The Blind Boy

A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a    11       which said: I am blind, please help. There were only a few    12   in the hat.

A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his    13    and dropped them into the hat. He    14    took the sign, turned it around and wrote some words. He    15    the sign so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.

Soon the hat began to    16   . A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy.

That afternoon the man who had     17    the sign came to see how things were. The boy     18     his footsteps and asked, “Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?”

The man said: “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said in a different way, though.” What he had written was: “Today is a (n)    19    day and I cannot see it.”

Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?

Of course both sign simply said the boy was blind. But the first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so    20    that they were not blind.

       Should we be surprised that the second sign was more    21    ?

Be thankful for what you have. When life gives you 100 reasons to cry, show life that you have 1,000 reasons to    22   . Face your past without regret(后悔).    23    your present with confidence(自信). Prepare for the    24    without fear. Keep the faith（信念）and    25  the fear.

A. cover          B. sign         C. board             D. note

A. cashes         B. treasures      C. pennies           D. coins

A. pocket         B. can          C. backpack          D. case

A. still           B. then          C. already           D. yet

A. put on         B. put out        C. put off           D. put back

A. mix up        B. show up       C. fill up            D. make up

A. changed       B. prepared       C. supported         D. reached

A. realized       B. recognized     C. felt               D. discovered

A. average       B. successful      C. harmonious        D. beautiful

A. happy        B. disappointed    C. lucky             D. strange

A. effective      B. brave          C. surprising         D. scientific

A. smile        B. exist          C. survive            D. prove

A. Look into     B. Search for       C. Deal with         D. Depend on

A. tomorrow     B. adventure       C. future            D. sunrise

A. preserve      B. charge          C. keep             D. drop

I found out one time that doing a favor for someone could get you into a lot of trouble. I  was 36  the eighth grade at the time, and we were having a final   37 . During the test，the girl 38  next to me whispered something，but I didn’t understand. So I leaned(倾斜) over her way and found out that she was trying to ask me  39 I had an extra pen. She showed me that  40  was out of ink and would not write．I happened to have an extra one，so I took it out of my pocket and put it on her desk．

Later, after the test papers had been  41 the teacher asked me to  42 in the room when all the other students  43  . As soon as we were alone, she began to talk to me about  44 it meant to grow up；she mentioned how important it was to stand  45  your own two feet and be responsible for your own acts. For a long time, she talked about __46 _and emphasized the fact   that when people do something dishonest，they really  47 themselves．She made me promise that I would think  48  about all the things she had said. Then she told me I could   49 . I walked out of the room wondering   40  she had chosen to talk to me about all those things．

Later on，I found out that she thought I had cheated on the test. When she saw me lean over to talk to the gir1 next to me, it looked  51 I was copying answers  52  the girl’s test paper. So I came to find her and tried to explain about the pen, but all she could say was it seemed very strange to her that I hadn’t   53  anything about the pen the day she talked to me right after the test.  54  I tried to explain that I was just doing the girl a favor   55  letting her use my pen, I was sure she continued to believe that I had cheated on the test．

1.                A．from           B．on             C．in   D．at

2.                A．lesson          B．test            C．class D．papers

3.                A．seat           B．seating         C．sitting    D．sit

4.                A．whether        B．why            C．where    D．that

5.                A．one           B．that            C．it    D．hers

6.                A．handed         B．turned in        C．given out D．marked

7.                A．work           B．read           C．stay  D．study

8.                A．gone out        B．were studying    C．were there    D．were dismissed

9.                A．how           B．why            C．what D．which

10.               A．by            B．on            C．to    D．with

11.               A．honesty        B．faith           C．confidence D．reliability

12.               A．improve        B．punish         C．cheat D．help

13.               A．well           B．highly          C．honestly   D．seriously

14.               A．leave          B．go on          C．sit down   D．refuse

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

16.               A．like            B．as though       C．as    D．that

17.               A．for            B．by             C．from  D．at

18.               A．mentioned      B．asked          C．answered  D．realized

19.               A．Long before     B．As long as       C．Just as D．Even though

20.               A．with           B．by             C．in    D．through

第二节：完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的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

As the drought（干旱） continued to seem to be endless, a small community of mid-west farmers were wondering what to do next. The rain was important not only to keep their crops     36    , but to support the townspeople's way of     37    . Since the problem needed immediate    38    , the local church felt it was time to call a prayer meeting to ask for    39   .

In what seemed an unclear remembrance（纪念） of a Native American   40    , the people began to arrive. After they were all    41    , the pastor（牧师）on his arrival watched as the townspeople continued to arrive. He slowly    42     his way to the front to officially    43    the meeting.

Everyone was taking the opportunity to     44    with close friends. When the pastor     45     the front, his thoughts were on quieting those     46     and starting the meeting.

47    he began to ask for quiet, his eyes    48     through the crowd and he took     49     of an eleven year-old girl sitting in the front row.

Her face was shining     50     excitement and she     51     sat in her place. Next to her, was a bright red umbrella,    52     for use. The beauty and innocence（纯真） of the girl made the pastor smile as he     53     the faith she had. No one     54     at the meeting had brought a/an     55    .

They had all come to pray for rain, but she had come expecting God to answer with the needed rain.       

36.A. wealthy     B. healthy          C. powerful      D. necessary

37.A. work        B. entertainment     C. stay          D. life

38.A. attention          B. solution         C. fiction        D. conservation

39.A. rain          B. help           C. money             D. advice

41.A. covered     B. crowded        C. occupied      D. seated

42.A. found       B. struggled       C. felt           D. made

43.A. end              B. close          C. begin        D. hold

44.A. talk              B. tell            C. say           D. drink

45.A. arrived     B. reached         C. got           D. hurried

46.A. possible     B. patient              C. pure          D. present

47.A. As         B. Until          C. Though        D. Unless

48.A. got         B. went          C. looked             D. saw

49.A. hold         B. sight          C. notice        D. glance

50.A. for         B. with           C. by            D. at

51.A. quietly     B. calmly              C. anxiously     D. worriedly

52.A. eager        B. ready         C. curious         D. awful

53.A. recognized    B. promised       C. realized        D. allowed

54.A. even         B. else            C. still          D. also

55.A. apron       B. raincoat         C. record        D. umbrella

If I have to choose three critical factors in achieving success in my career, these would be my choices—belief, action and discipline.

Belief

  In order to achieve success in your career, you have to first believe. You need to believe that you can achieve it. You need to have faith in your goals and your path to success. Once your mind is convinced that you can do it, everything is possible. Belief is the “mind and heart” part of the three critical success factors.

Action

  Nothing moves until you do something. Believing alone is not going to achieve anything. It must be followed up with concrete action. Your plan for career success is nothing unless you act upon it wholeheartedly. When you act upon what you believe, there is focus. And there is energy. That energy propels (drive forward) you to greater heights. Action is the “hands and legs” part of the three critical success factors.

Discipline（自制力）

  Action in itself is not enough to increase the chances of success. But disciplined action would do that. One of the main reasons why people fail is that there is no discipline in their action. They give themselves excuses when they cannot consistently go ahead with their plans. You need some form of sacrifice（牺牲）if you want to achieve success in your career. That sacrifice takes discipline. Discipline also ensures that you can be persistent（坚持的）, especially when you’re faced with challenges after challenges in your journey to success. Discipline is the “untiring, determined hands and legs” part of the three critical success factors.

  When what you think, feel and do become one, there is nothing that can stop you from achieving career success