19.The Hard Truth     
One day,Marissa noticed a spider(蜘蛛) web,shining in the sunlight.A spider was spinning webs on it.The spider wasn't trying to be something else,like a butterfly or a bee,Marissa thought.It was happy to be exactly what it was and to do what it was good at.
What came naturally to Marissa was(41)B.She could paint or draw all day long and never get bored.However,a few weeks ago Marissa signed(42)Afor high jump.Because her mother had been a high jump star in school,she thought it would make her mother happy.But now she(43)Athat how ever hard she worked,she would never be a high jump star like her mother.One night,halfway through her homework,Marissa fell (44)D.When she woke up,the clock(45)B1:00 A.M.Marissa got into a panic.There was still so much(46)A to do,but she really needed her rest for track(田径) practice.Marissa had always been a good student,but now track was risking her(47)B.
Then a dark thought(48)DMarissa's mind.If she(49)Dsome of her classes,she would be off the track team.That was one way to solve her problem.After a week of(50)Dher homework,letters had been mailed out to parents listing grades,and Marissa knew the letters would show that her grades had(51)Ca lot.She walked home with slow heavy steps,knowing her(52)Bplan had(53)D.Just as Marissa had expected,her mother was waiting with the letter in her hand."What's happening to your grades?And more importantly,what's happening to you?"she asked.With tears in her eyes,Marissa admitted her(54)C."I only joined the track team to make you proud of me.I hated it,(55)AI didn't want to disappoint you.I thought if I were failing in my class es,Coach would kick me off the team.What a(56)AI've made of everything."
Marissa watched her mother's face turn from anger to(57)C."Marissa,I was always proud of you.You didn't need to do the high jump to make me happy.Now you have a lot of hard work in front of you because you made a bad(58)B."
Marissa thought again about the spider.She realized she had lost sight of her(59)Cand twisted her web.Now she had to go back and(60)Athat web.

41.A.musicB.artC.sportD.dance
42.A.upB.offC.downD.over
43.A.realizedB.insistedC.wonderedD.remembered
44.A.illB.silentC.apartD.asleep
45.A.saysB.readC.wroteD.truck
46.A.homeworkB.practiceC.houseworkD.research
47.A.lifeB.gradesC.healthD.images
48.A.occurredB.tookC.appearedD.crossed
49.A.attendedB.gaveC.tookD.failed
50.A.preparingB.copyingC.ignoringD.completing
51.A.risenB.improvedC.droppedD.meant
52.A.strangeB.uglyC.simpleD.serious
53.A.carriedB.madeC.stoppedD.worked
54.A.feelingB.excuseC.secretD.weakness
55.A.butB.soC.andD.or
56.A.messB.scareC.surpriseD.joke
57.A.delightB.embarrassmentC.concernD.disappointment
58.A.jumpB.choiceC.speechD.stop
59.A.successB.exampleC.purposeD.balance
60.A.rebuildB.reviewC.findD.break
16.MANHATTAN,Venice,Paris …(36)D?You can not only visit them in the US,Italy and France,but also see them as the names of roads,buildings and housing estates (住宅小区) in China's different cities.
(37)A,these names won't last for long.The Chinese government has started to survey and change"exaggerated (夸张的),foreign,strange"place names.According to Civil Affairs Minister Li Liguo,the name changing will be finished by June next year,and the Chinese government has called for new names that stand for China's culture,history and traditions.
(38)E,according to the Chinese government.New names have been used in an effort to present a modern and international lifestyle and to interest more tourists,according to People's Daily.One well-known example is Zhangjiajie in Hunan province.In 2010,it changed the name of one of its peaks (山峰) from One Pillar in the South (南天一柱) to Hallelujah Mountain,a place in the famous film Avatar (《阿凡达》).
(39)G,but also misleads people,said Zhu Lijia,a professor at the National School of Administration.For example,some cities have more than one road named"Manhattan"or"Venice",and people sometimes get confused and go to the wrong place.Besides,exaggeration in names is common.A place called"Vienna woods"may only have a few trees,and"Venice water town"may just have a small pond,said Li.
(40)F,according to Li,but these changes shouldn't cause new troubles for people.Thus,some widely known names could be kept,and the name changes will be carried out gradually.

A.However
B.As a result
C.Do these places sound familiar to you
D.Have you ever heard of them
E.During the past 30 years,about 60,000 names of towns and 400,000 names of villages in China have been lost
F.It's necessary to clean up non-standard names
G.Overuse of foreign place names not only"cuts Chinese people off from their history and culture"
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