Even though it was only October, my students were already whispering about Christmas plans. With each passing day everyone became more __36__, waiting for the final school bell. Upon its _37____everyone would run for their coats and go home, everyone except David.

    David was a small boy in ragged clothes. I had often _38___what kind of home life David had, and what kind of mother could send her son to school dressed so __39_ for the cold winter months, without a coat, boots, or gloves. But something made David __40_. I can still remember he was always __41____a smile and willing to help. He always _42__after school to straighten chairs and mop the floor. We never talked much. He__43___just simply smile and ask what else he could do, then thank me for letting him stay and slowly__44___home.

    Weeks passed and the __45___over the coming Christmas grew into restlessness until the last day of__46__before the holiday break. I smiled in ___47 __as the last of them hurried out the door. Turning around I saw David ___48___standing by my desk..

    “I have something for you ”he said and ____49____from behind his back a small box .__50___it to me, he said anxiously, “Open it ”I took the box from him ,thanked him and slowly unwrapped it. I lifted the lid and to my __51__, I saw nothing. I looked at David’s smiling face and back into the box and said,“The box is nice ,David ,but it’s__52__”.

“Oh no, it isn’t”said David.“It’s full of love. My mum told me before she died that love was something you couldn’t see or touch unless you know it’s there.”.

    Tears filled my eyes ___53___I looked at the proud dirty face that I had rarely given____54___to. After that Christmas, David and I became good friends and I never forgot the meaning ___55___the little empty box set on my desk .

1.A. anxious               B. courageous C. serious                   D. cautious

2.A. warning              B. ringing                    C. calling           D. yelling

3.A. scolded              B. wondered        C. realized              D. learned

4.A. modestly             B. naturally           C. inaccurately    D. improperly

5.A. popular              B. upset                 C. special            D. funny

6.A. expressing             B. delivering          C. wearing                   D. sharing

7.A. practiced              B. wandered          C. studied                    D. stayed

8.A. would                B. should                    C. might             D. could

9.A. aim at                      B. turn to            C. put off                    D. head for

10.A. argument                  B. excitement C. movement           D. judgment

11.A. school                  B. year                         C. education    D. program

12.A. relief                    B. return            C. vain                         D. control

13.A. weakly             B. sadly                  C. quietly            D. helplessly

14.A. searched                   B. found            C. raised            D. pulled

15.A. Holding            B. Handing                 C. Sending                  D. Leaving

16.A. delight                  B. expectation   C. appreciation         D. surprise

17.A. cheap                   B. empty             C. useless                   D. special

18.A. as                      B. until                   C. because                  D. though

19.A. advice             B. support           C. attention                D. command

20.A. from                           B. behind                  C. over                        D. towards

We lived in a very quiet neighborhood. Earlier that evening my wife had asked me to go to the   1 to get some soft drinks. It seemed like this would be a good time to let my teenage daughter Holly practice her  2 , so I allowed her to go to the store in my truck.

At dinner my son talked about how much he liked my truck. I  3  having it, but I said: “Guy, my heart is not set on that truck. I like it but it is just metal and won’t  4  forever. Never set your heart on anything that won’t last.

We were talking  5  we heard a loud noise.  6  hearing it, the whole family ran outside. My son shouted; “Dad! Dad, Holly crashed your truck!”

My heart sank and my mind was flooded with conflicting (矛盾的) thoughts. Was anyone hurt? Who else was 7? As I ran to the door, I heard a voice in my heart say: “Here is a chance to show Holly  8  you really love. She’ll never forget it.”

The  9 had happened in my own driveway. Holly had  10  my truck into our family van (搬运车). Because of her  11 , she had confused the brakes (刹车) and the gas pedal (油门). Holly was unhurt  12  but when I reached her, she was crying and saying “Oh, Dad, I’m sorry. I know how much you love this truck.” I held her in my arms as she cried.

Later that week a friend asked what had happened to my truck. I told her the whole story. Her eyes moistened (湿润) and she said: “That happened to me when I was a girl. I  13 my dad’s car completely. When I got home, my dad knocked me to the ground and began to  14  me.”

Over 40 years later, she still felt the  15 of the night, which was a deep wound on her soul.

I remember how  16 Holly was when she crashed our truck, and how I   17 her. One day, when Holly  18  on her life, I want her to know that I love her a thousand times  19 any piece of  20 .

9.A affair                   B. event                           C. incident                       D. accident

  Once upon a time, there was a boy who would go into the forest and gather food and herbal medicines(草药) with some of his fellows every spring. However, one year, a tiger  36  in the forest and no one dared go into the forest again. One day, the boy’s father became  37  ， and the family couldn’t afford the  38  that the father needed. The boy decided to try and find some herbal medicines as well as some food in the forest.

   It was a perfect sunny day. At first, it was quiet and  39  happened. But later, when the boy bent down to reach one more mushroom, he was suddenly pushed to the ground. A large shadow 40   him. He rolled over and looked  41  in shock as the tiger said in a deep voice. “You are my  42  . Say good-bye to this world.”  43  his sick father, the boy knew he couldn’t die. He quickly calmed down and put a(n)  44  into his mouth, and chewed and swallowed.Then he said, “45  you can kill and eat me, but I  46  you to know that these mushrooms are  47  poisonous(有毒的). You can eat me,  48  you will die too. My family will  49 me and find you. They will  50 your stomach and eat your meat. Your fine  51 will carpet the floor of a rich man’s house and your tiger bones will get a good  52  in the medicine shops. My family will have enough for a year or more and I will be given a good funeral（葬礼） and long53  .

    The tiger hesistated. He saw the frightful mushrooms in the basket and  54  his appetite(胃口). He slowly walked away. The boy saved his own life with his quick  55 .

A． broke out           B. woke up        C. showed up        D. set out

A． hungry          B. ill           C. angry        D.mad

A． love               B. medicine      C.care          D.doctors

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

A． covered           B.followed         C. caught    D. pushed

A． down            B. out             C. around       D. up

A． energy          B. power          C. enemy    D. supper

A． Looking after   B. Thinking of    C.Bringing back     D. Believing in

A． stone         B.leaf             C. mushroom        D. apple

A． Of course       B.No way          C. In the beginning         D. In any case

A．choose             B. wish           C. persuade    D. order

A． expensive          B. delicious      C. deadly       D. magic

A． as              B. so            C. but           D. because

A．look for            B. call for        C. take care of   D. get rid of

A．feed               B. open           C. sell             D. kick

A．head             B.tail             C. paws           D.skin

A． price              B. seller           C. reward         D. doctor

A． understood       B.encouraged     C.needed         D.remembered

A． lost            B. increased        C. regained      D. forgot

A． skill           B. warning        C. thinking      D.word

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，从短文后各题所给的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。

We often talk about ourselves as if we have permanent genetic defects (缺陷) that can never be changed. “I’m impatient.” “I’m always behind.” “I always put things   31  !” You’ve surely heard them. Maybe you’ve used them to describe   32  .

These comments may come from stories about us that have been   33   for years—often from   34   childhood. These stories may have no   35  in fact. But they can set low expectations for us. As a child, my mother said to me, “Marshall, you have no mechanical skills, and you will never have any mechanical skills for the rest of your life.” How did these expectations  36   my development? I was never   37   to work on cars or be around    38  . When I was 18, I took the US Army’s Mechanical Aptitude Test. My scores were in the bottom for the entire nation!

Six years later,   39  , I was at California University, working on my doctor’s degree. One of my professors, Dr. Bob Tannbaum, asked me to write down things I did well and things I couldn’t do. On the positive side, I   40   down, “research, writing, analysis, and speaking.” On the   41   side, I wrote, “I have no mechanical skills.”

Bob asked me how I knew I had no mechanical skills. I explained my life   42   and told him about my   43   performance on the Army test. Bob then asked, “  44   is it that you can solve    45   mathematical problems, but you can’t solve simple mechanical problems?”

Suddenly I realized that I didn’t  46   from some sort of genetic defect. I was just living out expectations that I had chosen to  47 . At that point, it wasn’t just my family and friends who had been  48   my belief that I was mechanically hopeless. And it wasn’t just the Army test, either. I was the one who kept telling myself, “You can’t do this!” I realized that as long as I kept saying that, it was going to remain true.   49  , if we don’t treat ourselves as if we have incurable genetic defects, we can do well in almost   50   we choose.

1.A. away           B. off          C. up               D. down

2.A. them           B. myself       C. yourself             D. others 

3.A. said           B. spoken           C. spread           D. repeated 

4.A. as long as     B. as far back as  C. as well as  D. as much as 

5.A. basis              B. plot             C. cause        D. meaning 

6.A. lead           B. improve          C. affect           D. change 

7.A. encouraged         B. demanded         C. hoped            D. agreed 

8.A. means          B. tools        C. goods            D. hammers 

9.A. therefore          B. somehow      C. instead              D. however 

10.A. settled       B. turned       C. took             D. got 

11.A. passive       B. active       C. negative         D. subjective 

12.A. experiences  B. trips            C. roads            D. paths 

13.A. unexpected    B. poor         C. excellent            D. average 

14.A. When          B. What             C. How              D. Why 

15.A. complex       B. advanced         C. common           D. primary 

16.A. arise             B. separate         C. suffer           D. come 

17.A. believe       B. suspect          C. adopt            D. receive 

18.A. weakening         B. strengthening    C. abandoning  D. accepting 

19.A. As a result  B. At the same time  C. In addition      D. On the contrary 

20.A. anything B. something        C. nothing              D. all

When in doubt, cut that out! Yeah, yeah, doubting Thomas may have had a point in his day, and life may not be what you want it to be, but if you constantly doubt yourself, how can you accomplish anything?

Where is your confidence? What possible good can come from taking the negative aspect of any situation and growing it into acceptance?

The purpose of achievement is to attain a goal. So, if you set your goals and strive to get there, it should be assumed that you are moving toward your goals no matter what you are doing, right?

When watching a football game, one of those great high school starter games, set to determine who starts when the real game begin. I noticed the coach called “defense” only when the team was “protecting” their goal. As long as the team was fighting for more ground they played “offense”. Along the same lines, I've heard the phrase, “A strong defense requires a good offense.” Simply put, if you concentrate more on gaining ground than on protecting your goal, your accomplishments will be greater. Time spent protecting your goal is wasted time, when you could be working toward attaining your goal rather than preventing others from reaching their goal.

In business, if you waste your time focusing on what the competition is doing rather than working toward meeting your goals, you don't get very far.

Focus your attention on where you're going. Don't waste time worrying about where the competition is. You will gain ground while they are watching you. Smile as you reach your destination.

6. The writer of the passage intends to tell us________.

A. a common rule in a football game

B. how to beat your competitors

C. to overcome our doubt and achieve our goals

D. how to deal with our doubt in life

7. The author's purpose of mentioning Thomas in the first paragraph is to________.

A. show that famous people can change our life

B. tell us that successful people never doubt themselves

C. ask us to learn from successful people

D. tell us it's quite natural for people to doubt themselves

8. The author suggests that in business we should________.

A. avoid too much competition

B. seek as much cooperation as possible

C. focus on our own goals

D. know our competitors as well as ourselves

9. What did the author learn from watching a football game?

A. Slow and steady win the race.

B. A good offense is the best defense.

C. Teamwork leads to success.

D. A miss is as good as a mile.

10. The passage is intended for________.

A. football players         B. coaches

C. businessmen           D. common readers