I do a lot of management training each year for the Circle K Company. Among the topic we ___1___ in our classes is the ___2___ of quality employees.

What has ___3___ you to stay long enough to become a manager?” I asked.

After a while a new manager ___4___ the question and said slowly, “It was a baseball ___5___.”

Cynthia said that she ___6___ to take a Circle K clerk job as an interim(临时的) job ___7___ she looked for something else. On her second day behind the counter, she received a ___8___ from her nine-year-old son, Jessie. He needed a baseball glove for Little League. She ___9___ that as a single woman, ___10___ was tight, and her first ___11___ would have to go for paying bills.

When Cynthia arrived for work the ___12___ morning, Patricia, the store manager, handed her a box. “I overheard you ___13___ to your son yesterday,” she said, “and I know that it is ___14___ to explain things to kids. This is a baseball glove for Jessie. I know you have to pay bills before you can buy gloves. You know we can’t ___15___ good people like you as ___16___ as we would like to, ___17___ we do care, and I want you to know how ___18___ you are to us!”

The thoughtfulness, empathy(同情) and love of the store manager ___19___ that people remember more how much an employer ___20___ than how much he pays.

1. A. discuss   B. write   C. learn   D. find

2. A. managing       B. selling C. keeping      D. seeking

3. A. made      B. ordered      C. forced D. caused

4. A. made      B. took    C. raised  D. replied

5. A. pole B. glove   C. hole    D. match

6. A. ought     B. liked    C. had     D. used

7. A. when      B. because      C. while  D. though

8. A. letter      B. call     C. notic           D. announcement

9. A. turned out      B. pointed out C. explained         D. complained

10. A. work    B. food    C. money            D. clothing

11. A. bill B. check  C. day     D. visit

12. A. last       B. first    C. next    D. past

13. A. lying     B. talking C. crying             D. murmuring

14. A. good     B. easy    C. hard               D. necessary

15. A. thank    B. use     C. employ       D. pay

16. A. many    B. early   C. soon   D. much

17. A. nor       B. but      C. and     D. however

18. A. kind      B. terrible       C. much              D. important

19. A. shows  B. insists C. realizes       D. recognizes

20. A. needs    B. gets    C. likes    D. cares

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。

       A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms(习语), though my teacher emphasized (强调)the importance again and again. But soon, the importance of English idioms was shown   36  an amusing experience.

One day, I   37   to meet an English man on the road, and soon we began to talk. As I   38   about how I was studying English, the foreigner seemed to be   39  , gently shaking his head, shrugging (耸一耸) his shoulders, saying, “You don't say!” “You don't say!” I was puzzled. I thought, perhaps this is not an proper topic. Well, I'd  40  change the topic. So I said to him. “Well.   41   we talk about the Great Wall?   42   the way, have you ever  43   there?” “Certainly , everyone back home will laugh at me if I leave China without seeing   44  . It was magnificent.” He was   45   in thought when I began to talk  46   a tourist guide, “The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world. We are very   47   of it.” Soon I was interrupted again by his order... “You don't say!” I couldn't help asking, “Why do you ask me   48   about it”? “Well, I didn't request you to do   49  ,” he answered, greatly   50  . I said, “Didn't you say 'you don't say'?”   51   this, the Englishman laughed to tears. He began to   52  , “ 'You don't say' actually means 'really?' It is an   53   of surprise. Perhaps you don't pay attention to English idioms.”   54   then did I know I have made a fool of   55   . Since then I have been more careful with idiomatic expressions.

1.A. in        B. for              C. by           D. to

2.A. came      B. happened        C. seemed       D. wanted

3.A. would talk  B. had talked       C. was to talk    D. was talking

4.A. understood  B. understanding    C. surprised     D. surprising

5.A. to         B. better           C. not          D. like

6.A. Shall       B. Will            C. Must        D. Do

7.A. On         B.  In            C. All         D. By

8.A. gone        B. visited          C. seen        D. been

9.A. it           B. them           C. anything     D. something

10.A. losing       B. lose            C. lost          D. losed

11.A. as          B. to              C. with         D. like

12.A. glad        B. satisfied         C. proud        D. familiar

13.A. not talk      B. to not talk       C. not to talk    D. not talking

14.A. this         B. so              C. anything     D. me a favour

15.A. encouraged   B. frightened       C. please       D. surprised

16.A. Heard       B. To hear          C. Hearing     D. Listening

17.A. explain       B. shout           C. prove       D. say

18.A. experience   B. expression        C. explanation   D. example

19.A. From        B. Since            C. By          D. Only

20.A. me          B. myself           C. mine        D. somebody

Life is filled with challenges. As we get older we 26 realize that those challenges are the very things that  27  us and make us who we are, it is the same with the challenges that come with  28 .                                                   

       When we are faced with a challenge, we usually have two  29 : we can try to  30  it off, or we can decide that the thing presenting the challenge isn’t worth the  31  and call it quits. Although there are  32  times when calling it quits is the right thing to do, in most  33  all that is needed is commitment and  34 .

       When we are devoted to  35 , it means that no matter how  36  or how uncomfortable something is, we will always choose to  37  it instead of running away from it. Communication is making a  38  for discussion and talking about how you feel instead of just saying what the other person did wrong.  39  you can say to a friend, “I got my feelings hurt.”  40  “You hurt my feelings,” you are going to be able to solve the problem much faster.

       In dealing with many challenges that friendship will bring to you, try to see them for  41  they are: small hurdles（障碍） you need to jump or  42  on your way through life. Nothing is so big that it is impossible to get over, and hurt only  43  to make us stronger. It’s all part of growing up, it happens to everyone, and some day you will  44 on all of this and say, “ 45  as it was, it made me who I am today. And that is a good thing.”

1.A. seem to          B. come to            C. hope to             D. try to

2.A. design            B. promote         C. direct           D. shape

3.A. success         B. pressure        C. friendship       D. difficulty

4.A. opportunities B. expectations      C. choices          D. aspects

5.A. beat             B. show            C. take            D .fall

6.A. comment    B. loss               C. trouble          D. expense

7.A. hardly       B. certainly        C. consequently     D. exactly

8.A. issues       B. cases             C. events           D. affairs

9.A. communication B. confidence      C. courage            D. consideration

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

11.A. doubtful           B. shameful         C. harmful         D. painful

12.A. keep              B. control          C. face            D. catch

13.A. chance     B. plan             C. topic            D. room

14.A. If                B. As              C. While           D. Unless

15.A. other than          B. rather than       C. or rather         D. or else

16.A. what         B. who             C. where           D. which

17.A. pass by      B. come across      C. get through      D. run over[来源:Z,xx,k.Com]

18.A. serves       B. means           C. aims           D. attempts

19.A. look into   B. look for         C. look out         D. look back

20.A. Interesting         B. Surprising       C. Complicated     D. Hard

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从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。

Until 1954 it was thought that no man could run one mile in less than four minutes.As years

1，the record came closer and closer to four minutes and Roger Bannister,a young English

2, began to believe he might   3this almost magic barrier.

It was a cold afternoon on May 6th,1954,when Bannister knew he had a    4chance. Bannister had been     5hard and was very fit,but the weather conditions were a real   6

to him.Describing the     7later,Bannister said,“On the way to the track the wind blew strongly.As I     8for the start I glanced at the flag.It moved   9now.This was the moment when I made my decision.

“The gun fired.My legs   10to meet no resistance,as if I was   11forward by some unknown force.The noise from the faithful   12gave me greater strength.I felt the   13of a lifetime had come.”

“I was driven on by a   14of fear and pride.My body had long since used up all its energy   15it went on running just the same.This was the critical moment when my legs were strong enough to carry me over the last few yards as they   16could have done in previous years.When I leapt at(冲向) the   17tape,I fell,almost__18____.”

“I knew I had done it,even before I   19the time.The announcement came.‘Result of the one mile...Time,three minutes...’ the rest was   20in the noise of excitement.”

1.A.passed along        B.passed down       C.went by       D.went over

2.A.coach           B.athlete               C.captain           D.judge

3.A.defeat          B.move              C.beat          D.break

4.A.real                B.lucky             C.serious           D.false

5.A.competing       B.training          C.fighting      D.attending

6.A.eagerness       B.pleasure          C.relief            D.worry

7.A.accident            B.event             C.issue         D.topic

8.A.did up          B.made up           C.put up            D.lined up

9.A.safely          B.heavily               C.thinly            D.gently

10.A.seemed         B.used              C.happened      D.had

11.A.dragged            B.drawn             C.pulled            D.pushed

12.A.mass           B.residents         C.crowd         D.team

13.A.moment         B.period                C.while         D.date

14.A.concentration      B.collection            C.combination       D.classification

15.A.so             B.but               C.or                D.as

16.A.never          B.ever              C.even          D.still

17.A.starting           B.lasting               C.finishing     D.running

18.A.unconcerned        B.unconscious           C.unknown       D.unnoticed

19.A.offered            B.told              C.announced     D.heard

20.A.stuck          B.involved          C.lost          D.spread

School was over and I was both mentally and physically tired. I sat at the very front of the bus because of my ____1___ to get home. Sitting at the front makes you __2_____ out like a shiny coin in a pile of dull pennies.

   Janie, the driver, tries to break the ____3____ atmosphere by striking the match of ___4_____ . I try to mind my manners and ____5____ listen, but usually I am too busy thinking about my day. On this day, ___6_____, her conversation was worth listening to.

   “My father’s sick,” she said to no one in ___7___. I could see the anxiety and fear in her eyes. With a sudden change of attitde and interest, I asked, “What’s wrong with him?” With her eyes wet and her voice tight from ____8____ the tears, she responded, “Heart trouble.” Her eyes lowered as she ____9____. “I’ve already lost my mum, so I don’t think I can stand losing him.”

   I couldn’t respond. I was ____10____. My heart ached for her. I sat on the old, smelly seat thinking of the great ____11____ my own mother was thrown into when her father died. I saw how hard it was, ____12____ still is, for her. I wouldn’t like anyone to go ____13___ that.

   Suddenly I realized Janie wasn’t only a bus driver. That was ____14____ her job. She had a whole world of family and concerns too. I had never thought of her as __15______ but a driver.

I suddenly felt I was very ___16____. I realized I had only thought of people as__17____as what their purposes were in my life. I paid no attention to Janie because she was a bus driver. I had judged her by job and brushed her off as ____18_____.

For all I know, I’m just another person in ____19_____ else’s world, and may not even be important. I ___20_____ not have been so selfish and self-centered. Everyone has places to go, people to see and appointments to keep. Understanding people is an art.

1.A. anxiety        B. determination       C. decision        D. attempt

2.A. find           B. make              C. think          D. stand

3.A. unpopular    B. uncomfortable    C. unusual   D. unforgettable

4.A. fire            B. topic      C. conversation    D. discussion

5.A. politely     B. devotedly     C. carelessly      D. sincerely

6.A. however      B. therefore      C. thus          D. otherwise

7.A. surprise      B. common       C. silence        D. particular

8.A. fighting        B. avoiding        C. clearing       D. keeping

9.A. told           B. lasted         C. repeated      D. continued

10.A. for sure        B. at ease         C. in shock       D. in despair

11.A. mercy        B. pain         C. pity           D. disappointment

12.A. but           B. yet           C. and           D. or

13.A. over          B. round       C. through       D. without

14.A. almost       B. nearly            C. ever            D. just

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

16.A. sad          B. embarrassed     C. selfish      D. worried

17.A. far           B. long          C. much         D. well

18.A. unfit    B. unselfish      C. unnecessary      D. unimportant

19.A. everyone     B. someone     C. anyone          D. no one

20.A. must          B. may             C. can             D. should