We often talk about ourselves as if we have permanent genetic defects(缺陷) that can never be changed. “I’m impatient.” “I’m always behind.” “I always put things 　　1 !” You’ve surely heard them. Maybe you’ve used them to describe　　　 ___2　 .

These comments may come from stories about us that have been 　3　 for many years—often from 　4　 childhood. These stories may have no 　5　 in fact. But they can set low expectations for us. As a child, my mother said to me, “Marshall, you have no mechanical (操作机械的) skills, and you will never have any mechanical skills for the rest of your life.” How did these expectations　 6　 my development? I was never 　7　 to work on cars or be around　 8　 . When I was 18, I took the US Army’s Mechanical Aptitude Test. My scores were in the bottom for the entire nation!

Six years later,　 9　 , I was at California University, working on my doctors degree. One of my professors, Dr. Bob Tannbaum, asked me to write down things I did well and things I couldn’t do. On the positive side, I　 10　 down, “research, writing, analysis, and speaking.” On the　 11　 side, I wrote, “I have no mechanical skills.”

Bob asked me how I knew I had no mechanical skills. I explained my life 　12 and told him about my 　13　 performance on the Army test. Bob then asked, “　 14　 is it that you can solve 　 15　 mathematical problems, but you can’t solve simple mechanical problems?”

Suddenly I realized that I didn’t 　16　 from some sort of genetic defect. I was just living out expectations that I had chosen to 　17　 . At that point, it wasn’t just my family and friends who had been　 18　 my belief that I was mechanically hopeless. And it wasn’t just the Army test, either. I was the one who kept telling myself, “You can’t do this!” I realized that as long as I kept saying that, it was going to remain true. 　19　 , if we don’t treat ourselves as if we have incurable genetic defects, we can do well in almost 　20　 we choose.

1. A. away 　　　　　 B. off 　　　　　　　 C. up 　　　　　　　　　 D. down

2. A. them 　　　　 B. myself 　　　　　 C. yourself 　　　　 D. others

3. A. said 　　　　　 B. spoken 　　　　　 C. spread 　　　　　 D. repeated

4. A. as long as 　 B. as far back as 　 C. as well as 　　　 D. as much as

5. A. basis 　　　　 B. plot 　　　　　　　 C. cause 　　　　　　　　　　 D. meaning

6. A. lead 　　　　　 B. improve　　　　　　 C. affect 　　　　　 D. change

7. A. encouraged B. demanded 　　 C. hoped 　　　　　 D. agreed

8. A. means 　　　 B. tools 　　　　　　 C. facilities 　　　　 D. hammers

9. A. therefore 　 B. somehow 　　　 C. instead 　　　　　 D. however

10. A. settled 　　 B. turned 　　　　　 C. took 　　　　　　　　　　 D. got

11. A. passive 　　　 B. active 　　　　　 C. negative 　　　　　 D. subjective

12. A. experiences 　　　 B. trips 　　　　　　　　　　 C. roads 　　　　　　 D. paths

13. A. unexpected B. poor 　　　　　　 C. excellent 　　　 D. average

14. A. When 　　　 B. What 　　　　　　 C. How 　　　　　　　 D. Why

15. A. complex 　 B. advanced　　　　　 C. common 　　　　 D. primary

16. A. arise 　　　　 B. separate　　　　　　 C. suffer 　　　　　 D. come

17. A. believe 　　 B. suspect 　　　　 C. adopt 　　　　　　 D. receive

18. A. weakening B. strengthening 　 C. abandoning 　 D. accepting

19. A. As a result 　　　 B. At the same time C. In addition 　　 D. On the contrary

20. A. anything 　　 B. something 　　 C. nothing 　　　　 D. all

I was late for the school bus and rushing to get ready. My dog, Tippy, got to the front door and lay down in front of it – his way of asking to be petted. I___1___his begging for affection (喜爱), hurdled over him and ran for the waiting bus.

   ___2___, that afternoon, when I came home, Mom said to me___3___, “Honey, I have some___4___news that I need to tell you. This morning, while you were at school, Tippy was hit by a car and___5___. I’m so sorry.”

   “No! It’s not true!” I was___6___. I couldn’t believe her. “Tippy, come here! Come on, boy!” I called and called for him. I waited. He didn’t come. Feeling___7___, I wandered into the living room. I didn’t cry that night. I still couldn’t believe that he was___8___.

   When I got off the bus the next day, the___9___at home was deafening. Finally, my sobs (哭泣) bubbled up and erupted (喷发) like lava (熔岩) from a volcano. I couldn’t stop___10___. I hadn’t even petted him when I left.___11___could I have known that was my last chance? I cried until I felt empty inside.

   Time passed, and against my will, I started to___12___some things. I realized what little control any of us have over what happens ___13___ a dog. We can do everything right, but___14___things can still happen. But good things can happen too. That’s___15___. The best way to deal with the hard times is to___16__what you need to do to get through them when they come, and to remember that hard times always___17___.

   I now deeply understand the “circle of life”. Everyone is born, everyone___18___, and that’s the way it is. If dogs never died, there would be no___19___for others like Belle – my new dog.

   Best of all, I realized that Tippy___20___all of my good memories of him. And they come to me every time I call!

1. A. met                 B. ignored           C. promised                 D. preferred

2. A. However            B. Besides       C. Therefore                D. Finally

3. A. excitedly            B. quickly            C. nervously                D. seriously

4. A. good                  B. sad                 C. dull                         D. happy

5. A. escaped              B. wounded         C. killed                       D. knocked

6. A. in disagreement   B. in anger           C. in silence                 D. in shock

7. A. lost                 B. sleepy            C. crazy                             D. uncertain

8. A. gone                  B. missing          C. alive                        D. stolen

9. A. noise                  B. quarrel                  C. silence                     D. sound

10. A. waiting               B. crying             C. thinking                   D. expecting

11. A. Why                 B. What              C. Which                     D. How

12. A. forget                B. recall              C. understand               D. change

13. A. to                          B. about          C. out                          D. into

14. A. surprising           B. bad                C. amazing                   D. amusing

15. A. nature                B. human            C. life                          D. rule

16. A. figure out            B. picked out      C. try out                     D. put out

17. A. disappear            B. overcome       C. help                        D. pass

18. A. grows                B. lives               C. suffers                    D. dies

19. A. chance                      B. room              C. possibility                D. doubt

20. A. thought of           B. brought up      C. left behind                      D. picked up

A water bearer in India had two large pots;  each hung on the ends of a pole. The water bearer often  carried the pole __36__ his neck. One of the pots had a crack(裂缝) in it, __37__ the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water. At the end of the long walk from the stream to the house,  the cracked pot __38__ only half full. For a full two years,  this went on __39__，  with the bearer delivering only one and a half pots full of water to his house.

Of course,  the perfect pot was __40__ of its advantages. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection,  and __41__ that it was able to __42__ only half of what it had been made to do.  __43__ two years of what  sensed to be a bitter __44__，  it spoke to the water bearer one day by the stream. “I am ashamed of myself,  and I want to __45__ to you. I have been able to  __46__ only half my load because this crack  in my side __47__ water to leak out all the way back to your house. Because of my __48__，  you have to do a lot of this work,  and you don't get full value from your __49__，”  the pot said.

 The bearer said to the pot,  “Did you __50__ that there were flowers only on your side of the path,  __51__ not on the other pot's side? That's because I have always __52__ your fault,  and I planted flower seeds on your side of the path,  and every day while we walk back,  you've __53__ them.

For two years I have been able to __54__ these  beautiful flowers to decorate the table. Without you being just the __55__ you are,  there would not be this beauty to grace the house.”

36．A.above　　  B．over　　　  C．across　　　  D．through

37．A.as                        B．while                  C．when                    D．so

38．A.arrived                 B．realized            C. made                 D．concluded

39．A.weekly          B．daily                        C．monthly                    D．yearly

40．A.ashamed                B．proud        C．happy              D．disappointed

41．A.sad                             B．pleased                   C．comfortable                D．safe

42．A.admit      B．achieve      C．reduce         D．attract

43．A.Before                  B. Since                      C．After                     D．By

44．A.failure                  B．success                 C．excitement            D．satisfaction

45．A.apologize                  B. talk                         C．admit                    D．apply

46．A.develop         B．permit     C．depend           D．deliver

47．A.takes                    B．causes                   C．makes                   D．reminds

48．A.fault              B．success                 C．kindness                D．sorrow

49．A.effects                 B．efforts                   C．operation                      D．attempt

50．A.look                            B．pay                       C．notice                   D．watch

51．A.but                             B．and                              C．since                     D．after

52. A．known about  B．told about C．worried about       D．come about

53．A.cared                   B．watered              C．planted                  D．pulled

54．A.pick     B．buy               C．sell         D．borrow

55．A.attitude                B．way                          C．measure            D．appearance

 There was a time when I thought my dad didn’t know a thing about being a good father. I couldn’t   1   him ever saying the words “I love you.” It seems to me his only purpose in life was to say “  2  ” to anywhere I wanted to go and anything I wanted to do, including getting a   3  . Some parents bought their kids cars when they got their driver’s licenses. Not my dad ---- he said that I’d have to get a job and buy my own.

So that is what I did. I got a job at a very nice restaurant and    4   every penny I could and   5   I had enough to buy my car, I did! The day I brought that car home, my dad was the first one I wanted to   6   to. “Look, dad, a car of my own. If you ever want a ride, I’ll only   7  you five dollars.” I offered with a smile.

“I see,” was all he said.

One day, there was something wrong with my father’s truck. So he needed a   8   to work. The sun wasn’t even up when we left the house ,   9   it was already getting warm out. It was going to be a(n)   10   day. As I dropped my dad off, I 11   him, dressed in his work clothes, getting his   12   from the truck (车尾箱) of my car. Watching his sun-weathered face, and even from a distance I could tell there were   13   lines than I ever remembered being there before. I realized how hard my dad works for the family. My father is a cement finisher(水泥修整工).

In that instant, it  14   to me that he actually got down on his hands and knees to sweat over hot concrete to make a living for his family. And he did this day in and day out,   15   hot it got. Never, not once, had I hear him  16   about it. To him we were “worth” it. And never once did he “charge” us for it.

When he closed the trunk, his tools set off to the side, he walked over to my window to   17   me five dollars. I rolled down the window and said “Good-bye, dad. Keep your five dollars. It’s my   18  . Don’t work too hard. I love you.”

His   19   met mine, then glanced away in the direction of his waiting tools, he   20   his throat and said, “Oh, and… me, too.”

1. A. like                    B. remember                   C. forget                     D. care

2. A. Sorry                  B. Yes                           C. No                             D. Well

3. A. car                   B. friend                          C. job                             D. present

4. A. spent           B. earned                          C. kept                      D. saved

5. A. when                  B. if                             C. because            D. though

6. A. pay it back        B. hand it over                  C. turn it up             D. show it off

7. A. pay                   B. charge                          C. offer                     D. provide

8. A. ride            B. leave                          C. trip                         D. hurry

9. A. as                    B. although                         C. but                             D. since

10. A. ordinary         B. hot                                 C. work                     D. special

11. A. helped         B. followed                    C. left                            D. watched

12. A. tools                         B. clothes                        C. luggage                    D. bag

13. A. fewer                        B. more                         C. longer                     D. deeper

14. A. happened               B. seemed                          C. occurred            D. appeared

15. A. whatever               B. whenever                  C. wherever           D. however

16. A. talk                         B. complain                  C. ask                        D. speak

17. A. hand                 B. pass                          C. lend                        D. take

18. A. help                B. advice                          C. treat                D. reply

19. A. hands                 B. smile                   C. voice                 D. eyes

20. A. cleaned                B. wiped                           C. cleared                   D. felt

Professor Bumble is an old man, thin and short. He is   1   absent-minded but seriously shortsighted. His mind is always busy   2   thought, plan, new ideas, and so on, and he hardly notices   3   around him.

One fine day he went out for a walk in the countryside, and, as always, he had   4   in his hand. As soon as he   5   his walk, he began reading attentively. He   6   far when he knocked   7  a big cow and fell down. He had lost his   8   in the fall, and he   9   he had stumbled over a fat lady. “  10  , madam,” he said   11   with a low bow before searching for his glasses. When he   12  , he realized his mistake.

Now Professor Bumble went on   13   on the country road. Soon he was concentrating on his book again and paying no attention to   14 . He had hardly been walking for five minutes   15   he fell over again, losing   16  . This time he became very angry. He beat the “cow” angrily    17   his umbrella until he could not reach it. Then, after   18   his glasses, he realized that he had made   19  mistake. A large fat   20   was running away from him as fast as she could, crying for help with horror.

1. A. not         B. not also     C. not only        D. only

2. A. with        B. in          C. have           D. doing

3. A. what is happened                  B. what is going on

   C. that is taken place                 D. that is happening

4. A. a glass                       B. a pair of glasses

   C. a black bag                   D. a book

5. A. set off                           B. began to set off 

   C. set out                                D. acted off for

6. A didn’t go                             B. hadn’t gone

  C. hasn’t gone                    D. wasn’t gone

7. A. into       B. at            C. down           D. over

8. A. book      B. bag           C. glasses         D. umbrella

9. A. realized    B. saw          C. thought         D. noticed

10. A. Make an apology to me       B. Thanks

C. I show sorry to you             D. I beg your pardon

11. A. happily            B. angrily       C. rudely         D. politely

12. A. had put on them                  B. had put them on

   C. had put it on                 D. had worn them

13. A. with his walk                  B. for a walk

   C. to walk                           D. walking away

14. A. something else             B. other something

   C. else anything                D. anything else

15. A. when                         B. than

   C. before                              D. after

16. A. all his book and his glasses  

   B. either his book or his glasses

   C. both his book and his glasses 

   D. neither his glasses nor his book

17. A. to use       B. with         C. by            D. in

18. A. searching for                        B. looking for

   C. finding for                     D. finding

19. A. the second                     B. a second

   C. again                         D. other

20. A. cow                       B. man      

   C. woman                       D. bear

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11. If you want to sell your product, you must _________（做广告）it.

12. With April 18’s railway speedup, highway and air transport will have to c__________ with better service for passengers.

13. The ______ painting sold for 150,000 dollars.

14. Soon the sleeping pill took______ and he fell asleep.

15. I’m not so s _______ as to think it will be easy.

16. It’s well-known that smoking is h　　　　　 (有害的) to health.

19. As we all know, smoking, which _________（影响）our health, is a bad habit.

20. He seems to be honest and trusted, but in r ________ he often tells lies.

 The number of the people who _______ cars _______ increasing.

A. owns; are     B. owns; is      C. own; is      D. own; are

 This is one of the best films _______.

A. that have been shown this year        B. that have shown

C. that has been shown this year         D. that you talked

 It is the third time that she has won the race, ______ has surprised us all. （2012陕西）

       A. that                      B. where                C. which                D.  what

 Don’t do such things ______ you are not sure about.

   A. as   B. that   C. what   D. than