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。

Never would I forget the other night when I came across an unforgettable sight while watching the Olympics. It was not a gold medal, or a world record broken, but a   36    of determination and courage.

The   37   was swimming and started with only three men on the blocks. Two of them, however, were disqualified(取消资格) due to   38   starts. That left only one to   39   . That would have been difficult enough, not having anyone to race   40   . I watched the man dive off the   41   and knew right away that something was   42   . Now I’m not an expert swimmer but I do know a good dive from a poor one, and this man was far from being a medal winner. When he   43   , it was clear that the man was not out for gold. I listened to the crowd begin to   44    at this poor man that was clearly having a   45   time. Finally he   46   his turn to start back. It was pitiful. He made a few all-out strokes(划水) and you could   47   he was worn out.

__48___in those few awkward strokes, the crowd had ____49____. No longer were they laughing, but beginning to ____50____. Some ____51___began to stand and yell things like, “Come on, you can do it!” and, “Go for it!” He did. A clear minute slower than the average swimmer, this young man finally finished his   52   . The crowd went    53   . You would have thought that he had won the gold, and he should have. Even though he recorded one of the slowest times in Olympic history, this man gave more heart than any of the other   54   .

A man that gave his all -- knowing that he had no chance, but competed because of the   55   of the games.

1.A. taste               B. show                    C. sense                          D. member

2.A. program         B. sport                    C. event                          D. accident

3.A. straight                B. false                   C. eager                          D. right

4.A. compete        B. match                  C. win                              D. succeed

5.A. against                     B. for              C. to                      D. with

6.A. banks                       B. blocks                  C. benches                     D. boards

7.A. new                B. funny                   C. wrong                         D. terrible

8.A. recovered     B. resurfaced         C. renewed                    D. returned

9.A. stare               B. point                    C. laugh                           D. glare

10.A. happy                    B. hard                     C. good                           D. long

11.A. miss         B. made                    C. catch                           D. carry

12.A. forget                    B. believe      C. admit                          D. tell

13.A. But                B. So               C. Or                      D. Thus

14.A. moved                   B. left                       C. changed                     D. stopped

15.A. cheer                    B. chat                     C. quarrel              D. debate

16.A. ever                       B. still                       C. even                           D. never

17.A. duty                       B. turn                     C. action                         D. race

18.A. bad               B. wrong                  C. hungry              D. wild

19.A. audience     B. athletes     C. judges               D. experts

20.A. spirit                      B. progress             C. skill                              D. secret

 

 

第二节  完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

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。

We often talk about ourselves as if we have genetic defects (基因缺陷) that can never be changed. “I’m impatient.” “I’m always behind.” “I always put things   36  !” You’ve surely heard them. Maybe you’ve used them to describe   37  .

These comments may come from stories about us that have been   38   for years. These stories may have no   39    in fact. But they can set   40   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   41   my development? I was never   42   to work on cars or be around tools. When I was 18, I took the US Army’s Mechanical Aptitude Test. My scores were in the   43   for the whole nation!

Six years later,   44  , I was working on my doctor’s degree. My professor, Dr. Bob Tannbaum, asked me to write down things I did  45    and things I couldn’t do. On the  46    side, I took down, “research, writing, analysis, and speaking.” On the other side, I wrote, “I have no mechanical skills.”

Bob asked me   47   I knew I had no mechanical skills. I explained my life   48   and told him about my   49   performance on the Army test. Bob then asked, “Why is it that you can solve   50   mathematical problems, but you can’t solve simple mechanical problems?”

Suddenly I realized that I didn’t   51   from some sort of genetic defect. I was just living out expectations that I had chosen to   52  . At that point, it wasn’t just my family and friends who had been   53   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   54   we don’t treat ourselves as if we have incurable genetic defects, we can   55   in almost anything we choose.

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

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

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

39. A. basis                                B. plot                                C. cause                  D. ending 

40. A. high                                 B. low                                 C. general                          D. realistic 

41. A. lead                      B. improve                        C. affect                            D. quicken  

42. A. encouraged         B. forced                          C. forbidden                     D. ordered    

43. A. middle                             B. bottom                         C. front                    D. beginning  

44. A. therefore                       B. moreover                     C. instead                          D. however 

45. A. well                                 B. badly                    C. carefully                          D. honestly  

46. A. passive                           B. positive                        C. negative                        D. subjective 

47. A. when                               B. where                           C. how                       D. whether  

48. A. values                               B. styles                               C. experiences                   D. goals  

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

50. A. complex               B. special                          C. common                        D. primary 

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

52. A. believe                            B. suspect                        C. drop                     D. resist  

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

54. A. as                            B. though                                    C. unless                           D. if 

55. A. compete                           B. cooperate                    C. fight                      D. succeed

 

Stacy had recently moved from New York City to Stoneybrook, Connecticut. It was ___1___ for her to make new friends but she finally had three when she joined the Babysitters Club to ___2___ little children whose parents were busy. Claudia, Kristy, and Mary were in her class at school and also the other ___3___ of the club. The girls met at five o’clock on Fridays and waited for the ___4___ to ring. So far they had been busy, in spite of the ___5___ that they couldn’t stay out late and were under 13.

___6___, the girls’ world was invaded(侵犯) by a second group ___7___ themselves the Babysitters Agency. They were ___8___ and the group also included a few boys. The Babysitters Club tried to think of ways to ___9___ with the older group. They could clean and work for less money, however, they ___10___ it would be difficult to compete. The shock was even greater than they had ___11___ when most of their best customers started to call the new group. They ___12___ to get only a few jobs.

To try a new ___13___ Kristy recruited(招收) a few older kids who told the club they didn’t want to ___14___ their money with the other group. The club ___15___ only too quickly that these older girls joined only as spies and didn’t ___16___ for their job assignments(分派). Thus, more parents were ___17___ with the club.

Finally, the girls realized that the ___18___ in the other group were not good babysitters. They watched television, talked on the phone, and invited boyfriends to the house ___19___ they were sitting. When the children of the families started to ___20___, and a near accident almost occurred, the club went to the parents to tell them what was happening.

1. A. active     B. thoughtful       C. easy                         D. hard

2. A. take care of    B. run into                    C. go through              D. take advantage of

3. A. children  B. members                  C. circles D. players

4. A. alarm     B. traffic C. phone D. neighbor

5. A. fact B. degree C. question     D. demand

6. A. Therefore      B. Suddenly    C. Regularly                 D. Unwillingly

7. A. attracting             B. finding       C. calling       D. matching

8. A. younger               B. cleverer      C. taller   D. older

9. A. compete B. fight   C. do      D. meet

10. A. heard    B. knew  C. promised    D. shot

11. A. damaged      B. caught C. expected     D. forced

12. A. hoped   B. liked   C. refused       D. seemed

13. A. chance  B. possibility  C. power D. policy

14. A. share    B. give    C. provide      D. mark

15. A. put down     B. paid off      C. found out   D. come through

16. A. check up      B. end up       C. look up      D. show up

17. A. satisfied       B. unhappy     C. curious       D. helpful

18. A. kids      B. adults  C. systems      D. situations

19. A. that      B. when  C. where D. how

20. A. blow    B. complain    C. appreciate   D. spread

 

第二节  完型填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）

A friend once told me a beautiful story of how ordinary people found a simple way to help others. My friend was 36 the beautiful view on the top of Casper Mountain, a 37 place for visitors to overlook (俯视) Casper, Wyoming. Even in the summer it was 38 on top of the mountain, and on this day he 39 a young woman who clearly had no coat. She 40 as she wrapped (用……缠绕) her arms around herself.

Then he saw an older man 41 up to the young woman, take off his sweater and place it on her 42 . The man said, “Here, keep the sweater. The 43 is even better when you’re warm.” She smiled her 44 and wrapped the warm sweater 45 her shoulders as the man went away.

Before the woman left, she found a middle-aged woman who was also 46 cold and she handed her the sweater. “47 it,” she said. “The view is even better when you’re warm.”

My friend was 48 in that, so he kept his eyes on the sweater. He noticed that before the current (现在的) 49 of the sweater left, she came near to a trembling (颤抖的) man, 50 it to him and said, “Here ... keep the sweater. The view is 51 better when you’re warm.”

“That happened a couple of years ago,” my friend said. “And as far as I know, that 52 is still on top of Casper Mountain, going from one person to another.”

Ordinary people can find a way to 53 others. Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones 54 us daily. Like somebody else likes to say: Nobody can help everybody, 55 everybody can help somebody!

36. A. getting       B. enjoying          C. taking                    D. making

37. A. dirty          B. terrible            C. favorite           D. cold

38. A. hot                   B. sunny             C. cool                  D. warm

39. A. liked                 B. knew              C. touched          D. noticed

40. A. laughed      B. cried          C. feared             D. shook

41. A. walk                B. rush                 C. jump                 D. swim

42. A. shoulders       B. hands             C. arms                     D. legs

43. A. health        B. picture            C. result                    D. view

44. A. thanks            B. apologies      C. dissatisfaction     D. greetings

45. A. on                B. by                    C. with                 D. around

46. A. silently         B. clearly            C. especially        D. finally

47. A. Throw        B. Buy            C. Keep                     D. Mend

48. A. surprised       B. interested              C. shocked                 D. frightened

49. A. helper        B. giver           C. owner                    D. seller

50. A. gave                B. sold          C. showed           D. bought

51. A. quite           B. never          C. ever                 D. much

52. A. man                 B. woman          C. mountain         D. sweater

53. A. compete              B. help                  C. fight                          D. forgive

54. A. catch               B. miss                 C. surround (包围)  D. welcome

55. A. if                     B. unless              C. so                            D. but

 

用所给单词的适当形式完成句子。（每空1分，共10分）

Poverty, disease and _________remain major world problems. It is not a question that can ________.(ignore)

In the crash he was seriously __________.He suffered severe __________ to the head and arms. （injure)?

A child receives its early ______ at home. A well _____ mother will have a great influence on her child’s future. (educate)?

As a good _____________, you must be highly ____________ in order to win a ___________.(compete)?

The employer decided to employ Tom as her secretary and she hoped to have a talk with her _______ before he came to work. (employ)?