Cure for Sorrow
There is an old story telling about a woman whose only son died in an accident. In her   31 , she went to the wise man that is always   32  for his wisdom in her town and said, “What advice or what   33  ways do you have to bring my son back to life? I will   34  you with all I have if you can.”
Instead of sending her away or   35  with her, he said to her, “Fetch me a mustard(芥末) seed from a home that has never   36  sorrow. We will use it to drive the sorrow out of your life.” The woman went off at once in  37  of that magical mustard seed.
She came first to a splendid apartment,  38  at the door, and said in a  39  voice, “I am looking for a home that has never known sorrow. Is this such a(n)   40  that I want? It is very important to me.”
  41 , she didn’t get what she wanted, even without a single word of   42 . They told her that she had come to the wrong place. And they began to   43  all the tragic things that recently had happened to them.
The woman said to herself, “Who is better able to help these poor,    44  people than I, though I also have had misfortune of my own?” She   45  to comfort them till they   46 . Then she went on searching for a home that had never known sorrow. But   47  she turned up, in small cottages or in other places, she found one  48  after another of sadness and misfortune. She became so  49  in helping other people out of their sorrow that finally she forgot about her quest for the special mustard seed, in fact, never   50  that it had driven the sorrow out of her life.

【小题1】
A.joyB.dangerC.beliefD.sorrow
【小题2】
A.envied B.consideredC.respectedD.treated
【小题3】
A.strange B.magical C.valuableD.important
【小题4】
A.reward B.supply C.provide D.award
【小题5】
A.quarreling B.discussing C.reasoning D.arguing
【小题6】
A.suffered B.known C.obtainedD.forgotten
【小题7】
A.honor B.favor C.need D.search
【小题8】
A.knockedB.brokeC.stoodD.pointed
【小题9】
A.excitedB.confidentC.sadD.urgent
【小题10】
A.place B.answer C.apartment D.person
【小题11】
A.Luckily B.ImmediatelyC.Gradually D.Unfortunately
【小题12】
A.praiseB.RespectC.comfortD.encouragement
【小题13】
A.exchange B.describe C.simplify D.decorate
【小题14】
A.unfortunate B.unfriendly C.unimportantD.unfamiliar
【小题15】
A.planned B.managedC.continuedD.stayed
【小题16】
A.settle down B.break down C.calm down D.get down
【小题17】
A.whereverB.whatever C.however D.whenever
【小题18】
A.excuse B.tale C.lie D.reason
【小题19】
A.curious B.puzzled C.worried D.involved
【小题20】
A.recognizing B.realizing C.remembering D.wondering

I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a car and landing on my head. Now I am thirty-two. I can vaguely remember the brightness of __36____ and what color red is. It would be ___37____ to see again, but a(n) __38____ can do strange things to people. I don’t mean I would __39___ to go without my eyes. I simply mean that the loss of them made me appreciate more what I had _40_____.
My parents and my teachers saw something in me ----- a __41____ to live ---- which I didn’t see, and they made me want to fight in out with _42____.
The __43___ lesson I had to learn was to believe in myself. I am not talking about simply the kind of __44____ that helps me down so unfamiliar staircase alone. I __45___ something bigger than that: a confidence that I am, despite being __46____, a real, positive person; that there is a special place where I can make myself fit.
It took me years to discover and strengthen this confidence. It had to start with the easy and simple things. __47____ a man gave me an indoor baseball. I thought he was laughing at me and I was __48____. “I can’t use this,” I said. “Take with you,” he urged me, “and roll it around.” The words __49___ in my head. “Roll it around!” By rolling the ball I could _50_____ where it went. This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought _51____ before playing baseball. At Philadelphia’s Overbrook School for the Blind I _52___ a successful variation of baseball. We called it ground ball.
I have set ahead of me a series of goals and then tried to reach them, one at a time. I had to be clear about my _53____. It was no good crying for something that I knew at the start was __54___ out of reach because that only invited bitterness of failure. I would fail something anyway, __55___ on the average I made progress.

【小题1】
A.skyB.cloud C.sunshineD.mist
【小题2】
A.helpfulB.wonderfulC.hopefulD.successful
【小题3】
A.disasterB.environmentC.incidentD.wonder
【小题4】
A.manage B.tryC.want D.prefer
【小题5】
A.lost B.leftC.used D.cared
【小题6】
A.purposeB.potential C.pressure D.preparation
【小题7】
A.energyB.happinessC.luckD.blindness
【小题8】
A.hardestB.dullest C.simplestD.easiest
【小题9】
A.self-respectB.self-controlC.self-confidenceD.self-defence
【小题10】
A.think B.consider C.guessD.mean
【小题11】
A.imperfectB.perfectC.unfairD.fair
【小题12】
A.Later B.Soon C.OnceD.Then
【小题13】
A.worriedB.encouraged C.shocked D.hurt
【小题14】
A.stuck B.impressed C.occupied D.held
【小题15】
A.see B.hear C.notice D.observe
【小题16】
A.importantB.unimportant C.possible D.impossible
【小题17】
A.inventedB.discovered C.instructed D.directed
【小题18】
A.experienceB.advantagesC.knowledgeD.limitation
【小题19】
A.hardlyB.wildlyC.highlyD.deeply
【小题20】
A.so B.for C.but D.and

完型填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)

阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(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。

I have two friends who are eager to go hiking. There is a High Peaks region 1 46 mountains in New York. A mountain club gives special recognition(奖赏) to 2 who climbs all the 46 mountains. My two friends decided to go for this 3. The mountains were really 4 to climb. It  5  them several years to achieve it. My friends had climbed 45 of the mountains, and the 6 one was the most distant and the highest.

Early one morning they left their campsite hiking path to the 7 of a chain of mountains. When they reached the base, they found that they had left their 8 and map in the camp. 9 returning to the camp, they decided to navigate(导航,定位) without them. 10, they reached the top of a mountain. They were worn-out 11 extremely happy.

However, the 12 lasted only for a short time. When they 13 , they saw another higher mountain. They had climbed the 14 mountain! 15 the time problem, they had to wait for another four months to climb the right mountain.

I think this story tells an important 16:often in life we put great 17 into some of our goals, but without the right map and compass, it is easy to get 18. Knowing your 49 in life gives you a powerful personal map and compass, 20 that you are always climbing the right mountain.

1.                A.consisting of     B.consisted of     C.making of D.made of

 

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

 

3.                A.relax           B.award          C.admission D.result

 

4.                A.easy           B.visual          C.hard     D.fragile

 

5.                A.cost           B.wasted         C.spent D.took

 

6.                A.first            B.second         C.third D.last

 

7.                A.top            B.side            C.edge     D.base

 

8.                A.map           B.guide          C.water    D.compass

 

9.                A.Rather than      B.Other than      C.Or rather D.Except for

 

10.               A.Consequently    B.Eventually       C.Endlessly  D.Mentally

 

11.               A.and            B.but            C.or    D.so

 

12.               A.delight         B.sorrow         C.stress D.preference

 

13.               A.looked up       B.looked forward   C.looked back    D.looked around

 

14.               A.right           B.left            C.wrong D.highest

 

15.               A.In spite of       B.Due to         C.Thanks to  D.Instead of

 

16.               A.class           B.lesson          C.aim   D.ban

 

17.               A.strength        B.load           C.effort D.faith

 

18.               A.abused         B.addicted        C.accustomed    D.lost

 

19.               A.purpose        B.dream         C.quality    D.pleasure

 

20.               A.making sure     B.making out      C.making up D.making from

 

 

Education from My Father

My memories of my father are slim because he was so sick in the last years of his life. But there are   32   that I am often reminded of and which may have had some bearing on my love of   33  .

When I was small I was somewhat   34   of lightning and thunder. My father explained it. The explanation was in   35   that a child could understand but was basically correct. I gained a better   36   later, but I didn’t have to unlearn anything.

What he said was that there was electricity in the clouds   37   it traveled to the ground like a spark. When it traveled   38   the air it made the air so hot that it   39  . Then there was nothing where the air had been and the air all around rushed in to   40   the space. He clapped his hands together very loud,   41   to be the air rushing in, and said that makes the thunder. When I hear thunder, I can still hear that   42  .

He explained why if it was cloudy in the winter the night was warmer than if it was   43  . It was one of those nights when the sky was full of stars: no moon, no town lights. But there were more stars than you could   44   and they had color too. He said that if there were no clouds, we had no blankets and were   45   to the universe. Our warmth was going to   46   the whole universe. When there were clouds, they were like blankets and we were not exposed to the universe. I   47   feel on the edge of space on a very clear night.

I am sure there were many other lessons that I   48   but no longer remember. What I did 49  , in general, was that there were explanations and that the more I understood them, the more    comfortable the world was to live in. I was not taught that there were   50   but that there was understanding if you looked for it. This may be why I have always been   51   in science.

1.A. others            B. few             C. some          D. all

2.A. science           B. nature          C. weather       D. universe

3.A. sure              B. fond            C. tired         D. afraid

4.A. depth             B. words           C. gestures      D. data

5.A. understanding B. knowledge           C. command       D. confidence

6.A. but               B. and             C. for           D. or

7.A. above             B. to              C. along         D. through

8.A. shone             B. burned          C. expanded      D. broke

9.A. fill              B. make            C. avoid         D. break

10.A. trying           B. proving         C. hoping        D. pretending 

11.A. clap             B. remark          C. voice         D. crash

12.A. cold             B. bright          C. clear         D. foggy

13.A. explore          B. foresee         C. imagine       D. identify

14.A. committed        B. exposed         C. related       D. led

15.A. heat             B. protect         C. extend        D. light

16.A. ever             B. also            C. even          D. still

17.A. selected         B. arranged        C. absorbed      D. delivered

18.A. consider         B. promise         C. explain       D. learn

19.A. memories         B. blankets        C. mysteries     D. thunders

20.A. engaged          B. interested      C. successful    D. skillful

 

完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)

请认真阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Have you ever suddenly felt that someone you knew was in trouble?Have you ever dreamed something that  36  later?Maybe you have ESP.

ESP stands   37  Extra Sensory Perception. It may be called   38  sixth sense. It seems to let people  39   about events before they happen, or events  40   are happening some  41  away.

There are thousands of stories on  42  . Scientists are studying  43  to find out what’s behind these  44   mental messages. Here’s an example, one of hundreds of  45   that have come true.

A man dreamed he was walking along a road  46  a horse and carriage came by. The driver said, “There’s room for one more.” The man felt the driver was Death,   47  he ran away. The next day, the  48   was getting on a crowded bus. The bus driver said, “There’s room for one more”. Then the man saw that the driver’s face was the same face he  49  in the dream. He would not  50  the bus. As the bus drove off, it  51  crashed and burst into flames. Everyone was  52 !

Some people say stories like this are lies or  53  . Others, including some scientists,  54  that ESP is real. From studies of ESP, we may someday learn more about  55  mind.

36. A. came true              B. came across        C. came on           D. came up

37. A. up                     B. for                 C. by                D. out

38. A. a                 B. the                        C. an                D. this

39. A. knowing                 B. to know           C. know             D. known

40. A. that                   B. what              C. in which            D. as

41. A. orbit                   B. distance                   C. position           D. spot

42. A. demand                B. board                      C. sale              D. record

43. A. them                  B. it                 C. those             D. him

44. A. certain                     B. bright             C. strange             D. successful

45. A. tasks                  B. results            C. expressions        D. dreams

46. A. when                  B. while             C. where              D. which

47. A. or                    B. but                        C. so                  D. and

48. A. driver                 B. captain            C. woman            D. man

49. A. has seen              B. had seen          C. saw                D. sees

50. A. get on                B. take off            C. make of              D. have on

51. A. immediately             B. quickly             C. finally                D. suddenly

52. A. saved                 B. killed              C. preserved            D. examined

53. A. projects                B. discoveries         C. organizations       D. coincidences

54. A. speak                 B. talk               C. say                 D. tell

55. A. the human            B. the westerner          C. the Egyptian            D. the candidate

 

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