阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从下列各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　Each spring brings a new blossom of wild flowers in the ditches(沟壑)along the highway I travel daily to school．

　　There is one 　　1　　 blue flower that has always 　　2　　 my eyes．I've 　　3　　 that it blooms only in the morning hours, the afternoon sun is 　　4　　 warm for it．Every day for approximately two weeks, I see those beautiful flowers．

　　This spring, I 　　5　　 a wild flower garden in the yard．I can look out of the window 　　6　　 doing the dishes and see the flowers．I have often thought that those lovely blue flowers from the 　　7　　 would look great 　　8　　 other wild flowers in that bed．Every day I passed the flowers thinking,“I'll stop on my way home and dig them．”“Gee, I don't want to get my good clothes 　　9　　……”Whatever the reason was, I 　　10　　 stopped to dig them．

　　One day on my way home from school, I was 　　11　　 to see that the highway department had cleaned the ditches and the pretty blue flowers were 　　12　　 ．I thought to myself, “You waited too long．You 　　13　　 have done it when you first saw them blooming this spring．”

　　A week ago, we were 　　14　　 and saddened to learn that my oldest sister has a terminal brain tumor(脑癌)．She is 20 years older than me and 　　15　　, because of age, we haven't been as 　　16　　 as we all would liked．I couldn't 　　17　　 but see the connection between the pretty blue flowers and the 　　18　　 between my sister and I．I do believe that God has given us some time left to plant some wonderful 　　19　　 that will bloom every year for us．

　　And yes, if I see the blue flowers again, you can bet．I'll stop and 　　20　　 them to my wild flower garden．

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　　A feeling of excitement overcomes me as I look around the stadium．

　　At 5∶30 pm, 　　1　　 before game time, I walk into the locker(存物柜)room．My thought of school, music and what I plan to do on Saturday night are 　　2　　 with the simple 　　3　　 of beating the football team tonight．

　　　　4　　 my locker, I notice my teammates preparing．Some rest on benches, staring up at the 　　5　　 as if it were a film of the opposing team’s play．Some seem more 　　6　　 using the time to tell jokes．A few stare at the field, 　　7　　 what will happen here in 120 minutes．

　　Our couch comes in and tells the team how 　　8　　 the game is for the 　　9　　, between two of the state’s top teams－my school and our opponents, Liberty High School．

　　At 7∶10 we discuss what we need to do 　　10　　 the next three hours．The sound of the national anthem(国歌)　　11　　 that we are only minutes from the action．Our couch usually makes a final motivational speech．But tonight is 　　12

　　On this clear night he 　　13　　 looks at all the players and shouts,“Let’s go and get them．”Even before the“get”comes out of his mouth, we are already making our 　　14　　 out of the door．

　　　　15　　 a few young people reach to touch our hands．When I smile and 　　16　　 my hands, the young faces light up 　　17　　 they have met Superman．

　　Seconds later, the team ran onto the 　　18　　 We enjoy a noisy welcome from the fans．Breathing in the amazing 　　19　　 of one of the biggest games of the year, I feel invincible．(无敌)

　　It’s for the moments like this 　　20　　 I love high school football．

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36－55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项

　　If I had known earlier that there was a reason why I was a low achiever, I may not have worked so hard in my late twenties and early thirties．I was writing．I was working for no other reason than to hear people 　　1　　 me．

　　Most people who 　　2　　 university read at least twice as fast as I do．I've never known my left 　　3　　 my right．I avoid dialing a telephone, if I can, because I sometimes have to try three times to get the number 　　4　　 I hear that recording “The 　　5　　 you have reached is not in service．”more than any man on earth．

　　In spite of my 　　6　　 I view dyslexia(诵读困难)as a gift, not something bad．Many dyslexics are good at right-brain, advanced thought, and that's what my kind of creating writing is．I'm starting with nothing and coming up with something that didn't 　　7　　 before．That's my advantage．

　　I 　　8　　 my career to Ralph Salisbury, my writing 　　9　　 at the university of Oregon, who looked past my misspellings and gave me 　　10　　 and hope．I never looked 　　11

　　I am also very good at observing．This means nothing in school, but when I 　　12　　 books or scripts, I'm seeing everything in my 　　13

　　I write 　　14　　 I go like the wind and can 　　15　　 up to 15 pages a day．Writing is not the 　　16　　 I have no problem downloading; it's inputting where things get jumbled(杂乱的)．

　　The real 　　17　　 I have for dyslexics is not that they have to 　　18　　 with jumbled input, but that they will give up before they finish school．Parents have to create victories 　　19　　 they can, whether it's music, sports or the arts．You want your dyslexic child to be able to say,“Yeah, reading's 　　20　　 But I have these other things I can do．”

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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。

　　I live in Albuquerque and I used to give much money to the homeless around, feeling sorry for their misfortune．But later I became a single mom with no home, a huge 　　1　　 and hardly any income．　　2　　, I stopped giving and became very 　　3　　．

　　Things started to change．I became 　　4　　 enough to have a home, and 　　5　　 a backyard, and I started to pull myself out of debt．One day we saw a homeless person with the 　　6　　, “Will work for food．”I 　　7　　 My daughter asked why I no longer helped the people in 　　8　　 I replied,“Honey, they just use that money for 　　9　　 or other bad things．”She didn’t respond．But when I said that, it didn’t feel right．

　　Three days later, I was 　　10　　 to pick up my daughter from school．A man was standing on the corner and something deep inside 　　11　　 me to help him．So I stopped my car, and he ran over with 　　12　　 He said,“God bless you, I only need 77 cents．”I 　　13　　 into my ashtray and 　　14　　 enough, there sat three quarters and two pennies．

　　Greatly shocked by this 　　15　　, I gave him all the money in the ashtray．He 　　16　　 with joy and tears in his eyes,“You just made it 　　17　　 for me to see my mom for Christmas!The bus 　　18　　 this great sale is leaving right away!”It was a moment I’ll never forget．I think that man won’t forget it either, but I was the one who got the best gift in life–giving．It also 　　19　　 me that nothing is a coincidence, 　　20　　 everything has meaning．

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　　The eyes are one of the most expressive instruments of body language．Keith, seventeen, from Montclair New Jersey, leamed the hard way about one 　　1　　 the eyes can make．“I had a 　　2　　 who graded heavily on classroom discussion, ”Keith says．“He seemed to have a strong 　　3　　 to know just when I didn't have the 　　4　　．I couldn't figure out how he could be so 　　5　　．Then it dawned on me．Whenever I didn't know the answer, I would 　　6　　 looking at him．When I did know what to say, I always 　　7　　 straight back at him．From that moment on, I 　　8　　 myself to look him in the eye, 　　9　　 I knew the work or not．That trick has 　　10　　 me a lot of trouble．”

　　Many people, including some policemen, believe eye contact is a good 　　11　　 of honesty．If someone can't look you directly in the eye, then he or she is not playing 　　12　　, they insist．After many experiments, however, however, a number of experts have found out that good liars can make 　　13　　 eye contact．Eye contact, though not a 　　14　　 sign of dishonesty, is a clear way to show interest in another person．When a person looks at you and 　　15　　 to do so, you know his 　　16　　 is placed on yon．When he turns his head away, his mind is probably 　　17　　．But there are exceptions．A 　　18　　 person may have trouble making and keeping eye contact, no matter how interested he is in the other person．And certain 　　19　　 , such as the British and Germans, are much 　　20　　 oriented (适应) to eyeball-to-eyeball contact than, say, the French and the Arabs．

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阅读下面短文，撑握其大意，然后从1－20各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　The whole of the United States cheered its latest heroine, Ashley Smith．She showed her brave heart and wise mind in a life-or-death 　　1　　．

　　Ashley is a 26-year-old single mother with a daughter．She was going into her 　　2　　 in Atlanta, Georgia early on the morning of March l2, when a man 　　3　　 her to her door and put a gun to her side．“I started walking to my door, and I felt really, really 　　4　　 ．”She said in a IV interview last week．The man was Brian Nichols, 33．He was 　　5　　 of killing three people On March 11 and later of killing an agent．The local 　　6　　 were searching for him．

　　Brien tied Smith up with tape, 　　7　　 released(放开) her after she repeatedly 　　8　　 him not to take her life．In order to 　　9　　 the man down, she read him a best-selling 　　10　　 book．He asked her to repeat a paragraph in the book．And the two of them 　　11　　 one topic．“I basically just talked to him and tried to gain his 　　12　　．He said he thought I was an angel 　　13　　 from God, and that we were Christian sister and brother, and that he was 　　14　　, and that God led him to me to tell him that he had 　　15　　 a lot of people．”

　　Ashley even cooked breakfast for the man 　　16　　 he allowed her to leave her house．Ashley said Brian was 　　17　　 when she made him breakfast and that the two of them watched television coverage(报道)of the 　　18　　 for him．“I cannot 　　19　　 that’s me on the TV,”Brian told the woman． 　　20　　 ．he let her go．Then she called the police．

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　　During my first three years on the island, I considered often how I might cross to this mainland．

　　My first two attempts 　　1　　, for in each case, 　　2　　 I had painstakingly built a boat to carry me, I found it too 　　3　　 and heavy to move to the water’s edge．　　4　　 I built a small canoe out of a tree trunk．　　5　　 too small for crossing the ocean, the canoe would at least enable me to sail around the 　　6　　．I loaded it with provisions(准备), 　　7　　 my little sail, and set out, staying close to the 　　8　　．At length, however, I 　　9　　 a rocky point around which the waves 　　10　　 in such a way as to send my small boat out to sea．It was only by great 　　11　　 and provide I was able to sail back to land．When at last I fell exhausted upon the floor of my country bower(凉亭)，I was 　　12　　 to hear a voice echoing(回响)my 　　13　　，saying，“Poor Robinson Crusoe, where are you? Where have you been?”I started up 　　14　　 fear．After while I 　　15　　 that it was my parrot ，Poll，　　16　　 the phrases I had taught him．

　　For fifteen years，I busied myself with caring 　　17　　 my crops and animals，maintaining my houses，and 　　18　　 my island．Then one day as I went to my canoe，I was surprised to see the print or a man’s naked 　　19　　,very plain in the sand．Thunderstruck，I looked and 　　20　　, but neither saw nor heard angry one．Nor were there any other footprints．

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　　Bears and humans often meet in National Parks．　　1　　 campers and hikers are warned not to feed the bears-many people ignore these warnings and feed the bears 　　2　　．When bears are used to people’s food-　　3　　 soon arise．Bears like to eat a large variety of things-both meat and vegetables．Without human assistance-bears live 　　4　　 on roots-twigs-leaves of trees-insects and small animals．With people 　　5　　-the bears’ tastes quickly 　　6　　 to include sandwiches-hot dogs-hamburgers-and anything else they can temp humans into 　　7　　．

　　Bears often 　　8　　 clever strategies(策略) for getting people to let go their food supplies．　　9　　-an unsuspecting(无戒备心的) hiker has taken off his or her pack for a rest only 　　10　　 a bear charge out of the woods-　　11　　 the pack and quickly disappear into the underbrush with it．Hanging the pack on the tree branch won’t 　　12　　．

　　Bears have been known to climb up-jump off-and catch the pack on the　　13　　 down．One mother bear stretched up with her baby on her shoulders to reach a pack stored on a pole．Many bears 　　14　　 people into giving up their supplies．Although a bear is 　　15　　 to attack a person and would probably run away 　　16　　 screamed at-few people are willing to do so．Most people 　　17　　 the pack and run the other way．This-of course-delights the bear．In some places-the Park Service installed(安装；设置) some metal barrels with lids to help campers keep their 　　18　　 safe from bears．Although the bears were unable to open these containers-the effort was 　　19　　 successful．Most campers-unable to 　　20　　 the metal drums from rubbish cans-never used them for the intended purpose．

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　　As an engineering student, I had a degree and three good job offers．I couldn’t help trembling when I heard about studies which showed that women are at a(n) 　　1　　 when it comes to math．However, I discovered：just because a subject is 　　2　　 to learn, it does not show you are not good at it．You just have to grit your teeth and work harder to get good at it．　　3　　 you do, there’s a(an) 　　4　　 chance you will enjoy it more than anything else．

　　In eighth grade I took algebra(代数)．On one test I got only 36 percent of the 　　5　　 answers．I failed the next one, too．I started to 　　6　　 maybe I’m just not good at this．I was lucky enough to have a teacher who didn’t take my bad grades as a judgment of my 　　7　　, but 　　8　　 as an indication that I should study more．He 　　9　　 me aside and told me he knew I could do better．Success grows out of struggles to overcome difficulties．I 　　10　　 the following tests, and pulled my grade up to an A．

　　I studied a lot in college, too．I had moments of fear while sitting below the fluorescent lights in the 　　11　　 library on Saturday afternoons, when I 　　12　　 that the estrogen(雌性激素)in my body was 　　13　　 me from understanding thermodynamics(热动力学)．But the 　　14　　 in my class had to work just as hard, and I knew that I couldn’t 　　15　　 to lose confidence in myself．I didn’t want to choose between my femininity(女人气)and a good career．　　16　　 I reminded myself that those 　　17　　, the ones that say math comes more naturally to men, are faulty．

　　Here’s a secret：math and science don’t go 　　18　　 to most people．No one was 　　19　　 born knowing calculus(微积分)．But as a famous saying goes：Y nothing is difficult if you put your heart into it．A woman can learn anything a man can, but first she needs to know that she can do it, and then takes a leap of 　　20　　．

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　　We all have dreams．Yet so few of us fulfill them．Often, a dream dies as quickly as it is born 　　1　　．we lack the confidence to keep it．When I was old enough to understand the realities of life, I realized that society puts a high 　　2　　 on youth, beauty ad intellectual achievement．This discovery gave me some idea to 　　3　　 my dream．

　　I know beauty is something I will never have．So I didn’t dream of becoming beautiful．But I didn’t see it as something 　　4　　 because it forced me to concentrate my energy to develop my 　　5　　 qualities．What people see in the handicapped is only their 　　6　　 of being handicapped．People are not impressed with the ability that lies 　　7　　 every handicapped person．

　　My dream was 　　8　　．I dreamed of becoming a typist when I was in secondary school．The employment field was a highly 　　9　　 place．It gave not only keen competition to a handicapped job-seeker but also the unfriendly treatment from the 　　10　　 strong and healthy．They see the handicapped as the back row of 　　11　　．

　　However, I 　　12　　 to sit in the back row．I decided to take a course in typing run by the government．When I handed over the application form to the interviewer, she looked at me, then moved her eyes to my body．She advised me to 　　13　　 my choice from typing．But I was 　　14　　 to stay with it．“I will be a really good typist,” I told her．She accepted me．

　　On the fifth month of the sixth-month course, five students were chosen to do some copy typing．I was one of them．I was very 　　15　　 and finished half of the work given to us all．

　　More work came to me after this test．I could see quite clearly the way to 　　16　　 my dream．I was taken on as one of the typists in one of the offices immediately after my graduation．I did not 　　17　　 starting at the bottom of the ladder．Being a typist was just the beginning of the 　　18　　．Having achieved one dream, I set out to achieve others．I worked and studied at the same time, which was no easy task．But the sacrifice proved 　　19　　．

　　Dreamers should keep reaching out for their dreams, 　　20　　 what the pain, until they get what they want in life．

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