1 . "Everything happens for the best, "my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. "If you carry on, one day something good will happen. And you'll realize that it wouldn't have happened if not for that _________ disappointment.

Mother was _________. As I discovered after graduating from college in 1932, I had decided to hunt for a job in _________, then work my way up to sports announcer. I went to Chicago and _________ on the door of every station--but got _________ every time. In one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations couldn't _________ hiring a(n) _________ person. "Go out in the suburbs and find a _________ station that'll give you a chance, "she said. I turned to Dixon. Illinois.

While there were no radios announcing jobs in Dixon, they had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to _________ its sports department. The job __________ just right for me. But I wasn't hired. My __________ must have shown. "Everything happens for the best, " my mother reminded me. Dad offered me the car to __________ job. As I left his office, my frustration __________. I asked aloud, "How can a fellow get to be a sports announcer if he can't get a job in a radio station?" I was __________ the elevator when I heard MacArthur calling, " What do you say about sports? Do you know anything about __________ ?"Then he let me stand before a __________ and asked me to broadcast a(n) __________ game. I did a 15-minute football occasional commentary（实况报道）, and Peter told me I would be __________ Saturday's game! On my way home, as I have many times, I __________ my mother's words: If you carry on, one day something good will happen.

I often wonder what __________ my life might have taken if I'd not gotten the job at Montgomery Ward.

1.

A．first

B．latest

C．previous

D．last

2.

A．happy

B．right

C．sad

D．wise

3.

A．TV

B．radio

C．studio

D．sports

4.

A．knocked

B．worked

C．decided

D．drew

5.

A．turned down

B．turned up

C．turned over

D．turned off

6.

A．stand

B．risk

C．avoid

D．refuse

7.

A．well-behaved

B．skilled

C．inexperienced

D．well-known

8.

A．local

B．small

C．famous

D．unknown

9.

A．build

B．manage

C．handle

D．control

10.

A．comforted

B．looked

C．sounded

D．welcomed

11.

A．puzzle

B．surprise

C．disappointment

D．joy

12.

A．lose

B．settle

C．hunt

D．reserve

13.

A．turned over

B．boiled over

C．hit over

D．got over

14.

A．sitting in

B．waiting for

C．standing in

D．leaving for

15.

A．sports

B．games

C．basketball

D．football

16.

A．microphone

B．radio

C．audience

D．judge

17.

A．live

B．exciting

C．imaginary

D．real

18.

A．broadcasting

B．showing

C．lecturing

D．managing

19.

A．thought

B．reminded

C．recalled

D．collected

20.

A．results

B．directions

C．measures

D．methods

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October 2nd was the first day the museum, also known as the Forbidden City, sold all     2    （it） 80, 000 daily tickets online. For visitors     3     have not bought tickets in advance, museum staff will assist them to purchase tickets on their mobile devices     4    scanning a QR code （二维码）.

    5    （base） on current sales data, between 15, 000 to 20, 000 tickets per day are available to be purchased on site using the QR code. That amount is approximately what was     6    （previous） sold through 30 ticket booths in two hours. If visitors are unable to purchase their tickets online, for example the elderly, foreign tourists     7     those without e-payment, staff at the museum can book tickets online on their behalf.

A trial of the online ticketing service began on September 25th, 2011. Last year, around 77 percent of the tickets     8     （book） online. The museum began to limit daily visitors to 80, 000 in June 2015, preventing excessive numbers of tourists during holiday periods.

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9 . Over the past decade, drug-resistant diseases have appeared as a major health threat. But where do they develop the drug resistance? One surprising theory: they may have developed the resistance on farms, and not in hospitals.

The crop protection products farmers use to control many plant diseases are almost the same as the drugs doctors use to treat infections, including fungi(真菌). Fungi are continually mutating(变异), and with a life cycle measured in days or weeks, they mutate quickly. When a mutation produces resistance to a chemical-killing fungi, fungi will jump to any host that provides a welcoming environment, such as a human body. And if the treatment for the fungal infection involves a drug similar to the fungicide encountered on the farm, fungi may develop quickly in the human body---just as they did in the field.

An obvious solution is to use less fungicide in the field. Reducing fungicide use would not only slow the development of the drug resistance, it would help restore diversity to the fungal world. Fungicides are a must in the farming community. Plant diseases pose a major problem for farmers globally--in some crops, disease can reduce harvests by more than 70 percent--and failure to deal with the problem can mean financial ruin.

Just like fungi---or, indeed, any living thing---plants continually evolve. This is how natural gene editing (基因编辑）works, and without it, we'd all still be single cells in a salty soup. Through natural selection, almost any plant will eventually produce resistance to fungi. But this can take centuries, so we don't have the time to wait.

On the other hand, advances in genetics have given us an understanding of nature's gene editing process in plants, helping us develop resistance to a disease. Gene editing techniques can then enable us to produce disease resistance---just as nature would do, if given enough time.

1. What can we infer about fungi from Paragraph 2?

A．They can treat infection sometimes.

B．They don't stop developing new forms.

C．A human body is their favorite place.

D．There are no fungi in the fields now.

2. What does the writer indicate in Paragraph 3?

A．Using fungicide leads to a win-win situation

B．Stopping using fungicide is a cure-all in agriculture.

C．Reducing fungicide helps farmers making more money.

D．Using fungicide is in a dilemma between drug resistance and crop harvest.

3. What makes a plant produce resistance to fungi?

A．The survival of the fittest.

B．Advances in technology.

C．The use of farm chemicals.

D．A welcoming environment.

4. What can we learn from “natural gene editing”?

A．Developing drug resistance.

B．Making advances in genetics.

C．Finding ways to evolve ourselves.

D．Curing all kinds of diseases by editing genes.

10 . Rebecca, who I met at a business conference in Las Vegas, is one of the smartest people I have ever known. So_________in mind was she that she made a deep impression on me. Even if you were around her for an entire day, you probably wouldn't_________her disability.

She was born with severe dyslexia-a slight_________of the brain that causes_________in reading and spelling. Due to her_________disability, she had to be in_________education classes for most of her elementary and middle school years. Despite the challenge, she_________to let dyslexia determine her life. Every day, she worked on_________her disability with the_________of her parents. Her dad would__________an hour every morning helping her with math. In the evenings her mom would have her read books out aloud and then her mother would__________her on the content.

__________, in her effort, Rebecca's hard work__________. By high school, she had__________from special education classes all the way to honor classes. When I was young, no one thought I could ever attend__________." she said. Not only did Rebecca end up going to college, but she graduated as the top of her class.

"I always had a vision, ”says Rebecca, “of one day being a__________. But it seemed like such a__________ambition that I never told anyone." Today, Rebecca's vision is a__________. She graduated from law school and is__________working her up in one of the largest law firms on the East Coast. Rebecca says, "I wouldn't change a thing. My learning disability still brings challenges to me now, but it also gave me the__________to make my childhood dream come true."

1.

A．sharp

B．plain

C．awkward

D．massive

2.

A．overlook

B．recover

C．notice

D．prove

3.

A．difference

B．discrimination

C．disorder

D．change

4.

A．fun

B．difficulty

C．luck

D．expectation

5.

A．learning

B．living

C．speaking

D．working

6.

A．senior

B．primary.

C．expensive

D．special

7.

A．preferred

B．refused

C．resigned

D．agreed

8.

A．displaying

B．inspecting

C．overcoming

D．greeting

9.

A．disturbance

B．laughter

C．amusement

D．assistance

10.

A．spend

B．waste

C．offer

D．practice

11.

A．persuade

B．quiz

C．answer

D．remind

12.

A．Suddenly

B．Obviously

C．Eventually

D．Casually

13.

A．turned back

B．went through

C．faded out

D．paid off

14.

A．advanced

B．graduated

C．backed

D．dropped

15.

A．contests

B．conferences

C．school

D．college

16.

A．translator

B．judge

C．physician

D．lawyer

17.

A．simple

B．crazy

C．critical

D．practical

18.

A．concern

B．desire

C．reality

D．dream

19.

A．apparently

B．currently

C．precisely

D．properly

20.

A．determination

B．description

C．admiration

D．inspiration