Four years ago, I felt lucky after escaping one of those terrible 2-mile runs. I hated running; it was just something that   1  came easily to me. At that time, if you had told me that I would one day run a marathon, I’ d have told you honestly that I had a better   2  of winning the lottery（彩票）.

The turning   3  came when I met Mrs. Green. She was fifty years old, going through chemotherapy（化学疗法）for her cancer, and still managed to run 30 miles a week. I thought that if Mrs. Green could run 6 miles at a time, I could run at least two. In February, in cold weather, I started a 2-mile   4  around my neighborhood. Two months later, I   5  the running for the first time. I felt very tired, but I felt happy.

Over the next several years, I continued to push each run for a few   6  minutes, slowly building my endurance（耐力）. I didn’t need to  7  against other runners, for my most important competitor was myself.

After continuing to   8  myself, I knew it was time to step my training up. I   9  I would train for the Detroit Free Press/Flagstar Marathon.

The race day   10  came, and I was filled with excitement and worry. It was final time to see what I was made of. The   11  ended up surprisingly. I did   12  through the last few miles, but after my running, there was no doubt in my mind that I’d finished. As I   13  the finish line, I experienced the strongest sense of   14  and happiness I had ever had in my life. I am now a marathoner.

As John Bingham once said, “The miracle（奇迹）isn’t that I finished. The miracle is that I had the   15  to start.”

1.                A．never          B．always          C．usually   D．often

2.                A．belief          B．suggestion       C．chance   D．hope

3.                A．situation        B．stage           C．case D．point

4.                A．race           B．walk           C．hike D．ride

5.                A．closed         B．changed        C．finished  D．considered

6.                A．perfect         B．extra           C．actual    D．basic

7.                A．compete        B．go             C．speak    D．argue

8.                A．treat           B．interest         C．challenge D．enjoy

9.                A．forced         B．decided        C．doubted  D．seemed

10.               A．certainly        B．immediately     C．frequently D．finally

11.               A．experience     B．moment        C．walk  D．reward

12.               A．look           B．live            C．travel D．struggle

13.               A．toured         B．moved         C．crossed   D．stopped

14.               A．touch          B．pride          C．humor    D．belonging

15.               A．courage        B．ability          C．choice    D．thought

根据提示完成句子。（共15小题，每空1分，满分15分）

1.___________________（据估计）the vase is about 2,000 years old.

2._____________(除了……以外) an album, I gave him a dictionary and some novels.

3.______________(在……不在的时候) the manager, it is me who take charge of the company.

4.He dived into the rive to save the drowning girl ______________(毫不犹豫地).

5.After her father’ s retirement, she was _______________ (拥有) of the property of the family.

6.We should be _________________ (与……相处融洽) all our classmates.

7.Your suggestion __________________. (值得考虑)

8.He is very clever, but he doesn’t work hard; ____________ her sister. (他姐姐也是这样).

9.It is said that yoga _______________ (对……有极大的好处) to human health.

10.When making a plan, you should ____________________(将他的健康纳入到考虑之中).

11. It was _________________(这种失败感) that made him determined to succeed in his new life.

12.Mike ___________________ (比……有优势) you since he can speak English fluently.

13.The giant panda is an ________________(濒危物种).

14.We _______________ five lovely grandchildren. (我们有幸有五个可爱的孙子孙女)

15.When his father came in, he ___________________(假装在图书).

完形填空 （共15小题； 每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 下列各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

An English padre（神父） wanted to become a member of a certain club in Africa. In order to become a member, each person had to   1   at least one lion. The padre had never shot an animal for his life. So, armed with a rifle and led by a young African boy, the padre set out one evening for a pool in the jungle where he was told a lion came each evening to   2   . He waited patiently for a few   3   until shortly before midnight when he heard a rustling(沙沙声) noise. Sure enough a few feet away the head of the lion appeared above a bush that separated the padre and the pool. He aimed and fired. The head of the lion   4   fell behind the bush but a moment later

   5   . So the padre aimed and   6   again. The head of the lion fell behind the bush and once more reappeared. The padre fired again: the same   7   . He remained calm because he   8   he had brought sixteen bullets with him. After his fourth try, his aim seemed to become more and more   9   : in fact, after his  10  

try the African boy had to  11   him: “This is your last chance. If you  12   this time, we are in trouble.” The padre then realized how  13   the situation was, so he took a deep breath, aimed very carefully and fired. They waited for a moment, and then slowly  14   up to twenty: the head of the lion did not reappear. The padre was certain that at last he had shot his lion. They  15   forward together to the spot behind the bush. And what do you think they found? Sixteen lions!

1. A. shoot         B. kill         C. catch            D. hurt

2. A. eat           B. walk         C. drink            D. hunt

3. A. minutes       B. seconds      C. days         D. hours

4. A. fast          B. immediately  C. once         D. directly

5. A. turned        B. reappeared   C. returned         D. moved

6. A. killed            B. jumped       C. fired            D. tied

7. A. result            B. situation        C. answer       D. problem

8. A. acknowledged  B. understood   C. believed     D. knew

9. A. inaccurate   B. unnecessary  C. impossible   D. indirect

10 A. last          B. fifteenth        C. sixteenth        D. many

11. A. tell             B. frighten     C. warn         D. remain

12. A. fell         B. shot         C. fired            D. missed

13. A. difficult        B. serious      C. exciting     D. mad

14. A. counted      B. waited       C. added        D. named

15. A. drove         B. rushed       C. wandered     D. climbed

根据所提供语境，用方框中所给短语的适当形式填空。（每题1分，共15分）

a great many   in favour of    by means of    team up with    be bound to    object to    take in     from time to time    occur to     hang on  call up    pay off    cast down    set about       out of order.

1.Whether one can________ others suggests his/ her ability and character.

2.We _______ punishing a whole group for one person’s fault.

3.It suddenly_______ me that there was a simpler way to deal with the problem.

4.__________ students in our class have passed the exam.

5.The students find it easy to ________ what you teach.

6.She could not speak, but expressed her wishes __________ body language.

7.Her design won the first prize in the competition. Years of patience and hard work had at last________.

8.My sister was against my suggestion while my brother was_________ it.

9.Dolly-the sheep’s death, like her birth, ________ raise worries.

10.He was ________ because he was forbidden to go out with his brothers.

11.My uncle comes to have dinner with us______________.

12.The sound of happy laughter ________ memories of his childhood.

13.The moment he arrived home, he ________ cleaning up the mess.

14.It’s not easy to learn English well but if you________, you will succeed in the end.

15.My clock was ________ and waked me up at 3 this morning.

完形填空

　　Do you know what kind of things the young people are reading? More and more ___1___ and parents have noticed another kind of pollution which came from the printed papers ___2___ on streets. These printed things ___3___ newspapers but have hardly ___4___ to do with them, you can only find reading materials badly made up there?---some are too strange for anyone to believe; others are ___5___ stories of something ___6___ However, many of the young readers are getting interested in such ___7___ reading, which ___8___ them what they should pay for their breakfast and brings them nightmares and immoral ideas ___9___. Homework was left undone; daily games lost. These sellers shout on streets selling their papers well. The writers, publishers and printers, ___10___ they are, we never know, are ___11___ their silent money. The sheep-skinned wolfs story seems to have been forgotten once again. Why not ___12___ this kind of things? Yes, ___13___ the teachers and parents have asked each other for more strict control of the young readers. Unfortunately, the more you want to forbid it ___14___ they want to have a look at it. ___15___ you may even find out several children, driven by the curious natures, ___16___ one patched paper, which has ___17___ from hand to hand. It really does ___18___ to our society. It has already formed a sort of moral pollution. The ___19___ teachers and parents need more powerful support in their protection of the young generation. At the same time the young readers need more interesting books to help them ___20___ those ugly papers.