I am Ali. I have always believed in myself. My parents taught me to be  41  and that I could be the best at anything. I  42   challenging my neighbourhood boys to see who could jump the highest and run the fastest. Of course I knew when I made the challenge, I would win. I never even   43   losing.

   I started my boxing  44  when I was 12. In high school I boasted (自夸) that one day I was  45  to be the champion of the world. As part of my training, I would run down the street. I would rush in and out of shops to   46   them I was training for the Olympics and I was going to   47   a gold medal. I never thought of failing but only glory(光荣) I was going to    48    when I won. When I said I was going to be the "Greatest of All Time", I   49   myself. And I still do.

   But I didn't know that my will would be  50  when I retired. In 1996, I was asked to  51   the cauldron(圣火) at the summer Olympic Games in Atlanta.

   When the   52   came for me to set fire to the cauldron, I realized I had the eyes of the world on me. Then I heard an extremely loud  53  . I was reminded of my 1960 Olympic  54   in Rome, when I won the gold medal. I remembered those 36 years between Rome and Atlanta and  55  that I had come full circle. Nothing in life has defeated me. I am still "The Greatest."

1. A. brave                 B. confident            C. honest           D. polite

2.A. excuse             B. avoid                C. remember             D. suggest

3.A. gave up                B. went on              C. heard of           D. thought of

4.A. breaking               B. matching         C. training     D. watching

5.A. willing           B. sure             C. hopeful      D. active

6. A. tell                  B. ask             C. wish        D. take

7.A. win                B. lose                 C. find         D. buy

8. A. need              B. get                  C. decide  D. make

9.A. believed in          B. cared about            C. turned to   D. went through

10.A. forced                B. increased            C. damaged  D. tested

11.A. protect          B. carry           C. light    D. touch

12.A. challenge           B. chance             C. choice   D. moment

13.A. cheer                 B. laugh            C. noise    D. shout

14. A. history              B. experience   C. devotion     D. stage

15.A. expected              B. supposed         C. proved  D. realized

       阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从41~60各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

We may look at the world around us, but somehow we manage not to see it until whatever we’ve become used to suddenly . Take, for example, the neatly-dressed(穿戴整齐的) woman I to see — or look at — on my way to work each morning.

For three years, no matter  the weather was like, she was     waiting at the bus stop around 8:00 a.m. On   days, she wore heavy clothes and a pair of woolen gloves. Summertime    out neat, belted cotton dresses and a hat pulled low over her sunglasses.   , she was an ordinary working woman. Of course, I all this only after she was seen no more. It was then that I realized how I expected to see her each morning. You might say I    her.

“Did she have an accident? Something ?” I thought to myself about her disappearance. Now that she was gone, I felt I had  her. I began to realize that part of our life probably includes such chance meetings with familiar : the milkman you see at dawn, the women who walks her dog along the street every  morning, the twin brothers you see at the library. Such people are    markers in our lives. They add weight to our of place and belonging.

Think about it. , while walking to work, we mark where we are by     a certain building, why should we not mark where we are when we pass a familiar, though , person?

A. disappears              B. appears             C. arrives              D. comes

A. happened        B. wanted          C. used             D. tried

A. what           B. how             C. which        D. when

A. always                B. seldom           C. sometimes   D. often

A. sunny          B. rainy            C. cloudy      D. snowy

A. took            B. brought          C. carried      D. turned

A. Clearly           B. Particularly      C. Luckily             D. Especially

A. believed         B. expressed          C. remembered      D. wondered

A. long          B. often            C. soon                 D. much

A. respected   B. missed           C. praised           D. admired

A. better      B. worse           C. more                 D. less

A. forgotten             B. lost               C. known              D. hurt

A. happy        B. enjoyable    C. usual         D. daily

A. friends       B. strangers        C. tourists          D. guests

A. regularly   B. actually   C. hardly    D. probably

A. common     B. pleasant          C. important D. ordinary

A. choice       B. knowledge   C. decision     D. sense

A. Because           B. If                  C. Although        D. However

A. keeping              B. changing         C. passing     D. mentioning

A. unnamed              B. unforgettable     C. unbelievable      D. unreal

“Scotty!” Mr. Brown, my Year 11 English teacher, called me by my nickname (绰号) across the classroom. His eyes were bright and a secret   36   was half hidden behind the beard.

Once he finished joking over my unbearable   37  , I realized he was going to read my story aloud to the class. I turned red, feeling at once both embarrassed and   38  . I had my very   39   reading audience! Though my classmates were a ‘passive audience’, it didn’t weaken my feeling of being   40  .

After that, I came to   41   those Year 11 English classes. Throughout school I had always studied hard and achieved well in my school subjects. But creative   42   was a passion, and it was not an assignment, but a way of understanding the world and of   43   my thoughts and feelings about events and attitudes.

Mr. Brown was the first to   44   me for my writing so openly. My scores were always 19/20 or 20/20. My stories were often read out to the class. He even   45   one with the respected Head of English teachers, which was the most   46   part that is impressed on my memory. But   47   that, he offered a belief in me that no other teacher had.

My school   48   often stated, ‘Candice is a quiet achiever.’ I thought it was meant as a(n)   49   for being hard-working. I was someone that no one really   50   before, but Mr. Brown managed to   51   all that by bringing me to the attention of the world. Though it was the relatively   52   world of school, it put the seed of belief in myself that some day I could be an   53   person rather than the person who faded into the background.

I   54   touch with my teacher long ago, as we do when we move away from the school system and enter life. I wish I could tell him now how much he   55   me.

We may look at the world around us, but somehow we manage not to see it until whatever we've become used to suddenly disappears.  36 , for example, the neatly-dressed woman I 37  to see -- or look at -- on my way to work each morning.

     For three years, no matter  38 the weather was like, she was always waiting at the bus stop around 8:00 am. On   39   days, she wore heavy clothes and a pair of woolen gloves. Summertime  40   out neat, belted cotton dresses and a hat pulled low over her sunglasses.  41   , she was an ordinary working woman. Of course, I  42   all this only after she was seen no more. It was then that I realized how  43  I expected to see her each morning. You might say I   44   her.

“Did she have an accident? Something  45 ?” I thought to myself about her  46  .  Now that she was gone, I felt I had  47  her. I began to realize that part of our  48   life probably includes such chance meetings with familiar 49 : the milkman you see at dawn, the woman who  50   walks her dog along the street every morning, the twin brothers you see at the library. Such people are   51   markers in our lives. They add weight to our  52   of place and belonging.

Think about it.   53   , while walking to work, we mark where we are by  54  a certain building, why should we not mark where we are when we pass a familiar, though  55  , person?

36. A. Make                B. Take            C. Give                 D. Have

37. A. happened           B. wanted          C. used                   D. tried

38. A. what                 B. how                   C. which                  D. when

39. A. sunny                B. rainy            C. cloudy             D. snowy

40. A. took                B. brought          C. carried             D. turned

41. A. Clearly               B. Particularly       C. Luckily               D. Especially

42. A. believed              B. expressed         C. remembered          D. wondered

43. A. long                B. often             C. soon                D. much

44. A. respected             B. missed              C. praised             D. admired

45. A. better                B. worse                C. more               D. less

46. A. disappearance         B. appearance            C. misfortune          D. fortune

47. A. forgotten             B. lost                  C. known              D. hurt

48. A. happy                B. enjoyable             C. frequent            D. daily

49. A. friends              B. strangers             C. tourists             D. guests

50. A. regularly             B. actually              C. hardly              D. probably

51. A. common              B. pleasant            C. important           D. faithful

52. A. choice               B. knowledge            C. decision             D. sense

53. A. Because              B. If                 C. Although            D. However

54. A. keeping              B. changing          C. passing              D. mentioning

55. A. unnamed              B.unforgettable          C. unbelievable         D. unreal

SECTION B
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
I remember my dad teaching me the power of language at a very young age. Not only did he understand that specific  36  can affect our mental pictures, but he understood that words are a  37  programming factor in lifelong success.
One particularly unforgettable event occurred when I was eight. As a child, I was always climbing trees, poles and  38  around upside down from the rafters(屋椽) of our lake house.  39 , it came to no surprise for my dad to find me at the top of a 30-foot tree, swinging back and forth. My little eight-year-old  40  didn’t realize that the tree could break or I could get hurt. I just thought it was enjoyable to be up so high. My older cousin, Tammy, was also hanging in the same tree. Her mother also  41  us at exactly the same time as my dad did. About that time, a huge gust(一阵) of wind blew through the tree. I could hear the leaves rustle(嘎嘎地响) and feel the tree begin to sway. I remember my dad’s  42  over the wind, “Bart, Hold on tightly!”So I did.
The next thing I heard was Tammy’s mother yelling, “Tammy, don’t fall!” Tammy did  43  . My dad later explained to me that the mind has a very  44 time processing a negative image. It takes seventeen positive statements to offset(抵消) one negative statement. That means it might  45  seventeen compliments(贺词/道贺) to offset the emotional  46  of one criticism.
These are concepts that are especially useful in developing yourself. How many compliments do you give yourself daily and how often do you criticize yourself? Try to  47  yourself a lifetime of positive programming by complimenting yourself, or at least think about the kind of programming you are doing to yourself on a daily basis. Remember: try to make positive self-talk a daily practice and you will succeed some day.
36. A. reactions             B. behaviors                 C. words                  D. expressions
37. A. doubtful                B. sensible                    C. strange                     D. powerful
38. A. sitting                 B. hanging                    C. standing                   D. lying
39. A. However             B. Furthermore             C. Moreover                 D. Therefore
40. A. brain                  B. memory                   C. experience                D. knowledge
41. A. believed                 B. noticed                     C. protected                  D. persuaded
42. A. voice                  B. figure                      C. image                      D. anger
43. A. hold                   B. think                       C. fall                          D. regret
44. A. surprising           B. relaxing                   C. difficult                   D. short
45. A. offer                  B. take                         C. give                         D. Keep
46. A. damage               B. danger                            C. award                      D. relief
47. A. stop                    B. consult                     C. imagine                    D. give