry David. But she loved , too. She didn't know what to do. David was against her being a singer. He said, "If you want to be a singer, you must forget about getting married. You can't do both." Thus her days were gone and would never return. Now Lauren became a singer instead of her, which was her .
A．sorry B．successful C．first D．wonderful
A．dance B．moment C．show D．party
A．voice B．face C．dress D．life
A．think of B．bring back C．go back D．come back
A．age B．friend C．mother D．teacher
A．musician B．pop star C．lady D．girl
A．French B．music C．piano D．dance
A．actress B．student C．singer D．dancer
A．prepared B．learning C．driven D．waiting
A．some B．any C．no D．enough
A．eight B．eighteen C．eighty D．eighty-eight
A．lucky B．sure C．afraid D．fond
A．fill B．live C．lead D．take
A．heard B．knew C．talked D．thought
A．saw off B．learned from C．heard of D．met with
A．love B．feeling C．music D．touch
A．assistant B．teacher C．wife D．student
A．him B．engineering C．herself D．music
A．certainly B．possibly C．only D．mainly
A．thought B．hope C．purpose D．will
Childish Voice
When I was a young child, my parents often told me that it was time to teach a man everything. I didn't understand and wondered why had such a big influence
a person. I thought I could grow up quickly to find it out as an adult. But now,
I come to knock at the door of adulthood, I feel
to express my own
on this saying. I know that I'm just a high school student with very
experiences. There are still many things
me in the future, yet I would like to express myself in a childish voice.
I once read this sentence: "To make this world a happy place to live, you'd better yourself and your heart, instead of the whole world." I was shocked. It made me think about life
. There are so many things around us that
our will. We can't force life
our wishes. The earth won't stop turning no matter whether we
it or not. What we can do is just to make ourselves
the world. I think we should learn to accept
life gives us, no matter whether it's the spring sunlight or the winter snowfall, and try to be happy.
Deeply moved by the pop song Grandmother (by Jay Chou), I always try to every pleasant thing in my life, but now I see I don't catch most of the pleasant moments. It is more
that they slip by and leave you feeling
. I realize that I'm not just living
myself and that there are the others around me I should think of. They all pay attention to my growing up, even if it's just a little progress.
Everyone has his or her own attitude towards life, be it positive or . It doesn't matter, I think. There is one
that should be obeyed and that's to make this world better.
A. man B. time C. thing D. parent
A. about B. with C. on D. in
A. before B. after C. as D. when
A. anxious B. worried C. tired D. glad
A. beliefs B. opinions C. confidences D. expressions
A. a few B. little C. few D. a little
A. waiting for B. sticking with
C. dealing with D. doing with
A. ask B. change C. exchange D. force
A. myself B. itself C. oneself D. themselves
A. go with B. go along C. go ahead D. go against
A. being followed B. to be followed
C. to be following D. to follow
A. receive B. accept C. refuse D. approve
A. fit B. suit C. beat D. match
A. what B. whatever C. which D. why
A. miss B. catch C. escape D. lose
A. probably B. likely C. possibly D. unlikely
A. regretful B. awful C. successful D. terrible
A. for B. by C. on D. with
A. wrong B. false C. negative D. true
A. point B. rule C. thing D. word
Take a Slow Walk
By Zero Wu
As an Indian saying goes, he who walks too fast needs to take a , waiting for his soul to catch up.
I am the one who walk too fast. Lost in life, with a fast-paced lifestyle, I hurried on with my journey until some day I began to learn to take a （3） walk.
I sometimes doubt myself what I insist on and give upon is totally different from of other people and whether I have no sense of fear about it. In my prelife, I must be a riding a horse galloping (驰骋) freely all over the world. in present life, I am a woman of iron will a man. With prelife's blood flowing inside, I can at any time carry my bag to take on my long-time adventure.
As a child, I always myself buried in books and naively (天真烂漫地) thought, cup of tea and book in hand, I was in a paradise, for I always bore in mind that " tea can intoxicate (使陶醉) me, why need I drink wine? Now that books can make the room sweet, why are flowers ?"
I am a person who has just begun to take a slow walk, my own stories as "fables" of a person who has the courage to take my free-willed journey （14） the massive land; who has been from any intense feelings along with worries; who has learnt to take a after getting deeply drunk; who will let go if the "bird" in heart has to fly away; who wishes to live in the afterlife as a tree described by Chen Danyan thoughts or pains; who long keeps smiles and inner peace, although crowded on the subway train.
I leave behind the speech that I have for lives around the lips at which overgrows wild grass. I might as well bury it in a small garden, or my emotion to it, dismissing the sweet of life to my ever-lastingly meaningful written words.
A．rest B．walk C．look D．seat
A．would B．used to C．ought to D．seemed to
A．fast B．quick C．slow D．obtuse
A．what B．which C．whether D．who
A．that B．it C．one D．other
A．traveler B．reporter C．worker D．warrior
A．Still B．Even C．So D．Though
A．more than B．not more than C．not worse than D．no worse than
A．sent B．drove C．kept D．made
A．Since B．When C．Before D．Until
A．planted B．needed C．managed D．grown
A．interpreting B．forming C．changing D．recording
A．took up B．held up C．picked up D．set up
A．across B．over C．inside D．through
A．lucky B．busy C．far D．free
A．walk B．step C．suck D．break
A．with B．without C．for D．along
A．collected B．gathered C．accumulated D．planed
A．give B．attach C．approach D．bring
A．decorate B．picture C．explain D．introduce
It was three in the afternoon and I was putting my baby to sleep when the phone rang. It was a little girl asking for the Gold-stein family. " __" I said，"you've got the wrong number. "
the phone didn't stop ringing. Each time it was the voice of a little girl. She was
one call after another, each time asking for the Gold stein family. My baby wouldn't stop crying. I started to lose my
. 1 left the phone
the hook for about an hour, certain that this would
her. But as soon as I put the phone back on the hook, she
！ I started to cry. After about the tenth call I told her that if she called one more time I would call the
. At 6： 30 pm, the phone rang for about the 25th time. I picked it up, but remained
. 1 could hear the same voice of a girl. What kind of
would allow her to do this all the afternoon! I
to speak to her mother. To ray
，she called her mother to the phone. I told the mother what her little girl had been doing to me all the
. The mother assured me that this was the
phone call her daughter had made that day. "My daughter's teacher gave all the girls in the class the phone number of their new teaching 30. The entire class of
girls was told to call the new assistant to find what time their class would be. The teacher must have given them the wrong number
"
Until about 9:00 pm, the phone rang from time to time. Each time, it was a little girl wanting to know what time the class was ！ Some girls, even after hearing they had the wrong
，would anyway ask if I knew the time ！ I would just
. It had turned into a joke now! I would
have thought that an entire class of girls, all with the same voice, was calling me ！
A. Stop B. SorryC. FineD. OK
A. Then B. SoC. ButD. And
A. making B. returningC. receiving D. sending
A. hope B. interestC. senseD. temper
A. at B. onC. offD. above
A. discourage B. frightenC. puzzleD. connect
A. arrived B. calledC. appeared D. returned
A. school B. directorC. neighbors D. police
A. angry B. calmC. silentD. serious
A. operators B. parentsC. teachers D. mothers
A. refused B. startedC. preferred D. demanded
A. surprise B. disappointment C. joyD. satisfaction
A. day B. nightC. afternoon D. morning
A. first B. lastC. secondD. easiest
A. plan B. assistantC. courseD. advisor
A. on purpose B. in advance
C. by mistake D. for the moment
A. still B. sureC. alwaysD. just
A. place B. informationC. addressD. number
A. cryB. laughC. complain D. wait
A. almostB. yetC. alreadyD. never
There is a story told about how Neil set about winning over one particular boy. The boy was always causing trouble and clearly regarded all teachers a hostile eye. On one occasion, Neil, out taking a
had just rounded a comer when he came across the boy playing on his own. The boy, not noticing he was no longer
，picked up a stone and threw it through one of the school windows. Turning, he saw Neil. Instead of finding himself
at angrily as he expected, the boy was
to see Neil bend down, pick up a stone and hurl it at another window. The boy had to
—to get the window repaired, so did Neil.
he thought this a small price to pay for
a bond between himself and the boy, whose
improved afterwards，
Neil was a remarkable character who knew just when to beand just when to adopt a lighter touch when handling children. Not everyone is so
. Willie Russell, the
，likes to talk about the time when he had freshly
from teacher training college and had just begun to work as a teacher. On his first day at the school he was left to do playground duty on his own, rather a( n)
experience for one so new to the job. Surrounded by children at morning break, he turned to see one of the children thro-wing a stone at a school window. When the boy saw that he had been
by a teacher, his face fell.
for this boy, Russell remembered the story about Neil. Stooping down he picked up a stone and propelled(投掷）it through another window. Turning to smile proudly at the boy, his satisfaction was suddenly shattered by the sound of dozens of windows being
by flying stones.
Unfortunately he had failed to take into account the difference between his and the one which Neil had faced, namely that he and the boy were not alone. It was at this point in his career that Russell decided that perhaps he was not quite cut out to be a teacher. Deciding after this that he was not suited to teaching he left to
playwriting. Most of his plays are very imaginative and
. A bit like this story,in fact.
A. by B. in C. with D. through
A. rest B. exam C. walk D. trip
A, seen B. alone C. lonely D. heard
A. shouted B. stared C. pointed D. come
A. excited B. surprised C. satisfied D. frightened
A. punishB. pay C. agree D. propose
A. As B.While C. Even if D. But
A. breaking B. making C. establishing D. showing
A. character B. behavior C. condition D. grades
A. still B. kind C. calm D. firm
A. humorous B. strange C. successful D. clever
A. student B. headmaster C, playwright D. teacher
A. graduated B. walked C. studied D. dismissed
A. exciting B. challenging C. surprising D. interesting
A. blamed B. stopped C. met D. spotted
A. Generally B. Fortunately C. Obviously D. Usually
A. hit B. knocked C. cleaned D. brushed
A. condition B. position C. situation D. occupation
A. pick up B. take up C. make up D. put up
A. funny B. serious C. realistic D. critical