2 . “Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. “If you don’t ________, something good will happen some day.”

Mother was ________, as I discovered after graduating from college, I had ________ myself to be a sports announcer(播音员). So I went to Chicago to knock on the door of every station and was ________ every time. In one station, a ________ lady told me that large stations wouldn’t employ（雇佣） a person without ______ since I just graduated. “Go out of the town and find a small station that might give you ______,” she said.

I returned to Dixon, where I had finished my high school education and had ______ high school football. My father said that our town had built a store and wanted a man to ______ its sports department. The job sounded just ______ for me but I wasn’t hired.

My disappointment had ______ as if by design. “Everything happens for the best,” Mom ______ me. Dad lent me his car to look for a job. I tried WOC Radio Davenport. The program director told me they had already ______ an announcer. After I left his office, I asked aloud “______ can a fellow get to be a sports ______ if he can’t get a job in a radio station?” ______, I heard the director calling. “Do you know anything about ______?” Then he asked me to ______ an imaginary game. It was easy, and I did it without difficulty. The director was ______ and told me I would be broadcasting a game on the ______ Saturday.

1.

A．insist on

B．wait for

C．focus on

D．give up

2.

A．false

B．right

C．great

D．strong

3.

A．devoted

B．wanted

C．found

D．enjoyed

4.

A．called

B．received

C．refused

D．accepted

5.

A．large

B．tall

C．kind

D．rude

6.

A．experience

B．examination

C．agreement

D．permission

7.

A．money

B．chance

C．time

D．patience

8.

A．played

B．joined

C．taken

D．fought

9.

A．own

B．manage

C．report

D．enter

10.

A．funny

B．annoying

C．right

D．important

11.

A．shown

B．disappeared

C．resulted

D．turned

12.

A．asked

B．advised

C．ordered

D．reminded

13.

A．hired

B．fired

C．dismissed

D．bought

14.

A．What

B．How

C．Whenever

D．Wherever

15.

A．player

B．announcer

C．fan

D．coach

16.

A．Suddenly

B．However

C．Besides

D．Though

17.

A．chat

B．music

C．football

D．broadcast

18.

A．make

B．act

C．broadcast

D．play

19.

A．moved

B．sorry

C．thankful

D．satisfied

20.

A．past

B．coming

C．last

D．rainy

4 . Some thirty years ago, I was studying in a public school in New York city. One day, Mrs Nanette O’Neill gave an arithmetic test to our class. When the papers were ______ she discovered that twelve boys had made exactly the same mistakes throughout the test.

There is nothing really new about ______ in exams. Perhaps that was why Mrs O’Neill ______ even say a word about it. She only asked the twelve boys to______ after class. I was one of the twelve.

Mrs O’Neill asked______ questions, and she didn’t______ us either. Instead she wrote on the blackboard the______ words by Thomas Macaulay. “The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out. ” She then ordered us to ______ these   words one hundred times.

I don’t______ about the other eleven boys. Speaking for ______ I can say: it was the most important single______ of my life. Thirty years after being ______ to Macaulay’s words, they ______ seem to me the best yardstick( 准 绳 ), because they gave us a ______ to measure ourselves rather than others.

______ of us are asked to make ______ decisions about nations going to war or armies going to battle. But all of us are called ______ daily to make a great many personal decisions.

______ the wallet, found in the street, be put into a pocket or turned over to the policeman? Should the______ change received at the store be forgotten or returned? Nobody will know except you.   But you have to live with yourself, and it is always ______ to live with someone you respect.

1.

A．examined

B．completed

C．marked

D．answered

2.

A．lying

B．cheating

C．guessing

D．discussing

3.

A．didn’t

B．did

C．would

D．wouldn’t

4.

A．come

B．leave

C．remain

D．apologize

5.

A．many

B．certain

C．more

D．no

6.

A．excuse

B．reject

C．help

D．scold

7.

A．above

B．common

C．following

D．unusual

8.

A．repeat

B．get

C．copy

D．put

9.

A．worry

B．know

C．hear

D．talk

10.

A．myself

B．ourselves

C．themselves

D．herself

11.

A．chance

B．incident

C．lesson

D．memory

12.

A．referred

B．showed

C．brought

D．introduced

13.

A．even

B．still

C．always

D．almost

14.

A．way

B．sentence

C．choice

D．reason

15.

A．All

B．None

C．Few

D．Some

16.

A．quick

B．wise

C．great

D．personal

17.

A．out

B．for

C．up

D．upon

18.

A．Should

B．Must

C．Would

D．Need

19.

A．extra

B．small

C．some

D．necessary

20.

A．easier

B．more natural

C．better

D．more peaceful

5 . One day when I was about nine years old, I ran into my mother’s bedroom and opened the dresser（化妆台）. Then in the top drawer was a small________jewelry box. I was fascinated by its treasures. Then I saw there was something________under a piece of cloth.________the cloth, I found a little white chip of china(瓷器). Why did my mother keep such a________thing? Shining slightly in the light, it________no answers.

Some months later, I was setting the dinner table when my neighbor Marge knocked at the door. Coming in and________the table, Marge said, “Oh, you are expecting company. I'll________another time."

“No, come on in,” Mum replied. “We are not________anyone."

“But isn’t that your good china?” Marge asked. “I’d________trust kids to handle my good dishes!”

Mum laughed. “Tonight’s my family’s favorite meal. If you set your best table for a(n)________meal with guests, why not for your own________? A few broken plates are a small________to pay for the joy we get. ” Then she added, “________，every chip and crack has a story to tell.”

Mum went to the cupboard and took down a plate. She said, “Seeing this________on the edge(边缘) here? It happened when I was 17.”

Her voice________. “One day my brother invited a young man to dinner and sat him next to me. I was so________that when I took the plate, it________and knocked against the fork. As the young man was leaving, he________a piece of broken china in my hand without saying a word.”

I couldn’t forget about that plate with the________chip. I went up to take out the little wooden jewelry box again. I examined the chip________. The chip which my mother had saved with care belonged to the plate she broke on the day she met my father.

1.

A．silver

B．gold

C．china

D．wooden

2.

A．hidden

B．unpaid

C．removed

D．fixed

3.

A．Covering

B．Tearing

C．Seeking

D．Lifting

4.

A．broken

B．genuine

C．beautiful

D．valuable

5.

A．found

B．invented

C．offered

D．selected

6.

A．glaring at

B．glancing at

C．looking on

D．spying on

7.

A．go by

B．pass by

C．stop by

D．stand by

8.

A．inviting

B．expecting

C．consulting

D．celebrating

9.

A．always

B．sometimes

C．never

D．regularly

10.

A．common

B．strange

C．unbelievable

D．special

11.

A．family

B．relative

C．neighbor

D．ancestor

12.

A．value

B．fault

C．bet

D．price

13.

A．However

B．Though

C．Besides

D．Otherwise

14.

A．break

B．scene

C．spot

D．design

15.

A．hardened

B．softened

C．sharpened

D．weakened

16.

A．nervous

B．anxious

C．surprised

D．pleased

17.

A．jumped

B．escaped

C．slipped

D．left

18.

A．threw

B．laid

C．examined

D．picked

19.

A．replaced

B．penniless

C．remaining

D．missing

20.

A．secretly

B．carefully

C．gratefully

D．proudly

6 . In America, in 1988, Samuel sent his son, Armand, to school. Samuel hugged the boy and looked him in the _______，“Have a good day, and remember, I’ll always be there for you.”

Hours later, a _______ earthquake happened. Samuel tried to discover what _______ to his son, but he couldn’t get any _______, Samuel then headed for the _______. When he reached the area, what he saw brought _______ to his eyes. Armand’s school was a pile of debris (残骸). Other parents were standing around _______.

Samuel found where Armand’s classroom _______ to be and began pulling a broken rock off the pile and put it to the side, and then grabbed another one.

One of the parents looking _______ asked, “What are you doing?”

“Digging for my son,” Samuel answered. The man then said, “You will make things ________! The building is unstable.” He tried to stop Samuel.

Samuel just kept ________. As time went on, one by one, the other parents left.

All through the night and into the next day, Samuel ________ digging. Parents placed flowers and pictures of their children on the ruins, ________ Samuel just kept doing. Suddenly, he ________ a faint cry. “Help! Help!” Samuel listened but didn’t hear anything again. Then he heard a muffled (闷声的) voice, “Papa?”

Samuel began to dig ________. At last, he could see his ________. “Come on out, son!” he said with ________.

“No,” Armand said. “Let the other kids ________ first because I know you’ll get me.”

All 14 children were alive. Samuel took his son in his arms and Armand said, “I told the other kids not to ________ because you told me that you’d ________ be there for me.”

1.

A．eye

B．ear

C．nose

D．mouth

2.

A．weak

B．rich

C．common

D．powerful

3.

A．led

B．devoted

C．referred

D．happened

4.

A．car

B．information

C．coat

D．trouble

5.

A．bar

B．home

C．market

D．schoolyard

6.

A．tears

B．smile

C．coffee

D．hands

7.

A．crying

B．promising

C．talking

D．drinking

8.

A．seen

B．used

C．wanted

D．responded

9.

A．at

B．on

C．after

D．down

10.

A．better

B．bigger

C．worse

D．more

11.

A．speaking

B．running

C．working

D．writing

12.

A．stopped

B．taught

C．sang

D．continued

13.

A．so

B．and

C．but

D．though

14.

A．dug

B．took

C．heard

D．robbed

15.

A．sadly

B．freely

C．happily

D．crazily

16.

A．son

B．mother

C．father

D．friend

17.

A．belief

B．relief

C．anger

D．excitement

18.

A．put out

B．get out

C．take out

D．pick out

19.

A．pay

B．waste

C．worry

D．glare

20.

A．always

B．never

C．seldom

D．sometimes

7 . We are warned by our teachers not to waste time because time _______ will never return. I think it quite _______. What does time look _______? Nobody knows, and we can’t see it or touch it and no _______ of money can buy it. Time is abstract, so we have to _______ about it.

Time passes very quickly. Some students say they don’t have _______ time to review their lessons. It is _______ they don’t know how to make use of their time. They waste it in going to theatres or playing, and _______ other useless things. Why do we study every day? Why do we work? Why do most people _______ take buses instead of walking? The answer is very ________. We wish to save time because time is ________.

Today we are living in the 21^st century. We ________ time as life. When a person dies, his life ends. Since life is short, we must ________ our time and energy to our study so that we ________ be able to work and live well in the future. Laziness is the ________ of time, for it not only bring us ________, but also does other ________ to us. If it is necessary for us to do our work today, ________ we do it today and not ________ it until tomorrow. Remember that time is much more ________.

1.

A．lost

B．passed

C．missed

D．used

2.

A．important

B．true

C．interesting

D．usual

3.

A．for

B．like

C．after

D．over

4.

A．amount

B．quality

C．quantity

D．price

5.

A．think

B．imagine

C．examine

D．check

6.

A．spare

B．free

C．enough

D．much

7.

A．that

B．why

C．because

D．certain

8.

A．doing

B．making

C．taking

D．getting

9.

A．needn’t

B．have to

C．had better

D．would rather

10.

A．easy

B．simple

C．stupid

D．interesting

11.

A．worthless

B．priceless

C．ready

D．little

12.

A．look upon

B．agree

C．think

D．believe

13.

A．spend

B．give

C．set

D．devote

14.

A．must

B．should

C．may

D．would

15.

A．helper

B．thief

C．friend

D．teacher

16.

A．wealth

B．health

C．failure

D．illness

17.

A．danger

B．harm

C．trouble

D．difficulty

18.

A．help

B．make

C．have

D．let

19.

A．keep

B．remain

C．manage

D．leave

20.

A．valuable

B．expensive

C．worth

D．rich

8 .
People from Great Britain brought the English language to North America in the 16th and 17th centuries. And in the ________ 300 years, there were ________ many changes in ________ places that now people can ________ tell an English person ________ an American in the way he or she talks.
Many old words ________ in England but were kept in America. For example, 300 years ago people in Great Britain got their water from something they called either a
“faucet”, a “spigot”, or a “tap”. All these words are ________ heard in different parts of America, but only “tap” is still common in ________. Americans often made up new words or changed old   ________. “Corn” is one kind of plant in America and ________ in England.
Also, over the last three centuries the English language ________ thousands of new words for things that weren’t known ________. And often, American and English people used two ________ names for them. A tin can (洋铁罐头) is called “tin” for short in England, but a “can” in America. The word “radio” is ________ all over the world, including America. But many English people call it a “wireless”. And almost anything having something to do ________ cars, railroads, etc. ________ different names in British and American English．
But now American and British English may be growing closer together. One ________ is the large amount (数量) of American speech that British people hear daily in movies, on television, or ________ travelers. ________ this, Americans seem to be influencing (影响) the British more and more. So some day, English may even be ________ on both sides of the Atlantic (大西洋).1.

A．following

B．recent

C．oldest

D．last

2.

A．such

B．too

C．so

D．great

3.

A．either

B．both

C．neither

D．two

4.

A．hardly

B．difficulty

C．clearly

D．easily

5.

A．with

B．from

C．to

D．and

6.

A．disappeared

B．were disappeared

C．spoke

D．were spoken

7.

A．not

B．hardly

C．yet

D．still

8.

A．America

B．the two countries

C．England

D．British

9.

A．word

B．forms

C．ones

D．ways

10.

A．another

B．also planted

C．a plant

D．a kind of food

11.

A．added

B．has added

C．discovered

D．has discovered

12.

A．anywhere

B．in some countries

C．before

D．for centuries

13.

A．new

B．short

C．different

D．surprising

14.

A．produced

B．made

C．developed

D．used

15.

A．to

B．away

C．with

D．from

16.

A．has

B．have

C．has given

D．was given

17.

A．thing

B．cause

C．reason

D．expression

18.

A．from

B．through

C．on

D．by

19.

A．For

B．Because

C．Besides

D．Because of

20.

A．different

B．more different

C．the same

D．more useful