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With a determined(坚定的) look on his face, Chicago’s Michael McCarthy held on to the banister(扶手) and climbed to the top of the Willis Tower not long ago. The Tower stands 1,451 feet(442 meters) tall, the＿21＿ building in the US.
As he got to the last step, McCarthy ＿22＿ fell down, but that didn’t stop him. The 14-year-old boy finally finished climbing the 2,109 steps and arrived at the top, where he ＿23＿ cheers from many people.
“I just want to show people that ＿24＿ a kid with no legs can do it, anyone can do it,” McCarthy said.
McCarthy, who was born without legs, has to wear prosthetic legs(假肢) and use a stick to walk. But McCarthy has a strong 25 . He believes having a disability(残疾) shouldn’t stop anyone 26 achieving his or her success.
He has been in a special school 27 he was four. When he decided to climb the Willis Tower, his teacher, Jeff Kohn, was 28 by his determination(决心) and offered to help train him. They 29 more than ten hours practicing climbing stairs and keeping balance with the prosthetics and sticks on the steps every day. “ 30 seems that he never knows how difficult it is. 31 I was so tired that I asked him to rest for a day,”said Kohn. “But he said he was still full of energy and wanted more 32 .”
Kohn always walked with McCarthy for the climb. “I 33 the last 10 floors, he went faster,” said Kohn. “He’s the most craven sportsman I’ve ever trained.”
McCarthy said he was 34 of himself and that the tower now holds special meaning. “When I’m older, I’ll 35 to the building and say ‘Look at this building I climbed’,” he said.
1. A. largest B. highest C. earliest D. latest
2.A. seldom B. hardly C. always D. almost
3.A. enjoyed B. needed C. made D. kept
4. A. while B. after C. if D. though
5. A. heart B. hope C. body D. love
6. A. by B. for C. in D. from
7.A. as B. since C. until D. before
8. A. pleased B. beaten C. moved D. asked
9. A. used B. spent C. took D. wasted
10. A. Here B. There C. He D. It
11. A. However B. Sometimes C. Again D. Then
12. A. friends B. helpers C. time D. exercise
13.A. tried B. saw C. did D. met
14. A. thinking B. talking C. worried D. proud
15.A. point B. go C. turn D. hurry
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When I was a teenager growing up in Russia, I felt studying very boring, I wanted to leave school and have my own life. There were only two ways for me to do this—working in the toy factory in my town, or getting married. I chose the first one. I was nervous when I told my father that I wanted to leave school. I thought he would say, “No! You are going to college.” Instead, he took me by surprise when he said, “OK. We’ll go to the toy factory.”
Two days later, he took me to the factory. I had a very romantic idea of working in a factory. I had imagined everyone to be friendly working together and having fun. I even imagined there would be music and singing. I guess I had watched too many movies as a teenager.
When we arrived at the factory gates, my father spoke to the guard and one minute later we went inside. My father said, “Take your time. Look around.” I walked around the factory, looking at the buildings, the workers, and listening to the noise. It was terrible. I ran back to my father and said, “I want to go home.”
He asked me, “What do you think of the factory?”
“It’s terrible,” I replied.
“And you have another choice, but I think getting married is even worse!” he said.
I went back to school the next day. From then on, I studied as hard as I could. Finally I got into a good college. I enjoyed studying English so I decided to major in languages at college. Thanks to my father and our trip to the factory, I now work at the United Nations and my father is very proud of me. I married a very good man and my life is much better than it would have been working in the factory!
【小题1】The writer lived in ________ when she was a teenager.
| A．Russia | B．Japan | C．China | D．England |
| A．more terrible | B．more colorful | C．busier | D．more boring |
| A．decided to work there | B．changed her romantic idea |
| C．wanted to get married | D．argued with her father |
| A．The writer studied languages after she went into the college. |
| B．The writer now works at the United Nations. |
| C．The writer’s father used a special way to let his daughter go back to school. |
| D．The writer’s father is proud because his daughter married a good man. |
One day a poor man was traveling on horseback. At noon, he tied his horse to a tree and then 46 to eat something. A few minutes later, a rich man came along and tied his horse to the same tree.
“Please tie your horse to another tree,” said the poor man. “My horse is wild. It will kill yours.”
47 the rich man said, “I shall tie my horse as I like!” he tied up his horse and had his lunch nearby. After a moment they heard a terrible 48 , the two horses were fighting. They went up to them, but it was too 49 . The rich man’s horse was killed. “See what you horse has done!” cried the rich man. “You will have to 50 it.” And he brought the poor man before Mr. Know.
Mr. Know asked the poor man some questions. But he made no 51 . At last Mr. Know said, “This man is dumb. He cannot speak.”
“Oh,” the rich man shouted 52 . “He can! He spoke to me when I met him.”
“Are you sure?” asked Mr. Know. “What did he 53 ?”
“He told me not to tie my horse to the same tree because his horse was wild and would kill my horse.”
“Oh,” said Mr. Know. “So he 54 you. Then can you expect to get money 55 him? ”
The rich man said nothing and left silently.
46. A. put down B. set down C. sat down D. turned down
47. A. So B. But C. And D. Though
48. A. song B. word C. bell D. noise
49. A. late B. slow C. hard D. quick
50. A. pay for B. look for C. wait for D. care for
51. A. idea B. mistake C. money D. answer
52. A. quietly B. angrily C. happily D. heavily
53. A. speak B. tell C. talk D. say
54. A. helped B. thanked C. warned D. ordered
55. A. for B. from C. with D. about
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With a determined(坚定的) look on his face, Chicago’s Michael McCarthy held on to the banister(扶手) and climbed to the top of the Willis Tower not long ago. The Tower stands 1,451 feet(442 meters) tall, the＿1.＿ building in the US.
As he got to the last step, McCarthy ＿2.＿ fell down, but that didn’t stop him. The 14-year-old boy finally finished climbing the 2,109 steps and arrived at the top, where he ＿3.＿ cheers from many people.
“I just want to show people that ＿4.＿ a kid with no legs can do it, anyone can do it,” McCarthy said.
McCarthy, who was born without legs, has to wear prosthetic legs(假肢) and use a stick to walk. But McCarthy has a strong 5. . He believes having a disability(残疾) shouldn’t stop anyone 6. achieving his or her success.
He has been in a special school 7. he was four. When he decided to climb the Willis Tower, his teacher, Jeff Kohn, was 8. by his determination(决心) and offered to help train him. They 9. more than ten hours practicing climbing stairs and keeping balance with the prosthetics and sticks on the steps every day. “ 10. seems that he never knows how difficult it is. 11. I was so tired that I asked him to rest for a day,”said Kohn. “But he said he was still full of energy and wanted more 12. .”
Kohn always walked with McCarthy for the climb. “I 13. the last 10 floors, he went faster,” said Kohn. “He’s the most craven sportsman I’ve ever trained.”
McCarthy said he was 14. of himself and that the tower now holds special meaning. “When I’m older, I’ll 15. to the building and say ‘Look at this building I climbed’,” he said.
16.A. largest B. highest C. earliest D. latest
17.A. seldom B. hardly C. always D. almost
18.A. enjoyed B. needed C. made D. kept
19.A. while B. after C. if D. though
20.A. heart B. hope C. body D. love
21.A. by B. for C. in D. from
22.A. as B. since C. until D. before
23.A. pleased B. beaten C. moved D. asked
24.A. used B. spent C. took D. wasted
25.A. Here B. There C. He D. It
26.A. However B. Sometimes C. Again D. Then
27.A. friends B. helpers C. time D. exercise
28.A. tried B. saw C. did D. met
29.A. thinking B. talking C. worried D. proud
30.A. point B. go C. turn D. hurry
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