“So teach him to close the door”, my daughter Emma responded after listening to me 36   , again, about the dog coming in from the back door, bringing with him a blast of Buffalo January   37   air.

Teach a dog to close a door behind him? That has got to be a really, really   38    thing to do.But then she took it a step   39   .“Come on, Kolby”, she said, grabbing some treats(犒劳物) and   40   him in front of the open door.“Touch.” And “touch” he did, which moved the door to a   41   position.She  42   him with a treat, smiled, looked at me, and said “see!” And I saw and became   43   .Over the last few days I have been with Kolby.Each time he comes in I bring him back to the   44  door and ask him to close.There have been   45   in the beginning, but lately more and more successes

However, there remains much work to be done.I have to get him to follow my hand signal again and again  46   he will close the door from a distance.But, I now realize, as long as you keep to the focus , the    47    will be completed, and, with the way things are   48   , completed quickly.

What a  49   treat to have a dog that can close the door after himself! Even more wonder can be found in the  50   I learned so clearly from both Emma and Kolby.

A wish is just a wish until you decide to take  51  .Once you   52  the belief that it is “too hard”, then it remains “too hard ” and out of  53  .Once you want to accomplish a goal, and  54   that it is “easy”, then it becomes “easy” to do what needs to be done.Just  55    doing it.

A.complain       B.scream      C.worry       D.scare

A.thin       B.fresh C.dirty  D.cold

A.interesting     B.funny       C.tough       D.possible

A.again     B.further      C.deeper      D.backward

A.pushing  B.catching    C.driving     D.positioning

A.stopped  B.fixed C.closed       D.checked

A.rewarded       B.provided   C.offered     D.thanked

A.moved   B.convinced C.concerned D.puzzled

A.open      B.closed       C.broken      D.perfect

A.pleasures       B.experiments     C.failures     D.pauses

A.in case   B.even if      C.as if  D.so that

A.interest  B.task   C.profit       D.harmony

A.changing       B.reacting    C.progressing      D.happening

A.wonderful     B.small C.different   D.simple

A.knowledge    B.skills C.lessons      D.experience

A.patience B.part   C.delight      D.action

A.hold on to B.pay attention to    C.come up with        D.live up to

A.date       B.touch C.reach       D.power

A.prove     B.decide      C.approve    D.realize

A.imagine B.start  C.keep  D.enjoy

完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)

阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(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。

As the hot tears rolled down her cheeks, I knew I had asked the wrong question. The ___21___reverberated(回荡)in my mind: Widowed or divorced? I looked into the lady’s __22___, now dampened (使潮湿)with the __23___ tears my words had caused.

    “ Well, you could call me widowed,” she replied. “ My husband ___24___ five months ago .”

    “ I am so ____25___ ,” I mumbled. “ I need it to fill out your credit application.”

    “Don’t worry about it, honey,” she ____26___. “if I never thought about it, I would not ___27____ the love and the memories we shared. Even after 50 years of ___28____ ,each passing moment would bring a deeper meaning to the word love. Now, trust me, I know how ____29___ that sounds. We had our share of challenging times, but in the end ____30___ of that mattered.”

Unsure of what to say, I laughed ___31___ . I picked up the phone to relay her information. After finally completing the credit application, I ____32____ to find myself riveted(固定) to the lady’s face again.

Her eyes began to sparkle ___33___ she continued in a heart-to-heart way. I couldn’t believe someone could open up to a perfect stranger, but it was not my place to ___34____ . I enjoyed listening to her just as much as she ___35___ having somebody to talk to.

“ Have you ever been ____ 36___?” she  asked.

I couldn’t help but ___37____. “Ah, no.” I replied. “I’m only 16.”

“Sixteen?” she murmured. “That’s a great age, an age of ____38____. There’s so much worth learning.”

She then spoke in a whipser, “Never take anyone for granted. If you are in ____39___ with someone, let it known. Otherwise, life may pass you by. Don’t spend your life angry . The ridiculous arguments which you think are important won’t even be remembered in a short time.”

Then, she hugged me and thanked me for letting her talk. As she turned to walk away, I could see that tears still hung in her eyes, but the smile that lit her face was amazing. After that,    I have never seen that woman again, but her words of inspiration still live in me. At that time, the words were only little bits of advice. Now, ___40___, they are the words which I try to live by, words that will always remind me of my special friend.

A. tunes          B.whistles              C. songs            D. words

A. eyes           B. hands               C. ears             D. arms

A. grateful        B. miserable            C. happy           D. sweet

A. failed          B. worked              C. died            D. retired

A. sorry           B. lucky               C. anxious         D. gloomy

A. encouraged      B. explained           C. persuaded        D. comforted

A. understand      B. remember           C. experience       D. enjoy

A. teaching        B. struggle             C. marriage         D. life

A. foolish         B. terrible              C. mysterious       D.wonderful

A. few            B. all                 C. some            D. none

A. loudly          B. nervously           C. bravely          D. bitterly

A. attempted       B. began              C. turned           D. went

A. as             B. because             C. before           D. until

A. comment       B. surprise             C. doubt            D. criticize

A. avoided        B. appreciated          C. imagined          D. considered

A. blamed        B. interviewed          C. married           D. employed

A. laugh          B. sigh                C. cry              D. complain

A. success        B. wonder              C.failure            D. lessons

A. peace          B. love                C. agreement        D. harmony

A.but            B. so                  C. however          D.although

完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)

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。

“So teach him to close the door”, my daughter Emma responded after listening to me   36   , again, about the dog coming in from the back door, bringing with him a blast of Buffalo January   37   air.

Teach a dog to close a door behind him? That has got to be a really, really   38    thing to do.But then she took it a step   39   .“Come on Kolby”, she said, grabbing(抓住) some treats and   40   him in front of the open door.“Touch.” And “touch” he did, which moved the door to a   41   position.She   42   him with a treat, smiled, looked at me, and said “see!” And I saw and became   43   .Over the last few days I have been consistent(一致的) with Kolby.Each time he comes in I  44   him back to the open door patiently and ask him to close.There have been   45   in the beginning, but lately more and more successes

However, there remains much work to be done.I have to get him follow my hand signal again and again  46   he will close the door from a distance.But, I now realize, as long as you keep to the   47   , the task will be completed, and, with the way things are progressing,   48   quickly.

What a  49   treat to have a dog that can close the door after himself! Even more wonder can be found in the  50   I learned so clearly from both Emma and Kolby.

A wish is just a wish until you decide to take  51   .Once you   52  the belief that it is “too hard”, then it remains “too hard ” and out of  53  .Once you decide to accomplish a goal, and  54   that it is “easy”, then it becomes “easy” to do what needs to be done.Just  55    doing it.

A.complain     B.scream      C.worry       D.scare

A.thin       B.fresh C.dirty  D.cold

A.last B.funny       C.hard  D.possible

A.again     B.further      C.deeper      D.backward

A.pushing  B.tying C.seating      D.positioning

A.stopped       B.fixed C.closed       D.locked

A.rewarded       B.provided   C.offered     D.thanked

A.persuaded      B.convinced C.inspired    D.puzzled

A.bring     B.pull   C.drag  D.call

A.pleasures       B.experiments     C.failures     D.pauses

A.in case B.even if      C.as if  D.so that

A.interest B.focus C.progress    D.harmony

A.determined  B.taught       C.bought      D.completed

. A.wonderful   B.small C.different   D.simple

A.knowledge   B.skills C.lessons      D.experience

A.patience B.part   C.delight      D.action

A.hold on to   B.pay attention to       C.come up with   D.get used to

A.date     B.touch C.reach D.power

A.prove   B.decide      C.conclude   D.realize

A.imagine.      B.start  C.keep  D.enjoy

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