题目内容
42. You’d better start it right away ______ you forget it.
C
解析
In a world where comparisons happen non-stop, it is difficult to look outside yourself and to ever be content with who you are. There's always someone who's a bit better. The only solution is to reach inside and measure against what Warren Buffett calls your own inner yardstick. There is no more accurate measure for comparison than who you were yesterday, last week or last decade, when you were at your best.
Nothing useful ever comes from comparison to others. Either you see yourself as better than someone and you get lazy, or you see someone else as better than you and you feel like all your hard work is for nothing. It is a fool's game. None of us are inherently above or below the person next to us. We are who we are. Not one of us is exactly alike. The only direct and honest comparison is within yourself. Everything else is apples to oranges.
My opinion is that you are only allowed to compare yourself to someone else if their life situation is the same as your own. Good luck finding that match. And one thing is for sure. No matter how hard you work and how dedicated you are, there will always be someone who can run a little faster, jump a little higher, score a little better or look a little nicer in a swimsuit. And if there's not, you can bet someone is coming up fast behind you. So how can you always win in life? Become your best competitor.
The following are the reasons why you are your own best competitor.
1. You will always be motivated.
Having an image of your most recent past limits is the perfect thing to push you to the next level. If you ran 7 flights of stairs yesterday, then do 8 today. Who cares if the guy next to you did 15? It doesn't make a bit of difference. You are a more fit person today than you were yesterday. Your own progress is all you need.
2. You will continuously be your personal best.
If you commit to a slightly higher standard of yourself every day, you will always be at the top of your game. And that game will only get better. But if for some reason you fall off your mark, you will always have the past image of your best performance to show you what you're capable of. Once you've done it, you know what's possible and then it's just a matter of doing it again.
Through the passage the writer advises the readers to ________.
A. avoid comparison with others B. work much harder
C. pay attention to others’ progress D. make full use of motivation
If you want to be content with yourself, according to the author, you should ________.
A. see yourself better than others B. measure accurately
C. compare with yourself D. be honest with yourself
Which of the following is certain to happen according to the author?
A. Finding someone else who is in the same life situation as you are.
B. Finding someone who runs faster and jumps higher than you.
C. Finding someone who is hiding right behind you.
D. Finding someone who almost always wins in their life.
What can help you up to higher level in your life according to the passage?
A. Comparing yourself with the guy next to you.
B. Thinking about your own progress.
C. Promising to play a game every day.
D. Thinking of your most recent past limits.
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，掌握其大意，然后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。One Sunday morning my mother walked into my room. “_ 36 !” she said, proudly holding up a yellow 37 with black and white stripes. “I made it just for you. What do you think?” I 38 my tongue. How could I tell Mom it was the most hideous one I had ever seen? “It’s perfect for 39 ,” my mother continued. “I 40 someone had made a dress like this for me.” 41 you can’t wear it, I thought. But I knew Mom had spent a lot of time on the dress. Only the world’s most 42 daughter would refuse. reluctantly（不情愿的）. I put it on. All through church I prayed, Lord, let me get out of here __43 anyone seeing me. Especially Dennis Pearce, the boy I had a crush on. He was one of the cutest (bright) guys at Neptune High. Although we were in some of the same classes, Dennis had 44 taken any notice of me. At the end of the service I 45 for the door. But I had to wait on the 46 while my parents chatted with their friends. Just a little while longer… Then 47 the corner of my eye I saw the Pearce approaching. 48 I could escape, Dennis was right beside me. I started gabbing a mile a minute, hoping if I kept it 49 he wouldn’t notice my horrible dress. “I am going to college in September,” I said. “That’s great,” Dennis replied. “I got 50 to the police academy.” “Wow!” I said. Somehow I kept the conversation going. Soon we were walking to the parking lot together. The next thing I knew Dennis had first asked me 51 . We courted through college, and eventually got married. Months after our wedding I asked Dennis if he remembered the day 52 he had first asked me out. “You bet I do,” he said. “You were always 53 in school, almost standoffish (coldhearted). I didn’t think you’d be much fun. But you were so animated (lively) when we talked on the church steps, I wanted to get to know you better.” Maybe that 55 yellow dress wasn’t 55 I would have chosen, but that day it was the perfect dress for me.36. A. Strange B. Surprise C. Interesting D. Puzzled37. A. dress B. coat C. skirt D. hat38. A. beat B. held C. bit D. caught39. A. the party B. church C. school D. your birthday40. A. hope B. expected C. wish D. wished41. A. Too beautiful B. Too big C. Too small D. Too bad42. A. ungrateful B. lovely C. considerate D. responsible43. A. beyond B. before C. until D. without44. A. never B. sometimes C. frequently D. ever45. A. made B. ran C. escaped D. walked46. A. steps B. gate C. door D. bench47. A. within B. out of C. beside D. off48. A. Until B. After C. Not until D. Before 49. A. on B. back C. in D. up50. A. agreed B. accepted C. permitted D. allowed51. A. my telephone B. my address C. out D. in52. A. that B. which C. on when D. \53 A. quiet B. calm C. silent D. still54. A. blue -white striped B. black and white stripes C. zebra-striped D. dark-white-striped55.A. what B. which C. that D. One
One day at the day care centre（日间托儿所）I watched a mother try to pick up her daughter. The girl wanted to go to McDonald’s. The mother replied, “Susie, not tonight. Maybe we can go tomorrow.”. Susie 16 dropped to the floor, kicking and screaming. “I want to …”
Her mother tried to 17 Susie’s tantrum（发脾气）. Finally her mother 18 . I was surprised that we could have almost anything we wanted by throwing a tantrum.
That day my mother 19 me up early because we were going to a department to do the shopping for 20 Day. I was excited to see a toy telephone. Looking lovingly 21 at my mother, I asked, “Can I have that telephone?”
She replied, “Baby, not now, but 22 you are a good girl, maybe Santa Clause will 23 you.” “But Mama, I want that telephone right now,” I said. My mother’s eyes 24 and her hand tightened（紧握）on mine. “Becky, you 25 have that telephone today, and if you 26 you can have a spanking（打屁股）.”
We were standing in the long 27 ,and I knew from my experience that it was now or 28 . So I lay down on the ground and began screaming, “I want that telephone.” Tired Christmas 29 looked as my mother calmly said, “Becky, you’d better get up by the 30 of three or else.” “One…Two…Three.” But I was 31 in full tantrum. Then she lay down beside me on the 32
and began screaming, “I want a new car, I want some jewellery, I want…”
33 , I stood up. “Mama, stop, Mama, get up,” I tearfully 34 .
She stood up. The others waiting began to laugh. The next thirty minutes was complete 35 for me. Then one parent said to me with a smile, “I bet you’ll never try that again”.
1. A．heavily B．immediately C．directly D．hopelessly
2. A．cover B．free C．resist D．stop
3. A．gave in B．gave off C．gave out D．gave up
4. A．carried B．picked C．held D．sent
5. A．Mother’s B．Children’s C．Christmas D．National
6. A．down B．up C．over D．out
7. A．if B．unless C．until D．while
8. A．praise B．believe C．love D．help
9. A．opened B．closed C．narrowed D．shone
10. A．won’t B．daren’t C．mustn’t D．can’t
11. A．lie B．risk C．scream D．steal
12. A．line B．street C．row D．passage
13. A．never B．ever C．later D．then
14. A．managers B．sellers C．families D．shoppers
15. A．noise B．count C．voice D．word
16. A．again B．even C．still D．more
17. A．bench B．mat C．counter D．floor
18. A．Frightened B．Satisfied C．Embarrassed D．Amused
19. A．begged B．resigned C．explained D．promised
20. A．luck B．discomfort C．complaint D．anger
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第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每题1分，满分20分）
Never Miss The Chance
Each spring brings a new blossom of wildflowers in the ditches along the highway I travel _36_ to work.
There is one particular blue flower that has always caught my eye. I've noticed that it blooms only in the _37_ hours, the afternoon sun is too warm for it. Every day for approximately two weeks, I see those beautiful flowers.
This spring, I _38_ a wildflower garden in our yard. I can look out of the kitchen window while_39_ the dishes and see the flowers. I've _40_ thought that those lovely blue flowers from the ditch would look _41_ in that bed alongside other wildflowers. Every day I drove past the flowers_42_ , "I'll stop on my way home and dig them." "Gee, I don't want to get my good clothes dirty..." _43_ the reason, I never stopped to dig them. My husband even gave me a folding shovel one year for my trunk to be used for that _44_ purpose.
One day on my way home from work, I _45_ to see that the highway department had mowed the ditches and the pretty blue flowers were_46_. I thought to myself, "Way to go, you waited too long. You should have done it when you first saw them _47_ this spring."
A week ago we were _48_ and saddened to learn that my oldest sister-in-law has a terminal brain tumor. She is 20 years older than my husband and_49_ , because of age and distance, we haven't been as _50_ as we all would have liked. I couldn't help but_51_ the connection between the pretty blue flowers and the _52_ between my husband's sister and us. I do believe that God has given us some time_53_ to plant some wonderful _54_ that will bloom every year for us.
And yes, if I see the blue flowers again, you can bet I'll stop and _55_ them to my wildflower garden.
36.A. everyday B. daily C. Dayly D. one day
37.A. morning B. evening C. night D. noon
38.A. began B. put C. started D. set
39.A. done B. do C. doing D. to do
40.A seldom B. hardly C. often D. never
41.A. great B. greatly C. well D. greater
42.A. thought B. thinking C. considering D. considered
43.A. Why B. However C. Whatever D. Whenever
44.A. expressing B. expressed C. express D. to express
45.A.was saddened B. saddened C. sad D. have saddend
46.A. missed B. going C. losing D. gone
47.A. opening B. blooming C. becoming D. moving
48.A. surprising B. shocked C. moved D. shocking
49.A. fortunately B. luckily C. unlucky D. unfortunately
50.A. closed B. near C. close D. nearby
51.A. see B. to see C. seeing D. saw
52.A. friendship B. leadership C. hardship D. relationship
53.A. remained B. leaving C. left D. remain
54.A. remember B. memorial C. memories D. Memory
55.A. plant B. grow C. transplant D. transport
Ⅲ．完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
One day at the day care centre（日间托儿所）I watched a mother try to pick up her daughter. The girl wanted to go to McDonald’s. The mother replied, “Susie, not tonight. Maybe we can go tomorrow.”. Susie 36 dropped to the floor, kicking and screaming. “I want to …”
Her mother tried to 37 Susie’s tantrum（发脾气）. Finally her mother 38 . I was surprised that we could have almost anything we wanted by throwing a tantrum.
That day my mother 39 me up early because we were going to a department to do the shopping for 40 Day. I was excited to see a toy telephone. Looking lovingly 41 at my mother, I asked, “Can I have that telephone?”
She replied, “Baby, not now, but 42 you are a good girl, maybe Santa Clause will 43 you.” “But Mama, I want that telephone right now,” I said. My mother’s eyes 44 and her hand tightened（紧握）on mine. “Becky, you 45 have that telephone today, and if you 46 you can have a spanking（打屁股）.”
We were standing in the long 47 ,and I knew from my experience that it was now or 48 . So I lay down on the ground and began screaming, “I want that telephone.” Tired Christmas 49 looked as my mother calmly said, “Becky, you’d better get up by the 50 of three or else.” “One…Two…Three.” But I was 51 in full tantrum. Then she lay down beside me on the 52
53 , I stood up. “Mama, stop, Mama, get up,” I tearfully 54 .
She stood up. The others waiting began to laugh. The next thirty minutes was complete 55 for me. Then on parent said to me with a smile, “I bet you’ll never try that again”.
36．A．heavily B．immediately C．directly D．hopelessly
37．A．cover B．free C．resist D．stop
38．A．gave in B．dropped C．moved on D．walked away
39．A．carried B．picked C．held D．sent
40．A．Mother’s B．Children’s C．Christmas D．National
41．A．down B．up C．over D．out
42．A．if B．unless C．until D．while
43．A．praise B．believe C．love D．help
44．A．opened B．closed C．narrowed D．shone
45．A．won’t B．daren’t C．mustn’t D．can’t
46．A．lie B．risk C．scream D．steal
47．A．line B．street C．row D．passage
48．A．never B．ever C．later D．then
49．A．managers B．sellers C．families D．shoppers
50．A．noise B．count C．voice D．word
51．A．again B．even C．still D．more
52．A．bench B．mat C．counter D．floor
53．A．Frightened B．Satisfied C．Embarrassed D．Amused
54．A．begged B．ordered C．explained D．promised
55．A．luck B．discomfort C．complaint D．anger
boy I had a crush on. He was one of the cutest (bright) guys at Neptune High. Although we were in some of the same classes, Dennis had 44 taken any notice of me.
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