32．I was telling
them about my exciting travels when he with a story of his own .
A．broke down B．broke off C．broke in D．broke out
33. _____ his bookishness, curiously little is known about the worldview of
Gordon Brown, the first British Prime Minister said to be a real intellectual
in decades.
A.Though B.As C.In spite that D.Despite
34. Much new and high technology has been introduced from America, thus _____
great increase in production of the company.
A.resulting in B.resulted in
C.resulting from D.resulted from
35. There
seems _____ people out of work nowadays.
A. to have a
great many B. to be a great many
C. to have a
great many of D. to be a good many of
第三部分 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分)
What separates me from
everyone else? The difference is not what clothes I wear or the music I listen
to, but what I feel 36 .
Ever since I was young, I have loved
professional wrestling. As I grew older, my friends 37 me for following what was called a “man’ s soap opera.” 38 , I put my love for wrestling on the
shelf. It was not until freshman year that I 39 I wasn’t being myself.
That year, I tried many new things and
activities. In my town, football was the sport, so I decided to play football,
40 it might give me a
head 41 in popularity. The team
started with forty-eight athletes. 42
, there were fourteen of
us left. I stuck it out not because I liked it, but because I am not a quitter.
That long season taught me a (n) 43
: I wasn’t a football player. More importantly, it taught me to be 44
.
After that season, I 45 back to being a
wrestling fan. I came across a well-known saying: “Don’ t Dream It. Be It.” When I
read this, my friend Dan and I had the 46 idea.
“What if we build a wrestling ring?” we asked. The following weekend, we met at his house.
We saw our 47 in a pile in his
backyard. We worked from dawn to dusk to build our great project. Our hard work
paid 48 . We had a real ring. We decided to hold
an "event." We practiced for hours, trying to 49
every aspect (方面) of our wrestling ability. The date was May 24th
. To our surprise, about one hundred friends and fans showed up to 50 us. It was the most important
night of my life and a 51 success. Since that time, we have held
five shows with as many as two hundred and fifty people training out. We 52 to live this dream. We accomplished what
we set out to do.
As my senior year winds down, I'll remember
all of my high school memories. But 53
will
stick out most is the memory that I did
something I 54 , despite
what everyone said or thought. I achieved the 55…I lived my dream.
