1 . Directions：Complete the following passage by using the words in the box.Each word can only be used once.Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. complicated     B.concern     C.disruptions     D. eventually     E.frequent     F.healing G.holding        H.reminder     I. representatively   J. vocalizing     K.zero

Secrets are bad for your health

I grew up in a Midwestern town where the popular wisdom was to only talk about what was pleasant and to keep secrets，if necessary，to make that happen.This meant staying silent when someone offended you，rarely     1     negative feelings and smiling a little more than is necessary. It also meant     2     room for airing any sort of dirty laundry，especially not the kinds of personal secrets that keep people up at night.

Many of us like to believe that sweeping unpleasant truths under the rug might make them     3     go away. Instead，keeping secrets--especially heavy ones--can spin an even more     4     web of isolation and deception. So why do we do it？

The truth can hurt. But in many situations，it s better to get it out and let the     5     start，rather than allowing it to become more dangerous.The burden of     6     in the truth doesn't just disappear. It hides itself in the back of your mind and can cause a number of     7       to your life and health.

"If the situations in your daily life are regular     8     of the secret，and you find it stressful to keep it，then yes，it can have emotional and physical consequences.” says Dr.Dean McKay. “Some people also find keeping secrets stressful out of a general     9     that they will 'slip’. This     10     and recurring thought of the secret can in itself be stressful.”

2 . There was once a boy who liked nothing more in the world than to win. He loved winning at whatever it might be: football, cards, video games….And because he couldn't stand losing, he had become an expert in all kinds of tricks. He could play tricks in every situation without being noticed, even in video games or playing alone. He could win without ever being caught.

He won so many times that everyone saw him as the champion. It meant that almost no one wanted to play with him. One person who did play with him was a poor boy. He was a bit younger. The champion really enjoyed himself by making the boy look foolish.

But the champion ended up getting bored. He needed something more, so he decided to apply for the national video games championship, where he would find some competitors worthy of himself. At the championship he was eager to show his skills, but when he tried using all those tricks he knew from a thousand different games, none of them worked. The judges had prevented any of the tricks from working.

He felt embarrassed: he was a good player, but without his tricks, he couldn't beat a single competitor. Finally, the judges announced the name of the champion. It was the poor boy whom he had always beaten!

The boy realized that the poor boy had been cleverer than him. It hadn't mattered to the poor boy if he lost or got a good beating, because what he was really doing was learning from each of his defeats. And from so much learning he had become a real master.

1. Why could the boy manage to win at everything?

A．Because he was good at playing tricks.

B．Because he knew every situation well.

C．Because he was cleverer than others.

D．Because he had better skills than others.

2. What happened at the national video games championship?

A．The judges praised the boy for his skills.

B．The judges stopped the boy from cheating.

C．The boy was quite proud of his own skills.

D．The boy defeated all his competitors easily.

3. What can we learn from the experience of the poor boy?

A．Pride goes before a fall.

B．A good beginning is half done.

C．Failure is the mother of success.

D．Never judge a book by its cover.

3 . Are you a person who loves challenges, or hates them? I must _______ I’ve spent most of my life as a person who hates them. I always _______ challenges as maddening _______ keeping me from where I want to be. I even used to take them _______, feeling like the universe must hate me and like to see me struggle.

As I grow older and wiser——I find my _______ nature rising up to meet these challenges, and I’m learning to see them _______. Most of us know that great rewards _______ great effort. Nothing _______ comes easy. When we work hard for something and then see it appear before our eyes, we get such s powerful sense of _______. We can point to it and say, “I did that. It was tough, but I did it ________.”

Challenges are truly ________. They give us opportunities to grow and learn, to test and improve ourselves. They show how ________ we want to create the dreams in our hearts. This is such a(an) ________. It may not seem that way at first, but with a tiny ________ in attitude, we can see that we have been handed an excellent opportunity.

The next time life ________ you a challenge, stop and consider for a moment what it means. Don’t look at challenges as an end, look at them as a door ________ your heart’s desires. That door might be locked and maybe you forgot ________ you put the key. It might take some effort and patience to find it again but I believe that you will.

Once we begin to change our ________ about obstacles and challenges that can actually become fun. Our competitive human nature ________ and gets ready to win, no matter what. We develop a steely determination to not be ________.

1.

A．permit

B．admit

C．convince

D．ensure

2.

A．thought of

B．took advantage of

C．heard of

D．talked of

3.

A．possessions

B．sufferings

C．failures

D．obstacles

4.

A．correctly

B．reasonably

C．personally

D．generously

5.

A．kind

B．sensitive

C．available

D．competitive

6.

A．proudly

B．differently

C．sensitively

D．desperately

7.

A．require

B．deserve

C．submit

D．target

8.

A．easy

B．comfortable

C．worthwhile

D．appropriate

9.

A．happiness

B．pride

C．direction

D．awe

10.

A．any longer

B．at all

C．above all

D．anyway

11.

A．opportunities

B．achievements

C．substitutes

D．capacities

12.

A．easily

B．wisely

C．badly

D．difficultly

13.

A．joy

B．chance

C．puzzlement

D．blessing

14.

A．shift

B．accumulation

C．decline

D．selection

15.

A．punishes

B．hands

C．states

D．sponsors

16.

A．closing

B．consisting of

C．leading to

D．responding to

17.

A．when

B．why

C．how

D．where

18.

A．way

B．future

C．attitude

D．fate

19.

A．rises up

B．takes up

C．makes up

D．hold up

20.

A．intended

B．beaten

C．introduced

D．recommended

4 . There is an old_________, “A bird with a broken_________ will never fly as high.” That’s the way some adults look at troubled kids. Norris, who was a most celebrated troublemaker, was once considered to _________ nothing.

By high school, Norris_________ got into lots of fights and conflicts every year. Teachers didn’t want to have him in their class. They shook their heads when talking about Norris, firmly_________ that he was doomed to be a failure.

_________ I met Norris, I was attending a weekend leadership training. Norris was one of 300 students who signed up the activity. When the activity began, he was merely standing outside the _________ of students, with a(an)_________ look on his face. _________, as time went by, the interactive games slowly__________ him in. Norris gave a lot of__________ suggestions, which__________ to be very useful. The other students on the team were__________ with his passionate concern and brilliant ideas. __________, it was not long__________ he was being treated like a leader.

The very first community-wide service project was to be a giant food drive, __________ by the Homeless Project team. Adults were__________ to find that Norris was the leader in this crucial first activity. Two weeks later, they collected a school record: 2854 cans of food in just two hours. The local newspaper__________ the event with a full-page article the next day. He was being__________ as leadership material.

When other people were on the__________ of losing confidence in Norris, he showed his talent to the world. It is a truth that once the bird’s broken wing is healed, it can fly higher than the rest.

1.

A．saying

B．idiom

C．phrase

D．sentence

2.

A．lung

B．heart

C．wing

D．tail

3.

A．achieve

B．assess

C．admire

D．advocate

4.

A．gradually

B．instantly

C．constantly

D．closely

5.

A．believing

B．admitting

C．suggesting

D．explaining

6.

A．The instant

B．The first time

C．The moment

D．Every time

7.

A．circle

B．notice

C．discussion

D．attention

8.

A．sincere

B．anxious

C．distant

D．eager

9.

A．Therefore

B．Besides

C．However

D．Meanwhile

10.

A．put

B．picked

C．forced

D．drew

11.

A．humorous

B．powerful

C．practical

D．simple

12.

A．turned up

B．turned out

C．took out

D．took up

13.

A．ashamed

B．strict

C．positive

D．impressed

14.

A．Fortunately

B．Undoubtedly

C．Generally

D．Worse still

15.

A．after

B．that

C．before

D．since

16.

A．organized

B．accepted

C．shared

D．established

17.

A．disappointed

B．mad

C．terrified

D．amazed

18.

A．covered

B．printed

C．included

D．posted

19.

A．agreed

B．acknowledged

C．realized

D．introduced

20.

A．spot

B．barrier

C．idea

D．edge

5 . 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。

We tend to think about success in terms of wealth and accomplishments. That’s a fair measurement, but the problem is that when we addict into the     1     (victory), we tend to overlook the sacrifices required in order to get there. In fact,     2     (neglect) to account for the existing sacrifices is one reason why so many of us have a hard time sticking to     3     (health) habits and following up on goals.

Time is a factor when it comes to making sacrifices. As Warren Buffett famously     4     (say), “It’s the only thing you can’t buy. I mean, I can buy anything I want, basically, but I can’t buy time.” He’s     5     (absolute) right. Should you watch another section of your favorite Netflix show     6     give up TV for two months so you can plant that garden you always dreamed about?

Making the decision isn’t easy, but the good news is     7     we already do this naturally. A 2009 study found that people are “far    8     (little) willing to keep many choices open” when some have bigger rewards than others. If the payoffs are unknown, however, we have a harder time giving them up. That’s why doing an activity check is so important. You have to actually take the time     9     (figure) out the opportunity costs, gains of each and what to pursue over the     10    .

6 . Charles Revson, founder of a successful cosmetic（化妆品） firm, once said, “In our factory we make lipstick. In our advertising, we sell hope.”

We could use a little more hope. I think that is why people buy lottery tickets（彩票）. One poor mother, who was raising her children on a small salary earned from long hours of hard work, was asked, “Why do you waste your money on a lottery ticket when you can hardly make ends meet?”

“Yeah, I buy a ticket every day,” the woman admitted. “But a dollar is not too much to pay for 24 hours of hope.”

There are probably better uses for her money than buying lottery tickets. But she would rather hang onto a little hope that onto her dollar.

We need hope in life. Without it, far too many people come to the conclusion that they are powerless in the face of difficulties. “It can’t be helped.” is their motto. Without hope, they won’t make needed changes. They are powerless.

I’ve found that I can either be a prisoner of circumstances or a practioner hope. I can feel sorry for myself and helpless to do anything about my problems, or I can believe there is a realistic chance for something better.

Norman Cousins, in his book Head First: the Biology of Hope, explains the power of hope. He tells of two doctors who were to deliver a paper at a national meeting of caner specialists. One was truly puzzled. “I don’t understand it, Bob,” he said. “We use the same drugs of the same dosage（量）, and the same schedule of treatment. Yet I get a 22 percent recovery rate and you get a 74 percent recovery rate. How do you explain that?”

The other responded, “We both use Etoposide（依托泊苷）, Platinol（顺铂）, Oncovin（长春新碱）, and Hydroxyurea（羟基脲）. You put those letters together and tell people that you are giving them E-P-O-H. I put them together and explain to them that they are receiving H-O-P-E.”

1. Why did the poor mother buy lottery tickets?

A．She put her hope on them.

B．She won much money through them.

C．She did it just for fun.

D．She wanted to make ends meet.

2. What does Norman Cousins mainly tell us in Head First: the Biology of Hope?

A．The wisdom of doctors.

B．The cure for cancer.

C．The power of hope.

D．Experiences of doctors.

3. How did Bob raise his recovery rate?

A．He used different kinds of medicine.

B．He used the medicine in different order.

C．He made the patients hopeful.

D．He gave the patients larger dosage.

4. How does the author make his viewpoint convincing?

A．By studying essays.

B．By explaining cause and effect.

C．By telling his own experience.

D．By giving examples.

7 . I was unemployed in 1994. Fortunately, I _________ that it wasn't going to last forever. I returned to my _________ life and got a Master's degree in animal behavior in 1998. For 55-year-old then, it just _________ as if it were something I could and should do.

My wife and I came to Tasmania on holiday in 2000. We went into a wildlife park because I wanted to _________ Tasmanian animals. During that time, a（an）_________ went as we were sitting in the cafe looking outside, "Oh _________ I could spend the rest of my life here." And I went, "Well, I see it's up for sale." My wife looked at me and she knew.

We _________ the park in 2001. When we arrived, we realized it was messier than _________. So immediately we had to get the park _________ out. We were 58 when we ____________, but we were working 16 hours a day, finally building the park up and ____________ the animals' lives. We ____________ the regulations on animal protection in with local authorities, and tried to get other wildlife park ____________ on board.

In 2007, I ran the London marathon to raise funds for the project with my family. I ____________ completed it, with ____________ funds collected till now. As always say, life isn't' rehearsal, but a mission. If you don't do it now, you'll never do it.

1.

A．figured

B．suggested

C．pretended

D．opposed

2.

A．retired

B．normal

C．daily

D．academic

3.

A．felt

B．left

C．happened

D．ended

4.

A．identify

B．study

C．adopt

D．protect

5.

A．imagination

B．conversation

C．solution

D．encouragement

6.

A．what if

B．if only

C．only if

D．even if

7.

A．purchased

B．designed

C．established

D．promoted d

8.

A．witnessed

B．demonstrated

C．anticipated

D．scheduled

9.

A．washed

B．made

C．found

D．sorted

10.

A．dropped in

B．set in

C．turned over

D．took over

11.

A．saving

B．leading

C．improving

D．costing

12.

A．rewrote

B．reminded

C．rearranged

D．removed

13.

A．communities

B．owners

C．species

D．professors

14.

A．substantially

B．gradually

C．instantly

D．successfully

15.

A．admirable

B．energetic

C．sufficient

D．multiple

8 . Road trip stories are basically wild adventures of self-discovery. But the book Me (Moth) carves out a path through ancestry (祖先), pains and art.

Moth is a dancer with a loving, supportive family - until a terrible car accident takes them all away. Now she doesn't dance any more and lives with her sad aunt, wearing borrowed clothes and living on what feels like borrowed time, because not even the wisdom and Hoodoo (扶都教) passed down to her by her grandfather can bring back her family or ease her pain. Her survivor's guilt is so strong that she makes herself almost invisible.

Until the new boy at school, Sani, notices her. He sings when he thinks no one is listening and he sees Moth like no one else does. The two young people decide on a road trip across the country and hope to make some sense of their life on the way.

Novels in poetic language can sometimes feel awkward, but the book, Me (Moth) spills effortlessly across the page, becoming the song that Moth and Sani write together on their journey. It's all in Moth's voice, and her words dance, giving the reader a real sense of how she can move her body if she isn't afraid to. The language is sometimes so beautiful and terrible that it catches me off guard.

During their trip to the South, Moth and Sani stop to pay respect to the spirits of those who came before them, and to think about their strengths as well as the pains that they've suffered. As they do so, their own strengths and pains are connected with the ones that came before.

1. What can we learn from the underlined part in paragraph

A．She is sad with her aunt.

B．She wears borrowed clothes.

C．She doesn't have time to dance.

D．She feels guilty of surviving alone.

2. Which of the following best describes their trip?

A．Painful.

B．Joyful.

C．Rewarding.

D．Challenging.

3. What can the passage probably be?

A．A biography.	B．A book review.
C．A love story.	D．A travel journal.

9 . 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从方框中选择适当的词并用正确的形式填空。

strive for greatness          wipe out             die out            be committed to be to blame                 in one's attempt to          get ahead       up to in short take action               set so apart            at risk of            boil down to

Why do Olympic athletes push themselves to the limits? One of the Olympic triathletes personifies the phrase herself.

To get to the top, she has made an endless list of sacrifices and it     1     this: she was born with an enormous amount of drive and determination. From a small girl, she would stay in at lunchtime just to     2     on class work; she would ride on the bus on her own at ten years old and go to swim 100 length is of the pool. This was time she could have spent with friends, playing and engaging in other pursuits. Later,     3     achieve glory in professional, she had undergone much physical and mental intensity. However, inspired by another stellar triathlete, she was always willing to do an extra little bit during her every workout, which gradually     4     from the other competitors.

Having been through fears and tears, she never regrets. To reach the winner's platform, athletes should     5     their sport. It is hard to live a life in a normal and balanced way, but these words are not used for the athletes who     6    .

10 . During school, college and service I never participated in any group discussion or stage program. Therefore, I didn’t know what the stage______was.

Our school has a weekly “Parents View”______in the assembly. (全校师生的晨会) Around four years ago,______I received a call from the Principal of our school telling me to come to the “Parent View”, which was out of my expectation. He asked me to______to the group.

After the call my whole body became feverish and I felt really______. The whole night, I could not sleep. Many______thoughts were coming. One of them was to call the Principal, with______, and tell him that I could not go. I gathered some______. I thought, if I missed this opportunity, surely, the school would never invite me again to any of their programs.     _____I decided to go.

When my turn came and I started speaking, my legs started shaking and my heartbeat increased. After the speech, I met with the Principal and______what had happened to me. He told me that this happened to everyone. These symptoms were very   ____. Even great speakers faced the same things when they______.

Later on with the help of the Principal I ______a topic of talk for the next occasion. I practiced my presentation throughout the week. I was somewhat_______but not confident. Afterwards, I_______the Principal again and told him about the________I felt I had made. He was kind enough to______me again, but this time to give a presentation for the teachers.

For around one month, I prepared and practiced for my presentation on Motivation. This time I felt easy. I gave the presentation and it was________by the Principal as well as the teachers________they knew where I started from. They encouraged me and praised my efforts.

I learn that everything is________if we have the courage to take the first step. The saying goes: A journey of one thousand miles begins with the first step.

1.

A．fear

B．performance

C．style

D．art

2.

A．talk

B．magazine

C．program

D．lesson

3.

A．fortunately

B．surprisingly

C．secretly

D．unluckily

4.

A．listen

B．move

C．write

D．speak

5.

A．nervous

B．joyful

C．satisfied

D．disappointed

6.

A．foolish

B．useful

C．clever

D．negative

7.

A．anger

B．regret

C．thanks

D．hope

8.

A．courage

B．information

C．proof

D．advice

9.

A．And

B．But

C．So

D．Or

10.

A．explained

B．forgot

C．imagined

D．controlled

11.

A．serious

B．special

C．strange

D．common

12.

A．failed

B．started

C．mastered

D．finished

13.

A．exhibited

B．refused

C．prepared

D．understood

14.

A．worried

B．sad

C．curious

D．comfortable

15.

A．met with

B．turned down

C．looked after

D．learnt from

16.

A．trouble

B．mistake

C．fun

D．improvement

17.

A．remind

B．invite

C．phone

D．reach

18.

A．descried

B．studied

C．joked

D．appreciated

19.

A．because

B．although

C．if

D．therefore

20.

A．interesting

B．obvious

C．possible

D．right