1 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

In the field of sports there are some famous living legends, such as Lang Ping, and Michael Jordan.

As a player, Lang Ping brought not only honour but also glory to     1     (she) country. As     2     coach, she led the China Women’s volleyball team to medals at world championships as well as the Olympic Games. As a person, she is     3     (love) by fans at home and abroad. Before the 2015 World Cup, she     4     (face) a great challenge — two important     5     (player) had to leave because of health problems. However, Lang Ping didn’t lose heart and she led her volleyball team     6     (win) the championship.

Known as “Air Jordan”, Michael Jordan changed basketball with his graceful moves and jumps. Jordan’s skills were impressive but the mental strength     7     (make) him unique. The secret to his success is learning     8     his failures. In life, Jordan has learnt to share his     9     (succeed) with others. The Boys and Girls Club     10     he started in Chicago has been helping young people since 1996.

2 . The Power of Determination

The little country schoolhouse was heated by an old coal stove. A little boy came to school early each day to start the ________ and warm the room before his teacher and his classmates got there.

One morning they ________ to find the schoolhouse burning. They dragged (拖) the little boy out of the building. He was almost dead. Then he was ________ taken to a nearby country hospital.

The ________ told the boy’s mother that since the lower part of his body was ________ burnt, he couldn’t use his legs anymore. However, the ________ boy made up his mind that he would walk. Unluckily his thin legs ________ hung there, all but lifeless.

Finally he returned home from the ________. Every day his mother would press his little legs, but there was no feeling, no control, ________. Yet his determination that he would walk was as ________ as ever.

________ he wasn’t in bed, he would sit in a wheelchair. One sunny day his mother wheeled him out into the yard to get some fresh ________. This day, instead of ________ there, he threw himself from the chair and pulled himself across the grass, dragging his ________ behind him.

He worked his way to the white fence (栅栏) around the yard. With great effort, he raised himself ________ on the fence. Then, he began dragging himself along the fence, he ________ that he would walk. He ________ to do this every day. There was nothing he ________ more than to develop life in those legs.

In the end, through his determination he ________. Gradually he began to walk to school, then to run to school, to run ________ the joy of running. Later in college he made the running team.

Still later, this determined young man in Madison Square Garden, Dr. Glenn Cunningham, ran the world’s fastest mile!

1.

A．fire

B．class

C．game

D．story

2.

A．left

B．waited

C．arrived

D．hid

3.

A．clearly

B．quickly

C．suddenly

D．nearly

4.

A．teacher

B．classmates

C．doctor

D．headmaster

5.

A．slowly

B．gradually

C．hardly

D．seriously

6.

A．honest

B．brave

C．careful

D．polite

7.

A．just

B．also

C．once

D．ever

8.

A．school

B．yard

C．hospital

D．square

9.

A．everything

B．anything

C．something

D．nothing

10.

A．strong

B．stubborn

C．strange

D．smart

11.

A．Until

B．When

C．Because

D．After

12.

A．flowers

B．water

C．air

D．fruit

13.

A．jumping

B．sitting

C．sleeping

D．standing

14.

A．arms

B．chair

C．legs

D．mother

15.

A．aside

B．over

C．down

D．up

16.

A．believed

B．doubted

C．promised

D．suggested

17.

A．advised

B．allowed

C．refused

D．started

18.

A．afforded

B．hated

C．forgot

D．wanted

19.

A．set off

B．got back

C．stood up

D．took away

20.

A．to

B．for

C．from

D．without

3 . An 84­ year ­old American woman, Janet Fein received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Dallas last week. Fein grew up in the Bronx area of New York City. When she was in high school, she just wanted to finish and get a job. After ______early,at the age of 16, she went to work as a secretary. After getting married, she spent 18 years staying home with her five children. She then had several jobs______she retired at age 77. But even then, she was not ready to______during the retirement.

She worked for 20 years on earning an associated degree, which she received in 1995. But Fein told the AP she also ______to earn a bachelor’s degree “with all of my heart”. Fein took part in a state program that lets people who are 65 and ______ take free classes at public universities in Texas. State officials say about 2,000 people used the ______last year.

Even with all of her life experiences, she said she ______ reading, writing papers and learning new things. “With each class I ______knew a lot, but I wanted more. And that made me happy.” Fein kept going to class even as her health conditions ______. During her studies, it became ______for her to use a walker (拐杖) to ______and she required oxygen. She even ______knee problems. So, instead of going to the university, Fein took online classes to finish the remaining part of her degree requirements. She never showed (a) ______of giving up even with all of her difficulties.

Many people set the ______of graduating from college at a very young age while Janet Fein waited a life time for her chance to reach that goal. As the saying goes, it’s never too late to learn. Learning can help people live a______life.

1.

A．working

B．graduating

C．learning

D．beginning

2.

A．while

B．after

C．unless

D．before

3.

A．take a rest

B．work hard

C．get off

D．lie down

4.

A．wanted

B．bought

C．introduced

D．ordered

5.

A．better

B．older

C．faster

D．bigger

6.

A．experience

B．degree

C．program

D．ability

7.

A．stopped

B．made

C．disliked

D．enjoyed

8.

A．yet

B．still

C．even

D．already

9.

A．increased

B．improved

C．worsened

D．lost

10.

A．necessary

B．easy

C．fortunate

D．true

11.

A．look around

B．go straight

C．take exercise

D．get around

12.

A．became

B．moved

C．had

D．turned

13.

A．style

B．care

C．lack

D．sign

14.

A．example

B．method

C．goal

D．standard

15.

A．strict

B．normal

C．careful

D．meaningful

4 . I was born in a poor community on the north side of Boston, US, raised by a single mother who didn’t finish 3rd grade, lived each day on food stamps and attended what the media called “the most dysfunctional (功能失调的) public school district”. Not many people expected much of me, so I had to expect.

On my 13th birthday, I bought a poster of Harvard to hang in my room. Being at Harvard became what I dreamt about. Even if my electricity was cut off, I still woke up at 5:30, because I knew that my poster of Harvard was still hanging only two feet away from me.

Reminding myself of my goal each day made it easy to say no to the same choices I saw my peers making, because those paths wouldn’t have had me closer to my goal. Being poor could not take away my power to decide what I choose to do with my day. The poster gave me the courage to send emails to about 50 Harvard students to ask for feedback on my application essays; it gave me the energy to study just one more hour on my SATs when my friends were asleep; and it gave me the determination to submit just one more scholarship application when 180 others had already turned me down.

Every day, I could feel myself getting closer and closer to my goal as my writing got better, my SAT score increased, and my scholarship checks started coming in. Finally, an email arrived from Harvard. The first word was “Congratulations!” A month later, Harvard flew me up to visit the campus where for the first time I stepped onto my dreaming land.

Who you are today is the result of the decisions you made yesterday, and who you will be tomorrow will be the result of the choices you make today. Who do you want to be tomorrow?

1. What can we learn about the author from the first two paragraphs?

A．All people expected too much of him.

B．He grew up in a happy family.

C．He accepted the greatest education.

D．He had high expectation of himself.

2. What efforts did the author make to achieve his goal?

A．He spent more time preparing for the exams.

B．He learnt from his peers from time to time.

C．He often wrote feedbacks on others’ essays.

D．He turned to his teacher when facing problems.

3. Which can best describe the author’s character?

A．Intelligent and humorous.	B．Generous and selfless.
C．Determined and hardworking.	D．Courageous and friendly.

4. Which of the following can be the main idea of the text?

A．Failure is the mother of success.

B．Perseverance can help realize your dream.

C．Easier said than done.

D．It’s never too late to study.

5 . An 82-year-old Chinese female pilot has set a record in the country’s airline industry after flying a small plane for 40 minutes in Beijing. Miao Xiaohong, one of China’s second team of female pilots, controlled the Tecnam P2010 plane to take off, turn, climb, dive and land safety at the Shifosi Airport in Pinggu District of Beijing.

In 1956, Miao Xiaohong, who graduated from a high school in Jinan, won a position in the second team. She graduated from the flight school in 1958. in the following years, she flew many important missions. In 1963, she undertook a mission to airdrop materials for the flood-stricken areas in Hebei Province. Poor visibility prevented her locating the target areas as the clouds were about 100 meters above the ground, but she managed to finish the task.

In 1989, she retired and started her writing career. When she collected material for her books, she found that many aged pilots in other countries still flew, and she had the idea of returning to the sky. To prepare for the flight, she walked 3,000 steps every day and moved her arms to meet the requirements for the high-altitude flight. Different from past flights for missions, this time her goal was to enjoy the flight. She said that it was exciting and fresh. “Seeing the boundless blue sky unfold in front of me, I feel it is very open,” she said.

The trainer said that Miao Xiaohong could finish the 30-hour flight to get a license for commercial flights. She said, “My physical condition is good enough to finish the 30-hour flight but it is not so important for me to get such a license. After achieving my dream of returning to the sky, I hope to encourage young women to join the airline industry. I’m 82 years old and I can fly again. You, the young people, can fly and will fly better than me.

1. What can we learn from the airdrop mission carried out by Miao Xiaohong?

A．She was a very beautiful pilot.	B．She had excellent flying skills.
C．She suffered from poor eyesight.	D．She usually completed hard tasks.

2. What made Miao Xiaohong have the idea of flying a plane at the age of 82?

A．Her deep love for flights.	B．Her wish to set a flying record.
C．The requirements of her books.	D．The influence of other aged pilots.

3. Which of the following words can best describe Miao Xiaohong?

A．Faithful.

B．Energetic.

C．Determined.

D．Enthusiastic.

4. What could be the best title for the passage?

A．Returning to the blue sky	B．Coming to join in the flight
C．Managing to finish difficult tasks	D．Improving yourself to set a record

6 . Losing an eye might be an unthinkable thing, especially for a young woman, but not for Xintong. She chose to become an ocularist (义眼师) who makes artificial eyes for herself and people in the same ________ to help them get back their ________. Xintong is the name that she gave to herself — which she ________ people to call her instead of her real name — because “xintong” in Chinese sounds like “new pupils”.

Nearly 10 years after ________ her right eye in a car accident , 28-year-old Xintong from Beijing transformed the empty of her eye socket (眼眶) into a fashion statement. She ________ a short video online in which she wears a charming artificial eye. As she ________ her hand, the artificial eye begins to ________ with red light. With another wave, the light ________ to green and then purple and white. The video soon became ________ on social media, with many ________ praising her. But that wasn’t the case 10 years ago. “The artificial eye I ________ at that time was suffering,” Xintong said. “It ________ and gave me a red eye socket. I was young and I wanted to look ________.”

She started ________ artificial eyes. Beginning in 2019, she dedicated about two years to mastering the production techniques and skills under the ________ of an ocularist. This journey ________ her own artificial eye studio, providing personalized services for those ________ them.

Now when Xintong hears her ________ say words such as “Finally, I can ________ myself” or “Now I feel free to take photos”, she feels deeply ________.

1.

A．silence

B．statistic

C．achievement

D．situation

2.

A．theme

B．misunderstanding

C．humor

D．confidence

3.

A．swings

B．prefers

C．hates

D．prevents

4.

A．selling

B．ignoring

C．losing

D．repairing

5.

A．shared

B．downloaded

C．deleted

D．watched

6.

A．waved

B．washed

C．transported

D．invented

7.

A．shine

B．alarm

C．break

D．test

8.

A．points

B．controls

C．devotes

D．changes

9.

A．ridiculous

B．ancient

C．unfair

D．popular

10.

A．lessons

B．lectures

C．comments

D．dramas

11.

A．subscribed

B．wore

C．decorated

D．predicted

12.

A．hurt

B．improved

C．cheated

D．left

13.

A．generous

B．attractive

C．strict

D．old

14.

A．researching

B．refusing

C．harvesting

D．spying

15.

A．system

B．guidance

C．measure

D．permission

16.

A．stared at

B．cut down

C．led to

D．adjusted to

17.

A．scaring

B．requiring

C．adapting

D．creating

18.

A．agents

B．relatives

C．students

D．customers

19.

A．accept

B．hear

C．dress

D．understand

20.

A．dizzy

B．bored

C．moved

D．nervous

7 . When my sister Diane began playing the violin, she was seven. How did she sound? Terrible. But she didn’t ____. At twelve, she asked our parents if she could ____ a full­time music school.They said no. Actually, everyone agreed that my sister ____ talent.

I was better at my ____. My teacher had told my parents that I had great ____. So my parents found the best piano teacher in the area to ____ me. But the only time he was ____ was Saturday afternoons at 3 p.m.. Back then, I was ____ about the British TV show The Avengers, which was ____ every Saturday at 3 p.m.. I let nothing take up my The Avengers hour. So I ____ this amazing opportunity.Today, I don’t even have a ____ in my house.

My sister became an engineer, but she ____ stopped making music. When she was in her 40s, she switched her ____. She went back to college, got a(n) ____ in music education, and became a music teacher. She started kids off on their first instrument and gave them all the encouragement and support she never ____.

Recently, she and a pianist pal (朋友) put on a recital. A big crowd of friends and family ____ for her. As she played, I looked around at the ____. Everyone was ____ enjoying the music. It occurred to me that I was the only person that remembered that a 7 ­year-­old kid making those perfectly ____sounds and knew how far she had come, despite ____.

Talent is important. But enthusiasm is even more important.

1.

A．advance

B．quit

C．reflect

D．listen

2.

A．inspect

B．open

C．attend

D．visit

3.

A．lacked

B．spotted

C．possessed

D．admired

4.

A．major

B．project

C．composition

D．instrument

5.

A．patience

B．enthusiasm

C．potential

D．ambition

6.

A．train

B．examine

C．correct

D．challenge

7.

A．punctual

B．skillful

C．occupied

D．available

8.

A．sensitive

B．crazy

C．serious

D．particular

9.

A．filmed

B．designed

C．aired

D．commented

10.

A．jumped at

B．turned down

C．waited for

D．opened up

11.

A．tutor

B．violin

C．musician

D．piano

12.

A．never

B．once

C．already

D．even

13.

A．attitude

B．career

C．plan

D．position

14.

A．scholarship

B．sponsor

C．degree

D．assistant

15.

A．provided

B．imagined

C．received

D．expected

16.

A．voted

B．feared

C．stayed up

D．turned up

17.

A．students

B．audience

C．spotlights

D．platform

18.

A．obviously

B．desperately

C．appropriately

D．anxiously

19.

A．booming

B．pleasing

C．awful

D．powerful

20.

A．everything

B．something

C．everybody

D．somebody

8 . Budha Magar lost both of his legs. But he_______to become the first double above-the-knee amputee (截肢者) to climb Qomolangma.

Though he will be_______with special legs, the 43-year-old will essentially be crawling up Qomolangma_______his hands. He estimates it will take him three times_______than able-bodied climbers to reach the summit, but he is _______he will be faster than average on the ladder sections because of his superior upper body strength. Indeed, moving up without knees is_______hard.

Magar, an infectiously_______and cheerful man, describes his walking gesture as “like a penguin” In an interview, he jokes about the_______of living without legs like “no smelly socks”. As well as pushing his own body, he wants to change people’s_______about disability. “Even now, disabled people are viewed as ‘the________ of the earth’,” he says.

In 2010, suddenly legless, he spent at least 18 months ________, drinking too much, before a charity offered him the________to go skydiving. “That was a big turning________, especially for my confidence,” he says. “And when I ________the ground I realized without legs I can do many things.” He realized that it was his mind as much as his body holding him back: “I didn’t know how________the mind is. If we set our minds, our body will ________.”

He began________ports-rock climbing, golf, table tennis-before setting his sights on mountaineering. Before long, a childhood ________to climb Qomolangma resurfaced, and he began training in earnest. Success on the world’s highest mountain can never be ________for him, but his expedition belief illustrates his mindset: no legs, no ________

1.

A．refuses

B．hopes

C．hesitates

D．warns

2.

A．equipped

B．guided

C．covered

D．filled

3.

A．electing

B．using

C．objecting

D．seizing

4.

A．shorter

B．less

C．longer

D．fewer

5.

A．confident

B．uncomfortable

C．bored

D．nervous

6.

A．hardly

B．bravely

C．angrily

D．really

7.

A．vain

B．upset

C．negative

D．optimistic

8.

A．rights

B．ways

C．advantages

D．difficulties

9.

A．conducts

B．views

C．annuals

D．targets

10.

A．burden

B．future

C．security

D．classic

11.

A．relaxed

B．pleased

C．depressed

D．excited

12.

A．chance

B．correction

C．identification

D．failure

13.

A．trap

B．point

C．antique

D．mistake

14.

A．took in

B．cut up

C．dated back

D．landed on

15.

A．powerful

B．dangerous

C．confusing

D．strange

16.

A．recover

B．fail

C．disappear

D．pause

17.

A．inventing

B．playing

C．forgetting

D．stopping

18.

A．toy

B．fellow

C．dream

D．grade

19.

A．distinguished

B．guaranteed

C．classified

D．divided

20.

A．means

B．flowers

C．limits

D．recommends

9 . One day I was doing an experiment in front of the classroom, wearing my favorite shirt. A voice came, “Nice shirt”. Then another_________said, “That shirt belonged to my dad. Jimmy’s mother works for my family. We meant to throw the shirt away, but gave_________to her instead.”_________the words, I was embarrassed. It was Mike. Mom worked for his family.

In the evening, I told my mom what had happened. She was_________for a while and then called her employer, “I will _________work for your family.” That night, she knew her life’s_________was something greater. She decided to find a more _________job.

The next day she_________with the headmaster of a local public school. She was told that she could not teach without a proper education. So Mom decided to_________a university.

A year later, she went back to the headmaster. He said, “You are__________, aren’t you? I think I have a__________for you as a teacher’s assistant. This opportunity deals with some mentally disabled children with little or__________chance of learning.” Mom accepted the opportunity very__________.

For almost three years, she saw many teachers give up on the children and__________, feeling upset. Then one day, the headmaster__________in her classroom, saying, “We have watched how you__________the children over the last three years and admire your hard-working spirit. We all agree that you should be the__________of this class.”

My mom spent over 20 years there. I was proud of her__________she never gave up and also showed me how to deal with__________situations. During her career, she was__________as “Teacher of the Year”.

1.

A．shout

B．noise

C．sound

D．voice

2.

A．it

B．them

C．one

D．this

3.

A．Hearing

B．Moving

C．Convincing

D．Overcoming

4.

A．ease

B．silent

C．content

D．happy

5.

A．even so

B．in reality

C．no longer

D．more than

6.

A．goal

B．trick

C．problem

D．shade

7.

A．harmful

B．contrary

C．meaningful

D．religious

8.

A．ran

B．met

C．slid

D．worked

9.

A．visit

B．design

C．attend

D．start

10.

A．beautiful

B．wrong

C．famous

D．serious

11.

A．condition

B．function

C．production

D．position

12.

A．no

B．much

C．big

D．great

13.

A．angrily

B．bitterly

C．eagerly

D．strangely

14.

A．come

B．leave

C．return

D．succeed

15.

A．went up

B．took up

C．handed up

D．turned up

16.

A．accuse

B．blame

C．treat

D．cheat

17.

A．monitor

B．teacher

C．headmaster

D．librarian

18.

A．because

B．once

C．unless

D．if

19.

A．pleasing

B．challenging

C．exciting

D．amazing

20.

A．chosen

B．exported

C．behaved

D．directed