When I was 11, my grandfather began to teach me how to drive. I was a fast learner. At 16, I was already a 1 driver. However, when I passed into adulthood, I began to get speeding tickets. For me, this did not reflect one’s 2 as a driver. So I 3 to drive as fast as I could.
Then in September of 2005, I received a letter 4 my presence to discuss my future ___5 right
s. As I sat down, a man began to unfold my file. I was 6 to see my record was five pages long. The man gave me two 7 . I could turn in my 8 and not drive for three months or continue driving, but without tickets for one year. With two kids and a busy practice, I went with the second choice.
After the meeting, I had lunch with my friend, Nick. He noticed that my eating habits ___9 my driving habits. Nick told me that my attention was 10 paid to the destination and not the process of getting there. The car gives fun, allowing me to get to my __11 much faster. However, after reaching it, I was never truly satisfied becaus
e I 12_ the messages and lessons of the journey.
After the two
13 , I began to transform myself. I now enjoy driving, often taking the most scenic route. I have also slowed my 14 down, enjoying each bite as I go. Learning 15 is really a big lesson for me.
1. A. lucky B. skilled C. careless D. poor
2. A. interest B. belief C. ability D. character
3. A. stopped B. wanted C. began D. continued
4. A. requesting B. hoping C. suggesting D. planning
5. A. driving B. swimming C. diving D. living
6. A. disappointed B. depressed C. surprised D. terrified
7. A. tickets B. choices C. letters D. pages
8. A. license B. money C. evidence D. file
9. A. affected B. matched C. suited D. caused
10. A. totally B. partly C. slowly D. slightly
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A. destination B. process C. place D. journey
12. A. understood B. lacked C. gained D. ignored
13. A. surveys B. events C. debates D. arguments
14. A. working B. driving C. walking D. eating
15. A. honesty B. understanding C. patience D. carelessness
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 professor stood before his class of 30 senior biology students，about to pass out the final exam．“I have been privileged to be your ________ this semester，and I know how hard you have all worked to________ for this test．I also know most of you are________ to medical school next fall，”he said to them．
“I am well aware of how much________ you are under to keep your GPAs up，and because I know you are all ________of understanding this material，I am prepared to ________ an automatic B to anyone who would ________ not to take the final．”
The relief was audible(听得见的)as a number of students jumped up to ________ the professor and departed from class．The professor looked at the handful of students who ________，and offered again，“Any other takers? This is your last ________．”One more student decided to________ ．
Seven students remained．The professor closed the door and took attendance．Then he 52 the final exam．There were two sentences typed on the ________：
“________，you have just received an A in this class．Keep believing in yourself．”
I ________ had a professor who gave a test like that．It may seem like the easy ________ of grading exams，but it’s a________that any teacher in any discipline(治学严谨)could and should give．Students who don’t have ________ in what they’ve learned are B students at best．
The same is________ for students of real life．The A students are those who believe in what they’re doing ________ they’ve learned from both successes and failures．
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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，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The easy way out isn't always the easiest. I learned that lesson when I decided to treat Doug, my husband of one month, to a special meal. I to make homemade bread. Knowing the bread would take time, I it as soon as Doug left for work.
As I was not in cooking, I thought if a dozen was good, two dozen would be better, so I .everything. As Doug loved oranges, I also opened a can of orange and it all into the bowl. Soon there was a sticky dough（面团）covered with yellowish marks. Realizing I was ，I put the dough in the rubbish bin outside so 1 wouldn't have to Doug laughing at my work. I went on preparing the rest of th ,and when Doug got home, we sat down to Cornish chicken with rice. He tried to enjoy the meal but seemed . Twice he got up and went outside, saying he heard a ．
The third time he left, I went to the window to see what he was doing. I saw Doug standing about three feet from the ,holding the lid up with a stick and looking .When I came out of the house, he dropped the stick and explained that there was something in our rubbish bin. Picking up the stick again, he held the lid up enough for me to see. I felt .But I stepped closer and looked harder. Without it was my work. The hot had caused the dough to double in size and the fermenting yeast（酵母})made the surface. and sigh as though it were breathing.
I could see why Doug was shaken. I had to admit what the“ "was and why it was there. I don't know who was more by the whole thing---Doug or me.
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完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
Pooja Dhingra should have been a lawyer. But while studying at university in Mumbai, she decided to quit her major and to something more .
Remembering helping her mother in the during her childhood, she decided to work with food instead of legal cases. So she her parents to let her go to study cooking.
One day, her friends took her to one of the best macaron（杏仁小圆饼）shops in Paris.
After just one , Ms Dhingra determined that when she to Mumbai she would open her own macaron store, the first of its kind in India. Upon graduation, she started macarons in her parents' kitchen, but it was a complete .The hot and wet weather in Mumbai made it to make delicious cakes. After 60 failed ,she finally got an ideal recipe. being both young and female meant she faced additional ."The biggest problem was to get people to take you ．”she tells us. "For example, I had to buy machinery, I would have to ask my father to make these calls for me. " However, she opened her first shop in 2010. To sales in a city where very few people knew what a macaron was, Ms Dhingra _ free samples to customers. The cakes were immediately popular, and sales soon took off thanks to the evaluation. .
Now, Ms Dhingra is the of three busy macaron shops. She has planned to her business across the country. One newspaper article called her " the macaron queen of India" .
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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。
When you concentrate, you focus on one thing and get other thoughts out of your mind. You concentrate on schoolwork, on sports, or on some music which requires serious ________effort. The point is that you think of only one________at a time, do it and leave it behind you.
________to concentrate is important. Any adult will tell you they________have at least a dozen things on their minds. When they must complete a project by a certain day and hour, they concentrate on it and________several people into a work team. This________a clear focus on the work—and on getting others to do their________.
Adults have a(n)________life which may include a husband or a wife, children, and all the work of running a household. Supper must be________and the broken back staircase must be fixed before someone gets________. If a child is sick, he or she must go to the________.
With all these things on their minds, how do adults________the day? They know they cannot fight all their battles at one time, so they concentrate on the most ________task, get it done, and go onto the next.
The martial arts (武术)________ you this kind of concentration. To do a movement________, you must watch and imitate the master. Since you do not always get things right the first time, you must figure out your________and correct it. The instructor is there to________, but you are still responsible for your personal progress. As you move up in rank (等级), more and more is demanded of you. The________are increasingly complex. You have ________time in class and want to get the most from it. But since you have learned to concentrate on________movements and get them right, you confidently accept—and meet—these greater challenges.
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Speaking Up
I never looked up when my friends were talking and joking about the ratarded (智障的) boy a few tables away. It didn’t even cross my mind that he might feel________when people whispered about him. So I just let them talk.
Then came the day when I learned my little brother Martin’s testing for autism (自闭症) came out positive (阳性). I had never thought about him like that. I broke ________ , crying.
Everything had just changer. He was no longer a(n) ________ little boy.
Over time, I was able to accept his________a little more. We had to ________ because Martin needed treatment. So Martin and I both started at a new school. One day, I was standing in the bus line waiting when a “ short ” bus (for the retarded) came and ________ up some kids. The children in the other line started making ________ about the “ retarded ” on that bus and I felt a ________ feeling in my heart. I said quietly that those comments weren’t very nice,________no one listened.
My family moved again. In the new school I got a________to speak up pretty soon. That day, in a band class, my teacher ________our playing to make some comments, “ …Guys, we’re playing like the kids on the short bus! Come on! ”
The entire room was laughing loudly. I felt very________ . Then, I raised my hand. I wasn’t sure what I was going to say but I wanted to be heard.
The whole class________down. My mouth opened and this came out: “ I don’t think we should make fun of the short bus, because there are people on that bus who have a lot in common with us and have the same feelings as we do.” I could feel my ________ getting louder. “ So I would ________ it if you didn’t make fun of them.”
The room was very quiet and everyone stared at me. My teacher ________ for his words and then started the song again. At the end of the class, everyone was giving me strange looks. But I didn’t ________ , because I knew three things: I had spoken the ________ , I had taught everyone something, and while everyone in the classroom was being a follower, I had ________ to take a different path since I wanted to become a ________ and a role model.
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