WhenIwas16yearsold,Imademyfirs-优题课

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。
Growing up for me was a challenge. I started out at primary school and was always asked by my teacher to sit at the 36 of the class because I was a fool.
I kept 37 things: I forgot nursery songs and spellings. I was the 38 of class jokes and I was all alone and 39 . I hated school, but my dad would hear none of it. He kept telling me I was a 40 , if I believed it.
A 41 around came one day when I remembered the 42 of the word “Cognoscenti”; a word all the other “ 43 students ” had forgotten how to spell 44 they spent their free time making fun of me. I wasn’t asked to spell, 45 I raised up my hand. So I stood up and went to the front of class, 46 23 pairs of eyes staring at me. My teacher grabbed her stick, ready to hit me if I’d 47_ . I wrote the letters, spelt the word and became an instant champion. Afterwards, I 48 and won, for my school, five Spelling Bee championships.
Secondary school had its own share of challenges. I was a tall kid and wasn’t good at any 49 , except looking. I loved basketball and tennis. 50 I held a bat(球拍), I was laughed at by my opponent. He 51 six straight sets(盘，局) without sweat and there I was, sweating like I’d run a marathon, whereas I hadn’t even 52 a single point. My dad’s 53 kept playing in my ears “Stanley, you’re a champion if you believe it.”
Believe it I did, because I wasn’t only good at tennis and basketball, I was an all-round athlete and 54 won both athletic and 55 scholarships to university.

36. A. front	B. back	C. side	D. corner
37. A. forgetting	B. leaving	C. repeating	D. using
38. A. cause	B. inventor	C. object	D. course
39. A. rootless	B. homeless	C. careless	D. friendless
40. A. champion	B. fool	C. character	D. failure
41. A. moment	B. possibility	C. turn	D. change
42. A. meaning	B. spelling	C. way	D. form
43. A. polite	B. dishonest	C. bright	D. absent-minded
44. A. once	B. while	C. when	D. because
45. A. even though	B. as though	C. in case	D. only if
46. A. for	B. as	C. with	D. before
47. A. hesitated	B. succeeded	C. lied	D. failed
48. A. presented	B. represented	C. requested	D. proposed
49. A. exercise	B. mathematics	C. sport	D. spelling
50. A. At first	B. First of all	C. The first time	D. For the first time
51. A. won	B. owned	C. missed	D. gained
52. A. reached	B. seized	C. caught	D. scored
53. A. message	B. information	C. sentences	D. words
54. A. even	B. still	C. almost	D. nearly
55. A. economic	B. historic	C. academic	D. financial

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）
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。
Dear son,
The day that you see me old and I am already not in good health, have patience and try to understand me．
If I get dirty when eating, if I can not dress, have patience and remember the hours I 36 teaching it to you．If, when I speak to you, I 37 the same things thousand and one times, do not 38 me, listen to me．When you were small, I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story 39 you got to sleep．When I do not want to have a 40 , neither shame me nor scold me．Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I 41 , in order that you wanted to bathe．When you see my 42 little about new technologies, give me the necessary time and do not look at me with your mocking(嘲弄) smile．I taught you 43 to do so many things: to eat good, to dress well, to confront life…．When at some moment I lose the memory or the 44 of our conversation, let me have the necessary time to remember, and if I cannot do it, do not become nervous, as the most important thing is not our conversation but surely to be with you and to have you 45 to me．
If ever I do not want to eat, do not force me．I know well 46 I need to and when not．When my 47 legs do not allow me to walk, give me your 48 , the same way I did when you gave your first 49．And when someday I say to you that I do not want to 50 any more ---- that I want to rest forever, do not get angry．Someday you will understand．
Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived．Some day you will discover that, 51 my mistakes, I always wanted the 52 thing for you and that I tried to prepare the way for you．You must not feel sad, angry or impotent(无可奈何) for seeing me 53 you．You must be next to me, try to understand me and to help me as I did it when you 54 living．Help me to walk, help me to end my way with love and 55．I will pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have had always for you．
I love you, Son．
Your father
36．A．paid B．spent C．cost D．took
37．A．praise B．think C．repeat D．criticize
38．A．interrupt B．disturb C．look D．avoid
39．A．when B．after C．since D．until
40．A．rest B．word C．shower D．sleep
4l．A．discovered B．invented C．noticed D．assumed
42．A．knowing B．fearing C．enjoying D．consulting
43．A．what B．when C．how D．why
44．A．news B．attitude C．material D．thread
45．A．talking B．listening C．responding D．appealing
46．A．where B．how C．that D．when
47．A．tired B．short C．long D．strong
48．A．leg B．ear C．hand D．mind
49．A．step B．pace C．laugh D．cry
50．A．talk B．live C．write D．sleep
51．A．though B．since C．while D．despite
52．A．last B．first C．best D．most
53．A．near B．behind C．below D．against
54．A．made B．started C．earned D．found
55．A．mercy B．care C．excuse D．patience

完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
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
It was in New York City to advise large banks on the secret to success in business. Once I started a 36 with my taxi driver, Tony. He had studied be an oceanic biologist, but couldn't get a 37 job in that field. “I like driving a taxi,” he said. “38 I hope to do much better than just get by.”
Like many people, Tony thought that being self-reliant meant 39 asking for help. But we need to develop relationship in order to 40 our goals.
Tony liked chatting with his customers, yet he didn’t want 41 to them. I advised him to give it a 42 . And he did. Not only did his customers take his taxi more often, but they 43 him to their friends. Soon he had a long list of regulars and 44 buy his own car, then a second. He had to 45 a friend to help with the overflow.
We each contain 46 Of greatness. Life is all about finding that seed and nurturing it to its 47 growth. And I know it’s 48 , because I am living proof.
I’m the son of a steelworker. My dad would come home, his hands 49 and dirty, and say, “I don’t want this for you, Keith. You need a great 50 .”
And bravely, he went to the CEO（总裁）of his company to ask for his advise. The CEO admired his 51 and helped get me a scholarship at one of the best schools in the country. I 52 to Yale University and Harvard Business School. 53 I was the youngest chief marketing officer in the Fortune 500. I learned 54 a young age that the secret to success 55 the power of relationship.
36．A．report B．conversation C．suggestion D．speech
37．A．hard B．correct C．suitable D．dull
38．A．And B．Since C．Because D．Though
39．A．never B．always C．ever D．sometimes
40．A．find B．fail C．miss D．achieve
41．A．please B．excite C．bother D．worry
42．A．try B．drive C．talk D．hand
43．A．suggested B．recommended C．mentioned D．told
44．A．was able to B．could C．ought to D．might
45．A．make B．let C．hire D．order
46．A．plants B．seeds C．origins D．members
47．A．empty B．full C．huge D．tiny
48．A．enough B．necessary C．strange D．possible
49．A．scratched B．wounded C．injured D．fixed
50．A．work B．career C．education D．university
51．A．honesty B．feeling C．expression D．courage
52．A．went on B．got off C．set out D．kept up
53．A．So B．Meanwhile C．Soon D．Once
54．A．of B．in C．under D．at
55．A．leads to B．lies in C．relies on D．sticks to

完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从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。
For much of our life, my mother and I hated each other. I spent most of my childhood 36 with her – or trying to avoid her, as well as her bitterness, unhappiness and endless smoking. I learned how to defend myself with 37 designed to hurt her. In turn, she vowed I would have a 38 who would feel the way about me that I felt about her.
Many years later when my husband and I decided to have a child, I was 39 to have a girl. I couldn’t 40 the though of a daughter who might not love me – or who would want to 41 me. As soon as I became pregnant, I was convinced I was having a boy. In the delivery room, on my doctor putting my baby into my arms, I couldn’t wait to tell my mother I had a 42 , while “he” was a girl. At that moment, I couldn’t imagine wanting anyone but her.
43 I couldn’t forget my mother’s teasing vow, even after she died and I saw her in a more 44 light. As my daughter got older, whenever we argued, I worried we were 45 the same awful path that my mother and I had gone down.
Last summer, my daughter 46 18, the same age when my mother threw me out of her apartment for 47 . However, I was with her, planning for her first year at college. When my husband and I dropped her off at her school in New York, I finally 48 to her my biggest fear that we would end up like me and my mother. “That will never happen.” she 49 me, kissing me goodbye. Six weeks later, my husband and I returned to the campus. I 50 myself arguing with my daughter about her messy room, not using the library and her mistake of choosing the room near the bathroom. I couldn’t stop myself. And then 51 came: “You’re just like your mother,” my daughter screamed. “I hate you.” And then she 52 .
I finally heard the words I had always dreaded. But maybe that was because I 53 them. I had always worried the bond I shared with my daughter would 54 . later that evening, we picked my daughter up to a restaurant. We ate 55 . But when we separated, I hugged her. The next morning, she called telling she loved me. There wasn’t anything to be afraid of anymore. There was just a relationship we should work on with each other.
36．A．sharing B．playing C．communicating D．fighting
37．A．actions B．activities C．words D．weapons
38．A．husband B．friend C．child D．daughter
39．A．afraid B．unlucky C．uncertain D．willing
40．A．have B．bear C．hold D．afford
41．A．love B．escape from C．obey D．keep from
42．A．daughter B．son C．baby D．life
43．A．Furthermore B．But C．And D．Or
44．A．bright B．annoying C．understanding D．unfriendly
45．A．on B．in C．at D．along
46．A． became B．grew C．went D．turned
47．A．good B．nothing C．my good D．all
48．A．presented B．told C．admitted D．informed
49．A．promised B．pardoned C．referred D．reflected
50．A．wanted B．asked C．forced D．found
51．A．it B．she C．they D．that
52．A．walked away B．looked away C．gave away D．stormed away
53．A．deserved B．demanded C．equaled D．appreciated
54．A．tear B．break C．crash D．last
55．A．in vain B．in general C．in silence D．in brief

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
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。
On his way to the airport one afternoon, Phillip asked the driver to wait outside the bank while he collected some traveler’s checks.
The plane was to 36 at 5:30.From the bank, there was still 37 journey to the airport 38 Phillip merely enjoyed the scene along the way. Shortly before arriving, he began
39 the things he would need for the 40 : tickets, money, the address of
On his way to the airport one afternoon, Phillip asked the driver to wait outside the bank while he collected some traveler’s checks.
The plane was to 36 at 5:30. From there was still a 37 journey to the airport 38 Phillip merely watched the scene along the way. Shortly before arriving , he began 39 the things he would need for the 40 : tickets , money , the address of his hotel, traveller’s checks —Just a moment . How about his passport? Phillip went through his pocket. He suddenly 41 that he must have let his passport 42 .
What could he do? It was now five past four and there would be too little 43 to return to the bank. This was the 44 time he was representing his company for an importantmeeting 45 the manager of a French company in Paris the following morning . Without a passport he would be 46 to board the plane. At that moment , the taxi 47 outside the air terminal (候机楼). Phillip got 48 , took his suitcase and paid the driver. He then 49 a good deal of confusion in the building .A 50 could be heard over the loudspeaker.
“We very much 51 that because of a twenty-four-hour strike of airport staff ,all flights for the rest of today have had to be called off.” Passengers are 52 to get in touch with their travel agents or with this terminal for 53 on tomorrow’s flights. Phillip was
very glad to hear that, He would let his company know about this 54 and, thank goodness, he would have the opportunity of calling at his bank the following morning to 55 his passport . .
36．A．check in B．lead off C．take off D．go up
37．A．long B．short C．pleasant D．rough
38．A．as B．so C．but D．because
39．A．buying B．taking over C．putting about D．checking
40．A．plane B．trip C．companyD．flight
41．A．realized B．promised C．recognized D．suggested
42．A．at home B．at the bank C．at the office D．in the taxi
43．A．time B．chance C．possibility D．use
44．A．golden B．last C．only D．first
45．A．in B．to C．at D．with
46．A．sad B．unable C．nervous D．difficult
47．A．stopped B．ran C．went D．opened
48．A．off B．back C．out D．away
49．A．started B．caught C．noticed D．left
50．A．speech B．signal C．call D．voice
51．A．apologize B．announce C．worry D．regret
52．A．advised B．forced C．allowed D．persuaded
53．A．ideas B．plans C．information D．time
54．A．person B．situation C．place D．airport
55．A．return B．show C．recover D．change