阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并从答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

Each time I was feeling disappointed, my mother would say to me “ Tomorrow will be another day. If you can        on, some day something nice will happen. And you will come to know that it wouldn’t have happened if not for that previous         .”

What mother said was absolutely right, as I         after my graduation from college. I had made up my mind to try for a          in radio, then         my way up to sports announcer. I went to Springfield and knocked on the door of each station—and got        each time. In one studio, a warm-hearted woman told me that         stations couldn’t risk employing a(n)         person. “ Please go out to the faraway or lonely district and find a small station which will give you a         ,” she said. I came back home to St-Louis.

While there were no radio-announcing jobs in St-Louis, my father said Wards Holding Corporation had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to manage its         department. Since St-Louis was where I had played high school football, I         . The job sounded just         for me. But I wasn’t employed. My disappointment must have         . “Tomorrow will be another day,” Mom         me. I tried WOC in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The program director, Jack Green, told me they had already hired an         .

As I went away from his office, my frustration boiled over (爆发). I asked         , “How can a young man get to be a sports announcer if he cannot get a job in a radio station?” I was just patiently waiting for the elevator          I heard Jack Green calling, “What did you say about sports just now? You mean you know something about football?” Then he stood me         a microphone and told me to         an imaginary game.

On the way to my home, as I have many times since, I thought of my mother’s words. From time to time I         what direction my life might have taken if I had had the job at Wards Holding Corporation

1.A. take                            B. put                              C. move                             D. carry

2.A. concern                     B. doubt                             C. disappointment           D. amazement

3.A. recovered                 B. discovered                    C. recognized                    D. developed

4.A. job                              B. plan                      C. trip                                 D. research

5.A. come                          B. go                          C. push                               D. work

6.A. put off                                 B. broken away       C. turned down                D. fed up

7.A. no                               B. big                                  C. small                              D. famous

8.A. selfish                                  B. confident                      C. inexperienced             D. independent

9.A. tip                               B. reward                          C. challenge                         D. chance  

10.A. sports                      B. food                               C. clothes                          D. radio

11.A. hesitated B. applied                     C. refused                  D. agreed

12.A. right                                  B. important                      C. boring                            D. funny

13.A. disappeared                     B. hidden                           C. shown                            D. died

14.A. warned                    B. reminded                      C. recognized                    D. demanded

15.A. athlete                              B. actor                              C. announcer                    D. artist

16.A. aloud                                 B. secretly                         C. silently                  D. equally

17.A. while                                 B. where                            C. after                               D. when

18.A. within                                B. before                           C. beyond                 D. beneath

19.A. play                          B. perform                         C. broadcast                      D. present

20.A. say                            B. wonder                          C. dream                            D. learn

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入的空白处的最佳选项，并从答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
A man lost his legs in a tragic accident. After the accident, only two fingers  1 on his right hand.
However, he was bright, creative and educated. He had gained much experience while traveling throughout the world. Yet, he became very  2  after the accident. He was afraid he would spend his life 3 and would no longer be able to live a life in a(n)  4  way.
One day, he remembered how he had 5  loved getting letters. He realized that he still had partial  6   of his right hand and could write with difficulty. Then, he had an idea. “Why not write to other people who need  7 ?”
Who to write to? He thought of people in prison. Many of them hoped to 8 their freedom. Others would keep feeling sad and remain locked away for the rest of their lives. He decided that he must try to  9  them.
He wrote to a prison officer about sending letters to prisoners. The prison officer replied that writing to the prisoners would be 10 . However, it would be 11  prison rules for them to write back.
Filled with the 12  of carrying out his idea, the man knew he had to write. He began sending one-way 13  of love, hope, strength and encouragement.
He 14  twice a week, testing his strength and ability to the limit. He poured his heart and soul into his words, 15  his experience and optimism.
It was difficult to write those letters, especially without hope of a 16 . Frequently, he felt discouraged. He often wondered if anyone 17  read his letters. However,  he determined to 18  as long as he could help others.
One day he received a letter from the prison officer. It was a short note from the officer who monitored  and 19  the prison mails.
The letter said, “Please write on the best paper you can 20 . Your letters are passed from cell (牢房) to cell until they fall to pieces!”

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入的空白处的最佳选项，并从答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman  in his 80s came to the hospital.  I heard him saying to the nurse that he was in a hurry for appointment （约会）at 9:30.

The nurse had him take a 36  in the waiting area, 37 him it would be  at least 40 minutes  38  someone would  be able to  see him .I saw him 39 his watch  and decided, since I was 40 buy-my patient  didn’t 41  at the appointed  hour ,I would examine his wound, While taking care  of his wound ,I asked him if he had another doctor’s appointment.

The gentleman said no and told me that he 42 to go to the nursing home on eat breakfast with his 43 .He told me that she had been 44 for a while and  that she had a special disease, I asked if she would be 45 if he was a bit late. He replied that she 46 knew who he  was ,that she had not been able to 47 him for five years now. I was 48 and asked him,” And you 49 go every morning, even though she  doesn’t know who you are?”

He smiled and said .”She doesn’t know me, but I  know who she is” I had to hold back 50 as he left.

Now I 51 that in marriages, true love is 52 of all that, The happiest people don’t 53 have the best of everything; they just 54 the best of everything they have .55 isn’t about how to live through the storm, but how to dance in the rain.

A.breath            B. test         C. seat             D. break

A.persuading        B. promising    C. understanding     D. telling

A. if               B. before       C. since            D. after

A. taking off        B. fixing        C. looking at        D. winding

A. very            B. also          C. seldom          D. not

A. turn  up        B. show off       C. come on         D. go away

A. needed          B. forgot         C . agreed          D. happened

A. daughter         B. wife          C. mother          D. sister

A late              B. well          C. around          D. there

A. lonely          B. worried        C. doubtful        D. hungry

A. so far           B. neither        C. no longer       D. already

A. recognize        B. answer        C. believe         D. expect

A. moved          B. disappointed    C. surprised       D .satisfied

A. only            B. then           C. thus           D. still

A. curiosity        B. tears           C. words          D. judgment

A. realize          B. suggest         C. hope          D. prove

A. agreement       B. expression      C. acceptance      D. exhibition

A. necessarily      B. completely      C. naturally        D. frequently

A. learn           B. make           C. favor           D. try

A. Adventure       B. Beauty          C. Trust          D .Life

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并从答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

I had been playing hockey（冰球）for about 10 years. I was always the one sitting at the end of the bench, and      got into a game. I went to all the      and showed up even when it was so      that your ‘breath froze’ and when the other players had decided to stay home. I felt I had      enough and thought of quitting.

 I finally decided to      the news to my mom that I was leaving the team. My mom may have looked like a tiny and quiet lady but on      my words, she said, “Remember, ‘A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.’ Your mother didn’t raise    , so think about yourself in a      way and see yourself as a winner!” So I worked harder than ever at getting in better shape,      my shot accuracy and changing my      . 

Once in a match, we      our first game badly. What’s worse, one of our best players got hurt. I was sitting at my      place, at the end of the bench, when the coach came over and told me I was going    , I was nervous, excited and terrified all at the same time.

The opposing team was fast and I had to admit I was a little     .  But my mom’s words      out in my head like a church bell. Instead of being afraid, I was “pumped” and I very quickly found that all my      work was paying off.  I was as fast a skater as anyone else on the ice, and I seemed to get the      to score. The crowd went quiet.  All the time I spent on the ice when everyone had gone home had _____ me for this moment.

Won! I won!

   The lesson I learned from my mom’s      has stayed with me over the years. I hear them whenever I am faced with a challenge, or whenever I     myself.  

1.A. once  B. seldom C. usually  D. even

2.A. meeting         B. shows         C. matches        D. practices

3.A. cloudy        B. wet        C. cold       D. windy

4.A. suffered         B. explained          C. planned          D. escaped

5.A. write          B. tell         C. read      D. report

6.A. noticing         B. gathering    C. hearing D. analyzing

7.A. talkers        B. dreamers      C. attackers      D. losers

8.A. positive         B. familiar            C. brief        D. convenient

9.A. testing        B. improving      C. questioning   D. affecting

10.A. aim  B. taste      C. habit     D. attitude

11.A. lost          B. controlled     C. practiced       D. continued

12.A. usual        B. safe       C. secret   D. private

13.A. off   B. in  C. by D. up

14.A. annoyed        B. nervous    C. delighted       D. bitter

15.A. ran    B. gave          C. stood   D. rang

16.A. delicate        B. extra  C. creative         D. casual

17.A. chance         B. message    C. order       D. note

18.A. spared         B. requested  C. prepared       D. sent

19.A. actions         B. reasons      C. words   D. promises

20.A. judge        B. express          C. comfort         D. doubt

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并从答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

It was a cool October evening. Excitement and family members __1___ the hall. I was only a 7-year-old girl, but I was the center of __2___. Finally, after weeks of preparation, I would __3_ all my hard work in a dance of performance. Everything would be __4___ —so I thought. I waited baskstage all __5__ in my black tights with a golden belt. In a loud and clear voice, the master of ceremonies  __6__ that my class was next.

My dance class was doing a routine on wooden boxes two feet by two feet, facing the  __7___. All I had to do in the next move was put one foot on the box next to mine and keep my other foot on my box. I really was an  __8__ move. I was concentrating so much  __9___ the huge smile on my face and holding my head up that I did not look  __10__ I was going. I missed my partner’s box altogether and __11__. There I was standing on the stage floor when my classmates were on top of their boxes. I could hear giggles(咯咯笑) coming from the audience, and I felt the ___12___ rush to my face. I remembered my dance teacher had told us, “If you make a mistake, keep smiling so the audience will not ___13___.” I did my best to follow her ___14___ as I continued with the routine.

When the curtain dropped, so did my __15___ for the evening. I ___16___ bitterly, tasting the salt from the tears that streamed down my face. I ran backstage, but no one could __17__ me down.

 Recently I realized I had been a __18__ that night. I was ___19___, but I fought the urge to run off the stage. __20___, I finished the routine with a smile on my face. Now when friends and family laugh about the time I slipped during a dance performance, I can laugh too.

1.A. filled    B. visited   C. attended    D. decorated

2.A. pressure    B. impression   C. debate    D. attention

3.A. take over    B. show off     C. look after    D. give up

4.A. reasonable   B. suitable      C. obvious     D. perfect

5.A. dressed up   B. folded up    C. covered up    D. mixed up

6.A. suggested    B. explained    C. announced    D. predicted

7.A. music       B. audience     C. curtain       D. stage

8.A. easy        B. active        C. adventurous   D. extra

9.A. containing          B. hiding       C. sharing       D. keeping

10.A. why        B. whether      C. where        D. what

11.A. wandered    B. slipped      C. waved        D. skipped

12.A. blood       B. pleasure      C. pride        D. tear

13.A. leave       B. cheer         C. believe      D. notice

14.A. gesture      B. example      C. advice      D. plan

15.A. doubts       B. hopes        C. voice       D. patience

16.A. argued       B. shouted       C. begged      D. sobbed

17.A. turn       B. calm        C. let      D. put

18.A. star        B. pioneer       C. loser      D. fool

19.A. satisfied     B. moved       C. embarrassed    D. confused

20.A. However     B. Instead        C. In total       D. in return