Someone said that encouragement is simply reminding a person of the “shoulders” he’s standing on, the heritage he’s been given. That’s what happened 36 a young man, the son of a(n) 37 baseball player, was chosen by one of the minor league teams. Hard as he tried, his first season was 38 , and by midseason he expected to be removed 39 day. The coaches were 40 by his failure because he possessed all the characteristics of a superb（杰出的）athlete, but he seemed to have become 41 from his potential.
His 42 seemed darkest one day when he had already struck out his first time at bat. Then he stepped up to the batter’s box again and quickly ran up two strikes. The catcher called a 43 and ran for a conference to discuss strategies. While they were busy, the 44 , standing behind him, spoke casually to the boy.
Then play 45 , the next pitch was thrown and the young man knocked it out of the park. That was the turning 46 . From then on, he played the game with a new confidence and power that quickly 47 the attention of the parent team, and he was called 48 to the majors.
On the day he was leaving for the city, one of his coaches asked him what had caused such a turnaround. The young man replied it was the 49 remark the judge had 50 that day when his baseball career had seemed 51 .
“He told me I reminded him of all the times he had stood 52 my dad in the batter’s box,” the boy explained. “He said I was holding the bat just the way Dad had held it. 53 he told me, ‘I can see his genes in you; you have your father’s 54 .’ After that, whenever I swung the bat, I just 55 I was using Dad’s arms instead of my own.”
A．as B．since C．while D．when
A．star B．average C．amateur D．old
A．embarrassing B．disappointing C．satisfying D．rewarding
A．some B．a C．one D．any
A．amazed B．impressed C．puzzled D．ashamed
A．separated B．different C．inconsistent D．divided
A．hope B．future C．dream D．ambition
A．break B．rest C．pause D．stop
A．catcher B．coach C．batter D．judge
A．began B．lasted C．restarted D．moved
A．part B．point C．place D．spot
A．drew B．fixed C．focused D．took
A．in B．for C．up D．out
A．encouraging B．casual C．demanding D．wise
A．said B．made C．given D．pointed
A．fixed B．useless C．endless D．helpless
A．on the right B．on the left C．before D．behind
A．And B．So C．Thus D．Therefore
A．strength B．arms C．body D．talent
A．supposed B．pretended C．imagined D．expected
完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，共15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。将正确选项答案涂在答题纸上。
I was wandering through the streets when I caught sight of a tailor’s shop.I wanted very much to get a new suit and throw off my old 36 .But … I had nothing in the world but a million-pound note.I went in 37 asked if they had a cheap 38 .The fellow I spoke to 39 no answer at first,looked me up and down,noticed that I was almost in rags, 40 said, “just a minute.”
I waited till he 41his work.Then he took me into a dark back room.He looked through the suits and 42 the cheapest one for me.I put it on.It didn’t fit, 43 it was new and I was anxious to have it,so I said:
“Could you wait a few days for the money?I haven’t any small change on me.”
The fellow looked at me 44 and said, “Oh,you haven’t?Well,of couse,I know that gentlement like you carry only 45 notes.”
I was 46 and said, “My friend,you shouldn’t judge a stranger always by the clothes he wears.I’m quite 47 to pay for this suit.But I’m afraid you can’t change the note.”
“Why do you think we can’t change your note? 48 the contrary,we can!”
I handed the note to him and said: “Oh,very well,I apologize.”
He 49 it with a smile,and then as he looked at the note,his smile froze. 50 the note in his hand,he stood there,unable to talk or move.
36.A.wayB.friendC.watch D.clothes
37. A.andB.butC.soD.when
38. A.clothB.clothingC.suitD.suits
39. A.makeB.makesC.making D.made
40. A.have finishedB.had finished C.will finishD.is finishing
41. A.have finished B.had finished C.will finishD.is finishing
42. A.choose B.pickC.findD.selected
43. A.soB.orC.butD.and
44. A.warmly B.hardlyC.coldly D.kindly
45. A.largeB.smallC.someD.strange
46. A.madB.sorryC.hurtD.welcome
47. A.anxious B.ableC.tiredD.worried
48. A.ToB.ForC.InD.On
49. A.receivingB.to receive C.received D.will receive
50. A.Holding B.To holdC.HeldD.To be held
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
Anger is good for you, as long as you control it properly, according to new psychology research. A new study from Carnegie Mellon University ___36___ anger may help you ____37___ the negative effects of stress and help you become healthier.
“Here getting emotional is not bad for you if you look at the case of anger.” Said Jennifer Lerner of Carnegie Mellon. “The more you display anger, the lower your ____38___ responses.”
Lerner studied 92 UCLA students by asking them to count back from 6,200. They must say out loud every 13th number. Researchers interfered with them by asking them to ___39____ faster or ask them other questions. If they made any ____40___ , they had to restart from the very beginning. Many students felt depressed about making so many mistakes or got angry ____41____ the researchers were ____42____ them.
Lerner used a ____43____ video camera and recorded all their facial _____44____ during the test. The researchers ____45____ their reactions as fear, anger and disgust. Other members recorded the students’ blood pressure, pulse and production of a high- stress hormone called cortisol.
People whose faces showed more ____46____ during the experiment had higher blood pressure and higher levels of the hormone. Both can have lasting effects such as diabetes (糖尿病), heart disease, depression and weight gain. When people fear, negative impacts ____47____, but when they get angry, those negatives go down, according to the ____48____. “ Having that sense of anger ____49____ people to actually feel some power in what ____50____ is a maddening situation.” Lerner said.
Lerner previously studied Americans’ emotional response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks two months after the incident. He found people who reacted with ____51____ were more optimistic. These people are healthier ____52____ with those who were frightened during the event.
So in maddening ____53____, anger is not a ____54____ thing to have. It’s a ____55____ response than fear.
36. A. shows B. suggests C. expresses D. insists
37. A. drop B. reduce C. lose D. throw
38. A. mistake B. sadness C. stress D. anger
39. A. read B. write C. speak D. count
40. A. mistakes B. decisions C. changes D. losses
41. A. unless B. because C. if D. until
42. A. watching B. stopping C. interrupting D. recording
43. A. rented B. stolen C. borrowed D. hidden
44. A. spots B. points C. expressions D. smiles
45. A. chose B. regarded C. treated D. described
46. A fear B. anger C. regret D. happiness
47. A. decrease B. increase C. climb D. spread
48. A. plan B. method C. study D. project
49. A. hopes B. leads C. lets D. drives
50. A. actually B. really C. otherwise D. luckily
51. A. pain B. joy C. sorrow D. anger
52. A. compared B. comparing C. satisfied D. connected
53. A. situations B. conditions C. positions D. persons
54. A badB. good C. proper D. wonderful
55. A. shorter B. bigger C. faster D. healthier
III．完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
阅读下面短文，从36—55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
"I've been writing a book, John. Do you think anyone would be interested in 36it?" said the old lady.
John took over the 37from her shaking hand and 38 her in a chair. He remembered her rich 39in the early days of the Old West. He looked through the papers. "It's good, Grandma." He said gently. Then realizing that she couldn't hear him, he shouted 40her ears. “I think it's very good. I'll 41 it to a publisher."
Ten days later, he reported that the 42had had time to read only a few pages. But he was so 43 that he had sent $100 for an option（版权）. 44 money would be given as an advance（先付）.
One morning, three months after her 100th birthday, Grandma didn't get up. The doctor told her that she couldn't 45more than a few days. She was 46 to go, but she first wanted her book to be in print. John promised that she 47get the book very soon.
Grandma 48on until the day the book came into her hands, with the title and her name on the cover. Though she couldn't see it, sh
e could 49it. She 50 felt her name with her fingers, tears in her 
eyes. Two hours later, she died 51, still holding her book.
Her granddaughter took up the book and opened it. "Why, it's just blank（空白的）pages!" she cried in 52John's face turned red. Then the girl understood. There never was a book. Grandma couldn't 53 the little bell when the typewriter came to the end of the line. She would keep on working, not knowing the whole sentences and sometimes the paragraphs were 54. John did not tell her, for he couldn't take away her only 55. It was John himself who had written the letters and sold his car to pay the advance.
36．A．buying B．publishing C．reading D．lending
37．A．papers B．newspaper C．bookD．magazine
38．A．sat B．put C．placed D．seated
39．A．lives B．experiences C．thoughts D．family
40．A．onto B．inside C．into
D．on
41．A．throw B．put C．send D．lift
42．A．publisher B．officerC．doctorD．teacher
43．A．interested B．angry C．frustratedD．gentle
44．A．Little B．Much C．Enough D．More
45．A．die B．stay C．last D．remain
46．A．worried B．anxious C．ready D．eager
47．A．must B．would C．couldD．might
48．A．did B．took C．made D．lived
49．A．read B．smell C．Hear D．touch
50．A．proudly B．quickly C．carefully D．slowly
51．A．angrily B．peacefully C．willingD．quickly
52．A．anger B．joy C．surprise D．tears
53．A．see B．smell C．Hear D．taste
54．A．missing B．finished C．completed D．ended
55．A．hope B．bookC．life D．paper
第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Animals can be of great fun, but it’s important to know 21 to be safe when you’re with them. Both indoor animals and outdoor animals need to be 22 kindly all the time. This means different things 23 on the animal and the situation.24 a wild animal, being kind may mean staying far away 25 the animal doesn’t feel threatened and so you stay 26 .
Stepping outside can mean a world full of great animals to see — 27 squirrels in trees to birds in flight. In some parts of the world, kids 28 see slithery snakes, black bats, 29 even cool coyotes. And don’t forget raccoons, skunks, and other critters 30 come out in some places at night.
The rule in the great outdoors is simple: Don’t 31 or go near an animal. 32 some of these animals may look cool or even cute, leave them33 . These animals aren’t like regular pets. They’re not 34 to being around people and may bite or attack if you come near them. They also might have r
abies(狂犬病).
Don’t ever try to 35 a wild animal. Bird feeders are OK, but other animals, 36 they look hungry, shouldn’t ever be fed. When it comes to these animals, it’s better for everyone if you stay ____37 and check them out at the zoo, on the Internet, on TV nature shows, or in books.[来
If a pet looks sick or is injured, stay far away. An animal that 38 loves to be petted may get very 39 and even bite when it is feeling ill. Tell an adult so he or she can get 40for the animal.
| 21. A. what 22. A. taken care 23. A. depend 24. A. To 25. A. so 26. A. safe 27. A. like 28. A. should 29. A. or 30. A. what 31. A. touch 32. A. Because 33. A. outside 34. A. using 35. A. keep 36. A. however 37. A. closer 38. A. normally 39. A. happy 40. A. exercise |
B. why B. served B. look B. With B. and B. dangerous B. round B. have to B. and B. that B. look B. Even B. lonely B. used B. feed B. if B. closely B. always B. satisfied B. hope |
C. how C. protected C. wait C. As C. but C. threatened C. from C. will C. but C. those C. feel C. Although C. alone C. being used C. attack C. after C. away C. rarely C. excited C. plan |
D. which D. treated D. call D. Treating D. because D. calm D. not only D. may D. either D. who D. keep D. Since D. quietly D. to be used D. check D. even if D. far D. often D. upset D. help |
第二节完形填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、c和D)中选出最佳选项。
One winter Nasreddin had very 31 money．His crops 32 very bad that year，and he 33 live very cheaply．He gave his donkey less food，and when after two days the donkey 34 just the same，he 35 to himself，“The donkey was used to 36 a lot．Now he is quickly getting used to eating less； and soon he will get used to living 37almost nothing.”
Each day Nasreddin gave the donkey a little 38 food, until it was hardly eating anything.
Then one day，when the donkey was going to market with a load of wood on its back, it suddenly 39 . “How unlucky I am，”said Nasreddin，“Just when my donkey had got used to eating hardly anything，it came 40 the end of its days in this world.
31．A．few B. little C. lot D. much
32．A．had been B. has been C. was being D. is being
33．A．has to B. have to C. had toD. must have to
34．A．1ooks B. is seen C. looked D. was seen
35．A．says B. say C. saying D. said
36．A．eat B. eating C. have eaten D. being eaten
37．A．on B. by C. up D. to
38．A．more B. less C. few D. small
39．A．dead B. dying C. died D. was dying
4 0．A．on B. up C. in D.to