(07·江西)

Until 1954 it was thought that no man could run one mile in less than four minutes. As years

 36  ,the record came closer and closer to four minutes and Roger Bannister, a young English    37   ,began to believe be might   38  this almost magic barrier.

It was a cold afternoon on May 6^th,1954,when Bannister knew be had a   39  chance. Bannister had been   40  hard and was very fit, but the weather conditions were a real  41  to him. Describring the   42  later,Bannister said,“On the way to the track the wind blew strongly. As I  43  for the start I glanced at the flag. It moved  44  now. This was the moment when I made my decision.”

“The gun fired. My legs  45  to meet no resistance, as if I was  46  forward by some unknown force. The noise from the faithful  47  gave me greater strength. I felt the  48  of a lifetimes had come.”

“I was driven on by a   49  of fear and pride. My body had long since used up all its energy   50  it went on running just the same. This was the critical moment when my legs were strong enough to carry me over the last few yards as they  51  could have done in previous years. When I leapt at（冲向）the    52  tape, I fell, almost    53  .

“I knew I had done it, even before I  54  the time. The announcement came. ‘Result of the one mile…Time, three minutes…’the test was  55 in the noise of excitement.”

36.A.passed along     B.passed down    C.went by   D.went ove

37.A.coach          B.athlete         C.captain     D.judge

38.A.defeat          B.move          C.beat       D.break

39.A.real            B.lucky          C.serious     D.false

40.A.competing      B.training         C.figthting    D.attending

41.A.eagerness       B.pleasure        C.relief       D.worry

42.A.accident        B.event           C.issue       D.topie

43.A.did up          B.made up        C.put up      D.lined up

44.A.safely          B.heavily         C.thinly       D.gently

45.A.seemed         B.used           C.happened    D.had

46.A.dragged         B.drawn          C.pulled      D.pushed

47.A.mass            B.residents        C.crowd      D.team

48.A.moment         B.period          C.while       D.date

49.A.concentration                      B.collection     

 C.combination                      D.cleassification

50.A.so               B.but           C.or           D.as

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

52.A.starting            B.lasting       C.finishing     D.running

53.A.unconcerned       B.unconscious   C.unkinown    D.unnoticed

54.A.offered            B.told         C.announced     D.beard

55.A.stuck            B.involved        C.lost        D.spread

 (07·江西A篇)

I first went to Harrow in the summer term. The school had the biggest swimming pool I had ever seen. It was a good joke to come up behind a naked boy, and push him into the pool. I made quite a habit of  this with boys of my own size or less.

One day I saw a boy wrapped in a towel on the side of the pool. He was no bigger than I was, so I thought him  a fair game. Coming secretly behind,I pushed him in, holding on to his towel so that it would not get wet, I was surprised to see an angry face come out from the water, and a being of great strength masking its way by face strokes (猛力地划)to the shore. I fled, but in vain. He overtok me, seized me violently, and threw me into the deepest part of ther pool. I soon climbed out on the other side, and found myself surrounded by a crowd of younger boys.“Do you know what you have done?”they said,“It’s Amery; he is in Grade Six. He is champion at gym,he has got his football honor.”

I was frightened and felt ashamed. How could I tell his position when be was wrapped in a bath towel and so small.”He didn’t seem pleased at all, so I added in a most brilliant word,“My father, who is a great man, is also small.”At this be laughed, and after some general words about my rude behavior and how I had better be careful in the future, signified the incident was closed.

56.The writer thought Amery“a fair game”because the boy   .

   A.looked like an animal                     B.was fond of games

C.was of similar size                       D.was good at sports

57.The writer felt“ashamed” because    .

   A.he was laughted at by other boys  

B.Amery turned out to be in the same grade

C.he pushed Amery hard and hurt him 

D.he played a joke on an outstanding athlete

58.By saying “My father, who is a great man, is also small”, the write   .

   A.tried to please Amery                     B.challenged Amery

C.threatened Amery                        D.admired his father

59.Which of the following is TRUE?

  A.The writer could run faster than Amery.

B.The writer liked playing on boys of all sizes.

C.Amery was a student in Grade Four.

D.Amery forgave the writer for his rude behavior.

I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was 21 and when I was 14 he said, “You’re never going to be 22 but a failure.”

After five years of 23 jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the best24 that could have happened to me. I 25  I wanted to do something positive (积极的) with my life because I wanted to prove to26 that what people said about me was 27. Especially her mother, who had said to me, “Let’s28 it, you’ve failed at everything you’ve ever done.” So I tried hard with my29 and went to college. My first novel (小说)30 while I was at college.

After college I taught during the31 in high schools and attended evening classes at London University, where I got a 32 in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of33 that job to write full time 34 I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself — 35 was a working-class boy who’d 36 school early, now teaching at the university.

My writing career (职业) took off when I discovered my own style. Now I’m rich and 37 , have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. 38 what does it mean? I39 wish all the people that have put me down had 40 : “I believe in you. You’ll succeeD．”

21．A．bright              B．useless         C．simple         D．hopeful

22．A．anything            B．something      C．everything     D．nothing

23．A．low                B．poor           C．good          D．useful

24．A．support             B．happiness       C．surprise        D．thing

25．A．admitted            B．decided         C．planned        D．told

26．A．me                 B．them          C．her           D．it

27．A．wrong              B．right          C．stupid         D．faulty

28．A．see                 B．know          C．understand     D．face

29．A．experiment          B．practice        C．writing        D．composition

30．A．came on             B．came in        C．came out     D．came back

31．A．day         B．night        C．month       D．year

32．A．graduation           B．pass           C．degree       D．success

33．A．giving in     B．giving back   C．giving out    D．giving up

34．A．while               B．if           C．when          D．or

35．A．there        B．here         C．it           D．that

36．A．left           B．attended             C．changed             D．graduated

37．A．tired          B．calm                C．nervous      D．famous

38．A．And          B．But                 C．However     D．Well

39．A．just         B．exactly              C．so            D．very

40．A．praised    B．said C．answered D．advised

After the quake hit northeast Japan on March 11, many moving stories that I saw with my own eyes happened around me.

I had to walk home since all the  21  had stopped after the earthquake. On my way home I 22  an old lady at a bakery shop who was giving out free bread, which made my heart  23 . A man was holding a sign that said, “Please use our 24 .” He was 25  his house for people to go to the restroom.

My friend wanted to  26  others. He stood in the cold with a sign “If you’re okay with a motorcycle, I will  27  you to your house.” And then I saw him take one gentleman home, all the way to a faraway place! 

The next day I drove to  28  my car with gas. There is a lack (缺乏) of 29  now and many gasoline stations are either closed or have very  30  lines. I got  31 , since I was behind 15 cars. Finally, when it was my 32 , the man smiled and said, “ 33  this situation, we are only giving $30 worth gas per person. Is that all right?” “ 34 . I’m just glad that we are all able to  35 ,” I said. His smile gave me so much comfort.

I saw a man at the evacuation (疏散) center 36  when people brought food to him. It was the first time in three days that food was brought to their center. However, after he wiped the tears, his next 37  surprised me. “I am very 38  that we are provided with food. But people in the city next to us haven’t  39  any food at all. Please go to that center as well.” And when hearing that, I realized there is a bright future on the other side of this  40 .

1.                A．rescue         B．life            C．traffic    D．business

2.                A．missed         B．caught          C．noticed   D．heard

3.                A．kind           B．soft            C．broken   D．warm

4.                A．toilet          B．hotel           C．hospital   D．house

5.                A．selling          B．opening        C．repairing  D．building

6.                A．encourage      B．change         C．save D．help

7.                A．drive          B．follow          C．lead D．send

8.                A．start           B．fill             C．check    D．wash

9.                A．information      B．gas            C．food D．salt

10.               A．direct          B．fine           C．long  D．thin

11.               A．worried        B．lucky          C．sad   D．angry

12.               A．time           B．turn           C．duty  D．decision

13.               A．Except for      B．Together with    C．Because of D．Instead of

14.               A．Not at all        B．Of course       C．No way    D．Never mind

15.               A．share          B．offer           C．learn D．choose

16.               A．singing         B．eating          C．smiling    D．crying

17.               A．words          B．roles           C．ways  D．promises

18.               A．sure           B．grateful        C．surprised  D．proud

19.               A．bought         B．wasted         C．prepared  D．received

20.               A．disaster        B．chance         C．center    D．city

My husband hasn’t stopped laughing about the thing that happened to me. It’s  16  now but it wasn’t that time.
Last Friday, after doing all the family shopping in town, I  17  a rest before catching the train, so I bought a   18  and some chocolate and went to the station coffee shop that was a cheap, self-service place with long   19 to sit at. I put my heavy bag down on the floor, put the newspaper and chocolate on the table to   20  a place and went to get a cup of coffee.
When I came back with the coffee, there was someone in the   21   seat. It was one of those   22  young man, with dark glasses and torn clothes, and hair colored bright 23  at the front, not so unusual these days. What did   24  me was he’d started to eat my chocolate! Naturally, I was annoyed. However, to avoid trouble—then really I was rather uneasy about him—I just   25  down at the front page of the newspaper, tasted my coffee, and took a bit of chocolate. The boy looked at me    26   . then he took another piece of my chocolate. I could hardly   27  it. Still I didn’t want to start an argument. When he took a  28    piece , I felt more  29  than annoyed. I thought, “ Well, I shall have the last piece.” And I  30  it.
The boy gave me a   31  look, and then stood up. As he left, he shouted out, “This woman is mad!” Everyone   32  . That really made me feel silly, but it was   33   when I finished my coffee and got ready to leave. My face went red—as red as his hair when I   34    I’d made a mistake. It wasn’t my chocolate he’d been taking. There was mine, unopened, just under my  35   .

【小题19】

A． wondered B．realized C．decided D．recognized