I want to buy my wife a new dress when I pass ________ Beijing.

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A．by　　　　　　　　B．through

C．over　　　　　　　D．/

I want to buy my wife a new dress when I pass ________ Beijing.

1. A.
   by
2. B.
   through
3. C.
   over
4. D.
   /

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16-35各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
The Price of a Dream
　　I grew up poor—living with my wonderful mother. We had little money, but plenty of love and attention. I was 　16　 and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, he could still 　17　 a dream.
My dream was 　18　. By the time I was sixteen, I started playing baseball. I could throw a ninety-mile-per-hour fastball and 　19　 anything that moved on the football field.
I was also  20　. My high school coach was John, who not only believed in me, but also taught me 　21　to believe in myself. He 　22　 me the difference between having a dream and remaining true to that dream. One particular 　23　 with Coach John changed my life forever.
　　A friend recommended me for a summer job. This meant a chance for money in my pocket—money for a new bike, new clothes and the 　24　 of savings for a house for my mother. Then I realized I would have to 　25　 up summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell John I wouldn’t be playing.
　　When I told John, he was 　26　 as I expected him to be. “You have your whole life to work,” He shouted. “Your 　27　 days are limited. You can’t afford to waste them.” I stood before him with my head 　28　, trying to think of the right　29　　that would explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth facing his 　30　 in me.
　　“How much are you going to make at this job, son?” He asked. “3.5 dollars an hour,” I replied.
　　“Well,” he asked, “is $ 3.5 an hour the price of a dream?”
　　That simple question made  31    for me the difference between  32 　something at once and having a 　33　. I decided myself to play sports that summer and the ___34    year after I finished high school, I was hired by the Pittsburgh Pirates to play baseball, and was 　35　 a $ 20,000 contract. Finally, I bought my mother the house of my dream!
16. A. happy                 B. polite　             C. shy　                        D. honest
17. A. live                    B. have　　　       C. make　　　           D. need
18. A. athletics                 B. music　　　     C. business　　              D. money
19. A. kick                   B. play                   C. pass　　　　             D. hit
20. A. right                   B. popular　　       C. lucky　　　             D. honest
21. A. how                   B. why　　　        C. when　　　           D. whether
22. A. gave                   B. taught　　　     C. brought　　　          D. asked
23. A. accident                 B. matter　　      C. problem　　            D. experience
24. A. aim　　　　    B. idea　　　       C. start　　　　           D. purpose
25. A. keep　　　      B. end　　　       C. give　　　　           D. pick
26. A. mad　　　　     B. mournful　             C. frightened　           D. shameful
27. A. living　　　     B. playing　　        C. working　　            D. dreaming
28. A. moving　　      B. nodding　　       C. shaking　　           D. hanging
29. A. answers　　      B. excuses　　        C. words　　　            D. ways
30. A. sadness　　    B. regret　            C. hopelessness           D. disappointment
31. A. direct　　　　  B. clear　　           C. straight　　　      D. bare
32. A. wanting　　　    B. changing　　       C. dreaming　　           D. enjoying
33. A. wish　　　　　 B. goal　　　                 C. score　　　　      D. desire
34. A. following　　　 B. same　　           C. previous　　            D. very
35. A. charged　　　　B. got　　　　         C. offered　　       D. presented

“Look, it’s Baldy!” A boy shouted in my direction across the playground. Even though I was used to regular insults (侮辱) because of the   11   on my head, it was   12   horrible to hear. I sighed as I was headed back to the class.

When I was just 20 months old, I suffered serious   13   after a bowl full hot oil fell on my head. I was   14   to hospital and had to stay there for weeks while the doctors   15   to save my life. “Holly’s very   16   to be alive,” they told Mum and Dad. “But she’ll be   17   with scars on her head, and of course her hair won’t grow there.”

As a child, I cared much about my scars, so I   18   wore a scarf to cover them up when I left home.   19   I didn’t, people would call me horrible names like Baldy. Although my friends were always comforting me, they never   20   understood how it felt.

Then through the hospital I was   21   to a children’s burns camp, where children like me can get any help. There, I   22   14-year-old Stephanie, whose burns are a lot more serious than mine. But she is so   23   that she never lets anyone put her down. “You shouldn’t   24   what people say about what you look like because we’re not different from anyone else, Holly,” she   25   me. “And you don’t need to wear a scarf because you look great   26   it!” For the first time in my life I could speak to someone who’d been through something   27   . So weeks later, at my 13^th birthday party,   28   by her bravery, I gave up my scarf and showed off my scars. It felt amazing not having to   29   away behind my scarf.

Now, I am   30   of what I look like and much happier, because I have realized it is your personality (个性) that decides who you truly are.