完形填空(共20小题；每小题l.5分，共30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The Man Who Achieved Everything He Could
Once upon a time, there lived a man who wanted to achieve everything he was capable of achieving. He was obsessed with this desire --- he ate, slept, and walked with one and only dream: to die, having accomplished every single thing he was able to accomplish.
There were so many things he could do. He felt like the whole world could be his, 36  he set his mind to it.
He knew that his  37  had no limits. He knew that he could accumulate  38  that would dwarf (使相形见绌) that of ancient kings; he knew that he could  39  books that would shake the minds of generations; he knew that he could  40  things that would forever change the lives of millions of people. He lived, constantly feeling the power within --- and that power knew no bounds.
There was only one problem: having such a potential, but only one  41, he had to make a choice. He had to decide where to  42  all of his ability. Making that decision was extremely hard, for any  43  meant cutting off some future achievements. In the meantime, he went to school, graduated, found a job, married, and  44  children. And he spent every minute of his spare time trying to decide  45  he should bring his potential into full play.
Time went by, and he grew  46. Some roads he used to dream about became closed to him. But there was still so much he could accomplish.
One day, a sudden chest pain made him come home early. He dragged his feet to the bathroom. There, feeling  47, he looked in the mirror. A worn-out, gray-haired man stared back at him. He looked  48  into these eyes and, all of a sudden, 49  one simple truth. The next moment, the pain came again, and his heart stopped  50  forever.
The truth that came upon him was rather simple: People only flatter themselves (自以为是，自鸣得意) by thinking that they could have  51  this or that if not for such-and-such circumstances. Yet this is nothing but  52  . You simply lack something that is  53 for achieving that goal you’ve never reached — a talent, a skill, willpower, 54 something else. In fact, 55  you don’t achieve is something you’re not capable of achieving.

完形填空(共20小题；每小题l.5分，共30分)

    阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

    The Man Who Achieved Everything He Could

Once upon a time, there lived a man who wanted to achieve everything he was capable of achieving. He was obsessed with this desire --- he ate, slept, and walked with one and only dream: to die, having accomplished every single thing he was able to accomplish.

There were so many things he could do. He felt like the whole world could be his, 36   he set his mind to it.

He knew that his  37  had no limits. He knew that he could accumulate  38  that would dwarf (使相形见绌) that of ancient kings; he knew that he could  39  books that would shake the minds of generations; he knew that he could  40  things that would forever change the lives of millions of people. He lived, constantly feeling the power within --- and that power knew no bounds.

There was only one problem: having such a potential, but only one  41, he had to make a choice. He had to decide where to  42  all of his ability. Making that decision was extremely hard, for any  43  meant cutting off some future achievements. In the meantime, he went to school, graduated, found a job, married, and  44  children. And he spent every minute of his spare time trying to decide  45  he should bring his potential into full play.

Time went by, and he grew  46. Some roads he used to dream about became closed to him. But there was still so much he could accomplish.

One day, a sudden chest pain made him come home early. He dragged his feet to the bathroom. There, feeling  47, he looked in the mirror. A worn-out, gray-haired man stared back at him. He looked  48  into these eyes and, all of a sudden, 49  one simple truth. The next moment, the pain came again, and his heart stopped  50  forever.

The truth that came upon him was rather simple: People only flatter themselves (自以为是，自鸣得意) by thinking that they could have  51  this or that if not for such-and-such circumstances. Yet this is nothing but  52  . You simply lack something that is  53 for achieving that goal you’ve never reached — a talent, a skill, willpower,  54 something else. In fact,  55  you don’t achieve is something you’re not capable of achieving.

1. A. before            B. since                C. if               D. though

2. A. wisdom        B. potential            C. world            D. freedom

3.A. courage        B. interest             C. knowledge        D. power

4. A. write             B. read                 C. buy              D. edit

5. A. invent            B. acquire          C. adopt            D. destroy

6. A. step          B. life                 C. chance           D. condition

7.A. promote        B. accumulate       C. increase             D. apply

8. A. choice        B. mistake          C. failure          D. effort

9.A. assisted       B. loved            C. raised           D. punished

10. A. why          B. where            C. when             D. whether

11. A. greedier         B. wiser            C. older                D. cruder

12. A. sleepy           B. weak                 C. satisfied            D. comfortable

13. A. carelessly       B. secretly             C. angrily          D. closely

14. A. realized         B. remembered       C. reminded             D. created

15. A. fueling      B. starting             C. beating          D. moving

16. A. learned      B. achieved         C. undertaken       D. doubted

17.A. reality           B. history          C. imagination      D. record

18. A. unimportant      B. necessary        C. unbelievable         D. ordinary

19.A. and           B. even                 C. or               D. as

20. A. what             B. which            C. that                 D. how

完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，共40分）

  There was a woman in Detroit, who has two sons．She was worried  36  them, especially the younger one, Ben,  37  he was not doing well in school． Boys in his class 38  fun of him because he seemed so   39 ．

The mother   40  that she herself, would have to get her sons to do better in school．She   41   them to go to the Detroit Public Library to read a   42  a week and do a report about it for her．

  One day, in Ben’s   43 , the teacher held up a rock and asked if anyone knew it. Ben  44  up his hand and the teacher let him  45  ．“Why did Ben raise his hand?” they wondered． He   46  said anything; what could he possibly want to say?

  Well, Ben not only  47  the rock; he said a lot about it． He named other rocks in its group and even knew  48  the teacher had found it． The teacher and the students were  49 ． Ben had learned all this from doing one of his book   50  ．

Ben later went on to the   51  of his class．When he finished high school, he went to Yale University   52  at last became one of the best doctors in the United States．

After Ben had grown up, he   53  something about his mother that he did not know as a   54  ．She, herself, had never learned how to   55   ．

1.A．about           B．on              C．with          D．over

2.A．because                         B．so                    C．but              D．though

3.A．played          B．got            C．took          D．made

4.A．clever                        B．hard                  C．slow             D．quick

5.A．asked                         B．decided                 C．forgot            D．heard

6.A．made            B. let              C. told            D．considered

7.A．notice                              B．message          C．book             D．question

8.A．class                         B．room                  C．office            D．lab

9.A．looked          B．gave           C．took          D．put

10.A．think                        B．leave                 C．stand                D．speak

11.A．always                        B．even                  C．quickly          D．never

12.A．found                        B．played                C．knew            D．threw

13.A．whether                       B．when                  C．where            D．why

14.A．afraid                       B．surprised               C．worried         D．unhappy

15.A．pictures                      B．exercises               C．shops            D．reports

16.A．top                         B．end                   C．back             D．side

17.A．so             B．and            C．or            D．however

18.A．learnt                      B．remembered                C．understood       D．guessed

19.A．doctor                       B．child                 C．student          D．teacher

20.A．read                        B．work                  C．teach               D．show

Alice, my friend’s daughter, goes to an expensive private school where she has a friend, Jane, who is on a full scholarship at this school．Jane has   1.   economic resources—her father has been dead for years and her mother works  2.   a maid．Although her mother works very hard, she can   3.   support the family．Jane is very bright and gifted at   4.   and that’s how she has got the scholarship, which included a（n）   5.   for things like lunch, school uniform and music lessons.

Alice became friends with Jane and would   6.   talk to her at lunch．She did it that way in order to avoid the other kids   7.   her．

On her birthday last month, she   【小题8   her new friend to her birthday party, but Jane said she couldn’t come．Alice wanted her to be   8.   so much that she   9.   on her coming．Eventually, the girl said, “I don’t have any   10.   clothes that I could wear at your birthday party.” After a brief pause, the girl remembered, “I have a   11.  from my piano performance,” and asked, “Could I   12.   a skirt from you?”

Alice was happy that her friend would be   13.   to come and hurried home to ask her Mum   14.   she could lend her friend one of her skirts．To her surprise, her Mum said, “No.” The daughter was very   15.   and angrily said to her Mum, “  16.   I could, I would give my friend all my clothes.” The Mother didn’t understand why her daughter should have had such an outburst as she’s normally very well   17.  ．

Finally, Alice explained to her Mother her friend’s   18. ． Her Mother immediately changed her mind and said, “Yes.” She also encouraged her daughter not to feel like she should secretly be friends with Jane but to feel proud of her   19.  with her．

So the true friendship seeks to give, not to take; to help, not to be helped; to minister, not to be ministered unto．

20.A．personal               B．extra                 C．limited                D．adequate

21.A．for                       B．with                   C．like                  D．as

22.A．hopefully               B．obviously            C．hardly                 D．temporarily

23.A．music                   B．drawing              C．maths                  D．biology

24.A．bonus                   B．allowance           C．donation              D．pension

25.A．secretly                 B．happily               C．quietly                D．eagerly

26.A．pointing at B．shouting at                     C．laughing at          D．glaring at

27.A．took                     B．invited                C．accompanied        D．sent

28.A．happy                    B．independent         C．confident            D．present

29.A．depended              B．insisted               C．focused               D．agreed

30.A．casual                    B．comfortable         C．nice                    D．tight

31.A．shirt                     B．jeans                   C．handbag              D．necklace

32.A．get                      B．copy                  C．order                  D．borrow

33.A．free                     B．able                    C．glad                  D．willing

34.A．how                     B．when                 C．why                   D．whether

35.A．stubborn  B．upset                             C．firm                 D．enthusiastic 

36.A．If                         B．When                C．Unless               D．Though

37.A．treated                  B．controlled          C．educated            D．behaved

38.A．cleverness            B．character            C．circumstances      D．competences

39.A．study        B．friendship          C．sympathy         D．performance

Alice, my friend’s daughter, goes to an expensive private school where she has a friend, Jane, who is on a full scholarship at this school．Jane has   1   economic resources—her father has been dead for years and her mother works   2   a maid．Although her mother works very hard, she can        3  __ support the family．Jane is very bright and gifted at   4   and that’s how she has got the scholarship, which included a（n）   5   for things like lunch, school uniform and music lessons.

Alice became friends with Jane and would   6   talk to her at lunch．She did it that way in order to avoid the other kids   7   her．

On her birthday last month, she   8   her new friend to her birthday party, but Jane said she couldn’t come． Alice wanted her to be   9   so much that she   10   on her coming．Eventually, the girl said, “I don’t have any   11__ clothes that I could wear at your birthday party.” After a brief pause, the girl remembered, “I have a   12   from my piano performance,” and asked, “Could I   13   a skirt from you?”

Alice was happy that her friend would be   14   to come and hurried home to ask her Mum     15   she could lend her friend one of her skirts．To her surprise, her Mum said, “No.” The daughter was very   16   and angrily said to her Mum, “   17   I could, I would give my friend all my clothes.” The Mother didn’t understand why her daughter should have had such an outburst as she’s normally very well   18  ．

Finally, Alice explained to her Mother her friend’s   19  ． Her Mother immediately changed her mind and said, “Yes.” She also encouraged her daughter not to feel like she should secretly be friends with Jane but to feel proud of her   20   with her．

So the true friendship seeks to give, not to take; to help, not to be helped; to minister, not to be ministered to．

1．A．personal              B．extra                 C．limited                 D．adequate

2．A．for                       B．with                   C．like                  D．as

3．A．hopefully               B．obviously             C．hardly                 D．temporarily

4．A．music                  B．drawing               C．maths                 D．biology

5．A．bonus                  B．allowance           C．donation              D．pension

6．A．secretly                B．happily                C．quietly                 D．eagerly

7．A．pointing at            B．shouting at          C．laughing at           D．glaring at

8．A．took                     B．invited                 C．accompanied       D．sent

9．A．happy                   B．independent         C．confident            D．present

10．A．depended            B．insisted                C．focused               D．agreed

11．A．casual                 B．comfortable         C．nice                    D．tight

12．A．shirt                   B．jeans                   C．handbag              D．necklace

13．A．get                    B．copy                  C．order                  D．borrow

14．A．free                   B．able                     C．glad                   D．willing

15．A．how                  B．when                 C．why                   D．whether

16．A．stubborn            B．upset                 C．firm                 D．enthusiastic 

17．A．If                       B．When                C．Unless               D．Though

18．A．treated                B．controlled           C．educated            D．behaved

19．A．cleverness          B．character           C．circumstances     D．competences

20．A．study               B．friendship           C．sympathy           D．performance