A young man was getting ready to gradually from college, for many months he bad 36 a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and 37 his father could well 38 it, he told him that was all he wanted.  

On the morning of his gradation day his father called him into his own study and told him how 39 he was to have such a fine son. He handed his son a beautiful gift box. 40 but slightly disappointed, the young man 41 the box and found a lovely book, 42, he raised his voice at his father and said. ” 43 all your money you give me a book?” And rushed out of the house 44 the book in the study 

He did not contact（联系）his father for a whole year 45 one day he saw in the strict an old man who looked like his father. He   46   he bad to go back home and see his father.  

When he arrived at his father’s house, he was told that his father had been in hospital for a week. The moment he was about to  47  the hospital. he saw on the desk the  48   new book ,just as he had left it one  49  ago. he opened it and began to 50  the pages. suddenly, a car key 51  from an envelope taped behind the book ,it bad a lag（标签）with dealer’s name, the 52 dealer who had the sports car he bad 53 on the tag was the 54 of his graduation. and the 55  PAID IN FULL 

He got a letter from his mother, which______him of his home.

A. remembered　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. forgot

C. thought　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　D. reminded

Thomas Edison tried two thousand different materials to make the light bulb. When none worked successfully, his assistant __36_, “All our work is in vain. We have learned nothing.”

   Thomas Edison replied very __37_, “Oh, we have come a long way and we have _38__ a lot. We now know that there are two thousand materials which we cannot _39__ to make a good light bulb.”

   If you learn from your mistakes, then you are _40__. If you learn from someone else’s mistakes, then you are a genius. Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines __41__ daily and failure is nothing more than a few small __42_ repeated daily.

   How __43_ the above lines are! Success takes __44_. We’ll make mistakes _45__ we do things in too much of a hurry. When we do not practice disciplines in life, we don’t build enough confidence to __46__ new and challenging tasks which are important and matter in life. Our confidence __47__ what we think of ourselves and whether we believe in ourselves. We are all born with exceptional __48__, but only a few really _49___ their true potentials and make efforts in life and the others just lead a(n) _50__ life. Do you want to be exceptional?

   Success is a fruit which everyone wants to _51__, but it is not found everywhere and no one can __52_ it without serious efforts.

Those who want to succeed will find a way; those who don’t will find a(n) _53__!

Success depends on previous __54__, and without it we will end in failure.

When you are __55__, please enjoy it and give your hand to others who want to accomplish something.                  

A. celebrated              B. complained     C. explained          D. answered

A. confidently            B. madly               C. carelessly         D. angrily

A. remembered           B. refused           C. learned              D. ordered

A. test                       B. ignore               C. invent               D. use

A. healthy                  B. enthusiastic        C. intelligent          D. generous

A. shown                   B. prevented          C. recorded            D. practiced

A. errors                    B. machines           C. jobs                  D. steps

A. common             B. strange           C. familiar             D. true

A. effect                    B. time                  C. drugs                D. roles

A. as though            B. so that               C. unless               D. if

A. keep                   B. attempt             C. give                  D. see

A. depends on            B. sets aside           C. turns down        D. sets up

A. appearance             B. experiences        C. qualities            D. feelings

A. own                   B. realize               C. provide         D. research

A. active                    B. hard                  C. rich                  D. average

A. sell                    B. draw                 C. eat                    D. praise

A. achieve                  B. watch                C. offer                 D. recognize

A. story                         B. excuse               C. key                   D. plan

A. preparation            B. influence           C. life                   D. generation

A. powerful            B. wonderful         C. successful          D. hopeful

第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had 36_ a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and 37 _his father could well 38_ it, he told him that was all he wanted.

On the morning of his graduation day his father called him into his own study and told him how 39_ he was to have such a fine son. He handed his son a beautiful gift box. 40_ but slightly disappointed, the young man 41_ the box and found a lovely book, 42_, he raised his voice at his father and said, “ 43_ all your money you give me a book? ” and rushed out of the house, 44_ the book in the study.

He did not contact(联系)his father for a whole year 45 one day he saw in the street an old man who looked like his father. He 46_ he had to go back home and see his father.

When he arrived at his father’s house, he was told that his father had been in hospital for a week .The moment he was about to 47_ the hospital, he saw on the desk the  48  new book ,just as he had left it one 49_ ago. He opened it and began to 50_ the pages. Suddenly, a car key 51_ from an envelope taped behind the book. It had a tag(标签)with dealer’s name, the 52_ dealer who had the sports car he had 53_ .On the tag was the 54_ of his graduation, and the 55__ PAID IN FULL

36. A expected    B enjoyed        C admired     D owned

37. A finding     B proving        C deciding     D knowing

38. A afford      B offer          C keep        D like

39. A encouraged  B comfortable    C proud       D moved

40. A Nervous     B Serious       C Careful      D Curious

41. A packed     B opened        C picked up     D put aside

42. A Angrily     B Eagerly       C Calmly       D Anxiously

43. A At         B From          C With         D To

44. A telling     B putting        C forgetting     D leaving

45. A until       B as            C before        D unless

46. A learned     B realized       C recognized    D admitted

47. A get to      B search for      C turn to        D leave for

48. A much      B still          C hardly        D quite

49. A year       B month         C week         D day

50. A clean      B read           C turn          D count

51. A lost        B came          C appeared      D dropped

52 A old            B same        C special       D new

53 A remembered    B desired       C found        D met

54. A. picture       B. place        C. date         D. sign    

55. A. words        B. information   C. messages    D. card

Every night, my mother would come to my room, lean down and push my long hair out of the way, then kiss my forehead．

I don't remember when it first started     me --her hands pushing my hair that way. But it did make me annoyed, for they felt work - worn and     against my young skin．Finally, one night, I shouted at her: “Don' t do that any more --your       are too rough！” She didn’t say anything in    ．But never again did my mother close out my day with that     expression of her love．

Time after time, with the     years, my thoughts returned to that night．I'm not a little girl any more．Mom is in her mid - seventies, and those hands I     thought to be so rough are still doing things for me and my         

Now, my own children are   . Mom no longer has Dad. It was late on that Thanksgiving Eve, as I went to sleep in the bedroom of my youth, a familiar hand     before stealing across my face to brush the     from my forehead. Then a kiss, ever so      touched my brow．In my    , thousands of times, I     the night my young voice complained.     Mom's hand in my hand, I said how     I was for that night. I thought she'd remember, as I did,     Mom didn't know what I was talking about. She had forgotten — and      —long ago.

That night, I fell asleep with a new     for my gentle mother and her caring hands. And the     I had carried around for so long was nowhere to be found．

1.A. surprising            B. hurting           C. annoying                 D. amazing

2.A. rough              B. gentle                   C. smooth                 D. strong

3.A. noises             B. words                    C. feelings                D. hands

4.A. anger               B. silence                  C. reply                     D. fear

5.A. healthy             B. familiar               C. popular                D. perfect

6.A. coming             B. remaining    C. following     D. passing

7.A. often                 B. even             C. never                 D. once

8.A. family                 B. neighbor             C. husband              D. home

9.A. developed      B. grown                    C. moved               D. forgotten

10.A. imagined                  B. hesitated              C. regretted            D. trembled

11.A. hair                           B. tears                     C. dirt           D. kisses

12.A. quickly                     B. roughly                 C. gently                    D. slowly

13.A. memory         B. opinion                 C. history                  D. diary

14.A. chanced                  B. missed                   C. hated                     D. recalled

15.A. Beating                    B. Picking                  C. Catching                D. Stopping

16.A. happy             B. sorry            C. annoyed     D. amused

17.A. and                           B. while                      C. because                D. but

18.A. remembered          B. faded                       C. forgiven             D. apologized

19.A. hope               B. appreciation        C. thought              D. approval

20.A. guilt                 B. pride            C. sorrow                D. Failure