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Perseverance is A kind of quality—-and that is _____it takes to do everything well.

[　　]

A．why

B．that

C．what

D．which

答案：C

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Nowadays people have to pass various tests for professional __________ so that they can be qualified for a well-paid job.

A．certificates　 B．permission C．admission　　 D．Perseverance

M When Paul was a boy growing up in Utah, he happened to live near a copper smelter(炼铜厂), and the chemicals that poured out had made a wasteland out of what used to be a beautiful forest. One day a young visitor looked at this wasteland and called it an awful area. Paul knocked him down. From then on, something happened inside him.

Years later Paul was back in the area, and he went to the smelter office. He asked if they had any plans or if they would let him try to bring the trees back.. The answer from that big industry was “No.”

Paul then went to college to study the science of plants. Unfortunately, his teachers said there weren't any birds or squirrels to spread the seeds. It would be a waste of his life to try to do it. Everyone knew that, he was told. Even if he was knowledgeable as he had expected, he wouldn’t get his idea accepted.

Paul later got married and had some kids. But his dream would not die. And then one night he did what he could with what he had. As Samuel Johnson wrote, “It is common to overlook what is near by keeping the eye fixed on something remote. Attainable good is often ignored by minds busied in wide ranges.” Under the cover of darkness, he went secretly into the wasteland and started planting.

And every week, he made his secret journey into the wasteland and planted trees and grass. For fifteen years he did this against the plain common sense. Slowly rabbits appeared. Later, as there was legal pressure to clean up the environment, the company actually hired Paul to do what he was already doing.

Now the place is fourteen thousand acres of trees and grass and bushes, and Paul has received almost every environmental award Utah has. It took him until his hair turned white, but he managed to keep that impossible vow he made to himself as a child.

When Paul was a boy, _____.

he had decided never to leave his hometown

the economy of Utah depended wholly on the copper smelter

no laws were made to protect the environment against pollution

he had determined to stop the copper smelter polluting the area

Why did Paul go to college to study the science of plants?

He wanted to find out the best way to save the area himself.

He was interested in planting trees since he was young.

He wanted to get more knowledgeable people to help him.

He thought his knowledge would make his advice more persuasive.

What does the underlined phrase “the plain common sense” probably refer to?

That it was impossible for trees to grow on the wasteland.

That his normal work and life would be greatly affected.

That no one would like to join him in the efforts.

That he had to keep everything he did secret.

The message of the passage is that _____.

action speaks louder than words

perseverance(持之以恒) will work wonders

God helps those who help themselves

many hands make light work

Ted spent seven years as a prisoner of war. There he discovered the power of 1 . For more than half of that 2 he was in isolation (隔绝). He lived for ten months in total 3 . Those ten months was the longest of his life. When they 4 with wooden boards the window of his little seven-by-seven foot cell, shutting out the light, he 5 if he was going to make it.

Ted spent hours a day exercising and thinking. But at times he felt he could do 6 but scream. Not wanting to give his 7 the satisfaction of knowing they’d 8 him, he placed clothing into his mouth to lessen the noise 9 he screamed at the top of his lungs.

One day Ted got down on the 10 and crawled (爬) under his bed. He found a hole that 11 air from the outside. As he approached the hole, he saw a 12 ray of light. Ted put his eye next to the wall and discovered a small crack in the building. It allowed him to glimpse 13 , though all he could see was a 14 piece of grass. But when he saw this, he felt a surge of joy, excitement and 15 that he hadn’t had in years. “It represented life, growth and 16 ,” he later said. It was the small hope that helped Ted 17 this nearly unbearable experience.

The human spirit is 18 . It seems to run forever 19 nothing but a faint (微弱的) hope. Without it, you have nothing. With it, nothing else 20 — even the worst conditions.

1. A. thought B. scream C. support D. hope

2. A. prison B. war C. time D. month

3. A. happiness B. sadness C. darkness D. silence

4. A. strengthened B. fixed C. covered D. broke

5. A. reminded B. required C. wondered D. feared

6. A. something B. nothing C. everything D. anything

7. A. soldiers B. friends C. enemy D. army

8. A. wounded B. quitted C. satisfied D. broken

9. A. till B. since C. as D. after

10. A. window B. floor C. wall D. board

11. A. let in B. put out C. took in D. gave off

12. A. weak B. soft C. strong D. sharp

13. A. inside B. outside C. above D. below

14. A. very B. right C. specific D. single

15. A. gratefulness B. usefulness C. fulfillment D. establishment

16. A. courage B. perseverance C. choice D. freedom

17. A. by B. out C. over D. through

18. A. straight B. strong C. lucky D. interesting

19. A. against B. from C. on D. over

20. A. matters B. relates C. changes D. happens

This is a part from US President Barack Obama’s speech on May 14 at Bamard College in New York.
… My last piece of advice – this is simple, but perhaps most important: 36. Nothing worthwhile is easy. No one of achievement has avoided failure – sometimes catastrophic failures. But they keep at it. They learn from mistakes. They don’t 37.
When I first arrived on this 38, I was with little money, fewer options. But it was here that I tried to find my place in this world. I knew I wanted to make a difference, but it was 39 how in fact I’d go about it. But I wanted to do my part to 40 a better world.
So even as I worked after graduation in a few 41 jobs here in New York, even as I went from motley (鱼龙混杂的)apartment to motley apartment, I 42.
… And I wish I could say that this perseverance came from some innate (天生的)toughness in me. But the truth is, it was 43. I got it from 44 the people who raised me. I grew up as the son of a single mom who struggled to put herself through 45 and make ends meet. She had a marriage that fell apart; 46 went on food stamps at one point to help us 47. But she didn’t quit. And she earned her degree, and made sure that 48 scholarships and hard work, my sister and I earned 49.
And 50, I met a woman who was assigned to advise me on my first summer job at a law firm. And she gave me such good advice that I married her. And Michelle and I gave everything we had to balance our careers and a 51 family. We made that marriage work.
… So 52 it’s starting a business, or running for office, or 53 an amazing family, remember that making your 54 on the world is hard. It takes patience. It takes commitment. It comes with plenty of 55 and it comes with plenty of failures.

第二节读写任务（共1小题；满分25分）阅读下面的短文，然后根据

以下的任务和写作要求，写一篇150词以上的英语短文。

【写作内容】本篇文章叙述的是 “假如我又回到了童年，我就会有各种各样的设想” 这样一个主题。请阅读下面这篇文章后，简明扼要地复述这篇文章的基本内容以及本篇文章的主旨大意；然后根据这篇文章所叙述的各种各样的情况，结合现实生活，用120词以上就“If I were a boy again, …”为标题，谈一谈假如你又回到了童年，你的设想又是什么呢？

If I were a boy again, I would practise my perseverance（毅力） more often, and never give up a thing because it was hard or inconvenient. If we want light, we must conquer(战胜) darkness. Perseverance can sometimes equal genius（天赋） in its results. If I were a boy again, I would school myself into a habit of attention; I would let nothing come between me and the subject in hand. I would remember that a good skater never tries to skate in two directions at once. The habit of attention would become part of our life if we began early enough. If I were to live my life over again, I would pay more attention to the cultivation（培养）of the memory. I would strengthen that skill by every possible way, and on every possible occasion. It takes a little hard work at first to remember things accurately; But memory soon helps itself, and gives very little trouble. It only needs early cultivation to become a power.

【写作要求】

1．作文中可使用自己的亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容,但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

2．文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

【评分标准】概括准确、语言规范、内容合适，篇章连贯。

If I were a boy again, …

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