1 . Twenty years ago, Eric Moussambani became a global star. He swam a 100-metre freestyle in the Sydney Olympic pool so _______ that it appeared he might drown.

Eric was the first swimmer from Equatorial Guinea to _______ in the Sydney Olympics, because of a programme designed to encourage sport _______ in poor regions. In the 100 meters, three swimmers from the programme competed with each other. The two other competitors were disqualified for false starts, leaving Eric to swim _______. He started well but in the second lap, his freestyle became a crawl. The 17,000 crowd in the Aquatic Centre _______ him home in 1’52”. On that day, Dutch swimmer Pieter set a world record of 47.84 seconds. Yet ‘Eric the Eel’ became the _______of the world.

Eric learned swimming from a fisherman. When he heard the country was _______ swimmers for the Olympics, he went along. There wasn’t even a _______. Eric can only train himself in an irregular-shaped hotel pool for one hour every day.

When Eric first saw the Olympic pool, he thought it was so _______that he could never finish one lap. “During my training in Sydney, I took the ________ to watch how other swimmers moved their feet.” He said. He also lacked ________until his first race. A coach from South Africa saw him wearing Bermuda shorts and gave him a swimming costume and goggles. And that swim ________ Eric’s life.

It made him a symbol for swimming in Equatorial Guinea, where there are now two ________ Olympic- size pools. Being a national swimming coach, Eric tells the young swimmers the ________ he took from his lonely swim in Sydney. “When you have goals, you have to ________ to achieve them.”

1.

A．quickly

B．slowly

C．smoothly

D．ridiculously

2.

A．work

B．volunteer

C．compete

D．strengthen

3.

A．development

B．principle

C．limit

D．wisdom

4.

A．secretly

B．silently

C．backward

D．alone

5.

A．cheered

B．pushed

C．called

D．pointed

6.

A．award

B．trouble

C．focus

D．support

7.

A．responding to

B．standing by

C．training up

D．looking for

8.

A．coach

B．pool

C．fan

D．athlete

9.

A．modern

B．clean

C．big

D．deep

10.

A．camera

B．grasses

C．opportunity

D．lesson

11.

A．experience

B．money

C．guidance

D．equipment

12.

A．transformed

B．ruined

C．threatened

D．rescued

13.

A．economic

B．standard

C．decorated

D．creative

14.

A．honor

B．treatment

C．goal

D．lesson

15.

A．beg

B．persevere

C．educate

D．negotiate

2 . My simple life consisted of books, a cat, and a glass of drink every evening. Occasional dinners with friends kept me from being a total shut-in. But a sense of unease settled over me. My mother used to say, “You don’t regret what you did but what you didn’t do. “Honoring her philosophy, I wouldn’t let fear win.

I couldn’t remember the last time I had done something just for myself. I needed to set personal boundaries. So I grabbed my laptop and began researching tours. A couple of clicks and glasses of drink later, I booked a tour. In a few months, I would fly to Greece all by myself.

The night before my big adventure, “what-ifs” crowded into my brain. All my friends and family were impressed with my bravery. Off I went excitedly with my suitcase. We flew across the Atlantic on a huge plane packed with vacationing families and senior citizens. After a long, sleepless flight, I stepped off the plane into the airport. Foreign languages filled my ears, but that couldn’t diminish my initial feeling. I was as excited as I set out. My Greek adventure began.

I spotted a driver holding a sign with my name on it. I pinched (捏) myself to make sure I wasn’t dreaming. I was now one of those women seen in airport posters; an international world traveler.

Traveling alone empowered me to become a brave new woman—one who walked through fear to find a greater sense of self. I learned to focus on making time a priority. Now I confidently say “no” to an event or a project I don’t want to handle, I no longer make excuses or feel guilty.

1. What caused the author to travel to Greece?

A．The suggestion from friends.	B．The motivation from her books.
C．The encouragement from her friends.	D．The need to do something for herself.

2. What does the underlined word “diminish” in paragraph 3 mean?

A．Decrease.

B．Cause.

C．Inspire.

D．Ignore.

3. Why did the author pinch herself?

A．To remind herself that she was reading a poster.	B．To catch the attention of the waiting driver.
C．To make sure she was traveling abroad.	D．To ensure she was in good state of health.

4. What does the author learn after the trip?

A．Tending to be focused.	B．Starting to treasure time.
C．Thinking of others before herself.	D．Handling a project more efficiently.

3 . That was how the adventures began. It was the sort of house that you never seem to come to the end of, and it was full of unexpected places. The first few doors they tried led only into spare bedrooms, as everyone had expected that they would; but soon they came to a very long room full of pictures; and after that was a room all hung with green, with a harp in one corner; and then a kind of little upstairs hall and a door that led out on to a balcony. And shortly after that they looked into a room that was quite empty except for one big wardrobe, the sort that has a looking-glass in the door.

“Nothing there!” Everybody rushed out but Lucy stayed because she thought it would be worthwhile trying the door of the wardrobe, even though she felt almost sure that it would be locked. To her surprise, it opened quite easily, and two mothballs dropped out.

Why didn’t Lucy go out of the room?

A．She wanted to explore the wardrobe.

B．She found her favourite fur coats.

C．She was attracted by mothballs.

D．She liked the smell of the room.

4 . Then he found a digital mapping program. He spent years searching for his hometown in the program’s satellite pictures. In 2011, he came across something familiar. He studied it and realized he was looking at a town’s central business district from a bird’s-eye view. He thought, “On the right-hand side you should see the three-platform train station” — and there it was. “And on the left-hand side you should see a big fountain” — and there it was. Everything just started to match.

How did Brierley find his hometown?

A．By analyzing old pictures.

B．By travelling all around India.

C．By studying digital maps.

D．By spreading his story via his book.

5 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。

Have you ever had to overcome an extreme challenge in your life?

My teenage years had been insane. From schoolwork to athletics, I had always been running around. Everything was so difficult.

Throughout my hectic teenage years I have been faced with many extreme challenges that have required extreme focus and hard work to overcome. If it hadn't been for hard work, none of these challenges that I faced would have been conquered.

Two years ago, when I was a freshman in high school, I dealt with an extremely significant injury. This took place in my tennis tournament in January. In the climax of my match, I jolted my back to the left and soon after felt a sharp, painful shock run through my spine. I knew at that difficult moment I seriously injured my back. I was rushed off the court and my parents made an appointment with an orthopedist (矫形外科医生) for the next morning.

I walked into the office extremely nervous and suffering from excruciating pain. My tennis season for school started in three months and I absolutely needed to build up the strength.

After about twenty minutes of waiting in the office, which felt like an eternity，the doctor walked in to examine my X­rays. With a sorrowful face, the doctor looked into mine and my mother's eyes and said," There is a 50/50 chance that Lucas will be able to participate in this years tennis season. Lucas broke his L5 vertebrae in his lower back." My heart dropped and I felt a sadness come over me. The doctor said that I would be sitting out of physical activity for two and a half to three months.

Those three months were the longest three months of my life. I was so eager to get back to practices for the season. Every day, I would think about how it was going to be when I was fully healthy. I asked myself," Am I going to be out of shape? Should I even play this year? I probably won't have a successful season."

From that dreadful day on, I decided that I was going to put in the work to be back in top form and have a successful season.

Paragraph 1：

After I got the" all clear" from my orthopedist I was going to get to work.

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Paragraph 2：

My hard work proved to be very effective.

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6 . 语法填空

Speak Life With Words of Love

I have been blessed with many good people around. One of them is my husband, Joshua. A few years ago, I     1     (force) to quit my teaching job because of poor health.    2    (stay) at home, I felt down and useless. Joshua felt my     3     (confident) faded little by little. One summer afternoon, he went home carrying a small-sized school white board,     4     (sweet) said to me, “You can do it again. You are     5     good teacher. Remember your mission(使命). Make a comeback, and you will be     6     (good) than ever before.” As I listened to his encouraging words, my tears were rolling down. He knew teaching to me was not just a job; it was meaningful to me because it’s a mission. The mission is to help my students learn more, think more and become more. Thanks     7     his speaking life with words of love over me, I felt     8     (inspire). I didn’t let him down. Few     9    (month) after that, I went back to teach again.

Please speak with words of love to people whom you love,     10     to yourself, too. Let words of love spread around.

7 . 课文语法填空

Christopher Reeve    1     (star) in four Superman films from 1978 to 1987.He spent his spare time     2     (visit) sick children in hospitals and doing many other good things, and soon gained a big reputation.     3    ，while he was riding a horse.he fell off the horse and broke his neck.Due to the support of his wife, family and     4    ( friend )，he found the will to live again.In order to recover    5    （quick ) he engaged in a range of exercises designed    6    （rebuild ) muscle.Shortly after, he managed to return     7     his film career.    8    （he）positive attitude inspired many people    9     were stuck in illness.He will     10    (remember) as a superhero forever.

8 . I love football. I started playing football when I was nine years old. It helped make me who I am today. And even though I did not reach the National Football League, I sometimes think I got more from pursuing (追求) that dream. My romance with football started when my dad dragged me, kicking and screaming, to make me join a league. I had no desire to be there. I was naturally weak and the smallest kid by far. Fear turned to awe (敬畏) when I met my coach, Jim Graham, a huge guy. And he is really strict and old-school.

Coach Graham used to train me hard. I remember one practice in particular. “You’re doing it all wrong, Pausch. Go back! Do it again!” I tried to do what he wanted. It wasn’t enough. “You owe me. Pausch! You’re doing push-ups after practice.”

When I was finally dismissed, one of the assistant coaches came up to me. “Coach Graham trained you pretty hard, didn’t he?” he said.

“Yeah.”

“That’s a good thing,” the assistant told me. “When you’re doing the bad and nobody says anything to you anymore, that means they’ve given up on you.”

That conversation has influenced me in my whole life. When you see yourself doing something badly and nobody’s willing to tell you anymore, that’s a bad place to be. You may not want to hear it, but your critics (批评者) are often the ones telling you they still love you and care about you, and want to make you better.

There’s a lot of talk these days about giving children self-esteem (自尊). It’s not something you can give; it’s something they have to build. Coach Graham knew there was really only one way to teach kids how to develop it: You give them something they can’t do, and they work hard until they find they can do it, and you just keep repeating the process

When Coach Graham first got hold of me, I was that weak kid with no skills and no physical strength. But he made me realize that if I work hard enough, there will be things I can do tomorrow and that I can’t do today. I really felt grateful to Coach Graham for what he had done to me, though it surely didn’t feel good at that time to do so many push-ups after practice.

1. Which words can best describe Coach graham?

A．Strict and mean.	B．Big and proud
C．Strict and wise.	D．Careful and strong.

2. The author believes that those who criticize you actually _______.

A．make fun of you	B．encourage you to do better
C．think ill of you	D．give up on you

3. The author was grateful to Graham because the coach _______.

A．made him a member of NFL

B．made him do lots of push-ups

C．taught him the importance of playing football

D．taught him the value of hard work

4. What lesson can we learn from this passage?

A．Behind bad luck comes good luck.

B．Never offer to teach fish to swim.

C．No pains, no gains.

D．Where there is a will, there is a way.

9 . 阅读下列短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

On the first day of my senior high, I     1    (wake) up early and got to my new school, eager to get to know it. How excited I was     2     (explore) it! During my first class, Mr. Meng, our English teacher asked us to introduce     3    (we) one by one, and he went first, but I was     4    nervous to pay attention, wondering how I could make a good first     5    (impress). I was organizing my words when my turn came.     6     (hear) my self-introduction, everyone in my class started laughing, so I looked at them in panic.     7    , my teacher said, "Nice to know we share the same name." Although I got     8    (embarrass), his words made me a lot more relaxed.

Then, Mr. Meng explained that in senior high school life, we might sometimes be put under pressure by     9    (challenge) like that and it all depended on     10    we do. Finally, he told us to keep calm and be prepared so as to make good use of the time at senior high.

10 . 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。

After a long day, Zhang Tian finally got back to his small room,     1     (feel) tired. Coming to Guizhou to teach had been quite     2     experience for him. Zhang Tian     3     (graduate) from university and got a teacher's certificate last year. He     4     (inspire) by the idea of living     5     (depend) away from home. Zhang Tian travelled to the village     6    an eager heart. There was a playground     7     got dusty on     8     (wind) days. The thought of leaving once flashed     9     his mind, but he quickly gave up on the idea. The villagers treated him     10     one of them.