defeat, beat, hit, strike Our soldiers the enemy at last． He was in the chest and badly wounded． I used a hammer to the nail． They were in their attempt to reach the top of the mountain．题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

　　Canadian millionairess Belinda Stronach lost her bid for the Conservative Party leadership on Saturday．

　　Economist Stephen Harper was chosen to lead the newly-merged right-wing party and will face off against Prime Minister Paul Martin's liberals in the national election in a few weeks' time．He got 50 percent support, easily defeating Stronach and former Ontario cabinet minister Tony Clement．

　　But for the 37-year-old Stronach, heiress to the car parts giant Magna International, this is a beginning rather than an end．Despite being a new comer to politics, she drew much attention during the campaign．

　　In 2002, Stronach was rated one of the world's most powerful women by Fortunemagazine with US ＄600 million to her name．At the time she was president and CEO of Magna International, the world's seventh biggest auto parts manufactures, which was founded by her father．

　　Stronach first joined the company board aged 23．In 1990, she married Don Walker, her father's former assistant, and the pair became Magna's power couple, with Walker rising to the rank of CEO in 1994．They had a son and daughter, now 12 and 10, before splitting in 1995．

　　Stronach has since married and divorced Johann Olav Koss, the Norwegian Olympic speed skater, and most recently was seen on the arm of former US president Bill Clinton providing tabloid gossip from Los Angeles to Frankfurt．Admirers describe Stronach as a younger, prettier version of Hillary Clinton．

　　Stronach replaced Walker as CEO in 2001 and became president of the company the following year．She resigned from both posts in January in order to compete for the leadership of the Conservative Party．

　　Stomach's defeat came despite spending millions of dollars on consultants and political advisers．But she says she will run for a seat in Parliament, ruling out both a return to Magna and a holiday．

(1)

How many people tried to win the bid for the Conservative Party leadership?
[　　]
A．	One．
B．	Two．
C．	Three．
D．	Four．

(2)

Stronach failed in her bid on Saturday．
[　　]
A．	which was a hit to her
B．	who regretted having spent millions of dollars
C．	but she didn't lose heart in taking up politics
D．	which was out of her expectation

(3)

Stronach can't be said to be ________．
[　　]
A．	wealthy
B．	well-known
C．	talented
D．	tiresome

(4)

Paragraphs 5 and 6 mainly tell us ________．
[　　]
A．	Stronach has had an unhappy marriage
B．	the media has been paying attention to Stronach
C．	Stomach's personal life
D．	Stronach is making an effort to get married

(5)

Which of the following mentioned about Walker is NOT true?
[　　]
A．	He was a former husband of Stronach．
B．	He made contributions to the development of Magna．
C．	He was dissatisfied to work in Magna after his divorce．
D．	He once worked as CEO of Magna．

On the 36th day after they had voted, Americans finally learned Wednesday who would be their next president: Governor George W. Bush of Texas.

Vice President Al Gore, his last realistic avenue for legal challenge closed by a U. S. Supreme Court decision late Tuesday, planned to end the contest formally in a televised evening speech of perhaps 10 minutes, advisers said.

They said that Senator Joseph Lieberman, his vice presidential running mate, would first make brief comments. The men would speak from a ceremonial chamber of the Old Executive office Building, to the west of the White House.

The dozens of political workers and lawyers who had helped lead Mr. Gore’s unprecedented fight to claw a come-from-behind electoral victory in the pivotal state of Florida were thanked Wednesday and asked to stand down.

“The vice president has directed the recount committee to suspend activities,” William Daley, the Gore campaign chairman, said in a written statement.

Mr. Gore authorized that statement after meeting with his wife, Tipper, and with top advisers including Mr. Daley.

He was expected to telephone Mr. Bush during the day. The Bush campaign kept a low profile and moved gingerly, as if to leave space for Mr. Gore to contemplate his next steps.

Yet, at the end of a trying and tumultuous process that had focused world attention on sleepless vote counters across Florida, and on courtrooms form Miami to Tallahassee to Atlanta to Washington the Texas governor was set to become the 43d U. S. president.

The news of Mr. Gore’s plans followed the longest and most rancorous dispute over a U. S. presidential election in more than a century, one certain to leave scars in a badly divided country.

It was a bitter ending for Mr. Gore, who had outpolled Mr. Bush nationwide by some 300000 votes, but, without Florida, fell short in the Electoral College by 271votes to 267—the narrowest Electoral College victory since the turbulent election of 1876.

Mr. Gore was said to be distressed by what he and many Democratic activists felt was a partisan decision from the nation’s highest court.

The 5-to –4 decision of the Supreme Court held, in essence, that while a vote recount in Florida could be conducted in legal and constitutional fashion, as Mr. Gore had sought, this could not be done by the Dec. 12 deadline for states to select their presidential electors.

James Baker 3rd, the former secretary of state who represented Mr. Bush in the Florida dispute, issued a short statement after the U. S. high court ruling, saying that the governor was “very pleased and gratified.”

Mr. Bush was planning a nationwide speech aimed at trying to begin to heal the country’s deep, aching and varied divisions. He then was expected to meet with congressional leaders, including Democrats. Dick Cheney, Mr. Bush’s ruing mate, was meeting with congressmen Wednesday in Washington.

When Mr. Bush, who is 54, is sworn into office on Jan.20, he will be only the second son of a president to follow his father to the White House, after John Adams and John Quincy Adams in the early 19th century.

Mr. Gore, in his speech, was expected to thank his supporters, defend his hive-week battle as an effort to ensure, as a matter of principle, that every vote be counted, and call for the nation to join behind the new president. He was described by an aide as “resolved and resigned.”

While some constitutional experts had said they believed states could present electors as late as Dec. 18, the U. S. high court made clear that it saw no such leeway.

The U.S. high court sent back “for revision” to the Florida court its order allowing recounts but made clear that for all practical purposes the election was over.

In its unsigned main opinion, the court declared, “The recount process, in its features here described, is inconsistent with the minimum procedures necessary to protect the fundamental right of each voter.”

That decision, by a court fractured along philosophical lines, left one liberal justice charging that the high court’s proceedings bore a political taint.

Justice John Paul Stevens wrote in an angry dissent:” Although we may never know with complete certainty the identity of the winner of this year’s presidential election, the identity of the loser is perfectly clear. It is the nation’s confidence in the judge as an impartial guardian of the law.”

But at the end of five seemingly endless weeks, during which the physical, legal and constitutional machines of the U. S. election were pressed and sorely tested in ways unseen in more than a century, the system finally produced a result, and one most Americans appeared to be willing at lease provisionally to support.

The Bush team welcomed the news with an outward show of restraint and aplomb. The governor’s hopes had risen and fallen so many times since Election night, and the legal warriors of each side suffered through so many dramatic reversals, that there was little energy left for celebration.

The main idea of this passage is

[A]. Bush’s victory in presidential election bore a political taint.

[B]. The process of the American presidential election.

[C]. The Supreme Court plays a very important part in the presidential election.

[D]. Gore is distressed.

What does the sentence “as if to leave space for Mr. Gore to contemplate his next step” mean

[A]. Bush hopes Gore to join his administration.

[B]. Bush hopes Gore to concede defeat and to support him.

[C]. Bush hopes Gore to congraduate him.

[D]. Bush hopes Gore go on fighting with him.

Why couldn’t Mr. Gore win the presidential election after he outpolled Mr. Bush in the popular vote? Because

[A]. the American president is decided by the supreme court’s decision.

[B]. people can’t directly elect their president.

[C]. the American president is elected by a slate of presidential electors.

[D]. the people of each state support Mr. Bush.

What was the result of the 5—4 decision of the supreme court?

[A]. It was in fact for the vote recount.

[B]. It had nothing to do with the presidential election.

[C]. It decided the fate of the winner.

[D]. It was in essence against the vote recount.

What did the “turbulent election of 1876” imply?

[A]. The process of presidential election of 2000 was the same as that.

[B]. There were great similarities between the two presidential elections (2000 and 1876).

[C]. It was compared to presidential election of 2000.

[D]. It was given an example.

LEEDS, England-A Leeds University psychology（心理学）professor is teaching a course to help dozens of people forgive（stop being angry with）their enemies.

“The hatred (憎恨) we hold within us is a cancer,”Professor Ken Hart said, adding that holding in anger can lead to problems such as high blood pressure and heart disease.

More than 70 people have become members in Hart’s first 20-week workshop in London—a course he says is the first of its kind in the world.

These are people who are sick and tired of living with a memory. They realize their bitterness is a poison they think they can pour out, but they end up drinking it themselves, said Canadian-born Hart.

The students meet in groups of eight to ten for a two-hour workshop with an adviser every fortnight.（= two weeks）

The course, ending in July, is expected to get rid of the cancer of hate in these people.“People have lots of negative（消极的）attitudes towards forgiveness,” he said.“People confuse（把……混同）forgiveness with forgetting. Forgiveness means changing from a negative attitude to a positive one ”.

Hart and his team have made instructions to provide the training needed.

“The main idea is to give you guidelines on how to look at various kinds of angers and how they affect you, and how to change your attitudes toward the person you are angry with,”said Norman Claringbull, a senior expert on the forgiveness project, Hart said he believes forgiveness is a skill that can be taught, as these people“want to get free of the past”.

59. From this passage we know that .

A. high blood pressure and heart disease are caused by hatred

B. high blood pressure can only be cured by psychology professors

C. without hatred, people will have less trouble connected with blood and heart

D. people who suffer from blood pressure and heart disease must have many enemies

60.If you are angry with somebody, you should .

A. try your best to defeat him or her

B. never meet him or her again

C. persuade him or her to have a talk with you

D. relax yourself by not thinking of him or her any more

61.In Hart’s first 20-week workshop, people there can .

A. meet their enemies B. change their minds

C. enjoy the professor’s speech D. learn how to quarrel with others

62. If you are a member in Hart’s workshop, you’ll .

A. pay much money to Hart B. go to the workshop every night

C. attend a gathering twice a month D. pour out everything stored in your mind

Once upon a time, there were two men. One was hard-working and had a lot of 36 and perseverance (毅力), while the other was 37_ and never did any work. One night, they decided to have a competition between them. The contest was simple: the 38 _person to see daylight would be the winner, and the winner would__ 39_a prize. Both men agree to do it, and the competition started.

The hard-working man immediately_ 40 and ran towards the west after the sun, while the lazy man just sat there and_ 41__ . The hard-working man, looking at the competitor, _42__ at his foolishness and kept going at his quick pace. Running through the jungles, swimming 43 _the rivers and seas, and he kept running and running, __44__ that he would reach his goal sooner or later. Meanwhile, the lazy man was still sleeping.

The hard-working man had been 45_ for 6 hours already, and he was surprised that he still had not 46__ daylight. Thinking it would be just around the corner, he 47_ on running until he finally came back to where he started, 24 hours 48 _. Upon arriving, he saw the lazy man seated there, smiling and waiting for him, holding the 49 he earned.

The hard-working man was 50 how this lazy man could earn it—he hadn't done anything at all! Then the lazy man said," You are 51 a persevering and patient man, but you were running towards the 52 , running after the sun that kept moving away from your_ 53__ whereas I just waited for the sun to come to me. You were lucky. If I had decided to 54 you and not to tell you, you would be continuing this pursuit (追赶_高_@_考_☆_资_&_源_*_网) till your death." The hard-working man knew in his heart that the lazy man was right.

Sometimes, perseverance can__ 55_ you from the truth that what you are doing is wrong.

A. hobbies B. ideas C. patience D. money

A. lazy B. patient C. kind-hearted D. hard-working

A. last B. first C. second D. only

A. accept B. keep C. win D. defeat

A. set in B. set aside C. set up D. set out

A. worked B. drank C. slept D. played

A. laughed B. glared C. stared D. looked

A. across B. through C. over D. past

A. representing B. believing C. emphasizing D. complaining

A. swimming B. jumping C. resting D. running

A. admired B. invented C. found D. realized

A. commented B. carried C. figured D. depended

A. before B. later C. next D. further

A. money B. medal C. prize D. gold

A. believing B. recognizing C. discussing D. wondering

A. true B. indeed C. certain D. hardly

A. west B. east C. north D. south

A. ears B. hands C. sight D. mind

A. hide from B. learn from C. keep from D. come from

A. make B. let C. blind D. protect

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后个题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Another person’s enthusiasm was what set me moving toward the success I have achieved.That person was my stepmother.

I was nine years old when she enterd our home in rural Virginia. My father__36__me to her with these words:“I would like you to meet the fellow who is___37 for being the worst boy in this county and will probably start throwing rocks at you no ___38 than tomorrow morning.”

My stepmother walked over to me, ___39 my head slightly upward,and looked me right in the eye.Then she looked at my father and replied,“You are ___40 .This is not the worst boy at all, ___41 the smartest one who hasn’t yet found an outlet（释放的途径）for his enthusiasm.”

That statement began a(n) ___42 between us.No one had ever called me smart,My family and neighbors had built me up in my ___43 as a bad boy . My stepmother changed all that.

She changed many things.She ___44 my father to go to a dental school,from which he graduated with honors.She moved our family into the county srat,where my father’s career could be more ___45 and my brother and I could be better___46 .

When I turned fourteen,she bought me a secondhand___47 and told me that she believed that I could become a writer.I knew her ernthusiasm,I___48

it had alreadly improved our lives.I accepted her ___49 and began to write for local newspapers.I was doing the same kind of___50 that great day I went to interview Andrew Carnegie and received the task which became my life’s work later.I wasn’t the ___51 beneficiary (受益者).My father became the ___52 man in town.My brother and stepbrthers became a physician,a dentist,a lawyer,and a college president.

What power __53 has!When that power is released to support the certainty of one’s purpose and is ___54 strengthened by faith,it becomes an irresistible（不可抗拒的）force which poverty and temporary defeat can never ___55 .

You can communicate that power to anyone who needs it.This is probably the greatest work you can do with your enthusiasm.

36.A.rushed B.sent C.carried D.introduced

37.A.distinguished B.favored C.mistaken D.rewarded

38. A.sooner B.later C.longer D.earlier

39. A.dragged B.shook C.raised D.bent

40. A.perfect B.right C.wrong D.impolite

41. A.but B.so C.and D.or

42. A.ageement B.friendship C.gap D.relationship

43. A.opinion B.image C.espectation D.mind

44. A.begged B.persuaded C.ordered D.invited

45. A.successful B.meaningful C.helpful D.useful

46. A.treared B.entertained C.educated D.respected

47. A.cemera B.radio C.bicycle D.typewriter

48. A.considered B.suspected C.ignored D.appreciated

49. A.belief B.request C.criticism D.description

50. A.teahing B.writing C.studying D.reading

51. A.next B.same C.only D.real

52. A.cleverest B.wealthiest C.strongest D.bealthiest

53. A.ebthusiasm B.sympathy C.fortune D.confidence

54. A.deliberately B.happily C.traditionally D.constantly

55. A.win B.match C.reach D.doubt

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