1 . Beginning to learn gymnastics even before she could barely walk, Svetlana had always dreamed to enter the Olympics scene some day.
However, her____ended in the car on the winding road when a lorry appeared out of nowhere. The last thing she____was a blinding flash of light. In hospital, when told she would never ____again, she couldn’ t believe it. Three months later, she was ____out of hospital on a wheelchair. Then a friend came to her house to visit her with an old child’ s storybook. A bookmark in it made her____to page 117. The name of the____was‘The Day Clara Walked’ . She was determined to return to stage whatever it might cost.
____, after a year’ s hard exercise, Svetlana recovered and was able to display her gymnastics. While she was sitting on the green bench ____the Athens Stadium, memories____: first, the pain and the tears, the book under her pillow, the words of relatives full of advice and comfort, and the pity in those eyes that had once held____for her talent. Then followed the trips to the gym where everyone looked on____, their disbelief transforming slowly to wonder,____ she could balance the hoop（健身圈）as well as her teammates. She registered for 2004 Olympic Games, and finally she received____from the Olympic Committee.
Her____was interrupted by the attendant who said,“It’ s time” , two words that she had been____to hear for so long. Smoothing her dress, she walked into the stadium, each ____firm and steady. Everything was____, and the applause rang loud in her ears, her heart____violently against her chest.
Later that night, Svetlana pulled the gold medal out of her pocket and placed it on the old ____on the shelf, which opened to page 117, to the chapter‘The Day Clara Walked’ , tears____her vision.1.

A．dream

B．intension

C．life

D．career

2.

A．forgot

B．remembered

C．experienced

D．suffered

3.

A．see

B．dance

C．walk

D．sing

4.

A．rushed

B．rocked

C．thrown

D．wheeled

5.

A．open

B．relate

C．point

D．adapt

6.

A．bookmark

B．page

C．chapter

D．story

7.

A．Suddenly

B．Surprisingly

C．Fortunately

D．Certainly

8.

A．opposite

B．beneath

C．inside

D．outside

9.

A．flooded in

B．faded away

C．mixed up

D．squeezed out

10.

A．fright

B．regret

C．sympathy

D．admiration

11.

A．doubtfully

B．thankfully

C．nervously

D．cheerfully

12.

A．until

B．as

C．while

D．once

13.

A．access

B．praise

C．support

D．approval

14.

A．plan

B．attempt

C．thought

D．sight

15.

A．content

B．eager

C．upset

D．proud

16.

A．breath

B．wake

C．step

D．look

17.

A．unexpected

B．awful

C．perfect

D．finished

18.

A．fighting

B．striking

C．kicking

D．hammering

19.

A．hoop

B．book

C．letter

D．dress

20.

A．clouding

B．filling

C．rolling

D．Rushing

2 . 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Jack and his 11-year-old son, Tony, love basketball very much. On Tony’s birthday, Jack decided to drive him ____ Chicago, more than two hours’ distance, for the first game of the World Championships. They had no ____ but hoped to buy two from other people.
After arriving in Chicago, they _____ in the streets for two hours carrying a _____ which said, “We need two tickets”. ____ the cheapest ticket was $175 and they could not ____ it. They were about to leave when a man ____ them. He pulled out two tickets and ____ them to Jack. “How much do you want?” “____! No money is needed!” said the man.
When asked, the man ____, “I am working for Joe, who hasn’t ____ a World Championships for 16 years. But he is ill and can’t make it this time. So he told me to give the two tickets away. The only ____ he set is to give the tickets to people I think will be deserving. A lot of people looked as if they might just take the tickets and ____ them right away. Then I saw you. You seemed very _____ and you made me ____ my Dad and myself when I was a child. I ____ wanted to go to see a World Championships game with my father at that time. But I never got the ____…”
How important and ____ the game was to Jack and his son! Here is _____ Jack said, “It’s the most worth ____ thing that happened to us. My boy and I must have turned to each other 30 times during the game. I can’t forget that night.”1.

A．in

B．to

C．through

D．for

2.

A．tickets

B．cards

C．passes

D．money

3.

A．rode

B．ran

C．walked

D．cried

4.

A．book

B．photo

C．magazine

D．sign

5.

A．But

B．And

C．Or

D．So

6.

A．offer

B．afford

C．keep

D．hold

7.

A．invited

B．asked

C．stopped

D．beat

8.

A．handed

B．sent

C．left

D．threw

9.

A．Cheap

B．Expensive

C．Terrible

D．Free

10.

A．agreed

B．explained

C．examined

D．appeared

11.

A．delayed

B．won

C．lost

D．missed

12.

A．record

B．time

C．rule

D．point

13.

A．lend

B．sell

C．tear

D．make

14.

A．boring

B．interesting

C．smart

D．anxious

15.

A．think of

B．care for

C．give up

D．belong to

16.

A．really

B．very

C．well

D．nearly

17.

A．ability

B．right

C．chance

D．dream

18.

A．unpleasant

B．funny

C．disappointing

D．unforgettable

19.

A．which

B．what

C．that

D．how

20.

A．hating

B．discussing

C．remembering

D．playing

3 . IF and WHEN often had lunch together. Their conversation always____ on the things they hoped to achieve and they loved to talk about them.
This particular Saturday when they met for lunch, WHEN ____ IF wasn’t in a great mood（心情）. After they sat at the usual table____ for them, WHEN asked IF, “You don’t seem your usual ____self?” IF replied,“Yesterday I saw a course I wanted to take, If only I ____ the time.”
WHEN knew exactly how IF felt and said, “I too saw a ____ and I’ m going to register (登记) when I get ____money.” WHEN then questioned IF, “what about the new job you were going to apply for?” IF answered, “I would have applied, but my ____ broke down. I couldn’t type my resume(简历).”
“Don’t worry. I’ve been thinking about looking for another job also, ____I’ll wait and when the weather gets ____ I will do it then. I hate this awful weather.”
The man sitting nearby heard them talking about when this and if that. When he couldn’t ____ it anymore, he went to them and said, “I think I know ____ you could solve your problems.”
IF smiled and thought that even if he knew the ____ they faced, there was no way he could help! ____, IF asked the man for advice. The man said, “Your conversation reminds me of an old ____: IF and WHEN were planted, and nothing ____”
IF and WHEN both looked surprised and began to feel ____ of living their life for the “ifs” and “whens”. Finally they came to a(n) ____: next time they met, there would be no “ifs” or “whens”; they would ____ talk about what they had ____!1.

A．agreed

B．centered

C．relied

D．took

2.

A．sensed

B．insisted

C．declared

D．guessed

3.

A．cleaned

B．made

C．ordered

D．reserved

4.

A．sensitive

B．honest

C．cheerful

D．stupid

5.

A．had

B．spent

C．seized

D．valued

6.

A．notice

B．job

C．course

D．chance

7.

A．lucky

B．pocket

C．enough

D．paper

8.

A．computer

B．fridge

C．camera

D．recorder

9.

A．or

B．but

C．for

D．so

10.

A．drier

B．colder

C．wilder

D．nicer

11.

A．take

B．decline

C．support

D．watch

12.

A．what

B．where

C．why

D．how

13.

A．changes

B．expenses

C．challenges

D．possibilities

14.

A．Anxiously

B．Curiously

C．Surprisingly

D．Sadly

15.

A．saying

B．story

C．habit

D．fiction

16.

A．rose

B．grew

C．removed

D．remained

17.

A．tired

B．proud

C．ashamed

D．aware

18.

A．ambition

B．conclusion

C．description

D．agreement

19.

A．even

B．only

C．still

D．thus

20.

A．discussed

B．promised

C．arranged

D．accomplished

4 . One morning, Ann found a lost dog wandering around the local elementary school. Ann took photos of the dog and ____ 400 FOUND fliers（传单）everywhere____, her husband went to a store and bought some pet ____, warning their two sons not to fall in love with the dog. At the time, Ann’s son Thomas was 10 years old, and Jack, who was ____ from a heart operation, was 21 years old.
Four days later Ann was still looking after the dog, ____ they had started to call Riley. When she arrived home from work, the dog threw itself ____ the screen door and barked ____ at her. She was puzzled. ____ she opened the door, Riley rushed into the boys’ room where Ann found Jack suffering from a heart ____ Riley ran over to Jack, but the moment Ann bent ____ to help him the dog went ____
“If it hadn’t come to get me, the doctor said Jack ____ have died,” Ann reported to a local newspaper. At this point,____ had called to claim the dog, so Ann ____ to keep it.
The next morning Ann got a call. A man named Peter ____ his lost dog and called the number on the ____
Peter drove to Ann’s house to ____ his dog, and saw Thomas and Jack crying in the window. After ____ the dog saved Jack, Peter ____, “Maybe Odie was ____ to find you. Maybe you should keep it.”1.

A．put off

B．set out

C．gave out

D．gave off

2.

A．Meanwhile

B．Therefore

C．However

D．Otherwise

3.

A．supplies

B．clothes

C．chains

D．houses

4.

A．discouraging

B．recovering

C．treating

D．dying

5.

A．what

B．that

C．whom

D．as

6.

A．in

B．over

C．against

D．up

7.

A．quickly

B．weakly

C．hardly

D．madly

8.

A．As long as

B．Once

C．If

D．As soon as

9.

A．operation

B．injury

C．attack

D．hurt

10.

A．on

B．in

C．back

D．over

11.

A．silent

B．crazy

C．wild

D．hungry

12.

A．must

B．may

C．would

D．should

13.

A．somebody

B．anybody

C．everybody

D．nobody

14.

A．afforded

B．decided

C．refused

D．managed

15.

A．recognized

B．remembered

C．abandoned

D．accepted

16.

A．advertisement

B．flier

C．poster

D．newspaper

17.

A．put up

B．give up

C．pick up

D．make up

18.

A．learning

B．suggesting

C．reminding

D．seeing

19.

A．cried

B．sighed

C．answered

D．laughed

20.

A．supposed

B．ready

C．willing

D．ought