Growing up, I always dreamed of being a professional figure skater. After years of hard work, I am living proof that dreams can come true.

When I was born, my parents immediately noticed something  36  and the doctor said I couldn't skate. I, however,  37  trying skating in an ice rink (溜冰场), where local skaters   38  perform ice shows. I started taking group skating lessons, and performing on ice came naturally, but I have always been  39  to speak in group settings. One thing I've never been afraid of is  40  , though. I get nervous, but never  41  . For me, skating has been about being my personal best  42  beating others on the ice. 1 progressed through various  43 rapidly and gave my first ice performance at seven. Soon I started winning local and regional competitions. That's  44  being on the ice has always been the one place where I can  45   express my own emotions. The ice is like home.

When I was nine years old I began training  46 . I would wake up at four o'clock in the morning six days a week and skate for five hours. Then I'd go to school. Since  47  has always been important in my family, I had no  48  but to find creative ways to fit in school studies throughout my  49  career.

After graduating from high school, I moved to Canada and set out to train full-time to give my dreams a chance at reality. In 1992 I went to compete in the Olympic Games.  50 , not my coach or even my family, ever talked to me about winning a gold medal. In fact, I wouldn't even  51  myself to think about it. I thought that would disturb me.  52 , I went with the attitude that I wanted to enjoy the Olympic spirit.  53  the expectation of all the people, I won the gold medal and words couldn't describe the overwhelming mixture of emotions I felt. Then I truly understood what  54  most in achieving a dream is nor to  55  it when you 1ace difficulties, but strive to make it come true.

1.A. unique         B. wrong            C. unbelievable         D. attractive

2.A. directed to        B. led to          C. insisted on          D. fixed on

3.A. could          B. should               C. might           D. would

4.A. doubtful           B. brave           C. shy             D. disabled

5.A. competition        B. expression           C. exchange        D. display

6. A. annoyed           B. disappointed         C. sad                  D. fearful

7. A. rather than       B. other than           C. except for           D. as for

8. A. positions         B. levels               C. points               D. ways

9.A. where          B. why                  C. when             D. because

10.A, easily            B. immediately     C. truly                D. slowly

11.A. freely            B. comfortably     C. seriously            D. quickly

12.A. education         B. wealth          C. reputation           D. health

13.A. chance        B. choice               C. goal                 D. freedom

14.A. boring       B. aimless         C. amateur              D. normal

15. A. Somebody    B. Everybody       C. Anybody         D. Nobody

16.A. allow         B. promise         C. force                D. discourage

17. A. However          B. Therefore            C. Besides         D. Naturally

18. A. Beyond           B. Within          C. Despite              D. Without

19.A. stresses          B. applies              C. matters              D. acts

20.A. ruin            B. ignore             C. change          D. abandon

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题l.5分，满分30分）

    阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36－55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。

Some people are lucky enough to be born with a good sense of direction and even if they have only visited a place once, they will be able to find it again years later. I am one of those unfortunate people who have    36    sense of direction and I may have visited a place time after time but I still get    37    on my way there. When I was young I was so    38   that I never dared ask strangers the way and so I used to   39   round in circles and hope that I would happen to get to the place I was heading for. I am    40   too shy to ask people for directions, but I often   41    replies that puzzle me. Often people do not like to admit that they didn’t know their hometown and will   42   on telling you the way, even if they do not know it ; others who are   43   to prove that they know their hometown very well, will give you a long    44    of directions which you cannot possibly hope to remember, and still others do not seem to be able to    45    between their left and their right and you find in the end that you are going in the    46    direction. If anyone ever asks me the way to somewhere, I always tell them I am a   47   to the town in order to avoid giving them wrong   48    but even this can have embarrassing (尴尬的) results. Once I was on my way to work when I was stopped by a man who asked me if I would   49   him the way to the Sunlight Building. I gave my    50    reply, but I had not walked on a few steps when I   51   that he had asked for directions to my office building. However, at this point, I decided it was too late to turn back and    52   him in the crowd behind me    53   I was going to meet with someone at the office and I did not want to keep him waiting. Imagine my embarrassment when my secretary showed in the   54   man who had asked for directions to my office and his   55   when he recognized me as the person he had asked.

36.   A. good                 B. instant               C. poor                 D. fine

37.   A. lost                   B. disappeared              C. stuck                 D. missing

38.   A. brave                B. nervous             C. afraid                D. shy

39.   A. come                B. show                 C. look                  D. wander

40.   A. still                  B. no longer          C. any more           D. often

41.   A. receive              B. accept               C. give                  D. import

42.   A. advise               B. suggest              C. insist                 D. persuade

43.   A. glad                  B. anxious             C. interested          D. angry

44.   A. line                  B. list                    C. page                 D. paragraph

45.   A. say                   B. know                C. divide               D. tell

46.   A. right                 B. same                 C. other                 D. opposite

47.   A. friend               B. policeman         C. stranger             D. foreigner

48.   A. direction           B. advice               C. answer                     D. road

49.   A. direct                B. tell                   C. take                  D. point

50.   A. similar                     B. common            C. usual                 D. general

51.   A. noticed             B. realized             C. believed            D. considered

52.   A. look                 B. find                  C. discover            D. search

53.   A. when                B. then                  C. while                D. as

54.   A. only                 B. certain                     C. very                  D. just

55.   A. astonishment     B. excitement         C. judgment           D. embarrassment