When Han Duan started her professional career at 16, China’s national women’s football team was defeated in the final of the World Cup by the US. While she was asked to play in her first World Cup in 2003, she largely remained on the bench after the first match.

But things have changed. Now, Han is one of the most important players in China’s team. “I can’t wait to play. Life is short. You must make the most out of it,” Han always says like that. 

Han wants every possible honor that a football player can get — an Asian Cup, a World Cup and an Olympic medal. She has always been good at sports, especially swimming and horizontal bars. At school, she was the fastest in the 60m and 100m.

But the reason she picked football was that she wanted to get more compliments (称赞). “Football is for boys. But I feel more fulfilled when I can do better than them and win more compliments,” she said. Later, when she entered a football school, the coach always asked Han to show others what to do.

However, nobody can be good at everything. Han described her singing as “howling” and the only school subject she was good at was Chinese. “I was very happy every time my essay was posted on the wall for my schoolmates to read.” But Han still has some regrets about her school years. Her handwriting was terrible at school. She ever wanted to improve her handwriting but didn’t achieve much.

“My fans ask for my signature (签名), so I’d better practice and practice. It’s not too late,” she says.

1.In the World Cup in 2003, Han Duan was a(n) ______.

2.What does the underlined part in the second paragraph imply?

3.According to the passage, we know that Han Duan ________.

4.From the fourth paragraph, it can be inferred that Han Duan most probably ________.

5.What’s the best title of this passage?

My mother always says that I’m born to dance ballet．But that September when I was in a ballet  36  and went to do a turn，something just happened. I heard it and I surely   37  it．I went right to a doctor and got an MRI，which  38  a lot of damage to my knee——a(n)  39  injury for a dancer．I had to have a(n)  40  .

Everything had been going so well and now I had this huge injury．Dance was my life，but 41，I wasn’t going to be able to do it for a year or possibly never again．

My dad was really a big inspiration for me. He was  42   a battle against cancer at that time．He showed me how to make it through a  43  situation．I thought that if he could do that，I could handle this，too．  44  my operation，I had great difficulty walking，but I knew that if I really worked hard，my injury would   45  ．

Several months later, I definitely wasn't at my strongest，but I could   46  a class. The dancing I did was basic   47    that my knee could handle．

Once we started practicing in the fall，I was beginning to feel like myself again．One day，I   48   the schedule and my name was next to Eliot Feld．I thought it must be a(n)   49  because he is very famous in the ballet world．But it wasn’t．He  50   me and taught me a lot of things．At l8，I had a solo performance! It was a big  51  ．I was so excited and felt like a real ballerina．After the   52  ，Eliot said，“You know, you have a gift—and you are also made of   53  ．"That，coming from him，was the   54  compliment(赞美)I have ever received．I’d like to think that   55  my injury made me strong．

1.A．school       B．class                  C．team                   D．play

2.A．felt                 B．accepted           C．broke                 D．touched

3.A．pointed                  B．said                 C．showed             D．read

4.A．necessary                B．important          C．practical    D．deadly

5.A．operation    B．cry         C．holiday                D．test

6.A．all of a sudden        B．in time                C．at present D．once in a while

7.A．leading                   B．losing              C．fighting             D．inventing

8.A．wonderful     B．difficult             C．positive             D．heavy

9.A． At                       B．During              C．After       D．Over

10.A．move                B．go                     C．die                    D． heal

11.A．take up                 B．get through        C．break into D．set out

12.A．damages             B．activities           C．moves                 D．breathes

13.A．stole                   B．checked          C．faced                  D．borrowed

14.A．problem                B．opportunity        C．mistake                D．task

15.A．held                B．obeyed            C．received  D．encouraged

16.A．success                B．secret             C．surprise            D．position

17.A．performance       B．speech                C．competition  D．match

18.A．mud                    B．wood              C．steel               D．gold

19.A．simplest                B．greatest           C．deepest   D．smartest

20.A．turning to     B．1etting out         C．setting up           D．dealing with

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31~50各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
For long, a question disturbed a little boy. He couldn’t understand why his next-desk-pal(同桌)could rank lst whenever he wanted to , while he himself 31 to .
At home, he asked his Mom, “Mom, am I more 32 than others? I feel I study as hard as him, but why do I 33 lag behind?” Staring at him ,she went 34 ,not knowing how to explain.
She felt an impulse (冲动)to say , “you are too 35 .You are not really as hard-working as others…”but she stopped 36 she knew her son was suffering from the pains of 37 grades and rankings . She thought it 38 to add any additional burden to his son and was trying to find out a(n) 39 answer.
Time went by quickly, the son finished primary school. 40 studying harder and harder, he was still unable to 41 his pal. To show her pride of him, Mom decided to take him to the sea. During the trip, she 42 to give out an answer.
Now, the son no longer 43 his rankings, because, with the lst ranking, he was 44 by Harvard University .
Back home in winter vacation, he was invited to 45 the students and parents in high school. In the speech, he mentioned a(n) 46 experience in his childhood:…When my mother and I were lying on the beach, she pointed to the front and said ,“Do you see the seabirds fiying for food over there? When the 47 comes near,  little birds can escape quickly 48 ‘clumsy’ seagulls (笨拙的海鸥)would take more time to complete the 49. However, have you noticed birds that 50 fly across the endless ocean are none other than ‘clumsy’seagulls?”
31.A.refused                        B.decided                    C.failed                        D.afforded
32.A.troublesome                B.stupid                       C.naughty                     D.careless
33.A.always                         B.never                        C.hardly                       D.even
34.A.wrong                         B.worried                     C.crazy                        D.wordless
35.A.young                         B.lazy                  C.clever               D.old
36.A.although             B.before                     C.beacuse              D.unless
37.A.worrying                       B.surprising            C.doubting                   D.unsatisfying
38.A.cruel                B.unnecessary          C.important             D.impossible
39.A.natural            B.harmonious           C.perfect             D.ordinary
40.A.Besides              B.Despite             C.Beyond               D.Without
41.A.get through         B.come across          C.compare with         D.keepup with
42.A.managed            B.hesitated            C.determined        D.remembered
43.A.cares about         B.doubts about         C.wonders about      D.worries about
44.A.invited                        B.accepted                    C.welcomed                  D.dismissed
45.A.visit                              B.contact                  C.address                  D.meet
46.A.private                        B.valuable                    C.interesting                 D.unexpected
47.A.wave                           B.food                         C.wind                         D.time
48.A.and                        B.since                         C.until                         D.while
49.A.game                           B.fun                           C.match                       D.process
50.A.suddenly                 B.immediately                 C.finally                       D.gradually

When Han Duan started her professional career at 16, China’s national women’s football team was defeated in the final of the World Cup by the US. While she was asked to play in her first World Cup in 2003, she largely remained on the bench after the first match.
But things have changed. Now, Han is one of the most important players in China’s team. “I can’t wait to play. Life is short. You must make the most out of it,” Han always says like that. 
Han wants every possible honor that a football player can get — an Asian Cup, a World Cup and an Olympic medal. She has always been good at sports, especially swimming and horizontal bars. At school, she was the fastest in the 60m and 100m.
But the reason she picked football was that she wanted to get more compliments (称赞). “Football is for boys. But I feel more fulfilled when I can do better than them and win more compliments,” she said. Later, when she entered a football school, the coach always asked Han to show others what to do.
However, nobody can be good at everything. Han described her singing as “howling” and the only school subject she was good at was Chinese. “I was very happy every time my essay was posted on the wall for my schoolmates to read.” But Han still has some regrets about her school years. Her handwriting was terrible at school. She ever wanted to improve her handwriting but didn’t achieve much.
“My fans ask for my signature (签名), so I’d better practice and practice. It’s not too late,” she says.
【小题1】In the World Cup in 2003, Han Duan was a(n) ______.