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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1~25各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案．

　While I was at school, I 　1 　train with Spurs on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I also　　　2 　for English schoolboys, so I suppose I was　　　3 　a school boy star.

　I didn't really get into 　4 　at school. I had my two elder brothers there for　　　5 　of the time that I was there, so my stay at the school wasn't that hard.　　　6 　other children had a really hard time.

　I left 　7 　the end of the Fourth Year, and that caused a bit of trouble. I was allowed　　　8 　maths and technical drawing early. I passed them　　　9 　, but unfortunately I failed in woodwork. If I'd stayed on　　　10 　12 subjects like the other children.

　It was a big decision to leave early so as 　11 　take all my exams. It could have meant that I'd wasted　　　12 　years. But how many could get the　　　13 　that I had? I'm told that only one in 1000 makes it in　　　14 　, so you have only a very slim chance. But I decided to go for it and looking back it was the　　　15 　thing to do.

　I didn't support Spurs 　16 　a boy. I supported QPR, my local team. But to play for Spurs,　　　17 　had just won the FA Cup, was interesting to me. There were so many　　　18 　, and of course Bill Nicholson was the　　　19 　then—a great manager.

　I didn't have any girlfriends at 　20 　.I was 　21 　deeply involved (陷于) in football that I didn't have time.　　　22 　I don't have direct contact with my old school friends, I own a sports　　　23 　in the area, so they often drop into the shop and talk about the old days,　　　24 　is really nice. I'm always pleased to see them.

　I would advise anyone 　25 　to be a footballer to stay on at school to do their exams. If a club wants you badly enough they'll come in for you later.

(1) 　　 A． am used	B． was used	C． used to	D． was used to	[　　]
(2) A．　　 played	B． play	C． played with	D． played a joke	[　　]
(3) A．　　 a little of	B． a few	C． a lot	D． a bit of	[　　]
(4) 　　 A． troubles	B． trouble	C． any trouble	D． matter	[　　]
(5) A．　　 most	B． the most	C． a most	D． many	[　　]
(6) 　　 A． Each	B． The	C． Every	D． Some	[　　]
(7) A．　　 from	B． in	C． at	D． before	[　　]
(8) 　　 A． taking	B． to take	C． taken	D． to be taken	[　　]
(9) 　　 A． both	B． all	C． every	D． neither	[　　]
(10) A．　　 I'd have	B． I had taken	C． I took	D． I'd have taken	[　　]
(11) 　　 A． no	B． not	C． not to	D． no one	[　　]
(12) 　　 A． five	B． four	C． six	D． seven	[　　]
(13) 　　 A． chance	B． meeting	C． money	D． exam	[　　]
(14) A．　　 basketball	B． volleyball	C． ping-pang	D． football	[　　]
(15) A．　　 wrong	B． mistake	C． right	D． corrected	[　　]
(16) 　　 A． being	B． for	C． using	D． as	[　　]
(17) A．　　 who	B． which	C． whom	D． when	[　　]
(18) 　　 A． moons	B． stars	C． suns	D． earths	[　　]
(19) A．　　 teacher	B． master	C． manager	D． doctor	[　　]
(20) 　　 A． school	B． farm	C． factory	D． shop	[　　]
(21) 　　 A． too	B． very	C． quite	D． so	[　　]
(22) 　　 A． But	B． Although	C． Even if	D． Even though	[　　]
(23) A． field	B． room	C． shop	D． clothes	[　　]
(24) A． which	B． that	C． when	D． who	[　　]
(25) A． wanted	B． wanting	C． wants	D． to want	[　　]

阅读理解

　　I entered St Thoma’s Hospital as a medical student at the age of 18 and spent five years there． I was an unsatisfactory student, for my heart, as you might have guessed, was not in it．I wanted, I had always wanted to be a writer, and in the evening, after my high tea, I wrote and read．Before long, I wrote a novel, called Liza of“Lambeth”, which I sent to a publisher and was accepted．It appeared during my last year at the hospital and had something of a success．It was of course an accident, but naturally I did not know that．I felt I could afford to give up medicine and make writing my profession ; so, three days after I graduated from the school of medicine, I set out for Spain to write another book．Looking back now, and knowing as I do the terrible difficulties of making a living by writing, I realize I was taking a fearful risk．It never even occurred to me．

　　The next ten years were very hard, and I earned an average of ￡ 100 a year．Then I had a bit of luck．The manager of the Court Theatre put on a play that failed ; the next play he arranged to put on was not ready, and he was at his wits’ end．He read a play of mine and, though he did not much like it, he thought it might just run for the six weeks till the play he had in mind to follow it with could be produced．It ran for fifteen months．Within a short while I had four plays running in London at the same time．Nothing of the kind had ever happened before．I was the talk of the town．One of the students at St Thomas’s Hospital asked the eminent surgeon with whom I had worked whether he remembered me．“Yes, I remember him quite well,”he said．“One of our failures, I’m afraid．”

(1)

The author wanted to be a writer because ________．
[　　]
A．	his heart was not in medicine．
B．	he found it easier to make a living by writing
C．	he liked taking risks
D．	he was interested in writing

(2)

Which of the following statements is not true?
[　　]
A．	The author was very pleased to have his book published but he didn’t realize itwas something of an accident．
B．	The success of his first book led the author to think he could afford to makewriting his profession．
C．	The author knew he was running a terrible risk when he decided to become a writer．
D．	The author became a writer after graduation but was not a successful one．

(3)

In the second paragraph,!“he was at his wits’end”means ________．
[　　]
A．	he was having a nervous breakdown
B．	he was out of his wisdom
C．	he did not know what to do
D．	he almost went mad

(4)

The manager of the Court Theatre agreed to put the author’s play on the stage because ________．
[　　]
A．	he thought it would run for fifteen months
B．	he knew it was one of the author’s best plays shown in London
C．	he had just put on a play that failed
D．	the play he had arranged to put on was not ready

(5)

The author became the talk of the town．The reason was that ________．
[　　]
A．	he talked with a great many people in London about his plays
B．	the plays he wrote were excellently performed in London
C．	his performances in the Court Theatre were unexpectedly
D．	he was criticized by an eminent surgeon as one of their failures

Suddenly all the lights on that crowded underground train went out. Then it stopped in that dark tunnel(隧道).
We waited. We expected the lights to come on again soon. But nothing happened. Then I began to smell something. Yes, I could smell smoke. So I asked myself, “Is this train on fire?” People around me then began to cry out in fear. “The train is on fire!” they cried.
Then the woman standing next to me suddenly fell on the floor. I realized she was overcome by the smoke. Then I saw flames appearing. “If something does not happen soon,” I said to myself, “I will be burnt alive!”
But as I stood there in the dark in that crowded burning train, I could see no way to escape. I thought, “No one can save me from certain death but God. Only God can make a way for any of us to escape death in this train.”
Before the flames reached me, I found the open door and I climbed out of the train into the dark tunnel. Then as quickly as I could, I ran from the burning train down the tunnel. Now as I ran I could hear hundreds of people that were locked in that burning train, crying out for help. I knew I could do nothing to help them, so I ran on.
Then for two hours I kept walking in that dark train tunnel. At last I saw a light in the distance. I asked myself “Why did God enable me to escape death?” I decided, “God must have a purpose for saving my life. He must want me to help other people experience what He could do for them.”
【小题1】 What caused the woman next to me to fall?

【小题2】 The passengers failed to escape because ________.

A．they didn’t find the way out

B．they were too frightened to move

C．the fire and smoke were too much

D．too many people were in their way

【小题3】 What would the author most possibly do after he saw the exit from the tunnel?

【小题4】Between which two paragraphs can the following paragraph be put?
I cried, “God, if it is not my time to die, please help me!” Then I heard a noise. It was like a door opening. It was on my right hand side. So in the dark, I at once began to push my way forward to where that noise came from.

A．Between Paragraph 2 and 3.

B．Between Paragraph 3 and 4.

C．Between Paragraph 4 and 5.

D．Between Paragraph 5 and 6.

On the first day of the 11th grade, our new math teacher Mr Washington asked me to go to the blackboard to do a math problem. I told him that I couldn’t do it. He asked, “Why not?” I paused, and then I said, “Because I’m educable mentally retarded (可教育智能迟滞).”
He came from behind his desk and looked at me. “Don’t ever say that again. Someone’s opinion of you does not have to become your reality,” he said.
It was a very special moment for me. Doctors said that I was educable mentally retarded in the fifth grade, and I was put back into the fourth grade. When I was in the eighth grade, I failed again.
But Mr Washington changed my life. This person always gave students the feeling that he had high expectations of them, and then all of the students did their best to live up to what those expectations were. He often said, “You have greatness within you.”
One day, I caught up with him in the parking place and said, “Mr Washington, is there greatness within me, sir?”
He said, “Yes, Mr Brown.”
“But what about the fact that I failed English, math, and history? What about that, sir? I’m slower than most kids.”
“It doesn’t matter. It just means that you have to work harder. Your grades don’t determine who you are or what you can produce in your life.”
“I want to buy my mother a house.”
“It is possible, Mr Brown. You can do that.” And he turned to walk away.
“Mr Washington?”
“What do you want now?”
“Uh, I’m the one, sir. One day you’re going to hear my name. I’m the one, sir.”
School was a real struggle for me. Mr Washington put many demands on me. He made me believe that I could do it. At the end of that year, I was on the honor roll for the first time in my life.
Years later, I produced five programs on public television. When one of my programs was shown on the educational television channel, I had some friends call him. I was sitting by the phone waiting when he called me. He said, “May I speak to Mr Brown, please?”
“Oh, Mr Washington, is that you?”
“Yes, it’s me. You were the one, weren’t you?”
“Yes, sir, I was.”

1.
What does Mr Washington mean by saying “Someone’s opinion of you does not have to become your reality”?
1. A.
  You needn’t have the same opinion as others
2. B.
  You should believe what other people say
3. C.
  What other people say about you may not be correct
4. D.
  The doctor made a mistake
2.
What happened to the author at last?
1. A.
  He entered a good university
2. B.
  He earned much honor
3. C.
  He got a good job
4. D.
  He made television programs
3.
In the passage, the author implies that______．
1. A.
  people shouldn’t believe what doctors say
2. B.
  no one can be successful with hard work and confidence
3. C.
  no one is really educable mentally retarded
4. D.
  a good teacher can change a student’s life
4.
The best title for the passage would be “______”
1. A.
  Don’t believe others
2. B.
  I am the one
3. C.
  My best teacher
4. D.
  I succeeded at last

I can remember a period in my life when I was unemployed and money was running out. I needed a job very    36 . A friend of mine approached me one day with an    37   . “I’m going to have to let this job go and I was wondering if you would like to take it   38 ?” “That would be great,” I replied.
I went to the manager and he said I could start on Monday morning.
When I went inside I was  39    that I would buff (擦) the floors. My friend was there to   40   me how to operate the buffer.
“It’s really   41 ,” he said, running the machine very   42 . He handed it over to me and said, “Here, you have a try.” I   43    the handlers(把手). To my surprise, the buffer whipped around in a big circle, running over my friend’s brand new pair of boots, and sending him   44   up on a check-out counter.
For several times, I tried to run it again and   45 . I really had to fight that thing to make it go. “What am I going to do?” I thought to myself. “I finally found a job and I can’t do it. Am I going to have to tell them I have to   46 ?”
After several   47 days of buffing, I finally made up my mind that I was going to do this. For about a week, I   48   with the buffer, putting all my weight and   49 into it. Eventually, I learned the trick and was not to struggle with it at all, just   50   with the flow of it, and by the second week, I was showing off and running it with one hand.
A few months later, I   51   back and wondered what would have happened   52   I had given up that first week. I certainly would not have had the newly-founded confidence or paycheck.   53    after that experience, I started a new job that   54   the use of a buffer.
Obstacles (障碍) don’t have to stop you. If you run into a   55 , don’t turn around or give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or walk around it.
(    ) 36. A. badly    B. well   C. quickly    D. extremely
(    )37. A.apology   B. invitation  C. offer    D. opinion
(    ) 38. A. over     B. off       C. out       D. on
(   )39.A.warned   B.informed    C.forced    D. cheated
(    ) 40. A. watch    B. train   C. explain   D. show
(    )41.A.hard   B.easy   C.interesting   D. meaningful
(    )42. A. rapidly   B. hardly   C. slowly    D. smoothly
(    )43.A.grabbed  B.equipped C. wiped    D. sought
(    )44. A. rising    B. looking  C. turning   D. jumping
(   )45.A.remained B.insisted  C.failed   D.succeeded
(    ) 46. A. stop    B. repeat   C. continue   D. speed
(    ) 47. A. simple   B. harmful  C. rough    D. endless
(    ) 48. A. met    B. struggled  C. lived    D. combined
(    ) 49. A. body    B. spirit   C. soul    D. strength
(    ) 50. A. do       B. go      C. start    D. match
(    ) 51. A. went    B. came   C. thought   D. recalled
(    ) 52. A. when    B. unless   C. as     D. if
(    )53.A.Even   B. Seldom  C. Sometime   D. Sometimes
(    )54.A.required  B. introduced  C.reducedD. rejected
(    ) 55. A. car    B. wall          C. river    D. problem

I failed in the spoken examination last term and only then _______ the importance of practicing speaking English.

What does Mr Washington mean by saying “Someone’s opinion of you does not have to become your reality”?

What happened to the author at last?

In the passage, the author implies that______．

The best title for the passage would be “______”

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