1 . The psychological aspect of sports is often overlooked. Athletics is 90 percent _________ and 10 percent physical, and mindsets make a huge _________ in competitions.

“The physical aspect of the sport can only take you _________,” said Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Shannon Miller. “The mental aspect has to _________, especially when you’re talking about the best of the best. In the Olympic Games, everyone is talented. Everyone _________ hard. Everyone does the work. What _________ the gold medalists from the silver medalists is simply the mental game.” Many athletes have used the _________ of mental imagery, or visualization, to perform at their best. Research on the brain patterns of _________ found that the patterns activated by lifting heavy weights were activated _________ when they simply imagined lifting and some studies have suggested that mental __________ can be almost as effective as physical training.

Mental imagery about the event __________ on many cognitive (认知的) processes in the brain: motor control, attention, perception, planning, and memory. So the __________ is getting trained for actual performance during visualisation. And it’s been found that mental practices can prepare your brain for success. __________ visualising is more than just thinking about an upcoming event. “During visualisation, the athlete incorporates (整合) all of his __________ into the experience.” sports psychologist Dr JoAnn Dahlkoetter wrote in a blog post on The Huffington Post __________ a speed skater she works with. “She feels her forefoot pushing off the track, she hears her skating splits, and she sees herself racing ahead of the competitors. She experiences all of the elements of her race, for example,before executing (完成) her performance.”

2 . When I was a young boy, our whole family lived in my Nana’s old house right beside a set of railroad tracks. I can remember the whole house would _____ when the trains passed by. I often spent my summer afternoons walking down the _____. I can remember the first time I tried to ____ myself and walk on a (an) ____ rail. The steel rail was very narrow and quite ______ so I didn’t have much success. First I tried holding my arms out and _____ my feet as I walked. This only led to me falling off after a few steps. I ______ to walk backwards once but quickly slipped off. It was only when I started looking ____   that I was able to walk the rails.

Looking back on this time I now______ that it also gave me a wonderful lesson about _____. You can’t go through life watching every _____ you take or choice you make. This only leads to ______ yourself and you soon go off the rails. Looking behind you is even ______. Only when you look ahead can you really ______ forward and see the life you want to lead. Then you will walk on with a light ______.

3 . “This is the emergency room calling and your son was just brought in with severe burns. We have called for a ( n) _______and are going to fly him to Seattle." Seattle was 350 miles from his college , so we knew immediately this was_______

The doctor described the_______,which caused the burns. At 6 a.m. , our son and his friends decided to barbecue hamburgers. When they_______   the charcoal (木炭), it burst into flames because of the sprayed petrol. The flames shot to my son's head.

_______, one boy was quick -minded, grasped my son, and _______ him on the grass. While he saved his life , there was not enough _______to save him from fearful burns.

After he recovered, the doctors told him they would not do plastic surgery (整容) for 6 months _______it takes that long for the skin to stop shrinking and wrinkling. So, he had to return to college with scars (伤疤) .

When I was a child, my mother told my sister who had a 10-inch very _______ scar on her arm,' "Nancy, if you ignore the scar, other people will ignore it. It does not mean they will not__________it, but it means it will not matter to them if it doesn't matter to you.                                                                         

I passed this wisdom on to my son. He took my advice to ________and returned to school with his head held high- glad he was alive. Later, he thought the scars did not matter and made the________to give up any plastic surgery.

We all have “scars” that we believe ________people to keep away from us. But you see, people will only judge you by your looks, or your clothes, if you are judging yourself by these same________standards. Put your imperfections out of your mind and concentrate on what you value________yourself, and your beauty will shine through.

4 . Afel was only very small boy when he first saw snow in a picture book. It had lots of pictures of children ______ in big white fields. He asked，"Mum, what are those white fields？" His mother laughed， "That's snow, and they are making a snowman！ She tried to explain what was snow.   Afel didn't really ______ because there was no real snow where he lived. But he showed great ______.

One day when he was 12， Afel was watching a programme on TV at his uncle's house. The programme was full of snow. And not only snow-there were people ______ across the snow. They looked like fantastic birds. They had hats covering all their heads and big goggles over their eyes. And on their feet, they had ______ shoes.

“What are those？ he asked his uncle ______ .“Skis, replied his uncle. "And those people are called skiers.

At that moment, he ______ to be a skier. He asked his uncle what the programme was. "The Winter Olympics, "said his uncle.   "It's like the normal Olympics, but for ______ where you need snow-ski— jumping, bobsleigh（长橇）， those sorts of things. They have it every four years.

Afel found out that the next Winter Olympics would be in Beijing, in 2022. "Perfect, "he thought.   "Enough _____for me to become a brilliant skier.

"But there's no snow here！ people told him. "Where are you going to ski？"Afel ______ them. He made himself a pair of skis from two pieces of wood. He tied them to his feet and practised skiing holding two sticks in his hands. He practised again and again until he could move quite quickly across the sand. He ______ to fly down the hills like the people on TV, but he couldn't.

"Never mind, "he thought.   “It's a ______ ...”

"How will you go to the Olympics？" people asked him. "Our country doesn't ______ have a team that goes to the Winter Olympics. We have good runners and win lots of medals at the Olympics. But no skiing, no."Afel didn't ______ .

So every night, out in the middle of the desert. Afel now practises skiing down sand hills. He ______ that the yellow sand and brown earth are as gold as the medal he will bring home with him, when he is the champion.

5 . When I was a boy, I played the piano six hours a day. I love the instrument. My mother________ me to read notes, and my father showed me how to control the ______. At first I played on clunky (沉闷的) Chinese keyboards ______, but the best we could afford. Later my parents bought me a Swedish piano, but I broke half the keys on it playing Tchaikovsky.

To be a serious ______, I would have to move to Beijing where millions of pianists in China were competing for fame. To remove to Beijing with me, my father ______ a great sacrifice. He quit his concertmaster’s (首席小提琴手) job and my mother still stayed in Shenyang to keep working to ______ us. Before we ______ Beijing, they both warned me, “Being a pianist is hard. Can you live without your mother?” I said, “I want my ______!” But I knew I needed to be in Beijing.

Suddenly my father and I were newcomers—outsiders. The only apartment we could afford was in an unheated building, with five families ______ one bathroom. My father became an house-wife mostly.

I was miserable, but not from the poverty or ______. My new teacher in Beijing didn’t like me. “You have no _____, ” she often told me. “You will never be a pianist.” And one day, she ____ me.

I was just nine years old then and I didn’t want to be a pianist anymore, I wanted to go home to my mother. For the next two weeks I didn’t touch the piano. ______, my father didn’t push. He just ______. That day I told my father what he waited to hear—that I wanted to study with a new teacher. ______ that time on, everything turned around.

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A．scientist

B．genius

C．musician

D．doctor

6 . From Facebook I got to know the Cajun Navy.And there,thousands of selfless volunteers piloted_______ into flooded areas,assisting emergency responders.So I download the app Zello And _______ the Cajun Navy channel.A couple of women who had been taking _______ from victims came on the line at 11:00 am and asked whether anyone could _______ through the night.I said,"I can.”

I got two-minute "training"and a"Good luck!".Then I began to answer calls.The first call was from Chad.He was _______in his house with water up to his chests.He was about to go to his attic（阁楼）．I told him to go to his roof _______,so he wouldn't become trapped by the rising water.

I took request after request.Around 4:30 am,I got a request from Saundra whose grandfather lived _______She was worried because without anyone around, he could not _______ to 911.I assured her that someone would get to him.

But later I learned the Cajun Navy had no boats on the water to help,with the flood so severe.It's no wonder that we had so many people desperately begging for rescue.It looked as if I'd been _______ Seven hours after the calls, we got word that the Cajun Navy was finally .________ to go onto the water.Every 30 minutes,I'd________ the rescuers of Saundra's grandfather.

At 3:00 pm,Saundra told me that her grandfather was on his way to a rescue center.I let out a huge sigh of ________ I texted Chad at 5:30 pm to see whether he was________I got his word“We are safe now".

I'd been awake for 20 hours but wasn't ________,There was no way I could have ________ right then.I didn't know how police officers, firefighters, 911 workers and EMT s did this every day, but I did know I was grateful beyond measures that they did it.

7 . My history with music was not good. I still remembered when I took my short-lived piano lessons, my grandfather said _______   to my grandmother, “Why didn’t   he make any progress with much practice?” I_______ to make my piano performance attractive. However, my efforts were_______ .

So I gave up playing any musical instrument until my old friend Leroy _______   me to play the violin with him when I was 57. It made me enjoy the joy of playing music again. On day, Leroy sent a text_______ me that there was a music performance and he wanted me to join him. Thinking of my past, I _______ his invitation. I expected to hear his words that I would become_______ with practice on stage. But he said,   “OK, only   play if you want to.” I was totally_______ by the unexpected answer and made no reply except to tell him goodbye.

No one was_______ me to participate, but I faced a special ________ . Should I play on stage or just watch a movie? I had chosen the “movie route” too many times and this time I was________ to grasp the opportunity. After a long and careful________ , I played my violin with Leroy.________ I didn’t lose all my nervousness, it was enough for me to overcome my fear. Finally, I________ a full performance in front of the audience.

A short time later, my friend Leroy passed away,   but his ________ stayed. It helped   me not only in music, but in all aspects of life. When I focused on what I wanted to do, fear will be replaced with joy.

8 . Different things usually stand for different feelings.Red，for example，is the color of fire，heat，blood and life.People say red is an exciting and active color.They associate red with a strong feeling like_______．Red is used for signs of_______，such as STOP signs and fire engines.Orange is the bright，warm colors of_______in autumn.People say orange is a_______color.They associate orange with happiness.Yellow is the color of_______.People say it is a cheerful color.They associate yellow too，with happiness.Green is the cool color of grass in_______．People say it is a refreshing color.

In general，people_______two groups of colors：warm colors and cool colors.The warm colors are red，orange and_______.Where there are warm colors and a lot of light，people usually want to be_______．Those who like to be with________like red.The cool colors are________and blue.Where are these colors，people are usually worried.Some scientists say that time seems to________more slowly in a room with warm colors.They suggest that a warm color is a good________for a living room or a________.People who are having a rest or are eating do not want time to pass quickly.________colors are better for some offices if the people working there want time to pass quickly.

9 . A professor entered the classroom and told the students about a surprise test. All students were ________ and waited for the test to begin. The professor gave the test papers to all students with text facing down at the desk.________ he was done with ________ the test to all students, he asked them to ________ the test paper and begin.

Students were confused (迷惑) to see that there was just a black ________ in the center of the page. The professor told them, “I want you to ________ about what you see there.” The students were ________ confused but got started with the test. ________ the end of the class, the professor collected all answer sheets and started reading each answer from each sheet in front of all students. _________of them described about the black dot and tried to explain its position.

Now, professor began to explain, “Here everyone ________ the black dot and wrote about it ________ no one wrote about the white paper. The same is   ________ our lives. The white paper stands for our whole life and the black dot   ________ problems in our life.

Our life is a ________ given to us by God, with love and care, and we always have reasons to celebrate ---- our friends around us, the job that provides us with everything we need.________, we just focus on day to day problems like health issues, lack of money, problems in relationships, but we ________ see that these problems are very ________ compared to everything we have in our lives.”

We should try to take eyes off our ________ and enjoy each moment ________ life gives us. Be happy and ________ your life positively.

10 . If you are learning English because you're going to travel in England and wish to be_____there, don't try to speak English perfectly，_____ if you do so, no one will understand you. In London ninety­nine in every hundred people speak_____English. You may say that_____they don't speak English well themselves, they can_____understand it when it is well spoken. They_____when the speaker is English. But when the speaker is a_____， the better he speaks, the_____it is to understand him.

No foreigner can_____stress(重读)the syllables(音节)and make the tone(声调) ______and fall in question and______exactly as a______does.______the first thing you have to do is to speak with a strong ______accent, and speak broken, that is, English without any______. Then every English person you______will at once know you are a foreigner, and try to understand you and be ready to______you. He will not______you to be polite and use grammatical phrases. He will be______by his cleverness in making out(弄清) your______and being able to tell what you want to know.