Charles Plumb, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate, was a jet fighter pilot in Vietnam. After 75 combat missions, his plane was by a surface-to-air missile. Plumb was and spent six years in prison in Vietnam. He survived and now about lessons learned from that experience.
One day, Plumb and his wife were sitting in a restaurant when a man at another table came up and said, "You're Plumb! You jet fighters in Vietnam from the aircraft carrier (航空母舰) Kitty Hawk . You were !"
"How in the world did you know that?" asked Plumb.
"I your parachute," the man replied. Plumb gasped（倒吸一口气） in surprise and .The man pumped his hand and said, "I guess it worked!"
Plumb assured him, "It did—if your chute hadn't worked, I wouldn't be here today."
Plumb couldn't sleep that night，thinking about that man. He says, "I wondered how many times I might have passed him the Kitty Hawk. I wondered how many times I might have seen him and not even said 'Good morning, how are you', or anything , you see, I was a fighter pilot and he was just a ."
Plumb thought of the many days the sailor had spent on a long wooden table in the bowels（深处）of the ship working on each chute, holding in his hands each time the of someone he didn't know.
Plumb asks his , "Who's packing your ? Everyone has someone who provides what they need to make it the day." Plumb also says that he needed many kinds of parachutes when his plane was shot down—he needed his parachute, his mental parachute, his emotional parachute, and his spiritual parachute. He called on all these before reaching safety. His experience reminds us all to and be kind to people who pack our daily parachutes, and strengthen us to go through times.
A．followed B．destroyed C．spied D．seen
A．released B．wounded C．captured D．killed
A．lectures B．gives C． studies D．hear
A．repaired B．made C．flew D．cleaned
A．taken down B．looked down C．set down D．shot down
A．bought B．checked C．found D．packed
A．gratefully B．suspiciously C．happily D．sadly
A．almost B．surely C．narrowly D．nearly
A．abroad B．in C．on D．at
A．so B．because C．unless D．though
A．sailor B． captain C．pilot D．technician
A．unwillingly B．immediately C．worriedly D．carefully
A．death B．fortune C．fate D．chance
A．wife B．children C．sailors D．audience
A．luggage B．bag C．parachute D．future
A．through B．to C．up to D．as
A．psychological B．physical C． imaginary D．safe
A．spirits B．emotions C．supports D．people
A．award B．recognize C．reward D．help
A．happy B．tough C．comfortable D．cosy
第二节完形填空(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A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
Two runners stand side by side at the starting line of a race. 36 look very strong and fast.37 one runner speeds ahead and wins the race.The other 38 .
Some athletes can reach great 39 such as winning an Olympic gold medal. Others never live up to their40 . What kind of preparation before a race or before other kinds of events makes the 41 ?
Everyone knows that athletes try to 42 their bodies. But research shows that strengthening the mind may be just as 43 . Careful study indicates that the best athletes win __44because they think they can win.
Positive thoughts seem to provide the edge for 45 in sports. People who say “I know I can do this” to themselves over and over 46 find that they have the advantage to win.On the other hand, people who think“I can,t win”often __47.
One procedure that helps many athletes is creating 48 in their mind. They are told to think of each jump they must make to 49 . Some use pictures that are more fanciful. One skater liked to think about a star bursting inside her, 50 her with energy. Another athlete who wanted to feel 51 pictured himself as a bird floating in the air.
Next time you want to do something well, try training your 52 to help you. Perhaps a teacher or other instructors can 53 you plan your training. If you imagine yourself doing better, you may soon see improvements in 54 you really can do. Positive thinking and pictures ___55in your mind can help you win!
36. A. Neither B. All C. Each D. Both
37. A. But B. So C. Or D. And
38. A. falls down B. leaves behind C. leaves alone D. falls behind
39. A. prizes B. goals C. medals D. places
40. A. promise B. name C. level D. ability
41. A. progress B. mistake C. achievement D. difference
42. A. determine B. expand C. strengthen D. extend
43. A. possible B. interesting C. difficult D. important
44. A. partly B. entirely C. completely D. mostly
45. A. failure B. luck C. success D. competition
46. A. often B. never C. hardly D. rarely
47. A. fail B. succeed C. understand D. expect
48. A. ideas B. thoughts C. wonders D. pictures
49. A. fail B. run C. win D. go
50. A. giving B. helping C. taking D. tiring
51. A. encouraged B. calm C. excited D. anxious
52. A. mind B. body C. brain D. imagination
53. A. help B. advise C. allow D. persuade
54. A. which B. that C. what D. how
55. A. made B. hung C. discovered D. created
二、完形填空（共20小题，20分）
When I come across a good article in reading newspapers, I often want to cut and keep it. But just as I am about to do so I find the article on the __36__ side is as much interesting. It may be a d iscussion of the way to __37__ in good health, or __38__ about how to behave and conduct oneself in society. If I cut the front article, the opposite one is likely to __39__ damage, leaving out half of it or keeping the text __40__ the title. Therefore, the scissors would __41__ before they start, __42__ halfway done when I find out the __43__result.
Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time, both worth your __44__. You can only take up one of them, the other has to wait or be __45__ up. But you know the future is unpredictable --- the changed situation may not allow you to do what is left __46__. Thus you are __47__ in a difficult position and feel sad. How __48_nice chances and brilliant ideas should gather around all at once? It may happen that your life __49__ greatly on our preference of one choice to the other.
In fact that is what __50__ is like: we are often __51__ with the two opposite sides of a thing which are both desirable like a newspaper cutting. It often occurs that our attention is drawn to one thing only ____52____ we get into another. The __53__ may be more important than the latter and give rise to a divided mind. I __54__ remember a philosopher’s remarks: “When one door shuts, another opens in life.” So a casual __55__ may not be a bad one.
36 A.front B.same C.either D.opposite
37 A.get B.keep. C lead D. bring
38 A.advice B.news C.a theory D.a report
39 A. suffer B. reduce C.prevent D.cause
40 A.on B for C.without D. off
41. A use B.handle C.prepare D.stay
42 A. or B.but. C so D for
43 A.satisfying B.regretful C.surprising D.impossible
44 A.courage B.strength C.attention D.patience
45 A.given B. held. C.made D picked
46 A.near B.alone C.about D.behind
47 A.filled B.attracted C.caught D.struck
48 A.dare B.come C.deal D.do
49 A.improves B.changes C.progresses D.goes
50 A.study B.society C.nature D.life
51 A.faced. B supplied C.connected D fixed.
52 A.before B.after C.until D.as
53 A.following B.next. C above D.former
54 A.still B.also C.once D. almost
55 A.treatment B.action. C choice D. remark
二、完形填空（20*1=20分）
I stepped out of the hospital. My heart was filled with sadness and regret. My former
best friend, Faith, had just ___21____. She was only 16. ____22___, she was diagnosed with a terrible cancer in her right breast. Before her last breath we, who were so ____23___ to her, gathered around her side, ____24___ to hold back our tears and ___25____ her. Everyone wanted to give her their last ___26___, but people were just so choked up.
After that moment of deep ___27___. I was asked to help go through Faith’s things. Arranging her drawers, I suddenly discovered an ___28____ letter with the title “ My last words”.
I opened it slowly, checked the date and began to read the letter. The happy girl we had been with us was___29__ not as optimistic as we thought. She kept ___30____ until she couldn’t hold it in any more. But she had a beautiful imagination and great ambition.
In her ___31____ letter, she mentioned her dreams, her family and her shock in finding the ___32___. From her words I could see that she had left us with too many words unsaid and too many deeds undone. I am __33___ that she would have reached her goals and achieved her dreams ___34____ only God had given her some more time.
There is a saying that says fate is fair to everybody. But I just can’t help rejecting that ___35___. Faith, who had been a wonderful person and had great plans, had died before achieving her final dreams. It is time that ___36___ her from reaching her biggest moment. Why did ____37____ treat her unfairly？
Life is so short and precious that everyone should ____38____ it. Fate is unfair, which has become a motivation for me I have become bent on continuing my dreams and ___39____ never to give up. I will no longer waste ____40____ or complaint. I am going to get right down to working with all my strength.
21 A.run away B. passed away C.goneby D.walked away
22 A.Unfortunately B.Unreasonably C.Suddenly D.Truly
23 A.thankful B.polite C.dear D.friendly
24 A.failing B.tending C.trying D.deciding
25 A.educate B.comfort C.leave D.support
26 A.words B.demands C.instructions D.wishes
27 A.silence B.thought C.feeling D.sorrow
28 A.unopened B.unfinished C.untouched D.unlocked
29 A.obviously B.actually C.simply D.slightly
30 A.still B.modest C.calm D.silent
31 A.first B.next. C last D.former
32 A letter B.danger C.disease D.problem
33 A. afraidB.eager C.a nxious D.sure
34 .A.because B.when C.though D.if
35A.promise B.dream C. sentence D.belief
36 .A discouraged B.protected C.stopped D.held
37 A.history B. fate C.fact D.illness
38 A value B.mind C.share D.hold
39 A made B.told C.determinedD.promise
40 .A energy B.strength C.money D.t ime
二、完形填空：20%
Yesterday I was fortunate enough to find one more person in our world who is kind and caring. It was about 11:00 p.m. 16 my telephone rang. The caller ID showed the number of a Best Western Hotel. 17 , I would ignore this type of call. For some reason, 18 , I went ahead and answered.
The man on the other end asked if I knew Samual K. I 19 , as he is my 91 – year – old grandfather. Still not 20 why I was the one that had been called, the caller went on to tell me that I was the only 21 listed in the phone book. He said his name was Mason and that he was the 22 at the Best Western Hotel. The 23 was that grandpa had no money with him, and that he couldn’t 24 any phone numbers, so Mason called all over the state trying to get help.
Grandpa told me that he just wanted me to tell Mason that he is a (n) 25 guy and would pay the money once he got home. But the man in charge there was 26 because my grandfather seemed to be 27 . He had been going somewhere else when he got on the wrong bus and 28 100 miles from home.
Not wanting to turn him away and not wanting the police to 29 him to the police station, Mason, 30 any normal duty, not only took the time to 31 me, but also charged just $ 39 so that grandpa could 32 safely and comfortably overnight. (The rooms normally rent for about $ 140!) Besides, he had the staff of that hotel all 33 him until my uncle was able to drive the 100 miles to pick him up!
So, it’s just one more piece of 34 that proves that there are still good people out there; wherever you go, there is always one who 35 .
16.A.while B.when C.after D.before
17.A.Obviously B.Personally C.Actually D.Generally
18.A.however B.besides C.otherwise D.therefore
19.A.was B.did C.had D.would
20.A.admitting B.accepting C.understanding D.recognizing
21.A.neighbor B.relative C.colleague D.friend
22.A.manager B.waiter C.mayor D.guest
23.A.disadvantage B.question C.problem D.pity
24.A.write B.remember C.repeat D.keep
25.A.easy – going B.generous C.forgettable D.okay
26.A.concerned B.disappointed C.convinced D.surprised
27.A.hurt B.moved C.annoyed D.lost
28.A.went up B.added up C.ended up D.sent up
29.A.take B.bring C.invite D.carry
30.A.except B.against C.beyond D.from
31. A.contact B.persuade C.warn D.approach
32.A.leave B.live C.adapt D.stay
33.A.look for B.watch over C.care about D.adjust to
34.A.news B.information C.advice D.evidence
35.A.minds B.cares C.sees D.matters
三、完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
As Christmas drew near, Ursula was faced with just that problem. She had come to live in an American home and learn English. 26 , she would mind the children and 27 anything she was asked to.
One of her tasks was to record 28 Christmas presents. Ursula did this faithfully, but she became increasingly 29 . What could she buy for her 30 with the little money she had that would compare with the gifts she was recording daily? 31 , even if she had no 32 , her employer seems to have everything.
Ursula 33 long and hard. On Christmas Eve, she went to a 34 . She moved slowly through crowds of shoppers, 35 things in her mind. Finally she bought a baby dress. She immediately called 36 . “Excuse me, please, can you help me find a poor family with a baby?” “A poor family?” said the 37 driver. “Yes, a very poor family.” Ursula told the man of what she was trying to do. He listened in 38 , and then said, “I know a family who 39 just about everything.”
When they reached a 40 the driver said, “They live on the third floor.” Ursula shook her head, “Would you take this dress to them and tell them it’s from someone... someone who has everything.”
Early the next day, Ursula 41 everyone for the presents she received. Then, she began to 42 to her employer why there seemed to be no gift 43 her. She told about what she did the night before. When she finished, there was a long 44 . “You see,” she added, “I try to do a kindness in your 45 . And this is my Christmas present to you.”
26. A. In return B. As a result C. By the way D. In a sense
27. A. pay B. learn C. teach D. do
28. A. delivering B. mailing C. arriving D. buying
29. A. excited B. worried C. tired D. interested
30. A. friends B. own family C. classmatesD. American family
31. A. Otherwise B. Therefore C. Besides D. However
32. A. goods B. kindness C. gifts D. help
33. A. talked B. worked C. waited D. thought
34. A. store B. neighborhood C. street D. church
35. A. selecting B. matching C. remembering D. organizing
36. A. a shop B. a taxi C. her employer D. her parents
37. A. responsible B. anxious C. surprised D. careful
38. A. all B. silence C. confusion D. tears
39. A. buys B. has C. uses D. needs
40. A. garage B. building C. house D. yard
41. A. thanked B. encouraged C. praised D. admired
42. A. question B. wonder C. argue D. explain
43. A. to B. for C. from D. by
44. A. doubt B. silence C. time D. break
45. A. case B. opinion C. memory D. name