阅读理解。 Last year, my boyfriend suggested that I should run the London maratho

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阅读理解。     Last year, my boyfriend suggested that I should run the London marathon, and I laughed. He laughed
too, but he laughed too long and too loud. That made me think. I realized that he didn"t believe that I
could do it. That made me angry, and determined; now he knows that I can!
     Training wasn"t easy, but I kept going. I didn"t need special training but I did need to buy very good
shoes. Each day, I went a little further. By the end of three months, I was running five days a week.
Some-times in the evenings I ran 10 km; on Sunday mornings, I sometimes ran about 30 kin. I used to
come home, have a shower and eat my breakfast. I felt wonderful!
     On the day of the race in London, I lined up with about 30,000 other runners. The faster runners
were at the front, while slower runners like me were placed further back. In that way, the professional
runners and club runners were not slowed down by the amateurs.
      At first, there were so many runners close together that we were almost falling over each other. We
could only run very slowly but that was a good thing because it meant that we didn"t rush off too quickly.
Gradually the runners spread out and there was more space. There were thousands of people watching
us along the route and they cheered and clapped everyone, even the slowest runner. It was wonderful!
     For the first 10 km I felt very happy and my legs felt very comfortable. However, at 15 km I got a
pain in my side and running became difficult, but I kept going and the pain disappeared. At the 30 km
mark, I felt extremely tired, and wanted to stop, but I kept on going. I covered another 3 km and then
I began to feel better again.
      By the time I reached the 35 km mark, I knew I was going to get to the end of the course. Somehow
that confidence made me feel lighter and faster and it seemed as if my legs flew over the last few
kilometers. I passed hundreds of slower runners, some of whom had passed me earlier, and I felt
wonderful! AS I came round the last bend and saw the finishing line, I could see three runners ahead of
me. I raced past all of them to finish the race in just under four hours. The winner had completed the race
in 2 hours and 10 minutes, but I didn"t care! I had run 42 km and completed my first marathon!1. The writer"s boyfriend laughed at her because_____ .A. he thought she could run the marathon
B. he .didn"t think she could run the marathon
C. he wanted her to run the marathon
D. she wanted to run the marathon2. When the race began _____.A. all the faster runners were asked to stand before those slower ones
B. many runners fell over each other
C. all the runners were asked to run slowly
D. the professional runners and club runners ran very fast3. The hardest time for the writer was when she _____.A. had run for 15 kilometers
B. got a pain in her side
C. reached the 30 kilometer mark
D. was about to reach the finish line4. The passage suggests that it is better to start a long race slowly _____.A. than to run at the same speed all the time
B. than to run too fast at the beginning
C. than to run slowly at the end
D. than to run very fast all the time

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1-4: BACB

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     In 1997, a group of twenty British women made history. Working in five teams with four women in
each team, they walked to the North Pole. Apart from one experienced female guide, the other women
were all ordinary people who had never done anything like this in their lives before. They managed to
survive in an environment which had defeated several very experienced men during the same time period.
     The women set off as soon as they were ready. Once on the ice, each woman had to ski along while
dragging a sledge (雪橇) weighing over 50 kilos. This would not have been too bad on a smooth surface, but for long distances, the Arctic ice is pushed up into huge piles two or three metres high, and the sledges had to be pulled up one side and carefully let down the other so that they didn’t become damaged. The
temperature was always below the freezing point and sometimes strong winds made walking while pulling
so much weight almost impossible. It was also very difficult for them to put up their tents when they
stopped each night.
     In such conditions, the women were making good progress if they covered fourteen or fifteen
kilometres a day. But there was another problem. Part of the journey was across a frozen sea with moving water underneath the ice and at some points the team would drift (漂流) back more than five kilometres
during the night. That meant that after walking in these very severe conditions for ten hours on one day,
they had to spend part of the next day covering the same ground again. Furthermore, each day it took
three hours from waking up to setting off and another three hours every evening to set up the camp and
prepare the evening meal.
     So, how did they manage to succeed? They realized that they were part of a team. If any one of them
didn"t pull her sledge or get her job done, she would endanger the success of the whole expedition (探险). Any form of selfishness could result in the efforts of everyone else being completely wasted, so personal
feelings had to be put to one side. At the end of their journey, the women agreed that it was mental effort
far more than physical fitness that got them to the North Pole.1. What was so extraordinary about the expedition?A. There was no one to lead it.
B. The women did not have any men with them.
C. It was a new experience for most of the women.
D. The women had not met one another before.2. On the expedition, the women had to be careful to avoid ________.

A. falling over on the ice
B. being left behind
C. damaging the sledges
D. getting too cold at night

3. It was difficult for the women to cover 15 kilometres a day because ________.A. they got too tired
B. the ice was moving
C. they kept getting lost
D. the temperatures were too low

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     阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入一个适当的词
或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卷标号为1～10的相应位置上。      A man recognized as a genius in business circles was invited as an honor guest to a TV interview.
Everybody was eager to hear a success story from him. He ,  1  , only said with a slight smile: "Wouldn"t
it be better for me to ask you for   2   (advise) on a certain problem?
   Here is the problem he raised:
   "People all rushed to the place   3 a gold mine had recently been discovered but they were blocked
by a river   4 (flow) across the only way to it. What would you do if you   5 (be )  among them?"
   "Make a roundabout (绕行的) way," someone suggested.
   "Swim across," said another.
   The genius smiled   6 a word. Then he gave his view: "Why not do   7 else instead of rushing to the
mine? How about buying a boat to do some ferrying (摆渡)?"
The audience was shocked. He explained calmly: "The man could make   8 great amount of money from
the passengers. They were willing to pay for the ferry   9 there was gold on the other bank."
   Do what others have not thought to do or something never attempted before - that is the key  10
success. A difficult circumstance, in the eyes of a wise man, often means a potential chance for success.

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阅读理解。     "I swear, I didn"t steal anything!" I shouted over the alarm. Obviously the security guard
didn"t believe me because he seized the shopping bag right out of my hand.
     "Do you have a receipt for this?"he asked doubtfully, putting any new back-to-school
outfit (全套装备) onto the dusty floor near the mall entrance.
     "Of course I do," I replied, fishing my wallet out of my coat pocket. Elsie and Monica,
my two best friends, stood beside me. They were laughing their heads off!
     I almost tore my wallet apart for the receipt, but it  had disappeared." Let me look again,"
I said nervously. Then I looked again, and again, and again!
     My face was getting hotter by the minute and my heart was beating like a racehorse.
     Finally, I looked back at the guard and whispered, "It"s not here." The guard picked up my
clothes and said, "You"ll have to come with me, Miss."
     When he opened the office door, I saw a man sitting  behind a big metal desk. It was the
manager. Then I had an idea.
     "May I say something?" I asked. "I can prove I didn"t steal this thing." Then I explained all
about the cashier (出纳员).She said that she had bought the exact same outfit as a birthday
present for her little sister. "We"ll just see about that," the manager said and went off to find her.
Ten minutes later, I was free!
     It was terrible to be unfairly accused of something!Then I remembered shouting at my sister
that very morning for taking my new hair clips. Had she really taken them?I made a promise
that day never to accuse someone of something without proof, and I haven"t. At least something
good came out of my terrible experience.1. Why didn"t the security guard believe the author?A. Because she looked nervous at that time.
B. Because she had no money in her wallet.
C. Because her face turned red after being caught.
D. Because she didn"t have a receipt for the outfit.2. That the author"s two friends laughed their heads off showed________.A. they laughed at the author who stole things
B. they didn"t believe the author was a thief at all
C. they expected the author to be caught
D. they played a trick on the author3. We can infer the author was very ______from the underlined part in Paragraph 4.A. nervous
B. careful
C. frightened
D. excited4. Who proved that the author hadn"t stolen anything?A. The cashier.
B. The manager.
C. The author"s friends.
D. The security guard.5. From her experience, the author learned that________.A. you should believe in yourself in face of difficulty
B. it is a terrible thing to be suspected by friends
C. you should not doubt others if you can"t prove it
D. you should ask for a receipt for whatever you buy

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阅读理解。      It was a dark and cold night. The car driver didn"t have even one passenger all day. When he went by
the railway station, he saw a young man coming out with two bags in his hands. So he quickly opened the door of the car and asked, "Where do you want to go, sir?"
     "To the Star Hotel," the young man answered. When the car driver heard that, he didn"t feel happy.
The young man would give him only three dollars because the hotel was not far from the railway station.
But suddenly, he had an idea. He took the passenger through many streets of the big city.
     After a long time, the car finally arrived at the hotel. "You should pay me fifteen dollars," the car driver
said to the young man. "What! Fifteen dollars? Do you think I"m a fool? Only last week I took a car from
the railway station to this same hotel and I only gave the driver thirteen dollars. I know how much I have
to pay for the trip. I won"t pay you one dollar more than I paid to the other car driver last week. "1. Which of the following is true? A. The young man went past the railway station.
B. The young man was working in the railway station.
C. The young man had just got off a train.
D. The young man was waiting for his friend there. 2. What do you think of the car driver?A. He was a nice and clever man.
B. He was good at driving.
C. He was a dishonest person.
D. He liked to work very hard. 3. The driver felt very ____ when he saw the young man coming out of the railway station. A. sorry
B. happy
C. proud
D. worried4. From the passage we know that the young man__________. A. didn"t want to stay in this city.
B. had been to the hotel several times.
C. knew clearly how far it was from the station to the hotel.
D. must be a stranger and didn"t know the city very well. 5. The driver took the passenger through many streets so as to_________. A. make the young man happy
B. get more than twenty dollars.
C. let the young man think it was very far from the station to the hotel.
D. let the young man have a good look at the city.

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完形填空。     Before my recent graduation,the last project of the term was called "Smile".The class was
asked to go out and   1   at three people and record their  2  .
     Soon after we were given the  3  ,my husband and 1 went out to McDonald"s one cold
morning.We were standing in   4 ,waiting to be  5   ,when suddenly everyone around us
began to back away.A feeling of  6   rose up inside of me as I wondered what happened.
     As I   7 around I smelled a horrible dirty smell.Behind me were two poor homeless men.
As I looked at the short man close to me,he was smiling and his blue eyes searched for   8  .
     He said "Good day" as he   9 the few coins.The waitress asked him what they wanted.He
said,"Coffee is all,Miss." That was all they could   10 .
     I   11   felt the urge and actually hugged him.That was  12   I noticed all the eyes in the restaurant
were set on  13  .I smiled and asked the waitress for two more breakfast meals on   14 trays(托盘).
I then walked to the table that the men had   15   as a resting spot.I put the trays on the table and
laid my  16  on the short man"s cold hand.He said "Thank you" with tears in his eyes.
     I  17  this story as my project.My instructor read it and said, "Can I  18  this with classmates?"
I nodded.At that moment I found something more  19  than a simple smile.I graduated with one of
the most important  20  I would ever learn-uncond.

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