With a determined(坚定的) look on his face, Chicago’s Michael McCarthy held on to the banister(扶手) and climbed to the top of the Willis Tower not long ago. The Tower stands 1,451 feet(442 meters) tall, the＿21＿ building in the US.
As he got to the last step, McCarthy ＿22＿ fell down, but that didn’t stop him. The 14-year-old boy finally finished climbing the 2,109 steps and arrived at the top, where he ＿23＿cheers from many people.
“I just want to show people that ＿24＿ a kid with no legs can do it, anyone can do it,” McCarthy said.
McCarthy, who was born without legs, has to wear prosthetic legs(假肢) and use a stick to walk. But McCarthy has a strong 25 . He believes having a disability(残疾) shouldn’t stop anyone 26 achieving his or her success.
He has been in a special school 27 he was four. When he decided to climb the Willis Tower, his teacher, Jeff Kohn, was 28 by his determination(决心) and offered to help train him. They 29 more than ten hours practicing climbing stairs and keeping balance with the prosthetics and sticks on the steps every day. “ 30 seems that he never knows how difficult it is. 31 I was so tired that I asked him to rest for a day,”said Kohn. “But he said he was still full of energy and wanted more 32 .”
Kohn always walked with McCarthy for the climb. “I 33 the last 10 floors, he went faster,” said Kohn. “He’s the most craven sportsman I’ve ever trained.”
McCarthy said he was 34 of himself and that the tower now holds special meaning. “When I’m older, I’ll 35 to the building and say ‘Look at this building I climbed’,” he said.
A．largest B．highest C．earliest D．latest
A．seldom B．hardly C．always D．almost
A．enjoyed B．needed C．made D．kept
A．while B．after C．if D．though
A．heart B．hope C．body D．love
A．by B．for C．in D．from
A．as B．since C．until D．before
A．pleased B．beaten C．moved D．asked
A．used B．spent C．took D．wasted
A．Here B．There C．He D．It
A．However B．Sometimes C．Again D．Then
A．friends B．helpers C．time D．exercise
A．tried B．saw C．did D．met
A．thinking B．talking C．worried D．proud
A．point B．go C．turn D．hurry
完形填空,请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Do your parents often help you whenever you have difficulty? When I had something to do, I used to ask my mother for help．But she always ，“Do it yourself, dear．”I was not________ at all．I thought she was the mother in the world! For example, one day, I decided to ________ some friends to my home．My bedroom was not in order．Books were everywhere．And I didn’t make the bed．I ask my ________ to help me clean it, but she still said，“Do it , girl．”
________ my “lazy mother”, I have to wash my clothes and clean my room．I have to help my parents ________．I even have to go to the dentist by ________ ．It is really ________ for me to do everything well, but I have learnt ________ ．
As time goes by, I ________ my mother．She makes me clever and diligent(勤奋)．________ a great mother! A(An) ________ mother is worth one hundred teachers! Don’t you think so?
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完形填空,阅读下列短文，从文后各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Don't Let the Candle Off
A man had a little daughter---an only and much-loved child. He lived for her--- she was his whole______. He was so happy to hear his girl's voice that he hardly imagined what he would do______her. But unluckily, one day, his daughter became seriously ill. He was very______. He tried all he could to_____her. At last, his efforts (努力) was _____ and the child died. The father became a bitter recluse (隐士) after that, shutting _________ away from his friends and refusing(拒绝) every activity that might______him back to his normal self. But one night he had a dream. He was in heaven, seeing a group of little child angels. They were dressed in white and______in a line passing by the Great White Throne. Every angel_______a candle. He noticed that all the candles were bright except one. Then he found that the child with the______candle was his own little daughter. ______ to her, he held her in his______, hugged her gently, and then asked, "Why is it, darling, that your candle alone is unlighted?" His daughter said, "Daddy, they often relight it, but your ______always put it out." Just then he______.The lesson was very clear, and its effects were immediate. From that hour on he was not a recluse, but socialized (交际)freely and gladly with his former friends and colleagues. No longer would his darling's candle be put out by his useless tears.
We can't avoid having a sad______during lifetime, but we should remember not to let our beloved person's candle off.
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完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
The Lake
The day when Robert was born was the happiest day of my life. Unfortunately my wife decided she no longer wanted to be married to me. My little boy and I had to part, only getting to see each other every weekend.
One day, I decided to go fishing with my son, who was about 5 years old, at a nearby lake. We arrived at the lake early. Getting out of the car, we brought out all of the fishing equi pment and our life jackets and the cooler that had our tasty lunch in it. I could just the day in my mind in hopes that it would never end. We both went out onto the dock（船坞）and I thought, “Do I put his life jacket on first or load the boat first?” I saw him skipping rocks on the water, so I decided to load the boat first.
I was just finishing up when I heard the splash. I turned and looked quickly expecting to see Robert standing there, but I did not see him anywhere. I jumped into the water to save my son immediately. I searched and searched but found him nowhere. I came up for a breath hoping to see him above water, now wondering how I could find him in the murky（浑浊的）water. I finally decided to go all the way to the bottom and around, not coming up until I found him.
Finally, there on the bottom he was, his arms wrapped around the wooden pole that holds up the dock. I brought him to the and put him on the bank. While both of us were coughing and spitting out water, I just hugged him and was that I had found him in time.
When things finally calmed down, I asked one simple question, “Robert, why were you onto that pole on the bottom of the lake?” He looked at me with the most innocent and loving eyes and simply replied, “I was waiting for you, Daddy. I knew you would come to me.”
I thought that I could not be any prouder or any madder at the same time and I just told him, “I sure do love you, sweetheart.” He replied, “I love you too, Dad.”
There is no amount of money or cars or jobs or any material thing that could replace being loved and someone so much. I am lucky to have the ability to love on such a high level, and the ability to forgive on the same level.
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完形填空先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
The Sled (雪橇) Dog Race was about to begin. Susan’s team of dogs was lined up at the starting gate. Susan stood behind them. teams were lined up, too, and the dogs were excited. Susan kept her on the clock. At exactly ten o’clock, she and the other racers yelled, “Mush!” The dogs knew that meant “ !” They ran forward and the race began! Susan had trained months for this race, and she hoped she and her dogs would win. Day after day, Susan’s dogs the sled to get ready for the race.
Now, they ran over snowy hills and into deep valleys (山谷). They stopped only to rest and eat. The racers had to go a thousand miles across Alaska. Alaska is one of the places on Earth. The dogs’ thick fur coats helped keep them warm. In many places along the route（线路）, the snow was . Pieces of ice were as sharp (锋利的) as a knife. The ice could cut the dogs’ feet. To keep that from happening, Susan had put special boots on their feet.
At first, the dogs seemed to pull the sled very slowly. They were getting used to the race. On the third day, they began to pull more quickly. They worked as a and passed many of the other racers. Once, one of the dogs dropped into a hole and the sled . Susan could have given up then, but she didn’t. She fixed it and they kept going. When they finally reached the finish line, they found out that they had come in first place!
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完型填空
There are many different ways of seeing a town for the first time. One of them is to walk around it, guide-book in hand. Of course, with our guide-books we may the history and special developments of a town and get to know them. But then, if we take our time and stay in a town for a while, we may get to know it better. When we look at it as a whole, we begin to have some________which even the best guide-books do not answer. Why is the town just this, this shape, this plan, this size? Why do its streets run in this particular （特别的）way, and not in any other way?Here even the best guide-book ________ to tell us. One can’t find in it the information about how a town has developed to the ________ appearance. It may not describe the original （最初的）design of a town. However, one may get some idea of what it ________ to look like by walking around the town. One can also imagine ________ the town was first planned and built. Then one can learn more about in what direction the town ________ to develop.What’s the point of studying towns in the way? For me, I’m sure one can get greater ________ by visiting and seeing a town with one’s own eyes. A personal visit to a town may help one better understand why it is attractive ________just reading about it in a guide-book.
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