I used to be a very self－centered person, but in the past two years I have really changed. I have started to think about other people I think about myself. I am happy that I am becoming a person.
I think my started when I was at Palomar College. At first, I just wanted to get my and be left alone. I thought I was smarter than everyone else, so I hardly ever ____ to anyone in my classes. By the end of my first semester, I was really ____. It seemed as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun. So I tried a(n) ____. I started asking people around me how they were doing, and if they were having trouble I ____ to help. That was really a big ____ for me. By the end of the year, I had several new friends, and two of are still my best friends today.
A bigger cause of my new ， however, came when I took a part－time job at Vista Nursing Home. One old lady there who had Alzheimer's disease became my . Every time I came into her room, she was so because she thought I was her daughter. Her real daughter never her, so I took her place. She let me ____ that making others feel good made me feel good too. When she died, I was ____， but I was also very grateful to her.
I think I am a much ____ person today than I used to be, and I hope I will not ____ these experiences. They have ____ me to care about other people more than about myself. I who I am today, and I could not say that a few years ago.
A．since B．before C．or D．unless
A．famous B．simple C．different D．skilled
A．education B．career C．tour D．change
A．balance B．homework C．degree D．interest
A．talked B．wrote C．lied D．reported
A．careful B．lonely C．curious D．guilty
A．argument B．game C．experiment D．defence
A．dared B．offered C．hesitated D．happened
A．dream B．problem C．duty D．step
A．us B．which C．them D．whom
A．attitude B．hobby C．hope D．luck
A．friend B．partner C．guide D．guest
A．polite B．happy C．strange D．confident
A．bothered B．answered C．visited D．trusted
A．explain B．guess C．declare D．see
A．homeless B．heartbroken C．bad-tempered D．hopeless
A．quieter B．busier C．better D．richer
A．forget B．face C．improve D．analyze
A．forced B．preferred C．ordered D．taught
A．miss B．like C．wonder D．expect
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
Another person’s enthusiasm was what set me moving toward the success I have achieved. That person was my stepmother.
I was nine years old when she entered our home in rural Virginia. My father __36__ me to her with these words: “ I would like you to meet the fellow who is __37__ for being the worst boy in this country and will probably start throwing rocks at you no __38__ than tomorrow morning.”
My stepmother walked over to me, __39__ my head slightly upward, and looked me right in the eye. Then she looked at my father and replied, “You are __40__. This is not the worst boy at all, __41__ the smartest one who hasn’t yet found an outlet(释放的途径) for his enthusiasm.
That statement began a(n) __42__ between us. No one had ever called me smart. My family and neighbors had built me up in my __43__ as a bad boy. My stepmother changed all that.
She changed many things. She __44__ my father to go to a dental school, from which he graduated with honors. She moved our family into the county seat, where my father’s career could be more __45__ and my brother and I could be better __46__.
When I turned fourteen, she bought me a secondhand __47__ and told me that she believed that I could become a writer. I knew her enthusiasm, I __48__ it, and I saw how it had improved our lives. I accepted her __49__ and began to write for local newspapers. I was doing the same kind of _ 50__ that great day I went to interview Andrew Carnegie and received the task which became my life’s work later. I wasn’t the __51__ beneficiary (受益者). My father became the __52__ man in town. My brother and stepbrothers became a physician, a dentist, a lawyer, and a college president.
What power _53__ has! When that power is released to support the certainty of one’s purpose and is __54__ strengthened by faith, it becomes an irresistible(不可抗拒的) force which poverty and temporary defeat can never __55__ .
You can communicate that power to anyone who needs it. This is probably the greatest work you can do with your enthusiasm.
A．rushed B．sent C．carried D．introduced
A．distinguished B．favored C．mistaken D．rewarded
A．sooner B．later C．longer D．earlier
A．dragged B．shook C．raised D．bent
A．perfect B．right C．wrong D．impolite
A．but B．so C．and D．or
A．agreement B．friendship C．gap D．relationship
A．opinion B．image C．expectation D．mind
A．begged B．persuaded C．ordered D．invited
A．successful B．meaningful C．helpful D．useful
A．treated B．entertained C．educated D．respected
A．camera B．radio C．bicycle D．typewriter
A．considered B．suspected C．ignored D．appreciated
A．belief B．request C．criticism D．description
A．teaching B．writing C．studying D．reading
A．next B．same C．only D．real
A．cleverest B．wealthiest C．strongest D．healthiest
A．enthusiasm B．sympathy C．fortune D．confidence
A．deliberately B．happily C．traditionally D．constantly
A．win B．reach C．match D．doubt
完形填空 （共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
The moment happened 30 yours ago but it was still fresh in my memory. I was a college freshman and had 26 up most of the night before laughing and talking with friends. Now just before my first 27 of the day my eyelids were feeling heavier and heavier and my head was drifting down to my desk to make my textbook a 28 . A few minutes nap（小睡）time before class couldn’t 29 , I thought.
BOOM! I lifted my head suddenly and my eyes opened wider than saucers. I looked around with my 30 beating wildly trying to find the cause of the 31 . My young professor was looking at me with a boyish（孩子气的）smile on his face. He had 32 dropped the textbooks he was carrying onto his desk. “Good morning!”, he said still 33 . “I am glad to see everyone is 34 . Now let’s get started. ”
For the next hour I wasn’t sleepy at all. It wasn’t from the 35 of my professor’s textbook alarm clock either. It was instead from the 36 discussion he led. With knowledge and good 37 he made the material come 38 . His insight was full of both wisdom and loving-kindness. And the enthusiasm and joy that he 39 with were contagious（有感染力的）. I 40 the classroom not only wide awake, but a little 41 and a little better as well.
I learned something far more important than not42 in class that day too. I learned that if you are going to do something in this life，do it well，do it with 43 . What a wonderful place this would be if all of us did our work happily and well. Don’t sleepwalk（梦游）your way through 44 then. Wake up! Let your love fill your work. Life is too 45 not to live it well.
A．took B．divided C．stayed D．put
A．class B．test C．task D．lecture
A．platform B．pillow C．carpet D．wall
A．benefit B．help C．last D．hurt
A．heart B．mind C．thought D．head
A．trouble B．noise C．failure D．reference
A．angrily B．unfortunately C．deliberately D．reasonably
A．smiling B．talking C．complaining D．shouting
A．active B．curious C．present D．awake
A．sound B．shock C．revolution D．blow
A．fascinating B．convincing C．puzzling D．encouraging
A．detail B．sense C．humor D．design
A．strange B．natural C．handy D．alive
A．taught B．spread C．combined D．started
A．decorated B．filled C．left D．entered
A．clearer B．smarter C．quieter D．stronger
A．discussing B．speaking C．cheating D．sleeping
A．joy B．speed C．aim D．qualification
A．work B．life C．journey D．college
A．hard B．complex C．short D．simple
完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
I had a friend who visited me from out of town and I wanted to show him the CN Tower. It was one of the tallest structures on the earth. So I thought it would offer a(n) 36 sight.
We were standing in line for 45minutes to enjoy the 37 up to the watch point. When we got there, we went around the 38 of the tower and saw the hard wire fence 39 to the structure serving as a barrier. We went back inside to look for the glass floor that provided a direct view 40 . As soon as both of us 41 , we stopped before walking onto it. We found that our legs began to 42 . I stopped for a minute considering the step, taking several seconds to 43 the edge before moving.
And then I had a thought in my mind：“It is far 44 compared to any other floor in this building. There is no real danger to me — it’s 45 an illusion. Look at all the people standing on it, and think about those who have stood on it before.”I began to 46 that step onto the glass floor. I didn’t look down — 47 not for a few minutes.
I walked on the 48 and looked around and thought about how49 the experience was. I even found myself jumping up and down. There was no 50 , and it was certainly an illusion.
I considered how many things in our lives we 51 and exactly how many of them are actually illusions. I thought about all the things we 52 ourselves from doing because we have53 ourselves into thinking there’s risk. I thought about all the things that I still have yet to do that appeared 54. I was glad to discover that although fear isn’t a stranger to me, my desire to live a life without 55 has a much stronger pull.
A．expressive B．impressive C．frightening D．beneficial
A．bus B．ladder C．car D．elevator
A．outside B．top C．center D．surface
A．connected B．surrounded C．referred D．combined
A．around B．up C．down D．out
A．understood B．approached C．talked D．returned
A．wave B．move C．tremble D．wander
A．look over B．think over C．look up D．think up
A．tighter B．taller C．weaker D．stronger
A．happily B．simply C．greatly D．relatively
A．take B．choose C．decide D．pick
A．at most B．at least C．at last D．at best
A．fence B．floor C．edge D．tower
A．grateful B．useful C．wonderful D．helpful
A．death B．warn C．trouble D．danger
A．handle B．ignore C．fear D．hide
A．block B．protect C．help D．separate
A．forced B．advised C．entered D．led
A．amazing B．worrying C．exciting D．interesting
A．cost B．doubt C．regret D．waste
In our life, we will have a lot of time to feel low. If there’s one thing that ruins us, which 48 us from doing what we’re 49 capable of and prevents us from achieving our dreams, it is fear of 50 .
Many of us go through our lives never knowing what we could have done and what has often been heard is that if only we hadn’t given up our 51 .
What if you had given up on 52 to talk, walk, read, ride a bike, or any other achievements before you were even five years old? How 53 would your life have turned out if you’d given up instead of 54 with them?
Now, how different has your life been because of the goals you gave up? Because you were afraid that you would fail, how many experiences and opportunities have you 55 out on because you couldn’t get past that invisible barrier of fear!?
A．increases B．stops C．inspires D．helps
A．truly B．hardly C．honestly D．easily
A．death B．trouble C．sorrow D．failure
A．plans B．jobs C．dreams D．lives
A．trying B．learning C．practicing D．studying
A．strange B．poor C．successful D．different
A．playing B．covering C．sticking D．moving
A．missed B．picked C．taken D．looked
完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分 30分)
Fred and his wife Edna went to the state fair every year. Every year Fred would say, "Edna, I'd like to 36 in that airplane." And every year Edna would say, "I know Fred, but that airplane ride 37 ten dollars, and ten dollars is ten dollars."
One year Fred and Edna went to the fair again and Fred said, "Edna, I'm 71 years old. If I don't ride that airplane this year I may never get another 38 ." Edna replied, "Fred, the airplane ride needs ten dollars, and ten dollars is ten dollars."
The 39 overheard them and said, "Folks, I'll make you a 40 . I'll take you both up for a ride. If you can stay 41 for the entire ride and not say one word, I won't 42 you, but if you say one word, it's ten dollars."
Fred and Edna agreed and 43 they went. The pilot did all kinds of twists and turns, rolls and dives, but not a word was heard. He did all his 44 over again, but still not a word.
They 45 and the pilot turned to Fred, "By golly, I did everything I could think of to get you to yell out, but you 46 ."
Fred replied, "Well, I was going to say something when Edna 47 out of the plane, but you know ten dollars is ten dollars."
A．sit B．ride C．sleep D．hide
A．loses B．pays C．costs D．benefits
A．job B．unit C．family D．chance
A．pilot B．policeman C．stranger D．friend
A．promise B．plan C．request D．deal
A．safe B．quiet C．kind D．strong
A．charge B．punish C．carry D．want
A．up B．down C．in D．out
A．deeds B．tricks C．flights D．attractions
A．climbed B．flew C．landed D．stopped
A．failed B．didn’t C．forgot D．moved
A．walked B．ran C．fell D．looked