二、完形填空(共10小题,每小题1分,满分10分)

In the early hours of 7 September 1838, one of the worst storms in history was roaring(咆哮)along the coast of England. The lighthouse keeper________at a ship. “It will be gone in a few more minutes,” he said sadly. His daughter, Grace Darling, looking from an upstairs window, found the great ship had ____________ against the rocks and broken into halves.

“Can’t we save them?” Grace asked when she saw the_______people on the ship. “Isn’t there any way to help them?”

“No one can take a lifeboat out in that water,” her father answered. “The waves(浪)are too large.”

Grace had great__________.She simply did not know how to give up. Filled with pity, she ran to the lifeboat quickly. Her father_________. With tears running down his face, he begged his daughter not to get into the boat, ________ she would not listen. Her father could not let her go alone. He climbed in too. The two of them rowed in a great hurry. Each wave seemed ________to throw them into the sea at any time.

Suddenly there was a terrible roar. The storm had _______the ship in two. People were holding on to each half tightly(紧紧地).They had to be saved soon.

Grace and her father rowed faster. Soon they reached the ship and began filling the lifeboat with _________ . Then father and daughter brought their lifeboat safely to shore.

As news of her brave saving action reached the public, the whole country considered her as a national hero. Grace and her father received the Silver Medal____________from the British government. To this day a small statue stands above the grave(墓)of Grace Darling. People still respect the young woman who refused to give up.

1.A. looked out B. looked up C. looked around D. looked down

2.A. ran B. knocked C. crashed D. rushed

3.A. worried B. scared C. excited D. mixed

4.A. pride B. attention C. confidence D. courage

5.A. stayed B. pushed C. followed D. returned

6.A. but B. and C. so D. then

7.A. mad B. close C. awful D. ready

8.A. divided B. cut C. lifted D. attacked

9.A. adults B. tourists C. victims D. survivors

10.A. award B. gift C. prize D. reward

Failure is hard to avoid if we are to succeed in life. _________many people do not know how to overcome failure, and they stop when they meet one. Here are some ways _________ you overcome failure:

Rise up and don't regret

A life spent making mistakes is more useful than a life spent doing. When we fail,we might think that we have wasted our time and thus regret it. The fact that you have done something is much better than doing _________. Rise up and move on.

Understand that failure is there to bring you wisdom

Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure. Failure is there not _________ a reason. It's there to give you the wisdom you need to succeed. Each failure you meet _________ your wisdom more and brings you one step closer to success. If you understand that, you will see failure in different ways. You will see each failure as a _________ to learn.

Keep your confidence in yourself

Don't be afraid of the space _________ your dreams and reality(现实). If you can dream it, you can make it so. Of course,you need to try your best and learn as _________ as possible from the failure,but you have the ability to make your dream _____________. Many people who achieve great success have no special character. They are just ordinary(平凡的)people with never-give-up attitude. Let's be one of ________________. I'm sure we will have a bright future.

根据短文内容选择最佳答案

1.A.Luckily B.Unfortunately C.Sincerely

2.A.to help B.helping C.helped

3.A.anything B.everything C.nothing

4.A.without B.with C.having

5.A.making B.makes C.to make

6.A.education B.opinion C.chance

7.A.both B.between C.either

8.A.much B.more C.many

9.A.realize B.come out C.come true

10.A.them B.they C.themselves

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