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At the end of the year everyone should think what has been ____ and what is left undone.
A. abandoned B. accumulated C. acknowledged D. accomplished
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achievement is the result of gruelling hard work and intense practice.Usually athletes say how hard it
is to win the big games.At the opposite end of the spectrum,however,is the fact that losing the big game,
or,in my case,all the games,can be even tougher.
From the spectators’ point of view,last year’s basketball season for my high school team was nothing
short of an embarrassment.And while 0 and 20 is certainly nothing to be proud of,that season had a bigger
impact on me than any other,and probably more than any season since.
As a team captain,I knew it probably wouldn’t be the easiest year,but did I ever think we would
lose every game? Of course not.Since six of our top players had graduated,it was clear that we were a
young team who would struggle.The struggle began earlier than expected,though,as our team’s starting
center was suspended for the season,and two key members decided to quit after two weeks.At some
point,quitting probably passed through every player’s mind,but,in the end,we all stuck it out,vowing to
work even harder.
Then there came a time when even our own coach had given up on us.Personally，I felt like it was
no longer worth giving my all.I thought,if even the coach doesn’t believe in us,why should I? But just as
my hope began to fade,a teammate called a meeting. He said,“Nobody thinks we’re going to win,and
heck,we may not,but,as teammates and friends,we_owe_it_to_each_other_to_give_it_our_allevery_
game.”
Sure,it was a little cliche (陈旧的),but it was that moment that taught me how to be a leader.It hit me
then that I may have been a captain,but I,like others in my position,certainly didn’t deserve the role.As a
leader you can never quit on the team who looks up to you.It is one thing to be named captain and feel
great and go through the motions,but it is quite another to be a real captain and make sure everyone works to their potential all the time.
I am sure it is great to go through high school without losing and bringing home awards.But in all
honesty,I relish the fact that my team lost every game last year.It may not help me to become a better
basketball player,but it already has made me a better leader,and person.
B．Their coach no longer wanted to instruct them.
C．There were no actual leaders on the team.
D．Most of players lost hope and wanted to quit.
B．make sure everyone goes all out
C．work hard to win the games
D．feel great about his team
that all of them should ________.
B．try their best on the court
C．feel thankful for what they’ve done
D．get together to win every game
B．A friend in need is a friend indeed.
C．One can learn something from the failure.
D．A real leader should never give up.
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After studying English, maths and geography for two years, 17-year-old Henry is about to face his final A-level (Advanced level) exams. They will start at the end of 26 and continue into June. Everyone has said they are the 27 exams he'll ever have to take .
He's been 28 a place to study geography at Manchester University — if he gets an A and two Bs. If he doesn't get the grades , he will go to his second 29 in London, which has _30_ asked for a B and two Cs.
About five months before, he visited lots of universities and 31 six to apply to. His teachers sent these universities his grades 32 on his mock exams (模拟考试), and a report of his _33_ . He wrote a 500-word _34 statement saying why he should be 35 to each place. Two universities called him in for an 36 . Three others offered him a place straight away. And two refused him. He 37 chose his two top places.
A few months after his exams, Henry's 38 arrive. He hasn't 39 well. He got three Cs and neither of his two choices 40_ him.
All is not lost, 41 . He gets on the phone and calls every 42 he can think of. _43_ they have any spare places, he 44 them to give him a place. Finally, he is offered a place to study computing in Wales. It wasn't what he planned to study, _45_ where he had wanted to go. But he doesn't care. He has achieved his goal — he is going to university.
26. A. February B. March C. May D. April
27. A. longest B. shortest C. easiest D. hardest
28. A. ordered B. offered C. taken D. longing for
29. A. school B. club C. department D. choice
30. A. only B. hardly C. nearly D. almost
31. A. chose B. made C. attended D. prepared
32. A. based B. depended C. fixed D. checked
33. A. grades B. school C. manners D. character
34. A. secret B. important C. personal D. immediate
35. A. applied B. accepted C. admitted D. received
36. A. exam B. agreement C. education D. interview
37. A. strangely B. curiously C. finally D. regretfully
38. A. letters B. answers C. invitations D. results
39. A. studied B. got C. done D. taken
40. A. took B. might take C. will take D. had taken
41. A. therefore B. finally C. after all D. however
42. A. teacher B. friend C. university D. school
43. A. While B. As C. If D. Though
44. A. tells B. begs C. requires D. advises
45. A. nor B. but C. and D. either
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After my brother died in an accident, my mother was in deep sadness. I was only a four-year-old girl at the time, but I still understood the sudden shift in my mom’s attitude towards safety. Suddenly everything around us was potentially dangerous. Overnight, the world had gone from a playground to a dangerous zone. I grew up with a lot of limits and rules. I couldn’t walk home from school by myself, even though everyone I knew already did. I couldn’t go to summer camp because what if something happened to me?
As I got older, the list of things of fear got longer. My whole life was divided into “things you should avoid”, and “things you needed to do in order to have a good, long life.” I became a natural worrier. I worry about things like getting cancer, losing my wallet, car accidents, earthquakes, and losing my job — disasters big and small, real and imagined.
The funny part is that you’d never know it by looking at my life. In fact, I’ve developed a rule for myself: If it scares me, then I have to do it at least once. I’ve done lots of things that my mom would have worried about: I’ve ridden a motorcycle; I’ve traveled —a lot. I’ve performed stand-up comedy, and I’m planning my second wedding.
There’s something else I don’t usually talk about, but it’s a cornerstone in my belief: When I was 14, my mother died suddenly in a car accident. At my mom’s funeral I remember making a choice. I could either live out the rest of my life trying to be “safe” or I could be brave enough to live out a fulfilling, exciting and, yes, sometimes dangerous life.
I worry that I may have betrayed(背叛) my mother by writing her in this light, but she has been a driving force in my life and, in the end I think she would have been proud of me. Courage isn’t a natural character of human beings. I believe that using courage is like developing a muscle. The more often I do things that scare me or that make me uncomfortable, the more I realize that I can do a lot more than I originally thought I could do.
Even though I inherited (继承) my mother’s cautious nature. I’ve also come to believe that fear can be a good thing, if we face it. Believing that has made my world a less scary place.
【小题1】In the writer’s childhood, the limits and rules were used to ______.
| A．improve her behavior | B．develop her independence |
| C．be in memory of her dead brother | D．protect her from possible danger |
| A．She just ignores them. | B．She faces up to them. |
| C．She turns to her mother for help. | D．She does them with her friends. |
| A．the writer failed in her first marriage |
| B．nothing can make the writer afraid now |
| C．frightening things made the writer lose her self-confidence |
| D．the writer’s mother felt annoyed with her |
| A．Mothers influence their children much. |
| B．Fear is in fact not a bad thing. |
| C．Facing fear bravely produces courage. |
| D．The world is not as scary as people expect. |