One day I decided to quit．I quitted my job, my relationship, my spirituality. I wanted to quit my life.

I went to the   36   to have one last talk with God． "Can you give me one good   37   not to quit?" His answer surprised me．

   "Look around． Do you see the fern（蕨类植物） and the bamboo? When I planted their seeds, I took good care of them．The fern quickly grew from the earth．   38   nothing came from the bamboo seed． During the following three years, the fern grew more plentiful． And   39  , nothing came from the bamboo seed． But I did not quit on the bamboo． Then in the fifth year a    40   sprout（新芽） emerged from the earth． Compared to the fern it was   41   small and insignificant． But just 6 months later the bamboo   42   to over 100 feet tall． It had spent the five years growing   43  ． Those roots made it strong and gave it  44   it needed to survive． I wouldn’t give any of my creations a challenge it could not   45  ．”

   He said to me． "All this time you have been struggling, you have   46   been growing roots． I would not quit on the bamboo．   47   will I ever quit on you． Don't   48   yourself with others． The bamboo had a different   49   from the fern． Yet they both make the forest beautiful． Your time will   50  ． You will rise high! "

   "How high should I rise?" I asked．

   "How high will the bamboo rise?" He asked   51  ．

   "As high as it can?" I   52  ．

   "Yes," He said． "Give me glory   53   rising as high as you can．"

   I left the forest and bring back this story． I hope it can help you see that God will never   54 on you． Never regret a day in your life． Good days give you happiness． Bad days give you   55 ． Both are necessary to life．

1.A． farm                B．heaven               C．bushes          D．woods

2.A． reason            B． sense                C．response  D．explanation

3.A． Even                B． Instead             C．Yet        D．Rather

4.A． again               B． always              C．ever     D．often

5.A． thin                  B． tiny          C．weak             D．short

6.A． largely             B． entirely            C．seemingly   D．probably

7.A． raised              B． provided      C．rose        D．produced

8.A． fruits               B． leaves               C．seeds             D.  roots

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

10.A． present              B． explore           C．handle           D .offer

11.A． particularly     B． actually             C．merely           D． obviously

12.A． Either            B． So                C．Neither           D． As

13.A． furnish      B． associate    C.  connect           D． compare

14.A． purpose             B． recognition         C.  credit           D． possibility

15.A． go                  B． come       C． get        D． leave

16.A． in nature           B． in exchange        C． in respect    D． in turn

17.A． questioned     B． required           C． requested         D． remarked

18.A． from             B． with          C． by               D． for

19.A． cut up          B． give up             C． break up     D． pick up

20.A． experiences          B． strengths           C． awards           D． ambitions

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意， 然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

       In the United States there was an unusual story telling of the daughter of a mechanic（技工）．One day while walking along the bank of a lake, the girl   36   to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose．After some time the girl __37____ the mother would not return to her eggs and she __38___ to take them home．There she carefully ___39___ the eggs in the heat of a lamp．Several days___40___ the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the ___41___ ．

       Geese are known to take the first living thing they see as their mother．___42___ , to these young geese, the girl was their mother．

       As they __43____, the girl was able to ___44____ her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach them to ___45___ ．The girl became increasingly worried about this, both when___46___ and in her dreams．Later, she had an ___47___ : She would pilot a plane to guide them in ___48__ ．She asked her father for a plane and he assembled （组装） a small aircraft for her．

       Caring about___49___ safety, the father decided to pilot the plane himself．However, the birds did not ___50____ or follow him, and __51____ slept in the grass．

       One day, the girl ___52___ into the plane, started it and soon left the ___53___ ．Seeing their mother take to the air, the birds ___54___ flapped（拍打） their wings and ____55__ ．She flew the plane freely in the sky, her young birds following．

A．managed       B．attempted          C．happened      D．supposed

A．realized      B．expected           C．imagined      D．admitted

A．helped       B．decided             C．afforded       D．meant

A．placed        B．protected          C．treated          D．examined

A．ago        B．out                C．later          D．long

A．family       B．lake               C．home         D．world

A．But         B．Also              C．Thus          D．Still

A．increased       B．improved          C．rose           D．grew

A．ask        B．lead                C．want          D．allow

A．fly           B．race               C．swim         D．sing

A．asleep       B．away             C．around          D．awake

A．idea         B．opinion             C．explanation      D．excuse

A．sky          B．space             C．flight           D．plane

A．his           B．her                C．their          D．its

A．respect     B．remember         C．recognize      D．receive

A．so         B．instead              C．hardly          D．too

A．climbed       B．looked              C．reached         D．fell

A．house       B．floor             C．water           D．ground

A．secretly       B．disappointedly        C．patiently       D．eagerly

looked away      B．set out              C．went by        D．turned back

You heard about the sign posted on a farmer's fence? On the other side of the ?? resides the biggest, meanest looking ?? you can imagine．The sign is intended to strike ?? into the hearts of would-be trespassers．It reads, "Don't attempt to ?? this field unless you can do it in 9．9 seconds．The bull can do it in 10 flat!"

Don't try to cross that field unless you are ????? !And isn't that the way it is in life? We have to be ready when the ?? arises or else we will have little chance of ?? ．

Sixth-grade schoolteacher Ms Shelton believed in ?? ．Students remember how she ?? in on the first day of class and began writing ? of an eighth-grade caliber on the chalkboard．They ?? protested that the words were not on their ?? and they couldn't learn them．

Their teacher ????? that the students could and would learn these words．She said that she would ???? teach down to them．Ms Shelton ended by saying that one of the students in that classroom could go on to ???? ．maybe even be president some day, and she wanted to prepare them for that day．

Ms Shelton spoke those words many years ago．??? did she know that someday one of her students - Jesse Jackson - would take them ??? ．She believed that if they were well prepared, they could achieve ?? goals．

Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "People only see what they are prepared to see．" ?? that's true, then it is also true that they only become what they are prepared to become． And a lot of ?????? is just about getting ready．

1.A．fence?????? B．river?????? ????????????? C．village????????????? ????????????? D．hill

2.A．tiger??? ????????????? ????????????? B．farmer? ????????????? C．bull??????????????? ????????????? D．goat

3.A．curiosity??? B．fear????????? C．desire????????? ????????????? D．courage

4.A．cut?????? ????????????? B．cover??????? ????????????? C．enter????????????? ????????????? D．cross

5.A．accompanied B．armed?????? ????????????? C．prepared?????????? ????????????? D．guarded

6.A．opportunity ????????????? B．challenge ????????????? C．hope?????????????? ????????????? D．problem

7.A．luck?????? ????????????? B．victory?????? C．wealth?????????? ????????????? D．success

8.A．determination B．readiness??? ????????????? C．honesty????????? ????????????? D．diligence

9.A．hurried???? ????????????? B．moved?????? ????????????? C．walked??????????? ????????????? D．broke

10.A．words???? B．poems?????? C．proverbs???????? ????????????? D．questions

11.A．strangely?? B．quietly???? ????????????? C．rudely? ????????????? ????????????? D．quickly

12.A．range????? B．level???????? C．interest??????? ????????????? ????????????? D．requirement

13.A．admitted? ? B．announced? ????????????? C．insisted???????????? ????????????? D．complained

14.A．never?????? B．instead????? C．still???????????? ????????????? D．always

15.A．position??? B．career????? ????????????? C．service????????????? ????????????? D．greatness

16.A．Little???? ????????????? B．Seldom????? C．Much??????????? ????????????? D．Once

17.A．easy????? ????????????? B．seriously???? C．completely?????? ????????????? D．back

18.A．final?????? B．proper????? ????????????? C．high??????????????? ????????????? D．straight

19.A．Although? ????????????? B．If??????? ????????????? C．Whether??????????? ????????????? D．Unless

20.A．fan????? ????????????? B．fact????????? C．truth????????????? ? D．life

The national parks are very important for the protection of these wild animals, which would ______ run the risk of becoming extinct.

When Julie was a child, she was a very big fan of animals. As a result, 36 she ever heard growing up was “Julie, you should be a vet. You’re going to be a great vet. That’s what you should do.”  37  when she got to the Ohio State University, she started studying to be a vet.

A scholarship allowed her to spend her  38  year studying abroad in Manchester, England. Away from the family  39  back home, she found herself one day sitting at her desk, surrounded by biology books and staring out the window, when it suddenly hit her: “I’m in total  40 . I don’t want to be a vet!”

 41  she thought back over all the things she’d done in her life and what had made her happy. And then it hit her—it was all of the youth leadership conferences that she had volunteered  42 , and the communications and leadership courses she had taken as elective courses back at Ohio State. “How could I have been so  43 ? Here I am in my fourth year at school and just finally realizing I’m on the  44  path. I just never took the time to  45  it until now, ” she thought.

Inspired by her new  46 , Julie spent the rest of her year in England taking courses in communications and media studies. When  47  to Ohio State, she was eventually able to  48  the administration to let her create her own program in “leadership studies”,  49  it took her 2 years longer to finally graduate. She  50  to become a senior management consultant in leadership training and development for the Pentagon. She  51  founded a drug-prevention organization that  52  the message “Lead your own life with the skill and the  53  to say no.”

So, never live someone else’s  54 . If you limit your  55  only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want.