B：________(2)the swimming pool at the central Gymnasium?
A：That’s boring．I went there last Saturday．
B：I think you should go to a swimmers “pool”(深水池)．Oh, we are planning to the seaside next weekend．________(3)join us?
A：Will we be about to swim ________(4)we get there?
B：Yes．I think ________(5)．But you have no diving tower(跳台)or springboard(跳板)or any ________(6)there．
A：Now, you!How about the tide(潮汐)there?
B：The tide will be out, it’ll be safe ________(7)．For you won’t be able to dive ________(8) the rocks．Just when the tide is ________(9), you’ll be able to dive．
A：That’s all right．I like diving but I prefer swimming．When is high tide?
B：________(10)tide is at about nine o’clock in the morning, so high tide will boat about four the next afternoon．
When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor, Dr．Gibbs．He didn’t look like any 1 I 2 ．He never invited us to play in his yard, but he was a very 3 person．
When Dr．Gibbs wasn’t saving lives, he was planting trees．He owned a large field and wanted to make it a forest．
The good doctor had some interesting ideas about planting trees．He never watered his new trees．Once I asked why．He said that watering plants spoiled them, and that if you 4 them, each baby tree would grow weaker and weaker, so you had to make things difficult for them and 5 the weaker trees early．
He talked about how watered trees grew shallow(浅的)roots, and how trees that weren’t watered had to grow deep roots in search of water 6 the earth by themselves． 7 roots were very important．
So he never watered his trees．He'd planted an oak and, 8 watering it every morning, he'd beat it with a rolled-up newspaper．I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree's attention．
Dr．Gibbs died several years 9 I left home．Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees 10 I watched him 11 about twenty-five years ago．They’re very big and strong now．I planted some trees a few years later and carried water to them for a whole summer．After two years of 12 too much, whenever a cold wind blows in, they 13 a lot．
Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons．Mostly I pray(祈祷)that their lives will be easy．But lately I've been thinking that it's time to change my prayer．I know my children are going to face difficulties．There's always a cold wind 14 somewhere, so 15 we need to do is to pray for roots that reach deep into the brave heart, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we can face it strongly and won't be beaten down．
(1)
[ ]
A．
doctor
B．
farmer
C．
planter
D．
adult
(2)
[ ]
A．
know
B．
knew
C．
have known
D．
had known
(3)
[ ]
A．
healthy
B．
weak
C．
kind
D．
bad
(4)
[ ]
A．
developed
B．
watered
C．
created
D．
caught
(5)
[ ]
A．
pick out
B．
clean out
C．
come out
D．
give out
(6)
[ ]
A．
over
B．
on
C．
towards
D．
under
(7)
[ ]
A．
Thick
B．
Thin
C．
Short
D．
Deep
(8)
[ ]
A．
because of
B．
rather than
C．
instead of
D．
instead
(9)
[ ]
A．
when
B．
after
C．
before
D．
so that
(10)
[ ]
A．
that
B．
who
C．
where
D．
whose
(11)
[ ]
A．
stick
B．
plant
C．
weigh
D．
beat
(12)
[ ]
A．
noticing
B．
pulling
C．
caring
D．
worrying
(13)
[ ]
A．
fall
B．
increase
C．
shook
D．
shake
(14)
[ ]
A．
annoying
B．
continuing
C．
blowing
D．
dropping
(15)
[ ]
A．
long as
B．
far
C．
that
D．
what
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With a determined(坚定的)look on his face, Chicago's Michael McCarthy held on to the banister(扶手)and climbed to the top of the Willis Tower not long ago．The Tower stands 1,451 feet(442 meters)tall, the 1 building in the US．
As he got to the last step, McCarthy 2 fell down, but that didn't stop him．The 14-year-old boy finally finished climbing the 2,109 steps and arrived at the top, where he 3 cheers from many people．
“I just want to show people that 4 a kid with no legs can do it, anyone can do it,” McCarthy said．
McCarthy, who was born without legs, has to wear prosthetic legs(假肢)and use a stick to walk．But McCarthy has a strong 5 ．He believes having a disability(残疾)shouldn't stop anyone 6 achieving his or her success．
He has been in a special school 7 he was four．When he decided to climb the Willis Tower, his teacher, Jeff Kohn, was 8 by his determination(决心)and offered to help train him．They 9 more than ten hours practicing climbing stairs and keeping balance with the prosthetics and sticks on the steps every day．“ 10 seems that he never knows how difficult it is． 11 I was so tired that I asked him to rest for a day,” said Kohn．“But he said he was still full of energy and wanted more 12 ．”
Kohn always walked with McCarthy for the climb．“I saw the last 10 floors, he went faster,” said Kohn．“He's the most determined sportsman I've ever 13 ．”
McCarthy said he was 14 of himself and that the tower now holds special meaning．“When I'm older, I'll 15 to the building and say ‘Look at this building I climbed',” he said．
(1)
[ ]
A．
largest
B．
highest
C．
earliest
D．
latest
(2)
[ ]
A．
seldom
B．
hardly
C．
always
D．
almost
(3)
[ ]
A．
enjoyed
B．
needed
C．
made
D．
kept
(4)
[ ]
A．
while
B．
after
C．
if
D．
though
(5)
[ ]
A．
heart
B．
health
C．
body
D．
love
(6)
[ ]
A．
by
B．
for
C．
in
D．
from
(7)
[ ]
A．
as
B．
since
C．
until
D．
before
(8)
[ ]
A．
angry
B．
beaten
C．
moved
D．
asked
(9)
[ ]
A．
used
B．
spent
C．
took
D．
wasted
(10)
[ ]
A．
Here
B．
There
C．
He
D．
It
(11)
[ ]
A．
However
B．
Sometimes
C．
Again
D．
Then
(12)
[ ]
A．
friends
B．
helpers
C．
time
D．
exercise
(13)
[ ]
A．
trained
B．
done
C．
played
D．
learnt
(14)
[ ]
A．
thinking
B．
talking
C．
worried
D．
proud
(15)
[ ]
A．
point
B．
go
C．
turn
D．
hurry
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John,11 years old, was in bed in hospital．Several days before, while he was 1 in a baseball game, he fell and hit his head．The doctors believed that he might 2 get well．
“He seems to have given up hope．So medicines alone won’t 3 ．Perhaps he needs something else,”said a doctor．“When I visit him, all he ever says is that he would like to meet Babe Ruth．”
To meet Babe Ruth, of course, was not 4 ．In America, Babe Ruth was as 5 a man as the President himself, and he was the most famous baseball player．
The next day John’s father managed to tell Babe Ruth about the story of his son on the phone．Twenty-four hours later, as the boy 6 in his hospital room, in walked 7 ．Young John could hardlt believe his own eyes!
The great baseball player sat down at Jobn’s bedside, sang, “Now, listen, kid, you’ve got to get well．I’ve brought you a new American League baseball, 8 you must start throwing it．”
For John this was the beginning of a new life． 9 his doctors’surprise, the boy walked out of the hospital on his own a few weeks later．How was able to live a healthy life－all beause of the 10 of Babe Ruth．
(1)
[ ]
A．
looking
B．
playing
C．
taking
D．
sitting
(2)
[ ]
A．
never
B．
ever
C．
always
D．
certainly
(3)
[ ]
A．
fit
B．
make
C．
go
D．
do
(4)
[ ]
A．
easy
B．
1ucky
C．
difficult
D．
successful
(5)
[ ]
A．
strong
B．
important
C．
kind
D．
clever
(6)
[ ]
A．
waited
B．
1ied
C．
prepared
D．
lay
(7)
[ ]
A．
his father
B．
his doctor
C．
Babe Ruth
D．
the president
(8)
[ ]
A．
though
B．
because
C．
or
D．
so
(9)
[ ]
A．
In
B．
To
C．
At
D．
For
(10)
[ ]
A．
story
B．
basketball
C．
present
D．
1ife
(完型填空)
A: (1) I help you ?
B: Yes, please. I (2) a sweater.
A: A sweater? What (3) do you want?
B:Red.
A: Have a look (4) this one please.
B.Oh, it’s very nice, (5) it is too short (6) me. Can you give me a (7) one?
A:Ok,How (8) this red one?
B:En…,it’s great! I (9) it. How (10) is it ?
A:25 dollars (11) .
B.I think it is a little (12) ,What about 20 dollars?
