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中，选出最佳选项。
Preparing for tomorrow
Sixth-grade schoolteacher Ms．Shelton believed in readiness．Students remembered how she walked in on the first day of class and began writing words of eighth-grade on the 36 ．They quickly protested that the words were not on their 37 and they couldn’t learn them．
Their teacher insisted that the students could and would learn these 38 ．She said that she would teach them something that should be given．Ms．Shelton 39 by saying that one of the students in the classroom could go on to 40 , maybe even be president someday, and she wanted to prepare them for that day．
Ms．Shelton spoke those words many years ago． 41 did she know that someday one of her students—Jesse Jackson—would take them 42 ．She believed that if they were well prepared, they could 43 high goals．
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “People only see what they are 44 to see．” If that’s true, then it is also 45 that they only become what they are prepared to become．And many things in life are just about getting ready．
“I want to be doing something more 46 with my life than what I am doing now,” a young man once said to me．He 47 what he was doing was just not that important．Other people have said things to me such as, “I only 48 I had a meaningful relationship．” And, “I’d really like to get a better job, but I just don’t see 49 ．”
You fill in the blanks．What is it you would like to 50 that isn’t happening? Perhaps the answer is that you are not yet 51 ．Maybe you need more time to prepare before you are truly ready for that which you 52 ．
Think of today as another chance to 53 yourself for the exciting future you are looking for．Today is not wasted．If you desire more from 54 , then you can use today as training．For you will experience only what you are prepared to 55 ．Something wonderful can happen．And you can use today to get ready for tomorrow．
A．desk B．wall C．chalkboard D．door
A．duty B．desk C．mind D．level
A．words B．grammars C．pronunciations D．sentences
A．started B．ended C．warned D．reminded
A．greatness B．wealth C．honor D．failure
A．Seldom B．Little C．Hardly D．Totally
A．nervously B．eagerly C．seriously D．simply
A．keep B．have C．set D．achieve
A．prepared B．forced C．attracted D．tempted
A．proper B．exact C．legal D．true
A．difficult B．significant C．pleasant D．interesting
A．wish B．expect C．hope D．imagine
A．what B．when C．why D．how
A．survive B．happen C．gain D．win
A．adventurous B．active C．ready D．intelligent
A．concern B．arrange C．adore D．desire
A．prepare B．enjoy C．imagine D．conduct
A．history B．nature C．life D．marriage
A．suffer B．experience C．struggle D．work
I had heard about the benefits of gratitude(感恩). What was less clear was what to do. Hoping for _ , I called Robert Emmons. He was _ at the University of California. “Be _ ,” he said , “and soon you’ll know the benefits.”
He _ that I should pay a gratitude visit“ _ a person who has made a great difference to your life and whom you have _ thanked. Write a letter to him or her that expresses your thanks, and they read it aloud face to face.” Emmons told me. “It is very moving for the _ and the receiver. Be prepared for _ .”
I _ thought of Miss Riggi, my eighth-grade English teacher. She was the first one to open my __ to Hemingway, Faulkner, and some other great writers. She was the first to __ me to write. I made some quick calls and found she was still teaching in the same school. At once I __ plane tickets to my hometown, Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Miss Riggi was shorter than I __ . After a hug and a small __ , we sat down. I took a deep breath and read my letter to her.” I want to thank you in person for the effect you have had on my _ ,” I began . “Nearly 30 years ago, you introduced me to the wonders of the _ words…” I felt like I was speaking _ generations of students when I was reading to Miss Riggi, ”Time passes quickly. Memories blur(变得模糊不清)and fade, _ I am sure I will never forget the excitement of arriving each day at your class.”
Professor Emmons was _ about the tears. They did come, for both of us. My feeling of peace and joy _ long after I returned home.
A．stories B．tips C．thanks D．examples
A．teaching B．traveling C．searching D．studying
A．happy B．careful C．interested D．thankful
A．suggested B．shouted C．doubted D．lied
A．Look at B．think of C．Cheer up D．Look through
A．Always B．also C．already D．never
A．stranger B．designer C．giver D．lender
A．hopes B．questions C．pains D．tears
A．hopefully B．luckily C．immediately D．strangely
A．eyes B．mouth C．nose D．head
A．serve B．encourage C．refuse D．force
A．received B．booked C．gave D．changed
A．wanted B．understood C．remembered D．described
A．talk B．decision C．discussion D．praise
A．work B．class C．life D．family
A．spoken B．written C．lost D．forgotten
A．for B．to C．with D．at
A．as B．so C．but D．if
A．fine B．worried C．proud D．right
A．helped B．stopped C．moved D．Remained
完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面的短文，从短文后给出的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入文中空白处的最佳选项。
It was raining. I went into a café and asked for a coffee. _______ I was waiting for my drink, I realized that there were other people in the place, but I sensed________. I saw their bodies, but I couldn't feel their souls _______ their souls belonged to the ________.
I stood up and walked between the tables. When I came to the biggest computer, I saw a thin, small man ________ in front of it. "I'm Steve", he finally answered after I asked him a couple of times what his name was. "I can't talk with you. I'm ________ ", he said. He was chatting online and, ________, he was playing a computer game—a war game. I was _______.
Why didn't Steve want to talk with me? I tried _______ to speak to that computer geek(怪人), ________ not a word came out of his mouth. I touched his shoulder, but no reaction(反应). I was ________. I put my hand in front of the monitor, and he started to shout, "_______!"
I took a few steps back, wondering if all those people in the café were looking at me. I _______, and saw nobody showed any interest.
_______, I realized that the people there were having a nice conversation with their machines, not with people. They were more ________ having a relationship with the _______, particularly Steve. I wouldn't want to ________ the future of human beings if they preferred sharing their lives with machines _______ with people.
I was worried and I sank in my thoughts. I didn't even ________ that the coffee was cold, ________ Steve didn't notice there was a person next to him.
A．Before B．Since C．Although D．While
A．pain B．loneliness C．sadness D．fear
A．because B．when C．until D．unless
A．home B．world C．net D．cafe
A．sleeping B．laughing C．sitting D．learning
A．busy B．thirsty C．tired D．sick
A．first of all B．just then C．at the same time D．by that time
A．surprised B．delighted C．moved D．frightened
A．once B．again C．first D．even
A．but B．so C．if D．or
A．excited B．respected C．afraid D．unhappy
A．Shut up B．Enjoy yourself C．Leave me alone D．Help me out
A．walked about B．walked out C．raised my hand D．raised my head
A．From then on B．At that moment C．In all D．Above all
A．interested in B．tired of C．careful about D．troubled by
A．computer B．soul C．shop D．geek
A．tell B．plan C．imagine D．design
A．other than B．instead of C．except for D．as well as
A．pretend B．understand C．insist D．realize
A．as if B．just as C．just after D．even though
A boy was walking home from school when he saw a large apple on one of the branches of an apple tree hanging out over a tall fence. In fact, the boy disliked , preferring a bar of chocolate if given the choice. However, as they say, the forbidden fruit can be . Seeing the apple, the boy wanted it. The more he looked at it, the he felt and the more he wanted that apple.
He stood on tiptoe, as high as he could, but even as his tallest he was unable to touch it. He began to .up and down, as high as he could, at the of each jump stretching his arms to get the apple. Still it remained out of .
Not giving up, he thought, if only he had something to 0n. His school bag wouldn't give enough height and he didn't want tothe things inside, like his lunch box, pencil case, and books. Looking ,he hoped he might find an old box, a rock, or, with luck, even a ladder, it was a tidy neighborhood and there was nothing he could use.
He had tried everything he could think to do. seeing any other choices, he and started to walk away. At first he felt angry and disappointed thinking about how hungry he had become from his ,and how he really wanted that apple. The more he like this, the more unhappy he became.
However, the boy of our story was a pretty smart guy, even if he couldn't always get he wanted. He started to say himself, "This isn't helpful. I don't have the apple and I'm feeling unhappy as well. There's more I can do to get the apple-that is unchangeable-but we are supposed to be able to 0ur feelings. If that's the case what can I do to feel better?"
A．fruit B．trees C．vegetables D．sweet
A．difficult B．dangerous C．attractive D．healthy
A．sadder B．angrier C．hungrier D．cooler
A．hanging B．stretching C．beating D．pulling
A．strength B．length C．weight D．height
A．look. B．jump C．walk D．wave
A．edge B．stage C．top D．level
A．hope B．control C．sight D．reach
A．feed B．stand C．sit D．hold
A．break B．shake C．take D．share
A．through B．forward C．down D．around
A．so B．but C．and D．yet
A．After B．While C．Without D．Upon
A．kept off B．gave up C．got through D．turned over
A．lessons B．garden C．efforts D．school
A．thought B．stole C．ate D．learned
A．which B．what C．how D．where
A．with B．by C．in D．to
A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing
A．change B．express C．forget D．describe
Stephanie McRae was used to driving in bad weather. Although still beat the windshield of her SUV（运动越野车）, the worst of the day's storm seemed to have passed as she her 11-year-old daughter, Maddie, home at 8:30 pm.
Maddie in front, while two young kids sat strapped into their SUV in back. Driving along the mud by a river, McRae, 39, a terrifying sight: The road just ahead had been craved in and . She stepped heavily on the brake. The SUV into a flooded hole some 6 metres below, and was washed into the , which the storm had turned into a river 30 metres wide. Rocks and fallen tree knocked into her SUV, making it upside down. The pressure blew out the window.
No one was hurt, there was no way to escape either, The SUV was being towards the middle of the river, about 400 metres away. McRae helplessly and prayed aloud with Maddie: “Please, God, please, help us!” The SUV, submerged and with water, came to a stop when it parked at an angle in a logjam（浮木阻塞）.
It was Maddie who took control. Pushing her way out of the back window, the slight but athletic Maddie onto the top of the SUV, which had righted itself, and yelled to her mother to hoist up the younger children. Soon the were crowded on the top of the SUV’s roof. to hold on as the water swept over them. McRae caught hold of the two-year-old kid to her chest while holding the three-year-old on her leg. Both children were so that MeRac wondered if they were all right. With her mother’s permission, the 11-year-old girl-Meddie got over lots of problems to ask for help in a village and fortunately they were saved.
A．rain B．snow C．wind D．mud
A．walked B．drove C．ran D．rushed
A．stood B．lay C．cried D．sat
A．belts B．backs C．seats D．toys
A．worried B．thought C．saw D．feared
A．washed away B．taken away C．gone away D．moved away
A．changed B．fell C．jumped D．knocked
A．sea B．bank C．take D．river
A．rising B．leaving C．singing D．falling
A．leaves B．branches C．skins D．flowers
A．and B．or C．but D．so
A．carried B．set C．turned D．swept
A．begged B．screamed C．asked D．applied
A．filling B．burdening C．fighting D．talking
A．hidden B．closed C．broken D．covered
A．climbed B．slept C．rolled D．tied
A．two B．three C．four D．five
A．losing B．trying C．finding D．getting
A．noisy B．Happy C．excited D．quiet
A．remote B．close C．crowded D．unknown
When you are learning English, you find wrong to translate a sentence word by word into your language. Take the sentence “How do you do?” as an. If you look each word in the , one at a time, what is your ? It must be a sentence in your native language. Languages do not only have different sounds, they are also in many other ways. It is very to master the rules of word in the study of English, too. If the puts words in a very unusual order, the listener doesn’t the speaker’s sentence easily.
Another thing we must always is that there are a lot of in the English language. ，when we say “look out!” to a man who is in danger, we mean “Be careful!”
When people are parting, they often say “Good—bye” “Bye—bye!” But sometimes they say “Good morning!” or “Good afternoon!” or “Good evening!” or “Good night!” to one another “Good—bye!” In fact, few people know that “Good—bye!” is a short way of saying “God be with you!”
A．it B．that C．you D．yourself
A．second B．spoken C．native D．foreign
A．advice B．example C．article D．answer
A．up B．at C．after D．down upon
A．sentence B．book C．phrase D．dictionary
A．idea B．meaning C．answer D．translation
A．wrong B．interesting C．puzzled D．strangely
A．same B．different C．similar D．alike
A．important B．easy C．simple D．hard
A．place B．stress C．order D．formation
A．speaker B．listener C．reader D．writer
A．read B．repeat C．translate D．understand
A．remember B．say C．do D．deal with
A．letter B．words C．phrases D．idioms
A．Such as B．For example C．Because of D．According to
A．hardly B．nearly C．really D．clearly
A．and B．or C．instead D．as well
A．don't B．must C．should D．may
A．without B．instead of C．unless D．more than
A．today B．tomorrow C．in future D．in the past