When I was twelve years old, my father took me to see Zig Zigler. I remember sitting in that dark hall listening to Mr. Zigler   41    everyone’s spirits up to the ceiling. I    42    there feeling like I could do anything. When we got to the car, I turned to my father and said, “Dad, I want to    43    people feel like that.” My father asked me what I meant. “I want to be a motivational speaker just like Mr. Zigler,” I replied. A (An)    44    was born.

Recently, I began seeking my dream of motivating others.    45    a four-year relationship with Fortune 100 Company   46    as a sales-trainer and ending as a regional sales manager, I left the company at the height of my    47  . Many people were surprised that I would leave after earning a six-figure income. And they asked why I would risk everything for a dream.

I made my    48    to start my own company and leave my secure position after    49    a regional sales meeting. The vice-president of our company delivered a speech that changed my life. He asked us, “If a god would offer you three wishes, what would they be?” After giving us a (an)     50     to write down the three wishes, he then asked us, “Why do you need a    51   ?” I would never forget the power I felt at that moment. I realized that   52    I accomplished in the past had prepared me for this moment. I was ready and didn’t need a god’s help to become a motivational speaker. A motivational speaker was born.

Having made that decision, I was immediately    53   . One week after I handed in my notice (辞职信), my husband was laid off from his job, and now we had no    54   . But I held fast to my dream. The wonder really began to happen. In a short time my husband found a better job. And I was able to book several    55   engagements with new customers. I discovered the incredible power of dreams.

1.                A．rise            B．blow           C．put D．raise

2.                A．left            B．came           C．arrived   D．slipped

3.                A．get            B．hope           C．make     D．cheer

4.                A．idea           B．dream          C．girl D．speaker

5.                A．After           B．Before          C．Because D．While

6.                A．beginning       B．working         C．acting    D．regarding

7.                A．life            B．love            C．income   D．career

8.                A．plan           B．promise         C．decision D．mind

9.                A．attending       B．joining          C．entering D．holding

10.               A．day            B．minute         C．week D．hour

11.               A．help           B．job            C．god   D．company

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

13.               A．examined       B．searched       C．checked   D．tested

14.               A．help           B．harm           C．income    D．money

15.               A．selling          B．speaking        C．writing    D．listening

根据汉语完成句子。每空一词。（共5小题，每小题2分；满分10分）

1.换句话说，学英语不仅仅是意味着记单词。

______ other ______, learning English means more remembering words.

2.因为有这个老人的帮助，我们很快找到了这所学校。

With the old man ______us, we had no _____ in finding the school.

3.对于长途旅行而言，骆驼比马要好得多。

Camels were _____  _____ than horses for traveling a long distance.

4.这是我第三次参观杭州，这座城市给我留下了很深的印象。

This is the third time that I         ________Hangzhou which has left a deep impression on me.

5.下班后，一切工具都应该有序的排列。

After work, all the tools should be  put  _______  ________.

In our life, we have rarely expressed our gratitude to the one who lived those years with us. In fact, we don't have to wait for anniversaries to thank the ones closest to us and the ones so easily overlooked. If I have learned anything about giving thanks, it is this: give it now! While your feeling of appreciation is alive and sincere, act on it. Saying thanks is such an easy way to add to the world's happiness.

Saying thanks not only brightens someone else's world, it brightens yours. If you're feeling left out, unloved or unappreciated, try reaching out to others. It may be just the medicine you need. Of course, there are times when you can't express gratitude immediately. In that case, don't let embarrassment sink you into silence and speak up the first time you have the chance.

Once a young minister, Mark Brian, was sent to a remote parish(教区)of Kwakiutl Indians in British Columbia. The Indians, he had been told, did not have a word for thank you. But Brian soon found that these people had unusual generosity. Instead of saying thanks, it is their custom to return every favor with a favor of their own, and every kindness with an equal or superior kindness. They do their thanks. I wonder if we had no words in our vocabulary for thank you, would we do a better job of communicating our gratitude? Would we be more responsive, more sensitive, more caring?

Thankfulness sets in motion a chain reaction that transforms people all around us－including ourselves. For no one ever misunderstands the melody(旋律)of a grateful heart. Its message is universal; its poems transcend(超越)all earthly barriers; its music touches the heaven.

1.Who do we easily forget to express our thanks to according to the writer?

2. When we say something for what others do for us, it ______.

3.What does the writer mean in the third paragraph?

4.The way to make us feel happy is ______ when we think we ourselves are forgotten in the world.

完形填空（20 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四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Many people of my generation(代，一代) say that there is no hope for the future because of the way that  11   people behave today.

Their first argument（论点） is that when we were young we used to look after the   12   people in our community and help them. They also say that young people today don’t   13   about anything or anyone. However, I think the reason why we looked after older people was that we had no  14   . People had to live with their   15   and grandparents because they had no money. Young people today earn more and have more   16   to live where they want.

  Their second argument is that in our day we didn’t expect （盼望，期待）to be given jobs -----and that young people now don’t look for jobs, but just complain（抱怨） about   17   . On the other hand, things were easier in the past and it was always easy to get a job if you had friends and contacts（关系）. It is really   18  today.

  In conclusion I think there is hope for the  19   . This generation, like generations before them, has new  20   as well as old problems. If they learn from our mistakes the world will be a better place in future.

11. A. young            B. old          C. other            D. our

12. A. old          B. older            C. elder            D. eldest

13. A. know         B. care         C. complain     D. look

14. A. money        B. freedom     C. choice      D. help

15. A. friends      B. children        C. grandchildren    D. parents

16. A. freedom      B. money       C. reasons    D. hope

17. A. future       B. wages       C. work   D. unemployment（失业）

18. A. easier       B. harder      C. impossible   D. possible

19. A. young        B. old        C. future    D. generation

20.A.opportunities B. hopes     C. future      D. world

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入

空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I believe in my mother. My belief began when I was just a kid, when I 41 becoming a doctor.

My mother was a 42 . Through her work, she observed that 43 people spent a lot more time 44 than they did watching television. She announced that my brother and I could only watch two to three 45 TV programs during the week. With our free time, we had to read two books each week from the Detroit Public Library and 46 written book reports to her. She would mark them up with check markers and underline the 47 parts. Years later we realized her marks were a 48 . My mother was illiterate(文盲). Although we had no money, 49 the covers of those books, I could go anywhere, do anything and be anybody.

When I entered high school, I was an A-student, but not for 50 . I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to hang about with the guys. I went from being an A-student to a B-student and to a C-student, but I didn’t 51 . I was cool.

One night my mother came home after her several jobs and I 52 about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, “Okay, I’ll give you the money I 53 this week by rubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms and you can buy the family food and pay the bills. With 54 left over, you can have all that you want.” I was very 55 with that arrangement. But once I got through 56 money, there was nothing left. I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to keep a(n) 57 over our heads and any kind of food on the table. I was also 58 that immediate satisfaction wasn’t going to get me anywhere. Success 59 intellectual(知识上的) preparation. I went back to my studies and became an A-student again, and 60 I realized my dream and I became a doctor.