--Can you use chopsticks, John?

    --_________. I once stayed in China for two years.

    A. It all depends                      B. No problem

C. I’m sorry, but yes                   D. You can forget it

　　“First we make our habits，then our habits make us.”——Charles C．Noble

　　It’s such a simple concept，yet it's something we don’t always do. It’s not extremely difficult to do, and yet I think it’s something that would make a world of difference in anyone’s life. Break your goals into habits，and focus on putting those habits into autopilot. My belief is that having one goal to focus on is much more powerful than having many goals.

　　I try to turn my goals into habits，and in doing so，I put my goals on autopilot. Turning a goal into a habit means really focusing on it，seriously，for at least a month，to the exclusion of all else. The more you can focus on it, the more it’ll be put on autopilot. Let’s look at my marathon goal as an example. I was just starting out in running，and l had the brilliant idea to run a marathon within a year. But in order to achieve that goal，I broke it down into two habits：

　　1．I had to make running a daily habit.

　　2．I had to report to people in order to have accountability（责任）—I did this through family，friends and coworkers，through a blog，and through a column in my local newspaper every two weeks. With this accountability，there’s no way l would stop running.

　　The accountability habit took a couple of months，mainly because I didn’t focus on it too much while l was building the running habit. But it stuck，and for that first year of running，I would report to people I knew and blog about my running every day and I would write a column every two weeks for my local paper.

　　Once those two habits were firmly fixed，my marathon goal was pretty much on autopilot. I still had to do the work，of course，but it didn’t require constant focus. And eventually，I ran the marathon. I was able to achieve this because，all year long，I had the daily running habit and daily accountability habit. I put my marathon goal into autopilot，and that made it much easier--instead of struggling with it daily for an entire year，I focused on it for one month and was able to accomplish it while focusing on new habits and goals.

55．According to the passage，we can see the key to forming a habit is ______________.

A．to break the goals into habits

B．to report to other people about your plan

C．to set a reasonable goal first

D．to focus on the habit as much as possible

56．The author told people about his running in order to ______________.

A．get more support

B．ask for their opinions

C．carry out his plan better

D．earn more admiration

57．What do we know about the author？

A．He was a local athlete.

B．He often gave people advice.

C．He had no blogs before.

D．He wrote for a local newspaper.

58．The passage is mainly about ______________.

A．goals and habits

B．how to turn your goals into habits

C．habits and achievements

D．how to make running a good habit

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，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

We’ve heard it before － we’ve heard it on the news, from teachers, from parents －children and teenagers today are growing up too fast. There are not too many people that will   _31  with that statement. Teenagers are faced with serious problems and decisions at an early   _32 . In fact most teenagers’ daily schedules（日程表）are as  33  as those of an adult’s.

    I have been working since I was thirteen, and always in  34  in which I was working with adults. I have had to learn to think and  35  like an adult to be taken seriously. So, I count myself as one who has grown up too fast. I just graduated from high school, and have recently spent some time reflecting（反思）on the  36  eighteen years － thinking about myself, what I have gained, and what  37  I have yet to achieve.

    We are expected to work hard, get excellent  38 , be in a good relationship, and know what we want to do  39 . The list goes on and on. But the  40  is clear: We live in a society today that is  41  our childhood. We no longer have many years to be careless and fancy-free. We are expected to  42  the strict school rules and to excel（擅长）in everything we do.

    I’ve known these things for a long time, and knew that they  43  me. But, I never really admitted it until last night, when I learned a  44  lesson, taught to me by my boss where I work. We had finished a job at a remote site. It was about 11:30 at night, and we had  45  to his house. We were talking about the  46  he had been making to his home. One of the things he said was “I  47  my basketball hoop（篮圈）. ”Then he threw a basketball to me.

    I hadn’t  48  a basketball in five years.

    We proceeded to shoot hoops for about 5 minutes. Both of us were terribly bad at it, but we spent the whole time  49  like children. Then I realized something: I am still a child. Oh, the law says I’m an adult. But, we are still really and truly children. We all need to have  50_   once in a while.

31. A. argue                  B. disagree                C. satisfy                   D. discuss

32. A. age                         B. stage                     C. year                      D. grade

33. A. certain             B. busy                     C. careful                         D. perfect

34. A. companies           B. factories                   C. positions               D. offices

35. A. study                  B. speak                    C. work                     D. act

36. A. last                         B. other                     C. rest                       D. coming

37. A. purposes             B. success                  C. goals                     D. jobs

38. A. textbooks            B. grades                   C. teachers                 D. schools

39. A. in life              B. in time                         C. for ages                 D. for ever

40. A. information      B. message                C. notice                   D. idea

41. A. ruining            B. correcting              C. envying                 D. shortening

42. A. respect             B. accept                   C. learn                     D. follow

43. A. inspired                  B. disappointed          C. affected                 D. frightened

44. A. valuable                  B. serious                      C. important              D. useful

45. A. walked            B. flown back            C. gone back              D. driven

46. A. furniture             B. improvements        C. equipment             D. arrangements

47. A. moved             B. fixed                     C. sold                      D. broke

48. A. played             B. caught                   C. seen                   D. held

49. A. laughing             B. shouting                C. running                 D. shooting

50. A. a rest                  B. a talk                    C. fun                       D. sports

They were completely __________ by the story he made up.

      A. taken up    B. taken in     C. taken off   D.taken over

--- Haven’t you seen the speed limit sign? Please drive __________!

   --- Sorry, but I have to.

      A．more slowly a bit                B．slowly a bit more

      C．a bit more slowly                 D．slowly more a bit

I saw Mary dancing at Kate's birthday party and on that______she was really excellent.

      A.scene       B.situation          C.position   D.occasion

Having retired from business, he now         himself with the welfare of the disabled.

       A．associated B．occupies   C．charges     D．rewards

Though there are some differences in American education and Chinese education, both systems are______excellent graduates. (济南市)

      A.turning away     B.turning out       C.turning off       D.turning in 

I can’t give you the thumbs up right now. I will have to go back to     with my director.

       A．deal  B．associate   C．bargain     D．consult

I’ve promised to keep it secret so I can’t really tell you anything         what you know already.

       A．for    B．about C．of     D．beyond