1 . Another person's enthusiasm was what set me moving toward the success I have achieved. That person was my stepmother.

I was nine years old when she entered our home in rural Virginia. My father_________me to her with these words: “I would like you to meet the fellow who is_________for being the worst boy in this county and will probably start throwing rocks at you no_________ than tomorrow morning.”

My stepmother walked over to me, _________my head slightly upward, and looked me right in the eye. Then she looked at my father and replied, “You are_________This is not the worst boy at all, _________the smartest one who hasn't yet found an outlet(释放的途径) for his enthusiasm.”

That statement began a(n)_________between us. No one had ever called me smart. My family and neighbors had built me up in my_________as a bad boy. My stepmother changed all that.

She changed many things. She_________my father to go to a dental school, from which he graduated with honors. She moved our family into the county seat, where my father's career could be more__________and my brother and I could be better__________.

When I turned fourteen, she bought me a secondhand__________and told me that she believed that I could become a writer. I knew her enthusiasm, I__________ it, and I saw how it had already improved our lives. I accepted her__________ and began to write for local newspapers. I was doing the same kind of__________that great day I went to interview Andrew Camegie and received the task which became my life's work later. I wasn't the__________beneficiary(受益者). My father became the__________ man in town. My brother and stepbrothers became a physician, a dentist, a lawyer, and a college president.

What power__________has! When that power is released to support the certainty of one's purpose and is__________ strengthened by faith, it becomes an irresistible(不可抗拒的) force which poverty and temporary defeat can never________.

You can communicate that power to anyone who needs it. This is probably the greatest work you can do with your enthusiasm.

1.

A．rushed

B．sent

C．carried

D．introduced

2.

A．distinguished

B．favored

C．mistaken

D．rewarded

3.

A．sooner

B．later

C．longer

D．earlier

4.

A．dragged

B．shook

C．raised

D．bent

5.

A．perfect

B．right

C．wrong

D．impolite

6.

A．but

B．so

C．and

D．or

7.

A．agreement

B．friendship

C．gap

D．relationship

8.

A．opinion

B．image

C．expectation

D．mind

9.

A．begged

B．persuaded

C．ordered

D．invited

10.

A．successful

B．meaningful

C．helpful

D．useful

11.

A．treated

B．entertained

C．educated

D．respected

12.

A．camera

B．radio

C．bicycle

D．typewriter

13.

A．considered

B．suspected

C．ignored

D．appreciated

14.

A．belief

B．request

C．criticism

D．description

15.

A．teaching

B．writing

C．studying

D．reading

16.

A．next

B．same

C．only

D．real

17.

A．cleverest

B．wealthiest

C．strongest

D．healthiest

18.

A．enthusiasm

B．sympathy

C．fortune

D．confidence

19.

A．deliberately

B．happily

C．traditionally

D．constantly

20.

A．win

B．match

C．reach

D．doubt

2 . Raynor Winn and her husband Moth became homeless due to their wrong investment. Their savings had been________ to pay lawyers’ fees. To make matters worse, Moth was diagnosed（诊断）with a __________ disease. There was no __________, only pain relief.

Failing to find any other way out, they decided to make a __________ journey, as they caught sight of an old hikers’(徒步旅行者）guide.

This was a long journey of unaccustomed hardship and __________ recovery. When leaving home, Raynor and Moth had just ￡320 in the bank. They planned to keep the __________ low by living on boiled noodles, with the __________ hamburger shop treat.

Wild camping is __________ in England. To avoid being caught, the Winns had to get their tent up __________and packed it away early in the morning. The Winns soon discovered that daily hiking in their 50s is a lot ____________ than they remember it was in their 20s. Raynor ____________ all over and desired a bath. Moth, meanwhile, after an initial ____________, found his symptoms were strangely ____________ by their daily tiring journey.

__________, the couple found that their bodies turned for the better, with re-found strong muscles that they thought had ____________ forever. "Our hair was fried and falling out, nails broken, clothes ____________ to a thread, but we were alive."

During the journey, Raynor began a career as a nature writer. She writes, "____________ had taken every material thing from me and left me torn bare, an empty page at the end of a(n) ____________ written book. It had also given me a ____________, either to leave that page ____________ or to keep writing the story with hope. I chose hope.”

1.

A．drawn up

B．used up

C．backed up

D．kept up

2.

A．mild

B．common

C．preventable

D．serious

3.

A．cure

B．luck

C．care

D．promise

4.

A．business

B．walking

C．bus

D．rail

5.

A．expected

B．frightening

C．disappointing

D．surprising

6.

A．budget

B．revenue

C．compensation

D．allowance

7.

A．frequent

B．occasional

C．abundant

D．constant

8.

A．unpopular

B．lawful

C．attractive

D．illegal

9.

A．soon

B．early

C．late

D．slowly

10.

A．harder

B．easier

C．cheaper

D．funnier

11.

A．rolled

B．bled

C．ached

D．trembled

12.

A．struggle

B．progress

C．excitement

D．research

13.

A．developed

B．controlled

C．reduced

D．increased

14.

A．Initially

B．Eventually

C．Temporarily

D．Consequently

15.

A．gained

B．kept

C．wounded

D．lost

16.

A．sewn

B．washed

C．worn

D．ironed

17.

A．Doctors

B．Hiking

C．Lawyers

D．Homelessness

18.

A．well

B．partly

C．neatly

D．originally

19.

A．choice

B．reward

C．promise

D．break

20.

A．loose

B．full

C．blank

D．missing

3 . 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

In the recent interview, Evelyn Glennie who was the first lady of solo percussion in Scotland, recalled how she became a percussion soloist (打击乐器独奏演员) in spite of her disability.

“Early on I decided not to allow the _________ of others to stop me from becoming a musician. I grew up on a farm in northeast Scotland and began _________ piano lessons when I was eight. The older I got, the more my passion (酷爱) for music grew. But I also began to gradually lose my _________. Doctors concluded that the nerve damage was the _________ and by age twelve, I was completely deaf. But my love for music never _________ me.”

“My _________ was to become a percussion soloist, even though there were none at that time. To perform, I _________ to hear music differently from others. I play in my stocking feet and can _________ the pitch of a note (音调高低) by the vibrations (振动). I feel through my body and through my _________. My entire sound world exists by making use of almost every __________ that I have.”

“I was __________ to be assessed as a musician, not as a deaf musician, and I applied to the famous Royal Academy of Music in London. No other deaf student had __________ this before and some teachers __________ my admission. Based on my performance, I was __________ admitted and went on to __________ with the academy’s highest honours.”

“After that, I established myself as the first full-time solo percussionist. I __________ and arranged a lot of musical compositions since __________ had been written specially for solo percussionists.

“I have been a soloist for over ten years. __________ the doctor thought I was totally deaf, it didn’t __________ that my passion couldn’t be realized. I would encourage people not to allow themselves to be __________ by others. Follow your passion; follow your heart, they will lead you to the place you want to go.”

1.

A．opinions

B．actions

C．recommendations

D．conditions

2.

A．choosing

B．taking

C．giving

D．enjoying

3.

A．hearing

B．touch

C．taste

D．sight

4.

A．result

B．excuse

C．cause

D．evidence

5.

A．excited

B．accompanied

C．disappointed

D．left

6.

A．decision

B．promise

C．goal

D．purpose

7.

A．learned

B．used

C．ought

D．turned

8.

A．see

B．hear

C．smell

D．tell

9.

A．movement

B．imagination

C．experience

D．carefulness

10.

A．effort

B．feeling

C．idea

D．sense

11.

A．astonished

B．determined

C．discouraged

D．dissatisfied

12.

A．accepted

B．advised

C．admitted

D．done

13.

A．followed

B．required

C．opposed

D．supported

14.

A．finally

B．possibly

C．hopefully

D．usually

15.

A．research

B．graduate

C．progress

D．study

16.

A．translated

B．copied

C．read

D．wrote

17.

A．some

B．many

C．few

D．enough

18.

A．Although

B．When

C．Since

D．However

19.

A．seem

B．conclude

C．say

D．mean

20.

A．guided

B．taught

C．limited

D．directed

4 . I used to believe in the American Dream, which meant a job, a mortgage (按揭), credit cards, success. I wanted it and worked toward it like everyone else, all of us_______chasing the same thing.

One year, through a series of unhappy events, it all fell_______I found myself homeless and alone. I had my truck and $ 56. I_______the countryside for some place I could rent for the_______possible amount. I came upon a shabby house four miles up a winding mountain road_______the Potomac River in West Virginia. It was_______, full of broken glass and rubbish. I found the owner, rented it, and_____________.

The locals knew nothing about me,_______slowly, they started teaching me the_______of being a neighbor. They dropped off blankets, candles, and tools, and began__________around to chat. They started to teach me a belief in a__________American Dream—not the one of individual achievement but of__________

What I had believed in, all those things I thought were__________for a civilized life, were nonexistent in this place. __________on the mountain, my most valuable possessions were my__________with my neighbors.

Four years later, I moved back into__________I saw many people were having a really hard time,__________their jobs and homes. I managed to rent a big enough house to________a handful of people. We’d all be in ___________if we hadn’t banded together.

The American Dream I believe in now is a shared one. It’s not so much about what I can get for myself; it’s about__________we can all get by together.

1.

A．separately

B．equally

C．violently

D．naturally

2.

A．off

B．apart

C．over

D．out

3.

A．crossed

B．left

C．toured

D．searched

4.

A．fullest

B．largest

C．fairest

D．cheapest

5.

A．at

B．through

C．over

D．round

6.

A．occupied

B．abandoned

C．emptied

D．robbed

7.

A．turned

B．approached

C．cleared

D．cut

8.

A．but

B．although

C．otherwise

D．for

9.

A．benefit

B．lesson

C．nature

D．art

10.

A．sticking

B．looking

C．swinging

D．turning

11.

A．wild

B．real

C．different

D．remote

12.

A．neighborliness

B．happiness

C．friendliness

D．kindness

13.

A．unique

B．expensive

C．rare

D．necessary

14.

A．Up

B．Down

C．Deep

D．Along

15.

A．cooperation

B．relationships

C．satisfaction

D．appointments

16.

A．reality

B．society

C．town

D．life

17.

A．creating

B．losing

C．quitting

D．offering

18.

A．put in

B．turn in

C．take in

D．get in

19.

A．yards

B．shelters

C．camps

D．cottages

20.

A．when

B．what

C．whether

D．how

5 . Years ago, a critical event occurred in my life that would change it forever. I met Kurt Kampmeir of Success Motivation Incorporation for breakfast. While we were ____, Kurt asked me, “John, what is your ____for personal growth?”

Never at a loss for words, I tried to find things in my life that might ____for growth. I told him about the many activities in which I was ____. And I went into a ____about how hard I worked and the gains I was making. I must have talked for ten minutes. Kurt ____patiently, but then he ____smiled and said, “You don’t have a personal plan for growth, do you?”

“No,” I ____.

“You know,” Kurt said simply, “growth is not a(n) ____process.”

And that’s when it ____me. I wasn’t doing anything ____to make myself better. And at that moment, I made the ____: I will develop and follow a personal growth plan for my ____.

That night, I talked to my wife about my ____with Kurt and what I had learned. I ____her the workbook and tapes Kurt was selling. We ____that Kurt wasn’t just trying to make a sale. He was offering a ____for us to change our lives and achieve our dreams.

Several important things happened that day. First, we decided to ____the resources. But more importantly, we made a commitment to ____together as a couple. From that day on, we learned together, traveled together, and sacrificed together. It was a ____decision. While too many couples grow apart, we were growing together.

1.

A．working

B．preparing

C．thinking

D．eating

2.

A．suggestion

B．demand

C．plan

D．request

3.

A．appeal

B．look

C．call

D．qualify

4.

A．involved

B．trapped

C．lost

D．bathed

5.

A．lecture

B．speech

C．discussion

D．debate

6.

A．calculated

B．listened

C．drank

D．explained

7.

A．eagerly

B．gradually

C．gratefully

D．finally

8.

A．admitted

B．interrupted

C．apologized

D．complained

9.

A．automatic

B．slow

C．independent

D．changing

10.

A．confused

B．informed

C．pleased

D．hit

11.

A．on loan

B．on purpose

C．on sale

D．on balance

12.

A．comment

B．announcement

C．decision

D．arrangement

13.

A．life

B．progress

C．performance

D．investment

14.

A．contract

B．conversation

C．negotiation

D．argument

15.

A．lent

B．sold

C．showed

D．offered

16.

A．recalled

B．defined

C．recognized

D．declared

17.

A．tool

B．method

C．way

D．rule

18.

A．provide

B．buy

C．give

D．deliver

19.

A．grow

B．survive

C．move

D．gather

20.

A．difficult

B．random

C．firm

D．wise