I grew up poor – living with six brothers, my father and a wonderful mother．We had 26 money and few worldly goods, but plenty of love and attention．I was 27 and energetic．I understood that no matter how poor a person was, they could 28 afford a dream．
My dream was to be a 29 ．When I was sixteen, I could crush a baseball, throw a ninety – mile – per – hour fastball．I was also 30 : my high – school coach was Ollie Jarvis, who 31 me the difference between having a dream and showing strong belief．One particular 32 with him changed my life forever．
It was a summer and a friend recommended me for a summer 33 ．This meant a chance for my first income – cash for a new bike and new clothes, and the 34 of savings for a house for my mother．The opportunity was attracting, and I wanted to 35 at it．
Then I realized I would have to 36 summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell Coach Jarvis I wouldn’t be playing．I was 37 about this．
When I told Coach Jarvis, he was as 38 as I expected him to be．“You have your whole life to work,” he said．“Your 39 days are limited．You can’t afford to waste them．”
I stood before him with my head 40 , trying to think of how to explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth 41 his disappointment in me．
“How much are you going to make at this job?” he demanded．
“$ 3．25 an hour,” I replied．
“Well, is $ 3．25 an hour the price of a 42 ?” he asked．
That 43 laid bare for me the difference between wanting something right now and having a goal．I devoted myself to 44 that summer, and within the year I was offered a $ 20,000 contract．I signed with the Denver Broncos in 1984 for $ 1．7 million, and bought my mother the 45 of my dreams．
A．some B．little C．no D．much
A．happy B．lovely C．angry D．noisy
A．only B．ever C．still D．almost
A．teacher B．coach C．doctor D．sportsman
A．lucky B．satisfied C．hopeful D．surprised
A．taught B．asked C．told D．trained
A．match B．story C．moment D．incident
A．job B．camp C．holiday D．course
A．cause B．start C．need D．amount
A．stand B．call C．look D．jump
A．take out B．cut off C．put on D．give up
A．excited B．curious C．anxious D．disappointed
A．mad B．puzzled C．regretful D．discouraged
A．working B．playing C．learning D．shining
A．shaking B．hanging C．holding D．nodding
A．feeling B．suffering C．facing D．expressing
A．dream B．game C．chance D．life
A．offer B．price C．question D．order
A．study B．sports C．homework D．business
A．clothes B．bike C．house D．goods
完型填空,阅读下面短文，从短文后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。
My class and I visited Chris Care Center in Phoenix, Arizona to comfort the old people who needed a little cheering up during the holiday season.
The first two there were for persons requiring help in taking care of themselves. We sang________for them. They loved our sweet songs and the flowers that we left with them.
As we were ________ on the third floor for old people with Alzheimer (老年痴呆症), most of them ________off at the walls or floor. However, one lady ________ my eye. She was sitting by the door, in a wheelchair, singing songs to herself. They weren’t the songs that we were singing, at least they didn’t ________ like that. As we got ________ with each festive song, she did as well. The louder we got, the louder she got. ________ she was singing, she was also ________ out to us with her hands and body. I knew that I should have gone over to her, but I thought that my________ were to my students. People who worked at the care center could ________ to her, I thought. Just when I stopped feeling ________ about not giving her the attention she needed, one of my students, Justin, showed me what the holiday season is really about.
Justin also ________ the same lady. The difference between us is that he ________ on her needs, but I didn’t. During the last song, “Silent Night,” Justin walked over to her and held her hand. He looked this aged lady in her ________ and with his actions said, “You are important, and I will take my ________ to let you know that.” This tired, elderly lady stopped singing and held his hand. Then she touched his cheek with the other hand. Tears began to fall down her face. No________ can completely describe that touching moment.
It ________ a boy to teach me, a man, about kindness and love. Justin’s example of a complete, selfless attitude toward another was a ________ that I will never forget. He was the teacher that day, and I consider myself ________ to have witnessed his lesson.
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完形填空,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，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Two years ago, a restaurant had fallen upon hard times. Only five ________were left: the manager and four others, all over 60 years old.
In the town near the restaurant there ________ a successful businessman who was good at managing business, so the manager ________ to ask the businessman if he could offer any advice that might ________ the restaurant. The manager and the businessman talked for a long period of time, ________ when he was asked for advice, the businessman ________ for a while and then said, “I have no________to give. The ________ thing I can tell you is that the saver is one of you.”
The manager, returning to the restaurant ________ , told the other people what the businessman had said. In the months that followed, the old restaurant workers thought________ of the words of the businessman, “The saver is one of us?” They asked themselves. As they ________ about this possibility, they all began to treat each other with ________ respect. And thinking that each of themselves ________ be the saver, they also began to treat themselves with more care.
________ time went by, people coming to the restaurant ________that some respect and warm kindness were around the five old members of the small restaurant. Hardly knowing ________ , more people began to come back to the restaurant. They began to ________ their friends, and theirs brought more friends. Two years later, the small restaurant had once again ________a big food company, thanks to the businessman’s ________. They understood that it was they themselves that were the ________ .
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完形填空,阅读下面短文，从短文后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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My daughter and I finally got around to changing all the electronic pictures stored on our computers and cellphones into ________ ones that we could actually hold in our hands and________photo albums. It was amazing looking through decades of our lives.
There I was not even 5 years old. I looked at that boy and all those ________ versions of myself for a long time. I wondered what I would say to them________ I had a chance. I knew that I would tell them to relax and not worry about life’s ________ so much. I would tell them that they would solve all the problems they could and ________ the ones they couldn’t. I would tell them to enjoy and ________ each day as it comes. I would tell them that every day has its own ________ and simple pleasures and they should ________them all. I would tell them to hug more, laugh more, and say “I love you” more. I would ________ them to take in more sunsets and to________ the television every so often and go watch the stars. I would tell them to sing along with the radio and read a good book every ________ they get. I would tell them to ________ pass up the opportunity to pet a dog or ________ another human being. Most of all, ________ ,I would tell them to just love, ________ that’s what we are here to do.
________ , I know that none of us can go backward in this life. Life can only go ________ . As you go forward in your own life, always take with you the wisdom you have ________, the kindness you have shared, and the ________ you have received. As you go forward, always try to be the best person you can be and always remember to just love and be loved in return.
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The bright morning light shone through the window onto farmer Tom’s pillow, making the room hot. Tom is not a(n) riser but the heat woke him up. He hurriedly _ and started to head for his poultry farm(家禽饲养场). He had put all his money in .
Tom got into his that was loaded with ducks in cages and his two _ , Bill and Jim. Their first _ was the City Primary School. On _ the school gate, one of the lorry’s tires was _. Tom left his workers to change the tire _ he went into the dining hall to hand over some ducks.
Meanwhile, a boy had climbed up the lorry and some of the cages. Jim _ to look up; the boy jumped down from the lorry and ran into the school. The ducks were . Jim and Bill hurriedly tried to get the ducks back into the cages but it was . There was a great commotion(混乱): ducks quacking(嘎嘎叫), workers .
Where was the boy? He was at the school gate letting some ducks into the school. On hearing the , many children came out of their classrooms and watched the sight—two men running after ducks that were quacking!
Tom came back just in time to the boy. He then made a funny quacking sound and the ducks to come to him. He put them back into cages, changed the tire and , leaving the boy in the hands of the schoolmaster.
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阅读下面短文，从短文后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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The phone call came one cool winter day. I was that my father was seriously ill.
It had been long since I’d seen my father. Ever since his from my mom, my father had lived alone in a small trailer(房车) in California, 500 miles away from me. The real between us seemed so much greater. I was in no hurry to that, but somehow I heard myself to the owner of the trailer to be there the next day.
The whole drive down, flashed through my mind. I remembered my father, the proud Marine. He made sure the first song I was the Marine Hymn(《美国海军陆战队队歌》). He tore off the Christmas all the decorations the rest of us had and rehung them so there was the same space between them. But we didn’t need to those military orders, as we were not soldiers. I remembered the battles he had with my mother. I remembered hoping to hear my father say . once, “I love you, Patty,” only to have him at me, “You can’t do anything right!”
And now here I was standing outside his trailer, trying to my courage to face him one more time. I knocked on the door, my hand and my whole body . NO answer. Slowly I opened the door. I took a few inside and stopped, too shocked to believe my eyes.
My father was sitting on his sofa, looking confused and crying. This wasn’t the man I hand known growing up. He seemed broken.
A sense of overtook me, and I knew what I had to do. He would be my father forever. Without , I went back inside and packed up all of my father’s things. I would take him to my home-our home.
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