I used to hate being called upon in class mainly because I didn’t like attention drawn to myself. And 51 otherwise assigned（指定）a seat by the teacher, I always 52 to sit at the back of the classroom.
All this 53 after I joined a sports team. It began when a teacher suggested I try out for the basketball team. At first I thought it was a crazy 54 because I didn’t have a good sense of balance, nor did I have the 55 to keep pace with the others on the team and they would tease me. But for the teacher who kept insisting on my “ 56 for it”, I wouldn’t have decided to give a try.
Getting up the courage to go to the tryouts was only the 57 of it! When I first
started 58 the practice sessions, I didn’t even know the rules of the game, much 59 what I was doing. Sometimes I’d get 60 and take a shot at the wrong direction—which made me feel really stupid. 61 , I wasn’t the only one “new” at the game, so I decided to 62 on learning the game, do my best at each practice session, and not be too hard on myself for the things I
didn’t 63 “just yet”.
I practiced and practiced. Soon I knew the 64 and the “moves”. Being part of a team was fun and motivating. Very soon the competitive 65 in me was winning over my lack of confidence. With time, I learned how to play and made friends in the 66 — friends who respected my efforts to work hard and be a team player. I never had so much fun!
With my 67 self-confidence comes more praise from teachers and classmates. I have gone from 68 in the back of the classroom and not wanting to call attention to myself, 69 raising my hand— even when I sometimes wasn’t and not 100 percent 70 I had the right answer. Now I have more self-confidence in myself.
A．as B．until C．though D．unless
A．hoped B．chose C．meant D．agreed
A．changed B．continued C．settled D．started
A．plan B．idea C．belief D．saying
A．right B．ability C．chance D．patience
A．cheering B．looking C．going D．applying
A．point B．rest C．half D．basis
A．enjoying B．preparing C．watching D．attending
A．worse B．later C．less D．further
A．confused B．motivated C．embarrassed D．committed
A．Fortunately B．Interestingly C．Obviously D．hopefully
A．try B．act C．rely D．focus
A．want B．know C．support D．do
A．steps B．rules C．orders D．games
A．roles B．mind C．part D．value
A．situation B．operation C．movement D．process
A．improved B．expressed C．preserved D．recognized
A．dreaming B．hiding C．relaxing D．playing
A．by B．for C．to
I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was ____36____ and when I was 14 years old, he predicted, “You are never to be ____37____ but a failure.”
After 5 years of poor jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the best thing ____38____ could have happened to me. I ____39____ I should do something positive with my life because I wanted to prove ___40___ her that what people said about me had gone ___41___, especially her mother, who once said to me, “Let’s ____42____ it. You’ve failed every thing you’ve ever done.” So I tried hard with my ____43____ and went to ____44____. My first novel ____45____ while I was still a college student.
After college, I taught during the day in high schools and attended ____46____ classes at London University, where I ____47____ a degree in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of ____48____ that job to write full time when I was ____49____ a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself---here was a working-class boy who’d ___50___ school early, now teaching at the university.
My writing career ____51____ when I discovered my own writing ____52____. Now I’m rich and famous, have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. _____53____ what does it mean? I just wish that all those people who have ____54____ me down had just said, “I believe in you and you will be ____55____.”
A．naughty B．lazy C．useless D．raggy
A．when B．that C．which D．as
A．thought B．promised C．decided D．expected
A．to B．for C．with D．at
A．ridiculous B．acceptable C．believable D．wrong
A．see B．face C．treat D．react
A．writing B．experiment C．practice D．composition
A．school B．college C．club D．company
A．went across B．put aside C．came out D．set off
A．lecture B．writing C．teaching D．evening
A．received B．accepted C．gave D．offered
A．giving up B．paying for C．signing up D．ridding of
A．paid B．made C．offered D．tried
A．finished B．gone C．delayed D．left
A．made off B．took off C．gave off D．moved off
A．style B．habit C．idea D．skill
A．Therefore B．But C．Though D．For
A．written B．turned C．torn D．put
A．cheerful B．enjoyable C．successful D．forgettable
I tend to accept any idea put forward by experts on TV. One day, a sociologist(社会学家) proposed that the 36 society has been consuming modern humans little by little. For fear that I would become a victim of the consumer society, I 37 hurried to a bicycle shop in my neighborhood. 38 the shopkeeper Mr. Johnson was selling me the bicycle, he said, “This is the best thing you 39 have done. Life has become hopelessly 40 . A bicycle is simple, and it brings to you 41 things: fresh air, sunshine and exercise.” I agreed. Happy as a child, I got on the bicycle and headed out onto the streets. After some time, I 42 at the other end of the town. I was 43 that this simple vehicle could let me 44 long distances in a fairly short time. But how 45 did I really go?
Since I hated to be 46 , I went back to Mr. Johnson and asked him to 47 an odometer (里程表) on my bicycle. He agreed, but 48 , “An odometer without a speedometer (速度计) is like a 49 without a knife.” I admitted he was right and in a few minutes, the two devices (装置) were 50 to the handlebars of my bicycle. “What about a horn?” he then asked. “Look, this horn is no larger than a matchbox and has many 51 .” Attracted by these functions, I bought the horn.
“You can’t leave the back part 52 ,” noted Mr. Johnson. He fixed a metal box with buttons 53 the seat, and said, “Is there anything better than this oven(烤箱) when you feel 54 on your way? I can give you a special discount.” I was not strong enough to 55 the offer.
“I congratulate you once more; this is the best thing you could have done,” said Mr. Johnson in the end.
A．adult B．human C．consumer D．bachelor
A．eventually B．immediately C．reluctantly D．gratefully
A．Although B．Because C．As D．Unless
A．would B．should C．must D．could
A．boring B．complicated C．stressful D．tough
A．natural B．mysterious C．complex D．unique
A．gave up B．broke down C．calmed down D．ended up
A．amazed B．amused C．confused D．concerned
A．march B．drive C．cover D．measure
A．far B．long C．fast D．deep
A．unreliable B．impractical C．unprepared D．inaccurate
A．fix B．check C．repair D．lay
A．swore B．added C．replied D．concluded
A．pencil B．fork C．box D．cake
A．distributed B．converted C．applied D．attached
A．shapes B．sizes C．functions D．models
A．loose B．blank C．bare D．incomplete
A．beside B．before C．below D．behind
A．sick B．hungry C．hot D．thirsty
A．consider B．withdraw C．make D．resist
In the dining room of my grandfather’s house stood a massive grandfather clock. Meals in that dining room were a time for three 36 to become one. The table was always spread with 37 containing love as the main ingredient (成分). And that grandfather clock stood like an old family friend, watching over the 38 that was a part of our lives.
As a child, the old clock fascinated me. I 39 and listened to it during meals. Even more wonderful to me was my grandfather’s ritual (老习惯). He wound (上发条) that clock with a(n) 40 key carefully each day. I remember watching 41 my grandfather took the key from his pocket and opened the hidden door in the clock. He inserted the key and wound — not too much, nor too 42 . He never let that clock wind down and 43 . He showed us grandchildren how to open the door and let us each take 44 winding the key.
After my grandfather died, it was days after the funeral 45 I remembered the clock! The tears 46 freely when I entered the dining room. The clock stood there quiet.
Some time later, my grandmother gave me the key. The old house was 47 . No laughter over the dinner table, no ticking or chiming of the 48 — all was still. I took the key in my shaking hand and 49 the clock door. All of a sudden, I was a 50 again, watching my grandfather with his silver-white hair and blue eyes. He was there, 51 at me, at the secret of the clock's magic, at the key that held so much power.
I stood there, 52in thought for a long time. Then slowly and 53 I inserted the key and wound the clock. It sprang to life. Tick-tock, tick-tock, life and chimes were breathed into the dining room, into the house and into my 54 . With the movement of the hands of the clock, my grandfather55 again.
A．persons B．generations C．families D．stages
A．water B．soup C．rice D．food
A．embarrassment B．sorrow C．laughter D．depression
A．sang B．laughed C．ate D．watched
A．big B．special C．black D．ugly
A．since B．unless C．as D．until
A．little B．fast C．high D．hard
A．talk B．run C．break D．stop
A．turns B．trouble C．pains D．action
A．once B．when C．before D．that
A．exposed B．flowed C．expressed D．spread
A．cold B．different C．quiet D．full
A．table B．house C．door D．clock
A．locked B．opened C．turned D．closed
A．man B．father C．child D．god
A．winking B．shouting C．glaring D．glancing
A．lost B．lived C．missed D．interrupted
A．nervously B．excitedly C．steadily D．carefully
A．account B．heart C．anxiety D．pocket
A．died B．disappeared C．lived D．smiled
I was doing some last-minute Christmas shopping in a toy store. A nicely dressed little girl was 36 the teddy bears beside her father 37 she saw a little boy walk in and stop in front of the Pokémon toys. His jacket was obviously too small. He had money in his hand. 38 , it looked no more than five dollars at most. He was with his father as well, and 39 picking up the Pokémon video games. Each time he showed one to his father, his father 40 his head, “No”.
Rather 41 , the boy gave up the video games and chose a book of stickers 42 . After they walked away, the little girl ran over to the Pokémon video games. She excitedly picked up one 43 on top of the others, and ran toward the check-out. I picked up my purchases(购买物) and 44 the girl and her father.
Then, much to the little girl’s 45 , the little boy and his father got in line 46 her and me. After the video was paid for and bagged, the little girl 47 it back to the cashier(收银员) and 48 something to her. The cashier smiled and put the 49 under the counter(柜台). I was putting things in my bag when the little boy came up to the cashier. The cashier said, “ 50 , you’re my hundredth customer today, and you win a prize!” and she handed the boy the Pokémon game. The boy could only51 in disbelief. It was, he said, 52 what he had wanted! The little girl and her father had been standing at the doorway, and I saw the biggest and 53 smile on that little girl I have ever seen in my life.
I suddenly understood that the world is not 54 into the strong who care and the 55 who are cared for. We must each in turn care and be cared.
A．looking through B．getting through C．dressing up D．tidying up
A．while B．when C．after D．once
A．Then B．Therefore C．However D．Otherwise
A．stopped B．continued C．avoided D．kept
A．shook B．nodded C．moved D．held
A．anxious B．disappointed C．angry D．curious
A．also B．instead C．lastly D．indeed
A．laying B．lying C．to lie D．lain
A．accompanied B．helped C．kept D．followed
A．surprise B．satisfactory C．joy D．regret
A．behind B．before C．between D．beyond
A．put B．handed C．sent D．carried
A．whispered B．shouted C．gave D．showed
A．basket B．bag C．bear D．gift
A．Sorry B．Excuse me C．Congratulations D．Pardon me
A．cry B．stare C．jump D．pay
A．extremely B．only C．exactly D．wonderfully
A．widest B．greatest C．prettiest D．dearest
A．divided B．changed C．included D．cut
A．poor B．ugly C．unhappy D．weak
The party began shortly after Mr. Wood ,who lived in the flat below ,signed (叹息)to himself as he heard excited voices and the noisy music. Luckily he had ___36___some work home from the office,___37___he kept himself busy for a couple of hours ,thus managing to pay no attention to the noise___38___. But by eleven o’clock he felt ___39___and was ready to go to bed ,though from his earlier experience he knew it was ___40___trying to get to sleep. He undressed and lay for a while on the bed ,trying to read ,but he___41___ himself reading the same page over and over again. He then turned off the light and ___42___his head in the pillow(枕头). But ___43___he could not shut ___44___the noise ，finally after __45____ seemed hours his___46___was gone.
He jumped out of bed ,__47__some clothing, marched ___48___ up the stairs and walked into his neighbor’s flat. The owner of the flat, who ___49___him in his dressing gown came ___50___ the room and__51___Mr. Wood could say anything, cried “My dear fellow ,come and ___52___. I know our parties ___53___ you. I meant to send you ___54___.” Mr. Wood’s anger disappeared then and there. He said “I’d better go and get __55_.” Minutes later, he returned properly dressed, only to find that the party was nearly over.
A．taken B．carried C．brought D．fetched
A．with which B．from which C．where D．when
A．outside B．overhead C．downstairs D．nearby
A．bad B．tired C．sick D．hopeless
A．useless B．necessary C．possible D．helpful
A．had B．found C．caught D．felt
A．buried B．rested C．shook D．turned
A．till then B．worse still C．strange enough D．even so
A．away B．off C．down D．up
A．it B．what C．that D．which
A．sleep B．strength C．patience D．anger
A．pulled on B．dressed up C．selected D．wore
A．sadly B．proudly C．quietly D．firmly
A．made fun of B．stared at C．was angry with D．caught sight of
A．across B．around C．towards D．by
A．as B．before C．though D．until
A．meet as B．sit here C．join us D．scold me
A．may trouble B．would trouble C．may bother D．must bother
A．a notice B．a message C．an invitation D．an apology
A．washed B．changed C．dressed D．prepared