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。
My son Joey was born with clubfeet （畸形足）. The doctors told us that with treatment he would be able to walk normally would never run very well. The first three years of his life were spent in . By the time he was eight, you he had a problem when you saw him walk.
The children in our neighborhood ran around as most children do during play, and Joey would and play, too. We told him that he probably wouldn’t be able to as well as the other children. So he didn’t know.
In seventh grade he decided to go out for the cross country . Every day he trained with the team. He worked harder and ran more than any of the others perhaps he that the abilities that seemed to come to so many others did not come naturally to him. Although the team runs, only the top seven runners have the potential（可能性）to points for the school. We didn’t tell him he probably would never the team, so he didn’t know.
He to run four to five miles a day, every day even the day he had a 103 degree fever. I was , so I went to look for him after school. I found him running all alone. I asked him how he felt, “ ,” he said. He had two more miles to go. The sweat his face and his eyes were glassy from his fever. Yet he straight ahead and kept running. We never told him he couldn’t run four miles with a 103 degree fever. So he didn’t know.
Two weeks later, the name of the team runners were . Joey was number six on the list. Joey had made the team. He was only in seventh--the other six team members were all .We never told him he shouldn’t to make the team. We never told him he couldn’t do it, so he didn’t know. He just did it.
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Dorothy Brown was very happy as she sat in the theatre listening to the music. Today her little daughter Lauren was giving her ___1___ concert. She had been waiting for this ___2___ for years and years. “Now it is here at last,” she thought. “How beautiful her ___3___ is.”
The song made her ___4___ to the days when she was Lauren’s ___5___. As a young ___6___, Dorothy wanted to be a concert singer. She studied ___7___ in France, Italy and in the United States. “You can become a fine ___8___ in the future,” her teachers told her. “But you must be ___9___ to study hard and work for many years. There will be ___10___ time for anything but music in your life.”
Dorothy was ___11___ at that time and she was ___12___ that music was all she wanted or needed to ___13___ her life. For almost a year Dorothy ___14___ of nothing else. Then she ___15___ David, a young engineer travelling Europe. They soon fell in ___16___. David asked her to be his ___17___. Dorothy also wanted to marry David. But she loved ___18___, too. She didn’t know what to do. David was against her being a singer. He said, “If you want to be a singer, you must forget about getting married. You can’t ___19___ do both.” Thus her days were gone and would never return.
Now Lauren became a singer instead of her, which was her ___20___.
1. A. sorry B. successful C. firstD. wonderful
2. A. dance B. moment C. showD. party
3. A. voice B. face C. dressD. life
4. A. think of B. bring back C. go back D. come back
5. A. ageB. friend C. mother D. teacher
6. A. musician B. pop star C. lady D. girl
7. A. French B. music C. piano D. dance
8. A. actress B. student C. singerD. dancer
9. A. prepared B. learning C. drivenD. waiting
10. A. some B. any C. noD. enough
11. A. eight B. eighteen C. eightyD. eighty-eight
12. A. lucky B. sure C. afraidD. fond
13. A. fill B. live C. leadD. take
14. A. heardB. knew C. talkedD. thought
15. A. saw off B. learned fromC. heard ofD. met with
16. A. love B. feeling C. musicD. touch
17. A. assistantB. teacher C. wifeD. student
18. A. him B. engineeringC. herselfD. music
19. A. certainly B. possibly C. onlyD. mainly
20. A. thoughtB. hope C. purpose D. will
How to Release Anger the Right Way
Anger is a feeling that many of us know all too well. Some of us experience it daily, 1 others hold on to it for years at a time. As you likely know, angry is not a healthy 2 . Over time it can become self-destructive, 3 relationships and even your health.
This is not to say that anger is always a 4 thing—anger is a natural part of living；it is a5 that something is wrong. If anger is not a 6 normal and natural human emotion, it is 7 important to learn and understand how to 8 anger the right way.
You can release anger the right or the wrong way. 9whether you have an anger problem yourself or not, it is 10 for everyone to understand what the right 11 of releasing anger are. Transforming anger is a powerful 12 to take that will create positive changes in our relationships. One of the best ways to 13 anger is to give yourself the 14to express anger. In fact, it is quite 15 to express your anger as long as you do it 16 .
Remember that anger management 17both on mental and physical effort. Although mental therapy alone will help you 18 for releasing your anger, it can only take you so far. The same 19 for exercise too. However, if you 20both mental therapy and exercising, you will then have 21 to an unbelievable positive solution. Do a particular physical activity 22the mental intention of releasing your anger.
It might be 23but the most important things of all to 24 is to never hurt others when you release your anger. Make sure you give yourself the 25 to express safely your anger, without hurting anyone else .
1．A．when B．while C．but D．However
2．A．life B．feeling C．happiness D．emotion
3．A．reflecting B．ruining C．limiting D．satisfying
4．A．bad B．good C．ordinary D．especial
5．A．appearance B．mark C．signal D．gesture
6．A．unbelievable B．completely C．incompletely D．carefully
7．A．whatever B．how C．much D．however
8．A．release B．relax C．obsorb D．influence
9．A．Instead of B．Except for C．Regardless of D．As a consequence of
10．A．important B．common C．hard D．easy
11．A．answers B．messages C．ways D．actions
12．A．step B．right C．attitude D．chance
13．A．shift B．change C．transfer D．transform
14．A．permission B．application C．affection D．admission
15．A．painful B．happy C．healthy D．successful
16．A．confidently B．correctly C．gradually D．separately
17．A．requires B．relies C．lacks D．decline
18．A．attentively B．specially C．absolutely D．tremendously
19．A．arranges B．reaches C．prepares D．applies
20．A．control B．join C．separate D．combine
21．A．access B．approach C．admission D．contact
22．A．in conflict with B．rather than C．along with D．in place of
23．A．simple B．obvious C．unrealistic D．appropriate
24．A．answer B．remember C．repeat D．listen
25．A．opportunity B．necessity C．probability D．reality
In modern society there is a great deal of argument about competition. Some 36 it highly, believing that it is 37 for social progress and prosperity. Others say that 38is bad, that it sets one person against another; that it 39 unfriendly relationship between people.
I have taught many children who held the 40 that their self-worth relied on how well they 41 at tennis and other skills. For them, playing well and winning are often life-and –death affairs. In their single-minded 42of success, the development of many other human qualities is 43 forgotten.
44 , while some seem to be lost in the desire to succeed, others take a(n) 45attitude. In a culture valuing only the winner and 46 to the ordinary players, they strongly 47 competition. They seem to seek failure by not trying to win or 48success. By not trying, they always have a(n) 49：“I may have lost, but it doesn’t matter 50 I really didn’t try.” 51 , this belief is the same as 52of the true competitors trying to prove themselves. Both are based on the 53 belief that one’s self-respect relies on how well one performs in 54 with others. Both are afraid of not being valued. Only as this basic and often troublesome fear begins to dissolve（缓解） 55 a new meaning in competition.
36．A．benefit B．influences C．value D．impress
37．A．cheerful B．meaningful C．comfortable D．responsible
38．A．competition B．ability C．knowledge D．challenge
39．A．runs into B．leads to C．comes from D．begins with
40．A．promise B．belief C．dream D．task
41．A．planned B．performed C．delivered D．practiced
42．A．pursuit B．memory C．behalf D．search
43．A．shyly B．cheerfully C．sadly D．faithfully
44．A．Therefore B．Meanwhile C．However D．Afterwards
45．A．proper B．suitable C．confident D．opposite
46．A．paying no attention B．pays less attention C．paid more attention D．pays no attention
47．A．excuse B．blame C．charge D．trust
48．A．enjoy B．apply C．receive D．achieve
49．A．opinion B．explanation C．excuse D．reason
50．A．unless B．so C．while D．because
51．A．Firmly B．Naturally C．Unfortunately D．Clearly
52．A．that B．one C．it D．this
53．A．mistaken B．different C．single D．common
54．A．consequence B．comparison C．connection D．common
55．A．we can discover B．can we discover C．can discover D．we discover
Once there lived a rich merchant(商人) and a poor shoemaker in the same house. The merchant occupied the second floor, 36the shoemaker lived and worked in a small room on the first floor. The shoemaker was one of the 37 persons on earth. He worked from morning till night, singing merrily. His heart was filled with 38 , whenever he saw the boots and shoes 39. Now the merchant upstairs was so rich that he 40 knew how much wealth he had. He was always 41 over his gold and silver coins far into the night. Even in bed his uneasiness(不安) about his riches kept him 42. When at last he had been asleep for an hour or two, up came the song of the happy shoemaker, who was an 43 riser. It continued all day and was a (n) 44 to the merchant. Day by day the merchant grew more and more tired through want of 45. He asked a wise friend of his how he could put an 46 to the shoemaker’s song. “Well, if I were you, I would give the shoemaker a hundred pounds,” answered his friend. “You are rich enough to do that, I suppose. Ask for nothing in 47 . Simply give the money.” The merchant 48the advice.
When the shoemaker 49the bag that had been sent by the merchant, he was 50 to find shining coins. “I must hide this from the eyes of my neighbors. If they see it, they will think that I have stolen it,” he thought. “I will 51 it away even from my wife.” So he hid the bag of money under the floor. From then on he 52his neighbors as much as he could. His wife who had been the best 53 to him, became troublesome. Now his mind was too much set on the money bag to 54 to his work with diligence(勤劳). He could not sing merrily now. 55he thought of the money bag, he became uneasy and unhappy.
36．A．for B．therefore C．but D．however
37．A．poorest B．happiest C．richest D．shortest
38．A．smile B．sorrow C．sadness D．joy
39．A．being repaired B．repair C．to repair D．to be repaired
40．A．always B．completely C．hardly D．entirely
41．A．hiding B．counting C．calculating D．figuring
42．A．awake B．nervous C．frightened D．asleep
43．A．early B．happy C．noisy D．late
44．A．threat B．matter C．trouble D．alarm
45．A．sympathy B．understanding C．sleep D．treatment
46．A．end B．notice C．information D．stop
47．A．trouble B．need C．turn D．return
48．A．refused B．agreed C．asked D．followed
49．A．stole B．opened C．received D．closed/carried
50．A．excited B．amazed C．ashamedD．disappointed
51．A．throw B．keep C．give D．put
52．A．avoided B．thanked C．helped D．attract
53．A．companion B．fellow C．shoemaker D．merchant
54．A．tend B．turn C．attend D．come
55．A．Wherever B．Whatever C．Whenever D．However
During the years of depression(萧条), food and money were very hard to find and people had to trade things with each other.
One day I was 36 some potatoes from Mr Miller. I noticed a small poor boy hungrily 37 a full basket of 38green peas. Then I was 39 to see that Mr Miller sold the boy a bag of peas for just a marble (弹球).
Mrs Miller, who had been standing nearby, 40 and told me that Mr Miller loved to trade with the three boys in the village for peas, tomatoes, and other things 41 he didn’t really need any marbles. I left the stand, smiling to myself, 42 by this man.
Several years went by. One day I learned that Mr Miller had died. I took part in the funeral(葬礼), 43 three young men . They came over to Mrs Miller, hugged her, kissed her on the cheek, spoke with her and moved on, 44 their eyes.
Our 45 came to meet Mrs Miller. I mentioned 46 she had told me about the 47 . She told me,“Those three young men above were the boys I told you about. They just told me 48 they appreciated the things Jim‘traded’with them. Now, at last, they came to pay their debt.”
“We’ve 49 had a great deal of the wealth in this world,” she added, “but right now, Jim would consider himself to be the 50 man.”
Then she gently lifted the 51 fingers of her husband. Resting underneath were three red marbles.
At that time I realized that we would not be 52 by our words, but by our kind 53 . It is said that it takes a minute to find a 54person, an hour to appreciate him, a day to love him, but an entire life to 55 him.
James Barry
36.A.buying B. selling C.borrowing D. hunting
37.A.glaring at B. glanced at C. staring at D.watched at
38. A. picking fresh B.freshly picked C. picked freshly D.fresh dried
39. A. astonished B. amazed C. annoyed D.worried
40.A.turned over B.going over C. came over D.coming over
41.A.but B. otherwise C. or D. although
42.A.suspected B.impressed C.regreted D.embarrassed
43.A.saw B.discovering C.finding D.seeing
44.A.closing B.wiped C.cleaning D.wiping
45.A. time B. chance C. turn D. decision
46.A. the story B. the proverb C. the legend D. the joke
47.A. marbles B. men C. debt D. life
48.A.why B. how C. when D. what
49.A. ever B. always C. never D.seldom
50.A. honest B. happiest C. coldest D. richest
51.A. lifeless B. regretless C. useless D. hopeless
52.A. thought B. touched C. remembered D. affected
53.A.deeds B. things C. remarks D.rewards
54.A. strict B. honest C. special D. learned
55.A.ignore B. forget C. recognize D.remind