1 . Is your life being restricted (限制) by limiting beliefs that you’re holding on to? Like many, you may find yourself stuck in an unhappy relationship and your life is unsatisfying.     1    

It’s probably not due to a lack of ability, physical or monetary reasons.     2     It’s those inner limiting beliefs that hold you back.

    3     Proven studies show that 80% of the time what holds you back most is your own belief system or, to be more exact, your limiting beliefs. If you allow these limiting beliefs to influence all future decisions, quite possibly they’ll ruin any chance of true success you’ll ever have!

    4     It’s important to clean out the old baggage (看法) from the past to make room for the new. First, identify behavior problems and limiting beliefs that keep re-occurring in your life. Take a few moments to think about beliefs you hold that might be holding you back, like “I’ll never meet the perfect woman because I’m ugly…” Second, choose a belief you would like to have instead-make the decision to let your limiting belief go and adopt new behaviours based upon new positive powerful beliefs.     5    

It is your choice that matters most. Let go of your limiting beliefs and begin moving forward.

A．I will overcome it.

B．So it is time to let go.

C．You need to look inside.

D．So you have to look forward.

E．Yet you seem unable to do anything about them.

F．Limiting beliefs is potentially destroying your future.

G．For example, you can replace “I am ugly” with “I can attract the right partner”.

2 . You might say I found marathoning, step by step. Or perhaps it found me. I was _____________ an athlete growing up. In fact, I have a hard time _____________ that term to myself even today.

It started when I joined a group of women in my neighborhood for a daily three-mile walk. At first it was _____________. But soon, my body adjusted and I wanted _____________. Before long, I was running 5 miles. Then I set a goal to run a half marathon. And I did complete the Covered Bridges Half Marathon. I thought, “Now what?” I started to _____________ a marathon.

It so happened that I _____________ a meeting one night and listened to the speaker and coach, Rick Muhr, and was so _____________ by his words. I told him that I had signed up for the Ocean State Marathon, just a week away, and that I really didn’t believe I could _____________. Rick locked eyes with me and said, “Trish, you’ve done enough training. You’ll finish!”

I never had someone _____________ me like that, let alone a real, live coach. He gave me the ________________ I needed. I set out to run my ________________ marathon and completed it in 4:25:00. Little did I know that this would be the beginning of nearly a decade of marathon and distance running.

Running a marathon isn’t for everybody. But it is for anybody, anybody who wants to ________________ the unreachable and to take that ________________ into the rest of their life. When you cross the finish line you may never have a ________________ picture of what you are made of and capable of accomplishing. Your ________________ of the world and, more importantly, of yourself will forever be changed!

1.

A．always

B．rarely

C．never

D．nearly

2.

A．pointing

B．applying

C．turning

D．spreading

3.

A．hard

B．relaxing

C．unfamiliar

D．exciting

4.

A．some

B．both

C．more

D．none

5.

A．report

B．record

C．recall

D．consider

6.

A．held

B．missed

C．attended

D．mentioned

7.

A．inspired

B．disturbed

C．embarrassed

D．amused

8.

A．participate

B．finish

C．win

D．run

9.

A．agree with

B．rely on

C．care for

D．believe in

10.

A．confidence

B．pleasure

C．satisfaction

D．motivation

11.

A．last

B．first

C．only

D．second

12.

A．test

B．identify

C．imagine

D．reach

13.

A．knowledge

B．request

C．principle

D．experience

14.

A．bigger

B．brighter

C．clearer

D．nicer

15.

A．view

B．love

C．description

D．memory

3 . 你校即将举办以“自律 (self-discipline)”为题的英语演讲活动。请结合自身经历写一篇演讲稿。
注意：
1.词数应为80左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答；
3.开头和结尾已给出，不计入词数。

Good morning, everyone! It is a pleasure to talk about a topic that has played a crucial role in my life: self-discipline.

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In conclusion, self-discipline is the key to success in both academics and life.

4 . Age is truly just a number if our hearts are young. Lee Minor, an 85-year-old retired psychologist, has________this by finishing his 600th marathon race with 32 members of his family by his side. “Runners don’t have a________line. We just keep going,” he toldGood Morning America. “I felt________running with my family.” Minor has been running three days a week since 1969, and his heart is filled with enthusiasm for running.

“I like to run in all kinds of________. It is so childish as the rain touches your face. And I love to come here after snow and you watch your________as you go along.” he concluded.

Minor’s enthusiasm for running is________. “It is my joy. And I want to live as long as I can. And I mean live, not________.” His words ring true for Ron Robert, a man diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease who decided to ________ a three-year bachelor of artsprogram at King’s University College in London, Ontario. “I was always taught early in life that the brain is like the most ________instrument we have in our body,” said Robert.

Last fall, Robert graduated from the university, despite the challenges of his illness. “When I went across the stage, and as I’m getting my________, the kids all stood up andyelled and clapped,” he________. “I had to hold back the tears. It was something else, just wonderful.” He hopes that his story will give hope to others facing________difficulties. “There will come a time when I won’t be able to, and I fully________that. Butin the meantime, I’m living a full life.”

The stories of Minor and Robert are reminders that age and illness need not________us. We can choose to pursue our________and live life to the fullest, no matter whatchallenges we may face.

1.

A．proven

B．approved

C．won

D．imagined

2.

A．starting

B．center

C．finishing

D．bottom

3.

A．depressed

B．thrilled

C．calm

D．uneasy

4.

A．weather

B．zones

C．illness

D．phases

5.

A．position

B．footprints

C．reflections

D．route

6.

A．infectious

B．temporary

C．blind

D．restricted

7.

A．wait

B．abandon

C．exist

D．run

8.

A．award

B．suspend

C．quit

D．pursue

9.

A．powerful

B．visible

C．boring

D．accurate

10.

A．uniform

B．application

C．certificate

D．license

11.

A．slid away

B．gave up

C．broke in

D．choked out

12.

A．emotional

B．identical

C．financial

D．abstract

13.

A．enjoy

B．reject

C．doubt

D．expect

14.

A．save

B．define

C．distinguish

D．witness

15.

A．scholarship

B．fitness

C．passion

D．career

6 . When I retired, my wife Peg said “Great! You’ll have time to clean the garage!” After 30 years’ ________ as director of a radio station, I would finally have more time for housework, but I worried I’d lose the sense of________ I had felt in my profession.

I pushed at the garage’s wooden doors, but they were as ________as I felt in this new stage of my life. I finally got the doors open and started to empty the shelves. Then my hand hit something ________. It was a common old metal can. I ________ the cover and found a ________ envelope with a postmark of May 13, 1940 inside. ________, I opened it and found some flower seeds in it, “ Eighty years old! I wonder if they’ll still grow. ”

I ________the seeds in a plastic pot. I checked it every day, but nothing happened. “I guess they’re just too ________to be any good, ” I told Peg in ________ . I picked up the pot to get rid of it, but something made me ________. I changed my mind and set it aside. Meanwhile, I was keeping ________, buying some books to improve my photography skills and teaching my granddaughters everything I knew about gardening and dogs.

Six weeks later, I was out in the yard when I ________ to notice the pot. A new bit of green-a leaf had ________. I proudly showed it off to my granddaughters. “Look, girls, even something this old can still ________ for its purpose and be pretty cool. Just like your grand- papa!”

1.

A．dream

B．belief

C．study

D．service

2.

A．freedom

B．purpose

C．trust

D．security

3.

A．worn

B．stuck

C．broken

D．lost

4.

A．delicate

B．special

C．hard

D．sharp

5.

A．removed

B．washed

C．cleaned

D．fastened

6.

A．labeled

B．selected

C．yellowed

D．ruined

7.

A．Curiously

B．Sincerely

C．Skillfully

D．Bravely

8.

A．collected

B．planted

C．abandoned

D．stored

9.

A．old

B．wet

C．weak

D．small

10.

A．anger

B．surprise

C．regret

D．relief

11.

A．delay

B．reflect

C．hesitate

D．disappoint

12.

A．upset

B．awake

C．social

D．busy

13.

A．expected

B．attempted

C．failed

D．happened

14.

A．showed up

B．fallen off

C．taken off

D．dried up

15.

A．compete

B．grow

C．survive

D．relax

7 . 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。

I yawned (打哈欠)as I got off the last step of the bus. I had woken early that morning, and had not been able to sleep on the long ride from Riverside High, thinking about that day’s race, the Eye Opener. I had never raced in a state-wide race before. Over thirty high school teams ran, along with quite a few colleges. The rest of my team and I unloaded the bus, and we relaxed and waited for our race patiently.

“Start warming up,” our coach told us, roughly forty-five minutes after we arrived. After finishing our stretches, we headed over to the starting line, eager for the race to begin.

The starter walked to the middle of the field. “There will be two commands,” his voice boomed, ‘‘Runners set, then the gun. If you hear another shot, return to the starting line to start again. ” My heart raced as I got my legs ready to race.

“Runners set!” the starter shouted Bam! The gun fired, and he rushed out of our way. Adrenaline (肾上腺素)rushed through my body as I raced through the mass of runners. As I rounded the first turn, my schoolmates greeted me with heartening shouts. Then, in what felt like only one minute, I arrived at the one mile mark.

“6’10”, a man declared as I ran by. I tried to ignore him, but my legs began to burn as I realized I had run a mile and still had two to go. I slowed down my pace, for I knew the second mile was the worst of all three. Minutes later, I felt horrible. My legs ached, feeling like lead blocks. My vision was clouded as sweat dropped down into my eyes, and my arms felt as if they would fall off if I swung them one more time. Just as I almost reached my limit, a boy passed me. He also seemed to have lost strength but soon he was a little ahead of me.

注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

I gathered up my strength to speed up but suddenly fell to the ground.

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In the last mile, seeing the athletes passing us one by one, I asked the boy to run without me.

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8 . When I moved from South Korea to Australia at the age of eight, I learned the worst part of crossing language lines was adjusting to live ________—to its rapid rhythms and many about-faces. Once spun out, the best I could do was wait for a topic change or long pause to ________ a foothold (立足点). Tripping over loose words and ________ sentences, I never got far.

This was a problem because there were many things I did not ________ about my new home—why strangers were called “mates”, why none of the food was spiced etc. Unable to ask questions, let alone to raise ________, I began to wear a ________ smile and to withdraw into the private corners of my mind. I struggled to ________, but the differences between my peers and me seemed to pose a distance too great to ________.

Things ________ for me when I joined my primary school debate team. I had been attracted to the activity by the promise of ________—a few minutes in which I could speak uninterrupted. But I also ________ a trove of wisdom (智慧宝库), including a new way of thinking about empathy.

I chased these ________ for 15 years, winning two world championships and ________ the Harvard and Australian national debate teams along the way. The ________ led me to become a newspaper reporter and now a law student. It left me convinced that ________ can help us improve our lives in these hard times.

1.

A．performance

B．conversation

C．interview

D．broadcast

2.

A．regain

B．lose

C．maintain

D．provide

3.

A．proper

B．long

C．complex

D．broken

4.

A．forget

B．promote

C．understand

D．expect

5.

A．objections

B．confidence

C．awareness

D．incomes

6.

A．broad

B．cheerful

C．distant

D．mysterious

7.

A．come down

B．break up

C．drop out

D．fit in

8.

A．judge

B．bridge

C．keep

D．calculate

9.

A．changed

B．ended

C．worsened

D．continued

10.

A．praise

B．instruction

C．comfort

D．attention

11.

A．accepted

B．discovered

C．proved

D．challenged

12.

A．fortunes

B．honours

C．insights

D．dreams

13.

A．coaching

B．introducing

C．cheating

D．amusing

14.

A．freedom

B．kindness

C．appearance

D．experience

15.

A．volunteering

B．planning

C．debate

D．reflection

9 . One of my clients (客户) recently revealed that his wife was of the opinion that he shouldn’t hire a coach to help him create a more _________ life; he should be able to do it by himself.

Has anyone ever said something _________ to you? Or perhaps you have said it to yourself? When I talk to people about making changes in their life, they would _________ say something like “but shouldn’t I do this _________ ?

However, the opposite is _________ . The most successful people get as much help as they need to _________ their goal. Take Ellen MacArthur for example, the fastest female and youngest sailor to race around the world solo, non-stop. While she _________ around the world by herself, she also had advisors, trainers, sponsors, and a support team to help her. She once said, “It’s always been about a _________ , so I have to thank my partners, friends, and supporters. _________ them, I would be nowhere.”

Many people __________ that “if you have help to achieve something then it __________that achievement”. It is a common __________, however, and one that I would __________you to stay away from. So next time you hear a phrase like “you should do it on your own”, either from someone else or in your head, __________ yourself immediately that it is not helpful and focus on __________ the help you need to get to where you want to go.

1.

A．convenient

B．normal

C．successful

D．balanced

2.

A．special

B．confusing

C．similar

D．boring

3.

A．seldom

B．always

C．even

D．never

4.

A．on my way

B．right away

C．on my own

D．as usual

5.

A．basic

B．true

C．strange

D．necessary

6.

A．support

B．consider

C．achieve

D．establish

7.

A．flew

B．sailed

C．swam

D．cycled

8.

A．dream

B．belief

C．team

D．community

9.

A．Without

B．Through

C．Beyond

D．Despite

10.

A．ignore

B．believe

C．forget

D．admit

11.

A．earns

B．celebrates

C．measures

D．reduces

12.

A．knowledge

B．practice

C．difference

D．misunderstanding

13.

A．allow

B．advise

C．help

D．force

14.

A．promise

B．satisfy

C．remind

D．prove

15.

A．returning

B．avoiding

C．offering

D．seeking