Life is filled with challenges. As we get older we __21__ realize that those challenges are the very things that __22__ us and make us who we are, it is the same with the challenges that come with __23__.
When w
e are faced with a challenge, we usually have two __24__: we can try to beat it off, or we can decide that the thing presenting the challenge isn’t worth the _25__ and call it quits. Although there are _26_ times when calling it quits is
the right thing to do, in most cases all that is needed is commitment and _27_.
When we are devoted to something, it means that no matter how __28__ or how uncomfortable something is, we will always choose to __29__ it through instead of running away from it. Communication is making a __30__ for discussion and talking about how you feel as opposed to (对照) just saying what the other person did wrong. __31__ you can say to a friend, “I got my feelings hurt.” __32__ “You hurt my feelings,” you are going to be able to solve the problem much faster.
In dealing with many challenges that friendship will bring to you, try to see them for __33__ they are: small hurdles you need to jump or _34__ on your way through life. Nothing is so big that it is impossible to get over, and hurt only _35__ to make us stronger. It’s all part of growing up, it happens to everyone, and some day you will look back on all of this and say, “H
ard as it was, it made me who I am today. And that is a good thing.”
A．seem to B．come to C．hope to D．try to
A．design B．promote C．direct D．shape
A．success B．pressure C．friendship D．difficulty
A．opportunities B．expectations C．choices D．aspects
A．comment B．loss C．trouble D．expense
A．hardly B．certainly C．consequently D．exactly
A．communication B．confidence C．courage D．consideration
A．doubtful B．shameful C．harmful D．painful
A．keep B．control C．face D．catch
A．space C．topic D．room
A．If B．As C．While D．Unless
A．other than B．rather than C．or rather D．or else
A．what B．who C．where D．which
A．pass by B．come across C．get through D．run over
A．serves B．means C．aims D．attempts
II 英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21~30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
As you move through life, you meet problems of all shapes and sizes. Some are hardly __21__ mentioning; while others are life-threatening or earth-shattering. Yet, they all have one thing in __22__. Each problem is merely the __23__ that hides a gift which has been custom designed to your specifications.
If you choose to __24__ yourself in your life with the wrapping paper, the bow, and the box, that's perfectly all right. You can cuss them and discuss them. You can admire all the subtleties(精妙) of their __25__. But, if you are worried by the problem — that is, the wrappings — you will never be able to receive the __26__that was prepared __27__ for you.
No matter what the problem is, the gift it __28__ has a peculiar quality. It cannot be delivered __29__ into your consciousness or your awareness. You must actively choose to __30__ it and to accept it as your own. Only you can remove the wrapping, and only you can remove the gift from the box.
21. A. busy B. worth C. valuable D. worthy
22. A. common B. general C. ordinary D. brief
23. A. box B. tiger C. wrapping D. opportunity
24. A. teach B. enjoy C. entertain D. hurt
25. A. appearance B. wrapping C. problem D. design
26. A. gift B. box C. bow D. paper
27. A. especially B. perfectly C. politely D. previously
28. A. gets B. carries C. takes D. includes
29. A. happily B. easily C. freely D. directly
30. A. understand B. realize C. acknowledge D. approach
Cloze test 完形填空
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从26－45各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
Last Tuesday I took my two daughters, aged five and seven, to town by car. It began to rain__36__ so I decided I would leave the children in the car__37__ I rushed into a shop. I warned the girls not to __38__ anything and told them I would be __39__ within a few minutes. Then I locked all the doors and left __40__happily looking out of the window.
I returned to the car in less than five minutes but the girls had __41__! I could hardly believe my __42__. The car doors were __43__ locked, the windows tightly shut and on the back seat __44__only two coats. Being __45__, I ran to the corner of the street __46__ there was no sign of them. I __47__up to an old lady nearby and asked __48__ she had seen two small girls but she said “No”.
Feeling quite sick with fear, I sat on the driver’s seat, and __49__ to stop trembling(发抖). Suddenly, I __50__ a merry laugh _51__ me. I got out of the car, ran round to open the boot(车尾行李箱) and __52__ were two very red-face and __53__ children. They had obviously pulled out the back seat, __54__ behind it and then been unable to push the seat forward again. __55__ tears in my eyes, I leaned forward and pulled their ears.
| 36.A. heavy |
B. hard |
C. big |
D. hardly |
| 37. A. before |
B. since |
C. after |
D. which |
| 38. A. talk |
B. reach |
C. hear |
D. touch |
| 39.A. away |
B. out |
C. back |
D. along |
| 40.A. them |
B. her |
C. herself |
D. themselves |
| 41.A. discovered |
B. disappeared |
C. described |
D. delivered |
| 42.A. ears |
B. words |
C. eyes |
D. heads |
| 43.A. even |
B. again |
C. already |
D. still |
| 44.A. have |
B. were |
C. had |
D. are |
| 45.A. foolish |
B. proud |
C. frightened |
D. pleased |
| 46.A. where |
B. which |
C. that |
D. when |
| 47.A. arrived |
B. looked |
C. rushed |
D. left |
| 48.A. what |
B. when |
C. whether |
D. how |
| 49.A. tried |
B. had |
C. tired |
D. ought |
| 50.A. felt |
B. listened |
C. smelt |
D. heard |
| 51.A. behind |
B. over |
C. before |
D. with |
| 52.A. outside |
B. among |
C. inside |
D. between |
| 53.A. worried |
B. excited |
C. surprised |
D. interested |
| 54.A. climbed |
B. flew |
C. threw |
D. jumped |
| 55.A. For |
B. About |
C. With |
D. Down |
三. 完形填空(20分，每小题2分)
Every year people in many countries___42___English. Some of them learn at school. __43___study by___44___ . But it is too hard__45___learn another language well. People must work very hard.
Why do all these people__46____to learn English? It’s difficult to__47____that question. Many boys and girls learn English at school or at college.___48___it is one of their ___49___.They study their own language ,math and physic…and English. Many adults learn English, because it is___50___in their work. They want to read newspaper, books and some others in English to get more knowledge. And that is why___51___people in the world will learn English.。
()42. A. studyB. know C. understand D. speak
()43. A. Others B. otherC. The otherD. The others
()44. A. theyB. theirC. themD. themselves
()45. A. thatB. asC. forD. to
()46 A. have B. wishC. needD. want
()47. A. think B. answerC. askD. talk
()48. A. because B. soC. whenD. why
()49. A. subjectB. the subjectC. subjectsD.a subject
()50. A. interesting B. difficultC. easyD. useful
()51. A. more and more B. many more C. fewer and fewer D. most.
三、完形填空（共20小题，每题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文稿，掌握其大意，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D、）中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
In 1929, the awful Depression（美国经济大萧条）began. It was a year of change for me, too. I’d taken my first 36 that spring, at age 10. From 6:00 to 11:00 on Saturday nights, I 37 the Sunday edition of the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph at a street corner.
I went to the news store, 38 my papers and took them up to the street corner. I had to make three 39 because the Sunday edition was big and I was small.
After waiting for 40from the last streetcar, I gathered up my extras and 41 them to the news store. It was 10:20. Next I hurried across the street to the flower shop and bought the most beautiful flower for my mother 42tomorrow was Mother’s Day.
It was almost 43when I arrived . Mom was sick with tuberculosis（肺结核）.I peeked in to see if she was 44 , then quickly tiptoed in and set the flower on the table beside her bed. I wanted her to be 45when she woke on Mother’s Day.
The next morning, I dressed and hurried downstairs. The sun was shining 46the kitchen windows as I looked into Mom’s room, She motioned （示意） for me to come in, then 47 over at the table where the flower was.
When I looked at Mom, she was 48, with tears streaming down her cheeks. She 49 her hand for me to come near, then pulled me close and hugged 50it hurt. Then, 51her contagious（接触传染的） condition and that she wasn’t 52 to touch me, she quickly let go.
My dear mom died the next night. That moment she hugged me 53to be the most wonderful of my life. Not only had that beautiful flower helped 54 just how much I loved her, but I’d 55 remember how much she loved me.
36. A. chance B. exam C. job D. course
37. A. bought B. sold C. printed D. carried
38. A. took up B. held up C. put up D. picked up
39. A. attempts B. trips C. ways D. efforts
40. A. customers B. workers C. drivers D. reporters
41. A. gave B. brought C. returned D. took
42. A. for B. when C. though D. because
43. A. midnight B. noon C. evening D. daybreak
44. A. anxious B. alive C. asleep D. afraid
45. A. well B. surprised C. excited D. interested
46. A. on B. across C. at D. through
47. A. watched B. glared C. fixed D. glanced
48. A. smiling B. crying C. screaming D. thinking
49. A. took out B. held out C. picked out D. put out
50. A. before B. after C. till D. when
51. A. thinking B. forgetting C. remembering D. wondering
52. A. meant B. supposed C. planned D. demanded
53. A. turned to B. turned up C. turned in D. turned out
54. A. explain B. show C. mean D. tell
55. A. never B. seldom C. always D. often
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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
When middle-aged Alex quit his job and made up his mind to become a freelance (self-employed) writer, no one could tell for sure whether he would succeed or not. He found a cold storage room in a building, set up a(n) 36 typewriter and settled down to work.
After a year or so, however, Alex began to 37 himself. He found it was difficult to earn his living by 38 what he wrote. But Alex determined to put his dream to the test -- 39 it meant living with uncertainty and fear of 40 . This is the shadowland of hope, and 41 with a dream must learn to live there.
One day Alex got a call, “We need a(n) 42 , and we’re paying $6,000 a year.” $6,000 was 43 money in 1960. It would enable Alex to get a nice apartment, a used car and more. 44 , he could write on the side. 45 the dollars were dancing in Alex’s head, something 46 his senses. He had dreamed of being a 47 -- full time. “Thanks but no,” Alex said 48 , “I’m going to stick it out and write.”
After Alex got off the phone, he 49 everything he had: two cans of vegetables and 18 cents. Alex put the cans and cents into a 50 bag, saying to himself, “There’s everything you’ve made of yourself so far.”
Finally his work was 51 in 1970. Instantly he had the kind of fame and success that 52 writers ever experience. The shadows had turned into limelight.
Then one day, Alex 53 a box filled with things he had owned years before. 54 was a paper bag with two cans and 18 cents. Suddenly he 55 himself working in that cold storage room. It reminds Alex, and anyone with a dream, of the courage and persistence it takes to stay the course in the shadowland.
36. A. expensive B. priceless C. excellent D. used
37. A. doubt B. trust C. regret D. hate
38. A. buying B. selling C. reading D. appreciating
39. A. what if B. now that C. even though D. as if
40. A. failure B. success C. loss D. perspiration
41. A. someone B. nobody C. anyone D. none
42. A. writer B. boss C. manager D. assistant
43. A. little B. real C. false D. high
44. A. Still B. Besides C. However D. Therefore
45. A. If B. Because C. As D. But
46. A. cleared B. destroyed C. hurt D. struck
47. A. writer B. dancer C. driver D. assistant
48. A. hurriedly B. slowly C. firmly D. hesitantly
49. A. pulled apart B. pulled out C. pulled down D. pulled back
50. A. plastic B. paper C. cloth D. metal
51. A. published B. completed C. written D. punished
52. A. poor B. few C. famous D. great
53. A. picked B. searched C. sought D. found
54. A. Outside B. Below C. Inside D. Above
55. A. reminded B. called C. described D. pictured