1、I moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. In the house with a large    36    across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-age children. At the end of the day, he would    37    his taxi on the road. I    38    why he did not park it in the garage.

Then one day I learnt that he had another car in his garage. In the afternoon he would come home from    39   , leave his taxi and go out for his    40    affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was    41   .

I was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until I    42    to be outside one evening two weeks    43   , when the garage door was    44    and he drove out in his “own” car: a Rolls-Royce （劳斯莱斯）! It shook me completely    45    I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But    46    inside, he saw himself as something else: A Rolls-Royce owner and a （an）   47   . He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. The world looked at his taxi and    48    him a taxi driver. But for him, a taxi was just something he drove for a living. Rolls-Royce was something he drove or a （an）    49   .

We go to bed every night and wake up every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a    50    as close friends or go for a vacation as a    51   . We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how high we    52   the social ladder―how much bigger and better a    53    we have. And we    54  our Rolls-Royce, by keeping it dusty in our garage. We should focus more on    55    we are than what we do!

39、请以 Is Failure a Bad Thing 为题写一篇短文，要点如下：

1.       失败是常有的事。

2.       人们对失败有各种不同的态度。

你对失败的态度。

38、Grandpa intends to have a thoroughly enjoyable and _________period without paid work.

A. broad           B. wide              C. lengthy          D. brief

37、 Juventus _________two goals in the last ten minutes.

A. achieved         B. managed           C. succeeded       D. challenged

36、 ― Which number is yours?

―_____--it's that one here, yes, this one.

A. Let me see       B. Let's say           C. Mind you        D. Excuse me

35、Please look _________the whole plan and let me know what you think.

A. into              B. up                 C. through                D. after

34、Try to _________a few hours each week for exercise.

A. put away        B. take away         C. pick up         D. set aside

33、There was a（n）_________moment when the plane suddenly dropped.

A. nervous          B. embarrassed       C. anxious          D. worried

32、People who don't do what they say they will are_________.

A. honest          B. independent       C. cruel           D. unreliable

31、He was unable to attend the meeting in Moscow, because the Russian authorities had_______ him a visa.

A. denied          B. rejected           C. refused         D. opposed