阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

　　During my travels through the mountains of Greece I was only ever scared once. It was dusk and as I walked alone I came across six large wolves that were feeding on the body of a dead animal. I had heard many stories about wolves as a child and it was this animal that I feared more than any other. The wolves before me were huge, at least 6 feet long and covered with thick grey fur.

　　As I approached, the wolves left the blood-covered snow that surrounded the body and started walking towards me, one after another. They stopped about 20 metres from me and stared. The lead wolf raised his head into the air and took in a deep breath, as if he was smelling my presence. The animals looked both beautiful and terrifying, but I knew I could not show them my fear. As I drew nearer the lead wolf raised its head once more but this time let out a loud howl. The awful cry rang out across the silent valley. A more frightening sound I had never heard. I was almost certain it signalled death.

　　Every moment I expected to see the pack dash at me. I knew my only hope was to pretend I had no fear. I walked past the line of wolves, like a general moving among his soldiers. They howled out again. But when they saw that their warcry did not cause me to change my direction or make me run they feared to come after me; so they let me pass and returned to the dead animal.

　　Had I turned back or tried to run away when they marched out to meet me I am certain the whole pack would have attacked me in a moment. But my show of false courage intimidated them and kept them back.

(1) Why didn't the wolves attack the man?

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A．They were no longer hungry when they saw him.

B．The man was already known to the wolves.

C．They were too far away to catch the man.

D．The man showed no fear as he passed them by.

(2) The underlined word "intimidated" probably means "________".

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(3) In which order are the following events mentioned?

a．The wolves walked towards the man.

b．The man thought he was about to die.

c．The wolves returned to the dead animal.

d．The man had heard stories about wolves.

e．The man walked past the wolves.

f．The lead wolf took a deep breath.

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(4) What is the author's intention in writing this story?

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A．To show that mountains can be dangerous places.

B．To discuss the habits of mountain wolves.

C．To make people aware of the danger of wolves.

D．To stress the need for courage when in danger.

(5) Which is the best title for this story?

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A．In the Face of Fear

B．My Greek Adventure

C．My Mountain Travels

D．A Man Without Fear

第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When I was a teenager, I volunteered to work at the water station for 10km race. My job was to pass out water to the   36 . I saw all kinds of people passing by and thought maybe I can do it too! So the next year I   37  up for the race. I didn’t do much to   38   except jog around my neighborhood and I had no specialized training, no game plan, nothing. My only goal was to   39   the race.
On the day of the race, it was extremely hot. I remember   40   at the 7th kilometer, thinking, “I must be   41 ; why do I do this? I will never do this again!” That first 10km race was quite a(n) 42 . I jogged and I walked．At times, I didn’t know if I could finish.
At one point near the end, an old man ran past me, and I felt   43   that I, a 20-year-old, couldn’t even keep up with a 70-year-old．But then I   44   something. He was running his race and I was running mine. He had different abilities, experience, training and   45   for himself. I had mine. My goal was merely to finish.
How   46   in life do we compare ourselves with others and feel disappointed in ourselves when we really shouldn’t?
After a minute, it   47   to me that this was a lesson I could draw from. I turned my embarrassment into inspiration. I decided that I would not   48   running races. In fact, I would run even more races and I would learn how to make full preparations   49   and one day I would be one of those old but energetic runners.   50   I crossed the finish line, I was   51   of my achievement.
In life we all have those moments when we   52   ourselves with others. It’s only natural. But don’t   53   them to weaken you. Turn them into   54   and let them lift you up. Use them to show you what is   55 . Live with your dreams and you are a winner!
36．A．runners            B．volunteers        C. joggers                 D．trainers
37．A．followed          B．attempted         C. took                  D．signed
38．A．prepare            B．plan                C. practice             D．help
39．A．win             B．finish                 C. participate         D．inspect
40．A．wandering          B．resting             C. struggling          D．hesitating
41．A．tired            B．crazy           C. ridiculous          D．teased
42．A．mistake           B．amusement   C. decision              D．experience
43．A．discouraged     B．confused          C. annoyed            D．embarrassed
44．A．sensed             B．realized           C. recognized     D．acquired
45．A．goal            B．age                  C. income              D．thought
46．A．much                 B．long                C. often             D．soon
47．A．occurred       B．appealed          C. reminded           D．appeared
48．A．give out           B．give up            C. give in                 D．give off
49．A．timely             B．delightedly       C. properly            D．personally
50．A．Unless             B．When                 C. Since         D．Until
51．A．proud              B．ashamed      C. doubtful            D．sure
52．A．cooperate      B．compare          C. combine            D．communicate
53．A．allow                 B．expect         C. discourage         D．forbid
54．A．information     B．imagination      C. qualification      D．inspiration
55．A．unbelievable    B．reliable            C. valuable            D．possible

第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

When I was a teenager, I volunteered to work at the water station for 10km race. My job was to pass out water to the 36 . I saw all kinds of people passing by and thought maybe I can do it too! So the next year I 37 up for the race. I didn’t do much to 38 except jog around my neighborhood and I had no specialized training, no game plan, nothing. My only goal was to 39 the race.

On the day of the race, it was extremely hot. I remember 40 at the 7th kilometer, thinking, “I must be 41 ; why do I do this? I will never do this again!” That first 10km race was quite a(n) 42 . I jogged and I walked．At times, I didn’t know if I could finish.

At one point near the end, an old man ran past me, and I felt 43 that I, a 20-year-old, couldn’t even keep up with a 70-year-old．But then I 44 something. He was running his race and I was running mine. He had different abilities, experience, training and 45 for himself. I had mine. My goal was merely to finish.

How 46 in life do we compare ourselves with others and feel disappointed in ourselves when we really shouldn’t?

After a minute, it 47 to me that this was a lesson I could draw from. I turned my embarrassment into inspiration. I decided that I would not 48 running races. In fact, I would run even more races and I would learn how to make full preparations 49 and one day I would be one of those old but energetic runners. 50 I crossed the finish line, I was 51 of my achievement.

In life we all have those moments when we 52 ourselves with others. It’s only natural. But don’t 53 them to weaken you. Turn them into 54 and let them lift you up. Use them to show you what is 55 . Live with your dreams and you are a winner!

36．A．runners B．volunteers C. joggers D．trainers

37．A．followed B．attempted C. took D．signed

38．A．prepare B．plan C. practice D．help

39．A．win B．finish C. participate D．inspect

40．A．wandering B．resting C. struggling D．hesitating

41．A．tired B．crazy C. ridiculous D．teased

42．A．mistake B．amusement C. decision D．experience

43．A．discouraged B．confused C. annoyed D．embarrassed

44．A．sensed B．realized C. recognized D．acquired

45．A．goal B．age C. income D．thought

46．A．much B．long C. often D．soon

47．A．occurred B．appealed C. reminded D．appeared

48．A．give out B．give up C. give in D．give off

49．A．timely B．delightedly C. properly D．personally

50．A．Unless B．When C. Since D．Until

51．A．proud B．ashamed C. doubtful D．sure

52．A．cooperate B．compare C. combine D．communicate

53．A．allow B．expect C. discourage D．forbid

54．A．information B．imagination C. qualification D．inspiration

55．A．unbelievable B．reliable C. valuable D．possible

My Way to Success

From the day I signed up for the Naumburg Competition, everything changed. I had made a decision to start again, to save my life, and that meant a 360-degree turnaround.
I kept on practicing. An enormous amount of work had to be done in two months. I went from not practicing at all to thirteen hours a day.
I spent two weeks just playing scales. If I thought I sounded bad before, now I sounded worse than awful.
At the time I lived on 72nd Street, close to West End Avenue. I had an apartment with a window the size of a shoebox. I didn't do mylaundry. I left my apartment only to walk to Juilliard─and not onBroadway like everyone else. I walked up Amsterdam Avenue because I didn't want to see anybody, didn't want to run into anybody, didn't want anyone to ask what I was doing.
I stopped going to classes and became a hermit. I even talked Miss DeLay into giving my lesson at night.
My eating habits were awful. I lived on fried sausages, a pint of peanut butter/chocolate ice cream, and a gallon of Coca-Cola every day. That's all I ate for eight weeks.
I was nuts. I was completely obsessed with getting back into shape, with doing well in this competition. If I could, people would know I was still on earth. Not to count me out; to stop asking, “Whatever happened to Nadja?”
The last week before the Naumburg auditions, I couldn't touch the violin. I had worked and worked and worked and worked and then I just couldn't work anymore.
I certainly could have used it. I wasn't as prepared as I should have been. But I simply had to say, “Nadja, you've dedicated yourself to this thing. Ready or not, do your best.”
Fifty violinists from around the world auditioned for the competition on May 25, 26, and 27, 1981. Those that made it past thepreliminaries would go on to the semifinals. Those that passed that stage would go to the finals. In years past, one violinist was chosen as winner and two received second and third place.
On May 26, the day of my audition, I went to the Merkin Concert Hall at 67th Street and Broadway. I waited, played for twenty minutes, and went home. I couldn't tell whether the preliminary judges were impressed or not. I'd find out the next evening.
Maybe subconsciously I was trying to keep busy; that night, when I fried the sausages, I accidentally set my apartment on fire. I grabbed my cat and my violin, and ran out the door. The fire was put out, but everything in my place was wrecked.
Fortunately, the phone was okay and on the evening of May 27, I had the news from Lucy Rowan Mann of Naumburg. Thirteen of us had made it.
Talk about mixed emotions. I was thrilled to be among the thirteen; a group that included established violinists, some of whom had already made records. But it also meant I had to play the next day in the semifinals of the competition.
Everyone entering the competition had been given two lists of concertos. One was a list of standard repertory pieces. The other list was twentieth-century repertory. For our big competition piece, we were to choose from each list and play a movement from one in the semifinals, and a movement from the other in the finals─if we made it that far.
From the standard repertory list, I chose the Tchaikovsky Concerto. I had been playing the Tchaik for three years, so it was a good piece for me.
From the twentieth-century list, I chose the Prokofiev G minor Concerto. I had never played it onstage before.
My goal had been just passing the auditions, but now my thought pattern began to change. If I wanted a sliver of a chance of advancing again, my brain said, “Play your strong piece first.”
Logically, I should play the Tchaikovsky in the semifinals just to make it to the next stage. Who cared if that left me with a piece I probably wouldn't play as well in the finals of the competition? It'd be a miracle to get that far.
There wouldn't be more than seven violinists chosen for the final round, and if I were in the top seven of an international group, that was plenty good enough.
The semifinals were held on May 28 in Merkin Concert Hall. You were to play for thirty minutes: your big piece first, then the judges would ask to hear another.
There was a panel of eight judges. They had a piece of paper with my choices of the Tchaikovsky and the Prokofiev in front of them. “Which would you like to play?” they asked.
I said meekly, “Prokofiev.”
My brain and all the logic in the world had said, “Play your strong piece.” My heart said, “Go for it all. Play your weak piece now, save Tchaikovsky for the finals.”
Maybe I don't listen to logic so easily after all.
My good friend, the pianist Sandra Rivers, had been chosen as accompanist for the competition. She knew I was nervous. There had been a very short time to prepare; I was sure there'd be memory slips, that I'd blank out in the middle and the judges would throw me out. My hands were like ice.
The first eight measures of the Prokofiev don't have accompaniment. The violin starts the piece alone. So I started playing.
I got through the first movement and Sandra said later my face was as white as snow. She said I was so tense, I was beyond shaking. Just a solid brick.
It was the best I'd ever played it. No memory slips at all. Technically, musically, it was there.
I finished it thinking, “Have I sold my soul for this? Is the devil going to visit me at midnight? How come it went so well?”
I didn't know why, but often I do my best under the worst of circumstances. I don't know if it's guts or a determination not to disappoint people. Who knows what it is, but it came through for me, and I thank God for that.
As the first movement ended, the judges said, “Thank you.” Then they asked for the Carmen Fantasy.
I turned and asked Sandy for an A, to retune, and later she said the blood was just rushing back into my face.
I whispered, “Sandy, I made it. I did it.”
“Yeah,” she whispered back, kiddingly, “too bad you didn't screw up. Maybe next time.”
At that point I didn't care if I did make the finals because I had played the Prokofiev so well. I was so proud of myself for coming through.
I needed a shot in the arm; that afternoon I got evicted. While I was at Merkin, my moped had blown up. For my landlord, that was the last straw.
What good news. I was completely broke and didn't have the next month's rent anyway. The landlord wanted me out that day. I said, “Please, can I have two days. I might get into the finals, can I please go through this first?”
I talked him into it, and got back to my place in time for the phone call. “Congratulations, Nadja,”“they said. “You have made the finals.”
I had achieved the ridiculously unlikely, and I had saved my best piece. Yet part of me was sorry. I wanted it to be over already. In the three days from the preliminaries to the semifinals, I lost eight pounds. I was so tired of the pressure.
There was a fellow who advanced to the finals with me, an old, good friend since Pre-College. Competition against friends is inevitable in music, but I never saw competition push a friendship out the window so quickly. By the day of the finals, I hated him and he hated me. Pressure was that intense.
The finals were held on May 29 at Carnegie Hall and open to the public. I was the fourth violinist of the morning, then there was a lunch break, and three more violinists in the afternoon.
I played my Tchaikovsky, Saint-Sa‘ns’s Havanaise, and Ravel's Tzigane for the judges: managers, famous violinists, teachers, and critics. I went on stage at five past eleven and finished at noon. Those fifty-five minutes seemed like three days.
I was so relieved when I finished playing; I was finished! It's impossible to say how happy I was to see the dressing room. I went out for lunch with my friends. It was like coming back from the grave. We laughed and joked and watched TV.
As I returned to Carnegie Hall to hear the other violinists, I realized I'd made a big mistake: they might ask for recalls. A recall is when they can't decide between two people and they want you to play again. It's been done; it's done all the time in competitions. No way was I in shape to go onstage and play again.
In the late afternoon, the competition was over. Everybody had finished playing. Quite luckily─no recalls.
The judges deliberated for an hour. The tension in the air was unbelievable. All the violinists were sitting with their little circle of friends. I had my few friends around me, but no one was saying much now.
Finally, the Naumburg Foundation president Robert Mann came on stage.
“It's always so difficult to choose ...” he began.
“Every year we hold this competition,” Robert Mann said. “And in the past, we've awarded three prizes. This year we've elected to only have one prize, the first prize.”
My heart sank. Nothing for me. Not even Miss Congeniality.
“We have found,” Mann went on, “that second place usually brings great dismay to the artist because they feel like a loser. We don't want anyone here to feel like a loser. Every finalist will receive five hundred dollars except the winner, who will receive three thousand dollars.”
And then he repeated how difficult it was to choose, how well everyone had played ...dah, dah, dah.
I was looking down at the floor.
“The winner is ...”
And he said my name.
A friend next to me said, “Nadja, I think you won!”
I went numb. My friends pulled me up and pointed me toward the stage. It was a long walk because I had slipped into a seat in the back. Sitting up in front was my old friend. I would have to walk right past him and I was dreading it, but before I could, he got up and stopped me.
He threw his arms around me and I threw my arms around him. I kept telling him how sorry I was. I was holding him and started to cry, saying, “I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.” I didn't want to lose, but I really didn't want him to lose either. And he was holding me and saying, “Don't be sorry. I'm so proud of you.” It was over, and we would be friends again.
I took my bow, then ran to Juilliard. Ten blocks uptown, one block west, to give Miss DeLay the news. She could be proud of me now, too.
Suddenly, everything was clear. Playing the violin is what I'd do with my life. Heaven handed me a prize: “You've been through a lot, kid. Here's an international competition.”
Everything had changed when I prepared for the Naumburg, and now everything changed again. I made my first recording. Between September 1981 and May 1982, I played a hundred concerts in America, made one trip to Europe, then two months of summer festivals. And people asked me back.
There was a great deal of anxiety playing in Europe for the first time. But I was able to rely on my self-confidence to pull me through.
Self-confidence onstage doesn't mean a lack of nerves backstage. The stakes had increased. This wasn't practice anymore, this was my life. I'd stare into a dressing-room mirror and say, “Nadja, people have bought tickets, hired baby-sitters, you've got to calm down; go out there and prove yourself.”
Every night I'd prove myself again. My life work had truly begun

1.
In a gesture to prepare for the competition, Nadja did all the following except _________
1. A.
  preoccupying herself in practice
2. B.
  trying to carry out her deeds secretly
3. C.
  abandoning going to school for classes
4. D.
  consuming the best food to get enough energy
2.
How many violinists does the passage mention advanced to the finals?
1. A.
  Four
2. B.
  Five
3. C.
  Six
4. D.
  Seven
3.
After Nadja finished playing at the finals, she went out for a while and when she came back to hear the other violinists she realized she had made a mistake because _________
1. A.
  she forgot that there was going to be a recall
2. B.
  she didn’t get hold of the permission to leave
3. C.
  chances were that she had to replay and she was off guard
4. D.
  there was another play she had to take part in in the afternoon

第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

When I was a teenager, I volunteered to work at the water station for 10km race. My job was to pass out water to the 36 . I saw all kinds of people passing by and thought maybe I can do it too! So the next year I 37 up for the race. I didn’t do much to 38 except jog around my neighborhood and I had no specialized training, no game plan, nothing. My only goal was to 39 the race.

On the day of the race, it was extremely hot. I remember 40 at the 7th kilometer, thinking, “I must be 41 ; why do I do this? I will never do this again!” That first 10km race was quite a(n) 42 . I jogged and I walked．At times, I didn’t know if I could finish.

At one point near the end, an old man ran past me, and I felt 43 that I, a 20-year-old, couldn’t even keep up with a 70-year-old．But then I 44 something. He was running his race and I was running mine. He had different abilities, experience, training and 45 for himself. I had mine. My goal was merely to finish.

How 46 in life do we compare ourselves with others and feel disappointed in ourselves when we really shouldn’t?

After a minute, it 47 to me that this was a lesson I could draw from. I turned my embarrassment into inspiration. I decided that I would not 48 running races. In fact, I would run even more races and I would learn how to make full preparations 49 and one day I would be one of those old but energetic runners. 50 I crossed the finish line, I was 51 of my achievement.

In life we all have those moments when we 52 ourselves with others. It’s only natural. But don’t 53 them to weaken you. Turn them into 54 and let them lift you up. Use them to show you what is 55 . Live with your dreams and you are a winner!

36．A．runners B．volunteers C. joggers D．trainers

37．A．followed B．attempted C. took D．signed

38．A．prepare B．plan C. practice D．help

39．A．win B．finish C. participate D．inspect

40．A．wandering B．resting C. struggling D．hesitating

41．A．tired B．crazy C. ridiculous D．teased

42．A．mistake B．amusement C. decision D．experience

43．A．discouraged B．confused C. annoyed D．embarrassed

44．A．sensed B．realized C. recognized D．acquired

45．A．goal B．age C. income D．thought

46．A．much B．long C. often D．soon

47．A．occurred B．appealed C. reminded D．appeared

48．A．give out B．give up C. give in D．give off

49．A．timely B．delightedly C. properly D．personally

50．A．Unless B．When C. Since D．Until

51．A．proud B．ashamed C. doubtful D．sure

52．A．cooperate B．compare C. combine D．communicate

53．A．allow B．expect C. discourage D．forbid

54．A．information B．imagination C. qualification D．inspiration

55．A．unbelievable B．reliable C. valuable D．possible

In a gesture to prepare for the competition, Nadja did all the following except _________

How many violinists does the passage mention advanced to the finals?

After Nadja finished playing at the finals, she went out for a while and when she came back to hear the other violinists she realized she had made a mistake because _________

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