第二部分 阅读理解 (共两节,满分40分)

第一节:( 共15小题,每小题2分,满分30分 )

阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项中,选出最佳选项。

How do successful people think? What drives them? Interviews and investigations indicate that there are several keys to success that successful people share.

First of all, successful people never blame someone or something outside of themselves for their failure to go ahead. They realize that their future lies in their own hands. They understand that they cannot control things in life, such as nature, the past and other people. But in the meantime, they are well aware that they can control their own thoughts and actions. They take responsibility for their life and regard this as one of the most empowering things they can do. Perhaps what most separates successful people from others is that they live a life “on purpose”---- they are doing what they believe they are put here to do. In their opinion, having a purpose in their life is the most important element that enables them to become fully functioning people. They hold that when they live their life on purpose, their main concern is to do the job right. They love what they do ---- and it shows. People want to do business with them because of their commitment(忠诚). To live their life on purpose, successful people find a cause they believe in and create a business around it. Besides, they never easily give up. Once they have set up goals in their life, they are willing to work hard whatever it takes to achieve their goals. Top achievers always bear in mind what they don’t have.

Rather than be negative or depressing, they use the knowledge to spur themselves on and go after what they want energetically and passionately.

46. The underlined word “it ” refers to “____”.

   A. the main concern of successful people

   B. the job that successful people do

   C. the commitment with which successful people do their jobs

   D. the business that successful people do with other people

47. By living a life “on purpose”, successful people can do the following EXCEPT ____.

   A. do a lot of work

   B. concentrate on their jobs

   C. do business with many people   

   D. control things in life

48. The underlined word “spur ” most probably means “____”.

   A. encourage         B. excite              C. relieve       D. compel

第二节  完型填空(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。

It was 4 o’clock in the morning on June 9, 2003 when I received the phone call. “This is the emergency room calling and your son was just  21  in with severe burns on his face, neck and arms. We have called for a(n)  22  and are going to fly him to the burn unit in Seattle.” Seattle was 350 miles from his college, so we knew immediately this was  23  .

The doctor described the  24  , which caused the burns. At 6 am, our son and his friends decided to barbecue hamburgers in the courtyard of their apartment. When they  25  the charcoal(木炭), it burst into flames because they had sprayed too much petrol. The flames  26  my son’s shirt tail and shot from his waist to well over his head.

  27  , one of the boys was quick-minded, grasped my son, and  28  him on the grass. While it saved his life, it was not in  29  to save him from severe burns and the terrible scars.

After he  30  from the treatments, the doctors told him they would not do plastic surgery(整容) for 6 months  31  it takes that long for the skin to stop shrinking and wrinkling. So he had to return to college with scars typical of severe burns.

When I was a child, my mother told my sister, who had a 10-inch, very  32  scar on her arm, “Nancy, if you ignore the scar, other people will ignore it. It does not mean they will not  33  it, but it means it will not matter to them if it doesn’t matter to you.”

I  34  this wisdom on to my son. He kept my advice in  35  and returned to school with his head held high--glad he was alive.

By the end of the six-month waiting period, he decided that the scars didn’t  36  , so he made the  37  to give up any plastic surgery.

We all have “scars” that we believe  38  people to keep away from us. And we spend a lot of time thinking that if only we looked differently, or dressed differently, people would like us better.

But you see, people will only judge you by your looks, or your clothes, if you are judging yourself by these same  39  standards. Put your imperfections(缺点;瑕疵) out of your mind and concentrate on what you value  40  yourself, and your beauty will shine through.

21. A. brought       B. given        C. turned       D. showed

22. A. doctor        B. hospital      C. aircraft     D. ambulance

23. A. serious  B. terrible      C. dangerous        D. important 

24. A. event    B. process       C. reason       D. accident

25. A. got      B. lit      C. burned      D. moved

26. A. took          B. held         C. caught D. attracted

27. A Fortunately   B. Surprisingly      C. Happily     D. Slowly

28. A. pushed        B. threw       C. dropped    D. rolled

29. A. shape         B. place   C. fact     D. time

30. A. benefited     B. recovered        C. suffered     D. relaxed

31. A. if        B. while  C. because      D. although

32. A. normal        B. violent      C. obvious          D. popular

33. A. mention      B. notice       C. laugh  D. hide

34. A. sent      B. kept   C. handed       D. passed

35. A. mind   B. life    C. practice    D. heart

36. A. grow            B. matter       C. exist         D. appear

37. A. mistake       B. effort       C. decision     D. request 

38. A. invite         B. cause C. allow        D. remind

39. A. false    B strict    C. moral        D. general 

40. A. by    B. over         C. beyond       D. within

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