The 100th Running Shoe Keychain
When I was in Grade 6, I joined the cross country running club. I hated running but______ because my friends were in the club. I worked hard but no matter how hard I trained, I ______ came in the last. After yet another meet where I came in last, I told my coach that I was going to ______. I couldn’t run. I hated running and all I was doing was pulling the ______ down. I don’t remember his words, but I do remember he ______to let me quit. I remember feeling that he believed in me even though I didn’t believe in myself. I kept ______and participating in the meets. He never gave up on me. Instead, he always encouraged me to keep going, and told me that I could do it.
Then the final meet came, a huge ______ with less than two hundred students running. We learned that not only the first 20 students ______ the line would win an award, but also the first 100 would be given a running shoe keychain as encouragement. We set off and I quickly______behind. I didn’t stop and kept running. My friends who_____me encouraged me to keep running. When I passed the_____, finally, and received the 100th keychain, there were still students behind me. For the first time, I was not the_____one! I remember how excited I felt and how my friends felt happy for me.
The following week there was a school gathering. We were all called up in front of the school. The coach shared that we were high_____at the meet, and almost everyone on the team came home with_____. I felt ashamed, for I was the one who didn’t win an award. I only came in the 100th place and didn’t______ his praise. Then he came behind me, put his hands on my shoulders and told the school he was _____of me because I never gave up and because of that, I pulled from last ______to the middle of the race--which was an unbelievable personal ______. He spoke on how we all ______one another and how well we worked together, ______we all were racing alone.
I still keep that keychain, which tells me never to give up and always work with others. It doesn’t matter if you are the first; what matters is doing your best.
A．obeyed B．joined C．agreed D．practised
A．constantly B．approximately C．personally D．absolutely
A．fall B．lose C．rest D．quit
A．score B．coach C．team D．record
A．regretted B．forbade C．refused D．hesitated
A．begging B．applying C．failing D．training
A．affair B．success C．amount D．honour
A．to B．beyond C．over D．across
A．followed B．fell C．left D．kept
A．helped B．inspired C．passed D．supported
A．field B．line C．test D．match
A．least B．last C．quickest D．farthest
A．spots B．speeds C．quality D．chance
A．presents B．keychains C．wishes D．awards
A．believe B．value C．deserve D．request
A．aware B．proud C．capable D．sure
A．place B．number C．race D．minute
A．matter B．ambition C．victory D．opinion
A．encouraged B．introduced C．proved D．attracted
A．as if B．in case C．as long as D．even though
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该题涂黑。
There are a few memories from our childhood that will stay with us forever. A few that seemed so 36 at the time may cause us to smile years later.
One such memory is a phone call I 37 when I was about three or four years old. My mother had entered a contest on a local 38 show. Entrants（参加者）were to tell an interesting story about their 39 . Winners would receive a phone call from Mrs. Santa Claus（女圣诞老人）! Mrs. Claus would award（奖励） the lucky child free 40 of a local store.
Well, the call came. My mother talked to Mrs. Claus and then 41 the phone to me. I didn’t 42 the fact that many people were listening to our conversation. However, the fact that this lady had a 43 connection to Santa, that was important.
I didn’t know it yet, but my mother had 44 the attention of the contest judges by telling about the time I had 45a wall with crayons（蜡笔）. Even I knew that this was not the kind of 46 that Santa would approve.
Suddenly, in a very pleasant tone（语气）of 47 , Mrs. Santa Claus asked me about my art work. I 48 that this lady was the real Mrs. Claus, not a radio station actress standing in for her.
I 49 down the phone and ran crying from the room. My crime（罪行）had not 50 unpunished. Santa would 51 know that I’d been bad!
It turned out that I did get a 52 present from the radio station and its sponsor（赞助商）. And I guess Santa didn’t find out about the wall. Maybe he did and was in a 53 mood. In any case, my Christmas presents did not 54a piece of coal（煤）.
I wonder what Santa has in 55 for this year. Hopefully my wife hasn’t written Mrs. Claus any letters.
A．nice B．important C．impossible D．terrible
A．received B．made C．gave D．showed
A．TV B．literature C．radio D．gift
A．parents B．child C．husbands D．teacher
A．gifts B．money C．books D．pens
A．offered B．brought C．showed D．handed
A．doubt B．guess C．know D．believe
A．false B．direct C．weak D．wrong
A．put B．paid C．caught D．taken
A．decorated B．made C．draw D．painted
A．idea B．action C．behaviour D．plan
A．sound B．noise C．laugh D．voice
A．wondered B．believed C．reported D．supposed
A．put B．took C．knocked D．threw
A．met B．gone C．changed D．got
A．surely B．possibly C．impossibly D．happily
A．nice B．bad C．terrible D．cheap
A．satisfying B．surprising C．forgiving D．frightening
A．invent B．leave C．include D．exist
A．thought B．mind C．fact D．public
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16~35各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
My friends and I had just finished lunch at a hotel when it started to pour heavily. When it became lighter. I decided to 16 the rain to get my car. which was parked at my office three streets away.
My friends 17 that I shouldn't go, 18 I was seven months pregnant (怀孕的) then. I told them that I'd be very 19 . One of them wanted to come with me but I 20 that she should stay with another friend who needed 21 with her baby.
I walked out of the hotel and started making my 22 to the car. At the traffic junction (交叉路口), a car 23 and the passenger got off with an umbrella. 24 I knew what was happening, he walked right beside me and told me he'd accompany me to my 25 . I was very embarrassed and 26 , but he was very persistent (坚持的).
During our walk, he kept telling me to walk 27 , as the ground was wet. When we got to the car park. I thanked him and we 28 . I did not get his name and may not even 29 him now. Did he purposely stop for me? I'll never know.
So how did I pay it 30 ? I was at home when I 31 two Indian construction workers walking in the heavy rain. They were probably on their way to the construction site near my home, which was a long walk. I went out and 32 them an umbrella. The two men were wet through. They were 33 by my gesture, and I told them they should take the umbrella and keep it. They were very 34 and like me, probably wondered why a stranger was 35 such kindness.
A．carry B．keep C．brave D．collect
A．guessed B．argued C．complained D．promised
A．because B．though C．unless D．if
A．cheerful B．hopeful C．careful D．regretful
A．learned B．insisted C．begged D．worried
A．help B．advice C．food D．shelter
A．call B．change C．way D．choice
A．disappeared B．left C．started D．stopped
A．Before B．Since C．When D．For
A．home B．station C．hotel D．destination
A．agreed B．declined C．smiled D．cried
A．slowly B．quickly C．heavily D．gracefully
A．waited B．ran C．parted D．rested
A．like B．spot C．thank D．recognize
A．up B．off C．forward D．out
A．noticed B．imagined C．invited D．heard
A．made B．passed C．bought D．sold
A．disturbed B．impressed C．encouraged D．surprised
A．scared B．grateful C．sad D．anxious
A．appreciating B．repaying C．accepting D．offering
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-40各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答卷纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
I was 15 when I walked into McCarley’s Bookstore in Ashland, Ore., and began scanning titles on the shelves. The man behind the counter, Mac McCarley, asked if I’d like 21 .I said yes because I needed to22 for college.
I worked after school and during summers, and the job helped pay for my freshman year of college. I would work many other jobs: I did the washing-up in the student canteen 23 school, I was a hotel maid and even made maps for the U.S. Forest Service 
during summers. But selling books was one of the most 24 .
One day a woman asked me for 25 on cancer. She seemed fearful. I showed her everything we had in26 and found other books we could27 .She left the store 28 , and I’ve always remembered the29 I felt in having helped her.
Years later, as a30 in Los Angeles, I heard about an immigrant（移民）child who was born with his thumb attached, weblike（蹼状的）, to the rest of his hand. His family could not31 a corrective operation, and the boy lived in32 , hiding his hand in his pocket. I 33 my boss to let me do the 34 .After my story was broadcast, a doctor and a nurse called, 35 to perform the operation for free.
I visited the boy in the recovery room after the operation. The first thing he did was hold up his 36 hand and say,“ Thank you.”I felt a sense of reward.
At McCarley’s Bookstore, I always sensed I was working for the 37 , not the store. Today it’s 38 . NBC News pays my salary, but I feel as if I work for the 39 ,not the boss, through my “Today”show, helping them make 40 of the world.
A．a book B．the place C．a job D．the boss
A．gain experience B．start saving C．get a degree D．get grades
A．during B．after C．around D．behind
A．boring B．tiring C．satisfying D．important
A．advice B．medicine C．help D．books
A．stock(库存品) B．mind C．shelves D．counter
A．borrow B．publish C．introduce D．order
A．much happier B．less anxious C．less disappointed D．more confident
A．pride B．interest C．anxiety D．difficulty
A．doctor B．bookseller C．TV reporter D．writer
A．afford B．do C．support D．pay
A．danger B．trouble C．shame D．need
A．suggested B．required C．expected D．persuaded
A．story B．operation C．thing D．favor
A．promising B．offering C．providing D．refusing
A．broken B．damaged C．repaired D．injured
A．boss B．customers C．future D．college
A．different B．true C．the same D．new
A．children B．viewers C．patients D．strangers
A．use B．fun C．change D．sense
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满
分20分）
One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town proclaiming that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole valley. A large crowd gathered．and they all admired his heart for it was 41 . There was not a scar in it. Suddenly, an old man appeared and said, “Why, your heart is not nearly as beautiful as 42 .”
The crowd and the young man looked at the old man’s 43 . It was full of scars, it had places 44 pieces had been removed and other pieces 45 in, but they didn’t fit quite right, and there were several 46 edges. In fact, in some places there were deep gaps where whole pieces were missing.
The young man laughed. “ 47 your heart with mine, mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars.”
“Yes,” said the old man, “Yours 48 perfect but I would never trade with you. You see, every 49 represents a person 50 I have given my love. I tear out a piece of my heart and give it to them, and often they 51 me a piece of their heart that fits into the 52 place in my heart. But because the pieces aren’t exact, I have some rough edges, which I cherish, because they remind me of the love we 53 .
“Sometimes I have given pieces of my heart 54 , and the other person hasn’t returned a 55 of his or her heart to me. These are the empty gaps—giving love is 56 a chance. Although these gaps are painful, they 57 open, reminding me of the love I have for those people too, and I hope someday they may return and f
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l the space I have been waiting. So now do you see what true beauty is?’’
The young man walked up to the old man, 58 his perfect heart, and tipped a piece out. He 59 it to the old man.
The old man placed it in his heart, then took a piece from his old scarred heart and placed it in the wound in the young man’s heart. It 60 , but not perfectly, as there were some jagged edges.
The young man looked at his heart, not perfect anymore but more beautiful than ever, since love from the old man’s heart flowed into his.
They embraced and walked away side by side.
A．ugly B．perfect C．beautiful D．hurt
A．mine B．his C．theirs D．ours
A．coat B．appearance C．face D．heart
A．that B．which C．where D．whose
A．cut B．set C．put D．brought
A．smooth B．rough C．broken D．pretty
A．Comparing B．Compared C．Compare D．Compares
A．looks B．seems C．is D．fits
A．one B．heart C．piece D．scar
A．on whom B．in whom C．with whom D．to whom
A．take B．give C．lend D．pass
A．empty B．full C．original D．first
A．had B．gave C．shared D．owned
A．in B．away C．off D．up
A．lot B．sheet C．piece D．pile
A．making B．taking C．keeping D．bringing
A．keep B．cut C．come D．stay
A．carried away B．reached into C．took out D．brought up
A．fit B．hit C．beat D．set
第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分。）
The government wanted to put _ 36_ a big office building in the capital and had to choose an engineering company to do __37__ work. Several big companies wanted the job , because it would bring _38__ a lot of money __39__ they could get it , but, of course, they could not all have it, so the government had to decide__40_ of them should be the lucky __41__ .So they appointed (任命，派) a government official to __42__ the various companies’ offers , decide which was the most suitable , and then advise the Minister of Works which of them to choose.
After some months, the choice was _43_ and work was about to begin _44__
one of the companies which had not been successful complained(抱怨) to the Minister . They said the official who had been responsible for __45__ him on the choice of a company to do the work had accepted bribes (贿赂)。
The Minister at once ordered an inquiry (调查) into the whole matter, and after a month had __46__ that the official had __47__ taken birbes. He therefore sent for him and asked for __48_ .
The official admitted that he had taken big bribes . “But ,” he said , “I did not just take one from the _49__ to which I recommended（推荐） that you __50___ the work. I took a bribe from each company and promised to give them the work. ”
“Well, then,” said the Minister, “__51___ did you finally make your choice? Did you choose the one that gave you the biggest bribe?”
“Certainly __52___ , sir.” answered the official, deeply 53__ that the Minister should scold him __54___ such dishonesty. “I was very careful to take __55___ the same bribe from each of the companies that were trying to get the job, and then choose the one that I thought would do the work best and most cheaply, of course.”
36. A. down B. out C. upD.forward
37. A. a B. the C. any D. x
38. A. that B. it C. them D.what
39. A.because B. if C.as D.before
40. A.one B. some C. any D.which
41. A. job B. work C. one D.companies
42. A.see B. go over C. look D.examine
43. A. made B. done C. taken D. chosen
44. A.when B. whileC. as D. before
45. A.asking B. advising C.persuading D.suggesting
46. A. proof B. question C.result D. problem
47. A.probably B.indeed C.in fact D.possibly
48. A. a study B. a discussion C.an explanation D.an examination
49. A. company B.office C.official D.building
50. A. should give B.would give C.should have given D.gave
51. A. Why B.How C.What D.When
52. A. no B.so C.yes D.not
53. A. thought B.regarded C.noticed D.felt
54. A. for B.with C.at D.of
55. A. greatly B.exactly C.nearly D.not