Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present．On Christmas Eve Paul saw a dirty and poorly-dressed boy walking 1 his shining car．“Is this your car，Paul？”he asked．
Paul told him how he got the car and the boy was 2 ．“You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn’t cost you nothing？Boy，I wish…” he said, without 3 his sentence．Paul thought the boy wished he had a 4 like that． But what the boy said surprised Paul greatly． “I wish,”the boy went on，“that I could be a brother like that．”
Paul looked at the boy in surprise．He invited him to take a 5 in his car and the boy agreed happily．After a short ride，the boy turned and with his eyes 6 ，said，“Paul，would you mind driving in front of my house？”
Paul smiled a little．He thought the boy wanted to 7 his neighbors that he could ride home in a big car．But Paul was wrong 7 ．The boy ran back into his house, and after a short while came back with his disabled brother in his arms．
He 9 him down on the step and pointed to the car．“There she is, Buddy, just like what I told you upstairs． His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn’t 10 him a cent． Some day I’m going to give you one just like it．”
1． A． inside B． around C． through D． across
2． A． interested B． excited C． satisfied D． surprised
3． A． finishing B． understanding C． hearing D． checking
4． A． car B． brother C． sister D． family
5． A． seat B． rest C． ride D． picture
6． A． watering B． shining C． wondering D． shaking
7． A． frustrate B． shock C． remind D． show
8． A． either B． too C． again D． instead
9． A． sat B． dropped C． let D． kept
10． A． pay B． cost C． bring D． return
科目：初中英语 来源：上海市松江区2010届初三第三次模拟考试英语试题 题型：022
Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words(在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给)：
A university student named Julie Beasley was shot 2 times with high-powered rifle(步枪)．The doctors gave her only a 5％ chance of surviving．They told her family that if by some miracle Julie lived, she'd never walk again．Just a c 1 of years later, Julie Beasley graduated with honors from university．And to the amazement of everybody on the day of her graduation, Julie stood up and walked across the stage to receive her degree．
It's true that work and perseverance(坚韧不拔)always pay off．Our problem is we want a quick and easy answer．But life just doesn't work that way．A wise man said,“Patience and perseverance may be bitter, but its final fruit is s 2 ．”Larry Bird is considered one of the greatest basketball players in history．He said,”If you k 3 doing your best every day, good things are going to h 4 to you．”We often think of great artists and musicians as being brilliant geniuses who just naturally and easily perform, without effort or practice．But the truth is most of them simple kept working hard every day u 5 they finally produced their masterpieces(杰作)．
Leonardo da Vinci took 10 years to do his f 6 painting, The Last Super．In fact, many days he worked non stop and even forgot to eat．When the great piano player Paderewski, was a very old man, he still practiced piano 6 hours a day or more! Someone said to him,“You must have so much patience than other people．”For almost 50 years, Paul Harvey had been a good listener of radio in America．He said that every program he wrote was edited and rewritten, word-for-word, 50 times! Someone said：“W 7 are simply people who are willing to work more than losers．”
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