When I was 14, I was hired for an after-school job selling subscriptions(征订)to my hometown paper, the Houston Post．I was sent to some of the city’s worst neighborhoods to“beg”door to door．Even though I was often moving around with difficulty after dark in bad areas 1 for garage apartments, I was 2 for the work．
It was a 3 because people didn’t like a stranger knocking on their door, 4 a kid trying to get them to buy something．Once a man shut his door heavily in my face and 5 ,“I don’t want your dawn paper!”I 6 myself to knock again and was able to tell him how 7 the paper was．I ended up selling him a subscription．I was soon among the 8 subscription sellers and, like other successful 9 , was given the chance to train newcomers．
10 this time I started playing the harmonica and guitar．Before long I was playing in a 11 at barbecues and other events．When I 12 18, I fixed my 13 on becoming a professional musician．I never lost 14 of this dream．I’m sure my determination came from what I 15 knocking on strangers’ doors．
That 16 helped me in many ways．Early in my music life I was 17 in a legal disagreement with a former manager．He 18 me to back off, but I refused．
Having all those doors shut in my face as a kid gave me the 19 to stand up to this frightening figure．Except this time there was one 20 ：I was the one saying no．And I won．
It was only in the eighteenth century that people in Europe began to think mountains were beautiful． 1 that time, mountains were 2 by the people living on the plain, 3 by the city people, to whom they were wild and 4 places in which one was easily 5 or killed by terrible animals．
Slowly, however, many of the people who were living 6 in the towns began to grow tired of 7 ．They began to feel interested in looking for things which could not be explained, for sights and sounds which produce in a feeling of fear and excitement． 8 in the 9 century, people began to turn away from the man-made 10 to untouched country, and particularly 11 places where it was dangerous and wild．High mountains began to be 12 for a holiday．
Then, mountain-climbing began to grow popular as a sport．To some people, it is something greatly 13 about getting to the． 14 of a high mountain：a struggle against nature is finer than a battle 15 other human beings．And than, when you are at the mountain top after a long and difficult 16 , what a 17 reward it is to be able to look 18 on everything within 19 !At such time, you feel happier and prouder than you can ever feel down 20 ．
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完型填空：
The little train came to a stop at our station and we got out, very glad to be so near home at last．The 1 part of the journey from London had been quite comfortable; 2 when we had changed into the little train, we were, already tired and dirty, and the 3 run, with its frequent stops at unimportant villages, had only made us 4 tired and dirty．
There was a carriage 5 for us at the station, 6 by two black horses．As soon as we and our bags 7 in, the driver waved his whip and we set off through the snowy forest．Even 8 the forest it was growing dark：it was the 9 day of the year, and the sky was 10 with clouds．Among the trees it seemed as if it was in the middle of a moonless night, the oil lamps on our carriage 11 just enough light for the driver to 12 his way and for us to be able to 13 that we were driving between thick walls of trees．
After 14 seemed like two hours to us(but was actually only an hour), at last we 15 my friends house．First we saw a row of lights 16 came from the windows, and then we were suddenly at the door, 17 about half a dozen children 18 all ages shouting and asking questions 19 together．As we were getting out of the carriage, a fine old lady with white hair came out, 20 I recognized without difficulty as my friend’s mother．
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完型填空：
I work as a volunteer(志愿者)for an organization that helps the poor in Haiti．Recently I took my son Barrett there for a week, hoping to 1 him．
Before setting out, I told Barrett this trip would be tiring and 2 ．For the first two days, he said almost nothing．I worried the trip was too 3 for a 17-year-old．Then, on day three, as we were 4 over high rocky mountains, he turned to me and grinned(咧嘴笑)，“ Pretty hard．”
After that there was no turning back．A five-year-old girl, wearing a dress several sizes 5 large and broken shoes, followed Barrett around, mesmerized(着迷)．He couldn’t stop 6 ．Later he said 7 , “I wish I could speak French．” I was 8 this from a boy who hated and 9 French classes throughout school．
Usually silent, he 10 Gaby, our host, and kept asking questions about the country and its people．He blossomed(活泼起来) 11 , the moment that really took 12 breath away occurred in a village deep in the mountains．I was 13 a woman villager for an article．135 centimeters tall, she was small in figure but strong in 14 ．Through determination, she had learned to read and write, and 15 to become part of the leadership of the 16 ．
Learning her story, Barrett was as 17 as I by this tiny woman's achievements．His eyes were wet and there was a 18 of love and respect on his face．He had finally understood the importance of my work．
When leaving for home, Barrett even offered to stay 19 as a volunteer．My insides suddenly felt struck．This 20 achieved all I'd expected．Soon he will celebrate his 18th birthday．He’ll be a man．
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完型填空：
Scientists now believe the earth’s magnetic poles(地磁极)have changed many times．One 1 change may have taken place about 330,000 BC．This 2 is about when modem man first 3 on the earth．
Many 4 now believe the magnetism(磁力现象)of the earth may have a 5 influence(影响)on life itself．In the 6 past many kinds of animals and plants died out suddenly, 7 the North and South magnetic poles changed 8 ．
Animals, birds and 9 people are to some degree controlled by magnetic forces When there is a 10 increase in magnetic strength; many animals have 11 in finding their way．Mice, 12 near a strong magnet, lose their hair and die 13 ．And when the earth’s magnetism suddenly decreases, the 14 of men or women who kill themselves increases．
How 15 does the earth’s magnetism 16 our lives?We cannot know for 17 ．We do know this magnetism is getting weaker and we know that in 2,500 years the magnetic poles may change position 18 ．And we know when 19 ．happened in the past there were enormous 20 in life on Earth．
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完型填空：
Mr．Jones woke early one morning, before the sun had risen, it was a beautiful morning, 1 he went to the window and looked out．He was surprised to see 2 middle-aged professor, who walked in the university just up the road from Mr．Jones’s house, 3 the direction of the town．He had grey hair and thick glasses, and was carrying an umbrella, a morning newspaper and a bag．Mr．Jones thought that he must have 4 by the night train, and decided to walk to the university instead of taking a taxi．
Mr．Jones had a big tree in his garden, and the children had 5 a long rope to one of the branches so that they could swing on it．
Mr．Jones was 6 to see the professor 7 when he saw the rope, and looked 8 up and down the road．When he saw that there was nobody in sight, he 9 into the garden, put his umbrella, newspaper, bag and hat on the grass and 10 the rope．He 11 it hard to see whether it was strong enough to 12 his weight, then ran as fast as he could and swung into the 13 on the end of the rope, his grey hair 14 all around his face．Backwards and forwards he swung, 15 taking a few more 16 steps on the grass when the rope began to swing 17 slowly for him．
At last the professor stopped, 18 his tie, combed his hair carefully, put on his hat, picked up his umbrella, newspaper and bag, and 19 his way to the university, looking as 20 and correct and respectable as one would expect a professor to be．
