Alfred Nobel became a millionaire and changed the ways of mining,construction,and warfare as the inventor of dynamite(炸药). On April 12,1888,Alfred's brother Ludwig died of heart attack. A major French newspaper _21_ his brother for him and carried an article _22_ the death of Alfred Nobel. “The merchant of death is dead.”The article read. “Dr. Alfred  

Nobel,who became  _23_  by finding ways to kill more people faster than ever before,died yesterday. ”Nobel was _24_ to find out not that he had died,but that,when his time was up, he would be thought of only as one who profited from _25_ and destruction.  

To make sure that he was _26_ with love and respect. Nobel arranged in his _27_ to give the largest part of his money to _28_ the Nobel prizes,which would be awarded to people who made great _29_ to the causes of peace,literature,and the sciences. So _30_ ,Nobel had to die before he realized what his life was really about.  

21. A. found         B. misunderstood    C. mistook        D. judged

22. A. introducing    B. announcing C. implying       D. advertising

23. A. famous  B. sick               C. rich           D. popular

24. A. upset         B. anxious             C. excited         D. pleased

25. A. death         B. disease             C. trouble         D. attack

26. A. repaid        B. described         C. supported    D. remembered

27. A. book           B. article          C. will           D. contract

28. A. establish        B. form             C. develop        D. promote

29. A. additions        B. sacrifices         C. changes       D. contributions

30. A. generally        B. basically           C. usually D. certainly

   When I was six, I went to a local grade school. In grade school, I was  36  the other children because of my speech and reading  37  . All the children would shout, “You are a dummy, you are a dummy, ” and so on. I thought they were   38  because all my grades showed it. I had no self-confidence(自信心)

  Through the first five years of grade school, I was small and very clumsy(笨拙的). I would 39

Cups and trays in the café, and sometimes  40   myself and fall onto the floor when I walked. In sixth grade, I became interested in  41   The class had its annual field day. Each class would have its own teams  42   against each other. I went out for all of the  43   I was not the best  44   I was not bad. The thing that I could do was run and run fast. This  45   the other children because I was so clumsy, and then   46   a lot more name-calling from the children. When somebody else won a race, the children told how  47   he was. When I won, they called me  48

I did not know why they were doing this. I think that it was unfair, and it   49  me.

  Between seventh and eighth grade, I started to  50   In three months, I grew seven inches. At the start of eighth grade, I began to play football. I was much bigger than everybody else. I was  51   than most of the backs we played against. The other team would not  52   the ball towards me, so I just ran them  53   It was the first time in my life that I was really good at something and   54   it. It was a new feeling of    55  .

A. above       B. before       C. behind        D. among

A. materials    B. questions     C. skills         D. problems

A. right        B. smart        C. rude          D. foolish

A. clean        B. drop        C. collect         D. serve

A. trip         B. help         C. enjoy         D. injure

A. studies       B. sports       C. books         D. talks

A. stand        B. fight        C. quarrel        D. compete

A. teams       B. subjects      C. tests          D. and

A. because     B. if            C. but           D. and

A. interested   B. shocked       C. delighted       D. disappointed

A. happened    B. continued     C. made          D. came

A. famous      B. good         C. happy         D. leaders

A. names       B. numbers      C. classmates     D. worried

A. frightened    B. ashamed      C. hurt          D. play

A. progress      B. change       C. grow         D. harder

A. faster         B. taller        C. cleverer       D. catch

A. push         B. run          C. hand         D. away

A. back         B. down         C. off          D. away

A. judged        B. recognized    C. decided      D. knew

A. courage       B. sadness       C. pride        D. regret

完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)

阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意,然后从下列各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。

Long time ago, there was a farmer who lived with his daughter. A young man fell in love with the farmer’s beautiful daughter and wished to   36   her. One day, he went to the farmer to   37   his permission. The farmer looked at him and said, “ Guy, stand out in that  38   . I’m going to release (释放)  39  bulls, one at a time. If you can   40   the tail of any one of the three bulls, you can marry my daughter.”

  41  , the young man got out and stood in the field,   42    the first bull. The barn(牛棚) door   43     and out came the biggest bull that he had ever seen. He   44     that one of the next bulls had to be a better   45     than this one, so he ran over to the side and let the bull   46    .

A few   47     later, the barn door opened again. Unbelievable! The young man had never seen any bull so   48     and fierce as this one in his life. It stood there, pawing(扒) the   49   and eyeing the young man. “ What the next   50    was like ? It had to be a better choice than this one,” he thought. He let the bull pass through again.

The door opened a third time. A   51     came across the young man’s face. This was the weakest bull that he had ever seen. “ This one was my bull,” he   52     to himself. As the bull came running by, he positioned himself just right and   53     at just the exact moment. He threw his hands to catch ...... But to his   54    , the bull had no tail.

Life is full of opportunities.    55    catch the first one.

A. call   B. recognize       C. respect       D. marry

A. remember    B. copy          C. ask             D. answer

A. field  B. forest         C. river           D. building  

A. two    B. three           C. four            D. five

A. see    B. cut         C. catch           D. discover

A. Immediately    B. Quietly     C. Finally        D. Proudly

A. talking about  B. thinking of      C. looking for        D. waiting for

A. moved  B. opened          C. broke           D. closed

A. decided    B. noticed     C. suggested          D. learned

A. rule    B. help          C. choice           D. reason

A. get up B. go back     C. fall down          D. pass through

A. seconds B. days            C. hours           D. months

A. famous  B. big             C. short              D. beautiful

A. house  B. wall            C. ground         D. door

A. fish    B. horse           C. bird           D. bull

A. pity    B. shame           C. smile              D. tear

A. explained   B. said       C. sang           D. flew

A. jumped  B. escaped     C. stopped         D. shouted

A. anger  B. surprise        C. joy            D. excitement

A. Never  B. Often          C. Seldom          D. Always

完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。

Tired and hungry, two boys walked painfully and difficultly into a big city on October 16, on their feet that had just carried them 300 kilometers.

   For nine days they lived like old-fashioned travelers,   21    somewhere new to sleep every night as they walked from one place to another. The boys slept in tents and   22    a six-yuan daily plan. “I learned more in those nine days than I had in the last nine years,” said 17-year-old Li Zhao   23  . Li and 15-year-old Li Xuemeng  24   their journey on October 7, with three teachers from an Educational Motivation Research & Service Center. The purpose of the   25   was for the two troubled boys to develop a (an)   26    attitude to school and life.

   With two  27   and some instant noodles for the first day, the five  28   mainly along the Highway 107. On the way to the big city,  29    of them visited schools and interviewed   30    people from different walks of life. Both were asked to write about what they  31    during the walk.

  “ The two boys need to know about   32    life and learn to get rid of difficulties, so we   33   this program,” explained Du Junpeng.    34   they had tents, they didn’t just   35   anywhere at night. “We had to   36    on people’s kindness for shelter,” said Li Zhao, who admits he used to be self-centered and at first was    37   against the idea of the trip. But the challenge of getting rid of the   38   on the journey has changed him.

  “I’m more   39    than before. And now I also believe failure is the mother of  40   ,” he said.

21. A. finding                   B. hunting               C. searching                              D. inventing

22. A. lived on                  B. worked on          C. carried out                  D. went on

23. A. anxiously               B. luckily                  C. excitedly                      D. tiredly

24. A. developed             B. separated                    C. controlled                    D. started

25. A. study                      B. trip                       C. task                               D. job

26. A. passive                  B. popular               C. different                       D. active

27. A. tents                      B. lights                   C. drinks                            D. tools

28. A. ran                          B. drove                   C. walked                          D. marched

29. A. both                       B. none                    C. either                            D. some

30. A. famous                  B. brave                   C. different                       D. strange

31. A. covered                 B. learned               C. heard                            D. recognized

32. A. interesting                     B. real                      C. hard                                        D. meaningful

33. A. carried on             B. cared about       C. took over                     D. worked out

34. A. Although               B. If only                  C. As though                    D. Since

35. A. sleep                      B. adventure          C. move                             D. tour

36. A. get                          B. depend                C. take                               D. turn

37. A. hardly                    B. heavily                 C. strongly                        D. secretly

38. A. wrongs                  B. problems            C. difficulties                    D. fears

39. A. sociable                 B. particular                     C. common                       D. formal

40. A. success                 B. victory                 C. hope                              D. aim

 

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