阅读下面短文,掌握大意,然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
When I was in college, I remember hearing about a book titled “Looking Out for Number One”. I never read the book, but the title has always stuck with me. I hadn’t been taught to be so selfish that I should be focused on only . I thought I needed to be others and, along the way, I would also be helping myself. Now, I realized I have at least considered learning more about looking out for number one.
Jeffrey Gitomer asks the question, “Who is the most person in the world?” Most people answer, the customer. He then asks, if there were only two people left in the world, the and you, who would you want to survive (生存)? Now the answer is me.
It makes me sense that if we can’t help ourselves first, we will never be to help others. We all need to learn to control our lives and make the best for ourselves. That will put us in the position to help others in the . But many of us are to understand this.
It has been said that happiness will bring success, but success doesn’t bring happiness. We all want to be happy and . For some of us can be very happy when our basic needs are and our family are safe. Others will high levels of success thinking that will bring happiness. I’m sure we can think of a person who is very successful, according to the world’s standards (标准), but they don’t appear to be happy . This is they have been so busy working for somebody’s goals that they haven’t considered their own needs.
A.him B.her C.me D.you
A.helping B.teaching C.considering D.beating
A.could B.would C.should D.might
A.important B.interesting C.kind D.helpful
A.teacher B.customer C.doctor D.leader
A.suggested B.dared C.answered D.prepared
A.decisions B.ideas C.aims D.results
A.past B.future C.first D.last
A.easy B.possible C.slow D.fast
A.hardly B.once C.often D.always
A.rich B.successful C.smart D.famous
A.met B.realized C.arrived D.accepted
A.look after B.think out C.talk about D.seek for
A.at all B.at least C.at most D.at first
A.so B.because C.as D.certainly
Once there was a grasshopper(蚱蜢), who was the best hopper(跳跃者) in the world. She taught __16__ grasshoppers how to hop. Soon all grasshoppers were hopping well, so she felt very proud.
Then one day an eagle appeared. She immediately decided to teach the eagle how to hop, __17__she was sure that hopping was the key to __18___ . But every time she __19___ the eagle to hop, he just said, “There is no need. You are satisfied with hopping, but I can fly. “
“Stop this silly talking of flying!” screamed the grasshopper. “Flying is__20__ in your imagination. “
The next day, some of the grasshoppers went to talk to the eagle. “How is it that you don’t know how to hop, yet you still talk of flying? It is ___21___our teacher’s orders.”
“Hopping is useful and can make you happy, but when you can fly, it is no longer___22___.” said the eagle.
“Tell us more,” said the grasshoppers.
The eagle began telling them what the world___23___the grass fields was like. It was a world that included mountains, rivers and oceans(海洋).
Then the eagle took one___24___grasshopper in his powerful wings to the sky. The grasshopper could see the mountains, rivers and oceans that the eagle ___25___.
After the eagle landed, he saw a spark (闪光) in the grasshopper’s eyes. The grasshopper told others what he had seen in the sky. Therefore, the grasshoppers dreamt of flying in the sky.
A.another B.other C.others D.the other
A.as B.and C.or D.because of
A.business B.weakness C.happiness D.succeed
A.confused B.told C.advised D.asked
A.just B.even C.hardly D.ever
A.for B.well with C.against D.down
A.helpful B.dangerous C.necessary D.safe
A.on B.through C.across D.beyond
A.strong B.brave C.attractive D.beautiful
A.imagined B.had talked C.told D.had described
My name is Li Ming. I’m a student 21 the No. 1 Middle School. There are many 22 in our school: the English Club, the Art Club, the Music Club 23 more. I’m in the Music Club.
24 have a talent (才艺) show at our school every 25 . The students from those different (不同的) clubs can 26 their talents. They can sing, dance and 27 pictures. They can 28 the guitar (吉他), the piano and the drums (鼓). We all like the 29 very much. This year I 30 to sing an English song at the show. I hope they’ll like my song.
A.with B.of C.for D.to
A.students B.people C.clubs D.teachers
A.but B.or C.and D.so
A.We B.You C.They D.She
A.day B.week C.month D.year
A.speak B.show C.find D.look
A.take B.buy C.draw D.watch
A.make B.play C.have D.cut
A.picture B.football C.school D.show
A.want B.help C.run D.let
A little boy invited his mother to attend his school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s disappointment,she said she would go. This 16 be the first time that his classmates and teacher 17 his mother and he felt ashamed of her 18 . Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a scar(疤痕)that 19 nearly the right side of her face. The boy never wanted to 20 why or how she got the scar.
At the meeting, the people were impressed by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother in spite of the scar, but the little boy was still 21 and hid himself from everyone, 22a conversation between his mother and the teacher.
The teacher asked 23 ,“How did you get the scar on your face?”
The mother answered,“When my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. Everyone was 24 afraid to go in because the fire was 25 ,so I went in. As I was running toward his bed, I saw a piece of wood coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked senseless but 26 , a fireman came in and saved both of us.” She touched(摸着) the 27 side of her face. “This scar will be 28 ,but to this day, I have never regretted what I did.”
At this point, the little boy came out running toward his mother with tears in his eyes. He held her mother in his arms and 29a great sense of the sacrifice(牺牲)that his mother had made for him. He held her hand tightly for the 30 of the day.
A.would B.could C.should D.must
A.noticed B.greeted C.accepted D.met
A.look B.appearance C.clothes D.smile
A.included B.passed C.covered D.decorated
A.talk about B.think about C.care about D.hear about
A.surprised B.sad C.happy D.embarrassed(尴尬)
A.listening to B.looking at C.hearing D.watching
A.carefully B.seriously C.nervously D.anxiously(焦急的)
A.so B.much C.quite D.too
A.out of control B.under control C.in control D.over control
A.surely B.hopefully C.luckily D.unluckily
A.left B.crying C.wiped D.burned
A.ugly B.lasting (持久的) C.serious D.frightening
A.felt B.realized C.enjoyed D.told
A.others B.other C.rest D.following
Never try to work when you are very hungry .If you 36 your homework right after school, you may want to have a snack before getting to work. Always do your homework 37 you get tired.____38____wait until very late in the evening ,or the assignment(功课)will seem much39 than it really is .Break your time into manageable(易处理的) period .If you have more than 40,give yourself a break after an hour .On the other hand ,don't break it up_41 that you can’t get anything done .You should be able to work at least half an hour at a time 42 .Don't put it off 43 the last minute .If you put off doing your homework ,you will always think of it ,and you won’t enjoy your44 so much .If you put it off until the end of the week until right before a test ,you will have too much work to do for the exam .A little bit each night ,enough to keep up with what is happening each day in school ,will take the fear out of tests and keep you on top of it all .Do your hamework__45 every day .This will help you make it a habit .It will make it easier to do ,and it will make free time more enjoyable as well.
A.decided doing B.decide to do C.have done D.did
A.after B.when C.before D.because
A.Not B.Please C.Always D.Don't
A.hard B.harder C.easy D.easier
A.one hour work B.an hour work C.an hour's work D.a work of an hour
A.so much B.so 1ittle C.so often D.so well
A.without stopping B.with stop C.stop D.without stop
A.for B.on C.at D.until
A.lunch B.free time C.meals D.snack
A.at a time B.at the same time C.once D.in the same way
As darkness fell, hundreds of people in the Swiss village left their houses. They were staring(注视)forward at the mountain top in the distance. It was covered with ice and snow-beautiful and dangerous.
The huge mountain is called Matterhorn. Mountain climbers had 40 the top through the southem route(路线). But no one had ever dared to try a winter climbing up the northern side. But now one man was daring to try the 41 route. He was Walter Bonatti, a great mountain climber 42 Italy.
For two days he had climbed. The village people had watched him anxiously(焦虑). Now they were waiting to see his signal. If he planned to 43 the next day, he would light(点燃)a green signal(信号). A red light would mean that he was turning back.
A tiny green light 44 high on the mountain side. Bonatti was not giving up! The people 45 . The next day he continued his way upward. He was so lonely and so 46 ! But he would not give up. Again that night he lit the green light. In the morning, Bonatti 47 . He could not see the top;he knew he was 48 there. Though the climb was painful, he moved up.
Bonatti had spent months 49 for the climb. Was the training enough? Did he have the strength and skill to climb to the top?
He was finally at the top! News about his. 50 was radioed to the world.
The trip down the southern route was easy. He was warmly welcomed in the village. He had done the “ 51” and would be well remembered as a climber of all time.
A.reached B.passed C.watched D.followed
A.comfortable B.important C.difficult D.nervous
A.with B.from C.in D.at
A.turn back B.come down C.go on D.get back
A.placed B.appeared C.pulled D.found
A.cried B.laughed C.jumped D.cheered
A.sleepy B.excited C.tired D.happy
A.woke up B.turned up C.got up D.looked up
A.already B.almost C.hardly D.surely
A.training B.practising C.planning D.asking
A.importance B.success C.climb D.courage
A.necessary B.dangerous C.perfect D.impossible